Cao Mansion, Orchid Courtyard.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, everyone in the eastern and western provinces gathered in the Li family to observe the New Year.

Only the Gao family was old, and thinking that he was just a relative of the Cao Mansion, it was not easy to accept the courtesy of the younger generation, so he went back to the Shaoyuan to settle down one step earlier.

Xiangyu was left by Niuniu and Tianhui, and followed everyone to keep the New Year. Sun Xian was also there, with a quiet smile, following the two little aunts.

Six or seven girls sat with Chu Yu and several of their little concubines, either lively, or demure, or coquettish, with flowers and flowers, so that people couldn't take their eyes off.

Li and Zhaojia sat on the kang, looking at the flowers in the room, their faces were full of joy, and they didn't say a word in their mouths.

Cao Ying sat on the side, listening to the two elders talk.

Prosperity is the sign of a prosperous family.

Although Zhao Jia's family only has two grandchildren now, and she has not yet held her grandchildren, she is slightly insufficient, but she is not discouraged, because she still has four sisters and five sons.

The girl of the flag family, sometimes, is more useful than the son.

Don't talk about others, just look at the two aunts and grandmothers who married into the clan of the Cao family, and that's what they said.

Emperor Daxing died, the new emperor ascended the throne, and in order to pray for the first emperor, a group of palace maids were released from the palace.

Zhao Jia's family got the news, cheeky, went to Prince Yi's mansion, begged for thirteen blessings, and hired an aunt who retired from Chuxiu Palace to teach the fourth sister and the fifth son etiquette rules.

Although there are also etiquette aunts in Xifu, Chu Yu's people, Zhao Jia's family is not very useful.

The year after that, the two daughters were drafted at the same time.

Zhao Jia's family also saw that with the appearance of the two sisters, Wu'er had a more ambitious future; But the fourth sister is a concubine, and she has a few good brothers.

Although his father and brother are not of high grade, his grandfather Cao Xi was posthumously awarded the title of second-class uncle. In this way, it may not be impossible to enter the clan.

For this reason, recently, she has put all her attention on training her two daughters.

Even to the five sons of the concubine, he is a little more kind.

Li's eyes fell on Sun Xian and Xiangyu.

Both of them are her nieces and granddaughters, both of them are clothed in the flag, but one is the eldest granddaughter of the Sun family, and the other is the granddaughter of the Li family's concubine, and there is a big difference between these concubines.

The Sun family will not let their eldest granddaughter participate in the "small election", but the Li family doesn't even remember Xiangyu, an orphan girl.

The wife of the Li family, Wang, is Xiangyu's own grandmother, but for some reason, she is very disgusted with this granddaughter.

In the past few years, the mother-in-law who invited An to come over, and in and out of the words, she paid attention to Gao Taijun, but she didn't mention Xiangyu, a serious Miss Li Jiasun.

Although the people of the Li family don't value Xiangyu, Gao Taijun loves this great-niece and granddaughter very much.

has been raised by his side for more than ten years, looking at Gao's love for Xiangyu, sometimes Li's heart has to taste. At the same time, I also understand that the old man is lonely, and this Xiangyu Chenghuan old lady is kneeling, and she should also admit it.

Outside the screen, there is another table, where the Cao Hao brothers and the children of the two mansions sit, plus the Sun brothers. Among the younger generation of the Cao family, only Tianbao in infancy is not there, and even the youngest Tianyang is also here.

Tianhu and Tianyang are both concubines, although Tianhu has been inherited under Cao Fu's name in the past half a year, but the cowardly surname has long been cultivated, and he is a little more shrunken when he speaks and acts, with a small family spirit.

Tianyang was influenced by his biological mother, and he began to learn to look at his face at a young age and lost his liveliness.

Compared with the two brothers, the boy in Xifu is a top outstanding.

Not only are Tianyou and Changsheng outstanding, but even Hengsheng and Zuozhu brothers are not bad.

Whether it is an "adopted son" or a "righteous son", this is the son of the eldest brother. But he has no blood and bones...... Cao Fu wanted to fight here, looking at his cousin, but he didn't know whether to admire his cousin's good way of teaching his son, or whether he should be jealous of his good luck and pick up a child at random, all of them are little Mongolian princes; took in the twins, and now they have become a pair of young talents.

Cao Hao noticed his gaze, turned his head, and said, "What's wrong with the fifth brother?" ”

Cao Fu naturally wouldn't say that he was careful, he was jealous of his cousin's many sons, and said casually: "It's nothing, I just thought of the second brother, and I thought he could come to Beijing a year ago." The first emperor died, it has been a month and a half, if you gallop into Beijing, it should also arrive. ”

The fourteenth elder brother is in the Northwest Army of Ganzhou, which is more than 6,000 miles away from the capital. How long does this gallop take, Cao Hao doesn't know.

He just heard that the 800-mile expedited excerpt from Xi'an to the capital can reach the capital in six days, and Xi'an is 4,000 miles away from the capital.

Cao Hao listened, and estimated the time when the holy driver was on the road, as well as the time for the fourteenth elder brother to return, and realized that something was wrong.

If there had been no change, the fourteenth elder brother would have been here a long time ago.

If anything...... Cao Hao's heart couldn't help sinking.

Li Wei finally did not go to Zhili to serve as a Taoist, but changed to Yunnan Yanyi Road, and left Beijing to take up his post a few days ago. His previous position on the Dao platform was filled by a second-class guard in Prince Yong's Mansion.

"Suppressing bandits" won't be a killer for the fourteenth elder brother who returned to Beijing for funeral, right?

Thinking of this, Cao Hao only felt a cold sweat break out on his back.

Of course, he will not sympathize with the situation of the fourteenth elder brother, and he will not question Yongzheng's choice, but with the fourteenth elder brother back, there is his closest brother.

