Despite Fu'antang's repeated orders, there is no impermeable wall under the sky. In less than half an hour, rumors were spreading in the Hou Mansion.

Especially after Mama Yun went to Hengwu Courtyard in the big house, she heard that Qin Ruolan was beaten dozens of times by the eldest lady, her palms were swollen, and she was confined.

Everyone speculated, could it be that Miss Biao's days of being powerful in the Hou Mansion have come to an end?

In the evening, after Ruan Chan, the eldest lord of the Ding'an Hou Mansion and Ruan Mianmian's eldest uncle, returned to the house, he heard about it, and he hurried to Fu'an Hall to plead guilty.

I never thought that Ruan Chan had eaten the closed-door soup, and the next person spread the word that the old lady had ordered, and I would talk about it tomorrow.

It seems that the old marquis and his wife are still angry, and Ruan Chan has no choice but to go back first, thinking that Ming'er will come to the door again to ask for guilt.

Back in Hengwu Courtyard, the more Ruan Chan thought about it, the more annoyed he became, he treated Qin Ruolan as his daughter, and he saw that she had a lot of problems before, but every time he opened his mouth and didn't say a word, Chen Wanyu supported him.

Qin Ruolan has a direct relationship with Chen Wanyu in this way, listening to her chatter at this time, Ruan Chan couldn't help but yell at her a few words, seeing her crying and crying, he became more and more upset, and simply turned around and went to the study.

Seeing that Ruan Chan was gone, Chen Wanyu snorted in the direction of the door, turned around and told the maid to come in and dress her up, and then she walked towards Lan Yuan.

Approaching Qin Ruolan's bedroom, there was the sound of things breaking and her crying.

Chen Wanyu frowned, only to see a few waiting maids being driven out, and the last one to be driven out was Xiaoxi.

"I've seen the eldest lady." Seeing Chen Wanyu appear, the maids seemed to see a savior.

Qin Ruolan heard the movement outside and knew that Chen Wanyu was coming, she no longer threw things, but she fell on the bed and cried.

Chen Wanyu entered the house and closed the door with her hand, and only she and Qin Ruolan were left in the room.

Finally quieted down, Xiaoxi gestured to everyone to do what to do, and she waited outside the door.

In the early morning of the next day, as soon as the morning dawned, Ruan Chan came to the courtyard of Anfutang, and he waited in a proper manner, waiting for the old marquis and his wife to get up and say goodbye.

Ruan Geng and his wife got up and hung Ruan Chan, washed up and had breakfast before planning to see him

Thinking of Ruan Chan's daughter-in-law and Qin Ruolan, Old Madam Ruan was still uncomfortable, so she simply found an excuse not to see him.

Ruan Geng knew the temper of her old woman, she was most taboo about others deceiving herself, and it would be natural for her to be angry in a few days.

Since the old woman didn't want to see the boss, Ruan Geng simply took Ruan Chan to the study.

Ruan Geng's Ding'an Hou is hereditary, he is close to the age of the sixtieth birthday but in good health, and he has not yet asked for the canonization of any son as the son.

The Ruan family has a strict family style, and the old marquis is also very strict in teaching his son, and the three brothers not only did not become gentlemen, but also mixed into official positions based on their abilities.

The eldest Ruan Chan is a waiter in the Sanpin Rite Department, the second Ruan Zhu is a scholar of the Wupin University of the Hanlin Academy, and the third Ruan Qi was about to enter the household department on an errand before the accident that year.

The father and son came to the outside of Ruan Geng's study, and the family guarding the study saw them salute and opened the door.

Ruan Geng's study is the important place of the Hou Mansion, so he and Ruan Chan, father and son, can enter and leave freely, and others are not allowed to enter without being summoned.

After entering the house, Ruan Geng sat down behind the bookcase, and he motioned for Ruan Chan to sit down as well.

"Thank you, father." Ruan Chan took his seat after bowing his hand.

Ruan Geng soothed: "Don't blame your mother, it's not your fault, she will figure it out in a few days." ”

"It's my son's fault, Ruolan is raised in a big house after all." Ruan Chan smiled bitterly, "Because she is a girl, she was taught by Wanyu on weekdays, but I didn't expect her to be so bold as to dare to deceive her mother." ”

"She is not a child of the Ruan family, I said I would send her back, but you don't want to."

"It's not because our Ruan family is rare, and she can make her mother happy."

"Yes, the Ruan family has always been a prosperous man, and there have been five generations of daughters counted from you."

"Yes, not only does my mother like Ruolan, but the four boys in the family will also revolve around her as long as they return home from the academy."

"Alright, it's not our turn to worry about the affairs in the house. Let's talk about it, I've been away from Beijing for more than half a month, and nothing happened in Beijing, right? ”

Ruan Chan glanced at the bookcase: "Did my father see that thing?" ”

"What's that?" Ruan Geng looked dazed.

"What about what I put on your bookcase yesterday? Don't you see? Ruan Chan said as he hurriedly got up and rummaged.

"I didn't see anything at all."

Ruan Chan's face turned white: "It's lost, it's gone." ”

With a grim expression, Ruan Geng slapped his palms, and the two secret guards hiding in the shadows appeared and knelt in front of the bookcase.

"I ask you, who has been in the study?"

"No one else has entered except you and the Great Master." The two guards replied categorically.

Thinking about it, the guard added: "By the way, yesterday, the old marquis, you personally took the little boy into the study." ”

"Little boy?" Ruan Chan couldn't react.

"The third room is Mianmian, the little guy is very cute, I brought him in and gave him the gadgets that your third brother played with back then."

Ruan Chan's eyes lit up: "Father, I'm just afraid that you will give it to Mianmian as a gadget." ”

"Wait a minute, what the hell is it for half a day?"

"Father, if you want something, send someone to find Mianmian first, and let him bring back everything he has taken."

Seeing that Ruan Chan was very anxious, Ruan Geng hurriedly asked his subordinates to find Ruan Mianmian, thinking that the object was important and specially asked the secret guard to follow.

Ruan Mianmian had breakfast, and at the moment she was sitting under the eaves with great interest and playing with the gadgets given by Ruan Geng.

Suddenly hearing her grandfather's summons and specially ordering her to bring back all the things she had brought from him yesterday, Ruan Mianmian couldn't help but feel strange.

Zhou Yunning pulled Ruan Mianmian to him and lowered his voice: "Didn't you say that these gadgets were given to you by your grandfather?" ”

"yes. Mother, you don't have to worry. Ruan Mianmian also had the same doubts, but she was afraid that her mother would worry and did not express it, "Maybe my grandfather wants to play with me." ”

"Is that really the case?"

"It must be like this." Ruan Mianmian said with certainty.

Zhou Yunning also felt that what Ruan Mianmian said was that she was a little relieved and relieved.

In the middle of the night last night, I got up to cover Ruan Mianmian with a quilt, and Zhou Yuning also saw it, and what the old marquis gave was indeed just a gadget.

"Then you go, remember to be obedient, don't make your grandfather angry."

"Got it, mother, I'm leaving."

Ruan Mianmian was on the way here, taking advantage of this moment to inform Ruan Geng of the ins and outs of the matter.

"Mianmian greets my grandfather. Mianmian has seen her uncle. ”

"Mianmian, hurry up." Ruan Geng couldn't wait to ask, "You didn't break what I gave you yesterday, did you?" ”

"No, it's intact." Ruan Mianmian got up as he spoke, and when he walked to the bookcase, he took out a small toy from his arms.

"This is it!"