394 The warmth of the family
Rong Zhao suddenly found that his father and uncle had disappeared at the same time, and asked the next person, knowing that he had gone to the study, so he looked for it.
Marquis Rong understood what the Lord Protector meant, and he agreed with his idea.
A family that is too prominent will become a thorn in the emperor's side, although the emperor has not shown any dissatisfaction with them until now, but sooner or later it will be a thorn in the flesh and will have to be pulled.
For them, Yizhou is definitely a good place to go.
"Father, uncle, what are you two plotting here? The banquet has already been set up in the front hall, just waiting for you to start the banquet. "Before the person arrives, the sound comes first. The muttering voices of Marquis Rong and the Lord Protector stopped abruptly, and the two shook their heads tacitly, not talking about this topic for the time being.
Rong Zhao pushed open the door and saw the two of them sitting and drinking tea, with a chessboard in the middle, and walked in with a smile, "It turns out that you are playing chess here, and you two are really at leisure." β
The Protector looked at her and said, "Did your father and daughter collude well, knowing that your father was going to lose, so they kept making trouble?"
Rong Zhao doesn't know chess, the white and black sons, they know her, she doesn't know them, and asked Rong Houye, "Dad, are you really going to lose?"
Marquis Rong said: "Listen to your uncle's nonsense, I don't know who will win until the last move in this chess game." β
The Protector glared, and he had a posture of having to fight for a high and low, "Okay, then let's spend it here today and see who doesn't have a chess piece left." β
Rong Zhao said "oops", "You two people who are almost a hundred years old together, how can you be so naΓ―ve, like children, you have to compete to see who wins when you play a game." β
She stirred up the chess, "I'll let you play, and this time I'll mess with you." β
The Protector shook his head, pointed at the Marquis Rong, and said, "Look at what I'm talking about, your father and daughter are colluding, I'm about to win, and she has messed it all over me." β
Marquis Rong smiled smugly, "What about collusion, who let me have a good daughter, and you will have one if you have the ability." β
Rong Zhao helped this one up, and then that one up, carrying one in one hand, "Okay, don't earn it here, you two are waiting for the two of you to have a table, don't rub it here." I tell you, it doesn't matter if we starve, your precious granddaughter will cry again. β
The Protector nodded, "When you starve, you cry, this is like you." β
Rong Zhao pursed his lips and smiled: "I came from you at this point. β
"You girl, you're getting poorer and poorer. β
"Whatever you want. β
Rong Zhao hasn't been home for more than three years, there are too many changes, and each cousin has had their own children.
Looking at these children is like seeing themselves before.
There are two families, there are several tables for children alone, Xiao Rongnian is a good eater, and I don't know if it's because of her good looks, the little boy is vying to sit with her.
Naturally, Xiao Rongsheng looks good, but there are few girls and she is reserved, relatively speaking, she is much colder.
He's a little unhappy, isn't he likable?
When there are too many children, they love to go crazy, Rong Zhao looked at it, but he was still not at ease. The two children have been following her ever since they were able to eat.
He was called over, sat down beside him, and quieted down.
"What's wrong Lantern Festival?" Seeing that Xiao Rongsheng was wilting, he didn't even take a few bites of the fish he usually loved, Rong Zhao thought he was uncomfortable, and touched his head, it was not hot, so he was relieved.
Since the last time he was poisoned, Rong Zhao has been extra careful in taking care of him.
Xiao Rongsheng tilted Rong Zhao's body, and said in a sullen voice: "Mother, why are they all pestering lotus rong to play, and they are not rushing to play with me." β
Rong Yao happened to be next to him, with pointed ears, and hugged his nephew from Rong Zhao's arms, and couldn't help sighing.
Xiao Rongsheng looked at him strangely, "Uncle, what are you sighing for?"
Rong Yao shook his head and said, "Uncle is emotional, you and uncle have the same fate." I think back then, my uncle was like you, he came over like this. It's just a blame, the wolf has more meat and less meat. β
Pointing to the children of the Gu family, "See, especially those ones, they don't have girls in the Gu family, so they want to rob our girls, you have to protect your sister, don't let her be bitten by wolves." β
As soon as Rong Zhao heard what he taught Xiao Rongsheng, he hit him, "Go and go, don't teach my son badly, give my son back." β
Rong Yao smiled and discussed, "Hug for a while, hug for a while, I haven't been rare yet." β
He can't mess with his sister at this time, but in the future, he will have to rely on his brother-in-law's people to provoke his sister, can his brother-in-law still care about him?
Rong Zhao glanced at him and warned: "You hug him, don't talk nonsense to him." β
"When did I say gibberish words?" Rong Yao's way of liking people is to bite, "snort" a bite, and kiss Xiao Rongsheng's cheek, "Yes, Lantern Festival, did my uncle say gibberish things to you?"
Xiao Rongsheng wiped his face in disgust, he looked at Rong Yao, and said mysteriously: "Uncle, let me tell you, it's useless for us to grab the lotus seed again." β
Rong Yao was surprised, "What's the explanation?"
