Inside the Anding Gate, Prince Yong's Mansion, study.

The fourth elder brother's henchmen Dai Jin and Fu Nai's staff were both there, and the fourth elder brother sat behind the bookcase, listening to the person at the sticky pole report on Cao Hao's whereabouts.

After hearing that he took a few younger brothers to Xihuamen Jueluo Mansion for a while, and then went to Longfu Temple, and then returned to the house, the fourth elder brother waved his hand and sent the man to retreat.

Fu Nai was on the side, and when he heard Cao Hao mentioned, his heart moved, and he said: "The fourth master made people keep an eye on Cao Hao, but he wants to find out about Li Ding's disappearance?" ”

The fourth elder brother was wearing plain clothes, rubbing his eyebrows, and his face was dull. These days, he has been working in the palace on an errand and has been tired of work, and now he has to take a break.

After listening to Fu Nai's words, he said: "That's not all, the old man in cloth who was summoned into the garden by Huang Ama a few days ago has already been checked, and it should be the Xixi seat in Cao's mansion." Looking at the stalls of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Huang Ama rewarded that person with the title. If it is not bad as expected, it should be the old man used by Huang Ama, otherwise how could he be so generous! ”

Dai Jin nodded and said, "The old man named Zhuang Xi has also been checked by the minion." He entered Beijing in April of the 48th year with Cao Yin's wife, Li, and said that Cao Yin hired Cao Hao to hire Xixi. I didn't know how I was in Shandong, but when I was in the capital, I liked to drink tea and listen to the play. He has an elder brother named Zhuang Chang, who worked as a staff member in Jiangning Weaving Mansion in his early years, and went to Li Xu in Suzhou in the forty-ninth year of Kangxi, and returned to Jiangning after more than a year! ”

The fourth elder brother thought about it for a while and said: "The time that this Zhuang is often in Jiangning and Suzhou is the same as the time when Cao Yin is sick and Li Xu is flamboyant. It seems that the one who is also the emperor is also the emperor! ”

There are people around Cao Yin, and there may be a sense of surveillance; Cao Hao was still a weak-crowned teenager a few years ago, and he was young and careless, where is there anything to watch out for? Among them, there are more purposes to assist in taking care of.

The fourth elder brother thought of the relationship between the imperial father and Cao Hao, and couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, but then he was relieved. I can't complain that Cao Hao and the thirteenth and sixteenth are very close to each other, which is also due to blood.

Now, Li Ding has been missing in the capital for a long time, and Brother Jiu has sent people to secretly visit Sijiu City, turning around like a fly without a head, as if he wants to search every mansion. On the fourth elder brother's side, he couldn't help but be moved.

The Li family took refuge in the eighth child, and he knew it.

The Li family bought five Suzhou women for Lao Bacai to send to Rehe, and the fourth elder brother has already investigated the front and back. It hasn't been revealed so far, just because he doesn't want to swagger and is unwilling to openly become an enemy with the eighth elder brother. Keeping that evidence in your hands is just a handle, and you can't keep it when you can use it.

At present, it seems that Li Ding has been more than lucky, which one is the one who shot?

The third elder brother, who was playing around all day and took over the errand of compiling several books from the imperial father, would he act like this?

If it weren't for the third elder brother's side, could it really be a group of people who burned Tao Ranju in July? is the sworn enemy of the eighth child, so if he can win it over, it is really a great good.

Otherwise, it would just be the Li family's personal grudge. The other party dared to make trouble in Gyeonggi, and he was really bold.

Dai Jin pondered for a while and said, "Although Cao Yin and Li Xu are close, Cao Hao and Li Ding don't move around much. In the spring, because Li Ding said the wrong thing in the Internal Affairs Office, Cao Hao's situation was a little embarrassing. Could it be that the two of their cousins have a disagreement or something......"

Before he finished speaking, Fu Nai had already shook his head and said: "It will never be Cao Hao, I have seen him a few times, he is not such a ruthless person!" ”

The fourth elder brother nodded and said, "Well, it shouldn't be him." He has the heart of a Buddha, even if he goes to Mongolia to do the emperor's errand, he can also pick up an orphan and bring it back thousands of miles away. Although there is some 'kindness of a woman', his kindness is also rare. ”

Dai Jin saw that even the fourth elder brother was speaking for Cao Hao, and said with a smile: "The slave just said that!" Li Ding is just a third-class guard, and the minion really can't imagine who he will have a grudge with! ”

The fourth elder brother said: "Making people look at Cao Hao also has the intention of protecting him." The Cao and Li families have been in Jiangnan for many years, and there should be many people who have offended. If the person who calculated Li Ding didn't come to the old eight, then he would still beat Cao Hao's idea! ”

It was just a nice thing to say, but what he was worried about was something else.

