In addition to the thirteenth elder brother, there are also seventeenth elder brothers who were pointed out as show girls, but it was a happy event on his side. Niu Hulu, the daughter of the Minister of the Guard, Ah Ling'a, was assigned to the seventeenth elder brother as the concubine. Niu Hulu is the niece of the former queen and the cousin of the tenth elder brother, with a prominent background and a noble family.

This family affair was unexpected by everyone, because the seventeenth elder brother's biological mother had a low position, and there were previous rumors, although she is not in the cold palace now, she has been recuperating.

Among the more than ten princes, in addition to the tenth elder brother whose father-in-law is the king of the outer county and the eighth elder brother whose father-in-law is the county lord, the father-in-law of the seventeenth elder brother is the most noble.

The official marriage will has not yet been made, and the king of Pingjun, Nersu, also heard the news today, and after returning home, Cao Hao happened to be here, so he told him.

Cao Jiashi wanted to leave his brothers to eat, let them speak first, and go to Zhang Luo to eat in person.

Alinga is also a well-known "Eight Masters Party", who originally promoted the Eighth Elder Brother as the reserve with Ma Qi Yiwen and Yiwu, and now has become the father-in-law of the Seventeenth Elder Brother. Cao Hao was a little confused, why did he vaguely remember that this little seventeen should be the fourth person?

Listening to Cao Hao's explanation that he went to the household department to get a receipt and left Beijing, Nersu thought about it, nodded and said: "It's okay to leave early, there is something wrong with the limelight in the capital recently!" Long live the Lord seems to be really annoyed, the ministers and guards who follow him are all checked one by one, and I don't know how many people want to take off their crowns! ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing, and said to Cao Hao: "This time, I'm afraid that someone will shoot himself in the foot!" Could it be that the fifty years of the emperor have been sitting in vain, even if he wants to calculate the prince, this method is too wanton, I am afraid that he will lose both! ”

Cao Hao saw that his brother-in-law was full of watching the play, and he was afraid that he would be involved, after all, the Ping Palace, Prince Kang's Mansion, and Shuncheng Palace's Mansion all belonged to Prince Li's Daishan lineage, and they had a lot of weight in the clan. Therefore, I couldn't help but open my mouth to persuade two sentences, although I didn't mention the eighth elder brother and others by name, but I also said that the changes in power in the capital in recent years are all around the word "seizing the heir".

Although Nersu knew that his brother-in-law was a little young and old, he had always regarded him as a younger brother, and now when he heard him talk about these solemnly, he actually had some sense of admonishment from his relatives in a trance, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly, and said: "Brother Hao, brother-in-law is four years older than you, and he is not a child, do you still need to be instructed like this?" Such a prince and brother, others are rare, but what is so rare about brother-in-law? has an iron hat handed down by the ancestors, and no matter how much he earns his life, it is just a false name, what is the picture? With that kung fu, why don't you read two military books well, and then have the opportunity to go to the battlefield later, open up the territory with real kung fu, and promote my Manchurian man's heroism! ”

By the end, Nersu's face was already filled with indescribable excitement. Cao Hao is no stranger to this appearance, Cao Song and Hongshu mentioned that they want to make contributions in the future, and they are also like this. is Yongqing, since he was a teenager, he has also been thinking about earning military merits.

On the battlefield, Cao Hao is a little embarrassed, it seems that among the young people he knows, only he and the sixteenth elder brother are not interested in these, is it because of the lack of a man's blood surname?

* Inside Anding Gate, Prince Yong's Mansion, front yard study.

There was very little sandalwood in the room, and the fourth elder brother was holding a string of hand beads in his hand, still with a straight face as always, listening to the two sticky pole guards tell Cao Hao about his whereabouts.

The sticky pole guard is the family member of the sticky pole of the palace, and now acts as the eyes and ears of Prince Yong's mansion. The sticky pole was there as early as when it was still Baylor House, and it was only in the middle of summer and early autumn, and a few special errand servants were sticking the sticky pole to catch the cicadas on the trees.

In the forty-eighth year of Kangxi, the crown prince was abolished and reinstated, and after the fourth elder brother was promoted from "Dorobelle" to "Prince Heshuoyong", he acted more and more cautiously. The situation in the capital is turbulent, and in order to protect himself, even if he has thought about peace, he can't be a confused prince and brother.

