The Zhuangzi of the Cao family is dozens of miles away from the palace, and it was already dark when the sixteenth elder brother came. If Cao Hao is passed alone, he can still arrive before dusk. Because of the Li family's affairs, the speed of the carriage was limited, and the sixteenth elder brother had no intention of urging the Cao family's mother and son to leave.

So, the sixteenth elder brother stayed with Cao's Zhuangzi for a night, and the next morning he went to the palace with Cao Hao and the two carriages guarding the Li family and Chu Yu.

After traveling for two hours, when they arrived at the Tangquan Palace, Chu Yu accompanied the Li family to follow the inner servants to see the princess, and Cao Hao followed the sixteenth elder brother to the palace.

Compared with Cao Hao's visit a year ago, Kangxi's complexion is much better.

After Cao Hao finished knocking, Kangxi ordered someone to bring him a small stool to sit on, and said a few words of homely things casually, nothing more than how Cao Hao has lived in the past few months, how the old and young at home are, and Yunyun.

Seeing the faint care on his face, Cao Hao sighed in his heart.

Regarding Kangxi's treatment of the Cao family, Cao Hao is grateful, but there is no disadvantage.

Fathers and ancestors have said that they are loyal to the king in front of them; is his own person, in the past ten years, after several years of life and death, he can be regarded as fulfilling his duty as a courtier.

Kangxi said a few sentences, and mentioned the past many years ago, when Sun Taijun was on an errand in the palace. Between the looks, there is a sense of remembrance.

Cao Hao and the sixteenth elder brother could only listen quietly, not knowing Kangxi's intentions.

Kangxi said a few words and paused for a while, as if he was in meditation.

Cao Hao and the sixteenth elder brother glanced at each other, and they didn't dare to disturb him, so they could only wait quietly.

After a while, Kangxi came to his senses, and he was a little excited, and waved his hand to ask Cao Hao and the sixteenth elder brother to kneel in peace.

Coming down from the front of the emperor, Cao Hao was a little puzzled, and asked in a low voice: "Sixteenth master, what is the matter with the emperor sending me?" ”

"It's like a matter of attacking the lord, it's been half a year since my uncle died, and it's time to make the will of the lord." The sixteenth elder brother thought for a while and said: "According to the rules, it should be attacked, but Emperor Ama Su comes to see Furuo, and there are primary-level raids." It's just that your previous title was a grace seal, not a merit seal, and it is difficult to attack together, so you may have to take it back. ”

Whether it was a son or an uncle, Cao Hao didn't take it to heart.

I heard the sixteenth elder brother say again: "Huang Ama is much better in spirit now than in the past, but he is very nostalgic in his speech. There were no more old ministers in February, and Huang Ama didn't say anything on his face, and he was not at ease. ”

Cao Hao listened and remembered Marhan.

Marhan didn't have it in mid-February, but the old man lived a long life, and he lived to be more than eighty, which can be regarded as a joy and mourning.

Zhao Jia's did not come to the hot spring with Li's because he had to wait to burn "Wuqi" for Lao Shangshu.

After the sixteenth elder brother finished speaking, he felt that the atmosphere was wrong, shook his head, and said, "Look at me, just say that these are useless." Seeing that you are living comfortably in Zhuangzi, the seventeenth brother heard that you have arrived in Changping, and he also thought about living in Changping. ”

"Some people haven't seen the seventeenth master, how is the seventeenth master's illness?" Cao Hao asked.

The sixteenth elder brother raised his eyebrows and said, "It's just a heart disease, the diligent concubine is a concubine, and his heart is already much more steady." A few years ago, he also got a few show girls, but his surname is not greedy, I heard that he is just drying. Why bother, although it seems that the husband and wife are in deep love, there is no son and a half daughter under the knees, and it is still seventeen blessings who suffer everywhere. ”

Among the princes and elder brothers, the husband and wife are well-known for their relationship, and there are thirteen elder brothers and seventeen elder brothers. Among the children of the thirteenth elder brother, half of them are grandchildren, and there are only three sons-in-law, which shows the love of husband and wife.

The seventeenth elder brother did not accept the side room and had the same room, and only guarded the seventeenth fortune. The two have been married for several years, but they have never given birth to a son and a half daughter. For other princes, some people have already begun to ask. Because the seventeenth elder brother has been sick for the past few years, no one cares about it.

In this draft, the show girl was given, I don't know if it was the idea of the palace concubine or Kangxi's "grace".

In Cao Hao's cognition, Kangxi is the most unaccustomed to women's pets. After all, as the descendants of Aixin Jueluo, it is also the duty of the princes to reproduce their children. In his early years, Bafujin was reprimanded by Kangxi for blocking the concubines of the eight elder brothers.

I don't know if it's because of the surname of Seventeen Fujin Zi Mianhe, or if the seventeenth elder brother has always been an eye-catching person among the princes, but no one has put the notoriety of "jealousy" on the head of Seventeen Fujin.

* Imperial Palace, the Prince's Concubine.

The princess beckoned Li to sit down with Chu Yu, and asked the palace people to send the newly made rose cakes in the palace. Since Cao Yin's death, she has always been thinking about Li's cousin, but her identity is limited, and she has no chance to meet easily.

"It's better to relax and save the children from worrying. The cousin is a blessed person, and the son and daughter-in-law are filial, how many people envy it. Wang Concubine said to the Li family.

"Thank you for your care, it's much better, but sometimes I don't fit in, and I always feel that our master is still there. It wasn't until the evening, when the house was empty, that we realized that our master had gone. When Li mentioned his deceased husband, he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, and he restrained himself strongly, but his eyes were still red.

