The day after Concubine Yi died, a little girl came to Yong'an Lane to report that the princess had invited the young master back to Ningxuan's palace for dinner.

Rong Tang was stunned for a second, then reacted and understood the meaning behind Wang Xiuyu.

There were many Hongmen banquets, some of them invited Rong Tang, and naturally some of them invited Ning Xuan.

Rong Tang has not returned to the house for a long time, and this time he came back, the summer was full of vitality, covering many unknown depressions.

The house is as prosperous as ever, but it always feels like a big tree with a dry inside, and its roots have long been eaten by ants.

From the sting to the heat, Wang Xiuyu thought about it for four months, which was enough for her to make the most rational decision.

Rong Tang was not prepared to interfere, but he would always stand behind her unconditionally when necessary.

He came back early, the princess was in the kitchen, the smoke was rolled up in the pearls, and the graceful and luxurious woman had faded away from the intensity that had been cultivated over the years, and all that remained was gentleness and perseverance.

Seeing him coming, Wang Xiuyu smiled and said softly: "The oil smoke is heavy, why did you come in?" ”

Rong Tang saw that she was making a squirrel mandarin fish, and the oil spots splashed on the edge of the pot, and his eyebrows subconsciously frowned slightly: "My mother hasn't cooked for a long time, what should I do if I splash on my body?" ”

Wang Xiuyu paused slightly and said, "The prince likes to eat." ”

Rong Tang was stunned for a second, a little surprised, one moment thought that he would be wrong, but the next second he heard Wang Xiuyu continue: "For more than 20 years of husband and wife, cooking a meal for him in the end is considered a good beginning." ”

In the middle of summer, the cicadas were noisy, the temperature in the kitchen was extremely high, and he saw the dignified and delicate woman in his impression with beads of sweat on her forehead, falling into trivial household matters, but her expression was extremely peaceful.

Then Rong Tang asked more: "Has my mother decided?" ”

Wang Xiuyu was silent for a moment, nodded, and said in a soft voice: "It's decided." ”

The three words fell lightly, so Rong Tang didn't say a word more, just stood next to her and accompanied her to finish a famous Jiangnan dish, and then went back to the room to wash and change clothes.

The sun is thick and long, and when dinner is served, half of the sky outside the courtyard is reflected in purple and orange by the setting sun, and it is still early before the night covers the sky.

King Ning Xuan sat down, saw Rong Tang for the first time, and asked, "Why didn't Huaijing come?" ”

Rong Tang replied: "Recently, Yushitai has been busy with affairs, and he always goes home when it gets dark. ”

Rong Mingyu stared at him deeply a few times, as if judging the truth of Rong Tang's words, and finally mentioned it casually: "If you are not used to living outside, you can move back home, so that it is convenient for me to bring Huaijing with me for occasional officialdom." ”

Rong Tang sneered in his heart, noncommittal on his face.

Is it to bring Su Huaijing, or do you hope to use his identity as a royal historian to pave some future for himself?

He didn't bother to debunk it, and the point of his meal was not here.

The family of three sat at the dinner table, Rong Mingyu asked Rong Tang, and then turned to Wang Xiuyu, first asked her and Duanyi if they were used to living in the other courtyard, and said that the eldest princess's mansion had been repaired, and if her mother didn't want to move back to her old home, she should also move to the palace to live in her old age, and let the princess help him persuade Duanyi.

Wang Xiuyu didn't agree, but said indifferently: "The fourth brother is healthy?" ”

At that time, she moved out of the palace because Rong Ying fabricated a hexagram, saying that the housemother and the newborn in the mansion were in conflict, so Rong Mingyu "invited" Wang Xiuyu to leave the palace temporarily, and now he thinks

Pick up my mother back,

But he seems to have completely forgotten that the person who should be invited back is actually his wife.

Rong Mingyu was stunned for a moment,

It seems that he has never been stabbed by Wang Xiuyu with such a secret knife for so many years, and he can't hang his face a little.

He stretched out his chopsticks and grabbed a chopstick squirrel mandarin fish, spit on the towel on the side after taking a bite, and said coldly: "The cook's skills are too poor, so I changed it." ”

Rong Tang's face instantly turned cold.

Before Wang Xiuyu could speak, he had already looked up at King Ning Xuan and asked, "Father thinks something is not in line with his taste?" ”

Rong Mingyu glanced at him a little inexplicably.

