"Tap, um, tap ...... again"

Listening to Cao Hao's whispers in the upper room, Xicai stopped busily outside the door. The two little girls carrying water behind her had already lowered their heads and didn't dare to raise their heads again.

"Forehead, I'll help you rub ......"

"Ahh......h

is the joy of waiting by Chu Yu's side, his face is also red, and he thinks in his heart that these two masters are real, the hot water has not been delivered, and the lights are still on.

If it's cold today, the hot water cools quickly. Xicai had to bite the bullet, open the curtain, and take the little maid to send hot water to the outside room.

In the inner room, intermittently, it was still Cao Hao's moaning.

Xicai stroked her chest, stiffened her head, and said through the curtain: "Gege, forehead, the hot water is ready." ”

"Send it in." Just listen to Chu Yu's voice.

Xicai responded, lowered her head, took the little maid, and sent two basins of hot water in.

Chu Yu sat on the edge of the kang in his regular clothes, and Cao Hao was covered with a quilt and lay on the kang.

After the maids retreated, Cao Hao got up from the quilt. He was only wearing white obscene clothes, touched the plaster on his waist, and asked Chu Yu, "Do you need to help you put a sticker?" You've been busy for a while, and your body is sore. ”

"No need, I'm not like a forehead, when I stand a lot, I stand when I greet and send off guests, and the rest of my kung fu is to sit and talk." Chu Yu said, got up to help Cao Hao remove his socks, and put his feet in the footbasin.

The palms of his feet were originally red, swollen and painful, and when he soaked in hot water, Cao Hao's body trembled, and he felt indescribably comfortable.

After one o'clock, the husband and wife washed their feet and called someone to bring the basin out.

Today's kang is boiling hot, Cao Hao is lying on the kang, like a pancake, and he feels that it is hot from the inside out, which makes people not want to open their eyes.

"E, when I came back today, Aunt Eight gave me a thank you gift." Chu Yu helped her husband tuck the corners of the quilt and said.

"What courtesy? Jewelry, antiques? Cao Hao replied casually.

"I don't know, I haven't had the time to look at it yet. Eh, do you want to take a look now? Chu Yu asked.

"Well, take a look." Cao Hao opened his eyes, only to feel that his back was hot enough, turned over and lay on the pillow, and said to his wife.

Chu Yu answered, got up and went to the dresser, and came over with a small box. The small box opened, and inside was a small box wrapped in yellow silk.

Huang Aya opened it, revealing an incomparably gorgeous, palm-sized box.

The box is gold-clad in rosewood and is inlaid with various colored gemstones the size of a thumb cap. Not to mention what's inside, it's this box, which is already worth a lot of money.

The Cao family is rich, and Cao Hao has seen a lot of jewelry since he was a child, and it is the first time he has seen such a gorgeous box.

He was already a little curious in his heart, staring at his wife's hand, wondering what kind of treasure was in such a delicate box.

The box was opened, and on the red velvet backing, a pair of Huangqin dragons and phoenixes were placed.

This pair of Pei is indescribably awkward, because the jade material is excellent, but the carver is not a good compliment. It's not much stronger than the two jade plates, and you can only see that it's a dragon and a phoenix on the outline.

Cao Hao picked up a piece, rubbed it, and looked at it in front of him, unable to understand the intention of Bafujin to send this.

Chu Yu picked up the other piece and looked at it in his hand. In the end, it was the woman's family who was careful, she sent the inside to Cao Hao, and said, "Look, there seem to be words here?" ”

Cao Hao picked up the lampstand from the kang table, took a picture of it closely, and vaguely recognized the words "Bingzi Year".

"Year of the Propeller? This year is the year of Bingshen, which year is the year of Bingzi, it sounds familiar? Cao Hao looked up and asked Chu Yu, "Isn't it the year you were born?" This jade pendant was from twenty years ago. ”

"Well, it's the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi." Chu Yu nodded and replied.

The love token of Bafujin and Ba Brother? The husband and wife glanced at each other, and then looked at the jade pendant, their eyes were a little heavy.

After a while, I heard Chu Yu with red eyes and replied: "I heard E-Niang mention earlier, the eighth aunt was raised in King An's mansion, and often followed King An Fujin in and out of the palace. The marriage contract between the eighth aunt and the starling brother was made before the official decree was made in the palace.

