It was originally expected that the ten ladies selected by the Queen Mother would not arrive at Yunyang City until at least late April. They did not want to receive the invitation to the Yun Family Daughter Banquet in Ren Yaoqi. Within two months, several ladies had already arrived in Cangzhou.
Cangzhou is adjacent to Yingzhou in the north of Yan. Ships coming to Yan from the north by water generally choose to land in Cangzhou for supplies, or choose to go by land or continue to go north by water.
The girls are all spoiled and spoiled, they can no longer bear the pain of the water bumps, and they are unwilling to take a boat, so they took the land route from Cangzhou to Yunyang City in Yanzhou.
It was only mid-April at this time. No matter how slow the journey from Cangzhou to Yunyang City was, it was only two or three days' journey.
Since the Qingming Festival, Yanbei has been getting warmer day by day. Even Ren Yaoqi, who has always been afraid of the cold, went to winter clothes and put on spring clothes, but it was not too windy outside, so when he went out, he would add one more A slightly thicker cape.
On April 17th, Ren Yaoqi was in Li's room, embroidering her red hijab stitch by stitch under the eyes of Li Shi and Zhou Ma, but she heard a few people under the eaves outside. The younger second-class and third-class maids whispered in one place, although their voices were deliberately lowered, they still made people feel their vitality and excitement.
The eldest maid Que'er glanced at Zhou Mama and walked out quietly. Que'er's temperament is much softer than Xi'er, and she is more considerate to the maids below her who are younger than her. I am afraid that they will make trouble outside and annoy Zhou mama and punish them, so I want to go out and remind the little maids. .
Not long after, Que'er came back with Xi'er.
"Madam, miss, I heard that the ladies from the capital have already left the city. Many people flocked to the city gate to watch the fun. Now people outside are talking about this." Queer said as soon as he entered the door. .
Xi'er also said: "The slaves just asked people to go outside to find out. Those young ladies can really enter the city today. The Yanbei Wangfu specially arranged a large courtyard not far from the Wangfu to house them."
Madam Zhou disliked everyone related to the Queen Mother, so she said coldly when she heard the words: "I told the people below to stay in the mansion. If anyone runs out in private to watch the fun, be careful of me. The board serves!"
I don't want Xi'er and Que'er to hear the words, but they looked at each other, as if they wanted to say something but didn't know whether to say it or not.
Mammy Zhou frowned: "What? Could it be that someone has already run out?"
Que'er hesitated and said, "The wives and maids below have never before, but the young master seems to have gone..."
Mother Zhou was stunned when she heard the words, and couldn't help but look at Mrs. Li. The young master in Que'er's mouth refers to Ren Shimin's concubine Ren Yihong. The maids and wives below can teach her a lesson, but Ren Yihong won't be able to take care of her.
Ren Yaoqi was surprised when he heard the words, and couldn't help but raised his head and said, "Sixth brother went to the gate of the city to watch the fun?" Ren Yihong always read only the books of sages and sages. If you meet any lady on weekdays, you will avoid it from a distance. He actually ran to the city gate to see the girl
Li also said suspiciously: "Yihong went too? Didn't he always like these liveliness?"
Xi'er said: "Young master didn't go by himself. It was a classmate from Yunyang Academy who came to look for him to go with him, and Master Meng was also there. But I heard that they didn't go there for those young ladies. We also came with several court officials, and one of them, an adult surnamed Pei, is very admired by those talented scholars. They are going to welcome Lord Pei together. "
Ren Yaoqi was still holding an embroidery needle in her hand, but when she heard Xi'er's words, her heart jumped and her hand shook, and the embroidery needle stabbed her finger, which made her quickly remove her hand to avoid blood stains on the unfinished hijab. Ominous.
Li was staring at her embroidery, and quickly said, "Why are you so careless? Come and show me your hand."
Ren Yaoqi asked Xi'er to come over to clean up the embroidered basket and take it away. He looked at his fingers and said to Mrs. Li, "It's okay, it's just that the skin was pierced a little, and there is no blood flowing."
Li took her hand and looked at it. Maybe because the embroidery needle is too thin, the piercing is not deep, and there is really no blood, I can't help but feel relieved, but I can't help but softly rebuke Ren Yaoqi: "Look at you. Such a big person, even embroidery I can't hold the needle firmly either, and you were not willing to ask you to embroider in my room before."
Ren Yaoqi hastily admitted his mistake with a correct attitude. Mrs. Li is not as dull as when he was in the Ren family's old house, and he talks more, but he also likes to nag with his daughter. Ren Yaoqi doesn't know if this is good or not. It's bad, anyway, when she hears Li Shi's thoughts, her head will be swollen.
When Li finally stopped reading, Ren Yaoqi asked Xi'er, "Which Master Pei is from Kyoto?"
Xi'er didn't know much about the officials of the southern court, so she thought about it before saying, "I don't know about slaves either, but I heard from the young master's servant earlier that this Master Pei is quite old and is the emperor's husband."
Ren Yaoqi couldn't help being a little stunned when he heard it, is it really Mr.
