Chapter 146: Supplement

November 23rd is the 14th birthday of the Grand Prince of Chun's Mansion. Because the seventh prince went to visit the tomb with the sage, although the Chun's mansion held a birthday wine for the Grand Prince, Cao Yong was not easy to come to the house. Moreover, the wedding banquet for the daughter of the Cao family to marry was held until the 24th, so Cao Yong couldn't get out, so he just asked Amethyst to prepare a gift to send it.

Mei Jing thought about drafting a gift list, which was nothing more than clothes, embroidered jewelry, rouge, etc., and took it to Cao Yong for review.

Cao Yong said: "Look at what other elegant and interesting hanging decorations are there? Add a few more."

Zijing smiled and said, "I remember when I was giving gifts to Prince Chun's mansion in the middle of the year, my eldest girl said that the princess loves the decorations of the lotus. Just remember, I got the double agate cup before, and it was the same style. Add it!"

Huan'er brought in a cup of soup and just put down the tea tray. After hearing this, she couldn't help but smile and said, "I'm afraid I'll move it back in a few days."

Zhu'er pushed her and said, "I'm not big or small, and I'm not talking about it." As he said that, he brought the cup and put it in front of Cao Yong.

Cao Yong took the lid and drank it for a half, and said to Amethyst: "I can't stew it less next time, I really can't drink it!"

In the past half a month, Amethyst began to instruct the kitchen to make a cup of tonic soup for Cao Yong every morning and evening. Cao Yong guessed that Amethyst might have seen her busy official business and helped him to nourish his body. Although he felt that there was no need to nourish his body so much at a young age, it was not a bad thing to strengthen his body. Moreover, he also knew that winter is a good time to nourish his body, and the stewed soup was very delicious, so he ate it like a snack after meals.

Mei Jing agreed with a smile, then went down to add a gift to the big princess.

*

When Cao Yi returned to the door, the wedding banquet in Cao's mansion came to an end.

Because when Cao Yong came back from the south, Cao Quan and Zhao Jia had brought letters to Cao Song, asking his son to go south to celebrate the New Year this year. Although Madam Zhang was not in charge of the capital this year, she was not as comfortable as she was in the southern mansion. She wanted to go back to Jiangning as soon as possible, so she packed her luggage early, thinking that she would set off after Cao Yi left the cabinet.

Cao Song was unwilling to go back. Although he missed his parents, he still had his brother's marriage here. Now, Cao Yi is out of the box again. Could it be that he let his brother hold the wedding alone?

Madam Zhang wanted to persuade Cao Song's parents again, but Cao Song rolled his eyes and glared back.

Starting from November 25, Cao Yong began to work in the Ministry of Revenue every day. Because by the end of the year, each department had collected accounts from his subordinate provinces, and everyone was too busy to pay.

The Fujian Department has a chief officer, with about twenty people in the form of writing, but after all, there are too many responsibilities in charge, and the staff cannot be assigned. Although Cao Yong, the deputy chief officer, has no direct responsibilities under his name and there is nothing to check, so he seems to be relatively leisurely.

Some people are already familiar with Cao Yong in private, but in the yamen, as a subordinate, how can they be troubled by Shangguan? Therefore, everyone is so jealous that they can only secretly envy them when they see it leisurely.

In the past two months since Cao Yong joined the Fujian Department, Li Qichang, the doctor, was also observing Cao Yong. He has been in the Ministry of Revenue for more than 20 years, starting from pen-style, and has been promoted steadily based on political achievements. Although he only knows how to work hard every day and rarely pays attention to the government and current affairs, he also knows that since the investigation of the Ministry of Revenue deficits in the 47th year of Kangxi, the Cao family in Jiangnan has become a debt-owed household of the Ministry of Revenue. Moreover, the Cao family is wealthy and holds the most profitable tea yards in the world. The annual income is tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands.

At first, Li Qichang only thought Cao Yong was like an ordinary powerful child, and came to the Ministry of Revenue to work as a job, but took advantage of the lack of many people here to get a degree. Some people in the department were jealous of Cao Yong's background, and some people also reminded Li Qichang to beware of Cao Yong, who can guarantee that he has no replaced identity.

Li Qichang just smiled and said, the children of the bannerman and the powerful have been qualified in the six ministries, and many of them have served as officials. How many of them can be the head of the department? After all, it is a yamen, and there are always people who have to work hard. How can they count on those playboys?

