The princess of Yanbei Wangfu is also the old princess. Concubine Niangniang doesn't like others to call her Concubine Li, because if she is called Concubine Li, then Concubine Yun, who is only half a level below her in terms of rank, will also become Concubine Yun, and the gap between the two cannot be heard from the name. Therefore, the concubine Niangniang let people call her the old princess, and the concubine Yun is the old lady Yun, who is immediately superior.

There are birthdays every year, birthdays are held every year, and there is nothing unusual about it. It's just that this year seems to be a little different, because King Yanbei wrote an excerpt early in the morning, asking the prince of Yanbei, who was hostage in Kyoto, to come back to congratulate the concubine on her birthday.

Xiao Jingkang, the prince of Yanbei Wangfu, was recruited to Kyoto by the imperial court as a hostage since he was a child, and he has hardly returned to Yanbei since then, and even the matter of marrying is handled by the imperial court. This time, with the survival of Concubine Li, the prince asked to return to Yanbei, which is really a happy thing for the people of Yanbei.

Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised when she heard this, because in the previous life, she didn't remember that Xiao Shizi had come back to Yanbei at this time. And now because of the incident in Ningxia, the situation between the imperial court and Yanbei is already very dangerous, coupled with the entry of the Xianwang Mansion, the imperial court is not afraid to let the tiger return to the mountain if the prince is released? I'm afraid it's not easy for the prince to return to Yanbei, right?

Over there, Lei Ting only mentioned it in passing, and then chatted with Ren San about this book repair, and Ren Yaoqi didn't think about it anymore.

After the meal, Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoqi's sisters went to the side to talk about themselves, Ren Yaohua told Ren Yaoqi about Xiao Qiao's affairs, Ren Yaoqi just reminded Ren Yaohua to pay attention to Xiao Qiao's movements, to see if she had any contact with people outside, and the rest didn't say much.

Ren Yaohua and Lei Ting and his wife stayed until they finished dinner before returning home, and when they left, they were the most reluctant to become Lei Paner, there was a pomegranate tree in the backyard of Ren's house that was bearing fruit, Lei Paner commanded the maid to pick the pomegranates of that tree today, although the fruit did not taste very sweet, the little girl had a lot of fun, and explained that next year's pomegranates would have to be kept for her to pick. Lei Paner is smart and lively. There was no one in the Ren family who didn't like her, and even the third master Ren gave her a Tianhuangshi flower and bird seal engraved by herself.

Li and Ren Yaoqi personally sent Ren Yaohua out of the second gate, and only after their carriage drove away did they turn around and go back to the inner courtyard. Just walked to the Hanging Flower Gate and saw Ren Yihong walking over with a strange teenager.

Seeing Li and Ren Yaoqi, Ren Yihong hurriedly stepped forward to greet him. Ren Yihong also came to see Lei Ting's brother-in-law before, and was later sent to the outer courtyard to read the book by the third master Ren.

"Mother, this is Meng Shilin, my father's student, and my father asked his son to bring him over, saying that he had something to give to Brother Shilin." Ren Yihong saw Li Shi looking at the young man beside him, and hurriedly explained.

Meng Shilin hurriedly saluted the Li family and called the Li family his wife.

Ren Yaoqi also glanced at the young man. Seeing that although he looks ordinary, he is very gentle, and there is a bookish atmosphere of a scholar between his gestures, and when he sees Li and Ren Yaoqi's attitude, he is very polite and does not put his eyes on Ren Yaoqi's face, and he looks neither humble nor arrogant, and he looks like he has received a good education. It's just that although the material of his clothes is not too bad, it seems to have been washed many times, and it is very old.

"Your surname is Meng?" Li smiled kindly at Meng Shilin and asked casually.

The Meng family is also a big family in Yanbei, and the aunt of Guo Yujiao, the eldest lady of the Guo family, is the current head of the Meng family. Li heard that his surname was Meng. thought he was a child of the Meng family.

Meng Shilin bowed his head and replied respectfully: "If you go back to your master's words, the student is a child of the Meng family. ”

Li didn't despise him when he heard that he was just a side branch of the Meng family, and still said kindly: "I heard the master mention that he has a proud protégé surnamed Meng, it must be you." Don't stand outside. Come in and sit and wait, I'll ask the master to go. ”

Meng Shilin hurriedly thanked him, and it happened that at this time, the third master Ren walked out of it with a few books. Several people hurriedly gave the third master Ren a salute.

The Li family didn't want to stay here for long, so he took Ren Yaoqi back first.

At night. Ren Yao went to say goodnight to his parents, and when he walked to the main room, he happened to hear Master Ren San and Li talking about Meng Shilin in the second room.

Master Ren asked Li, "You just met Meng Shilin, what do you think of him?" ”

Li Shi was stunned when he heard this. replied: "It's a polite child." ”

Ren Shimin nodded with satisfaction: "Not only is he polite and polite, but he is also good at learning, and he writes very well." I have a lot of students, and his qualifications are the best, but unfortunately this time he missed the autumn season, and he has to wait another three years. Ren Shimin sighed regretfully when he said this.

"I heard him say that he is a side branch of the Meng family?" Lee asked.

