Although Shengjia is fortunate to travel to Rehe every year, in recent years, due to the construction of the summer resort and its nearby temples, the population of Rehe has increased sharply, and the price of rice has become more and more expensive year by year.

Last year, Kangxi rewarded the people of Rehe with money and food in the name of the Wanshou Festival, which was better. This year, the price of rice has been soaring, and by the time the holy car arrived in Rehe, the price of one stone of rice had risen to one or two taels of silver, and the price had doubled.

Since the holy driver came here, he could not make the people's livelihood boil, so from the first day of May, there was a special person responsible for using the rice from the official warehouse to stabilize the price of grain.

This was not supposed to do anything about Cao Hao, but among the three people who were ordered by Kangxi to stabilize food prices, there happened to be Nalan Fusen, a first-class guard in front of the emperor.

In addition to Nalan Fusen, the other two are Dutong Sun Zaqi, and the other is Langzhong Fobao of the Internal Affairs Bureau, none of these people can be regarded as knowledgeable.

Thinking that Cao Hao had worked as an errand in the household department, Nalan Fusen asked him to go over to help, and he was busy for a few days.

After finishing the work, I have time to hang out with the sixteenth elder brother, it is already the Dragon Boat Festival, and the sixteenth elder brother has already hit Tao Jinxiao's board, and after returning to Beijing, he dismissed his errand.

Cao Hao asked about the two "pictures" under the name of the third elder brother, and the sixteenth elder brother had already asked Tao Jinxiao about the details of the two people, who were originally the second-class stewards of the third elder brother's palace. In the past two years, because the third elder brother wanted to repair Rehe Zhuangzi, he asked them to come over, which made the two of them tremble a little, and they did not do these things to blackmail officials in private.

Not only the third elder brother, but also the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the seventh elder brother, the eighth elder brother, etc., have built a house near the Rehe Summer Palace.

When the sixteenth elder brother talked about this, he couldn't help but be a little envious. He is now twenty, and according to the rules of his ancestors, he has also reached the age of being knighted and opening a mansion.

Kangxi has many princes and elder brothers, and for the knighthood of the prince, except for the second elder brother, who was made the crown prince at the age of one, everyone else is concentrated together.

Once in the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi, the eldest elder brother was named the king of Doluo Zhijun, the third son of the emperor was named the king of Doluo Cheng County, the fourth elder brother, the fifth elder brother, the seventh elder brother, and the eighth elder brother were all named Dorobelle, and the other time was in the forty-eighth year of Kangxi, at this time, the eldest elder brother was dismissed, the second elder brother was abolished, the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, and the fifth elder brother were promoted to the prince of Heshuo, and the seventh elder brother was promoted to the king of Duoluo County; The eighth elder brother was implicated in the matter of recommending the prince, and he was still the title of Baylor; The first ten elder brothers were named the king of Doro County because they were born from the noble concubine, and the other nine elder brothers, twelve elder brothers, and fourteenth elder brothers were Gushan Beizi.

Now five years have passed, and the fifteenth elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother have passed twenty, but there is no news of the prince's division and opening of the mansion.

"Two gardens, two gardens!" The sixteenth elder brother crossed his fingers and said to Cao Hao: "A place in Rehe, a place outside Changchun Garden, the gardens of these princes and brothers, but they were all repaired by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the emperor and elder brother allocated silver money from the inner treasury. Where to start, these brothers are not short of silver? The annual salary is 10,000 taels, 10,000 taels of rice, plus the income of Zhuangzi, and the filial piety of foreign officials, 40,000 or 50,000 taels per year cannot be beaten. Prince Pegatron, Prince Peshuo ......"

Later, he sighed and said nothing. The ninth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother are all from the four concubines, and the first seal is just a solid mountain shell, like him and the fifteenth elder brother, who is the son of the concubine, and a solid mountain shellfish will come to an end.

Thinking of this, he said to Cao Hao: "Now that I think about it, it is cheap to live in the palace, at least all the supplies are the prince's share, and you don't need to worry about your own money." If you go out of the palace and make a shellfish, 1,300 taels a year, you have to drink the northwest wind. Not to mention anything else, that is, every year on the birthday of the Longevity Festival, the Holy Birthday Festival, and the birthdays of other concubines, this filial piety is more than 1,300 taels. Speaking of this, he patted Cao Hao on the shoulder and said, "Wait and see, if I really seal a shell or a prince when I leave the palace, then I will need your help at that time." Just make a profitable deal with you, and give me more dividends. ”

Although Cao Hao didn't know when Sixteen moved out of the palace, he knew that he finally became Prince Zhuang. In various novels of later generations, he was interpreted as "sixteen deaf", a wise and foolish character.

