Tianhui's desire to listen to the play did not come true after all. Until the end of May, the atmosphere in Rehe was not very good.

Even Cao Hao, who was sure of the sixteenth elder brother, began to think about whether there was any change in history. If that's the case, it's going to be unprepared.

When Li received Jinghui's letter, he was also embarrassed. Even if the Dong family wants to pick up people, none of the Cao family is at home, so it is estimated that it is difficult to speak.

After some discussion with her husband, Li decided to return to the capital first.

Chu Yu saw that her mother-in-law was going back, and she also said that she would take the children back to Beijing with her.

Cao Hao's side, how can he rest assured to go back to his family like this, so he told the sixteenth elder brother that he planned to find a reason to return to the capital, just in time to escort his family back to Beijing.

The sixteenth elder brother was moved when he heard this, and wanted to send Fujin, who had a body, back to the capital to raise him. However, after asking the imperial doctor, he did not dare to take risks. After all, she is not a few months pregnant, and she is afraid that she will not be able to endure the long journey.

Cao Hao's invitation to return to Beijing was handed to the palace for two days, but there was no news yet.

Cao Hao's side couldn't help but feel anxious.

I didn't want to, so I passed the news of the first day of June from the palace.

In a blink of an eye, on the first day of the sixth month, hundreds of officials with the princes gathered in the Jingcheng Palace.

Cao Hao hasn't seen Kangxi for half a month, and now he looks good, but he has a little bit of a reduction. If you look closely, you will see that the dots in his beard are whiter than before.

It seems to be an ordinary court meeting, but it is an unexpected thunderous change.

"Thunder, rain and dew, all are Jun'en", that's what I'm talking about.

Due to the prayer for rain in late April and early May, the officials involved were all over the cabinet and the six ministries and nine secretaries.

Zhao Shenqiao, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Wang Xuling, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, Fan Shichong, the imperial history of Zuodu, Fu Shen, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, Li Huazhi, the scholar Cai Shengyuan, Wang Zhishu, Peng Shibo, and Wang Yiqing of Zhan Shi played the words of the book, and they did not come to the place where they prayed for rain.

The Ministry of Rites is full of Shangshu Heshuo, Han Shangshu Chen Xu, Shilang Erqi, Wang Sishi, and Hu Zuomei, praying for rain is their special responsibility, and they do not pray devoutly, and whether Yu Ze has touched the place and do not understand the performance, it is very inconsistent. Heshuo was dismissed. The grace obtained from the shadow is retired. Chen Xu, Erqi, Wang Sishi, and Hu Zuomei were all demoted to five levels to remain in office.

University scholars Xiao Yongzao, Wang Luo, bachelor Xing Etai, Changshou, Zhang Pengxi, Shilang Sun Zhu, Li Xusheng, Tang Youzeng, Hubu Shilang Fu Erhuna, Lu Luheng, Bingbu Shangshu Yin Tebu, Shilang Dang Alai, Tian Congdian, Criminal Department Shangshu Laidu, Zhang Tingshu, Ministry of Industry Shilang Wang Duzhao, Left Deputy Capital Yushi Dong Hongyi, Hao Lin, Tongzheng Zhou Daoxin, although the rain praying place has been in person, it is also inconsistent to say that it is not good to be lucky.

Among them, it was only the university scholar Wang Luo, before the Holy Driver left Beijing in April, he had an edict to let him recuperate at home, so he was forgiven.

The remaining Xiao Yongzao, Xing Etai, Changshou, Zhang Pengxi, Sun Zhu, Li Xusheng, Tang Youzeng, Fu Erhuna, Lu Luheng, Yin Tebu, Dang Alai, Tian Congdian, Lai Du, Zhang Tingshu, Wang Duzhao, Dong Hongyi, Hao Lin, Zhou Daoxin and others were all demoted to two levels and retained.

