Outside Xihua Gate, Jueluo Mansion.

Although Hitara's face was restrained, his beaded hand couldn't help but tremble slightly. Cao Yi in the veil is the same, thinking about the words made by her sister-in-law when she went back to her parents' house before, her heart hung high.

She stretched out her wrist, and the old lady outside the veil sat on the chair, stretched out her hand to put her hand on Cao Yi's vein, muttered for a while, removed her hand, and asked two more questions. It's nothing more than whether it's "upset and disgusting" or something.

After Cao Yi answered one by one, the old lady nodded and said to the Xitara clan: "Congratulations to the old lady, although the time is short and the pulse is a little weak, but the daughter-in-law is indeed 'slippery', there is no doubt that the daughter-in-law has a happy child!" ”

No matter how calm the Hitara clan is, he can't help but have a happy face, and he recites "Amitabha" in his mouth. While asking the old lady to go to the outhouse to prescribe a prescription, she instructed someone to prepare the consultation fee.

When they arrived at the hall, the Hitara clan saw the old lady frowning as if he had something embarrassing, and his heart couldn't help but sink. Because she was afraid of asking something unpleasant, Cao Yi in the inner room was sad, so she asked the old lady to serve tea in the courtyard in front of her.

The Hitara clan thought well, and after the old lady came to the front yard, he considered it for a while, and said to the Hitara clan: "Old lady, the daughter-in-law has injured her body, and it is not easy to sit on the fetus. In the first few months, you can be careful, avoid sadness and joy, avoid crying and laughing, and wait for the first month, the placenta is stable, and it is all right! The old man first prescribes a warm prescription here, which can be recuperated by his daughter-in-law first. ”

After listening to what the old lady said, Hitara couldn't help but sigh when he remembered the old things. If the son hadn't made a mistake the year before last and the daughter-in-law's first child had been saved, the grandson would have been able to call him grandmother.

I had to ask a few more taboos about eating, and then the Xitara family asked someone to pay for the consultation and drove the old lady back.

said that Cao Yi was lying on the bed, and after listening to the old lady's words, she couldn't hold back her tears. After three years of marriage, except for the initial pregnancy, her stomach has not moved. Although the mother-in-law and her husband didn't say anything, when several eldest sisters returned to visit relatives, they were also a little anxious on their faces.

can meet her brother to take her in, her father and mother to raise her, she is not a blessed person. But her biological parents, as well as her first child, she is so fateless.

In her heart, there was also a faint fear that she would not be able to conceive a child and disappoint her mother-in-law.

Her mother-in-law treats her like a daughter, she respects her mother-in-law like a mother, and she can also sympathize with the old man's concern for her grandchildren and granddaughters in her old age.

In her heart, she is also very rare for children, no matter who she sees a child, she can't open her eyes.

Chunya and Xiafu, who were waiting in the house, were also full of joy now. When the imperial doctor went out with the old lady, the two came forward to pick up the curtain and say hello to Cao Yi.

Seeing Cao Yi's face full of tears, the two of them were startled, Xia Fu used the hook to pin the tent, and Chunya had already taken out a handkerchief and sent it out: "Girl, this is ...... It's a great joy ......."

Cao Yi sat up and nodded with tears in his eyes. She gently touched her belly, only to feel warm in her heart, as if something was different. She's going to be a mother.

When Hitara turned back to the backyard, he saw his daughter-in-law sitting on the edge of the kang like this, and her eyes were a little pantothenic.

When Cao Yi saw her mother-in-law coming in, she hurriedly got up and said in a low voice: "Eniang! ”

Hitara took her hand and sat on the edge of the kang, and said with a smile: "This is a great event, Eniang has sent someone to send a letter to Tu'er." If you have anything to eat, tell Eniang! ”

Cao Yi shook his head lightly and said, "Eniang, daughter-in-law is fine...... Said short ...... It's not obvious......"

Hitara clapped her hand and said, "This woman giving birth to a child is a big deal, and you should be careful from now on." The kitchen is smoky and can't go there. The windowsill and the edge of the grinding table should not be touched, you should not twist your body to sit, and you should walk upright; Speaking is also, whether it is in the mouth or in the heart, there can be no bad words, or it is not conducive to production. ”

Cao Yi listened to her mother-in-law babbling about these taboo matters, her eyes were already red, and she responded in a low voice while listening.

