Regarding Cao Hao's inquiry, Fang Chonggong was silent for a long time and said, "Master Cao, the little old man promised the fifth master to keep silent on this matter. Xiao Lao'er can only say that the fifth master is a good man, and the fifth wife is a blessed person. ”

With this sentence, where does Cao Hao still don't understand.

For his little cousin, he really wants to treat him differently.

Because it was the first day of the first lunar month, he wanted to take his sons out to pay New Year's greetings, and Cao Hao did not stay in the Fang Chong Office for long.

At the end of this day, I ran several places, and it was not until the next day that Cao Hao returned home with Tianyou and Hengsheng.

After dinner, Cao Fu came and said to Cao Hao with a smile on his face: "Big brother, when Su Xin responded to the Heavenly Protection, did you pick a good date before fifteen?" ”

Cao Hao nodded and said, "Okay, then find someone to pick an auspicious one." ”

Kangxi is sixty-nine years old this year, and according to folk customs, he wants to have a big birthday, which is considered a full birthday.

The palace held a "Qiansuo banquet", the second day of the first month is said to be the Eight Banners Manchurian Mongolian Han Army Minister of Civil and Military Affairs and Zhishi retired personnel, the sixth month is the Han Minister of Civil and Military Affairs officials and Zhishi retired personnel, all of whom are over 65 years old.

For this "Qiansu Banquet", Li Xu made a special trip to Beijing. For this reason, Gao took Xiangyu back to Li's house for the New Year.

When it was the sixth day of the first lunar month, it was the son of the married girl who returned to her parents' home, and Li Xu sent someone to Cao's mansion to pick up the Li family to watch the play.

Chu Yu's body was inconvenient, so Li's portable Niuniu went with him, watched the play for a long time, and then returned with Gao and Xiangyu.

For his cheap uncle, Cao Hao didn't say anything more.

In any case, for the Li family, the Li family's nurturing grace for more than ten years cannot be erased.

In the end, he is a hard-hearted person, knowing that the Li family is in danger, and he has no intention of helping.

If you are cold to outsiders, you will care more about your own people. In the matter of the succession of heavenly protection, Cao Hao made a special trip to invite people to choose auspicious times.

Before the fifteenth day of the first month, only the eighth day of the first month was a good day, and the Cao Mansion opened the ancestral hall, which was written by Cao Hao, and the word "eldest son" was added under the genealogy Cao Fu.

Cao Xiao, the name of the Heavenly Protector, was chosen by Cao Hao for his nephew at the request of his cousin.

Zhao Jiashi disagreed with this matter at first, and then Cao Fuying said, making her finally nod.

Su Xin's expression was mesmer, and he couldn't tell what the joy was, but he just asked someone to clean up the three rooms in the east wing of the courtyard and make them a living place for the sky protection.

After worshipping his ancestors in the ancestral hall, Tianhu kowtowed to Cao Fu and Su Xin, and officially changed his words, from "five uncles" and "five aunts" to "father" and "mother".

Cao Fu was obviously overjoyed, and he didn't care about his father's score, so he personally helped up the heavenly protector and sent it to his wife.

When Su Xin took Tianhu's little hand, he suppressed the sourness in his heart, and said with a smile: "Good boy, in the future, the fifth master and I will love you." ”

It was obviously a happy scene, but the couple also had a smile on their faces, but it was inexplicably sentimental.

Cao Hao knew the cause and effect, glanced at Su Xin, and sighed in his heart. This woman has been in the palace for ten years, and her knowledge is not as beautiful as that of ordinary house ladies. Perhaps, she is more transparent than Cao Fu thought.

Chu Yu looked at and touched his stomach, and felt even more pity for Su Xin.

Jinghui's eyes were a little flustered, and she was faintly uneasy in her heart, wondering if she had done something wrong; She was a little reluctant in her heart, Tianhu had been raised by her side in the past few years.

Li didn't think much about it, just thought that Cao Fu felt sorry for his nephew.

