In the fifty-sixth year of Kangxi's wax moon, Cao Hao spent it in a plain white.

Cao Song is a guard, a retainer of the Son of Heaven, and there is no rest for him, except for being on duty, he is following the clan relatives to guard the spirit. The four masters of the Cao family's West Mansion also entered the palace to mourn according to the rules.

There is Amethyst, the housekeeper in Xifu, and there are two aunts of the Feng family and the Qian family, which are not chaotic at all; Dongfu Cao Song is in the palace, Jinghui has a body, and Su Xin is temporarily housekeeper. Outside matters, Cao Fu came forward to deal with it.

Cao Xiang came back to take the exam, and not long after the imperial examination, Cao Yin ordered him to devote himself to studying.

In this cold winter, most of the rows are in the Zigong Palace, not to mention that the palace is ventilated everywhere, even if there is geothermal heat, this is not a place to live after all, where can it be warm. Young people have fallen ill a lot, not to mention the old ones.

Originally, Cao Hao and Chu Yu were worried about the Li family, afraid that she would be sad and sad, plus they were tired of mourning, but they didn't expect it to be Cao Yin who fell ill.

The imperial doctor came to see it, and only said that it was an external wind evil and needed to recuperate.

At this time, Fang Chonggong had already been in Beijing with the Thirteenth Elder Brother, and was sent away by the Thirteenth Elder Brother once, and only went back after confirming that Cao Yin was indeed fine.

Cao Yin is only sixty years old, and he is not an elderly person among the mourning elites. Those clan relatives and ministers, there are many trembling people in their seventies.

I heard that a few people have fallen ill, and when the Queen Mother's funeral is over, maybe a few people will die.

Cao Hao thought of this and quietly mentioned this matter to the sixteenth elder brother.

The next time, the ministers who entered the palace to arrange their shifts and mourn had a new treatment, a cup of honeysuckle anther tea in the morning and evening. The ministers of the clan who are more than 60 years old have also set up warm room seats in the side hall.

These small measures, all in the name of the Twelve Elder Brothers, attracted praise from everyone.

Although the twelfth elder brother feels decent, after all, he has already passed the age of standing, and he has encountered ups and downs over the years, and he does not dare to show off at all.

He knew that the sixteenth elder brother mentioned himself to give credit to himself, and thanked him in private.

Seeing his cautious appearance, the sixteenth elder brother was afraid that he would be too careful, so he asked him for two pots of bluegrass.

Before coming out for the funeral, the twelve elder brothers were idle. His leisure is really idle, and unlike the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother, he has completely lost any errands. This idle, boring, I don't know when I was obsessed with waiting for flowers and plants, and I also built a warm house in my own house.

Those two plates of bluegrass are also famous. I heard that there was a shellfish that cost 1,000 taels of silver to buy with the twelve elder brothers, and the twelve elder brothers did not let go, it was really a beloved thing.

Unexpectedly, this time the sixteenth elder brother asked for it, and the twelfth elder brother did not frown, and he was busy responding.

Seeing this, the sixteenth elder brother sighed in his heart. It is not easy to know that this twelfth brother is not easy, born in the royal family, grew up in the palace, where is there a pure person. Is this preference a real liking, or self-deception, I'm afraid that I'm playing too much, and I'm confused.

These two pots of bluegrass, the sixteenth elder brother did not keep it for himself, and directly transferred it to the seventeenth elder brother. One pot is in his own name, and one pot is directly in the name of the twelve elder brothers.

Half a month after the Queen Mother's funeral, the prince's elder brother fell ill twice, one was the fifth elder brother of the Queen Mother's nurturing grace, and the other was the seventeenth elder brother.

Kangxi has already issued an order to order the seventeenth elder brother to go back to the elder brother to recuperate, and there is no need to say that he will be scheduled in Zigong Palace; The fifth elder brother didn't say much.

After all, the world pays attention to filial piety, and between the queen mother and the fifth elder brother, not only the grandchildren, but also the grace of raising. He boiled out of sadness, only to appear more and more filial. Besides, the fifth elder brother is no more sick than the seventeenth elder brother.

Since the seventeenth elder brother fell seriously ill last autumn and winter, his body and bones have been weak, and he has been sick several times this year.

The Empress Dowager's Zi Palace is located in Ningshou Palace, and after Cao Hao arrived here, he felt familiar, wasn't his cousin the chief of the teahouse here?

Ningshou Palace is a place of sacrifice, that is, the place where the princes and ministers share the sacrificial meat after the ordinary sacrifice. The pork is greasy, and there is no salty taste, you must drink tea to relieve your greasyness, so a tea room was set up in Ningshou Palace.

Cao Yin's father and son have been favored by the Son of Heaven over the years, and they have been sideways. The Cao family, the son of the family, has attracted everyone's attention for the first time.

