Scheme of the Official Descendant

The Lin family's carriage arrived before the old lady Ren and her party left, and brought some farewell gifts for her family.

After the carriage that sent the Ren family away, Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin were taken to the Lin family.

Ren Shijia was very happy with the arrival of the two nieces, and personally took them to see where they lived.

Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin lived in the west wing of Ren Shijia's courtyard. The rooms on both sides of the three wing rooms are their bedrooms, and the middle is shared as a living room.

Although Ren Shijia's surname is also Ren, she has a very easy-going personality, and sometimes she has a childish air that doesn't match her age.

The other masters of the Lin family also expressed their welcome to Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin. Mrs. Lin invited the sisters to have dinner with her, and Mrs. Lin came here specially to ask if they needed anything else. Lin Baoling and another concubine sister of the Lin family took Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin to visit the entire Lin family mansion twice.

On the other hand, Ren Shijia came over to find them once after the keys were dropped in the yard, and told them to stay in the yard when they were free, and not to have too much contact with the Lin family, and if they had to go, they must explain to her first and Report to her as soon as you get back.

When Ren Shijia said this, there was worry and uneasiness on her face that she tried her best to conceal.

Seeing Ren Shijia like this, both Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin obediently agreed, and seeing them like this, Ren Shijia smiled as if comforting them: "It's okay, aunt knows that you have always Very well-behaved, I'm just afraid that you will suffer from someone who is unfamiliar with you, and it has no other meaning. When you are free in a few days, aunt will take you to walk around Yunyang City."

After Ren Shijia left, Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin sat in the living room for a while, drinking tea in silence, not knowing what they were thinking. It wasn't until the maid came over to say that the hot water was ready and asked them to take a bath, that the two sisters said goodbye politely and kindly.

Although Yunyang City is also near the river, it is not as close to mountains and rivers as Baihe Town. This is an important town in Yanbei, equivalent to the capital of a state, with a very dense population. So after nightfall, Yunyang City is not as cool as Baihe Town.

In Baihe Town, Ren's family rarely used ice even in midsummer, and needed a thin quilt at night. But when they arrived in Yunyang City, Ren Yaoqi was woken up by the heat in the middle of the night. In fact, it wasn't so hot that I couldn't sleep, and I didn't even sweat very much, but I would wake up once or twice in the middle of the night, and it was the same when I lived in Ren's other courtyard.

It has just passed the Duanyang Festival, and the really hot time of the year has not yet come.

Ren Yaoqi closed her eyes and sat on the head of the bed, the gauze curtain was lifted and hung on the hook, and Mulberry, who was on duty at night, sat on the edge of the bed and gently fanned Ren Yaoqi.

Just as Ren Yaoqi gradually felt sleepy again, there was a rustling sound outside. While fanning, Mulberry glanced at the window, saw Ren Yaoqi opened her eyes, and said in a low voice, "Miss, it seems to be raining."

As soon as she finished speaking, a flash of lightning struck the window covered with white gauze, and the sound of rain became louder.

After a while, Ren Yaoqi heard a sound from the other side of the living room outside, it seemed to come from the room where Ren Yaoyin lived, and soon there were footsteps coming here again.

"Fifth sister, are you asleep?" Ren Yaoyin's gentle voice sounded from outside through the curtain.

The bedrooms of the two of them are connected to the living room in the middle, so it is very convenient for Ren Yaoyin to come over.

"No." Ren Yaoqi responded aloud.

Then the curtain was lifted, and Ren Yaoyin walked in. She should have woken up in the middle of the night, wearing a thin red cape. The servant girl following her was still holding a candlestick in her hand.

The candlelight in the room was originally rather dim, but Ren Yaoyin's face was turned against the light, leaving only a vague shadow that could not be seen clearly. However, Ren Yaoqi felt that such a face seemed to be more suitable for Ren Yaoyin, and there was no sense of disobedience at all, just like the feeling she gave her.