Thinking of the thin appearance of the Eight Blessings Jin, Cao Hao sighed in his heart, put down the jade pendant, and said: "Since ancient times, there has been affection and hatred, and it is not allowed to appear white-headed in the world. Even if the couple is in love, they can't resist the separation of yin and yang. I only hope that the Blessed Jin can think of opening some, otherwise it will be very difficult in the future. Even if the eighth elder brother has knowledge under the spring, he must be reluctant to let his wife suffer from this. ”

Chu Yu raised her head, looked at her husband's face, and said softly: "E, if, if I go first, Edon should remember this sentence." ”

Hearing Chu Yu's ominous words, Cao Hao frowned and said, "Okay, what are you doing when you say these useless words?" Even if there is a day, I will go first. Didn't you see my old man's old arms and legs, are you already sick......"

* Eight Elder Brothers' Mansion, in the mourning hall.

It was late at night, the Wutai ritual had stopped, and the monks and Taoists were resting. There was only cigarette smoke in the mourning hall, and it was very quiet, and a few stewards who had been staying at night were also sent out.

In the mourning hall, only Ba Fu Jin sat on the ground, caressing the coffin of the eighth elder brother, and muttered to himself: "In this life, let's see them happy; In the next life, we will still be husband and wife, have children, and live a long life. If anyone dies at the age of ninety-seven, he shall wait three years on the bridge......"

*Suzhou, weaving house back street, private house.

It's late at night, but it's lit up inside and out.

Many maids and women shuttle back and forth, busy.

Although the temperature in the south is warmer than in the north, it is already in the middle of winter, and it is unbearable to be wet and cold. Li Xu stood under the porch, but he didn't realize it.

There was a sound of beating in the distance, and it was already four watches.

Listening to the screams of the mother in the house, Li Xu couldn't help but fold his hands and pray to the gods and Buddhas in the past to bless that person to give birth to a son safely.

Speaking of which, he is sixty-two years old, past the age of sixties, but he refuses to accept old age.

Giving birth to a son is something he has been talking about for several years. Some of the beautiful maids have been collected, and people have found women from good families who are suitable for men from other places, recruited concubines, spent a lot of money, bought good aphrodisiac medicines, and sowed them at night.

The maid and concubine room in the partial life mansion are not angry. The one who is fighting for anger can't see people.

According to Miaoyun's original intention, being "picked up ashes" by her father-in-law is already filthy, but she is reluctant to live in the world because she is reluctant to have her daughter; This unexpected pregnancy, I felt that there was no room to live, so I found an opportunity to buy rat medicine and wanted to get rid of it.

Li Xu is staring here, where will she succeed?

But he had a slight understanding, so he arranged for a maid to die violently and was buried as Miaoyun, and the real Miaoyun was sent out of the house to give birth.

In the blink of an eye, a few months passed, and it was Miaoyun's delivery time.

Li Xu stood under the corridor for an hour, his face was already cold, but he couldn't help but boil his blood.

Who said that he is not as good as Cao Yin, now he is the title of squire, Cao Yin is also the title of squire, and the big guy is the same. It's just that Cao Yin picked up the cheap, and the title is higher than him.

In the past few years, Li Xu has been helpless.

Take the matter of his second son being busy asking for a son after his death. Now, after three years, there is hope, but the child has not landed, and it is not yet known to be male and female.

The old son of Cao Yin's side is already babbling.

Although in his heart, Li Xu is looking forward to his son, but he is also relieved that he is a daughter. When he was older, he was sent to the Beijing draft, and he was also tied to the prince's son and grandson.

Thinking of this, he thought of his eldest daughter, who died young.

If only one brother could be left, the Li family would not be so embarrassed.

Although the concubine Wang Niangniang was sent to the palace by the Li family, she was cautious and cautious, and the Li family was not a legitimate maiden family, and it was not easy to take care of it.

Li's "Ruyi", Li Xu thought about this, and couldn't help but "haha" twice and laughed out loud.

Whether it is the Cao family or the Li family, the saints who have been in the family for many years are not in the two old ones, Sun Taijun and Wen Taijun, and it is not because of Cao Hao's small one, but because of the Li family.

Is the heavenly family golden branches and jade leaves? But they grew up in their Li family. With the surname of the Li family, even if he is prosperous and rich, he will not neglect his mother's family.

The Cao family has always been self-righteous, and neither father nor son are well-informed people. What's so great about it, it's not because of the Li family that you have survived until now?

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a few thunderclaps in the sky. With the thunder, the rain fell.

The rain hit Li Xu's face, and he felt cold all over his body, and tightened his clothes. Ignoring the filth of the delivery room, he picked up the curtain and entered the hall.

