Yuan Rujiang was considered by Yuan Rujiang to be a transitional tool for the takeover of military power, Yuan Rongcheng did not dare to slack off in the slightest after receiving the holy decree, and went to the barracks that afternoon, conscientiously preparing to do the handover work with his father Yuan Rujiang.

When the handover work came to an end and he returned to Jingzhou City, there were only three days left before the Yuan family entered Beijing.

"Father, eldest brother and second brother will leave for Beijing the day after tomorrow, and I have prepared a ceremony for them." Li Yuzhu took the tea cup handed over by the maid and sent it to Yuan Rongcheng's hand.

Yuan Rongcheng took it and took a sip, then said: "You can arrange this matter, you don't need to tell me everything, I believe you can handle the relationship at home." ”

Li Yuzhu smiled, looking a little sad: "This time the family went to the capital, I don't know when the next meeting will be, the time is approaching, and I really can't bear them." ”

"If you miss them, when I have time, I will accompany you to the capital to visit them, and you will take me to various scenic spots in the capital by the way, to be honest, I haven't been to the capital twice since I was a child."

Yuan Rongcheng's casual painting made Li Yuzhu feel a lot of comfort, glanced at him, hesitated for a while, and asked: "The You family will also set off with our Yuan family's team the day after tomorrow, since you are back today, let me ask you, do we need to prepare an instrument for the You family?" ”

"Oops! If you don't say it, I'll forget about it! Yuan Rongcheng exclaimed in surprise and put down the teacup.

"What's wrong?" Li Yuzhu was startled, and stared at him with her chest that was beating like a drum.

Yuan Rongcheng stood up suddenly, and found that his wife was frightened by himself, so he stepped forward and hugged her, comforting: "It's not a big deal, don't be afraid." It's just that we stayed to tidy up the barracks and forgot to talk to Brother You for a while. However, I won't delay talking to him today, let him go with our Yuan family's team, and the family will take care of him for the sake of being my friend. ”

"That" Li Yuzhu didn't want his husband to go to Youjia, but he was afraid that his opposition would disgust him, so he hesitated and said: "You just came back from the barracks, you must be tired after so many busy days, otherwise, I'll arrange a small house to run around Youjia?" ”

Yuan Rongcheng bowed his head and kissed his wife's forehead, "Originally, we had already made an appointment, but now we suddenly can't go to the capital together because of me, this is originally mine, how can I ask the little girl to pass the word, or I will run in person It is more sincere." ”

Facing Li Yuzhu's distressed eyes, he smiled and coaxed: "Okay, I'll just go to Youjia to explain, I'll be back soon, and I'll come back in the evening to have dinner with you." ”

Li Yuzhu suppressed the reluctance in her heart and nodded reluctantly: "Okay, I'll let the kitchen cook your favorite meal tonight, you have to come back early, don't delay too late." ”

"Okay."

Yuan Rongcheng gently brushed the broken hair from his wife's ear behind his ear, beckoned the personal servant and hurried out together.

"Miss."

Xiaohe saw Li Yuzhu looking at the door in a daze, and called out worriedly.

Li Yuzhu sighed and looked at Xiaohe, "You go to the kitchen to arrange one, and cook a few more dishes that your husband likes to eat in the evening." ”

——

In a well-known alley in Jingzhou, You Jiahaiming saw off the coachman of the carriage dealer who had contacted him, and was about to close the door, when he unexpectedly raised his eyes, he noticed the two people who came in from the mouth of the alley.

He happily reopened the door and greeted him, "Rongcheng, it's so late today, why are you here?" Are you looking for me? Or let's see how we're prepared? ”

Yuan Rongcheng smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Brother Ming, I haven't seen you for many days, how are you doing lately?" ”

You Haiming invited Yuan Rongcheng into the courtyard, "You don't have to worry about me, I'm fine, I've been preparing to enter Beijing and other matters these days, now the carriage has been contacted, and the small courtyard has been sold, just wait for us to leave, the landlord will come to collect the house." ”

Yuan Rongcheng was a little surprised in his heart, but then he thought that the You family had entered Beijing, and it was estimated that they would not come back, "If you enter Beijing, it is good if the yard here is sold." ”

"Who said no, we entered Beijing, probably not thinking about coming back."

Yuan Rongcheng looked at the small courtyard again, and his face was ashamed, "This time I will enter Beijing, I will arrange your food, clothing, housing and transportation on the road, and you don't need to prepare too many materials for this." It's just."

said, paused slightly, "This time into Beijing, I'm just afraid that I can't accompany you together, a few days ago there was a decree in the capital, the emperor asked me to take over the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou, so the day after tomorrow only the rest of my family will enter Beijing." However, even if I don't go to the capital, my family will take care of you along the way. ”

“.” You Haiming didn't expect Yuan Rongcheng to take over Jingzhou's military power, he was stunned for a while, and said: "Congratulations Rongcheng, you can finally stand alone!" ”

Yuan Rongcheng likes to listen to this, "Haha. With the same joy and joy, Brother Ming is also about to go to the capital to stand alone and start a new journey. ”

The small courtyard is not very big, and the conversation between the two can be heard clearly in the house without eavesdropping, and You Jieyu walked out of it.