Even Lao Jiu himself thought that Li Ding had suffered from the disaster of the pond fish. They couldn't wait to find out the reason, not only because they didn't want to be calculated, but also for the sake of An Lixu's heart.

In case it is really because of this, the eighth child has a disagreement with the Li family, and maybe he will fight the Cao family's idea again.

The Cao family has been raising the flag for several years, and according to the charter, Cao Yin should have unloaded the errand of the internal affairs government weaving, but there has been no movement so far.

The emperor's father is kind to the old minister, Cao Dongting seems to be about to end his old Jiangning weaving, and the fourth elder brother sighed in his heart. For this situation, he still has some joy in his heart.

Jiangnan is a heavy land, and Jiangning Weaving Mansion is fat and shortage, if Cao Yin really steps down, maybe it will be the eighth person who has passed. At that time, Lao Ba's treasury will be more and more sufficient, there will be more social contacts, and his popularity will be better and better.

Although the Cao family has honored the property of the abolished prince, it was also before the abolition of the prince in the forty-seventh year of Kangxi, and it was the prince who sent people down to extort him. The Cao family was a clothed slave at that time, and they couldn't disobey the little master's demands.

Thinking like this, the fourth elder brother had a good impression of the Cao family a little, and he was no longer as disgusted with the Li family as he was.

There are staff sent by the emperor by his side, and when he is just young, he was promoted to the official of the Taifu Temple, who has such an honor? It's just that Cao Hao has always kept a low profile and acted respectfully and diligently, so he didn't show it.

The fourth elder brother looked at Dai Jin and Fu Nai and said: "Huang Ama has the intention of promoting Cao Hao, if he can be more motivated and survive one or two terms, he will not be promoted again!" ”

Dai Jin and Fu Nai heard the intention of his words, and Fu Nai said: "Since the fourth master is the fourth master, it is really his blessing." Speaking of which, the fourth master and Cao Hao have a great life-saving grace, even if he doesn't vote for the palace, he won't go against the fourth master! ”

The fourth elder brother is just a little anxious because the eighth elder brother's power has risen sharply in the past two years, and he has few disciples.

It's just a thought, thinking that there is still a staff member of the Qin faction in the Cao Mansion, the fourth elder brother can only press down if he wants to win over Cao Hao, and said to Fu Nai: "Don't say anything else, in the future, you will be close to Cao Hao." You are an elder, and it is serious to take more care of him. ”

Fu Nai knew that this was just an excuse, speaking of elders, which of these princes and elder brothers was not Cao Hao's elders? Although he was slandered in his heart, he still smiled and agreed.

* Shicha seaside, Li family's outer house.

Li Nai has seen the title deed sent by Yang Ruixue, the shop at the front door is not counted, it is this house, and now it is also under Yang Ruixue's name.

The house here was changed by Li Ding in the autumn. Originally, he was afraid that there would be more people coming and going here in the future, and he would be targeted by the imperial history, so he cleaned up first, so as not to be entangled and unclear when he got it.

Although Yang Ruixue is not as weak and deceitful as in the past, she does not have the courage to swallow the Li family's real estate. Today, I said that I showed these house deeds and land deeds to Li Nai, but I had another intention.

"Uncle, although the concubine was born in a businessman, she has no greed. Although the shop is said to be a concubine's shop, this house was transferred to the concubine's name by the second master in order to avoid trouble. Now...... Now the second master ......" Speaking of this, his eyes are already red: "Although the second master has no news, the uncle is here, and the concubine is here to return to Zhao!" If the uncle has no other send, the concubine will make people find another place to live! ”

This is said righteously, but he just wants to explore the bottom line of the Li family. She has been in the capital for half a year, and now her horizons have been broadened.

The Li family can cover the sky with one hand in the south of the Yangtze River, what is it in the capital, a place where powerful people gather?

Seeing her like this, Li Nai's heart was uncomfortable, and he hurriedly said: "Mrs. Yang doesn't need to be like this, the house here is empty and empty, why bother looking for another place to live?" It's not easy for you to be a woman, so let's live here! Speaking of this, thinking of the matter of Zhuchang, he said with a little guilt: "Speaking of which, the second brother also owes you a lot, although this house is not worth anything, in the end he gave it to you, you can keep it!" ”

Yang Ruixue almost laughed out loud when she saw Li Nai like this. It's really ridiculous, how can Li Xu raise such a reckless son if he is so old and uncultivated?