The university scholar Songzhu will not be named to participate in the performance where the ministers in Beijing do not pray for rain and delay in the performance, which is also inconsistent, and he will be dismissed from his post and retired.

The six Jiuqing Yamen left behind in the capital, with heads and faces, are all here. If nothing else, let's just say that there are six yamen, and there are eight Shangshu and thirteen squires.

Except for the Ministry of Rites, Shangshu Heshuo was dismissed, the others were demoted and retained. Rao is so, and it is surprising enough.

There is a huge capital, and there are not a few people who wear more than three grades.

In addition to surprise, what is left in many people's hearts is to snicker in joy.

Not long after the vacancy of the Ministry of Works, no one has filled the vacancy, which has vacated another Ministry of Rites.

Cao Hao's side, but what he was thinking about was something else.

Since Songzhu, who made a special trip back to Beijing to investigate the officials' prayer for rain, did not immediately name and participate, which one handed over the excerpt?

Even when the crown prince was abolished, Kangxi did not have such a large area to govern the ministers. However, compared with the punishment at that time, this time it was more like a "small punishment".

"Demotion and retention" is just a change of body and wear, no change of errand, as long as there is a small achievement, it is "official reinstatement"; Of course, if something goes wrong, I'm afraid it will fall off completely, and I hope to fill the Jingtang again.

This is equivalent to putting a condom on everyone's neck, and they have to tremble, otherwise they will ruin their future.

After the attack, the officials who stayed in the capital, the inner servants did not shout anything like the ordinary court, "There is a morning play, there is no book to retreat", but directly shouted "scattered dynasty".

Several princes in the court, the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother, the fifteenth elder brother, and the sixteenth elder brother, had an inner servant to pass on the message, and went to the Yanbo Zhishuang Hall to see the driver.

Cao Hao came out with the civil and military officials and returned to the yamen of the Internal Affairs Office.

Kangxi was fine, which made Cao Hao breathe a sigh of relief. But I also began to wonder if I should write another excerpt of the request.

Cao Hao is worried about things here, and Yi Duli is not idle here.

Because of the repair of the palace, Yiduli made meritorious contributions here, and he was still thinking about his reinstatement. Even if you don't go back to Taifu Temple, you are still on the side of the Internal Affairs Office, and the position of the five products is too low.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, Yi Duli asked Cao Hao: "Fu Ruo, looking at this action, I can't see the emperor's intentions, why is he angry, it won't be just to pray for rain, right?" ”

Cao Hao listened, shook his head, and said, "The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, and I don't know. ”

Yi Duli couldn't sit still, paced two steps on the ground, sighed and said, "Even if you survive the excellent evaluation, what can you do?" I want to go up a liter, I'm afraid it's going to be difficult. "At the end of the day, I was very frustrated.

Cao Hao saw it and comforted: "The adults are still young, what are you anxious about?" After a few years, you may come across an opportunity at some point. ”

He said this because Yi Duli is the brother-in-law of the Thirteenth Elder Brother, and his relationship with the Thirteenth Elder Brother is good, but with these two items, the future cannot be wrong.

"It's been a long time since I was established, I'm about to be forty, what are you still young?" Yi Duli shook his head and said, "At my father's age, I have already entered the cabinet and moved the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, but I am still mixing from the five grades, which is really a shame for my ancestors." If I knew this, I should have been admitted to the Jinshi and Hanlin, and I didn't have to work so hard. ”

Yi Duli complained twice, remembered something, and said, "My lord, if the yamen is not busy today, I want to go back early." Shiyun went to Rehe for a shift, and was planning to pick him up and wash the dust. ”

Hearing him say this, Cao Hao waved his hand and said, "My lord, go, the yamen has nothing to do, so you don't need to spend it here." ”

When Yiduli heard this, he was overjoyed, and he went out of the yamen's house first.

Cao Hao looked at Yi Duli's back and remembered Cao Xiang who went to Henan Mansion.

