The entire Guogong Mansion was lifeless, and along the way, I only saw three or two small servants and servants. Although Cao Hao also knew that the clan was not as powerful as the Ping Wangfu, he was still surprised by such a bleak scene.

E Fei received Cao Hao in the inner hall, wearing only a homely dress, leaning crookedly on the half-worn indigo satin backrest. His face was very bad, pale and blue, and he looked very tired.

Cao Hao stepped forward to salute, E Fei stretched out his hand and called out, pointing to the chair on the ground for him to sit down: "It's so sick, it's not suitable to meet guests, but I heard that you have been busy with the fourth elder brother on an errand for epidemic prevention recently, and I feel a little uneasy, so I invite you in!" ”

Although Cao Hao had been E Fei's subordinate, the two were just nodding friends, and E Fei's words that were obviously caring for his elders were extremely natural and unpretentious.

Cao Hao thought that he had the impression that he left on people was rigorous and measured, but now he was like a dying old man, but it just made people feel lonely, and he couldn't help but feel Qi Qiran, and he spoke with concern for a while: "It's all good here, but here, you have to take more care." ”

E Fei saw the concern on Cao Hao's face, and couldn't help but lose his mind, and finally smiled and said: "I'm not a big problem, it's all old horses, so I have to report to the Internal Affairs Office!" It's just an old age, and it's good to recuperate for two days! ”

Cao Hao couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that E Fei's sleeves were worn, and then thought that he didn't think about eating, so he asked two more questions.

E Fei either nodded or shook his head, not caring about his physical condition at all. Seeing that he was so casual, Cao Hao wanted to persuade him a few more words, but thinking of the relationship between the two, it was a bit arrogant, and it was not very timely, so he swallowed the words that came to his mouth immediately.

After saying two sentences about the situation in the capital, Cao Hao saw that his face was becoming more and more kind, with a pro-elder look, and finally couldn't help but ask the doubts that had been buried in his heart for two years: "I still remember the first time I saw the adult, and the adult's expression was slightly different. ”

E Fei was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he reacted, and couldn't help coughing, coughing so red that his face was really uncomfortable.

Cao Hao hurriedly got up and patted him on the back with a close approach.

E Fei's body stiffened, and then gradually stopped coughing, but because he coughed harder, tears came out. He tried his best to make himself appear calmer, but his slightly trembling hands still revealed the tension in his heart: "Why are you ...... Remembering to ask these? Ling Zun often went to Beijing in his early years, but he also knew it! ”

Even if Cao Hao had any doubts in his heart, it was not easy to ask him directly if he knew his mother, so he just said tactfully: "My humble uncle is the Li family in Suzhou, I don't know if adults can recognize him?" ”

The expression on E Fei's face changed several times, and he was silent for a long time, but finally just closed his eyes slightly and sighed. The whole person sat there, revealing endless sentimentality from the inside out.

Cao Hao looked at him like this, and he couldn't ask anymore, no matter what happened back then, just looking at E Fei's expression, he knew that it must be a painful memory.

Even if he was curious, he shouldn't ask these questions at this time, Cao Hao took a deep breath, stood up, and pretended to say casually: "I was worried when I heard that adults were sick, but now it seems that it is not a serious illness, which is really fortunate!" Because there are still errands, I won't stay long, so I have a good rest, and I'll come to visit you again in the next day! ”

Cao Hao waited for a while, but he didn't hear E Fei's answer, and couldn't help but call again: "Your Excellency, ......"

As if waking up from a dream, E Fei hummed, and then said slowly: "That was twenty-eight years, and I was just a teenager at that time, about the same age as you are now, and I was on an errand by the side of Long Live Lord. Just in time for the second southern tour of the Holy Driver......"

It's a cliché story that can't be more clichéd, E Fei, an errand guard by Kangxi's side, saw a beautiful and gentle young lady when he followed the holy car south and stayed in Suzhou. This young lady has neither the arrogance of a Manchurian aunt nor the cowardice of a Han girl, and acts generously and politely.

E Fei's father died in the rebellion of the three feudatories, and his biological mother died early. Therefore, Kangxi treats this nephew very differently and is quite cultivated.

