Chapter 712: Imperial Order (Part 1)

Inside Deshengmen, Dajiang Hutong, Dongzhai.

Dong Suxin is now waiting to marry here, and his life is monotonous. Every day, he either does needlework or talks with his sisters and sisters. Now, there is an embroidered screen on the kang, with half of the embroidered picture of the rich flowers.

Su Xin pinched the embroidery needle and stared at the embroidery screen in a daze, not realizing that anyone had been watching at the door for a long time.

Su Xin's cousin, her cousin, was also a little unbearable when she saw her clear appearance. She smiled and said, "I heard that the girl was busy fighting so much that she should take a break."

When Su Xin heard this, she found someone coming in, so she stood up and said, "Sister-in-law."

Shang took a blue and white bowl from the maid behind him, put it on the kang table, and said, "This is the freshly cooked rock candy bird's nest. The girl is about to eat it while it's hot. It's said that this thing is nourishing, and eating more is always good."

This kindness made Dong Suxin feel a little embarrassed, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Sister-in-law, don't wait until tomorrow. There are many elders in the family and my sister is healthy, so how can I use this every day? Let's leave it to the elders for use."

Shang took down the bowl, sat by the kang, held Su Xin's hand, and said with a smile: "It's not that you can't afford it. Not to mention a cup, even if it's ten cups a day, our family can afford it." Speaking of this, he patted her hands and said: "Don't worry, girl. It was the old man who told you to give you a good nourishment before you get out of the house. Even if others are greedy, they will not make any mistakes. They are afraid that the girl is very jealous, so they didn't tell you this."

When Dong Suxin heard this, his eyes were red and he lowered his head and said nothing.

Speaking of the marriage with the Cao family, Shang was unhappy. It is true that the new son-in-law is a child of the Cao family, but he is from a separate room. He has a very different age difference and has no fame.

In addition to Cao Yong, the Cao family's parents' house also had a son, and they were still in their infancy. Therefore, they could only settle for the second best and marry into the second house.

In fact, even if the Dong family wants to marry the Cao family, it shouldn't be Su Xin. These days, there are marriages between older women and younger men, but fewer of them are five years older than them. Su Xin has several cousins, all of whom are in their prime, and they are about the same age as Cao Fu.

However, Dong Dianbang thought that his granddaughter was a bad guy in the palace and was like the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of Li, so he decided to have his eldest granddaughter.

Looking at the embroidered screen that had been embroidered for half, Shang sighed in his heart, and said with a smile on his face: "I haven't told my sister yet, the second uncle is here, and I'm now having tea with the old man in the front hall. In a while, I might even see my sister."

The second uncle she mentioned was Shang Zhishun, the doctor of Guangchusi.

Upon hearing this, Su Xin raised her head and said, "Is the second uncle here?"

Shang nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, I heard that the old man called the account room to pass by. I guess it was the agreed-upon girl's dowry. Although the second house of the Cao family was ordinary, the grandmothers who came in front were all from wealthy families, and the dowry was abundant. Although we are ordinary families, it would be too shabby to compare with them. Otherwise, it would be difficult to get along with sisters-in-law in the future."

I heard that this was not something that Dong Suxin could ask, so I could only listen quietly...

Front yard, living room.

Shang Zhishun sat on a chair, holding a yellowed account book in his hand. After reading it, he put the accounts on the table and looked up at Dong Dianbang, who was sitting opposite him and said, "My dear master and sister were married in the past, although his brother and younger generation were planning their heartily, they were mostly old things. Fortunately back then, some of them are too old now and they are useless."

Dong Dianbang nodded and said, "I think so too. I have also bought some things in the past six months. Let's take a look at the second master of my family, do you need to add or reduce them?" As he said that, he took out a fold of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Shang Zhishun.

Shang Zhishun took it to his hands and looked at it. It was all available from furniture, silk, satin, to clothes of all seasons, to jewelry.

Shang Zhishun coughed and said, "The younger generation met the dowry of the Fucha family's co-san's house two years ago and was decent. My brother meant that we uncles should also add some dowry to our niece so that it would be difficult for her to go to her in-laws." As he spoke, he took out two pieces of paper from his sleeve and sent it to Dong Dianbang.

It turned out to be two deeds, one is a house with three entry and the other is a shop at Longfu Temple. This house is Xicheng, two streets away from Cao's Mansion.

Dong Dianbang had nothing on his face, but he felt a little uncomfortable.

Although it is a very generous gift, and the granddaughter has two more properties to dowry, it is decent, but Cao Fu is the youngest son and has a brother above him. He will be assigned to separate the family in the future. At that time, if he lives in the property where he dowry, then is this son-in-law considered the son-in-law of the Dong family or the Shang family's son-in-law?

