Sycamore Garden, upper room.

The imperial doctor didn't come, so he caught up with Qi Niang to come and look for Wuen. Although she is young, she has been praised by the imperial doctor, and she has a "miracle doctor" father, and no one dares to underestimate her.

Chu Yu asked her to diagnose Jinghui's pulse first, and the result was Ximai. At this time, the imperial doctor also invited him, and confirmed that it was a happy pulse. It's just that because I'm too tired, I need to take care of myself.

Jinghui touched her stomach and couldn't help but be afraid. Chu Yu couldn't help but sneer: "My brother and sister are too confused, it's not the first time I'm pregnant, I don't know if I have a body?" ”

Jing Hui sneered: "This month, the sunflower water is half a month late, but it is a little red these days, and it is just delayed." ”

When Chu Yu heard this, he couldn't help but worry.

The imperial doctor had already gone out to prescribe a prescription, and Chu Yu asked: "Imperial doctor, this only talks about recuperation, not about protecting the fetus, do you need to prescribe more prescriptions?" ”

The Imperial Physician shook his head and said, "No. The second grandmother is just a little tired, and she doesn't look unstable. If there is a little redness, it is caused by the placenta sitting in the uterus, and Gege does not need to worry. ”

Hearing him say this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After the imperial doctor left, Chu Yu and Su Xin had no choice but to congratulate Jing Hui, Jing Hui touched her abdomen, let out a long breath, and said, "It's good to be pregnant early, and I can finally let Zilan no longer bear a false name." ”

When Chu Yu and Su Xin heard this, they were a little confused, and Jing Hui blushed and said: "Zilan has been open for several years, and the second master has not had a round room with her. ”

When Chu Yu and Su Xin heard this, they were surprised, but they didn't expect Cao Song to look very aggressive, but he was considerate to his wife. I am afraid that Jinghui will be subordinated and will do this.

"I tried to persuade me a few times, but it didn't work. This time it can't be delayed, it's all a family, and if she gets angry, it's not a good thing. Jinghui said.

The concubines whispered a few more words before they went to the Lanyuan to report the good news. I was afraid that Zhao Jia's family would find fault, so I didn't say that it was the imperial doctor who made a special trip to Jinghui, but only that the imperial doctor came to ask Chu Yu for a pulse, and it happened that Jinghui was a little uncomfortable, so I watched it together.

This heir is a big deal, not to mention that Jinghui is still the eldest daughter-in-law of the second room. Zhao Jia's side was not in the mood, and then he picked a daughter-in-law for others, and he was busy with how the imperial doctor commanded, and then took his daughter-in-law back to Dongfu.

After their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law left, Li recited Amitabha Buddha and said: "The second nephew and daughter-in-law are very thoughtful, and their background is pitiful, and their mother-in-law has this temper, so ......it's good to have a son by her side as soon as possible."

* Nancheng, Tsubaki Hutong.

Because Ortai was too drunk, Cao Qi asked someone to call a car from the car dealer and send him home. The Ortai Manchu surname is Xilin Jueluo, which is also a Manchurian surname, but it is not as prominent as other surnames.

Cao Qi asked someone to pick up the curtain and wanted to help Ortai get out of the car. Unexpectedly, when Ortai arrived at the door of the carriage and saw his gate, he immediately grabbed Cao Qi's arm, bared his tongue, and said, "Sang's forehead...... Can't get back to ...... Go home...... Take me to find a place to save wine ......"

Seeing this, Cao Ji persuaded: "Brother Yi'an, let's go home, so as to save my sister-in-law and wife." ”

When Ortai heard this, he shook his head and said in a low voice: "No, no, your sister-in-law is worried that I will be addicted to alcohol, so I am only allowed to eat and drink twice a decade, and this decade is already full." ”

Cao Qi had been friends with Ortai for many years, and knew that he had a fear of guilt, so he didn't say much, so he had to tell the coachman to turn around and pull Ortai back to his house first.

