After half a month of traveling, on the tenth day of the eighth month, Cao Yan and others finally arrived at Uriya Sutai.

It's very deserted here, and the holy car hasn't arrived yet. Cao Yan and the others had a rare period of leisure, and finally they didn't have to continue galloping on horseback, and they were also leisurely.

Up and down here, preparations are being made for the arrival of the Holy Driver.

Cao Yan, Nalan Fusen and the others are Qincha, and the rest are the imperial guards, and the soldiers guarding here do not dare to slack off, and they are quite considerate.

This night, it was the golden autumn send-off, the jade rabbit was rising, and it was time for the Mid-Autumn Festival reunion.

On the side of the station, moon cakes were made for the occasion.

It's just a meaning, this is a remote location, the supply is limited, where are the materials and molds for making moon cakes?

Brown sugar and white flour were steamed into round cakes, and then red yeast rice was mixed with honey and red dots were dotted on top.

This kind of moon cake, because Cao Yan and others are considered distinguished guests, the station here gave him and Nalan Fusen and others ten pieces each. The Cao family's chief guards are two per person, the same as the soldiers here.

Dark red steamed cakes, the size of a palm, each foot is half a catty, but it is not good-looking.

Not to mention Nalan Fusen and others, it is Xiaoman, Zhao and others, and it is the first time they have seen such a vulgar mooncake.

But you look at me, and I look at you, and I don't know if this thing can be entered.

Cao Yan just watched quietly, secretly amused in his heart. Not to mention the way south with the great lama, it went to Urge, but on the way, everyone tried even voles and toads.

Now, resuming a pampered life, everyone seems to have forgotten all the things in front of us.

Before Wei Hei and Zheng Hu entered the Cao family in their early years, they had suffered a lot, and they were not very picky about eating, so they ate a few bites at random.

But it tasted sweet, and both of them couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Cao Yan looked at this, thinking of Daoxiang Village, thinking of his parents, wife and children.

Every festive season, I miss my relatives, and this sentence is true.

Since Cao Yan went out of Beijing, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival are all outside. Even the twenty-two-year-old with him passed without noticing.

Biting the brown sugar cake, Cao Yan was thinking about the date of returning home.

The holy car returns to Beijing before the first day of October every year, and he has seen the holy car, and if he follows the follower, he will also arrive home at that time.

Yesterday was the birth of Hengsheng, and then there was the birth of Tianyou. On the mother's side, even if you count the son, she is about to give birth...... Shi Yun couldn't help it, brought the steamed cake in his hand to his mouth and took a big bite, chirped twice, widened his eyes, and praised it repeatedly.

Compared with the delicate large-filled, thin-crust mooncakes in Beijing, this brown sugar cake has a unique taste.

In addition to moon cakes, there are also whole roast lamb legs, golden milk skins, and the pot transported from the mouth, everyone's Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is also lively...... * 300 miles away, Boluo and Tun, the holy driving line is in.

Compared with Cao Yan's simple Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, this side is full of flowers, no less than in the palace.

Although he was on the way to the siege, because of the many officials of the Internal Affairs Office and the exclusive imperial kitchen in the palace, Kangxi's diet was not inferior to that of the palace, and he did not feel lacking at all.

Coupled with Kangxi's favorite daughter, Princess Gulun Rongxian, came to the court, making the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet more and more grand.

The princes accompanying the siege this time were the third elder brother, the fifteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother, and the fourth elder brother, the seventh elder brother and the seventeenth elder brother stayed in the Rehe Palace to serve the queen mother who was reluctant to come out to wander.

The third elder brother and Princess Gulun Rongxian were born from the same mother, and the two have a deep relationship.

Now, in the harem, Concubine De and Concubine Yi are equally divided. Concubine Hui was dragged down by the eldest brother of her parents and the eighth elder brother of her adopted son, and now she is now called a yellow flower, with the name of a concubine, but not a concubine.

