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Ren Yaoqi went out after breakfast at Lin's house. Today, she is going to visit her grandfather's family in Baoping Hutong.
The matter of Lei's family had already started. When Ren Yaoqi's carriage was halfway through, he heard that even ordinary merchants and pawns were talking about it.
She was not surprised by the decision made by the head of the Lei family, because the Lei family had no choice now.
If Mrs. Lei's identity problem is not resolved in time at this time, the troubles of the Lei family will only increase in the future.
"Miss, Baoping Hutong is just ahead. The old lady sent Aunt Yihong to wait at the entrance of the alley." Xiangqin put down the curtain of the car in her hand and turned to report to Ren Yaoqi.
When King Xian came to Yanbei from Kyoto that year, because Yanbei was a place that even the imperial court could not supervise, and due to the arrangement before Concubine Wan's death, the imperial court had no way to send someone to take care of her. Under such circumstances, Queen Mother Yan would naturally not arrange a residence for King Xian, so King Xian's family lived in an abandoned temple for some days when they first arrived in Yanbei.
Fortunately, Eunuch Zheng, who was beside Concubine Wan, brought someone over, and also brought the silver money that Concubine Wan had prepared early in the morning. In addition, the Ren family asked for a lot of betrothal gifts for the princess. The princess bought a five-entry mansion in Baoping Hutong.
Although it is said to be a mansion of Wujin, Baoping Hutong is not a place where famous and tycoons live. There are only some ordinary people with a little wealthy family living around. In addition, this house is an old house that has not been renovated for a long time and has long been abandoned. So the price is not high.
Ren Yaoqi opened the curtain and looked at it. The alley where the carriages came in was not wide, but it could allow two or three carriages to run side by side. On both sides of the alley are the Barbarian Gate and Ruyi Gate, which are mostly closed, and the facades are not large. Some gates are also placed with tie-horses or stone lions.
Ren Yaoqi understands the reason why King Xian's family chose the house here. Many of the people who follow King Xian must have a place to settle down, so the house needs to be bigger, but the place where King Xian lives cannot be too public.
Guixifang, including Baoping Hutong, is a chain of hutongs extending in all directions. The hutongs and alleys look orderly, but they are actually very complicated, and it is convenient to escape in case of emergency.
As Ren Yaoqi walked along the way, he found that the alley was very quiet, and many courtyards were planted with pomegranate trees, peach trees, and gardenia trees against the wall, and they even protruded out of the wall. It's not as noisy and cluttered as those big hutongs, but instead reveals a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere everywhere.
Although the people living here are ordinary people, but because it is close to Yunyang Academy, the largest academy in Yanbei, most of the people who live here are the families of teachers and students who teach in Yunyang Academy, or they run painting and calligraphy shops around. , the merchant of the pen and ink shop.
The carriage stopped in front of a golden pillar gate with a front eaves. This gate is obviously taller and more imposing than those seen before. If you ignore the stone lion with half an ear missing and the mottled red paint on the gate .
Generally speaking, carriages enter and exit through side doors or corner doors, but the side alleys on both sides of this house are very narrow, making it inconvenient for carriages to enter and exit. Therefore, Ren Yaoqi could only get off the car at the front door, and then let someone drive the carriage to the back door into the yard. As for herself, there is no reason to go through the back door.
The mottled red lacquer door was half-opened, and Yi Hong had long bowed and waited under the steps.
As soon as Ren Yaoqi got off the carriage, she greeted her and bowed her knees.
"Aunt Yihong." Ren Yaoqi returned her half salute and called with a smile.
"I know that Miss Biao is coming today, and the master has been waiting for a long time. Miss Biao, please come with the servant." Yi Hong personally helped Ren Yaoqi enter the door.
As soon as he went around the shadow wall, there was a large courtyard. Ren Yaoqi looked around for a week and found that there was not a single person in the courtyard.
"It seems to be... quiet today?" Ren Yaoqi said in surprise.
She remembered that the troupe of the Xianwang Mansion practiced basic skills here on weekdays.
Yihong smiled: "I know you're coming today, the master told them to go to the backyard."