In Cao Hao's heart, the sixteen-year-old Cao Xiang is still a half-grown child, which is the age when he should study. He only seized the opportunity now and was able to become a leader, but he didn't know that this magistrate was promoted one by one, and it was not so easy to survive.

is not a scheming child, his surname is pure and good, and he is an honest man.

I don't know how young he was, when his classmates entered the Shike and entered the Hanlin and became ministers, he would regret it.

* The prefect of Henan Prefecture Yamen is stationed in Luoyang, and the instructor is the auxiliary officer of the prefect's yamen, and does not have his own yamen, which is the office of the prefect's yamen.

Cao Xiang set off from the capital on the sixth day of May and arrived in Luoyang at the end of the month.

Although Li Tingchen, the prefect of Luoyang, was not from a professional class, he had many years of qualifications before he was promoted to the prefect.

Although there was an official document coming down a long time ago, he knew that there was a training to be made up in the yamen, but when he saw Cao Xiang, Li Tingchen was still surprised.

Originally, I was worried that Cao Xiang was arrogant and rude with the bad habits of the children of the family, but I didn't expect it to be so elegant.

After some earnest talk, the two were like-minded.

Hearing that Cao Xiang only had a concubine by his side to take care of his daily life, and he had not yet married a wife, Li Tingchen couldn't help but be moved.

Although Cao Xiang is only a seventh-grade official, his brother is a guard, and his uncle and cousin are all Jingtang, and his future is limitless.

Li Tingchen is the banner of the Han army, and the marriage of the two families can also be made. It's just that he doesn't have a daughter, and it's just a fantasy to want to recruit Cao Xiang as his son-in-law.

Cao Xiang's side, when he came out of the house, although he was novel, he was also more careful, for fear that his behavior would be bad and bring shame to the family.

The house of the former instructor was empty, but it was filthy and dilapidated. And not so long ago, the previous instructor was sick and died here.

When Cao Xiang heard this, he was taboo in his heart, and he didn't want to be wronged by Lu Ju, so he temporarily lived in the post station and asked people to go out to find a house to rent.

After a while, he found a small house with two entrances near the yamen, and rented it for forty taels of silver for three years. The wooden furniture inside was ready-made, and Cao Xiang and his party moved in.

Green chrysanthemum has always been clever, and she used to help Zhao Jia's housework.

She took her maid and daughter-in-law to clean up the inner house properly, and the front yard hall was also newly decorated, looking a little too old.

Cao Xiang was overjoyed when he saw it. If he hadn't been thinking about his biological mother, he really wanted to live in Luoyang like this.

On the first day of the sixth month, according to the rules, it is the official of each subordinate to see the prefect.

It's like a small court meeting, in the main hall of the prefect's yamen, the general judgment, the procuratorate, the salt road, the magistrate, Confucianism, grain arrest, criminal science and others are here.

Although Cao Xiang is the youngest and has the youngest official position, there is a Cao family behind him, who dares to underestimate him?

After Li Tingchen met with all the subordinate officials, he proposed to hold a banquet tonight to give Cao Xiang a reception, and everyone followed suit.

Cao Xiang is a newcomer to officialdom, and he has not gone through this, but he also knows how to follow the customs of the locals, and he does not dare to sweep everyone's interest.

After a meal of wine and food, many people patted Cao Xiang on the shoulder and had a relationship with him. Those who have ancestral homes are said to be fellow villagers; There are also those who have been to Jiangning, and the words are old with the Cao family.

Although Cao Xiang didn't know which sentence was true and which was false, he respectfully responded.

When the wine had passed three rounds and the food had passed five flavors, and everyone had dispersed, Li Tingchen also specially ordered someone to bring a food box and asked Cao Xiang to take it back to the female dependents.

Cao Xiang was grateful, and after thanking him again and again, he took someone back to the house.

Because he drank a lot of wine and the wind blew, when he returned to the door of the house and dismounted, Cao Xiang couldn't stand it, and he only felt like his stomach was turning upside down.

