Along the way, the maids and wives who looked at the Lin family seemed to be taking their breaths a lot more cautiously, and their footsteps were as light as cats.
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but be surprised. Could it be that something happened to the Lin family during her absence
This question was answered after Ren Yaoqi went to Ren Shijia's courtyard to meet Ren Shijia.
Ren Shijia was very happy for Ren Yaoqi to return to the mansion today. He handed the child to the maid, took Ren Yaoqi to sit on the kang and asked him warmly. Ren Yaoqi also handed the gift list given by Rong to Ren Shijia's nanny.
"What happened in the house?" Ren Yaoqi asked softly.
Ren Shijia looked in a very good mood.
"Xianggong disposed of all those people yesterday."
Ren Yaoqi was taken aback: "Who are you?"
The smile on Ren Shijia's face was somewhat ironic: "What else? Isn't it just the slaves who dared to harm my brother Ceng? My husband found that kind of medicine in a kitchen steward's room. It was also involved. A few maids and maids came out. Those people have been beaten by their husband and are about to sell them."
Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised, did Lin Kun plan to tear his face with the big house of the Lin family
At this moment, there was a noise outside, mixed with the cry of a woman.
Ren Shijia frowned slightly, and the expression on his face was a bit complicated.
"Auntie, your uncle's servant, auntie, the servant was wronged..." The woman's voice grew louder, as if someone wanted to pull her away.
This aunt made Ren Yaoqi stunned for a while, and couldn't help but look at Ren Shijia.
Ren Shijia sighed and finally said, "Let her in."
After a while, a woman stumbled in and knelt in front of Ren Shijia with a thud: "Auntie, this slave is wronged..."
When she raised her head with tears on her face, Ren Yaoqi recognized that she was Qingliu, the maid in the room prepared by Mrs. Ren for her uncle.
There were dirty tears on Qingliu's face, and her hair was a little messy, but she didn't have any injuries on her body. Seeing her movements were also very neat, she should not have touched the board.
"Qingliu, it's not that I don't believe you. It's just that the nurse's food did pass through your hands in those few days, and some people saw that the steward in the kitchen stuffed you with money, and the maids who committed the crime also went with you. When they confessed, they also recruited you. Because you were the one given to me by my mother, my husband also showed mercy to you and did not let you be tortured. It’s just that I can no longer tolerate you by my side, so you still return to me Mother's there."
"Auntie, you also said that the slaves were given to you by the old lady. The slaves' family is in the hands of the old lady. How could the slaves betray you? The slaves were wronged."
Ren Shijia was a little hesitant to hear that.
Qingliu continued: "It must be those gangsters who deliberately poured dirty water on our Ren family's head in order to confuse the master. Aunt, you have to decide for the slaves."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but look at this maid, who was usually low-key, gentle and docile. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, her lips were also very sharp. Dare to drag the Ren family in.
Personal behavior has risen to family behavior, and it's really hard to move her.
Ren Shijia sighed: "Go down first, don't make trouble. I'll discuss it with my husband."
Qingliu refused to leave and kept crying.
The maid Chunlan beside Ren Shijia raised her face and taught her a few words, and finally someone dragged her down.
Shi Jia sighed again: "Her mother's family was chosen by her, and I really can't handle her, so I can only send her back to my mother to deal with."
At this time, someone outside reported that the eldest wife was coming.
Ren Shijia frowned.
After a while, Mrs. Lin came in, and the expression on her face was dignified and friendly.
"Yo, the two aunts and nephews are whispering, am I disturbing?" Mrs. Lin started talking, which was always annoying.
Ren Shijia cheered up to deal with her.
Mrs. Lin exchanged a few words with Ren Shijia, and then smiled at Ren Yaoqi: "Good boy, I want to say a few sweet words to your aunt. Would you like to make it easier?" The tone was a little playful.
Ren Yaoqi got up and said, "Then I'll go back first." She had no intention of participating in the struggle of the Lin family.
Ren Shijia originally wanted to keep Ren Yaoqi, but Mrs. Lin said so, and she couldn't say anything. Thinking of what Lin Kun explained to her before going out, she secretly encouraged herself.
Ren Yaoqi came out of Ren Shijia's room and returned to his room. Seeing that there was no movement in Ren Yaoyin next door, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but ask, "Where is my fourth sister? Not in the house?"
The answer was Xiangqin: "The slave has inquired about it. It is said that the fourth young lady went to the Yun family."
Yao Qi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "She went alone?"
Xiangqin lowered her voice mysteriously: "I heard that she sent a letter to the eldest Miss Yun family, and then the eldest Miss Yun family invited her over to the residence to discuss poetry."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, her fourth sister is actually quite capable.