As soon as I entered the house, I heard a loud baby crying from the back room. Li Xu's body froze, his eyes looked at the door of the inner room, and he raised his voice: "Born? Young Master, or Miss? ”

I could hear the sound of stumbling footsteps, and the midwife came out with a swaddling baby, and said with a smile on her face: "Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master, Mrs. Ru has added a little young master." ”

"Young Master? Little boy? When Li Xu heard this, he was overjoyed, and he couldn't believe his ears, and said to the midwife: "Quick, show the master the roots of the children and grandchildren......

When the midwife heard this, she smiled and opened the swaddling clothes, revealing the baby's lower body, and said flattering words in her mouth.

She has been delivering babies for half her life, and she is used to seeing all kinds of situations in the world, so she can see that the door here is closed, and there is no other man in charge, not like she is passing by the family of Yuzi. The old husband and young wife are like a rich man's house.

Li Xu touched his son's little pepper, and he was already smiling, and called someone to wrap the silver seal to show the midwife.

It was lively outside, and in the delivery room, Miaoyun was already exhausted and couldn't open her eyes. In a daze, she felt that someone was holding her head, and she couldn't help asking, "Who?" ”

I only felt that the person who was holding her trembled, and it was only after a while that I heard someone reply: "Auntie, it's an old slave." Grandma is weak after giving birth, so she drinks a few mouthfuls of ginseng porridge to replenish it, and it is better to get milk. ”

Miaoyun is tired, where does he have the appetite to drink porridge?

However, when she heard the "milk", she forced her eyes open. In the months since moving here, she has gone from initial depression, from missing her daughter, to finally looking forward to the landing of the child in her belly.

Earlier, after Xiangyu landed, there was **, Mama to take care of it. She, the mother, didn't intervene.

This time, when it came to this point, she didn't care about her face, she just hoped that the child would land early. For the sake of this child, she also made a special trip to beg Li Xu several times and wanted to nurse it herself.

Li Xu, although he felt embarrassed, but in order to appease Miaoyun, he finally agreed to the matter.

Thinking of this, Miaoyun really had some expectations in her heart. She struggled, sat up a little bit, looked at the old woman in front of her and said, "Mama Guan, thank you for your trouble, I'm still young, I didn't expect this." ”

Mama Guan's expression was a little stiff, and she squeezed out a little smile and said: "I can't afford to be my aunt's thanks, it's all made by old slaves, grandma should drink porridge." As he spoke, he lowered his head and took half a spoonful of porridge with a spoon and sent it to Miaoyun's mouth.

Miaoyun saw that her arms were trembling, and she was a little reluctant, so she reached out to take the porridge bowl and spoon, and said, "Mama has been taking care of me for half a night, and I'm tired when I think about it." Sit down and rest, I'll drink it myself. ”

Mama Guan nodded, but she didn't tear up with Miaoyun, but just turned around, threw a towel with hot water, sat on the edge of the kang, and wiped Miaoyun's hands.

"Mama treats me so well, if there is anything I don't understand in the future, please teach me more." Miaoyun showed a little gratitude and said weakly.

When Mama Guan heard this, she couldn't help it, shed tears, and said in a low voice: "Grandma's life is hard in this life, so let's enjoy it in the next life." ”

"Who knows what the next life will bring? Let's get through it. Miaoyun lowered her head, looked at the porridge in the bowl, and said, "What a fragrant porridge, is this a red date added?" It's red, but it's appetizing to look at. ”

As she spoke, she used up the porridge in the bowl with a spoon after spoon.

Mama Guan didn't dare to look at Miaoyun anymore, turned her face away, and leveled the quilt on Miaoyun's body.

"Mama, bother to serve me another half bowl. Thanks to Mama's blessing, it would be nice if you could get milk early, otherwise how can you give birth to a hungry child......" Miaoyun's voice, with a bit of confusion...... * Suzhou Weaving House, Inner House, Buddha Hall.

Wen stayed awake all night, sitting cross-legged in front of the statue of Guanyin Buddha, reciting the "Guanyin Bodhisattva Ruyi Mani Dharani Sutra" in his mouth.

Since nightfall, she has not recited it several times: "Then Guanyin Bodhisattva." White Buddha said that the world. I have a mantra altar. The name of the Lotus Peak, the Vajra blessing secret, the unhindered Avalokiteshvara, the Lotus Blossom, the Ruyi, the Mani Wheel Heart, the Dharani. Guanyin's heart is the most victorious. The World-Honored One wishes to fulfill the ...... with all sentient beings."

In the Buddhist shrine, the white jade Guanyin, is looking at the world with a compassionate face, as if sighing, and seems to be pitying...... * As usual, Cao Fu, in addition to the "allusions" of Tianyou and Hengsheng catching chickens, is the farce of Changsheng's "catching Zhou".

A few days ago, Changsheng "grabbed Zhou" and grabbed a rouge box.

