Xue Rui got out of the car in front of the mansion, and Xu Li, the second head of the Xue family, stood on the stone steps and watched respectfully from a soap sedan chair with a silver cover and eyes, and when he turned his head and saw Xue Rui, he went down the steps to meet him:

"The eldest young master is back."

Xue Rui looked at the sedan chair that was walking away, and turned around and said, "Whose sedan chair is that?"

The sedan chair can be inlaid with silver-topped flowers, and it must be an official of more than three grades, and there are only a handful of people in the court.

Xu Li replied: "It's Lord Si Tianjian and Young Eunuch Ren."

"Oh?" Xue Rui was a little surprised, Si Tianjian Ren Qishu was the first person under the big mention, the official was in a high position but acted withdrawn, and he had no contact with their family on weekdays, but he came to the door in person today but didn't know what was going on.

"Where is Grandfather now?"

"My lord meditates in the South Pavilion."

Xue Rui turned around and entered the mansion and went to Nanting to see Xue Lingnan.

Xue Laoshangshu had just entertained guests, there was still tea left on the stone table, and a lion's head gilded copper furnace had not been lit for a long time, and he was pinching incense, watching Xue Rui enter the pavilion, and asked:

"Didn't come home last night?"

"His Royal Highness Tongjiu drank a few more cups, and then they got hungover in the restaurant," Xue Rui looked at the extra teacups on the table and asked, "I just saw the young eunuch's sedan chair leave, I don't know why he came here today?"

Xue Lingnan shook his head, "Just talk about an old thing." ”

Xue Rui saw that he didn't want to talk about it in detail, so he didn't have much to do, and instead mentioned that he saw Bangwen on the road when he came back.

"I know this matter, this is an errand sent by the emperor to Si Tianjian, don't worry about it, leave it to others to worry about."

With the Xue family's current status in the court, there is no need to do these additional things to please the Sacred Heart, but Xue Rui deliberately mentioned it in front of Xue Lingnan, but he had other ideas:

"My grandson has never heard of Yunhua Yizi and his descendants in the past, have you heard of it a long time ago?"

Xue Lingnan recalled: "This matter is very early, no one has mentioned it all these years, Yunhua did have a son with Princess Luyue, after the death of his husband and wife, he was sent to Daomen by the royal family, and the name is to uphold the wishes of his parents, this matter has gradually been forgotten, and it has been more than ten years, and now the practice is full before he returns to the dynasty."

Xue Ruihu wondered: "Then why don't you send someone to greet him, but let him go back and forth alone, lose his trace, and then come back and forth like this to search for him so aggressively?"

Xue Lingnan pinched the tip of his beard and looked at him, was silent for a moment, and then slowly told him the hidden feelings:

"Why didn't you send someone to pick up, do you think the king of Xiang left Beijing last year to do what, it was in the name of touring the mountains and rivers that he was ordered by the emperor to go to Longhu Mountain to pick up the road, who knew that the road was empty, the road went down the mountain early, the king of Xiang returned to Beijing alone, originally with the portrait of the Taozi, on the way to find people, but still returned to Beijing empty-handed, even the portrait was lost on the road The emperor lost his temper for this, the king of Xiang thought that it was not good to do things, so he closed the door."

Xue Rui was very surprised after hearing this, and after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly realized: "So, the lost item that people helped the prince find in the Dayan exam this year is the portrait of that Daozi?"

Xue Lingnan nodded.

Xue Rui doubted in his heart, since he lost the portrait, where did the portrait on today's list come from, could it be that he found it, and it didn't take long for Dayan to test the sealing volume, how could it be so fast, he pondered in his heart, and felt that there was another possibility, so he tentatively spoke:

"Your Highness the Nine, over the years, could it be that he has been practicing with Yunhua's descendants?"

As soon as the Nine Emperor Princes returned to Beijing a few days ago, Si Tianjian posted a list to find the descendants of Yunhua Yizi and Princess Luyue, and the portrait was also available, making it difficult for Xue Rui not to connect these two things.

"Yes, they are practicing in the same sect." Xue Lingnan's words not only affirmed Xue Rui's guess, but also made him think more in his heart:

The Ninth Emperor Prince Liu Tan, who was four years younger, was the only son born under the knee of his aunt Xue Guifei, because of his weak body, he left Beijing to learn Taoism at an early age, and returned to the capital every three years.

Looking at his grandfather's attitude again, it was not like he knew about it the first day, but he didn't mention it at all, and he didn't say a word until he returned to Beijing today, what does this mean, Xue Ruisi thought about it, and suddenly understood.

understands why his grandfather asked him to befriend Liu Hao, the Seventh Prince, and why he asked him to turn against the Seventh Prince.

This inevitably talks about the situation in the harem, the emperor has a queen and three concubines who are the most noble, and the eldest son of the emperor is the queen's own son, but he died early, the queen is sick and weak, and there is only one daughter left under her knees, and there is no hope of succession.

Then there is his aunt Xue Guifei, who gave birth to a son more than ten years ago is Liu Tan, who lives in the mountains all the year round, and because she is far away from the court, the important ministers do not pay attention to it.

There is also Concubine Lu Xian, the only one who gave birth to three sons, but unfortunately the third prince died of illness at the age of six, the fifth prince drowned at the age of four, and the eleventh prince was left, young and virtuous, following Liu Hao's ass all day long, without limelight.

