Changchun Garden, outside the gate of the second palace.

Cao Yan frowned slightly, pacing left and right, stopping occasionally to look in the direction of the inner palace. The sixteenth elder brother has been for a while, and there is no news yet.

Cao Yan was already faintly anxious.

Listening to the meaning of the sixteenth elder brother, someone blew the wind in front of the queen mother and gave the Cao family eye medicine. Mother Li's surname is Zi Mianhe, if he is wronged, he will not feel good as a son.

Because he didn't know how long the delay would last, he had already sent someone to the yamen to ask for leave.

If nothing else, let's just say that the Queen Mother follows the rules and lets Li kneel for a while, which is enough for people to drink a pot.

Thinking of this, Cao Yan couldn't help but slander in his heart.

At this age, it's good to rest, what are you doing when you have nothing to do with others? It is said that the queen mother is a foolish person, but now that she looks at it, it really doesn't look like it's trouble-free.

was scolding, and saw someone coming out of the palace gate, but it was the fourteenth elder brother.

Seeing Cao Yan, he looked slightly stunned, and then showed a little smile, looked at Cao Yan twice, and said, "This is the garden that hasn't left the garden since the dispersal of the dynasty?" ”

Although he was on guard in his heart, his identity was different, and even though the fourteenth elder brother took the initiative to show goodwill, there was no room for Cao Yan to avoid it.

He hurriedly bowed down and said, "If you go back to the fourteenth master, you have already asked for leave from the yamen, and you will go to the yamen after sending your mother and inner son back to the house." ”

"Oh, your mother and Da Gege have entered the palace? Are you going to the princess? It's a lot of work for us, do you need to send someone to help you ask? The fourteenth elder brother was rarely warm, but his expression was slightly stiff.

The heavenly family has no selfish affairs, and the harem is all about these doors, and the magnates in Beijing cannot be said to know everything, and they all know it in their hearts.

Cao Yan is no exception, in the harem, those who can speak in front of the queen mother are the four concubines and several female relatives of the undivided elder brother.

Among them, which one he offended himself, he also knew in his heart.

was originally suspected of the fourteenth elder brother, but now he sees that he wants to cover up the meaning, but this is like a implementation.

Cao Yan sneered in his heart, already annoyed.

It's okay to calculate him, he accompanies the entertainment, and if he doesn't hurt his muscles and bones, he can endure it.

After all, in this era of cannibalism, the other party is the prince's elder brother, and if he doesn't want to rebel, he has to be respected.

However, if it is calculated on his family, it is not something he can tolerate.

Dragons have reverse scales, and rabbits bite when they are in a hurry.

A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye, Cao Yan's heart had already whipped the future general Wang a few times, but there was a smile on his face, and he said: "Xie Fourteenth Master, the Sixteenth Master has already gone to the princess's concubine, and it is time to come out!" ”

Compared with the joy and anger of the fourteenth elder brother, Cao Yan is a human sperm, and his gratitude is like coming out of his heart.

The fourteenth elder brother rarely offered a courtesy, but he was politely refused, but seeing Cao Yan's posture, he was not annoyed.

He nodded with a smile and said, "It's hard for you to be good with Xiao Sixteen all these years, and you haven't been a companion for all these years." It's just that even though you are about the same age, you have to be careful about whether you are of different generations. From Da Gege's side, it's his own uncle. Speaking of which, I thought that the sixteenth elder brother and Cao Yan were different from others, and the two of them were cousins from the side of the princess.

However, the words have already been spoken, and it is not easy to change.

He coughed and asked, "But do you understand?" Even if you are good friends in private, you should avoid it in front of people, and if you fall into the tongue of the province, you will be said to be disrespectful and disrespectful! ”

This is holding his chest up and holding up the shelf of the elders.

Although Cao Yan didn't know why he came to this scene, he summed up Han, and his face still responded respectfully and gratefully.

The fourteenth elder brother said while thinking about Eniang's warning, this remark will definitely not be untargeted.

Although he is not angry, he also knows that Eniang loves himself the most, and this mention is for his own good.

Come to think of it, it's not as good now as it was in the past.

In the past, he was attached to the eighth elder brother, and he didn't need to take the initiative to win over people.

Now it is the time when the wings are growing and the reading power is the gateway.

Not to mention that the father and son of the Cao family have the Sacred Heart, the forces involved in all aspects are not small, and it would be great if they could take it back for their own use.

Besides, people like Cao Yan have no ambitions and ambitions, and they are the most easy to control. The fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother's passing rescue grace made him grateful for many years, and he didn't have to enter and leave the thirteenth elder brother's mansion suspiciously.

In this way, he is also a person with affection and righteousness.

If you can accept it, you can also make people feel at ease, and you don't have to worry about him being a wall-to-wall grass.

Thinking like this, the fourteenth elder brother only felt that his mouth suddenly opened.

