Chapter 420: Desolate

Xicheng, Cao Mansion, Huaiyuan.

Yuqing and other maids were all in Haidian Garden. There was only an old lady here leading a little girl who had no head to look at the house, so the yard felt quite deserted.

Cao Song was in the house, not sitting or standing, and he struggled all morning. Although his heart was no longer on himself and he had long known where to fly, he did not dare to move.

The decisive behavior of daily life has long disappeared. I feel a little scared and don’t know how to meet.

What if the "ugly girl" gets tired of him? What should I do if the "ugly girl" cries?

Cao Song thought so much that his mind hurt. He couldn't help but hit his head a few times, not knowing whether he should regret it. If he had known this, why wouldn't he bully her back then? If she had held a grudge in her heart, what would be better?

However, if she remembered it in her heart, wouldn’t it be considered correct? That’s because she had it in her heart... Thinking of this, Cao Song giggled foolishly again.

My brother will follow his escorts out of the capital tomorrow, and the government's foreign affairs designated to entrust Mr. Zhuang. The grandmother of the "ugly girl" is still in the yamen of the Ministry of Justice. In the future, someone will need to go to the yamen to take care of her.

Thinking of this, Cao Song smiled.

Although he was most impatient with social engagements in the past, he should learn a little in the future. His brother was busy, and Mr. Zhuang was already sixty years old. As a younger brother, he was not always idle.

"Ugly Girl" is in this mansion, and I don't know that she can't be used to living. Cao Song hesitated for a while and decided to walk to Wutongyuan and ask his sister-in-law for peace. Maybe he could meet her again.

As soon as I left the house, I walked to the corridor and before I could leave the yard, I saw an old lady coming over and reported, "Second Master, the second wife is back!"

"My mother is back?" Cao Song felt surprised and asked, "Have you entered the second door? Who did you come back?"

The woman replied, "I have already entered the second gate and went to the yard of the eldest grandma. In addition to the fourth and fifth girls, she brought several maids and wives from the second wife's room, two aunts and third masters, and the fourth master did not come back!"

"Go to my sister-in-law's yard?" Cao Song felt his heart high and hurriedly walked towards Wutong Garden.

*

On Wutongyuan, Zhao Jia has already brought her maid into the yard.

She originally planned to go back to Shaoyuan to change clothes first, but after thinking about it, she still came to Wutongyuan first. As an aunt, she came back specifically for her nephew and daughter-in-law, and always wanted to let her be grateful. Therefore, she sent her breasts to take the fourth sister, Wuer back to Shaoyuan first, and brought people to Wutongyuan by herself.

Xi Cai was taking two little maids out of the table. When she saw Zhao Jia, she quickly lowered her body and greeted her: "Second Madam!"

Zhao Jia nodded, glanced at the food on the table, and asked, "Why are you princess feeling uncomfortable when you eat at this time?"

Xicai replied: "The princess has been sleeping thirsty these two days and has woken up later in the morning."

Chu Yu was talking to Jinghui in the room. When he heard Zhao Jia's voice in the yard, he was quite surprised and stood up to meet the door.

Zhao Jia had already arrived at the corridor, and Xicai hurriedly reached out to lift the curtain.

Zhao Jia entered the house, Lu Ju followed behind, and the other maids and mothers were waiting outside.

After the Jade Spider incident in the twelfth lunar month last year, Cao Song found a swearing in Madam Zhang. Zhao Jia was so troubled by him that he had no choice but to follow his wishes and let Madam Zhang "eang up".

Among the remaining people, Lu Ju is the duty, and although the others have different thoughts, they dare not make trouble. In this way, Zhao Jia's house has lost a lot of quarrels.

As soon as Chu Yu came out of the west room, he saw Zhao Jia coming in outside and bowed and said, "The second wife is back!"

Seeing that she was wearing clothes and erecting her big belly, Zhao Jia was really worried. She walked forward two steps, pulled Chu Yu's hand, and asked, "I heard that you were uncomfortable these days, so I really couldn't feel at ease. Why, I'm still impatient to eat all day long?"