The most rearly is the biological mother of the seventh prince Liu Hao, Yin Shufei, the concubine is a military general, his father is the first assistant of the emperor's cabinet, the general of the Tiger who protects the country and is given the title of Qin, Xiao Cao is good at fighting, and his military achievements are impressive, six years ago, when he was old, the emperor personally supported the coffin and sent it off, and after the funeral, he ordered his son Yin Peng to attack the knight, ranked as the prince of the country, and the Yin family was a nobleman, in fact, under the emperor's surname, the first Wang family in Beijing, even the six generations of his Xue family, and the elders of the three dynasties also had to temporarily live behind.

The crown prince has not been established, and there is no owner in the East Palace, but there is no one in the middle of the court, and most of them privately regard Liu Hao as the future prince.

When Xue Rui and Liu Hao were friends, they were still young and vigorous, and they once thought that Xue Lingnan was becoming inflammatory, showing favor to the Yin family, and had no intention of trying to position it.

Two months ago, he and Liu Hao had a quarrel, so that the two families faded into contact, although there was discussion in Beijing, but it was only gossip, and it did not involve the key points, all because Liu Tan was still in the mountains, and there were not many people

Xue Rui thought to himself, he was afraid that his grandfather would know the news that Liu Tan was going to return to Beijing at that time, and this time, he would not need to go again, so he let him cut off contact with Liu Hao in advance, which was better than turning against him at this time, which would be criticized, so that outsiders could not understand the position and attitude of their Xue family.

With such painstaking arrangements, how could it not be anything.

Thinking of this, Xue Rui looked at the old man in front of him again, and in addition to awe, he was also a little heavy.

"Cheng Bi, you were brought up by your grandfather, your father died early, your mother was weak, your grandfather knew that you were wise and sensible, and you were more competitive than ordinary people since you were a child. Grandfather has always been strict with you, all because he has high hopes for you, in the future, whether our Xue family will decline or prosper, whether it is a blessing or a curse, it depends on whether you fight or not. ”

Xue Lingnan suddenly sighed with emotion, then got up from the cushion, raised his hand and patted Xue Rui's broad shoulder, looking at this grandson who is now taller than him, there was relief and worry in his eyes, sighed, and shook his head.

Xue Rui was left alone to think in the pavilion.

Yu Shu drank the decoction and slept until the afternoon before waking up, and the headache was much better, but his throat was dry and his nose was blocked, and he still had a small cold.

Fluttershy Xiaoqing saw her wake up, busily served tea and water, and helped her to sit up, and after a while, Lin Fu heard the wind and stood outside the door to report, saying that the Ji family and Xia Jiang's family had sent a box of silver in the morning, and asked her what to do with the big money, but it was because Yu Shu personally asked for the two boxes of silver last night, and he didn't dare to take it into the account on his own initiative.

Yu Shu was uncomfortable, so he didn't think much about Lin Fu's thoughts, and said in a rough voice:

"Just count it in the income of the restaurant, how much you lost when you opened the door yesterday, I will take a look at the account book."

Hearing this, Lin Fu smiled and said: "If you want to count this money, you actually got four hundred taels yesterday, and the small one will go and show you the account."

Originally, the door was opened on the first day, and the banner of free wine and food was planned to lose money, but who knew that the two wronged heads settled the account and made a profit.

After a while, the account details of yesterday were sent to Yu Shu, she probably browsed it, found nothing wrong, and asked Lin Fu how his business was today, I heard that there were a lot of guests, so she was relieved, she was afraid that yesterday's guests were frightened by the price of vegetables in the forgotten machine building, and she didn't dare to come again, it seems that there are still many rich people in the north of the city.

After finishing the business, Yu Shu asked Lin Fu again: "Is the kitchen busy at this time?"

"I'm not busy, the excitement of eating at noon has passed, the girl is hungry, see what you want to eat and have an appetite, let the kitchen do it." Lin Fu's attitude towards Yu Shu was obviously warm before yesterday, and he was three points more careful.

Chasing the reason, first, at the wine table of the group of nobles yesterday, he saw Yu Shu's temper and knew that she was not easy to mess with, so he was afraid, and second, last night she cleaned up the two troublemakers who ate white rice in a few words, so he saw Yu Shu's wrist and knew how powerful she was, so he was convinced.

"Let's see if there is any light porridge soup, bring me a bowl, make a few vegetarian dishes, and find a food box to put it." Yu Shu paused, and then said: "How much it costs, it will be recorded in my account, don't confiscate it."

Lin Fu hesitated for a moment, remembering that Yu Shu asked him about the perch soup last time, so he didn't say much and went down.

Yu Shu sat up from the bed with her clothes on, asked the maid to fetch water to wash, changed into a clean Hu clothes, and combed her hair.

"Girl, are you going back, the prince ordered you to recuperate here for two days, and it is convenient to have slaves and maids to serve you."

Yu Shu was thinking about Jingchen in his heart at this time, as soon as he was good enough to get out of bed, how could he stay longer, so he coaxed them to say a few words, called Guiliu, took the broken silver and gave him to hire a sedan chair on the street, drank porridge, and left in a sedan chair with a food box.

She didn't go long ago, Xue Rui turned back to the Wangji Building, heard that she was gone, and asked where she went, but she didn't know.