"The weather is really...it rains when it says it rains. Is fifth sister unable to sleep?" Ren Yaoyin walked towards Ren Yaoqi's bedside, and her maid put the candlestick in her hand on the Eight Immortals table in the middle of the room .

"Did I wake you up?" Ren Yaoqi smiled apologetically.

Ren Yaoyin staggered her body a bit, and didn't let her shadow cover Ren Yaoqi's face, so because of the angle, Ren Yaoqi was exposed to the light, which Ren Yaoyin could see clearly. Ren Yaoqi didn't seem to care that Ren Yaoyin could see her clearly, but she couldn't see Ren Yaoyin.

"No, it was a bit stuffy before it rained, so I woke up. I have had a problem since I was a child. I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep anymore. I saw some noises from your side, so I came to have a look."

Ren Yaoyin turned her head to look at the window lattice, it was pitch black outside, so the other side of the window lattice covered with screens was also pitch black, the sound of the rain was getting louder and louder, as if separated by a layer of veil with small holes into two world.

Ren Yaoqi couldn't figure out the reason why Ren Yaoyin came over in the middle of the night, so she didn't say much, just answered a few words along with her words.

Ren Yaoyin has a calm and gentle temperament, which is different from the gentleness and weakness of Aunt Fang's southern girl. When she talks to people, she always makes people think that she is reliable and trustworthy. This is also the reason why Ren Yaoyin is very popular.

"How did Fifth Sister and the princess know each other? I heard that the princess doesn't like to socialize with people, and doesn't get close to them." Ren Yaoyin blinked, and asked very casually, with just the right amount of curiosity.

Ren Yaoqi smiled: "That time I met my mother when I went to Bailong Temple to burn incense."

Ren Yaoyin smiled thoughtfully, and then said: "It seems that this is the fate between people. Speaking of it, it is also fate that I met the young lady of the Yun family. It was a few years ago, and I followed my grandmother to participate An old lady’s birthday banquet in Yunyang City. She and I wore clothes with very similar fabrics and styles. When we stood together, people thought we were sisters. I was still young at that time, but Miss Yun had already had Xianming, I was a little at a loss in front of everyone's eyes, but Miss Yun was very happy, she took my hand generously and said that she would recognize me as a god-sister. There was also a Lantern Festival Lantern Festival, and we each got The other party's lantern, and guessed the lantern riddle written by the other party."

When Ren Yaoyin said this, there was a smile in her voice, it was gentle and nostalgic.

Ren Yaoqi felt that Ren Yaoyin's expression was a bit strange at this time. Because she didn't know, Ren Yaoyin only spoke half of what she said. Although the lantern that Ren Yaoyin got back then belonged to Yun Qiuchen in name, in fact the enigma on it was written by Yun Wenting, the young master of Yun. This was a chance for Ren Yaoyin to see Yun Wenting's handwriting later. discovered later. Later, she put away the lantern and the riddles on it.

"Fifth sister, what about you? Did anything interesting happen between you and the princess?" Ren Yaoyin asked with a smile while turning her head.

"Interesting thing?" Ren Yaoqi thought for a while, "That day at Bailong Temple, the princess was throwing copper coins into the lucky bell. I was very envious of her accurate head, so I stood by and stared at it for a long time. The stunned look made the princess notice it."

Ren Yaoyin chuckled, and joked, "Is this what fools are blessed with?"

Ren Yaoqi also smiled and bowed her head in silence.

"Then... where is the second young master of the Yun family? How did you know each other?" Ren Yaoyin asked.

This question made Ren Yaoqi stunned for a moment, and looked at Ren Yaoyin. It's just that she still has the light behind her back, making it hard to see her expression.

Ren Yaoqi thought that the reason why Ren Yaoyin revealed her friendship with Yun Qiuchen was to trick her into revealing her relationship with Xiao Jinglin and Yun Wenfang? The abacus is very precise.

Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised and said: "Isn't it the last time he came to live in Baihe Town and saw him at Ren's house? Oh, at that time I thought he was some kind of Mr. Wen."