The first to notice her coming out was You Haiming, "Yu'er, come over and see Yuan Sangongzi." ”

You Jieyu walked over with small steps, and said to Yuan Rongcheng in a delicate voice: "I've seen Yuan Sangongzi, Yu'er is polite, if you two have anything to say in the house, standing in the courtyard is not the hospitality of the You family." ”

After that, before turning around, he glared at You Haiming coquettishly, thinking that he had neglected the guest.

Seeing this, You Haiming patted his forehead and reacted: "Look at me, this matter is due to my brother's negligence, Rong Cheng invited him to sit in the room." ”

Yuan Rongcheng waved his hand backwards, and the little guy behind him immediately presented the prepared gifts.

You Haiming watched the little maid enter the house with the gifts, and said ashamedly: "Look at you, come on, why do you still bring so many gifts, our family will already trouble you to take care of it when we enter Beijing, and this is again."

Yuan Rongcheng did not step into the house, but stood in the courtyard and said: "You and I brothers, there is no need to worry about some trivial things. ”

"Our family has always been taken care of by you, and I deserve it."

"Some little things, Brother Ming don't have to take it to heart, I won't go into the house to sit today, and I have to go back to have dinner with my family at dawn."

"Ah, this" You Haiming looked at the door of the hall, and then smiled and expressed his understanding: "The day after tomorrow, the family will leave for Beijing, you can take advantage of these two days to accompany your family, it should be like this, I won't force you to stay, pay attention to safety all the way back." ”

Yuan Rongcheng smiled and waved his hand, "No need to send it, I'll go back first." ”

At this time, You Jieyu walked out of the house again, still carrying a teapot in her hand, obviously she had just entered the house to make tea.

"Third Prince Yuan, since you're here, why don't you leave without a cup of tea?"

"Huh." Yuan Rongcheng turned to look at her, a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and patiently explained: "I just came back from the barracks today, and I promised my wife to go home for dinner with her in the evening. ”

You Jieyu listened to his words, and pretended to be slightly annoyed, "Since a manly husband is not good at breaking his trust with a woman, why did Yuan Sangongzi lose his trust with me this time?" A few days ago, I said that I would go to Beijing together, why did I miss the appointment in a few days? ”

“.” Yuan Rongcheng had nothing to say, it was he who missed the appointment first, he scratched his nose, "This matter, this matter is that I missed the appointment first, I'm sorry!" The emperor's will is above, and as a courtier, he does not dare to disobey. ”

You Jieyu stomped her feet coquettishly, "Since you missed the appointment first, you have to make up for it, it's not too much to invite you to sit down and have a cup of tea, right?" Presumably Sister Li is not such a small-bellied person, but if she goes back a little later, she should be able to understand you. ”

You Haiming also invited at the right time: "Rong Chengcheng sits down and drinks a cup of tea before leaving?" ”

Yuan Rongcheng nodded helplessly, "Okay, then sit down for a while." ”

As the son of a family, it was the first time he had encountered such a forced guest to stay, and just for a cup of tea!

I didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so I had to agree because of my friend's face.

It's just that then again, will the third son of his Yuan family be the one who lacks a cup of tea?

This was also the first time he saw the difference between a girl from a small family and a girl cultivated by a family.

The ladies of the family are reserved, subtle, and measured, and will not impose their will on foreign men.

Yuan Rongcheng's mental activities, the You brothers and sisters did not know.

The sky slowly darkened, in the courtyard of the third room of the Yuan Mansion.

Li Yuzhu asked the maid to go to the Hanging Flower Gate to take a look, "It's so late that the husband hasn't come back yet, you go to the front yard to see if he's back?" ”

"Slave, let's go."

The maid ran back and forth four or five times before Yuan Rongcheng came back, and by the time he came back, dinner had already been heated several times.

——

On the day the Yuan family set off for Beijing, Dongfang just vomited the white belly of the fish, and the Yuan Mansion became busy.

Although the three-room couple does not need to enter Beijing, they also get up early to prepare.

Li Yuzhu prepared a lot of gifts for her family, and asked the steward to load the carriage into five cars.

This time in Beijing, the Yuan family had to take a carriage to Yuzhou first, and then change to a train to enter the capital.

"If my father-in-law delays entering Beijing for a few more months, presumably the railway from Jingzhou to Yuzhou will be completed, and it will be convenient to enter the capital at that time." Li Yuzhu inspected the gifts loaded into the carriage and complained to Yuan Rongcheng.

