Chapter 169
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The repetition was revised around 1 a.m
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Ren Yaoqi went out after breakfast at the Lin family, and today she was going to visit her grandfather's family in Baohua Hutong.
The affairs of the Lei family had already started at this time, and when Ren Yaoqi's carriage was halfway there, he heard that even ordinary peddlers and pawns outside were talking about this matter.
She was not surprised by the decision made by the head of the Lei family, because the Lei family had no choice now.
If the identity of Mrs. Lei is not resolved in time at this time, the trouble of the Lei family will only get bigger and bigger in the future.
"Miss, the Aquarius Hutong is just ahead, and the old lady sent Aunt Yihong to wait at the mouth of the Hutong." Xiangqin put down the curtain in her hand and turned her head to report to Ren Yaoqi.
When King Xian came to Yanbei from Kyoto, because Yanbei was a place that even the imperial court could not supervise, coupled with the arrangement of Concubine Wan before her death, the imperial court had no way to send someone to take care of it. In this case, Empress Dowager Yan naturally would not arrange a place for King Xian, so King Xian's family lived in a deserted and dilapidated temple for some days when they first arrived in Yanbei.
Fortunately, after that, Gonggong Zheng, who was next to Wan Guifei, brought someone to find him, and at the same time brought Wan Guifei the silver money that was prepared early in the morning, plus the Ren family asked to marry the princess and gave a lot of dowry, in order to let the Li family marry the princess with dignity, he bought a five-entry mansion in the treasure bottle alley.
Although it is said that the house of Wujin, but the treasure bottle alley is not a place where the famous giants live, there are only some ordinary people living around who have a slightly more solid background, and this house is an old house that has not been renovated for a long time has long been abandoned, so the price is not high.
Ren Yaochi lifted the curtain and looked at it, the alley where the carriage drove in was not wide, but it could also allow two or three carriages to run in parallel. On both sides of the alley are the barbarian doors and ruyi gates, which are mostly closed, and the faΓ§ade is not large. Some of the doorways are also equipped with horse-tethering stones or stone lions.
Ren Yaoqi somewhat understood the reason why the Xianwang family chose the house here, and there were many people who followed the Xianwang, and these people had to have a place to settle, so the house should be large, but the place where they lived in the situation of the Xianwang could not be too public.
Guixifang, including the treasure bottle alley, is a string of alleys that extend in all directions. The alleys and alleys look orderly, but they are actually very intricate, and it is convenient to escape in case of emergency.
And Ren Yaoqi walked along the way, and found that the alley was very quiet, and many yards were planted with pomegranate trees, peach trees, and gardenia trees against the wall, and they also stretched out of the wall. It is not as noisy and dirty as those big alleys, but it reveals a quiet and peaceful atmosphere everywhere.
Because although the people living here are ordinary people, because it is close to Yunyang Academy, the largest academy in Yanbei, most of the people who live here are the families of some teaching gentlemen who teach in Yunyang Academy. The family members of the students or the merchants who operate calligraphy and painting shops and pen and ink shops in the surrounding area.
The carriage stopped in front of a gold-pillared gate with a front eaves, which was clearly taller and more imposing than the ones it had seen before, and if you ignored the stone lion that was missing half an ear and the mottled red paint on the gate.
Horse-drawn carriages are usually entered and exited through side or corner doors, but the side alleys on both sides of the house are very narrow, and it is difficult for horse-drawn carriages to enter and exit. Therefore, Ren Yaoqi could only get off from the front gate, and then let people drive the carriage to the back door and enter the courtyard, as for her own reason, there was no reason to go through the back door.
The mottled red lacquer door was half opened, and Yi Hong had already bowed down and waited at the bottom of the stairs.
As soon as Ren Yao got out of the carriage, she greeted her. Curtsy.
"Aunt Yihong." Ren Yaoqi replied to her half a salute and called with a smile.
"Miss Zhilu Dao is coming today, the master has been waiting for a long time, Miss Table, please come with the slave." Yi Hong personally helped Ren Yaoqi to enter the door.
As soon as you go around the shadow wall, there is a large courtyard. Ren Yaoqi deliberately looked around for a week and found that there was no clean figure in the yard.
