Cao Hao couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

No wonder Cao Ying sent the housekeeper to look for him, although Cao Ying and Sun Jue lived separately, but if Sun Jue returned to Beijing, Cao Ying would have no reason to turn him away.

It's just that at this time, what does Sun Jue want to do when he enters Beijing?

Sun House, antechamber.

Sun Jue sat on the master's seat, his eyes were hanging from the antique calligraphy and paintings hanging around. There are a few familiar ones, he squinted his eyes, the sandalwood insert with the eight immortals crossing the sea is one of Cao Ying's dowries.

This thing, one and a half feet high, half a foot wide, the craftsmanship made inside, looks full of charm, and it is a more delicate thing in Cao Ying's marriage. Speaking of which, the years are long, it was the old lady of the Cao family who married in her early years, and used makeup for her eldest granddaughter back then.

Sun Jue once took this interstitial screen and made one hundred and twenty taels of silver at the pawnshop at the front door.

"Where did this object come from?" Sun Jue lowered his face, pointed to the interstitial screen and asked, "Could it be that the old lady gave it to you back then, not one, but a pair?" ”

Thinking of this possibility, he looked at Cao Ying's gaze, which was also a little sharp. Concealing a dowry is not an evil act, but it is not the work of a virtuous woman.

Cao Ying has been a husband and wife with him for more than ten years, and when she heard this, she understood what he was saying.

She trembled with anger, gritted her teeth and said, "How much my dowry is, haven't you always known better than myself?" ”

These things were all used by Sun Jue as a pawnshop in the Guogong Mansion in the early years, and Cao Yi felt sorry for her sister, so she kept them and gave them to her sister.

Cao Ying is so strong, she refuses to ask for nothing, and wants to fold the silver to Cao Yi.

Where is Cao Yi willing to accept it, he can't let his sister refuse at all, so he sent it directly.

is also the daughter of the Cao family, seeing the two younger sisters living as they wish, but she is so embarrassed, Cao Ying is not happy in her heart.

She thought of Cao Yi's goodness, and finally accepted the things, but she didn't want to take advantage of them in vain. Taking advantage of her sister's birth, she also prepared a heavy gift. Although it was not as valuable as the dowry she was taken away, it also cost 1,800 taels of silver.

When she lived separately, she originally had some silver in her hand, but later she was afraid of sitting on the empty mountain, so she bought a few more acres of land in front of her small Zhuangzi, so that the surplus silver in her hand was limited.

Rao is like this, but he still can't erase Cao Ying's shame.

She is the eldest daughter of the second room of the Cao family, after her father died, she couldn't take care of her younger brothers and sisters, but let them worry about themselves, how could she not be ashamed?

The man in front of her, who should love her and protect her, is the closest person to her, but he is hypocritical and lustful, has no virtue, and humiliates her.

She straightened her waist, and the cowardice that had been between her brows in the early years was gone, and only fortitude and determination remained.

Sun Jue was robbed of white by his wife, and he couldn't get over his face, so he glared and said, "What do you mean by this?" Could it be that the lord is still greedy for your dowry? You black-hearted woman, with your elbows turned outward, colluded with your mother's family to plot the Sun family's property, didn't care about your aunt, and disrespected your husband, you are really lawless! ”

Cao Ying couldn't help sneering when she saw him believing it, and said, "Plotting the Sun family's industry? What kind of industry does the Sun family have, which is worth remembering for the Cao family? You and I live separately in separate hospitals, it was originally allowed by the master, and the uncle is still talking about it, what does it mean? ”

Sun Jue was choked, swallowed hard and spit, and said: "Marry your husband, it's a good thing, but you are biased to make trouble with these demon moths!" The master doesn't care about the villain, so he doesn't care about you. ”

Cao Ying saw him playing a scoundrel and talked to herself, but she just raised her eyebrows and looked at him, and did not answer.

Sun Jue was wearing a half-new woolen dress with a brocade purse around his waist. The purse is embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water, and the embroidery is quite exquisite, but the color of the tassels is a little bright, and it looks a little stingy.

Sun Jue couldn't help but be annoyed when he saw his wife react like this. He thought that he had lowered his posture and given Cao Ying enough face, so Cao Ying should take the opportunity to speak softly and gently, and everyone would be better with each other.

For his wife, he knows, the surname is cowardly and has no opinions, where can he be in charge of the door alone?

Now that the sons are older, they want to go to school; The daughter is already cardamom years, and when she is preparing for the draft, the whole family needs him as the head of the family.

Thinking of this, he raised his chin, revealing a bit of triumph.

As for the fact that he spent all his money in Xuzhou and couldn't gain a foothold, he heard Kangxi die and thought about amnesty, and came to the capital to find an opportunity, he naturally wouldn't tell others these inside information.

In order to save money, he only hired a carriage and took a small servant into Beijing. The house in Xuzhou was sold to pay off the debts, and the remaining family maids were brought back to Hangzhou by the eldest concubine Xie.

When he arrived in the capital, after settling the car money, he had less than fifty taels of silver on his body.

If you are a real running official, you need money and relationships. If he doesn't return to his wife, where will he get the money?

Although he was guilty of his early mistakes and was punished, it was not a heinous sin and should be pardoned in this pardon.

After two years of being a citizen, he missed the scenery of being an official more and more. His father's grade is not high, but he has a brother-in-law from the Bofu, and it must not be difficult to make up for an official.

The more Sun Jue thought about it, the more beautiful it became, Cao Ying looked at it, the corners of her mouth showed a little sneer, just thinking about the time when Cao Jue came over, hesitating whether to make people go over again, saving two times and staggering, and not waiting for people.

At this moment, the sound of footsteps sounded in the courtyard.

