Chapter 38 Undercurrent
West of the city, Cao Mansion, living room.
When Cao Yong saw that the girl in red had a familiar face, he seemed to have seen it before, and was confused, he heard Baoya say next to him: "This is Sister Yongjia from the Bold Earl's Mansion!"
"The Earl's Mansion?" Cao Yong asked, "What do you call Miss and the Captain of the Guardian Camp Wanyan Yongqing?"
Yongjia was slightly stunned: "Mr. Cao, do you know your brother?"
Cao Yong realized in his heart that no wonder he looked familiar with this Yongjia. It turned out to be Wan Jiha's legitimate daughter and Yongqing's sister. Back then, he followed Wei Xin in Jiangning to see the charm of the city's celebrity in the teahouse opposite Linxiazhai, and Yongjia was among them. In addition, Yongjia was born with the same mother as Yongqing and Yongsheng, and there were always similarities between the brothers and sisters. Therefore, Cao Yong felt that Yongjia was familiar with her.
When Baoya saw the two of them talking, she was left alone and was full of unhappiness. She picked up a gold-packed ox horn bow from the coffee table next to her seat to offer her treasure: "Cao Yong, this is something I found out from the treasury of the royal palace. You can use it to win the Mongolians and give me a long face."
Cao Yong smiled slightly: "Prince, hearing is false, seeing is true. I did not beat Detehei, and archery is just mediocre. If Princess wants to win, she should find another expert."
Baoya was spoiled by everyone since childhood, and was a little older and praised by the princes of each family under her. For example, she took the initiative to come to find Cao Yong today, crying and begging Cao Yong to come out and shoot arrows, but this was the first time she was. She didn't want to persuade her, but Cao Yong still didn't speak out.
Baoya felt wronged and lost face in front of her friend Yongjia. Her little face suddenly pulled down and threw the bow in her hand to the ground with a "slap": "Die slave, don't give me a shame. What is your identity? How dare you disobey this princess!"
Cao Yong and Yongjia both changed their faces. Cao Yong closed his eyes and let out a long sigh. Although he had always been unwilling to admit it like an ostrich, Baoya's angry shout pointed out the fact that he is now a slave. Not to mention meeting Baoya, even a doll under the age of one year in the royal family, he is just a slave. He felt funny when he saw the family in the mansion giving birth. In fact, what is the essential difference between him and he is also a slave, but he is just a slave of the royal family. Outsiders dare not underestimate it.
Cao Yong couldn't help but find it funny again. As a modern person who once lived in an equal society, he naturally accepted the identity of a noble son and enjoyed the service of others hundreds of years ago. Although he would not look down on those slaves who had no status, he would not hold the banner of "equality for everyone". However, if he became a low-ranking identity and wanted to serve others, several time travelers would willingly accept their fate. Or rely on his historical knowledge to climb the big tree of the emperor, get involved in a king, and be the king, and the most important time was to break the ground and be the king; or accumulate wealth, be a little hero who could shake the earth and the mountains and mountains, and I would not fall down.
Yongjia saw that Baoya was so arrogant that he was afraid that Cao Yong would be angry, but he didn't expect that he would laugh instead of anger.
Baoya said it, and she regretted it, but she refused to lower her identity and apologize.
The room was silent, but in the end, Baoya couldn't hold back and asked loudly: "Cao Yong, are you going to compete with me to shoot arrows?"
Cao Yong shook his head without hesitation, picked up the teacup in his hand, took a sip, and was really thirsty this time.
Baoya's face turned red and blue, and finally stomped her feet, turned around and ran out.
Yongjia stood up, looked at Cao Yong, and whispered: "The princess has a mouth but no intention, so you don't have to be upset."
Cao Yong looked up at Yongjia: "Girl, don't worry, Cao Yong is fine."
Yongjia smiled and nodded: "Young Master is generous, Yongjia will be relieved! That silly girl must be angry with herself and hid in the carriage and cried!"
Cao Yong did not respond, thinking to Cao Jia. What if this ignorant Bao Gege also put out the master's brochure in front of his sister? Then he shook his head. It was impossible. The sister had already raised the flag and was no longer a coat of clothing, and the prince's wife who was given by the emperor. With her sister's intelligence, it would be easy to coax such a little girl.
Yongjia originally wanted to win some sympathy for Baoya, but Cao Yong had no contact, so she naturally couldn't say anything else and said goodbye and left.
Cao Yong leaned lazily on the chair, saying that he was a man who loved face or a noble man in his bones. He felt uncomfortable whenever he thought of himself as a slave. In fact, he also had the opportunity to find excuses to stay in Jiangning, but what should the Cao family do if that? The Cao family was favored by the emperor and had always been the target of Qingliu's attack. Even Kangxi had to indulge these Qingliu's attacks on the Cao family in order to maintain his image as an emperor. The Cao family covered the sky with one hand in Jiangnan, so why did the Cao family repeatedly fall into a passive position? There is only one reason, that is, it was far away from the capital and the core of power.
Although Cao Yong had already made the worst plan, he could go to sea and go to America to hunt for gold. However, with the current navigation technology, how could he cross the vast Pacific Ocean? Everything is still the Cao family, which was trusted by the emperor. In order to show this, he, a young slave, willingly came to the capital to work.
