The southeast of the west city, the velvet alley, Dong Efu, the main hall of the inner courtyard.

Kali stood in front of the hall, his robe a little wrinkled, and he no longer had the majestic appearance he had when he was in Jiangnan. The lawsuit for more than a year has also tormented him. The original rich figure has been reduced a lot, his back is a little hunched, his face looks a lot older, and his face is full of gloom.

Looking at his mother-in-law Jue Luo, who was sitting on the main seat, his eyes were almost bleeding, and he held back his anger, didn't scold, and asked through gritted teeth: "Eniang!" Good mother! But what is there about the son's unfilial piety, where is he slacking off and hurting his mother's heart? So that Eniang doesn't think about the mother-son relationship at all, and wants to go to the royal court to complain? ”

Kangxi and Jue Luo's answer in Changchun Garden Shouxuan Palace did not shy away from people. Although the palace rules are strict, it is at the critical moment when the prince is "two wastes" and the storage position is undecided, and all parties pay attention to it.

At this time, the officials and other yamen also had a result in the lawsuit against the dismissal of the governor of Liangjiang, Kali, and the governor of Suzhou, Zhang Boxing, and believed that the two of them "were both feudal ministers, did not think of harmony and cooperation, and congratulated each other, and defiled the posts of ministers, and should dismiss both Kali and Zhang Boxing", but considering that the local government must be upright and upright, so as not to burden the people, whether Zhang Boxing should be dismissed and retained, they are still "waiting for the holy judge"

After Kangxi met Jue Luo in Changchun Garden, when he talked to several ministers about the exchange of Kali and Zhang Boxing, he directly said something similar to "his mother is still ashamed of her deeds, and her crime cannot be punished", and then ordered that Kali should be dismissed from his post and Zhang Boxing should be dismissed from his post.

In order to win the lawsuit with Zhang Boxing, although Kali was far away in Jiangnan in the past two years, he sent money to Beijing. All kinds of things are counted, even a few golden people. As the saying goes, "wealth can be channeled into God", otherwise the results of the first two ministerial meetings would not have been Kali retained and Zhang Boxing dismissed. Even if it was the last time, both of them were dismissed, and Kalihara was not afraid.

It is true that Zhang Boxing is a clean official, but his surname is old-fashioned and he does not understand the world, where can such a stunned young man be tolerated in the officialdom? Even if there is no Karya, there are many people who want to fix him. He has a high reputation among the Jiangnan scholars, and his official reputation among the people is good, which has already committed the emperor's taboo. Therefore, although some of Kali's pigtails were caught in Zhang Boxing's hands, he was very confident in his heart.

Kali thought that in the end, the master of Long Live would definitely favor himself, and there would be no reason to defend Hanchen. Otherwise, wouldn't it chill the government and the opposition? Even though the imperial court has entered a lot of Hanchen in the past two years, the high-ranking officials are still controlled by Manchen. After all, long live the master to rule the world by Manchurians.

Who would have thought that this would be the case? The root cause of the disaster turned out to be his mother-in-law, Jue Luo, who was known to be filial piety. When Kali found out, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

No, as soon as he returned to the capital with his brothers and nephews, he rushed to his mother's courtyard to ask for the guilt.

Jue Luo held the Buddha beads in his hand, sat firmly on the main seat, and did not panic at the roar of this Karri, raised his head and said unhurriedly: "Are you accusing Eniang?" ”

The Kali journey was full of dust, his mouth was already full of blood bubbles, and his heart was full of fire. The difference between this "dismissal" and "dismissal and retention" is big, and although Zhang Boxing has not gotten any good now, no one can see that the limelight of Long Live Lord has changed. Those who are "dismissed and retained" are about to be promoted; Like him, who was personally said by the master of Long Live that "his crime cannot be punished", I am afraid that he will never have the opportunity to be reinstated.

He has been in the office for nearly 30 years, and the scenery has been prominent for more than ten years, and he is only one step away from the pavilion and worshipping the prime minister, but he has fallen into this fate, how can he be willing?

