Ninetieth Bowl of Soup (2)
The girl originally wanted to continue talking, but when Ruan Yi admitted her mistake, she sighed: "I haven't seen you for five years, you still have such a temper." The heart is too soft, and she is bullied by others without realizing it.
"Miss Xu, this is a private matter of my Marquis's residence. You can't count yourself as a guest if you come here without invitation." The eldest lady said abruptly, staring at the young girl. "How can you say that the Hou's Mansion is also a home of meritorious service. Miss Xu is from a merchant background, so it's better not to associate with us."
Before the girl could speak, Ruan Yi said, "She came to see me, not you."
The girl is very satisfied with Ruan Yi's protection of her, but she still has to say what she should say when facing the eldest lady who she dislikes. "What is the Marquis's Mansion? It's just a shabby household. This Marquis position has been passed down for generations, and it has long been an empty shell. You look down on my merchant family. If you have the ability, don't go to the business under my name Xu."
She dared to say that because the merchants in the entire Dayu Dynasty were basically opened by the Xu family. Whether it's food, clothing, housing, transportation or pawnshops and money houses, the Xu family covers the world, whoever sees her is not respectful, what is a wife of a dilapidated Marquis's mansion.
The eldest lady choked, she really didn't have the ability, before Ruan Yi joined the army, she once stabbed Ruan Yi in front of a young girl, but the result was bad retribution. With the girl's order, the Hou Mansion could no longer buy any food and vegetables. In the winter, even charcoal could not be burned, and the frostbite had grown all over the body, and now it recurred every year, and it could not be cured.
The girl was only satisfied when she saw that the eldest lady was cowardly. She had no self-consciousness as a lowly businessman, and said to everyone present in the Hou Mansion: "Ah Ruan will not marry a wife, let alone marry the wife you told him." Say hello to Ruan Yi. "Let's go, Ruan, your room has already been prepared, it's better than living in this crappy place."
The carved beams and painted buildings in the Hou Mansion are an uncomfortable "broken place" in her mouth.
Ruan Yi nodded, took over her wheelchair, but was stopped by the old lady the moment she turned around: "Brother Yi!"
Her old man didn't dare to go wild with the girl, but Ruan Yi was her own grandson and couldn't run away. She didn't believe that Ruan Yi ignored his reputation: "You just returned to Beijing, and you didn't live in the Hou's mansion. Instead, you went to hang out with outsiders. If people know about it, don't you laugh?" Laughing at you? Let’s stay here, I will order someone to vacate your yard immediately, and your aunt, you have to go and have a look, all goodness and filial piety come first.”
This time the girl didn't speak, and Ruan Yi didn't speak, but the handsome man next to the girl smiled and said: "The old lady's words are interesting, what do you mean to clean up the general's yard? You are fighting for the country, and you assigned this yard to your servants. Could it be that you are looking forward to the death of the general on the battlefield. Now that the general is triumphant, the news spread to the capital half a month ago. The room is finished, but you are fine, we will not open up the yard until now. I don’t want to bother you, let’s ask the general to stay at our Xu’s house for a while.”
There was nothing wrong with what she said, it was watertight and full of sarcasm, the old matriarch has been respected all her life, even Lord Hou respected her very much, and the person who talked to her like this was actually a servant of a merchant, and immediately called her an old man His face turned pale with anger.
Ruan Yi has no sense of belonging to the Hou Mansion, and he has lost affection for his biological mother long ago. He came back just to put on a show to let people know that he gave the emperor face, but in fact he planned to leave.
Seeing that the old matriarch was deflated, the eldest lady couldn't help but stand out again and said: "Brother Yi, no matter what, I will take care of you as a mother. The old matriarch is your real grandmother, so you can't help being angry with her. But what to do? Do you still want your reputation? I—"
Before finishing speaking, the girl interrupted: "Ah Ruan, let's go."
Ruan Yi pushed her away without even looking back. The eldest lady was trembling with anger, but she had already seen the young girl's tricks, so she didn't dare to provoke her anymore. It was the same in the past. At that time, Ruan Yi was still a half-year-old boy, and somehow he caught the girl's eyes. The eldest lady treated her harshly. The girl said a few words, but the eldest lady despised her as a merchant girl. As a result, the next day I suffered a lot. Which bank, restaurant, cloth store in the capital is not owned by Mrs. Xu, the daughters of the Hou Mansion have not been able to buy the latest rouge, powder and new clothes for half a year, and they don't even have the face to go out, not to mention how miserable they are being laughed at.
It is useless to use power and status to suppress people, because girls are not afraid of this at all. It's even more useless to threaten Ruan Yi, not to mention whether Ruan Yi is willing to be her pawn, just the strange people around the girl are already very difficult to deal with.
The two who came with me today are those who take care of the girl's daily life on weekdays. One has rejuvenated hands and the other has outstanding martial arts.
The eldest lady stared at the girl's back, feeling jealous and resentful.