His expression became more and more affectionate, and he reached out and patted Cao Yan's shoulder and said, "It's good for you to save it, then do this first, and go to the ministry." You don't have to worry, there are a lot of idlers in the ministry, so you don't have to rush over today. I have long heard that you are good at riding and shooting, and you are free, so let's go hunting and drinking. You can win Detehei, but you may not be able to win the master. As he spoke, he didn't wait for Cao Yan to speak, and he had already made great strides.

The ** in the eyes of the fourteenth elder brother was swept away, and the kind of confidence that was bound to be won made Cao Yan's back break out in a cold sweat.

Looking at that posture, the fourteenth elder brother treats Cao Yan as a little white rabbit, and when he just mentions it, he can be smooth.

Looking at the back of the fourteenth elder brother, Cao Yan only felt that his brain hurt.

Sometimes, this is more speechless than not being seen.

When you don't want to see it, you can avoid it. When we are to see this, how to deal with it has to be thought through, and we must not get too close, leaving sequelae, and being labeled as the "Fourteenth Party"; Can't be too distant, annoyed this one, the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry.

Is it because he is the black hand of the grassland incident that he hates Cao Yan in his heart? Or is it because he is the real culprit behind the Ning Chun family change that he has always been on the embankment of Cao Xuan?

The truth is not yet known.

Now that he can finally put down his body, hide his personal likes and dislikes, and win over Cao Yan, does he already see the storage position as inevitable?

Thinking of the last sentence that the fourteenth elder brother said just now, a ridiculous thought arose in Cao Yan's heart.

It was six years ago that he won Detehei, and it was far away to say.

It's this kind of inconspicuous triviality, if you don't pay special attention, who will remember?

Detehei is a well-known martial madman, and this pulls people to try archery, there are always two times a month, which is really nothing.

The fourteenth elder brother was a defeated subordinate of Detehei back then, and Detehei also deliberately showed off twice.

His surname is straightforward, open-minded and hearty, although the fourteenth elder brother is the prince's elder brother, but he is not as flattering as others.

Back then, the fourteenth elder brother wouldn't have "treated him differently" because he won the competition, right?

Cao Yan was puzzled, when he heard footsteps, turned around, but it was Li and Chu Yu walking over.

The sixteenth elder brother was gone, only his personal attendant Zhao Feng took two little eunuchs, carried a large bag and a small bag, and led the Li family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law out.

Cao Yan looked at Li carefully with a little uneasiness, and saw that her face was pale, and she couldn't help but feel anxious, and stepped forward and said, "Mother, but you don't feel comfortable?" ”

Li walked outside the gate of the second palace and saw his son, surprised with a little joy.

After listening to Cao Yan's words, she shook her head and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine." It was the Sixteen Fujin who moved the fetal gas, so that the imperial doctor came to take a look, and it was delayed for a while. The sixteenth elder brother looked at the other end and said that he would not come out first, and he would talk to you another day. ”

Cao Yan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and asked, "How is the Sixteen Fujin?" I hadn't heard the sixteenth elder brother mention this before. ”

Li said: "Buddha blessed, there is no danger, and there is no major incident." ”

Cao Yan nodded and said, "That's good, this time the sixteenth elder brother should be happy, it's really a great joy." ”

Speaking of this, he smiled at Zhao Feng, who was standing on the side, and said, "I saw the sixteenth master for a while, and I bothered you to change around, so I said that I congratulated him on becoming a father again, and I said that I wanted to eat his wine instead." ”

Zhao Feng bowed and said, "The slave and maid have written it down, and I will ensure that I will turn around and tell the master without saying a word." ”

After saying this, he pointed to the half-large silk bag in his hand: "Master Cao, the slave maid has already talked to Mrs. and Gege just now, and I have to say it again here." This is the ...... that the Queen Mother rewarded" and pointed to the hands of the two little eunuchs behind her: "That bag of ginseng was rewarded by the Lord Banzai, and the rest was prepared by our mother and our master of Fujin a long time ago." It's okay to say anything else, on the side of the queen mother's master, I have to thank the queen mother. "At the end of the day, it's unhearable.

He is not very old, but he is an old man in the palace, and he knows what to say and what not to say.

It's just because Cao Yan has a close relationship with the sixteenth elder brother, and he has treated him like a person over the years, and he is also a little close to Cao Yan in his heart, so he has one more mouth.

Cao Yan nodded, indicating that he had written it down.

It's just that there are a lot of these things, and he can't take them, so he said: "Lao Zhao, my long-term entourage is outside the garden, and I have to trouble you to make someone give me a ride." ”

Zhao Feng saw that he knew what he knew, and he was a little relieved, and said with a smile: "Look at what Cao Ye said, the slave maid was ordered to send his wife and Gege out of the garden." Even if Cao Ye doesn't say it, does the slave still dare to be lazy and turn around halfway through? ”

As they spoke, the group went out of the garden.

Not far away, the carriage and the long entourage of the Cao family were waiting.

