Beijing, Cao's family, Dongfu.

It was the Dragon Boat Festival, and Zhaojia's got up early. Because the widow couldn't wear colored clothes, he picked out a new stone blue flag suit cut last month, combed his hair neatly, pressed two hostas without color, and pinned a jade bracelet on his chest.

After cleaning up, she looked in the mirror and carefully wiped her teeth with fine salt.

Hongmei has been waiting for Zhaojia's close for ten months, and it is the first time she has seen her so attentive, thinking that it is because she wants to accept the gift of Cao Xiang and the new aunt, and her heart is already sour.

After wiping his teeth, Zhao Jiashi looked at the mirror for a long time, but still felt a little insufficient, touched the flag suit on his body, and said to himself: "Is the color of the clothes too picky?" Do you want to wear a shoulder press? ”

Hongmei listened to it, and said with a smile: "Mrs. looks good in clothes of this color, and her face is white." ”

Naturally, it is white, because it is coated with several layers of powder.

Zhao Jiashi looked at the mirror and said to Hongmei: "Take the navy blue satin bottom big trimmed pipa placket that I made last month." ”

Hongmei answered, went to the closet in the east room, found the shoulder that Zhao Jia's wanted and served her to put it on.

Zhao Jiashi looked in the mirror, put away the smile on his face, and looked at it carefully before he felt satisfied.

Cleaning up here, Cao Song and his wife, Cao Xiang and his new aunt, Cao Fu came, and Baodie and Jade also brought Wu'er over.

Coupled with the fourth sister who lives here, the heavenly protector who is holding **, the second room is almost all here. Although there is still a heavenly protector's biological mother Tian Xiang, but she can't get on the stage, and she is disgusted by the Zhaojia family, where is there room for her to show up.

Green chrysanthemum wore pink clothes, a green pleated skirt, and a bun, revealing a smooth and white face.

Zhao Jiashi sat alone, quite majestic, first accepted the gift of Cao Xiang and Lu Ju, drank the tea that Lu Ju knelt down, put a red envelope in the tea tray, and said to Lu Ju: "In the future, I will serve your fourth master wholeheartedly, and it will not be in vain that I hurt you." ”

Lu Ju knelt down and answered, and then Zhao Jia's family received everyone's salute again.

Then, it was Cao Xiang who took it, and Lu Ju served tea to the top and bottom of the house.

Cao Song and Jinghui are brothers and sisters-in-law, so it's not good to say much; Cao Fu didn't drink the teacup with a bit of banter, and said with a smile to Cao Xiang in a low voice: "The fourth brother and the sister-in-law finally have lovers and finally become married, and the fourth brother is at ease now?" ”

Cao Xiang was afraid that he would be speechless and give birth to right and wrong, so he hurriedly held up his hand, sent the tea cup to his mouth, and said, "Fifth brother, drink tea and drink tea......"

Zhao Jiashi sat on the top seat, his eyes kept looking at the table clock in the hall, and he didn't notice the interaction of the Cao Xiang brothers at all.

Her heart was already like a long grass, with a little apprehension and a little expectation.

Seeing that Zhao Jia's expression was wrong and his face was pale, Cao Song couldn't help but be a little worried, turned around and asked, "Mother, haven't you rested?" Do you want your son to ask the doctor to come and see his mother? ”

When Zhao Jiashi heard this, he felt disappointed, and frowned: "Bah, bah, it's a big holiday, what are you talking about?" I don't need you to wait for me to breathe, I still have to live. With that kung fu, you can also worry about your own errands, don't always think about being lazy, and hang out at home all day. ”

Cao Song was disgraced and turned his head, and he was also depressed in his heart. I'm just concerned; The palace is on duty, because they are on the night shift this month.

Enter the palace when you fall into the palace gate every day, and come out when the palace gate is opened in the morning. He had already told Zhao Jia's twice before, but Zhao Jia's side didn't care about it and forgot about it.

Even if Bai Yueli is on duty, he has to discuss shifts with his colleagues today, because he will go to the Guogong Mansion to pick up his sister Cao Yi Guining in a while.

Jinghui sat under her husband and saw that her mother-in-law was wrong.

It's just that women are careful and don't regard powdered faces as "sick looks". In addition, since Zhao Jia's sat down, his eyes have been glancing at the clock, Jing Hui thought about it, and knew the reason, and felt a little strange in his heart.

