Li also noticed Ren Shimin's clothes, and asked quickly, "Master, do you want to take a bath first?"
Ren Shimin looked down at his clothes, frowned and said, "I'm used to wearing it for so many days. After you reminded me like this, I feel stinky. Go and prepare some hot water."
Li hurriedly ordered someone to boil water and went to get Ren Shimin clothes.
Ren Yaoqi leaned over and said, "Dad, are you not peaceful on this journey?"
Ren Shimin stretched out his hand and pushed Ren Yaoqi's head away: "Don't lean over, Daddy smells so bad."
Ren Yaoqi said with a smile: "Dogs don't dislike mother ugly, I don't dislike father stinky."
Ren Shimin didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she heard the words, but she stopped chasing her: "I originally planned to leave after attending the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace, but it was delayed by one thing, and then it was a large and small banquet."
"Oh? Did something big happen?" Or did Xiao Jingxi's condition worsen? Is the return trip a problem? Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but worry.
Ren Shimin took the tea served by the maid, and he was not as particular about it as he was in the past. He opened the lid and drank it. Fortunately, it was cold now, and the tea was just right for the entrance.
Ren Shimin drank two sips of hot tea before saying: "This matter is big or small. The second son of Xiao made an appearance at the Wendou meeting, and was seen by Yan Xiang's wife for some reason, so Mrs. Yan and the queen mother Said he wanted to marry the daughter of the Yan family to the second son."
Ren Yaoqi was stunned when he heard the words: "Miss Yan?"
Ren Yaoqi remembered that in the last life, Miss Yan's family also fell in love with Xiao Jingxi, and finally chased him to Yanbei.
"Didn't you say that Second Young Master Xiao is ill?" Ren Yaoqi asked, it seems that he should not be very ill.
Ren Shimin nodded: "Second Young Master just showed up at the Wendou meeting, and he has been recuperating in the other hall since then. He only came out for a while when he couldn't be absent from the last Mid-Autumn Festival banquet." Having said this, Ren Shimin sighed. , "I don't know how Second Young Master Xiao is doing now."
Ren Yaoqi frowned: "He didn't come back with you this time?"
Ren Shimin sighed: "The emperor and the empress dowager were reluctant to let people go before they left together, and finally they managed to escape, but the journey was not very peaceful, and they encountered two assassins one after another. Finally, Second Young Master Xiao proposed that he join forces with him. We left separately, after that, Second Young Master Xiao’s carriage disappeared, but after he left, the road became peaceful, it seems that those assassins are still going after Second Young Master Xiao.”
After Ren Yaoqi heard it, the heart that had been put down was suspended again.
Did Xiao Jingxi not come back
Encountered an assassin again? Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but think of the assassination incident when he was riding in his carriage last time and the poison on his body. I wonder how many times he will encounter such a thing in a year
Ren Yaoqi also wanted to ask Ren Shimin some details, but at this time Mrs. Li came over and said that the bath water was ready, and asked Ren Shimin to take a bath. Ren Yaoqi looked at Ren Shimin's exhausted look, and finally held it back, wanting to wait until Ren Shimin had rested before asking again.
A few days after Mr. Ren came back, there was still no news from Xiao Jingxi, but for some reason, the Yanbei Palace did not publicize the fact that the second son of Xiao did not return to Yanbei, and even Shimin and the others were re-elected. Don't talk too much. But Ren Yaoqi let Ren Yijun say that the number of people coming and going on the official road to Kyoto recently has more than doubled than usual.
The situation outside looked calm on the surface, but underneath was already tense.
When Ren Shimin was still in Kyoto, Mr. Ren once sent someone to Kyoto to inquire about the news. Now that Ren Shimin is back, the person who inquired about the news brought a letter from the second old man who was far away in Kyoto.
Early this morning, Mrs. Ren summoned the adult men of the Ren family, and Ren Shimin also went. After he came back, he rested for a few days, and finally recovered slowly.
After Ren Yaoqi learned about it, she explained it, and as soon as Mr. Ren San came back, he came to report that she knew. Ren Yaoqi guessed that the letter from the second old man should be about the Ren family's coal depot in the south, and this matter is likely to have something to do with Fang Yacun.
Ever since Ren Yaoqi knew about the involvement between Fang Yacun and Eunuch Lu, she has been paying attention to the news from Kyoto.
At noon, when Ren Shimin came back, Ren Yaoqi went to his study to find him.
Ren Shimin wondered why his daughter would care about these boring and trivial things, but he still said to Ren Yaoqi kindly: "My father said that because of the Fang family's help, the Ren family's coal mine in Jiangnan has improved. I heard that next year The Ren family may open four more coal depots in the Kyoto area, and relevant documents are already being prepared."
Ren Yaoqi tentatively said: "I remember that the paperwork required for the coal depot in Kyoto is very cumbersome, and it costs a lot of money to clear the relationship?"
Ren Shimin thought for a while and said, "I heard from my father that it seems that there is some noble person to help."