Concubine Rong, the biological mother of the third elder brother and Princess Rongxian, as the first concubine to enter the palace, is old and decrepit, and her situation is not much better than Concubine Hui.

Without the help of the palace, this was a regret in the heart of the third elder brother. Now that the sister had arrived, he was overjoyed.

When there was no one, the third elder brother whispered to Princess Rongxian, but in and out of words, he had the intention of asking the princess to help.

Princess Rongxian listened, but she frowned and was silent, hesitated again and again, and asked about the situation of her son-in-law Honghui Baylor.

The third elder brother was stunned by the question, and looked at Princess Rongxian, his eyes became deep.

Princess Rongxian's face showed a worried look, and she wanted to say anything more, but the third elder brother had already left with a blank expression.

It happened that the fifteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother came to talk to their sister, and when they saw such a situation, they couldn't help but slow down...... Princess Rongxian didn't see the fifteenth elder brother and the sixteenth elder brother, looked at the back of the third elder brother, sighed, and went to the imperial tent not far away.

The sixteenth elder brother stood and said to the fifteenth elder brother: "Brother, that position is not for anyone to worry about, some people are too self-conscious, and even their compatriots and siblings may not help him, people like us, don't follow suit." ”

The fifteenth elder brother picked the corners of his mouth, seemed to smile rather than smile, and said: "Sixteen, he is also the son of the imperial father, and the other princes are either princes or Baylor, and sixteen has no feelings in his heart?" ”

"It's just a matter of time, isn't the fourteenth brother also in his twenties when he was first sealed. Since Emperor Shizuzhang, when the prince of the dynasty was named Beizi, the elder brother did not have to worry too much. The sixteenth elder brother sighed in his heart, he could understand why his brother thought of this, but he didn't know where his attachment came from.

Even if he himself envied those brothers who were crowned kings, he also knew that there was a difference in identity.

Among the princes, they are young, not to mention young, have no military exploits, no civil rule, and no prominent background. No matter how it is sealed, the title cannot be higher than the elder brothers from the concubine.

"When the prince of the dynasty is the lowest Beizi, what about the prince of the previous dynasty? The sons of Emperor Taizongwen, and the generals, don't you remember the sixteenth brother? The fifteenth elder brother's voice was a little hoarse: "Over the years, you have lived a good life, and you have forgotten the humiliation of your childhood?" The second elder brother regards us as inferior people, brothers and brothers in front of us, but in private, we are ...... Even Honghui relied on the identity of the emperor's eldest grandson and never took us seriously. I will never forget the words in the study; The 'gift' of their father and son, I will never forget it! In the end, the fifteenth elder brother was already gritting his teeth, and his body trembled slightly.

There is another allusion in this, the sixteenth elder brother sighed in his heart, and opened his mouth to persuade: "Brother, that's all a matter of our business, more than ten years have passed...... Why bother with this in your heart? ”

The fifteenth elder brother clenched his fists vigorously, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and he looked at the sixteenth elder brother and said, "It's over...... Passed? How has it passed? You don't have a backache when you stand and talk, you are favored by Huang Ama, you welcome you back and forth, and you have a proud spring breeze, how can you understand my suffering? In this life, I am a wasted person, with no hope or hope...... It was the revenge of the humiliation of the year...... The wrath of the puppet can still splash three feet of blood, and my identity is no longer humble, and I also have the blood of the Aixin Jueluo family......"

Listening to the anger and unwillingness of the fifteenth elder brother, the sixteenth elder brother lowered his eyelids and couldn't help but blame himself in his heart.

I am a person who knows the inside story, why can't I have the same hatred and hatred with my fellow brothers?

The so-called Ansheng is his own extravagance, and he is also afraid of being implicated and affecting his future in the future, right?

He never looked forward to a high-ranking lord in his heart, so he was good at dancing with long sleeves, pretending to be stupid, and maneuvering between the brothers.

In this way, he is even more pitiful and pathetic, hateful and shameful than his brother...... * camping the imperial tent, on the soft couch, Kangxi rubbed his forehead with his hand, and only felt a headache.