When Cao Xiang took the green butterfly and everyone had seen it, Zhao Jia's family was already impatient, and said to Cao Song: "It's not too early, go and pick up your third sister's house." Although it is a close relative, in the end, it is the Duchess of the Kingdom, and it is not good to make her wait for a long time. ”

Cao Song responded, got up and went out, and went to the Guogong Mansion.

There were a lot of people in the hall, but it was a little cold. Tianhu was not yet a year old, and it was when he was thirsty and asleep, so he was carried out early in the morning, and after being well-behaved for a while, he couldn't help crying loudly.

**Coaxed and coaxed, but it didn't work.

Zhao Jiashi was so noisy that he had a headache, waved his hand, and said to the **: "Hurry up and hold it, the things raised by the girl can't be put on the table." ”

This sentence was even said by Cao Xiang and Wu'er.

Wu'er is still young and doesn't know anything. Cao Xiang stood in the hall, his head lowered, and his face was already flushed.

Zhao Jiashi glanced at the concubine and concubine in front of him, and then thought about Cao Yi, who was about to return to Ning, the joy in his heart had disappeared, and he only felt that his heart was depressed...... * Fangjia Hutong, Guogong Mansion.

Cao Yi and her husband had returned from the house next door, and some time ago, the Hitara clan was not feeling well, and she had been sick intermittently for several months.

The old lady is close to antiquity, and she is already considered to be a high lifespan, and the longevity material has been laid after her sixtieth birthday, and she has been put in the library and painted every year.

Everyone thought that the old lady couldn't get through it, and even when the aunts and grandmothers who went out came back, they also told their younger brothers and daughters-in-law to prepare for the future, so as to save the lack of end-of-life and make people laugh.

Cao Yi waited for a few months without clothes, and invited a famous doctor to recuperate in many ways, which made her mother-in-law turn the corner and relieve her spirits.

For this, she herself has gone all the way.

Xitara saw it in his eyes, although he didn't say anything, but he also thought about his daughter-in-law's good in his heart.

The daughter of the same clan, seeing Cao Yi like this, only thought that she was in order to invite her name, and she said a lot in private; However, the male relatives are mostly envious of Seshtu's good fortune and marrying a good lady, who can not only borrow the power of the Yue family, but also be so virtuous.

Seshtu listened with a smile, but he always felt panicked in his heart.

His wife is too virtuous, which sets off him, a layman, like sludge, and this kind of taste is really uncomfortable.

Perhaps because of the holiday, and because of his mother's improved condition, Seshtu's mood is very good today.

Looking at his wife, who was newly dressed and slightly rouge, he also felt pleasing to the eye, and asked, "Is it the second brother-in-law who is here to pick it up?" I'll come back from my eldest brother-in-law at noon, go over to feed the fourth brother-in-law, and pick you up at home, right? ”

"Hmm!" Cao Yi nodded in response and said with a smile: "Then it's hard work." ”

When Seshtu went out, Cao Song also arrived, first passed the Xitara clan's side, asked his in-laws' wife to say goodbye, and then took his sister and nephew to the house together.

Cao Yi's son, nicknamed Brother Shou, was born in May the year before last, and he is about to have two lives. The little guy has eyebrows and eyes like his father, with a round face, a bulging forehead, and a tiger's head.

As soon as he arrived at Cao's house, Brother Shou was held in his arms by Zhaojia's family, which was so rare that he couldn't do it.

"Did you learn to speak? Call Grandma. Zhao Jia's face bloomed with a smile, and he took Brother Shou's little hand and said.

Brother Shou was not afraid of life, but he didn't dare to call people indiscriminately, so he looked back at his mother. Seeing his mother nodding, he called crisply: "Grandma'an!" ”

"Hey, it's really grandma's good grandson." Zhao Jia's became more and more happy, and called people one after another, putting delicious and fun on a kang to make Brother Shou happy.

In addition to these, there are also small clothes and hats that have been prepared in advance.

Cao Yi had a smile on his face, but he didn't see affection, and said lightly: "Second Mrs. Xie is bothered. ”

Hearing this, the smile on Zhao Jia's face couldn't help but freeze.

Although she didn't expect her to call her "parents", she also added a "two" in front of "Mrs.", but she still talked to Changfang, which is really frustrating...... Cao Yi came back for his younger brother, and Zhao Jia's family watched it, and he was also uncomfortable. After saying a few words, she found an excuse, pulled Cao Song and his wife to the East Cross Courtyard to talk, and called Cao Xiang and Lu Ju to follow.

