So, after last autumn, I sold my family's land and quietly fled to Beijing with Ruhui. We inquired in Beijing for more than a month, and finally found out my mother's whereabouts.

It's just that I heard that my mother is also very bad in the palace. She gave us only fifty taels of silver, and hurried away.

We used the fifty taels of silver to buy the house in front of us, and in this way settled down in the capital.

When I left Baoding, I swore to heaven that in my life, if I could not let Ruhui live a good life full of gold and jade, I would vow not to return to Baoding.

But Ruhui said that she didn't want anything to be full of gold and jade. She said that if one day I really came out and could buy her a hairpin on Chang'an Street, she would be satisfied.

But since we arrived in Kyoto, I have lost my job. It's hard to find things here. I haven't been able to find a stable job until now. Always look for some temporary chores for people to run and carry goods. If it weren't for Ruhui, who washed clothes for several large families every day from morning to night, we were afraid that we wouldn't even have enough to eat.

So, yesterday morning, my mother suddenly asked a father-in-law in the palace to give me another hundred taels of silver, and the first thing I thought of was to fulfill Ruhui's wish. Didn't expect ......"

Speaking of this, Hou Jingru was silent.

"Do you regret it?" Yu Ren asked.

Hou Jingru shook his head, "I'll go tomorrow." However, I won't go to today's one. This is Ruhui's only wish, even if I am beaten again, I must buy back the hairpin she wants. ”

Yu Ren nodded, and he was slightly moved by the sincerity and stubbornness of the unattractive villain in front of him.

"Tomorrow, I'll go with you! The guys in that kind of place are all snobs who judge people by their appearance. However, I don't understand, how do you know about Zheng Yang's character Zheng Daguanren? ”

On the boat to Beijing, Yu Ren listened to Wang Wenyan tell him a lot about the affairs of the court, and naturally knew something about the nephew of Zheng Guifei, the most favored concubine of the Wanli Emperor.

I also listened to the father-in-law in the palace tell me. Every time my mother-in-law who came out of the palace to do business brought me something, I had to ask them about my mother and the imperial grandson that my mother took care of. According to them, there is a very bad and evil lady named Zheng Guifei in the palace, she always makes people bully my milk brother, and my mother has to be scolded by them every time she wants to defend my milk brother, and sometimes she has to be beaten.

Every time I heard this, I couldn't wait to rush into the palace and take out the old woman surnamed Zheng and beat her up. It's a pity I can't get into the palace.

So I inquired about her mother's home. It turned out that the elder brother of Mrs. Zheng also lived in Beijing, so I went to their courtyard wall every day to paint Wang Ba. Once, I really saw a concubine of Mrs. Zheng's brother's brother, stealing people in the bushes in their backyard.

That night, I painted an oversized Wang Ba outside the courtyard wall of their house, and then bought a bottle of wine and went home to celebrate.

Later, Mrs. Zheng's brother died, and the Zheng family was the kid from Zheng Yangxing. This Zheng Yangxing is said to have been mixed up outside since he was a child, and he is ruthless. I'm afraid that they will bump into each other, so I won't go to draw Wang Ba anymore. ”

Yu Ren patiently listened to Hou Jingru finish speaking, and he basically understood his situation. For this Hou Jingru, Yu Ren added a little more favor. After all, whether it is in modern society or in the society of the Ming Dynasty, true feelings are rare, and reckless people are also rare. What people see between people is more false affection, family affection, friendship, as long as there is a conflict of interests, they can be betrayed at any time.

Although this Hou Jingru is vulgar and ignorant, he is sincere, and he does not hide his love and hatred in his heart. Such people are lovely. Therefore, Yu Ren did not dislike or look down on him because of his low status.

Hou Jingru may not be a good person, but his true feelings for his wife, his kindness to his wife, his relatives, and his friends come from the heart.

Yu Ren sat at Hou's house for a while, gossiped with Hou Jingru for a while, and then went back.

The next day, Yu Ren came to Hou's house as promised and accompanied Hou Jingru to Chang'an Avenue to pick out a fine gold hairpin for his wife. Hou Jingru spent all the 100 taels of silver his mother gave him for this.

Yu Ren wanted to persuade him to pick a smaller one and keep some silver to improve his life. After all, their lives were not easy, but when the words came to his lips, he stopped again. Because he felt that if he said this, it would be a kind of stain on Hou Jingru's pure and true love for his wife.

