Chapter 483: Searching for the Roots (Part 1)

Chu Yu sat in front of the dressing table, thinking very much, and even Cao Yong didn't hear him when he came in.

Xiyun sat on the little mattress beside the kang outside and was dozing. When she saw Cao Yong coming in, she stood up and said, "Mr.

Chu Yu woke up after hearing Xiyun's voice, and got up and came out of the room. Looking at Cao Yong, he was a little reluctant to speak but stopped.

It is the cold winter month. Cao Yong also drank several cups of wine and went outside to see the guests. He saw the wind. The room was as warm as spring. When it became cold and hot, he sneezed heavily.

Chu Yu quickly got up and ordered Xiyun to call someone to bring hot water and sober soup.

Seeing that she was a little unconscious, Cao Yong said, "Since she is tired, I'll just place her early. I'm really working hard to see your two mansions busy these days."

Chu Yu went up to serve Cao Yong, took off his clothes outside and smiled and said, "When I just came back from my wife's room, I took a break for a while and was not very sleepy."

It was already late at night, and after Cao Yong finished washing up, he went into the bedroom with Chu Yu.

On the dressing table, there was a coral collar swaying. Cao Yong looked familiar and looked in front of him. It was the greeting gift given by his mother when Yu followed him to Jiangning at the beginning of the year ago.

The collar is made of gold-inlaid corals, and the corals are divided into eight sections, separated by coral beads with burrs and beads on both ends. The collar is made of red and yellow, and looks very luxurious and magnificent.

Because this collar was given by Li, Chu Yu has always cherished it and rarely put it on it. She once said that she should put it away happily and get married after Tianhui, and use this to add makeup to her daughter.

Cao Yong sat on the kang, pointed to the dressing table, and said, "Why did you remember to find it? But it looks very festive when the clothes are now."

Chu Yu stood in front of the dressing table, rubbed the collar, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Mr., this is made inside... has a mark of inside..."

The bedding on the kang was already laid, and Cao Yong took off his boots and fell on the kang, feeling a little tired.

After hearing Chu Yu's words, Cao Yong didn't take it seriously and replied casually: "Well, what is made inside is made inside, maybe it was given in the palace in the early years, and it is not something rare, so don't be reluctant to use it."

"Mr. Although the inner ones are also given outside the palace, I have never heard of it as exquisite. In addition to this collar, I saw my sister wearing a bracelet during the day, which was also made inside. I heard the third sister talk to my sister and said that the bracelet was given by my wife, saying that it was the wife's dowry in the past." At this point, Chu Yu paused and said, "That bracelet... Chu Yu has seen a pair of similar ones..."

Cao Yongyuan didn't pay attention yet, closed his eyes on the kang to calm his mind. At the end, he opened his eyes: "Where did you see it? Who is wearing it?"

"Tana's wife, the second Beile," Chu Yu thought for a while and said.

Tana Kangxi's granddaughter, Princess Rongxian's daughter, and Chu Yu's cousin. Cao Yong remembered the box of golden turfs he received on the grassland in his early years.

Chu Yu continued, "It was a few years ago when Princess Yi's birthday, Princess Tana brought a pair of seven-treasure bracelets. Princess Yi specially praised a few words. According to Princess Tana, the bracelet was worn by her second aunt in her early years."

When Cao Yong heard this, he felt a move in his heart.

Although there are many things created inside to be given outside the palace, what is the truth of the same thing as the noble princess is really curious.

Even the young monk who grew up in Buddhism when he saw the widows on the streets could remember who the parents who abandoned him were. In the Li family, did Xiao know that he was not the daughter of the Li family?

Seeing that Cao Yong's face was not surprising, Chu Yu felt something was wrong.

No matter whether this thing was given in the palace or how it came about, it was really hard to say much about the elders.

She put a velvet cloth under the collar. She carefully wrapped the collar, took a sandalwood box on the dressing table and put it in, saying, "Look at me, I'm so confused. Let's talk about this for nothing."

Cao Yong said: "It's so late, let's lie down on the kang!"

Chu Yu nodded, put down his hair at the dressing table, went out of the clothes, and got up to the edge of the kang.