Cao Qi is five years older than Cao Hao, twenty-eight this year, has a short beard, always has low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and anyone who looks at it thinks he is an honest person.

Cao Haoyin's words before the sixteenth elder brother, when he saw this clan brother, he had to take a few more looks. Xu is fate between people, and Cao Hao can't get close to him no matter what.

It wasn't deliberately prejudiced, but he looked at the respectful appearance of his clan brother, and he only felt that he was pretentious. If you really have no desires and no desires, you will not squeeze your head into Beijing on an errand, and stay in this position steadily.

The sixteenth elder brother wants to see the heavenly guard in Ningshou Palace, and he has to see Cao Ji a few times every day, but he doesn't want to make a big discovery.

The sixteenth elder brother said to Cao Hao, which made Cao Hao cry and laugh.

"Fu Ruo, although your clan brother doesn't look like you, but this behavior is like a six-seven-point. You really don't feel like brothers, but more like brothers or cousins. Brother Sixteen said with a smile.

When Cao Hao heard this, he only felt a chill, and said in a low voice: "Sixteenth master, am I pretending to be like this? ”

The sixteenth elder brother raised his eyebrows, glanced at Cao Hao, and said, "What do you think?" In front of the master, he is still comfortable, but he is not so 'respectful' and 'humble' in front of others! ”

Cao Hao's side laughed twice and said, "You won't pretend to be so clumsy, right?" I do this from my heart. These thousands of years of traditional virtues have accidentally concentrated a few things on me. ”

The sixteenth elder brother waved his hand and said: "If you say it again, you will vomit, the master who is not virtuous does not know, but he knows that Fu Ruo's skin is getting thicker and thicker." ”

Cao Hao laughed with him, but he was a little worried, sighed, and said: "If it is really as the sixteenth master said, let's look at him pretending to be ridiculous, then don't others look at me as a clown?" If there are people in this world who are as discerning as torches, it is really uncomfortable. ”

Seeing him like this, the sixteenth elder brother couldn't help laughing out loud and said, "You can rest assured." Your brother is only six or seven points like you, and most people can't see it. He can see the traces, and yours is 10% like the real thing. What he seeks, you seek. Everything in this world, no matter how carefully crafted, is also lost in nature. Like Fu Ruo, who was born with two hearts, it is rare. If I hadn't known how old you were, and how young you were, you would have looked like his brother. ”

Is this a boast, or a loss?

In Cao Hao's heart, he only regarded it as a compliment. Where can you dare to say that there are two hearts and eyes? For these royal sperm, he never dared to underestimate them. It's just that he has lived two lifetimes, and his surname has calmed down.

*Not only Cao Hao and Sixteen Elder Brothers pay attention to Cao Qi, but others also pay attention to Cao Qi.

Some despise him, thinking that he is just a clothed minion, but he pretends to be coquettish and does not look like a minion. There are also those who are eye-catching, and they think that Cao Ji is quite stylish and diligent.

This is eye-catching, and there are four elder brothers.

People's hearts are biased, and what is pleasing to the eye is pleasing to the eye, no matter how you look at it, it is pleasing to the eye; If it doesn't look pleasing to the eye, you can find fault with it.

Regarding the comparison between Yi Cao Qi and Cao Hao, the sixteenth elder brother is biased. After all, Cao Hao is his relative and close friend, and Cao Hao is just a passerby. So almost the same behavior, he only felt ridiculous when he looked at Cao Hao, and when he looked at Cao Hao, he felt that it was natural.

The fourth elder brother is also biased, but it is more pleasing to the eye to look at Cao Qi. Although Cao Hao acted respectfully, he was in the middle of the game and made friends with powerful people from all sides, and he was not tactful. Cao Qi's side, a few years older, is much more stable.

This person, no matter what his ability, has a good surname and can be driven.

Behind Cao Hao, the Seven Princes' Mansion, the Pingjun Palace, the Thirteenth Elder Brother and the Sixteenth Elder Brother are involved, which is both good and bad.

The fourth elder brother caressed Cao Qi's information booklet, and really loved talents.

However, Cao Ji is on an errand in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he is in Ningshou Palace, where the emperor and the princes and ministers are under their noses, how can he be wooed at will. If you don't do it well, you will be suspicious.

The fourth elder brother was worried in the end, so he threw this booklet aside, and temporarily extinguished this thought...... * Cao Mansion, Lan Yuan, Shangfang.

Cao Yin was lying on the kang, and Aunt Qian was sitting on the small pestle next to the bed, holding a medicine bowl in her hand, serving Cao Yin with medicine.

