Chapter 994: The Bell

Cao Mansion, Wutong Garden.

Cao Yong lay on the kang, with his eyes open, and could not fall asleep for a long time. The Holy Lord was in Changchun Garden, and the dragon body was not something he, as a minister, could not know. He only knew that the Ministry of Revenue had been pressed for three days without approval.

The memorials handed over by the Ministry of Revenue were at the latest on the tenth of November; after that, the memorials handed over by the Ministry of Revenue were sank to the sea and there was no news.

Li went to the Duke's Mansion a few days ago and ate a few more cups of wine. Then he saw the wind. He felt a little uncomfortable these two days. Chu Yu had to serve his mother-in-law and take care of his young son Tianbao. He was already exhausted and lay beside Cao Yong and fell asleep.

Have you been there just these few days?

Seshtu was not a stubborn person, and in recent years, what the Duke of the country has done is no longer Amon. He should be able to follow the trend and protect himself should be fine.

Over the years, the Cao family has also eliminated hidden dangers with the careful management of Cao Yin and Cao Yong's father.

Cao Yong closed his eyes, worried about it, no longer the disaster of raiding the family and extermination that he had thought about before, but the sudden change in Changchun Garden and the Fourth Prince could not become the emperor.

If the emperor was not the fourth prince, then the Cao family's future political journey would be dark.

The greatest guarantee for the fourth prince ascended the throne was Longkodo, and the biggest variable was Longkodo.

In a daze, I heard the sound of bells faintly coming from the distance.

Cao Yong was shocked and sat up from the kang.

He reached out and lifted the curtain, and the bell became clearer.

For a while, it is like other temples and Taoist temples that have a harmonious relationship.

Cao Yong got up and got off the kang, then wiped a piece of clothing from the clothes rack, and draped it on his body.

He walked outside the house, and in the quiet night, the melodious bells were particularly clear. In addition to the bells, there were also the ups and downs of dog barking.

Cao Yong's heart was tense, the bells rang for a long time, and the country's demise began day by day.

It was windy in the middle of the night, but Cao Yong didn't feel chill at all. His thoughts flew to Changchun Garden, hoping to get a result immediately.

At this time, I heard the sound of rapid footsteps from far to near.

Along with the dim light coming from afar, a knock on the door sounded: "Which girl is on the night, open the door quickly?"

The rules of Wutong Garden, when Cao Yong was there, he would not leave anyone to the room for the night.

But there is no need to leave people to serve in the yard, otherwise the owner would call for someone and would have to go to the backyard to line up the room to call someone? Therefore, a room was separated by the kitchen in the east wing and made a room in Wutongyuan.

Every night, a big maid takes turns with a little maid. The lights on duty are gone all night.

So, when I heard the knock on the door, someone immediately responded in the room. Then a girl picked up the curtain, ran to the door a few steps, and asked through the door: "Madam Wang?"

"It's me, girl, open the door quickly! The Second General Manager asks the master if you have an urgent matter!" The man replied anxiously.

Le Qing came out. She opened the door bolt and said, "Madam, I'm so tired these two days..."

Today is the thirteenth, and the moon is about to fill the sky, reflecting the clear light of the earth.

Le Qing carried the upper room on his back and didn't see it; Madam Wang was facing the upper room and saw a figure standing in the corridor at a glance. She was frightened, and before she could react, the lights in the upper room were on.

Now, the lights in the window and the moon in the sky made Madam Wang recognize Cao Yong.

"Master, the second housekeeper has urgent matters to ask for the master, and he is waiting for the second door." Madam Wang took two steps forward and bowed.

Cao Yong nodded and said, "I know, you go back first, I will change my clothes and go there."

Madam Wang responded and went with a lantern.

Chu Yu heard her husband's voice and put on his clothes.

The bells in the distance were still ringing, and Chu Yu's face turned pale immediately, and he called out with a little uneasy: "Mr.?"