Listening to the sour meaning in the words of the sixteenth elder brother, Cao Hao couldn't help laughing: "This is not like you, I don't know much about the young man, what are you doing all this now?" By the way, have you ever cooked the iron hat palaces in the capital? ”

"Iron hat?" The sixteenth elder brother shook his head, his expression was a little weird, and said, "Which of those people is easy to get along with, even if your brother-in-law Nersu is not an ordinary person." There are also Prince Jane Yaerjiang A and Prince Kang Chong'an, they may not take my concubine brother to heart. is the second elder brother, who offended these clan nobles, and is also one of the root causes of trouble. ”

Cao Hao originally wanted to lead Prince Zhuang who had no heirs, but he didn't expect him to talk about this. Hearing the sixteenth elder brother comment on the iron hat prince, there is nothing else, but what he said about Nersu made Cao Hao feel a little weird, this brother-in-law is not a swaggering person.

Seeing that he was puzzled, the sixteenth elder brother said, "Have you forgotten that the Pingjun Palace, the Shuncheng Palace, and the Prince Kang Mansion are all from the lineage of Prince Lilie?" These three palaces have always been quiet. In the past, the second elder brother whipped Nersu, should you be beaten in vain? If there was no clan to help the flames, how could the second abolished prince be so fast? ”

The sixteenth elder brother was talking about the contradiction between the iron hat king and the second elder brother, but when he heard Cao Hao's ears, he thought of something else in his heart.

Prince Kang's Mansion has always been close to the Eighth Elder Brother, and Nersu will not get involved in private, right?

* Beijing, Shijuma Street, Pingjun Palace, Inner Courtyard Upper Room.

Nersu sat crookedly on the edge of the kang, teasing her daughter Fumin, and sneezed heavily.

Fu Min has been seven months, and when he can climb, he crawls two steps with his calves, sits for a while, and climbs two steps, refusing to be quiet for a while.

A series of sneezes came down, and Nersu's tears came out. Cao Jiashi saw it on the side, hurriedly took out a handkerchief and handed it over, and said with a smile: "Master, this is another good relationship outside?" Talking so hard? ”

Nersu took the handkerchief and wiped his tears and snot, squinted at Cao Jia's eyes, and said with a smile: "Even if there is a good one outside, the master is now lacking in strength, who let the master have a good fortune!" ”

When Cao Jiashi heard this, his face was full of shame, he glanced at Nersu, and said: "It's all because the master doesn't know what kind of bastard business to get out of those messy things, so he knows how to toss me, and now he is still saying such cool words!" ”

Although she has given birth to two sons and a daughter, the twenty-four-year-old Cao Jia's family has a unique style, and it makes Neersu's heart flutter. He stretched out his hand and pulled his wife over, rubbed it twice on her white and tender hand, and said, "Someone has just honored something good, let's take a good look at it in the evening." ”

Seeing her husband's greasy and crooked appearance, Cao Jia's heart was indescribably sweet, but when she thought of the Fan family who lived in the South Courtyard, she couldn't help but feel a little pantothenic, and said: "That is, the one who has a body, or I'm afraid that if I have a new love, I can't remember to come to my house!" ”

Fan is the girl in Cao Jia's room, she is sixteen or seventeen years old, and she has a bit of beauty. After Cao Jia's family became pregnant, he was afraid that the king of Pingjun would go out to find someone, so he deliberately picked out a beautiful and honest Fan to make a room.

Seeing that his wife was pouting, Nersu looked very attractive, and said with a smile: "Are you talking about it now?" Who pretended to be virtuous at the beginning, but now he wants to say this, I don't admit it. ”

Cao Jia's is so sour that her husband has more rooms, after all, she has a body, she can't wait, and there is no reason for a man to guard it. What made her uncomfortable was that Fan was pregnant in March.

At that time, her body was fully healed, and it was not unusual for Narsu to stay in her room every night, but she could make Tongfang pregnant? Although she was uncomfortable, she did not publicize it, and investigated in private, but twice Nersu sent people to send Fan to wait in the study.

Since she married into the palace, except for the time when she was pregnant with two elder brothers and confinement together, the husband and wife have not been separated, and several concubines in the palace are just decorations.

