The sixteenth elder brother and Cao Hao stayed in Caofu's new house for more than an hour, during which they remembered the fragrance of roasted sweet potatoes they smelled on the road, and sent Chang Sui out to buy a few roasted sweet potatoes and came back.

Then, the sixteenth elder brother pulled Cao Hao, and the two guarded a charcoal basin, hot roasted sweet potatoes to eat.

It's getting colder, and eating in a charcoal basin like this has its own fun.

Cao Hao remembered that he was going to the hot spring Zhuangzi a few days, and he couldn't help but smile on his face.

It has been snowing for a few days, and the temperature in the mountains is low, so there must be snow.

He remembered taking the children to catch sparrows and quails in his early years, and Changping Zhuangzi had a greenhouse with fruits, vegetables and vegetables. Although these words have been sent to the city a few times, they are not as fresh as the freshly picked ones.

Seeing Cao Hao's smile pleasantly, the sixteenth elder brother raised his eyebrows and said, "What do you want to do?" ”

Cao Hao smiled and said a few days after going to the hot spring Zhuangzi with his mother, but he remembered that he forgot to mention with the sixteenth elder brother about inviting Concubine Mi to go with him, and said: "By the way, my old lady is worried about the concubine and wants to invite the concubine to go out of the city to relax together. ”

"Huh?" When the sixteenth elder brother heard this, he was surprised.

He looked at Cao Hao as if he was happy and resentful, and finally snorted and said, "You will be happy, I don't believe that the household department is so busy, you can leave for a few days." ”

Cao Hao pinched his fingers and counted with a smile: "Take a break, ask for a leave, and arrive late, and you can stay in the hot spring Zhuangzi for two nights." Although it is not a long time, this day is the most comfortable hot spring. ”

The sixteenth elder brother glared enviously, but he could only grit his teeth.

He is in charge of the Internal Affairs Office and the Zongren Mansion, both of which are the busiest at the end of the year. He is different from Cao Hao, Cao Hao, the official of the household department, is on duty for a small court meeting in turn, but the sixteenth elder brother needs to go to the palace every day to listen to errands.

"Master also has a hot spring Zhuangzi in Changping......" The sixteenth elder brother looked at Cao Hao and said stupidly.

When it comes to the hot spring Zhuangzi in Changping, he can't help but think of Hongpu's Eniang Li.

Back then, he was still very naïve, he felt sorry for the Li family, and he was afraid that she would be uncomfortable when she got married, so he made a special trip to send her to live outside the palace. His eldest son was born on the beginning of August of Kangxi's fifty-first year, and he was one month older than Cao Hao's eldest son Tianyou.

If the eldest son is still alive and is already a sixteen-year-old boy, he can also hand over the housework, so why worry about it inside and outside like now.

Although it is difficult to have a son-in-law now, the son-in-law is only a few years old, and it will take more than ten years to grow up Chengren.

The second son and the third son of Kangxi were born in the 54th year of Kangxi, and the other was born in the 56th year of Kangxi, if they are still there, they are all young people.

Thinking of this, he only felt a tingling in his heart.

He is not a ruthless person, and until he finally dealt with the Li family, he more or less excused him in his heart.

It wasn't until he took over the Zongren Mansion and saw a lot of mansions in various princes' mansions that he completely understood that there was no misunderstanding before, erased the Li family in his heart, and only admired his own Fujin.

If the surname Fujin is more vicious and uses his brains, then the brothers Hongpu and Hongming will not grow up smoothly.

But while admiring, he didn't have a lot of grievances in his heart.

But Fan Fujin is also a means, and he will not lose three sons-in-law in a row.

Thinking of these, the expression of the sixteenth elder brother seemed to be reminiscing and remorseful.

Seeing this, Cao Hao wondered in his heart, but he did not interrupt the contemplation of the sixteenth elder brother.

After a long while, the sixteenth elder brother came back to his senses and sighed heavily.

It's useless to talk about the past, and look at the future.

