Scheme of the Official Descendant

Looking at the maids and women of the Lin family along the way, they seemed to be breathing more cautiously, and their steps were light like cats.

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help being surprised, did something happen to the Lin family during her absence?

This question was answered after Ren Yaoqi went to see Ren Shijia in Ren Shijia's yard.

Ren Shijia was very happy about Ren Yaoqi's return home today, and handed the child to the maid, and dragged Ren Yaoqi to sit on the kang to ask for warmth, and Ren Yaoqi also handed over the gift list from Rong to Ren Shijia's mother.

"What happened in the mansion?" Ren Yaoqi asked softly.

Ren Shijia looked in a very good mood.

"Sanggong dealt with all those people yesterday."

Ren Yaoqi was taken aback: "Who are they?"

The smile on Ren Shijia's face was tinged with sarcasm: "What else? Isn't it just those slaves who dared to harm my Brother Cen? The husband found that kind of medicine in a kitchen manager's room. It also involved A few nuns and maidservants came out. Those people have been beaten up by the husband and are about to be sold."

Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised. Is Lin Kun already planning to tear herself apart with Mrs. Lin's family?

At this moment, there was noise outside, mixed with the cry of a woman.

Ren Shijia frowned slightly, with a complicated expression on his face.

"Grandma, your uncle and servant, aunt, you have been wronged..." The woman's voice became louder, as if someone wanted to pull her away.

This aunt's voice made Ren Yaoqi stunned, and couldn't help but look at Ren Shijia.

Ren Shijia sighed, and finally said, "Let her in."

Not long after, a woman stumbled in and knelt down in front of Ren Shijia with a plop: "Grandma, slaves are wronged..."

She looked up with tears all over her face, and it was time that Ren Yaoqi recognized her as Qingliu, the housemaid that Old Madam Ren had prepared for the uncle.

Qingliu's face was stained with dirty tears, and her hair was a little messy, but she didn't have any injuries on her body, and she moved very neatly, so she probably didn't get hit by a board.

"Qingliu, it's not that I don't believe you. It's just that the nanny's food was indeed passed through your hands in those few days, and someone saw that the steward in the kitchen gave you money, and the maids who committed the crime also walked away with you. It's close. They also recruited you when they made a confession. Because you are my mother's man, my husband also showed mercy to you and didn't let you be tortured. It's just that I can't tolerate you anymore, so you still return to me Mother there."

"Grandma, you also said that the servant was given to you by the old lady, and the whole family of the servant is in the hands of the old lady. How could the servant betray you? The servant was wronged."

Ren Shijia hesitated when he heard this.

Qingliu continued: "It must be that group of people deliberately poured dirty water on our Ren family in order to confuse the master. Auntie, you have to be the master of the slave."

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help looking at this maid who was usually low-key and gentle, but she didn't expect her to be quite sharp at critical moments. How dare you bring the Ren family into it.

Personal behavior has risen to family behavior, so it is really difficult to touch her.

Ren Shijia sighed: "You go down first, don't make trouble. I will discuss it with my husband."

But Qingliu refused to leave, crying non-stop.

Chunlan, the big maid next to Ren Shijia, put on a straight face and taught her a few words, but finally someone dragged her down.

Shi Jia sighed again: "Her mother's family was chosen by my mother herself. I really can't deal with her, so I can only send her back to my mother."

At this time, someone outside reported that the eldest lady had come.

Ren Shijia frowned.

Mrs. Lin came in after a while, with the dignified and friendly expression on her face.

"Hey, the aunt and nephew are whispering, did I interrupt?" Mrs. Lin spoke, which was always annoying.

Ren Shijia braced himself to deal with her.

Mrs. Lin exchanged a few words with Ren Shijia, and then said with a smile to Ren Yaoqi: "My good boy, I want to say a few words of kindness to your aunt, can you help me?" The tone was a bit joking.

Ren Yaoqi took advantage of the situation and stood up: "Then I'll go back first." She had no intention of participating in the struggle of the Lin family.

Ren Shijia originally wanted to keep Ren Yaoqi, but Mrs. Lin said so, she couldn't say anything, remembering what Lin Kun told her before going out, she secretly cheered herself up.

After Ren Yaoqi came out of Ren Shijia's room, she went back to her own room. Seeing that there was no movement from Ren Yaoyin next door, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help asking, "Where is my fourth sister? Isn't she in the house?"

It was Xiangqin who answered: "I have inquired about it, Miss Fourth is said to have gone to Yun's house."

Yao Qi couldn't help raising her eyebrows: "Did she go alone?"

Xiangqin lowered her voice mysteriously: "I heard that a letter was delivered to Miss Yun's family, and then Miss Yun's family invited her to come over to discuss poetry."

