Once encountering a great change, the palace must have become a pot of porridge.

But Ruan Qingzhi didn't have time to ask Ye Han about it, nor did he bother to worry about him. Not long after Ye Han left, she fell asleep groggily.

In the middle, it seemed that someone had come to feed her medicine, and she faintly heard the cry of the moon, and there were many footsteps back and forth in front of the bed, and Ruan Qingzhi never woke up.

When I opened my eyes again, the lights were already on in the room. With a scream from the moon, the stagnant air instantly came alive.

Ruan Qingzhi frowned, helpless: "Why are you still so babbling!" ”

Banyue turned back, patted the quilt and cried: "You still have the face to complain about me!" Did you know that you almost died? Do you know that if you die, I won't live! It's such a big person, why don't you know it's worry-free! ”

"I understand," Ruan Qingzhi looked at her and smiled, "It turns out that you didn't feel sorry for me and almost died, but hated me and almost killed you!" ”

"Phew!" Banyue was not angry, "Who feels sorry for you?" Of course I'm afraid you'll trouble me! Don't laugh, it's ugly! ”

Ruan Qingzhi raised his hand and touched his face, and his smile was not closed: "If you are ugly, you have to laugh, happy!" Unless you suddenly tell me that Ruan Biyun is alive again, I have to laugh! ”

Banyue paused and pursed the corners of her lips.

Ruan Qingzhi immediately became nervous: "What kind of expression do you have?" She can't really come back to life, right?! ”

"No," Banyue glanced back at the door, "the old lady has already sent someone to retrieve the bones." said that several people only had bones left, and they were blackened by the fire, and they couldn't tell which one belonged to the second lady, so they could only put all the coffins in one coffin. ”

Ruan Qingzhi was stunned when he heard this, and sighed for a long time: "It's really dead." ”

In this life, she was very annoyed to learn that there was a Ruan Biyun who messed up her life. But at this moment, she knew that Ruan Biyun had disappeared, but she felt a little lost, as if her days had suddenly become boring.

Banyue didn't give her a chance to be sad, and immediately pointed to the door after saying this, and said, "Aunt Chu and the second young master have been kneeling outside for a day. I can't persuade her to leave, do you want to see her? ”

Ruan Qingzhi thought for a moment and nodded.

Banyue immediately went out and called someone in. Ruan Qingzhi leaned on the pillow and looked out, and saw that the mother and son knelt down as soon as they entered the door.

"What's going on?" Ruan Qingzhi asked.

Chu Jianniang cried on the ground: "The third lady made a big mistake, the concubine had no face to ask to see, but now the prime minister's house is about to fall, and the old lady is sick at this time...... Miss, the Prime Minister's Mansion can only rely on you! ”

"Grandmother is sick?" Ruan Qingzhi frowned.

Chu Jianniang wiped her tears: "Yes." I heard that the old man was gone, and he began to think about eating, and now that he has collected the bones of the second lady, he will inevitably cry a few more times...... Hearing Mama Zhou say that she had passed out several times, the doctors had no choice, they only said that they wanted to relieve her and relax, and it was useless to take medicine. ”

"That's right," Ruan Qingzhi leaned back on the pillow, "that is to persuade her old man to relax." ”

Chu Jianniang said yes again and again, and said: "Right now, the old lady is sick, and everyone is uneasy or a trivial matter, the most difficult thing is that there is no one in the house, and the old man's funeral is very bad." It stands to reason that this is not something that the concubine should be in charge of, but the old man has been decent all his life, and it is really ...... to be in such a situation."

Before she could finish speaking, she began to cry, and her mourning was very moving.

Ruan Qingzhi was not moved, and said lightly: "People die like lights going out, and those virtual bustles are for the living." Now that Beijing is in chaos like this, who has the heart to see the excitement of our house? Father is gone, we are not the 'Prime Minister' anymore, everything is simple in funeral, do you really deserve to be a phoenix? ”

Chu Jianniang hurriedly kowtowed and said yes, and then pushed Ruan Jiao to kneel forward, wiped her tears and said: "It's okay whether the funeral is decent or not, right now, the second and third masters over there are competing to let their wives and housekeepers take charge of our affairs, I'm afraid...... Miss, you may not understand when you are young, sometimes it is not necessarily a good thing to have someone to help, and it is not necessarily a bad thing to have no help without help......"

