Chapter 713: Imperial Imperial (Part 2)

Changchun Garden, Empress Dowager.

After all the cumbersome rituals, the side gradually calmed down. The empress dowager was helped by someone, and she went to the warm room to change into a big dress, changed into homely clothes, sat down on the kang, and looked at the people in front of her with a smile.

That look, without the airs of a mother of a country, she looks like an old Fengjun from an ordinary family, looking at her children and grandchildren.

Concubine De and Concubine Yi looked at each other tacitly, and they were a little confused. The imperial edicts that celebrated their birthday had already withdrawn from the Empress Dowager's harem, leaving only the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law Li, Prince Ping's Fujin Cao Jia, and Duke Sestu's wife Cao. The inner wife was also called Kowtun An, leaving only the concubine Tong Jia, Defei, and Concubine Yi.

The concubines couldn't help but wonder, and Li and others were a little nervous. These people were either Cao's daughter-in-law or Cao's daughter, and I didn't know what the Empress Dowager intended.

However, looking at her warm and warm, Li didn't seem to be reprimanding her, and Li was relieved.

Chu Yu, Cao Jia and Cao Yi have more or less heard of the rumors about Li's life experience. Although they don't believe it, they all think about it. In the past two years, seeing the Empress Dowager's different treatments seem to be groundless.

It’s just one is a wife and two are daughters. No matter what the rumors are, they will not affect their respect for Li. In addition, it is the elders’ affairs after all, and it is not easy for younger generations to gossip, so they took the initiative to mention this matter.

The Empress Dowager is used to being free, so she had other intentions. She did not restrain her intimacy with Li at all, and asked her to sit by the kang, holding her hand and said, "The Ai family has lived for all these years. The first half of her life is relied on the favor of the Empress Dowager and the second half of her life is relied on the emperor's filial piety. Even if Changshengtian summons the Ai family at any time, there is nothing to complain about. Child, how are you doing? Are you wronged?"

Several palace concubines were all speaking with Mongolians; Cao Jia's side had been in the royal palace for many years and had learned some, while Cao Yi listened and guessed, and knew half of them.

Whether it was understood or not, it could be seen that the Empress Dowager treated Li very well. Even if Concubine Korqin came to pay tribute, she would not be so kind to the Empress Dowager.

This sentence was too long, and Li could only understand it, but he didn't know how to answer. When Chu Yu saw it, he learned his earlier habits and approached Li, whispered in Chinese, and said it again.

In front of several palace concubines and daughter-in-law present, Li was a little embarrassed and smiled and replied in a slightly stiff Mongolian language: "I'm not wronged, thank the Queen Mother for asking."

The Empress Dowager stroked Li's hand and said with a little distress: "It's a pity to rely on others to be a little bitch. If you went to Beijing earlier, the Ai family would not be allowed to suffer these grievances."

Chu Yu studied it behind Li in a low voice.

When Li heard this, his heart felt hot and his eyes were red. Speaking of which, she lost her father before she could land. She followed her mother Gao and lived in her uncle's house. Although she was a close relative, she was not her own family. In addition, Gao was harsh and was not a kind mother's style. Li was also quite lonely when she was young.

Fortunately, Li Ding's wife, Han, is gentle and friendly, and she is very kind to this sister-in-law who is not a few years older than her daughter, so she slightly relieves Li's loneliness. This is why Li is particularly close to her cousin Li Nai, and she also means being grateful to her sister-in-law for raising her.

Seeing Li's expression, the Empress Dowager gently patted her hand, and her face became more loving.

Even Tong Jia, who usually eats vegetarian food and recites Buddha's name, was surprised when he saw this. Looking at the appearance of the empress dowager, she was not a woman who was a foreigner. She said she was taking care of her own flesh and blood, and some people believed it.

Chuyu and Cao Jia, Cao Yi knew about the same version, and he was already wondering if Li was really as rumored by the outside world, with royal blood. But he was also puzzled. Even if his mother was really the granddaughter of the empress dowager, this was a bit over.

Apart from the fifth prince whom he raised himself, I have never heard of the empress dowager so doting on any grandchildren.

Only Concubine De and Concubine Yi knew the hidden truth, and naturally they knew why the Empress Dowager was so kind to Li. The bloodlines of Aisin Giorgio and Korqin that Li had kept was the granddaughter of the Empress Dowager's relative.

Although this involves paradoxes and cannot be put on the surface, as the daughter of the emperor and the eldest princess, Li's true identity is indeed extremely noble.

