The firecrackers crackled and exploded at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the good news spread instantly.

His Royal Highness King Li, who came back from the dead, and Miss Ruan, who is a miracle doctor, are the hottest people in the capital today. These two tied the knot, and it must be celebrated all over the city.

The follow-up development was exactly as Nguyen Van Trung had predicted: more and more people gathered at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, speculating and discussing, rejoicing as if they were celebrating a festival.

The merits, personalities, temperaments, appearances, and various legends of the two parties were passed around in the ears of everyone, and the voices were full of excitement and excitement.

Of course, soon someone saw the dowry at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and word of mouth spread it, and then there was an uproar.

Ruan Van Trung stood not far from the gate, listening to the exclamation, his heart was very comfortable.

Laugh, laugh, laugh to your heart's content! Since he Ling Han has the face to disgust the Ruan family with such a shabby dowry, don't complain that the Ruan family put his little dowry at the gate, so that the people of the whole city will laugh at him!

Ruan Wenzhong sat back on the recliner with a sigh of relief, slapping his fingertips, squinting his eyes and listening intently to the discussion, only feeling how pleasant it sounded.

"What are the things at the door that His Royal Highness King Li gave to Miss Ruan? That's shabby, isn't it? ”

"Yes, yes, my daughter-in-law's dowry is several times richer than this!"

"That foolish girl from Aunt Tofu's family on West Street has received more dowry gifts than this!"

"The palace holds a happy event, and the dowry should be seventy or eighty, right? Give such a little, will it not be true that you really want to marry? How could Miss Ruan be willing to suffer such grievances! ”

"I think too! His Royal Highness King Li is also a prince no matter how he says, even if he has been fighting a war and has no time to manage money, he will not be poor like this......"

Before he finished speaking, there was a crisp sound behind him, and someone slapped him heavily: "Oh, I know!" His Royal Highness King Li, this is really poor! Don't you all know where his money goes? ”

This person's voice was very loud, and when he shouted out a sentence, not only did the discussion of the people outside the door stop for a moment, but even Ruan Wenzhong inside the door was stunned.

So where did King Li's money go?

The man outside was triumphant and shouted, "Yangcheng! Yang Cheng! Don't you all know that when Your Highness was in Yang City—"

"I knew when I was in Yangcheng!" Someone next to him immediately rushed to say, "His Royal Highness King Li and Miss Ruan bought an entire street in Yangcheng in order to save the people!" ”

Before the words fell, someone immediately retorted: "A prince, don't you have no money to buy a street, right?" Besides, they treat people in Yangcheng, and those doctors help for free, and Miss Ruan also ordered the patients to take care of themselves! The medicines used were forcibly requisitioned from the pharmacies, and when the food was not enough, the rich businessmen were forced to pledge! ”

Ruan Wenzhong smiled even deeper when he heard this, and secretly calculated in his heart that if the folk rumors spread too much, he should go to the court to participate in a book! Although King Li saved people in Yangcheng, he forcibly forced rich merchants and pharmacies to donate money, grain, and medicinal materials, wasn't that a tyrannical expropriation? Outrageous!

Just as I was thinking about this, I heard the loud voice shouting in a high-pitched voice: "You don't know anything, don't fart here!" At that time, there was an urgent need to treat and save 100,000 people, and His Royal Highness King Li and Miss Ruan did not have many people around them, so did they have to send people to purchase medicinal materials and food door-to-door? Human life is at stake, of course, how fast and how to come! ”

The crowd was quiet, but there were still people muttering and whispering retorts.

The loud voice then roared, "And! Let me tell you, just yesterday, His Royal Highness King Li had sent his most powerful subordinates to Yangcheng to pay off all the money owed to the medicine shop before! The donation of rice and grain by the wealthy merchants was originally voluntary, but His Royal Highness King Li doubled the payment, saying that it was to praise them for their righteous act of opening a warehouse to save people! Also, in the past, there were mobs in Yangcheng that smashed and looted everywhere, causing a lot of chaos, and when protecting the city, every household lost some worthless bricks and sticks...... His Royal Highness King Li compensated for all these losses, saying that he blamed himself for failing to protect the city! - Yangcheng is in trouble, all the phoenixes and dragons are standing by, only His Royal Highness King Li is living and dying with the victims in Yangcheng! He saved an entire city, but now he is still blaming himself for 'failing to protect the city'! ”

After he finished speaking in one breath, the people outside the door were already silent.

