Scheme of the Official Descendant

The concubine of Yanbei Palace is also the old concubine. Empress Dowager Tai doesn't like people calling her Taifei, because if she is called Taifei Li, then her rival, Concubine Yun, who is only half a step below her in rank, will also become Taifei Yun, which is hard to tell from the name The gap between the two is gone. Therefore, Empress Dowager Tai was called the old concubine, and Concubine Yun was the old Mrs. Yun.

There are birthdays every year, and birthdays are held every year, so there is nothing unusual about it. It's just that this year seems to be a little different, because King Yanbei wrote a book early in the morning requesting that the son of King Yanbei, who was in the capital as a hostage, come back to congratulate the concubine on her birthday.

Xiao Jingkang, the eldest son of the Yanbei Palace, was recruited by the imperial court to the capital as a hostage since he was a child. Since then, he has almost never returned to Yanbei. Even the marriage is arranged by the imperial court. This time, with Concubine Li surviving, the prince requested an order to return to Yanbei, which is really a joyful event for the people of Yanbei.

Ren Yaoqi was a little surprised when she heard the words, because she didn't remember Xiao Shizi coming back to Yanbei at this time in her previous life. And now because of the incident in Ningxia, the situation between the imperial court and Yanbei is already very dangerous, and with the entry of Xian Wangfu, the imperial court will not be afraid of letting the tiger go back to the mountain after releasing the eldest son? It might not be easy for the prince to return to Yanbei, right?

Lei Ting just mentioned it in passing, and then chatted with Master Ren San about the revision of the book, and Ren Yaoqi didn't think about it any further.

After the meal, sisters Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoqi came together to talk about themselves. Ren Yaohua told Ren Yaoqi about Xiao Qiao's affairs. Ren Yaoqi just reminded Ren Yaohua to pay attention to Xiao Qiao's movements and see if she I have contact with people outside, and I don't have much to say about the rest.

Ren Yaohua and Lei Ting stayed until the dinner was finished before returning home. Before leaving, Lei Pan'er was the one who was most reluctant to let go. There was a pomegranate tree bearing fruit in the backyard of Ren's house. Lei Pan'er commanded the The servant girl picked all the pomegranates from that tree. Although the fruit didn't taste very sweet, the little girl had a great time playing it. She also explained that next year's pomegranates had to be reserved for her to pick. Lei Pan'er is smart and lively, there is no one in the Ren family who doesn't like her, even the third master Ren gave her a Tianhuangshi flower and bird seal that he made and carved.

Li Shi and Ren Yaoqi personally sent Ren Yaohua out of the second gate, and turned back to the inner courtyard after their carriage drove away. Just as he walked to the Chuihua Gate, he saw Ren Yihong walking over with a strange boy.

Seeing Li Shi and Ren Yaoqi, Ren Yihong hurriedly came forward to greet them. Ren Yihong also came to meet Lei Ting's brother-in-law before, but was later sent by the third master Ren to study in the outer court.

"Mother, this is father's student Meng Shilin. Father asked his son to bring him here, saying that he has something to give to brother Shilin." Seeing Li Shi looking at the young man beside him, Ren Yihong quickly explained.

Meng Shilin hurriedly saluted Mrs. Li and called Mrs. Li her teacher.

Ren Yaoqi also took a look at the young man, and saw that although his appearance was ordinary, he had a gentle temperament, and there was a bookish air in his gestures, and he saw Li Shi and Ren Yaoqi's attitudes were calm, but they were very polite and did not take their eyes off Looking at Ren Yaoqi's face, the neither humble nor overbearing look shows that he has received a good education. It's just that although the material of the clothes on his body is not too bad, it seems to have been washed many times and is very old.

"Your surname is Meng?" Mrs. Li smiled kindly at Meng Shilin and asked casually.

The Meng family is also a big family in Yanbei, and the aunt of Guo Yujiao, the eldest daughter of the Guo family, is the current head of the Meng family. When Mrs. Li heard that his surname was Meng, she thought he was a descendant of the Meng family.

Meng Shilin bowed his head and replied respectfully: "If you go back to the teacher's mother, the student is a descendant of the Meng family."

Mrs. Li did not despise him when she heard that he was just a side branch of the Meng family, and still said kindly: "I heard the master mentioned that he has a proud student named Meng, and it must be you. Don't stand outside, come in and sit and wait, I will tell you People go to invite the master."

Meng Shilin quickly thanked him, and it so happened that the third master Ren came out from inside with a few books. Several people hurriedly greeted Third Master Ren again.

It's not good for Mrs. Li to stay here, so she took Ren Yaoqi back first.

In the evening, Ren Yaoqi went to say good night to her parents. When she walked to the main room, she happened to hear the third master Ren and Mrs. Li chatting about Meng Shilin,

Master Ren San asked Li Shi: "You just met Meng Shilin, what do you think of him?"

Mrs. Li was stunned when she heard the words, and replied: "He is a polite child."

Ren Shimin nodded with satisfaction: "Not only is he polite and respectful, but he is also knowledgeable, and his handwriting is excellent. I have many students, and his qualifications are the best. It is a pity that he missed Qiu Wei this time. Wait three years." Ren Shimin sighed regretfully at this point.