He really couldn't stand it, so he held on to the root of the wall, vomited, and then was supported by the little servant and entered the courtyard.

Lu Ju got the news, and he had already taken the maid to greet him at the second gate, and when he saw Cao Xiang covered in alcohol, he personally helped him into the house.

Knowing that he went out to eat, Lu Ju had already made people boil the sobering soup first.

After serving Cao Xiang to change clothes and rinse his mouth, Lu Ju personally delivered the decanting soup to Cao Xiang's mouth.

Cao Xiang took it with a smile, pointed to the food box on the table, and said, "It's the dim sum that the prefect asked for from the restaurant, and asked me to bring it back for you to eat." Taste it, how does it compare to the dumplings in Beijing? At dinner tonight, I ate a small cup of old soup stewed noodles, which tasted very good, but unfortunately I vomited. After these two days, I'll take you over to eat. ”

Hearing that Cao Xiang vomited, Lu Ju was afraid that his stomach would be empty, so he got up and took the food box, but his expression was quite surprised, and he said with a smile: "What is it all eaten, strange and heavy." ”

As she spoke, she had already brought the food box over, rested it on the kang table, and lifted the lid.

Under the lamp, the inside is white, not silver? It is full of a layer of silver ingots, all of which are delicate and lovely.

Green Ju's smile froze, and she covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and she was shocked tightly.

Cao Xiang was also surprised, and he didn't feel happy at all, but he felt a cold sweat on his back, and he was drunk and immediately went to eight or nine points.

The upper and lower layers of food boxes, each layer of ten silver ingots, each ten taels, a total of two hundred taels of silver.

Cao Xiang's seven-grade teaching, a year's silver is only forty-five taels. These are more than his four years of silver.

"Master......" Lu Ju grabbed Cao Xiang's hand, and his face was a little worried.

Cao Xiang's eyes moved away from the silver, stood up, blushed and said, "No, I want to write a letter to my uncle." As he spoke, he began to look around for pen and ink.

Lu Ju hurriedly supported him and said, "Don't worry, I'll ask someone to take it for you." ”

There are three main rooms in this inner house, the two of them live in the west house, and the east house is cleaned up and made Cao Xiang's study.

Poria listened to the order, and when she brought the paper, pen and ink over, the green chrysanthemum had already covered the food box.

Lu Ju laid out the paper, sent Poria down, picked up the ink strip himself, and personally polished the ink for Cao Xiang.

Cao Xiang picked up the pen, but he didn't know how to put it down, looked up at the green chrysanthemum that was grinding ink for him on the side, and said, "What should I do?" ”

Lu Ju hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know about the people outside. It's just that where in this world there is a pie in the sky? If the master is a Shangguan and Governor Li is a subordinate, it is nothing. This is for no reason, giving money to his subordinates, no matter how you say it. Abnormality is a demon, the meaning of these silver is unknown, and the master should wake up in his heart. ”

Cao Xiang listened, nodded vigorously, put down his pen and said, "That's the truth." I also don't think it's right, greedy for small and cheap and big losses, this unknown silver, who is rare. It's just that the prefect talks and does things, he is a face-loving person, and if he returns it directly, it won't be good to wipe his face. I also have to think of a way not to leave a tongue of right and wrong. ”

"Don't worry, you don't have to, just send the silver back directly. After a while, find a reason, and send a similar return gift. Lu Ju thought about it for a moment and opened her mouth to persuade.

