Ruan Qingzhi entered the Xifang Garden directly from the corner gate.

I thought I could take a good bath and sleep to wash away the fatigue of these two months, but I didn't expect to see the lights shining as soon as I entered the yard, and it was the old lady waiting for her inside.

Ruan Qingzhi had to patiently step forward to salute, but before he could stand up, he was hugged and cried by the two girls with Yun and Yue, and he was half unconscious.

After crying and laughing enough, Ruan Qingzhi got up and sat on the small stool in front of the old lady with a sigh of relief, and asked, "Why did grandmother come over late at night?" ”

"Tell me first, what's going on in the palace?" The old lady asked in a deep voice.

Ruan Qingzhi thought for a while and said truthfully: "The emperor has died, the crown prince may be paralyzed, and the protagonist of the enthronement ceremony in three days will be replaced." ”

"What about your father?" The old lady stared at her.

Ruan Qingzhi hesitated for a moment and lowered his head: "Go and set a coffin at dawn." Something happened in the palace, and good coffins may be in short supply during this time. ”

The old lady snapped and dropped the crutches in her hand: "Your father is gone?" ”

"Yes." Ruan Qingzhi said lightly, "The prince buried gunpowder in the Fu'an Palace, and dozens of people died. ”

"I don't care how many people die!" The old lady trembled, "I only ask you: Your father died, and you came back on your own as if nothing happened?" You don't care about your father's corpse? You don't shed a tear for your father, but you have the heart to come back and hug the girl and cry why you are reunited after a long absence? ”

Ruan Qingzhi stood up with a cold attitude: "I'm not crying about a reunion after a long absence, it's about the rest of my life after the catastrophe." ”

The old lady also stood up and kicked her crutches away: "You have survived the catastrophe, but your father is dead!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi took two steps back and said coldly: "If he died twenty years ago, Nanqi could have killed two or three hundred thousand people." ”

The old lady was so angry that her eyes were red, and she trembled and raised her slap to hit someone.

Ruan Qingzhi looked at her indifferently: "You don't have to murder me. This is what my father himself said in front of the Manchu civil and military forces, and he said that the emperor killed him too late. ”

The old lady was so angry that she almost fainted, and she trembled and pointed at her for a while before gritting her teeth and saying, "If your father died twenty years ago, how could you raise such a heartless thing as you!" ”

"Not necessarily." Ruan Qingzhi took off his dirty cloak and threw it on the ground, and sat down: "Maybe I'm lucky enough to be reincarnated in a good family and suffer less of those fourteen years of sins." ”

The old lady finally rolled her eyes and fell backwards.

Mama Zhou next to her hurriedly stretched out her hand to support her, and when she looked up, she was about to accuse Ruan Qingzhi.

Ruan Qingzhi laughed mockingly: "Mama Zhou, don't scold me, I have studied medicine, I can tell whether I am dizzy or fake." Also, I didn't save the emperor when he died right under my nose, don't use it to pressure me with any loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, I don't care. ”

Mama Zhou really closed her mouth again, and the old lady who "fainted" quickly opened her eyes, and sat on the soft couch with the support of the girls, wiping her tears incessantly.

Ruan Qingzhi didn't feel uncomfortable either, and when she saw that she didn't speak, she turned around and instructed Xianyun: "Boil some water for me, I have to wash off this bloody body." I saw more dead people than living people in these two months, and that's enough! ”

Xieyun agreed and retreated, and the old lady raised her head again: "I have seen a lot of dead people, and your heart and liver will be eaten by dogs along with the dead people?" ”

Ruan Qingzhi was panicking in his heart, and when he heard this, he suddenly stood up again, angry: "The old lady remembered wrong, right? I was born without a heart, you forgot? When I was born, my mother died so quickly that most of my heart and liver fell into her womb and was not born! ”

"You...... Nonsense! The old lady slapped the table angrily.

Ruan Qingzhi sat back and muttered, "Or maybe I shouldn't have a heart at all." After all, this thing is also genetic, and what my father didn't have, how could I grow it out of thin air? ”

"You don't have to change your way of praising and belittling your father," the old lady gritted her teeth, "the people are gone, and the dead are the greatest!" ”

"Yes," Ruan Qingzhi was religiously taught, "so the innocent people who died in vain in the northern provinces eighteen years ago add up to bigger than the sky. The emperor has written an edict of abdication for that matter, which shows that it is indeed the dead! ”

"Everyone knows about that?!" The old lady was shocked.

