In the Qingqiu Pavilion, Fu Yi was alone in the study, quietly preparing for tomorrow's homework. The younger brother is very serious in learning, even if it is just enlightenment and reading some extremely simple poetry books at the moment, she can't just fool around.

The house was quiet and silent, so the movement in front of the courtyard gate was easy to come in, but listening to the rapid footsteps from far and near, I put down the pen and knew that it was the rhyme.

"You nerd." Yun Zhi was not angry when he entered the door, "I'm going to die in a hurry, you are still so calm." ”

Fu Yi smiled and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Yunzhi sat opposite her, anxious and helpless: "It's not my second brother's business, I just heard that the third brother came back, so I ran out to find him, but as soon as he turned around, he disappeared, and I don't know where he went." ”

Fu Yi picked up the pen and continued to write: "The family is so big, where is Xu, you can't find it for a while, where else can you go?" ”

Yun Zhi said angrily: "What is he hiding from me?" ”

Fu Yi said: "The third cousin always has something he has to be busy with, and the court and the family can't tell you everything." ”

Yun Zhi was anxious: "I came to you to relax, but you helped him talk." ”

Fu Yi said good-naturedly: "I don't help anyone, you ask me, I just said." ”

The two were speechless for a while, Yun Zhi fiddled with the white marble paperweight uneasily, only to see Scarlet Tong enter the door, and said nervously: "Mother Zhou sent someone to tell me to take the young lady back to the old lady's house, don't wander outside." ”

"Got it." Yun Zhi thinks that it is just an ordinary advice.

"I don't know what happened, the second master suddenly became angry." Scarlet Tong said, "This time, the people from Dongyuan are guarding the door, and they must take him over immediately when the second son comes back, don't make the second master angry again, and hurry back to the old lady's house." ”

Yunzhi almost jumped up: "Is it exposed, second brother, he is exposed?" ”

Scarlet Tong looked confused: "Miss, what did you say?" ”

Fuyi hurriedly stopped Yunzhi and took the initiative to send her back to the inner courtyard, she believed that Zhu Rong and the second son could handle it, she and Yunzhi couldn't mess up first, and then send Feitong to watch outside, and if there was any news, it would be reported to it.

At this moment, Zhu Rong had gone to the west of the city, and when Zhu Pingrui saw his younger brother returning, he had already guessed a few points in his heart, and sure enough, his father discovered his abnormality.

"It's not good to blame me, occasionally bring a few books over to read, but I'm too lazy to take them back, and in a day or two, I'm about to empty the study." Ping Rui didn't care, "They are also powerful, it's been so long before they found out." ”

It can be heard that the elder brother has some resentment about being neglected by his parents, and Zhu Rong is inconvenient to say anything, so he only asks; "The second brother won't go home today, and he will go back to the yamen tomorrow, and it's not difficult for the second uncle to really look for you."

"He wants to be a decent person, and he won't embarrass me in the yamen." Ping Rui said, "But I didn't plan to run away from this matter, but no one asked me, and I didn't bother to say it." ”

Rouyin came out of the door and blessed Zhu Rong: "Third son, is there something going on in the house?" ”

Ping Rui said disappreciably: "My dad is making a fuss, it's not in the way, I'll just go back and make a fool of a few words, they don't care about me." ”

Rouyin obviously didn't believe it, but she didn't say anything, she lowered her head, and her eyebrows were full of guilt and worry, and she just said: "I'm not going anywhere, don't worry, I'm here." ”

When Zhu Rong heard this, he withdrew.

Pingrui took the soft voice to the room and sat down: "I'll come back when I go, you rest early." ”

Rouyin shook her head: "If you go out again tonight, won't it make your master angry, I'll be fine alone, don't worry about me." ”

The window in the room is open, Zhu Rong is in the courtyard, you can see the figure of the elder brother and the girl Rouyin, under the candlelight, the second brother is full of affection, and he can't let go of the person in his heart.

He couldn't help but sigh, the second brother's road is not easy to walk, or even impossible at all, and between him and Fuyi, no matter how much he has the support of his grandmother, the only trouble may be how Fuyi will gain a foothold at home in the future.

"Rong'er, let's go." The second son went out, "I'll go home." ”

Zhu Rong said: "The people in front of the door just now saw that I was going home, I didn't want to go through the front door again, we parted halfway, I went to the inner courtyard to report to my grandmother first." ”

Ping Rui looked indifferent: "No need, grandmother, I'll go and say it myself." ”

They went all the way home, and they separated near the Zhu house, and sure enough, as soon as they entered the door, Pingrui was surrounded by his subordinates, for fear that he would run away, and asked him to hurry up to see the second master.