I was used to seeing Zhao Jia's sarcastic spirit, and now that I was so enthusiastic, Chu Yu couldn't react a little.

Zhao Jia looked at her belly carefully, touched her slightly thin arm, and said, "This child is all eating her mother's flesh! Hurry up and rest in the house, be careful of being tired! His brother sent someone to call Song'er back yesterday, but he was worried about the family? But he knew what he knew, so he should just tell me..."

While pulling Chu Yu to the west room, Zhao Jia said a lot of things.

As soon as he entered the house, Zhao Jia saw a girl standing on one side with a little restrained attitude, and a little maid stood behind her.

The girl was seventeen or eighteen years old, not tall, wearing a green flag dress, a white moon, and a pretty handsome appearance, looking very gentle.

"Are you a visitor from the mansion?" Zhao Jia turned his head and asked Chu Yu.

Chu Yu introduced: "This is our cousin, the niece of the Fucha family's aunt, and her nickname is Jinghui." As he said that, he said to Jinghui: "Cousin, this is the second wife in our house. You should call me the second aunt!"

Jinghui's face showed a blush, she squatted down like a scallion, and said in a low voice: "Please rest assured my second aunt!"

However, Zhao Jia was surrounded by the words "The niece of the Fucha family's aunt" and couldn't figure out what kind of cousin she was. She helped her and said, "Hurry up, since she is a relative, come and walk around more. This is the first time I have seen her!"

While talking, she had already followed Chu Yu to sit by the kang. After looking at Jinghui for a while, she reacted and said to Chu Yu: "Didn't the aunt marry Yiergen Jueluo? That's your sixth uncle's cousin, her nephew... the daughter of Dong E's family?"

Chu Yu greeted Jinghui and took a seat, turned his head and said, "It's this cousin, it's hard for the second wife to remember it. From this point of view, starting from the second wife, this relative is another layer!"

Zhao Jia remembered an old story and said with a smile: "Remember, remember, the eldest wife's nephew almost talked about their daughter a few years ago. These years have passed, and I think that the girl has already gotten married and had children. In this way, the marriage is right, otherwise it would be a widow to be a widow?"

In one sentence, Jinghui and Chuyu both changed their faces. Chuyu was afraid that Jinghui would be embarrassed, so he quickly changed his words and said, "Mrs. The second wife has just gone here to add some more days, why don't she live there for a few more days? I heard that the garden scenery over there is a good place, and it is brighter than our mansion!"

Zhao Jia nodded and said, "Kangliang is really cooler than in the city. But I am a little worried if there is no elders in the mansion here."

"The nephew and daughter-in-law are fine, but the prince is worried, so I'm just troubled by the second wife." Chu Yu didn't expect that Zhao Jia came back with his own idea. He thought it was Cao Yong who went to say it. He was still a little surprised, why didn't he listen to him?

When Chu Yu mentioned Cao Yong, Zhao Jia felt a little dissatisfied. Even if he felt sorry for his wife, he was worried that the mansion would not have any reason to speak to his father-in-law's house.

If her aunt was not in the capital in previous years, she would have no parents to entrust her. Now that she is in the capital, she would seem to be mean and unwilling to take care of her pregnant nephew and daughter-in-law.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jia felt a little unhappy, her expression faded, and said, "The uncle is going to leave Beijing tomorrow, and everything is ready?"

Chu Yu nodded and said, "I was ready two days ago, and the people who followed him have also chosen!"

Jinghui was originally sitting on a chair. When Chu Yu and Zhao Jia talked about the housework in the Cao family, she thought about some reason to avoid it. At this time, she heard the sound of "dengding" footsteps coming from the yard.

Jinghui immediately became nervous. It was not until the time when the yamen fell, was it that he was here...

Who is not Cao Song? He stopped until he arrived at the corridor and sang: "Sister-in-law, is my mother here?"

After hearing this, Chu Yu glanced at Jinghui and said to Xiyun at the door: "Come in!"

Xiyun went away with a reply, and Cao Song followed in, but his expression was a little stiff.