"I heard from him that he is a descendant of the Meng family?" Shi Li asked.

Ren Shimin nodded: "The relationship between his branch and the first branch of the Meng family is a bit far away. Both his father and his first mother have passed away, and he lives with his second wife. There is no real property for housework. But fortunately, he is a descendant of the Meng family, so he can still accept it. Without the care of the clan, otherwise it would be impossible to be admitted to Yunyang Academy."

For example, large families generally run ethnology studies, in order to facilitate the education of the children of the clan. In Meng Shilin's situation, he can still receive help from the clan every month.

It was rare for Mrs. Li to see Ren Shimin mentioning his student's family background in such detail, so he couldn't help but tentatively said: "From the master's opinion, it seems that you appreciate him a lot?"

Ren Shimin readily admitted: "Well, although Meng Shilin's family background is a bit poor, I'm not that powerful either. So I want him to be my son-in-law."

Son-in-law means son-in-law. Master Ren wants Meng Shilin to be his son-in-law?

Mrs. Li was taken aback again, and couldn't help asking carefully: "Which daughter does the master want to marry to Meng Shilin?"

The third master Ren took it for granted: "Which daughter is there? Of course it is Yaoying, and they are all well-matched in status. Yaoyao is still young, don't worry!"

Mrs. Li: "..."

Third Master Ren seems to have forgotten that Ren Yaoying is younger than Ren Yaoqi.

However, Mrs. Li was relieved. He let the third master Ren admire Meng Shilin so much and thought he wanted to marry Ren Yaoqi over. Although Mrs. Li didn't mean to look down on Meng Shilin, it didn't mean she was willing to marry her daughter to a concubine. Fortunately, the third master Ren has not been overwhelmed by his love of talents.

"Yaoying is still in Baihe Town, so I'm afraid she will have to ask her mother about her marriage." After thinking about it, Li tactfully reminded Mr. Ren San. The third master Ren is a person who loves talents, but the rest of the Ren family may not be. Although Meng Shilin is not a child from a poor family, he is not much better than a child from a poor family. The old lady Ren may not be able to pass the test.

However, the third master Ren had a very good impression of Meng Shilin, and he didn't care when he heard the words: "I can still make decisions about a concubine's marriage. You don't have to worry about my mother, I will mention it myself."

Seeing that the third master Ren had made up his mind, Mrs. Li didn't say anything else, except that Mr. Meng, who came from a family background, was fine.

After listening to this conversation, Ren Yaoqi shook her head. It might not be so easy for Third Master Ren to marry Ren Yaoying to Meng Shilin. Even if it's just a concubine, she can be used as a bargaining chip in exchange for benefits from the second elder of the Ren family. How can the third master Ren be tossed about casually?

However, Ren Shimin really paid attention to this matter, and within a few days after discussing it with Mrs. Li, he went to Baihe Town in person and discussed with Mrs. Ren about his desire to marry Ren Yaoying to Meng Shilin.

It's just a pity that Mrs. Ren was very dissatisfied with Ren Shimin's arrangement, so she vetoed it immediately.

Ren Yaoying became a laughing stock because of her concubine, so at this time, the big families in Yanzhou naturally looked down on her, but the old lady Ren had other plans in mind.

The Ren family is now seeing that it is getting worse day by day, and the Zhuozhou He family, which had been doing business with the Ren family, seems to want to find someone else to cooperate. The He family was in the business of porcelain, and over the years it was considered a relatively large cooperative merchant of the Ren family, and after several generations of business operations, the He family's status in the Zhuozhou business community was not low. If the He family gave up their business relationship with the Ren family at this time, the Ren family would lose not just the He family's business partner.

So the old lady Ren wanted to marry the He family and marry Ren Yaoying to the elder of the He family to fill in the house. The elder of the He family is the eldest son of the head of the He family. His wife died the year before last. He has two daughters, three daughters and two sons under his knees. However, the elder of the He family is almost fifty years old now. Not a few years younger.

The reason why Mrs. Ren fell in love with the eldest son of the He family is that he is the eldest son of the He family. Once the head of the He family dies, the elder He is the head of the family, and the elder He only has two concubine sons and no sons. The old lady Ren wanted to let Ren Yaoying go. Work hard, it would be best if you can have a son.

The old lady Ren told the third master about her plan, and the third master was naturally unhappy. It's not a big deal for a concubine to fill someone's house, but the son-in-law is older than him, and the third master Ren feels that he can't afford to lose this person. If this marriage is successful, he will never even think about raising his head in front of his friends in the future.

In the end, neither the old lady Ren nor the third master Ren could persuade the other, and they broke up after a disagreement.

The old lady Ren had a lot of thoughts, she was afraid that the third master Ren would be difficult to deal with, and finally secretly married Ren Yaoying to his poor student, and preemptively discussed marriage with the He family without telling the third master Ren. Third Master Ren was inferior to Old Madam Ren in this respect, so he was one step behind her.

Ren Yaoqi watched coldly from the side, neither intervening nor asking.

It's just that no one expected that a big event happened in Kyoto not long after, Prince Xiao was assassinated and seriously injured.

Update on March 6th

.RS