When did your cousin offend someone?

Cao Fu saw Li Nai's different color, and the first thought that came to his heart was this. Then, he shook his head slightly, not because of this.

My cousin has been at home for more than a year, rarely going out, and he doesn't have much interaction with the Li family.

He remembered the situation when Fang Cai's chamberlain came to deliver the decree and give things, and he couldn't say that the resentment of the Li family came from this.

Cao Xiang sat on the left side of Cao Fu, and when he saw that his younger brother was a little wrong, he asked in a low voice, "Fifth brother is drunk?" ”

It wasn't loud, but everyone at the table heard it.

Except for Cao Hao, the others are all made of lotus white in front of them, looking clear, the wine is fragrant and soft, but the stamina is enough.

Cao Hao raised his head, and just when he heard Cao Xiang speak, he looked at Cao Fu and said, "Eat less than two cups, it will be uncomfortable for unknown children." ”

It just so happened that the little maid sent longevity noodles, and Cao Fu listened to everyone's advice, put down the wine cup with a smile, and took a bowl of longevity noodles to eat.

Where his eyes swept over, Li Nai's expression had returned to naturalness, and he pushed the cup with Seshtu to change the lamp, looking like an honest man.

Cao Fu snorted coldly, and he was already more guarded in his heart.

Not to mention the adults in the front yard, each with their own stomachs, the outer hall of this Lan courtyard was also put on the table, and the boys sit.

Speaking of the oldest is Sun Li, and when it comes to the most noble status, the fourth elder brother of the Pingjun Palace, Fuxiu, so these two sit on the top position; Then Li Cheng was a relative, and Tianyou sat in second place with him; The left lives, the left becomes the second, Hengsheng is the smallest, and the next prime minister accompanies him.

Like Brother Shou, the son of Cao Yi, everyone's little uncle and little uncle Changsheng sat with the female dependents because they were less than seven years old.

Li Cheng prides himself on being smart, but he is a little arrogant in his bones, and he looks down on the cousins of the Cao family's generation. However, when he saw Sun Li and Fuxiu, he couldn't help but be a little impressed.

Fuxiu's temperament, natural style, and admiration after watching it; Sun Li is calm and introverted, and he doesn't say much, but he can't be underestimated.

Tianyou just laughed, watching everyone laugh, and sometimes ordered the maid to serve soup and tea, which was quite the momentum of an eldest man.

When Li Cheng saw Tianyou's appearance, he didn't think so, but felt extremely awkward. Cao Hao only has this biological son, or a descendant, Tianyou doesn't need to be motivated at all, as long as he grows up peacefully, the wealth and wealth of the sky will fall on Tianyou's head in the future.

Li Cheng had the heart to be close to Fuxiu, so he flattered Fuxiu and spoke, but Fuxiu didn't put him in his eyes, and occasionally picked up a sentence, which was also alienated and polite.

The table is full of Fuxiu's cousins, their own flesh and blood; Only Li Cheng is a distant relative, of course he is too lazy to deal with it.

A few small ones, not yet aware of anything wrong with the atmosphere.

It's just that God blessed, listening to Li Cheng keep talking, looking at the dishes in front of him, losing his appetite, and muttering the words "food is silent" in his heart. I thought in my heart, what's wrong with this cousin of the Li family, he looks like a person who knows etiquette, why is he so out of shape?

Sun Li is the oldest, and he seems to see Li Cheng's intentions, but he is looking at his nose and nose, and he has nothing to do.

Li Cheng was bored, and he felt that he was unhappy. Knowing this, he should have let his father go to Prince Yong's mansion to live his life. spent nearly 5,000 taels of silver to prepare the birthday gift, even if the fourth elder brother is a prince, he should be able to get into his eyes.

However, with the absence of his father as an alternate prefect, even if he goes to the palace to pay his respects, he will not be able to get on the stage.

