At the beginning of November, Yanbei ushered in the first snow of the year.

Although the first snow did not fall much, it was lingering for several days, the entire Yunyang City was white from a high place, but the bluestone road in the city was very slippery, not only pedestrians walked and skidd, but even the carriage also hit several cars. It may be because there are more people coming and going to Yunyang City in recent days, and the snow on the ground has been trampled before it has been tamped, even though the City Defense Division, which is responsible for the safety of the inner city, has sent people to clean the main roads in the city every day, there is still a layer of ice slag left behind after the snow melts on the ground.

The people of the imperial court came to Yanbei in mid-November, and they heard that because of the continuous wind and snow on the road, they turned over the car and were delayed for a few days, so they did not arrive on the birthday of the old princess.

Although it was late, it was still here that should have come.

The Queen Mother and the Emperor still rewarded the old princess with many rare treasures as a birthday gift as in previous years, and then expressed regret over the death of the son.

After the death of the prince, the Yanbei palace sent someone to the capital, while dealing with the follow-up matters to welcome back the bones of the prince, and on the other hand, there was also the meaning of asking the court for an explanation. It's just that Shizi was suddenly assassinated that day, and although he later caught a few suspected assassins, those people committed suicide on the spot, so the last thing is that there is no proof of death. The imperial court naturally would not give the Yanbei Royal Mansion the opportunity to push the responsibility onto itself, so when it came to the worst of the time, the Yanbei Royal Mansion wanted to hold the imperial court accountable, but it couldn't come up with defensible evidence, so the last thing could only be stopped, but the knots between the Yanbei Royal Mansion and the imperial court remained.

In addition to the officials of the two Ministry of Rites who came to Yanbei this time, there were also several eunuchs and grandmothers around the queen mother and the emperor. When the business was almost done, a eunuch said to the king of Yanbei: "Father-in-law Lu beside the queen mother has been coming to Yanbei for a while, and the queen mother also said before our family came, let Gonggong Lu go back to Kyoto after finishing the matter, and she can't leave Father-in-law Lu to serve." ”

Gonggong Lu has already been handed over to Xiao Shun by Xiao Jingxi, and now he doesn't know if Lu Dao is still alive. It's okay to be dead, but if you're alive, you're afraid it's better to be alive than dead.

When the Yanbei Royal Mansion was sending an official document to the imperial court before. once lightly mentioned that Gonggong Lu had been held accountable for the crime of bullying the monarch, but the court did not respond immediately at that time. Now the Queen Mother's people raised this matter in front of King Yanbei, and they also knew that the Queen Mother didn't know about it, or she knew about it and deliberately came to find fault.

King Yanbei raised his eyebrows and thought about it when he heard this, and then asked the princess sitting beside him calmly: "Which Gonggong Lu is he talking about?" Why is this king not impressed? "When it comes to cheating, King Yanbei, who has been in the army all the year round, has no pressure to do it.

Eunuch: "......"

The princess thought for a while, and gently reminded the prince: "I heard Jingxi mention it before, a while ago, the palace seemed to have disposed of a few eunuchs who deceived the monarch for the imperial court?" However, the concubine has never asked about outside affairs, and it is not clear what the specific situation is. The princess also played Tai Chi.

King Yanbei touched his chin and nodded, and then said to the eunuch: "It is rare for this king to be in the mansion all year round. Sesame has never asked about trivial matters, so you should ask my son about this. "The responsibility has been lifted.

The corners of the eunuch's mouth twitched, and he was really speechless.

But an old woman who came with the eunuch and didn't say anything all the time said, "I don't know where the second son is now?" The slave maid also has a decree about the second son, if the second son is in the house, can he come out to receive the order? ”

King Yanbei and the princess glanced at each other, but the princess instructed Mama Xin: "Send someone to the villa to find the second son, just say that the queen mother's decree has arrived, let him come back to receive the decree." ”

Xiao Jingxi returned to the mansion an hour later, during this period. These eunuchs and grandmothers have all been led down to rest for a round, and Xiao Jingxi did not come back for the will given to Xiao Jingxi, and they did not disclose it in advance, because the prince and the princess did not go out of their way to investigate.

