At dinner time, Sycamore Garden.

Although Chu Yu had a smile on her face, Cao Hao still saw that her expression was wrong.

Even with Cao Hao, he was a little worried in his heart, looking at the table full of dishes, and lost his appetite.

Thinking that she had gone to Dongfu to visit Jinghui in the next morning, Cao Hao put down her chopsticks and asked, "What's the matter, is it that the second wife is talking about her younger siblings not getting pregnant?" What's the urgency? ”

Chu Yu shook his head, hesitated, and told Jinghui about her current situation.

Cao Hao frowned at first, but then shook his head and said, "It's not even good to be someone else, if it's Chun'er next to my younger brother and sister, then it's not, there must be some misunderstanding in it!" ”

Chu Yu was puzzled when he heard this, and Cao Hao said: "I heard the second brother mention it with Moshu before, and said that in the future, I said with my brother and sister that I begged Chun'er to be his wife." Xu is a younger brother and sister who was troubled by the second wife, and the cup bow snake shadow! ”

Chu Yu was originally uncomfortable for Jinghui, his chest was jammed, and after listening to Cao Hao's words, Fang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank God, but I don't know where the business trip was, which caused my younger brothers and sisters to misunderstand." ”

Seeing that Chu Yu was so worried, Cao Hao said with a smile: "The second brother has been on an errand for a year, and he has a lot of interest. Even if he used to mess around, there will always be a time when he grows up. You look like this, but you have a bit of an eldest sister-in-law like a mother. ”

Chu Yu was embarrassed and said: "In the end, Eyu and I are still half-pulled matchmakers, and there is no one to rely on in my younger siblings' mother's family, if I am wronged, wouldn't it be pitiful." Speaking of which, the peace over there in Dongfu is not peaceful, and it depends on how much she controls it. ”

"Although my younger sibling doesn't like to squeak, he has an idea in his heart. It's all right after all this, the second wife's side...... As a daughter-in-law, she can only coax a little ......more," Cao Hao said: "Don't treat your second brother as a child, I have asked someone, he is very attentive to his errands, and he gets along well with his colleagues, and there is nothing inappropriate." ”

Chu Yu just sympathized with Jinghui, knowing that there might be another hidden secret, and his heart was already a lot more spacious, so he picked up the chopsticks and gave Cao Hao a cloth.

One time less, the husband and wife had a meal, and the joy ribbon took people to serve tea and withdraw the table.

Cao Hao rinsed his mouth and said to Chu Yu: "Seeing that the weather is getting warmer, ask someone to clean up the garden in Haidian." I also asked my wife if there was anything else that needed to be built and added. The garden has been repaired for two years, and the old lady has not yet lived there. ”

Chu Yu responded, Cao Hao thought about it for a while, and asked: "The lord and wife look at them all healthy, and the sons are also enrolled, do you want to go out for a walk?" ”

When Chu Yu heard this, he was a little puzzled by Cao Hao's intentions.

Cao Hao said: "I heard that the Rehe Palace will be renovated this year, and the Internal Affairs Office will send someone to preside over it." Otherwise, I'll go and live there for a few months. The weather is cool over there, and when the royal car moves east, you can still follow the Suihu grassland, see the beautiful scenery of the grassland, and taste Mongolian food. If you can go, you can take refuge in the summer! ”

Chu Yu listened, his face already showed a look of yearning, but he still had a little concern, and said: "E, there must be someone waiting for my wife, God bless them are still ......young."

Cao Hao thought of his wife's hard work all year round, and felt a little distressed, and said: "How old are you, but you are entangled in trivial matters, and you are about to become a little old woman." Could it be that we really have to wait for our son to marry a daughter-in-law before we can go out and walk around? The rules in the house are ready-made, and the wife can't take care of the house? The sons will grow up little by little, and they will always leave us. In the future, we will still stay together as husband and wife. ”

Chu Yu listened with a smile, and when he heard "husband and wife stay together", his heart was warm.

Cao Hao had already made up his mind and said, "That's it, I'll talk to the old lady in a while." If there is nothing else going on at home, I will inquire carefully tomorrow. ”

Cao Hao was "recuperating" at home, although he didn't say anything, but his expression was inevitably a little depressed. Today, it's rare to show your face.

Chu Yu didn't want to ruin his interest, nodded, and said, "It's all up to the forehead arrangement!" ”

made up his mind, but Cao Hao was a little hesitant and said, "Do we want to buy a house in Rehe?" The lord has been promoted to a squire, and there will be a time to accompany him in the future. ”

After all, Chu Yu is a daughter-in-law, and she has more scruples.

