Chapter 222: Mid Spring

Yizhou, Taotai Yamen, inner courtyard main house.

Chu Yu was holding a small jacket in his hand and was squeezing the needle and thread on his cuffs. After putting it away, she looked at the small and cute object and couldn't help but touch her belly. It's just three months old and it's not visible, but it feels a little hard and tight, which is completely different from before she was pregnant.

The two nannies sent by Li to Jiangning last month were Madam Zhang and Madam Wei, both of whom have been in the Cao Mansion for generations. Both have given birth to many second-children, and they also know more about the taboos of the mother.

Madam Zhang is the aunt of Xiangcao, and Madam Wei is Xiaoman's grandmother. Because of this, the two madams did not feel miserable even if they were far away to work in Yizhou. Besides, Cao Yong is the eldest son and the eldest grandmother has this identity. It is decent for them to be able to serve in front of them.

Two nannies were also sent from the Chun Palace, one was Chu Yu's wet nurse, Madam Ye, and the other was Madam Zhou, a companion to the Nala family of the side of the Confucian family.

Madam Ye was sent back to the palace by Chu Yu last year. Although no one said anything in person, she was complained by her son and daughter-in-law in private. The prince loved the big princess the most, as we all know. The big princess has always been a good temper. When she sent the wet nurse back like this, it would be clear and clear.

Madam Ye felt wronged and nagged her wife twice. Her wife was impatient and couldn't help but say, "Mom is not confused. Whose wet nurse is not aimed at the girl, but her mother's ears are soft. I heard that Guarjia and Essuri are two old guys, Husband! The big princess has only been married for a few days, so she arranged for a house to marry. How can we be the master's affairs be the ones who are slaves? The big princess has a good temper. If she changes to girls from other houses, she doesn't know how to make trouble!"

Madam Ye was dissatisfied and muttered, "Isn't this what Fujin meant?"

Her wife looked inside and outside, and saw that there were no outsiders, and whispered: "After all, I'm not my biological child. When the fifth princess goes out, do you see if she arranges a dowry for a fox! You are always honest, and you believe whatever they say! It was obvious that the concubine saw that the girl from the Bai family was good-looking and her parents were talking in front of the prince again. She was afraid that the prince would meet him and like him, so she gave up like this!"

It was the first time that Madam Ye heard this, but she still didn't believe it. Her wife sneered and said, "Xiyu is also lucky! Her girl is only fifteen, and she is outstanding, because she was originally at her grandmother's house outside the city. She had just returned home and worked in the prince's study. She was 'ill' in her 's heart' in just over a month!"

When Madam Ye listened, thinking of Suri's kind-eyed look, she felt chill all over, shook her head and said, "No? If the Madam cannot tolerate others, then the Madam and the Madam and the Madam and the Madam are not doing well?"

Her wife whispered: "Mom didn't see that Xiyu's girl looks like a concubine? If she said she looks like a three-pointer, then her sister looks like a five-pointer! The concubine is several years older than the prince, and even if she looks at Shaoxiang, she is not young anymore! It's not a strange thing to change a pet on the prince! The concubine is determined to praise the concubine Balda. If she wants to consolidate the identity of the sixth prince, how could she allow others to take the lead?"

Madam Ye is Chu Yu's wet nurse, so she naturally looked at Nara, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried when she heard this. Her wife advised again: "Look, you're always worried. How can you hide the little thoughts of Fujin from the prince? The concubine has followed the prince for twenty years, and the three princes have taken over the eldest son again, and the sixth prince is still a baby!"

Madam Ye didn't know if she was explained by her wife or she figured it out by herself. This time she came to Yizhou, she refused to say a word, but just took care of Chu Yu's body with all her heart.

When Chu Yu sent her wet nurse back to the royal palace, she was afraid that the Cao mansion would be uneasy and make Cao Yong disgusted. Now seeing her wet nurse like this, she treats her very close to her and the two are as reconciled as before.

Madam Zhou was only ordered by Nala to take care of Chu Yu for childbirth. She was not like Madam Ye, who wanted to stay with Chu Yu for a long time; she was not like Madam Zhang and Madam Wei, who were old people in the Cao family, so she refused to be big and spoke very cautiously. Madam Zhang and Madam Wei were selected by Madam Li, and they were not mean and difficult to deal with. Chu Yu has a high status, so it was not their turn to say anything.