Zhao Jia's mind is very complicated, looking at the youngest son, and then looking at the little daughter-in-law, I don't know whether to be distressed or guilty.

Cao Hao saw that Zhaojia's family was so quiet, and he was closer to Su Xin and Yan Yuese than his daughter, and he knew it in his heart. It seems that Cao Fu also confessed his "hidden disease" in front of his mother, which made Zhaojia's daughter-in-law who had not been born for many years completely complain.

The children didn't think as much as the adults, and they were still confused in their hearts, why Tianhu changed from the son of the third uncle's family to the son of the fifth uncle's family.

After the ceremony, Zhao Jia's family took their children back to Dongfu, and Cao Hao and his wife also returned to Wutong Garden.

"It seems that the fifth uncle really cares about Tianhu, and I heard the second old lady say that he asked someone to pack up the West Chamber into a study, saying that he would teach Tianhu more in the future." Chu Yu said.

Cao Hao listened and said: "After the fifteenth year, Tianyou and Hengsheng will go to the Zhengbaiqi official school, and the scholar and the long-term follower should also be decided." Barak and Red are prepared for eternal life. The father-in-law sent a few people, pick two outstanding ones by Tianyou's side, and the remaining two to Tianhui. ”

Chu Yu also planned this way in his heart, which was praised.

The husband and wife gossiped for a while, and Fang went to their respective places.

Although the fourteenth elder brother did not open the mansion, but because there were too many entertainments in the previous year, in order to return the invitation in the first month, he chartered a restaurant near Xidan to feast guests, sent a lot of posts, and invited a banquet on the ninth day of the new year.

Cao Hao also received an invitation, which made people inquire around, and knew that almost all the in-laws of the clan had received the post, so he went calmly.

Yi Duli and Yongsheng, who are in-laws with the fourteenth elder brother, were there, and Cao Hao went to their table and sat down.

After seeing that the fourteenth elder brother made a big deal and invited several teams, this banquet is also authentic Lu cuisine, seafood and shark fin, mostly rich dishes, but the atmosphere during the banquet is not as warm as imagined.

The fourteenth elder brother, who was supposed to be proud of the spring breeze, smiled stiffly, and it was uncomfortable to watch.

Seeing this, Cao Hao was secretly amused, afraid that he would go to the tomb outside the gate for the fourth elder brother.

If you can jump out of the game, the fourteenth elder brother should find that in the past few years, the emperor has paid equal attention to the third elder brother and the fourth elder brother, but in fact, the third elder brother has faded out, and the fourth elder brother is heavy.

It's just that being in the game, coupled with the arrogance of being the emperor's "favorite prince", blinded the mind of the fourteenth elder brother, so that he couldn't see this.

Yongsheng has been in the army for many years, and he has a murderous atmosphere, and he is not as active as before.

Others only think that he is getting older, but Cao Hao can see that he pushed his cousin, that is, the brother-in-law of the fourteenth elder brother, to the front of others, and he has some evasion.

On the bright side, it is to look at the face of the Fourteen Fujin and raise the cousins; In fact, it is not a matter of keeping a distance from the fourteenth elder brother.

Seeing this, Cao Hao rejoiced in his heart.

Now that Kangxi has been sixty-one years, the fourteenth elder brother is a grasshopper after the autumn, and he can't jump for a few days, so it's safe to stay away.

Yi Du immediately saw that Cao Hao was in a good mood, remembered something, and said: "Fu Ruo, I heard that you found a few masters from the glaze factory at home a few years ago, are you repairing ancient paintings?" ”

Cao Hao nodded and said, "It's true." ”

It was the calligraphy and paintings in the property brought back from Mongolia, which were seriously damaged, so Cao Hao asked someone to repair them.

It took two or three months of hard work to barely repair it.

The two ancient painting repairers are both celebrities in the antique shop, and they can't hide their deeds after staying in Cao's mansion. Before Cao Hao invited them, he told them not to reveal the details of the calligraphy and paintings.

These two masters responded, and they did not publicize it after leaving Cao's Mansion.