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help laughing when she heard the words, her fourth sister actually has some skills.

"Didn't you also just return to your residence? Where did you find out about this?" Ren Yaoqi asked Apple while changing her clothes.

Xiangqin smiled complacently: "The maidservant is the best maidservant around you, otherwise the third lady wouldn't have lent the maidservant to you, Miss Fifth."

Ren Yaoqi couldn't laugh or cry, and waved her away.

Over there, Mrs. Lin and Ren Shijia didn't know what they said. When they went to Ren Shijia's for lunch at noon, Ren Shijia's expression was a little bad, and Ren Yaoqi didn't ask any more questions. I went back after eating.

In the afternoon, Zhu Ruoju came suddenly and brought news of Mrs. Luo's sudden death.

When hearing the news, Ren Yaoqi was stunned for a long time.

"Didn't you be fine yesterday?"

Zhu Ruoju's eyes were a little red: "It was fine at first, but she looked very bad this morning, out of breath, and couldn't even speak a word. I went to invite the doctor back, and the doctor said that she was old She didn't care about some small physical problems when she grew up. After years of accumulation, she caused stubborn diseases. She also said that she was depressed and had a death wish. The doctor said that we should prepare for the funeral, but when the doctor walked away, she My mother was thinking about calling Shui Ai back to give her a ride, but she didn't even see the last side."

Shui Ai Ren Yaoqi did not bring her back, but let her stay in Baoping Hutong temporarily, and asked Chu Chu to teach her the rules. She is at the Lin family now, so it's not good to bring a maid back suddenly, and she will take her away when she returns to Baihe Town.

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help thinking, if she hadn't forcefully fetched Mrs. Luo from Zhuangzi at that time, would Mrs. Luo have lived longer?

Ren Yaoqi knew that this kind of thing should not be overthought, otherwise it would be easy to fall into the magic barrier. So she told herself not to think about it.

Ask Apple to spend thirty taels of silver for Zhu Ruoju to arrange for Mrs. Luo to be buried, and send two nuns to help. They also asked people to go to Baoping Hutong to pick up Shui Ai and go back. After Zhu Ruoju left, Ren Yaoqi lay down on the kang to read, and it was an afternoon.

On the second day, shortly after Ren Yaoqi had finished her breakfast, Xiao Jinglin sent someone to pick her up.

The Yanbei Palace is located in the middle of Yunyang City, facing south from the north. There are four main gates from east to west, north to south, and eight auxiliary gates. It covers an area of ​​more than 500 mu. All buildings are mostly distributed on the left, middle and right axes. It looks very majestic from a distance. .

Although the Yanbei Palace is not as big as the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, it was built according to the regulations of the Imperial Palace, and it is also divided into a front hall and an apse.

Ren Yaoqi entered in the carriage of Yanbei Palace, so the journey was unimpeded. Ren Yaoqi couldn't see much in the carriage, so when he got off the carriage, he took a random look and found that the place he was going to was near the west axis of the palace.

Gold bricks, white marble, and colored glaze are rarely used in the buildings of the Yanbei Prince's Mansion, and most of them are made of whole large bluestone, which is very dull in color. It can't be said to be beautiful, but it reveals domineering and vicissitudes everywhere.

Xiao Jinglin's residence is located in the Yanju Courtyard on the west side of the palace. The name is beautiful, but the courtyard is nothing special, but the courtyard is very large, and there are no flowers and plants. There are only two old sycamore trees.

When Ren Yaoqi entered, Xiao Jinglin was waiting for her in the courtyard, holding a spear in her hand. Her face was calm and there was no sweat on her face. Ren Yaoqi didn't know whether she had finished practicing the gun or was about to practice.

Seeing Ren Yaoqi approaching, Xiao Jinglin's eyes flashed, and then unexpectedly raised the gun in her hand, and suddenly came towards Ren Yaoqi, pointing the gun directly at Ren Yaoqi's front.

The maid Pingguo who was walking beside Ren Yaoqi was startled, and exclaimed that she was about to stand in front of Ren Yaoqi, but Xiao Jinglin dodged and pushed her away several steps away, and then continued to shoot at Ren Yaoqi. coming.

During this process, Ren Yaoqi kept looking at Xiao Jinglin with a smile, until the tip of the gun touched her nose and stopped, Ren Yaoqi didn't even bat an eyelid.

Before Xiao Jinglin took the gun away, she laughed first: "What a guts."

Ren Yaoqi shook her head, watching Xiao Jinglin move the gun head away: "I was shocked at first, but I knew I couldn't dodge it, so I decided not to dodge it."

