Although the Cao family has one or two hundred people, most of them are born to the family, and there are a few people who can be selected from them. Those who are a little more promising, are all by Cao Hao's side.

The rest of the God-blessed generation, children, will not have enough manpower. Chu Yu mentioned this matter to Cao Hao before, because in the filial piety period, it is not easy to buy people with great fanfare, so he wants to wait until he is filial piety.

"If you buy miscellaneous people outside, wait for some time, if you have official slaves, buy some to make it cheaper." Seventh Elder Brother said.

Most of those who were confiscated as official slaves were family members of criminal ministers. Cao Hao thought of Amethyst, waved his hand hurriedly, and said, "Father-in-law, the official slave is still forgotten." It is to be prepared for God to bless them, and when they have resentment, they will regenerate right and wrong but not beautiful. Anyway, the children are still young, so they are not in a hurry, so let's pick them up slowly. ”

Seeing him say this, the seventh elder brother put down the matter and said, "There is news from the Tai Hospital, Zhao Shenqiao is no longer good, I'm afraid it's just these days." He went to the fold and begged for rest, but the emperor did not allow it, and gave grace to avoid the recovery of the remaining silver. Not only him, but Fan Shichong, the secretary of the military department, has also been sick since he came back from the northwest, and he is afraid that he will not be able to survive this winter. ”

Zhao Shenqiao was a jinshi in the early years of Kangxi, an official for more than 50 years, and he is 77 this year, which is considered a high life. This Fan Shichong is only fifty-eight this year, less than the year of the sixtieth year.

"Didn't Fan Shangshu say a few days ago that it was already well? Why are you so sick? Cao Hao was a little surprised.

The Fan family is one of the best families in the Han Army Banner after the founding of the country, and since the marriage of the Fan and Li families, the Li family has faintly regarded the Fan family as a backer.

For this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, the Li family was very generous. As far as Cao Hao knew, in the name of the Wang family, the gifts given to Mrs. Shangshu were more generous than those prepared for the Li family.

Cao Hao still felt regretful at the time, if Li Hanyu married not Fan Shichong's second grandson, but the eldest grandson, then the Li family might really have something to rely on, and the Cao family could save a little lighter.

The Fan family has always been low-key, serving several generations of emperors, and there is no behavior of forming a party for personal gain, so it can be regarded as a tumbler in the officialdom of the former Qing Dynasty.

For the enthusiasm of the Li family, they also handled it calmly, just as ordinary relatives, so Cao Hao saw it, and he really admired it.

However, this also made Cao Hao see one thing clearly, the difference between "meritorious heroes" and "favored ministers".

The family of "meritorious heroes", several generations of Yu Yin, even if there are occasional children who are not good, the emperor will forgive him for the sake of fame, and will not easily dispose of and kill; "Favored ministers" or something, it depends on the mood of the emperor, and we must also remember that "once a son of heaven and a courtier", there are few people who can die well.

The Hubu Military Department was originally an important yamen among the six departments, and now it coincided with the war in the northwest, and it was the top priority.

"In order to build a military station, he ran in the northwest for more than a year. Not to mention that he is over half a hundred years old, even young people may not be able to survive. Many people are staring at these two shortcomings, and they don't know what the emperor means now. I just hope that someone sensible will come up, and you will be able to worry less after you recover. Brother Qi said.

Seeing that the seventh elder brother had a worried look on his face, Cao Hao said: "Father-in-law doesn't have to worry, even if it is difficult for Shangguan, it will not hinder, the son-in-law will abide by his duty in everything, and he will not let people find faults." It's really calculated, and the emperor is watching from above. ”

The seventh elder brother nodded and said a few more homely words.

What is heavy in his heart is not only for his son-in-law's imminent recovery, but also for the rejected invitation to the eldest son of the king of the county.

Hongshu Kangxi was born in the thirty-sixth year, and he is twenty-four this year, and he has already reached the age when he should ask for the title, and the seventh elder brother has already defaulted to his eldest son as his heir to the palace.

I really didn't expect that the fold of the invitation seal was handed over, but it was rejected, and Zhu criticized: "I'll discuss it later!" ”

According to the news from the Zongren Mansion, the third elder brother and the fifth elder brother have both been asked to be the eldest son. If nothing happens, the will of the prince will be able to come down before the year.

For the emperor's intentions, the seventh elder brother can also detect one or two. The eldest brother of the county king's mansion is very different from the eldest son of the canonized county king.

The emperor's father rejected the invitation to Feng Hongshu's excerpt because he was unwilling to give him the title of the eldest son of the county king, making him the second only person in the Northwest Army after the fourteenth elder brother and the king of Pingjun.

I don't know, this reluctance is because I am afraid that Hongshu will divide the military merits and rights of the fourteenth elder brother; is still worried about the identity of the eldest son of a county king, which will increase the power bargaining chip of the fourteenth elder brother.

It was only at this time that the seventh elder brother understood the reason why the son-in-law did not let a few brothers-in-law have more contact with the fourteenth elder brother.