Ruan Qingzhi looked at her: "So, grandmother, you always knew about that?" Do you know that it was my father's plan that killed innocent people in several cities in the north? ”

The old lady dodged her gaze and did not answer her words.

Ruan Qingzhi sneered, took the tea brought by the moon, and didn't ask any more.

The room was quiet for a long time, and when Ruan Qingzhi thought that the old lady was asleep, she suddenly asked again: "Are you unhappy for those people who died in vain, so you think your father deserves to die?" ”

"No," Ruan Qingzhi shook her head, "Those things have nothing to do with me. ”

Whether it was the disaster eighteen years ago or the death of Nguyen Van Trung, it had nothing to do with her.

The old lady understood the meaning, and her face sank again with anger: "It has nothing to do with you?" You're dreaming! Your surname is Ruan, and when you go out of this door, whoever sees you will shout 'Miss Ruan', do you say that your father's life or death has anything to do with you? ”

"They can also call me 'Qingyang County Lord'." Ruan Qingzhi corrected.

The old lady was stunned for a moment, and then sneered: "Lord Qingyang, this identity is supported by the royal family." But you probably don't know yet, whether the royal family is willing to promote you or not, it still depends on whether your mother's family is decent enough! ”

"My 'mother' family is very decent," Ruan Qingzhi immediately continued, "When the new emperor ascends the throne, my grandfather will be the elder of the Three Dynasties." is admired by the world, and there is no more decent person in the world than his old man. ”

This "maiden family" is not her "maiden family", the old lady has been so angry with her that she is numb, and she doesn't even bother to roll her eyes.

So Ruan Qingzhi drank a bowl of tea in a hurry, and then came back with Yun to say that the water was boiled.

This is also what it means to chase customers.

The old lady refused to leave, looked at Ruan Qingzhi, softened her tone and made a serious look: "I know how dissatisfied you are with your father. But when people die like lights going out, you will have great resentment, and you should let go of it at this time! ”

Ruan Qingzhi played with the tea cup and said helplessly: "I put it down, but didn't you mention it to me again!" ”

This sentence made the old lady angry enough. But at this time, her old man also understood, and remembered that this granddaughter eats soft and not hard, so she had to continue to suppress her anger and persuade bitterly: "Anyway, your father is gone, and your careless appearance will be criticized." Moreover, you will ...... You are running for that position, but the heavenly family is the most auspicious, you are an orphan without a father or mother......"

Without a father or mother, that is an ominous person, and the royal family taboos this.

Ban Yue's face immediately changed when he heard it, and he almost cried on the spot.

Ruan Qingzhi only pouted indifferently: "The rules are set for ordinary people, I am not an ordinary person." ”

It's outrageous. The tears that didn't have time to fall out of Banyue suddenly laughed back.

The old lady was silent for a long time.

Ruan Qingzhi slowly stood up and looked at the door: "Grandmother, it's almost dawn." ”

The old lady sat still.

Ruan Qingzhi added: "If you don't go to order the coffin, it's really too late." There were four people who died in the night of the third rank or more, and those who were above the fifth rank could not be counted. My father died of sin, and I was afraid that I would not have the face to fight with others for any dignity. We can't be like those small households, just send a thin coffin, right? ”

When the old lady heard her talk about the coffin, tears fell. Mama Zhou hurriedly stepped forward to help her get up, and the master and servant wiped their tears together.

"Eldest sister, your father is ...... Really dead? The old lady seemed to feel unbelieving at this moment, and asked again.

Ruan Qingzhi said lightly: "Yes." When the explosion occurred, the prince grabbed him and threw him back into the palace, and he died on the spot. ”

The old lady didn't wait for her to finish crying again.

Ruan Qingzhi leaned on the screen and waited for a long time without her crying, so she had to say again: "You don't have to be too sad." Although his sins could not be atonemented by each of us to help him die 10,000 times, this time he took the initiative to tell the truth, which can be regarded as atonement. With my grandfather and I here, those old things in the court and China should not hold on to the old things, so it is still unlikely that our family will be raided and wiped out to settle old accounts. Wait for the matter in front of you, you dismissed the Prime Minister's Mansion to live with the second uncle and the third uncle, and it is okay to hold this family and wait for Jiao'er Hao'er to grow up, and it is not a big deal. ”

The old lady listened carefully with a crying voice, knowing that Ruan Qingzhi had thought about this family, and her heart was finally a little more comfortable.