When the Li family wanted to enter the palace, they explained the matter of waiting for Cao Yin to Aunt Qian. Cao Yin's other concubine, Aunt Feng, was not idle, because she was afraid that Changsheng would be too angry, and Amethyst would have to take care of Hengsheng and Tianyou, as well as manage internal affairs, so Changsheng was sent to Feng's room with Tianhui and taken care of by Feng.

Changsheng is already three years old, which is the age when he loves to be active the most, and he starts to be naughty. Fortunately, Aunt Feng is a talented girl, and she also likes to read allusions in the book, telling stories to Changsheng and Tianhui, asking them to count a few numbers, and they get along well.

Aunt Qian was born as a girl, and she is the most considerate person who takes care of people. Because of her, Cao Yin's condition also improved much faster.

Chu Yu saw it in her eyes, told her mother-in-law, and prepared a new pair of noodles for the two aunts, plus a few good pieces of wool.

Aunt Feng is old because of her age, and these are all faint; Aunt Qian was overjoyed, and respectfully thanked Li and Chu Yu for their rewards, and put them on, looking a little younger and pretty.

Home and everything is prosperous, and wives and concubines are compatible, which is also the luck of the house.

When Chu Yu and Cao Hao talked about their private words, they could only admire the old man's provocative vision, and these two concubines were trouble-free. Otherwise, with her mother-in-law's surname, she may have to suffer some grievances.

Cao Hao listened, thinking of the little brother who died young, and the once bright Aunt Liuli, I really felt that Jiangning's life seemed to be far away...... * No matter how the palace mourned, this common people's home was worried about the reunion year.

Therefore, after the fifteenth day of the lunar month, the small private school in Caofu was closed, and the old master went back to Fangshan's house for the festival, and did not return until the fifteenth day later.

This closure, the most joyful are these small ones. There are those who talk about Qian Fuzi, and there are those who want to play ice cars.

Cao's inner house, the open space in the garden, has made Cao Hao splash water into ice and make a playground for his children. There are ice carts and ice tops, but I am afraid that the children will be bored in winter, so I will have fun for them.

Originally, I was busy with homework, so I couldn't come and play every time. Now that the museum is closed, the elders in the family are not there, God bless these boys to enjoy themselves.

In addition, after a recent college game, the snow in this garden is piled up, and the big guys can't wait to play around here all day long.

It was cold, and Amethyst was afraid that they would freeze, so she also tightened her binding, and was only allowed to play for an hour at noon. I was afraid of knocking and touching, which made many people follow and watch.

Rao did not diminish the interest of several children.

In this day, at noon, the weather was fine, and after saying hello to Amethyst, Niuniu and Hengsheng and their four boys, plus Qi Niang's one and a half big, went to the ice rink to play.

After the ice car and the ice top were finished for a while, everyone was tired of it, so Niuniu suggested playing a snowball fight.

Six people took wooden sticks and divided into two groups to have a snowball fight. Niuniu took Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng, and Qi Niang brought Tianyou and Hengsheng.

You can't get snow on your body, you can't slip, or you lose, and you will stand aside.

The first one to come down was Zuo Cheng.

With Qi Niang's skills, no one can compare to her by dodging snowballs or throwing snowballs. However, she was entrusted by Amethyst to take care of a few small ones, so naturally she would not fight with them to win or lose.

Seeing Zuo Cheng go down, Qi Niang sacrificed "accidentally" and withdrew. She walked to Zuo Cheng and squatted down, looked at him wearing a thick cotton jacket and trembled, and said with a smile: "Look at this little body, it looks like a little girl." When the weather is warm, my sister will teach you kung fu and always be stronger. ”

Zuo Cheng listened, pouted and said: "I'm not like a little girl, I'm a man......" Before he finished speaking, he couldn't help but shudder.

Seeing this, Qi Niang was a little uneasy, stretched out her hand and touched Zuo Cheng's head, frowned, and said, "You don't have a fever?" Is this playing outside for a long time? Sister will send you back first. ”

Zuo Cheng turned his small body away, looked at the people playing in the ice rink, and said, "I won't go, watch my brother and them play." ”

Zuo Cheng's frailty, Qi Niang knows. Tian's sister-in-law's yard, she has also been to the courtyard a few times, and she has also diagnosed Zuo Cheng's pulse, and knows that he has no cold in his body.

It is the sequelae of congenital insufficiency, but it has been conditioned for many years, and it has been cured.

At this time, Tianyou was also hit by a snowball and stepped back, leaving Hengsheng alone against Niuniu and Zuo Cheng.

Tianyou also looked at Zuo Cheng's strange appearance, looked back at the field, turned his head to Zuo Cheng and said, "The third brother is cold?" I'll send you back first. Save it from freezing, Aunt Tian is worried. ”

It stands to reason that Zuo Zhu and Zuo Cheng are just Cao Yin's righteous sons, and they should not be the same as Tianyou and Hengsheng, but the children are getting older, and it is very troublesome to call them. It's not good to call the name, after all, after enrolling, there are big names, the left lives for Yuansong, and the left becomes Yuanbai.