"Didn't you just go back to the manor? Where did you find these?" Ren Yaoqi asked while letting Apple wait and change his clothes.
Xiangqin smiled smugly: "The slaves are the best maids around the ladies, otherwise the third lady would not lend the slaves to you, the fifth lady."
Ren Yaoqi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and waved her away.
Mrs. Lin and Ren Shijia didn't know what they said over there. When they went to Ren Shijia for dinner at noon, Ren Shijia's face was a little bad, and Ren Yaoqi didn't ask any more questions. Go back after dinner.
In the afternoon, Zhu Ruoju came suddenly, and brought the news of the sudden death of Mrs. Luo.
When he heard the news, Ren Yaoqi was stunned for a long time.
"Isn't it fine yesterday?"
Zhu Ruoju's eyes were a little red: "It was good originally, but this morning she looked very bad, out of breath, and couldn't even say a word. I went to invite the doctor to go back, and the doctor said that she was old When she got older, she didn't care about some of the small problems in her body. After years and months, the accumulation of small and large problems led to chronic diseases. She also said that she was stagnant and determined to die. The doctor said that we should prepare for the funeral, but the doctor left her as soon as he left. The back foot will not work, my mother originally wanted to call Shui Ai back to give her a ride, but she didn't even want to see the last side."
Shui Ai and Ren Yaoqi did not bring it back, but let her stay in Baoping Hutong temporarily, and let Chu Chu teach her the rules. She is in Lin's house now, so it's not good to bring a maid back suddenly, but she will take her away when she returns to Baihe Town.
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but think, if she hadn't picked up Mrs. Luo from Zhuangzi at that time, would Mrs. Luo have lived longer
Ren Yaoqi knew that this kind of thing should not be overthinked, otherwise it would be easy to fall into the devil's block. So she let herself not think about it.
He asked Apple to spend thirty taels of silver for Zhu Ruoju to arrange Mrs. Luo's funeral, and sent two maids to help. They also asked people to go to Baoping Hutong to pick up Shui Ai and go back. After Zhu Ruoju left, Ren Yaoqi lay down on the kang and read a book. It was an afternoon at first glance.
The next day, not long after Ren Yaoqi finished her breakfast, Xiao Jinglin sent someone to pick her up.
Yanbei Wangfu is located in the middle of Yunyang City, facing south. It has four main gates from east, west, south, north, and eight auxiliary gates. It covers an area of more than 500 acres. .
Although the Yanbei Palace is not as big as the Kyoto Imperial Palace, it was built according to the regulations of the Imperial Palace, and it is also divided into a front hall and an apse.
Ren Yaoqi went in by carriage from the Yanbei Palace, so there was no obstruction along the way. When Ren Yaoqi was on the carriage, it was not easy to see much. When he got off the carriage, he took a casual look and found that the place he was going to was near the west axis of Wangfu.
The buildings of the Yanbei Palace rarely use gold bricks, white marble, and colored glaze. Most of them use large bluestones, which are very dark in color. It can't be said to be beautiful, but it shows domineering and vicissitudes everywhere.
Xiao Jinglin's residence is located in the Yanju Courtyard in the west of the palace. The name is very nice, but the yard is nothing special, but it is very large, and there are no flowers and plants, only two old plane trees.
When Ren Yaoqi entered, Xiao Jinglin was waiting for her in the courtyard, holding a long spear in her hand. Her face was calm and there was no sweat on her face, and Ren Yaoqi didn't know whether she had finished gun practice or was about to practice.
Seeing Ren Yaoqi coming, Xiao Jinglin's eyes flashed, and then, to everyone's surprise, she raised the gun in her hand, and suddenly came towards Ren Yaoqi, pointing the gun directly at Ren Yaoqi's facade.
The maid Apple, who was walking beside Ren Yaoqi, was startled, and exclaimed that she was about to stand in front of Ren Yaoqi, but Xiao Jinglin avoided and pushed him, using her skill to push the person several steps away, and then the spear continued to move towards Ren Yao. period to come.
During this process, Ren Yaoqi kept looking at Xiao Jinglin with a smile, until the gun stopped by the tip of her nose, Ren Yaoqi didn't even blink his eyelids.
Before Xiao Jinglin took the gun away, she laughed first: "How courageous."
Ren Yaoqi shook his head and watched Xiao Jinglin move the gun away: "I was startled at first, but I knew I couldn't dodge, so I simply didn't dodge."
Xiao Jinglin threw the gun to her maid, glanced at Apple again, and praised her rarely: "The maid is not bad, but she is a bit stupid." This is definitely a good word.