Concubine De was still good and had nothing to worry about; the eldest son and adopted son were in good condition with Cao Yong, and the younger son and Prince Ping also had frequent contacts. Concubine Yi was worried.

The news of the Eighth Prince's death is still hidden from the Empress Dowager's harem. Even if she is afraid that her old man will recover from the serious illness and is sad when he hears the evil news, he hides it and plans to celebrate the Holy Birthday, and the Empress Dowager will tell him better.

Today, the Empress Dowager was paying attention to Li, so she didn't notice that there was an eighth concubine missing from her granddaughter-in-law.

The Eighth Concubine was very filial to the palace to celebrate her birthday.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager cared for Li, she treated Cao Jia and sister Cao Yi like a granddaughter. If she knew that Cao Yong was brought over by the Ninth Prince, the Ninth Prince might be the one who would have an attack.

Thinking of this, Concubine Yi was upset and said to herself: "After all, she is just an illegitimate daughter. Like her mother, she is shameless. Could it be that the empress dowager is so confused that she wants to declare the world that the Cao family still has a princess Heshuo?"

"Is the youngest son going to be one year old? He is one year old, so the Ai family will not prepare any tribute. The Ai family asked for a reward from the emperor. The first-class light chariot commander is guarding a title, and it is a little older, so you can avoid worrying." The empress dowager said warmly, not taking it seriously at all.

Chu Yu suddenly thought that the title her husband was rewarded when he was a child was also the first-class light chariot commander.

According to the law, Princess Heshuo's legitimate son will have a title when he arrives, and he will be the first to third grade light chariot commander.

Although Cao Yong received this title in his early years, it occupied the decent status of his father and grandfather for two lifetimes. In addition, he was the only son of the Cao family's father and father, and he was also a gift from the emperor when he was on the southern tour of the emperor. Therefore, it was not conspicuous. Now, in his old age, he received this reward, which is really too heavy.

Although he did not explicitly ask Li to confess his guilt and return to his hometown, this reward inadvertently verified the previous rumors.

Only Li, who only felt the love of the Queen Mother, did not think so much. He heard that he had given the third rank title, and he thought that it was the royal gift to the Cao family, just like the eldest son's earlier. He stood up and respectfully thanked the Queen Mother for the kindness and reward.

The Empress Dowager asked Chu Yu to help Li up and said with a smile: "That's nothing. There are still good things left for you in the Ai family." As she said that, she turned around and whispered to an old nanny.

After a while, the old lady came over with a yellow silk bag in her hands.

The empress dowager took it and opened it himself. It was a foot-long red sandalwood box inside. She opened the wooden box again, and everyone looked at it, and saw three white jade Ruyi, which was slapped inside.

The Empress Dowager took out a Ruyi from the box and said to Li with a smile: "I won't say anything about you a few years ago when you were not in front of the Ai family. In the future, you won't let you suffer grievances. There are three Ruyi here, so please keep it. If someone dares to bully you or make you suffer grievances in the future, you will report the reason and ask someone to send it to the imperial front with Ruyi, and naturally there will be an emperor to make the decision for you."

After saying this, except for the incomprehensible Li family, everyone else changed their faces.

Although it is not the Iron Book of Dan, it is the imperial edict of the Queen Mother, and even the emperor cannot violate it. This is almost the same as the Iron Book of Dan. Women, who does not regard their husband as the heavens and lives by relying on their sons?

With these three wishes, even if Cao Yin and his son commit death crimes, they can survive.

Although the empress dowager was a little paranoid, she lived in the palace for most of her life and did not look so confused. If she could get it here, she could be rewarded by Li, and it was designated that the emperor nodded.

The Cao family's decency is huge this time.

In Qingxi Bookstore, several people at the university reported their errands and had already retired.

Kangxi put his arm on the kang table, and didn't know what he was thinking, so he remained silent for a long time. It was not until Wei Zhu came in and reported that it was the sixteenth prince who was ordered to see him. He nodded and said, "Biography."

He sent someone to summon the Sixteenth Prince to get the Ninth Prince's "ill" and the funeral of the Eighth Prince's Mansion.

People's hearts are very strange. Even if they know that their sons are unsuccessful and will feel resentful, Kangxi also has his own bottom line and cannot stand the festival of his sons. Therefore, he ordered the Sixteenth Prince to visit the Eighth Prince's Mansion and the Ninth Prince's Mansion yesterday.

The Sixteenth Prince also knew about the emperor's father's thoughts, but there was no room for him to speak, so he could only accept the order and recruitment office.