I didn't take good care of the house and serve my mother-in-law, but I went out for a walk, and I felt a little uneasy. After listening to her husband's words, she smiled and said, "In this way, it's just right." Last year, my wife was talking about the unbearable heat in the capital, and it would be better if she followed the summer in the future. ”

Speaking of this, remembering the Queen Mother's treatment of her mother-in-law differently, Chu Yu said: "If the wife can follow the master, presumably the Queen Mother Lafayette will also be happy." ”

"However, if I really get the errand, I'm afraid that we will leave before the end of the month, but we won't be able to catch up with Hongzhuo's marriage." Cao Hao thought of the marriage of the second brother-in-law of Chunjun Wangfu.

Hongzhuo's wife, who has not passed the door, is a show girl who participated in the election last year, the daughter of the foreign lang Sahadai, Ilgen Jueluo, and the niece of the Yituli clan.

Hongzhuo's wedding date is set after Halloween.

Chu Yu thought of this, and also had a little hesitation.

Cao Hao said: "It's just a bustle, we're all close relatives, what do you care about?" Let's back up the generous gifts to Hongzhuo, and do our best. ”

Chu Yu looked at her husband with infinite tenderness.

Cao Hao was embarrassed by his wife, grabbed her hand, and said, "What do you see, can I still fly?" ”

Chu Yu bit his lip, hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Forehead, will there be a time when you are tired of Chu Yu?" ”

Cao Hao was surprised, and said with a smile: "How do you talk about this?" It seems that you should go to Dongfu less in the future, and you will be cranky when you can save it. Okay, what is disgusting? In this way, don't you have to worry about your husband, will you be too old for your husband! ”

Listening to Cao Hao's mouthful of "husband", Chu Yu's face was also full of joy, and he said coquettishly: "Where is the forehead old?" A few days ago, Hongshu complained that his forehead had grown over the years, but his face had not changed much. ”

Cao Hao reached out and touched his chin and raised an eyebrow.

Hongshu's words are true, although he has been tossing and dying a lot in the past few years, he has not looked old, and he still looks like a teenager.

Even Cao Song has a beard, and Cao Hao still looks like a young man. But fortunately, he has often gone to the grassland in recent years, and his complexion is slightly dark, otherwise, he would have become a little white face.

Cao Hao didn't pay attention to it before, after all, in his eyes, he was in his early twenties, and he was still very young. Now, hearing Chu Yu say this, I feel a little strange in my heart.

Isn't it a sign of longevity?

Cao Hao thought about it and shook his head again, that was too mysterious. Life is less than 100, and he is not a cultivator, and he still dreams of immortality?

If you are less happy, you will be less happy, and you will look honest.

Cao Hao could only comfort himself like this, got up and went to the Orchid Courtyard to talk to his parents.

Cao Yin and Li both agreed that Cao Hao and his wife would go on a business trip to Rehe, but the husband and wife had different thoughts.

Cao Yin's side was only finished because of the bidding, and the ninth elder brother was dormant, Cao Hao was too vigorous, thinking that it would be better for his son to go out of Beijing to avoid it.

On the Li family's side, seeing that the eldest son really had no intention of taking a concubine, he also hoped that Chu Yu could take care of his body and spread out for the Cao family in the future.

Although there are many children in the family, there are only Tianyou and Tianhui brothers and sisters, and the Cao family's bloodline is still too thin.

On the capital's side, Chu Yu was busy with housework, and Cao Hao was also busy on his side. If a small couple travels together, it will be sweet and sweet, but if they can plant seeds, it is a great good.

Regarding the matter of Rehe's house, Cao Yin nodded in agreement.

The emperor has aged, and his body needs more and more maintenance. Even in Beijing, there have been few times to return to the palace in recent years, either in Changchun Garden or Tangquan Palace.

Every summer and autumn, the time spent in Rehe is getting longer and longer.

Many powerful people in the capital have already purchased property outside the customs, in order to facilitate the time.

The Cao family is already the earl's mansion, and the father and son are both Jingtang, so it is not a big deal to buy an industry in Rehe.

Although Cao Hao has been to Rehe a few times, he is always at ease, how can he ever be at ease?

Now, having made up his mind, he is also overjoyed in his heart, and has a little yearning for travel.

The next time, when he arrived at the main hall of the Internal Affairs Office, Cao Hao couldn't care about anything else, and the first thing he inquired about was the repair of the Rehe Palace.

Since it has been decided, on February 18, the Holy Driver will patrol Xinggidian to inspect the river, so the whole of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is busy with this.

On the side of the Rehe Palace, no one has asked yet.