Immediately, he felt that he wanted to leave again.

Yongzheng has only ascended the throne, and his foundation is unstable, how could he accuse himself at this critical point.

"Xu is delayed on the road, before fifteen, no matter how I arrived home, don't worry, fifth brother." Cao Hao said lightly.

In the distance, there was the sound of "two kicks" and the sound of firecrackers pulling thunderbolts.

Cao Hao raised his head and looked at the table clock on the high and low cabinet next to him, the hands were pointing to the outside of the Xizhi Gate of the Twelfth ......*, Cao Song was riding on his horse and sneezed heavily.

He rubbed his nose and wondered if he was sick; These sons, from Ganzhou to the capital, galloped all the way, changed horses without changing people, and had exhausted three guards.

Because they had to hurry, they couldn't be delayed, so the three guards recuperated in the inn and waited for them to return to the capital when they were better.

Even if he is sick, he can only be lucky, at least he has arrived in the capital, even if he is sick, he is always more comfortable at home.

In front of Cao Hao, the fourteenth elder brother in filial piety clothes sat on horseback, looking at the dark and closed city gate in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, I heard the fourteenth elder brother say in a deep voice: "Come forward, call the city gate!" ”

Someone answered, and got off his horse and went to lock the gate.

The tall city wall divides the world into two worlds, and inside, it is the family reunion, celebrating Chinese New Year's Eve, but the north wind is howling, the cold wind is biting, making people's hearts cold.

The Great General King is back!

When the little colonel guarding the gate heard the report, he only felt that his legs and stomachs were twisting, so that he held a lantern and climbed the city gate tower, with a little humility, and raised his voice: "If the person who comes is the fourteenth master, please wait a while." The lowly office did not have the right to open the gates of the city in the middle of the night, so the lowly duty sent someone to the admiral. ”

When the fourteenth elder brother heard this, he only felt that his eyes were black.

He has been a "general king" for a few years, and when he left Beijing in April, he was sent by hundreds of officials; Now it is "the tiger fell in Pingyang and was bullied by dogs", and he was neglected by a city gate school, how can he vomit blood without anger.

No matter how angry he is, what's the use. After the little colonel on the upper floor of the city gate finished shouting, he had already fled without waiting for the fourteenth elder brother to speak, so that he couldn't find the master even if he wanted to scold him.

The north wind is gradually rising, and the snowflakes are already falling faster than before, Cao Song looked at the silent fourteenth elder brother, and then looked back at the people around him and behind him.

This time, those who returned to Beijing from Ganzhou with the fourteenth elder brother were in addition to two deputy commanders, a prince of the clan, ten imperial guards, and forty governors under the governor of Sichuan, Nian Qianyao.

Cao Song is just a reckless surname, not a fool, and he can see the key.

The Holy Driver died on the thirteenth day of the winter month, but it was a month before the fourteenth elder brother heard the news. At that time, Nian Qianyao had already arrived in Ganzhou.

When Long Keduo got the news, it was his wife and children who were going to be placed on the kang after the New Year. Hearing that the fourteenth elder brother had returned to Beijing, he couldn't help but sit up straight.

is really the identity of the fourteenth elder brother is too sensitive, the younger brother of the new emperor, the youngest son of the queen mother, and one of the most favored princes when the emperor was alive.

If one is not handled properly, it will cause trouble. Even if he was the new emperor's henchman, Long Keduo did not dare to dispose of the fourteenth elder brother at will.

"Prepare the horse, go to the palace!" Long Keduo still thinks that this kind of brotherly enmity is better for the people in the bureau to do it absolutely.

At this time, Yongzheng was full of grief and indignation, and strode away from Yonghe Palace.

Since the enthronement ceremony, the Queen Mother has deduced that she is recuperating from illness and does not see Yongzheng.

Today, on Chinese New Year's Eve, Yongzheng took Fujin, Side Fujin, and three little brothers to Yonghe Palace to be lively together, just hoping that the Queen Mother would become soft in front of her daughter-in-law and grandson, and give each other a step.

However, the Queen Mother said "I am tired", so she ignored the filial piety of her son and daughter-in-law, and asked someone to send off the guests...... "The old fourteen is back?" Hearing the news, Yongzheng frowned slightly: "I don't see him returning to the palace now, where is this going?" ”

For this younger brother, he can only be jealous and wary. He didn't forget that before the death of the emperor, he was bent on transferring these fourteen elder brothers back, and the intention was not easy to investigate.

Coupled with the Queen Mother's abnormal reaction for more than a month, Yongzheng was full of speculation, wondering if the emperor's father had left a secret decree for the fourteenth elder brother before his death, or if he had said anything to the Queen Mother before his death...... Hearing Long Keduo say that the fourteenth elder brother was still outside Xizhi Gate and had not entered the city, Yongzheng muttered: "Uncle, look, how can you be born?" The emperor is waiting for him, but I am really impatient to fight with him! ”

Long Keduo thought for a moment and said, "The fourteenth master is here for funeral, and he always wants to enter the city. The coffin of the first emperor stopped in Jingshan, and the fourteenth elder brother came back with filial piety, and it was reasonable that he was willing to guard the spirit. Even the Queen Mother knows, and she can only be grateful for this filial piety. ”

Yongzheng was worried about how to place the fourteenth elder brother, and after listening to Long Keduo's words, he felt that this idea couldn't be better.

"Uncle Xie taught me, only my uncle can relieve my worries!" Yongzheng said with a little excitement.

Long Keduo's expression was flying, and he even said that he should have done it himself.

He still had to go to Xizhimen, so he didn't stay any longer.

Yongzheng was a little worried about the situation in Xizhimen, so he sent his first-class guard Laxi to accompany Long Keduo to ......*

(To be continued)