This Fan family is quite pleasing to Nersu, which has to make Cao Jia's family vigilant.

It's just that some words are good to the end, and if the chatter continues, it will only make the man annoying. Cao Jia's is different from other women, she has been smart since she was a child, she has read a lot, and she is quite familiar with the world.

Seeing that her husband was moved, she didn't want to spoil the fun and mention other things. She also had a smile on her face, reached out and touched the beard of Nersu's chin, and said, "The master is getting more and more powerful, but don't tie the big Gege, the child's flesh is tender." ”

Nersu stretched out his hand and grabbed Cao Jia's wrist, raised his head and said, "Ye still likes to stab people, the girl can't do it, then the daughter-in-law can always do it......"

Cao Jiashi saw that the more he talked, the more he didn't have a score, and said angrily: "Master, it's still broad daylight......

"Broad daylight?" Nersu looked out the window, and it was already the time when the sunset was full of sunset and the western mountains were falling. He stretched out his hand to pick up his daughter from the kang and said to Cao Jia's: "Today, let's rest early...... "

Cao Jiashi was anxious when he saw Nersu, but he looked like he was before Huai Fupeng. At that time, the young couple of two, like conjoined babies, looked forward to giving birth to a child as soon as possible, so as to save any unpleasantness in the future.

If you think about it, it's been seven or eight years since you gave birth to your first child. The first child, the sister Cao Yi is the first child, and she has sent two stable old men from the palace to take care of it, and it will be ten days and a half months.

On the mother's side, there are people from the Chunjun Wangfu to take care of it, but Cao Jia's family is a little unable to intervene, but on the sister's side, the population in the house is small, and it is true that there is no old grandmother.

*Xihua Gate, Kyaw Luo House, Inner Courtyard.

The Hitara clan prayed silently to the Buddha statue, the daughter-in-law's birth date is approaching, the gods and Buddhas are full of heaven, the ancestors and ancestors bless, add a boy to the Jueluo family.

Before the twisted beads turned around, they heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and the old man acted most in accordance with the rules, and couldn't help frowning when he heard it.

The old man suddenly "chuckled" in his heart, immediately extinguished his mind to teach the rules, straightened his waist and said eagerly: "But what's wrong with the big grandma?" ”

The maid nodded again and again, and said, "Old lady, don't blame the slave and maid for being impatient, yes, it's the big grandmother's stomachache, Mama Chen said, I'm afraid I'm going to give birth, please ask the old lady to ask someone to deliver the baby quickly." ”

Even if the Hitara clan is calm, they can't help but be a little flustered, there is still more than half a month in the delivery period, why is there movement now?

The old man stroked his chest, and while sending someone to invite the midwife who had already been scheduled, he sent someone to his daughter's house to call Seshtu. Her eldest son-in-law's family was at home, so Seshtu helped there when he returned from the yamen.

After arranging these, the old man hurried to the east courtyard.

The kang mat in the east house has been rolled up, and a layer of soft grain grass has been spread on the earthen kang, and Cao Yi is sitting on the kang, his face is already sweating in pain, and tears have come out.

Wang Fujin of Pingjun sent two grandmothers to wait on the edge of the kang and told Cao Yi what posture he should take and how to put his feet against the wall.

Cao Yi only felt that her stomach was falling and she had a burst of abdominal pain, but she felt that she couldn't sit still, she really had no strength, and the two grandmothers saw it, and put a few pillows behind her and let her lean on.

It's okay at noon today, after having dinner with the Hitara clan in the evening, after returning to the house, Cao Yi felt a little sore back. She thought she was tired, so she lay down on the kang to rest, but the more she lay down, the more uncomfortable it became, as if her waist was so sore that it didn't look like her own.

She felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly called the two grandmothers, but she was already in labor pain, and her stomach seemed to be falling...... When he saw the Xitara clan, Cao Yi couldn't hold back the pain anymore, and cried: "Eniang, Eniang......"

Xitara took two steps forward, and when he saw Cao Yi who was sweating, his body was also a little trembling, and he forced himself to calm down: "Good boy, it's okay, it's time to ......."

Hearing Mama Chen's surprised voice, Cao Yi was already red...... Although Cao Yi was in labor pain at dusk, he tossed for half a night, and it was not until the second moment of the second day of the second month of the second month that he gave birth to a baby boy weighing more than six pounds......

(To be continued)