Chapter 1214: The Opening of the Mansion (I)
Sycamore Garden, upper room.
There was the sound of bangzi in the distance, it was already the fourth watch, but Cao Hao tossed and turned, and still did not feel sleepy.
Chu Yu also didn't fall asleep, and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to drink water?" β
Cao Haoyuan didn't think it, listening to his wife say this, he only felt that his mouth was dry and dry, and he turned over and sat up.
Only he was at home, and there was no maid to stay in the upper room of Wutong Garden for the night, so Chu Yu sat up and said, "I'm going to pour tea for the master?" β
Cao Hao stopped her and said, "It's better to lie down, I'll just come by myself." As he spoke, he lifted the curtain and got up and went down to the ground.
It was the middle of the month, and the moonlight shone through the glass window.
Cao Hao took advantage of the moonlight to walk to the round table on the ground, did not hold the lamp, fumbled and poured warm hot tea, and poured two cups violently.
"Master, but you regret it?" Chu Yu noticed her husband's abnormality and said softly.
Cao Hao turned around, shook his head, and said, "No, I just didn't expect Hengsheng to have to leave the mansion so soon." I thought that I would have to wait until he got married. β
The holy decree has been issued, and Ge Keyan Pile attacked the king of Zasaktu Khan, and concurrently led the king of the right wing and left banner; In the palace of the county in the capital, his eldest son was stationed in Beijing to receive the guard.
In this will, there is no mention of the identity of the heir of Hang Sheng, but as we all know, the "eldest son of the county king" is the same as the "prince of the prince", and he also has the ability to read the knighthood, and the dress etiquette system is regarded as Baylor.
In order to show the "grace" of the emperor, and in order for Hengsheng to justifiably take charge of the county palace, Su De, the governor of the Khan's palace, and Bobei, the county king, will assist him in opening the palace.
In this way, Hengsheng's relocation is set in Ming.
Cao Hao tossed and turned, and it was precisely for this matter.
On the Cao family tree, although the name of "Cao Lin" has not been crossed out, it can no longer be used. From the Ming Dynasty, the name Cao Lin will become a thing of the past, and there will be a Mongolian prince "Meng Ke" in the capital.
"Munch" means "eternal life" in Chinese, which is the Mongolian name given by the emperor after summoning Hengsheng.
Since Hengsheng is the palace of the Khan in Beijing, whether his name or behavior, he will lose the brand of the Cao family and become a real Mongolian nobleman...... Time passed in the toss, and before I knew it, it was already dawn.
Cao Hao didn't close his eyes all night, he knew that in order to avoid suspicion, he couldn't do much for Hengsheng, but he really couldn't rest assured. He was already thinking in his heart, when he had breakfast, whether to call Cao Man and his wife again and give him a few more careful instructions.
Hengsheng moved this time, and the Cao family did not arrange many people to accompany him, except for a few maids in Songyuan, most of them accompanied him, and the rest were a few companions of Hengsheng as small servants, and at the level of stewards, only Cao Man and his wife and Wu Sheng and his wife.
The errand men of the county king's mansion are customized, and most of them are played by officials with grades.
Cao Hao will not interfere in this piece, but he is not at ease to let Hengsheng be alone outside, so he let him take all the people who are waiting around him to the house.
Wu Sheng and his wife have always had the ability to run errand directors; Cao Man and his wife were proficient in the Manchu language, which was convenient for managing those Mongol slaves.
I didn't sleep all night, Cao Hao's complexion was very bad, and Chu Yu's eyes were swollen.
From an infant baby to such a big age, she is no less reluctant to give up Hengsheng than her husband.
Seeing his wife like this, Cao Hao was a little unbearable, and persuaded: "The Anjun Wangfu is not far from our house, and it is a place where there are many people, and we can go out and walk around twice more times in the future, and the old man of the province is detained in the mansion." β
Chu Yu nodded and said, "What the master said is exactly what ......" Halfway through speaking, she stopped and looked out the window blankly.
Cao Hao followed his wife's gaze and looked out the window.
Under the plane tree in the courtyard, I don't know when, a young man stood under the tree.
Chu Yu only felt that his eyes were hot, and the tears could not be stopped, and they were falling.
Cao Hao also felt panicked and sighed heavily.
Chu Yu had already wiped away her tears, walked a few steps, and walked out of the upper room.
Lelan brought two little maids and was waiting under the corridor, Chu Yu saw this, and couldn't help but say angrily: "The second master is here, why don't you be polite?" β
"Because there is no light in the upper room, the second master is blocking ......," Lelan replied in a low voice.
Heng Sheng had already greeted him and said, "Mother." β
Chu Yu took his hand and said, "Now that it's nine, it's so stubborn to be frozen, come into the house!" β
Although Chu Yu is already tall among women, Heng has grown tall and strong, and he is already half a head taller than her. But he was still like a child, and let Chu Yu lead him into the upper room.
After entering the house, Chu Yu put down his hand and picked up a piece of Cao Hao's big coat and put it on him.
"Father, mother." Looking at his father's haggard and his mother's red and swollen eyes, Hengsheng only felt that his heart was like a knife, and his eyes were red.
"It's a good thing that the eagle always spreads its wings. All children, there is a time when they leave the wings of their parents, but you are two years ahead of everyone else. The atmosphere was too sad, Cao Hao was a little uncomfortable, and squeezed out a little smile.
Hengsheng couldn't help it, "plopped", knelt on the ground, lowered his head and cried: "If it is...... If you grow up, you have to leave your father and mother...... That child never wants to grow up......"
