Chapter 127 Cao Family
As it was getting dark, the group finally returned.
Kangxi's trouser legs were all wet, even covered with mud spots. Behind Kangxi was a string of small clay figures.
Especially the tenth prince Yin, who was holding Yinsi and Yinlu tightly, looked like he had just rolled out of the mud.
This scared the people who stayed in the other courtyard.
Yuying was about to step forward when Kangxi stopped her sternly, "Aying, don't come over. I'm cold, don't let you catch a cold. I'll go wash up first. If you're worried, Aying, go and watch the small kitchen boil a pot of ginger soup."
Yuying paused and turned to go to the small kitchen.
After Yuying's ginger soup was ready, she arranged for someone to deliver it to the residences of the Crown Prince and the princes, and she personally brought a bowl to Kangxi.
Kangxi had just finished bathing and was still covered in moisture.
Yuying put down the ginger soup and motioned Kangxi to finish it. Kangxi came over, picked up the bowl, and drank it in one gulp.
After Kangxi finished drinking, Yuying signaled Qingtao to take the bowl away. Only then did she have time to ask Kangxi what had happened today and why they were in such a mess.
Only then did Kangxi tell the whole story to Yuying.
When Yuying heard Yin fall headfirst into the mud pit, she couldn't help laughing.
She had already told them not to let the child go in this weather, but Yin was as stubborn as Kangxi and insisted on going with them.
Yuying stood up and planned to go over to take a look. After all, she had promised Concubine Niohuru that she would look after her son for her.
After leaving the yard, the prince's residence was next to it. When Yuying passed by, she happened to see Prince Yinreng standing under the eaves looking at the sky. She nodded to the prince from a distance as a greeting.
Yinsi and Yinzhen lived together, and next to them were Yinlu and Yin. Yuying continued walking forward.
Through the rain, Yuying seemed to hear a voice behind her.
"My queen——"
"My queen——"
Seems to be calling her.
Yuying stopped and turned around.
It was discovered that it was He Zhuer, who was beside the prince, running hurriedly with an umbrella.
"Your servant pays homage to Her Majesty..." He Zhuer was about to kneel down when he was stopped by Yuying.
"The ground is wet, you don't have to kneel. Why are you here? Is there something wrong with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
He Zhuer took a breath and said, "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked me to come and thank you for the ginger soup you prepared."
So it was just for this? Is it worth thanking her specially? Yuying raised her eyebrows.
The prince is indeed the most polite person.
"Tell the prince, no need to thank me, it's just a small matter." Yuying paused and gave another reminder: "Eunuch He, please be more careful tonight, don't let His Royal Highness catch a cold."
"Yes! I understand. I will take my leave now."
Yuying then continued to move forward.
The yard was not far away and we arrived there in no time.
Before she even stepped into the courtyard, Yuying heard Yin crying loudly. Yuying hesitated. It was over. Was she going to run into someone who was in a bad mood?
Yuying walked in with gritted teeth and took a look at the scene inside the house.
Yin was crying, and Yin'er acted ferociously as if to intimidate Yin. Yuying came in suddenly, and he had no time to retract his expression, making his face that looked like Concubine Yi seem a little funny.
Yinzhen stood at a loss, not knowing what to do. After all, he had never seen such a troublesome brother. Yinsi never cried when he was a child. But he didn't understand why Yinsi was so polite, as they had only been together for a few days.
Oh, no.
Yinzhen glanced at Yinsi, who was being held tightly by Yin and couldn't even move.
It was all because of the Eighth Brother. The Tenth and Ninth Brothers liked to play with the Eighth Brother, so he became a little familiar with them.
Yinsi said helplessly, "Xiao Shi, the bed here is very narrow and can't accommodate so many people."
"No...I won't." Upon hearing this, Yin hugged Yinsi even tighter and refused with sobs.
"What's going on?"
Yuying couldn't help but speak up to remind them that she was here. After all, she found it really funny to see her little Ba being held motionless by a weight.
"Aunt, are you here?"
"Madam Jin, why are you here?"
"I heard someone fell on his butt today, so I came to check it out. What are you doing?"
The four of us looked at each other.
In the end, it was the eldest Yinzhen who stepped forward to explain: "Little Ten must have been frightened today, so he is making a fuss about sleeping with his eighth and ninth brothers tonight."
"Xiao Shi, is that so?" Yuying looked at Yin.
"Empress Jin..." Yin threw himself into Yuying's arms as if he had seen a savior. He raised his head and looked at Yuying, with tears still in his eyes, which made his eyes look particularly bright.