After listening to the advice of the doorman, the fourth elder brother asked the sticky pole to expand some people, most of whom were the clothes of the palace, used as the eyes and ears of the palace, and paid attention to the movements of other palaces in the capital.

first went out of the city to send his brothers, then went back to the house to change his clothes and went to the household department, and then the guard office, the mansion of the thirteenth elder brother, and the palace of Pingjun County, came out of the palace at half past five in the afternoon and went home.

The fourth elder brother listened and looked at his confidant Dai Jin. Although the current dark tide in the capital is surging, Prince Yong's Mansion is not exempt from vulgarity, paying attention to the situation of all parties, but sending people to investigate Cao Hao's whereabouts all day is not because of the fourth elder brother's intention, but Dai Jin's suggestion.

Dai Jin pondered for a while, and said to the fourth elder brother: "It has been five days since Cao Hao entered Beijing, and the greeting for the Long Live Lord has been handed over for three or four days, but there is still no news of the summons from above!" Master, this is a bit unusual! According to the many graces of the Cao family before, it is the first time that he has been released to the place, and there is no reason not to see it! ”

"Oh!" The fourth elder brother's gaze was a little deep, and he asked, "What do you mean, do you agree with what Fu Ding said?" ”

Dai Jin nodded and said, "Back to the master, that's exactly what the slave meant!" The Cao family was prominent in Jiangnan in the early years, and the grace of the Long Live Lord to the Cao family was also well known to the government and the opposition. If you don't pay attention to it, you just think that Long Live Lord misses the old, and for the sake of the early years of the 'Fengsheng Lady', he treats the descendants of his family well, but as Master Fu said, this seems to be a little heavier for the grace of Cao Yin's family! ”

The fourth elder brother listened and frowned slightly, originally he had a very good impression of Cao Hao in his heart, and he was unwilling to involve him in these messy relationships.

"What's the news coming back from Suzhou? What was unusual about Gao's and Lee's early years? The fourth elder brother thought for a moment and asked.

Dai Jin replied: "Master, there is no news from Suzhou, but when I checked the three families of Cao, Li, and Sun in Jiangnan before, Jiang Ning had some news that he hadn't noticed earlier, but now it seems that it is worth scrutinizing!" ”

Seeing that the fourth elder brother looked at him, he didn't sell Guan Zi, and continued: "At the beginning of the thirty-third year of Kangxi, there were grandmothers in the capital who went to Jiangning to take care of the unproduced Li family. ”

Although the fourth elder brother's face did not change, he was very surprised in his heart. The former owner of Prince Yu's mansion was his uncle Fuquan.

The local officials, not to mention the weaving Langzhong of the Internal Affairs Office, are the governors, and there is no reason to send people to the capital to take care of the birth of their wives and concubines. But before, I hadn't heard that Prince Yu's Mansion had any personal dealings with the Cao family, so what was the secret in it?

Could it really be as Fu Ding guessed, the Li family's background involves the privacy of the royal clan, so long live the treatment of Cao Yin's house so differently?

I only heard Dai Jin say: "Lord Wang, even if Master Fu guesses wrong, it won't get in the way!" Cao Yin is old, Cao Hao is the eldest son, and the head of the Cao family, even if it is the Li family and the Sun family, it is estimated that the Cao family will be the head of the horse in the future. Cao Hao himself, and the younger brother of Pingjun Wangfu Fujin, the king of Chunjun Da Gege, if he is on the prince's side, he may be able to borrow a lot of strength in the future! ”

Although the fourth elder brother knew that Dai Jin was planning for himself wholeheartedly, he wanted to calculate others like this, and he felt very uncomfortable, and couldn't help but snort coldly.

A few days ago, Dai Jin's younger brother, Dai Duo, the fourth elder brother's disciple, sent someone to send a secret letter, which was nothing more than a message to the master about the prince's deposment again.

Now that the throne is undecided, the kings have their own hearts of not standing together, and the emperor is the capital of heaven and the lord of the world. It is "easy to deal with the father and son of the mediocre, and difficult to deal with the wise father and son; It is easy to deal with the lonely and widowed, but it is difficult to deal with many siblings. Why? The wise father and son do not show their strengths, for fear that they will be abandoned, and if they are too exposed, they will be suspicious, so they are embarrassed."

