The capital, inside the Anding Gate, Prince Yong's mansion.

When the fourth elder brother came back from the household duty, it was almost dusk. While instructing the maid to prepare food, the Fu Jin Wulanala clan helped her husband change into his coats.

The fourth elder brother washed his hands and cleaned his face, sat down on the kang, and showed a trace of fatigue on his face. Today on the twenty-fifth, Kangxi looked at the court in the Taihe Palace, and he, as an elder brother with ministers, left the house before dawn in the morning.

Seeing a plate of citrus and a plate of Buddha's hand on the kang table, which were seasonal tributes from the south, the fourth elder brother asked, "Sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Can the thirteenth brother send someone to send some? ”

The Ulanala clan smiled: "Why is the master so bothered about this? It has been sent, not only the tribute from the south has arrived, but also the north has arrived, I remember that the thirteenth brother loves roe deer meat the most, and specially asked someone to give him an extra share. ”

The fourth elder brother remembered the current situation of the thirteenth elder brother, frowned slightly, and said: "The thirteenth elder brother has no knighthood, and it is not bad, this money may not be rich, when do you go to visit the thirteenth elder brother and sister, ask the last sentence, if they are short of money to call, send some over!" ”

The Ulanara clan responded, and the maids came in to set the meal. The fourth elder brother is not an extravagant person, and he rarely eats more than ten dishes, and this is the case today. And because he believes in Buddhism, although he is not taboo, but he also uses less meat dishes, so half of them are vegetarian dishes, and several dishes are handmade by Buddha.

After being busy outside, the fourth elder brother was really hungry, and he ate two bowls of porridge and half a plate of roasted wheat before putting down his chopsticks.

After the maids removed the table and brought tea, the Wulanala clan remembered something, took a gift slip from Baibaoge, and said to the fourth elder brother with a smile: "There is another birthday gift today!" ”

The fourth elder brother raised his eyebrows and didn't speak, and then he was born at the age of thirty-five, which can be regarded as a whole life, but he didn't have the heart to do it.

At the first day of October, Banzai issued a decree that the crown prince "should still be deposed and imprisoned", and he was also said to be the acting general manager of the university. At this point, everyone thought that the eighth elder brother, who had always been famous, would be the prince. Although Ma Qi is the father-in-law of the twelfth elder brother, he is the disciple of the eighth elder brother, and he is also the backbone of the "Eight Elder Party". In the forty-ninth year, Russia came to the mutual market, because of Ma Qi's side affairs, Kangxi ordered him to be the prime minister, and his younger brothers Ma Wu and Li Rongbao also followed.

With Ma Qi being promoted to the head of the Internal Affairs Office, for a while, there was a bit of a sense that the dust had settled, and the courtiers who had originally planned to wait and see went to Lianbeile Mansion more diligently.

I don't want to, on the sixth day of October, the limelight suddenly changed, and Kangxi issued an order: "Ma Qi and others are under the management of the leader, but I have the old leader of the yellow flag." In the past, it was allocated to the eighth son of the emperor, Belle Yinxi, and now it is still under the jurisdiction of Ma Qi and others. His people were also included in the banner. Ma Qi was originally a university scholar, and I have another edict. Ma Wu, Li Rongbao, and Fu Erdun were retained and did not have to be reinstated. The rest of the clansmen, Zhuang Tufasheng and other 37 people, were all reinstated. ”

"Turn your hands into clouds, cover your hands for rain", it is just a seemingly ordinary will, but it strips Ma Qi and his family, the most prominent and highest-ranking disciple of the family, and his family under the Eighth Elder Brother from the Zhenglan Banner and takes them back to the yellow flag.

Those who speculated about the eighth elder brother's storage position couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and even the ninth elder brother, tenth elder brother, fourteenth elder brother and others were puzzled. And the third elder brother, who has been looking forward to "standing up", looks calm, who knows how to show up in private.

Those courtiers who had been attached to the crown prince or the eighth elder brother began to feel at the bottom of their hearts, for fear that they would not know whether they would feel guilty or not, and they would have some intention of casting a net, and they would be more attentive when they walked around the various palaces.

On the side of Prince Yong's mansion, the end of October is Prince Yong's thirty-fifth birthday, and from the beginning of this year, gift-givers began to come one after another.

The fourth elder brother has always been low-key, where would he make such a show at this eye-catching time? I have long confessed to Fujin that except for relatives and close friends, all other officials with foreign surnames will not be accepted.