In the past few years in Jiangnan, not to mention anything else, it is for the sake of the mother-in-law to worship the Buddha, which temple in Jiangning City has not received the incense and silver from the Governor's Palace? Kali didn't dare to pat his chest and say that he was a good official, but he dared to tell anyone that he was a well-deserved dutiful son.

can be said for decades, to the mother-in-law morning and dusk, solid filial piety, how many can be found in this Eight Banners? Even if you don't miss him, you don't have to stab him in the back like this!

Hearing Jue Luo's calm and calm rhetorical question, Kali was so angry that his beard was about to be cocked, his body couldn't help but tremble, and he asked with a black face: "Eniang, shouldn't my son ask?" In the end, what did the son do not do enough, so that Eniang wanted to put her son to death, and the son really couldn't think of it! "By the end, the voice was getting louder and louder, and I almost shouted by my neck.

Dong E Jinghui stood in the back room, listening to the uncle's questioning, and was so anxious that she couldn't understand why her grandmother didn't defend herself. Where is the grandmother going to sue, but she just happened to meet the long-lived master.

I heard Luo Shi reply slowly: "The three hundred nuns in the Governor's Palace, the golden wire bed in Dongfutang, which sentence is a lie?" ”

Kali only felt that his eyes were black, and he almost didn't faint, God, his fist and filial piety have now become his "proof of crime", how can there be such a truth in the world?

Dong E Jinghui couldn't listen to it in the back room, she knew that her uncle's temper was not a kind person, and sometimes it was terrifying to be irritable, if it was really misunderstood that it was her grandmother who sued, then even if the family would be uneasy in the future.

Stroking his chest and inhaling hard, Dong E Jinghui walked out and called softly: "Uncle! ”

Maybe the movement was too small, or everyone was waiting for Kali to speak, so except for Jue Luo, no one else saw Dong E Jinghui come out of the back room.

Jue Luo frowned slightly, turned his head and said to his granddaughter: "Adults speak, what are you mixing with your little children, why don't you go to the house quickly!" ”

With this sentence, Fang made Kali, Seleqi, Gandu and Gantai pay attention to Jinghui.

Jinghui did not go back to the inner room as obediently and obediently as she said, but took two steps forward and said loudly to Kali: "Uncle, grandmother did not go to the royal court to complain!" That grandmother took her niece to Changchun Garden to greet the Queen Mother Lafayette, just in time to catch up with the Long Live Lord, because she couldn't avoid it, she took a look at the Queen Mother in the palace. I don't know how Long Live Lord remembered to ask his grandmother about his uncle......" Speaking of this, he paused and continued: "Grandmother replied twice! ”

After all, Kali is a person who rises and falls in the sea, and after seeing his mother's style, his heart has gradually calmed down. After listening to his niece's words, his face was full of joy and anger, and he let out an "oh" and asked, "Which two sentences did you answer?" Could it be the two sentences of the nun and the bed curtain? ”

In order to prevent the uncle from misunderstanding her grandmother, Jinghui mustered up the courage to say these words, it is not easy, where can she lie? I glanced at my grandmother, but I didn't know how to answer my uncle's question.

Seeing his granddaughter's embarrassed appearance, Jue Luo got up from his seat with a cold face and said to Kali: "Okay, okay, it's all in the past, why do you mention it?" Although he has been dismissed from office, the title is still there. Your brothers and nephews have all returned to Beijing safely, what else is there to ask for? Where has Tuoheqi been less beautiful than you over the years, and what is the end now? You are also a sixty-year-old, what's wrong with returning to Beijing for two years? There are Zhuangzi and land at home, and the income is enough to chew. You are tired when you come back from afar, go down and freshen up, E-Niang is going to incense! With that, he turned around and called his granddaughter and went back to the back room.

Seleqi couldn't bear it anymore, thinking about the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River, and the cold eyes he received when he came back all the way, he wanted to chase after him and scold, but he was pulled by Kali.

