Chapter 67 Return to the palace

Bahrain Right Banner, Palace.

The rumors of Cao Yong's engagement were spread from time to time and reached Kangxi. I wonder if this old man had some time recently, he summoned Cao Yong to the imperial court for questioning.

When he knew that it was just the Sixteenth Prince who took advantage of Cao Yong's letter to play, Kangxi just nodded and smiled, and finally said to Cao Yong with almost comfort: "Now you are far away from your parents and work with me. I will take your marriage to heart and always point to the matching marriage for you!"

When Cao Yong heard this, he was amused and thanked him a little embarrassedly. After seeing it, the Sixteenth Prince and others thought that Cao Yong was shy when he heard about the marriage. In fact, he complained in his heart that Kangxi was too worried and that he was not good at doing anything, but he became a "matchmaker".

After being in charge of the escort for more than three months, Cao Yong did not come to the front of the saint, but he could feel Kangxi's kindness every time. For an emperor, lovingness seemed like a joke, but Cao Yong had this feeling. Kangxi did not treat him like a minister or slave, but like an elder. No wonder later Redologists once concluded that Kangxi treated the Cao family as his family and confidant, so throughout the entire Kangxi dynasty, the Cao family was always favored by the emperor. Originally, Cao Yong thought that this was just an emperor's art of controlling the subordinates, but he could understand what Kangxi did from a different perspective.

In Kangxi's eyes, the Cao family was a slave of the Baoyi family, a person who could rely on and trust. Because of the grace of the old lady of the Sun family, he and the Cao family had surpassed the simple master-slave relationship. Compared with those royal family members who needed to be guarded at any time, unconditional and loyal Baoyi family like the Cao family could make Kangxi feel at ease.

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Perhaps because of the death of the Thirteenth Princess, or because of her age, Kangxi's physical condition has not been very good since late July.

In order to show the emperor's kindness and strengthen the connection between Mongolian tribes and the court, a few days after the Mid-Autumn Festival in Bahrain, the emperor moved, from east to west, choosing a place of good water and soil, and parade and recuperate. When Kangxi was in a good mood, he occasionally rode a horse around. Although he was still a little thin, his spirits improved day by day.

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In September, the emperor turned back from west to east. On the ninth day of the ninth month, the emperor turned back to the Mulan paddock north of the Rehe River, and held a large-scale "Environment" here, which is the famous "Mulan Autumn Wind". In addition to the Eight Banners of Manchuria, there were also entourages of the princes of various Mongolian tribes.

The leaders of various tribes in Outer Mongolia were all traveling northern tours in Kangxi for several months and rushed to the camp to see His Majesty the Emperor, such as Korqin, Wuzhumuqin, Kharkha, Errut, Ordos, Abagai, Alukorqin, Zharet, Sunit, Gorros, Sizi tribes, Abahena, Zharut, Tumot, Aohan, and Zhaman tribes.

After the siege, Kangxi rewarded the princes, princes, princes, beile, bezi, princes, and Taiji, etc. of the Mongolian tribes who came to the court to accompany him, and each of the Mongolian officers and soldiers who were surrounded was given silver. At this point, a great show of goodwill for Manchuria and Mongolia was completely over.

On the tenth day of September, the Holy Lord left the Mulan paddock and returned to the Rehe Palace. The Mongolian kings who felt the emperor's grace dispersed and then waited for the emperor's revenge next spring or autumn next year.

On September 11, the Holy Divine Arrives at the Rehe Palace. After a few days of rest, the Holy Divine Arrives will finish his trip outside the border and set off for Beijing.

Cao Yong lived a leisurely life, and he was still doing what the guards in front of the imperial court, doing what the Sixteenth Prince called "accompaniment". It was said that it was a companiment, but it was more like a companiment. In Cao Yong's eyes, he regarded the Sixteenth Prince as a younger brother like Cao Song. Sometimes, he also felt a little funny, and the identity was changed a little faster.

Sometimes when thinking about Prince Wuliji, Cao Yong would also think about who was behind the scenes. But as the Sixteenth Prince said, all the adult princes seemed to be suspicious. I wonder if this is considered to be the best-school prince Kangxi, and all the princes had their own strengths, and half of them were not ignorant. Sometimes, Cao Yong even maliciously wondered whether he was the fifteenth Prince who seemed the most honest on weekdays. Because his mother was a Han girl and his harem was low, the fifteenth Prince and the sixteenth Prince were always regarded as marginal princes. Although he was very holy and honest, he did not have the qualifications and bargaining chips to fight for the throne. The fifteenth Prince acted as a person, not as cheerful and open as the sixteenth Prince. If he secretly defected to any brother, it would be reasonable. However, after all, he was just thinking about it and had no clue.