Jinghui quickly got up from her seat and lowered her head to ask for an escort.

When Cao Song heard Jinghui say "Second Cousin An", he felt that his body immediately became lighter, as if he was flying out of the nine heavens. For a moment, he looked at Jinghui and couldn't speak.

When Zhao Jia saw Cao Song, she thought it was his first time seeing this girl. She didn't know her, and smiled and said, "Look at you so stupid. This is your sixth uncle's niece, the girl from the Dong E family!"

But she didn't think about it. If the two of them didn't know each other, how could Jinghui say "second cousin" directly?

This relative was a bit far away. Now Cao Song heard what his mother said, and counted from the second house, the two of them were also cousins. He was really surprised. He grabbed his hair, smiled silly, and said, "Oh my cousin!"

After Jinghui got up, she said to Chu Yu: "Cousin-law, you are chatting with your aunt and second cousin first, and sister will go back first."

When Zhao Jia saw that the guest was about to leave, she was about to leave a few words, and then she heard Chu Yu say, "I'm sorry for my sister. The sister goes back to the house to rest first, and we'll talk later!" As she said that, she ordered Xicai to send Jinghui back.

Cao Song had seen Jinghui at the temple fair a few days ago, but it was not real. Now he looked at her secretly, but he was taller and his eyebrows became more and more beautiful. Compared with the dry little girl back then, it was very different.

After hearing Chu Yu's words, Jinghui said goodbye to Zhaojia and was about to pass Cao Song, but happened to see him.

Jinghui felt that the deer on her chest was rushing around, and her face was so hot that she was afraid of people. She bowed her head and left her.

Seeing her cheeks dyed red, Cao Song felt like she was so beautiful that she wanted to go to heaven, but she was stunned and didn't know what to do. When he woke up, Jinghui had already left the house with Xicai.

Fortunately, Zhao Jia was full of curiosity and was waiting for Chu Yu to ask him, but he didn't notice Cao Song's expression. Otherwise, there would be nothing else to see.

When Jinghui went out, Zhao Jia asked, "What did you say? It was not a visitor, but a long stay?"

There are too many things involved in this, so Chu Yu couldn't say it straightforwardly, so he said, "It turns out that he is here to visit. The old man is going to leave Beijing tomorrow. His nephew and his wife feel bored, so she stays for her company!"

Zhao Jia shook her head in disapproval and said, "After all, it's a girl's house that is not married. It's not a big deal to stay in a relative's house like this. Fortunately, these young people are in the garden and not in the mansion. Otherwise, will they lose their moral integrity if they meet them?"

Chu Yu just smiled, it was really hard to say anything. Zhao Jia couldn't help but curl her lips and said to herself: After all, she is young and has no thoughts. It seems that there is no elder in this mansion staring at her, which is really uneasy...

But Jinghui left Wutongyuan, and when she remembered Cao Song's hot gaze just now, she felt indescribable joy. However, when she thought of her grandmother still in the Ministry of Justice, her future situation...

She bit her lip, and a trace of sadness appeared in her eyes...

*

Since he was leaving Beijing tomorrow, Cao Yong did not stay in the yamen for a long time today. He quickly handled the errands and explained what he should have to explain, so he left the yamen and went to the Prince of Pingjun's Mansion.

Prince Ping, Neersu, is not on the list of entourages this year, and wants to stay in the capital. His girl, Baoya Gege, married to Korqin the year before yesterday and added a little prince last spring. She is now over one year old.

I thought that Nearsu wanted to follow the escort, so many gifts were prepared in front of the Prince Ping's Mansion. I thought that Baoya would give it to her with her husband when she was present, but now I think it's not possible. Therefore, the concubine sent someone to send a message to her brother and asked him to leave the capital and go to the Prince's Mansion here for a while.

Cao Yong originally wanted to come early, but he was busy these two days and he only took the time to take it out today.

Since giving birth to the little princess, Cao Jia's body has been a little plump. It's less than May, and he's a little afraid of heat and holds a round fan in his hand.