On the longevity side, it is naturally held by ** and followed to the East Courtyard.

When he arrived at the East Cross Courtyard, Cao Yi asked the maid he brought to hand him a burden and handed it to Cao Xiang and said: "This is a little bit of my sister's heart, when I go out, I am not richer than at home." ”

Cao Xiang was a little embarrassed to accept it, and said, "The second brother and second sister-in-law are already preparing money." ”

"My brother and sister-in-law's are my brother and sister-in-law's, and my sister's is my sister's, what are you talking about?" Cao Yi pushed the burden into his arms and said.

Cao Xiang just accepted it, Cao Yi crossed Cao Xiang, glanced at the green chrysanthemum standing behind her, and said: "Now that you have become a member of the Cao family, you must learn the rules in the future, and you must not lose your proportion." Although the fourth master is small, there are still those of us who are brothers and sisters-in-law and sisters, and he can't be allowed to mess around. Can you write it down? ”

Green Ju lowered her head and responded respectfully, her heart was already like a ball of cotton, and she was uncomfortable in her chest.

"You are older than your fourth master, and in the past few years when you have been out, you have to bother to wait. If you wait well and take care of it, this kindness, we will be great, and we will also think of your good in our hearts. In the future, if you are wronged, we will also make decisions for you. Seeing her like this, Cao Yi couldn't help but feel a little soft-hearted when she thought of her biological mother, her face was a little kind, and her tone was much gentler.

"Well, Aunt Lao and Grandma taught me, and the slaves and maids have written it down." Green Ju had mixed feelings in her heart, and she was already red, and her eyes were already red...... * Rehe, the palace.

Because everyone from Kangxi to the ministers was busy praying for rain, the Dragon Boat Festival did not give a feast like in previous years. The princes, ministers, guards and others on duty have a lot of feelings about the emperor's grace, that is, the "nine son dumplings" given by the Queen Mother's palace.

There are many officials and a limited number of zongzi, how can everyone have a share?

Those who have a head and a face, give a pound-sized one, like a guard and a person from the inner court, and it is already good to be able to get a small one.

The princes and elder brothers who came with him, and most of the people with their families were given a pair of "nine son dumplings", a total of eighteen small ones, and a young one like the twenty elder brother was a "nine son zongzi".

Civil and military officials, according to different grades, some have a portion of the size of one catty, and some share it with several officials of the yamen.

It wasn't the turn of the "Jiuzi Zong", anyway, there were other Zongzi, and no one was bad at eating this bite, but in the end it was a little less decent.

The Cao family is a unique honor.

Cao Yin's father and son, both Jingtang, one copy each; Chu Yu is the granddaughter of the emperor, and Shuo Gege also gave a share, which is nothing, after all, the status of the three of them is there.

The most surprising thing is the reward that Li has received.

The foreign women who followed her husband and followed Hu Rehe, there were not a hundred, but also eighty, I didn't see anyone with such great dignity, and they were rewarded alone, and the Li family was the only one, and it was also a double "Nine Son Zong".

Others, such as exotic fruits and delicacies from the mountains and seas, no one cares about them anymore.

Zongzi is zongzi, and zongzi is not zongzi.

There are a total of 9981 "Nine Son Dumplings", and the Cao family has eight shares, how much honor is this?

When the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs got the news, they all speculated and had different opinions.

Although the Cao family has raised the flag, it is not a coat, and it is not a slave of the Son of Heaven, but the emperor does not treat the Cao family as an outsider.

With the development of Cao Hao's career, the development of the Cao family is just around the corner.

The Cao family's family is not prosperous, but Cao Yin's nephews have all appeared one after another. If this goes on for a long time, who knows if there will be a "Cao Banchao"?

The brain is active, and he is already struggling to think about how to build a relationship with the Cao family's father and son. Fellow villagers, the same year or something, if you can get a little bit of it, you are overjoyed...... * Cao Hao is here in the other courtyard, following Jiang Jian to fish, talking about people's livelihood events; Play chess with Zhiran, and recite a few Zen words; Or follow Chu Yu and accompany Li to play leaf cards, this festival is very comfortable.

Where would he have thought that because of a few zongzi, the Cao family would attract the attention of people with hearts.