Although the Ulanala clan is only 33 years old, he and the fourth elder brother are a young couple, and they have been married for more than 20 years, and they have always acted most according to their hearts. Today, I think there are some reasons for receiving gifts, so the fourth elder brother didn't say much.

The Wulanala clan smiled and presented the gift list, and said with a smile: "It was the gift of the county lord Cao Hao, who sent people back from Shandong, and sent it together with the return gift of the full moon gift we gave earlier." Although it is not the forehead of our house, but thinking about it, over the years, there are all kinds of human contacts! Seeing that this gift was not precious, I took it! Looking at this list, it can be seen that he has a heart! ”

The fourth elder brother took the gift list, and saw that it was just four kinds of gifts such as Buddha statues and incense burners, so he nodded and said, "There is still a way to go from Shandong to the capital!" The implication is that if Cao Hao really gave gifts for "standing in line", he would not be so fast, it seems that he was prepared with his heart.

Thinking about Cao Hao's behavior when he was in the capital, the fourth elder brother shook his head, and couldn't help laughing at himself, he was afraid that some plants and trees were all soldiers. Looking at Cao Hao's surname, it doesn't look like he wants to climb a high branch; Besides, even if you really have this thought, you should go to the Third Elder Brother and Eighth Elder Brother's Mansion now, where will you still vote for your own favor and bother to prepare for these.

Seeing the loneliness on her husband's face, the Ulanala clan poured him a cup of tea, and said with a smile: "A few months ago, I knew that there were tea trees in the north, and I thought it was strange, but now I drink the tea produced here, which is no worse than the tribute from the south!" Nowadays, those who love tea in the capital are looking for people to take the door of several palaces. In our house, because the master has always acted rigorously, there are not many people who dare to fight the autumn wind. I heard that the Chunwang Mansion and the Ping Wangfu were nagged by several old princes. Fortunately, the place where the Communist Party is not big is controlled by these families, otherwise there would be few people in the Internal Affairs Office who would want to fight this idea. Although it is only a few acres of land and not worth a few dollars, it is also a favor! It seems that Cao Eyu and the thirteenth brother are very close, but we are touched by the light of the thirteenth brother! ”

Cao Hao, when the fourth elder brother thinks of him, he can't help but have a slight illusion, as if time has gone back eleven years ago, when he was still a high-spirited young Baylor, and he was followed by the fifteen or sixteen-year-old old thirteen who was talking with flying eyebrows. That year, his son-in-law Honghui was only five years old, and although he had not yet reached the study room, he had already begun to enlighten. If Honghui hadn't died young, he would have been sixteen this year, and he would have reached the age of marrying a wife and having children.

Although the Wulanala clan didn't know the reason why Cao Hao was close to the thirteenth elder brother, the fourth elder brother knew it, and he also knew that Cao Hao's dealings with this side over the years were not on the thirteenth side, but had some meaning of "repaying gratitude".

It's just that he's not a man of many words, and he doesn't expect that idea to be recouped with anything. Besides, when they came back from the Jiangnan fight, the emperor's father had already rewarded their brothers with a lot of good things.

Thinking of this, the fourth elder brother couldn't help but be stunned, the emperor's treatment of the Cao family is indeed extraordinary, and the emperor's father is a person who loves the old and loves the old.

*Xicheng, Caofu, Wutong Garden.

Cao Hao spread his hair, sneezed several times in a row, couldn't help rubbing his nose, and said to himself: "Where is this muttering? How is it endless! ”

He departed from Jinan Mansion on October 20 and arrived in the capital this afternoon. When I first started on the road, I wanted to go to Seshtu's house immediately after entering Beijing, beat the kid first, and then talk about the rest; On the road, I thought more. First of all, we must verify the authenticity of the matter, and we can't go to clean up the Seshtu inexplicably; The other thing is to know my sister's mind and how she is doing in Jueluo's house.

When he thought of this, he regretted it very much. Just like the parents, if they are sick, they are afraid that their children will worry, and they will only report it in the family letter; Ping'er's side, I'm afraid that I will also report good news but not bad news, and in the past two years of marriage, I don't know how many grievances I have suffered?

I have sent someone to Jueluo Mansion to find the two-room companion room of the Cao family in the past to inquire about it. He himself went back to Wutong Garden, took a bath, and changed his dirty clothes.

In the main room of Wutong Garden, the furnishings have long been put away and put into storage, and because they have not lived for a long time, they seem a little cold. Although there were several charcoal pots in the house, Cao Hao still felt a little too warm.

Only the two big maids of Xiyu and Xixue were left here to watch the yard with the two little maids, and it was very unexpected for Cao Hao's sudden return to Beijing. The water delivery is slow, the comb for the upper room cannot be found, and so on.