Perhaps because of the lack of parental care since childhood, E Fei was extremely cautious in marriage matters, and once asked for grace to choose his beloved woman as his wife. This young lady in Suzhou is just in the eyes of E Fei.

E Fei inquired carefully, this young lady lost her father since she was a child, just like herself, and now lives with her mother at her cousin's house. Because that young lady is everyone's best girl, her self-respecting identity, she rarely appears in front of people, and E Fei has only met by accident. Although he had the heart of "Mu Ai", he couldn't do anything to teach and receive privately, so he made up his mind and got close to her cousin.

The young lady's cousin is older, and he treats this little sister as if he were a daughter, and now that he is of marriage age, he also wants to find a suitable family for her. After knowing the mind of this little prince, he was very satisfied. After all, this little prince is a serious yellow belt, and he was taught by the Lord Banzai, which shows that he has a bright future.

Because of his scruples, his family background was a little humble, and the cousin was still suspicious, afraid that after Guogong had a noble side room, his cousin would be wronged.

This little prince swore that he would be good to this young lady in this life, otherwise he would not die a good death. The sincerity of this little prince touched the cousin of the young lady, and the cousin agreed to the family business. The prince gave his father's relics, a dagger, to the young lady's cousin.

Xiao Guogong was still thinking about how to ask for a long live lord, so he took the errand and was sent to Shandong.

When the holy driver returned to Beijing, when Xiao Guogong had the opportunity to mention it, he caught up with Empress Xiaoyi. During the state funeral, where can I mention family affairs? He had to wait patiently. finally waited for the national funeral, but caught up with Galdan to invade Uzhumuqin to launch a rebellion, Kangxi personally conscripted, stationed in Boluo and Tun, and later returned to Luan due to illness. In this way, in the wave after wave, time passed slowly, and more than a year had passed since the original agreement with the young lady's cousin.

During this period, the prince of this small country also sent someone to Suzhou to deliver a letter, but the cousin's reply was just to listen to the order. When this little prince finally couldn't help it and begged Kangxi for marriage, he got another shocking news. After the national funeral, the young lady married Jiangning Weaving as a stepfamily, and this family business is exactly what the saint refers to.

Xiao Guogong's grief and indignation were inexplicable, and he couldn't figure out why Kangxi, who had always loved him, was so messy with the mandarin duck spectrum. No one told him why, no one gave him an explanation. Kangxi asked someone to give him the dagger he left in the Li family, and pointed him out a decent family affair.

Speaking of this, E Fei stopped. Cao Hao listened, and he was also embarrassed, and he could imagine how enthusiastic the young man was looking forward to this family affair with such enthusiasm, and how he was heartbroken after learning about the change.

These dusty past events must have been pressed on E Fei's heart for more than 20 years, and they were extremely heavy, and when he said this, his demeanor was calmer than before. Seeing that Cao Hao's face was also quite touched, he couldn't help but shake his head, and said with a wry smile: "In the end, people are old, so they have to be verbose and weird, and they actually tell you this!" ”

Because it involved his mother, Cao Hao didn't know how to say how to comfort for a while, and after a while, Fang said: "I grew up next to my grandmother since I landed, and I wasn't close to my mother at that time. Later, when I was older, I knew that I was grateful for the nurturing grace of my parents.

"Mother usually doesn't see any preferences, the needlework girl is not outstanding, and her talent in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting is only mediocre, but because of her good surname, she often has a smile on her face, and she rarely has troubles. Although my grandmother was a little strict, she was also very kind to my mother, and even in front of me, she often taught me to be filial to my mother in the future.

"I remember, when I was 10 years old, somehow, someone remembered to propose marriage to me. I still remember clearly that my grandmother specially called me aside and explained to me earnestly, saying that although my mother had a good heart, her surname was too generous, and she had never quarreled with anyone when she was in her mother's family or when she was married.

"I'm just a little older, and my grandmother has repeatedly warned me that no matter what kind of wife I marry in the future, it doesn't matter if my appearance is good or not, whether my family background is decent or not, and I don't want to be picky, but the girl has a good surname and knows how to honor her in-laws. My grandmother said that my mother has never been angry since she was a child, and if she is old and old, she will not be at ease as a mother-in-law.