He snorted heavily in a loud voice and scolded: "If the person who spoke just now was born in Yangcheng, I'm afraid he would also be a fool who took advantage of the chaos to smash and loot!" I don't know anything, and when I hear someone say something bad, I will only scold! It's not enough to take advantage, and there's no gratitude at all! In this world, only a saint like His Royal Highness King Li and Miss Ruan can tolerate you, if you change me, a big ear scraper will fan you to your grandmother's house! ”

At this time, all the people outside the door finally came to their senses, and immediately followed suit, saying that His Royal Highness King Li is really a first-class saint in the world, and who dares to say that he is not good, that is, a wolf's heart and dog lungs, that is, a white-eyed wolf who is not fed.

Inside the door, Nguyen Van Chung stood up.

How did it come to this? is so dignified, how can it be done to praise King Li? Shouldn't the right wind be in the right direction at this moment to laugh at him for being shabby?

This group of Diao people! These idiots!

"Fu'er!" Nguyen Van Trung whispered to his servant and ordered him to disperse the annoying people.

Fu'er was bowing her head in agreement, but the topic outside the door returned to the "dowry". Ruan Wenzhong hesitated for a moment, waved his hand and motioned for Fu'er to wait first.

I heard a woman outside the door shouting, "This is even more wrong!" The plague in Yangcheng was not caused by His Royal Highness King Li, it was already a great merit that he had saved so many people, and he had to throw money into it to do anything! He spent all his money, and he didn't even have the money to marry his daughter-in-law, is it a shame? Take this shabby thing as a dowry, is Miss Ruan shameless? ”

Ruan Wenzhong was attracted by this voice, and after listening to her at this moment, it was really quite satisfying, and he couldn't help but nod his head.

But as soon as the woman's words fell, a large number of people began to shout at the same time. Ruan Wenzhong had a headache when he heard it, and it took him a long time to distinguish a few of them:

"So His Royal Highness King Li is a saint, we are not! King Li has the world in his heart and loves the people like a son, how can I be compared with ordinary people like me? ”

"The dowry is dispensable, and the prime minister doesn't mind, what are we arguing about?"

"Miss Ruan won't mind this! Miss Ruan can't even care about her own life in order to save people, how can she mind a little money! ”

"Don't worry about it! Think about what His Royal Highness and Miss Ruan did when they were in Yangcheng, didn't the two of them discuss it? I think that even if it is not Miss Ruan's idea, even if it is not Miss Ruan's idea, at least it has been agreed by her! ”

"That's for sure! If Miss Ruan didn't agree, how could His Royal Highness King Li dare to send such a shabby dowry gift? Isn't he afraid of being thrown out? ”

Ruan Wenzhong couldn't bear it anymore when he heard this, and ordered Fu'er in a deep voice: "Pick up people! Hit with a stick! ”

Fu'er hurriedly agreed, and immediately raised her feet and ran to call someone.

Ruan Wenzhong was so angry that he couldn't walk, but he heard the people outside say: "Miss Ruan's righteousness, we already knew, but I didn't expect Ruan Xiangye to be stupid, but now he has become so sensible!" ”

was suddenly praised, and Ruan Wenzhong, who had always been "dumb", didn't know whether to be angry or relieved for a while.

I heard the people outside say, "Those who are close to Zhu are red! Miss Ruan is a living immortal and a living bodhisattva, and of course her father is not far behind! Although the dowry gift given by King Li is small, the Prime Minister knows the reason behind this, and of course he is very proud! ”

Ruan Wenzhong heard that this was a good word, and his heart suddenly ironed a lot.

The people's talk continues:

"If you want me to say, Ruan Xiangye is also a high wind and bright festival! You see that His Royal Highness King Li sent such a dowry, not only was he not angry, but let his subordinates set off cannons to celebrate, which is obviously very satisfied with this marriage! You think it's a shame to have a small dowry, maybe the prime minister will look down on this son-in-law for this! ”

"Yes, yes, Ruan Xiangye is actually a good person, although he became a prime minister at a young age, he has never flaunted his might, nor has he bullied the people!"

"It's not that a family doesn't enter the door, His Royal Highness King Li is so anxious to propose, he must also recognize Ruan Xiangye's personality, right?"

"Ruan Xiangye is a good fate, and he will become the father-in-law of His Royal Highness King Li in the future, and he will enjoy the wealth and glory inexhaustibly......"

