Chapter 749: Asking for Something (I)
It is true that Jinghui is an orphan girl, but she follows her grandmother and witnesses the destruction of her uncle's family.
After the Lord, the Son of Heaven was the first governor of the world, and when the Kali was in power, how prominent was the governor's palace? When the steward of the house goes out, even if the prefect sees it, he must accompany the smiling face.
Those Daotai wives and prefect grandmothers, when they arrived at the Governor's Palace, they stuttered like something. When the Kali incident happened, everything became a crime in the end.
The Cao family is not at that point, but one sells cigarettes and the other raises rent, which are the root causes of trouble, how not to make Jinghui's heart wake up.
The meaning of Li and Cao Song has been explained to her, that is, to be worthy of home. For the mother-in-law, she must be filial and respectful, and serve her with good food and drink in a proper manner, but the power of this family must be received in her hands, and she can no longer let Zhaojia's family wanton.
This is not a matter of one person, taking care of the reputation of the Cao family and the future of the Cao Song brothers.
It's just that she has always had a good surname, and among the housekeepers-in-law and daughter-in-law, she is the old man that Zhaojia's family is used to. For a while, few people really convinced her.
Jinghui was not in a hurry, but looked at the account book slowly. After half a day's effort, she picked out several wrong accounts and dismissed several errands for her daughter-in-law.
The evidence is conclusive, and the argument is irrefutable.
Even if there are two old men who want to go to the garden to intercede with Zhao Jia's family, they don't have the face to make a noise with the hats of "bullying" and "greedy for ink".
I don't know if it's this thunderous means that made the air pressure in the inner house lower all of a sudden, and those mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law who were a little decent in front of their wives in the past are a lot more honest.
Coupled with Cao Song's handling of Xiong Ren and Bai Er before, the big guy knows it in his heart, and the person in charge of the inner house has been replaced by the second grandmother in front of him who is looking at him and being kind.
Su Xin was ordered to assist her sister-in-law in housekeeping, but she refused to say a word.
Although Jinghui and her are the eldest sister-in-law of the second room and the daughter-in-law of the second room, Su Xin is actually half a year older than Jinghui. Coupled with Su Xin's stable surname cultivated as an errand in the palace, it looks bigger than Jinghui.
Because of this, Jinghui has never put her sister-in-law's score in front of her, and she is willing to discuss things with her. But she abides by her duties as a little daughter-in-law and doesn't like to talk much.
It wasn't until she saw Jinghui quietly attack these people that a sentence came to her lips and finally swallowed it back into her stomach.
If you know that these people are not clean hands and feet, why didn't they expose them earlier? Even if her mother-in-law is in the house, she has always refused to suffer losses, and she does not want to be fooled by her subordinates.
Jinghui seemed to see what Su Xin was thinking, and raised her head and said, "It's true that they are subordinates, and they also have parents and relatives behind them." Staggered roots, can also generate momentum. Even if they had a seizure before, and then their relatives made up for it, wouldn't it be the same? ”
mentioned this sentence, Su Xin already knew the bottom of his heart. She picked up the blue and white tea bowl in front of her and lowered her head to take a sip.
In the final analysis, it is because the mother-in-law is in charge of the house, and the ears are soft, and she is willing to listen to flattery, so what she uses and believes in is those few slaves.
Speaking of this, she remembered one thing, that is, Hongmei, the girl next to her mother-in-law. Among the mothers-in-law who were dismissed from the errand this time, there was Hongmei and her mother.
Hongmei is the big girl next to her wife, but her eyes are on her head, and she is also looking directly at and talking in front of Jinghui and Suxin.
The two girls before the wife, Zilan arrived in the second master's room, and Lu Ju was the aunt in front of the fourth master, and now this Hongmei, every time she goes to Su Xin's side to pass the word, she is very enchanting.
Born in the gate of the mansion, he has been in the palace for more than ten years, what has Su Xin never seen?