As long as you are on the edge of seizing the heir, you must not be self-focused in everything, it is really unpredictable, it is worrying...... * Fujin main house, full of flowers, because of the big Gege Guining, all the ladies of the palace came to have fun, and now they are all happy on their faces, and they can't stop talking flattering words around Fujin.

It turned out that the five-grid companion Ren Mama had just returned to the palace to report the good news, and the five-grid was happy.

This is the first time she has been married for three years and is pregnant, saying that she wants to eat the pickled eggplant in the palace, in addition to sending a letter to her mother's family, she also made a special trip to mention the palace to eat.

Wugege got married, and he was the county lord, and the Wendu clan he married into was a Manchurian family with an old surname and the residence of the founding ministers. But getting married is getting married, and it's different from the princess opening a mansion, serving her in-laws, taking care of housework, and reproducing heirs, all of which must be thoughtful.

Even if he is the lord of the emperor and grandson, his status is noble, and this childlessness is also a taboo for women.

Qifujin is because he has no children, he has suffered from half a lifetime of idleness, and he doesn't want his daughter to suffer from his old suffering.

Since the five Gege got married half a year after they were not pregnant, Qifujin made two mothers-in-law, who used to wait for their daughter's decoction, and they were worried that she would inherit her own uterine cold disease and not be easy to conceive.

Now I can get pregnant, although I don't know men and women, but I am still young, as long as I can conceive, it is good news.

Chu Yu was here, and when she heard this happy event, she was also happy for her sister, and she was already thinking about what to send a congratulatory gift in her heart.

"In addition to the pickled eggplant buns, she also loves to eat meat floss, and it just so happened that the Internal Affairs Office only divided some, which came from Fujian Gongshang, and also packed some, and brought it with five grids." Qifujin was really happy, his eyes were crooked with a smile, and he said to Mama Ren.

Mama Ren hurriedly said: "It's still Fujin who feels sorry for Gege, Gege has been very happy recently, and if you get this, you will be happy." ”

"Bad joy? Have you lost weight? She was okay when she was a child, she didn't let go of her mouth for a moment, she was round, but she lost weight when she grew up. Hearing this, Qifujin couldn't help but be a little worried.

Others were not easy to persuade each other, so Chu Yu had to speak: "E-niang, rest assured, when the seventh elder brother was '100 years old', the fifth sister also returned to the palace, and she looked serious and good." If E-Niang is really not at ease, let someone go over to see the fifth sister, if it is because of worrying about us, and then hurt E-niang's body, the fifth sister knows, and it is difficult to be safe. ”

Qifujin nodded, sent someone to reward Mama Ren's money seal, took her down to clean up the things in Wugege, and sent two more Mama to visit her mother-in-law's house.

After arranging these, she was also a little tired, so she sent the other ladies to disperse, leaving only Chu Yu to speak.

"I just hope that your fifth sister can have your blessings and become a man in one fell swoop, and the future will be easy to survive." Qifujin took Chu Yu's hand, took a long breath, and said, "Ming'er Eniang will send someone to Guanghua Temple to house the silver and accumulate blessings for your sister." In this life, I have no other hopes, I just hope that you are all well. ”

"The fifth sister is blessed, E-Niang, don't worry." Chu Yu persuaded softly.

"When your sister gives birth to a son, and the rest, Eniang is looking forward to Tianyou marrying a daughter-in-law, and Tianhui will get married." Qifujin didn't want Chu Yu to think that he was partial, so he turned his words to his grandson and granddaughter.

Chu Yu smiled quietly, accompanied her mother to talk about homely things, but she was sighing in her heart.

In Qifujin's heart, only Chu Yu's biological Wugege can be regarded as a child, and even Hongshu, the default heir of the seventh elder brother, Qifujin is only passable on the face.

After saying a few words, seeing that Chu Yu was really happy for her sister and there was nothing unhappy, Qifujin also relieved her heart and sent her to the side Fujin's room.

Leaving Qifujin's house, Chu Yu's smile was a little unbearable.

The ladies of the royal palace went to see her in the Fujin room, which did not include Chu Yu's biological mother, the Fujin Nara clan.

However, there is no secret in the palace, presumably at this time, the Nara clan should also get the news. Wugege is pregnant, except for Chang Fujin, for the other ladies of the palace, it doesn't matter whether they are happy or not; But Nala's is easy to touch the scene.

After all, Ergege is two years older than Wugege, and he married a year earlier, so there is no news of pregnancy and childbirth.

When she arrived at her biological mother's room, Chu Yu was cautious and thought about how to comfort her. Unexpectedly, Nala looked normal, and there was no displeasure, but he sent everyone down, pulled Chu Yu, and put a prescription on her hand with a smile.

