Xiao Jinglin sent Ren Yaoqi back to Baohua Hutong, stayed for lunch before leaving with Hongying.

Soon after Xiao Jinglin left, Apple led Sydney back.

After Sydney left the Ren family, although she was dressed a lot more plainly, her complexion was even better than when she was in the Ren family.

Ren Yaoqi saw that her cheeks were rosy and her breath was still a little short, obviously she had just come back from the Lei family's Zhuangzi to see her.

Ren Yaochi was not in a hurry to ask, but only asked her to sit down and drink some tea and rest with some snacks, and then asked people to invite Ren Yaohua over. When Xiao Jinglin was there just now, Ren Yaohua didn't rush to ask her about meeting Lei Pan'er, and Ren Yaoqi also wanted to wait for Sydney to come back from the news before telling Ren Yaohua about Xiao Qiao's matter.

When Ren Yaohua came over, Sydney had already finished drinking a cup of tea and used a few pastries, so-so to fill her stomach.

Ren Yaoqi told Ren Yaohua about the beginning and end of his meeting with Lei Paner and Xiao Qiao's today, and also explained his speculation about Xiao Qiao's purpose.

Sydney said on the side: "The fifth lady should be right, when the slave maid saw Miss Lei's nurse, she heard her say that as soon as Xiao Qiao's family entered the Lei Mansion, she began to pay attention to the eldest lady of the Lei family from time to time, and she had to take care of her food, clothing, housing and transportation herself. Xiao Qiao's wanted Miss Lei to move to her yard to live, and the nurse said in front of the head of the Lei family that Miss Lei recognized the bed, so Miss Lei stayed with Second Master Lei in the end. may be because of this incident, Xiao Qiao's family has a grudge against the nurse, and then the nurse was slandered by Xiao Qiao's for greedy Miss Lei's private money, and then driven out of the Lei Mansion. ”

Ren Yaohua had been frowning and listening, and after thinking about it, "Does this little Qiao's biological mother really look similar?" ”

Sydney nodded: "The nurse said that the two of them are seven or eight points like each other in appearance, but the first Mrs. Qiao has a gentle temperament and an excellent temper, unlike Xiao Qiao's." ”

Ren Yaochi asked, "Xiao Qiao's family has no heirs when he was in her husband's house?" ”

"It seems like I was once pregnant. It's a pity that her father-in-law died at that time, and she had a miscarriage due to grief and fear. I heard that the child was already formed when she was born, and it was a baby girl. ”

Ren Yaochi nodded, no wonder Xiao Qiao's family has never been a mother, but he is so obsessed with his children, it turns out that he once got it and then lost it.

"What is the attitude of the Lei family towards Xiao Qiao's family?" Asked again.

"Because Xiao Qiao's appearance looks like the biological mother of the eldest lady of the Lei family, the eldest lady of the Lei family does not reject her closeness, and is willing to listen to her words, otherwise she would not have allowed her to drive the nurse out of the house before. The head of the Lei family didn't see anything, but he just told the Lei family not to snub her. It didn't prevent the eldest lady of the Lei family from getting close to her, but the head of the Lei family did not let go of the proposal to let the eldest lady of the Lei family move over to live with Xiao Qiao's family. ”

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but think thoughtfully after listening, and then looked at Ren Yaohua, who was frowning.

Ren Yaohua noticed that her gaze turned her head, raised her eyebrows, and looked inquiring.

Ren Yaoqi smiled: "This is the matter of the inner courtyard of the Lei family, and I can't interfere." Even you don't have the right time to meddle in it. ”

Ren Yaohua understood, nodded and said, "I know this way." After a pause, she said to Ren Yaoqi again, "Don't worry. Wait for me...... When the time comes, we will deal with it. ”

Ren Yaoqi smiled, although she was worried, she also knew that she still needed to let go and let Ren Yaohua do it herself, otherwise Ren Yaohua was afraid that she would complain about being nosy.

Before Sydney leaves. Ren Yaochi comforted her and said: "I want to postpone your marriage with Zhu Ruomei for another year, but don't worry, I will definitely let you marry in a glorious manner when the time comes." ”

Sydney's face was so red when she heard this that she seemed to be dripping blood. But he still tried his best to look generous and decent: "Thank you, young lady, slave." She hesitated for a moment, then added, "Miss." Can the slave and maid do things for you after they get married? ”

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and his tone was also a little teasing: "Zhu Ruomei is now a big and small person, and many people have to call him Lord Zhu when he goes outside, what is the matter if you come back to do things for me?" ”

Sydney only thought that Ren Yaoqi was joking with her, and hurriedly said, "The slave just wants to serve you." ”

Sydney's words are also sincere, although the relationship between Miss Ren Wu and her master and servant did not have a good beginning, but after staying by Ren Yaoqi's side for a long time, she understood that Miss Ren Wu was a very good master.

Even after she left the Ren family, Ren Yaoqi took care of her very well, and the monthly rules and rewards on weekdays were no less than those of close service, and because Miss Ren Wu attached so much importance to her as a maid from beginning to end, the Zhu family also respected her very much.