"I know," Ruan Qingzhi interrupted her chatter, "you mean to say that you can't afford to be early, right?" ”

Chu Jianniang was stunned, gritted her teeth and said, "Yes." Miss, you have also seen that except for the New Year's holidays, the two prefectures do not often interact with us. Now that the master is gone, they have suddenly done their best for us and have disappeared at all. The concubines are small-minded and don't dare to trust them easily! ”

"Is our butler dead?" Ruan Qingzhi asked.

Chu Jianniang hurriedly said, "Not dead", and then felt that this sentence was too weird, and raised her head in surprise.

Ruan Qingzhi said coldly: "You go out and tell those two masters that there are still three young ladies and two young masters in the long house, and the aunts have not remarried, and the housekeeper is still alive, so I don't dare to bother them to worry about being tired." If they can't rest assured, it's not too late to take over when we're all dead! ”

Only then did Chu Jianniang understand what she meant, and immediately stood up happily, and then asked hesitantly: "Will you say this...... Not so good? ”

Ruan Qingzhi sneered: "Tell them that I said the words." If anyone thinks I'm talking badly, let them come to me for their own theories! ”

Chu Jianniang hurriedly smiled: "The eldest lady has spoken, who else dares to talk more!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi smiled and said no more. Chu Jianniang stood for a while, and then quietly led Ruan Jiao out with her.

When the moon sent the guest back, she ran to Ruan Qingzhi's bed and whispered: "Now Aunt Chu can be regarded as having come out!" There is no master mother in the house, and she is the only one among the concubines who has both children and daughters. ”

Ruan Qingzhi counted with his fingers for a while, and smiled: "Ruan Wenzhong's means of collecting wealth are not clever, and the family background of this prime minister's mansion is only afraid that it will not be rich." If she wants to calculate, let her calculate, it's better than being calculated by two bedrooms and three bedrooms. ”

"Miss doesn't care?" Banyue was stunned.

Ruan Qingzhi closed his eyes and shook his head.

There are only a few concubines left in this mansion, and whoever is in charge of the house is the same.

I can't let the old lady take care of it anymore. Otherwise, maybe one day the old and young masters and young ladies in the other two rooms will be happy, and this prime minister's house will become someone else's.

It's already miserable to be an orphan girl, she doesn't want to be even more miserable, to be an orphan girl who snorts under the fence.

Seeing that Ruan Qingzhi had a plan in his heart, Banyue no longer worried, leaned over and asked, "The old lady's illness, let's take care of it?" At this time, there were already people talking outside, saying that the eldest lady was a miracle doctor, why did she make the old lady sick? ”

Ruan Qingzhi said lightly: "Divine doctors can't cure heart diseases. She misses her son, she misses her granddaughter, and I can't bring her back to life. At this time, she hates me in her heart, maybe she will be angry with her as soon as I show up, and then I will have to say that I am a demon again. ”

That's just as well.

Banyue thought for a while and pouted: "I really don't know what the old lady thinks, the old man is her son, and she just prefers a few points." The second lady is her granddaughter like you, why does she have to favor one over the other? ”

Ruan Qingzhi shook his head and did not answer.

In fact, the old lady really doesn't have to favor one over the other. She just hopes that the people in the house will be prosperous and reunited, and the good-tempered ones should let the bad-tempered ones let the good-hearted ones let the bad-eyed ones, in short, it is best for everyone not to fight and not make trouble, if the troubles arise, it must be that the good-tempered side is not tolerant enough, and the good-minded side is not benevolent enough.

So Ruan Qingzhi had already figured it out, she was going to be the worst one in the house.

It's just that the old lady doesn't seem to have turned the corner, and she still likes to be harsh on her as an "obedient child" according to the habits of the previous ten years.

Ruan Qingzhi reflected seriously and felt that everything was his fault. It was because he was not bad enough that the old lady had a delusion.

"Banyue," she looked up, "you go to the front and pass a few words for me, and say that my father is a criminal minister, and it is not appropriate to make a big deal of funeral." It's been three days since the spirit was stopped, so it's better to be buried tonight. ”

Banyue didn't have any opinions, and immediately agreed to turn around and leave.

Ruan Qingzhi stopped her and added: "Also, let's just say what I said: Ruan Biyun did not die for her father's filial piety, a young girl has no merit and no virtue, and she can't enter the ancestral grave, let alone the ancestral hall, so according to the rules of the early daughter, just find a place to bury it." ”

"Yes!" With the moon in a loud voice, he ran out with a smoke.