Thinking of this, she put down the tea bowl and looked at the ivy climbing on the verandah outside. This is the way to go, I usually watch being acted for, and I can't tell when I will become a person in the play.
It's just that this drama of wives and concubines, even if it is not acted, it is tired of watching.
At this point, she can believe in herself, and she will not be worse than Jinghui, the "second room sister-in-law", and will definitely be "virtuous and virtuous"......* This said, there are many errands in the yamen, and the sky is about to be dusk, so Cao Hao came out of the household.
Before he arrived at the Xidan archway, Cao Hao saw the fourteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother wearing regular clothes and smiling on horseback and stopping not far away, followed by the guards.
He wondered in his heart how these two elder brothers got together, but they didn't show it on their faces, so they took the reins of their horses and wanted to dismount to see them.
The sixteenth elder brother waved his hand and said with a smile: "Hurry up, I've been waiting for a while, and the Five Organs Temple has rebelled against the master." ”
Although he said this, in the end, in front of everyone, Cao Hao still dismounted and saw it.
Seeing that these two seemed to be waiting for him on a special trip, but they didn't know what the purpose was? Cao Hao glanced at the sixteenth elder brother, and the sixteenth elder brother gave him a helpless look with the fourteenth elder brother behind his back.
Cao Hao already knew in his heart, it seemed that the fourteenth elder brother remembered which one came out.
Just thinking about how to find an excuse to refuse, the fourteenth elder brother had already said with a smile: "Ye is also hungry." Cao Hao has a big face, and the harmful master and Xiao Sixteen are waiting for you. Hurry up and get on the horse, the Wu family has already set up a table. After speaking, without waiting for Cao Hao's instructions, he pointed to Zheng Hu behind Cao Hao and said, "Your master wants to go back to the western suburbs every time, right?" You go back and talk to your lord and wife, and say that the sixteenth master of the same father will stay with Cao Hao to eat and drink, and he will not go out of the city today. ”
Zheng Hu looked at Cao Hao, still hesitating.
The fourteenth elder brother had already lowered his face, glared at Zheng Hu and said, "What? The slave of the Cao family, can't the master instruct him? ”
Cao Hao was annoyed, and he could only endure it in front of people, turned around and explained a few words to Zheng Hu, and sent him out of the city.
Only then did the fourteenth elder brother turn his anger into joy, smiled at Cao Hao twice, and said, "What are you still rubbing?" I really can't bear to see my lord starve to death with your sixteenth master? ”
The sixteenth elder brother was beside the fourteenth elder brother, looked at Zheng Hu's back in the distance, and frowned slightly.
At this point, Cao Hao could only bite the bullet and follow to "go to the banquet".
The Wu family is the outer residence of the fourteenth elder brother and lives on the shore of Shicha Sea. Cao Hao had been there once before, that is, the fourteenth elder brother talked to him about his grand plans and wanted to pull him into the gang. It's just that last time he was prevaricated by Cao Hao with "his father's order cannot be violated".
The sixteenth elder brother came here for the first time, and when he saw the early summer scenery by the sea, and the tall Hanfu beauty in front of him, he couldn't help but look at it twice.
When the fourteenth elder brother saw her come out, his expression was already a little gentle, and he pointed to the sixteenth elder brother and said, "This is the sixteenth brother of the master." Speaking of this, he pointed at Cao Hao and said, "This is Lord Cao Hao, you saw it last time." ”
Wu was not annoyed, with a little gentleness, said Wanfu, and said: "The concubine has seen the sixteenth master, Cao Ye." ”
Cao Hao knew that she was the favorite of the fourteenth elder brother, so he avoided it sideways, did not accept her courtesy, and replied: "Cao has seen everyone Wu. ”
This dress looks like a good family, with a honey-colored gown, a stone blue skirt, a faint pink face, and just two white hostas on his head.
