Ou Qing took out a few pieces of paper from his sleeve: "I went today, my father-in-law gave me this, a silver ticket of 2.5 million taels of silver, the Beijing Hui Pass number, Daqin has more than 30 semicolons, take it at any time." ”

Suddenly giving so much money? Xia Ruixi guessed: "Do you want to go to Beijing for activities?" Is it possible to ask the wise prince to administer justice? ”

"It's not. He said that one million taels is Rui Yu's, eldest sister, let's get 500,000 taels each. Let me keep it for them, and give it to them at the right time in the future. Although the matter has not yet come out, it is conceivable that Zhao Mingtao will never give up. At this time, the family went to ask King Rui, and if King Rui answered, he would be dragged into this farce of buying murder and marriage. He and the concubine are now too busy to take care of themselves, where would they put their own family in such a dilemma? So this road is not going to work. ”

"What about the others? If we give them money, someone will be willing to reach out, right? Let's prepare everything we need to prepare first, and take precautions, okay? ”

Ou Qing looked at Xia Ruixi with pity: "At this time and that time, the battle between the crown princes, everyone can't avoid it, who dares to take this money?" Even your uncle, he can't come up with a good solution. When it is fatal, who can still care about respecting the teacher? ”

In peacetime, Honglu Academy is a huge network of relationships, all over the country, up and down, up and down, everyone wants to get a little light; At the critical moment, everyone is in danger and just wants to choose themselves, who can control others? Surviving yourself first is the way to go.

No one can rely on this, Xia Ruixi was silent, groping for clothes: "I'm going to go back and take a look." "Master Xia's arrangement, it sounds like a bit of a confession of the meaning of the last words, which makes her feel very scared for no reason.

"Don't go. I promised my father-in-law and mother-in-law that if you don't tell you, if you go, not only will it not work, but it will also increase their troubles and worries in vain. Don't worry, I've sent a letter home and asked someone to investigate. Ou Qingjin hugged her tightly, "Let's not go back to Fairview Garden tonight, just stay here for one night." I bought you the hot and sour noodles you want to eat, warm in a pot, can I bring them to you to eat? ”

Xia Ruixi stubbornly broke away from his hand: "There is such a big thing in the family, I am a daughter and a sister, how can I not go?" ”

Ou Qing said angrily: "You don't listen to me, do you?" What is filial piety? It's not that you choke up when you hear about what happened at home, you are the way you are, running will only cause chaos for them, do you know? If you really want them to feel more comfortable, you have to be fine, pretend not to know about this matter, and leave the rest to me to deal with, so that they don't have to worry about this and that, don't you understand? ”

Xia Ruixi said: "Do you want me to pretend that I don't know anything?" Who knows if the surname Zhao will go bad again? If something happens to my family, I will never forgive myself for the rest of my life. ”

Ou Qingjin sighed and said, "Why are you so confused? If he really wanted to do it, it wouldn't just scare Rui Yan, it would definitely be a one-hit hit. But just in case, I've asked Mu Fei to live in your house. ”

And that's just the beginning, right? Xia Ruixi sat down dejectedly, only feeling panicked in his heart, and didn't want to say anything, or eat anything. I don't feel it, I always feel that I am lonely, but at this time, I found that she has long been inseparable from them, and she is even more lonely without them.

Ou Qingjin couldn't help but say, took the hot and sour noodles and sat in front of her, and fed her.

Xia Ruixi shook his head: "I don't want to eat." ”

Ou Qingjin frowned, and said softly: "You have to be obedient, you have to eat if you don't want to, even if it's not for yourself, you have to think about the children, me, and parents-in-law." Now that you take care of yourself, it is the greatest help to everyone, be good, open your mouth and eat some, okay? Even if you really want to go and see it, I'll accompany you early tomorrow morning, okay? ”

Xia Ruixi took the bowl: "I'll eat it myself." After only two bites, he put down the bowl and threw himself on Ou Qingjin's shoulder and cried: "Do you just watch him bully our family like this?" "Being bullied is just a trivial matter, what I am afraid of is that I will be cornered, and my family will be ruined.

Ou Qingjin patted Xia Ruixi's back: "Xixi, don't cry." Don't you often say that mothers' mood swings are not good for their children? You stop for a moment and listen to my slow analysis for you, this matter may not be so complicated, and there may be a turnaround. Still crying? Don't want to hear it, do you? ”

Xia Ruixi had a glimmer of hope in his heart, stopped crying, covered his crying embarrassed face with his hand, sniffed hard, and said angrily: "Give people a handkerchief." ”

Ou Qing hurriedly twisted a hot handkerchief and came over: "Shall I wipe it for you?" ”

How could Xia Ruixi show him that she was dragging a long nose? Lowered his head, grabbed the handkerchief, turned his back and pressed it on his face: "You cover your ears!" ”

Ou Qingjin couldn't help laughing: "I covered it." I can't hear or see anything. ”

Xia Ruixi wiped his nose very loudly, covered his ears and cleaned himself up, and then threw the handkerchief into the basin: "It's okay, I won't cry anymore." ”

Ou Qing said cautiously: "Eat something at the bottom first, and listen to me while eating, okay?" ”

Xia Ruixi frowned irritably: "People don't want to eat." "Since she was pregnant, although she is very careful to control, her temper has still become a little emotional, sometimes uncontrollable, happy and sad quickly, and people who didn't like to cry now have more tears.