After a while, he heard footsteps in the courtyard, and Seshtu came in with a curtain. After seeing his mother, he looked like Cao Yi, and said with a little hope on his face: "It's really ...... Are you really pregnant? As he spoke, he looked at Cao Yi's stomach.

Cao Yi's face was full of shame, and when the Hitara clan saw his son's appearance, he smiled and said, "Where can it be so fast, it will take a few more months to show its pregnancy!" ”

Seshtu listened to his mother's words and confirmed the news that his wife was indeed pregnant, and he was so happy that he couldn't keep his mouth shut. He walked up and down on the ground, too excited to do it. After a while, I asked, "Do you want to eat sour?" After a while, I asked "Do you want to vomit, is your chest uncomfortable", and the noise was so loud that it was not good.

The Hitara clan really couldn't see his son's unpromising appearance, so he looked at him with disgust and said, "Look at you arrogant, this child will not be born until eight or nine months!" ”

Seshtu smiled: "Eniang, my son is happy, you don't know, people outside say that his son is ......" Speaking of this, he saved himself from talking about it, laughed twice with "hehe", and changed his words: "People outside say that the son is a pomegranate life, and he has many sons and grandchildren!" ”

The Hitara clan and Cao Yi only laughed when they heard this, but they knew the reason for his previous words. The two have been married for three years and have not moved, except for relatives who suspect that Cao Yi is unable to have children, and some people ridicule Seshtu as a "silver rod wax gun head", which is useless.

The two have been married for three years, although Cao Yi said that he blamed him in his heart, but it was not easy to think of him, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Seeing that his son and daughter-in-law's faces were stiff, he was afraid that they would not be happy when he remembered the past, so he smiled and said, "I have to ask someone to go to my in-laws' house and report the good news to your family, so that everyone will be happy and happy." ”

* Xidan archway, Taifu Temple Yamen.

Cao Hao looked at Detehei and Nalan Fusen who came to the door, and the two of them were dressed in guards, and they were quite surprised: "Brother De, Brother Nalan, why are you free?" ”

Dete said blackly: "What else can I do for it, it's not because of that Li Ding!" ”

When Cao Hao thought of Li Ding, he only felt strange in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

Nalan Fusen was afraid that Cao Hao would not understand, so he said to him: "Suzhou Weaving Master Li sent a letter to Master Fu, saying that Li Ding has not returned to the south, for fear of any accidents, please help Master Fu to investigate!" Speaking of this, he looked at Cao Hao in some surprise and said, "By the way, he is your cousin, didn't he write to you?" ”

The Master Fu in his mouth refers to Fu Erdan, the Minister of the Guards. He is a person with a white flag, and among the guards in the guard, the guards from the white flag are under his control.

Cao Hao shook his head and replied, "Uncle hasn't heard from me yet." If my cousin hadn't returned to the south, this would ......"

For a while, the atmosphere was a little solemn.

Detehei couldn't help it, and said with a calm face: "Uncle, who ate the bear's heart leopard and dared to attack our guards?" ”

He can't be annoyed, no matter what he thinks of Li Ding in private, everyone is a colleague in the guard office after all. The guards of the inner court are the retainers of the Son of Heaven, who guard the palace and protect the safety of the Lord Banzai.

In the Gyeonggi Strongland, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, a dignified third-class attendant has no one to see or die in the body, isn't this a slap in the face of the guards?

Cao Hao saw that Dete was annoyed, and he didn't know how to persuade him, so he kept a calm face and didn't speak. Or Nalan Fusen said: "Now is not the time to be annoyed, since the errand has been explained from above, you must first investigate and investigate." The infantry army has been registered with the Yamen, and the Yamen of the Shuntian Mansion has also asked people, although several corpses have been found since the eighth day of the first month, they are not right. ”

Detehei also saved this reason, raised his head and said to Cao Hao: "Xiao Cao, you are not busy with the errands of the yamen, see if you can let it go, and accompany the old brothers for two days." It's your cousin on the left and right, and you should do your part! ”

Cao Hao nodded and said, "Brother De is right, the two elder brothers will wait a while, and the younger brother Rong will explain to his colleagues first!" ”

Cao Hao asked someone to serve tea, so that the two of them waited, and Tang Zhiyu and Yi Duli went on an errand.

Hearing that it was the two guards looking for Cao Hao, Yi Duli couldn't help but feel a little curious, and asked Cao Hao in a low voice: "My lord, this is ......?"