Cao Yong turned around, pulled her into the room, and whispered: "Don't be afraid!"

Chu Yu just heard what Cao Yong told Madam Wang to take the clothes, but hesitated: "The prince is going to enter the palace? Clothes..."

"The Holy Lord is in Changchun Garden. Even if he wants to enter the palace, he has to wait for dawn. I will go to the front yard to see it. Let's wear it like this first." Cao Yong said.

Chu Yu served him to dress up, and he had to ask questions, but he was afraid that Cao Yong would be anxious, so he swallowed the words when he was at his mouth.

It is fake to say that she doesn't care about it. Before the seventh prince's leg disease was cured, he went to Changchunyuan to serve the disease. Now that he has caught up with the great funeral of the country, he still doesn't know what he has to do with him.

She lit the glazed octagonal lotus lantern and wanted to use it for Cao Yong to illuminate the road.

Cao Yong waved his hand and said, "It's not necessary, just a few steps away, the moonlight shines again."

After Cao Yong left, Chu Yu had long lost his sleepiness.

Huang Mafabintian...Mother-in-law's side...Chu Yu was a little worried and also put on his clothes.

When Le Qing heard that Cao Yong had left the yard and went to the upper room to serve. Seeing that Chu Yu was going to Lanyuan, Le Qing found a big cloak to tie it for Chu Yu. The master and servant carried glass lamps and went to Lanyuan.

The room in Lanyuan was already in the lights. When Chu Yu went in, Li was sitting by the kang in a daze.

When he saw Chu Yu, Li was not surprised and waved his hand and said, "Go and see Tianbao first. The child's ears are sharp. The movement outside shocked him just now. It was only then that I could coax him well."

Tianbao is placed in the East Warehouse in the main room of Lanyuan.

Li was afraid of the cold and originally slept with her grandson, and they were all resting in the warm room. However, because she was sick a few days ago, she was afraid that she would get sick and gave her grandson a lot, so she moved back to the west room.

Seeing this, Chu Yu wanted to take Tianbao back to Wutongyuan and prevent Li from being frightened, but Li refused, for fear that his grandson would be small, so he couldn't afford to make trouble and wouldn't sleep well if he changed places.

Seeing that my mother-in-law insisted on doing this, Chu Yu didn't say much, but he became more and more careful when serving the disease.

When he arrived at the warm room, he saw that Tianbao was already asleep under the care of his breasts, so Chu Yu withdrew from the west room again.

"The bell is still ringing..." Li stared at the window and murmured.

Chu Yu sat on the stool and looked at his mother-in-law carefully, not knowing what to say.

Even the people in the capital knew that the continuous bells declared the beginning of the national mourning; the mother-in-law was raised in the family of officials and married into the family of officials, so she still had this knowledge...

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Front yard, front hall.

Just as Cao Yong came over, the chief manager Cao Yuan also heard the bell and rushed over.

Since Zhang Yi returned to Beijing from Guangzhou with his wife, Cao Fang has gone to Guangzhou to take over Zhang Yi's previous errands. Of course, Cao Yong has some arrangements in Guangzhou.

Guangzhou is the way out for Cao Yong to leave for himself. If it were someone else to manage it, he would not be completely relieved.

Zhang Yi took over Cao Fang and became the second general manager of the mansion.

"There are soldiers at the entrance of the alley, and the inner city is under martial law!" Zhang Yi's statement was a little frightened.

Everyone knows that the decades of honor and disgrace of their Cao Mansion are all on the old emperor. Now, when the throne is alternating, how can people not be nervous...

Cao Yong raised his eyebrows and said, "Where are the soldiers and horses? Can you ask carefully?"

"The young man went to ask in person was the army of the infantry chief yamen. The leading school had been the subordinate of the Fu family's uncle, and he knew our mansion. After hearing the young man's question, he said a few more words. He didn't know the reason, but he only knew that many people had sent out to guard the official residence in the inner city." Zhang Yi replied.