Between acts, he doesn't treat the little family as a child, but the shadow is so good that he has a lot of wind and dust, which is different from the bustard mothers and sisters he has seen before, and Cao Hao next to him uses the "honorific title", the sixteenth elder brother didn't know how to return the gift, with a little doubt, and looked at the fourteenth elder brother.
The fourteenth elder brother patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Sixteenth brother, this is your little sister-in-law." ”
When Wu heard this, his cheeks were already crimson, and he glanced at the fourteenth elder brother with disgust.
The sixteenth elder brother is also interested, and he arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be the little sister-in-law, and the little sixteen asked the little sister-in-law to say goodbye." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand with a smile.
Wu didn't dare to accept the salute, so he hurriedly leaned over and returned the salute. Seeing the sixteenth elder brother like this, she couldn't help but be stunned.
Seeing the sound of "pop", the fourteenth elder brother knocked down the sixteenth elder brother's hand, and scolded with a smile: "I pulled you to eat and drink, but I didn't let you fight the autumn wind." ”
The sixteenth elder brother was shy, but he didn't give up, and said with a smile: "This little sister-in-law can't be called in vain, and the meeting gift is indispensable." Speaking of this, he lowered his voice and said to the fourteenth elder brother: "If the fourteenth brother is willing, the younger brother is wronged, and he has to complain and complain to the sisters-in-law in the palace." ”
When the fourteenth elder brother heard this, he really couldn't cry or laugh. After accepting the Wu family for two years, the number of times the guests here can be counted in two slaps, and the reason is that they are afraid that it will spread to the palace and bring trouble to the Wu family.
Today, it is said that it is to win over the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao, so he is here to entertain guests, but he forgot to take care of the sixteenth elder brother.
He sneered twice, showed a row of white teeth, and said gloomily: "Isn't the sixteenth brother itchy skin, it seems that Ming'er wants to go to the school with his brother to relax quickly?" ”
When the sixteenth elder brother saw it, he made a frightened look, took two steps forward, turned behind Wu, and said: "Little sister-in-law, look at the fourteenth brother, you don't have to be so stingy, let the sister-in-law clean up so plainly, and the younger brother Ming'er will make people clean up and send some palace flowers and Shu brocade to the sister-in-law." ”
When the fourteenth elder brother heard this, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth. If the sixteenth elder brother is really like this, then his "golden house hides Jiao" will be exposed. He was not afraid of his wife and concubines being jealous, but he knew that his mother would not allow it. As early as before accepting the Wu family, he knocked on the side and was preached by Concubine De.
Wu's delicate heart, where can I not see that the sixteenth elder brother is deliberately teasing the fourteenth elder brother. She couldn't help but cover her mouth with a handkerchief, laughed twice, and said in a low voice: "The surname of the sixteenth master is completely different from the fifteenth master. ”
When the sixteenth elder brother heard it in his ears, his heart moved, and he said with a smile on his face: "Little sister-in-law, I don't want to say anything else, I am the most righteous." I called 'sister-in-law' today, if the fourteenth brother dares to bully my sister-in-law in the future, there will be a little sixteen to support you. ”
Cao Hao stood aside, watching coldly, and saw that the fourteenth elder brother really loved the Wu family.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have turned his anger into joy for these two sentences, and said to Wu: "That's it, that's it, it's all Huang Ama is used to, this little sixteen dozen are laipi, it seems that if he doesn't let him make a mistake, he won't stop." Just bring him the jade of Ye Xin, saving him endlessly. ”
Wu responded with a smile, asked someone to take the jade belt, and personally presented it to the sixteenth elder brother.
Seeing this, the sixteenth elder brother accepted the rules and regulations, and felt cold to the touch. It turned out to be made of high-quality cold jade, and it was best to take it in summer, and the sixteenth elder brother said with a smile: "Thank you sister-in-law for the meeting gift, and my brother accepted it with a cheeky face." ”
The fourteenth elder brother looked at it, snorted twice, and said to the Wu family: "Let someone set the meal, because of Xiao Sixteen's mouth, I don't know what to ask for?" ”
Wu's fellow sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao leaned over and took the maid out to prepare the table.