However, the Yuan family rushed to Yuzhou to take the train, which can be regarded as a pre-experience before them, the train opened, she has not seen it before, in fact, she is very curious about the train, and wants to know what it looks like and how it runs?

"When the Jingzhou train opens in the future, it must be more convenient for me to accompany you back to Beijing Province, don't be envious now." Yuan Rongcheng pinched her face amusedly.

The skin on the face is delicate and delicate, and it is full of collagen.

Li Yuzhu checked the lotus root powder sent to the palace, and found no problem, so he turned around and asked: "Husband, do you need to send someone to Youjia first, urge, don't delay the time to leave the city!" ”

"No, Brother You knows when to go out of the city, and he won't delay time."

Li Yuzhu saw that he was so sure, so he didn't want to say anything, I don't know if it was an illusion, and he was faintly irritable in his heart, maybe because his family was leaving, and he was reluctant.

After the Yuan family finished breakfast, they said goodbye at the gate of the mansion and took a carriage directly out of the city.

At the gate of the mansion, Yuan Rongcheng didn't see the carriage of the You family, he thought that the You family went to the city gate first.

It's just that he and Li Yuzhu sent their families to the city gate, and he stretched his neck to look around, but he still didn't see the figure of the You family.

"Husband!"

Yuan Rongcheng patted her hand for comfort, and sent someone to You's house to see why they hadn't arrived yet?

Out of the city gate, the Yuan family's convoy and guards stopped outside the city.

Yuan Rujiang squinted slightly, looked around, and turned back to ask Yuan Rongcheng: "Third child, is your friend?" Didn't you wait here in advance? ”

Yuan Rongcheng glanced back at the city gate and frowned slightly, "Father wait a little longer, they should have been delayed a little bit on the way." ”

Hearing this, Yuan Rongye stuck his head out of the carriage and said unhappily: "Third brother, your friends are too ignorant, and they travel later than us, aren't they deliberately delaying time?" ”

In ancient times, people could encounter natural and man-made disasters when they were on the road, and it was easy to encounter danger when they went out. Therefore, people pay attention to the time of travel, especially the powerful of the family, and travel will definitely make people measure the good luck and choose the auspicious day and auspicious time to go out of the city, which psychologically indicates a smooth journey and a safe arrival at the destination.

The You family asked the Yuan family to wait outside the city collectively, which was already very rude. And the auspicious time is so long, if it does not appear in the auspicious time, the Yuan family will definitely set off in advance, and will not disregard the safety of the whole family for the sake of a friend.

"Second brother, we don't force others to do things, we only do what we should do, as long as we have a clear conscience. When the hour came, they didn't show up, so they didn't wait. ”

Yuan Rongye listened to his words and sneered, what friend? If it seems to him, he is a disciple of the forces that clinging to their Yuan family. Today, he obviously wants their Yuan family to wait for him, what are such people who don't know what to do?

Thinking of this, Yuan Rongye rarely reminded him: "Third child, we all went to the capital, you have to take care of your daughter-in-law in Jingzhou, you rough old man don't stay in the barracks all day, you have to come back to accompany her more often, so as not to leave her alone at home and lonely." ”

Yuan Rongcheng looked back at the carriage in his third room and nodded: "Got it, second brother take care all the way." ”

"You go and say goodbye to the eldest brother again, in my opinion, don't wait for your friends here, it's unknown whether they will come."

Don't say anything else, just being late, Yuan Rongye has no good impression of the You family.

Yuan Rongcheng and the Yuan family each told each other for a while, only to see the little guy running back on a horse.

"What's going on? What about the Youjia? Yuan Rongcheng looked back, and the city gate was full of people entering and leaving the city, and there was no You family to follow.

The little servant handed him a letter: "This is a letter from Gongzi You, they will not come to the city gate, it seems that they plan to continue to stay in Jingzhou." ”

Yuan Rongcheng furrowed his brows, took the letter, opened it and took a quick glance, the more he looked at it, the more ugly his face became.

"Third child, what's the matter, is your friend still here?" Yuan Rujiang's expression when he saw his son was probably being teased.

"No, father, you can go." Yuan Rongcheng felt guilty and angry, and helpless.

"Okay, let's go, you couple take care of themselves in Jingzhou." Yuan Rujiang didn't say much, young people always have to encounter a few careless friends.

The couple watched the team go away, and Li Yuzhu looked back: "What's going on with the You family?" ”

Yuan Rujiang reluctantly raised the letter in his hand, "The girl of the You family is infected with the wind and cold, and the high fever has not subsided at the moment, the You family is afraid of infecting our family, and the sick person is not suitable to hurry, so she can't go!" ”

“.” Li Yuzhu.

Sure enough, there is a reason for the faint uneasiness in my heart today, and the reason is right in front of me at this moment.