Cao Yong's principle of being a human being has always respected older people and respected his superiors very much. Over time, Li Qichang no longer regarded Cao Yong as a child of a powerful man, and sometimes he enthusiastically helped him understand the affairs of the department.

Now, everyone is busy, but the person in charge of the East and West Tombs, Rehe and Miyun garrisons took sick leave due to colds. The others perform their duties, so where can they be free of staff?

Li Qichang pondered for a moment and asked Cao Yong to receive the errand for inspection and salary. Cao Yong knew all the procedures of the errands in the errand before, and immediately got into the role and took two pens to match the accounts. He was busy until it was dark before he finished his work and returned to the mansion.

Due to fatigue for a day, Cao Yong finished his supper and went to bed early. When he woke up in the middle of the night, he felt that he was hot all over his body. He clearly had no thoughts, but his lower body was burnt and hard.

Cao Yong touched his forehead and did not have a fever, and it did not look sick, but for some reason he felt so hot all over. He got up and poured herbal tea on the ground, drank two cups of herbal tea, then felt a little more refreshed, and when he went back, he fell asleep again.

When he woke up the next morning, Cao Yong felt dry mouth and his throat was about to smoke. He thought it was because the kang was too hot and the room was dry.

Cao Yong got up and put on his clothes, drank two sips of water to moisten his throat. Seeing Zijing bringing people in to comb, he said to her: "The kang is too hot, the room is too dry. Next night, put two basins of cold water on the floor of the house."

As he was talking, he felt a heat in his nose and some liquid flowing out. Cao Yong thought he had a cold and ran out of his nose. He was quite embarrassed, but he felt hot and sticky, and it was a little bit wrong. In a blink of an eye, it had fallen on the front, and it turned out to be a nosebleed.

Several maids hurriedly brought over the fine silk paper. Cao Yong raised his head and stuffed the paper into his nose, then slapped some cold water on his forehead, and tossed for a long time before he stopped the blood.

Zi Jing hurriedly said, "Do you want to find a doctor?"

Cao Yong waved his hand and said, "No, if the house is dry in winter, it will easily cause nosebleeds. It's not a big deal."

After washing, Chai'er and Cui'er carried the kang table over and put food on it. Cao Yong opened the pot soup and saw that someone had ginseng wolfberry again, he realized what was going on. He shook his head: "This pot soup cannot be drunk, it can be done!"

Zi Jing was very apologized: "Is this potion according to the rules... or should I ask Dr. Chen to treat the uncle's pulse?"

Cao Yong shook his head and said, "Don't, it's so cold, there's no illness, why bother the old doctor!" Speaking of this, he remembered something: "The first two days Cheng Mengxing sent a gift, but he didn't seem to see him eating a mat. The house was busy and didn't care about giving him a drink. Today he was going to come to see the garden, so you can help him stay and hold a banquet to him in the evening. If he doesn't come today, send a post to his house and invite him to drink tomorrow."

Amethyst responded and said, "The yard is almost completed, and Mr. Cheng is here to see these days. I believe he can come today."

*

Although Cao Yong was willing to invite Cheng Mengxing to dinner, Cheng Mengxing had something to do that day but failed to go to Cao's mansion. When Cao's mansion sent someone to deliver the post to the door, the gatekeeper of Cheng's mansion received the post, saying that the owner had gone out and came back to tell him.

Cheng Mengxing was invited by Hu Jiren to have a drink.

When Hu Jiren was donating his official position, he borrowed 10,000 taels of silver from Cheng Mengxing. Recently, his family sent the silver, but he was not free of charge because of the busyness of the ministry, and was urged by his uncle to take a day off. He rushed to pay back the money with the loan note first, and asked Cheng Mengxing to drink and thank him.

The two sat in Bin Yueju's private room and ordered a few signature dishes to drink.

Hu Jiren, who was extremely depressed, had a lot of life, and was very strict with his boss. Recently, he was so tired that he was far from being happy when he was making a free writing post. What was even more uncomfortable was that he found that the eldest son of the Cao family, who had kicked him for several days in September, had actually been transferred to the Ministry of Revenue to serve as a job!

Last month, Hu Jiren heard that Zijing was a steward in the Cao family, so he went to Cao's house to look for someone with the idea of ​​taking luck. Seeing that Zijing was still dressed up without getting married, he couldn't help but think that if he could take her as a concubine, he would be able to gain some benefits from the Cao family. Even if he couldn't, it would be considered as fulfilling his mother's dying instructions, and it would be great to get a beautiful concubine.

