In a blink of an eye, on August 26, Cao Hao and Cao Song took people to the Gongyuan early to pick up Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang. It's similar to the situation of sending the exam, but it's still busy here.

It's just that when I saw the dragon gate open, the test taker walked out of it, but it didn't have the brilliance of the end. All of them were unshaven, some with pleasant joy on their faces, and some with dejected heads.

After waiting for a long time, the scholars almost came out, and they still didn't see Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang's brothers. Cao Hao couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart, was this because he was young, he was sinned, he was sick, or what?

Before, he had inquired, although the trumpet shed was simple, but it would give charcoal pots. It shouldn't be cold. On the food side, there are all kinds of dumplings, fried noodles, and sauced meat.

When people came out one after another, they heard Cao Song say in surprise and said, "The third and fourth children!" ”

Cao Hao hurriedly followed Cao Song's line of sight, and from a distance, two people slowly walked out, one supporting the other, could it be Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang brothers?

Although they were in a hurry, there were soldiers guarding the gate, and they couldn't get in, so they had to wait for the two little ones to come out.

When the two approached, one had a sallow face and a thin face; One of them also lost a few points, with a little fatigue on his face, and he didn't have the cleverness of Su Shu.

Seeing his brothers waiting outside, Cao Shuo, who was supported by his younger brother, was full of shame and trembling, but he couldn't say anything. He lowered his head, his body trembled a little, his eyes were sour and unstoppable, although he tried his best to restrain himself, but it was useless.

Cao Xiang noticed his brother's abnormality, raised his head and said to Cao Hao and Cao Song: "The third brother is sick!" ”

Cao Hao had already stepped forward, took Cao Shuo from Cao Xiang's hand, and said, "Hurry up and go home, this will make someone go to the imperial doctor." ”

Cao Shuo refused to take a step, lowered his head, and whispered: "Big brother, I didn't answer the paper, and I dragged down the fourth brother!" ”

His sentence without a beginning or an end, Cao Hao looked at Cao Xiang with some doubts.

Hearing Cao Shuo say this, and seeing his cousin looking at him again, Cao Xiang hurriedly shook his head and said, "That's not the case. The question of this subject is a little biased, even if the third brother is fine, I can't answer it here. ”

Although others will care about this fame, Cao Hao didn't take it to heart. It was only because these two younger brothers had always studied hard and were eager for fame that they were sent to take the exam.

Listening to the words of the two little brothers, even if Cao Hao didn't know the details, he knew that he was almost inseparable, so he said: "It's better to go home first, I've already come out of the examination room, don't think about this anymore." If you really want to take the test, you can come back in three years. ”

Cao Song saw that Cao Hao helped Cao Shuo, and he helped the other side, looked at Cao Shuo, and then looked at Cao Xiang, and said: "Brother Ping told you to exercise more, but you are only willing to hold the book and not let go." In the future, I won't be able to, this body is enough to do something, and I'll pick you two up in the morning. ”

Because the candidates and their relatives and friends who took the test dispersed one after another, and the road here was much wider than Fang Cai, Cao Hao sent Xiaoman to the entrance of the alley to call the carriage parked over there and let the Cao Shuo brothers sit. He and Cao Song rode horses, and the group went to Cao's mansion.

Cao Song rode on the horse, looked at the carriage, turned his head and whispered to Cao Hao: "Brother, it's all my fault." I'm my brother, and I'm fighting for breath. I have no interest like this, so that the third child and the fourth child are both looking for success. ”

Seeing him stunned, Cao Hao glanced at him and said, "It's just an accident, what are you mixing into?" Even if you become a Baturu and a big hero, don't you allow the third and the fourth to be motivated? ”

Cao Song listened, and this party was silent.

After entering the second gate, the Zhaojia clan had already sent people to guard here.

Cao Shuo's face showed a little uneasy, Cao Hao patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Don't say so much, say hello to the second aunt first." After a while, the imperial doctor will arrive, and he will prescribe two prescriptions to regulate pranayama. ”

Cao Shuo nodded, and the big guy went to the Peony Courtyard.

Zhao Jia's got the letter, and he was already at the gate of the hospital. When she saw their brother return, her face was full of joy.

However, when they approached and saw Cao Shuo's sickness, Zhao Jiashi was frightened, and tears came out of his heart, and he said with a crying voice: "What did you say?" How can a good child come out like this when he enters the examination room? As he spoke, he had already stepped forward and pulled Cao Shuo's arm.