"Today seems to be very ...... Be quiet? Ren Yaochi was surprised.
She remembered that the opera troupe of Xianwangfu practiced basic skills here on weekdays, some people hung their voices, some practiced horse steps, and some played with big knives, which was very lively.
Yi Hong smiled: "Today, I know that you are coming, and the master asked them to go to the backyard." β
Ren Yaochi remembered. The last time Li took her and Ren Yaohua back to her parents' house, as soon as she entered the door, she saw the bustle of a courtyard, and a horse whip with a tassel flew towards Ren Yaohua's faΓ§ade. Fortunately, Yi Hong's reaction was quick to catch it. Although it was a false alarm, Ren Yaohua was furious, and there was a big fuss at her grandfather's house, and she had to force their grandfather to sell all the "plays" in the yard, and the last one broke up unhappily.
Later, Ren Yaohua said that he would not enter the door at all. This time when she came to Yunyang City, Ren Yaoqi originally planned to come with Ren Yaohua, but she was always avoided by Ren Yaohua with an excuse, and she came by herself in the end.
Although the yard behind the weeping flower gate is still a little old, it is still neat, and there are not one or two clumps of grass drilled out of the gap of the bluestone slab, which does not look messy, but has more lively vitality.
In this house of the king's mansion, there are no rockeries and strange stone carvings and beams, no gardens, only ordinary rooms. However, there are some flowers and plants planted in the courtyard of each entry, and they are not precious varieties, only plantains, begonias, pomegranates, and even clusters of Chaoyan flowers that grow indiscriminately in Yanbei.
Princess Xian and King Xian lived in the main house of the third entrance, and when Ren Yao's period passed, Princess Rong was holding a pair of small scissors to prune a failed jasmine in the courtyard.
"You're here." Rong raised his head and smiled gently, handing the scissors to Chu Chu behind him.
Ren Yaochi stepped forward to greet Rong: "My grandfather and uncle are not at home?" β
Rong pulled Ren Yaoqi to the main room: "Regardless of them, I'll be back at noon." Rong smiled.
Although Ren Yaoqi didn't come to his grandfather's house many times, he also knew what kind of temperament his maternal grandfather and uncle had, and at this time, he must have either drunk tea and listened to small songs or teased crickets with people outside.
There are no furnishings in the main room where the Rong family lives, and the only valuable thing is the pear blossom wood shelf bed, the Eight Immortals table and the four Taishi chairs, which are still old. A pair of half-human-tall beauty vases with flowers look exquisite, but they are only from ordinary folk kilns.
Rong took Ren Yaoqi to sit on the kang, and Chu Chu brought the tea up.
"Where's Yihong?" Rong asked Chu Chu.
Ren Yaoqi took the tea and smelled the smell of bamboo leaves, and when he heard Rong ask Yi Hong, he said, "When I came, my aunt prepared some things, and I asked Aunt Yi Hong to clean up in the backyard." β
Because of Ren Yaoqi's rescue of Lin Cen, Ren Shijia became closer and closer to Ren Yaoqi, and when Ren Yaoqi went out today. Ren Shijia instructed Mama to prepare a carriage of gifts, all of which were good ginseng, bird's nest, deer antler velvet and other supplements, as well as some clothing and ingredients that were easy to store. Ren Yaoqi really refused, but he accepted it,
Although Rong Shi was a little surprised when he heard this, he still smiled and said, "You go back and treat me Xie Lu to thank her." β
Ren Yao responded, and Rong said to Chu Chu again: "Then you go to Xia Sheng and bring those two children over." β
Hearing that it was the two little maids that Xia Sheng helped find, Ren Yaoqi was interested and asked Rong, "Grandmother, what do you think of them?" I haven't seen it yet. β
Rong said gently: "I have come here and asked." Those two people are thoughtful and smart. You are going to be a maid, and it is not enough to know some fist and foot kung fu, so I asked Yihong to take them to learn some rules every day. They are not very old, so they can be trained for a few years, and they can be used in the future. β
As soon as Rong said this, Ren Yaochi finally relieved.
After a while, Chu Chu led two six or seven-year-old girls in. Probably because they were practicing martial arts with Xia Sheng before, they were wearing a dusty shirt and pants. The cuffs and cuffs were tied up with straps.
