Nian Xi and his wife went out of Beijing, and it is said that Nian Xiyao's wife was ill, and Nian Xi and his wife used to serve the sick. The couple left in a hurry, and even the Cao family only got the news two days before they left Beijing.

Cao Po was surprised, if Nian Xiyao was "seriously ill" and had no children under his knees, Nian Xi, the nephew of his in-laws, would have said that he had served in the past; But Mrs. Nian Xiyao "is not well." "I dispatched Nian Xi, who had just recovered from a serious illness, to go with his wife, which was really a bit of a fuss.

Surprised, according to the etiquette, Cao Mei still went to Nian's house, and brought the prepared medicinal supplements, which was regarded as practicing for Nian Xi.

I haven't seen it for a few days, and the gloomy aura on Nian Xi's body has faded a lot, but his expression is no sadness, no joy, and no worries.

Seeing this, Cao Po knew that Mrs. Xiyao's "serious illness" that year was just a pretense, otherwise Nian Xi would not have been so easy.

Not only is Nian Xi like this, but the old lady's expression is also gentle and peaceful, and there is no restlessness.

The old lady heard her grandson mention that Cao Yi had suggested that Nian Xi be released, and when she saw him come over to practice, she was very grateful.

For the young head of the Cao family, he took the initiative to get close to him with a thick old face in order to eliminate disasters for his children and grandchildren. But Cao Mei has always been gentle and polite to the elderly, and he does not make people shameless because of his identity and personal grievances.

Then Nian Xi married Da Gege, and the two became in-laws, and the old lady was very happy for the eldest grandson, and always felt that Cao Liang was introverted and transparent, and it was beneficial and harmless to marry him. I don't want to, but in less than a year's effort, I inherited Cao Yu's "life-saving grace".

"If I can come over and send it off, I really have a heart. Speaking of which, this is a family affair of the Nian family, and it is not appropriate to chew your tongue to disturb Ruo's ears. But you are not an outsider, and the old man has nothing to hide. The long house had no heirs, so the old man made the decision and passed my grandson to the long house. The old lady said to Cao Mei with a smile.

The old lady used to call Cao Yi "a virtuous nephew." However, after Cao Yi and Nian Xi became brothers-in-law, they changed their names.

Cao Po couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

It is not uncommon for a step-nephew to be the heir, but the eldest son can pass on. It's a little unreasonable. He was more suspicious, but he didn't want to ask too much.

No wonder Nian Xi and his wife went south, as a nephew and nephew, it was a little inappropriate to serve their aunt, but the heir and heir should have gone away.

Nian Xiyao is the governor of Guangdong, the governor of Guangdong, and the parent of a province in Guangdong. Nian Xi is gone, and Cao Po has nothing to help. However, Cao Po still told Nian Xi of Cao Fang's address in Guangdong, nominally asking Nian Xi to take care of him in his spare time. In fact, I am also afraid that when Nian Xi first arrives in Guangdong, there is something not cheap, and it is not good to bother the elders, so there is a place to ask, so as to save their husband and wife from blackmailing.

It wasn't until Nian Xi and his wife left Beijing for a few days that the news of Nian Xi's family and son passed on gradually spread in Beijing.

I heard that it was the old lady of the Nian family who asked for the decree, and the grace of the emperor and the concubine Niangniang led to the eldest son of the second room of the Nian family, Nian Xi, to succeed to the long house as the heir.

Left aside by others, the son of the second room succeeded the long house as the heir, even if the son in law passed over, the status was improved. Available at home in the year. The title and official position of the second room are much higher than those of the long house.

In this way, a lot of gossip comes out.

The center of the gossip is not the southbound Nian Bully, but Nian Qianyao's stepwife Xiangjun Jue Luo and Nian Qianyao's son Nian Fu.

Nian Fu is two, and the month is very active in Beijing, as the young master of the Nian Gongfu, he should go in and out

Compared with Nian Xi, who couldn't recuperate by his grandfather's side, Nian Fu, who was a younger brother, was too strong.

