This night's farce, although it was a false alarm, also scared Fuyi's mother enough, and she didn't dare to leave her uncle at home, so she planned to invite him back the next day.

On the contrary, Yan Jingshan said: "Just stay, under our noses, there is something to deal with, he is not familiar with life here, you and I can't see it, but we are suspenseful." ”

When Fu Yi listened, he thought silently in his heart, his father and mother had never seen the majesty of Brother Rong with troops, nor had they seen him wearing official robes, even if he knew that his son-in-law was capable and was an important minister by the emperor's side, he couldn't imagine that kind of situation, and he would feel that this northland, thousands of miles away, was where he was unfamiliar with life.

Fuyi believes that in order to find the whereabouts of Prince Sheng's father and son, her husband, who is about to get married, has already touched every inch of land here, and I am afraid that even the palace has already been gone.

Zhu Rong obeyed the arrangement of his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and he would stay if the second elder left him, and he would never be bad if he didn't stay.

At breakfast, Yan Jingshan counted the guests who were going to come today, and asked his son-in-law if he would like to accompany him.

There are only husband and wife and uncle at the dinner table, and they are much more comfortable eating than last night, Mrs. Yan got up early in the morning and worked for a long time, steamed two large baskets of steamed buns, and used enough meat to eat several meals on weekdays to make stuffing, I was afraid that the family would not have enough oil and water and would starve her son-in-law.

At this time, a maid came to say, the old lady and the old man got up, Mrs. Yan temporarily left the kitchen, Yan Jingshan asked, "What happened last night, did you discuss it with Grandpa Wei?" If it really happened suddenly, I was afraid that I would scare the old man, and he was alive again this morning, which was completely inappropriate, so it can be seen that he has the bottom in his heart. ”

Zhu Rong put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said respectfully: "Changing the house, it is indeed because the child is too hot to sleep, and the old man Wei just happened to feel cold, but when I changed, I made it clear, there may be strange things crawling in at night, please be careful." ”

Yan Jingshan said: "He is the old steward of my teacher's family, and he left it to me together with this academy, so old, watching Fuyi be born and grow up, the family all shouted Grandpa Wei, you should also shout." ”

"Yes." Zhu Rong said, "Grandpa Wei said that he has guarded the academy all his life, and he is not afraid of any demons and monsters, so that the child can sleep in peace, so he ......."

"How do you know that something strange is going to creep in at night?" Yan Jingshan still kept a straight face, there was such a shameful thing at home, he really didn't have the face to see his son-in-law, so he could only pretend to be calm and figure things out first.

Zhu Rong said frankly: "Don't hide it from my father, it was Fuyi who reminded me, pay attention to those people, they want to follow Fuyi to Beijing, and they don't have a good heart." ”

Yan Jingshan sighed: "It's really a shame for the family, and I'm ashamed of you, but my eldest brother and I have long been separated, and we can't be considered a family." I hope you don't mention it when you return to the capital, even if it is in front of the old lady of your in-laws, you can avoid it, don't embarrass you. ”

Zhu Rong bowed and said: "The child has written it down, and everything must be focused on support." ”

After that, Zhu Rong did not meet with Fu Yi in the morning, and followed his father-in-law to meet with visitors and tell the students about the capital.

He talks generously and decently, although he is well-informed, but he is not ostentatious and buying, in front of his predecessors and elders, he is even more modest and cautious, and several of Yan Jingshan's close friends have turned their backs on young people, and they have praised: "Although it is rare for the prince's family, it is even more rare that the children of the prince do not learn and have no skills, Yi'er is really blessed, and you husband and wife are blessed." ”

Yan Jingshan couldn't help but be in a happy mood, and the more he looked at his son-in-law, the more he liked it, and he was more determined in his heart that he would never tolerate anyone, destroying his daughter's good marriage.

In the afternoon, Zhu Rong received a message from the flying pigeon, left the academy under the pretext, and came to the front with the help of his father, seeing that his father was teaching the students, and he couldn't speak for a while, so he went to Grandpa Wei, compensated him, and comforted him not to go to his heart.

