In the winter solstice month, Xu Yi sent two letters within five days.

Although the contact has never been severed, Ruyi did not tell him about Zhuang Qiniang. Because she didn't know how to speak, and it wasn't the right thing to say in a letter. She originally planned to wait for Zhuang Qiniang's condition to be more stable, so she went north to Huainan and went to see Xu Yi in person. When the time comes, explain this to him slowly.

But Xu Yi seems to have heard something - his first letter was still as usual gossiping trivial, but the second letter was written in the early spring of that year, on the Yuhuatai, he once said, "My heart is a stone, and I can't turn it", and now the rock is the same, the square has not moved, only the longing is deeper. At the end of the year, he will personally return to Beijing to report on his work, hoping to meet Ruyi at that time.

Ruyi put the letter on his chest and sighed deeply. She thinks of my heart, and I can't get involved. But is it true that as long as you are unswerving, you will definitely be able to get your wish fulfilled? Is it possible to be together regardless of the promise of the two hearts?

It will be changed next year.

Before the winter solstice, the books of the seals were prepared everywhere. The princesses of the previous dynasty all wanted to be promoted to the eldest princess, and Yuhua Yuyao was also officially canonized as a princess, but Ruyi's book was suppressed. After being pressed for a long time, there are people talking about it from top to bottom.

There are the most officials from Ruyi's mansion, and many people know that Ruyi's background is suspicious - but most of them think that she may be Li Hu's daughter. In order to avoid hurting her reputation by the people, someone had already reminded Xiao Huaishuo that Princess Wuyang was a princess canonized by the emperor himself, and her name was justified. If you think about it at this time, it will inevitably violate filial piety. It is also easy to hurt the Queen Mother. But Xiao Huaishuo never expressed his position.

Since Xiao Huaishuo returned to Beijing, Ruyi has been hot. Many people who read books want to follow her path. Although her ambition is not in the court, her life is not extravagant, and her style is also very decent, which can be called an example for her generation of princesses. But the power is there, and her every move is still the most eye-catching and gossip-provoking.

Xiao Huaishuo wavered, and rumors about her suddenly spread.

The inside story of the five generations of light going to the princess's mansion to make trouble is once again full of opinions and uproar. There are even rumors that a similar poor girl is exchanged for a gold branch. It is said that Princess Wuyang is the daughter of the fifth generation of light, because Xu Si's child died early, the emperor replaced her with a poor girl in order to prevent her from being too sad. Now that her life experience has been revealed, Princess Wuyang is greedy for power and refuses to recognize her poor father, so she kills him. The Son of Heaven knew that the princess was not good, so he refused to canonize him......

And Xiao Huaishuo just released the five generations of light at this moment.

In this way, of course, the rumors of wishful killing of the five generations of light are self-defeating, but where are the five generations of light who is the duty? This time he also heard rumors that Ruyi was his daughter. didn't dare to go to Ruyi to make trouble, so he repented and lay at the door of Zhuang Qiniang's house.

Zhuang Qiniang then fell ill again.

But the people who watched the play sympathized with the five generations of light, and they pointed at the men and said that the men had already repented, and what grievances between the husband and wife could not get over? Is it really necessary to let him sleep on the streets? I've only seen men kick women out of the house, and I've never seen women give birth to and drive their husbands.

Even Zhuang Qiniang's two old sisters relented and wanted to persuade Zhuang Qiniang.

Ruyi went to visit Zhuang Qiniang, and was bumping into Zheng Po scolding Wudaiguang, saying that she was scolding, but there was a lot of "Don't blame your lady for being hard-hearted, you were too bastard in the past." Don't complain, confess your sins and repent sincerely, and wait for your lady to change her mind...... Ruyi heard the tendencies in her words, and couldn't swallow the stuffy breath in her chest, so she directly dispatched guards from the princess's mansion to surround the courtyard gate.

When Zheng Po wanted to go in, she was frightened by the guard's evil face, and she didn't even dare to say a word, so she retreated in a sneer.

The fifth generation of light wanted to break in, so he directly asked the guards to pick it up and throw it out. After breaking through twice, he didn't dare to move forward. However, he still lingered at the corner of the street and refused to leave.

Ruyi hired a few hooligans to humiliate him, and he did not beat or scold, but only went to the street to laugh at him for how he was deceived and abducted, and in order to deceive the little widow of a rich and noble family, he abused and murdered his wife who had been supporting him.

Ruyi promised Zhuang Qiniang not to kill the five generations of light. But she couldn't see a villain like Wudaiguang coming out to repent and sell pity when he was old, and then countless spectators bought it. In this way, Zhuang Qiniang is inevitably too pitiful.

