Chapter 381: Think more

On the 29th day of the 12th lunar month, the palace granted the court's outer vassals Korqin, Naiman, Ordos, Songqite, Zhalut, Wuzhumuqin, Wengniut, Kharkha, Balin, Abagai Aohan, Tumote, Sunit, Alukorqin, Kalaqin kings, Beile, Beizi, Gong, Taiji, etc., as well as the Minister of the Interior, Grand Secretary, Shangsanqin, Deputy Chief, Shangshu, Minister, Minister, Scholar, Basketball Guard, etc.

Because Cao Yong was still in charge of the position of guard, he was also on the list of banquets.

Before the banquet began, he met his brother-in-law, the fiancé of the second princess of the Chun Palace, the third-class Taijidorjira clan.

Dorzira's grandmother was Huang Taiji's eldest daughter, and Kangxi's aunt Princess Aohan. In other words, Dorzira was Kangxi's son and nephew, one senior generation higher than the second princess of the Chun Palace. However, the marriage between Manchu and Mongolia only focused on age and did not care about generations like the Han people, so he had the will to marry in the palace.

It was the first time Cao Yong and Dorzira met, but they were quite keen. Dorzira was eighteen and nineteen years old, and had a tall and strong figure of a Mongolian, but he admired Central Plains culture more.

Seeing that Cao Yong was elegant and polite, Dorzira spoke with a sense of closeness.

At this time, people valued relatives outside their relatives, including father-in-law, uncle, and brother-in-law.

However, the two of them had no place in the same seat, so after saying a few words, someone urged them to join the seat. After they made an appointment to meet again in a few days, they went to the seat.

Cao Yong and Nalanfusen and others sat down. Everyone mentioned Li Ding who had been missing for several months and were sighing. Dethei said to Cao Yong: "Little Cao, have you been to the Li family in the past few days? A few days ago, I seemed to hear someone telling that Li Ding had blood left, but this child without a father is really pitiful."

Nalanfusen was also a posthumous son. Cao Yong saw that he looked uncomfortable and hurriedly turned the conversation over.

After Dethei finished speaking, he realized his mistake. He lifted his chopsticks and said "hehe" twice, then Cao Yong said something else.

The banquets in the palace are mostly for watching the discs. Everyone has been working as a member of the service for many years and attending them every year, and it doesn’t seem strange. They just sit and talk a few gossips and move a few chopsticks at will.

Because Dethei and Nalanfusen had to be on duty at night, everyone left after eating and agreed to have time to have a drink in the first month.

When Cao Yong returned to the mansion, it was not until Shen time. Chu Yu was arranging people to prepare various small buns, steamed and fried. They were for sacrifice tomorrow and for eating in the first month.

Seeing Cao Yong come back, Chu Yu arranged for the housekeepers to go down.

Seeing that her face was exhausted, Cao Yong felt a little distressed, and said, "If you continue these instructions, you have personally asked about them. They are both bodies and are tired carefully."

Chu Yu helped Cao Yong throw a handkerchief and handed it over, saying, "It's okay, I'll just give them a few words. Sister Zijing is busy preparing various rewards for the New Year, as well as the gifts for the prince to visit the first month of the first month. I just talked and arranged the next one."

Although Chu Yu and Zhao Jia talked about the separation of the two houses the day before yesterday, because they had to separate the stove, the kitchen had to be re-arranged, so they didn't rush to arrange the arrangements before the New Year.

She thought about it before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Whether it is the family banquet or the guests in the first lunar month, it cannot be said that it is a big house, and the second house is welcomed separately.

Cao Yong changed his clothes and smiled and said to Chu Yu: "Although this is not the first time I celebrated the New Year in Beijing, the taste is different. In the first year, I and the waiter were in Beijing, which was very deserted; in the second year, we lived together. Now, when we think about the days of that time, we were so confused that it was extremely unreal. It was as if you were the first day, and it seemed like you had been home for ten or eight years. Now, not only have we become an old couple, but even the mansion has added a lot of people, but it is a bit like living a life." Speaking of this, when thinking of Zhao Jia's smile, my smile became a little light.

He thought about it and said to Chu Yu: "It seems that I was wrong in the past. I was already so far and near, so why would there be those unhappiness in the future!"