When I arrived at Cao Qi's house and drank two cups of tea, Ortai's wine woke up a little.

Looking at Cao Ji with a plain purse, Ortai said: "My younger brother and sister have been over for many years, and I want to open some of them, but the relationship between husband and wife is shallow." I also worked as a widower in my early years, and there is no woman in charge of this family. Otherwise, my brother will talk to your sister-in-law and see if he can find you a good daughter-in-law? ”

"Brother Yi'an is kind, and Sang's forehead is collared. The marriage matter is already entrusted to the clan uncle. Cao Ji said.

"Uncle Cao, Cao Shilang?" Ortai listened to it and said with a smile: "It is said that the Cao family is a celebrity in front of the Son of Heaven, and the contacts are either rich or expensive, and they will definitely be able to find a good relative for Sang." My brother is waiting for the wedding wine......"

* Cao Hao has already finished eating with the sixteenth elder brother.

At the crossroads, before the separation, the sixteenth elder brother talked about one thing, that is, Zhang Tingyu wanted to be the "banquet speaker". The official of the banquet is just a fictitious title, but with this fictitious title, he is the real close minister of the Son of Heaven, who is on duty in front of the emperor. With Zhang Tingyu's background and his knowledge, it is only a matter of time before he becomes a scholar.

The holy driver recuperated in Rehe for half a month, and in mid-November, the Queen Mother's illness worsened, and Kangxi got the news and came back from Rehe. In late November, Kangxi also issued a will, listing the major events and small events of his ascension to the throne for more than 50 years.

There have long been rumors that Kangxi's health is not healing, and he can no longer personally criticize the folding. Now that Zhang Tingyu is promoted, it seems that this matter is more and more verified. Cao Hao didn't believe it, because he knew that Fang Chonggong was at the thirteenth elder brother.

If Kangxi's body was really worrying, how could the suspicious emperor release Fang Chonggong, an "insider".

Qi Niang has been talking about her father for a long time, and Cao Hao knew that after Fang Chonggong arrived at the Thirteenth Elder Brother Zhuangzi, he sent a letter to the Thirteenth Elder Brother, sent Qi Niang over, and reunited with her father, and only came back in the past few days.

Kangxi may not be injured, but seeing that the Queen Mother is endangered, sadness is designated. Just like the Queen Mother, no matter how noble she is, she can't resist the call of impermanence; Kangxi, the Ninety-Five Emperor, will eventually be like this.

When Cao Hao arrived at the door of his home, he finally remembered why "Ortai" was so familiar. The famous governor of the Yongzheng Dynasty is not fake, there are Li Wei, Tian Wenjing, and the third is not Yin Jishan, but Ortai. This Ortai and Zhang Tingyu are still the ministers designated by Yongzheng to Qianlong.

In the middle of the February River, this Ortai and Zhang Tingyu formed a party and fought against each other in the early years of Qianlong, and they were disgusted by Qianlong. Before that, the scenery of these two people was the same as the pearl and Suo Etu in the early years of the Kangxi Dynasty, and their protégés were all over the court and the opposition.

I really didn't expect that Ortai, who had put on a face with talent and didn't meet his face, and drilled into fame and fortune, would do such a thing in the future.

Cao Hao couldn't help but be vigilant in his heart, it seems that he really can't judge people by his appearance in the future, so as to save when he offends a big man without knowing it.

Everything in this world pays attention to chance.

Li and Cao Yin searched for a few days, and among the people selected for this selection, there happened to be a girl from the Xilin Jueluo family, who was the daughter of a cousin of the Zhaojia family. This Xilin Jueluo is inlaid with blue flags, and it is Ortai's niece. She is the daughter of the family, her father's official position is not obvious, but her mother is from everyone, and she has three siblings.

Cao Yin, on his side, was also quite satisfied.

Marry a woman from a high door, marry a woman from a low door. If you really choose a noble family, you are afraid of the arrogance of the bride.