Cao Yong was already in the quilt. When he saw his wife coming, he raised a corner and asked her to come in.

Holding his wife in his arms, Cao Yong said, "Even if you have any doubts in your heart, don't show it in front of your mother."

Chu Yu said: "It's just mentioned this. I'm fine and said what to do in front of my mother?"

Cao Yong stroked his wife's hair and said, "I can't understand some things now, and I don't know how to tell you for a while. Although my father looks more stern, he is also sensible. My mother has always been good-natured, so you two should be able to put on your temper. Today, my father said to my third brother-in-law, "A harmonious family will be prosperous." If you get along with your elders, don't bury any grievances in your heart. Tell me that when your parents are older, you should respect them and coax them like children, and be more patient..."

As Chu Yu listened, he felt something was wrong and raised his head and said, "What do you think of the prince? Could it be that Chu Yu is still the kind of unfilial daughter-in-law?"

Cao Yong laughed twice and said, "I'll just say that."

What he thought was another thing, and it was said that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were natural enemies. In the early years, the old lady did not beat and scold Li and Zhao Jia, but it was true.

Nowadays, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been together for a short time and there are no conflicts. If there are too many days, some minor frictions will inevitably occur.

*

Orchid Courtyard, go to the room.

Listening to Cao Yin snoring slightly, Li couldn't sleep. When he remembered that when his two daughters talked about the Qibao bracelet during the day, Chu Yu's expression seemed a little wrong, and Li couldn't help but wonder.

Could it be that the wife felt uncomfortable when she saw that she passed the good things to her daughter-in-law and didn't leave them to her?

No, it’s the princess from the palace, and these precious jewelry have always been lacking. Besides, the jewelry she uses on weekdays is only one of those, not the kind of person who likes to dress up.

Li was a little confused, so he tucked Cao Yin's quilt and wondered if he was too careless.

*

East Prefecture, East Courtyard.

Seeing that the pretty-dressed maid who was going up to the bed, Jinghui's original maid Chun'er was not coming to serve, Cao Song was a little surprised.

The maid was so pretty that she didn't say that she had worn her face, but she didn't know how much powder she had on her head and how much oil she had applied on her head. Cao Song couldn't help but sneeze heavily.

Jinghui was wearing her middle clothes, lowered her head, lowered her eyelids, and sat in the kang.

After hearing Cao Song's sneezing, she raised her head and saw that it was not Chun'er who was approaching to serve him. She was also a little surprised and asked the maid in a low voice, "Where is Chun'er?"

The maid leaned over and replied, "Sister Chun'er twisted her feet, which was a bit inconvenient. She just asked her to tell her master that she would not be able to stay up tonight."

After a while, my skills were gone, so I twisted my feet?

"Is it so much that I'm hurt?" Jinghui asked.

"When it's dark, Madam Chen can fix her bones. She showed it and said it's okay, and it's enough to take a few days off." The maid replied with her eyebrows down.

Yesterday was a bridal chamber, and no one was needed to stay in the new house. Today, we have to arrange for the maid to stay at night in the upper room to serve the sex. Such maids are either the master’s confidant and will prepare a dowry in the future; or they will be taken to the room and sleep with the son-in-law when the master is not clean.

Although Jinghui doesn't like to talk, she is born into a family and has never experienced some things, but she has heard of them.

Jinghui glanced at the maid and smiled faintly, "I used it earlier for the meal. Now I'm a little hungry. Go out and ask if there are any ready-made buns, take some for me."

The maid responded, turned around and picked up the curtain.

Seeing that Jinghui was not responding, Cao Song thought she was worried about Chun'er, so he came to her and said, "Don't worry too much. Wait until tomorrow. If it doesn't work, please ask the doctor to come and have a look."

Jinghui nodded, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Master, except for Chun'er, whom I dowry, the rest are given by elders outside. I don't know the character, nor do I know whether it is appropriate to use it or not. I also have to ask my master to make an idea."

Cao Song said: "What's the problem with this? Be careful. If you look at what you want to use, just keep it; if you don't use it, just send it to the Zhuangzi. The people on both sides are on duty, and there is no reason to be restrained by their subordinates."

Seeing him say this, Jinghui nodded with a smile and felt relieved.

