Mongolia, Five Tigers, the Holy Driver Station.

It was almost the end of August, and there was some cold outside the fortress, and the seventeenth elder brother stood outside the camp tent, tightened his clothes, and looked into the distance in a daze.

It just so happened that the sixteenth elder brother walked over, and when he saw the seventeenth elder brother like this, he couldn't help but feel a little funny, followed his eyes, and said, "What's the matter, this is all stone, this baba is looking at the other side of the Rehe River and thinking about Fujin, right?" ”

The holy car was set off from Rehe on the sixth day of the first month of August, and the queen mother was old and impatient, so she stayed in the Rehe summer resort to recuperate. Since the queen mother stayed in Rehe, the harem concubines and concubines who followed her and her brother Fujin had to stay in Rehe to serve, and there were very few who came to Mongolia with her.

Seventeen Fujin is the prince's concubine, Fujin, as a grandson and daughter-in-law, and also stays on the other side of the Rehe. The seventeenth elder brother and the Fujin Niu Hulu clan have been married for several years, but they are compatible with each other and have deep feelings.

After listening to the joke of the sixteenth elder brother, the seventeenth elder brother smiled and did not deny it, but there was a little worry in his expression. He hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Sixteenth brother, fifteenth brother is very close to the third brother, ...... here."

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "I have persuaded him several times in private, but he is the elder brother, what can I say?" ”

The seventeenth elder brother had some doubts on his face, and said, "Which side does the fifteenth brother want to press?" Looking at the palace, the fifteenth brother and the fourteenth brother are also close, and this should be towards the starling brother's side. Why did you get out of Beijing and get close to the third brother again? ”

The sixteenth elder brother shook his head and said, "I don't know, I asked a few times, and I saw that he didn't have any special bias in his heart, but he was mixed in it, and he didn't know what he was thinking." Speaking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little bored, shook my head, and said, "Don't talk about these things, it's weird." Seeing that it is about to enter September, I am afraid that it will not be many days, and I will have to return to Rehe, and then you two will make do with each other. I'm looking forward to returning to Beijing, but my son caught Zhou, and my daughter didn't catch up, so I really panicked! ”

Hearing the sixteenth elder brother mention the child, the seventeenth elder brother looked sad. He has been married to Seventeen Fujin for three years, and Fujin was pregnant once before, but then he slipped and his body seemed to be a little inappropriate.

After the sixteenth elder brother finished speaking, he also saved his words, and hurriedly diverted the conversation, saying: "I haven't asked Huang Ama to say goodbye yet, let's go over!" ”

The seventeenth elder brother looked at the imperial tent in the center of the camp, and saw a few ministers coming out there, thinking that they had just come out. He nodded and said, "Well, my younger brother also wanted to find the sixteenth brother to ask for peace!" ”

When the two of them arrived near the imperial tent, they saw Wei Zhu, the court's attendant, coming out with a small box. The sixteenth elder brother was familiar with him, and asked with a smile, "What kind of good thing is this?" Baby, like something. ”

Wei Zhu saw that it was the two elder brothers, and he was busy asking for peace, and then replied: "Back to the sixteenth master, this is a Bodhi seed presented by Lord Sun of Hangzhou Weaving." Long live the lord saw it, sent the slaves out, and returned them to Lord Sun's house slaves to take back to Hangzhou for planting. ”

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at the small box, and said to Wei Zhu with a smile: "Since you have an errand, then you should go and get busy first, and when you have to be free, you can be born and have a good time." ”

When Wei Zhu heard this, his eyes lit up, and then he looked around and whispered: "Didn't I dispose of some in Rehe a few days ago, and when the slaves rest, the sixteenth master wants to find a good place." ”

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at him and said, "You still need to worry about this, the master will naturally save it, hurry up and get out, and see if the master wins you in two days!" ”

Wei Zhu covered his mouth, chuckled twice, and said, "The sixteenth master is just playing the front side, and the slave waits." In this case, the slave and maid went first, and the sixteenth and seventeenth masters came back. After speaking, he bowed to the two of them and went.