Although the fourth elder brother mentioned in his reply that the position above is a "great suffering", he "can't avoid it, and there is still a plan to do it", there is no misfortune and no blessing, the interests of the monarch and the minister, and the lifelong honor and disgrace are not here. However, he himself can't tell how much he is excited.

Dai Jin saw that the fourth elder brother's face was ugly, and knew that he valued Cao Hao a lot, and he said it so bluntly, I was afraid that the master's face would not be able to get over it.

His heart moved, and he didn't say anything else, only asked about the arrangements for the birthday banquet in the Ming Dynasty. Even if you should avoid suspicion now, if it is too abnormal, it will be eye-catching. If you follow the example of previous years, you should watch a play, you should eat and drink, but you seem to be comfortable and calm, and you have nothing else to do.

The fourth elder brother has always been a low-key surname, and listening to Dai Jin's arrangement, it is also appropriate, so he nodded and agreed.

Seeing that his expression was relaxed, Dai Jin asked again if he wanted to send an invitation to Cao's house. The previous guest posts were all drawn up a long time ago, and they were sent to the provinces ten days ago.

The fourth elder brother groaned for a moment, waved his hand, and said, "Forget it!" He was in mourning, and it was not suitable for the banquet, but it was this time again! If the emperor does not see him, it is to protect him; So on my side, what can't I do? Speaking of this, he looked at Dai Jin and said, "Whether it's the Li family in Suzhou, or the Jiangning Weaving Mansion, there's no need to check again!" If he is the one who can be co-opted, will they still let him go? I know Cao Hao's affairs in my heart, and I don't need to draw snakes anymore! ”

Dai Jin still wanted to persuade again, but the fourth elder brother had already gotten up and said, "Needless to say, I know that your brothers have always been loyal, but I only want to protect myself, if I really have that mind, I won't act like this!" In the future, this kind of 'heart-punishing' words should not be mentioned again; Then he went out of the study and went back to the inner courtyard.

Dai Jin bowed his head to send off the fourth elder brother, but sighed in his heart: "Master, master, if you really don't have that thought, why do you say that there are a lot more hours for each Buddha worship recently; If there is no disturbance, then what is praying before the Buddha? ”

* Yizhou, Daotai Yamen, Inner Courtyard Upper Room, Xinuan Pavilion.

After Tianyou finished feeding in his mother's arms, he yawned, and he was already sleepy. Chu Yu saw his son's likable appearance, and couldn't help but kiss him on the little face a few times.

Mama Ye was beside her, looking at Chu Yu's slightly thin little face, and said, "Gege, let's let the old slave take the little master to the East House to settle down!" These words, Gege has lost a lot, and his face doesn't look good, so he always has to be conditioned! ”

Chu Yu touched his face, recently left this little guy in the house, sleeping restlessly every night, and his chin was pointed. Although he has slept less recently, people feel too tired, but when he looks at the son in his arms, he is still a little reluctant.

Mama Ye saw it, and then persuaded: "Even if Gege doesn't care for his body, he must think about the other end of his forehead." It's been half a month, maybe I'll be back in a few days, and when I see Gege so haggard, don't I want to panic? Besides, it's just to go to the East House, just to let Gege rest for a while and recuperate his spirits! ”

Chu Yu thought that her husband had repeatedly told her before leaving, let herself recuperate, take care of herself, and she deserved it, but now it seems that she has not done it.

After hesitating again and again, Chu Yu put her son in Mama Ye's arms, and watched her carry her son to the east house.

Chu Yu got off the kang, put on a cloak, walked out of the warm pavilion, and walked to the bottom of the corridor. Maybe it's because it's cloudy, there are no stars in the sky, and there are snowflakes fluttering around. She stretched out her hand and took a few pieces, but her mind drifted somewhere.

This is the first snow of this winter, I wonder what the weather is like in the capital? The forehead left in a hurry, only wrapped a few small wool clothes, and did not bring a large wool coat. This hit the capital back to Shandong, the road is also thousands of miles, if it is a sunny day, it is better, if it is a snowy weather, it will be nine immediately, the weather is cold, running back and forth, it is really hard.