In his eyes, the son born to his wife is just a tool he uses to show the harmony between husband and wife.

With such a sick and weak prince as Rong Tang, he can show goodwill to the queen and show his loyalty to the emperor - after all, once the Ningxuan Mansion is passed into the hands of Rong Tang, it will inevitably end in the end.

Rong Tang is indeed a transparent person to him, it was Su Huaijing who married him, and gradually emerged in the court, Rong Mingyu remembered that his sister-in-law, although he was stupid and weak, but at least he gave the palace a good help to marry back.

Rong Tang had little contact with him, because he had almost never seen Rong Tang so cold and imposing.

At a certain moment, Rong Mingyu thought in a trance that the person he was talking to was not his own son, but a certain master in the palace.

He instinctively didn't like to be questioned like this.

Rong Mingyu raised his eyebrows, slapped his chopsticks on the table, looked at Rong Tang in a deep voice, and said coldly: "Stand up." ”

Rong Tang looked at him, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "If you don't train your son before dinner, does your father want to go against the ancient precepts and be a person who doesn't know how to educate and don't know etiquette?" ”

This is a very serious statement, and it should not be between father and son. As soon as Rong Tang said this, several maidservants and servants in the hall showed horror on their faces, and Shuangfu even stepped forward and walked behind Rong Tang, planning that once the prince punished the young master, he would replace him.

But perhaps it was because he was too abnormal and out of line, Rong Mingyu did not get angry, but looked at Rong Tang with his eyebrows twisted for a long time, and then glanced thoughtfully at the squirrel mandarin fish, as if he understood something.

He turned to Wang Xiuyu and asked, "Did you do it?" ”

Wang Xiuyu raised her hand, asked the maid to put the food away, and said lightly: "It doesn't matter who does it, the prince doesn't like to eat, if you change it, why be angry with Tang'er?" ”

Rong Mingyu's hand that wanted to stop the dish from being withdrawn instantly froze in place, and was blocked back by Wang Xiuyu's words.

He eased his expression, the volume was lightened, he couldn't say coaxing, more like a parent who had been slapped in the face, and there was a sense of "indulgence and generosity" everywhere between his words and deeds.

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Rong Mingyu said: "Madame is not good at cooking, and there is a cook in the house, so you shouldn't be working hard, why bother to make yourself unkempt?" I was wrong, ma'am. ”

Rong Tang felt a sense of absurdity from the bottom of his heart.

Husbands and wives have done their job, and it is difficult to say how the first 20 years or so have been maintained.

Wang Xiuyu responded casually, and gave him a step down, Rong Mingyu's face was a little pale, and he put a piece of chicken into Wang Xiuyu's bowl, which was considered to coax her.

Rong Tang sneered silently, looked away, and began to calculate more

I can go back with my mother for a long time.

The piece of chicken didn't move until the end of dinner, and was finally removed along with the leftovers.

Rong Mingyu frowned, as if he wanted to have a seizure, but in the end he endured it, but Wang Xiuyu said: "The fourth brother is weak, and he had a high fever at the end of last year, and now his biological mother is also gone, it is a pitiful time, and it is estimated that it will not get better in three or five years." I won't go home, I really bumped into something, it made the dead feel cold, and I, who was a mother-in-law, felt guilty. ()”

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He paused, and then said, "It's just like this, it is inevitable that I will be wronged by Madame." ”

Rong Tang wanted to scold him many times, but he held back, drank tea vigorously, and filled his empty stomach that he had almost not eaten a mouthful of food.

Wang Xiuyu said kindly: "I can't talk about grievances, it's my business to share worries for the prince." ”

Rong Mingyu's face completely eased, only to be confronted by their mother and son, it was all a mistake made by a childish woman who did not understand the rules, and it was not unforgivable.

He grabbed Wang Xiuyu's hands, patted them lightly, and expressed relief, but the latter changed his words and said: "It's just that my mother and I are now outside the house, and Tang'er is responsible for all food, clothing, housing and transportation; Huai Jing also has some entertainment on the scene, and often has to feast the adults in the court; Tang'er can't live without medicine all year round, and the expenses are really ......."

The two people present were all stunned for a moment, Rong Tang's face did not change, but there were huge waves in his heart.