He raised his head and said, "The concubine doesn't like beef and mutton, loves fish and shrimp, doesn't eat old yellow rice, but loves rice cakes. ”

Cao Hao smiled and said: "You don't need the Sixteenth Master to order, my old lady is like this, there is a cook in the south at home, and she can't leave anywhere." ”

The sixteenth elder brother nodded and said, "That's good, in the end, the old people are a little picky." If you have a good appetite, then your mood and body will also be good. It just so happened that Suzhou Xingong had some small dishes into Beijing, and I also had a share there, and Ming'er asked someone to send you two jars, which could add dishes to the old lady. ”

Cao Hao responded, picked a piece of hot roasted sweet potato with an even size, picked it up and handed it to the sixteenth elder brother.

The sixteenth elder brother took it and ate it in two bites, but it was also sweet.

Neither of them was idlers, they hid for more than an hour and were idle, and when they ate sweet potatoes, they came out of the house and went back separately...... The Li family had already returned home and told Chu Yu about Concubine Mi's promise to the invitation.

There is a concubine and the people of Baylor Mansion to go together, how to settle and reward when they go to Zhuangzi, Chu Yu has to make careful arrangements, and the province has made mistakes, and he is embarrassed to be thrown into Baylor Mansion.

In addition, Chu Yu also invited Chunhua from Dongfu and invited him to go to the hot spring Zhuangzi with him, but Chunhua couldn't rest assured of her husband and politely refused the kindness of her sister-in-law.

However, she made a request and begged Chu Yu to help with the item.

That is, in February next year, let her send Li back to Jiangning with her husband to visit relatives.

"Our old lady is in Jiangning, and I am a daughter-in-law, so I should also go over to say goodbye. Not to mention these big truths, there are also some of my petty selfishness. The last time I came to office with the fourth master, I also saw some of the world. Now that the children are getting older, it is better to take them out for a walk than to stay in Beijing all the time. The opportunity is rare, and I still borrowed the light of my uncle. Chunhua said softly: "It's just that when the children are naughty, the sister-in-law should not be disgusted with the cleanliness of the uncle."

She and Chu Yu are originally relatives, and their surnames are kind and amiable, and the relationship between them is very good.

She opened her mouth and raised her hands, Chu Yu naturally nodded and said, "If you want to go, I will tell the fourth uncle." Sending the old lady south should have been the responsibility of our husband and wife, but it troubled the fourth uncle and you. The nephews and nieces are cute and cute, and they can accompany the old lady and make the old lady lonely, which is really good......"

The two of them discussed it warmly, and they were not satisfied.

When Chunhua left, Chu Yu returned to the Orchid Courtyard, and only then did he hear Li mention Xiangyu.

"I thought about it for a while, before the old lady died, the most reassuring thing was not the Li family, but the big Xiangyu girl who pulled it herself. If you can really marry into the Zhuhou Mansion, even if you can't enjoy great wealth and wealth, you can't be wrong. Mrs. Zhu Hou has a good surname, and she married into it as a little daughter-in-law, and the eldest sister-in-law was born in a scholarly family, so she has no coquettishness, and it is not difficult to get along with her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Li said.

Chu Yu knew that Mrs. Zhu Hou asked her to be a matchmaker, but she didn't expect her mother-in-law to think of Li Xiangyu.

Regardless of whether the situation of the Zhuhou Mansion is embarrassing or not, the status of the Chaopin Hou Mansion can be placed there, and Xiangyu's background is really lower.

But Xiangyu came to Cao's house when she was learning to speak, and then when she entered Beijing for the second time, she lived in Cao's house for several years.

Chu Yu hesitated: "The Hou Mansion is noble and has a small population, so it is indeed a good family. But in the past few years, the concubine has taken Xiangyu with her, maybe she has her own plans. Even if the concubine doesn't have that row, what about the uncle and the old lady? ”

When Li heard this, he couldn't help but ponder.