When Zhu Rong returned, it was already dark, and the family was waiting for him to have dinner, although Yan Jingshan and his wife were reluctant, they had to share the table with their cheeky mother and eldest brother.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was heavy, Yan Zhenzhen and her mother were still red-eyed, obviously crying for a day and a night, but when she saw Zhu Rong returning, she was full of gifts and respectfully sent them to Yan Jingyue and his wife: "Yesterday I was in a hurry, I didn't know that the uncle and the aunt came to the house, and the gifts of the two were left on the next person's side and not brought. ”

The two looked at each other, but the greed that penetrated into the bone marrow made them instinctively reach out and take something, and they all had a good face for a while, and said, "Uncle sit, just wait for you to eat." ”

Zhu Rong presented another gift: "This is for my cousin, although I am a year older than him, but my uncle does not dare to call him big, he should have come to visit, but the trip is in a hurry, and he is really too late." ”

The husband and wife received the gift with their eyes lit up, and they were as active as a dead tree in spring, and Yan Zhenzhen's mother completely ignored that her brother and sister were the hostess of the house, and she was a serious mother-in-law, and she was busy delivering soup to the child, and said enthusiastically: "Your uncle is busy with homework, so he couldn't come, but we thought, it's rare for you to come, how can you not see it, Ming'er sent someone early in the morning to pick him up, and your brothers will meet and get acquainted." ”

Zhu Rong ate the meal, casually asked about Yan Xiaoting's homework, and took the initiative to say that he would come to the capital and would definitely help him a lot, which simply made the couple happy, and they couldn't wait to offer Zhu Rong up.

"But ......" Zhu Rong looked at the elders at the table, and said as if embarrassed, "Grandmother has been living in the academy, why isn't it the eldest uncle and aunt?" ”

Yan Jingyue swallowed his saliva, although they were all sons, but he inherited all the family business, and his younger brother didn't have a copper plate, so he should have come to support his mother, so he said embarrassedly: "We ...... I can't be busy, so I help her brother to be busy with his studies, and your father-in-law will help take care of it. ”

Zhu Rong said with a solemn face: "Since we are a family, I am looking forward to my uncle's bright future, so I said these words, and I hope that my uncle and aunt will not be surprised, you two always don't know some rules in the capital." ”

Old Madam Yan's eyelids twitched twice, and she felt bad in her heart, but she happened to meet Zhu Rong's eyes, and their eyes met, and the fierceness in the young man's eyes made her tremble in her heart.

But when I looked at it carefully, it seemed that I had seen it wrong, and people just explained the style and rules in the capital.

"On that day, the emperor suddenly asked about the birth date and ancestral home of my grandfather and grandmother in each family. But some people tried to get away with it, talking nonsense casually, who knew that the emperor had already prepared, exposed the lie on the spot, forked them out, and never hired. ”

Zhu Rong said clearly: "The emperor rules the world with benevolence and filial piety, and all good and filial piety are the first, and officials in Beijing, if there are those who do not support the elderly and do not practice filial piety, they will be punished and demoted, and they will be dismissed and exiled, and they must not be sloppy." ”

Yan Jingyue and his wife both opened their mouths wide when they heard this, and his wife explained in a panic: "We, our family is too small, there is really no place to ......"

Zhu Rong smiled faintly: "Uncle just listen to me, don't take it to heart, I'm worried that in the future, when my uncle arrives in the capital, he will be squeezed out by the same candidates, and report that his family does not support his grandmother, in case he is sent back to Jizhou with his fame, twenty years of spring and autumn will be wasted." ”

Yan Jingyue asked nervously, "Is it so serious?" He looked at his younger brother, "Jingshan, have you heard that there are still such rules in the capital?" ”

Yan Jingshan had guessed seven or eight points, and his son-in-law was sending the plague god for them, so he said lightly: "Although it is unwritten, it has also become a rhetoric for candidates to exclude each other. To put it bluntly, the word reputation, if there are rumors of unfilial piety and injustice, when you arrive in the capital, no one is willing to accept you as a protégé, and without a teacher to lead the way, it is difficult to move an inch in the capital. ”

Zhu Rong said: "My father accepts protégés, first asks the family history, and sends people to the local area to inquire. Naturally, no one dared to ask for the students whose father refused to accept them. ”

Yan Jingyue took a chance and asked, "Then can you bother the lord and accept my family in the future?" ”

Zhu Rong said with a smile: "Relatives avoid suspicion, this is the rule of the imperial court." ”

Mrs. Yan, who never spoke, picked up vegetables for her son-in-law at the moment, and pretended to be relaxed and said: "Don't get in the way, the whole Jizhou knows that your grandmother has been raised in our house, and your uncle is too busy to do it, so there is really no way." This brother and brother, a mother and a compatriot, what else do they share with each other, your father raises it, and it is your uncle who raises it. ”

Zhu Rong was very embarrassed: "My mother underestimates people's hearts, and it is difficult to go to the exam in the field, not only with her own efforts, but also looking forward to the opponent's difficulties." It's a good thing for you to be a brother and a brother, but in the future, someone will squeeze out your uncle, which is something that everyone in Jizhou knows. ”

Yan Jingyue immediately shouted: "Mother, you, you pack up, go back with us, this can't be done, you can't harm Xiaoting." ”