After Xiao Jingxi returns home. The grandmother who came with the queen mother's decree was invited again.

In front of Xiao Jingxi and the princess, the old lady dictated the queen mother's message, that is, to give Xiao Jingxi a marriage, and it was the girl of the queen mother's family. Miss Yan Family.

King Yanbei and the princess listened to the queen mother's words and did not say a word, and the king of Yanbei glanced at Xiao Jingxi, and the old god took a sip of tea on the ground.

Xiao Jingxi said unhurriedly: "Thank you Queen Mother for your love." It's a pity that the minister already has a marriage contract, and the wedding date is set for September of the following year. ”

The old lady didn't think much when she heard this: "With the will of the Queen Mother, the family affair before the son is pushed away, is it possible that the girl and the Miss Yan family are noble?" ”

Xiao Jingxi smiled: "This ...... I'm afraid it's not appropriate. ”

When the old lady heard this, she was a little displeased: "So, the second son wants to resist the decree?" ”

Xiao Jingxi sat there and thought for a moment, and then smiled at the old woman: "On whether the status is noble or not...... Why don't you help me take care of it? Miss Yan is the daughter of the Empress Dowager's mother's family, and her status is naturally very noble, and the one who has a marriage contract with me is the daughter of the granddaughter of the former emperor, the lord of Jiayi. The Xiao family is the minister of the Li family, and if the Yanbei palace repents of marriage for no reason, the Xiao family is afraid that they will not be able to face the emperor. ”

The old lady choked when she heard this, and paused before saying: "The old slave doesn't know what Jiayi county lord is in Lu Dao, the granddaughter of the former emperor, and all the princesses and county lords are all in Kyoto." ”

At this time, King Yanbei spoke up: "You have been in the palace, and it is not strange if you don't know the way." Before his death, the emperor left a will to His Royal Highness Xianwang, pardoning Xianwang and crowning him as the king of the river, and the lord of Jiayi was the daughter of the king of the river. ”

The old lady naturally knew about this matter, and the queen mother was furious about this matter, and no one in the palace dared to mention anything related to the king or the king of the river, otherwise her life would be in danger.

"That holy decree ......" The old lady opened her mouth to say that the holy decree was false, but after all, she was an old man in the palace, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she realized that there was something wrong with her words. Whether the holy decree in the hands of the king is true or false is not her turn to be a slave, and even the emperor and the queen mother did not publicly say that the will in the hands of the king is fake.

The old lady let out a cold sweat, glanced at King Yanbei, and didn't dare to make another attempt.

King Yanbei didn't bother to talk to a minion about the gains and losses of words.

The old lady had a task on her shoulders and continued: "If this family is in fact, it can't be shirked...... The second son can emulate the old prince and marry two rooms, and Miss Yan is also a reasonable and famous lady. This time, the old lady was smart, and only said that she would let Xiao Jingxi marry two rooms, and she didn't say who was older and who was smaller.

King Yanbei nodded and said, "As a man." Three wives and four concubines are very common. ”

The old lady was overjoyed when she heard this, thinking that the Yanbei Wangfu was going to agree, and was about to say a few more words, but she didn't want the Yanbei King to sigh again, looked at Xiao Jingxi a few times, and said regretfully: "It's just that this king's son is afraid that he doesn't have this blessing, he has been thin since he was a child, and it would be good to be able to marry a wife." Marry two? Tut...... Without that diamond, it's still a porcelain job. King Yanbei shook his head.

Princess: "......"

The corners of Xiao Jingxi's eyes jumped, and it was also because of his deep city that he didn't let the smile on his face collapse.

It's just that King Yanbei is so shameless and skinless. Even the old lady couldn't go on.

The father directly said that his son was not good, and his physical condition could not control the second daughter, so what did the family say? Peony flowers die, and ghosts are also romantic? This is not a matchmaking match, but a deliberate attempt to make a living.