Both of them had sweat on their faces, and their bodies looked stronger than girls of the same age. Xia Sheng said that they were born as artists, and they must have practiced before.
They came in with some trepidation. When he had finished the salute, he knelt on the ground and did not dare to move, nor did he dare to raise his head.
"Huh? Lift up your heads. Ren Yaoqi looked at their faces with some surprise.
The two little girls didn't dare to listen to what they said, and slowly raised their heads, and they turned out to be exactly the same two faces.
"They're twin sisters?" Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised.
Rong asked them to stand up and speak: "That's right. Because they are twin sisters, and the two have been eating and living together very closely since childhood, not only can they pretend to be each other's vivid. You can still have a heart-to-heart connection. This is also the reason why Xia Sheng takes a fancy to them. "Otherwise, with the background of these two sisters, Dongsheng would not have picked them.
Although he had long known the skills of Xia Sheng, Ren Yaoqi was still very surprised when he saw these two sisters today.
"What's your name?" Ren Yaochi asked kindly.
The little girl on the right opened her mouth first and said: "The two slaves and maids have no names, they used to be called the eldest girl and the second girl, and begged the young lady to give the slaves and maids names." β
Sure enough, it's a clever girl.
Although Ren Yao's selection of girls is first of all loyal, it is not a bad thing to be smarter.
Rong smiled: "You name them." β
The two little girls finally raised their heads slightly, although they didn't dare to look at Ren Yaoqi, but their two pairs of bright eyes were full of hope, and they even looked a little excited.
Ren Yaochi thought for a while: "Which of you is the sister and who is the sister?" β
This time it was the little girl on the left who replied: "The slaves and maids don't know who is big and who is small, we were bought by our parents before we can remember, and the master who adopted us at the beginning always confused us, so I don't know who is the sister and who is the sister." β
"Then your name is Leshan." Ren Yaoqi first pointed to the one on the left, and then to the one on the right, "You are called Leshui." β
The sister, who had received her new name, knelt down again for joy and thanked her.
Rong smiled and quipped: "The wise man is happy with water, and the benevolent man is happy with the mountain." Your name is also very magnificent, where it looks like a maid's name. β
Ren Yaochi held his chin and smiled brightly: "Is the name just for people, just like it." β
Ren Yaochi asked the two sisters some more questions, and found that the two sisters were not only smart, but also calm and not impetuous, and couldn't help but become more and more satisfied.
As she was talking, Ren Yaoqi saw the parsley standing at the door and glanced at her.
Ren Yaochi said to Rong: "Grandmother, can I go to the yard for a walk?" β
Rong didn't know if she saw the interaction between the two masters and servants, but she smiled very kindly: "If you want to go shopping, let Chu Chu follow you." β
Ren Yaoqi looked at the two little girls and said with a smile: "Let's let them follow, I'll come back when I go, she can't leave anyone by your side." β
Yi Hong is the concubine of her uncle Li Tianyou, and there is only one Chu Chu who serves the Rong family on weekdays. There were also a few little maids who were bought later, all of whom were waiting outside, and were not close. Xianwang and Rong's side only use the old people.
Ren Yaochi came out of Rong's room. Xiangqin looked at the two little maids with some curiosity, and saw that Ren Yaochi did not send people away before continuing: "Miss, Apple brought someone here, came in through the back door, and was in the backyard. β
Ren Yaochi nodded, and without saying a word, he walked to the backyard with a few maids.
In fact, Ren Yaoqi had other things to do when she went out today, for example, after she went out, she sent Apple away to find Zhu Ruomei.
Although Zhu Ruomei spends most of his time in the White Dragon Temple, he works for Xiao Jingxi, and now he has also bought a small courtyard in Yunyang City. I took my mother and sister over. Ren Yao inquired about his residence from Dong Sheng before, and knew that he happened to be in Yunyang City in the last few days, so he asked Apple to invite someone to come over to see him.
It is inconvenient to see Zhu Ruomei in the Lin family, but it is much more convenient to go to the territory of the king.