Ren Yaoyin smiled, and didn't know whether to believe it or not, but she didn't continue to ask. She looked out the window: "It's raining really hard today, and I don't know if it will stop tomorrow."

Ren Yaoqi responded casually: "Didn't Auntie tell us to go out less? If it rains, let it rain, just take it in the yard."

However, Ren Yaoyin took a look at Ren Yaoqi, and she smiled for a while: "Then do you know why Auntie has to explain to the two of us who are visiting the Lin family not to get too close to the Lin family?"

"Could it be that my aunt is not as good as she seems in the Lin family?" Ren Yaoqi said calmly.

Ren Yaoyin sighed and said: "Because my uncle is the only heir of the second house of the Lin family, he should have inherited half of the Lin family's property. But the big house does not agree with my uncle's branch being separated from the Lin family. Because of this family property dispute, in the future I don't know what kind of moths will come out. My aunt is afraid that we will be used by people with intentions, so she told me so."

Ren Yaoyin is not stingy with giving advice to Ren Yaoqi, just like when her sisters asked her about needlework when she was at home, she never kept her secrets.

"So that's the case. I also heard some rumors, but I don't know as much as my fourth sister. Thank you for your guidance." Ren Yaoqi thought about it and said sincerely.

Ren Yaoyin smiled slightly: "My sisters, one is prosperous and the other is damaged, so thank you for what you are doing."

Ren Yaoyin sat in Ren Yao's off-plan room for a while, sometimes pointing her to how to behave, and sometimes asking her some questions without any trace.

No matter what she asked, Ren Yaoqi's answer was impeccable.

After seeing Ren Yaoqi yawn, Ren Yaoyin left with a smile: "It's getting late, and I'm a little sleepy, let's talk next time."

Ren Yaoqi wanted to get up to see her off, but Ren Yaoyin held her arm and refused, so Ren Yaoqi didn't insist.

When Ren Yaoyin lifted the curtain and came out, she couldn't help turning her head and glanced at Ren Yaoqi who was lying down on the maid's help, her brows were wrinkled, and the smile on her face also subsided. But she only took one look, then turned and left.

Ren Yaoqi glanced at the dangling bead curtain and closed her eyes.

Ren Yaoqi slept well in the second half of the night, even though it rained all night outside.

On the second day, the rain did not stop, but the patter was much lighter than at night.

After Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin packed up, they went to Ren Shijia's house to have breakfast together.

Uncle Lin Kun was not in the house, as if he had gone out early in the morning. I don't know if it was because they were there or because he didn't have breakfast in the inner courtyard before.

Ren Shijia was not Mrs. Lin's serious daughter-in-law, and because she had just given birth to a child, Mrs. Lin spared her the morning and evening appointments. Therefore, Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin didn't have to go to greet Mrs. Lin early in the morning like the Lin family did.

To some extent, Ren Shijia's position in the Lin family is detached. But this kind of detachment is more like a kind of compensation from the Lin family to her.

In the past, Ren Shijia was still a little uneasy about her special status in the Lin family. Ever since she knew that she had never had a child and might have something to do with the eldest family of the Lin family, she had figured it out a lot.

In the morning, Ren Shijia was asking the servant girl Qingliu to take the money and go to the kitchen of the Lin family to add some dishes that Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua like to eat. A news spread to the inner courtyard of the Lin family,

Mrs. Lei's wife died.

At that time, Ren Yaoqi was also in Ren Shijia's house, fighting with Ren Yaoyin, who was recovering from the milk, Xiao Lin Cen.

This news made Ren Yaoqi startled, and her hand holding the rattle paused in mid-air.

"Why did it suddenly...wasn't it alright the day before yesterday?" Ren Shijia was also taken aback, and asked the maid who came in to report the letter.

The day before yesterday when the Lin family hosted the full moon wine for Lin Cen, Mrs. Lei came over, and she couldn't see anything wrong at that time.

"I don't know, I said that I suddenly fell ill in the middle of the night last night." The servant girl also heard from the outside, that the members of the Lei family sent people out to buy white cloth at dawn, and then the families in Yunyang City received the funeral reports from the Lei family one after another. , The Lin family also just received it.