Forced to hold back a smile, her face was a little stiff, in order to cover up, she hurriedly lowered her head, made a tearful appearance, and said: "Uncle is kind, the concubine is really grateful!" ”

Although Yang Ruixue's identity was different from Miaoyun on Li Zhai's side, after all, he had served before Li Ding's disappearance, so Li Nai couldn't help but look at Yang Ruixue's stomach.

Whether you are pregnant or not can only be diagnosed after a month. Whether it is Miaoyun or this Yang family, I just hope that the sky will be pitiful and leave a trace of blood for the second brother.

After Yang Ruixue finished speaking, she didn't see Li Nai's answer for a long time, and raised her head slightly to glance at it. Seeing that he was looking at his body, Yang Ruixue only felt that his body was weak, and he couldn't help moaning in his mouth.

Li Nai listened, and when he saw Yang Ruixue's flushed face and tearful frowning, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Then he scolded himself in his heart for being a "beast", what he saw was the outer room of the second brother, maybe it was still the mother of his nephew, the second brother was now uncertain about his life and death, how could he give birth to such a mess of thoughts?

"Mrs. Yang, are you uncomfortable......" Li Nai went to Yi Nian, his expression a little more concerned.

Although Yang Ruixue is young, she can be regarded as an experienced woman, she endured the disappointment in her heart, and said with a little sadness: "The concubine body is not saved, and the second master is heartbroken!" These days, the concubine prayed for the safety of the second master in front of the Bodhisattva at night. I also hope that the gods and Buddhas have spirits and can hear the prayers of the concubines! ”

Li Naizheng was sad for his younger brother, and when he saw that Yang Ruixue was like himself, he looked at her closer and closer in his heart, and he already treated her as a younger brother and sister. Therefore, he said with great feeling: "It is also a blessing for the second brother to meet you!" ”

Yang Ruixue was speechless on her face, and smiled bitterly in her heart, but she was really unlucky to meet Li Ding.

*Xicheng, Caofu, Wutong Garden.

Chu Yu came back from the palace at dusk. She has a low seniority, and most of the time she is standing to socialize on this day. She was still wearing the bottom of a flower pot on her feet, and this foot was sinned, and when she came back, she was already a little staggering.

She originally gritted her teeth and endured it, but just asked Xiyun to find soft-soled cloth shoes to change into. Cao Hao saw that something was wrong with her, so he hurriedly asked someone to pour hot water, soak her feet, and sent the maid to find ointment to reduce swelling.

Seeing that Chu Yu's white little feet were already red and swollen, Cao Hao was very distressed, looked at the bottom of the flower pot that was a few inches high, and said to Chu Yu: "Even if you have to wear this, you also find a pair of shorter ones to wear, why suffer from this crime?" ”

Chu Yu smiled bitterly: "I really didn't expect to stay until this time, I thought it was just a little bit!" Chu Yu is better, those old old Fujin and old ladies are so tired that they faint a few times! ”

Cao Hao heard her mention this, remembered what Cao Song said during the day, and asked, "Have you seen the old lady of Dong Efu?" ”

Chu Yu nodded and said, "Well, she also entered the palace today." Although he is over 70 years old, the old man is very tough, and he has been guarding the spirit for a long time, but he can't see that he is tired! ”

While speaking, Xiyun had already found the ointment and gave Chu Yu medicine.

Cao Hao knew what was being supplied in the palace, so he said to Chu Yu: "If you don't let someone send some food, you can pad it again!" ”

Chu Yu touched his stomach and said to Cao Hao: "Although I don't eat much, I drank two bowls of **, and I'm not hungry now." As he spoke, he rubbed his waist and said, "Now, I feel that the bones all over my body are stiff!" ”

Cao Hao took the pillow and asked Chu Yu to lie down, and wanted to help her pinch it twice.

Chu Yu just wanted to say that it was not good in front of Xiyun and them, but Xiyun and Xicai had already laughed and picked the door and went out.

Chu Yu looked at the backs of the two, was stunned for a moment, and said to Cao Hao: "E, Bai said a few words of homely things with Eniang, and the Chen family is ......happy."

"Chen? Father-in-law's new Shu Fujin? Cao Hao listened a little and asked.

Chu Yu hesitated for a moment and nodded yes.

Cao Hao only thought that she took care of Zhao Jia's family, and it was not easy to return to the province at will, so he said with a smile: "If you want to go back, go back." If the second aunt asks, you just have to push it on me! ”

Chu Yu didn't respond, and nodded slowly......

(To be continued)