The old lady beside the Queen Mother was defeated, and she could only think of going back and asking the Queen Mother to decide. Yanbei Wangfu has such a tough attitude to resist and disobey the order, to be honest, several palace people don't dare to fight hard in Yanbei Wangfu, after all, there is still a lesson from Gonggong Lu here. Even if you lose your life, you may not find justice.

The people from the imperial court did not stay in Yanbei for long, and on the second day, Qichen returned to Beijing and left Yunyang City. It's just that the queen mother wants to marry the daughter of the Yan family to the second son of the Xiao family, and it still spreads.

The people of Yanbei were all talking about it when they heard it, but everyone felt that if the court had to give marriage. It is very likely that Xiao Ergongzi will follow his grandfather's example and marry two houses. Anyway, it's a big deal for the daughter of the Yan family to marry back, and the Yan family is 108,000 miles away from Yanbei, even if you want to support your daughter, you can't save the fire. There is really no need to directly offend the Queen Mother and the Yan family for this little thing, it is very common for men to have three wives and four concubines, not to mention the second son of Yanbei Palace.

Ren Yaoqi naturally heard the rumors outside. Even if she didn't take the initiative to inquire, because of her current marriage contract with Xiao Jingxi, someone took the initiative to make trouble for her.

So on this day, when Ren Yaoqi and Li went to an old lady's birthday banquet, they heard someone in the garden talking about it.

A woman said with great interest: "I heard that Miss Yan is a rare beauty, because Xiao looks like the Queen Mother when she was young, and she is favored by the Queen Mother." It's a pity that we didn't have a chance to see each other, I don't know who is higher and who is lower than Miss Ren's appearance? ”

Another said: "It's not that she doesn't have a chance to meet, maybe she will be able to marry us Yanbei in the future?" There will be a chance to meet at that time. ”

"By the way, isn't the Su family's young grandmother from Kyoto? I heard that she saw Miss Yan when she was in the boudoir. If you are really so curious, you can ask the grandmother of the Su family. ”

Some people were also unconvinced: "The girls in Kyoto are better looking than our Yanbei?" I look at the Ren family, and I look very good, and I heard that she looks like the concubine Wan who favored the harem back then. ”

"This is also true, we have no chance to see Concubine Wan, but the concubine Niangniang was so favored back then, she must be better than her in appearance...... Well, stronger. ”

Ren Yaoqi listened for a while, although she didn't deliberately hide her whereabouts, but these young girls were chatting about it, and they didn't notice her coming at all.

Until footsteps sounded again on another trail, and a few more people were coming this way.

Then Ren Yaochi heard the sound of two groups of people greeting each other. Ren Yaoqi also walked out, and was about to walk past them, but heard someone say, "Huh? Isn't this Miss Ren? ”

Now that the third room of the Ren family has been separated from the Ren family, Ren Yaohua is married again, so everyone calls Ren Yaoqi Miss Ren, and they don't add rankings to the title.

Ren Yaochi could only stop her steps, and when she turned around, she saw that it was the second Miss Meng family who stopped her, although she was not familiar with this Miss Meng, she also had a few encounters.

Ren Yaoqi nodded with a smile and walked over to greet several ladies she knew.

The faces of the few people who were still talking about Ren Yaoqi before were obviously a little uncomfortable, and they didn't know if Ren Yaoqi had heard the discussion behind their backs, but although the two young ladies of the Meng family were also present before, they didn't have any embarrassment on their faces because they didn't say a few words from beginning to end.

"Miss Ren is also coming to visit the garden?" Someone asked cautiously.

Although Ren Yaoqi's previous identity was nothing, but from the king of Xian to the king of the river, Ren Yaoqi had a marriage contract with Xiao Jingxi, and everyone looked at her differently. Even if everyone is beautiful, they are divided into three, six, nine and so on. Of course, there must be a lot of envy, jealousy and hatred.

Ren Yaochi smiled and said, "I'm about to go to the warm hall." ”

Everyone saw that her face was as usual. I breathed a sigh of relief, and the atmosphere became a little more lively. These girls are three or four years younger than Ren Yaoqi, and they don't play together on weekdays, although they have met occasionally, but now Ren Yaoqi's identity is not what it used to be, and everyone has more curiosity and exploration about her before.