Ren Shijia was a little bit embarrassed, but she thought that Mrs. Lei was almost seventy years old. Although she didn't look very old, after all, she was relieved at her age.

However, Ren Yaoqi thought too much. What she thought about was whether Mrs. Lei's sudden death had something to do with her identity. If the cause of death was really not that simple, then who did it.

After all, the timing of Mrs. Lei's death was a bit of a coincidence, when others wanted to use her identity to attack the Lei family.

Will her death bring the secret of her identity into the coffin or will it push the Lei family into an even more dilemma?

Not long after that, Mrs. Lin sent a nanny over. The Lin family was going to Lei Mansion to express their condolences in the afternoon. What Mrs. Lin meant was to let Ren Shijia go with Mrs. Lin.

That nanny must be useful in front of Mrs. Lin. Ren Shijia was very polite to her and chatted with her for a while.

Ren Shijia is very popular with the servants of the Lin family, because she is generous with rewards and has no pretensions.

Speaking of Mrs. Lei's matter, the nanny also looked sad: "It was fine the day before yesterday. When I left our place, the maidservant and the eldest lady sent her to the second gate. Now that it is gone, it will be gone. Really. ..."

Ren Shijia sighed: "After all, I am old. I heard that when Mrs. Lei was in the south, the Lei family was in a difficult situation, and her natal family also collapsed, and she suffered a lot. I can't tell what the root of the disease was at that time. .”

The nun was silent for a moment, then lowered her voice and said, "Now there are some rumors outside."

Ren Shijia was a little surprised, and couldn't help asking: "What rumor?"

"I heard Mrs. Lei died a bit strangely. She didn't die of a sudden illness, but was killed by someone!"

Ren Shijia was stunned when he heard this, and his face turned pale: "Is...impossible? Who wants to harm her? The Lei family has only been in Yanbei for how long, where did the enemies come from?"

"I'm not sure about this. The slaves also heard rumors from outside. Think about it, this Mrs. Tai pays great attention to maintenance on weekdays. She doesn't even have a minor illness throughout the year. She has never heard of the root cause of the disease. When did it appear? When in front of people, isn't his face ruddy and imposing? As for who the enemy is... I can't say for sure, maybe it's for Lei's family, maybe it's for Mrs. Lei, maybe it's someone outside or it's People in their own house.

"Where did you hear the rumors?" Ren Shijia nags, listening to the voice has not yet recovered from the shock.

"My servant heard what the women in other mansions said, but there are also those who said that this word came from the maid of Lei's family. As the saying goes, there is no wave without wind, and the servant must look at this strangely!"

Speaking of this, the eldest lady sent someone to find the nanny, and the nanny got up and said goodbye to Ren Shijia.

Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoyin, who were sitting next door, listened to most of the conversation between Ren Shijia and that nanny.

Ren Yaoyin was not very interested in the affairs of Lei's family. She was helping Ren Shijia embroider a pair of tiger shoes for Xiao Lin Cen, carefully threading the needle and thread.

While Ren Yaoqi was peeling pine nuts with small pliers, while watching Ren Yaoyin work, her thoughts had already flown thousands of miles away.

The rumors that the nanny said just now made Ren Yaoqi think of the rumors deliberately spread by Brother Cen on the day of full moon wine.

Someone is secretly manipulating people to spread rumors that are not good for the Lei family.

It's just why there are rumors that Mrs. Lei committed suicide? What is the purpose of the person behind it?

As for why Ren Yaoqi thought it was a rumor that Mrs. Lei was killed by someone else, it was because she knew the situation of a family like the Lei family, and the people in the inner courtyard, especially the personal servants of the masters, were absolutely reliable.

Moreover, if it was the hands of opponents like the Han family, in fact, it would be more beneficial for them to be alive than to die like this. Because her identity itself is a flaw.

The sky outside was still gloomy, and it had been raining intermittently since last night, making people feel depressed.