"Big brother, this old immortal ......" Seleqi was full of anger, but was drunk by the Kary.

Kari looked at the few in the room and said, "Since the old lady has gone to the Buddha to offer incense, then let's go back first!" ”

Seleqi was still confused and wanted to ask questions, but was glared back by Kali, so he reached out to cover his mouth and followed his brother to the front yard.

When he arrived at the front courtyard hall, he waved his hand to send out all the people who were waiting, and Kali's face immediately showed a hideous color, and he slapped the table vigorously and said, "Old and not dead, old and not dead!" There is such an old thing at home, it is really eight lifetimes of blood mold! ”

Seleqi nodded hurriedly, and responded: "That's it!" If it weren't for this old thing coming to make such a fuss, the eldest brother wouldn't have lost to Zhang Boxing like this! It's so fucking hateful! The filial piety of the eldest brother over the years has been honored to the belly of the dog! ”

Gandu and Gantai are juniors, although they also complained that the old lady was confused, but after all, they had accumulated power for many years, and they didn't dare to follow the blindness, so they glanced at each other, obediently hung their hands, and listened to their respective fathers' scratches.

Thinking that there was no hope of his reinstatement, and that his brother Seleqi was not capable of taking care of things, and that the rise and fall of the family would fall on his son Gandu and his nephew Gantai and their cousins, Kali sighed and looked a little depressed. It's just a short moment, he seems to have aged a few years, his body is a bunch of wilts, and he waved his hand at Seleqi: "Come on, no matter what, the old lady's last words are reasonable, the matter has come to this point, it is useless to say more!" ”

Seleqi was anxious and asked, "Big brother, how do you say this?" Could it be that you have achieved such a recognition? It's up to this old immortal to be a demon, this time it's the eldest brother's official position, and I can't figure out if I want our surname next time! ”

When Kali saw that he was in his forties, he didn't say anything about playing with women, and he was still stunned, impatient, and said, "What are these useful and useless things!" It's just that it's not pleasing to the eye again, her identity is there! Dare to be rude to your mother-in-law, do you want the old lady to go to the military yamen to sue you for a big crime of 'disobedience'? ”

The "crime of disobedience" is a "heinous" crime, and if you really bear this crime, then there is nothing else but to lose your head.

Seleqi was only faint for a moment just now, and now when he heard his brother say this, he muttered a few words, and he didn't dare to answer again.

Seeing that his younger brother was separated, Fang said to Gandu and Gantai: "No matter how much you brothers complain about the old lady in your hearts, you must pretend to be on this face, don't be rude and annoy the old lady, but there is no place to buy regret medicine!" In the future, our family will rely on you two brothers. The old lady and the Queen Mother Lafayette have an old relationship, and if you want to have a good background, you have to be filial piety, huh? You see!? ”

Gandu and Gantai listened with their heads down, and finally replied in unison: "My son knows!" ”

It turned out that although Gantai was the son of Seleqi, he was recognized by the wife of Kali. The reason is just that they are all concubines, and they are not treated by their mothers.

Obviously, there is a son in the long house, and the slave is the son, which is really not in line with the rules and etiquette. Jue Luo only said it once a few years ago. Although Kali responded to his face and wanted to explain to his wife, he was just fooling the old lady, and he still screamed like this in private. Gandu secretly hated in his heart, but there was no way.

* At the mouth of the alley not far from Dong E's Mansion, Cao Song sat on a horse and looked at it from a distance, his face was a little more helpless, and his mouth was vague. His personal little maid Moshu followed behind, listening to his master muttering "no-show" and "ugly girl" or something, he vaguely understood some reasons, and said: "Since you know that Miss Biao's family is here, do you want to visit the old lady of her family!" ”

Cao Song's eyes lit up, and his face was about to show joy, and then he shook his head and extinguished this thought.

