Chapter 360: A bumper harvest

On November 13th, Kangxi started his journey from Changchun Garden and visited the temporary Feng Hall, Xiaoling, the fifth prince, the tenth prince, the fifteenth prince, and the seventeenth prince's escort.

As the Minister of the Taipu Temple, Cao Yong brought Tang Zhiyu and several other officials, and also served with the imperial carriage.

Unlike the summer vacation outside the border in May, this time I was quite suffering from business trip. The cold wind was getting colder, and I rode on the horse, and the speed was too slow and I couldn't lose my official etiquette.

Although Cao Yong did not have a winter escort, the Sixteenth Prince often followed him. He advised Cao Yong in advance to bring him some small sweaters and put them in the official uniform to prevent wind and cold. The most important thing is to prepare soft leather knee pads, fur boots, hand drums, ear bags, and preparations.

Cao Yong also told several officials from the Taipu Temple who were accompanying him that everyone had their own preparations. Only Tang Zhiyu, who caught up with Xiumu before his business trip, did not catch up with Cao Yong's orders and did not prepare those.

Although he was wearing cotton clothes and looked thick and cold-resistant, after walking on the horse's back for half a day, his face turned pale and his body became stiff.

According to the itinerary, it took five or six days to arrive at Xiaoling. Cao Yong was afraid that Tang Zhiyu would not be able to bear it, so he gave him a set of leather vests, knee pads and gloves that he had left in his hand.

In order to avoid disturbing the people, the Shengjia did not pass through the town. Tang Zhiyu wanted to add some fur clothes and couldn't find a place to buy them. Therefore, although he was a little embarrassed about Cao Yong's gift, he still thanked him and accepted it.

When traveling in the cold winter, lazy people like Cao Yong were reluctant, but Li Nai visited him yesterday and brought a message, which made him happily on a business trip.

Li Xu is about to enter Beijing, so he has already asked for an order to come to visit him. He heard that he has set off for Jiangning and arrived in Beijing in late November.

Cao Yong was able to deal with it easily in front of Li Nai, but if Li Xu said that, he was not sure. Li Xu was the head of a detective. If he showed his strength, he would probably lead the suspicion to himself.

However, he could no longer participate in the "Battle of the Three Kingdoms" ceremony of Yongqing's eldest son, Cao Yong sighed in his heart.

*

The small Gongjiang Hutong inside Fuchengmen, Yongqing Mansion, and the main hall of the inner courtyard.

Today, the female relatives are Princess Fuhui, the mother of Yongqing, the wife of Princess Jian, Yongsheng, the sister of Yongqing, Princess Jian, Chu Yu, and the wife of Qijia's aunt Fu Erdan, Shu Mulu; the male guest is Yongsheng, a brother of Qijia's family who worked in Beijing, and two martial arts Jinshi in the same year who was in Yongqing's martial arts.

While washing the baby, the grandmother nagged: "First wash your hair and become a prince; then wash your waist, and be taller than the next generation; wash your eggs and become a county magistrate; wash your ditch and become a magistrate."

After washing, she picked up the green onion she had prepared before and gently hit the baby three times, and said while beating: "One hit is smart, two hit is smart, three hit is clear!" After that, she asked someone to give the onion to Yongqing.

Yongqing was holding the green onion in his hand, as if holding a gold bar, and happily went out. When he arrived at the yard, he threw the green onion hard at the backbone of the main room at the central station of the courtyard.

The grandmother of the child brought up the incense tables dedicated to the thirteen statues of Bixia Yuanjun, Yunxiao, Send the Son, and Doubi, and sent them to the yard for burning. There were inevitably some lyrics.

After it was burned, she congratulated Yongqing with a smile on her face, gathered the pan and other items, and returned home with a load of loads.

"The third wash is finished", Yongqing entertained several male guests to the front yard for a drink, while Chu Yu followed Princess Fuhui and others to sit in the inner hall and talked.

In terms of generations, Chu Yu also called Princess Fuhui's cousin, so she called her "aunt" while talking.

Princess Fuhui saw Chu Yu white and tender. Although she had been married for several years, she still looked as charming as her daughter in the boudoir. She wanted to live a very comfortable life.

"I heard that your kid is following your parents-in-law in the south, and this is far away. You, a mother-in-law, don't want to do it?" Fuhui nagged.