Ren Yaoqi remembered that the last time Mrs. Li took her and Ren Yaohua back to her mother's house, as soon as she entered the door, she saw a lively yard. A whip with a tassel flew towards Ren Yaohua's facade. Fortunately, Yihong responded. Almost caught. Although it was a false alarm, Ren Yaohua made a big fire and made a big fuss at the grandfather's house, forcing their grandfather to sell all the "players" in the yard, and finally the riot broke up.
After that, Ren Yaohua said nothing and refused to enter the door. When he came to Yunyang City this time, Ren Yaoqi originally planned to come with Ren Yaohua, but Ren Yaohua always made excuses to avoid it, and finally she came by herself.
After entering the hanging flower door, the courtyard is still a little old, but it is still neat. There are a few clumps of grass poking out of the gaps in the bluestone slabs. It doesn't look messy, but it is more lively and angry.
In this mansion of the Xianwang Mansion, there are no rockery, stone carvings, beams and paintings, no garden, only ordinary rooms. However, every time I entered the courtyard, some flowers and plants were planted, and they were not precious varieties. Only the common bananas, begonias, pomegranates, and even clumps of Chaoyan flowers that were commonly seen in Yanbei.
Princess Xian and King Xian lived in the third main room. When Ren Yaoqi passed by, Princess Xian was holding a pair of scissors in the courtyard to trim a broken tree.
"You're here." Rong raised his head and smiled gently, and handed the scissors to Chu Chu behind him.
Ren Yaoqi stepped forward to greet Mrs Rong: "Are your grandfather and uncle at home?"
Mr. Rong took Ren Yaoqi to the main room: "Don't care about them, they will be back at noon." Mrs. Rong smiled.
Although Ren Yaoqi didn't come to his grandfather's house many times, he also knew the temperament of his grandfather and uncle. At this moment, he must have been drinking tea and listening to tunes or teasing crickets with others.
There was nothing in the main room where Mr. Rong lived. The only valuable things were the pear-flower wood canopy bed, the Eight Immortals table and the four Taishi chairs, which were still old. A pair of half-height beauty vases with flowers are very delicate to look at, but they are only produced by ordinary folk kilns.
Mr. Rong brought Ren Yaoqi to sit on the kang, and Chu Chu brought the tea up.
"Where is Yihong?" Rong Shi asked Chu Chu.
Ren Yaoqi took the tea and smelled the green bamboo leaves, and after hearing Mr. Rong ask Yihong, he said, "Auntie prepared some things when I came, and I asked Aunty Yihong to clean up in the backyard."
Because Ren Yaoqi rescued Lin Cen, Ren Shijia became more and more close to Ren Yaoqi. When Ren Yaoqi went out today, Ren Shijia instructed his mammy to prepare a carriage of good quality ginseng. Supplements such as bird's nest and deer antler, as well as some clothing materials and ingredients that are easy to store, it is not too casual to say that it is to replace the mother to see the grandfather. Ren Yaoqi really refused, but he accepted it.
Although Rong Shi was a little surprised when he heard the words, he still smiled and said, "Go back and wait for me to thank her."
Ren Yaoqi agreed, and Mrs Rong said to Chu Chu again, "Then go to Xia Sheng and bring those two children over."
Hearing that Xia Sheng helped find the two little girls, Ren Yaoqi was intrigued and asked Mrs Rong, "Grandmother, what do you think of them? I haven't seen them yet."
Mr. Rong said mildly: "I have come to ask questions. Those two people look like Zhou Zheng, and they are also smart. You are here to be a maid, and it is not enough to know how to fight, so I asked Yihong to take them to learn something every day. The rules among everyone. They are not very young, so they can be well trained for a few years, and they can be of great use in the future."
Rong Shi said this, Ren Yaoqi finally felt relieved.
Not long after, Chu Chu came in with two little girls of six or seven years old. Maybe it was because they were practicing martial arts with Xia Sheng before. They were wearing gray shirts and trousers, and the cuffs and trousers were tied with belts.