Zheng Hu, Xiaoman and others were talking to Wu Shengzheng, and when they saw Cao Hao and others coming out, they hurriedly lowered their hands and stepped forward.

"You sent my wife and grandmother out?" Cao Yan looked at Wu Sheng and said, "On the way back, I will send my wife and them, since it is difficult for you to leave the city once, I will let you take a vacation, and go to the other side of the garden to see your brother." By the way, how is the garden picking, how are the flowers and trees good this year? After a while, it was hot, and I couldn't tell my wife and grandmother to go over to escape the heat. ”

Wu Sheng and his elder brother Wu Mao were both born in the capital mansion, and they worked as errands by Cao Yan's side in their early years. Later, Cao Yan was not worried about Jiangning, so he sent Wu Sheng to the south, and Wu Mao stayed by Cao Yan's side as the second chief manager, living under Cao Fang.

When he arrived in the capital, there was an old housekeeper Cao Zhong in the house, Cao Fang only took care of Cao Yan's business and business, and Wu Mao was sent to Haidian Garden as a housekeeper.

The garden of the Cao family on the Haidian side is next to the garden of the Chunjun Palace, not far from Changchun Garden, so Cao Yan ordered so.

Wu Sheng copied his hand and asked someone to help the carriage up, and watched the maids and daughters-in-law support the Li family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law into the carriage, before he smiled and said to Cao Yan: "Since it is the uncle's order, the little one will be idle today." Don't worry, the flowers and grass roads over there, the small ones must have taken a closer look. If the wife passed, the bluestone slab road would not be needed, and it would be appropriate to change the pebbles. ”

"Well, you can discuss it with your brother and see, just don't delay, it's hot this day, and the silver will start construction as soon as possible." Cao Yan nodded and said.

Li's carriage and Chu Yu's carriage were customized, and in addition to these two carriages, there were also several green tweed carriages accompanying the maid and the maid.

Cao Yan took the long escort and rode back to the city to escort the carriage.

Along the way, I met two or three people who went out of the city to escape the summer, most of whom knew each other, and when they stopped to give way to each other, Cao Yan had to get off the horse and say hello.

In addition, he was afraid that Li was not feeling well, so the carriage also traveled slowly.

By the time Cao Yan and the others entered the city and returned to the mansion, it was already the beginning of Youchu (five o'clock in the afternoon).

Cao Yin had already returned from the yamen, and was waiting in a hurry, so he repeatedly sent people to visit outside the gate.

After getting the letter, he hurriedly came out of the study, went to the second gate, and personally helped Li get out of the car. He put his arm around his wife, looked Li up and down, and saw that there was no lack of hair, and he was relieved.

In front of his son and daughter-in-law, there were maids and wives watching, and Li was blushing.

"Master, the concubine will go by herself!" Li glanced at her arm and whispered to her husband.

Cao Yin also noticed his gaffe, hurriedly put down his arm, in the end he was a little uneasy, "coughed", and instructed the two maids who followed Li Shi out: "Help Mrs., carefully slippery road!" ”

Cao Yan and Chu Yu were on the side, and when they saw the old couple getting along, they had different thoughts.

Cao Yin was the first time to see Cao Yin's embarrassment, and he smiled secretly in his heart.

is his father, but now he is becoming more and more humane, which is very different from the previous appearance of liking to have a gloomy face and frowning and training people.

Chu Yu was puzzled, she was following the Li family, and she saw all kinds of changes in her eyes in the past half of her kung fu.

The queen mother's face before and the gaffe afterward, the emperor's strictness in the queen mother's palace and the kindness of the princess, the surprise and later face of the queen concubine did not change...... If a person changes his face, can it still be said to be a coincidence and an accident, this accident is the same, can it still be a simple accident?

She opened her mouth to ask the princess if the queen mother mistook the Li family, but the princess diverted the conversation and did not hear it.

If it were someone else, it would have been an accident.

Chu Yu knew that the identity of her mother-in-law was a bit secret, and she was the identity of the daughter of the clan.

Now, this one in the Queen Mother's palace seems to verify this statement.

In the end, the emperor entered the door, and the queen mother asked what it meant, Chu Yu only understood the word "daughter", and the others did not understand. But she kept an eye on it and wrote down the approximate pronunciation of the sentence.

First to tell her husband to know, or to understand the meaning of that sentence first, Chu Yu hesitated in her heart...... * Xidan archway, the yamen of the military department.

Several court officials argued endlessly over the candidates for the division to be sent to Zebzundam Bahu Tuketu, and did not come up with the constitution for half an hour.

This errand is not difficult to say, but it is just a word, and it requires many military merits when it is done; It's easy to say but it's not easy, and when the time comes, you have to accompany the great lama to persuade Alabutan to surrender, in case the other party's bandit surname is strong, then the head can't be saved.

The fourteenth elder brother listened impatiently, waved his hand and said: "Don't discuss it anymore, since a few adults can't make up their minds, that master will not avoid his relatives, so he will be a car driver and a ......."

(To be continued)