In this way, although there were four more nannies on the Daotai Mansion, they did not dare to act like the master like Cao Song's wet nurse, Madam Zhang. Therefore, Chu Yu was extremely worried.

Today is twenty-seven. Mr. Zhuang is back. Cao Yong bought food and food in the front yard to welcome him. He had come back to visit Chu Yu before and asked Zijing to accompany her for dinner.

When Amethyst came, Chu Yu took out the little jacket he had just sewn for Amethyst to show. The two talked and laughed, and counted the month of the child's birth. According to the doctor, it was the fetus he had taken at the end of the twelfth lunar month, and counted the date of birth in September. In this case, half a year was just a flash of effort.

Nowadays, Amethyst is only worried about Chu Yu's body - she originally had a little meat, but she followed Cao Yong back to Jiangning before the New Year, and went north after the New Year. The journey was exhausted and she lost a lot. She had morning sickness a few days ago and ate very little. Although she was better later, she still had no flesh.

While speaking, several wives in charge talked back and forth, saying that the tailor from the silk shop brought the seasonal clothes, should they be distributed according to each room today, or should they wait until the thirty?

These were all half a month ago, and I asked the people there to go to the mansion to measure the length of the body. According to the different identities of each person in the mansion, there are one set to four sets of new clothes.

Even Chu Yu also made four sets. Although he brought a lot of clothes to the capital, they were all prepared by the royal palace before getting married. They were all complicated and cumbersome, with embroidery and look extremely luxurious.

Cao Yong himself is the one who loves to wear fine cloth clothes. If he doesn't see a guest, he is simple and simple. When someone he doesn't know, who would have thought that he was the fourth-rank chief and just thinks that he was the young master from which family he was?

When I returned to Jiangning before the New Year, Cao Yong took Chu Yu out for a walk twice. The girl selling sugar water on the road and the sisters on the flower building secretly sent Cao Yong a secret message. Although Cao Yong did not pay attention to these, Chu Yu felt uncomfortable when he saw him.

Chu Yu wanted to change into a gorgeous dress to please Cao Yong. Although Zijing had advised her, Cao Yong had no resentment and pickyness about these things that had been young. Because they were the two aunts of the Cao family, their clothes were extremely gorgeous before they got married.

Later, Chu Yu discovered that her husband did not dislike the gorgeous clothes, perhaps it was just a habit since childhood and did not like to be arrogant. She herself was not a silly person, but because Ama had been favored by her mother since childhood, her mother valued her food, clothing and food. Before getting married, she specially prepared dozens of boxes of four-season clothes for the royal family, all of which were of high quality materials and embroidery.

When she heard that the new clothes were coming, Chu Yu was very happy and asked to send Cao Yong and her share, and the others would be distributed today. Several summer clothes were loose and plain. She measured them and was very happy.

When Zhu'er, Xiyun and the others arranged the meal, Amethyst gave Chu Yu a cloth dish and advised her to eat more. Chu Yu couldn't help but say angrily: "Sister Amethyst is looking at herself, are you still embarrassed to persuade Chu Yu?"

Zi Jing smiled and said, "The princess has two bodies, how can she compare with me? Even if I have a higher appetite now, I am not as prosperous as the capital, but it is much purer than there! Even if I am the old man, I don't have to hurry up early!"

Chu Yu nodded: "Not it? It's okay? It's okay to catch up and prepare in the grand dynasty meeting in the third day! Here, the prince is far away from the lord and free. If it weren't for the ten days of worrying about the price of food, this job would be much lighter!"

Zi Jing knew that Cao Yong's yamen was busy a few days ago, and Chu Yu was very worried and said with a smile: "Isn't this done? Besides, Mr. Zhuang is back and can help the uncle. The uncle will not be as hard as before!"

*

In the past ten days, Cao Yong was just tired, but Mr. Zhuang was tired.

Mr. Zhuang lay on the kang in the main room of the East Courtyard, lifted up his clothes and exposed his waist. Lianqiu took out two plasters the size of a palm and put them on a small carbon stove to bake. When he saw the ointment melt, he put it on Mr. Zhuang's waist.