Don't say it's a zongzi, even if it's a dragon liver and phoenix gall, as long as it's eaten, isn't it for people to eat?

Not to mention, what was given was "Jiuzi Zong", which was already mentioned in Amethyst's family letter.

Seeing that Li couldn't stop praising the ingenuity of this zongzi wrap, and the silver toothpick accompanying him was also exquisite, Cao Hao couldn't help but say: "If my mother loves to eat this, she will return to Beijing in the future and eat it in the sky?" ”

Chu Yu was beside her, and she had already peeled a zongzi for her mother-in-law, and the filling inside was rock sugar roses.

The red rose petals, wrapped in snow-white zongzi, were amazed by the Li family and Chu Yu's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

After listening to Cao Hao's words, Li said with a smile: "In the end, the things in the palace, even if we follow them here, they may not be right, who is impatient to spend that matter?" ”

"Mother, this is not made in the palace, I heard that Prince Heshuo Jian sent his son to transport it from Beijing. I used an ice car and traveled day and night for several days to deliver the zongzi. Cao Hao said.

"Outside?" Li Shi took a closer look and said, "I really didn't expect that only in the palace could I make such exquisite food." ”

"Madam, this is a new trick that Daoxiang Village pushed out this year, and it is a new trick that Shopkeeper Han came up with." Chu Yu had also read the letter written by Amethyst, and knew the reason, so he said with a smile.

Li listened to it, but he couldn't praise Han Jiang.

Thinking that she had no father, no mother, no husband and no children, Li sighed and said, "As a woman, you can't be too strong in this world, otherwise you will only have to suffer." It's strange and pitiful, if you can shelter more, you can be half a fellow countryman in the end. ”

"Don't worry, my wife and daughter-in-law have written it down." Chu Yu responded.

I don't know how the business of Daoxiang Village is? According to the previous sales, this is the peak season for the New Year's holiday, and the designation cannot be wrong.

Ten of them were opened at the same time, and after a year, the profits were also considerable.

Wei Hei was okay over there, the money was handed over to him and the vanilla couple, whether it was the expenses or the property, they were all left to their own devices.

Here in the Banyan Courtyard, Pity Autumn and Pity Autumn are female dependents who stay at home, Niu Niu is small, this silver is saved, it's a pity.

It seems that Sister Reicho will have to ask her opinion to see if she can help them buy land in Gyeonggi. Otherwise, buy a few good shops in a good area at the front door to collect rent.

The business of Daoxiang Village became more and more eye-catching, and Prince Jane's hand Yaerjianga played beautifully, which suddenly made Daoxiang Village register in front of Kangxi.

In the future, whoever wants to fight the idea of the Han Jiang clan will have to weigh it again.

Brother Jiu, you can't jump to your feet in anger?

Cao Hao couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this. It's strange to say, this fight back and forth makes Cao Hao quite curious about Brother Jiu.

Although everyone is greedy, like Brother Jiu, who doesn't even care about his identity and status, he is the first to make money naked, and it is really Wang Qian's first share.

The Li family has already talked to his daughter-in-law about the grace of the Queen Mother and is thinking about the rites of this year's Holy Birthday Day. Speaking of the special products that need to be purchased in Rehe before returning to Beijing, you have to go everywhere to use them.

Cao Hao was not interested in these parents, so he paced out and walked to the front yard.

I always feel a little uncomfortable, lazy, and can't lift my spirits.

Although I ate and drank enough every day and slept until the last three poles, my heart was empty, which made people feel uncomfortable.

In Cao Hao's mind, he always thought of the errands in the yamen without being obedient.

When will the deficit in the timber yard be poked out, and what kind of shock will it cause in the yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs? How long does the holy car have to stop in Rehe before moving around?

With the exception of Gyeonggi, there has been little rain north of the Yellow River since this spring. In the autumn and winter of this year, there are not two places in need of relief.

Every year in Rehe, the price of rice rises at this time, I don't know how it will be this year? I don't know if any adults have thought of this, and asked for grain to stabilize food prices?

The big pharmacies in the capital have opium, and this thing is popular, but very fast. Now, in addition to curing diseases, some people have lost their money because of smoking.

It's just that the common people still use opium as a medicine, and it is now not in large quantities and its price is always expensive, so it has not spread.

Cao Hao stood under the tree and looked up at the cicadas on the tree.

