At the gate of Cao's mansion, Cao Yuan had already gotten the news and came out with someone.

Cao Hao turned over and dismounted, and asked in a low voice, "Everything is ready?" ”

Cao Yuan hurriedly said: "It's all ready, I know that when I enter the city today, Cao Fang has already brought Qian Li and Zhao Gang over to wait." ”

Cao Hao nodded, and at this time, Dudley also dismounted and walked over to Cao Hao: "Uncle Cao, even after finishing the errand, the lower official will take everyone back to the camp first, and then come to greet Uncle Cao." ”

"Along the way, there will be more guidance from adults." Cao Hao's "thanks" was sincere.

He also saw that this Dudley is not a good talker, but he has not been a waste of words about his own journey, although he doesn't know whose affection he sees, this kindness Cao Hao has to appreciate.

Seeing that Cao Hao was serious about eight hundred, Dudley was a little uncomfortable, hugged his fists and went back to the camp with five hundred escorts.

When I passed the Xidan archway, I saw several big cars parked on the side of the road, and there were several people dressed as housekeepers standing next to the carriage.

Those people were staring at the intersection, and when they saw Dudley leading people approaching, they stepped forward and shouted, "May I ask if you are the Lord of the military camp right away?" ”

The military camp is the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, and this costume is customized. In addition, the Son of Heaven is not in the capital, and hundreds of guards have entered the city, so they can't be eye-catching, so the people who come are not afraid to admit their mistakes.

Dalilema said with a straight face: "It's Da Mou, who are you?" ”

Although the words are spoken, they already know in their hearts that they are from Cao Mansion. Because among these people, two of them are the long-term followers who followed Cao Hao a few days ago.

I didn't see them at the inn yesterday, and I thought I was going back to Beijing first.

I heard one of them take two steps forward and raised his voice: "Back to the adult, the villain is Cao Fang, a subordinate of the Cao Mansion, and I am here to thank you on the order of my uncle's wife." Speaking of this, he pointed to the big carts and said, "Because of the escort of Mrs. Uncle's belongings, the tired adults missed the siege, and Mrs. Uncle was very uneasy. This is the Daoxiang Village dumpling box specially prepared by Mrs. Uncle, which is a little bit of our Mrs. Uncle's heart, and I hope that the adults will be compassionate. ”

Dudley listened at first, and dismounted when he heard "Lady Uncle."

If it was an ordinary lady of the Earl's Palace, she would not let him take care of it like this, but when he came back from outside the Saiwai, he also knew a thing or two about the speculation of the Earl's wife.

Not to mention that he is a small third-grade ginseng, even the prince and Baylor of the capital, and he is not qualified to hold it up in front of him.

He knew in his heart that this was a dumpling box on the surface, but there must be little money in it, otherwise the Cao family would not have made a special trip to arrange these, and also pointed out that everyone had mistaken the siege.

As soon as he dared to refute the face of the lady, the second was that the steward replied with a loud voice, and the bad military academy behind him heard it, if he opened his mouth to refuse, he would not be a person inside and out.

Dudley could only smile bitterly, this Cao Hao looked like a real person, but he didn't leave his hands behind when he did things.

If Cao Hao was on the road or at the gate of Cao's mansion, and came out like this, Dudley could refuse with righteous words; Now, in the name of Mrs. Tai, on the road, Dudley can only bite the bullet and thank Mrs. Tai for her reward...... * Cao Mansion, Lan Yuan.

The Li family only got the news yesterday and knew that his son would return to Beijing today.

The news was sudden, and she was worried about whether her son was injured again or something, but when she heard someone reply, she said that her son did not miss the slightest, and was only ordered to return to Beijing, so her heart was steady.

After being reassured, she felt funny.

She knew that her son and daughter-in-law had a good relationship, and thought that her son had received the news of her daughter-in-law's pregnancy, so she asked her son to return to Beijing.

After the funny, she was also a little apprehensive, and complained a little that her son had forgotten his mother after marrying his daughter-in-law. Thinking that in the early years in Jiangning, her husband was busy with errands, and she was still alone in the empty boudoir.

Even so, she still loves her son, calms her resentment, and happily waits for her son to come back. After a morning's work, people went to the second gate to ask several times.

When Cao Hao entered the second gate, Li couldn't hold it anymore and waited in the door with Chu Yu.

Seeing her son come in, she looked at it several times, still a little distressed, and sighed: "I have lost a lot, and my face is tanned." ”

"Why did mother come out...... Cao Hao handed over the burden in his hand to the mother-in-law next to him, took two steps forward, walked in front of Li, saw her face full of love, thinking that he had just heard Cao Yuan say that there was already a rumor in the capital, Cao Hao felt a little uneasy.