Later, Tianyou saw that there was "Taoyuan Three Knots" in the play, so he shouted to pull a few younger brothers to worship. This is in a row according to age, God bless the long, not to say, the left lives for the second, the left becomes again, and the old man of Hengsheng is the end.

Niuniu saw that they were lively and interesting, and she also wanted to get involved, but she was too senior to be the boss, so she could only be a bystander.

The children can be at will, and the subordinates don't dare to mess with the proportions, and they are still called "Young Master Song" and "Young Master Bai" in a regular manner.

Although Tianyou is only half a year older than Zuo Cheng, he is usually like a little adult, and he has the majesty of a brother.

When Zuo Cheng heard him say this, he hesitated in his heart, whether to go back first, or follow everyone to continue to play here. At this time, the crowd exclaimed.

"Second brother!" Heng Sheng's voice was loud.

It turned out that Zuo stayed on the ice and retreated, just tripping Niuniu, couldn't dodge, and fell. The place where he fell was right on the edge of the ice rink. Although he didn't fall on the ice this time, the ground next to him was also frozen [***], but he fell hard, not only his pants had been torn, but his little hands were also bloody and blurred.

Everyone hurriedly surrounded him, and Zuo Zhu was so painful that tears were already rolling in his eyes, and he couldn't cry out loud.

Qi Niang sent people to tell Amethyst, and at the same time, followed everyone and sent Zuozhu back to Meiyuan.

At this moment, blood was oozing from his left knee.

Seeing his son like this, Tian was so frightened that he burst into tears, and hugged Zuozhu in his arms, only to feel that his heart and liver hurt unbearably.

Qi Niang said to Tian: "Grandma Tian, let's make someone boil hot water first, and clean up the wounds for Young Master Song." ”

When Tian heard this, he hurriedly asked someone to bring hot water.

Although he was in front of everyone, because of the unbearable pain, Zuozhu couldn't help but cry with a "wow".

Amethyst got the news and hurried over, and when she heard this cry in the courtyard, she regretted it very much. If she could keep a straight face and endure the children's grinding, she would not have caused this disaster.

This left to cry, God bless them a few little ones, and they are also uncomfortable.

Amethyst picked up the curtain and entered the house, the maid had already served hot water, and Qi Niang was taking a wet towel to wipe the dust near the left wound.

Seeing Amethyst coming in, Qi Niang and Niu Niu couldn't help but bow their heads.

Qi Niang stood up and said, "It's all Qi Niang, it's not Aunt Zi's trust, and she didn't take care of the little master." ”

Niuniu followed and said: "It's none of Sister Qiniang's business, it's Niuniu who didn't avoid it and tripped Zuozhu." ”

Next to him, Hengsheng listened to the "pleading" of these two, and then remembered that he was not, stepped forward, pulled the placket of Amethyst's clothes, and whispered: "Auntie, it's Hengsheng's, you shouldn't bluff him with a big snowball." ”

Amethyst was in a hurry, but when she saw that these little ones were in a hurry to ask for guilt, she calmed down, bowed her head and said to Qi Niang: "Don't be in a hurry to bear it first, let's see how Zuozhu's injury is, do you need to ask the imperial doctor to come over?" ”

I don't know if I was tired of crying a few times, or I was embarrassed to see everyone around me, so I gradually stopped crying, and my little neck twitched, looking very pitiful.

Qi Niang listened to Amethyst's words, and said to Tian: "The injury on your hand is fine, just rub some medicine with alcohol for a while, and the knee is bad, you have to take off Young Master Song's pants first." ”

Zuo Zhu was already six years old, and he knew that he was ashamed, so he hurriedly pulled Tian's arm, wanting to avoid behind his mother.

Tian was worried about the injury on his son's leg, so he couldn't care about his little face, so he neatly took off the cotton pants on his left. On the white pants, the right knee has been soaked with blood.

Zuozhu's little face was flushed, and he looked like he wanted to cry or not. Qi Niang stepped forward and rolled up the dirty pants on the left, although there were broken skin and bruises, but it was not serious.

Qi Niang breathed a sigh of relief, raised her head and said, "It's okay, it's just a skin injury, just take medicine for a few days." ”

When Tian heard this, he clasped his hands together and recited Amitabha.

Amethyst, on the other hand, was also relieved and nodded with a smile. As far as the eye could see, her smile could not be suppressed. In the cotton pants with torn fabric on the left, the cotton wool exposed is not snow white, but dark yellow......

(To be continued)