Cao Hao stretched out his hand, rubbed the top of Hengsheng's head, and said, "Silly child, your mother and I will grow old, if you don't grow up, who will be filial to us?" Can you really bear to let me and your mother fight for you for the rest of your life? β
When Hengsheng heard this, he raised his head, and there was more determination in his originally sad eyes...... Although there was a move of the Zuozhu brothers in the first two months, it was Hengsheng's turn, and the reluctance of the whole family was even heavier.
After all, everyone knew from the beginning that the Zuozhu brothers would always leave the Cao family and set up their own doors. Hengsheng is the adopted son of the Cao family who has entered the family tree, and in the eyes of everyone, he is an indispensable part of the Cao family.
Everyone gathered in the courtyard of the Li family, and even the Dongfu Zhaojia clan brought the juniors to see them off.
Cao Hao was impatient with this parting scene and went directly to the yamen.
Hengsheng kowtowed to the Li family, and said goodbye to all the elders and peers, and then accompanied by Tianyou, he took the slaves and maids to the county king's mansion.
Chunhua married into the Cao family for a short time, did not live in Xifu, and not long after entering the door, she was released with her husband, and she was not familiar with the younger generations in Xifu.
Seeing Chu Yu's melancholy expression, she had to go to Wutong Garden with her, so she could comfort her.
Zhao Jia's stayed in the Lan Courtyard, and asked Li with a little curiosity, and said: "The eldest lord and the eldest lady have always loved Hengsheng, no less than Tianyou and Tianbao, and they will not let him bring a few people over, and they will definitely buy a piece of property." I don't know how many, sister-in-law, do you know? β
Although Li is not as sentimental as Cao Hao and his wife, he is not comfortable in his heart, and after listening to Zhao Jia's words, he is even more uncomfortable, and said: "As much as he wants, it is the love between father and son." β
Zhao Jiashi hurriedly said: "Good sister-in-law, you don't care about the house, are you confused?" Now there is not only one room for the eldest lord in this house, but also Xiaoqi. If the two of them really treat their adopted son well, won't they suffer a loss when they divide the family in the future? β
When Li heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said: "Even if the two brothers divide the family in the future, they will also share the ancestral property, and there is no reason to divide the private property of the brother and sister-in-law." How many ancestral properties are in this house, others don't know, and the second aunt doesn't know? β
Zhao Jiashi was so choked that he couldn't speak, his expression was a little scornful, but his heart began to move. If the long house is really divided like that, is it possible for the East Mansion to "go up and down", and the family will only be divided into "ancestral property".
Seeing that Li's expression was faint, and he didn't mind the appearance of being precautionary against his eldest son and eldest daughter-in-law, Zhao Jia's was puzzled, could it be that his sister-in-law was really selfless and didn't favor his younger son?
Then she thought that she still had a bit of a private house, not to mention the Li family.
Not to mention the side, just talking about the rewards in the palace over the years, you can accumulate a lot.
It seems that she plans to leave it to her young son, otherwise she would not be so open to the family property.
This time, she guessed wrong.
"What is this?" Looking at the booklet in his hand, as well as the whole car of gold and jade ornaments and antique treasures in front of him, Hengsheng's eyes couldn't help but widen.
When he came out of Caofu, the car was extremely inconspicuous, and Hengsheng didn't care, thinking that it was loaded with people's luggage.
It wasn't until he entered the palace that Tianyou ordered the car to be pulled directly outside the second gate.
"This is given by the old lady, it has been prepared for a long time, I originally wanted to wait for the second brother to get married before giving it to you, but this time it was in advance." Tianyou said: "There is a huge palace, and the furniture in the house will be watched and cleaned up by the Internal Affairs Office, but this arrangement has to be prepared by yourself." It's always empty, like the living room, the living room, there are always a few good things to support the faΓ§ade. β
The booklet is a list of these things, and it is true that it is not new.
Hengsheng was stunned and speechless.
For the Li family, although he respects him in his heart, he can't compare to his attachment to his adoptive parents. He also knew in his heart that in the old lady's heart, his position should also be lower. It is not as good as the eldest grandson Tianyou, not as good as the little grandson Tianbao who is raised by the old lady's side, and not as good as the old lady and the old son of the old lady.
In front of the old lady, Hengsheng has always been a little more restrained, for fear that the old lady will get tired of him.
Seeing that Hengsheng didn't speak, Tianyou said: "It's all the old lady's private room, but there are a lot of good things in the seriousness, the old lady really feels sorry for you, is this a happy stupid?" β
For this "generous gift" of my grandmother, not only Hengsheng was unexpected, but Tianyou was also a little unexpected.
He was already a steward for his father, and he knew what was going on in the storeroom.
The old lady's car of antiques is mostly valuable and easy to sell, accounting for 20% of the old lady's private room. Even God blessed himself, he had thought about how his grandmother would distribute this property, and whether he would give him a share, but he didn't dare to think about how much he would be.
After all, in addition to the father and the two sons of the seventh uncle, the old lady also has two married daughters.
Even if the son has more shares, it will not be more than forty percent in the father's name.
Under his father's name, he had four children, but the old lady directly prepared two percent of them for Hang Sheng.
It seems that although the old lady Taiping Surrey is not as good as the other two grandsons, the old man has pity in his heart.
Duoduo prepared these valuable things for Hengsheng's grandson to add to his family, also because he was not of the Cao family's bloodline and could not inherit the family business and title......
(To be continued)