When Cao Hao heard his parents mention it, his heart moved, and he told his father about Cao Qi's friendship with Ortai.

Cao Yin really didn't expect that there would be this fate. Cao Hao's opinion, as much as Li's concern, believes that Cao Qi should be allowed to pay attention to himself, so as to save himself from complaining if there is a problem in the future marriage.

Now that the Queen Mother is seriously ill and is not a good time to discuss relatives, Cao Yin is not in a hurry, but just asks the Li family to choose a few more candidates, so that Cao Ji can have a choice. This manchu marriage does not pay attention to seniority, but only to family and age; Han customs, however, pay attention to the ethics of name.

No matter how good this Xilin Jue Luo is, I'm afraid that the Seventh Master won't be able to get by.

After all, Cao Qi is only a family member, and after mentioning it twice, there is a new topic, that is, Cao Xiang brought his family to Beijing.

Over there, Zhao Jia's family hugged the grandson of the concubine, because of the green chrysanthemum, he also felt a lot pleasing to the eye, hugged for a while, and asked Jinghui and Su Xin to hug, so that they could get a little bit of male blessing.

Jinghui is okay, she has a body, and when she looks at this half-year-old boy, she also feels happy in her heart; Su Xin's stomach hasn't moved yet, and she just feels embarrassed.

Cao Xiang saw his mother-in-law, so he went to Xifu to greet his uncle and aunt.

When the uncle and nephew met here, they didn't wait to say goodbye, but they heard the bell ringing in the distance. Cao Yin's expression was stiff, and he was busy listening carefully, but it happened to ring four times.

When Cao Xiang heard this, he immediately grabbed it from the chair and said in surprise: "Uncle, this is ......"

"The Queen Mother is ......" Cao Yin took off his hat and rested on several cases.

At this moment, I heard the bell ring again, still four times. In the distance, other bells echoed. It won't take a few hours for the news of the national funeral to spread all over the capital.

According to the etiquette system, when the emperor and queen are mourned, the people of the capital, regardless of military and civilian men and women, are all subject to mourning. Officials mourn for a hundred days, and the people for a month.

On the side of the Yamen of the Household Department, it is next to the Imperial City. When I caught up with the yamen, everyone in the yamen naturally heard the bell.

Since the end of last month, the Queen Mother has been seriously ill, and the Internal Affairs Office has even prepared for the funeral, so when she heard the bell, there was no chaos on the part of the official office.

Everyone took off their hats and took off their hats, and they thought about everything in their hearts.

There are those who secretly complain, and now it is time to "seal" the annual leave, so they will catch up with the national funeral, and the year will not be good, and they will go to the palace to stand in line. However, this is also a high-grade and low-grade, and I have already thought about it in my heart, so I quickly sent someone home and went to the butcher shop to buy more mutton and pork.

In this national mourning, it is said that animals cannot be slaughtered, isn't it unbearable.

It can be seen that it is not one or two people who have such thoughts, I heard that there was a rush to buy in the butcher shop in the capital, and a few people were injured. The raw meat in the butcher shop and the cooked meat in the box shop were all snapped up by the people.

This is all gossip, so let's not mention it for now.

said that Cao Hao had seen the Queen Mother a few times, and he couldn't be treated as a stranger. When he heard about the death knell, he really felt something wrong in his heart.

The history of Borzigit clan's reign in the Manchu harem has become history with the death of the Empress Dowager. The Mongolian robe sewn by the mother at home has not yet been sewn, and the Queen Mother couldn't wait and left the Forbidden City.

The clansmen, princes and grandsons of the major princes in the capital have all changed into white clothes and rushed to the palace. Fortunately, a few days ago, the Ministry of Rites had an excerpt and asked for instructions on the funeral dress etiquette system, so that all the palaces were prepared.

On their side, Cao Hao couldn't go to the yamen according to the rules of every day, and they didn't leave the yamen until someone from the Ministry of Rites came and informed them of the time to gather and mourn.