The two little maidens followed behind, and Parsley looked back and asked in a low voice, "Miss, who are they?" β
Ren Yaoqi said: "They are the maids I asked my grandmother to help me find, and they were raised here first." β
Xiangqin didn't understand why the fifth lady was looking for a maid and didn't bring it back to Ren's house through her grandfather's house, but she was also a maid herself, so it was not easy to ask too much about this matter, so she was very wise not to ask again.
However, Ren Yao was clear. Leshan and Leshui were not so lucky. Relying on her status as a favored big girl, Parsley began to show her majesty in front of the two little maids, Yang Wu and Yang Wei.
"You are walking too widely, and Mama Zhou saw that you were going to pump your calves!"
"Tsk, I want you to take smaller steps, not to let you walk slowly. I can't even walk the road. Mama Zhou is definitely not satisfied. β
"Why are you so stupid, you have to follow the rules in the future, otherwise Mama Zhou will not allow you to follow Miss Five! The maid next to the young lady is not something that can be if you want to! β
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So Leshan and Leshui understood one thing before they followed Ren Yaoqi, the maid sister next to Miss was so majestic. There is also a Mama Zhou who is very scary, very scary, as long as there is a little bit of bad work, they will not be allowed to follow Miss.
The parsley girl successfully succeeded in front of her juniors. also let Mama Zhou bear the notoriety for her.
When Ren Yaoqi arrived in the backyard, Apple had already led Zhu Ruomei to sit in the west chamber of the backyard to drink tea. When Ren Yaoqi passed, although only Apple and Zhu Ruomei were in the west chamber with the door open, Chunsheng was taking two monkey-like children in the courtyard to sweep the yard and flip heels.
Ren Yao knew the particularity of the palace, and she could only bring people to the backyard. If Zhu Ruomei wants to go inside, she can't, although Chunsheng is sweeping the floor in the courtyard, the movement on the back west side is always in his eyes.
Until he saw Ren Yaochi coming, Chunsheng took his two children and saluted Ren Yaoqi from afar, and then stood farther away, but the person was still in the backyard.
I don't know who is practicing the play, singing a part of life and death, only listening to his voice and not seeing him. The babbling and the sound of the erhu Yao piano continues. With some ethereal and unreal hilarity.
Zhu Ruomei looked at the coffee table with her fingers, and was listening attentively, when she looked up and saw Ren Yaoqi coming in, she hurriedly got up and saluted.
Ren Yaochi smiled and nodded, signaling Zhu Ruomei not to be polite, and then sat down on the main seat.
Leshan and Leshui consciously stayed outside the door and acted as the door god, Xiangqin thought about it and didn't follow up, after all, she was the maid of the third lady, not the fifth miss.
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The little girl on the right opened her mouth first and said: "The two slaves and maids have no names, they used to be called the eldest girl and the second girl, and begged the young lady to give the slaves and maids names." β
Sure enough, it's a clever girl.
Although Ren Yao's selection of girls is first of all loyal, it is not a bad thing to be smarter.
Rong smiled: "You name them." β
The two little girls finally raised their heads slightly, although they didn't dare to look at Ren Yaoqi, but their two pairs of bright eyes were full of hope, and they even looked a little excited.
Ren Yaochi thought for a while: "Which of you is the sister and who is the sister?" β
This time it was the little girl on the left who replied: "The slaves and maids don't know who is big and who is small, we were bought by our parents before we can remember, and the master who adopted us at the beginning always confused us, so I don't know who is the sister and who is the sister." β
"Then your name is Leshan." Ren Yaoqi first pointed to the one on the left, and then to the one on the right, "You are called Leshui." β
The sister, who had received her new name, knelt down again for joy and thanked her.
Rong smiled and quipped: "The wise man is happy with water, and the benevolent man is happy with the mountain." Your name is also very magnificent, where it looks like a maid's name. β
Ren Yaoqi held his chin and smiled brightly: "Is the name just for people?" Just like it. β
Ren Yaochi asked the two sisters some more questions, and found that the two sisters were not only smart, but also calm and not impetuous, and couldn't help but become more and more satisfied.
As she was talking, Ren Yaoqi saw the parsley standing at the door and glanced at her.