If you have a more lively temperament, she asked very familiarly: "What does Sister Ren like to do at home on weekdays?" I like to kick shuttlecocks, but unfortunately it's cold now, and the elders are generally not allowed to go out of the room. ”

Ren Yaochi said with a smile: "I'm afraid of the cold, and I only dare to nest in the room and read books in winter." Practice your words. ”

When everyone saw that she was kind and easy to speak, they became enthusiastic.

Someone said: "I don't like to read and practice calligraphy, but my mother forced me to practice, saying that she was afraid that I would be embarrassed at the gold banquet next year." ”

Miss Meng said with a smile: "Speaking of the golden banquet, then you have to ask Miss Ren well." She was one of the leaders of the previous term. ”

The Yun family's daughter banquet was originally held once every two years, but it has not been held since the last time Ren Yao participated in it, I don't know if Lu Dao was because of the accident at that time or because of some taboo, it was not until not long ago that the Yun family released the news that they would continue to hold a daughter banquet next summer, and these famous ladies were looking forward to showing their faces at the daughter banquet. If you get a good ranking, you can find a good marriage.

Everyone surrounded Ren Yaochi and asked her about the things at the daughter's banquet, and Ren Yaoqi answered them one by one.

Someone said: "I thought that the golden banquet would not be held again, but I heard that it was Miss Yun who persuaded Mrs. Yun and Mrs. Yun." ”

"I've also heard that many people have asked Miss Yun about the Golden Banquet. Miss Yun's temperament has always been good, so she agreed to go back and beg the elders in the family, but she didn't want to do it. ”

"I heard that because the golden banquet was not held in previous years, next year's golden banquet will be a little more lively than in previous years. I don't know what kind of grand occasion it is. ”

"When the time comes, you will know the Dao, with your family background, you will definitely be able to get the invitation of the Yun family."

Ren Yaoqi listened to them talking about the golden banquet on the side, and did not interject. I heard that next year's daughter's banquet is the time when the eldest lady of the Yun family advocates it. My heart moved slightly.

After that, everyone talked about something else, and Ren Yaoqi stayed for a while, and then said goodbye and left.

The Yun family's daughter's banquet seemed to be really planning to be held in a big way, and for a period of time after that, Ren Yaoqi always heard others mention the matter of next year's daughter's banquet. However, she has no plans to participate this year.

In this way, it will soon be the month of La, and it will be the most lively festival of the year.

In previous years, the Ren family went back to the old house in Baihe Town for the New Year, but this year, because the third master Ren has been expelled from the Ren family, they don't plan to go back to Baihe Town in this room. So when there was still a long way to go before the end of the year, Li and Mama Zhou were busy with half of the New Year's goods, for fear that it would be too late in the lunar month. This is the first year they have lived, so they are naturally very cautious, for fear that something will go wrong and the New Year will be unlucky.

Just when the Li family took Ren Yaoqi and led a group of maids and wives to prepare for the New Year, there was news from the Lei family, which made both the Li family and Ren Yaoqi surprised and delighted.

Ren Yaohua is already two months pregnant.

Ren Yaohua is a relative of August Cheng, and now she has just arrived in Layue and found out that she is two months pregnant, how can it not be a surprise?

Li even cried with joy: "Thank God, thank God!" This year, we must worship our ancestors and Bodhisattvas, so that they can all bless our Hua'er with a man in one fell swoop, and a mother and son are safe. "In Li's life, until now, if there is any regret, it is that she failed to give birth to a son for her husband.

Because of this guilt in her heart, even if she was bullied by Aunt Fang when she was in the Ren family, she didn't have the confidence to fight back. She has always been ashamed of Ren Shimin and the Ren family.

So now that I hear that Ren Yaohua is pregnant, how can I not be happy for my daughter?

Mama Zhou has been serving by Li's side for many years, so she naturally understands what she is thinking, and immediately her eyes are red: "Don't worry, Mrs., our two young ladies are blessed people, and the eldest lady will definitely be able to win a man in one fell swoop." ”

Ren Yaoqi is also very happy for Ren Yaohua, with a child, Ren Yaohua can really gain a firm foothold in the Lei family.