Ren Yaoqi pursed his lips and asked in a stiff tone, "What noble person?"
"This... Father didn't seem to say it." Ren Shimin was embarrassed to say that he didn't pay attention.
Ren Yaoqi lowered his head and said softly, "How can there be so many cheap things in this world? What others have given you, they always hope to get more from you in return, but I don't know if the Ren family can afford that. what a 'noble' wants."
"What in return? The Ren family is not short of money." Ren Shimin said indifferently.
Ren Yaoqi sighed, she remembered that Ren Shimin said that after the Spring Festival, he might go to Yunyang Academy to teach, so she asked, "Dad, if you go to Yunyang Academy to teach, the academy will teach every year. How much is your salary?"
Hearing this, Ren Shimin glanced at Ren Yaoqi strangely, frowned and said, "Silver money is just something outside your body, Yaoyao, don't pay too much attention to this, if you are short of something, let your father buy it for you. As for the academy, I was thinking Mr. Xu Shan negotiated and did not take the monthly salary."
Mr. Ren San didn't like the money at all. He went to the academy only because there were many people who had the same aspirations as him, and he could study with them the things he was interested in. This time he went to Kyoto all the way to benefit. a lot.
Ren Yaoqi knew this would happen.
She sighed secretly and said, "Dad, it's not that I care about those external things, it's just that you remember when the fifth room was fined for a year and a month?"
Mr. Ren San suddenly said: "Oh, what's this? I remember. The fifth brother came to me to borrow money, but he didn't know how his father found out later, so he had the money taken away, and said that if I If you dare to secretly give the fifth disciple silver, you will even punish me."
Ren Yaoqi nodded: "How are Uncle Five and how they are doing this year, have you seen it?"
Mrs. Ren said that if you don’t give money, then you really don’t give it. Originally, Mrs. Ren had a lot of dowry, and it was not a problem to support the expenses of the fifth room. It’s just that most of Mrs. Ren’s dowry was some valuable jewelry, and she took it out and pawned it. After a few times, the fifth master refused to let her go, and she was not allowed to borrow money from her parents' family.
When the fifth Mrs. Ren got married, the dowry given to her by the Lin family was the best. Many people have seen it, and some people know it as soon as it is taken out. The fifth master is also a face-saving man. He asked his wife to support him with a dowry. He felt that there was no place to put his face.
But Mrs. No. 5 didn't take out the money to subsidize it, and Mr. No. 5 really couldn't get the money, so the fifth room was immediately stretched. Mrs. Ren Wu had never suffered such grievances, and after half a year, she couldn't hold on any longer, and began to secretly sell jewelry again.
The fifth master, who has never spoken loudly to his wife for more than ten years, lost his temper and quarreled a few times with the fifth wife. The two ignored each other for more than half a year.
"Father, what if one day you are also punished by your grandfather?"
Fifth Master Ren said in a tangled tone, "This... can't be right?"
Ren Yaoqi shook his head: "Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case. So you should accept the salary given by Yunyang Academy first. If it's a big deal, you can keep it and don't spend it. After a few years, you can donate all the money. Wouldn't it be beautiful to build an art gallery or a study building for the academy? You earn all the money yourself, which is different from the art gallery built with the Ren family's money."
Ren Shimin was moved by what he said, thought about it and nodded and said, "Let's do it like this."
On the second day, Ren Shimin was invited to Yunyang Academy. Those who returned from Kyoto with Ren Shimin were going to give lectures at Yunyang Academy. Ren Yaoqi also followed him on the grounds that he wanted to send a letter to the county master. The old lady Ren thought that Ren Yaoqi would go to the palace more often and have a good relationship with the princess, so she allowed her.
What Ren Yaoqi didn't expect was that when she first arrived in Yunyang City, the first thing she heard was the news of the sudden death of Wu Xiaohe, the commander of Ningxia.
Although Ren Yaoqi vaguely remembered the time when Wu Xiaohe died in the last life, but the moment she heard it, her face couldn't help changing.
Now the entire Yunyang City is lively because of this news.
Everyone knows that Wu Xiaohe, the general soldier of Ningxia, is the brother-in-law of the King of Yanbei. Wu Xiaohe holds the entire military power in Ningxia, and he plays a pivotal role in the stability of the frontier in the northwest region.
The position of the general soldier in Ningxia is a bit special. But what is terrifying is that Wu Xiaohe has no son, he only has an only daughter.
The vacuum of military power in the northwest region brought about by Wu Xiaohe's sudden death, although it was only temporary, would definitely make all the forces around the corner.
But at this time, Xiao Jingxi still had no news, and he didn't know if he had returned safely.
Ren Yaoqi hesitated for a moment, and finally found an envelope and put a few angelica in it. Without leaving a word or signature, she was sent to the Yanbei Palace together with her letter to Xiao Jinglin. .
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Sorry for the lateness, I've been stuck for a long time today...
I hope you listened and didn't wait any longer...
ps: Dear... It's the end of the month, do you still have tickets ^^~