But the depression in his chest was still unavoidable, and he said angrily to Ruan Qingzhi: "You could have kept the Ruan family, but you didn't do a good job!" ”

"Yes." Ruan Qingzhi admits frankly, "I could have done it, but I didn't want to." ”

The old lady was immediately angry again.

Ruan Qingzhi went to open the door, stood outside and said, "Grandmother is sad, please go to my father's room to see things and think about people, or cry to my aunts, open the ancestral hall and cry at my grandfather's tablet." It's not necessary to be angry with me, I myself have just escaped from death, and I am not in the mood to act as a filial son and grandson to make your old man happy. ”

When the old lady heard these words clearly, she was bitter in her chest.

Mama Zhou was afraid that the old man would faint, so she was busy persuading people to leave, and on the way to see that it was almost dawn, she hurriedly called someone to call the housekeeper to buy a coffin.

It's time to handle the funeral of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Ruan Qingzhi turned around and came back, and brought hot water with Cheng Hu and them, making the room steam.

Waiting for the guards to retreat, Banyue cried while helping Ruan Qingzhi undress: "The old lady is too bullying!" The master died by herself, why should she scold the young lady! Ladies are skinny...... I've suffered so much, and I don't see a word of concern from her! ”

Ruan Qingzhi jumped into the bathtub, raised his hand and pinched his face, frowning.

Even if she really didn't lose weight, this dead girl didn't have to deliberately pause, right? What's wrong with not losing weight? It's not like she can't afford to eat!

Banyue realized that the young lady was not very happy, and her heart was really broken by the old lady, and she was busy comforting her in every possible way.

Ruan Qingzhi listened drowsily, and slid straight to the bottom of the bathtub.

As soon as Banyue opened her eyes and disappeared from Miss, she was suddenly frightened, and hurriedly reached out to fish her up, crying again: "Look how tired Miss is, and you will be bullied by them when you come back!" Now that this is the case, they will become orphans without fathers and mothers in the future, won't they have to work hard! ”

"Grandma," Ruan Qingzhi was helpless, "be quiet!" Except for you, no one in this house dares to bully me! ”

Banyue immediately jumped up when she heard this: "Miss, don't talk nonsense, how dare I bully you, I'm your girl!" - I just don't know how long I can be a girl...... I am the one the old lady gave to you, and if the old lady is not happy, she may take me back; Or maybe if the matter between the young lady and His Royal Highness King Li can't be done......"

"Stop!" Ruan Qingzhi sat up with a sigh, "What can't be done?!" ”

Banyue cried again when she heard this: "Miss, you don't have to force your face to laugh, the slaves and maids already know!" ”

"What do you know?" Ruan Qingzhi was shocked, "I don't even know!" ”

Banyue wiped a handful of tears: "Didn't the old lady say it all, Miss is an orphan without a father and mother, and she can't be a queen anymore!" For a while, the people in Beijing said that His Majesty no longer believed in the fate of the phoenix, and he chose Wang Shangshu's young lady as the concubine for His Royal Highness the Prince, and it was logical that she would be the queen in the future! ”

Ruan Qingzhi listened carefully to what she said, and after thinking about it for a long time, the more confused she became: "So, what does this matter have to do with me?" ”

Banyue was stunned for a moment.

Ruan Qingzhi held the bathtub with one hand, and reached out to touch her forehead with the other: "This kid, isn't he stupid?" Ling Shuang, who will he marry as a concubine, what does it matter to me? ”

Banyue escaped from under her hands, thought about it for a while, and sneered: "It seems that it has nothing to do with us, I'm angry!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi lay back in the bucket and closed his eyes: "What are you angry about?" Did others say something ugly to you? ”

Banyue snorted and sat heavily in his chair.

This posture knows that there are no good words.

Ruan Qingzhi didn't plan to ask, Banyue had already said it herself: "Those black-hearted and rotten lungs, you don't know, seeing that we have lost momentum, can you still take the opportunity to step on two feet?" It's been a while in our ears, and everyone is saying cool things, and they say back and forth that our Royal Highness has no chance, and that it was the young lady who killed him, and some people cursed ......him."