Hou Jingru was wearing shabby coarse clothes, he didn't care, but he was willing to spend all the family's savings for his wife's wish. Originally, he got this 100 taels of silver, and he could consider using the money to do some business or improve the lives of the two of them.

However, he only used it to buy a hairpin for his wife. Perhaps, you will call him stupid, say that he is stupid. But he didn't care at all, and he had no regrets.

Seeing off the elated Hou Jingru, Yu Ren was about to take another stroll on Chang'an Street, but saw a team of city patrol soldiers coming over in full armor.

Yu Ren looked up at the street, it turned out that the street was still lively, but after a while, there were no more people in sight. Looking over from this long and wide street. Not far from the alley, a team of soldiers and horses is also passing through.

Yu Ren felt a noticeable change in the atmosphere around him, and he also felt this sudden pressure. He estimated that a big event would soon happen in the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Yu Ren didn't want to cause trouble, so he lowered his head and hurriedly returned to Wang's house.

Not long after I got home, I saw that Wang Wenyan had also returned.

"Brother Yu has seen the situation outside!"

Yu Ren nodded. "I'm afraid that the emperor's health is already very bad."

"In my judgment, I'm afraid it's only in the past one or two days. When I came back just now, I saw that the British Duke Zhang Weiying personally led the people of the Nine Cities Soldiers and Horses Division to inspect the city defense. Wang Wenyan whispered.

"But what's the exact news?" Yu Ren asked.

"I just met Wang An's father-in-law who came out of the palace. He said that the emperor took another red pill in the morning, and then his condition suddenly worsened. He couldn't speak anymore, so he urgently left the palace and went to discuss with Lord Yang.

Such national affairs, I am a small official, and they don't call me. I didn't bother to inquire too much, so I came back. ”

Before Wang Wenyan finished speaking, he saw a family member running in in a hurry.

"Master, Lord Yang sent someone to invite you to come over immediately."

Wang Wenyan nodded. "Got it, you told him to wait outside. I'll be out right away. ”

After speaking, Wang Wenyan changed his clothes and said to Yu Ren, "I won't tell you more." The situation has been uncertain these days. You and Rui Rui remember to go out less and just stay at home. ”

After telling Yu Ren, Wang Wenyan hurriedly went out.

Wang Wenyan went out this time, but he didn't come back for a few days. Yu Ren asked the people of the Wang family, and they only said that the master was in Lord Yang's house, so they didn't know what he was busy with.

Yu Ren knew that Wang Wenyan was fine, so he didn't ask any more.

The day after Wang Wenyan went out, there was a rumor in the capital, saying that the emperor was dead. The eldest son of the emperor is about to ascend the throne and inherit the throne.

At first, this news was just a rumor, but later it was confirmed by more and more people. Yu Ren was afraid of causing trouble and it was inconvenient to go out, so he asked the people of the Wang family who went out to buy rice and vegetables to inquire about the news. The vegetable market has always been the most crowded and the most informative place.

Soon, the news of Emperor Taichang's death was confirmed.

In the first day or two of the news, martial law was imposed in the capital, and then it was slowly relaxed.

On the seventh day, news finally came out that the new emperor had ascended the throne.

Yu Ren couldn't hold back any longer, and after lunch, he took Zhao Rui to a teahouse on Chang'an Street.

Zhao Rui changed into men's clothes and followed him. They looked a lot like a pair of master and servant.

This Furui teahouse on Chang'an Street was originally a place for the dignitaries of Beijing to hang out, but today it is particularly lively. Many people have come here to inquire about the news. Now, now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, the overall situation of the country has been decided. But what will happen after that? The so-called once a son of heaven and a courtier. Who will Xindi reuse? What new policies will there be, this is what most people are concerned about.

Yu Ren took Zhao Rui into the teahouse, but saw that there were no empty seats on the first floor, so he had to go up to the second floor. I finally found a seat on the second floor to share a table with others. Yu Ren ordered a pot of good Zhejiang tea, asked for some small snacks, and sat down.

The second floor is much smaller than the first floor, and there is a lot more space between tables and chairs. Although it was already full of guests at this time, it was not noisy, and many people were thinking about Yu Ren, and they came with an attitude of only bringing ears and not mouths. They're just here to hear the news.

Only the table on the south side is very lively. There were seven or eight people reading at that table. Yu Ren was very close to them, but he could hear them very clearly.

"Brother Liu, you said that this time the new emperor ascended the throne, will he reuse our Donglin people?"