Chapter 421: Ning Family

After visiting Cao Yi at Jueluo's house, it was already dusk when Cao Yong returned to the mansion.

Outside the second door, a carriage was parked. Jinghui brought the maid and the mother out, and Xiyun and Xicai were sent out. Cao Song followed behind, looking a little embarrassed.

Seeing that it was Cao Yong, Jinghui bent down and said, "Cousin!"

Cao Yong looked at the sky and asked, "Where are you going?"

Jinghui lowered her head and replied, "My grandmother told the butler in my cousin's mansion that she would pick me up to the old house on the Xinkai Hutong."

The mansion of Dong'ejia Rongfeng Hutong has been sealed, and Cao Yong knew about it. However, how could Jinghui, a little girl, go over? Cao Yong was a little confused and asked, "Even if you want to go over, you don't have to be so anxious. It's not too late to go there when the old lady comes out."

Jinghui looked up, her eyes were red, and she said, "Cousin, I heard that my grandmother had already returned from the yamen and went to the Xinkai Hutong first. Although I didn't ask my sister to go here today, how could I feel at ease to live here like this!"

It's out! Cao Yong was a little surprised. This was a case of beating the case. It was closed in just two days, and it was so fast.

Although I wanted to know how to decide the case, the people involved were Jinghui's closest relatives, and it was not appropriate to ask this in front of a little girl. Therefore, Cao Yong nodded and said, "Since that's the case, you should go over and serve as a service earlier and persuade them well to prevent the old lady from feeling frustrated."

Seeing Cao Song wearing outing clothes, Cao Yong glanced at Cao Song with a little questioning. Cao Song smiled silly, and without waiting for him to ask for details, he took the initiative to say, "My sister-in-law can't send her off in person. I specifically instructed her to ask her brother to take her away on behalf of her brother and sister-in-law. Let's take a look at what needs to be taken care of in the house over there."

After hearing this, Cao Yong patted his shoulder and said, "Since that's the case, I'll take a few people to follow you. If you need to hire an imperial physician, please take the famous posts from our mansion."

Cao Song responded one by one. Seeing that it was getting late, Cao Yong waved his hand and asked Jinghui to get on the carriage.

Jinghui wanted to thank her, but she felt that these words were light and it was really boring to say them, so she leaned over and held the old lady's hand onto the carriage.

After the carriage was gone, Cao Yong and Xiyun and Xicai entered the second gate and came to Wutongyuan.

When Cao Yong didn't see Chu Yu, he was a little worried. He asked Xiyun and Xicai, and both of them said that it was okay, but his body was heavy and he was lying on the kang.

Cao Yong was only a little relieved, but this was not the case.

Chu Yu was fine at noon, and when she was strolling in the yard, her feet slipped. Although Xiyun was holding her, she still shocked the baby in her stomach and had a lot of abdominal pain. She asked the imperial physician to come over and take a look. She prescribed two pairs of fetal pills, and was on the kang at this time. Therefore, Jinghui was about to leave, so she did not come out to see her. She just called Xiyun and Xicai to deliver her. She called Cao Song again and told him to go and take care of her.

Because she was afraid that her husband would be worried, Chu Yu ordered the few who were serving in the yard and asked them not to mention the matter of hiring the imperial physician to the palace today. Therefore, Xiyun and Xicai were hidden from the subordinates.

*

Ministry of Justice, prison.

Gali was wearing a prison robe and knelt on the ground. In just two days, he was as if he was ten years old, with gray hair scattered. There was no trace of the throne of the border officials, and it was no different from the ordinary old man.

Lai Du and Zhang Tingshu, two ministers of Shangshu, came in person and announced Kangxi's oral orders. The prison guards who followed him were holding a glass of wine in their hands.

When Gali Mudi heard this, he could not see any sadness and joy, but when he heard "Serqi, Gandu was executed after the execution of the prison in autumn", his body suddenly became wet.

Although everyone had dealt with the imperial edict, "the family property was merged into the official", there was no place for Jueluo. Gali raised his head, his eyes were already turbid like a dead fish, and murmured: "My forehead..."

Now that things have come to this point, although there has been a mother-son relationship for nearly 60 years, the word "mother" cannot say anything.

He paused and said, "I wonder if you two adults, old ladies, how can you place your holy intention?"

Lai Du felt a little sad when he saw Gali in such a embarrassment. When Gali was in full swing, he was the head of the governor of the world and was truly an important minister of the emperor. Today, he was dismissed for the murder of his mother. Looking at the attitudes of Kangxi and the Eighth Prince, Lai Du could also understand the reasons in his heart.

He sighed and said, "It is found that the old lady has one or two in the new alley in the old house. It was the dowry property of that year. The house there was no confiscation and it was used as a place for the old lady to be a retirement place."