Ruan Wenzhong didn't quite understand how the topic had come around to him.

But whatever the reason, at least the people are basically saying good things. He was a young man, and he had been the prime minister for some years, but it was the first time he heard so many people take the initiative to praise him.

So the more Ruan Xiangye listened, the more comfortable he became, and he couldn't help but feel a little fluttery for a while.

At this time, Fu'er had already gone back and called six or seven little guys, each with a stick and ran out like a wild horse, and shouted loudly before he got close: "Xiangye is angry, let's go fight!" ”

"What a fight!" Ruan Wenzhong stomped his feet in anger, "Idiot! Put the sticks away! Go in and bring two copper coins! Throw money! It is said that there is a happy event in the Prime Minister's Mansion and the neighbors are happy! ”

Fu'er was accustomed to the style of her master in a gust of wind and rain, and she didn't hesitate at all when she heard the words, so she turned around and ran back again and again.

Ruan Wenzhong quickly twisted his beard twice, wanting to leave but reluctant to leave, so he still stood not far from the door, listening carefully to the people outside.

In front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, there was a lot of activity, and idlers poured over like flowing water, chatting lively, and then leaving contentedly, and soon the news spread all over the streets and alleys.

So the whole city was talking about how benevolent and righteous His Royal Highness King Li was, and how noble and bright Ruan Xiangye was. Especially later, the Prime Minister threw several baskets of money at the gate, and this reputation spread rapidly.

In the afternoon, Ruan Wenzhong listened to the news brought back by the little maids, and was in a very happy mood, and suddenly felt that this marriage was actually not bad.

"But, sir......" The little guy stopped talking, and his face was not very good-looking.

Ruan Wenzhong was taken aback: "What? ”

The little guy hesitated and said, "There are other discussions outside." Many people are speculating that after the people of Yangcheng learn the good news, they may come to add makeup to the eldest lady. ”

Add makeup, that's what only my relatives do.

Ruan Wenzhong frowned and expressed disbelief, but the little guy said: "The people of Yangcheng both love and are close to our eldest lady, and it is not impossible for them to consider themselves 'mother's family'. The little one also heard that after the completion of the Yaowang Niangniang Temple in Yangcheng two days later, the people of Yangcheng will hold a grand Yaowang Festival to commemorate the plague and pray for the blessing of our eldest lady. They said that this year's plague had delayed the Hibiscus Festival, and that it was possible that the Hibiscus Festival would never be held again; The Yaowang Festival will become a tradition and become the grandest festival in Yangcheng......"

"Isn't that nonsense?" Ruan Wenzhong slapped the table, "A festival that has been passed down for hundreds of years, can't you just say it?" Make another 'Medicine King's Day' for her little girl? Joke! ”

The little guy was too frightened to make a sound, and honestly bowed his head and waited for the order.

Ruan Wenzhong snorted and looked up at him: "What else are you talking about outside?" ”

The little guy thought for a while and said, "I also talk about the dowry of the eldest lady." ”

Ruan Wenzhong was stunned, and his face became even more ugly: "The dowry of the Prime Minister's Mansion, it is their turn to discuss?" What do they say? ”

The little guy hurriedly said: "Don't worry, master, it's all good words!" The people say that the lord is high and bright, and he will definitely not treat the eldest lady badly. also said that the Prime Minister's Mansion has mountains of gold and silver, and he will not watch the eldest lady suffer after getting married. Now the people are speculating about how beautiful the eldest lady will be when she marries in the future, and there is also a gambling game in the gambling house, and many people are betting that our house will give the eldest lady a dowry of more than 100 lifts......"

Before he finished speaking, Ruan Wenzhong had already jumped up: "Ridiculous, how can this be true!" ”

When the little guy saw that he was angry, he was immediately frightened and knelt on the ground with a thud.

Nguyen Van Trung was furious.

No wonder he always felt a little uneasy in his heart, it turned out that the problem was here!

In his early years, when he first entered the court as an official, his teacher once instructed him: The golden mean is the long-term solution, don't do evil things to provoke people's scolding, and don't do good deeds to be praised by others.

Ruan Wenzhong has practiced this principle for nearly 20 years and has not made any mistakes, and he also thinks that he is capable of being a good prime minister who governs by doing nothing.

No one doesn't want to be complimented on.