Xiao Jinglin threw the gun to her maid, took another look at Apple, and said in a rare compliment: "The maid is not bad, but she is a bit stupid." This is definitely a good word.

Apple wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, bowed to Xiao Jinglin, and retreated behind Ren Yaoqi.

"I'll take you to see my concubine mother." Xiao Jinglin held Ren Yaoqi's hand and was about to leave.

"Jing Lin, don't you want to change your clothes?" Ren Yaoqi looked at the men's clothes she wore for martial arts practice.

Xiao Jinglin looked at herself, thought for a while, then pulled Ren Yaoqi back to her room: "Then change." The tone was really forced.

Except for the "Shu De Shun He" plaque hanging in the middle of Xiao Jinglin's boudoir, it is completely impossible to tell that this is a woman's boudoir. The layout is shockingly simple.

Xiao Jinglin quickly changed her clothes, and then pulled Ren Yaoqi away: "The teacher who teaches the piano is with my concubine mother, didn't you bring the piano?" Xiao Jinglin saw that Ren Yaoqi's maid was empty-handed.

Ren Yaoqi shook her head: "My piano is at home, it's fine, I'll watch you practice."

Xiao Jinglin frowned: "How can it be, Hongying quickly finds a piano, go to the second brother's, he must have it."

The place where the concubine lives is not too far from the Yanju Courtyard. It is located in the Jiuyang Hall on the central axis of the palace. This is the residence of the princes and concubines of the Yanbei Palace. It still has nothing to do with beauty, but there are a lot of trees in the hall, against the dark blue stone, there is a different kind of simplicity and elegance.

Princess Yanbei was sitting in the hall talking to people, Xiao Jinglin let go of Ren Yaoqi's hand before going in, so as not to let people see them chattering.

Princess Yanbei is very beautiful. When Ren Yaoqi saw Yun Qiuchen for the first time, she felt that the eldest lady of the Yun family was really beautiful, but compared to her aunt, Princess Yanbei, Yun Qiuchen was still inferior. Some. Xiao Jingxi and Princess Yanbei do have some resemblance.

Ren Yaoqi went forward to greet Princess Yanbei, Princess Yanbei smiled gently and asked her to stand up.

"Is this the Fifth Miss of the Ren family? I often hear Jinglin mentioning you."

Xiao Jinglin seemed to restrain her temper in front of Princess Yanbei, and her voice lowered a few degrees: "I asked Yao Qi to practice piano with me."

The concubine nodded, pointed to the middle-aged woman she spoke to before and said, "Then you should learn from Mr. Zou."

At this time, a woman from outside came in and reported that the old concubine asked the concubine to go over and talk. The princess then explained a few words to Xiao Jinglin, went in to change clothes and went out.

The Mr. Zou that the concubine mentioned was a luthier, with an ordinary appearance and a little fat, but she had a great reputation. Ren Yaoqi had also heard of this person.

"Princess, Miss Ren, let's start then." Mr. Zou has a mellow face, but his speech is rigid, no wonder Xiao Jinglin thinks she is boring.

Xiao Jinglin and Ren Yaoqi followed Mr. Zou to the side hall next to it. There were two pianos facing each other on the short table in the middle of the room.

Xiao Jinglin asked someone to move the case again, and the three of them sat around forming a "concave" character. However, Hong Ying, who went to borrow the piano later, also came back, holding a piano in her hand, and carefully placed it on the On Ren Yaoqi's desk.

"Huh? Why did you bring the second brother's 'Great Sage's Last Voice'?" Xiao Jinglin asked in surprise.

Hongying said: "Second Young Master let me take it."

Xiao Jinglin looked at Qin, blinked slowly, and said nothing.

Ren Yaoqi had learned the piano, so she naturally knew the "Great Sage's legacy", so she couldn't help but look at it a few more times. Thinking about whether it would be inappropriate for me to borrow this valuable famous piano to practice with Xiao Jinglin, but when I looked up and saw that Xiao Jinglin and Mr. Zou were seriously tuning the strings, I swallowed my refusal.

Mr. Zou first explained a technique in detail, and then asked the two to practice.

I have to say that Xiao Jinglin's piano sound is really... special.

Just like how she can play the pipa song "Ambush from Ten Sides" from the quiet and beautiful "Pingsha Luoyan", the murderous spirit is so overwhelming that Ren Yaoqi's fingers can't help slipping.

At the end, Mr. Zou praised very calmly: "Very good, I only made eight mistakes today."

Xiao Jinglin raised her head and smiled at Ren Yaoqi, with a vaguely smug look.

Ren Yaoqi: "..."

Ren Yaoqi felt that Xiao Jinglin had misunderstood him when she said that this gentleman was very strict.

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