This girl looks like she is only sixteen or seventeen years old, she still looks like a naive cardamom, but she is actually twenty-five years old, only two years younger than Ruan Yi, but for some reason she does not look old, she is very young. The only thing that makes the eldest lady happy is that the other party is a sick child, who may die someday, and see how she behaves when the time comes!
Twenty years have passed since Ruan Yi got acquainted with the girl. During this period, the eldest lady has been bullied countless times. Even if she has been low-key and not to provoke the other party, the girl will still provoke her. The only thing that can make the lady feel better is that the girl is a short-lived ghost. Every time she goes to the temple to offer incense, she will curse the girl, hoping that she will die early, so that she can vent her anger!
Unexpectedly, when she was staring at the girl's back, the other party suddenly turned around, and met her expression full of disgust and hatred.
There are so many people who hate her, but unfortunately... they can only endure it. The girl glanced at the eldest lady twice, as if she didn't see the hostility and resentment in the other's eyes, but supported her chin with one hand, and stroked the cat's fur with the other hand, Ruan Yi also let her stare, after a while Son, suddenly heard her say: "You have a lot of wrinkles."
It's also five years since I disappeared, the eldest lady is much older.
The eldest lady was almost fainted by her anger, but the girl was carried out of the hall by Ruan Yilian's wheelchair. The figures of the four gradually disappeared into the heavy snow, and it turned out that there was another snowflake at some time.
"Even a short-lived ghost can't stop it! When did Hou Mansion become a place where you can come and go whenever you want?!" The lady was very annoyed.
The butler was scolded and pleaded guilty again and again, he wanted to stop it, but the girl next to Miss Xu's family was so powerful, even if all the servants of the Marquis's mansion were involved, it was not enough for her to poke her with a finger, so what else? !
Ruan Yi pushed the wheelchair to the door, the man put away the umbrella, Ruan Yi bent down to pick up the girl, put her into the carriage, and then the girl grabbed her by the sleeve: "You come in too, it's snowing outside."
Ruan Yi originally wanted to drive the car.
"My lord, go in, just let the servants come and drive the carriage." The woman said so, and then said to the man, "You go in too."
The handsome man, who was just a frail doctor, got in without saying a word, and the speed made the corner of the woman's mouth twitch.
Ruan Yi has always listened to the girl's words very much. After entering, he sat next to her and explained: "I asked the deputy general to deliver something to you, just to tell you that I will go back to the Marquis Mansion first, and I will go there soon. You don't have to pick me up personally Yes, Qing Huan."
Qing Huan took the hot tea from the man, saw that Ruan Yi also got a cup, and said, "I don't worry, they are going to suck your blood. Now you are not the seventh master of the Hou Fu who was unknown five years ago." But the hottest general of the town.
Ruan Yi said indifferently: "I won't let them succeed."
Qing Huan took a sip of tea: "What kind of virtue do you think the young lady from Mr. Zhao's family is? She has only become famous in recent years. Cong Xia, please tell Ah Ruan well."
The man named Cong Xia seemed to think of something fun and chuckled: "I don't know when I'm out fighting. It's been more peaceful these few years, and this Miss Zhao family has gradually become restless. Three years ago, she disguised herself as a man." Going to the brothel, wearing a veil, dancing and singing in the brothel, all of a sudden stealing the limelight, now I'm nineteen and I haven't married, and I don't even have a door-to-door kiss."
The Hou Mansion had a good plan. The eldest lady was afraid that if Ruan Yi died, Ruan Yi would be more promising than her sons, so she wanted him to marry a wife who could not be put on the table, but she was crushed by Qing Huan, and she couldn't even finish talking about getting married.
Dressing up as a man... Going to brothels... Singing and dancing... Ruan Yi's usually expressionless face was suddenly speechless.
Qing Huan knew that this Ms. Zhao was a time-traveler, but because the other party was barely a fool, that is, she only occasionally did some shocking things in this world, and she didn't do anything bad, so she turned a blind eye one eye. But it's a fact that Ms. Zhao's reputation is so bad, if Ruan Yi really marries her, it would be a real loss to my lord.
"Miss has been worried about the general for the past five years. Now that the general is back, the lady can sleep a little more peacefully." Cong Xia joked.
"Speaking of this, Qing Huan." Ruan Yi thanked Qing Huan earnestly, "If you hadn't been sending food, grass and military supplies for the past five years, I would never have won the battle, and I would never have come back."
In such a big country, it would be a joke to say that there are no military generals, but back then the barbarians invaded and occupied half of the country, but Dayu suffered repeated defeats. Of course there are reasons for the incompetence of the coach, but a bigger part is actually some deception. on the next traitor. Withholding military salaries to fill his own pockets, suppressing people with lofty ideals, coupled with the fact that the emperor was old and fatuous, and seeing that the barbarians were about to hit the capital, the emperor ordered Ruan Yi to lead the army in desperation.
In five years, there were not a few people who wanted to trip him up. Because of his outstanding ability, honesty and integrity, and he took the lead when he went into battle to kill the enemy, those people started with the military supplies and food. If the Xu family hadn't been secretly supporting him, Ruan Yi would have died on the battlefield long ago.