"Okay, okay, I don't want to eat it, I'll eat it when I want to." Ou Qing was obedient, took off his shoes and sat on the bed to hug Xia Ruixi: "I think that although Zhao Mingtao asked people to scare Rui Yan, beat his uncle and third cousin, and burned Zhuangzi, the purpose was to warn and deter. He should have another purpose, not simply trying to please the emperor's eldest son. Otherwise, he would not have come to the door to warn him first, but instructed the Sun family to directly take this matter to the court, which was to leave room for improvement. What he wants should still be money. ”

Of course, it may also be that more vicious tricks are still to come, such as forcing the Xia family to submit first, meeting all his requirements, dragging them into poverty, and after people turn over on their backs, he still has to force the Xia family to ruin. But Ou Qingjin didn't dare to tell Xia Ruixi about this.

Xia Ruixi is not stupid, she can also think of both sides of things. But hearing Ou Qingjin say this, she still had a lot of hope. "And what does my dad mean? As long as people are good, what are you doing with so much money? ”

Mrs. Xia was willing to give up her money to avoid disasters, but Master Xia just didn't let go of that. The old hatred is gone, and a new hatred is added, why don't you make him hate?

Ou Qing said: "I have thought about it carefully, this matter has to be divided into two steps. We can't grasp the real situation in Beijing in time, but Zhao Mingtao can, so we shouldn't go head-to-head with him now. Previously, the family had sent someone to deliver the letter to the capital quickly, hoping to intercept the eldest brother, let him go to find out the tone of Niangniang and King Rui, and also inform them of this, if they can help, they will not sit idly by, but we don't have too much hope, we have to rely on ourselves; In addition, I also entrusted a reliable friend, who has a certain relationship with Zhao Mingtao, and asked him to find out what Zhao Mingtao meant, and knowing Zhao Mingtao's purpose, we can discuss countermeasures. ”

Xia Ruixi lay softly in his arms and buried his head in his neck socket: "I'm so timid now, I'm always afraid." I'm so scared that something bad will happen. "It's probably because of this child that she has become a little timid and scared unconsciously.

Ou Qingjin touched her hair distressedly: "Don't be afraid, with me, you and the child will be safe." ”

Xia Ruixi leaned on Ou Qingjin's arms, listening to his strong and powerful heart, her emotions slowly became calmer, and at this moment she really believed that Ou Qingjin could do what he said. Women are always sensitive and easily moved, and a casual action and a casual word from the other party can often make them see something different, and they may completely trust each other from now on, or they may hate each other from now on.

When Xia Ruixi's mood calmed down, Ou Qing discussed with her: "I don't want the money my father-in-law gave." It's your family's money, and I'll give it to you for safekeeping. In the future, when the time is right, you will take it out and return it to Rui Yu. ”

"Why not?" Xia Ruixi pinched the silver ticket and tested him: "The family needs money very much now, if there is this money, everyone will be much better." Besides, if we don't take it, my sister and Beibei will be embarrassed to take it. ”

Ou Qingjin said without hesitation: "What our parents-in-law should have given us was already given when we got married, and now this money is clearly reserved for Rui Yu." My father-in-law has no choice, and he is afraid that Zhao Mingtao or someone else will take it, so he will think of handing it over to me for safekeeping. How can we take this money? At home, if they don't have this money, will they just live a long way? As for my sister and Beibei, you don't have to tell them what we do, they are willing to take it, it's understandable, if they don't want it, it's also their favor. Leave others alone and do what you have to do. ”

Under the light, his expression was plain and sincere, his eyes were clear, and there was no trace of coy and greed. "If I need money, I'll get it on my own. I will be ashamed for the rest of my life, and I will never be able to hold my head up. ”

Xia Ruixi was silent, Ou Qingjin was very smart, very proud, and thoughtful about things. The ancients always believed that the son was the one who inherited the mantle, and the daughter was an outsider. Master Xia's money was originally left to Xia Ruiyu, but I thought that Xia Ruiyu was too small and had too much money, which was easy to cause people to covet it, if it was all left to Xia Ruiyu, I was afraid that in the end, Xia Ruiyu would not even be able to save his life.

And in the way that the seeers have a share, the three daughters and sons all have it, and no one has anything to say, so it is not easy to cause conflicts, and the sisters and brothers can still form a group. Even if something really happened to him and Mrs. Xia, Xia Ruiyu could grow up under the care of his sisters.

Master Xia dared to hand over this money to Ou Qingjin and himself, in fact, he was already a great recognition and belief in the two.

However, what Xia Ruixi admires most is Ou Qingjin's attitude towards this money. Not greedy, not loving, not occupying, not jealous, and after the Ou family began to lose, he realized the importance of money.

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