Even if Cao Hao was reluctant in his heart, at this time, the flag people paid attention to the three relatives, that is, the father-in-law, the uncle, and the brother-in-law. According to the rules of patriarchal law, the same surname is a family member or clan, not a relative, and the maternal family is a serious 800 noble relative. Therefore, after coming out of Taifu Temple, he still went to Dongzhimen Li House.

Li Xu had already returned from Changchun Garden, changed into a homely gown, and leaned crookedly on the kang. His face was a little gloomy, and when he saw Kangxi today, he could already detect the impatience of the emperor's master. It's his son's cleverness that makes those little tricks, I'm afraid they can't hide it from the emperor at all.

Thinking of these, he couldn't help but regret a little, why he sent the second child to Beijing like a ghost in the first place. If it is according to the Sun family and the Cao family, sending the eldest son to Beijing, there will be no right and wrong behind.

It has been nearly two and a half months since his son disappeared, and Li Xu himself knows that the second son is afraid that he will be more than lucky. He sighed and asked Xiangtong to bring Miaoyun over.

After a while, I saw Miaoyun coming in behind Xiangtong.

With a fair face and a well-proportioned figure, she was still dressed as a girl, with a crow's braid hanging down the back of her head.

At the end of November, when Li Xu first arrived in the capital, he had seen Miaoyun. At that time, Li Xu was in a hurry, and he was not in the mood to take a closer look, so he only asked a few words about Li Ding's accident.

Miaoyun just waited for Li Ding for one night, except for a few soft words to coax her on the bed, where would Li Ding talk to her?

Li Xu looked Miao Yun up and down, and then his eyes fell on her stomach. Now, the child in this belly should be more than two months old, and it is not yet pregnant.

Although Miaoyun didn't know what the master was telling him, he still bowed down respectfully and saluted: "Master! ”

This voice is a little delicate, and with this appearance and figure, it has been buried in the house for several years. Li Xu sighed in his heart, asked Xiangtong to carry a chair for Miaoyun, and said, "Sit down, your body is tight, be careful and tired!" ”

Although no one said anything to Miaoyun, she also knew a little. The second master was afraid that it would be gone, so the uncle and the master entered Beijing one after another. I heard that the house here has tortured a lot of people, just because I am afraid that there will be thieves.

As a talented child born in the family, although she does not have the intention of flying on the branch to be a phoenix, she also knows the truth of a woman from the beginning. Although Li Ding is not settled now, even if she has this piece of meat in her stomach, she also has hope for the rest of her life.

After Miaoyun sat down, Li Xu sighed and said, "Ming said that I will send someone to the Yamen of the infantry army to open an account for your parents and brothers!" ”

Opening an account is out of slavery, although the identity is not as good as the Eight Banners and other households, but for the people under the household, it is also a world of difference. Miaoyun was shocked and couldn't speak.

Li Xu said: "You are a young woman, it is inconvenient to stay in the capital, and you will go back to Suzhou with me in the future." It's better to take care of the old lady and his wife than you are in the capital now! ”

There is one sentence that Li Xu did not say. That is, thinking that if Miaoyun really added a man, he would promote Miaoyun as his daughter-in-law. This is the reason why I want to open an account for Miaoyun's parents before going south.

That son, since he was sensible, the most obsessed with his identity is his concubine. He's ...... anyway There is little hope of living, and someone will go to his grave and burn incense.

Li Xu thought like this, looked at Miaoyun and became closer and closer, and said very kindly: "You have to take good care of it, no matter what you want to eat or what you want to use, tell Xiangtong to do it." Speaking of this, he said to Xiangtong again: "You serve well, and go back to the south with the master in the future!" ”

Although Li Xu and Li Ding's father and son have meat and vegetarian taboos, but now that Li Dingsheng has no one dead or a corpse, where is Li Xu in the mood to mess around in the house.

Xiangtong knows that without Li Ding's care now, the only thing she can rely on is the child in Miaoyun's belly. Therefore, she responded very respectfully. At the same time, she also had to curse in her heart.

If the master pretends to be serious, he will be completely serious. He was born in the house and looked like a loving father, but he was still the same outside the house. The fox spirit on the other side of Shichahai is so rare?

Li Xu instructed Miaoyun a few more words, and then he heard footsteps outside the house, and Li Nai came back.