It worked very well - at first, the spectators gathered, pointed at each other, and said everything. But after only seven or eight days, the audience had eaten enough of the story and began to get bored with the excitement. The five generations of light have completely become a down-and-out wolf on the street, and no one cares about it.

But Ruyi is not without its price.

On the last day before the winter solstice, Ruyi entered the palace to ask Xu Si for peace, which coincided with Xu Yi's mother, Mrs. Xi, entering the palace to meet her.

The women who were ordered to see the court entered the palace at the same time, and it was not yet the hour when the court saw them, so Mrs. Xi went earlier. When Ruyi arrived, she was already speaking in Xu Sidian.

Ruyi is half a master here in Xu Si, and he often goes in directly without being informed, and the maids in the palace are also accustomed to it.

On this day, when she came to the temple, she first went back to her room and changed into her clothes and boots—it began to snow in the middle of the night yesterday, and it was still falling at this moment. Jiankang is not cold in winter, just damp. Even the snow is waiting to be condensed and not to be melted. It was piled up on the ground and looked very thick. Ruyi had a convulsion for a while, put the swept road and didn't walk, and wanted to step on the snow, but ended up pouring a boot of ice water.

When she changed her clothes and was about to go to see Xu Si, when she walked to the door, she heard Mrs. Xi say, "...... Nowadays, there is no way to let people talk about it. You are her mother, and no one knows it better than you. Whether she was born to you or not, you give a word first. ”

Ruyi's footsteps paused.

With only a moment's hesitation, she had missed the best opportunity to show up.

Xu Sidao, "Of course she is my daughter. The more you take these groundless rumors, the more people spread them. ”

Mrs. Xi sighed, "You don't know the limelight outside...... said it in a good way, and some people even said that His Majesty wanted to take away her title and refused to give her the eldest princess of Jin. San Lang has a marriage contract with her, and when this kind of news comes out, the tails of the people who come to me to watch the excitement are all up to the sky. ”

Ruyi understood that Mrs. Xi couldn't sit still, so she specially came to Xu Si to tell Erlang's situation and forced the palace to slander.

But she was not in a relaxed mood, she knew Mrs. Xi very well - this real lady of the family attaches great importance to word-of-mouth, and she can't stop there.

Sure enough, Mrs. Xi said again, "Ruyi is too, knowing that there are rumors outside, but she has to take that crazy woman to her home to support her personally, and she doesn't know how to avoid suspicion." Even if that person had any kindness to her, she would have hired more people to take care of her, so why should she take care of it herself? After all, she is a princess, but she acts like this, isn't it just to give people authority? ”

She was reasonable, but Xu Si was speechless.

Mrs. Xi further said, "Even if she doesn't care about the rumors, she should worry about San Lang." When they got married in the future, did they have to serve that crazy woman with Saburo? It's just that Saburo is innocent and is made fun of. Ruyi is a dignified princess, the daughter of the Queen Mother, and the sister of the Son of Heaven, but she is said to be the filial daughter of that crazy woman, isn't it even related to your reputation? Doesn't she have a number in her heart? How can you do that? ”

She said, "Persuade her, too, to send that madwoman away." She is the princess of the first emperor, and when the throne is there, she should draw a line with some things and some people. ”

In just a few words, both Ruyi and Xu Si understood.

Mrs. Xi may already know everything......

This is a natural thing - many of those who obeyed Xu Si's orders had served the Xu family in their early years. What Ruyi and Xu Si knew, it was probably difficult to hide it from Xu Mao. If Mrs. Xi has the heart to listen, it is not difficult.

Even if she didn't hear it, she couldn't break it, and she didn't bother to care about it. In short, she accepted this daughter-in-law - whether it was because she saw the big feelings since she was a child, or because she didn't accept it, she had to admit it. But it is impossible for her to accept Ruyi's life experience in its entirety. She is only willing to accept her as a princess, and hopes that Ruyi can take the initiative to eliminate the part of her that was born poor.

Everyone only wants good, not bad. She said it unkindly, but from her standpoint, it was a reasonable request.

It is reasonable to stand in her position, but for their prospective daughter-in-law who should be treated as a family, it is indifferent and arrogant.

After all, not everyone will really take care of Ruyi's own feelings like Xu Si.

Xu Si paused for a moment and said, "I will mention this matter to Ruyi." But......" she looked at Mrs. Xi and said lightly, "Ruyi has her own mansion and property, even if she refuses to send Zhuang Qiniang away, there is probably no need for San Lang to support her." She can take care of it herself, so you don't have to worry about that. ”

Of course, if the left and right are not satisfied, there is no need to be reluctant. Although the emperor asked about it back then, with me here, this marriage can still be discussed. ”