When Wei Zhu was far away, the seventeenth elder brother asked in a low voice: "Sixteenth brother, although he has a deputy chief, the weight is not light now. The eunuch in charge of the Qianqing Palace has been vacant since Liang Jiugong was circled, and this slave can be regarded as a useful person in front of the emperor! Now everyone is scolding him, even the starling brother and the ninth brother don't dare to trust him in front of this slave, and the sixteenth brother treats him like this, so as not to provoke the villain's resentment. ”

The sixteenth elder brother waved his hand to the seventeenth elder brother and said, "It's okay, this Wei Zhu has been familiar with him since he was a little eunuch." Although he is a little greedy for money, he is also a person who understands in his heart. Although everyone outside is respectful of him now, he also knows that there are a few people who will really take him in their eyes, just look at the deputy head of the signboard on his back. I treated him like the same as before, and he felt good, but felt that I was the closest to him. ”

The seventeenth elder brother thought that Wei Zhuping treated the princes and elder brothers, but he was the closest to the sixteenth elder brother, so he smiled and did not say anything more.

The sixteenth elder brother thought in his heart because of the Bodhi seed of Fang Cai, it seems that among the three major weavings in the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial father is becoming more and more important to the grandson family. In the past, I didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse for the Cao family...... * Beijing, Cao's Mansion, and Shaoyuan.

After returning from the Shilang Mansion, Zhao Jia's family frowned a little and was silent. She sat on the kang and smoked several bags of cigarettes in a row, and finally sighed and said to Zilan who was waiting in front of her, "Hasn't your second master come back yet?" Go to Ermen to inquire and see if he has come back, and if he does, ask him to come here to talk. ”

Zilan answered, and Zhao Jiashi said to Lu Ju again: "You go to your third master's house to take a look, your body is better ......" Speaking of this, she shook her head and said: "That's it, I'll go over and take a look in person, so I don't have to worry about not seeing it!" ”

Green chrysanthemum responded, squatted down, and waited for Zhaojia's to put on his shoes.

Zhao Jiashi hesitated and asked, "Ruhui, that girl has also been to our mansion once, how about acting based on her appearance?" ”

Although Ruhui is not the master of Caofu, she is Miss Cousin, and she is also half a master. Where is the reason to ask the slave and maid how to ask the master? But the wife asked so strangely?

Lu Ju's body couldn't help but stiffen, although she wondered in her heart, she smiled a little in an instant: "It's true that Miss Biao is the niece of the wife's relatives, but just looking at her appearance, she is more like the wife's daughter." Acting or something, the slave maid said it badly, I only heard that Miss Biao spoke very coolly, in the end, she was born in a big family, and no one could compare with her style. ”

This remark was said without leakage, and Zhao Jia's face was smiling. She nodded again and again, and said: "Isn't it exactly, in the end, it is my own flesh and blood, this is connected with blood, I look at Ruhui and kiss, and I treat her in my heart as the eldest girl." I have lived in the south for more than 20 years, and I don't look down on those greasy and crooked young ladies. If you want to be a daughter-in-law, it is still the girl who came out of the flag man's family to be generous. ”

These words are really not something that Lu Ju can interject, so she can only take Zhao Jia's cigarette gun with a smile, help remove the cigarette ash inside, and put it away.

Zhao Jiashi stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go to your third master's yard together!" So saying, he went out.

Green Ju responded, took two quick steps, and opened the curtain before Zhaojia's.

As soon as he got out of the house, he saw Cao Hao and Cao Song enter the courtyard, Zhao Jiashi was a little surprised, and said: "How did you two meet one place today, this is at the door?" ”

Cao Song responded in confusion, Cao Hao stepped forward to greet Zhao Jia's family, and asked, "Second aunt, let's come back, this is to see the third brother?" ”

Zhao Jiashi replied: "It's been a while since I've been home, I'll look at Brother Shuo'er and ask him if he has anything he wants to eat." Today, your aunt gave two baskets of crabs and fresh fish from the river, and he used to say that he liked fish the most. By the way, half of it has been sent to your yard, and you can eat it while it is fresh. ”

Cao Hao thanked him and said, "That is the case, the second aunt will go first, the nephew will go back to change his clothes first, and then he will go over to see the third brother!" ”

Zhao Jiashi said: "Go, go, don't be in a hurry, accompany your daughter-in-law to talk for a while." If it's cold today, it's not good to see that she doesn't like to move anymore. ”

Cao Hao glanced at Cao Song, saw him nodded, didn't say much, and said that Wutong Yuan went first.

At Dong E's house, although Cao Song went out of the house first, he did not return immediately, but waited for Cao Hao outside the gate, and the two brothers came back together.

Before Cao Hao came out of Dong E's house, he saw Jinghui crying, and he didn't know how the two were talking. When he got out of the house, he was a little surprised when he heard Cao Song say that he wanted to ask a matchmaker to say goodbye as soon as possible.