"The filial piety of the second wife is commendable, and she will be more generous!" Chu Yu replied.

Cao Yong said with some regret: "It's just a pity that your kindness has hurt. In the past few months, I've seen you treat your second wife like you treat your mother. I'm not at ease yet, afraid that you will be bullied, and it's a good thing to split up like this. You can't be too big and go over to ask for help."

Chu Yu knew that her husband really felt sorry for her, and the smile on her face became even more intense.

*

Inside Xizhimen, Li’s House.

Li Xu changed out of his official uniform and sat on the chair in the hall. The human relationships are so warm and warm. Today, the various ministers and ministers are just vain. Could it be that Li Xu has lost power in the eyes of the world?

His face was gloomy, his eyes were already a little angry, but there was no way. He sighed, it seemed that he should go back to the south after the New Year, and the criticism caused by such a stubborn city in the capital was increasing. There was news that someone from the Censor had already prepared a memorial to impeach him.

He has been in office for decades, but he has never been afraid of impeachment? It’s just that the past is different from the past. Seeing that Master Wansui was already annoyed, I don’t know when he would be tolerant of him. Although because of the relationship between the old lady Wen, Master Wansui would not blame him, who would know if he would “set the accounts after the autumn”?

The most important thing is that news came from Suzhou, which seemed to be something wrong. Li Xu himself was in charge of the Tongzhengsi, so he naturally knew that what Jiangnan had the most was the emperor's eyes and ears.

Long live this move, have you no longer trusted him?

All the signs gathered together, which naturally made Li Xu feel panic.

He had to prepare to return to Suzhou, and Li Nai was not suitable for staying in the capital for a long time. Li Xu's wife and Li Nai's mother Han were bedridden and needed his son to go back to serve the disease.

Thinking of this, Li Xu asked the servant to call the housekeeper Qian Zhongqi, wanting him to arrange a ship after the New Year. After the fifteenth, the father and son set off south.

The servant had just left the house for a while and saw Qian Zhongqi walking in in a hurry.

Seeing that he looked happy, Li Xu felt a little moved and asked, "Why, is there any movement in Shichahai?"

Qian Zhongqiu said, "Reply to the master, this is exactly what it is. Yang has been trapped in the yard these days, and it seems that it has been stewed. He leaned at the gate all day long and called the peddler to draw lots to enjoy it. Yesterday, a man came forward to chat with him. According to the maid and servant who followed, the man knew Yang and had met her outside."

Li Xu narrowed his eyes and asked with an inexplicable expression: "Who? Who is that person's surname?"

Qian Zhongxi bowed and replied, "It's Yiduli, the young minister of Taipu Temple!"

Li Xu couldn't help but be stunned. Listening to the words "Taipu Temple", he felt a little uncomfortable when he thought of Cao Yong.

Yiduli, Zhenghuangqi, the old Manchu family, the son of the late Grand Secretary Yisan A, the brother-in-law of the Thirteenth Prince, and the brother-in-law of the Fourteenth Prince. In addition to these identities, he is also the cousin of Fu Nai's wife.

When Li Xu heard the butler talk about Yiduli's chat, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. He was just a lustful disciple. If he really had conspired to plot against the Li family, how could he be delivered to the door so arduously?

"Shaoqing of Taipu Temple", "The brother-in-law of the 14th Prince", Li Xu thought about these two identities of Yiduli, pondered for a moment, and ordered Qian Zhongxi to say: "Send two stable people to come and bring Yang, and be careful when entering and leaving!"

Qian Zhongqi responded and Li Xu sat there, not knowing what he was thinking.

In the side courtyard of the inner house, Miaoyun had a pale face and lowered her head and vomited. Xiangtong looked worried and said, "Little grandma has been struggling for more than a month. Can we get better?"

The mother of Miaoyun, Guo Sanjia, is also serving in this yard. She took clear water to rinse her daughter's mouth, and said to Xiangtong with a smile: "How many women are pregnant? Some are good for three months, and some are 4 months old. I am not afraid of his hard work. The more he loves to mess with his mother, the happier the child is."

"Is that so? That's really a good person!" Xiangtong ordered the little girl to take out the spittoon, and took the white pear from the plate, peeled the skin, cut a piece of pear meat and handed it to Miaoyun.

Miaoyun took it uneasyly and said, "I'm sorry, sister!"