Thinking about it a lot, it boils down to the fact that he can't stay still.

Although I have no interest in leaving a name for eternity and being a famous minister, I hold it at home, and for some reason, I always feel that I have no bottom in my heart.

Cao Hao was thinking about it, just as Cao Jia came to him, he asked him to call a few people to follow, and Jian in light clothes went out.

Before he reached the intersection, he saw the sixteenth elder brother coming on horseback with a few guards.

"Fu Ruo, is this something to go out?" Sixteen Ago, holding the reins of his horse, asked.

"It's boring, come out for a walk, the sixteenth master is here to look for me?" Cao Hao looked at the people in the vicinity, except for himself, there were no people close to the sixteenth elder brother, so he asked.

"Well, I want to talk to you about this." The sixteenth elder brother nodded and replied.

"In that case, then invite the sixteenth elder brother to the house for tea." As Cao Hao spoke, he was about to turn the horse's head.

The sixteenth elder brother had already stopped him and said, "I'll turn around, let's find a secluded place to talk." ”

Quiet place, just near the palace.

There are garrisons guarding the periphery here, and outside the palace walls, there are also some landscapes and temples.

Along the water's edge, he found a no-man's land, and the sixteenth elder brother sent everyone away from the entourage.

Seeing the faint melancholy on the face of the sixteenth elder brother, Cao Hao's heart couldn't help but sink, and said, "Sixteenth master, what happened?" ”

"Furuo, you have to help me once." The sixteenth elder brother had a helpless look on his face, hesitated, and said.

"What's the matter, the sixteenth master said, can I still refuse?" Seeing him like this, Cao Hao knew that he was in trouble, so he said so.

"At the timber yard, I've already sorted out the line...... The general accounts of the palace can no longer be found ten years ago, and it is said that it was destroyed by the flood...... In the past ten years, after investigation, it is the fifteenth brother who is most involved...... "The sixteenth elder brother frowned and said: "Since seven years ago, a lot of the money involved has something to do with the fifteenth elder brother......

When Cao Hao heard this, he was very surprised.

Although I know the money on the side of the Internal Affairs Office, I don't dare to be greedy for ink without a background, and there are a few princes and elder brothers standing behind him, but I didn't expect it to be on the fifteenth elder brother.

The fifteenth elder brother was born in the thirty-second year of Kangxi, one year older than Cao Hao, and is twenty-four this year. Seven years ago, he was only seventeen and had just come out of his upper study.

"How is that possible? To tell the truth, even if the fifteenth master has the heart, he may not have this power. Didn't the Sixteenth Master see the strangeness in this? Will the fifteenth master be blamed? Cao Hao raised the question in his heart and said.

Although he is not close to the fifteenth elder brother, he has known each other for many years, and Cao Hao really didn't see that he had been strategizing since he was a teenager.

When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "If he is blamed, find someone and help him clear his suspicions; I have asked him in person, and he has not denied it...... He also said that if I wanted to poke it out, I would ...... said that he himself was an insignificant prince without a title, and he was not afraid of being confined......"

When Cao Hao heard this, he couldn't help frowning, worried about the sixteenth elder brother.

The collapse of the apse of the Queen Mother's Palace before couldn't be hidden. The cat in it is greasy, and it can't be hidden from those who have a heart.

The reason why no one has poked it out so far, except for some scruples, is mainly because everyone from the emperor to the civil and military officials are busy praying for rain, and they have not had time to mention anything else.

But as long as you have the kung fu to poke out this ink corruption case, you don't know what storm it will cause.

If it is as the sixteenth elder brother said, the fifteenth elder brother is the one who is most involved behind this, then it is really hard to say what Kangxi will do with this son when he is angry.

"Sixteenth master, fifteenth master, is it standing on the side of the fourteenth elder brother or the third elder brother......" Cao Hao couldn't help but ask.

The fifteenth master has not yet divided the mansion, and the food and accommodation are all in the palace, there are only two Fujin, and there is nothing to spend, and there is no extravagance.

When the money is fished out, there must be a flow.

The sixteenth elder brother frowned and said: "I can only find a few cases here, but it is a confused account, the third brother has it, and the fourteenth brother has it...... The most unexpected thing is that there are two more pieces of silver in Honghui's hands......"

Pedal three boats?

When Cao Hao heard this, he was also confused......

(To be continued)