Chapter 456: The Gambler
Ruwei scolded and left, Rujin looked at Ruwei's back and was distracted, and then stopped the steward who didn't have time to enter the gambling house.
"May I ask if the eldest sister is a regular customer of the gambling house?" Rujin asked.
"Close your ......" Rujin's voice suddenly appeared in his ears, and the steward turned around and wanted to scold, but stopped abruptly after seeing Rujin's dress and temperament.
"Yes, yes."
"Lost a lot of silver?" Rujin asked with a frown.
"Yes, yes, I lost a hundred taels this month."
"When did you start betting?"
"For more than ten years, both husband and wife are gamblers." The steward of the gambling house sighed, and when he realized his position, he hurriedly cleared his throat, "Ahem, this ......"
The steward couldn't understand Rujin's dress, called Miss, old, called Mrs., this comb is not a woman's head, and she can come out alone, without anyone to serve, how can it not be a big family, he was afraid of her before.
"Who are you, you ......"
"Thank you." Rujin interrupted the steward and walked away.
"Huh-" The steward saw that Rujin didn't look back and strode away, and flicked his sleeves angrily, "What kind of person is this." β
Rujin returned to the place where Ruwei lived, a distance away, and heard the familiar scolding voice again, "What's the hurry, I can still rely on you for the rent, I haven't paid it before, don't stop me from cooking, if you stop me again, I'll go to your house to eat." β
"Female gamblers, female scoundrels, it's just that fool who gives money to such people every month, it's really a problem with his brain." The landlord muttered and walked past Rujin, but was stopped by Rujin.
"Auntie, you said that someone gave her silver every month before, who is it?" Rujin asked.
"How do I know who it is, anyway, it's a good-looking, good-looking woman with a good temperament, oh, it's about the same as you, anyway, it's thirteen a month, rain or shine, what kind of sister is it." The landlord sneered and said, "Maybe it's a big wrongdoer, and he was cheated out of money by that family." β
"Does that family send money to anyone every month?" Rujin then asked.
"I also send money to others, but I don't have enough money to spend on my own family." The landlord shook his head and walked away.
Rujin felt a surge of anger in her heart, the box in her hand trembled, and after taking a deep breath, Rujin went to the mansion first, lit up the sign in the palace, and temporarily stored the box.
After not having a penny on him, Rujin strode towards Ruwei's residence and knocked on the door.
"Rumin, is it Rumin? Why is it late this month, but what's ...... "Ru Weixing said hurriedly as he walked, opened the door of the house, and smiled all over his face, but after seeing that it was not Ru Min outside the house, the look on Ru Wei's face was a little tighter, and he looked at Rujin with hanging eyes and shouted, "Who are you?" β
"Ruwei, you don't know me anymore, I'm Rujin." Rujin introduced herself with a calm expression.
Ruwei, who folded his hands in front of his chest, was stunned for a moment, then put his hands down, his tone softened suddenly, and he showed an embarrassed and flattering smile, "Rujin, it's you, I haven't seen you for many years, and I don't recognize you." β
"I really don't recognize you anymore." Rujin looked up and down and said lightly.
"Hehe, the days outside here can't be compared with those in the palace." Ru smiled and said, "You're not old, so I'm not good, by the way, Rumin too, I can't tell that I have given birth to a child at all." β
"You also know that she has had children." Rujin said disdainfully, "The money that Rumin sent you to send to your relatives is very convenient for you to use." β
Ruwei's expression stiffened, and her eyes fluttered, "What are you talking nonsense, when did I use Rumin's silver money." β
"Ruwei, you forgot that I was in the palace, you said that I didn't lie, I wouldn't be able to see it." Rujin said sternly.
"Hey, Rumin didn't say anything, you're nosy." Ruwei muttered, "What about her?" β
"Not again." Rujin said sadly.
"What do you mean?" Ru was slightly stunned, and then was shocked, "What do you mean, you make it clear, why won't you come again, what about her?" β
"You've realized what else you're avoiding, she's dead." Rujin said angrily, "Before she died, she was still worried about her relatives in a distant country, you are good, you used all the money of other people, you said, how much money have you sent over the years, by the way, did you send the silver money that Rumin Xianggong saw a doctor and saved his life?" β
"Dead, how could she be dead, she's dead, what should I do?" Ruwei is like a dead mother, the six gods have no owner, as if she remembered something, she excitedly grabbed Rujin, "She's dead, she's dead, I have no money to pay back, no money to spend, you give me money, you give me money." β
"Rumin is dead, you are the first person next to the Queen Mother, you have more money, give me some, ah." Ruwei looked at Rujin a little frantically, and Rujin closed her eyes painfully.
"Where are Rumin's relatives, you give me the address." Rujin stubbornly suppressed the urge to beat Ruwei down, and asked with difficulty.
"I don't know." Ruwei instinctively said, and then explained, "I really don't know, I received a letter from Rumin, and that time I wanted to re-enter Beijing, I tried my best to find the Zhenguo Mansion and deliver the letter to Niangniang, but I don't know where the letter went, where do I remember the name of such a long place." β
"Rujin, give me some money, otherwise I will die, our sisters for so many years, you help me, help me." Ruwei is like grabbing a life-saving straw, and has been pulling Rujin and not letting go.
"Let goβhands." Rujin said word by word.
Rujin's cold gaze made Ruwei panic, and she couldn't help but let go, she didn't know how she went back to the box taken by the government office, how she went back to the palace, and when she got to the place where she lived, Rujin's tears were like bursting the embankment, and she couldn't stop it.
She thought that Rumin was not worthy, thinking of some of the experiences that Rumin talked about when she went out of the palace, thinking of the tenderness she had when she mentioned her husband, the expectation in her eyes, that she thought that she was going back to the palace for her family to earn money, but she didn't expect that Ruwei had not passed the news between them for so many years, Rumin didn't know these when she died, and her family didn't know either.
Since then, Rujin has asked someone to inquire and look for her, and she also asked Rui Wangye, but Rui Wangye said that Rumin said before she died that she didn't want her relatives to know about this, so he asked him not to inquire.
Rui Wangye was also very sad after Rumin's death, his temperament changed greatly, and the poison in it still had such damage to his body, Rujin of course did not tell Rui Wangye about Ruwei, and this matter was hidden for seven years.
Rujin put the yellowed envelope back and put the box next to the bed, she decided to go to the woman tomorrow and ask, I don't know if it is Rumin's child.
By the way, the portrait, Rujin found the only portrait of Rumin, it was painted before she left the palace, and she had to let the woman identify it.