In less than ten days, the son's originally fair little face was sallow, and his arms were full of bones, and he couldn't touch the flesh. Zhao Jia's mother, how can she not be in a hurry, she can't come up in one breath, and her face is pale.

Cao Song hurriedly stepped forward to support him, rubbed Zhaojia's back, and said, "Mother, it's okay, you didn't see it, there are few people who come out of the Gongyuan." ”

Zhao Jiashi listened, turned his head to look at Cao Xiang, and saw that his face was not good, his eyes were sunken in, and he believed what Cao Song said in his heart, and said: "Tsk, where is this exam, it's a crime!" ”

Chu Yu stood behind Zhao Jia's family, saw the two little uncles looking embarrassed, and said, "Second aunt, let the third brother and the fourth brother go back and wash well." It's not easy to boil through these days in the examination room, and the hot water has been ordered to be prepared in the kitchen. ”

Only then did Zhao Jiashi let go of Cao Shuo's arm and said to Chu Yu: "It's still your sister-in-law's carefulness, I didn't expect the exam to be so hard." After speaking, he sent Cao Shuo and Cao Xiang back to their respective yards to freshen up.

Cao Xiang's biological mother, Bao Die, originally came out with Zhaojia's family, and when she saw her son's pointed chin, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief, her face was full of worry.

When Cao Xiang saw it, he smiled at his mother, signaled that he was fine, and quietly glanced at Lu Ju before following the maid back to Liuyuan.

It wasn't until he saw the green chrysanthemum that Cao Xiang felt a little melancholy in his heart. He studied so diligently, and wanted to be famous as soon as possible, half of which was to be able to make a career in the future, so that his biological mother's situation would be better; There is also half of the reason, but he wants to have room to speak in front of his mother-in-law and tell him about Lu Ju.

Three years later, it was still the year of Dabi, and he was only fourteen this year, and he would only be seventeen by then. However, Green Ju is seventeen this year, and twenty in three years.

When he entered the wooden barrel and soaked in the water, Cao Xiang couldn't help but feel a little worried.

The big girl Lilac beside him stood behind him, untied his braids, wiped the soaphorns and chickens, and said: "The fourth master is going to come these days, and my aunt is going to come twice every time, so she sits in this room and is stunned, but she is worried!" ”

"Hmm!" Cao Xiang listened and was a little moved. There is no pilot test in this subject, and others can say that they disappointed their aunt in the end. Thinking of this, he sighed, faintly guilty.

But that's it, and it's not interesting to think about it. Therefore, he turned around and said to Lilac: "Hurry up and wash, the third master is not comfortable, I want to go to Songyuan to take a look!" ”

Another big girl who was waiting beside him, Poria, had already come in with a set of clean clothes, rested on the edge of the kang, and said, "Although it is not yet September, the weather is cold, do you want to mix hot water with the fourth master again?" ”

Cao Xiang wiped his face and said, "No need, I'm still in a hurry to go to Songyuan!" ”

While he was talking, Lilac had already helped him wash his hair, and Poria handed him a towel. Because of his age, Cao Xiang was not as casual as when he was a child, and waited until they turned around before he came out of the barrel.

After a while, he put on his inner clothes, and then called Lilac and Poria to help him get his hair and pick up the clothes outside.

Poria lowered her head and smiled: "The fourth master is really big, his skin is thin, and he doesn't know how to avoid these when he is young!" ”

Cao Xiang didn't think so, and wanted to say, "You are only two years older than me", but when he thought of Lu Ju, he laughed less in front of the maid.

When he was dressed neatly, dried his hair, and braided, and was about to go out, he heard the little maid under the corridor say: "Fourth master, uncle, second master are here!" ”

Cao Xiang was a little puzzled in his heart, so he hurriedly picked up the curtain and went out.

Outside the door, in addition to Cao Hao and Cao Song, there is also Imperial Doctor Chen, who often comes to Cao's mansion for treatment.

"Big brother, second brother, third brother, how is he?" Cao Xiang asked with some concern.

Cao Hao saw that he had just finished bathing, and his complexion was not bad, and said, "Your third brother is fine, how are you here?" Listen to your third brother say that you are tired, come into the house quickly, and let the imperial doctor show you too! ”

Cao Xiang was a little embarrassed, but his brother commanded, not to talk much, so he turned sideways, invited everyone to go into the house first, and then followed.

