Yun Xian and Luan Qing set off in time. The fourth aunt of Yunfu lived in a simple house, and even everyone in the mansion often didn't see her for two or three months, and it happened that Yun Xian went out as a cover, so her sudden disappearance was temporarily hidden.

However, this matter must not be hidden from Mrs. Tai, who is concentrating on worshipping the Buddha in Rongjin Hall. It's just that her old man didn't mean to summon her, and Yun Ci could only wait.

The days passed day by day in the waiting of Yun Ci, waiting for Mrs. Tai's summons, waiting for Luanqing's movements, and waiting for Yun Xian's report on business. Izuku served in Qingxinzhai as usual every day, and only then did he gradually understand why the Yun family deserved the name of "the world's number one giant" and how big the business was.

In Nanxi and Beixi, rice and flour, grain and oil, cloth, money and transportation are the five major industries that Yun's relies on to support. And just these five industries are shocking enough - they are all pillars related to people's livelihood.

Since ancient times, there has been a cloud that "the people take food as the sky", and now this most important business of food and clothing is monopolized by more than half of the Yun family, how can it not be rich? Not to mention the two economic lifelines of Qianzhuang and Caoyun.

Even if Izuku is ignorant, he can understand why the Yun clan insists on maintaining neutrality and not favoring any country in the north and the south. If there is the slightest favoritism in such a family business, I am afraid that the crisis it will bring to another country will perish. In this way, the ancestral teachings cannot be easily disobeyed.

However, many people only see the prosperity and wealth of the Yun clan for hundreds of years, but they do not know how much effort and how many difficulties it takes for each Lixin Marquis to carry forward the family business in such a sensitive political environment.

It stands to reason that this is not something that Xiu should open her mouth to put her beak, but in the past few days she has been serving in Qingxinzhai, every time she sees stacks of newspapers and documents, as well as the worries of Yun Ci's eyebrows, she also feels that her heart is being tugged up.

"Master Hou, you can rest." Chuxiu put the dew between the flowers collected in the early morning on the table, and persuaded him: "You don't even care about lunch, if you continue like this, I'm afraid that your body will not be able to stand it." ”

"Did Qianyun persuade you?" Yun Ci's gaze did not leave the report, and asked lightly.

Izuku pursed her lips and groaned for a moment, then replied, "No, it's my own meaning." ”

Hearing this, Yun Ci put down the report in his hand, and looked at Chu Xiu with a smile on his lips: "Okay, let them prepare some at will, don't bother too much." ”

Izuku breathed a long sigh of relief, and hurriedly ran out of the door to order. All kinds of meals were prepared in the kitchen early, all of which were warmed on the small stove, and when I heard the words from the Hou Ye, they were immediately prepared, and the water was generally presented to the dining room.

The rules of leaving the Xinhou Mansion are very strict, except for special circumstances, it is necessary to go to the dining room to pass the food, and it is never allowed to easily bring food into the study or living room, and smoke the taste of a room.

And Yun Ci is more strict in this regard, no matter how busy the affairs are, he would rather not eat, and will not send food to Qingxinzhai. Just because the ancient books and papers in this garden are very absorbent, he is afraid that these greasy and nutritious things will soak the fragrance of ink in the garden.

Zhuying pushed Yun Ci to the dining room, and Izuku followed behind the two. Qian Yun was already waiting in front of the dining room, and when she saw Yun Ci coming, she hurriedly leaned over and saluted, her expression was indifferent. Yun Ci didn't seem to see it, and let the bamboo shadow push him in without squinting.

Every time Izumi sees Qianyun recently, she can't help but think of her warning that day. Thinking like this, he paused in his steps, and stopped before entering the dining room, wanting to turn back and return to Qingxinzhai.

Eating and living has always been a matter of simple rhyme. Izumi is reluctant to overstep his errands.

"Where?" As soon as he turned around and took a step, he heard Yun Ci's question behind him.