"My father...... My father was busy with errands, and it was good to spend half a year in the house, and my mother was at home. My mother never complained, nor did she blush with my father. My sister and I are both a little young and old, and in front of my mother, I am not as coquettish and attached as ordinary children, which can be regarded as a mother's regret!

Although my family is not a prominent and powerful family, it can be regarded as rich in food and clothing over the years, if it were not for my poor health when I was a child and I was sick a few times, my mother would have lived a happy life for more than 20 years......"

Cao Hao recalled, and the bottom of his heart also swelled up with the longing for his parents and his grandmother, and his emotions were a little excited, and he couldn't talk anymore when he said it. After closing, the room fell silent.

After a long time, E Feifang exhaled, as if relieved, and said to Cao Hao: "You are a good boy, I envy Ling Zun tightly!" With a sensible son like you, you can imagine how relieved your parents should be! ”

"There's a saying, I don't know if the younger generation can't say it?" Cao Hao saw the sadness and loneliness in his smile, and he couldn't bear it for a while, so he spoke.

Waiting for E Fei to nod, Cao Haofang said: "The past is over, no matter how deep the knot is, it should be solved in twenty years!" Adult, in a hundred years of life, you are only a small half of the past! ”

E Fei didn't answer for a long time, and after a quarter of an hour, Fang nodded.

The atmosphere was really depressing, Cao Hao knew what he could do, and that was it, and then it was up to him to figure it out.

* Out of Efei Mansion, Cao Hao looked at the blue sky and couldn't help but be a little happy. What would it be like if he met a tempting woman before he got married, and he couldn't ask for it like this? What would it be like if the woman he married was not Chu Yu, but a temperamental person who didn't vote at all?

was slightly embarrassed, and then he put away those emotions, right now, it's really not the time to sigh. Cao Hao asked the soldiers of the Yamen of the infantry army who came with him: "Have you seen and sprinkled lime everywhere on the road outside the house?" After receiving an affirmative answer, he waved his hand: "Let's go, go to the next one!" ”

Xiao Man led the horse, and he was about to turn over on the horse, when he heard someone calling: "Childe! ”

It was Wei Bai who arrived, and when he saw Cao Hao, he said quickly: "Childe, it seems that someone wants to go out of the city from Xizhimen!" ”

"What?" Cao Hao was shocked when he heard this: "What's the matter, who is it?" ”

Wei Bai shook his head and said: "This, but I don't know, because there are officers and soldiers on guard over there, like some great big man." I wanted to find out, but I couldn't go up at all, and look at those people's clothes, like they were from the military camp! ”

Cao Hao called Wu Mao and Wu Sheng, and ordered: "One of you will go to Prince Yong's mansion, and the other will go to the Bujun Yamen, and tell the prince and the admiral to ......" Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of something, and then stopped.

Wu Sheng saw that he didn't say anything, and he was not a person with a score in his heart, so he hurriedly asked, "Uncle, what do you want us to tell?" ”

Cao Hao shook his head: "You don't have to go!" He remembered clearly, that day, the captain in front of Fucheng Gate said that it was clear that without the joint signatures of the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother and the three admirals of the Nine Gates, no one would be able to go out of the city. At the moment, it must be these few compromises, but they don't know who it is, so that they can forget the danger in the capital right now.

Cao Hao called the two leaders of the infantry officers and soldiers, gave an explanation, and then took Xiaoman Wei Bai to Xizhimen.

Inside the Xizhi Gate, the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother stood side by side at the gatehouse, looking at the mighty team in front of them, and they were also speechless. The first two days were decreed, saying that they would send the sixteenth elder brother back to welcome the palace concubine and the little elder brother to Rehe to escape the summer. Unexpectedly, two little palace maids were killed in the palace yesterday. If something happens to the harem concubine or the little brother, then neither of them can afford it.

In the end, under the resolution of several old princes of the clan, the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother had no choice but to compromise and agreed to let the ninth elder brother escort the harem concubines and the little elder brother to Rehe first.

(To be continued)