Both of them were sweaty and red, and their bodies looked stronger than girls of the same age. Xia Sheng said that they were born as entertainers, and they must have practiced before.
When they came in, they were a little trembling.
"Huh? Raise your heads." Ren Yaoqi looked a little surprised at their faces.
The two little girls didn't dare not to listen to what they said, and slowly raised their heads, they turned out to be exactly the same two faces.
"Are they twin sisters?" Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised.
Mr. Rong asked them to stand up and speak: "Yes, because they are twin sisters, and the two have been very close to each other since childhood. They can not only pretend to be each other vividly, but also communicate with each other. This is why Xia Sheng likes them. The reason." Otherwise, given the backgrounds of these two sisters, Dong Sheng would not have picked them.
Although he knew Xia Sheng's skills for a long time, Ren Yaoqi was still very pleasantly surprised to see these two sisters today.
"What's your name?" Ren Yaoqi asked kindly.
The little girl on the right spoke first: "The two slaves have no names. They used to be called Daya and Erya. I beg Miss to give the slaves names."
She is indeed a clever girl.
Although Ren Yaoqi chooses a girl to be loyal first, it's not a bad thing to be smart.
Rong Shi smiled and said, "You name them."
The two little girls finally raised their heads a little. Although they didn't dare to look at Ren Yaoqi, their bright eyes were full of hope, and they even looked a little excited.
Ren Yaoqi thought for a while: "Who is your elder sister and who is your younger sister?"
This time it was the little girl on the left who answered: "The slaves don't know who is older and who is younger, we were bought by our parents before we could remember, and the master who adopted us always confused us, so who is sister and who is My sister doesn't know."
"Then your name is Leshan." Ren Yaoqi pointed at the one on the left and the one on the right, "your name is Leshui."
The newly named sisters happily knelt down and thanked them again.
Mr. Rong smiled and joked: "The wise man is happy with water, and the benevolent man is happy with mountains. Your name is too bold. It doesn't look like a maid's name."
Ren Yaoqi held his chin and smiled brightly: "Is the name just for people, just like it."
Ren Yaoqi asked the two sisters some questions, and found that the two sisters were not only smart, but also calm and not impetuous, and could not help but feel more satisfied.
Just as he was talking, Ren Yaoqi winked at Xiang Qin who was standing at the door.
Ren Yaoqi said to Mrs Rong, "Grandma, can I go shopping in the yard?"
Rong didn't know if she saw the interaction between the two masters and servants, but she smiled broadly: "If you want to go shopping, let Chuchu follow you."
Ren Yaoqi looked at the two little girls and said with a smile, "Let them follow. I'll be back when I go. She can't be without people by your side."
Yihong was the concubine of her uncle Li Tianyou. On weekdays, there was only one Chu Chu who served the Rong family personally. There were also a few little maids who were bought in later, all of whom were waiting outside, not close. King Xian and the Rong family only use old people who are close to each other.
Ren Yaoqi came out of Rong's room, Xiangqin looked at the two little maids curiously, and seeing that Ren Yaoqi did not send the people away, she continued: "Miss, Apple has brought people, and came in through the back door, in the backyard."
Ren Yaoqi nodded, and walked to the backyard with a few maids without saying a word.
In fact, Ren Yaoqi had other things to do when she went out today. For example, after she went out, she sent Apple away to find Zhu Ruomei.
Although Zhu Ruomei spends most of his time in Bailong Temple, he works for Xiao Jingxi, and now he has also bought a small yard in Yunyang City, and has brought his mother and sister over. Ren Yaoqi had inquired about the residence from Dongsheng before and knew that he happened to be in Yunyang City in the past few days, so he asked Apple to invite someone to come and see him.
It was inconvenient to meet Zhu Ruomei at Lin's house, but it was much more convenient to go to the site of King Xian.
The two little girls followed closely behind, Xiangqin looked back and asked in a low voice, "Miss, who are they?"
Ren Yaoqi said, "They are the maids that I asked my grandmother to find for me. They should be raised here first."
Xiangqin didn't understand why the fifth lady had to go through her grandfather's house and not bring it back to Ren's house when she was looking for a maid, but she was also a maid herself.
