Chapter 130 Cao Yin
Yuying didn't look away until she could no longer see Qingdai and Wang's backs.
Yuying turned her attention back to Kangxi, "Your Majesty, you have heard that not everyone is willing to have their feet bound. We just need to give them the confidence to resist."
Yuying believes that women of all ages will not lack the courage to resist. If one generation fails, then two generations will do. If two generations fail, then three generations will do. As long as we keep working hard, one day this bad habit will be abandoned.
Yuying's expression was determined.
Kangxi looked at her quietly and saw the burning flames in her eyes.
To Kangxi, this was a strange Yuying. He did not hear what she said from her heart, but she took the initiative to mention her true thoughts.
Kangxi naturally could not go against her wishes.
"After returning to the palace, I will bring up this matter again in the court."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Yuying finally spoke out everything that had been lingering in her mind for some time. Even though the problem has not been resolved yet, with Kangxi's words, there is finally some sign of a solution.
After all, everything is long and difficult, and even Kangxi cannot solve this problem overnight.
The foot-binding issue finally came to an end. Kangxi was still busy every day, and Yuying rarely saw him during the day.
On the other hand, Cao Yin learned from his subordinates that the maidservant beside Concubine Jin sent Wang's daughter out of Cao's mansion, and his face became distorted. He thought that the emperor summoned Wang's daughter again to avoid Concubine Jin's favor to her.
I never thought that Concubine Jin was so domineering that she actually sent the person away.
Cao Yin had a hint of malice towards Yuying, but it soon subsided. He couldn't be impulsive, because he underestimated the importance of Concubine Jin in the emperor's heart. He didn't think that the emperor didn't know that Concubine Jin was not hiding this?
This clearly shows that the Emperor tacitly approved of Concubine Jin's actions.
He also realized that with Concubine Jin around, it was completely impossible to send beauties to the emperor.
But it doesn’t matter, Cao Yin has already made up his mind to change his path.
"My queen, this is what Lord Cao sent you. He said it was an apology. I hope you will be magnanimous and forgive him."
Sending someone to the emperor requires her to have a firm foothold in the palace. In this case, why doesn't he just please Yuying, the ready-made favorite concubine?
As long as he can win over Concubine Jin, would he still be afraid that Concubine Jin will not help him?
Cao Yin was the son of Kangxi's wet nurse. Kangxi was a sentimental person and had deep feelings for his wet nurse.
Because of this, he treated Cao Yin very well. He first kept him as a study companion, and after he ascended the throne, he let him work in the Imperial Household Department. When Kangxi sent Cao Yin to the Imperial Household Department, Cao Yin was transferred to Jiangning Weaving Factory, which saved him from disaster.
If you look closely, it turns out that all of Cao Yin's positions were those of Kangxi's confidants.
In fact, Yinreng seemed to have inherited this from Kangxi. Yinreng was also very kind to his wet nurse and her family. In the late Kangxi period, Ling Pu also worked in the Imperial Household Department because of Yinreng's relationship until he was dismissed by Kangxi.
However, it is unknown whether it was Yinreng who implicated Ling Pu or Ling Pu who caused Yinreng to be deposed for the second time.
Back to Cao Yin, since he was so highly regarded by Kangxi, why did he go to so much trouble to place someone in Kangxi's harem?
His mother, Kangxi's wet nurse, had died of illness not long ago. Cao Yin wanted to benefit from his mother's success in front of Kangxi.
But this person died, and no matter how deep the feelings were, they would fade away. What about this wet nurse's son? Would Kangxi still remember him?
He was reluctant to give up everything he had obtained without any effort, so he was eager to fill Kangxi's harem with people so that he could continue to be his nephew.
Yuying was completely dumbfounded when she saw the room full of boxes filled with gold and jewelry.
"Are these all for me? As an apology?" Yuying looked at the person who seemed to be in charge and couldn't help but ask.
"Your Majesty, yes. Do you think it is satisfactory? If so, I will go back and report to Lord Cao."
The steward was looking forward to Yuying's answer. After all, Lord Cao had given him an order that no matter what means were used, Concubine Jin must accept these things.
Yuying looked left and right, and she felt that she was about to be blinded by all the golden light.
She was in pain and happy at the same time, after all, she had never seen so much gold at one time. She wanted to accept it, but she didn't dare to, after all, she also understood the principle of not accepting gifts without merit.