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Outside Cao's mansion, a gorgeous carriage left in a hurry.
Yongjia was right in the guess. Baoya was crying in the carriage. When she saw Yongjia coming in, she said pitifully: "Sister Yongjia, I am not sincere. Who told him to ignore me and not play with me!"
Yongjia took out a veil and wiped her tears: "Even if you are annoyed, you shouldn't say such things."
Baoya nodded: "Yes, yes, if it reaches my sister-in-law's ears, I'm afraid my sister-in-law will not like me anymore. What should I do?"
Yongjia thought of Cao Yong's careless look just now and comforted him: "Don't worry, Mr. Cao doesn't look like that kind of stingy person. How could he bother with his daughter's house, let alone complaining behind his back!"
Baoya looked at Yongjia with a little puzzled look: "Didn't my sister know Cao Yong? Why do you seem to be very familiar with him?"
Yongjia reached out to sort out the handkerchief: "The princess started to say again, even if it wasn't Cao Yong, if it were other men, they wouldn't care about you! I have my brother and younger brother, so I naturally know that I am used to their actions."
*
Cao Mansion, living room.
When the guests left, the butler Cao Zhong came up to ask for the gifts to Liuqing Palace.
"The prince is reinstated? When will it happen?" Cao Yong asked.
"Reply to the uncle's words, according to the news from the palace, it was the imperial edict issued by the emperor during the morning court yesterday." Cao Zhong replied.
Cao Yong nodded. Yesterday, their guards came out on duty and went to the VIP building, so they didn't know about such a big deal.
"Which concubine or which grandson's birthday is it?" Cao Yong thought for a while and continued to ask. The prince could not make friends with foreign ministers, so the prince should avoid it even more. Although the powerful and powerful people in the capital were fighting to give gifts first, they still had a pretext.
"When I replied to the uncle, I heard that it seemed to be the birthday of Tang Jia, a concubine who was favored by the prince."
"Well, then follow the previous examples to prepare a gift for this concubine." Cao Yong said: "Compare this amount to 30%, prepare one for the Crown Princess. It should not be too luxurious or wasteful. Just choose some jade jewelry that can be given in the warehouse!"
Cao Zhong smiled and said, "It's better for the uncle to arrange it properly, without being polite, without being polite, and without being ostentatious."
Since the prince has been restored, what about the thirteenth prince who was detained? Cao Yong thought of this and asked, "Is there any news about the thirteenth prince?"
"It seems like I'm going back to the prince's office!" Cao Zhong heard about the fourth prince and the thirteenth prince's rescue of the little master back then, so he was not surprised to hear Cao Yong's question.
The prince's house is the residence of the prince before he was separated from the palace. Although the thirteenth prince has been married for many years, he has not yet been separated from the palace and still lives in the palace.
Cao Yong felt a little fond of the Thirteenth Prince who praised the "King of Heroes" in later novels. What kind of blow would that young man with high spirits have suffered in the whirlpool of the deposed prince? From one of Emperor Kangxi's favorite princes to being scolded by the imperial gutter as "not a diligent and loyal person who is loyal and filial. If he does not take any restrictions, he will cause trouble and must be guarded." After months of imprisonment and the neglect of the emperor's father not only destroyed the young man's will, but also destroyed his health.
Thinking of the reincarnation of the prince, Cao Yong always felt that he had forgotten something in his mind, and he could not remember it. He had to visit several relatives, and he was too lazy to think about it anymore, so he asked Cao Zhong to go out.
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Shifuma Street, Pingjun Wangfu Mansion.
Lu Yunniang was seriously injured. Prince Ping County Neersu asked someone to take his post and invited several imperial doctors to come over one after another. Cao Jia also took a few maids and mothers to take care of him in the guest room.
It was not until noon that Lu Yunniang's wound was completely treated and she drank the medicine to calm the mind and went to bed.
Cao Jia thought that Lu Yunniang not only broke her forearm, but also added a half-foot-long hole to her once beautiful face. Because the wound was too deep, even if it was healed, the long scar would not be able to get rid of it. Could this be the beauty's life? Cao Jia sighed in her heart.
The couple was united. Nersu saw what his wife was worried about and didn't want her to worry about it. He gently supported her waist and comforted her: "Sir, is not the kind of frivolous person who only loves women's beauty. Even if Yun Niang breaks her appearance, she will love her. Yan'er doesn't have to worry."
Cao Jia touched her belly, turned around and smiled at her husband: "Well, what the prince said is Yan'er is worried about nothing!"
After a while, Lu Dai, who went to Shuntian Mansion to report the case, returned home.
After seeing Yunniang, Lu Dai followed Nersu to the study.
"How is the case? Have the identity of that five been found out?" Nersu asked anxiously.
In addition to being angry, Nersu felt more guilty about the experience of Lu Dai and Yunniang. Lu Dai and Yunniang were married in the past two days, and it was not known to the outside world. In the eyes of everyone in the capital, Liufang Hutong was the outer house of Prince Ping. Since the other party dared to kill in front of the door so arrogantly, was the target of Yunniang or the prince he was the prince? Maybe it was the prince who implicated the couple.
Chapter completed!