Pingjun Palace, study.

The atmosphere was a little solemn, and Nersu asked Lu Dai about the identity of the five, and Lu Dai frowned and replied: "The five are the prince's disciples." ”

Nersu was slightly stunned: "The prince's doorman? How can it be the crown prince, no matter how arrogant he is, it won't be like this. In the morning, the storage position was restored, and in the evening, someone was arranged to take revenge and vent his anger. ”

Lu Dai nodded: "The prince is right, the grievances between the prince and the prince are well known. Even if the prince wants to take revenge on the prince, he will not be reinstated, he can't wait to send his own disciples. ”

The grievances between the prince and the king of Pingjun mentioned by Lu Dai refer to the whipping of Nersu before the prince was deposed last year. Speaking of the root of the matter, it is still on Lu Dai and Lu Yunniang.

Last year, a large number of officials were dismissed because the Ministry of Household Affairs recovered the treasury money. The light ones raid the house, and the heavy ones are distributed. Lu Yunniang was originally the daughter of an official eunuch, and after being raided, she was exiled to a green building called "Haitang Pavilion". Eight years ago, Lu Dai was the west seat of the Lu family and the enlightenment of Lu Yunniang. Hearing that the disciple was in trouble back then, he asked the king of Pingjun to help Lu Yunniang get out of the country. Yun Niang admired Mr. Lu, but Mr. Lu never accepted her because he took care of his status as a teacher and student.

I don't know who has a lot of mouths, and in front of the prince, I praised Lu Yunniang as the Oiran of the "Begonia Pavilion", and she is the best beauty who is charming and natural. prince

moved his mind and asked someone to send a message to Nersu, hinting that he would ask Yun Niang for a gift. Narsu only did the unknown, and prepared a large number of rare treasures to present to the prince. The prince was annoyed and angry, and under the pretext that Nersu's gift was light, he whipped Narsu.

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Inside the Dekatsu Gate, the residence of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the residence of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

After going to the former military department Shangshu Marhan and the current Zhenghuang Banner Protector Fu Dingfu to ask for peace, Cao Hao went to Malian Taoism.

Marhan is the uncle of Cao Hao's second aunt Zhaojia, who is 76 years old this year, and will retire in his old age after a year. Now he doesn't see many outsiders, and his eldest son greets Cao Hao. The relationship between Malhan and the Cao family is not close, just because he is senior and old, so Cao Hao came to meet this old man first.

Fu Ding, a native of the Yellow Flag, the old surname of Manchuria is Fucha, when he was a teenager, he served as a Kangxi guard with Cao Yin, Li Xu, Nalan Rongruo and others, and later married Cao Yin's younger sister Cao Shi as his wife, and was Cao Hao's own uncle. Cao had dystocia when he was growing his son, Changling, and died shortly after giving birth. Fu Ding later remarried his stepwife, and the relationship with the Cao family gradually faded. By the time Cao Hao remembered, the two families had not moved around for a long time, and Cao Hao had only vaguely heard that there were such relatives in the capital.

Fu Ding came out to see Cao Hao in person, but his expression was a little faint, and he asked about the situation of Cao Yin and his wife in Jiangning, and asked about the errand in Beijing. Finally, he looked at Cao Hao and served tea to the guests. Cao Hao was a little strange, this uncle was not as cold as he appeared, and when his eyes looked at him, he inadvertently revealed love and sentimentality. Presumably he also has a very affectionate relationship with his aunt, but I am afraid that he will see his nephew think of his deceased wife.

Ma Lian Taoist specially set up a family banquet for Cao Hao to catch the wind.

The Ma Cao family is considered a good family, so they do not shy away from their female dependents. Ma Liandao's wife, Tian, is a very talkative woman, and she laughed and talked to Cao Hao.

One of Ma Liandao's two sons worked as an errand boy in the household department, and the other was a guard in the military camp. Ma Liandao's two daughters are still young, the eldest is only thirteen or fourteen, and the younger is in her teens. The two daughters-in-law seem to be from the family of the flag people, they are both dignified and polite, and after seeing Cao Hao, they smiled at the sisters-in-law and took them down to prepare the banquet.

Although Cao Hao was smiling on his face, he was a little uncomfortable in his heart. This Ma Liandao and the Tian couple seem to treat him as a quasi-son-in-law, and their eyes are not ordinarily hot. However, although the Ma family's house is not small, it is not as extensive as other large families. Tian's "jealousy" is notorious, and Ma Liandao only has a wife, not a concubine. Perhaps due to family style, the two brothers of the Ma family only have wives and no concubines.

If it weren't for the family's attention to the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, I am afraid that the Ma family would have to pull Cao Hao to finalize the family affairs. Cao Hao was willing to accept the goodwill of the Ma family, but he couldn't accept this family business willingly.

During the dinner at the Ma family, Cao Hao made up his mind that after returning home, he would repair the family letter to his father, showing his determination not to marry early, and imploring his parents not to help him decide on a marriage at will. If the Ma family knew that their hospitality was exchanged for such a result, I don't know if they would cry or laugh.

The meal was eaten for nearly an hour, and after the meal, Tian was babbling again. By the time they let Cao Hao go, it was already dark. Cao Zhong, the housekeeper who followed Cao Hao, had already gone to other mansions to give gifts, and only Xiao Man and the two newly selected long-term followers were left with Cao Hao.

Ma Liandao was not worried about Cao Hao, so he sent his eldest son Ma Xinyu to take two people to send Cao Hao back.

On the road, Cao Hao and Ma Xinyu rode side by side.

Ma Xinyu asked: "I heard that Brother Cao once studied under Song Binchen's son, but is there such a thing?" ”

Cao Hao nodded: "This is indeed the case!" But he sighed secretly in his heart, it seems that the Ma family should not pay attention to himself, because Master Song resigned and returned to Hangzhou after he went to Qingliang Temple.