For a while, Li Cheng complained a little about his grandfather, greedy for small profits in the south of the Yangtze River, and stayed away from Gyeonggi for many years. Can it still be that grandparents and grandchildren are all in Jiangnan?

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, if the grandfather pressed the wrong treasure, the consequences would be unimaginable.

* Inside Andingmen, Prince Yong's Mansion.

Today is the forty-second birthday of the fourth elder brother, because it is not a full birthday, there is nothing to do, but there are many clan in-laws who come and go, and there are many people who come to eat and drink on the birthday.

The fourth elder brother changed into a sapphire blue robe, with a royal belt tied around his waist, and accompanied a few princes who came to eat and drink, Baylor, with a much softer expression, without ordinary coldness.

It seems that he is in a very good mood.

The fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother, although they have a normal relationship with the fourth elder brother, they have never had grudges, and they are very harmonious.

In the past, the third elder brother, who had to take care of his identity and grab a sharp spot in everything, came back from Rehe this year, and also changed his surname as if he was a good brother.

He returned to Beijing with the holy car, but after half a month's effort, there was gossip, saying that the third elder brother had the intention to emulate Prince Yuxian.

Prince Yuxian Fuquan, the second son of Shizu, and the half-brother of Kangxi. Before his death, Shizu Shunzhi had been admitted to the school for his son's ambition, and Fuquan replied "I am willing to be a virtuous king".

Whether it is sincere or false, because of these four words, even if Kangxi is ordered to ascend the throne, he must inherit his brother's "love of abdication", and then for decades, until Fuquan died of illness, the emperor and the king have a deep brotherhood, and there is no suspicion and framing of brothers in previous dynasties.

The posture of the third elder brother made many people confused.

There are speculations that he is hypocritical and pretentious; There is speculation that he knows practice, and knows that the fourteenth elder brother is irresistible, and he retreats to the second.

Only the fourth elder brother scoffed at this matter.

Posture is one thing, heart is another. As a prince, he grew up in the deep palace, and only in his forties did he know that he had to "say one thing and do another", this royal brother is indeed stupid.

Thinking like this in my heart, the fourth elder brother on the face is a brother and a brother, even if he is not close to the brothers, he is happy to watch.

Such a scene stabbed Brother Jiu's eyes.

Since he got the news and knew that the Li family had sent a heavy gift to this side, Brother Jiu was full of discomfort.

Thinking that in the past few years, because the third elder brother has lost his sharpness, the fourth elder brother's weight in the court has become heavier and heavier, and he has become a little more vigilant in his heart.

However, the fourth elder brother just concentrates on being an errand, does not accept doormen, and rarely makes friends with ministers, even if the ninth elder brother wants to catch his pigtails, it is difficult.

The Li family, since the eighth elder brother was alive, has been the money bag of the ninth elder brother in Jiangnan.

Not to mention the prince's brother, it is a puppy of ordinary people's families, and he will pee on the territory and not give an inch of land.

Whether it is the fourth elder brother, who is in the limelight, it attracts the Li family; Or the fourth elder brother is in charge of the household department, and Li Xu, who is also a nominal household servant, secretly communicates with each other, which is not tolerated by the ninth elder brother.

"The royal brothers have arrived, and the fourth brother is so decent. Now in the eyes of Huang Ama, our sons together are not as capable as the fourth brother. It seems that everyone knows this reason, and they all rushed together, for fear of offending the fourth brother. Brother Jiu had a smile on his face, but everyone was cold when he heard these words.

is as honest as the Twelfth Elder Brother, and he really muttered in his heart, isn't the emperor's father the fourth brother who has always been capable?

If the son is valued by the mother, the adoptive mother and biological mother of the fourth elder brother can be ranked in the imperial father's harem.

Like the fifth elder brother and the seventh elder brother, they all frowned secretly, not knowing where the ninth elder brother was convulsive, and he wanted to give the fourth elder brother no face. The seventh elder brother has nothing to do with himself, just watching the excitement; The fifth elder brother was already glaring at the ninth elder brother, and he was about to open his mouth to reprimand.