What's more, Zhu Ruomei does not have a proper official position now, and Sydney only thinks that he is a nameless little entourage in the second son of Yanbei Wangfu. Sydney thought that even if it was inconvenient to serve Miss Fifth in the future because she had to serve her mother-in-law, she could still be competent in setting up a dowry shop or Zhuangzi for her.

Ren Yaochi patted her hand and said softly: "Of course it's good that you have this heart, so be it, if you think it's good to come back and help me do things, you can come back, I won't treat you badly." ”

Sydney breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, and hurriedly thanked her.

Ren Yaoqi said this, but she was just comforting her, because she knew that Zhu Ruomei was not a general, judging from the current situation of Yanbei Wangfu and Xian Wangfu, I am afraid that there will be a big move in the next year, and Zhu Ruomei will definitely come in handy at that time. Waiting for Zhu Ruomei to marry Sydney when she has a half-official position is naturally better than Sydney entering the door now. It's just that these things are not suitable for picking out with Sydney now, so Ren Yaochi didn't explain too much.

The next period of time was very calm, so in the blink of an eye, it was late August, and Ren Yaohua was about to leave the cabinet.

Just a few days before Ren Yaohua left the pavilion, news came from the Ren family's old house that Ren Yaoyin, the fourth lady, had returned.

The eldest wife of the Ren family is not happy that her daughter is coming back at this time, the Ren family is now stormy, and I don't know when Lu Dao will be able to tide over the difficulties, the eldest wife also passed a letter with the eldest daughter a while ago, asking the eldest daughter to find a good family in Jiangnan for Ren Yaoying, and she will accompany a rich dowry with the strength of the Gu family, so as not to worry that Ren Yaoyin will not find a good family.

But Ren Yaoyin wants to come back at this time, where does the Ren family still have the heart to plan for her family affairs now? Ren Yaoyin's age has been delayed. Mrs. Ren's plan was frustrated, so even if she hadn't seen her daughter for a few years, she was really a little worried in her heart, but she still didn't give Ren Yaoyin any good looks.

Ren Yaoqi didn't react, Sanfang has now moved away from Baihe Town, and he will only be able to take charge more and more in the future, and naturally there is not much intersection with Ren Yaoyin.

And Ren Yaohua is about to get married, she doesn't like Ren Yaoyin, she can die of old age in the future, and there is nothing to care about at all.

The day before the wedding, the family got married.

The Ren family prepared a dowry for Ren Yaohua, and according to the example of the Ren family's concubine, a three-entry house, two shops, a set of Huanghuali furniture, plus clothes and jewelry, as well as various furnishings and daily necessities, although because the current Ren family is not as good as at the beginning, Ren Yaohua's dowry has shrunk a lot, but in the eyes of outsiders, Ren Yaohua's marriage is still beautiful.

Generally speaking, when the daughter of a wealthy family marries, in addition to the dowry given by the family, the parents and foreign families will also subsidize some, and the amount of subsidy depends on the strength of each house. So sometimes even if it is a daughter of the same family in the same house, there is a gap in the dowry.

The Li family hasn't saved much private money over the years, so he just gave Ren Yaohua a few sets of good jewelry he saved. The Li family felt very sorry for this, other mothers would subsidize their dowries to their daughters, but when the Li family got married, when it was the most difficult time to offer the integrity of the palace, where could there be any dowry to accompany them? Ren Yaohua didn't care about this, Ren Yaohua knew best what the economic situation of the third room was, so even if the Li family wanted to give her a few sets of head jewelry, she was only willing to ask for half of them, and she wanted to leave the other half to Ren Yaoqi.

However, Ren Yaochi found Ren Shimin and talked to her, and that night, when Ren Yaohua came to listen to his teachings, he gave her three thousand taels of silver to press the bottom of the box, and also gave her a few valuable and elegant things such as famous paintings and calligraphy to act as a façade, which made Ren Yaohua shocked and a little flattered.

The Rong family also added a dowry to Ren Yaohua, two thousand taels of silver tickets plus a pair of dragons and phoenixes. After Xianwangfu got in touch with Hezhong, there are some things that don't need to be hidden and pinched, and there are still some foundations. I heard that the pair of jade pendants was still something that was rewarded by the emperor back then.

The rest of the relatives also said more or less when they added makeup to Ren Yaohua that Ren Shijia was the most generous, in addition to adding a set of red gold heads, a pair of jade bracelets, and eight brocades to Ren Yaohua, they also gave Ren Yaohua an additional 1,000 taels of silver.

Ren Shijia didn't have such a big deal when other nieces got married, and the reason why he treated Ren Yaohua differently was mainly because of Ren Yaohua's period, and now that the Lin family has been separated, Lin Kun has a lot of industries, and Ren Shijia has a lot of money on hand.

She even pulled Ren Yaochi and said secretly: "Good boy, when you get married, my aunt will still have good things for you." "It's very confident.

On the day of the wedding, four of the eight dowry maids prepared by Mrs. Ren for Ren Yaohua were originally to be sent to the Lei family together with her dowry, but Mrs. Ren did not expect that before the dowry was sent to the Lei family, the maids she carefully prepared were all replaced by Mama Zhou quietly. (To be continued......)