It is impossible that Cao Yin did not have some ulterior motive for suddenly sending her so many things.
Thinking of this, Yuying decided to refuse reluctantly, after all, she was the one who was most afraid of trouble. Moreover, she had a bad impression of Cao Yin, and she didn't want to have anything to do with him.
"Take all these things back with you and tell Lord Cao that he doesn't have to apologize to me."
As soon as Yuying finished speaking, the steward became anxious, "Madam, please don't embarrass me. This thing has been given away, how can it be returned?"
"Since the things have been given to Her Majesty, it is entirely up to Her Majesty to decide."
Yuying listened to what the steward said, and suddenly she had an idea. She had an idea in her mind, but she still had an embarrassed expression on her face. "In that case, I will accept it. Please thank Lord Cao for me."
"Yes, my lady. I will take my leave then."
Yuying waved her hand and no longer looked at him, her eyes fixed on the things in the box.
After Cao Yin's people left, Yuying couldn't help but pick up the phoenix crown headdress that was closest to her. She carefully took it out and looked at it carefully, wishing she could try it on her head right away.
Qingtao and Qingdai were both shocked when they saw Yuying pick up the phoenix crown.
Madam, this is...
Really?
Yuying looked at it for a while, then put it down. Forget it, it wasn't hers, so she decided to wait for Kangxi to come back.
Yes, Yuying had already made up her mind to hand all of this over to Kangxi. She remembered that after Yongzheng ascended the throne, he raided the Cao family, which was already the richest family in Jiangnan at that time.
Since Cao Yin had handed her the evidence, she would be sorry if she didn't hand it over to Kangxi. Since it was going to be confiscated anyway, let Kangxi do it himself. The title of "Emperor of Confiscating Property" seemed to be a good one for Kangxi, right?
You ask why Yuying is so sure? If it was Kangxi ten years later, she would not have done the same.
But now, Kangxi couldn't tolerate such nonsense, not to mention that he was short of money. Yuying accompanied Kangxi in the Palace of Heavenly Purity every now and then to review memorials, and Kangxi often complained about the shortage of the treasury. So Kangxi was short of money, and Yuying knew it.
Although it might be a bit unfair to Cao Yin, the time to generate income has come! Who cares about so many things?
So, when Kangxi came back after finishing his work, he showed a rare look of surprise when faced with the room full of jewels and precious stones.
Yes, Yuying was so fierce. She didn't even close the box, and started with zero frame, leaving Kangxi completely unprepared.
"Aying, what's going on? Where did all these come from?" Kangxi walked around the box, came to Yuying, and asked with his head down.
"These were sent by Lord Cao."
"He gave it to me, saying it was an apology." Yuying added.
Kangxi rubbed his brows. It was not difficult to understand Cao Yin's behavior, but it did make him unhappy. He had been kind and righteous to the Cao family, but no one in the Cao family could see clearly, and now he was even trying to get close to Yuying.
"Why didn't Ah Ying return these things?" Kangxi had a headache. "If Ah Ying likes these things, she can just choose from my private storehouse when she returns to the palace. Why would she need these? She has lowered her status for nothing."
Kangxi was generous to Yuying. He even let Yuying choose from his private storehouse. After all, the private storehouse was full of treasures accumulated by emperors of past dynasties, and any item taken out was a rare treasure.
"I quit, but he didn't want it." Yuying felt helpless when she saw this.
"Moreover, Your Majesty, don't you think that Lord Cao's gift is such a big deal? Don't you think there is any problem at all?"
Yuying tilted her head, looking at Kangxi in confusion. After all, it shouldn't be like this. Seeing Cao Yin sending so many real gold and silver things, how could Kangxi be so calm?
"This... Aying, you don't know, the Cao family has always been like this. If he is willing to give it, then Aying, just accept it." Kangxi explained to Yuying.
Kangxi, who had just told Yuying not to accept it, changed his mind immediately.
[No way! Did the Cao family save Kangxi's life? Why did Kangxi start to turn a blind eye to Cao Yin at this time! ! ]
Yuying wanted to knock Kangxi's head open to see what he was thinking. He was just a Jiangning weaving factory, but he could easily take out so much money to give to the emperor's favorite concubine. He might have even more at home.
Where did the money come from? It must have come from corruption.