Yiyun stood at the door for a long time with the food box in his hand, but he hesitated and refused to come in.

Ruan Qingzhi caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye, and immediately asked, "What are you rubbing?" See I'm too fierce to serve me? ”

Bringing Yun in and putting the food box on the table, he fell to his knees: "Miss doesn't punish me, I can't get over it in my heart, and I don't know how to serve." ”

"You don't know how to serve yet?" Ruan Qingzhi glanced at her, "Don't roll over for me to cook yet!" Even if I have to change the girl again, I'll have to eat enough tonight, right? If you refuse to serve, do you want to starve me? ”

Yiyun hurriedly stood up, raised his sleeve to wipe his tears, and quickly put a few meals in the food box on a small kang table, and then moved the entire kang table to the bed by himself.

Ruan Qingzhi saw that the table was clean and did not spill any vegetable soup, and praised it with satisfaction: "If such a good girl is killed, I really don't know what to change for a while." ”

With his head down, he carefully helped her sit up, took the chopsticks and handed them to her, seeing the back of her red, swollen and blood-covered hand, her eyes were sour, and tears fell again.

"Hey!" Ruan Qingzhi was immediately unhappy, "I haven't eaten this meal yet, you soak me with tears, how can I eat it?" ”

Yiyun hurriedly wiped his tears again and sneered: "You can tease me." ”

"You're obedient," Ruan Qingzhi looked at her and said, "It's the same as before, even if you repay me." Now I don't know what the situation is, I don't dare to buy a little girl at this time! ”

Xianyun raised his head, his eyes were red: "His Royal Highness has left a lot of people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it will be fine." ”

"It's hard to say!" Ruan Qingzhi sighed, "I'm not afraid that someone will come in outside, I'm afraid that the people around me will have different intentions, and that is what I can't prevent!" ”

Xianyun couldn't get over it in his heart, and his face couldn't help but turn red again.

Ruan Qingzhi let her kneel under the bed, bowing her head and eating quietly, not comforting.

Ban Yue came back from outside, dancing with her hands: "Miss, didn't you see it, when I told those people according to what you said, the second and third masters were so angry that their noses were crooked, and they jumped to scold you for not being filial, and said that they wanted to open the ancestral hall to move the family law, and then said that they wanted to go to the palace to theorize, it was really laughing to death!" ”

Ruan Qingzhi looked back at the door, but didn't see anyone, so he had to ask again, "So where is the second uncle and the third uncle?" If you want to catch me into the ancestral hall and move the family law, why don't you hurry? ”

"Whew!" Banyue laughed and stroked her palms, "They just have a few hard words, how dare they move their real character?" Catch up with Ming'er, our Royal Highness is the emperor, he wants to enter the palace theory, how to theorize? Go and say to the new emperor, 'Your daughter-in-law has bullied her mother's family, please make decisions for us'? It's no wonder if we don't kill him! ”

"He," Ruan Qingzhi was stunned for a moment, "really want to ascend the throne?" ”

Banyue was also stunned: "Otherwise? The kingdom cannot be without a king for a day! It's too late to drag it on, okay! Now the whole city knows that the new monarch will ascend the throne tomorrow, but the ceremony should be simple, and the ceremony originally prepared for the former prince will not be used. There is also a new era name that has not been drafted, so it will not be changed until next year. ”

Ruan Qingzhi twisted his brows and thought about it for a long time, feeling inexplicably panicked.

Seeing this, Banyue couldn't help but be a little nervous, and hurriedly came over: "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong? ”

"No," Ruan Qingzhi thought for a moment, "it's right to keep things simple. If such a big thing happens, someone will accidentally question Ye Han's name or something, so he must make a fuss about the word 'filial piety'. ”

Treat the "former prince" either to expose his crimes to the public, or to say that the events of that day were an accident and make a gesture to take more care of him.

In short, be extra careful in everything you do.

Ruan Qingzhi always felt that she could help Ye Han think more carefully about these things, but at such a critical time, she was injured all over her body, her face was completely ruined, and she couldn't see anyone at all.

Is it because of this that Ye Han didn't ascend the throne in front of her at all?

Afraid of her worrying?