Then, I heard the voice of the housekeeper Xu Sheng: "Grandma, the eldest uncle is here!" ”

Cao Ying listened, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and got up to greet her.

Sun Jue's side, when he heard the word "uncle", his eyes immediately lit up, and he also followed his wife to get up.

"Big sister!" Cao Hao entered the house, saw Cao Ying, and said.

"Furuo is here! Some people haven't seen you, but they see that you have been reduced. Sun Jue squeezed forward very enthusiastically and said.

Although Cao Hao didn't want to tear his face with the Sun family, he wouldn't rest assured that Sun Jue would stay with Cao Ying: "Brother-in-law has entered Beijing, go, go to Qingfutang to pick up the wind for my brother-in-law!" ”

Qingfutang is a famous restaurant in the city, near the Drum Tower.

Sun Jue was trying to have a relationship with Cao Haola, and when he heard the words, he was naturally happy to go with him.

He almost smiled at the flowers, and he had long forgotten in his mind that it was because of Cao Hao's decision two years ago that Cao Ying won a big victory.

He straightened his chest and said to Cao Ying: "If you go to Tongfu to eat wine, you make people prepare sobering soup, and then ask the kitchen to boil more hot water, and you will come back to bathe later!" ”

Cao Ying just wanted to speak and refute, but Cao Hao was already surprised: "Brother-in-law wants to stay here?" Isn't it a separate residence? This house is under the name of the eldest sister, how can you leave a man for the night at will? Speaking of which, he looked at Cao Ying with a little blame.

Cao Ying saw her cousin come out to help her, of course she knew how to go down the steps, and said, "The eldest brother misunderstood, the uncle just came back to see it, and he didn't plan to stay here." ”

The sister and brother sang and harmonized, and Sun Jue was speechless.

He glared at his wife fiercely, turned his head to look at Cao Hao and didn't speak.

Cao Hao was impatient in his heart, and still said on his face: "Since this is the case, then let's go over." ”

In the past, Sun Jue's temper could not be fulfilled, and he would have made trouble a long time ago. Now he was afraid of Cao Hao, held back his anger, and followed him out.

In front of the shadow wall at the door, Sun Jue's little servant was staying there with Sun Jue's luggage. Because of the thin clothes on his body, he trembled, and he looked so pitiful. Seeing Sun Jue coming out, he immediately stepped forward.

Sun Jue's face darkened when he saw the luggage in his hand.

Cao Hao was beside him, and he saw the difference between Sun Jue.

If you are courteous to others, you will ask for something.

With Sun Jue's character, what he is asking for is not power, but money. Either way, Cao Hao was unwilling to wait.

One less time, I arrived at Qingfutang.

Cao Hao asked for a table to sit on the table, and asked someone to open a jar of wine, but after half an hour, Sun Jue began to babble nonsense: "Lan Shi, you wait for the master, the master will redeem you after changing the silver...... Carry you back to be your aunt and grandmother......"

"The master is the official of the sixth department of the five products...... If the camp is properly drilled, it will not be difficult to be promoted to a prefect and a Taoist platform......"

These words were confirmed by Cao Hao's guess, and Cao Hao looked at Sun Jue with a smile.

is really invincible, Sun Jue was infamous when he left, and now it has only been two years, he seems to be nothing, and he begins to faint and dream.

Cao Hao asked someone to settle the bill, and asked Xiaoman to take someone to send Sun Jue to find an inn to settle down, and he returned to Sun's house.

Sun Li and Sun Chu came back from school, and together with Sun Xian, they came out to greet their uncle.

When Cao Hao saw Sun Li, he remembered what Chu Yu had said before, and asked him a few words for the exam. Sun Li explained the course of coursework, what books to study, and how the teacher commented and supervised, one by one, and the organization was very clear.

Cao Hao listened to it and was a little happy; Thinking of his two cousins, both of whom were fifteen or sixteen years old, he nodded and said, "If you want to go, then go." Your fourth uncle and brother-in-law also died at this age. However, you are young, don't think too much, save too much thought, you can't concentrate, but delay the exam. ”

The two Cao Xiang brothers are both Jinshi, and Cao Xiang is still a first-class Tanhua.

In Sun Li's eyes, Cao Hao, the uncle of the family, is to be feared; The Cao Xiang brothers are what he wants to get close to and look up to.

Therefore, listening to Cao Hao's encouragement, Sun Li couldn't help but boil with enthusiasm.

Cao Ying had something in her heart, and the smile on her face was a little stiff, so she sent Sun Li and a few of them down.

"Sister, don't worry!" Cao Hao saw her uneasiness and comforted.

Cao Ying couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "How can you not be worried?" Although I have the paperwork for the division of property and separate residence, but this is the Sun family, he is my husband, Brother Li'er's father, where can I keep him out? If you really do that, it will attract the neighbors to watch the excitement, how will Brother Li'er be a person in the future? ”

Cao Hao pondered for a moment and said, "Since this is the case, we have to think of a way to expel him from the capital......

* Forbidden City, Yuehua Gate outside the Heart Palace.

"Is there any movement in the Sun family?" Yongzheng listened to the words of the thirteenth elder brother, raised his eyebrows and said: "Hangzhou is not far from the capital, how much movement will come to the capital at this time?" ”

The thirteenth elder brother shook his head and said: "It's not Hangzhou Sun Wencheng's side, it's Sun Wencheng's eldest son, Sun Jue, who has been dismissed from Wupinlang, arrived in Beijing today, first went to his wife Cao's place, and then met Cao Hao......"

"Sun Jue, Na Ji is a concubine, the one who has a loss of virtue?" Yongzheng listened, and his face was much more relaxed: "Sun Wencheng is cautious on an errand, and he is thinking about dismissing his official ...... for no reason."

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(To be continued)