Sometimes, although there are many people around, it is difficult to find someone who can say a few words of truth. The sixteenth elder brother followed the holy car, and that was the case.

Seeing Cao Hao, he nagged for half an hour, he only felt refreshed in his heart, and then he realized that he was out of shape, shook his head self-deprecatingly, and said: "Look, I'm not old, I actually learned from that long-winded old man." ”

Seeing his brows, Cao Hao asked, "Could it be that there is something else?" Every year when you go to Rehe, you are happy, but this year you are a little unhappy. ”

The sixteenth elder brother sighed and said, "I just feel annoyed, but now I envy Xiao Seventeen for being smart, not to join in this fun, and to be at ease." ”

Cao Hao thought about the seventeenth elder brother's life in the past half a year, but it made people envious, and said: "I'm afraid that it will be at ease, and the emperor will not allow the seventeenth master to be lazy anymore." ”

The sixteenth elder brother nodded and said, "Well, I heard the emperor Ama talk twice, and I am afraid that Xiao Seventeen can't be lazy anymore." ”

After saying this, the sixteenth elder brother remembered something and said, "By the way, how did I hear that because of the ninth brother's disciple, your cousin-in-law has a bad future?" This can't be Brother Jiu's trouble, right? Speaking of this, he couldn't help frowning and said, "Okay, what are you doing with this again?" If he bullies you so hard, don't bear it, talk about it well in front of the emperor, and save yourself from being pinched as a soft persimmon. ”

Seeing that the sixteenth elder brother was angry, Cao Hao waved his hand and said: "The sixteenth elder brother misunderstood, it should not hinder the affairs of the ninth elder brother, it was Sun Jue who was indecent and was caught by the imperial history." These imperial histories in the capital love to catch these pigtails all day long, and the sixteenth master doesn't know it. It's me, and I've been impeached less over the years? ”

The sixteenth elder brother has always been a human sperm, and after listening to Cao Hao's words, his heart had already turned back and forth a few times, and he lowered his voice and said: "If Fu didn't intervene, was he afraid of 'raising carbuncles'?" Sun Wencheng's reputation in Jiangnan is not bad. It's the Li family, who have been a little ostentatious over the years, and they are unclear with the starlings in the early years, so they need to be avoided. ”

Speaking of which, the Li family is still the cousin of the sixteenth elder brother, and the sixteenth elder brother said this to Cao Hao, which shows who is far away and who is close.

"It's not all because of this, it's really that he made a lot of trouble and was cruel to his wife and children. Not to mention helping, if it weren't for Gu Nian that he was my nephew's father, I would have wanted to fall into the well. Cao Hao raised his eyebrows and said.

After gossiping for a long time, the sixteenth elder brother had to rush back to the palace, so he didn't stay long, got up and said goodbye.

Cao Hao personally came to the door, and the guards of the sixteenth elder brother had already led the horse, waiting for the sixteenth elder brother to get on the horse.

It happened that Xiao Manda came back from outside, and when he saw that the sixteenth elder brother had arrived, he hurriedly dismounted and asked the sixteenth elder brother to say goodbye.

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at Xiao Man and quipped: "I heard that your kid is going to marry a daughter-in-law, and I don't know how to invite the master to eat and drink?" ”

Xiao Man was a little confused, looked up at Cao Hao, and said, "Master? ”

Cao Hao nodded and said, "If it weren't for the delay in the old man's funeral, your relationship with Wuen would have been handled last year." Now, the anniversary of the lord has passed, and there is no reason for you to delay it any longer. I told you, Lao Tzu, to let him choose a son in October. ”

Xiaoman is already in his twenties, and if he were in someone else's family, he would have married his own son a long time ago; However, he delayed for several years, and it was not until last year that he decided to marry.

It's none other than Wuen, who is on an errand by Chu Yu's side.

Listening to Cao Hao's words, Xiao Man just cracked his mouth and smiled.