Ma Xinyu said with a smile: "The third elder brother has always loved calligraphy, and he is particularly interested in Song's calligraphy. He knew that you, the second disciple of Song calligraphy, were going to Beijing on an errand, and he had been looking forward to it for a long time. I heard that our family is having a banquet today, so I asked you to go to his mansion, probably to discuss calligraphy with you. ”

"Where do I know calligraphy, I just studied with Master Song for a year, how can I swagger under the master's brand, it makes people laugh." Cao Hao naturally understood what a drunkard meant not to drink, so he politely refused.

"Brother Cao, anyway, my brother brought it, it depends on your idea whether you go or not!" Ma Xinyu said: "It's just that the master is the master after all, Brother Cao still has to think carefully, so as not to inadvertently offend the nobles without knowing." ”

Although Ma Xinyu's words were sincere, Cao Hao didn't sound right, and there was a hint of threat in his words, it seemed that the invitation of the third elder brother could not be refused.

Cao Hao glanced at Ma Xinyu and felt a little sorry for the Ma family. knew that the Ma family was the in-laws of the third elder brother, and the niece of the Tian family was the side Fujin of the third elder brother, but Cao Hao did not expect the Ma family to be so short-sighted. Even if the crown prince's position is unstable, he should not climb to the third elder brother. Although the third elder brother is known for his talent, he is not a concubine, his mother is not favored, and he does not have the support of powerful relatives, so what do he rely on to fight for the throne?

I don't know if this Ma Xinyu spread the word, whether it was his own opinion, or if Ma Liandao already knew about it. It seems that this Ma family should keep their distance in the future, if they are involved, it will not be wronged.

Before entering Beijing, Cao Hao thought that the prince who didn't know where the discerning prince would notice the power of the Cao family and pay attention to him, the concubine of the Cao family. He thought it would be the crown prince, or the eighth elder brother, but he didn't expect that the first person to notice Cao Hao was the third elder brother. Listening to the meaning of that statement, this attention has been around for a long time.

The Ma family is not far from the Cao family, and it will be there in less than two quarters of an hour.

Ma Xinyu looked like a brother, and only after seeing Cao Hao enter the mansion did he take people away.

Cao Mansion, partial hall.

Cao Hao went back to the courtyard to change his homely clothes and then went to the front yard to see Cao Zhong. Obviously, Kangxi's sons are not fools, and the third elder brother is not the only one who pays attention to Cao Hao.

On the prince's side, he not only received the gift from the Cao family, but also sent a message, Baylor Honghui was choosing to accompany him, since the son of Cao Yin had praised it himself, he had something extraordinary, so he asked him to go to the Hanqing Palace to ask for peace.

The eighth elder brother, because of the election of the prince at the beginning of the year, was being indifferent by Kangxi. came forward, it was Gu Na, the disciple of the ninth elder brother. Hearing this name, Cao Hao remembered Lin Xia Zhai.

After Cao Hao went to Qingliang Temple, Gu Na, who had been away for two years, returned to Jiangning. In addition to visiting his mother, he also went to see Cao Yin and sent a letter written by Brother Jiu to Cao Yin. The letter was polite and didn't say anything else, but it mentioned that in order to congratulate the mother concubine on her birthday, she would borrow two cooks from the Cao family, that is, the two chefs in charge of Linxia Zhai Yutian.

No matter how much the Cao family is relied on by Kangxi, they are just royal slaves. Now that the little master has spoken, how can Cao Yin have any reason to refuse.

Gu Na didn't go to see Cao Hao, and Cao Hao didn't want to see him. Lin Xia Zhai, for him, is just a tool to make money; For Guna, it is a shortcut to the body. It's just that if it is false to say that he is not lost, the stubborn and proud child of the year has disappeared.

Lin Xia Zhai, in fact, Cao Hao has long wanted to close. If you want to keep up with the high prices, you have to keep introducing new dishes and new snacks. He just relied on his hobby of eating in his previous life, and introduced the food hundreds of years later to the two masters of Yu Tian, and then developed it by the two masters. He is not a recipe, after all, his knowledge is limited, and after a few years of tossing, the little stock in his stomach is about the same.

Cao Song and Cao Yi were so angry that they couldn't do it, especially Cao Song, who rolled up his arms and sleeves, wanting to teach that guy a lesson. The Li family was also extremely annoyed that Lin Xia Zhai was ruined like this because Lin Xia Zhai was his son's property. It's just that because Gu Na is a relative of the previous wife, she can't complain about anything, so she has to endure it. Zhao Jia's felt sorry for Cao Song's share of dividends, what a "little white-eyed wolf", what "ungrateful", and nagged for several days.

No matter what the mood of the Cao family was, Lin Xiazhai was still closed with the departure of Yu Tian's two masters, and a month later, there were more Tao Ranju in the capital.

Today, Gu Na came to visit in the afternoon, knowing that Cao Hao went out, and waited for most of the hour until it was almost dark. Before he left, the housekeeper Cao Zhong had already returned home. He asked Cao Zhong to tell Cao Hao, saying that Brother Jiu wanted to ask him about business.

The crown prince, the third elder brother, the ninth elder brother, Cao Hao is really a little flattered. However, he knew that these princes would not treat him as a dish at all. What they value is the Cao family behind him, the Li family and the Sun family who share the glory and disgrace with the Cao family.

The three major weaving in the south of the Yangtze River are related to each other, and the Cao family is the core of the three. Mastering the Cao family is tantamount to mastering a silver treasury. The three elder brothers have all accompanied the emperor on a tour of the south, and have seen the wealth of the Cao family and the magnificence of the Cao family.