"Please, Xiao Shi wants to sleep with Brother Eight and Brother Nine! Empress Jin, please help Xiao Shi..."
It must be said that this little fat boy is quite good at finding people. He can tell at a glance that Yuying has the final say here.
Yuying looked around, led Yin to the bed, and motioned him to look. Yuying tried to reason with him, saying that the bed was not big, and if he and eight or nine other people were lying on it, they would not even be able to turn over.
Yin looked down at himself, then at the bed.
With a "wow" sound, she cried even harder.
It would be impolite to laugh out loud at this moment, so Yuying held back her laughter and said, "Xiao Shi needs to lose weight."
Although Yin's body was still shaking, fortunately he no longer insisted on sleeping with his brother, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s not like Yinsi and Yinlu had never slept with Yin before, but Yin’s sleeping posture was really not good to look at, it was simply terrible.
Yuying said a few more words of concern to a few people and then returned to her residence with Kangxi.
As it grew darker, Yuying and Kangxi lay in bed together.
"I'm sorry, Aying. When we get to Cao's house, I will compensate Aying and go shopping with her."
Yuying turned sideways and looked at Kangxi, "It's agreed, Your Majesty can't go back on your word."
Kangxi held Yuying in his arms and closed his eyes, "I keep my word."
After a day's rest, the southern tour team began their return journey.
There was nothing new along the way and the stops were only brief. Yuying opened the car window out of boredom and looked at the scenery receding outside the window.
This trip was really rushed.
I hope I can have a good rest when I get to Cao’s house.
On this day, the southern tour team finally arrived in Jiangning.
Jiangning Weaving Supervisor Cao Yin led his entire family to welcome the emperor at the gate of the mansion early in the morning. It was not until nearly noon that the team slowly stopped at the gate of Cao's house.
"Your servant pays respect to His Majesty. Long live the emperor."
Everyone in the Cao family quickly knelt down and saluted, and the people around them also knelt on the ground, not daring to look up.
Kangxi got off the carriage and raised his hand, signaling everyone to stand up. The carriages behind him also opened one after another, and the princes got off one by one.
Cao Yin came to Kangxi and said, "Your Majesty, please go in first. I have already prepared food in the mansion. Your Majesty must have been exhausted from the journey."
Kangxi nodded, but did not enter the palace immediately. Instead, he stopped in front of the palace, as if waiting for someone.
Since Kangxi didn't move, the others naturally didn't dare to move either. The group of people temporarily stopped in front of the mansion gate.
Cao Yin lowered his head, his eyes flickering slightly, and it was unknown what he was thinking.
It was not until Kangxi heard the movement coming from the carriage behind him that he turned around and looked in the direction of the carriage. It was Yuying who finally got off. She had just fallen asleep and was just woken up by Kangxi when the carriage stopped. Kangxi told her that he was going to get off first, leaving Yuying in the carriage to fix her appearance, which made her a step late.
Yuying got out of the car and saw everyone looking at her.
[This is... are you all waiting for me?]
Before Yuying could think clearly, Kangxi spoke: "Aying, come here. This is Concubine Jin beside me."
The first sentence was naturally spoken to Yuying, and the second sentence was spoken to everyone in the Cao family.
Then Cao Yin led everyone in the Cao family to kneel down again, "Your servant pays respect to Her Majesty Concubine Jin, may Her Majesty live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."
Cao Yin knelt down on his knees. He had not expected that Concubine Jin, who was by the emperor's side, was so favored. Not only could she ride in the same carriage with the emperor, but the emperor was even willing to leave everyone alone and wait for her to enter the palace together.
When Cao Yin thought about his arrangements, he was a little worried whether they could be accomplished.
"Get up quickly."
Yuying's voice interrupted his thoughts. Cao Yin quickly stood up and welcomed everyone into the mansion.
Kangxi led Yuying and walked in front, with Cao Yin beside him diligently introducing the scenery of the mansion to them.
Yuying looked around curiously. Every flower and stone in the mansion was carefully placed. Especially walking along the bluestone road, passing by small bridges and flowing water, passing by strange mountains and rocks, and then passing by a small garden full of various precious flowers and trees. There is also a pavilion in the garden. It must be very pleasant to sit in the pavilion and enjoy the beautiful scenery every day.
At least at this moment, Yuying was overwhelmed.
She never had the chance to meet Cao Xueqin, but instead she herself performed the scene of Granny Liu visiting the Grand View Garden.
The group continued to move forward following Cao Yin's introduction.