Cao Song's performance was more decisive than Cao Hao imagined.

However, this is simple to say, after all, there is still the Zhaojia clan in the house, and it is not Cao Song who just said that it will work. Cao Song paid attention to it, and made it clear to his mother today.

I don't have any big ambitions, and I don't care about finding a good father-in-law, I just want to find a daughter-in-law who is happy so that I can have a good life.

When I returned to Wutong Garden, Chu Yu was in the yard, instructing Xiyan and Xixia to divide a few crabs. They are all fist-sized crabs, tied with straw ropes and spitting bubbles in the basket.

Seeing Cao Hao coming in, Chu Yu turned around and said with a smile: "The forehead is back, but it's too early to settle today!" ”

Cao Hao took two steps forward, stood on the edge of the basket, slipped a crab with his hand, and said: "'Nine females and ten males' is the season to eat female crabs." It's a big basket, you have to have twenty or thirty pounds, right? ”

Chu Yu said: "I just made the hanging scale measured, and I will put thirty catties." There are already a few points here, and I am thinking of sending some to Mr., Sister-in-law Tian, Steward Wei, Steward Zheng, and the old housekeeper. I don't like to eat these, so let's leave a few pounds less in our yard? ”

Xiyan and Xixia on the side all looked at the crab and showed a little joy, and looked at Cao Hao with a smile, thinking about how much they could stay here.

When Cao Hao saw this, he couldn't help but laugh, and said to Chu Yu: "Since everyone likes this, Ming'er will send someone to buy two more baskets." Now is the season of crab roe plump, what is there to eat twice when it is open? ”

Chu Yu was a little surprised, looked at Cao Hao and said: "I haven't seen the forehead eat fish in the past two years, and the river fresh food is rarely used, and I don't like to eat this anymore!" ”

Cao Hao lowered his head and said, "It's okay to say anything else, but crabs are to be eaten." Leave a few pounds, and send the rest everywhere. In addition to these places, if the people below can't share it, Ming'er will buy two baskets and make up for it. We're going to eat it tonight in this yard. ”

Chu Yu sent the joy cigarettes and sent them everywhere, and the husband and wife entered the house.

Cao Hao changed out of his official uniform and said, "The second aunt is okay, she knows how to send us half of it!" I talked about you just now, let me talk to you more. Look at her heart, but treat you so well. ”

Chu Yu nodded and said, "The second aunt's surname is also like a child, and if she coaxes her to follow it, there will be less right and wrong." Although he is stern on the face, he is not a hard-hearted person. When I came back from the Shilang Mansion today, I talked about Ruhuilai, and looking at the meaning of the second aunt's words, I still wanted to get married. But I don't know, whether it is the second child or the third child! ”

Cao Hao was a little surprised when he heard this, and said, "Didn't the second aunt still talk about Ruhui's illness a few days ago, why did she change her mind today?" ”

Chu Yu helped Cao Hao put away his official uniform and said, "Who knows, Xu is thinking about the love of his in-laws." The second aunt mentioned it several times, saying that it was in her mother's house, and only this brother was the one who was close to her, and she had always taken care of her. ”

Whether it is Cao Song or Cao Xiang, Cao Hao does not approve of this family matter.

My aunt and cousin are really too close by blood, which makes people feel uneasy.

He frowned slightly, thinking about what reason to find to persuade Zhao Jia's family, so he listened to Chu Yu and said: "E, if the second aunt wants to tell the second brother, how can Jinghui be good?" I don't know how the second brother will make trouble, but it makes people feel a headache when they think about it. ”

Cao Hao smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid I'm going to have a headache soon, so today Xiao Er will take me to Dong E's house, and look at what he means, this is going to have a showdown with the second aunt." Let's take a look at their mother's charter first, we can't talk now. ”

Chu Yu sighed and said, "It would be nice if the old lady was here, in the end, it was the elders, they persuaded it, and the second aunt had something to say." ”

Speaking of his parents, Cao Hao thought of his son and said: "In half a month, Tianyou will have two lives, and he will run all over the ground if he thinks about it." It would be nice if we could take leave at the end of the year, let's go back to Jiangning to see our son. ”

When Chu Yu heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little happy on his face, and then hesitated: "The forehead is a hall official, how can you leave the yamen, how can this leave be easy to invite?" ”

Cao Hao smiled and said: "The yamen is light, it's all an errand, two officials, even if I'm not there, I won't get in the way......"

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(To be continued)