Of course, this makes sense, but Ruan Qingzhi still feels a little uncomfortable in his heart.

The news that he was going to ascend the throne, she was actually the last to know.

Knowing that she cared about this, didn't he even think to tell her? What the hell does that person think, it can't be because she is ugly now, and she feels that she can't do it, right?

"Banyue, bring me a mirror!" Ruan Qingzhi commanded.

Banyue jumped: "Miss, what do you want a mirror for?" These are small injuries on your face, and you won't be able to see them in a month or two, and they won't leave scars, so don't think about it......"

"What do you want?" Ruan Qingzhi interrupted her chatter angrily, "Am I a person who will feel inferior because of my ugliness?" I asked you to take the mirror because I wanted you to freshen up for me, and I went to the mourning hall to see the excitement! ”

Hearing this, Yiyun removed the small table on the bed, and went to the dressing table to get a mirror comb and some hairpin rings.

Banyue had to come over and help Ruan Qingzhi sit down, and complained while combing her hair: "What are you doing to go to the mourning hall in a good manner?" It's said that the master is a sinner, and the sinner doesn't deserve to see him! ”

Ruan Qingzhi smiled and did not answer.

She wasn't here to see the mourning hall. She just wanted to walk in front of people, so that people outside couldn't see her, and they thought she was dying or something.

She had to let everyone outside know that not only was she not dead now, but that she had no intention of dying anytime soon. Although she was injured and swollen like a big toad, her face was thicker than before, and no matter how ugly she was, she was not afraid of being looked at.

Therefore, after everyone in the front yard reluctantly cried and sacrificed again, and gathered eight people to carry the coffin, they saw Ruan Qingzhi wrapped in a wide cloak, surrounded by two girls and four guards.

Everyone's faces were not very good-looking.

They originally planned to stop the spirit for at least seven days, or even half a month. If the weather is not too hot all the time, everyone has no opinion on burying them after May Seven.

It is a very pleasant thing to cry and mourn in the Xiangfu, the meals are not necessarily affordable for the festival in their own homes, the tea and snacks are eaten and drunk casually, and the wine is enough......

But now, just a word for the eldest lady, these benefits are gone.

The third master couldn't help but come over and said with a cold face: "Eldest sister, your father died in the prime minister's office, isn't it too cold to stop for three days?" What will the people think when they see it? ”

"Everything is simple during the state funeral," Ruan Qingzhi said coldly, "Moreover, what about those who died while serving as prime minister?" He didn't die for his country! If you think he died a glorious death, why don't you go to the court and ask for a nickname for his old man? ”

When the third master heard this, he couldn't help but be angry: "You are too much!" It's your dad lying here! You haven't even shown your face once for three days, so it's easy to come here just to say this? ”

"Third uncle," Ruan Qingzhi's voice was deep, "You have never been to the court, so it's best not to point out the country in front of me." Of course, my father's funeral can also be done in a big way, and I can agree to stop the spirit for a month or two, as long as you are not afraid of leaving a stench for 10,000 years and not afraid of the disaster of annihilation. ”

The third master was frightened, and several other clansmen also hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, and hurriedly greeted Ruan Qingzhi with a smile.

Ruan Qingzhi took off his hood, showed a ruined face that was almost unrecognizable, and said to everyone: "I have worked hard for all my uncles and uncles for the past few days, and Xie Yi will serve it in two days." Now that the situation between the DPRK and China is delicate, please keep a low profile, and in the future, you will be extra restrained, and remember that we are no longer the clansmen of the Prime Minister's Mansion. ”

"This, Miss......" Many people stammered at the same time, but they didn't know how to continue for a while.

They originally wanted to say, "I am not a clansman of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but I have become a relative of the emperor, and it is even more glorious."

Now I dare not say this.

Even if King Li becomes the emperor, will the eldest lady definitely be able to become the queen?

Her face was ruined like this!

All the clansmen carefully looked at Ruan Qingzhi's face through the light, and they all felt that the glory and wealth of the Ruan clan were suddenly not very reliable.

This discovery was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, and everyone felt that their hearts were heavy, as if even the sky had darkened.

But then, they saw another glimmer of light.

Since this girl can't be a queen, everyone is still afraid of what she will do!

"Eldest sister," a distant clan uncle took the lead in standing up, "Now that Xiangye's funeral is almost over, how will the Xiangfu arrange it in the future, is it time to break it up?" ”