Chapter 39: The Wind Comes

Pingjun Prince's Mansion, study room.

The atmosphere was a little solemn. Nersu asked Lu Dai about Na Wu's identity. Lu Dai frowned and replied: "Nu Wu is the prince's disciple."

Nersu was slightly stunned: "The prince's disciple? How could it be the prince? No matter how arrogant it is, it would not be like this. He just got the throne in the morning, and he arranged for someone to take revenge in the evening."

Lu Dai nodded: "The prince is right. The grudge between the prince and the prince is well known. Even if the prince wants to take revenge on the prince, he will not be restored. He is so impatient, and he is still his disciples."

The grudge between the prince and Prince Ping mentioned by Lu Dai refers to the incident when the prince was whipped by the predescendant last year. Speaking of the root of the matter, it still lies with Lu Dai and Lu Yunniang.

Last year, because the Ministry of Revenue recovered the treasury silver, a large number of officials were dismissed. The house was raided at the mildest, and the house was escorted at the worst. Lu Yunniang was originally the daughter of an official, but after being raided, he was trapped in a brothel called "Haitang Pavilion". Eight years ago, Lu Dai worked as a western steward of the Lu family and served as the enlightenment of Lu Yunniang. He heard that his disciples were in trouble at that time, so he asked the Prince of Ping to help Lu Yunniang get rid of his family. Yunniang admired Mr. Lu, but Mr. Lu never accepted her because he took into account the status of teachers and students.

But I don’t know who talks too much. In front of the prince, I praised Lu Yunniang as the courtesan of "Haitang Pavilion" and a beautiful beauty who is naturally charming.

After thinking about it, he asked someone to pass on a message to Nersu, suggesting that he would ask Yunniang to be a gift. Nersu only made unknowns and prepared a large number of rare treasures to offer to the prince. The prince was so angry that he made the excuse that Nersu's gift was lighter and whipped Nersu.

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Inside Deshengmen, the residence of Ma Liandao, the Guangchusi Department of the Internal Affairs Office.

After going to the former Minister of War, Ma Erhan and the current Chief of the Huangqi Guardian Fu Ding's Mansion to invite An, Cao Yong went to Malian Taoist School.

Ma Erhan is the uncle of Cao Yong's second aunt Zhao Jia. He is already 76 years old this year and retires after the New Year. Now he doesn't meet foreign guests very much, so his eldest son greets Cao Yong. Ma Erhan is not very close to the Cao family, but because he is of high generation and age, Cao Yong comes to see this old man first.

Fu Ding, a native of the Yellow Banner of the Manchu family, was named Fu Cha. When he was young, he served as the guards of Kangxi with Cao Yin, Li Xu, Nalan Rongruo and others. Later, he married Cao Yin's youngest sister Cao as his wife, who was Cao Yong's biological uncle. Cao's eldest son Changling was difficult to give birth and died soon after giving birth. Fu Ding later married his second wife and his relationship with the Cao family gradually faded. After Cao Yong remembered, the two families had no longer moved. Cao Yong had only vaguely heard of this relative in the capital.

Fu Ding came out to see Cao Yong in person, but his expression was a little light. He asked about the situation of Cao Yin and his wife in Jiangning, and asked about the errands in Beijing. Finally, he looked at Cao Yong again and served tea to see him off. Cao Yong was a little surprised. This uncle was not as cold as he showed. When he looked at him, his eyes inadvertently showed loving love and sadness. I guess he and his aunt also had a lot of feelings, and I was afraid that he remembered his deceased wife when he saw his nephew.

Ma Liandaoism specially set up a family banquet to welcome Cao Yong.

The Ma and Cao families are considered to be very good at family members, so they do not avoid female relatives. Ma Liandao's wife Tian is a very talkative woman, and she talks with Cao Yong with a smile.

Ma Liandao's two sons worked in the Ministry of Households and the other was a guard of the military camp. Ma Liandao's two daughters were still young, only thirteen, fourteen, and young. The two daughters seemed to be from the bannermen's family, both of whom were dignified and polite. After seeing Cao Yong, they smiled at their sisters-in-law and took them down to prepare for the banquet.

Although Cao Yong was smiling, he felt a little uncomfortable. The Ma Liandao and the Tian couple seemed to treat him as a prospective son-in-law, and their eyes were not as hot as other wealthy families. However, although the Ma family's house was not small, it was not as popular as other wealthy families. The Tian family's "jealousy" was notorious. Ma Liandao only had a legitimate wife and no concubine. Perhaps due to family tradition, both the Ma brothers had only wives and no concubines.

If it weren't for the marriage that the parents were responsible for their parents and the matchmaker's words, the Ma family would probably have to pull Cao Yong to finalize the marriage. Cao Yong was willing to accept the favor of the Ma family, but he could not accept the marriage willingly.

During the meal at the Ma family, Cao Yong made up his mind and wanted to write a letter to his father after returning home, expressing his determination to marry early, and begging his parents not to get engaged at will. If the Ma family knew that their care was in exchange for such a result, I wonder if they would be amused or crying.

After nearly an hour of this meal, Tian was chatting again. When they let Cao Yong leave, it was already dark. Cao Zhong, the housekeeper who came with Cao Yong, had already gone to other mansions to deliver gifts. Only Xiaoman and the newly selected two Changsu were left here.

Ma Liandao was worried about Cao Yong, so he sent his eldest son Ma Xinyu to take two people to send Cao Yong back.

On the way, Cao Yong and Ma Xinyu rode side by side.