Ren Yaochi said to Rong: "Grandmother, can I go to the yard for a walk?" β
Rong didn't know if she saw the interaction between the two masters and servants, but she smiled very kindly: "If you want to go shopping, let Chu Chu follow you." β
Ren Yaoqi looked at the two little girls and said with a smile: "Let's let them follow, I'll come back when I go." She can't leave anyone by your side. β
Yi Hong is the concubine of her uncle Li Tianyou, and there is only one Chu Chu who serves the Rong family on weekdays. There were also a few little maids who were bought later, all of whom were waiting outside, and were not close. Xianwang and Rong's side only use the old people.
Ren Yaochi came out of Rong's room, Xiangqin looked at the two little maids with some curiosity, and saw that Ren Yaoqi didn't send people away before continuing: "Miss, Apple brought someone here, came in through the back door, and was in the backyard. β
Ren Yaochi nodded. Without saying a word, he walked to the backyard with a few maids.
In fact, Ren Yaoqi had other things to do when she went out today, for example, after she went out, she sent Apple away to find Zhu Ruomei.
Although Zhu Ruomei spends most of his time in the White Dragon Temple, he does things for Xiao Jingxi. Now I also bought a small yard in Yunyang City and took my mother and sister over. Ren Yao inquired about his residence from Dong Sheng before, and knew that he happened to be in Yunyang City in the last few days, so he asked Apple to invite someone to come over to see him.
It is inconvenient to see Zhu Ruomei in the Lin family, but it is much more convenient to go to the territory of the king.
The two little maidens followed behind. Xiangqin looked back and asked in a low voice, "Miss, who are they?" β
Ren Yaoqi said: "They are the maids I asked my grandmother to help me find, and they were raised here first." β
Xiangqin didn't understand why the fifth lady was looking for a maid, and she had to go through her grandfather's house and not bring it back to Ren's house. However, she is also a maid herself, so it is not easy to ask about this matter, so she wisely did not ask again.
However, Ren Yao was clean, and Leshan and Leshui were not so lucky. Relying on her status as a favored big girl, Parsley began to show her majesty in front of the two little maids, Yang Wu and Yang Wei.
"You are walking too widely, and Mama Zhou saw that you were going to pump your calves!"
"Tsk, I want you to take smaller steps, not to let you walk slowly. Even if she can't walk well, Mama Zhou will definitely not be satisfied. β
"Why are you so stupid, you have to follow the rules in the future, otherwise Mama Zhou will not allow you to follow Miss Five! The maid next to the young lady is not something that can be if you want to! β
β¦β¦
So Leshan and Leshui understood one thing before they followed Ren Yaoqi, the maid sister next to Miss was so majestic, and there was another Mama Zhou who was very scary and terrible, as long as they didn't do a good job, they would not be allowed to follow Miss.
The parsley girl successfully succeeded in her majesty in front of her juniors, and let Mama Zhou bear the notoriety for her.
When Ren Yaoqi arrived in the backyard, Apple had already led Zhu Ruomei to sit in the west chamber of the backyard to drink tea. When Ren Yaoqi passed, although only Apple and Zhu Ruomei were in the west chamber with the door open, Chunsheng was taking two monkey-like children in the courtyard to sweep the yard and flip heels.
Ren Yao knew the particularity of the palace, and she could only bring people to the backyard. If Zhu Ruomei wants to go inside, she can't, although Chunsheng is sweeping the floor in the courtyard, the movement on the back west side is always in his eyes.
Until he saw Ren Yaochi coming, Chunsheng took his two children and saluted Ren Yaoqi from afar, and then stood farther away, but the person was still in the backyard.
I don't know who is practicing the play, singing a part of life and death, only listening to his voice and not seeing him. The babbling and the sound of the erhu Yao piano continues. With some ethereal and unreal hilarity.
Zhu Ruomei looked at the coffee table with her fingers, and was listening attentively, when she looked up and saw Ren Yaoqi coming in, she hurriedly got up and saluted.
Ren Yaochi smiled and nodded, signaling Zhu Ruomei not to be polite, and then sat down on the main seat.
Leshan and Leshui consciously stayed outside the door and acted as the door god, Xiangqin thought about it and didn't follow up, after all, she was the maid of the third lady, not the fifth miss.
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