These two days inquired about the Kali family, and Cao Song also knew a little about the news of Kali's dismissal. Not to mention the capital, earlier in Jiangning, the name of Kali was like thunder. Cao Song knew that he was a big corrupt official, and he also had a relationship with the Cao family in his early years, and later with the Li family...... became an in-law.

Thinking of this, he suddenly became a little irritable. The Kali family, the uncle and the elder brother are all avoided, where is the reason to send them to the door to implicate? That's not a poke at home! Even if he doesn't have much potential and can't share the worries of his uncle and brother, he won't be a bastard to cause trouble for them.

Even though he was reluctant to break the appointment and wanted to see the "ugly girl", he also knew the severity and knew that he couldn't be sloppy in the capital, otherwise he would fall into the eyes of others, who would know what was wrong.

Dong E's house was not far from Cao's house, and Cao Song rode back to his house a little deflated. Cao Hao had to wait for the official document from the household department, and he had to stay in Beijing for a while; Cao Song, as a filial son, is no longer right to come out like this, and he will go back to Jiangning, and he is afraid that he will have to wait for the expiration of the filial piety period when he enters Beijing. At that time, the "ugly girl" had already gone out. Thinking of this, he was a little unenergetic, and he only felt embarrassed.

Before arriving at the gate of Cao's mansion, a steward in front of him greeted him, holding Cao Song's reins, and said, "Oh, good second master, where have you been?" A room full of people is waiting for you to come back! ”

Cao Song turned over and dismounted, sounding a little curious, and asked, "Looking for the master?" How many young masters from Zhaojia Mansion are here? ”

The steward replied: "Not only a few young masters from Zhaojia Mansion, but also a few elder brothers from King Chun's Mansion, Prince Ping also came, and Jueluo Mansion said that the third aunt was sick, and he also sent someone to send something." They are all here to practice for the second master, and the uncle accompanies him to talk in the hall! ”

Although they are not outsiders, after all, there is still "family ugliness should not be publicized", so the reason why Cao Song entered Beijing was only to say that he was ordered by his uncle to come here to deal with some housework.

Of course, Narsu didn't hide it. After all, the two brothers couldn't stay in the capital for a long time, and since Cao Yi insisted on staying in Jueluo's house, he would have to rely on the Pingjun Wang and his wife to take care of them in the future.

Because they are all good friends with Cao Song, the three brothers Hongshu and their brothers are also familiar with Fengde, Fengche, and Lian of Zhaojia Mansion. Everyone got together, and it was just lively, and when they saw Cao Song coming back, they hurriedly stretched out their hands to beckon him over.

Cao Song glanced at it, didn't see his brother and brother-in-law, and asked everyone, only to know that the two had just entered the study to talk, so he didn't bother them, and said goodbye to a few little brothers outside.

Because he returned to the south in early June to guard filial piety, Cao Song didn't know about Hongxin's pox, and now he saw that his original fleshy little face had lost weight, not to mention, there were several more meat pits. Among them, the right cheek is the most wonderful, with three small meat pits slanted, neatly arranged, with a slightly funny and playful appearance.

Cao Song glanced at it several times, but he didn't figure it out, but he hadn't seen him for a year, how did the fourth elder brother of the Chunwang Mansion not only grow his head, but also change his appearance. It's not ugly, but there are too many things to look at, and it's a little unpleasant.

After Hongxin recovered from his illness, he knew that there were more pits on his face, and he didn't like to see people, because he had always had a good relationship with this second brother Cao, so he followed his brothers to practice for him. Now seeing him look at him so rudely, he was a little annoyed, snorted lightly, and turned his head to ignore him.

Cao Song couldn't help but pointed at Hongxin, and asked very puzzledly: "Fourth elder brother, are you lazy again, why are you missing these words, and you are much whiter?" How did you practice riding and archery, and did you get a stone bow? Who swore that he would win against me, and forgot about it? ”

Hongxin listened, and then realized that Cao Song was looking at him for this, and smiled embarrassedly.