Xiang Tong smiled and said, "I have served the young grandma on the orders of the master and the uncle. You don't need to be so polite!"

Although everyone in the Li family now treats Miaoyun as an aunt, the mother and daughter dare not be arrogant in front of Xiangtong.

Guo Sanjia's busy flattery said: "What position is a girl? Even if we praise us, we must know what it is."

Xiangtong smiled and said nothing more, but said to Miaoyun: "The most important thing for the little grandma at the moment is to raise her body and give birth to a good master. When the lady comes out, she will have hope and support in her life! If you have anything to eat, she will tell me, and I will send someone to go shopping and exchange it."

Miaoyun is only fifteen years old and is not fat at all. She becomes thinner due to morning sickness. She looks very charming with her little face as big as a palm.

Xiangtong felt a sense of jealousy in her heart. She stood up from the stool, gave a few more instructions to Guo Sanjia, and left the house.

When she returned to her room, Xiangtong sat on the edge of the kang and couldn't help but feel stunning.

Did she know too much? When she heard that Ye Xian was pregnant, she felt secretly amused. Speaking of which, this child really didn't know who he was. The days when he changed hands were really too close.

She is a smart person. She knows which ones who can be sold and which ones who cannot be sold are related to the owner's private parts. Even if she knows, she still has to pretend to be confused. Shen Liu, the manager of the other hospital, will die of an emergency when he is good, because he knows a lot.

"Second Master!" She held a veil in her hand. I wonder why she thought of Li Ding, and then she could think of the next day's wine.

Because of his plot against Cao Yong, Li Ding only told Xiang Tong, so Li Xu and his son thought that that time was just an ordinary banquet.

She shook her head quickly, thinking about these things. The Cao family is the closest relative of the Li family, and the Cao family and the second master are cousins. Why do they take human life for a meal of wine?

She remembered the days when Li Dingchu disappeared, and Cao Yong was also busy with his time, and felt more and more that he was thinking too much.

Xiangtong is not the only one who thinks that he is thinking too much.

In the upper room of Caofu Shaoyuan, Zhao Jia sat on the kang, holding a tobacco pot in her mouth, listening to her wife talking about the personnel in the kitchen. Since she had to divide the stove after the New Year, she always had to find out the people there, and it would be better to choose two suitable stove owners.

Although Zhao Jia has lived in the south for more than 30 years, she still likes the "heavy oil and salt" flavor in the north. She doesn't like meat and likes to eat duck the most. She has one or two duck dishes for every meal.

In addition to the stove, there are two big chefs in the kitchen.

After hearing this, Zhao Jia couldn't help but worry and asked, "But I've found out clearly, which of these two chefs has better skills?"

The wife replied, "Madam, one of these two chefs is Zhang, one of them is Zhao, the other is good at meat and vegetables, and the other is good at making vegetarian dishes."

Zhao Jia nodded and said, "You have been going to the kitchen all day these days, but you saw what food you prepared for every meal in the old man's yard?"

The wife replied, "I saw it. Maybe it was because of the big grandma's morning sickness and she couldn't eat greasy food. This was prepared for all kinds of vegetarian food, and each meal was four or five. I asked, there were never many dishes on my grandma's side. Although it was vegetarian, it also had meat and fish. In the past few months, even the big meat and fish dishes were stopped."

Zhao Jia was stunned. Her own meals were from the sixth to eighth grade dishes, and each meal was from the fourth grade dishes. She originally thought that even if there were no more Wutongyuan than her, she would at least have the same examples as hers.

As for whether there is any hidden personal information, the couple uses some good dishes separately, that is unknown.

Now it seems that she is thinking too much. She took a bite of cigarettes and thought about the desolation these days, but she missed Chu Yu's situation when she came to her house a few days ago.

Although he is a little bit lazy, his nephew is very virtuous. If the wife he married in the future can be so sensible, she will not have any requests from him.

Lu Ju stood aside, and saw Zhao Jia making up her mind to divide the kitchen, she couldn't help but sigh. The second wife has always been used to being pampered and rarely cares about people's livelihood outside.

Did she think that splitting the stove is just a cook, but she didn't expect that all the firewood, firewood, rice and grain would have to be used everywhere? Do you need to remind me? Lu Ju was a little hesitant.
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