There are many sympathies for the "weak" Nian Xiyan, who grew up to succeed, and in the gossip of the people in the capital after tea and dinner, it became a little more sad to be "persecuted" by his stepmother and brother.

These words have a nose and an eye, and even Li and Chu Yu have heard of them.

Li also sighed, "People's hearts are not ancient. I was afraid that my daughter-in-law would worry about my sister-in-law and brother-in-law, so I comforted her.

In addition to worrying, Chu Yu was a little annoyed, and discussed with her husband: "If it is true as the rumors say, the Nian family committee is really too deceitful. The seven-fronted concubine is not only the eldest son of the second room of the Nian family, but also the Heshuo forehead, how can they be bullied in vain? Did you discuss with Ama and ask the Zongren Mansion to be the master?

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sixteenth elder brother succeeded Yaerjiang A as the commander and took charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Connected, Chu Yu, who is a niece, has a little more confidence.

Cao Po said: "It's mostly false. Where can I believe? You can rest assured, Nian Xi passed by, it was arranged by the old lady of the Nian family, and he can still make the eldest grandson suffer? .

Chu Yu was relieved when she heard her husband say this.

Cao Po remembered that Nian Fu was camping around in the capital under the guise of Nian Qianyao, befriending the children of the powerful, and said: "Hongshu, they don't have a relationship with Nian Qianyao, right?"

Chu Yu shook his head and said, "No." Everyone knows that the relationship between Nianfu and Qi's brother is not good, how can Hongshu and they have a relationship with him? ”

Cao Po nodded and said, "It's good if you don't have it."

Yongzheng is still jealous of the brothers Jiang Er of the palace.

In the past two years, he has not openly attacked Prince Cheng, who had competed with him for the throne, but he also hung him high and no longer touched the six practices.

Prince Cheng Xu is resigned to his fate, and he has been low-key in the past two years, and the palace communication has been handed over to the prince Hongchen.

However, the emperor's dislike of his brother did not diminish with his avoidance. Hongchen has been reprimanded several times, and there are rumors of a wasted son.

Cao Po was afraid that a few brothers-in-law would be involved, so he asked such a sentence.

In addition to Nian Xi's southward movement and the Sixteen Sichuan Xiaoren Zongling, the second thing that happened after the Mid-Autumn Festival was that the queen gave a drinking order, coughed fiercely, and the eldest girl was miserable? Yumin pointed out to the second elder brother Hongpu of Zhuang Wangfu as his wife.

The capital was in an uproar.

Although everyone knows that Mrs. Li of the National Uncle's Mansion jumped up and down to find her daughter's in-law's house, no one expected that she would find Prince Zhuang's Mansion.

At the moment, in Prince Zong's Mansion, Prince Yi's Mansion is hot, but it is still not as hot as Prince Zhuang's Mansion.

As the hereditary prince's palace, Prince Zhuang ranks third in the princely ranking, second only to Prince Kang and Prince Jane. At present, the heir to the throne is the emperor's own brother, and the weight of this prince's palace is a little heavier.

Although the second elder brother Hongpu is a concubine, he is the actual eldest son of the palace, and he has always been favored by the sixteenth elder brother

There is no son-in-law in the palace, and most of the future sons will fall on Hongpu.

Li Si'er's daughter, isn't she going to become the future prince Fujin?

Everyone is jealous of the great affection of the uncle's mansion, and can invite the queen to marry; When he pouted that the eldest girl of the uncle's mansion was not worthy of being a brother Fujin, he envied the emperor's treatment of Prince Zhuang's mansion differently.

It was not until this time that the marriage of the eldest girl in the National Uncle's Mansion was settled, and those who had pinched their eyes and looked down on Li Si'er's mother and daughter did not think of the eye-catching dowry of the National Uncle's Mansion.