"You came back from a long trip, I'm a mother, and I'm not seventy or eighty, what's wrong with welcoming your son?" Li smiled and said: "Don't look at your daughter-in-law, she has suffered a lot of crimes, fortunately you are back, and I can also recite Amitabha." ”

Cao Hao looked at his wife, and saw that her little face had lost weight, and her eyes looked at him with joy, but it was difficult to hide her lack of color.

She was wearing loose clothes and soft-soled shoes, and she was still more than three months pregnant.

Cao Hao's realization fell on his wife's abdomen, and the uneasiness in his heart was even greater. Earlier it was only a suspicion, but now it has been confirmed that he and his wife are close relatives.

This kid ...... Tianhui ...... He just felt his heart numb...... Seeing his strange expression and not speaking for a long time, Li couldn't help but show a little worry, and Chu Yu's heart also rose.

Cao Hao sensed that the atmosphere was wrong, took a long breath, and said to Li: "Let's go back to my mother first, my son has something to say to his mother." After speaking, he said to Chu Yu: "It's a family matter, you can come over too." ”

When he arrived at the upper room of the Orchid Courtyard, Cao Hao opened the bag he was carrying, revealing a few sandalwood boxes inside, unlocked it with a key, put it aside, and said to Li: "This is the property given by the Queen Mother to his mother, and the son came back from Mongolia in advance to escort these belongings back to Beijing." These are lists, and I ask my mother to put them away. If you look at any object, let it be found by the book. ”

When Li Shi heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised, and said: "The Queen Mother is her old man, and the Queen Mother is her old man...... Isn't it already a sage? ”

"This batch of property was kept by the prince's palace on the Horqin side earlier, and the queen mother left a legacy in her early years, so they brought it to the imperial palace this year." Cao Hao replied simply.

In the first few years of the Queen Mother's life, she had to be rewarded several times a year.

Now that it is still involved in the foreign domain and the queen mother's mother's family, the Li family is really a little flattered.

She casually picked up a booklet handed by her son, and when she looked at it, her face changed, and her hands trembled.

"Is it a bad record, or is this last life a bad legacy? How can it be? Li's eyes widened vigorously, convinced that he was not mistaken, and asked with a frown.

Chu Yu sat beside him, and felt that his heart was "suddenly" jumping.

Is it the finance that the grassland transports back? Isn't it when it was transported back with the Bahrain Ministry, why is it still involved in Horqin?

She also thought that her mother-in-law was the illegitimate daughter of the late Imperial Great-Aunt and Grandmother, and only thought that these were the private wealth left by the Imperial Great-Aunt.

There are some things that Cao Hao can't hide from his mother anymore, but it's not good to talk about them in front of his wife, so he diverted the words and said: "In addition to these things, the emperor also pointed out someone to come over, who was the old man before the queen mother's death." said that it was an errand for our family, but in fact it was just looking for a place to retire! ”

Speaking of this, he said to Chu Yu: "This person was the deputy chief eunuch of the Empress Dowager Palace earlier, with a grade, it is not good to treat slowly, so that people can clean up a quiet courtyard, and he will arrive in a few days." ”

The person pointed out was a eunuch, Chu Yu's face was full of surprise, and Li Shi was also stunned, showing a little panic.

Cao Hao gave his wife a look, and Chu Yu avoided it under the pretext of arranging dinner.

Seeing his daughter-in-law go out, the Li family couldn't hold back anymore, and said uneasily: "Why does the emperor still send eunuchs to our family?" Is it because of the gold? Even if the world drops pie, it's too big. What does the emperor mean, don't let me cause disaster to our family anymore, right? ”

On the way back to Beijing from the holy car, Cao Hao was thinking about how to tell his mother this, after all, he himself was also a guess, except for the abnormal attitude of Kangxi and the Queen Mother, there was no side evidence.

"Mother, do you remember all the gossip that was arranged outside a few years ago?" Cao Hao asked tentatively.

"Gossip? Say I'm the daughter of the eldest princess, or the daughter of the clan? Li said: "How to mention this, it's just that the Queen Mother of Outsiders treats me well, and there is nothing to do." If I am really the daughter of the eldest princess Shuhui, even if it is not good to raise in Mongolia, there are so many powerful families in the capital, and I don't have to send them to the south. ”

"What about the noble lady of the clan? Has Mother thought about it? Cao Hao asked.

The Li family was a little hesitant, and in the capital over the years, he had heard a lot about the wives and concubines fighting in the prince's mansion.

In the past few years, she has not wondered whether she is the daughter of the Li family or the adopted daughter of the Li family.

If it is really the daughter of the Li family, why did the Queen Mother lose her temper when she saw herself? If you admit your mistake the first time, the grace will continue in the next few years, and there must always be some reason.

If it is not the daughter of the Li family, then who are her biological parents? Why forsake yourself? Decades of not knowing each other?

Li couldn't think about it, and he didn't dare to think about it.