Mr. Zhuang turned over and sat up, raised his arm, patted his shoulder, and said to Lian Qiu: "If you put two more stickers, your shirt will be sore!"

It happened that Xiqiu came in with a clean set of clothes. When he heard Mr. Zhuang's words, he couldn't help but complain: "Who told me to show off? I don't know how to cherish my body. It's less than half a month since I'm tired!"

Lianqiu helped Mr. Zhuang put two stickers on his shoulders. Mr. Zhuang changed his clothes and asked, "Where is Niu Niu? But he has been asleep. How did the little guy recently? He can crawl? Do you need to teach her to speak now?"

Lianqiu helped Mr. Zhuang tie his buttons and replied, "I'm asleep in the west room! This little guy has gained weight again in the past two days. He has eaten and slept all day long, and has ate and ate. If he gets fat, he will not be able to hold him anymore!"

Mr. Zhuang pointed to a willow basket on the table above the ground and said with a smile: "Those are all small things I bought for Niu Niu. Be fatter, our daughter is lucky!"

Because he was going to the front yard to have a drink, Mr. Zhuang went to the west room specifically and touched his daughter's fat face before leaving.

When Mr. Zhuang arrived at the front yard, cold meat and dried fruits were already placed on the round table. Except for Cao Yong, Cao Yanxiao, Cao Yanwei, Han Shiye, Lu Shiye, Wei Hei and others, they were all sitting there, and Cao Song was missing.

Cao Yong was going to send someone to urge him, but when Cao Song hurriedly came back. When he saw Mr. Zhuang coming back, he first asked him, and then complained to everyone and went to the inner house to change his clothes.

Because everyone was waiting for him to drink, Cao Song returned to the yard and washed his face in a hurry, changed his clothes and was about to walk out. Seeing that his face was still wet, Yu Zhu caught up with him with a veil, stood in the corridor, and smiled and said, "Look, I'm so anxious that I forgot to wipe my face!"

Cao Song stopped and let the jade spider hold a handkerchief and wipe the water stains on his face.

Smelling the faint fragrance of daffodils, he remembered something, looked at the jade spider, and ordered: "Whether it is a flower or pink, let's change the taste tomorrow. I'm impatient with the smell on you!"

When Yu Zhu heard this, her face turned red and she couldn't speak. Cao Song didn't stop and was almost out of the yard.

Looking at the empty yard door, Yu Zhu's face gradually turned pale.

In the past ten days, Cao Song did not have the imagination of his favorite Yu Spider. Except for the night after staying in the main room for one night, Cao Song never let her stay in the room for the night. As usual, Yu Qiu was waiting in the room.

I don’t know what Yu Ying and Yu Chan think. Just Yu Dragon, seeing Yu Spider like this, I felt unbearable and took her to the upper room to stay together. When Cao Song saw her, he just frowned and waved his hand to send Yu Spider out, as if he was extremely disgusted.

Yuqiong didn't know how she offended Cao Song, so she asked him twice in private, but Yu Zhu didn't understand, but she just cried and looked more and more pitiful.

Yulong was soft-hearted, how could she see this? He specially asked Yuying and Yuchan to come back during the day. When Cao Song came back, he tried his best to give Yushu a chance to come forward to serve.

Fortunately, during the day, Cao Song saw Jade Spider. Although he was not close to him, he was not so disgusted. He occasionally hugged him and kissed him.

Jade Spider tried her best, but she was still not called to Shiye. If she hadn't known that Cao Song was irritable and not polite, she would have to recommend herself to the pillow and climb onto the bed, she would have been in a heart but not courage.

Yu Zhu was so angry that she didn't say that the one who left was naturally hated Yulong. Thinking that if she hadn't done anything bad, Amethyst wouldn't have sent her medicine soup the next day, which would have ruined her dream of "mother is precious to her son". Not to mention that her grandfather loves sex, and she is very troubled in bed. If she doesn't want her to approach her, it's naturally a cheaper Yulong.