If you marry a girl from your uncle's family, the marriage is enough to support several generations.

How many people paused, envying the good luck of Prince Zhuang's mansion; How many people are schadenfreude, waiting to see the jokes of Prince Zhuang's mansion.

After marrying such a family affair and having a mother like Li Si'er, I don't know how much fun I have to have.

"The Sixteenth Master's plan to delay the army?" When Cao Yi heard this, he felt incredible, and when he saw the sixteenth elder brother, he said very unceremoniously: "Isn't this trick too bad?" Marrying a woman and marrying a daughter, half a catty to eight taels, are both married to the same uncle's mansion, what is the difference? ”

The sixteenth elder brother also seemed to be dissatisfied with this result, and said with a wry smile: "How can I call the shots?" If you don't pinch your nose and admit it, can you still resist the decree? ”

"Huh?" When Cao Yi heard this, he was really a little surprised, lowered his voice and said: "Could it be that the emperor is reluctant to give up the dowry of his uncle's mansion, and he wants to live on the side of the sixteenth master?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother was eating tea, and after listening to Cao Yi's words, he didn't come up in one breath and almost choked.

coughed several times, his face was flushed, and he pointed at Cao Yu and said, "Okay, I haven't seen you for a few days, if this courage is bullish, I dare to say anything."

After Cao Po finished speaking, he also realized that he had lost his words.

Yongzheng is not so stingy that he looks like this, even if he doesn't wait to see his uncle's mansion, he won't even worry about his cousin's dowry of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

He is a little open-mouthed, and he is suspected of slandering the king.

Seeing Cao Yi sneering, he kept silent and stopped making fun of him, and said honestly: "If you think about it too much, I look at what it means, the emperor has a little sincere love for the eldest girl in the uncle's mansion." said that at a young age, she was sensible and polite, and took the initiative to keep filial piety for her mother-in-law, and was also kind to her brother-in-law. It's just that she was affected by her biological mother, which made her a laughing stock of the powerful in the capital at a young age, and she couldn't bear it. Rather than let her biological mother arrange it indiscriminately and give it to the messy people, it would be better to point it to me

There are several meanings behind a "non-forbearance".

The daughter of the dignified uncle's mansion, even if her biological mother is from a bad background, it is not the turn of others to pity.

Cao Po looked furious and said in a low voice: "This is going to start?" ”

He originally thought that Yongzheng was going to take care of Nian Qianyao first, and then clean up Long Keduo, but now it seems that he is going to take it.

The sixteenth elder brother nodded slowly and said, "Look at that meaning, it won't take a year and a half." However, the miserable family is noble, even if Long Keduo has trouble, it is not a disaster for the Qing clan, and it will not affect the married girl and the clan. ”

If Li Si'er marries his daughter to someone else's family, after Long Keduo is questioned, even if the other party does not divorce his wife, Yumin will not have a good life without the help of his father and brother.

Yongzheng's arrangement is a little more humane.

"When is the wedding date? , Xiao Cao Po asked. "Early next year. Even so, Hongpu is only thirteen. Thirteen married a daughter-in-law, several years earlier than me, who was a son. The sixteenth elder brother was a little helpless, and said: "What else, the right to be raised by multiple daughters." If he is really a good boy, it is also a blessing for Hongpu

Such a marriage does look like a farce.

At this point, Cao Yi could only comfort: "Uncle Guo's eldest girl, our old lady has seen it, and she has praised it again and again, it's really good to think about it." ”

The sixteenth elder brother sighed and said, "Finally, I don't suffer." Hundreds of thousands of dowries, even if Hongpu does not inherit the palace, it can make the two of them rich for a lifetime,"

This is a strange thing, he used to think of Hongpu as his heir.

Cao Po's heart moved, and said: "Sixteenth master, is this the three joys?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother couldn't help it, his shoulders trembled, and he said with a smile: "I only got the letter yesterday, and Fu Jin found out the happy pulse,"