Seeing that Miaoyun and Xiangtong were there, Li Nai hesitated at the door, but still came into the house.

Li Xu had something to say to his son, so he asked Xiangtong to wait for Miaoyun to go back to the room to rest.

Miaoyun got up and blessed Li Xu and Li Nai, and then went down with Xiangtong.

Li Xu looked at Miaoyun's back and said to Li Nai: "This kid has a good appearance and character, it's not for nothing that your brother can take a fancy to her!" ”

Li Nai's expression was a little stiff, and he hesitated, not knowing what to say.

Li Xu frowned when he saw him like this, and said, "Say, I heard some letters, didn't you go to Sun's house?" ”

Li Nai replied: "Father, Sun Jue has a concubine who is pregnant?" ”

"Hmm!" Li Xu nodded and said, "What a big deal is this, it's worth embarrassing you like this......" Speaking of this, his eyes widened and he couldn't speak.

Xiangtong said that Li Ding invited Cao Hao and Sun Jue to a banquet on the day of his appointment, and Cao Hao was called back by the county lord of the family and did not stay overnight; Sun Jue was drunk and resting here.

That night, the two maidservants who were waiting for him in Sun Jue's house were a bunch of sister flowers that Li Ding had used.

Li Xu immediately got down from the kang, took two steps on the ground with his hands behind his back, and asked Li Nai: "The pregnant concubine, is it our house to go out?" ”

Li Nai nodded and said, "Father, how should this be good, I don't know if the child over there is the second brother's blood and bones!" ”

Li Xu coughed and said, "It's really strange! Your second brother has had a lot of people in the house over the years, but none of them have a body. Those two maids are different from Miaoyun, after all, they were stained by Sun Jue, and it is difficult to say whether they are the second child. Wait for the child to be born, find an old man in the house and take a look! ”

Li Nai knew that this was the only way, so he didn't have any more eyes.

Although there is Li Ding's matter, after all, it is the New Year, and many exchanges and gifts and entertainment cannot be neglected.

Li Xu discussed a few words with his son, pulled out a list of near and far, and thought of asking someone to call the housekeeper over and prepare a gift according to this list.

When the housekeeper came, there was still a person behind him, it was Cao Hao.

Because the two families are close relatives and don't make those false things, Cao Hao directly followed the housekeeper into the room.

A smile appeared on Li Xu's face, and he nodded: "It's Fu Ruo who is here!" ”

Cao Hao stepped forward, saluted Li Xu, and said, "My nephew has seen my uncle, please say hello to my uncle!" ”

"Ann!" Li Xu said: "Fu Ruo is also safe! Don't keep your head down, sit down! ”

Cao Hao responded, and found one of the several chairs arranged with goose wings on the ground at random.

Li Xu couldn't help but be a little shaken when he saw Cao Hao wearing a three-grade peacock supplement. These are counted together with the older generation, which weak crown has such a decent age? Cao Hao, Cao Hao, your luck is too good.

Seeing Li Xu looking at him uncertainly, Cao Hao couldn't help but feel a little weak in his heart. Could it be that Wei Hei's actions are not confidential, what clues are there for the Li family to find out?

The room was silent, and Li Nai was afraid that Cao Hao would be uncomfortable, so he hurriedly made a pot of good tea. He brought the tea to Cao Hao and asked, "Fu Ruo is coming out of the yamen?" ”

Cao Hao nodded and said, "Although there is no big deal, there are a lot of trivial matters, and after a delay, I don't want to come to my uncle to ask for peace after I disperse." ”

Li Xu smiled: "I also went to the garden in the morning, if you come in the morning, maybe you won't be able to touch it!" ”

Cao Hao laughed twice, and asked a few more words about the situation in the south, whether the old lady of the Wen family and the old lady Gao were in good health.

After saying two words of gossip, everyone mentioned Li Dinglai again, and they were all embarrassed.

* Cao Mansion, Peony Garden, Upper Room.

Zhao Jiashi combed his two hairs, wore a plain cheongsam, and looked carefully in the mirror. Although she looked fine in the mirror, she was still a little uneasy, and asked Mama Zhang beside her: "Mama looks at me, can you clean up properly?" ”

"Tsk" Mama Zhang smacked her mouth and said, "Properly tight, my wife is young, how to clean up."