Chu Yu smiled and replied, "The left and right are just showing filial piety for us. If you say you don't want to be fake, you just want to have his grandfather and grandmother who are in love with you, it must be more appropriate than those of us, and you will have less concern in your heart!"

Fuhui shook her head and said nothing, the child is the mother's heart. It seems that Chu Yu is just holding on, so how can he not think about it?

When talking about the child, thinking of the little grandson whom Yongjia had lost more than a month ago, Fuhui felt heartbroken and her eyes looked at her daughter full of pity.

Wanyan Yongjia sat on the chair with a slight smile on her face and her makeup was a little gorgeous. She evenly applied powder on her face, her eyebrows were curved, and her forehead was covered with rouge.

Although there was no abnormality on her face, Chu Yu accidentally swept her hand, and her green and white dry and thin were terrifying.

Wanyan Yongjia was originally smiling and listening to her mother greetings with Chu Yu. Seeing Chu Yu look over, she nodded slightly to greet her.

When Chu Yu saw her look of no sorrow or joy, she felt quite strange. She felt a little guilty when she felt indescribable, and she felt that she had thought about it.

Because Qi Jia's family was not out of confinement and could not meet guests, Chu Yu talked to Fuhui for a while, and then said goodbye and left.

After sending Chu Yu away, Fuhui looked at her daughter who was beautifully dressed in a nasty way and felt very distressed. There was a legitimate son left by the Grand Marshal who was favored by the prince in the palace, and a side concubine who was quite favored by the prince. Her daughter is really in a miserable life.

Wanyan Yongjia looked at her mother's worries, smiled slightly, and said, "Mom, my daughter is fine!"

Without a son, and without being favored by her husband, she just acts as an inner house decoration. How can this be fine? Princess Fuhui's eyes are already red, so she wants to comfort her.

Because she was afraid of falling from her daughter-in-law's face in front of her young daughter-in-law, she just sighed and said nothing after all.

*

Chu Yu sat in the car, thinking about what she had heard and saw, and there were only a few women who lived comfortably like herself. Isn’t it her blessing to be able to marry the prince? She should cherish her blessing, she warned herself in her heart.

The carriage did not go back to Cao's mansion directly, but passed Qianmen and went to Chun County Prince's Mansion.

These days, there has been a rumor, saying that the old concubine was going to be accused of marriage in the harem of Xiaoqi. King Chun and the concubine Nala both sent letters to Chuyu, asking her to go back to the palace to take a look.

The second princess on the Chun Palace is here for the fifteenth year. He has been on the wedding ceremony before the Mid-Autumn Festival and has reached the age of the other person.

When he heard that Chu Yu came back, Prince Chun personally brought his maid to the second gate to greet him. The concubine also came over with the maid. The two met each other, and they looked a little embarrassed.

When Chu Yu saw his legitimate mother and biological mother were there, he hurriedly bent over to greet him.

Prince Chun took her hand with a smile and said, "Family, what's the heretic? It's getting colder this day. Come and talk to your mother in the house!"

Chu Yu responded with a smile, nodded to Nala, and followed his step. The concubine fell behind, looked at her daughter's hand, and looked a little stiff. She sighed in her heart, but followed the concubine to the main courtyard.

Although it was already winter and it was cold outside, King Chun Fujin's house was as warm as spring because of the ground dragons.

After entering the room, Chu Yu went to the cloak outside. King Chun Fujin touched her cold hands just now, and not only sat down on her kang, but also handed her commonly used copper hand stove with the word "Fu" to Chu Yu.

The side concubine Nala stood beside him, listening to the gossip of King Chun and his daughter.

Chu Yu thought about his sister's affairs and asked, "Mom, Lao Fu is pointing out marriage at this time, the second sister... Is the second sister going to Korqin?"

"It's not good to say now. Listening to the news from the palace, it is said that the marriage of the first two princesses in the end of the month must be accurate! Whether it is Korqin, Kalaqin, or Balin, I only bless you not only Outer Mongolia, but also have no hope of returning home." Wang Fujin said.

These two princes were born by the concubine Nara. She listened next to her and felt reluctant to let go. But she knew in her heart that it was impossible to let go. It was a custom for the royal family to caress Mongolia. It would be great if one of the ten princes could stay in the capital. In their mansion, Chu Yu was already a great grace to stay in the capital. How could he have a second chance?