However, when Ren Yaoqi was clean, Leshan and Leshui were not so lucky. Xiangqin started to show her prestige in front of the two little maids, Yang Wu and Yang Wei, relying on her status as a big maid.
"You guys are walking too wide, and when Mammy Zhou sees it, you're going to kick your calf!"
"Tsk, I want you to take smaller steps, not to let you walk slowly. If you can't even walk well, Mother Zhou will definitely not be satisfied."
"Why are you so stupid? In the future, you have to follow the rules carefully, or Mammy Zhou won't allow you to follow the Fifth Young Lady! The maid next to the Young Lady is not something you want to be!"
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So Leshan and Le Shui understood one thing before they followed Ren Yaoqi. The maid and sister beside the young lady is very powerful, and there is another Zhou mama who is very scary and scary. As long as they do something wrong, they will not be punished You are allowed to follow the lady.
The girl Xiangqin succeeded in showing her prestige in front of the younger generation, and she also let Mother Zhou bear a bad name for her.
When Ren Yaoqi arrived in the backyard, Apple had already led Zhu Ruomei to sit in the west wing of the backyard for tea. When Ren Yaoqi passed by, although only Apple and Zhu Ruomei were in the west wing with the door open, Chunsheng was in the courtyard with two monkey-like children doing somersaults while sweeping the courtyard.
Ren Yaoqi knew the particularity of Xianwang Mansion, so she could only bring people to the backyard. If Zhu Ruomei wanted to go inside, he couldn't. Although Chunsheng was sweeping the floor in the courtyard, the movement in the back west wing was always in his eyes.
Until seeing Ren Yaoqi coming, Chunsheng took his two children to salute Ren Yaoqi from a distance, and then stood farther away, but the people were still in the backyard courtyard.
I don't know who is practicing the opera, and he sings a part of life and death hate, just listen to it and see no one. babble ah ah plus Erhu Yaoqin continued. With some ethereal and unreal liveliness.
Zhu Ruomei looked at the coffee table with her fingers, and was fascinated when she looked up to see Ren Yaoqi coming in, and got up and saluted.
Ren Yaoqi smiled and nodded, indicating that Zhu Ruomei should not be too polite, and then sat down on the master's seat.
Leshan and Leshui consciously stayed outside the door and acted as door gods alone. Xiangqin didn't follow up after thinking about it. After all, she was the servant girl of the third miss, not the fifth miss.
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The little girl on the right spoke first: "The two slaves have no names. They used to be called Daya and Erya. I beg Miss to give the slaves names."
She is indeed a clever girl.
Although Ren Yaoqi chooses a girl to be loyal first, it's not a bad thing to be smart.
Rong Shi smiled and said, "You name them."
The two little girls finally raised their heads a little. Although they didn't dare to look at Ren Yaoqi, their bright eyes were full of hope, and they even looked a little excited.
Ren Yaoqi thought for a while: "Who is your elder sister and who is your younger sister?"
This time it was the little girl on the left who answered: "The slaves don't know who is older and who is younger, we were bought by our parents before we could remember, and the master who adopted us always confused us, so who is sister and who is My sister doesn't know."
"Then your name is Leshan." Ren Yaoqi pointed at the one on the left and the one on the right, "your name is Leshui."
The newly named sisters happily knelt down and thanked them again.
Mr. Rong smiled and joked: "The wise man is happy with water, and the benevolent man is happy with mountains. Your name is too bold. It doesn't look like a maid's name."
Ren Yaoqi held his chin and smiled brightly: "Is the name just for people, just like it."
Ren Yaoqi asked the two sisters some questions, and found that the two sisters were not only smart, but also calm and not impetuous, and could not help but feel more satisfied.
Just as he was talking, Ren Yaoqi winked at Xiang Qin who was standing at the door.
Ren Yaoqi said to Mrs Rong, "Grandma, can I go shopping in the yard?"
Rong didn't know if she saw the interaction between the two masters and servants, but she smiled broadly: "If you want to go shopping, let Chuchu follow you."