He looked at Wang Xiuyu, as if he hadn't understood what his mother's Hongmen banquet was really for until now.

After all, Rong Mingyu is a human spirit brewed out of the officialdom, and he was only a little stunned when he heard the words, and understood the unfinished meaning of Wang Xiuyu's words, so he pretended to blame himself: "It's me who didn't think about it, and I'll send someone to send the silver tomorrow." ”

Wang Xiuyu said first: "Thank you, Lord Wang." Then he said: "The concubine still has some dowry, and this little thing in gold and silver should not trouble the prince, just sell some dowry yourself." But once the dowry is locked in the palace, and I live outside now, it is really difficult to go back to the palace frequently to move things, for fear of making the people in the palace panic; Second, the dowry jewelry is engraved with the mark of the royal family, and it may also attract criticism and ruin the reputation of the prince. ”

Rong Mingyu frowned, as if he was thinking about the pros and cons.

After all, which of the two daughters of the Wang family married back then was not a sensation in the whole city with red makeup?

But...... He looked at Rong Tang, then at Wang Xiuyu, and after weighing it, he said: "What Mrs. said is that she is busy with her husband's official duties and forgets about trivial matters at home. ”

He said: "Now that you are taking care of your mother in the suburbs, and Tang'er lives outside the house, there is no one from your mother's family in the palace, and the dowry should have been returned, and it will save you from the trouble of accounting, and you will have a dislike in the future." If the lady is willing, she can stay in the house for a day, and tomorrow she will go through the bill with her younger siblings, and then take the dowry to the other courtyard, and bring it back when she returns to the house later. ”

Wang Xiuyu frowned, as if she was a little embarrassed: "Isn't this too troublesome for the prince?" ”

King Ning Xuan: "You and I are husband and wife, what's the trouble?" ”

Wang Xiuyu was born good-looking, the original owner's appearance inherited a lot from her, bowed her head and smiled gently, dimples grew on her cheeks, diluting the majesty, and those who stayed were all the delicate of the little daughter.

She smiled and said, "Thank you for your kindness." ”

King Ning Xuan's heart moved,

() was about to get up to help her, but heard Wang Xiuyu open her mouth again, as if she was decent and gentle: "The prince is sympathetic and compassionate, and the concubine is grateful." Even so, the silver does not need to be sent to the house, and the annual income of a few shops in my dowry can support the expenses of a few of us for half a year, so I will transfer those to Tang'er, and the rest will come out of the Zhuangzi shops in his own hands, and I should honor my grandmother. ()”

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Wang Xiuyu pursed her lips, her face was slightly red, revealing a kind of shyness that had been seen through.

Seeing this, Rong Mingyu immediately called the housekeeper, took a few land deeds, and handed them to Rong Tang: "You will collect the income of these Zhuangzi and shops every year in the future, and you must take care of your mother and grandmother." ”

Rong Tang: "......?" ”

Before he could say anything, Wang Xiuyu said: "Thank you Lord Wang, the concubine is very moved, and she should have served the Lord well." It's just that I'm a little tired when I come back from the suburbs of Beijing, and I want to go back to the courtyard to rest first, and the prince will rest early, so don't be tired and burn my body. ”

Rong Mingyu's hand was empty, the box containing the title deed was taken by Rong Tang, Wang Xiuyu's hand was withdrawn by himself, and the two left from the restaurant, and he was instantly at a loss.

Rong Tang walked on the stone road outside the courtyard, watching Wang Xiuyu wipe his wrists repeatedly with a water-soaked towel, his face was calm and as ruthless as if he had just killed someone.

He lowered his head, looked at the box in his hand, and smiled.

Wang Xiuyu looked at him: "What are you laughing at?" ”

Rong Tang praised her sincerely: "Mother is such a powerful means." ”

Wang Xiuyu: "My surname is Wang." ”

Her sister is the queen of the dynasty, how can she be a soft persimmon?

Harmony and separation are naturally to be reconciled, but before that, at least you have to fight for yourself enough interests.

Rong Tang admired and admired his mother for a moment, and the smile on his face was extremely sincere.

But smiling and smiling, at the moment of separation at the intersection, his expression froze, and his back was a little cold.

In other words......

How did such a smart woman be deceived by him into going to the Li Mansion to propose a marriage in a few words at that time? !

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