In order to avoid embarrassment, Jiang Ruanyan decided not to tell Gu Shenyuan about this trip, anyway, Gu Shenyuan would eventually know if he didn't say it.

After dinner, everyone went back to their own room to rest, Jiang Ruanyan returned to his room, and after a while, Jiang Qingdi brought her a wide black robe with a hat.

After Jiang Ruanyan put it on, he got into the carriage from the backyard with him, the car staggered away for a long time, and it was pitch black outside, Jiang Ruanyan didn't know where it was.

Fortunately, there is Jiang Qing next to him, and Jiang Chen is accompanied by Jiang Ancestral Hall, otherwise it would be terrible to come to this kind of place alone at night.

I don't know how long it took for the carriage to finally stop.

"Here we are, miss." Jiang Qing took the lead in getting out of the car and stretched out his hand to support Jiang Ruanyan under the car.

When she got out of the carriage, she saw that it was a large courtyard, but it looked like there were shadows of trees all around, as if no one lived nearby.

"Where is this?"

"This is a courtyard in the west of the city, and it is a wealthy merchant of the Jiang family, but he has been incognito since entering Beijing, so the young lady doesn't have to worry."

In fact, Jiang Ruanyan was just curious, and never worried about these problems.

"Miss, please come with me." Jiang Qing said and led Jiang Ruanyan towards the courtyard, although it was dark around, Jiang Ruanyan could still sense that the area of the courtyard was very large.

Moreover, the decoration of the house is also very magnificent, and it looks like it must be owned by a large family, and I have been walking a long way down the corridor until I finally see a brightly lit room.

After Jiang Qing and Jiang Ci pushed open the door, Jiang Ruanyan lifted the hem of her skirt and was about to step into the house, but was greeted by a voice "Meet the princess!" He was so frightened that he retracted his leg again.

Jiang Ruanyan raised his head and saw that there were more than 20 people in the small room, each of whom was above her in age, but they were very respectful to her.

"You're welcome, everybody." Jiang Ruanyan smiled awkwardly, hiding the trace of panic just now.

"Miss, let's go inside." However, after Jiang Qing on the side reminded her, she realized that she was still standing outside the door.

After entering the house, Jiang Ruanyan sat on the upper seat under the leadership of the three of them, which made her very uncomfortable.

"Everyone has been in Beijing for a long time, and there are some things I have always wanted to say to you, but I didn't find the right opportunity, this time we have been together since then, and I want to have a good chat with you."

Jiang Ruanyan said straight to the point, everyone in the audience was very respectful, Jiang Ruanyan had a hint of illusion, and felt that he was lecturing.

"You should have heard of what the House of Everything did this time?" Jiang Ruanyan asked first.

"Yes, we have all heard of what the House of Everything is doing, but we don't know why the princess is doing this, and we ask the princess to give us some advice."

Jiang Ruanyan only felt awkward when he heard the old man's words, "Before talking about this, let me tell you about my habits, I'm not used to you calling me princess, just call me Miss, or call me by my name." ”

Jiang said enthusiastically, but no one below responded to her.

"In addition, I don't like the etiquette of kneeling, everyone is more relaxed when they see me, they don't need to be so serious, they are more relaxed and relaxed."

Jiang softly said I waved my hand to everyone, and since they sat down, everyone straightened their backs and sat up straighter than the chairs behind them.

This made Jiang Ruanyan feel like a tyrant, but even after saying this, the people below still didn't dare to relax.

Jiang Ruanyan sighed lightly, well, it's not the first time she's seen this kind of scene.

"Actually, I don't have any intentions, I just really want to help the people who have been affected by the disaster."

"But the ...... Miss, they are all family people, you know, if you can take advantage of this disaster to weaken the power of the people, and by the way, provoke their dissatisfaction with the current emperor, it will be very beneficial to our Jiang family. One of the old men couldn't hold back and stepped forward to speak.

Jiang Ruanyan had long expected that she would definitely encounter such a scene this time, and she had already been mentally prepared.

"But that's not what I want to do."

Everyone gasped when they heard this.

"I'm here today to make my position clear to you, and I don't want to start a war."

When she said this, the people below had already turned from surprise to anger, "Miss mean, do you want to forget our past and live secretly for the rest of your life?" ”

It can be seen that the old man is already angry.

Jiang Ruanyan was still calm, she took the initiative to step forward, "No, I mean the opposite, I will never forget my surname Jiang, but what I want to tell you today is that I will not use such memories to destroy other countries and hurt other families." ”

Jiang Ruanyan paused and continued, "I am a princess, and at the same time someone else's daughter, I have not had my father and mother by my side since I was a child, and my aunt who raised me left when I was fifteen years old, I understand this feeling of losing a loved one." ”

When everyone heard this, the flames of anger just now were pressed down.