Xiyun and Xicai laid out the quilt in the house, and when they saw that the master had not returned, they came out to take a look, and were standing at the door of the house, and were busy persuading them to go back to the house. Although there is a confinement now, it is not good to blow the wind at the door like this, in case it is as a few old grandmothers said, leaving a headache, what should it be?

Chu Yu grew up with them since childhood, and knew that she was really good for herself, so she didn't annoy her noise, and went back to the house with a smile.

This side of the house was specially rebuilt by Cao Hao, using geothermal heat, in addition to the north kang, the ground paved with bluestone slabs is also hot.

Cao Hao was not in this half month, Xiyun was on night duty in the house, waiting for Chu Yu and Xiao Tianyou.

Because he had just seen the cold wind, Chu Yu couldn't help but sneeze when he first entered the house. Seeing this, Xiyun hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea, sent it to Chu Yu, and said with a little worry: "Gege, is it too cold, or the slave maid will ask someone to tell the kitchen to boil a bowl of ginger soup!" Save the cold, it's not a joke! ”

Chu Yu drank two sips of hot tea, his body was much more comfortable, and he shook his head and said, "What are you doing at night?" It's okay, I just watched the snowflakes, and after a while, it was a little cold! ”

Xicai took hot water and waited for Chu Yu to freshen up, because the filial piety period was not yet complete, there was no hairpin ring ornament on his body, but it was also trouble-free.

After Chu Yu got on the kang and entered the quilt, Xicai took the water out. Xiyun went to close the cotton curtains of the warm pavilion, checked the windows, and turned back to Chu Yu and said, "Gege, do you want to rest?" ”

Hearing Chu Yu's response, Xiyun extinguished the lights and candles and groped his way back to his bed.

She went into the quilt and lay down, and listened to Chu Yu say, "I don't know if my forehead is resting?" ”

Xiyun has been waiting for Chu Yu for more than ten years, and many words in private are not taboo, and he couldn't help but smile and quip: "Gege, is this thinking about it?" ”

"Hmm!" Chu Yu responded: "It's been half a month, and there is no one around to take care of it, and I don't know if I'm used to it!" ”

Xiyun smiled: "Gege is really, it's heartbroken!" Elu is not a child, there are still seventy or eighty people in the capital, where will it make Elu suffer? Speaking of this, I felt that something was wrong, and I couldn't help but wonder in my heart.

The forehead went back to the house over there, and designated to go back to the main courtyard Wutong Garden to rest. On the side of Wutong Garden, now Xiyu and Xixue are staying to take care of the house, if something happens, it will be really annoying.

Thinking like this, Xiyun was a little uneasy, and wanted to open his mouth to remind Gege of this, but he was afraid that he was blindly worried and upset Gege. If you fall into suspicion because of this, and affect the relationship between Gege and Egu, won't you become a sinner?

Although he doesn't look down on Xiyu in his heart, Xiyun also has to admit that Xiyu's appearance is good. Whether it is in the Chunjun Palace, or on the Cao family's side, Xiyu's appearance is first-class.

Thinking of this, Xiyun couldn't help but complain a little about Chunwang Fujin, and arranged for such a woman to marry with him, isn't this to send the people in the house to the forehead?

Chu Yu was on the kang and said: "You don't know, the forehead looks calm, sometimes it really looks like a child, very picky about eating, even if you sit and lie down, you also need to be careful!" ”

Xiyun listened to Chu Yu's words full of concern, thinking about the feelings of the two masters, his heart was relieved, and he smiled: "Well, the slave maid doesn't know, it's enough to have a good heart!" Even so, Gege is also relieved, in the future, there will be seventy or eighty years of heart to! ”

Chu Yu also laughed and said, "In the past few years, it has been my forehead that has sympathized with me, and it should be my turn to sympathize with him in the future!" ”

*Beijing, Xicheng, Caofu, Wutong Garden.

After Cao Hao finished grooming, he lay on the kang, also tossing and turning, and his mind was a little messy. The biggest mystery is which one is the one who is planning the prince? Is it the same person who framed Ning Chun's family?

Although he prayed that he would not be the fourth elder brother, if it was...... If that person is the fourth elder brother, how should he choose? The grace of saving lives should be rewarded, and the righteousness of friends should also be preserved, if it is really necessary to make a choice, where should I go? But his parents and brothers, his wife and young children, and the safety of his family, Cao Hao only felt that his brain hurt......

(To be continued)