Thinking of Yuqing's reliance on her qualifications to suppress herself, Yuzhu looked hypocritical and wanted to vomit. But she was not a fool. Since she knew that everyone in the mansion had a good relationship with Yuqing, how could it be easy to offend? She became more respectful, and was extremely cautious in her words and actions, and was more gentle and cautious than before.

*

While waiting for Cao Song to come out, everyone talked about the gossip of the past few days. Wei Hei escorted Mr. Zhuang to Jinan Prefecture. Cao Yanxiao went to Andongwei, Cao Yanwei went to Juzhou, and even Master Han and Master Lu also went to Fei and Yishui County.

When talking about the anger and pleading of the people in front of the rice shop in the township, and when talking about the pleasure of Fengshangguozhuang, everyone was very interested. Although the territory of Shandong is not as strict as that of Zhili, few of these boiling pots have complete procedures.

As they were talking, everyone was silent when they thought that this was just a treatment of symptoms but not the root cause. Next spring or the spring of the following year, there might be another rise in food prices.

The collusion between officials and businessmen and sell grain from the warehouse at low prices, resulting in high profit after drinking. Then, the government earned surplus grain at the bottom, making it less and less grain that could be circulated on the market, resulting in the bad consequences of the rise in grain prices several times this spring.

Thinking of what he saw and heard when he went to Daxing Town with King Quantai, the Qianzong of Andongwei, Cao Yanxiao couldn't help but look at Cao Yong with some concern. After returning to Yizhou, he shouted at the manager of the village to Cao Yong, reminding his uncle to be careful to see if he would send a letter to Beijing and not to tear his face with that prince.

Cao Yong knew what Cao Yanxiao meant and nodded to comfort him. Because he had other arrangements, he didn't care too much. But when Prince Jian's mansion flashed through his mind, he thought of Yongjia, who got married before the New Year; instead he thought of Yongqing, thinking about him not knowing what the news in the capital was.

When Qijin left, Cao Yong specially asked Cao Fang to take his own handwritten letter and go to Beijing. In addition to mediating Yongqing's affairs, he also asked him to stay in the capital to inquire about the causes and consequences of Ning Chun and his son's crimes.

*

But Cao Fang arrived in Beijing on March 23rd. At this time, Wanyan Yongsheng had already asked to go to the mansion of Prince Ping's Prince Neersu.

Nersu knew that Yongqing and his wife were close friends, and was hesitating whether to help. After all, there were fourteenth prince and Prince Jian Yaerjiang Ah, among them. It was not his turn to take charge of Wanyan Mansion, otherwise he would have been embarrassed by the face of the fourteenth prince and Prince Jian. If he waited for the change, Yongqing was removed from the family again, and it would be reasonable for the fourteenth prince and Prince Jian Yaerjiang Ah, who stood by and watched.

Until he received Cao Yong's handwritten letter and saw him solemnly asking him to make up his mind. Nersu also knew a little about the reason for Yongqing's crime and respected this bloody man from the bottom of his heart. Then, when he thought of Ning Chun, who had died inexplicably in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, Nersu sighed.

In order not to let someone ask someone to make a decision, Nersu decided to ask the opinions of the 14th Prince and Prince Jian Yaerjiang A first. If both of them were mainly based on the opinions of Wanyan Mansion and no longer recognized Yongqing, then he would come forward to deal with it. It would be a light sentence, which was not too difficult.

Because the 14th Prince still lived in the palace before he opened a mansion and Neersu went to Prince Jian's mansion first. The result was very surprising.

Yaerjiang A had already greeted the inspector, and now he was waiting to find out whether Yongqing's complaint was true. If the feelings were true, he would be slapped one hundred times and exiled to Shengjing; if there was no truth, he would be treated as "discussing national affairs" and "striking a false minister", then he would have to say something.

Nersu was overjoyed when he heard this. He was thinking about it, but when he left Prince Jian's mansion, he realized something was wrong.

The case of Ning Chun's family is not as simple as it appears. It is openly because of greed and involvement in the "Nanshan Ji" case, but in fact it was revealed that he secretly raised money for the prince in Jiangnan in his early years.

Yongqing kowtowed the Ning family. If he investigated, it would either fall on the prince's head or on the other princes. At that time, how could he have any good things? Even if he arrived in Shengjing, he would be afraid that his life would be difficult to protect.
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