Perhaps it was about to die, and his words were good. When he reached the present situation, Gali had no resentment. Hearing the word "dodge", he remembered the property under Jinghui's mother's name and looked up and said, "Sir, the land and sects under the name of the criminal brother and wife is also the property of his dowry before his death, not the property of my Dong E family."

Lai Du shook his head and said, "Master Ga, the old lady has also asked about the farm, but that farm was transferred to Mrs. Ling a few days ago, and now it has been confiscated to the official position."

When Gali heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He was really unhappy with retribution. He had plotted against the deceased's inheritance and was about to go underground to apologize.

The cell was silent. Lai waited for a long time, but he didn't see Gali talking anymore. He coughed and asked, "Master Ga, do you need to ask someone to send you a ride!"

The so-called "sending" is just to put it nicely. After all, the imperial edict is to commit suicide. Only when he commits suicide can he return the edict. However, if the offender is afraid of death, the official who passes the edict cannot wait forever, and someone must "send" a handful.

Gali has been in office for more than 40 years, but he still doesn't understand the key point. He raised his head and said, "I thank you for your kindness. When the guilty minister thanks God for your kindness, I will go on the road." As he said that, he kowtowed three times northwest, and then took Jiujiu from the prison guard.

It was not until the moment he took the cup that he truly felt fear, his hands trembled, and said to Lai Du and Zhang Tingshu: "It is difficult to do a clean official, but it is easy to do a corrupt official, but the net of heaven is vast... No one... can escape..." As he said that, his face was full of sadness, and he raised his neck and drank the wine in his hand.

Seeing Gali falling to the ground and twitching, Lai Du and Zhang Tingshu couldn't bear to look at it anymore and retreated to the prison. After a cup of tea, they could no longer hear Gali's voice, so Lai Du sent the prison guards and coroners to go in for an autopsy.

After a while, the prison guard and the coroner came out and reported that the criminal had committed suicide.

Lai Du let out a long sigh, waved his hand, called the prison head over, asked him to go to the female prison, and ordered Gali's wife to die...

*

Taijichang Street, Lianbeile Mansion.

Since he was about to leave the city in the early morning tomorrow, the Eighth Prince was placed early, but he couldn't sleep as long as he wanted.

He had already gained news about Kangxi's handling of the Gali case, but he didn't know whether to cry or laugh. If he had known that the emperor would have had other "grace" and would not follow the judgment he gave.

But, Emperor Ama, do you know the heart of his son?

"Filialty is the first priority for all virtues, lust is the first priority for all evils." If you can govern the country with "benevolence and filial piety", why don't you believe that your son can be filial and respectful?

He was stunned and he fell asleep until the sound of the second update came from afar...

...The whole body was so tightly bound that it could not move, and she was naked, covering her underwear. The eighth prince couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry. She raised her head and surrounded her tightly, and was surrounded by people...

The eldest prince is here, the second prince is here, and the other princes are here, the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of State, and the Chief Minister, each of them is a familiar face.

The eldest prince looked frosty, raised his chin and sneered: "Why am I imprisoned? Lao Ba, tell me where did the Taoist priest come from? Who did the witchcraft trip?"

The second prince's expression was even more ferocious, and he pointed to the eighth prince and said, "Who can be the crown prince? I am the king and the brother, and you are the minister and the younger brother, but you are unfaithful and have an unrighteous heart. Is this the virtuous prince that everyone is competing for?"

He heard all kinds of roars, rushing like a sea of ​​rushing waves. The eighth prince felt a splitting headache. He wanted to reach out and rub his forehead, but he couldn't move...

At this time, a voice in the crowd said, "As the prince, Yinsi was planning to be a crown prince and murdered his brother. He was extremely unfaithful and unrighteous. He should be executed by Lingchi, Lingchi..."

"Sword him, cut him..." The echo of the crowd became increasingly louder.

The eighth prince was so anxious that he whispered: "I am the father and son, who dares to touch me..."

The commotion subsided suddenly, and the crowd separated from each other and made a corridor out. A man walked in with a sneer and said, "Where is me? I can't move..."

For a moment, the Eighth Prince felt his mind broken and said sadly: "Ah my God..."

At this time, someone said, "Master, wake up, Master, wake up..."

The eighth prince slowly opened his eyes, but felt his face was cold. He reached out and touched it, and his face was covered with tears at some point.

The Eighth Concubine Guo Luoluo had already put the lamp on the ground and returned to the side of the kang, saying with some concern: "Is this nightmare?"

The eighth prince sat up, wiped his face randomly, and said, "Well, when is it?"

The Eighth Concubine touched her pocket watch from under the mattress by the kang and looked at it, and said, "It's the second day of the lunar month (11:30 p.m.). I'm going to rest for another two quarters of an hour, but I'll get up now."