Ren Yaoqi felt a little depressed, and this kind of depression even made her feel that even breathing required effort.

Put the peeled pine nuts on the plate and push it to Ren Yaoyin, Ren Yaoqi stood up: "I've been sitting for a long time, I'll get up and walk."

Ren Yaoyin looked up at the pine nuts that Ren Yaoqi had peeled, bit off the thread in her hand, and said with a smile, "You've been doing me a favor by peeling it for so long?"

Ren Yaoqi also laughed: "Fourth Sister always loves me, and I feel sorry for Fourth Sister too."

Ren Yaoyin was taken aback for a moment, then smiled softly.

Ren Yaoqi was just walking down the corridor, Ren Shijia didn't stop her, but just told her to slip carefully so as not to get wet in the rain.

The air outside was indeed much better, with the fragrance of soil and plants.

Ren Yaoqi originally planned to take a walk around the porch of the courtyard to get some fresh air, and to clear her mind by the way, she didn't want to see Xiangqin coming in from the outside before she reached the door of her wing, holding a four-four in her hand. Square little box.

"Why don't you bring an umbrella when you go out in the rain?" Ren Yaoqi blamed Xiangqin when she saw that Xiangqin's hair was stained with some fine and dense droplets of water, and her shoulders were also wet.

Xiangqin ran over immediately when she saw Ren Yaoqi, and stuck out her tongue when she saw her reprimand: "I forgot in a moment of impatience."

Ren Yaoqi raised her eyebrows: "What's so urgent?"

Xiangqin pointed to the box in her hand and said with a bright smile: "Someone wanted to pass something in for the young lady, but the servant went to see it, and only then did I know that it was sent by the princess."

Xiangqin was ordered to die by Ren Yaohua, and Ren Yaoqi was not allowed to get close to some inexplicable people. So as soon as she heard that someone was going to deliver something to Ren Yaoqi from outside, the loyal little maid ran out without saying a word. She didn't want the person coming not from the Yun family whom her Yan family was guarding against, but from the side of the princess of the Yanbei Palace. One of the maids here came to deliver something to Ren Yaoqi.

As if she was afraid that Ren Yaoqi would blame her for making her own way, Xiangqin smiled flatteringly while carefully paying attention to Ren Yaoqi's expression. I thought in my heart what I would do if Fifth Miss lost her temper on the spot.

The little servant girl was actually in tears at the moment, one of her servant girls led a monthly job to do the work of two people, and she got used to it when she got used to it. But the master can't just give her all the hard work just because she's smart, capable and well-behaved!

Making her offend someone or something... This is too much to bully a maid!

Ren Yaoqi admired the colorful facial expressions of Parsley calmly, then smiled, and took a small box the size of a palm: "Well, thank you for making a trip, go into the house and change your clothes gone."

Xiangqin's face immediately turned from cloudy to sunny, and her smiling eyes sparkled. If she had grown a tail, she would probably wag a few times: "Hey, I'm going now."

Looking at Xiangqin's cheerful back, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but smile, and even the feeling of suffocation before had dissipated a lot. The servant girl Xiangqin is actually not ignorant of the rules. Although she has a more cheerful temper, she never disappoints her master at critical moments.

Moreover, Ren Yaohua's intention to explain this matter to her was kind, so she would not be angry about such a matter.

Ren Yaoqi looked at the box in her hand, thought for a while and went back to her room first.

The palm-sized box is made of red sandalwood, with the pattern of Furu East Sea carved on it, which is very delicate. Ren Yaoqi opened it but was stunned. Inside was a walnut carving of the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea.

Ren Yaoqi took out the small walnut carving, put it on the palm of her hand and looked at it carefully for a moment. It was found that the middle of the walnut was hollowed out, so it was carved, and the carving was excellent.

But why did Xiao Jinglin give her this for no reason? Gift?

Just thinking about this, Ren Yaoqi held the walnut up to the light and looked at it, but his heart moved. There was something in the hollow part of the walnut.