Because it was Li Ding's matter, Cao Hao didn't want to say more, so he said vaguely: "There are some private matters, maybe it takes some effort to do so!" ”

Tang Zhiyu was with Cao Hao in the summer, and knew that there were many people in the guard office who were very close to Cao Hao. Although Cao Hao said that he acted frankly, it was difficult to keep the attention of people with a heart, and he couldn't help but persuade: "My lord, although the adult has also been on an errand in the guard, after all, the times have changed, and I hope that the adult will save his life and consider it!" ”

Cao Hao heard his concern, and with a little gratitude in his heart, he thanked him: "Lord Xie Tang mentioned it, this official knows!" ”

After explaining the errand, Cao Hao rode to the Li Mansion in Dongzhimen with Detehei and Nalan Fusen.

Because he was in Cao's Mansion the day before yesterday, he heard Cao Hao roughly mention this matter, and Dete Hei said: "Lao Hei remembered, according to what Fu Ruo said, the missing population of the Li family is not three, but four people, and the little guy who went to send a message to Li Ding in the middle of the night." Four big living people, can they still go to heaven and earth? ”

Nalan Fusen also echoed on the side: "Xizhimen has also asked people, because there is no court meeting on the ninth day of the first month, although there are also officials out of the city, but the number is not large, there are records to check, and there is no record of Li Ding leaving the city." Come to think of it, he is still in the city......" In the end, he couldn't help but feel a little gloomy.

It has been more than half a month since Li Ding disappeared on the eighth night of the first lunar month. Even if it is really as rumored by the outside world, Li Ding is dissatisfied with the family affairs of the Fucha family, and he will not know the severity of the matter, and delay the errand of the guard department, which is a crime of "great disrespect".

In Cao Hao's heart, he thought about the "four people" mentioned by Detehei, which were four surnames. Although it seems very hypocritical to think about this now, he really can't be as calm as water.

After half an hour, the three of them came to the Li Mansion in Dongzhimen.

There are only two stewards in the concierge here, and the uncle is here, and the big housekeeper accompanied him to Haizi's private house. The "uncle" in his mouth naturally refers to Li Ding's brother and Li Xu's eldest son, Li Nai.

Cao Hao was a little surprised, although he thought that someone from the Li family might go north, but he didn't expect to be able to arrive in Beijing so early.

Detehei and Naranfusen were also relieved when they heard that the Li family was coming. Although the two of them received errands, they were outsiders after all, and it was inconvenient for the Li family to have no one in charge.

Cao Hao was thinking about his eldest cousin, and his initial impression was that after Kangxi was kidnapped forty years ago, he followed his mother from Hangzhou to Jiangning on the way back to Suzhou as a guest.

That eldest cousin, Li Nai, is an honest man who is a little wooden. At that time, with Li Nai, who went to the dock to pick up people, there was also ten-year-old Li Ding. Ten-year-old Li Ding is very coquettish, and he is very close to Li's aunt, and he is also very friendly to Cao Hao's cousin. Take him to the school yard and see those little bows and arrows or something.

Why did you get to where you are now? Cao Hao couldn't help but be a little shaken.

Neither Detehei nor Naranfusen had ever met Li Nai, and thinking that Li Ding was a clever and slick person, he thought that his brother was the same. They asked Cao Hao a few words about the current situation of the Li family, and Cao Hao's knowledge was also limited, and it was already amazing to be able to answer one sentence in three sentences.

Hearing this, Detehei couldn't help but be a little stunned, and said to Cao Hao with a smile: "It seems that what is said outside is really unbelievable, and it is said that you Cao and Li are like a family, and it is not like this!" ”

Nalan Fusen also said: "I thought so in my heart, I thought that your cousins didn't have much contact, because they didn't like to be eye-catching in the capital!" Judging from the current situation, in the end, you have grown up in two places, and you are not close! ”

Cao Hao nodded and didn't say much. He also knew about those words of "contact and relatives", and perhaps it was for this reason that he finally made up his mind.

Everyone beat the Yamen of Taifu Temple to Dongzhi Gate, and then hit Dongzhi Gate and turned back to Shichahai, and they were all a little sweaty. The edge of the sea, because of the water next to it, is getting a little cold.

The cold wind blew, Dete Hei tightened the collar of his clothes, looked at Haizi on the side of the road, and said to Cao Hao and Nalan Fusen: "This year's ice has frozen earlier than in previous years......

(To be continued)