Pei Zhiyan did come to Yanbei in the last life, but Ren Yaoqi didn't know when he came. But it is definitely not different from the reason for this time, because the Queen Mother in the last life did not send anyone to attend the Qianjin Banquet at all.
Pei Zhiyan is a very important person to Ren Yaoqi.
In the last life, Ren Yaoqi was nominally his concubine. Although the two were not husband and wife, they had been together for many years and had a deep relationship. She had no plans to marry, originally thought that she would accompany him for the rest of her years. It's just that she fell ill one day, and when she woke up in a drowsy state, she was back when she was ten years old.
Seeing that Ren Yaoqi was absent-minded, Mrs. Li thought she was tired, so she asked her to go back to rest first, and then come over when she had lunch.
Ren Yaoqi really had something in his heart, so he withdrew after hearing the words.
After returning to the West Wing, Ren Yaoqi thought about it, and sent Apple to find Yuan Dayong to inquire about the news outside.
Ren Yaoqi was married in September, and she set the marriage date of Apple and Yuan Dayong in June. When she got married, Yuan Dayong and Apple would go to Yanbei Palace with her as her companions. For this arrangement, the Yuan family naturally has a thousand willingness, and I have to say that Sister-in-law Yuan's vision is really good.
She also agreed to the marriage between Xue Li and Zhu Ruomei, and as for the wedding date, she let the Zhu family decide. Zhu Ruomei has now been promoted to deputy lieutenant. Although the official position is not large, she is also a serious military commander. The status of Sydney marrying him is naturally different. Only then did Sydney know why Ren Yaoqi would let her marry a year later, and she couldn't help but feel more grateful. Finally, the wedding date of Sydney and Zhu Ruomei is also set in June.
Among the big maids around Ren Yaoqi, Ping Xia and Qian Lan, who were newly brought up, were not in a hurry to get married, and Mulberry was only fifteen years old and could stay for two more years. If Apple hadn't been spotted by the Yuan family early in the morning, Ren Yaoqi would have been reluctant to let her marry early.
On this day, Yunyang City was very lively. The people of Yunyang City are very curious about the ladies who came to Yanbei from thousands of miles to attend the Qianjin Banquet. Although these ladies stayed in the carriage when they entered the city, they couldn't see the beauty, but they still surrounded the city. Check out the fun at the door.
However, there are a lot of guards in Yunyang City, especially at this time of day, the guards who are dispatched on duty are even more conscientious, so although the crowd watching the lively can be regarded as a huge crowd, nothing has gone wrong. However, it is said that some of those ladies were frightened by the hospitality of the Yanbei people, and they became ill due to the exhaustion of the carriages and horses along the way.
It was lively outside, but the Ren family in Yunyang City was the same as usual, because Mammy Zhou had given orders early in the morning, no one dared to sneak out to watch the excitement, they were all very calm.
When it was almost evening, Yuan Dayong hadn't delivered the news yet, but Ren Yihong came back first.
When Ren Yihong came to see Ren Shimin in the inner courtyard, Ren Yaoqi also went to the main room.
When Ren Yaoqi passed, Ren Yihong was talking with Ren Shimin about today's affairs.
"... There are too many people, my son almost got separated from some of his classmates, but unfortunately I still haven't seen that Mr. Pei." Ren Yihong said this in a frustrated tone.
Ren Yaoqi interjected, "Which Mr. Pei?"
Ren Yihong looked up at Ren Yaoqi, called his second sister, and replied, "It's Mr. Pei Zhiyan. I heard that he was demoted for some reason a while ago. This time, he asked Ying to accompany the young ladies to Yanbei. Many people here have read the "Notes on Calligraphy" written by him, and they admire it very much, so when I heard that he came to Yunyang City, they wanted to see him."
Ren Yaoqi of Pei Zhiyan's "Notes on Calligraphy" naturally knows it. Hanmo is Mr. Pei's word. Mr. Pei has read ten thousand volumes before he was admitted to the champion. At that time, he liked to write down some experiences and comments every time he read a book. After years of accumulation, it became more than a dozen booklets. These booklets were originally only Several of his friends borrowed it to look at it. Later, after he became an imperial teacher, these booklets somehow spread out and became the "Han Mo Annotation" among the scholars. Even the scholars in Yanbei came to read them. .
It turned out that Mr. Pei was here.
Even if Ren Yaoqi had some psychological preparations before, when he heard Ren Yihong say this, his mood was still a little ups and downs.
Ren Shimin also knew about Pei Zhiyan. He said, "I heard that Mr. Pei has a very good relationship with Xu Shanchang. When he arrives, he will definitely go to Yunyang Academy. It's not that you haven't had the chance to see him, so why worry about it."
"Why didn't you arrive today, sir?" Ren Yaoqi asked Ren Shimin involuntarily.
Ren Yihong shook his head: "I heard that an official was sick on the way. After leaving the ship, Mr. Pei proposed to go away from these ladies, and he stayed to take care of the sick adult, so it will take a few days to arrive at Yunyang. city."