The Shang family didn't pay much money, but they got decent.

"I really have to worry about the two masters of my in-laws. I'll call Su Xin out and ask her to pay tribute to the second master of my in-laws." Dong Dianbang said with some gratitude.

Shang Zhishun waved his hand and said, "I still have some mundane affairs today. I have to leave and do it, but I will disappear today. The Neizi is planning to pick up his niece to stay for a few days in the past two days, so that he can be reunited. See you again when the time comes." As he spoke, he stood up and bowed to say goodbye.

Dong Dianbang personally delivered it to the door, and when he saw Shang Zhishun getting on the horse, he put away his smile.

When he returned to the hall, he looked at the two deeds for a long time and asked the servant to call the housekeeper and the accountant.

"There is a house in Xicheng. It has been three times. Now the third master lives in it." The housekeeper leaned over and replied, "It's next to Xizhimen, a little old. I repaired it a few years ago before the third master moved there."

The Dong family has many descendants, and although there is no separation, the house here cannot be lived in. The two concubines of Xing San and Xing Wu moved to live outside.

"It's too far away." Dong Dianbang shook his head and ordered the housekeeper: "I'll ask someone out to inquire. Is there any real estate for sale near the Cao family? There are actually no houses for three, and it's better to have four."

The housekeeper leaned over and Dong Dianbang reconciled the account room and said, "How much money is there in the bank in the mansion? I asked you to pay some money two days ago and go to the bank to exchange for some gold. What's wrong?"

"Master, there is little gold in the world now. Although the official and anti-dollar ratio is still ten taels of gold and one tael of silver, the black market has risen to twelve taels. The small one has already asked people to inquire about whether they can find a cheap place." The accountant replied.

When Dong Dianbang heard this, he hummed in his heart.

Although I don’t know what kind of transactions the sect’s house raises, how much profit can it be? If it is stored in the hands and put it down now, it will be 10% or 20% of the profit.

But I just thought about it. It would be better to exchange 100 or 800 taels of gold in the black market. If it was too much, could the old men in the money shop watch? In addition, the master behind them might have to seek some sin and cut off the sale...

Cao Mansion, Lanyuan.

Cao Yin and Cao Yong and his son changed into regular clothes and sat in the room to chat. Li sat by the kang, his eyes were looking at Changsheng on the kang. Changsheng was about to be one year old and he was able to stand, but he was still unstable.

Li was afraid of falling and hurting her son, so she made people lay two layers of kang felt on the kang. Even so, her eyes were inseparable.

Chu Yu personally poured tea for her parents-in-law and husband, and then spoke with her mother-in-law.

Today is the day when Cao Shuo, the second wife, captured Zhou by his posthumous son Tianhu. Tianhu grabbed the brush with one hand and the inkstone with the other. When Cao Yin saw him, he sighed when he remembered his deceased nephew.

Tianhu is born on the second day of the 10th lunar month, and immortality is on the twenty-fiveth lunar month.

Thinking about the scene of Tianmao arresting Zhou today, Li whispered to his wife: "A child is greedy. If Changsheng doesn't catch anything and just catches buns, wouldn't it be a joke?"

It turned out that in the children's weekly catching ceremony, in addition to the four treasures of the study, scriptures and small items representing various industries, two plates of pastries were also placed next to them.

When Chu Yu heard his mother-in-law ask, hesitated for a moment and said, "What's the good thing about that wife?"

"Does Changsheng also let these things be recognized first and see what they are rare?" Li said.

When Cao Yin heard what his wife said, he turned around and said, "Catching Zhou is to take the exam for his son's future ambitions. If he cheats, it is not a fool, but a fool. He doesn't know his child's natural preferences, so how can he teach according to his aptitude?"

After her husband said this, Li became more and more worried. If his son grabbed a piece of rouge and needlework, wouldn’t he be regarded as being unemployed by me?

However, in front of her son and daughter-in-law, she couldn't argue with her husband, so she nodded and said softly: "What the master said is."

At this time, I saw Changsheng coming over staggeringly, muttering in my little mouth: "Mom..."

Li's side was already stunned, even Cao Yin and Cao Yong looked over.

This was the first time Changsheng spoke. Li was very happy and carried his son over and coaxed him, "Be good at Changsheng, call him again."

Changsheng stretched out his little hand to grab Li's ear pliers.

Cao Yin touched his beard and said, "Time flies so fast. It seems that he had just landed yesterday, and it was time to learn to speak in a blink of an eye."

Although there are many cousins, there are only one brother in the country, and Cao Yong also cares about immortality from the bottom of his heart.