The sixteenth elder brother glanced at him, pulled off a jade pendant from his waist and threw it into his arms, and scolded with a smile: "Look at this little bit of talent, this is the master's reward for you, hurry up and choose a son, and then let Zhao Feng help you pack up some good things and add makeup to your daughter-in-law." He'll talk to you a few times. ”

Xiao Man hurriedly thanked the sixteenth elder brother for his reward, retreated behind Cao Hao, and watched the sixteenth elder brother go away.

The master and servant entered the courtyard, Xiao Man hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Master, although we are subordinates, we don't have to guard the master for three years, but it is not appropriate to marry in the mansion." Or, let Uen go out of the house to be married, and the little one begs the old housekeeper? ”

The old housekeeper he was talking about was Cao Zhong.

Xiaoman's family and Cao Zhong's family are all servants named by Caofu, and they all have their own small mansions in the back street of Caofu. In addition to these two families, there are also several rooms of servants, who have been discharged from their errands and are honored, and they also live in the back, but they are not as decent as these two families.

Wu En was not the son of the Cao family, but a Mongolian slave girl brought back from the grassland by Cao Hao. I just want to arrange to get married, and I have no relatives to follow, so Xiaoman is worried about making arrangements.

Cao Hao said: "You can only marry a daughter-in-law with peace of mind, the aunt and grandmother of the Han family have already said that they will take the girl from Wuen to her side to be married." It's a dowry, and it doesn't bother you to worry about it, she and her grandmother have to buy it. ”

When Xiao Man heard this, he couldn't help but smile, and said with a smile: "It's all the blessing of the uncle, anyway, the little one knows that he should thank the uncle the most." As he spoke, he bowed down.

He worked as an errand boy beside Cao Hao when he was eight years old, and the relationship between master and servant was extraordinary. is this family business, and Cao Hao complied with Xiaoman's intentions and did it.

Cao Fang's daughter-in-law was originally a niece of her in-laws, and she was also the son of the Cao family, and Guilian, a second-class maid who worked as an errand in the Li family's room. didn't wait to be married, Xiaoman got the letter, so he begged Cao Hao first and asked for Wuen.

At that time, Amethyst was still alive, and Unn had been by Amethyst's side since he entered the mansion. Amethyst pities her loneliness and treats her differently. For this family business, Amethyst is not optimistic.

Unn has no family to rely on, and if he doesn't like his mother-in-law, it will be difficult for him to survive in the future.

However, Cao Hao looked at Wu's steadyness, and knew that Xiao Man looked at the giggling, and in fact, he had a very good idea, so he had a heart.

Even if he can take the initiative to marry Un, he has some true feelings. remembered that many years ago, the two of them were husbands to each other on the grassland, and they were also childhood sweethearts.

Later, Cao Hao asked Cao Fang.

After all, Xiaoman is Cao Fang's eldest son, and marrying a daughter-in-law is not a matter of one person. If Cao Fang didn't like Wuen either, Cao Hao would really have to think about it.

Cao Fang knew that Cao Hao had never interfered in the marriage of the people in the house, and now he made a special trip to ask about Xiaoman's relatives, which was also a rare affection. What he meant was that he wanted to follow his son's thoughts, and he said that he had to be harmonious and beautiful. As for whether it's his niece or not, it doesn't matter.

When Cao Hao heard this, he explained the matter to Chu Yu.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the family affair was decided, Cao Yin died of illness, and the marriage was delayed...... * Wutong Garden, and went to the room.

Looking at Un, who bowed his head and was silent, Chu Yu smiled and said, "In the end, I want to be a bride, and there is no more coolness." ”

"Grandma......" Hearing this, Un became more and more ashamed and couldn't raise his head.

"Alright, alright. I won't tease you, go down and pack up, I'm going to live for more than half a month, and I have a lot of things to bring. As he spoke, Chu Yu pointed to the little girl next to him and said, "Uncle originally wanted to buy a girl for you to dowry, but Aunt Han said that she had prepared someone for you." I'm afraid that you won't be used to it, so let July go over and wait for a while, and then send her back when you go out. ”

Seeing that Chu Yu arranged it so intimately, Wu En couldn't care about being ashamed, his eyes were red, and he knelt down and said, "Uncle and grandmother are so kind, what ......is it good to ask the slave to say."