Cao Xiang nodded and said, "It's really my blessing to have you by my side." Master Zhao's side, although it is said that it is taught one by one, but I look at it, it is better for you to have an idea. ”

"It's all my fault, I shouldn't be a tongue-in-cheek. I was just worried about my lord, so I couldn't help but say a few more words. Lu Ju listened, hesitated, and said softly: "Don't blame me, I won't dare next time." ”

"What's not weird, it's too late for me to rejoice." Cao Xiang said, seeing that Lu Ju's fingers were stained with ink, he hurriedly grabbed her hand, wiped her with a handkerchief himself, and said, "In the future, you will take care of it, and leave all the work to me." ”

"Where is it so expensive?" When Lu Ju heard this, he smiled lightly: "It's just to wait for the master, I followed the master." ”

Listening to Lu Ju say this, it caused Cao Xiang's heart disease. He didn't care about writing a letter to Cao Yin, rubbed Lu Ju's arm, and said, "It's not early, it's time to rest......"

He only said half of it, but the last sentence was in his mouth, and he didn't say it, that is, give birth to a son as soon as possible...... * Rehe, Bachelor's Mansion, Inner Hall.

Yi Duli sat on the edge of the kang, his face black and terrifying. Yang Ruixue saw it on the side, knew it in her heart, became more and more careful on her face, poured tea herself, sent it to Yiduli, and said softly: "Master, drink a cup of tea to relieve the bar." I knew that I didn't like the taste of decanting soup, so I prepared this for me. I pulled it out with well water, and it was cold. ”

Yi Duli took it and drank it in one gulp, only to feel that it was a little bit hot and a lot more comfortable.

He hesitated for a moment, frowned and asked, "Okay, why did Yueniang run away to meet the outsiders?" ”

Yueniang is his concubine in the spring, she is only thirteen this year, and she is the age of cardamom, petite and lovely.

Yiduli's wife, Ilgen Jue Luo, was originally going to come to Rehe, but she couldn't get out of her house because of housework, so she asked someone to send Yueniang over.

It just so happened that Yidu Li was a little angry with Yang Ruixue because of Chu Yu's assassination in the mansion, and when he saw that the concubine had arrived, he stayed in Yueniang's house.

"Xu wants to hear about my sister's news, didn't you say that Yueniang's sister became a person in Young Master Yun's house?" Yang Ruixue replied softly.

"Rao is so, you should also stop her. She is young and doesn't know the rules, and you, who are your sister, don't care about discipline. Yi Duli thought that when he first came back, he saw Yueniang and Shiyun talking in the hall, and there was something wrong in his heart.

"Yes, master, the slave knows." Yang Ruixue bowed her head in response, pulled Yi Duli's arm, and said, "Don't worry, my sister Yueniang is about the same age as Young Master Shi, and there are children who are willing to get closer." ”

It's okay that she didn't say this, but as soon as she said this, Yi Duli's brows furrowed even tighter.

Yang Ruixue obediently felt that she had already shut her voice, walked two steps, went to the table in front of the window, picked a hairpin down, and picked out the ashes in the incense burner.

Yidu Liyuan was also afraid that the concubine would be born on the occasion of Fengyue, and the boudoir would not be solemn, so he put a hat on himself.

Seeing Yang Ruixue's gentle waist and thinking about the style on her bed, Yi Duli couldn't help but feel a little hot.

In addition, the smell of wine has not disappeared, and it is beautiful at the moment, where can Yiduli still hold it.

He stood up, stepped forward, and took Yang Ruixue Lou in his arms, his hands and feet were already dishonest.

"Master, my sister is still waiting for my master......" Yang Ruixue wanted to struggle, but was hugged tightly by Yi Duli.

Yi Duli was provoked, picked up Yang Ruixue horizontally, took two steps under his feet, and pressed her on the kang.

At this time, I heard a maid outside: "Master, second wife, Aunt Yue sent someone over and asked when the master would pass." ”

Yi Duli's hand was rubbing on Yang Ruixue's chest, and it was when he was agitated, he couldn't help but be disappointed when he heard the words, turned his head, and said to the door: "But let's go, call Mama Ma over and teach her the rules......"

Yang Ruixue turned into a pool of spring water, her heart was proud, her mouth was moaning slightly, and her body was already soft......

(To be continued)