Cao Hao was overjoyed, wrote an excerpt of the initiative, and sent it to the garden along with the official document.

Now, everyone in the Internal Affairs Office is not dissatisfied with Cao Hao, at least on the surface. Even before, because he was fortunate to enter, some resentful people did not dare to touch his edge.

Who doesn't know that their chief manager, with his true ability to make money, is receiving holy favor, and even the ninth elder brother has suffered a dumb loss.

There are already many people privately speculating about what reward Cao Hao will receive.

After all, the matter of bidding for the Ministry of Internal Affairs is over, but the will of "rewarding meritorious deeds" has not yet come down.

Cao Hao ignored everyone's inquiry, and asked someone to borrow a map of the border from the military department to check the map of the Rehe area. When I arrived at Rehe, it was not far from Mukden.

When the time comes, find a reason and go to Mukden to visit.

Yi Du Li is used to going to Cao Hao's side to make do, and when he saw Cao Hao looking at the map here, he was a little surprised: "My lord, this is trying to repair the garden in Rehe?" I'm afraid that the jaws of those people outside are about to fall to the ground, but there are many people waiting to make a fortune with adults! ”

Cao Hao heard what he said, and was a little puzzled: "My lord, where do you start?" ”

Yi Duli said with a smile: "My lord has won tens of millions of taels of silver in a bidding this time, not to mention the urgent need of the household department, and it has also filled the inner treasury, and enriched the silver for repairing the Tangquan Palace and the Rehe Palace, which can be said to have made a great contribution." There are already bets outside, guess what the amount of money the adults will make. There are also many people who have begun to prepare money, intending to make a fortune with the adults. I'm afraid that no matter what the adults want, they will have to respond to it now! ”

Cao Hao waved his hand and said, "It's all due to everyone's hard work, and I don't deserve any credit." My lord, I have just written an excerpt, please go to the Rehe Training Palace. If you are tired of living in the capital, you can go with me. ”

"Rehe...... Isn't that a casual ...... You won't have to wait until the end of September to return with the holy car, right? When Yiduli heard this, his eyes couldn't help but brighten, and he asked, "If there are no other errands in the capital, after repairing the garden, I will follow the holy driver to serve." Cao Hao replied.

Yi Duli was already tempted, but when he thought of his old mother at home, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Think about it again, Ming'er will ask the imperial doctor to come over and give our old lady a look at her body." After all, the old man is old, and if the old lady of our family is in good health, I can still pull my feet; Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to leave Beijing for too long. ”

Filial piety comes first, and all evil silver is the first.

Iduli is romantic, but he is also a well-known filial son.

Cao Hao had nothing to say, and took the initiative to invite Yi Duli to go with him, but it was only a few years of colleagues between the two of them, and they became acquainted. Running errands is smoother than other freshmen.

If the holy car wants to travel, the things that need to be taken care of by the Ministry of Internal Affairs are indispensable.

A few days ago, someone went to inspect the boat, and all the boatmen were properly checked.

It's been fifty-five years now, Cao Hao remembered Kangxi's pampering of the fourteenth elder brother in his last years, and asked Yi Duli: "Who are the masters of Brother Suihu, have you gotten the news?" ”

"Brother Suihu? I haven't gotten the letter yet, and it's hard for others to say it, but the sixteenth master is designated. Speaking of this, Yi Duli lowered his voice and said, "I can see it, the sixteenth master is very favored now." Wherever the saint drove to, he summoned the sixteenth master to accompany him, which was no different from the thirteenth master of the year. ”

Thinking of the sixteenth elder brother, Cao Hao smiled and said, "I want to come to the sixteenth master, but I haven't come to this yamen for two days." ”

In a blink of an eye, it was time for the fall of the Ya.

Yidu made an appointment with Cao Hao, and the two went to Prince Jian's mansion together.

Today is Prince Jian's birthday of Fujin, and there is wine in the palace, and Cao Hao and Yi Duli both received invitations.

Although there are rules in the imperial court, and the clan is not allowed to make friends with courtiers, Cao Hao and Yi Duli are both related to the Jian Palace.

Rules are rules, and favors are favors.

Cao Hao is a junior, Yi Duli is an in-law, and the two used to eat and drink, but they didn't shy away from it.

When the two arrived, there were already a lot of sedan cars parked outside the door of King Jian's mansion.

Cao Hao glanced at it, recognized Chu Yu's carriage, and thought of getting up early to hear his wife mention it.

Yarjianga is not only the prince of the iron hat, but also the commander of the Zongren Mansion, and the first person in the clan who deserves it.