Xu was worried about the war in the northwest, which made the elderly emperor feel exhausted.

Judging from the excerpts of the ministers in the northwest, not to mention the unfavorable situation of the war, even the courtiers seem to have many contradictions.

The imperial court had already issued an order to let the Ministry of Officials Shangshu Funing Security Plate act as the military affairs of the Northwest, but the governor of Gansu, Qiqi, also asked the military department for the matter of Hami's guide.

Is Fu Ning'an not virtuous enough to lead the army, or is Qiqi relying on his status as a magistrate, ignoring the laws of the imperial court, and treating the war as child's play?

In addition to this, there is also the right guard general Fei Yanggu, who seeks relief from illness on the grounds of illness.

Changing generals on the spot is a taboo for soldiers.

Regardless of whether Fei Yangu is really sick or not, he still needs to rely on his early military exploits to deter the Khalkha tribes.

The left and right can't enter the army this year, so let Fei Yanggu take the general's seal back to the right guard to recuperate, and when he enters the army, he can't get on the horse to fight, and then hand over the seal letter to others.

Princess Rongxian sat on the small pestle in front of the palace, and was holding a cantaloupe peel in her hand.

After cutting it, she cut it into several pieces with a silver knife, inserted one of them with a silver fork, handed it to Kangxi with both hands, and said: "Huang Ama, you taste this, I don't know if it's because of the lack of rain in the northwest this year, this melon is sweeter than in previous years." ”

Kangxi took it and sent it to his mouth, but it was not as good as in previous years.

Although his mouth was sweet, his heart was slightly bitter.

Last year's blizzard, this year's spring and summer were drought, and the situation in the northwest was even worse than expected.

Although the excerpt of the local governor only said that there was a severe drought in more than a dozen counties, according to other news, Kangxi knew that half of Gansu had been harvested.

In addition, the drought has also spread to Shaanxi and Sichuan.

By the time this autumn comes, I don't know how many places I will ask for relief. But on the side of the imperial court, where should this money and grain be prepared...... Princess Rongxian saw the old age spots on the back of the emperor's hand, but her eyes couldn't help but turn red, and she said in a low voice: "Huang Ama, you should also take care." If we don't want to be children, we should have more worries. ”

Among the princes and princesses of the dynasty, those who regard themselves as ordinary children like this, and Kangxi as their father's intimacy, are only her and the thirteenth elder brother.

When Kangxi heard this, he raised his head to look at his daughter, and saw that her eyes were clear, without the slightest ambition**, only a strong sense of admiration, and a little smile on her face.

In addition to being a king, he is also an old father...... * Beijing, Caofu, and Lanyuan.

Cao Shuo's filial piety period has not passed, and it is not suitable to hold a banquet, so the Mid-Autumn Festival meal of the Cao family is a little deserted.

According to Li's original intention, he wanted to invite Dongfu Zhaojia to bring the children over for a reunion dinner.

Zhao Jia's family was not in the mood, so he sent someone over and sent some seasonal food to Gao Taijun's side, and postponed the reunion dinner.

Gao Taijun has been in Beijing for more than half a month, and he lived outside the garden with the Li family, and returned home with him before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The old man is old, and his surname is a little stubborn.

When he was on the other side of the garden, Qifujin heard that his mother-in-law's maiden mother was coming, and he wanted to set up a banquet to entertain him.

After tidying up properly, Gao Taijun found an excuse to avoid it.

Li persuaded him twice, but it didn't work, and he really had no way, so he had to personally hold up his big belly and go through the palace garden next door to thank him.

Gao Taijun's heart was also angry.

In the early years, it was not obvious in Jiangning, but now when I arrived in the capital, I found that my daughter and son-in-law's food and clothing were about to be exhausted.

"It's so enjoyable to be a minion? The son-in-law has read the books of sages over the years, and he has a small tail, I'm afraid that he has forgotten who his ancestors are, right? "In private, Gao Taijun has talked about this more than once.

Seeing his mother like this, Li had to explain tactfully.