Cao Yin was afraid that his wife would be sad, so he didn't say anything in front of the Li family. However, in private, he confessed to Cao Hao. In the future, you are not allowed to get used to immortality, otherwise, raising a gentleman will not discredit your ancestors.

Although the eldest brother is like a father, but with his parents in the hall, it is not Cao Hao's turn to say anything.

Besides, Cao Hao didn't believe in these either. Children are just novelties, looking at the beautiful colors of the catch, where to take it seriously.

On the Li side, he already regretted it. I complained to Chu Yu several times, I knew this was the case, so I should have let Changsheng catch it in advance, but now I am going to be treated as a merryman.

Chu Yu has to be comforted, ordinary people, most of them are caught in advance, induced to eat, and attract children to catch the official seal, or catch the four treasures of the study, how many can be officials and be the first?

For people like them, even if the surname is more romantic, Dona has two concubines. With the teaching of my father and brother, I can't learn badly.

After listening to this, Li felt that his daughter-in-law was reasonable, and his heart was more comfortable.

Only Zhao Jia's finally found something to say, so she had to deliberately mention it twice in front of Li's family, so choked that she couldn't speak.

The Li family, on their part, began to think about going to the hot spring Zhuangzi. After tossing for half a month, before the trip was made, the holy driver returned to Changchun Garden from Tangquan.

The holy car is in Beijing, and Cao Yin's father and son are about to go to court, so it is naturally difficult to go out of the city too far.

Cao Hao's meaning was to send his family over first, and when the saint drove some days to go out of Beijing to worship the mausoleum, their father and son would take a few more days off and go to Zhuangzi.

The Li family was not at ease at home, and did not want to go over first, so the matter was delayed.

* Forbidden City, the main hall of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In addition to Cao Hao, the other two heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Dong Dianbang and Guan Bao, are also there. Several managers got together and discussed a few things about the holy driving out of Beijing to worship the mausoleum, as well as the funeral of the king of Lianshun County.

Kangxi loves to go out on patrol, and in the spring he wants to go to Jidian to find out the river affairs, and in the summer he goes to Rehe to escape the heat, and in the winter he has to go to the tomb.

All year round, there is no time to rest. Although Cao Hao knew this, he was speechless when he used to hang it high, but now he looked at the silver like flowing water, tossing and turning so that the inner treasury was empty again, and he was really speechless.

I'm really a little scared, I'm afraid that Kangxi will spend all his money and beat his idea again.

In the past few days, the news from the northwest that Alabutan had sent people to the horse factory to steal horses, but was repelled by the soldiers. Rao is like this, the lack of horses in the imperial court is already a big problem.

Kangxi has ordered that all provinces should keep horses and camels tied up. If a war breaks out in this way, it will be much cheaper to transport food or troops.

There was no silver in the imperial court, and the cost of raising horses and camels had to be spread over to the miscellaneous donations of the local people.

There are already a lot of Beijing officials chattering, and those local officials and old men are fat again. When they enter Beijing at the end of the year or the beginning of next year, they will have to knock on a hard stroke, and it will not be good for them to eat alone.

When Cao Hao heard this, he could only sneer in his heart, are those who scrape the ground not afraid of the government forcing the people to rebel?

For Kangxi, a face-loving emperor, in such a "peaceful and holy world", where there is really a "rebellion by officials and the people", even if he has to bear his thunderous anger.

According to the plan, there are only a few months left to crusade against the rebels in the northwest next spring.

In addition to calling horses from all over the country, Kangxi sent more than a dozen guards from the Qianqing Palace to various places in the northwest to "listen to the use" of the main generals. Whether it is to protect the soldiers and important ministers, or to guard against them, is something that cannot be said.

The guards who were sent to the front of the army earlier to "listen to use" also had those who were on the outside shift, but this time they were all selected from those who could be used in front of the emperor. Because of this, Cao Song was lost.

On his side, he originally thought of taking this opportunity to go to the northwest to refresh his qualifications, so as not to always do nothing under the care of his uncle and cousin. But it backfired, how could it not be annoyed?

All wishes come true, there is Shiyun, a third-class guard of the Qianqing Palace.

He is an only son, and this kind of errand of going to the field and "listening" in front of the army will not be his turn this time. Because he was friendly with Heshan and begged in every possible way, his name appeared on the holy decree.

He has reached the age when he should start a family, and his mother, Zhang Zhengluo, is a son of Zhang Zhengluo. He really didn't want to go against his will, so he could only make a decision...... * front door, outside Daoxiang Village.

Shi Yun looked at Han Jiang's carriage from a distance and stood for a long time......

(To be continued)