However, as early as when the Cao family's belongings were transported back to the capital, many people were staring at them. This invited two calligraphy and painting masters, and those who have a heart will guess one or two.

"Fu Ruo, I have a cousin, who is a painting idiot, I don't know how to hear that you have an ancient painting in your hand, ask me to inquire with you, can you take a look? If he is optimistic, he still thinks about asking Fu Ruo to cut his love. Iduli said.

Cao Hao thought for a while and said, "My lord told me this, I shouldn't have excused myself." It's just that those things were given by the Queen Mother, and my mother wanted to keep them for thought, and I had no right to dispose of them if they were disrespectful to others. ”

Yi Duli nodded and said, "What Fu Ruo said is exact. I also said this to my cousin, and he refused to give up, but begged me to pass on the word. Now that I have spoken, I can talk to him in return. ”

In officialdom, this antique calligraphy and painting is a good thing.

For entertainment, giving gold and silver is bribery, which violates the laws of the Qing Dynasty; Sending antique calligraphy and painting is elegant and does not leave traces.

And through the form of consignment in major antique stores and pawn shops, this antique calligraphy and painting is converted into silver, which is really convenient.

According to Cao Hao's original intention, this celebrity calligraphy and painting should be stored as gold, but it is inconvenient to sell it now. In addition, the Cao family is not short of gold and silver for the time being, and it will not set this precedent because of a momentary favor.

As long as Iduli's cousin shows it, then the others will offend others if they make the same request and refuse; If you don't refuse, you will be in trouble.

Yi Duli has been friends with Cao Hao for more than ten years, and he also knows his surname, so he is not annoyed by his refusal.

The two of them ate the feast, came out of the restaurant, rode a horse, and walked not far before they came across the thirteenth elder brother's sedan chair.

The thirteenth elder brother saw that they were coming back from eating and drinking, and he was free to relax, so he invited them to sit in the thirteenth elder brother's mansion.

Yi Duli was slightly drunk, his tongue was a little big, and he chatted with a bit of wantonness: "The Fourteenth Master thinks he is the most favored prince, isn't this self-deception?" Let him hang a false name, and go to the northwest to eat sand is a pet? Back then, the thirteenth master was called a pet. ”

When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and his eyes turned to the thirteenth elder brother.

These old things were originally the hidden pain of the thirteenth elder brother, but now they are on the table, Yidu Li is really rude and embarrassing.

The thirteenth elder brother listened, but his expression was as usual, but his eyes became deeper and deeper.

Cao Hao had already received the news from the mouth of the sixteenth elder brother, and knew that there were thirteen elder brothers in the list of the entourage of the holy driver on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

The thirteenth elder brother is finally going back to the royal front.

Kangxi's move, is it distressing for the thirteenth elder brother, or is it paving the way for the fourth elder brother?

"Thirteenth Master, is your leg disease better?" Cao Hao distracted from Yi Duli's words and asked.

The thirteenth elder brother nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, it's no problem to ride a horse and shoot arrows." I heard Xiao Sixteen say, there are two well-skilled nursing homes in your house, and I will also go to the meeting instead. ”

He straightened his back, with a bit of sharpness in his eyes, and he no longer saw the decadence of his early years.

Cao Hao couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this.

There are no secrets in this capital, and Cao Fu has never wanted people from outside, so he accepted the gift of the Mongolian county king, and he always had to give an explanation to the outside world.

Hengsheng's biological father, I don't know if he is afraid that the Cao family will interfere with his recognition of his son, and he is not private about seeing Cao Hao and the donor.

It is true that the thirteenth elder brother is close to Cao Hao, but between the words, the private affairs of the two families are rarely involved.

I don't know if he was really curious about these words, or if he asked for someone else.

Cao Hao's choice is only one, which is to explain truthfully.

The thirteenth elder brother obviously didn't expect Hengsheng to have such a life experience, his eyes widened, and he said for a while: "The son you raised, you can't be wrong......

(To be continued)