Chu Yu glanced at it, and there were angelica, shou wu, lily, and ligustrum, so he guessed a rough one, and said: "Eniang, my daughter has been using medicine to recuperate, so she doesn't need to change the prescription, right?" ”

Nara shook his head and said, "The previous conditioning of the body and the nourishing of yin are easy to conceive this time. In two months, he will be filial, and while he is young, it is serious to add a little brother to Tianyou. Although there are many children in your house, they are not of your own blood. Tianyou doesn't have any brothers, it's really thin. Even if you're not in a hurry, your mother-in-law will. Rather than pretending to be generous and adding people to the forehead house, it is better to be born in your belly. ”

Speaking of this, she paused: "This recipe has been available for a long time, and I didn't dare to use it for you before." She has used the recipe for half her life, and she hasn't raised a little brother, so I just don't use it. I didn't expect Wugege to use this recipe to condition his body, and he was really pregnant. I have already asked the imperial doctor, and this recipe is mainly based on nourishing yin and warming the palace. We women have some problems in this regard, and it always doesn't hurt to use this method. After a while, someone grabbed the medicine according to the prescription and sent some to your second sister. I knew that they were short of medicinal materials, so they should have prepared more of this in the original dowry. ”

Although she didn't say it explicitly, Chu Yu also heard that this recipe was made by Qifu Jin.

A thin piece of paper, she felt heavy and overwhelmed.

The biological mother's means of "borrowing prescriptions" may not be glorious, but it is the heart of her daughter. I don't want to think about my mother-in-law, why I haven't thought about giving the prescription to myself all these years, and half a year after Wugege got married, I asked people to serve the medicine.

Raising grace, giving birth to grace, are all graces.

Children can only be grateful. Compared with the two, not only did he lose his respect and filial piety, but also made his heart blocked, why bother?

In this world, not only do those who are homemakers sometimes need to be confused, but also those who are children sometimes need to be confused...... * Forbidden City, Brother.

Although the sixteenth elder brother said that he would "confine" with the sixteenth Fujin, the sixteenth elder brother was not really good to stay in the sixteenth Fujin house. It's not that he's afraid of gossip, but his hip injury is severe, and he doesn't want to show his deeds in front of his wife, so as to save her from worrying.

In the end, the sixteenth elder brother was placed in the study.

Now, although he was lying on the soft couch, his face was like frost, and he stared fiercely at July who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "What was the situation at the beginning, tell the master again carefully." If you dare to lie a word, be careful that the master peels your skin! ”

July knelt on the ground, only to feel bitter in his mouth, tears had come out, and he hurriedly kowtowed: "Master, the slave swears to the sky, and everything she says is true." After the second master left, the master of Fujin had a tire gas. Before passing on the imperial doctor, the master of Fujin instructed the slaves and maids to be cautious, not to let others get involved with the second master, which saved the alienation of the mother-son relationship, made it difficult for the master to do, and made outsiders see the joke! ”

The last few sentences are the surname of the Sixteen Blessings and Jin Pingsu.

Besides, July is not the dowry of the Sixteenth Fujin, but the palace maid, who has been sensible and dedicated all these years, and there is no reason to tell right and wrong.

The sixteenth elder brother waved his hand, sent July out, pondered for a moment, and said to Zhao Feng: "Hongpu has always been well-behaved and filial, no one will pry him, and he will never act like this." To pass on my words, the Duan family and the Jin family did not take care of the little master wholeheartedly, and they beat fifty boards; The palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting beside the second elder brother were all closed, and then sent to the Internal Affairs Office for disposal. ”

Duan's and Jin's are Hongpu's nurses, and now they take care of Hongpu's daily life.

When Zhao Feng heard this, his heart trembled, not to mention the side, it was the little eunuch Duobao who was waiting next to the second elder brother, who he had personally brought for many years, and called him "master".

Now that the sixteenth elder brother is cleaned up, Duobao has no future in this palace. How can the subordinates who have been expelled by the master get a good go?

"Master...... Deal with these people at once, the movement is big, and I don't know what unpleasant it will lead. Why don't you interrogate it privately first to see which black-hearted slave chews his tongue, so that he can find out and vent his anger to the master of Fujin? Zhao Feng pondered and whispered.

"Not necessarily. What others say, what do you do? The sixteenth elder brother waved his hand and said.

Although he was annoyed in his heart, but on the one hand, he was his wife, and on the other hand, he was the eldest son who had always been loved, and the sixteenth elder brother said in a deep voice: "It's good to let Hongpu remember his surname, what can be done, what can't be done......"

*Outside the front door, Dexing Hutong, Shangshu Mansion.

The fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother were instructed by Kangxi to visit the sick, and Zhao Shenqiao's children and grandchildren were personally sent out of the gate.

The fourth elder brother turned his head and gave a few more careful instructions before going to the bridge with the thirteenth elder brother.

Everyone knelt down and breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. Before, their brother and the eldest uncle Zhao Fengzhao, the prefect of Taiyuan, got out of the ink corruption case, and the imperial court chased the silver taels that were greedy for ink and emptied the Zhao Mansion.

Now, my father is seriously ill, and he is a pawnbroker who wears Chaozhu or something, so he can catch the medicine.

If they continue to be recovered, even if they are sold into slavery, they may not be able to repay them cleanly......

(To be continued)