She had to turn around again and replied, "Go back to Qingxin Zhai and wait for your life." ”

"Persuade me to be active in eating, but I don't eat grains, don't you want to become an immortal?" Yun Ci's ridicule carried an irresistible order: "Come in and eat." ”

When he came out of Xiu, he was embarrassed: "Master Hou...... I'm not hungry. ”

"But I'm hungry." Through the open hall door, Yun Ci looked at Izuku outside the door, and patted the position next to him: "Come in, sit." ”

"Master Hou......" stopped talking and unconsciously looked at the shallow rhyme behind Yun Ci, and saw that her face was also a little pale, but she pursed her lips and didn't say anything, lowering her eyes and not looking at anyone.

"Don't delay, I'm busy today." Yun Qi was silent and said again.

Out of Xiu had no choice but to step into the dining room and sit next to Yun Ci. Bamboo Shadow, Qianyun and the two maids of the cloth are all standing around, which makes her feel like she is on pins and needles. After all, it is not good for the master and servant to eat at the same table, and it is not good to spread it.

Yun Ci was very satisfied with Izuxiu's performance, and first looked sideways at the shallow rhyme behind him, before revealing a smile, picking up the dishes and chopsticks and using the rice.

But this meal, out of Xiu is destined to be tasteless.

*****

After having lunch together, Yun Ci didn't have the intention of resting for half a minute, and went back to Qingxinzhai to deal with the newspapers and documents from all over the world.

"Can't Master Hou rest for half a day?" Izumi looked at it in her eyes, and she was extremely distressed.

When Yun Ci heard this, he only sighed lightly: "I just don't want to let the Yun clan decline in my hands......"

"You can't ignore your own body." Out of Xiu and then persuade.

"I'm measured." Yun Ci said this, his eyes softened a little, showing a little powerlessness: "Now that Beixi is in turmoil, it is only a matter of time before the country changes hands." Nanxi seems to be calm, and several princes are also ready to fight for the crown...... In the long run, I'm afraid that the Yun clan will no longer be able to protect themselves......"

This passage seemed to be understood, but for some reason, it was deeply remembered in my heart. Looking back on the past many years later, she also had to admit that Yun Ci's words had a great impact on her.

It's just that the future is not yet a glimpse, so let's take care of the present.

"Master Hou, Mrs. Tai is invited." Suddenly, there was a report from outside the house.

Isn't Mother praying to the Buddha behind closed doors? How did you see yourself again? Yun Ci pondered for a moment in his heart, and ordered Zhuying to send him to Rongjin Hall, and before leaving, he said to Zhu Xiu: "You go back to rest, I will order someone to call you if there is something." ”

*****

The Rongjin Hall is full of the smell of agarwood, which has the purpose of soothing the mind. Yun Ci sniffed it deeply, and felt even more emotional. Once upon a time, the agarwood formula hand-made by his father was a testimony of the love between their husband and wife, but now, it ......

Yun Ci retracted his thoughts at the right time, entered the room and called respectfully: "Mother." ”

Mrs. Tai was closing her eyes and recuperating, with a slight knock of beads in her hand, and muttering words and reciting Buddhist scriptures. After a while, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at Yun Ci: "Today I remembered an accident and called you to come to discuss." ”

"My son also happens to have a matter and wants to discuss it with his mother."

Hearing this, Mrs. Tai's eyes were calm and did not fluctuate: "What you want to say, I know." If you agree to this thing, I will naturally accept what you think in your heart. ”

This sentence sounded like Mrs. Tai giving in, but when it was heard in Yun Ci's ears, it made his face change in an instant, and he called in a low voice: "Mother......"

Mrs. Tai didn't seem to have seen the look of her parents and children, and said to herself: "You are already twenty-one, it's time to inherit the incense for the Lixinhou Mansion." In the past, you didn't let women get close, and your body was not good, but now that this is the case, this marriage can no longer be delayed. ”

"Mother!" This time, Yun Ci was a little displeased.