Although the living conditions in high-ranking families are better and not as difficult as ordinary people's families, it is also troublesome for children to fall into the ground. Only after they are one year old can they be considered more solid.

No matter how Li persuaded him, Changsheng refused to shout a second time, and he was babbling in his mouth, and he didn't know what to say. His little hand touched Li's chest, and his little head was restless and he tried hard to drill into Li's arms.

Seeing that Li was about to dodge, Changsheng grinned and cried out.

Seeing this, Li was so amused and laughed. He knew that his son was hungry, so he looked up and asked the maid to call the nurse to carry Changsheng down and feed him.

The room was quiet, and Cao Yin asked Chuyu: "Tomorrow is the Queen Mother's Holy Birthday, are all the tributes ready?"

Chu Yu stood up and replied, "We are all ready. In addition to a sandalwood Buddha and an ivory Guanyin, there are two sets of middle clothes sewn by his wife."

Cao Yin nodded and looked at Li and said, "It's hard for you to be kind. If you are not kind, the empress dowager will like it."

Li said with a smile: "In the past two years, I have received too many rewards from the Empress Dowager, and I feel very grateful. Although the birthday gifts I spent a lot of money to buy were decent according to the previous rules, the Empress Dowager did not lack that. When I met in spring, I heard the Empress Dowager say that I liked my needlework and thread, so I did this. Although it was not as good as those made in the palace, I also chose the best materials. It was soft and appropriate, and the elderly should be comfortable to use."

Cao Yong was by his side, listening to his parents' answers and thinking about the Empress Dowager's reward to the Cao family, he felt a little confused.

Now that the Cao family and his son are both in the Jingtang, they are already eye-catching. Will the Empress Dowager make a "recognizing relatives" drama?

Thinking of this, he denied it in his heart. Regardless of whether his mother's identity is a princess or a princess, it is involved in the royal secret Xin. With Kangxi's reputation and face-loving nature, he designated that he would not be willing to start a royal scandal.

After returning from Rehe, the Empress Dowager has been living in Changchun Garden and has not returned to the palace. Today, the Holy Lord has also moved to Changchun Garden.

The next day, Holy Birthday.

Cao Yin and Cao Yong and his wife both got up in the middle of the night. They dressed according to their grades and had to leave the city from Xizhimen (two a.m.) at Chouzheng (2 a.m.) and go to Changchun Garden to celebrate their birthday.

At some point, it was already snowing outside.

Both Li and Chu Yu have their own carriages, wrapped in straight-haired cloaks and holding hand stoves, which is also warm. Cao Yin, who always travels at night, always rides a car. Only Cao Yong is riding a horse.

Cao Song was not on duty today, but because of the Holy Birthday, he also had to go over to celebrate the birthday of the empress dowager, so he came to accompany his uncle and cousin.

Cao Yin looked up at the sky and called Cao Yong and Cao Song and the other two were in the same car as him.

When we were about to arrive at Xizhimen, we saw that half a street was blocked in front of us, and the lights were brightly lit, and the decrees were all waiting to leave the city.

It took two quarters of an hour to open the city gate; after half a cup of tea, the Cao family's carriage left the city gate.

Cao Song was not a jing person, but in front of his uncle, he was a little restrained and honest.

Seeing that Cao Yong was frustrated, he asked a few questions about the guards. Cao Song answered one by one, and the carriage was silent again.

By the time we arrived outside Changchun Garden, the sky was already dawn.

Prince Beile and civil and military ministers all went to the Arrow Hall to wait for the summons, while the palace servants of the outside world led them to the second palace gate to stand by.

Cao Yong looked at the royal family and still didn't see the Ninth Prince. I don't know if he was really sick or too resentful, so he didn't come.

After waiting for half an hour, it was almost the beginning of Chen (7 o'clock in the morning). After the sound of the whip opened the way, the Holy Driving arrived.

Afterwards, Kangxi led the royal family, officials, guards, etc. to pay tribute to the outside of the Empress Dowager's harem.

A moment later, the Queen Mother's imperial decree was passed down, the banquet was stopped, and the silver saved was donated to several royal temples and temples to serve as incense.

Kangxi led all the officials to bow down, leaving only a few grand scholars to answer, and the other ministers withdrew from the garden.

Then, the imperial concubine Tong Jia took her inner wife to the Empress Dowager's harem to celebrate her birthday. Finally, the outer wife who was waiting outside the Second Palace Gate to the Empress Dowager's harem.

The empress dowager dressed up in a good costume, but because she was sick for several months in autumn, she was much less clear than looking at her wealth.
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