Speaking of which, Li Xu and Wang are Xiangyu's own grandparents, and the concubine is Xiangyu's cousin and grandmother, and she is also Xiangyu's cousin and grandmother, and she is only Xiangyu's aunt and grandmother.

If you don't feel sorry for your granddaughters and nieces?

In his heart, he just thought of Gao Taijun's affection, and thought of Zhaofu Xiangyu, but those two were Xiangyu's blood relatives.

"It's my negligence, fortunately I didn't mention it directly to the concubine today, otherwise it would be like finding fault with the concubine and not thinking it through. Wait a few days to ask the concubine about her plans, if there are no other arrangements. Li nodded and said: "The tutor in the Zhuhou Mansion is good, if you don't think too much, it's really a good family affair." ”

Chu Yu listened with a smile and didn't say anything to disappoint the fun.

How can you not think too much?

The old lady's children and grandchildren are angry, the Cao family's saints are long, and the Li family is living a smooth life, and they will not think too much carefully.

The Li family was defeated, the old lady was a criminal official, his son's career was ruined, and only a few grandchildren worked as errands in the Internal Affairs Office, and they were not of high grade.

Although Xiangyu is a concubine, she can be raised by the concubine for a few years, which can be regarded as improving her status.

Marriage with Zhu Hou did not benefit the Li family at all; If you find a decent person in the Internal Affairs Office, you can help the Li family somewhat.

The old lady was kind-hearted, and only thought about letting Xiangyu not endure hardship, but forgot that marriage was originally a matter of two surnames.

Even if the old lady speaks, the concubine's side may not object, but the Li family may not be willing to ...... * Sun family, the front yard of the main house.

An's was wearing a new flag costume, with several velvet flowers on the flag head, which looked very festive.

She sat on the kang with a proud face, eating hot tea, and talking to Cao Ying and Dong about the majesty of Cining Palace.

Dong just listened quietly, but Cao Ying lowered her head and secretly slandered herself.

An's son was summoned to the palace today to ask for peace to the imperial examination nobleman Chen, and it was rare to go out for this trip, and when he came back, he showed off with his daughter-in-law for a while.

But I don't want to think about it, Cining Palace is decent, what is Chen Guiren doing? Chen Guiren just followed a few concubines to live in Cining Palace, and with her position, I am afraid that she will have to live in the wing hall and side room.

It is difficult for the Sun family to come out of this royal family, up to the An family, down to Sun Jue, and the Sun Ban brothers, all of whom are eager to talk about the nobles.

But Sun Wencheng was dismissed, the Sun family moved north, and the only thing Chen Guiren helped was to ask someone to arrange for Sun San, who was selected to enter the palace, to be an errand by his side.

For the rest of the Sun family, Chen Guiren did not treat him differently, nor did he bother to raise it.

An's and Sun Ban still didn't give up, they only felt that Chen Guiren's identity was limited, and they were powerless, so they all thought that they would just wait for the twenty-first elder brother to open a mansion.

The sons of the Holy Grandfather, the seal is still Beizi.

When the twenty-first elder brother opens the mansion, the Sun family is the twenty-first elder brother's mother family, and they will have something to rely on.

But I don't want to think about it, after all, Chen Guiren's surname is Chen, and he is not surnamed Sun, and the twenty-first elder brother has never seen the Sun family, so can he still serve the Sun family as the head of the maternal family?

It was Sun Wencheng, the head of the Sun family, who came to the twenty-first elder brother, only those who claimed to be slaves, if they put up the genealogy of the elders of the maternal clan, they would be dizzy.

An Shi was still proudly talking about what snacks he ate in the palace, what tea he used, what objects the nobles had given, and how decent the three girls were.

Dong is from a family of internal affairs, and under the influence of his ears and eyes, he sees things more clearly than Cao Ying.

No matter how proud the An family is, the Dong family is more vigilant, the Sun family has been in Beijing for five years, and Chen Guiren has summoned people into the palace for the first time, and it will never be just to reminisce about the past......

(To be continued)