Cao Hao is thinking about how to solve Ping'er's matter, it is nothing to export his evil anger, the key is to make Ping'er live a happy life. If the Jueluo family is not happy, but it is, it's a big deal to find a good family for her.

Cao Hao finally sighed in his heart, in this era, feudal etiquette has developed to the extreme, and there are few men who are not machismo. It is not easy to find the right person for Ping'er again. However, you can't live a lifetime of grievances because of this, it's a big deal to bring Ping'er back and let her give birth to a husband.

Even so, it can't be cheap Seshtu, the deputy chief of the Yellow Banner Protector is missing, if it weren't for him Toping County King Nersu came forward to say hello, where would it fall on Seshtu?

Xiyu and Xixue two, seeing Cao Hao sitting with his hair draped, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know who should come forward to wait for him to comb his hair.

Thinking of the round-faced guard he met in Changchun Garden, enthusiastically leading the way for himself, Cao Hao's heart was irritable, and he immediately stood up and instructed Xiyu and Xixue: "Go to Ermen and ask, has Cao Zhong's family come back!" ”

Because he wanted to take care of Cao Yi's face, it was not good to make a big noise, so Cao Hao asked Cao Zhong's family to go to Jueluo Mansion.

Xiyu and Xixue leaned over and wanted to go down to ask questions. Cao Hao frowned, waved his hand, and said, "Forget it, I'll go directly to the front yard!" So saying, he went out.

"Forehead, hair!" Xiyu reminded in a whisper.

Cao Hao listened, reached out and touched the back of his neck, only to know that his hair had not been combed yet. He had to stop and let Xixue come forward to braid his hair.

As soon as the braids were braided, a little girl talked back, and Cao Zhong's family asked to see the uncle, waiting in the yard.

Cao Zhong's maiden niece happens to be Cao Yi's daughter-in-law. This time I deliberately went to ask her for questioning, and at first she was still spitting and spitting, and later said that it was the girl who had already sent the message, and they were not allowed to be subordinates to pass the word to the mother's house.

It is true that Seshtu received a room, and it is also true that Cao Yi had a miscarriage in Layue last year, and there is also news that Jueluo Mansion has been looking for a second room for Seshtu for most of the past half a month.

The more Cao Hao listened, the colder his heart became, his face became more and more ugly, and he felt remorseful in his heart. This family business, even if the Jueluo family took the initiative, but if it wasn't for his help, it wouldn't have been accepted like this. But he recognized the wrong person, was blind, and let his sister suffer such grievances.

Cao Zhong's family was annoyed when they saw Cao Hao, and they wanted to persuade them, but after thinking about it, they still didn't say much. Although the Jueluo family is a red belt, they dare to snub the aunt and grandmother who went out of the Cao Mansion like this, even if they are subordinates, they are not angry.

This time, in addition to Wei Hei and Xiaoman, there were also Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong. Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong didn't know the inside story of Cao Hao's entry into Beijing, so they only thought that the uncle was returning to Beijing on business.

Wei Hei faintly heard the rumors when he was in Daotai Mansion, because it was related to Cao Yi, and he knew that it was Cao Hao who was most concerned, so he asked Vanilla to ask carefully, so he knew the reason. Xiao Man has always been by Cao Hao's side, so he also knows some reasons, and he has scolded the third aunt several times in his heart.

When Cao Hao endured his anger and went to the front yard, Zhang Yi and Zhao Tong both went home to see their parents and families. The two of them are the sons of the family here, and their parents are both old men of the Cao family.

Hearing that Cao Hao was going to Jueluo Mansion, Wei Hei and Xiao Man knew it, and Xiao Man said: "Master, you should have gone a long time ago!" It's just that the lord is in the south, and the uncle is not in the capital, and no one on the mother's side is in charge of the girl, so they dare to bully people like this! The small ones are going to greet people, and pull these people in our house over for them to see, so that our house is a soft persimmon! So saying, he went to call someone.

Wei Hei looked at things in the long run, and knew that this matter was getting bigger, and Cao Yi was really difficult to behave over there, so he grabbed Xiao Man and said, "What are you talking about?" Let's listen to Childe! ”

Cao Hao was so angry that he didn't listen to Xiao Man's words at all, and had already strode towards the stable.

*Outside Xihua Gate, Kyaw Luo Province.

Seshtu had dinner, went to the front yard to talk to his mother, and then heard the porter report that it was the envoy of the Pingjun royal palace who came to invite him.

(To be continued)