The sixteenth elder brother sent the jade belt to Cao Hao, and said: "Cao Hao, you touch it, this is something that can not be found, and there is not necessarily this treasure in the inner library, and I have not heard that there is one in the capital." ”
Cao Hao saw it, with a smile on his face, but he couldn't be happy in his heart.
Since it is "unattainable", the fourteenth elder brother is in the deep palace, where to find it? Could it be that the power of the Fourteenth Elder Brother has extended outside Beijing?
This year is the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi, and the prince will go out on behalf of the sky either this year or next year.
The fourteenth elder brother was slaughtered by the sixteenth elder brother, and when he saw that he was proud, he glared at him and said, "Are you still a child?" I don't pay attention to my identity. Fortunately, it was in front of her, if it was outside, would it be a shame? ”
After the sixteenth elder brother had already spared the screen, he changed the jade belt, came out with a fan, and said with a smile: "It's the little sister-in-law's courtesy, and the younger brother will accept it; If it were someone else, my brother wouldn't sell this face! ”
Isn't this taking advantage of the advantages or selling well?
The fourteenth elder brother couldn't say anything about him, turned his head, and said to Cao Hao: "Cao Hao, you are also busy, it is rare to get together, you can drink more tonight." ”
On Cao Hao's side, he could only say a few words with him.
According to the etiquette system, the eighth elder brother's filial piety period has not passed, and the fourteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother, who are younger brothers, are not allowed to drink. But after all, it is not the filial piety of parents, and after 7749 days, there will be no scruples.
There are many royal families, and if the relatives are full of filial piety, then none of these princes and brothers will not be in the filial piety period all year round. Therefore, for the filial piety of a nephew like Hongpu, the fourteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother do not have to abide by it.
One time later, the Wu family had already set up the banquet and came over to invite everyone to the flower hall.
The fourteenth elder brother sat in the center, the sixteenth elder brother sat on his left hand, and Cao Hao sat on his right hand. Wu saw that the fourteenth elder brother had something to talk about, so he brought the wine jug and cup, and after it was full for everyone, he withdrew with the little maid.
The fourteenth elder brother had already smiled, solemnly raised his glass, and said, "Sixteenth brother, Cao Hao, I respect you two for a cup." ”
The sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao glanced at each other quickly, and said with a smile: "Fourteenth brother, what do you say about being respectful or disrespectful." My brother instructed that we should drink with us, and we should not be respected by the fourteenth brother. ”
"'We'?" When the fourteenth elder brother heard this, his expression showed a little stunned, and said: "Not for anything else, just so that after all these years, Xiao Sixteen can still say 'we'." ”
Seeing him behaving like this, the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao understood a little.
Presumably for the sake of the Eighth Elder Brother's death, the Ninth Elder Brother and the Tenth Elder Brother were estranged from him.
Cao Hao lowered his eyelids and said in his heart, this is the luck of the ninth elder brother and the tenth elder brother, otherwise if you follow you, one will die in a circle, and the other will also become a waste.
It seems that after the eldest elder brother, the second elder brother, and the eighth elder brother are gone, this person who fainted for the prince's dream was replaced by the fourteenth elder brother.
Although the sixteenth elder brother understood, he could only pretend to be confused, raised his glass and said: "Drink it, my brother has been hungry for a long time, and after drinking this cup, he has to fill his stomach first." As he spoke, he had already raised his hand to dry the wine in the glass.
Cao Hao, on his side, also drank, held chopsticks, and began to eat.
The fourteenth elder brother looked at the sixteenth elder brother, and then looked at Cao Hao, his eyes were very bright...... One hundred thousand taels of gold, in the hands of Little Sixteen......
(To be continued)