If anyone else was to say that he would put down the wrong things for selfishness and add fuel to the fire, he would make the Ninth Prince unable to turn over.

The sixteenth prince is quite generous and does not want to cause trouble. He focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of the imperial physician, showing some concern. The ninth prince is too hot and suffers from eye disease. Now his eyes are red and swollen, and he can hardly see things.

Kangxi was sure that the Ninth Prince was "pretending to be sick". After hearing the Sixteenth Prince's words, he was moved and frowned and said, "I told the Imperial Hospital to treat it with all my heart and not delay the condition."

When he mentioned the delay in his illness, he felt uncomfortable when he thought of the eighth prince who died of illness and said to the sixteenth prince: "The eighth prince fell ill after the Mid-Autumn Festival and passed away. During this period, what did the Imperial Hospital do for food? Which Imperial Doctor treats it there and will be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for verification. If there is any negligence, behead him immediately!" At the end of his speech, his face was already covered in frost.

The sixteenth prince sighed inwardly, it seemed that there would be an unlucky imperial physician again, and he would bear the anger of the emperor.

He also knew a little about the matter, how could he pursue it? Looking forward, either to get the devil out of De, or to find out Yaerjiang, or to chase Cao Yong and Dong Dianbang.

No matter who you chase, there will be some turmoil, so you can only end up in the Imperial Hospital and push all the mistakes to the Imperial Hospital...

After leaving the Empress Dowager's harem, Li took his wife and daughter back to the city. After entering the city, Cao Jia and Cao Yi did not return to their in-laws' house immediately, but followed Li back to Cao's mansion.

In the room in Lanyuan, a few small people looked at the box containing the white jade Ruyi, and felt a little uneasy.

Li looked at the box for a while, and asked with some concern, "Did you scare you too? I was scared too. This seems too expensive. When the old lady was alive, she never had such a reward."

Cao Jia frightened her mother, shook her head, and said with a smile: "This is a great joy, what's there to scare? It seems that the empress dowager really likes her mother, otherwise she wouldn't have given this. According to me, this can only be a decoration. My brother and my sister-in-law are both filial people, and my father and mother are loving, so how can I feel wronged?"

After hearing this, Li nodded and said, "Yes, today's life is comfortable, how can you get angry? But it's strange. I just came back with this wishful thinking all the way, as if I had a backbone, just like a mother's home."

Speaking of this, Li looked into the room and said, "This thing is so precious, where is it good to offer it...

There are many ears and ears in the palace, so there are no secrets. In less than half a day, many people received news that the Empress Dowager gave Li a wish.

Outside Andingmen, Prince Yong’s mansion, study room.

The fourth prince looked at the news in his hand and couldn't speak for a long time. His face was gloomy and clear, and he couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry. Dai Jin bowed and stood at the desk, but closed his lips tightly, without saying a word.

He is a smart man, and the empress dowager treats Li, and it is not something he can interfere with, but he, an aide, can only interrupt.

"Ruyi, can you really follow your heart and be as good as you want, and Ruyi will live forever?" The Fourth Prince kept counting Buddhist beads in his hand, and he could no longer hide his greed.

He couldn't help but despise himself and thought about something.

Even if it is given by the Empress Dowager, it depends on whether the emperor's father is willing to agree. Li is the remains of the royal family and cannot openly recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors. Such kindness can be considered a make-up.

This Ruyi is only "Ruyi" in Li's hands; if someone else holds it, it is just an exquisite stone.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but wake up. With the passing of the Eighth Prince, he seemed a little lazy. Could it be that position could fall on his own head out of thin air?

The holy heart is unpredictable, so we must also speculate.

Whether it is the "rudeness" of the Cao family or their own "thinkings", they are all tied to the emperor's joys and angers.

The Ninth Prince received a handwritten handwritten by Concubine Yi, and wrote the words that the Empress Dowager gave Ruyi to him truthfully.

The Ninth Prince looked red with his eyes, looked over and over again several times, frowned and said, "What does it mean? That boy Cao Yong has the life-saving talisman, so he is not afraid of death..."

Compared with those well-informed royal families, Cao Yong's side actually received the last news.

After returning home in the evening, when he went to Lanyuan to pay his respects to his mother, Cao Yong realized that these things were happening. Like Cao Jia and Chu Yu's reaction, Cao Yong was also shocked.

Although I knew that there were abnormal movements on the Empress Dowager and that I might have received a reward today, I never thought that it was such a "reward".
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