After following the brothers, Cao Jia couldn't help but sigh and said to Cao Yong: "To be careful, the girl in the royal palace is not as comfortable as the girls of ordinary families. Even if we live a poor life, we don't have to take on these responsibilities. The men of the Aisin Jueluo family are easy to behave, but the daughter of the Aisin Jueluo family is really difficult. Whenever I think of Baoya, I was so comfortable that I could only take on the responsibility of the sect daughter when I was so free, but I was not willing to give up on my parents, and I could only slap this hard, as if I had never given up this daughter!"

Seeing her sadness, Cao Yong couldn't help but persuade: "Sister is thinking too far away! In all the palaces in the capital, not every princes' princes are heading to Mongolia. Even if they really point to marriage to Mongolia, there is nothing wrong with many princes staying in Beijing? Bao Ge Ge refers to a prince. If you have a fief in Mongolia, there is no way."

Cao Jia was just complaining, and he had to say that, so he asked a few more questions about Chu Yu and the second house. Hearing that Zhao Jia had gone to Haidian Garden, Cao Jia's expression was a little strange and said, "My brother and sister have given birth in just two months, and the second wife didn't say that she would help take care of her?"

Cao Yong talked about the matter of splitting the two houses. When Cao Jia heard this, he couldn't help but frown and said, "Brother, I know that your brother and sister have been living a couple since they got married. I'm afraid that this person is a bit unfair. However, it depends on the second uncle. Don't make trouble and make your father sad."

Speaking of this, Cao Jia thought about Zhaojia's usual behavior, shook his head, and said, "I was wrong. Just the temperament of my younger brother and sister. If you can ask for a split, it must be that the second wife is not authentic. Even so, are you younger generations? Are you still more wronged? There is still a father above you. Don't make it difficult for your father or mother to follow, and don't affect your good reputation and make people thrust your back."

"Well, I know all this, so don't worry, sister!" Cao Yong saw Cao Jia's endless teaching and said with a smile: "I'm so old, I still need to explain these things to you."

Because he was going to Jueluo Mansion to visit Cao Yi, Cao Yong did not stay in Prince Ping's Mansion for a long time. Cao Jia heard that he was going to visit his sister, so he ordered someone to take a few pieces of clothes and materials for Cao Yong to take them.

Because she was afraid of heat, she thought that the one who had a body was even more afraid of heat, so she specially found these gauzes and planned to give two to each of her sister and sister-in-law.

Cao Yong did not take the share given to Chu Yu, and asked the manager of the royal palace to deliver it to Cao's mansion with the gifts brought to Baoya Gege.

He rode his horse and asked Xiaoman to carry something to Jueluo Mansion outside Xihua Gate...

*

Jinyu Hutong, Thirteenth Prince’s Mansion, front hall.

Seeing the Fourth Prince being tired, the Thirteenth Prince said, "Since the Fourth Brother is tired, you should go home early to rest. Why are you still coming here?"

The fourth prince rubbed his forehead and said, "It's okay, I just slept less recently and I'm a little unenergized." As he said, he looked at the Thirteenth prince carefully and said, "Look at the Thirteenth brother's complexion is fine, but he seems to be richer than last month!"

"Haha!" The Thirteenth Prince touched his chin and said, "No, my brother himself also felt that he had fat on his body. I am afraid that in two years, he will not be able to pull the bow or shoot the arrow!"

The Thirteenth Prince was born in the 25th year of Kangxi. He is only twenty-nine years old now, and he is so immature at this moment. When the Fourth Prince saw him, he felt uncomfortable.

After pondering for a moment, the fourth prince said seriously: "Thirteenth brother, please give the emperor a message of blessing! The lord is about to leave Beijing. As a son, it is also necessary to ask for blessing."

The Thirteenth Prince shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Fourth Brother, although my younger brother is trapped in this mansion, he is not deaf. What is the situation with my younger brother now? If my younger brother submits a message of congratulations, the Emperor will only think that I have hidden my bad intentions..."

The fourth prince was speechless. The father and son were so suspicious that they could not make people tremble and walk on thin ice...
Chapter completed!