Recently, Xiaoman was a little depressed and nagged Cao Yong many times. Because the new little maid Wuen always pestered him and wanted to learn Chinese from him. Xiaoman was thirteen years old and was just a monkey, so he was not willing to be a gentleman. However, the little girl always looked pitiful and could not refuse.

After hearing this, Cao Yong told Xiaoman that he was patient and learned some Mongolian when teaching Wuen Chinese. If he learned it, he would still bring his entourage out when he had the chance to follow him. After hearing this, Xiaoman's eyes suddenly lit up a lot and he willingly went to Wuen.

That's right, it was Wu'en, the little slave of the Balin County Prince's Mansion, who was now asked to come out of the Prince's Mansion by Cao Yong. Perhaps it was touched by the little girl's heart-wrenching cry, or perhaps it was because of the old wounds on her hand and neck that Cao Yong saw Wen Xiu's suffering in her body, which made him, the lazy man, take the initiative to ask for this little slave from the Prince's Mansion.

Cao Yong was not a person who liked to act on his own. Before asking the royal palace for people, he found a colleague who could speak Mongolianly, had a simple communication with the little girl, and asked her if she was willing to go back to the capital with him.

Perhaps because of her stepmother, she had a stepfather. The little girl did not have any nostalgia for her relatives in the royal palace, but asked where her sister's bones would be buried. The sister she mentioned naturally pointed to Wenxiu, who had been with Wenxiu since she was three or four years old. To her, Wenxiu was both a mother and an older sister.

Cao Yong asked his colleagues to tell Wu En in Mongolian that if her sister wants to go home, he will fulfill the deceased's wish and take his bones away from the grassland.

After hearing this, Wu En knelt in front of Cao Yong crying and begged him to take her away. She wanted to watch her sister be buried and was willing to guard the tomb for her sister.

In this way, when Cao Yong's escort left Balin Right Banner, there was a little maid who could not speak Chinese around him. Because Cao Yong lived in the guard camp and was not suitable for resettlement of female relatives, Wu En was arranged to be at the 16th Prince.

Wu En was less than ten years old. Cao Yong was just guilty of Wen Xiu and was particularly pity for the child whom Wen Xiu grew up, and did not intend to use child labor. However, Wu En was young, but he was a diligent person. He came to Cao Yong early every day to work. If Cao Yong sent her back, he would look like he was about to cry and muttered, "Bao seems to be a bad person". She learned Chinese language, but she was a little unscrupulous. She was afraid that Cao Yong would like to dislike her and throw her on the grassland, so she kept turning around in front of Cao Yong, wanting to do something. Cao Yong was dizzy when she turned her back, so she spoke and asked her to learn Chinese language with Xiaoman.

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If you have any pleasure in this trip outside the Great Wall, it is that you met Sukhbaru, a friend. Although Sukhbaru is not good-looking, he is a typical Mongolian man, honest, and loyal.

After Mulan's autumn victory, Suhbaru did not go back to Korchin with his father and brother, but stayed in front of the imperial court and was named a second-class guard. He wore brand new guard uniforms every day, proud and arrogant, and very stance to be on duty. Because he stated that this guard was not satisfied with only eight people, among which Cao Yong only had a name and had not taken the role for a long time, Suhbaru was assigned to this.

Shu Mingben was worried that Sukhbaru would act like a prince and was not subject to the ruling. Later, he realized that he was worried. In addition, Sukhbaru had a good relationship with Cao Yong, so he was familiar with these guards and got along very well.

Sukhbaru stayed, and besides Cao Yong, he was naturally the sixteenth prince.

The Sixteenth Prince was always unwilling to accept the "Harbala" tamed by Sukhbaru on the grassland. "Harbala" means "black tiger" in Chinese, and it is the name Sukhbaru gave to that dark horse.

When Suhbaru tamed "Albala", the Sixteenth Prince and Cao Yong were present. After the three met, the Sixteenth Prince really liked this dark horse on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also wanted to test new friends to act like others, so he asked for it.

Sukhbaru is a straightforward Mongolian man. Although this dark horse is a favorite, he still gave it to the Sixteenth Prince without hesitation. But this dark horse is a tough guy, and he doesn't eat it by whip or high-quality fodder. He only recognizes Sukhbaru.

The Sixteenth Prince was so angry that he couldn't bear to kill "Albala" to vent his anger, so he had to let it be at ease. However, he was unwilling to give up and tease him every once in a while. "Albala" was more like a nobleman in the horse, always turning his head arrogantly and making a nasal sound, completely indifferent to the various provocations of the Sixteenth Prince.

When Sukhbaru saw this scene, he always scratched his head embarrassedly, thinking that he had not trained "Albala" well. However, Cao Yong prefers to see Xiao Shiliu being defeated, because only at this time Xiao Shiliu really looks like a fourteen-year-old boy.

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On September 17, 1998, the sage was resting for six days and returned to the palace from the Hehe River.
Chapter completed!