Cao Song was in the funeral, and it was not good for everyone to mention the wedding event, but everyone was a teenager, and when they talked about it, they didn't have those scruples.

Fengde and Helian have already married, and Fengche has also made a marriage, and will do family affairs at the end of the year. Cao Song had to say a few more words of congratulations, because everyone was wearing plain clothes, and some meat remarks and jokes were saved.

Hongshu pointed to his wife half a month ago, and Cao Song heard about it when he entered Beijing, and heard that the other party was the queen mother's clansman, the daughter of a Mongolian squire, who was born noble, so he also said hello to him.

Hongshu is not like Fengde, they are used to it, they are a little shy, they responded to two sentences randomly, and quickly changed the topic.

* In the small study on the west side, Cao Hao and Nersu listened to the faint laughter outside, and their mood improved a lot.

When the two talked, they were a little public before private, after all, Cao Hao was outside Beijing this year, although he knew some news about the capital through various channels, it was not as detailed as Nersu's side. In the previous letters, some things have been said, but some key things cannot be put on paper. For example, some royal secrets.

When he heard "Chen Guiren", Cao Hao was startled, thinking that it was his "chrysanthemum" cousin, but after knowing that it was the mother of the seventeenth elder brother, he sighed again.

The prince is molesting his mother in the camp, what is this not death? Nersu said a little heavy, there was no schadenfreude at all, and he was also confused when he thought about it, he could know that there was someone behind the scenes, but he didn't know which master it was.

Cao Hao secretly pondered, with Kangxi's face-loving surname, where would such an ugly thing as the prince forcing his mother to spread out? Even if someone really witnessed it at that time, I am afraid that it would have been extinguished a long time ago.

Nersu saw his doubts and said, "It's strange here, it's obviously something that no one knows, but it's spread in private!" When I got to the top, I wanted to seal it again, but I couldn't, so I just thought that someone slandered the prince and killed a few unlucky chamberlains, which was the end! ”

Cao Hao thought about the seventeenth elder brother and asked, "What about Chen Guiren?" ”

Nersu replied in a low voice: "I'm afraid it's also because of the spread, this Chen Guiren can be regarded as saving a life, if she really has a mistake at this time, then she will sit down on this ugly matter, where will the royal family lose this face?" What a result of her creation! ”

The elder brothers, Cao Hao and Nersu counted them one by one, but they couldn't see which one it was. For this kind of layout master who can make Kangxi deflated, the two can only admire.

Although Cao Hao knew that the final winner was the fourth elder brother, he didn't want it to be him. Kangxi has been the emperor for more than 50 years, and after suffering this secret loss, where will he easily stop? In the end, I don't know which one will be unlucky.

Speaking of these things in the power field, the two talked about Seshtu again. Naturally, Nersu had to scold Seshtu again, and finally complained about Cao Hao.

The capital is not without the maiden family of the three girls, there are sisters and brothers-in-law, where do they need the two brothers to come from Shandong, Jiangning? Just send him a letter, and it's over. If Seshtu dares to be restless and find a reason to do so, it can also make him peel off his skin. is really ignorant, and he is not used to him, if the third girl breaks off the relationship, it is a big deal to stay widowed for two years, and then find a stable family.

Nersu has always been gentle, and as soon as he looks like a good prince, it is the first time for Cao Hao to see him so ruthless, I don't know whether to rest assured, or something else, looking at his light brain, a little dazed.

Nersu was inexplicably looked at by him, touched his head, and asked, "What do you look at, but it's stained?" ”

Cao Hao raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "I'm thinking, in the Qing Dynasty, I don't know if I write a brick to the king of the iron hat county, what kind of crime will I get?" ”

Nersu had already listened to his wife talk about the bricks, so he naturally knew the meaning of Cao Hao's words, and said with a smile: "Brother Hao, don't think about it. Your brother-in-law and I have always been people who cherish blessings, and I will never let you get into a lawsuit! ”

(To be continued)