"Don't talk about it." Ruan Qingzhi patted the water to interrupt her words, and asked, "Where did you hear that?" Furi? ”

Banyue thought for a while and nodded: "There is more talk in the house, but there is less outside." ”

Before she finished speaking, a handful of water was splashed on her body, and Ruan Qingzhi stood up: "Is this girl stupid?" You can't guess why some people in the house gossip? It's also worth being angry about! I think you're stupid! ”

Banyue was aggrieved: "Isn't there a saying that 'care is chaos', I'm worried about you, of course it'...... What the old lady just said is right, ordinary people refuse to marry the 'widow's eldest daughter', not to mention that now not only the wife is gone, but the master is also gone...... Throughout the ages, how can there be a queen without a father and a mother! ”

"Of course there is!" Ruan Qingzhi felt that this girl was inexplicable, "Which queen's father and mother are immortal?" People live to a certain age to die! ”

Yiyun took the velvet blanket in and wrapped Ruan Qingzhi, and sighed, "That's different." Miss, although no one can live forever, the children of the heavenly family must marry a wife depending on whether their parents and brothers are complete. Previously, there was no lady in our house, and the lord could marry another room to fill the number; Now that even the master is gone, I'm afraid it will be really troublesome. ”

"I've never seen such rules," Ruan Qingzhi waved his hand, "I don't believe in that either!" The royal marriage is not an old man, he is not in charge of other people's parents! If Ye Han can't even handle this little thing, what face does he have to worry about the country? Let him go back to the northwest and lead the troops to be a savage! ”

With Yun couldn't help her, after thinking about it, he suddenly smiled again: "Miss Co-author is determined to eat His Royal Highness, but the two of us are worried in vain!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi walked to the soft couch and lay down comfortably, and breathed a long sigh of relief: "It's still comfortable at home...... Who worries you? I ran to the Great North by myself to freeze like that, and I survived it, and the two of you stayed at home, with four guards with you, and you were still so tired, you are not a loss! ”

Yiyun brought the brazier over to help her dry her hair, and sighed: "I'm worried that I can't help at home." And during this time, the second lady was very dishonest, Lin Ping and the others were staring at her, and at the same time, they were busy with the things that His Highness had explained, and they often couldn't see anyone all day, and so many things happened outside, so we were even more afraid. ”

"Ruan Biyun is not honest?" Ruan Qingzhi held her hair and sat up, "What did she do again?" ”

Xieyun hurriedly helped her lie down again, and muttered: "It doesn't seem that I have done anything too out of the ordinary, I just often go to play with the ladies of those families, enjoy the snow today, visit the lake tomorrow, and do some poetry competition another day, and I am not at home for three days." At first, the ladies laughed at her, but she didn't take it to heart, and still took the initiative to go to the door to show goodwill to others, and there were times when she was quiet. Lin An Lin Ping followed her every day, but many of the places where the ladies of those families went were heavily guarded, and they couldn't get in every time. ”

In other words, nothing abnormal was found, the only thing that was wrong was that Ruan Biyun's temperament had changed?

Ruan Qingzhi thought for a while and felt that something was wrong.

Ruan Bijun is not that kind of person. She is very arrogant, no matter how aggrieved she is at home, she should not go to whisper to others in order to find a playmate.

There is a conspiracy?

With Yun Banyue has obviously been wondering about this matter for a long time, and if she thinks about it again, she still can't think of anything wrong.

The three masters and servants were having a headache when suddenly someone in the courtyard made a noise. Banyue hurriedly went out to scold, but then hurried back, saying that something had happened to the third lady.

Nguyen Su Ying?

Ruan Qingzhi was a little stunned. After all, Ruan Suying, this kid has always been honest, except for being crazy for Luan Yutang once a while ago, she really hasn't had a time to mess around.

What could happen to her?

Ban Yue said quickly: "The mother-in-law outside came back crying, saying that the third lady suddenly wanted to go to the play last night for some reason, and she didn't come back all night." Early this morning, Aunt Chu took someone to look for it, and after running the three troupes, they all said that they didn't sing at all last night, and no one had ever seen our third miss! ”