After some tossing, when Cao Hao walked out of the yamen, it was already dark outside.

The houses with lanterns along the way have also been replaced with white lanterns, and the capital city against the wax moon is becoming more and more lonely.

When Cao Hao arrived home, he saw that the servants in the house had changed into white robes. Cao Xiang said that he had arrived in Beijing today, and Cao Hao had already known about it, and when he knew that he had arrived home safely, he was relieved.

He was worried about his mother, and after entering the second gate, he went directly to the Lan Courtyard.

Li was crooked on the kang, his eyes were red and swollen, and his face was full of sadness. There was a kang table on the kang, with a few small dishes on it, Chu Yu held the porridge in her hand and was persuading her mother-in-law to use some.

Other people's families have two meals at a time, but the Cao family has had three meals in recent years. This is what Cao Hao means, the old and the young in the family are all when the body needs nourishment, and it is easy to be hungry after two meals.

Seeing this, Lee's grief was caused by his lack of dinner.

Cao Hao took the porridge bowl from his wife's hand, sat down by the kang, and said, "Mother, since the beginning of winter, your body has been weak, so why don't you eat?" Starting from tomorrow, you have to go to the palace to mourn, if you are sick and can't send the queen mother on her last journey, don't you regret it? ”

When Li Shi heard this, tears couldn't help falling again, and he choked up and said: "Such a loving old man, if you say no, it's gone, and you haven't even seen the Mongolian robe I sew......"

"The Queen Mother is seventy-seven, and she is also the longest-lived person among the emperors and queens of all dynasties. Resting in the people, it is also a joy and mourning, and the mother is still mourning. The Queen Mother and her old man cared for her mother, and she couldn't bear to know that her mother was like this. Cao Hao Yin Yin persuaded.

Li Shi took the handkerchief, tried his tears, sighed, and said: "I know all this, but I should be a conscience." I have lived half my life, and the Queen Mother is the only one who is so good to me. Even if she knew that the Queen Mother was an old man, she couldn't help but treat her as her own old man. These words, saying that they prayed in front of the Bodhisattva, only hoping that the Queen Mother and her old man would live for two more years, but it was only in vain. ”

"The Queen Mother prefers her mother because she hopes that her mother is so good. If the mother understands the Queen Mother's kindness, she should take care of it more and more. Cao Hao said.

Li thought about the Queen Mother's care in the past few years, and only felt very uncomfortable, but he couldn't bear to let his son and daughter-in-law worry, so he nodded, took the porridge in his son's hand, and drank two sips.

She put down the bowl, looked at the door, and whispered to Cao Hao: "The master went to the East House after dinner, and it's been a while, and Cao Hao will also go to take a look." ”

Cao Hao answered, got up and went out.

In the study of the east house, Cao Yin leaned behind the bookcase, and there was no joy or sorrow on his face.

"Father......" Cao Hao called softly.

Cao Yin rubbed his face with his hand and said, "Hao'er is back, when will the hundred officials enter the palace?" ”

"Yin Zheng (four o'clock in the morning) entered the palace, the clan and the civil and military officials, as well as the eight banners of the second rank or above foreign women." Cao Hao replied.

Cao Yin nodded, stood up, and said, "Is your mother better?" ”

"Just now, my son and daughter-in-law persuaded me to drink half a bowl of porridge." Cao Hao replied.

Cao Yin was silent for a long time, and said: "Ming'er has to get up early, you and your daughter-in-law go back first, and settle down early." On your mother's side, let me persuade you. ”

In addition to worrying about his mother, Cao Hao also knew that his father was worried, and said: "Although my father is relieved, the queen mother has passed away, and although the emperor is very sad, there is a doctor by his side to serve, and he can also be safe." ”

Cao Yin looked at his son for a moment before he nodded and said, "What Hao'er said is right, it's for the sake of ...... father."

(To be continued)