Therefore, where is the feast deserted?

Several opera troupes were invited, and they sang big operas in the inner courtyard and the front yard of the palace.

Not to mention that all the kings of the clan have also done their best, and several princes have come, and the sixteenth elder brother who has not shown up for several days is also among them.

Yarjianga saw that Cao Hao and Yi Du had arrived, and although he did not treat him extraordinarily, there was a little smile in his eyes. Compared with his warmth, the ninth elder brother on the side was all blue.

If he hadn't remembered Concubine Yi's advice, I was afraid that he would have had Cao Hao on the spot.

But he also knew that the Fang family's case had not yet been concluded, and his own punishment had not yet come, and there was no good fruit at this time. Brother Jiu held back his anger, sneered a few times, said goodbye to Yaerjiang, and left.

The sixteenth elder brother saw it, but he was relieved.

Even if it wasn't Cao Hao who took the initiative to provoke, Brother Jiu was the prince after all. provoked Brother Jiu, and it was Cao Hao's side who suffered.

When the gong started on the stage, the sixteenth elder brother walked to the back to find Cao Hao.

Cao Hao saw that his face was dull, and said, "What are you busy with these days?" Lack of this? ”

The sixteenth elder brother rubbed his brows and said, "What else can there be, and then the matter of the holy driving trip!" By the way, He Yi is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, it is not easy to go out of Beijing, Guanbao and Ma Qi are with you, there must always be one or two followers, do you want to go? ”

Cao Hao said that he wanted to go to Rehe, but when the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help nodding and said, "It's good to avoid it." At this time, it is really not good to regenerate the incident. Speaking of this, he lowered his voice and said: "After all, the ninth brother is not his own, but also the mother and the fifth brother in the palace, it is better to be vague if you are not offended on your face." ”

In addition to wanting to take Chu Yu out for a walk, Cao Hao also took this into account.

The father and son of the Cao family arrived in front of the emperor, and Kangxi just disposed of the Fang family, what else can he do?

Brother Jiu has to jump for more than ten years, even if he has a feud, it is better than fighting face-to-face. In that case, it is Cao Hao's side who suffers.

He also wants to really relax and spend time with his wife and daughter.

While the two were talking, an attendant had already come over and invited them upstairs to have a drink.

Upstairs, a feast has been set up.

Although when the big guy sits, he sits according to his status, but when he drinks it, it is much more lively.

Several older clans have already said goodbye, and busy people like the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother also showed up and left. The sixteenth elder brother didn't stay long because he still had to go out of the city, and after eating a few mouthfuls of food, he also got up and left.

Cao Hao originally wanted to go with the sixteenth elder brother, but he was left behind by Yaerjiang Awan.

The rest are young people, but they are a lot less reserved.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, everyone's movement became bigger.

Many people came over with wine glasses and clinked glasses with Cao Hao, and some people complained that he was not interesting enough. It is not only the ability to make money, but also the big guy who is perfect.

Although Cao Hao had some alcohol, he was poured more than ten glasses in one go, and he was also a little dizzy.

He only felt that his face was hot, and his feet were already fluttering.

Yi Duli couldn't look at it, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, don't have Cao Forehead in your eyes, and enjoy a few small drinks!" ”

Cao Hao felt a little urgent, and thought about whether to find someone to ask for a place to relieve his hands.

He was thinking about it, when he saw a little eunuch coming over and said in a low voice: "Cao E, our prince is afraid that the Edon will be drunk, so let the servants come and lead the Edon to rest." ”

But it was just in time, Cao Hao didn't have time to ponder the meaning of his words, and said: "I'm tired of my little father-in-law, I just want to be convenient." ”

Iduli was playing poor, causing everyone to laugh.

Cao Hao got up quietly and came out with the little eunuch.

Outside is already the beginning of the lanterns, it is the middle of the month, the moon in the sky is bright and the stars are sparse, and the night wind blows on people's faces, slightly with a bit of spring cold.

Cao Hao was still nothing in the house, but when the night wind blew, he was a little dizzy, only feeling that one foot was high and one foot was low, and he didn't know how many doors he had to go around before he came to a courtyard.

entered the courtyard and went to the house, the little eunuch held a lacquered wooden barrel and put it behind the screen, asking Cao Hao for convenience.

Cao Hao held back for a long time, and now he was much more comfortable, smelling the cold fragrance of the room in a daze, and couldn't help but slander in his heart, in the end, it was the palace, and the rules were too big, and it was so difficult to relieve himself...... Through the screen, Yarjana waved his hand to the little eunuch standing at the door and sent him down......

(To be continued)