"Even if you are a noble girl, why should you send someone under the fence? Even if you are under the fence, where are there any noble girls? Li's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said.

Although Cao Hao also felt that Kangxi was not treated well, he didn't want his mother to be depressed because of his life experience, and explained: "Xu is my mother's elders have inhumane hardships, so I can't recognize my mother." ”

Li raised his head, looked at his son, and said with a little sadness and indignation: "What have you heard again?" Say it...... The so-called elders...... So which is the so-called elder? ”

Seeing that his mother was so excited and her breathing became short, Cao Hao hurriedly said, "Mother, please be quiet, don't get angry!" ”

Li stroked his chest and said, "I'm fine, you kid, don't you say it quickly, are you going to kill me in a hurry?" ”

"If the child is not bad, the mother's biological mother should be the queen mother's mother's family, and the Borzigit clan who was posthumously named Concubine Hui." Cao Hao said.

"Chase?" Hearing these two words, Li's face turned white, and it took a while to notice that there was still a "Hui Concubine" behind him, and he couldn't help but be surprised: "How can it be a harem concubine?" Didn't you say that it was related to the prince of the clan? ”

Her surname is good, and she has never speculated on people's hearts with malice. Even if he knew that he might be an outcast, he thought of several unavoidable reasons for his parents.

But she never thought that her life experience would be related to the emperor who her husband had been loyal to all his life.

If you talk about the details, only Kangxi himself knows.

Cao Hao weighed it and relayed what Mr. Zhuang said back then to his mother, except for the part where Concubine Hui guessed her life experience. Mr. Zhuang thought that Concubine Hui was Wu Sangui's granddaughter, so she couldn't gain a foothold in the harem, which was obviously a guess.

Looking at the amount of this dowry, it is comparable to the mother of the country.

Cao Hao even believed that this Concubine Hui was the real Horqin noblewoman, otherwise the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager would treat each other differently.

Everyone knows that Kangxi and Prince Yuxian's brothers are the most compatible with each other, and it makes sense to exile a woman in order to bridge the brotherly relationship.

It's just that why the bead fetus is secretly knotted, and why it can't be kept in the palace, Cao Hao doesn't know.

When Li heard that the Mongolian Gege was in love with the brothers of Emperor Gege and Prince Yu, he was stunned for a long time, shook his head and said, "Could it be that the emperor misunderstood?" It's true that your grandmother is indeed a banner person, but she married your grandfather and had me, how could it be that Mongolian Gege? ”

This sentence made Cao Hao stunned.

The "maternal grandmother" here certainly does not refer to Gao's.

Nowadays, the ban on the unmarried people of the banner is said to have been formulated by Dolgon at the beginning of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but this rule is dead, people are alive, and when they really marry, they will be registered as banners.

Just like this Gao family, it is an authentic Han person, although he is also in the banner now, but because he is used to living in the south, he still considers himself a Han person.

"From the age of eight, I knew that I was a concubine, not an old lady. The one who gave birth to me was the outer chamber of my father, and the mother who gave birth to me, and died after giving birth. Li's voice was a little melancholy: "At that time, I was timid, and I was afraid that the old lady would be annoyed, so I pretended not to know." ”

"How could Mother know this?" Cao Hao saw his mother's grief on her face, and her heart was heavy.

"It was I who overheard the old lady persuading the old lady to know that the old lady hates your grandfather......" Li remembered the past and became more and more sad.

Cao Hao finally understood why his mother carefully watched people grow up in order to cultivate such a soft surname, the kind of self-righteousness that she was a "concubine", and it was strange that her surname was not depressed.

"Heavenly bloodline, how can it be child's play? If it weren't for the certainty, the queen mother and the emperor would not have graced one after another. Perhaps, it was the Li family and the old lady who misunderstood. I heard Mr. Zhuang say that there was also a Manchurian noblewoman who went out of the palace with Concubine Hui Niangniang, and Mrs. Ru was the grandfather. Cao Hao thought for a while and said.

"What do you mean...... "Li's face was so white that he looked at his son and asked.

"According to the son, the mother is of royal blood." Cao Hao replied affirmatively.

With the spread of the news in the capital, this gossip is indispensable, and Cao Hao hopes that his mother will have the bottom in her heart and save herself from being scared.

"If that's the case, why doesn't the Queen Mother recognize me, and why does the emperor ...... Why doesn't the emperor recognize me? Li suppressed his grief and indignation, and said in a low voice.

"The emperor's affairs, every word and deed must be included in the history books, maybe this early past, there is something that cannot be tolerated in the history pen......" Cao Hao stepped forward, gently held his mother's shoulder, and comforted: "Mother, they don't know each other if they don't recognize it, our family is just good?" Who is rare and has a few more relatives? ”

Li couldn't speak anymore, pulled his son's sleeve, and tears fell down his eyes......

(To be continued)