Seeing this, the princess also felt uncomfortable, and said: "It's all mine, and I still talk about this, and Gou's cousin is sad." ”

After Li finished speaking, he already regretted it in his heart. She knew that the princess was kind and relieved, and if she continued to feel uncomfortable, she would live up to her kindness, so she diverted and said: "Recently, the son has been fine, and my niece and granddaughter have entered Beijing to get married, and asked me to stay by my side, which adds a bit of excitement." I was supposed to bring her to say goodbye to my mother, but she had no grade, and it was not easy to bring her into the palace at will. ”

"Niece? Sun's eldest sister? In the forty-fourth year, when the emperor toured south, she was stationed in Suzhou Weaving Mansion, and I also saw her. At that time, she was only a few years old, and she just knew how to call people. In the blink of an eye, it's time to get married. When the princess said it, she also felt embarrassed.

Referring to the past of the Southern Tour, Li also remembered something.

In the forty-fourth year of Kangxi, it was the emperor's fifth southern tour, and the Jiangning Weaving Mansion also took over.

In the spring of that year, my husband was ordered to complete the school magazine "All Tang Poems", and he was especially rewarded for this. The husband didn't care about the reward, he couldn't put it down with the newly printed book, and talked to the Li family twice, saying that he had not come to Jiangnan in vain for all these years, and he could do something for the world.

Li thought in his heart, and said in his mouth: "Yes, she is already a big girl." The surname is Zhenjing, but she is very much like her mother, and she is a good child. The door of the son-in-law's house is also first-class, and it is the Fan Bachelor's Mansion with the yellow flag of the Han Army. ”

Wang Concubine listened with a smile and said, "She is the eldest granddaughter, and this eldest cousin is designated to be selected by thousands of people." As she spoke, she called a palace maid and whispered two orders.

One time less, the palace maid came in with three boxes, one large and one small.

Two large boxes were opened, one containing a gold and jade Ruyi, the other containing a set of cloisonné gold jewelry, a collar, a pair of step rocks, a pair of bracelets, and a pair of gourd-style earrings.

"I'm also an aunt and grandmother, and I always have to add some makeup to my children. There are nothing rare, they are all filial piety outside, very vulgar, cousin help me bring it to the eldest sister. Wang Concubine said.

Seeing that the princess had a reward, the Li family and Chu Yu had no choice but to get up and thank Li Hanyu on their behalf.

Wang Concubine personally helped Li up, and called Chu Yu to get up, and said to her with a smile: "A lot of gifts came in from outside a few years ago, and the one that suits my heart the most is the one sent by your house, which you prepared, right?" I haven't thanked you yet. There are many things in this palace that are not useful, and I am too embarrassed to give you ordinary ones. I heard that you two prepared rubies for your little Gege as a dowry, and it happened that I got a box of good ones a year ago, and I remembered you in my heart and kept it on purpose. As she spoke, she took the small box from the palace maid's hand and handed it to Chu Yu.

Chu Yu had to thank him again, and the concubine had already pulled the Li family to talk about the dowry prepared by the Li family for Li Hanyu, and also talked about the fate of Li Xu's wife, Wang.

Since the death of Li Xu's wife, Han, Li Xu has helped the second room Wang as the wife of the house. However, so far, he has not asked the imperial court for an official seal. This Mrs. Wang is the cousin of Wang Concubine, and she still has a few years of nurturing grace for Wang Concubine, so Wang Concubine made a special trip to ask about it.

Because of the distance, the Li family did not know the details of Li Xu's family affairs. In her heart, she is close to the late Han. Before Han's death, he had been fighting openly and secretly with the Wang family for half his life, and even if he was underground, he might not be willing to watch the Wang family occupy his own place.

I don't know if Li Xu took care of his wife's affection, or didn't take the Wang family to heart, so the matter became vague.

Wang Concubine just mentioned it, after all, Li Xu has been on an errand in Suzhou for many years, and he is just a minister of Shoucheng, and he has no great merits, and he has no scruples about asking for a seal for his wife.

It is rare to see the Li family once, how could the princess let her come and go in a hurry, she had already ordered to prepare a meal and leave the Li family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to eat.

On Cao Hao's side, he got a message from the princess and knew that his wife and mother were going to leave the palace after dinner, so he followed the sixteenth elder brother to his residence in the palace to eat.

Because of the long distance, after the meal, Wang Concubine Niangniang did not delay much, so that someone sent Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law out.

The sixteenth elder brother personally sent everyone to the palace, watched the Cao family and everyone go away, and then turned back to the palace and went to inquire around a few bachelors on duty.

Sure enough, Cao Hao's will has been drafted, but it has not yet been announced. There is no reduction, the reward is inherited at the original level, and Cao Hao will be a second-class uncle in the future.

said that the Cao family and his party did not return to Zhuangzi until dusk.

Although Li Hanyu knew that there was a cousin and grandmother who was a concubine in the palace, and Jin'ertang's grandmother and cousin also went to greet the concubine, she didn't expect that there would be her own reward.

Because she said that she was adding makeup, she immediately blushed, and she didn't dare to look at the wishful jewelry, so she asked the nurse to put it away.

Such a little daughter, I saw that Li was full of emotion, remembering that before she got married, there were many people who added makeup, some of whom had never heard of the name at all, and she was also very curious at that time, and she blushed in front of people, and she didn't dare to look at it.

Cao Hao officially received the will of the Chengjue, and it was already three days later.

Relatives and friends in the capital also got the news, some directly sent gifts to Caofu to congratulate, some sent people to Tangquan Zhuangzi to ask for peace, and those who had a good relationship, and some took advantage of the time of rest to visit Cao Hao in Changping.

For a while, the Cao family was much more lively......

(To be continued)