The eighth prince said: "Change clothes, I'll be rushing out of the city later!"

This time, the Eighth Concubine followed him with Hu Rehe. She remembered the rumors she had heard before the New Year and looked at the Eighth Prince with her eyes squinted, "I'm going, will it delay my good things? But I heard that my grandfather has also built a garden and wants to hide the charm of her golden house?"

The Eighth Prince was still thinking about the nightmare just now, but he didn't know what the sign was. They all said that the dream was against it. Then the Emperor appointed him to escape the summer heat this time. Do you value him?

After all the troubles over the past six months, the Eighth Prince was really unsure of what the emperor's father's constitution was. He was a little scared and expected. All kinds of tastes mixed together, and it was a gloomy that was indescribable.

Seeing that he did not deny it, the Eighth Concubine looked a little ugly and snorted.

The eighth prince then felt relieved and said in a daze: "What a good thing?"

The Eighth Concubine wanted to slap him a few more words, but when she looked at his yellow face, she suddenly felt unbearable and said, "Cleaning up quickly!"

There was a reason for her not to continue asking questions. Although someone gave five Jiangnan women to the Eighth Prince, after asking someone to check, I learned that the Eighth Prince had transferred those to the Ninth Prince.

*

Not only the Eighth Prince, but also the Prince, or the civil and military officials, they all had to leave the city from Xizhimen at Chouzheng (two a.m.).

If it was late and missed the Xizhimen Water Gate switch, I wanted to get out of the city, but I could never do it anymore. I had escorts, so who dared to take the courage to take the leopard's courage because sleeping in was delayed.

Xicheng, Cao Mansion, Wutong Garden.

Cao Yong had already gotten up, and Chu Yu also got up. Originally, Cao Yong stopped her and wanted her to continue sleeping. But after all, her husband was going to travel far, so Chu Yu could not feel at ease, so he naturally followed her.

Looking at Chu Yu's big belly, Cao Yong remembered the incident when he visited Cao Yi yesterday and said, "Do you think about the day, my brother-in-law arrived in Beijing at the end of September last year. Ping'er's pregnancy period was the same as yours, but her belly was smaller."

Chu Yu remembered the two years ago when she was pregnant with Tianyou. Cao Yong was worried about her big belly and said with a smile: "It's the big child, the little one, I've long told her to my third sister. The third sister is the first child, and it's not easy to have a baby if she has a big belly."

After Cao Yong finished washing up, he changed into his official uniform, walked to Chu Yu, reached out to touch her belly, and said, "Whether it is a daughter or a boy, this child seems to be of great importance. He wants to compare Tianyou with him, probably worse than Hang Seng..." At the end, he couldn't continue.

Hang Seng is born from the wrong fetal position and is difficult to give birth.

In this era, the fetus is too large or the fetal position is not correct, which is enough for the mother to die.

Cao Yong was afraid of being scared by Chu Yu, so he turned around and said, "Hengsheng can already sit and climb, don't let him climb on you, look at that kid's weight, don't tired of you anymore..."

Chu Yu smiled and said, "When the prince's escort comes back, Hengsheng will be his birthday. Then you will be able to leave and learn to speak!"

When Cao Yong heard this, he remembered his eldest son Tianyou, who was far away in Jiangning. Although he mentioned Tianyou's current situation in his father's letters, he could not watch him grow up by his side, could not teach him to speak, and could not say that he had no regrets in his heart.

Although Zhao Jia came back and could take care of Chu Yu, Cao Yong was still a little worried and said, "You are now in a heavy state, so you should keep it in the house. It is serious to maintain your body well. If you can hand over other trivial matters, you should hand over them. If you are not at ease, let Amethyst make the decision and don't get tired of yourself."

Chu Yu nodded with a smile and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Chu Yu knows the importance of the child, it's always important for children."

After hearing this, Cao Yong shook his head and said, "What is this? How can children be more important than adults? I don't feel at ease with you. You must know that only if you are good can I feel at ease."

Although there were no sweet words and just a few ordinary words, Chu Yu could hear his concern. He felt very warm in his heart. He nodded vigorously and said, "Well, I know that he will take good care of his body. The prince is outside, and the wind and sun are exposed to the sun. He should take care of himself."

When it comes to "wind and sun exposure", Chu Yu remembers what he has forgotten. When Cao Yong came back last fall, his face was sunburned, so Chu Yu prepared a body cream for Cao Yong early this year. He knew that her husband didn't like the smell of pollen, and they were made specially and put in two small porcelain boxes.

When Cao Yong saw the one given to Chu Yu, he was surprised and smiled and said, "This is for women. If I carry it with me and let others see it, wouldn't it be a joke?"
To be continued...