It seems that his father and mother still care about face, and do not want to make the family known, when he returned to Dongyuan, he did not see the bright lights and waited for the posture, and was sent all the way into his father's bedroom, only the two parents, sitting there with angry faces.

But when he heard that his younger brother was back, Zhu Pingluo immediately rushed over and asked, "Father waited for you in the middle of the night, where did you go, why didn't you say a word to the family?" ”

The second lady hurriedly said: "Your father heard that during the day, he saw you and Zhu Rong running horses on the street, and they went out of the city in a hurry, what are you going to do?" You are so close to the third child, and I don't see you and him at home on weekdays. ”

"Rong'er is in charge of hunting and guarding, and Guanglu Temple is preparing pre-hunting sacrifices and banquets, and we just went to the paddock." Ping Rui responded, "Does my father think it's inappropriate?" ”

Zhu Chengye looked at his son, weighed the truth of his words, and said, "What's going on in your study, where did all the things go?" ”

Ping Rui said: "I sent some colleagues and classmates casually, and some of them were taken to the yamen, if my father thinks it is inappropriate, I will move back." ”

The second lady hurriedly said to her husband: "I said it's nothing, those subordinates are talking nonsense, master, you don't like Rui'er and the third child to get close, I'll talk about him again, it's late today......"

Zhu Chengye pushed his hand and motioned for his wife to shut up, staring at his son tightly: "What about the person with you?" ”

Ping Rui's eyebrows trembled: "Outside." ”

Zhu Chengye called the steward in a cold voice: "Drag the person who followed him to the courtyard and beat him until he is willing to tell the truth." ”

Ping Rui stopped and said, "What is my father doing, what have I done, asking you to ask a subordinate like this?" ”

Zhu Chengye said coldly: "I have sent someone to Guanglu Temple to ask during the day, you always return at night two out of three days, and you are never seen in this house, but the errand of Guanglu Temple is not so busy, your colleagues and subordinates go home on time every day, you alone, I don't know where you went." ”

It was the first time that the second lady had heard this, and she couldn't think of any good place to go, so she held her heart and asked, "Son, are you, are you lingering in the flower streets and willow alleys, and you are in the dark?" ”

Zhu Chengye slapped the coffee table and angrily reprimanded the steward: "What are you doing in a daze, drag the people who are with him out to fight." ”

"I don't like living at home." Ping Rui said coldly, "I bought a house, and when I want to be quiet, I will go there." ”

The couple looked at each other, and the second lady asked, "What are you talking about, what are you doing there alone?" ”

Zhu Chengye suddenly remembered something, and asked his son: "Beast, are you raising women outside?" ”

Ping Rui sneered: "How can my father see the wind and rain, I am just trying to be quiet outside, how did you think of this?" ”

The second lady also said: "The room I prepared for him, he doesn't want any girl who is not a smart girl, his son's mind is not on the woman, don't guess it." ”

Zhu Chengye got up and said, "Okay, you lead the way, I'll go to your house to have a look." ”

Before the words fell, I saw Zhou's mother enter the door and said, "Old lady, the old lady wants the second son to come over and talk." ”

Zhu Chengye's face was full of reluctance, and the second lady even said: "What kind of mess is the old lady making here." ”

"Go, wait for you to come back, and take me to your private house." Zhu Chengye said, "Your little servant, detain him in the courtyard first, if you have half a lie, I will kill him first." ”

Seeing her son turn around and leave, the second lady was very worried and ordered her eldest son to go with her, but Zhu Chengye called the eldest son down: "You, the eldest brother, have you never cared about him?" ”

Ping Luo said: "Ruier said that he bought a house, it must be true, two years ago when you were still working outside Beijing, he asked me for a sum of silver, at that time said that there was a change in the classmate's family, he wanted to help others, I didn't ask much, so I gave him the silver." Now it seems that he is using the money to buy a property. ”

The second lady couldn't cry or laugh: "This child, what does he think all day long, how much does the Zhu family's house and land want, how can he still buy it." ”

Ping Luo asked his father, "Why are you so angry, could it be that Rui'er has done something wrong?" ”

Zhu Chengye sighed for a long time: "I'm afraid that he won't learn well, but when I think about it, I realize that I don't know anything about your brother." ”

The old lady waited for her grandson with a strange face, and when they met, she asked: "Rong'er said that you have something important, how can I listen to Mama Rui say that your father is going to beat you, what happened?" ”

Zhu Pingrui knelt down and kowtowed: "There is something, my grandson did not report to my grandmother in time, and now my father has found out, I still lied, but I really dare not deceive my grandmother." ”

The old lady said, "Child, get up and talk about it." ”

Ping Rui straightened up and said with a firm expression: "Grandmother, I want to marry a woman from an opera troupe. ”

The old lady was stunned: "Rui'er, do you know what you're talking about?" ”