Yuying stared at Kangxi solemnly without saying anything. She originally thought that Kangxi was just incompetent in his later years, but it turned out that everything could be traced from now on.
Kangxi opened his mouth. He wanted to tell Yuying that Cao Yin was different from others, but when he saw Yuying's cold eyes, Kangxi backed off.
"Your Majesty, you are determined to be a wise ruler, right?"
Kangxi nodded.
"But you clearly knew that there was something wrong with the Cao family, so why did you cover it up for them?"
Yuying's persistence made Kangxi angry for a moment. He was about to explode, but seeing Yuying's clear eyes, he just kept his anger there and didn't explode.
Finally, Kangxi flicked his sleeves and strode out of the house.
After Kangxi left, Yuying sat alone in the room. She didn't care where Kangxi went, because he was the emperor and he could go anywhere he wanted.
She thought that when Kangxi saw these things, he would punish Cao Yin and the entire Cao family, but it turned out that she was too presumptuous.
Yuying called Qingtao and Qingdai and asked them to carry all the boxes downstairs and take them back together when they returned to the palace.
After Kangxi left, he went straight to find Cao Yin.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you! Why are you here, Your Majesty?"
Cao Yin had just returned to his residence, and before he had time to sit down, Kangxi kicked the door open. He quickly knelt down and saluted Kangxi.
Kangxi was still angry after kicking the door open, and he was even more annoyed when he saw Cao Yin crawling on the ground, so he kicked Cao Yin over again.
Seeing a clear footprint on Cao Yin's clothes on his chest, Kangxi finally felt relieved and sat down.
After being kicked down by Kangxi, Cao Yin quickly got up and knelt down. He had no idea why Kangxi was so angry.
Kangxi sneered: "Lord Cao is very generous. He gave a lot of gifts to my Concubine Jin. Cao Yin, do you really think I am a fool?"
Cao Yin's body stiffened. He looked up at Kangxi and wanted to speak to defend himself, but he was afraid of Kangxi's majesty.
"Your Majesty, I...I...will never dare to do that again."
Kangxi's face was gloomy, "If it weren't for..."
Kangxi did not say it explicitly, but both of them understood whose face this was for.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Your Majesty!"
"Okay, prepare a room for me. I can't go back to rest today."
It was late at night, and Kangxi had not returned yet. Yuying realized that Kangxi probably would not return tonight. Yuying asked Qingtao to extinguish the candle, and she fell asleep alone.
Yuying and Kangxi both started a cold war at the same time.
Kangxi was busy with the prince all day, and Yuying was also very busy. Yinzhen would come with Yinsi to look for her, and sometimes Yinlu and Yinsi would follow behind them.
Yuying didn't think much about Kangxi.
It was not until the night before leaving Cao's mansion that Kangxi reappeared in front of Yuying.
"Aying, I..."
Kangxi was upset after not seeing her for a few days. He finally understood that he was the only one who was upset because of the cold war with Yuying.
Especially now, looking at Yuying's deliberately stern face, he felt even more at a loss as to what to do.
Yuying turned her face away, leaving only the side profile to Kangxi.
"Aying, are you still angry? We are leaving here and returning to the palace tomorrow. I promise you that I will investigate the Cao family after returning to the palace. If Cao Yin really did... I will never let him off easily."
Kangxi looked at Yuying, waiting for her reaction.
Yuying then turned her head. She hadn’t seen Kangxi for a few days. How come his beard had grown out?
Yuying's attention was diverted again.
"Aying?" Seeing that Yuying just looked at him without saying anything, Kangxi couldn't help but called out again.
Yuying then remembered to answer Kangxi's question, "Your Majesty, you are not trying to fool me, are you?"
"I definitely don't."
The two reconciled.
On the eve of leaving, Yuying asked someone to inquire about Wang's news. When she learned that Wang was now living with her brother and sister-in-law, she felt relieved and no longer paid attention to her.
It’s still the gate of Cao’s mansion.
The luggage had been packed and loaded onto the car. Cao Yin led the Cao family to see Kangxi off at the door, along with the crown prince and other princes behind him.
Yuying really didn't want to see Cao Yin's pretentious look, so she said something to Kangxi and got into the carriage first.
Cao Yin was also relieved that he didn't run into Yuying. After all, he had never seen someone as stubborn as Concubine Jin.
It's a pity that all the good things he gave were wasted.
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