In the blink of an eye, it's February.

The willows by the moat pull out new shoots, and the spring cold subsides. Since Cao Jiashi received the news of her husband's return to Beijing, she had been thinking about it, and she was almost there, and the angels went out of the city to greet her.

After a long journey of more than a month, the king of Pingjun, Nersu, arrived in Beijing.

After meeting with the steward of the palace, Nersu asked them to bring their soldiers and luggage back to the palace, while he got out of the carriage and rode outside the palace to hand a sign asking for His Majesty's meeting.

The steward who came to greet the marquis was surprised to see that in addition to the prince's carriage, the other carts were loaded with luggage.

When Nersu left, the steward looked for his own nephew, a long-term follower who was used by Nersu's side, and asked in a low voice: "Didn't you say that there are two aunts around the master?" ”

The chief said: "Second uncle, it's just a girl who waits for her master's life, where can she be called an aunt?" Not to mention bringing it back, I carefully let Fujin listen to it, and I felt uncomfortable. ”

When the steward heard this, he wondered, "Didn't you say that there was also a little Gege?" ”

Na Chang shook his head and said, "It's just the niece of Miss Qingxia, let the master see it, and it's rare to stay by his side for a few days." ”

When the steward heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Since he got the news from Fujin, he also made a special trip to send a lot of things to Xining. This time, I heard that the prince came back, and he also cleaned up Xiao Gege's house.

Then listen to the long smile and say: "The prince has always loved Fujin, how could he not leave some dignity for Fujin and return to Beijing with people from outside?" The Qingxia girl has served her father for several years, gentle and deferential, and there is no mistake in the slightest; Miss Hongxia is extraordinary, and she is a delicate beauty. I heard that the master sent them home, Miss Qingxia was going to twist her hair to be a sister-in-law, and Miss Hongxia was crying, making trouble and hanging herself, so it was not lively. Guess what? The master directly asked someone to find a sister-in-law to come to the door and let Miss Qingxia take care of herself; He also asked someone to pass on the parents of Miss Hongxia, and directly gave five hundred taels of silver, saying that it was for Miss Hongxia to take care of her affairs. As a result, both girls were honest and obediently went home with their parents. ”

The steward listened, touched his beard, and didn't say much, he just felt that the prince treated Fujin so well, and it was not in vain that Fujin had worked hard to maintain the internal and external affairs of the palace over the years...... * Forbidden City, Nourishing Heart Palace, and Dongnuan Pavilion.

Hearing the announcement of the chamberlain, he knew that when the king of Pingjun, Nersu, asked for His Majesty, Emperor Yongzheng was in a good mood.

Today, he officially asked the Queen Mother to "Yi Zhi" and set up Concubine Nala as the queen of the Middle Palace, and he has ordered the Ministry of Rites to prepare for the post-establishment matters.

When Ji said, the queen was officially established, and the daughters of Prince Yong's mansion would move to the palace and begin to divide the concubines.

Whether it is his respected wife Nala in his heart, or the Nian family who has been favored in recent years, Yongzheng is happy to let his women share his honor.

"Xuan!" He looked at Nersu's excerpt and said loudly.

After a while, Nersu came in with the attendant, and Yongzheng restrained the smile on his face.

"Slave Nersu respectfully invites the emperor to St. Ann!" Narsu came in and bowed respectfully.

Yongzheng raised his eyebrows, but did not immediately call: "When will you arrive in Beijing?" Is this road still too peaceful? ”

"If you go back to the emperor, the minions will enter the city before the beginning (one o'clock in the afternoon), and go directly to the palace to ask for a meeting. The road was fine, but when I passed through Taiyuan, I caught up with the heavy snow and blocked the road, and I was delayed for a few days. Narsu replied.

Yongzheng nodded, asked two more sentences about the military affairs of the Northwest, and then gave him a month of leave and ordered Nersu to kneel down.

Narsu thanked for the grace and withdrew.

Yongzheng picked up a thick fold from the small table at hand, which densely recorded the movements of Nersu in the northwest for seven years.

The reason why he was able to summon Narsu so calmly was because of this secret fold in his hand.

On this fold, a few words were written, "The king and the general are not on good terms", as well as the causes and consequences of several frictions between Nersu and the fourteenth elder brother in the northwest for several years.

Putting down this fold, he picked up another one, which was to record the movements in the capital.

The relationship between Pingjun Wang Fujin and Fourteen Fujin gradually broke off with the tension between their husbands in the northwest. Even the relationship between Fu Peng and Hongming has changed from close to estranged.

It is precisely for this reason that when Yongzheng summoned the fourteenth elder brother to return to Beijing for the funeral, he was relieved to hand over the military affairs of the northwest to Nersu; Now he has been summoned back to Beijing, not because he is suspicious, but because he has decided to negotiate peace and end the war in the northwest.

"I hope Nian Qianyao will take care of the military affairs in the northwest as soon as possible!" Yongzheng said in his heart.

He has already issued an order to order the old and weak soldiers in the northwest to return to their original station, and they can only be guarded by elite soldiers.