The fourth elder brother looked faint, glanced at the ninth elder brother, and said: "Who doesn't know that there is nothing in my mansion, but Su Zhai is the best in the capital." They are all their own brothers, and they can't be offended by anything. It's just an excuse for the big guys to get together, and they always have to eat and drink well, so that they can be happy. ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little stiff, several older elder brothers echoed the fourth elder brother.

This said: "Yes, yes, the vegetarian food in the fourth brother's mansion is the best." The one said, "That's right, there can be less of others, but the money Arhat belly can't be less, but I have some worries about it." ”

Brother Jiu didn't appreciate it, snorted coldly, stood up, looked around, and said, "Oh? Look at the brothers have changed their surnames, it's time to eat radish and cabbage. My younger brother is a meatless and unhappy master, and I don't eat this birthday banquet today......"

I was only halfway through the sentence when I heard someone laugh and say, "My brothers have arrived?" Oops, we're late, brothers. ”

Everyone looked at the door, and saw the fifteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother at the head, with a string of little elder brothers in the palace. Even the four-year-old twenty-four elder brother was no exception, he was held in the arms of the seventeenth elder brother, looking at everyone with a smile.

Between these brothers, please see each other in peace, and it was lively for a long time.

After the meeting was over, everyone sat down again, and Sifujin also got the news, so that the twenty-three princes and the twenty-fourth princes were taken into the inner house. These two princes, one is seven years old and the other is four years old, and they are still young.

The evil fire before Brother Jiu didn't spread it out.

It's rare that so many little brothers are out of the palace and relaxed, and he, as an elder brother, doesn't want to pretend to be a villain and make the big guy uncomfortable.

The fourth elder brother's expression became softer and softer, and it was rare to have a smile on his face, listening to the brothers, but he sighed in his heart.

is full of prosperity, and there is still one person missing.

There is only one person missing, and that is the thirteenth elder brother.

It's not that the thirteenth elder brother can't stay out, but this year's winter is cold and early, and there are several snowfalls in October, which caused the thirteenth elder brother to suffer from chronic illness and is now bedridden.

The fourth elder brother just went to see it yesterday, and the thirteenth elder brother only said that it was fine, but his eyes were sunken and his face was dark. I asked the Thirteenth Fujin in private, only to know that the Thirteenth Elder Brother had been sleeping badly for half a month due to rheumatic pain...... * Caofu is a family banquet, naturally it is not as good as the fourth elder brother, and after dinner, everyone went back separately.

Cao Fu did not return to Dongfu with his mother and brother, but stayed in Xifu and talked to his cousin about Li Nai's strangeness.

"Resentment? Because of the reward of the princess? Cao Hao listened and was a little surprised.

Cao Fu thought he didn't believe it, and hurriedly said: "Big brother, you can't have the heart to hurt people, and you can't have the heart to prevent people." Let's just say that Sun Jue, if he hadn't been calculated, he would not have been ruined and let the eldest sister be free. Perhaps in the eyes of the Li family, our Cao family is the same as them, they are all servants of the emperor, and they were not divided between the top and the bottom earlier. This is only more than ten years of hard work, our family has a foothold in Beijing, they are still foreign ministers, this time Li Nai's filling of the vacancy is not smooth, and it is common to have resentment in his heart. ”

Cao Hao listened to his younger brother's words and said with a wry smile: "What Xiao Wu said is also right, but Li Nai is not a scheming person, and his surname is also loyal, and this last sentence is the reason for his resentment." ”

"Fill in the gaps?" Cao Fu raised his eyebrows and said, "This Li Nai is so unreasonable. The eldest brother is not a cousin of the ministry, so he can have the final say, why do you complain about the eldest brother? I heard that in the past six months, in order to make up for the vacancy, he has sprinkled money everywhere. If you really think of the eldest brother, why didn't you see him come to the door. Is it possible to let Ding Wei's eldest brother at home take the initiative to play for him? ”

"This is the human heart. I'm afraid that he thinks in his heart that I should take the initiative to intervene for the sake of relatives. For example, in the previous incident with Sun Jue, he blamed Sun Jue for misconduct for three points, and blamed me for standing by for seven points. Cao Hao said.