Apple wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, bowed to Xiao Jinglin, and retreated behind Ren Yaoqi.
"I'll take you to see my mother-in-law." Xiao Jinglin took Ren Yaoqi's hand and was about to leave.
"Jinglin, don't you change your clothes?" Ren Yaoqi looked at the men's clothes she was wearing for martial arts practice.
Xiao Jinglin looked at herself, thought for a while, and then pulled Ren Yaoqi back to her room: "Then let's change." This tone was really reluctant.
Except for the plaque with "Shu De Shun He" hanging in the middle of Xiao Jinglin's boudoir, it was completely impossible to see that it was a woman's boudoir. The layout is astoundingly simple.
Xiao Jinglin quickly changed her clothes, and then dragged Ren Yaoqi away: "The teacher who teaches the piano is with my mother-in-law, didn't you bring the piano?" Xiao Jinglin saw that Ren Yaoqi's maid was empty-handed.
Ren Yaoqi shook his head: "I keep my piano at home, it's fine, I'll watch you practice."
Xiao Jinglin frowned: "Then how come, Hongying quickly find a piano, go to the second brother, he must have it."
The place where the princess lives is not too far from the Yanjuyuan. It is located in the Jiuyang Palace on the central axis of the palace. This is the residence of the princes and concubines of the Yanbei Palace. It still doesn't have much to do with Huamei, but there are quite a few trees in the hall, which are set against the dull bluestone, and have a different kind of simplicity and elegance.
Princess Yanbei was sitting in the hall talking to people, Xiao Jinglin let go of Ren Yaoqi's hand before entering, so as not to be seen pulling and pulling.
Princess Yanbei is very beautiful. When Ren Yaoqi saw Yun Qiuchen for the first time, she thought that the eldest Miss Yun family was really beautiful, but compared to her aunt, Princess Yanbei, Yun Qiuchen was still worse. Some. Xiao Jingxi and Princess Yanbei are somewhat similar.
Ren Yaoqi went up to greet Princess Yanbei, Princess Yanbei smiled gently and asked her to get up.
"Is this the fifth miss of the Ren family? I often hear Jinglin mention you."
Xiao Jinglin seemed to have restrained her temper in front of Princess Yanbei, and her voice was lowered a few times: "I asked Yao Qi to accompany me to practice the piano."
The princess nodded, pointed at the middle-aged woman she had spoken to before, and said, "Then you should learn from Mr. Zou."
At this time, a woman outside came in and reported that the old princess had asked the princess to come over and talk. The princess explained a few words to Xiao Jinglin, and went in to change clothes and go out.
The princess said that Mr. Zou was a violinist with an ordinary appearance and a little fat, but her reputation was very loud. Ren Yaoqi had also heard of this person.
"The county master, Miss Ren, let's get started." Mr. Zou was mellow, but his words were straight-forward. No wonder Xiao Jinglin thought she was boring.
Xiao Jinglin and Ren Yaoqi followed Mr. Zou to the side hall next to him, and two pianos were placed opposite each other on the low table in the room.
Xiao Jinglin asked people to transfer the case a few more times, and the three of them sat around to form a "concave" character, but Hongying, who went to borrow a piano later, also came back, holding a piano in her hand, and then placed it carefully. Ren Yaoqi's desk.
"Huh? Why did you bring the second brother's 'Great Sage's legacy'?" Xiao Jinglin asked in surprise.
Hongying said: "Second Young Master asked to take it."
Xiao Jinglin looked at Qin, blinked slowly, and then said nothing.
Ren Yaoqi had studied the piano, so he naturally knew about the "Great Sage's legacy", so he couldn't help but take a few more glances. I wondered if it would be inappropriate for me to borrow this expensive and famous violin to accompany Xiao Jinglin to practice, but when I looked up and saw that both Xiao Jinglin and Mr. Zou were seriously tuning the strings, they swallowed the refusal.
Mr. Zou first talked about a skill in detail, and then let the two practice.
I have to say that Xiao Jinglin's piano sound is really... special.
Just like she can play the pipa song "House of Flying Daggers" with the quiet and beautiful tone of "Pingsha Luoyan", the murderous aura is unbearable, Ren Yaoqi's fingers can't help but slip a little.
At the end, Mr. Zou praised very calmly: "Very good, only eight sounds were wrong today."
Xiao Jinglin raised her head and smiled at Ren Yaoqi, looking faintly proud.
Ren Yaoqi: "..."
Ren Yaoqi felt that Xiao Jinglin had said that this gentleman was very strict, which was definitely a misunderstanding.
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