After being happy for a long time, Li was a little worried: "Hua'er is young and has her first child. There is no elder in the Lei family to look at, I, I don't worry. ”

Mama Zhou said: "Presumably, the eldest lady sent someone back to tell us the news, and she also wanted her mother's family to help her?" This is about to be the New Year, and the Lei family must be too busy. ”

It stands to reason that it is not easy to spread the word if she is less than three months pregnant, although Ren Yaohua is so strong, she is also a person who knows the importance of the Tao and does not dare to be strong.

After being reminded by Mama Zhou, the Li family also thought that this year was also Ren Yaohua's first year in the Lei family. She is also the head of the Lei family, and the Lei family needs her abbot for everything, including sacrifices, if it is usual, but now that she is pregnant, and it is less than three months, where can Ren Yaohua hold it on?

Thinking like this, Li couldn't sit still, got up and said, "I have to go to Lei's house to see her, and I have to teach her some things in person." ”

Mama Zhou hurriedly stopped Li: "Madam." It's not early today, so why don't you go again in two days? The slave maid also needs to prepare some things that the eldest lady can use, and send them to the Lei family when the time comes. ”

Li thought that what Mama Zhou said also made some sense, so he no longer insisted that he was going to visit Ren Yaohua now: "Yes, yes, yes." I have to prepare a few more people for her. Oh, no, it's the wax moon, and I'm so busy here that my feet don't touch the ground. The Lei family must only be busier. If you don't go to the Lei family to help Hua'er first, I'll rest assured that you're here. ”

"But it's ...... at home."

Li immediately said: "I still have a future in the family." You hurry up and take a few useful ones to the Lei family to help Hua'er. ”

Mama Zhou couldn't help but look at Ren Yaoqi.

Ren Yaochi thought about it and nodded: "Mother and grandma are reasonable, the things at home have been almost busy before, and there is nothing wrong with me and my mother." Mama still went to stay with her sister for a while, and came back when she was busy with the New Year. ”

Mama Zhou was not worried about Ren Yaohua in her heart, and when she saw that Li and Ren Yaohua said so, she immediately packed up her things, took a few very capable maids, and rushed to Lei's house.

Two days later, the Li family took Ren Yaoqi to Lei's house to see Ren Yaohua, and also brought two carts of food.

Ren Yaohua received the news that the Li family wanted to come to see her, and originally wanted to go out to greet the Li family, but she was stopped by a room of people, and she could only wait in her yard.

When Ren Yaoqi entered the house, he took a few casual glances, and found that almost all the people who served in the house were brought by Ren Yaohua to the bridals, and the Lei family also had two maids who could enter the house to serve.

Ren Yaohua looked very good, a little fatter than when she was at home, and her eyes were full of joy when she saw Li and Ren Yaoqi, which made her look much softer than when she was a girl at home. Ren Yaoqi looked at Ren Yaohua a few times, and his heart became more and more relieved, Ren Yaohua was doing very well.

Ren Yaohua chatted with Li and Ren Yaoqi for a while, and asked about the people and things in the family. Li also told him what he had been thinking about for two days, and Ren Yaohua listened carefully, although Li babbled a lot and was still a little repetitive, Ren Yaohua was not a little impatient.

The atmosphere in the house was just right, and Turnip came in to report that her uncle was back.

As the head of the Lei family, Lei Ting was also very busy at the end of the year. However, because Ren Yaohua is pregnant, no matter how busy he is, he will come back for three meals a day to accompany his wife and daughter, and he will not go out to socialize at night. Mama Zhou has been in the Lei family for two days, and now she is one hundred and one hundred and eleven satisfied with this uncle, and she is smiling when she sees him.

It's not yet time to eat, and Thunder came back at this time because he heard that his mother-in-law was coming, so he came back early.

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Xiao Jingxi and Ren Yao's wedding date was changed to September next year, and I didn't notice it if I was afraid that the subscription was early, so I would like to explain o(∩_∩)o.

(To be continued......)