Cao Song had already tilted his body and pillowed on Jinghui's legs. He opened his round eyes and stared at Jinghui.

Although he is a few years older, he still has a bit of old appearance, a melon-shaped face, a phoenix-eyed eye, and a small nose.

No matter when I look at it, I always look like a little girl with a low eyebrows and pleasing eyes. It makes me feel itchy and I want to hold it in my arms and feel pity.

Cao Song's mind was filled with scenes, and he picked up Jinghuiqi outside Jiangning City, and went to the gentle little mute in Yizhou City with a little stubbornness, and the Manchu lady who encountered a change in the capital...

Jinghui was staring with a blushing face. She turned her head and whispered: "What are you looking at?"

Cao Song sighed, reached out and touched Jinghui's face, and whispered: "It's really like a dream. I didn't expect that I really married you as my wife. I didn't dare to close my eyes last night, for fear of opening my eyes... This marriage of a wife is just a dream..."

When Jinghui heard him speak sincerely, she felt a little excited. When her eyes fell on Cao Song's left hand, her eyes couldn't help but turn red.

Last night, she found out that his left hand was wrong and asked him the reason, only saying that it was a mistaken injury between a colleague's competition. This morning, she learned the truth from her mother-in-law Zhao Jia's sarcastic words.

Although I complain, I am grateful and I really can't bear to blame me.

She withdrew her gaze and whispered: "It is Huier's blessing to be able to marry my grandmother and be a wife. In the future... let's live a life."

Cao Song reached out, hugged Jinghui's waist, turned over and pressed Jinghui under him, and said hoarsely: "This is not nonsense. I have tried hard to ask you for it, but it is just to live a good life... I also have to imitate my elder brother and sister-in-law, so as to spread the branches as soon as possible... It will also prevent the mother from looking at her uncle and coaxing her grandson to be jealous..." At the end of her speech, her voice gradually lowered.

Just as I was about to give my intimacy, I heard footsteps in the outer room, and someone replied at the door: "Master, I went to the kitchen to ask, and I asked for a plate of horseshoe cakes and a plate of taro cakes."

Cao Song pressed into Jinghui's ear and asked in a low voice: "I'm so hungry, should I eat first, or..."

Jinghui was the bride and knew a little about men and women. Seeing that Cao Song was so uncomfortable, she couldn't bear it, so she shook her head and said, "Don't be hungry..."

The maid outside didn't hear anything in the inner room, so she raised her voice and said, "Master..."

Cao Song was feeling uncomfortable, and he could not hear her screaming. He turned his head and said with a little impatiently: "What are you calling in the middle of the night? I'll put the things down, and I'll go down! I won't leave anyone to serve you in the room!"

After a while, I heard the rustling sound of curtains.

Cao Song had already put down the curtain, the spring was endless, and the newlyweds were full of whispers.

*

The Minister’s Mansion, the inner courtyard is on the upper room.

Wu Yashi tossed and turned on the bed and couldn't sleep, and kept sighing.

Murtai was disturbed, so he sat up, buckled his ears, frowned and said, "Madam, you've been angry all night. Didn't you just want a Ruhui-Tian dowry? Then add it, but don't think about comparing with the Fucha family. The eldest nephew's wife's parents and relatives are rich in Manchuria, and they have relatives with each royal palace. It's a normal human nature to add makeup. The dowry, each family has different conditions, and there is nothing like that. No matter how generous the dowry, the eldest nephew's wife is, she is an orphan who has no father or mother. Our precious daughter and our old couple feel sorry for us."

Wu Yashi shook her head and said, "The master is a man, careless, and I don't know these things. For women, the amount of dowry is very important. A married daughter does not want to be angry with her in-laws or are not slapped by her in-laws, so she must have a decent dowry so that she can't be underestimated by her in-laws."

After hearing this, Murtai was amused and laughed and said, "You are not worrying about this in vain! What kind of family belongs to Ruhui's aunt's family? Can this aunt give her face if she doesn't care about her niece?"

After hearing this, Wu Yashi wanted to refute, what did it hurt? If it really hurts, how could he know that Ruhui is in bad health, so she changed her words and turned her second marriage into third marriage?
Chapter completed!