When Cao Fu heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "This is the truth of the Li family?" Who owes whom? and others have lived for them. It's really creepy to think about having such relatives. ”

In the end, it was still related to the Li family, Cao Hao didn't want to say too much, patted Cao Fu's shoulder and said: "They are about to leave Beijing, even if they don't wait to see each other, they won't be able to see each other." Xiao Wu's reminder, my brother took it to heart. ”

Cao Fu saw that Cao Hao was concerned, sighed, and said, "I know that the eldest brother is afraid that the uncle will be embarrassed. In the end, it is the eldest brother's maternal uncle's family, and this relationship is not broken. Otherwise, in the eyes of outsiders, we will be unreasonable. ”

Now the housework in the East Mansion, the inner house is in the hands of Jinghui, and the outside is Cao Fu taking care of it.

Although Cao Xiang is old, he is a concubine, and he has the intention to avoid it, so he hands over the housework to his younger brother in the name of being an errand.

Cao Hao thought of the auction for a few days, Cao Hao's three posts from his relatives have been given away, and the post of his family is going to let his cousin go, so he said to Cao Fu: "After a few days of auction, the antique calligraphy and painting are useless, and if they are in their hands, they are just giving them away." Big mansions, big villages, there are many people who rob them. When the price can't come down, it's a waste of grabbing. It just so happens that there are still some words, so I went out to inquire about the price of the second and third houses, and I knew what to expect. Three-entry houses, or ten-hectare or twenty-hectare small villages, look at the good place, just subscript to see. If you can get it, you should pick it up cheaply, and if you can't get it, you can also compare the price, and then change it for something else. ”

According to the common rules of the people, like Dongfu, if there are several brothers, after marrying, they will divide the family, or wait until the death of their father.

Now both of the East Mansion are occupied, but because Cao Song went on the expedition, the eldest brother was not there, and no one mentioned it.

Cao Fu and Cao Xiang are the closest in age, and the relationship between brothers is good, and there is no difference between distance and proximity to this brother, like other brothers.

Earlier, it was Aunt Baodie who said that it was difficult; Now, it is the fourth-room grandmother Chunhua who can't bear the eyes of her mother-in-law, and she can't bear it.

Although no one complained, Cao Fu couldn't see it, and he mentioned the matter of breaking up with Cao Hao.

Even if he knew that his cousin and his wife had been wronged, Cao Hao couldn't make the decision to divide the family for Dongfu at the moment. Even if you really want to divide it, you have to wait for Cao Song to come back.

Cao Hao means that Cao Fu can use the surplus wealth of the Eastern Mansion to buy some real estate and real estate first. Otherwise, with Zhaojia's surname, these silvers are in her hands, and if they really reach the point of dividing the family, they will not have a share of the concubine.

Besides, when it is really time to split up, Cao Fu and his wife will also come out of Dongfu. If nothing else, this house needs to be bought.

Although Chunhua and Suxin's dowries have real estate, there is no reason to live in a dowry house since ancient times.

Cao Fu also knew that the separation of brothers was a big deal, and he couldn't go beyond his eldest brother Cao Song, so he listened to his cousin and took the matter of property purchase to heart.

However, now that he listened to Cao Hao's instructions, he hesitated a little and said: "Big brother, this time it is a secret standard, even if there is really a good house, the price cannot be low." The silver in my brother's hand ......"