Now, her husband and son are all Beijing officials, and I don't know how many eyes are watching, and I don't dare to make any mistakes.

Moreover, the Cao family is the Earl's Palace, and it can be regarded as a prominent lord, if this behavior is not careful, and is impeached for "nostalgia for the old dynasty", it will be impossible to eat and go around.

There are some things that Gao can listen to, and some things she can't listen to impatiently. For Li's "forgetting her roots", she also had to find fault with a few words and reprimand.

Li really had no choice but to let her say it, but to the outside world, he claimed that his mother was old and needed to recuperate, so it was not suitable to run around, and the banquets in other mansions were temporarily exempted.

Although Chu Yu was impatient to go to Gao Taijun's side, she was worried that her mother-in-law would be too careless and affect her body, so she could only persuade her to rest more, and she went to Gao Taijun's side to talk.

In the end, it is the granddaughter-in-law, no more scruples than her own daughter, and the mother of the children, although Gao Taijun doesn't like Chu Yu, but her expression is faint, and other words are rarely mentioned.

Chu Yu breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but she was looking forward to her husband's return sooner.

Although I don't know the original intention of Gao Taijun to come to Beijing, but looking at this meaning, it doesn't look like he wants to stay for a long time, it seems that he is here to visit the door.

Because when Li cleaned up the yard for her, she said that she didn't need to be too troublesome, but she just lived for a while, but when she mentioned Suzhou, she didn't seem to have any hidden secrets.

The adults talked on the side of the kang and talked without a pair, but the children were lively and tight in the kang.

Hengsheng was born yesterday, and he changed the "rope" woven with colorful silk threads on his wrist, sat by the kang, and listened to his brother Tianyou tell stories to Tianhui and Xiangyu.

Tianyou is talking about the "Three Dozen White Bone Spirits" in "Journey to the West", which is what Mr. Zhuang said when he coaxed Niu Niu, and Niu Niu told Tian You about these small ones.

"You monkey head, how can you kill at will? That's it, that's it, I can't be your master, you go and go! With his hands in front of his chest, he spoke in a deep voice while making a profound gesture of the Dharma.

"Master, master, you can't do without me......" Sun Wukong knelt in front of Tang Seng with tears in his eyes and prayed: "Master, master, they are really monsters, they are all monsters in human form, disciples ......"

Tang Seng closed his eyes and didn't look at his apprentice.

Sun Wukong wanted to argue, but was stopped by Tang Seng. Tang Seng only thought he was quibbling, didn't listen, closed his eyes, and recited the mantra.

Sun Wukong rolled on the ground in pain and screamed, but Tang Seng seemed to have never heard of it, and continued to chant mantras.

Sun Wukong had no choice but to agree to leave, instructed his disciples to take good care of his master, and left crying...... Before Tianyou's story was finished, Xiangyu was already choked up and whispered, "Bad guy." ”

Tianhui was quiet, without speaking, but there was also a look of injustice on her face.

Hengsheng was so angry that he patted his thigh and said, "Old fool, why don't you enter Yanjin?" Why do you still persuade him, let him rest where it is cool, the monster can eat it, and he doesn't know the hearts of good people. ”

Tianyou sighed, shook his head, and said, "Second brother, you don't understand, Grandpa Zhuang said, Heaven and Earth Monarch...... Kiss...... Well...... Teachers ...... can't mess up. No matter how stupid Tang Seng is, he is a teacher, and Sun Monkey has to respect him. ”

Hengsheng listened to it, and seemed to understand it.

Tianyou realized, turned his head, and asked Chu Yu, "Mother...... If it's a monkey...... It's a son...... Do you believe in monsters, or do you believe me......"

Chu Yu touched Tianyou's head and said with a smile: "Naturally, I believe in you, you are my son, what does that monster have to do with me?" ”

Tianyou bit his lip and whispered: "Then why does Taizu always say that grandmother, like Tang Seng......"

For a moment, the room was silent......*

(To be continued)