Ma Xinyu asked, "I heard that Brother Cao had studied under Song Binchen's son, is there any such thing?"

Cao Yong nodded: "This is indeed the case!" But he sighed in his heart. It seemed that the Ma family should have been paying attention to him for more than one day or two, because Master Song left the hall and returned to Hangzhou after he went to Qingliang Temple.

Ma Xinyu smiled and said, "The third prince has always loved calligraphy and is particularly respectful to Song's calligraphy. He knew that you, the disciple of Song's calligraphy, would come to Beijing to work as a job, and he had been looking forward to it. I heard that our family was having a banquet today, so I asked me to send a message to him and ask you to go to his mansion. I guess he wanted to find you to discuss calligraphy."

"I can't know any calligraphy. I just read a year with Master Song. How could I use Master Song's brand to show off, which makes people laugh." Cao Yong naturally understood what the drunkard meant was not drinking, and he spoke politely and refused.

"Brother Cao, anyway, my brother has brought it. Whether to go or not depends on your idea!" Ma Xinyu said: "It's just that the master is the master after all, Brother Cao should consider it carefully, so as not to accidentally offend the noble person without knowing it."

Although Ma Xinyu spoke sincerely, Cao Yong was not right, and there was a hint of threat in his words. It seemed that the invitation from the third prince was undeniable.

Cao Yong glanced at Ma Xinyu and felt a little regretful for the Ma family. He had known that the Ma family was the in-laws of the third prince and Tian's niece was the concubine of the third prince, but Cao Yong did not expect that the Ma family was so short-lived. Even if the crown prince was unstable, he should not be as good as the third prince. Although the third prince is famous for his talent, he is neither the legitimate nor the eldest, and his mother is not favored, and he does not have the support of his strong relatives, so how can he fight for the throne?

I don’t know if Ma Xinyu’s message was self-decided or if Ma Liandao had already known it. It seems that the Ma family should keep a distance in the future. If they are involved, wouldn’t it be unfair?

Before entering Beijing, Cao Yong thought that the prince who had no idea where he had the vision would notice the power of the Cao family and pay attention to him, the legitimate son of the Cao family. He thought he would be the crown prince or the eighth prince, but he didn't expect that the first person to notice Cao Yong was the third prince. Hearing the meaning of that, he had been paying attention for a long time.

The Ma family is not far from the Cao family, and it arrives in less than two quarters of an hour.

Ma Xinyu looked like a brother, and watched Cao Yong enter the mansion before taking his people away.

Cao Mansion, side hall.

Cao Yong returned to the yard and changed his family clothes and then went to the front yard to meet Cao Zhong. What are the answers to the various governments who gave gifts today? What are the other families to go to tomorrow? It is obvious that Kangxi's sons are not fools, and it is not the only third prince who pays attention to Cao Yong.

The prince not only accepted the gifts from the Cao family, but also sent a message. Beile Hongxi was selecting a companion to read. Since Cao Yin's son praised him personally, he had his own unique points, so he asked him to go to the Palace of Taking to pay homage.

The Eighth Prince was indifferent to Kangxi for the election of the prince at the beginning of the year. The one who came forward was Gu Na, the disciple of the Ninth Prince. Hearing this name, Cao Yong remembered Linxiazhai.

After Cao Yong went to Qingliang Temple, Gu Na, who had been away for two years, returned to Jiangning. In addition to visiting his mother, he also went to see Cao Yin and sent a letter written by the Ninth Prince to Cao Yin. The letter was polite and said nothing else. He just mentioned that in order to celebrate his mother's birthday, he wanted to borrow two chefs from the Cao family, namely two masters of Linxiazhai Yutian.

No matter how much the Cao family is trusted by Kangxi, they are just slaves of the royal family. Now that the young master has spoken, Cao Yin has no reason to refuse.

Gu Na did not go to see Cao Yong, and Cao Yong did not want to see him. Linxiazhai, for him, was just a tool to make money; for Gu Na, it was a shortcut to gain something. However, if it was false to say that it was not lost, the stubborn and proud child back then had disappeared.

In Linxiazhai, Cao Yong had actually wanted to close it. If he wanted to maintain the high price of vegetables, he would continue to launch new dishes and snacks. He just used his hobby of eating in his previous life to introduce the delicacies that hundreds of years later to Master Yu Tian, ​​and then developed them by the two masters. He was not a recipe, but his knowledge was limited after all. After a few years of hard work, the little inventory in his stomach would be almost the same.

Cao Song and Cao Yi were both very angry, especially Cao Song, who rolled up his arms and sleeves and wanted to teach that guy a lesson. Li was extremely upset because Linxiazhai was her son's property. It was just that Gu Na was a relative of her former wife, so she couldn't complain about anything, so she had to endure it. Zhao Jia felt sorry for Cao Song's dividend, such as "little ungrateful" and "ungrateful" people, and she nagged for several days.

No matter how the Cao family was in a mood, Lin Xiazhai still closed down with the departure of two masters Yu Tian. A month later, there was an additional Taoranju in the capital.

This afternoon, Gu Na visited Cao Yong in the afternoon and found out that Cao Yong was out. He waited for half an hour until it was almost dark before leaving. Before he said goodbye, the housekeeper Cao Zhong had already returned to his house. He asked Cao Zhong to tell Cao Yong that it was the Ninth Prince who wanted to ask him about business.

The prince, the third prince, the ninth prince, and Cao Yong were really flattered. However, he knew that these princes would not treat him as a dish at all. What they valued was the Cao family behind him, the Li family and Sun family who shared honor and disgrace with the Cao family.
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