"What? Unwilling? Mrs. Tai flicked the beads in her hand and continued: "You and Miss Xia are married, and after so many years of delay, that child is unswerving, waiting for you." Where can you find such a virtuous and virtuous lady? ”

"But out of Xiu's ......" Yun Ci opened his mouth, only said these three words, but was robbed by Mrs. Tai:

"Originally, you didn't want to drag down the Xia family and wanted to get out of the marriage, do people have a word of resentment? In the blink of an eye, the child is also ten **, if you don't marry again, it will really drag her down! ”

Yun Ci frowned and remained silent, still refusing to express his position.

Seeing this, Mrs. Tai sighed lightly: "I know what you think in your heart, you really love Miss Xia's family, and I would rather her marry another ...... But aren't you a drag on Xiu? Or do you want a prostitute to be the Lady of the Divorced Letter? ”

At this point, Mrs. Tai gradually raised her voice, and unhurriedly asked three questions: "Do you think I will allow it?" Will the upper and lower levels of the clan be allowed? Or is it your responsibility that allows you to ruin the Yun Clan's reputation so much? Three questions, one more sharply than the other.

Mother still knows! Yun Ci could only say in a low voice: "The past is not her fault. ”

"I didn't say it was her fault." Mrs. Tai said: "The two of you can meet, and she looks like this, it is also the fate of the two of you." But ......"

But what? Yun Ci could already guess his mother's next sentence.

But paper can't hold the fire, and it's hard to guarantee that her past events won't be stabbed out. If there really is such a day, do you want the Helian clan to step on my Yun clan's face door? Or do you want Ming to come and see me for jokes? Mrs. Tai asked again in a deep voice.

Every word is like countless sharp blades, piercing Yun Ci's heart.

If this matter had been put a few days ago, he would have sworn to let Xiu pass through the door and let her have a child by her side. But now, he wished that he hadn't conceived a child, and that he hadn't conceived a child who had been poisoned by love since he was in the womb.

With the lessons of the past vividly in his mind, how could he allow his children to suffer the same fate as their parents?

Do you want to tell your mother about the poison? Tell the whole pain of the two?

No! This must involve the cause of his father's death. If she really did this, maybe her mother would empathize with her and be more considerate of her affair with her sister-in-law. However......

As a son of man, he cannot stab his mother in the heart. The word "love poison" is a secret in this house, and it is also a secret that my father insisted on hiding before he died.

If you want to talk about your mother, you must explain the poisonous things clearly; But if you want to uncover the old past one by one...... With her mother's character, what kind of self-harm she will do is unimaginable, and she is not sure.

On one side is the biological mother, and on the other side is the beloved woman...... Among them, the trade-offs are well known. What's more, I still have a burden on my body.

The pain in my heart was like a knife, and it gradually spread all over my body. The harm of love poison, the hindrance of the mother, and the powerlessness of oneself...... These are unforeseen things. Obviously, a few days ago, he was still full of confidence, but in the blink of an eye, it became unspeakable.

There has never been such a powerless moment, and the woman who clearly shouldn't be disappointed was dragged into this troubled water by herself. I knew it was like this......

"Resignation," Seeing that the parents and children were silent for a long time, Mrs. Tai finally softened her heart a little, and took a step back and said, "It's not impossible for you to like her." But with her identity, it is impossible to have a serious name. As long as you can guarantee that she has no children, I will allow her to stay with you for a long time, how about it? ”

No children...... Is it grace or punishment to leave a woman childless? Yun Ci still frowned and remained silent.

Seeing this, Mrs. Tai's face gradually sank: "What are you dissatisfied with now?" If I want to deal with her, I need your consent? A bowl of safflower made her sterilized! ”

Mrs. Tai paused for a moment, no longer ignoring Yun Ci's face, and continued: "Now that she has caused discord between your brothers, if you resist marriage again, there will be no heirs...... This kind of calamity, the Yun clan can't stay. ”

"Mother!" Yun Ci stood up from his wheelchair in shock, his hands clenched into fists, and his face was incredulous.

At this time, Mrs. Tai had regained her indifference, closed her eyes again, and fiddled with the Buddha beads: "What are you doing with her being so nervous?" You like her, isn't it because she looks like Xia Yanran? And now I will promise you the Lord, but you are not happy? Isn't that putting the cart before the horse? ”