Until we arrived at an independent courtyard.
Cao Yin pushed open the door and said, "Your Majesty, please come in. This is the courtyard I specially prepared for you. Are you satisfied?"
This courtyard is not far from the garden just now, so it is very convenient to go to the garden for a stroll. And there are no other courtyards around, so you don't have to worry about being disturbed when living here.
This is probably the best courtyard in the entire Cao Mansion.
Kangxi was very pleased with this.
"good."
After receiving the two-word affirmation, Cao Yin smiled brightly. At this point, it was inconvenient for others to continue following him, so Cao Yin ordered his servants to take the others to rest first.
The Crown Prince took the lead and led all the princes to bid farewell to Kangxi.
"Khan Ama, I will take my leave now."
All the princes followed the crowd and dispersed. Even the youngest prince, Yin, did not cry or make a fuss, but left with his servants.
Only Kangxi and Yuying are left.
Seeing that Yuying did not leave with him, Cao Yin signaled the maid beside him with his eyes.
The maid received Cao Yin's gaze and took a step forward, looking very cautious. "My lady, will you please follow me?"
Cao Yin at the side also helped to speak, with an exaggerated expression: "Yes, yes, Madam, please. I have specially arranged a good place for you, the scenery is extremely good, and no one will dare to disturb Madam."
Yuying became interested. She originally thought that she would still live with Kangxi, but she didn't expect that they had prepared two places for her.
Yuying turned around and was about to leave.
"etc."
Kangxi held Yuying's hand and looked at Cao Yin with displeasure, as if blaming him for acting on his own. "There is no need to prepare an extra courtyard. Concubine Jin can live with me."
Cao Yin's exaggerated expression froze for a moment, looking a little funny. But he immediately adjusted himself, lowered his head, and replied to Kangxi with a humble smile: "Yes, I will follow your Majesty's arrangements."
Kangxi and Yuying entered the courtyard with their personal servants. Cao Yin wanted to follow them but was called away by Kangxi.
After a while, everyone gathered at the banquet.
Cao Yin's family were all good at reading other people's expressions, so the slight unhappiness in Kangxi's heart immediately disappeared.
After the meal, everyone who saw it would have to praise the host and guests for having a great time.
It's late at night.
Kangxi and Yuying lay side by side in bed. Yuying slept on the inside, Kangxi on the outside. According to the rules, it should be the other way around, but Yuying didn't always wake up late, so Kangxi was afraid that he would disturb Yuying when he got up, so he switched sides with Yuying. Over time, it was always like this no matter where they were.
"Aying, go to sleep quickly. You have to accompany me to entertain ministers tomorrow."
Kangxi turned sideways and looked at Yuying.
"Just go to sleep, Your Majesty."
Yuying smiled at Kangxi and closed her eyes.
At this time, on the other side of Cao Mansion.
Cao Yin sat at the table gloomily.
Kangxi's actions today interrupted his plan. He had already inquired that the emperor only brought one concubine with him on this trip, which was enough to show that this concubine was favored. But no matter how favored she was, one would get tired of eating the same dish. He deliberately arranged for Concubine Jin's residence to be far away from the emperor's courtyard, just to make it easier for him to present beauties to the emperor.
Isn't it common for officials along the way to present beauties to Cao Yin during a tour? Cao Yin didn't think there was anything wrong with him, but Kangxi didn't follow the rules at all and directly arranged for him to live with Concubine Jin. What should he do with the beauties he prepared?
Cao Yin was anxious. Although the emperor favored him now, he was still not satisfied. So he arranged for someone to persuade Kangxi.
But it was not feasible to send the person directly to Kangxi's room now. Could he let him give up? No, he had been looking for beauties everywhere just for today, so it seemed that he had to think about it in the long run.
He thought of Wang's beauty and made up his mind. He didn't believe that if the emperor saw a beauty like Wang, he would be willing not to take her into the harem.
The second day.
Upon hearing that the emperor was coming, all the officials from Jiangnan had to rush to see the emperor. Kangxi was very busy in the morning, taking the crown prince to meet this and that, without even a chance to catch his breath.
After all, this is a good opportunity to bring the Manchus and the Han closer together.
Kangxi cooperated, so naturally the ministers who came to see him could not hide their excitement. Some of them were so emotional that they burst into tears on the spot. After all, they had only seen Kangxi once when he took office, and had not been able to return to Beijing since then.
Kangxi commented on their achievements one by one and gave them some encouragement. The morning passed in the blink of an eye.
Cao Yin has already arranged the banquet, and today is the formal banquet.
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