When Cao Yong heard this, he sneered in his heart.

It is called "Suwei", but it is actually "prevention", and I am afraid that the royal family and the powerful will cause trouble at this time.

But that's fine, with double insurance, the fourth prince is sitting on the dragon throne steadily.

Although I don’t know when Kangxi died, the temple bell rang for a long time and martial law had been implemented in the inner city, so it would probably not take much time for the imperial carriage to return to the palace.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong said to Cao Yuan: "Start now, the whole mansion will be hung in white, and the whole house will be mourned." After that, he said to Zhang Yi: "I will prepare the horse, and I will go to the imperial city later."

I just came out in a hurry and didn't stop at Lanyuan. Now that I'm back, Cao Yong went straight to Lanyuan.

Mrs. Li was covered in tears at this moment. When she saw her son coming in, she quickly lowered her head and wiped it clean.

"Mother, let me be ashamed of the changes." Cao Yong sighed in his heart and comforted softly.

Li's eyes were red, shook his head, and said, "What's so sad about me? Counting it, I have lived for more than fifty years and have seen... I've counted two slaps... I'm about seventy years old, and I'm also considered a young man..."

She could understand it, but the sadness in her eyes could not be covered.

Although she has resentment in her heart in recent years, she also knows that her orphan is actually related by blood and has lived a more nourishing life than a daughter of a noble family.

Now that Li knew about the death of the emperor, he was still in a dream and could not believe it.

She was already sick, and when she heard the news, she couldn't support it. After saying a few words to her son and wife, she stopped being forced and fell on the kang and almost pushed down the screen embroidered with bamboo orchids.

Cao Yong and Chu Yu carefully helped her and placed her in place.

Mrs. Li looked at her son, then at her wife, and said, "I'm tired and I want to have a sleep. Cao Yong will start tomorrow, and I still have to be busy. You can go back and get settled early.

Cao Yong came out of the mansion at the beginning of Yin (3 a.m.) and arrived in front of Jinshui Bridge, there were already many princes and princes.

Everyone was like a vegetable market, making a noise. Cao Yong looked at the carriage in the distance, and it seemed that it was extremely wise to choose to ride a horse.

Next, Cao Yong felt exactly like watching a big show.

At dawn, the emperor's carriage came slowly surrounded by a large army.

I don’t know who took the lead, but everyone knelt down one after another, and immediately cried.

Seeing that the tears came out of their noses and looked like they were betrayed, Cao Yong was really stunned. Fortunately, he had already prepared and wiped the ginger on his cuffs, so it would be cheap to cry.

When he was red, he remembered the scene when he first went to Beijing. Kangxi at that time was really like a loving elder. He was not a heart-warming heart, and it was false to say that he was not grateful for Kangxi's protection; but there were so many things that happened later that all the gratitude disappeared.

Next, Cao Yong watched a big show.

Yongzheng held the imperial carriage, with tears in his eyes, and walked along. He personally helped him to the palace gate.

All the princes and ministers and princes howled desperately.

I heard that after the Seventh Prince stayed behind the Qingchangchun Garden, Cao Yong's last worries disappeared.

The Fourth Prince was next to the imperial chariot, no longer had the restraint and low-key he had before, and only had an indescribable and unknown momentum left.

Cao Yong was paying attention to the Fourth Prince. The Fourth Prince seemed to notice and looked at Cao Yong twice.

After placing Emperor Daxing in the Qianqing Palace, the Fourth Prince sent someone to summon officials of the Ministry of Rites to arrange for Emperor Daxing to wear it.

Because when I saw Cao Yong just now, the Fourth Prince thought of Li.

When the Ministry of Rites officials knelt down, the Fourth Prince remembered the plan to carry out the emperor's funeral.

All civil and military officials came to express their grief; the princess and concubines could also take care of them nearby.
Chapter completed!