He thought about it for nearly 20 years, and several times he wanted to do a few big things to taste the taste of being praised by others, but he had no success in any of them, so he had to comfort himself that the golden mean could last for a long time.

Today, he borrowed his daughter's light, so that he really tasted the taste of being praised by others. Ruan Wenzhong thought that it was time for him to operate, how did he know that there would be such a big pit in the back!

It's really strange, why has that evil obstacle been praised so many times for nothing, and he has only been praised once in his life, and then he is going to break his fortune?

Outrageous!

The more Ruan Wenzhong thought about it, the more angry he became, and he immediately wanted to call someone to try to suppress those discussions, but he was deflated after thinking about it.

How can the gossip in the market be so easy to suppress! At this time, if he comes forward to suppress him, most of those people will say that he is a low-key person and does not want to be praised, that is to double the high wind and bright festival, and when the time comes, won't he be asked to do more things!

Ruan Wenzhong felt as if he had fallen into a quagmire, and he was full of thoughts about climbing out, but he only sank down when he looked around.

How did it come to this? It's all to blame on that evil obstacle!

"Go! Call the wicked obstacle! Ruan Van Trung slapped the table and ordered sharply.

The little guy was stunned for a long time and didn't dare to move: "Old ...... Sir, who are you talking about? ”

"Who is it?" Ruan Wenzhong jumped like thunder, "Is there a second obstacle in the Ruan family?" Of course, it's our indispensable Qingyang County Lord! Tell her to roll over here! ”

The little maid agreed again and again, and was about to go out, but saw a maid from the old lady's side running over in a hurry, and said hurriedly: "Master, the old lady invites you over!" ”

Ruan Wenzhong was angry, and said angrily: "I've seen it in the morning, what's the matter?" Go back and tell the old lady, just say that the prime minister is busy, and go to say hello in the evening! ”

"Master," the maid was very bold, "the old lady said that nothing is as big as the eldest lady's business now, if the master is not busy with the business at hand, it is better to come as soon as possible!" ”

"It's that evil obstacle again......" Ruan Wenzhong punched a few times in the corner of the table, gritted his teeth and stomped his feet: "Okay, lead the way!" ”

The sound of footsteps along the way made the girl's heart flutter, and her feet walked faster and faster.

When I entered Chunhui Courtyard, I saw the old lady kneeling on the futon and worshipping the Buddha. Ruan Wenzhong forcibly suppressed his anger and bowed down: "The mother called her son to come, is there something important?" ”

The old lady raised her hand.

Ruan Wenzhong stood still, and Mama Zhou hurriedly stepped forward to help the old lady get up and sit down.

The hall was silent for a moment, and the old lady asked, "Who are you angry with?" ”

Ruan Wenzhong walked to the side and sat down, and asked in a cold voice: "Who else in this mansion can make me angry?" It's not that evil obstacle yet! I don't know when she learned all the skills she used to calculate me! ”

"You fool!" The old lady knocked on her crutches and said in a deep voice: "She calculates you?" What do you have to count on that girl? Is your old face big? ”

Ruan Wenzhong choked suddenly, not knowing whether to feel relieved or doubly angry.

The old lady knocked on the ground with a cane in her hand: "You have also lived for a long time, and you have been sitting in the position of prime minister for several years, why haven't you grown at all!" What time is it? You have been doing nothing for so many years, and only today can you be regarded as in front of the world, you don't rush to find a way to fight for breath, but will only secretly hide and scold your daughter, I really don't know how you became a prime minister with this little talent! ”

When Ruan Wenzhong heard the last sentence, his face immediately became a little purple, and the image of the whole person was like an eggplant that had been frozen and rotten.

But no matter how much temper he has, he still has to be a little restrained in front of his mother. Ruan Wenzhong snorted for a while, and asked in a deep voice, "In your opinion, how should this matter be resolved?" ”

The old lady looked up at him, her face was gloomy: "You should go and ask the eldest sister what she wants to do, and then cooperate with her!" She's your daughter, can she hurt you? ”

"Why not?" Ruan Wenzhong asked rhetorically, "That evil obstacle has no heart and liver!" You see her as my daughter, but in her heart she only wants to knock my bones and drink my blood! ”

The old lady held her crutches, her hands trembled, and she said in a dumb voice for a long time: "That's because you first knocked her bones and pumped her blood to feed others!" ”

"Mother!" Nguyen Van Chung stood up.