Chu Yu personally helped her up and said, "Amethyst was worried about your marriage before she was alive, and now she can be regarded as having peace of mind." Fortunately, he didn't marry into the outfield, Xiaoman is an old man next to the uncle, and he is stable. ”

At the mention of Amethyst, Un's heart tightened; mentioned Xiaoman, but she only bowed her head.

Chu Yu saw that she was uncomfortable, so she didn't keep her, explained a few words, and asked her to go down to clean up. The Han Jiang clan has sent a letter back, and Ming'er is going to come to pick her up from the Han house to be married...... you must know that in an agrarian society, the people take food as the sky.

Spring planting, summer ploughing and autumn harvest, people work hard for more than half a year, only in winter can they rest, so the people often arrange the marriage in the movement.

Although the gentry and people in the capital do not farm for a living, there are many marriages arranged in winter.

On the side of Caofu, there is a happy event for Xiaoman.

In Changchun Garden, there is also a happy event.

This happy event is a choice that the seventeenth elder brother must make in desperation.

Today, the saint drove to Beijing, and he came over to greet the imperial father with several princes and elder brothers who stayed in Beijing. After the please finish, there will be a waiter to pass the word, and the concubine will summon her.

Although the concubines did not follow the Hurehe, with the arrival of several elderly palace concubines, they moved to Changchun Garden in May, and also avoided the summer heat of the capital, which can be regarded as the emperor's grace.

When the mother and son saw each other, they couldn't care about anything else, so the concubine called out two palace maids who were as tender as shallots and let the seventeenth elder brother see them.

Seeing this, the seventeenth elder brother couldn't help but be a little annoyed.

Over the years of marriage, because Fujin has never given birth to a son and a half daughter, there are many people who forced him to take concubines, but he didn't take it to heart, but he didn't want his biological mother to force him.

Seeing her son's reaction, Concubine Qin sighed in her heart, sent away all the people in front of her, and said to the seventeenth elder brother: "E-niang has not forgotten your words, the children only want to be born, and they don't want the concubine to hinder your daughter-in-law's eyes." It's just these two palace maids, if you don't want it, then you will wait to carry a side Fujin from Guo Luoluo's house. ”

The seventeenth elder brother clenched his fists and frowned, "Good and dignified, why did that one think of this again?" ”

"She has a niece, an uncle and sister of Sixteen Fujin, who left a brand in last year's draft, and because she was only thirteen, she didn't get married. At present, among the princes and elder brothers, you are the only one who has no side Fujin, and there are fewer people who have been worried about it in the past two years? Concubine Qin sighed: "Whether you want to or not, think about your daughter-in-law." In the past few years, the emperor has allowed her to be alone and favored, firstly because you are not in good health, and secondly, because she is in love with her Amma. Where will it be tolerated any longer, breaking the royal rules and delaying the heirs. ”

The seventeenth elder brother only felt panicked in his heart, his neck seemed to be filled with lead, and he used all his strength before he nodded slowly and said, "My son knows, and I will arrange it." ”

Qin Concubine Niangniang looked at her son distressedly, and said: "I know that your husband and wife have a good relationship, and you are impatient with those dirty things, these two girls are carefully jumped out of Eniang, honest and duty, and there is nothing to rely on at home." You can rest assured that it is ...... If you can really add a son and a half daughter...... The daughter-in-law's situation can also be relaxed......"

Although it is said that the concubine wants to send her son to the palace maid, but the harem has the rules of the harem, and she must consult Concubine De and Concubine Yi, who are in charge of palace affairs, and the two concubines can only send these two people to the elder brother and put them under the name of the seventeenth elder brother.

Therefore, the concubine just let her son see her, and she couldn't let the seventeenth elder brother take these two directly.