Imperial Physician Chen checked Cao Xiang's pulse and said, "The fourth prince stretched out his tongue to show the old man!" ”

Cao Xiang stretched out, Imperial Physician Chen looked at it carefully, asked a few more questions, nodded, and said to Cao Hao: "Lord Cao, the fourth prince is fine, it's just that some people are on fire and sleep less, just use a few pills to calm down and go to fire!" ”

Ding Xiang had already taken the pen and paper, and Cao Hao asked Imperial Physician Chen to write a prescription and sent Cao Song to send Imperial Physician out.

Cao Xiang was a little worried, and said, "How is the third brother over there?" Looking at the doctor in the Gongyuan, he mentioned that the third brother had some typhoid fever and was still ...... I also have epilepsy. ”

Cao Hao said: "Don't worry, the second aunt is watching over there, and she also made people grab the medicine." You yourself can give birth for two days, in the end you are still young, it's not too tired! ”

"Yes!" Cao Xiang complied.

Cao Hao saw that there was a tired look on his face, and said, "You rest first, and let the kitchen directly deliver the food over for a while, so that you can sleep well, and if you have anything to say, you will talk about it tomorrow." With that, he got up and went out.

Cao Xiang sent his brother outside, and then came back crookedly. He has been taking care of Cao Shuo for a few days, but he is really tired, and he will fall asleep after a while...... In a daze, as if I heard someone sigh in a low voice...... * Shaoyuan, go to the room.

Zhao Jiashi sat on the kang with the cigarette pouch in his hand, but he didn't have the heart to smoke. Cao Hao and Cao Song sat on the chair and persuaded her for a long time, so that she didn't have to worry too much.

After all, the imperial doctor has already seen it, and the Tao is Cao Shuo's side to breathe for a while, and there is no worry about his surname. But where can Zhaojia's rest assured?

Hearing the sound of footsteps outside, Zhao Jia hurriedly looked at the door.

The one who came in with a curtain at the door was the green chrysanthemum sent by Fang Cai Zhaojia to pass on Cao Xiang in Liuyuan.

When Lu Ju came in, Zhao Jiashi looked behind her, didn't see anyone, his face was a little disappointed, and said, "Huh? Why didn't Brother Xiang come? ”

Lu Ju replied: "Mrs., the fourth master is so tired that he thinks about it, and when the slave and maid passed, they had already rested!" ”

Zhao Jiashi frowned, and complained to Cao Hao and Cao Song: "It's his brother who is sick, and it's not that he is sick, why is he so delicate?" It's just a matter of asking to understand, how do you know how Brother Shuo'er's illness is? ”

Cao Hao was a little awkward when he heard this, thinking that Su said that Zhaojia's family was not close to Cao Xiang, and he felt a little pity for that sensible cousin.

Cao Song was beside him, he couldn't help it, and said: "Mother, the third child has said that these words are thanks to the fourth child waiting for the soup medicine on the side." Looking at the complexion of the little four, it is not much stronger than the third child, just two days of rest. ”

Zhao Jia's expression was sneering, and he said, "Aren't I worried about Brother Shuo'er......"

* Inside Andingmen, Prince Yong's Mansion.

The fourth elder brother said that he arrived in Beijing today, and after changing his clothes from the inner house, he came to the study to see all kinds of news reported by the court mansion and the sticky office.

For the fourth elder brother to return to Beijing suddenly, Dai Jin was a little surprised. Dai Jin also went to Rehe with the fourth elder brother in April, and returned to the capital at the end of June.

A few days ago, the news came from Rehe, or the holy driver only left the eighth elder brother and went with the other princes of Suihu.

"Fourth Master, Long Live Lord, is there something abnormal?" Dai Jin asked.

The fourth elder brother said: "I can't see it." It's not just me, the eighth child has also returned to Beijing! It's not good that the holy car has gone to Mongolia, and we are still in Rehe! ”

Dai Jin couldn't guess Kangxi's intentions for a while, and couldn't help frowning and pondering.

If you want to say that Long Live Lord is guarding against the eighth elder brother, it is reasonable. On the fourth master's side, long live the master This is a precaution, or do you want to reuse it...... The fourth elder brother didn't think about it so much, a few years ago, outside the holy summer retreat, he and the third elder brother were mostly left in charge of the capital.

Now that the brothers are resting in turn, it's nothing to let yourself come back first. The eighth child is not happy, it seems that it makes the imperial father disgusted...... Thinking of the eighth elder brother's power in the government and the opposition, the fourth elder brother couldn't help but feel a little envious. Speaking of which, it can be said that there are few people who can handle it......

(To be continued)