"I will never forget the pain of losing my country, but are we sure that in order to take revenge on those who have hurt us and caused us suffering, we will hurt others and put others in suffering?"

Jiang Ruanyan didn't believe that they were such people, "Now you have also seen the scene of the disaster people fleeing, it is a natural disaster, no one can stop it, no one is to blame, but when their wives are separated, when their relatives die, do we really feel no sense in our hearts?" As far as I know, this is not the case with you. ”

Jiang Ruanyan looked at everyone.

During this period of time, when Jiang Chen was helping to gather these old people, he also recorded some of their behaviors, and finally gathered them all to Jiang Ruanyan.

"I know that although Mr. Zhang did not take the initiative to donate, every time he met a victim on the road, he would donate the silver taels he carried with him."

After speaking, Jiang Ruanyan turned to the other side.

"I also know that Master Li, when the victims poured into the city, he bought a large amount of rice and noodles, and hoarded the grain at home, others thought that he was going to store food for his own family, but soon some victims found that there would always be several bags of rice and noodles thrown out in their backyard, and they said that they were expired and could not be eaten, but in fact they were still fresh rice."

After Jiang Ruanyan finished speaking, the people below began to peek at each other, and some even whispered.

Jiang Ruanyan knew that all of them had silently helped the victims, but no one had mentioned it, they were resistant to helping Tianlun in their hearts, but they were warm-hearted from the bottom of their hearts.

But since this is the case, everyone is reluctant to admit it, so Jiang Ruanyan plans to change his approach.

"Think about what we would gain if we rebelled at a specific time, as you had planned?"

"Of course it's a world that belongs to us!" One of the middle-aged men, who was older than Jiang Ruanyan, said loudly.

"I want to know what's in the world?" Jiang Ruanyan continued to ask.

"There are people, there are rivers and mountains, and there is everything we want." The man replied confidently.

"You're talking too broadly." Jiang Ruanyan smiled slightly, but this smile aroused the sourness in her heart.

"When someone rebels, the first to suffer is the people, who at first only stay in their old homes, but because of the outbreak of war, the strong men of the family are captured and sent to serve as soldiers, the young children leave their fathers, the wives and the elderly leave their husbands and sons who can take care of themselves, and a family becomes fragmented."

Jiang Ruanyan looked at everyone again, and most of the people in the room had already lowered their heads.

"The reason why they are so scared is because they know that once he leaves, he may not come back. In the end, all we are left with may be a large number of old people and a large number of invalids, and even if we win, the people will hate us. ”

Jiang Ruanyan restrained his emotions a little and continued, "How can a court that is disgusted by the people run smoothly, when our country is stained red with blood, do you still think it is picturesque?" Is all you want is a corpse strewn across the field at sunset? “

This time, no one stood up again to answer.

"I always remember my past, I remind myself all the time, but I don't want to rebel, but I want to remind me, even so, I can't learn from the previous enemy because of the hatred in my heart, for my own selfish desires to hurt the world, I must not create another me with my own hands."

For a moment, everyone was silent, and after a long time, a voice came from the corner.

"Miss, what you said makes sense, we don't want to see the scene of the country ruined and the family ruined, but if you want us to help Tianlun and return to Tianlun, then we are absolutely unwilling."

"I don't want you to be obedient, I just want you to come out of the idea of revenge. In fact, you don't realize that when you only think about revenge, there is no room for anything else in your heart. ”

Saying that, Jiang Ruanyan began to give examples, "If I ask you, what else do you want to do besides revenge?" Now there are a few people who can answer me. ”

Jiang Ruanyan swept around, and no one in the room raised their hands.

"Look, that's what I'm talking about, you're imprisoned."

Jiang Ruanyan explained to everyone. "But there's a lot more you can do, like making this country happier, like making your family happier."

"But family is not our country." One of them said quickly.

"Tianlun is not our country, so is it your home now that you are at home? Your wife's child, is it your wife's child? ”

The people below were all stunned by Jiang Ruanyan's question, Jiang Ruanyan smiled and beckoned to everyone, "Come, everyone is in a circle." ”

Jiang Ruanyan looked at them, and although everyone didn't understand what she was doing, they still did it.

After almost a circle, she asked the tables and chairs to be pulled apart, and everyone sat on the floor, everyone closer.

"What I want to tell you is that although we have had a painful experience, we have now rebuilt our own home, starting from our small family, you have your own wife, your own children, your own house, and each of your small families is connected to one family."