Cao Hao heard him say this, took out a box from the desk drawer, handed it to Cao Fu, and said, "Don't worry about the silver, this is 20,000 taels of silver tickets, so use this to buy property." ”

Cao Fu listened, hurriedly handed the box back to Cao Hao, his head shook like a rattle, and said: "The eldest brother has the heart, the younger brother has the heart, and the younger brother can't accept this silver." The eldest brother is old, the old is small, and there are not many inputs, and the cost of various favors is huge, and he has to rely on the sister-in-law to subsidize himself. How can the younger brother receive the eldest brother's money? The eldest brother still takes it back, even if he doesn't care about others, he has to think about his sister-in-law. It's always hard to let the sister-in-law laugh at the men of our Cao family who eat soft rice, so what kind of face will the younger brothers have to meet the sister-in-law in the future? ”

Cao Hao didn't answer, and said, "I'll take it for you." This is indeed the income of Daoxiang Village, before the trade opened, I discussed with your sister-in-law, to leave some silver from the income, for you to say that the property is used later. You are all my brothers, and though you are separated by a room, you are like immortals in my eyes. I can't give you great wealth and wealth, and I won't let you eat and chew your heart. That's all my brother can do. And keep it, don't grind. ”

Cao Fu rubbed the box, looked at his cousin, his expression changed, and he said: "It has always been the eldest brother who cares for us, but we can't be the eldest brother's help." The eldest brother has supported the family all these years, and we have suffered a lot, and we have enjoyed happiness in vain, what is this called? ”

"It's all a family, what are you doing here? Besides, you are still young, and you will see later. I also want to borrow the light of my younger brothers to be a rich man who eats and waits for death. Cao Hao said with a smile.

Cao Fu was born in the forty-first year of Kangxi, and he was eight years old when Cao Hao left Jiangning and went north to the capital.

At that time, he was not sensible, and Cao Fu was jealous of this cousin in his heart. Because he is the grandson of the Cao family, the eldest son of the Cao family, the top son of the old lady, and the beloved son of his uncle and aunt.

The noble young man who was light and breezy back then, and now his brother, who has ups and downs in his career and constant injuries, Cao Fu only felt that his eyes were hot, and his heart was unstoppable.

What is the difference between the old self and the current Li Nai. That ugly jealousy turns people into ghosts.

The person in front of him is his most respected brother...... * Dongzhimen, Li Zhai.

Hearing that the Jiubeizi Mansion was coming, Li Nai was a little surprised. He looked out the window and it was already dark.

Is there something urgent?

The prime minister's door is a seven-rank official, not to mention the steward of Beizi Mansion. Even if there is no grade, this shelf is sufficient, and I can't wait to speak to the sky with my nostrils.

Li Nai sent someone to wrap a fifty taels of silver seal, and the steward's face was better, he glanced at Li Nai, and said: "When our master came back from the fourth master's mansion, his anger was a little uncomfortable, and I don't know what the master passed on to Li Ye." Li Ye weighed in his heart, let's be more careful. After that, he didn't stay long, got up and bowed his hand, and took his leave.

The ninth elder brother summoned, Li Nai did not dare to delay, and changed his clothes nervously.

Li Cheng had already gotten the news and came out to inquire in detail, but he happened to run into Li Nai, who was about to go out.

Seeing his son, Li Nai remembered something, frowned, and said, "Cheng'er, it won't be the ninth master who is annoyed by us sending a birthday gift to the fourth elder brother's mansion, right?" I said it was inappropriate a long time ago, but your kid is Ren's surname. ”

Li Cheng didn't know the bottom in his heart, but his face was stiff, and he said: "The fourth elder brother is also my grandfather's boss, and our Li family gives gifts, and we can't pick anything out outside." If the ninth elder brother wants to blame, the father will push it on the fourteenth elder brother......"

When Li Nai heard this, he hesitated and said: "Although the fourteenth elder brother and the fourth elder brother are brothers, they are not close, can this be said?" ”

Li Cheng thought for a while and said, "It's all the prince's brother, it's not something we can offend." No matter how annoyed Brother Jiu is, as long as his father bites the Li family, it will be fine......"

(To be continued)