Hu Jiren felt that taking Amethyst as a second wife was completely a kindness, and he was already polite to her. Although she was an official, she had become a slave, so what else could she have? She thought that when she mentioned it, she would follow her happily, but who knew that Amethyst glared at him mockingly and refused.

Hu Jiren became angry, and then he stopped Cao Yong and insisted on redeeming Apricot. When Cao Yong beat him, he was still full of grudges and suspected that Apricot and Cao Yong had a personal relationship. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was "hate of taking over his wife" and "a great humiliation", so he said that he would take revenge sooner or later.

Within half a month, Hu Jiren saw Cao Yong in the yard of the Ministry of Revenue Department, wearing a fifth-rank official uniform, one level higher than himself. He hurriedly asked people and found out that Cao Yong had become the Minister of Fujian Division. He was jealous and resentful, but he was glad that he was in Shandong Division. If he was in Fujian Division, wouldn’t he be in Cao Gong’s hands? Where would he have any good fruits to eat?

While drinking, Hu Jiren talked about some of the stuffy things in the department's errands, vented his officialdom for a while, and moved to the love field. He couldn't help but mention the matter of Amethyst with Cheng Mengxing. He didn't mention himself at all, but only said that Amethyst was ruthless and Cao's family was unrighteous.

Cheng Mengxing was confused and couldn't help but ask him: "When you asked me that day, you mentioned this relative. I don't understand why the relative was wandering to Cao's mansion again?"

Hu Jiren snorted twice: "It was my aunt's daughter. She was a child and got married. Later, her house was searched and the news was cut off!" As he said that, he was a little angry and said annoyed: "Cousin, do you think she knows what her identity is now? I have been so kind to say that she is the second wife, and I am still pretending to be an official lady! "

Cheng Mengxing frowned, and could not hear that Hu Jiren was right. Since he had a marriage contract, he should not betray his trust and marry him. Because he had cut off the news and could not get in touch, marrying him again was a helpless act. He should be the only thing he should think of as a cousin. He was polite to treat him well, so how could he say nonsense like taking a concubine?

Although he didn't have much contact with Amethyst, Cheng Mengxing had a good impression of her. Hu Jiren kept his promise and had not married yet. Amethyst was surrendered to be his official wife, let alone giving him a second wife like giving alms. Not to mention that Amethyst girl was angry, even an outsider could not stand it.

After all, it was someone else's family business, so Cheng Mengxing didn't have much to say, just distracted the topic without saying anything. However, Hu Jiren replied to the topic of Amethyst and started scolding more and more. He was talking and said that he would take revenge on Cao Yong sooner or later.

Cheng Mengxing twitched his sleeves and said coldly: "I don't know, do you know what your identity is now?"

Hu Jiren widened his eyes: "Cousin, what do you mean?!"

Cheng Mengxing advised: "You should be peaceful and peaceful. You can't afford to be a young master of the Cao family! And that Amethyst is a good girl. Be respectful to her, don't insult her."

Hu Jiren looked at Cheng Mengxing for a while, suddenly grinned and smiled, raised his hand to dry a glass of wine, then threw the wine glass to the ground, pointed at Cheng Mengxing and said, "My cousin is a kind-hearted person! By the way, I forgot that my cousin has been in and out of Cao's mansion recently. Could it be that he has taken a fancy to Amethyst?"

Cheng Mengxing frowned and said, "I'm just saying a fair word. I'm also advising you, don't be fooled, otherwise, the Hu family will not be able to protect you by then."

Hu Jiren drank a lot of wine, but he was not confused. He knew the power of the Cao family, but now he was still stubborn and said a few words with his neck.

Cheng Mengxing was too lazy to pay attention to him anymore, so he stood up and dusted his clothes, said "Goodbye" and walked out.

Although Hu Jiren has many friends in Jing, he is willing to borrow money like Cheng Mengxing, but he can't find any more. Although his uncle is in Beijing, he is a poor Hanlin. If he uses the money, he has to come to find Cheng Mengxing, so he naturally refuses to offend Cheng Mengxing. Hu Jiren hurriedly stood up and pulled Cheng Mengxing and said, "I'm drunk and full of Hu's mouth. Don't blame me, drink, drink..."

Cheng Mengxing said, "Let's go another day!" As he said that, he went downstairs without touching the ground.

Hu Jiren hurriedly followed him and shouted, "Cousin, you're just arguing. Are you going to be angry for an outsider and your relatives?"
Chapter completed!