After the seventeenth elder brother left, Concubine Qin changed her clothes and went out to say goodbye to Concubine De and Concubine Yi, and talked about it.

Concubine De was okay, she didn't ask too much, and she agreed to the matter. Concubine Qin is already the head of the first palace, but she is just giving her son two palace maids, which is nothing. Not to mention, the seventeenth elder brother has no heirs, which is also a major event that the palace has always been concerned about.

Concubine Qin is the biological mother of the seventeenth elder brother, and Zhang Luo's matter is appropriate.

Concubine Yi's side, when she heard this, her eyes were a little sharp. But it's just two clothed palace maids, they don't have any reputation, and she, the concubine, is not easy to stop each other, so she responded with a smile. He also said that he wanted to see what kind of color the two palace maids were, and don't be wronged by the seventeenth elder brother...... * The Bank of the Qing Dynasty Internal Affairs Office, the Hou Ya, and Han Jiang's desk are stacked with thick account books.

Today, when it was time for the mid-day inspection, she came over early and was busy for most of the day.

These "ten-month inspections", "monthly inspections", and "quarterly inspections" are the bank's system, and the sixteenth elder brother appointed them after consulting with the Han Jiang clan. Because of this bank yamen, it is said that when dealing with money, I am afraid that there will be a mistake in the account, or there is a place for hiding private information in the man's account room.

Therefore, in order to prevent future troubles, a series of measures have been formulated. The rest is to check and prevent the slightest problem.

The back office of this bank has set up a quiet room for Han Jiang's to check and reconcile accounts. Originally, the sixteenth elder brother wanted to arrange this room in his own name, but considering the reputation of the Han Jiang clan, he directly positioned this room as a "consultant's room".

Because Han Jiang was a woman, he could not take up a temporary post in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so the sixteenth elder brother asked for a fictitious position as a "consultant of the Daqing Bank", and gave him 80 taels of silver and 80 taels of rice every year.

This is the treatment of the five-rank Beijing official, and the Han Jiang clan does not lack this bit of silver rice, but it is made by the sixteenth elder brother for others to see. Let the officials who came out of the Internal Affairs Office know the weight of this woman from the Han Jiang clan.

Originally, the sixteenth elder brother arranged for a woman to check the bank, and there were people gossiping behind their backs, especially the rumors in the clan. Those who are jealous, all the ugly things are choreed up.

A young widow, a young prince, together what else can there be.

It wasn't until this "consultant room" came out that everyone gradually fell silent. Regardless of whether Han Jiang is the little lover of the sixteenth elder brother, since he has passed the face in front of the emperor, he is not something that outsiders can talk about.

Cao Hao was still shocked at the time, but he couldn't imagine that Kangxi could have this kind of mind and correct the name of the Han Jiang clan.

is still sixteen elder brothers, very disapproving, this is not an official decree of the imperial court, nor is it officially conferred, there is no need to quarrel with those old Confucians, but a few dozen taels of silver, that is, to hire two capable guys, it is not more than this amount a year.

Not to mention, this Han Jiang clan is still the "righteous daughter" of the countess, and if she loses her reputation because she co-organized an errand for the Internal Affairs Office, it will be unbearable.

Although it is a bit of a limelight, after the limelight, the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages.

Cao Hao was also happy for the Han Jiang clan, and he was finally able to stand up straight and be a man.

Han Jiang looked at most of the accounts, but his mood sank, looking at the number on the account book, and called someone to call in the Wu account room, who was responsible for counting such account books.

Wu is in his forties, he fell from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he was there at the beginning of the establishment of the bank, and he is also an old man.

"Wu Accounts, how many times have you calculated the accounts of the past ten days, how many times?" Han Jiang asked, holding an account book.

"Back to the consultant, the villain counted three times according to the rules, and he was right three times." Wu Ledger replied with his hands down.

"Really?" Han Jiang put down the account book and said lightly: "This month's deposit is 678,432 taels, and the loan is 400,035,550 taels, how did this balance reach 1,080,000......

(To be continued)