The people sent to the Zungar peace talks had set out from the capital as early as a year ago, and they should have arrived in front of the Northwest Army after calculating the itinerary.

"There is no silver in the court...... Yongzheng was solemn, silent for a long time, pointed to the crisp cheese on the kang table, and said to Chen Fu who was standing next to him: "Spread my will, the sixteenth elder brother has worked hard, give a bowl of crisp cheese." ”

"Huh!" Chen Fu bowed down to receive the order and went down with the cheese in his hand.

Retreating to the outer room, Chen Fu called a little eunuch in a low voice, took the food box and yellow silk, put the cheese away, and then asked someone to carry it and went out of the Heart Nourishing Palace.

*Forbidden City West, Prince Zhuang's Mansion, West Road Garden.

Looking at the pavilions and rockeries in front of him, Cao Hao sighed: "The palace of the capital, there is such a big garden, and the sixteenth master is also unique!" ”

The sixteenth elder brother said with a little smugness: "What is this, you come with your master, there are good things here." ”

Cao Hao followed him, bypassed the rockery in front of him, walked through a shallow lake, and came to the south of the garden.

Before I arrived, there was a faint fragrance of flowers coming with the wind, and I saw two blooming magnolias. Now is the blooming period, on each magnolia tree, there are hundreds of magnolia flowers blooming, the flower color is purple and white, very delicate.

"It's such a big magnolia tree, I've been looking at it for some years." Cao Hao raised his head and said.

Magnolia is a spring flower, which is a common flower and tree in the capital, and the orchid courtyard of Caofu planted one. It's just that it's rare to have a tree as old as it is and has such a color.

The sixteenth elder brother nodded and said: "It was transplanted from Xishan Tanzhe Temple when the palace was first built, and I heard that it was planted in the previous dynasty, and the tree is more than a hundred years old." ”

"With these two magnolias, the spring scenery of this garden is enough to see." Cao Hao said with a little envy.

Cao Mansion also has a garden, but because the space in the house is limited, it is only half an acre in size, and some common plants and trees are planted.

The sixteenth elder brother held on to the trunk of the tree, looked up at the gorgeous magnolia flower, and said with a little melancholy: "E-niang loves magnolia the most, I am a son, but I am not qualified to invite her old man to enjoy it." ”

"It's difficult to do both things in the world, and the sixteenth master also sees it. Niangniang is still young, and there is always a chance to descend to the sixteenth master, and the mother and son will be reunited. Cao Hao persuaded him.

The sixteenth elder brother turned around, looked around, and saw that there was no one, Fang said in a low voice: "My conscience is also broken in these words, and I am looking forward to them...... Looking forward to Lao Fujin's early ...... It's really an unacceptable thought, so unfilial and unjust, it will damage the blessings. In the future, I will still find a chance to enter the palace a few more times, and the others can only go with the flow......"

Seeing that the sixteenth elder brother understood in his heart, Cao Hao didn't say more, but said: "What the mother is looking forward to is that the sixteenth master is doing well." As long as the sixteenth master is comfortable here, the mother is also at ease in the palace. ”

The sixteenth elder brother nodded and said, "By the way, a few days ago, E-niang handed me some of his self-possession and told me to exchange it for silver money and save it in three parts. One is for the fifteenth brother, one is for me, and the other is for the Li family. In her heart, E-Niang remembered the favor of the Li family. ”

Cao Hao listened, remembered something, and said, "Sixteenth master, has the treasury been checked?" ”

"After checking, it can't be said that the wealth is rivaled by the country, and it is also the first share of the palace in the capital. Not counting antique jewelry, just gold and silver money, there are 120,000 taels of gold, 1,210,000 taels of silver, and more than 30,000 copper coins. "Sixteen Elder Brother Dao.

For this number, Cao Hao is not surprised.

Prince Zhuang's Mansion, originally the Mansion of Prince Chengze, was the father of Bo Guoduo and the fifth son of Taizong. He once went south to the Central Plains with Duoduo, Azig and others to open up territory for the Manchu Dynasty.

The wealth accumulated at that time did not have time to be spent, and Shuo Sai died young.

Later, Bo Guoduo inherited the throne and was renamed "Prince Zhuang" to run the palace for more than 60 years.

For more than 70 years, two generations of princes, the wealth accumulated in the Zhuang Prince's Mansion can be imagined, how rich it should be.

"How can you honor the palace, how much filial piety, you have made up your mind?" Cao Hao asked.

The reason why Yongzheng let the sixteenth elder brother inherit the knighthood, in addition to Jiaen, I am afraid that he is also staring at this large amount of royal wealth.

Speaking of this, the sixteenth elder brother hesitated a little and said, "I'm not greedy for anything, I just want to leave some money for Lao Fujin to make a private house, as well as the silver for Lao Fujin's big things...... The old prince's nephews and nephews are not good at making them empty......"

The sixteenth elder brother is a kind person, and he only feels that he is a knight, although he is under order, he is somewhat sorry for the nephews and nephews of the old prince, and wants to make up for one or two.