Zhao Jiashi smacked his sideburns and stroked his front, and he was very satisfied. However, when she saw the cigarette pouch and pot in her hand, she hesitated, but still extinguished it and rested it on the kang table.

She straightened her waist and said to Mama Zhang and a few big girls: "Let's go, go to the big grandma's garden to see the outsiders!" ”

Although it was Chu Yu who invited Zhao Jia's family to Wutong Garden, it was not to invite her to meet the guests, but to enter the house again.

The newcomers are the two big palace maids who have just been released in the palace, both of whom are over thirty years old. I heard that he used to be an errand boy in Chuxiu Palace, teaching those new masters the rules of the palace. They are coated in the Three Banners of the Internal Affairs Bureau, and their parents and brothers are members of the Chunwang Mansion, and they are all attached to the palace.

After Chu Yu became pregnant, Chunwang Fujin mentioned this matter. Nowadays, all the mansions in the capital, families with daughters, are vying for the aunts or grandmothers released in the palace to make offerings and teach their daughters.

Although Chu Yu does not have a daughter yet, these two palace maids have seen the world, and it is not a piece of cake to help the housekeeper.

There is amethyst in Cao's mansion, and Cao Hao himself is not the kind of person who likes to talk about rules, so Chu Yu politely rejected Fujin's kindness at the beginning.

Because of the noisy Zhaojia clan, Cao Hao and Chu Yu discussed last night that one sang with a white face and the other with a red face. However, when you think about it, it is not appropriate.

No matter which one of Cao Hao and Chu Yu is white-faced to Zhaojia's family, it still hurts the hearts of Cao Song and Cao Xiang and their brothers. Just when he couldn't think of a good way, Chu Yu remembered the palace maid worship mentioned by Fu Jin, so he said it to Cao Hao.

If you want to beat Zhao Jia's family, it is better to make outsiders proper, so Cao Hao will follow. However, he didn't want those palace maids to come over and really put out the score of their aunts and grandmothers and make a mess of the inner house.

Therefore, he asked Chu Yu to talk to the people in advance. The young man is easy to say, and the degree of food and clothing can be discussed, but they can't arbitrarily meddle in the affairs of the house. The fourth sister and fifth son are still young, and they still don't need to go to school. If these two are literate, they can take the time to enlighten the little sister.

Chu Yu knew that her husband had such instructions, and she was afraid that Amethyst would be difficult to do when the time came, so she was naturally very attentive. In private, she has carefully explained to the two palace maids, although she usually wants to put out the score of raising her aunt, but she has to divide people. In front of Cao Hao and Amethyst, it is not good to behave like that.

These two palace maids, one surnamed Luo and the other surnamed Chang, are both in their thirties. The two of them were released in mid-October, because the old lady was seriously ill at the time, the queen mother released a group of palace women in order to pray for her sister.

According to the rules, the palace maids in the Forbidden City are all "small selections" of women from the Three Banners of the Internal Affairs Bureau, and they are released from the palace until they are thirty years old. If there is a way in the family, there is one who can make money, and there are two years earlier.

Aunt Luo and Aunt Chang are both deacons in the palace, which is quite decent. The two also knew that when a big girl like them came out, where there was any good family to marry, most of them would find a widower as their step-room, or find an old man to fill the house. Therefore, the two of them discussed, walked around and stayed in the palace, but they didn't expect to catch up with "grace", which is "asking but not begging".

They are the subordinates of the Chunjun Palace, and they can only rely on the palace. The Gege people in the palace are getting bigger, and they already have their own upbringing, where can they squeeze in?

Now, when they are transferred to the Cao family to make offerings, Aunt Luo and Aunt Chang are very satisfied.

Not to mention the high salary here, the old lady is in the south, and the big Gege and the big money are notoriously good-natured, although there is a second wife, but she is just a widow and aunt who is attached to the nephew of the long house, and no matter how much trouble can she go.

It's the inner house to worship, but it's much stronger than in the palace.

After listening to Chu Yu's instructions, Aunt Luo and Aunt Chang also understood in their hearts that Da Gege was just afraid that she would give birth, and the people in the house had no rules, so they came to the town.

The two of them are in the palace, and they are used to regulating people, but the dozens of maids and women in this inner house really don't take it in their eyes.

(To be continued)