Ren Shimin nodded: "His relationship with the Meng family's grandson is a little far away, his father and mother-in-law have passed away, and he lives with his mother-in-law, and there is no permanent property in housework." But fortunately, he is a child of the Meng family, and he can still accept the care of the clan, otherwise he would not be able to be admitted to Yunyang Academy. ”

For example, large families generally have clan studies, in order to facilitate the education of the children of the clan. In this case, Meng Shilin can still receive help from the clan every month.

It was rare for the Li family to see Ren Shimin mention his student's family background in such detail, and he couldn't help but say tentatively: "Listening to the master's meaning, it seems that he admires him very much?" ”

Ren Shimin happily admitted: "Well, although Meng Shilin's family background is a little worse, I am not that powerful. So I want him to be my half-son. ”

Half a son is the meaning of a son-in-law, and the third master wants Meng Shilin to be his son-in-law?

Li Shi was stunned again, and couldn't help but ask carefully: "Which daughter does the master want to marry Meng Shilin?" ”

Master Ren San said as a matter of course: "Which other daughter?" Of course, it's Yaoying, and they are all good matches in terms of identity. Yaoyao is still young, don't worry! ”

Lee: "......"

Master Ren San seemed to have forgotten that Ren Yaoying was younger than Ren Yaoying.

However, the Li family still breathed a sigh of relief, he heard that the third master Ren admired Meng Shilin so much, and thought that he wanted to marry Ren Yaoqi. Although Li did not mean to look down on Meng Shilin, it did not mean that she was willing to marry her daughter to her concubine. Fortunately, the third master has not been carried away by his love for talent.

"Yaoying is still in Baihe Town, and her relatives are afraid that she will ask her mother." Li Shi thought about it and tactfully reminded Master Ren. The third master of Ren is a person who loves talents, but the rest of the Ren family is not necessarily the same. Although Meng Shilin is not a child of a poor family, he is not much better than a child of a poor family, and Mrs. Ren may not be able to pass that level.

However, Master Ren San's impression of Meng Shilin was too good, and he didn't care when he heard the words: "I can still make the decision on the marriage of a concubine, you don't have to worry about it, mother, I will mention it." ”

Seeing that the third master had made up his mind, the Li family didn't say anything anymore, except for the arrival of the Meng Gongzi from his family background.

Ren Yaoqi shook his head after listening to this conversation, Ren San's master wanted to marry Ren Yaoying to Meng Shilin, I am afraid it is not so easy. Even if she is just a concubine, she can be exchanged for benefits in the second elder of the Ren family, where can the third elder of Ren be tossed casually?

However, Ren Shimin was really interested in this matter, and a few days after discussing it with the Li family, he personally went to Baihe Town and discussed with Mrs. Ren about his desire to marry Ren Yaoying to Meng Shilin.

It's just a pity that Mrs. Ren was very dissatisfied with Ren Shimin's arrangement, so she vetoed it in one bite.

Ren Yaoying became a laughing stock because of the concubine, so at this time, the big families in Yanzhou naturally looked down on her, but Mrs. Ren had other plans in her heart.

The Ren family is now seeing that the day is not as good as the day, and the He family in Zhuozhou, who has always had business dealings with the Ren family, seems to want to find someone else to cooperate. The He family is making porcelain, and it is a relatively large cooperative merchant of the Ren family over the years, and the He family's status in the Zhuozhou business community is not low after several generations of operation. If the He family gave up business with the Ren family at this time, the Ren family would lose more than just the He family's business partner.

Therefore, Mrs. Ren wanted to marry the He family and marry Ren Yaoying to the eldest master of the He family to fill the house. The eldest son of the He family is the eldest son of the He family, his wife died the year before last, and he has two concubines, three concubines and two concubines, but the eldest grandfather of the He family is almost fifty years old now, and he is not a few years younger than the old lady Ren.

The reason why Mrs. Ren fell in love with the eldest master of the He family was that he was the eldest son of the He family, and as soon as the head of the He family died, he was in charge of the family, and the eldest lady He only had two concubines and no sons-in-law, and the old lady Ren thought that after letting Ren Yaoying go over, it would be best if she could give birth to a son.

Mrs. Ren told the third master of Ren her plan, and the third master of Ren was naturally unhappy. It's nothing for a concubine to fill a house, but the son-in-law is older than him, and the third master Ren feels that he can't afford to lose this person. If this family business is completed, he will not want to raise his head in front of his friends in the future.

In the end, neither Mrs. Ren nor Mr. Ren persuaded anyone, and they broke up unhappily.

Mrs. Ren has a lot of eyes, she was afraid that the third master Ren would be difficult, so she secretly married Ren Yaoying to his poor student, who was destitute, and first started to discuss marriage with the He family in order to conceal the third master Ren. The third master Ren was not as good as the old lady Ren in this regard, so he lagged behind her.

Ren Yaoqi watched coldly from the side, neither interfering nor asking.

It's just that no one expected that it didn't take long for a major event to happen in Kyoto, Xiao Shizi was assassinated and seriously injured.

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Supplement updated on March 6

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(To be continued......)