Seeing him like this, Cao Hao shook his head and said, "No, it's okay to say anything else, it's better for the sixteenth master not to be self-absorbed when it comes to money." Even if you want to be gampled by the side branch, you should not be the sixteenth master to gend. ”

The sixteenth elder brother is also thoughtful, and after listening to Cao Hao's words, he also understood that he wanted to be left, patted his forehead, and said: "Yes, the emperor is on top of everything, what big cloves of garlic should I fill?" What the emperor wants is an obedient little brother, not a popular Prince Zhuang. Speaking of this, with a little gratitude, he looked at Cao Hao and said: "Thank you Fu Ruo for waking me up, otherwise I will offend the emperor!" ”

Cao Hao waved his hand and said, "If the Sixteenth Master cares, it's just chaos." If you don't want to thank me, just don't think I'm verbose. ”

As the two were talking, they heard a voice in the distance: "Master! ”

It was Zhao Feng who trotted over, and when the sixteenth elder brother saw it, he couldn't help frowning: "What are you doing in a panic?" ”

"Master, someone from the palace is here, it's Chen Fu's father-in-law next to the emperor." Zhao Feng approached, hurriedly bowed to Cao Hao, and then said to the sixteenth elder brother.

The sixteenth elder brother listened, and glanced at Cao Hao, and both of them thought of the treasury silver in the house that Fang had just mentioned.

The sixteenth elder brother cleared his throat and said, "I'll go to the front yard to have a look, Fu Ruo will wait for me first." ”

Cao Haodao; "Sixteenth Master, please."

The sixteenth elder brother asked Zhao Feng to lead Cao Hao to the tea room where he usually sat and lay down to rest for a while, and went to the front yard to see Chen Fu by himself.

Hearing that it was given food, the sixteenth elder brother knelt down in the direction of the Forbidden City, and then took the cheese from Chen Fu's hands with both hands, and ate it in front of Chen Fu before standing up.

He took out a silver ticket of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, stuffed it into Chen Fu's hand, and said, "These people are tired of my father-in-law, this little meaning, please eat tea." ”

Chen Fu thanked him and accepted it with a smile.

"I'm thinking about handing over the sign and asking the emperor to say goodbye, I wonder if the emperor has any time these two days?" The sixteenth elder brother said, lowering his voice: "How are you feeling?" ”

Chen Fu replied with a smile: "Today, the emperor has made a decree, and he is in a good mood. The sixteenth master wanted to hand over the brand, but despite handing it, the emperor still talked to the thirteenth master yesterday about the sixteenth master. If you don't think about the sixteenth master, you won't ask the slave to send the cheese over. ”

If you should bring it, Chen Fu went back to the palace to reply to the decree.

The sixteenth elder brother looked solemn and went to the tearoom to find Cao Hao.

Cao Hao was holding a glass and watching the delicate tea core rise and fall in the water. This glass looks not much different from the glass of later generations, but the transparency is not as good as that of later generations, and it is a little pale green.

"Hey, what do you do with this?" Sixteenth elder brother sat down and asked.

"It's not like a glass from overseas, it's from the palace glass?" Cao Hao asked.

He worked as an errand in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and knew that there was a palace glass in the Forbidden City, which was built in the 36th year of Kangxi, specializing in the development of various glass objects.

"Well, exactly. Although there is a lot of glass burned there, most of it is colored and blown bottles. Although this thing is not worth a few silver coins, due to the small production, only a few palaces have it. "Sixteen Elder Brother Dao.

Cao Hao thought of those who made money by burning glass in later generations, and said to the sixteenth elder brother: "Sixteenth master, how about promoting this glass object to the people?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother shook his head and said, "These are all fragile things, and they are not cheap, ordinary people, who uses this?" Wealthy merchants, the conditions are better, and those who want luxurious things will also choose gold and silver utensils, and will not use this. ”

Cao Hao took the cup and said, "In this way, there is no way for this glass to make money?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother said: "It's just to make it fine, snuff bottles, vases, glass mirrors, glass screens and so on." The best craftsmen are used in the palace, and the glassware made during these years, even if it cannot catch up with the imported from Europa, there is no shortage of fine products. ”

The sixteenth elder brother said that these things are exquisite, but the output is limited, and they do not flow to the market at all, only for the emperor and the concubine to use or reward people.

Cao Hao was a little reluctant, looked up and saw the window, and blurted out: "What about making glass windows?" ”

The sixteenth elder brother followed his gaze and said, "Large pieces of glass are difficult to burn. ”

Cao Hao pointed to the window lattice and said, "It's just the size of a palm, not a big piece." ”

The sixteenth elder brother stood up, looked at the window for a long time, and then turned around and said: "In the early years, I heard the emperor Ama say that if the transparent glass was burned later, the palace would be replaced with glass windows, and the glass burned later was not good in color, so it was never changed. What Fu Ruo said is a way to make money. Especially from the palace, the powerful families in the capital have become popular. ”

At the end of the day, he couldn't help but frown.

Seeing this, Cao Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, hoping that this business opportunity could be executed, and the inner treasury of Xia Yongzheng would be enriched.

Under the name of the Li family of the Cao family, there is still a windfall......*

(To be continued)