Ren Yaoqi looked at the two little girls and said with a smile, "Let them follow. I'll be back when I go. She can't be without people by your side."
Yihong was the concubine of her uncle Li Tianyou. On weekdays, there was only one Chu Chu who served the Rong family personally. There were also a few little maids who were bought in later, all of whom were waiting outside, not close. King Xian and the Rong family only use old people who are close to each other.
Ren Yaoqi came out of Rong's room, Xiangqin looked at the two little maids curiously, and seeing that Ren Yaoqi did not send the people away, she continued: "Miss, Apple has brought people, and came in through the back door, in the backyard."
Ren Yaoqi nodded, and walked to the backyard with a few maids without saying a word.
In fact, Ren Yaoqi had other things to do when she went out today. For example, after she went out, she sent Apple away to find Zhu Ruomei.
Although Zhu Ruomei spends most of his time in Bailong Temple, he works for Xiao Jingxi, and now he has also bought a small yard in Yunyang City, and has brought his mother and sister over. Ren Yaoqi had inquired about the residence from Dongsheng before and knew that he happened to be in Yunyang City in the past few days, so he asked Apple to invite someone to come and see him.
It was inconvenient to meet Zhu Ruomei at Lin's house, but it was much more convenient to go to the site of King Xian.
The two little girls followed closely behind, Xiangqin looked back and asked in a low voice, "Miss, who are they?"
Ren Yaoqi said, "They are the maids that I asked my grandmother to find for me. They should be raised here first."
Xiangqin didn't understand why the fifth lady had to go through her grandfather's house and not bring it back to Ren's house when she was looking for a maid, but she was also a maid herself.
However, when Ren Yaoqi was clean, Leshan and Leshui were not so lucky. Xiangqin started to show her prestige in front of the two little maids, Yang Wu and Yang Wei, relying on her status as a big maid.
"You guys are walking too wide, and when Mammy Zhou sees it, you're going to kick your calf!"
"Tsk, I want you to take smaller steps, not to let you walk slowly. If you can't even walk well, Mother Zhou will definitely not be satisfied."
"Why are you so stupid? In the future, you have to follow the rules carefully, or Mammy Zhou won't allow you to follow the Fifth Young Lady! The maid next to the Young Lady is not something you want to be!"
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So Leshan and Le Shui understood one thing before they followed Ren Yaoqi. The maid and sister beside the young lady is very powerful, and there is another Zhou mama who is very scary and scary. As long as they do something wrong, they will not be punished You are allowed to follow the lady.
The girl Xiangqin succeeded in showing her prestige in front of the younger generation, and she also let Mother Zhou bear a bad name for her.
When Ren Yaoqi arrived in the backyard, Apple had already led Zhu Ruomei to sit in the west wing of the backyard for tea. When Ren Yaoqi passed by, although only Apple and Zhu Ruomei were in the west wing with the door open, Chunsheng was in the courtyard with two monkey-like children doing somersaults while sweeping the courtyard.
Ren Yaoqi knew the particularity of Xianwang Mansion, so she could only bring people to the backyard. If Zhu Ruomei wanted to go inside, he couldn't. Although Chunsheng was sweeping the floor in the courtyard, the movement in the back west wing was always in his eyes.
Until seeing Ren Yaoqi coming, Chunsheng took his two children to salute Ren Yaoqi from a distance, and then stood farther away, but the people were still in the backyard courtyard.
I don't know who is practicing the opera, and he sings a part of life and death hate, just listen to it and see no one. babble ah ah plus Erhu Yaoqin continued. With some ethereal and unreal liveliness.
Zhu Ruomei looked at the coffee table with her fingers, and was fascinated when she looked up to see Ren Yaoqi coming in, and got up and saluted.
Ren Yaoqi smiled and nodded, indicating that Zhu Ruomei should not be too polite, and then sat down on the master's seat.
Leshan and Leshui consciously stayed outside the door and acted as door gods alone. Xiangqin didn't follow up after thinking about it. After all, she was the servant girl of the third miss, not the fifth miss.
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