After a while, when Prince Chun was sent to invite the second princess and the fifth prince's maid back, the two princesses also followed him in.

The second princess was wearing a royal blue squirrel leather robe, still as steady as ever. She greeted the two concubines. After seeing each other with Chuyu, she asked with a smile: "Sister, I heard that there are three ross on my nephew's head. My sister hasn't seen three ross, why didn't my sister bring them back?"

Chu Yu smiled and said, "He is still young and he dare not to make trouble. When will his sister be free, she will see it when she passes there!"

The second princess smiled and sat on the chair.

The fifth princess' expression was a little light. After half a year of conditioning, the scars on her face were much lighter, and if she didn't look carefully, she could no longer see it. However, her temperament has changed a lot, and she is not as good as before, she likes to talk and laugh.

Prince Chun said to Chu Yu with a smile: "Three yellers are good, and there are materials for riding horses and fighting in the future! If you and the prince have this kindness, you will be rewarded. If you raise a child in front of your eyes, this child will come faster! But if the baby Tianyou is not in front of you, you cannot neglect it. Children are the most spiritual. He knows whether their parents are in love with you!"

The fifth princess sat down at the head of the second princess. Seeing her mother holding her sister warmly and talking, she was a little unhappy. After hearing what the concubine said, she stood up and said hard: "My mother knows this, why don't she feel much pain for the second sister and me?"

Prince Chun Fujin was asked inexplicably and frowned and said, "What's this? Are you teaching your mother a lesson?"

The fifth princess bit her lip, her eyes were red, and she said, "The eldest sister is the daughter of Ama and her mother. Isn't it true that the second sister is with me? Why can the eldest sister stay in the capital, but I and my second sister want to go to Mongolia to eat sand? Before the eldest sister could get her hair, Ama asked for the decree in person; the second sister and her hair had been heard in the palace, but there was no movement in Ama and her mother? Since she could ask for grace for her elder sister, why can't she ask for a second sister? "

Although she and the second princess are different from the mother, the two sisters are about the same age and have played together since they are young, and their relationship is the deepest.

Although the fifth princess said this as a child, she was filled with resentment. Chu Yu was listening and didn't know how to comfort the two sisters.

Although Prince Chun Fujin was a little bit rude about the five princesses, he knew that they had a deep affection for sisters and was reluctant to leave them.

She sighed and smiled bitterly: "The princely palaces, Beile palaces, and other princesses in the city, you have seen many of them with your sisters. How many of them can be found in the capital? This is also impossible!"

The fifth princess has to say something else, but he was stopped by the second princess.

The room was a little embarrassed, and King Chun Fujin said to Chu Yu: "It just so happened that I made new bean noodles and golden cakes today. They are all things you like since childhood. I asked someone to send you a few bites!" As he said that, he ordered the maid to bring them.

Jincake is made by making hawthorn juice, and it is most appetizing when eaten.

Chu Yu smiled and said, "My daughter really misses the golden cakes in our palace. There are also them in the palace, but it's too sweet to eat, not as refreshing as in the palace."

After a while, the maid had already brought two small plates up. A white jade plate with sliced ​​gold cakes on it; an agate plate containing glutinous rice cakes with chrysanthemum paste dipped on it.

The match of red and white makes people feel pleasing to the eye when they see it. Chu Yu smiled and took a small fork, gave it a piece of golden cake to his mouth, and immediately felt salivation.

"It's so delicious!" She ate two or three pieces in a row before reluctantly retracting her gaze and forked a piece of bean noodles and tasted it.

As soon as the bean smelled, Chu Yu felt his stomach rolling, and he hurriedly covered his mouth and retching. He seemed to be unable to smell it. She turned pale and quickly got up from the kang and stood far away, only to feel more comfortable.

When King Chun Fujin and Nala met, they both widened their eyes and said, "This..."

*

Inside Dongzhimen, Li’s House.

Li Nai sat in the inner hall, with a little anxious face. He heard the noise from the inner room, and immediately stood up.

I saw the curtain lifting open, and a white-bearded old doctor walked out. Xiangtong followed behind her, her eyes were a little red.

Li Nai couldn't wait to ask: "Doctor Zhou, how is his diagnosis? But...but is there?"

The old doctor smiled and bowed, saying, "Congratulations to the eldest son, this little grandma inside is indeed happy!"
Chapter completed!