"You said that you are the same as me, and the mother concubine is naturally the same as Lotus Rong. But the mother concubine was taken away by her father, so it's useless to rob it now, since it's useless, what am I going to protect her for?" Xiao Rongsheng spoke one by one, very clearly organized, and the logic was very clear.
Rong Yao blinked, and was really choked by him.
He hissed and sent him back to Rong Zhao's arms, he was an adult, dumbfounded by a child's rebuttal, what a shame!
Xiao Rongsheng covered his mouth and smiled secretly, and his mood improved. He understood, it wasn't that he wasn't likable, it was that the boys were.
However, as Xiao Rongnian looks like that, she is far worse than her mother, so what is there to do.
The dishes are very rich, and they are all Rong Zhao's favorite food. In the past two days, the meals prepared according to her taste, the second sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law specially explained.
Now the Ronghou Mansion is still the two of them running the family together, originally Rong Yao married a wife, and the power of the family should be handed over, but Yin Rou is not good at these and resigned.
Marquis Rong said, anyway, they are all a family, and it is the same which house is in charge of the back house.
Lin scooped up a bowl of soup and brought it to Rong Zhao, "Come to Zhaozhao, drink a few more bowls of black chicken soup, this is what the second aunt specially asked people to go to the market to buy in the morning, freshly killed." β
The Lin family has faded from the edge of previous years, and the whole person is much gentler, very kind to Rong Zhao, and always pulls her to talk. is good for the two children, and even, gave Xiao Rongnian the Yingluo circle she married.
She went straight to the point, "I heard that you were in danger when you gave birth, and the second aunt told you that this is not a trivial matter, and a woman has a loss when she gives birth, so she has to make up for it." This black chicken is the best for women, and they usually eat more. β
The table was full of women, and she had no scruples about talking. Except for Rong Yao, her daughter-in-law is at this table, and he has to accompany her.
Rong Zhao took it, "Let the second aunt bother." "Black chicken soup is very common, but this warm affection makes people's hearts warm.
I remember that I used to compete with each other, but now that I think about it, I feel quite naΓ―ve at that time.
Lin Shi sighed, "You are much thinner than before, I don't know why you think the King of Chu has abused you?"
Rong Zhao sneered: "Isn't it just abusing me, when the second aunt sees him, she has to help me vent her anger." β
"Oh, you look up to your second aunt and me too much, so how dare I?"
The table was full of joy and everyone laughed.
Sitting next to Lin is the third lady, she has not changed at all, the people who burn incense and worship the Buddha beside the Bodhisattva all the year round have been treated very favorably over the years, and they are a little more kind than before.
She didn't say much, she just tried to put vegetables in Rong Zhao's bowl, as if she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to eat.
Rong Nuan beckoned the husband at the adjacent table, and the two of them poured a glass of wine, stood up at the same time, and toasted Rong Zhao.
She also got married the year before last, and she was very unfortunate in her previous marriage. I thought I would be lonely in this life, but I didn't expect to meet someone who treated her sincerely.
She misses Rong Zhao, if it wasn't for her at the beginning, now, she doesn't know whether she is dead or alive.
"Zhaozhao, I toast you with your eldest brother-in-law, if you didn't help me that year, I don't know how miserable I am now, and I won't be as happy as I am now, thank you very much. Rong Nuan was emotional, her eyes were red, her husband was a considerate person, and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes for her.
Rong Zhao also stood up and raised his glass, "This cup should be drunk, I didn't drink the wedding wine of the two of you, and I can make up for it today." She was still so delicate, "But one cup is not enough, three glasses, three glasses per person." β
Glaring at the eldest brother-in-law, "If you feel sorry for your mother, it's okay to drink six cups alone." β
Huo Shucheng was the champion of the imperial examination three years ago, and he is still in the same batch as Qi Hui. He doesn't look as delicate as An Ziqian, and is a little more rugged. Sword eyebrows, starry eyes, a righteous face. Rong Zhao looks very pleasing to the eye, much better than An Ziqian's little white face.
However, looking at his rugged appearance, Rong Zhao was more willing to believe that he was a martial champion.
He and Rong Nuan were also chances, he lived in the temple temporarily before the imperial examination, and at that time, the third lady always went to that temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and Rong Nuan usually followed up. And Huo Shucheng, a scholar is not good at reading in the house, and always goes to read under the big banyan tree in front of the temple. After that, everything fell into place.
Later, Rong Nuan became acquainted with him, and he realized that he thought that reading in the house would kill people, and he had to go outside, watch people come and go, watch the flowers bloom and fall, and the things in those books will become vivid.
This may be a unique way of reading, and I don't know if it applies to someone else, but it applies to him anyway. That's how he read it.
He didn't dislike Rong Nuan for marrying someone, and even felt pity, because of this pity, it slowly turned into love.
Rong Nuan is the kind of standard lady, gentle and elegant, she used to be cowardly, but since he left, the whole person exudes perseverance from the inside out, and this inner perseverance deeply attracted him.