The old lady raised her head and chased his face: "Zhong'er, after so many years, do you really not have a trace of guilt towards Yu Niang?" You put your eldest sister in Xifangyuan and didn't ask, isn't it because you don't dare to face her face? ”

"I didn't!" Nguyen Van Trung jumped up as if he had stepped on a coal, "I'm not guilty!" She's damned! The Evil Barrier...... Damn it too! ”

The old lady looked at him and did not speak.

Ruan Wenzhong quickly deflated and collapsed in his chair: "It's been so many years, what are you doing with those old things!" ”

"Because you're not doing the right thing." The old lady looked down at her crutches, "No matter what, she will always be your daughter." If she's really a true phoenix—"

"There is no such possibility!" Ruan Wenzhong retorted loudly, "Mother, you have also been deceived by that evil obstacle!" Yun'er is the life of the phoenix, and this matter will definitely not go wrong! That evil obstacle is here to harm our family! We were all wrong about thinking that she would do evil, but now it seems that ...... She wants to do good deeds first, so that everyone in the world thinks that she is the real phoenix, and only after the real phoenix is completely destroyed will she reveal her true colors! ”

The more Ruan Wenzhong spoke, the more he felt that he had seen through the truth, and he couldn't help but slap him heavily: "That's right! It must be so! I want to report to the emperor, and I must no longer condone this evil obstacle to stir up trouble and invite people to buy people's hearts! ”

Speaking of this, he really turned around to leave, and the old lady hurriedly stopped him: "Come back!" Listen to me! ”

Ruan Wenzhong didn't dare to disobey, and slowly retreated with a bitter face and reluctantly.

The old lady frowned and thought for a long time, and sighed: "I don't dare to say that your words must be wrong, but Zhong'er, if you are not afraid of ten thousand, you are afraid of what happens, I still advise you to be cautious." ”

Ruan Wenzhong refused to answer, and the old lady had to continue: "Both are your daughters, why do you have to give up one? Now that the eldest sister is deeply loved by the people, what can you do if you treat her better! ”

"I'm afraid it's a white-eyed wolf that can't be raised." Ruan Wenzhong gritted his teeth and said.

"Nonsense!" The old lady slapped her thigh angrily, "The eldest sister is not that kind of person!" She has never been pampered since she was a child, if you give her a good point, she will pay you back ten points! Why did she fight against you before, it's not because your heart is too biased! ”

Ruan Wenzhong tightened his brows and remained silent.

The old lady let out a long sigh: "I know you are not used to treating her well, but this time is different from the past, you must know in your heart!" Such a big person is not a child, don't block your back road for the sake of gambling for a while! ”

Ruan Wenzhong thought silently for a while, and sighed: "As long as she doesn't go too far, I naturally won't treat her badly." ”

The old lady fiddled with her crutches and said in a deep voice: "In this case, give her all the dowries left by Yu Niang." ”

"That's not going to work!" Ruan Wenzhong immediately raised his head, "That's not enough to kill her!" Besides, most of those things were sold......"

"If you sell it, give it to her at a discount!" The old lady put her weight on the bamboo cane in her hand, "Why don't you understand!" Now it's not that she's begging you for a dowry, it's that you're going to use that dowry to keep your own future rich! That girl is shrewd, do you really think that the things you did back then were unaware? What's more, now that the people have been talking about it, you can't close this field if you don't give a dowry! ”

Ruan Wenzhong was stunned, and after a long time, he spoke in a dumb voice: "What the hell are you...... How much do you know? ”

The old lady looked at him like this, couldn't help but get angry, and knocked on his shoulder with a cane: "I'm your mother!" I'm not blind in my old eyes! Can you hide your thing of covering your ears and shaking the bell? ”

Ruan Wenzhong was shocked in his heart, and his face was as stunned as earth.

Seeing this, the old lady was a little unbearable, and sighed: "Don't panic first, I know some things, and the eldest sister shouldn't know yet." Otherwise, according to her temperament, your life would not be as peaceful as it is now! ”

"Mother......" Nguyen Van Trung slowly knelt down.

The old lady sighed and said in a deep voice: "I called you here to inform you: I will sort out the things left by the Luan family as soon as possible and add them all to the eldest sister's dowry." If you still want your life, don't show your eldest sister your nostrils to the sky anymore, and you must marry her happily and beautifully! ”