No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 237 The eldest son of the Ruan family?
The originally festive lobby was eerily silent, and Luo Junyao felt that even the golden birthday characters on the lobby were dimmed.

Unspeakable embarrassment spread across the faces of every member of the Ruan family, even Ruan Yueli, who was as calm as Ruan, stared blankly at Mr. Xueya, speechless.

"You... What nonsense are you talking about?!"

Ruan Fu finally understood the situation belatedly, pointed at Mr. Xueya angrily and said, "Bastard! Ruan... my elder brother is gone long ago! Where did you come from, a liar who dares to bluff in the Ruan family?! You guys What are you still doing outside? Why don't you come in and arrest this liar and send me to the government!"

No one paid attention to him, and Mr. Xueya's eyes only stayed on him for a moment, and said softly: "Father, do you want to send me to the government too?"

Ruan Ting stared at him solemnly and didn't speak for a while.

"Master?" Mrs. Ruan was also frightened, she turned her head to look at her husband at a loss.But seeing her husband staring at the young man in white without speaking, she had to turn her head to look at her son.

Ruan Yue took the first two steps up the stairs and patted her mother's arm comfortingly, "Don't worry, mother, father will take care of this matter."

However, Ruan Yuelou's heart was also very heavy about this matter, and his complexion was naturally not good.

It's fine that an eldest son suddenly appeared in the Ruan family, but this eldest son is still working as a luthier in a gold-selling cave like Mingyin Pavilion.

If this is only a little damage to the Ruan family's reputation, Mingyin Pavilion will not hesitate to offend the Xiangfu for Xueya, then once Xueya is really recognized, the Ruan family may not be at peace.

With this method, does this Mr. Xueya really want to recognize his relative?

Ruan Yuelou didn't want to think things too badly, but he knew his father very well.

If my father didn't believe this Mr. Xueya at all or didn't care, he would have controlled the situation immediately instead of allowing such embarrassment to spread.

Ruan Yuelou glanced sideways at Ruan Ting, who was still silent, and her heart sank instantly.

At this point, the birthday banquet is clearly unmanageable.

Xie Yan and Luo Yun were the first to bid farewell, after all Ruan Ting still had to give some face.If it's too embarrassing, it's still quite troublesome.

Seeing that the two most important players were about to leave, the others also breathed a sigh of relief and left one after another.

Some jokes are okay to watch, and some jokes are not so good.Although the statement does not blame the public, Ruan Ting is the head of the Dasheng civil servants after all, if one day he suddenly remembered what happened today, just a little bit of manipulation is enough to determine the future of many people and even the family.

Bai Jingrong and Ji Rong didn't say much, Bai Jingrong just glanced at Mr. Xueya with great interest, and then took Ji Rong and others away.

Ruan Yuelou and Ruan Fu personally sent Xie Yan and others out of the gate of the Ruan family. Ruan Yuelou cupped his hands and said, "I really made the prince, concubine and everyone laugh at me tonight. My father will definitely hold a banquet again to apologize. Forgive me."

Xie Yan said lightly: "It's okay, Mr. Ruan can go to work on his own."

Ruan Yuelou's mood at this time was really not suitable for greeting here, and he gave a deep bow to several people again despite all the eyes around him, and then turned around with his brother to say goodbye to the others.

"Prince Regent, General Luo." Bai Jingrong brought Ji Rong up and followed with a smile, "Who are you going back?"

Luo Yun glanced at Bai Jingrong and didn't answer. Luo Yun's attitude towards Bai Jingrong was always somewhat disgusted and disdainful, but now it seemed that he didn't even want to talk to her.

Bai Jingrong didn't care either, "General, I haven't seen you for many years, but you still have the same demeanor. These two...are you Young Master Ling?"

Luo Yun said coldly: "Bai Jingrong, this general has no friendship with you, and your methods are useless to me."

Bai Jingrong smiled sweetly, "After so many years, the general's temper is still so hot."

Luo Yun snorted coldly, not bothering to pay attention to Bai Jingrong and stepped into the carriage.

Bai Jingrong was very helpless, and said: "General Luo is too vindictive."

Luo Jinyan said: "Mrs. Rong is not going to catch up at the gate of the Ruan family, is she?"

Only then did Bai Jingrong look at Luo Jinyan and said with a smile, "I've also heard of Mr. Luo's name."

"Just kidding." Luo Jinyan said lightly.

Bai Jingrong said: "How could it be? The two young masters of the Luo family are the mainstays of the Dingguo Army. General Luo must be very pleased to have a son like this. On the contrary, it is my Arong..."

Bai Jingrong pulled Ji Rong over, with a look of resentment, "He has been in poor health since he was a child, and I'm afraid he will live in Shangyong for a long time in the future, and I will ask the prince, concubine and two young masters to take care of him."

It's like a really loving mother.

"Ma'am, you are serious. How can we take care of the Ninth Prince?" Luo Jinyan said meaningfully.

Bai Jingrong said with a smile: "Young Master Luo is too modest. Although Ah Rong is a little cautious, he is still a child. I am afraid that Young Master Luo will laugh at him."

Luo Jinyan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Ma'am, you are welcome."

Xie Yan was too lazy to listen to them playing games, so he pulled Luo Junyao into the car as well.

Luo Junyao poked his head out of the car and smiled at Bai Jingrong: "Madam Rong, see you later."

Bai Jingrong nodded at her with a smile and said, "Princess, see you later."

While speaking, Bai Jingrong glanced at Princess Mu on the other side.

Princess Mu, who was about to get into the car, seemed to notice her gaze and turned to look over.A mocking smile curled up on Bai Jingrong's lips, seeing that Princess Mu's beautiful face was also a bit gloomy.

After all, she still didn't say anything, Princess Mu quickly turned around and got into the car of Prince Mu An's mansion.

Back in the carriage of the Prince Regent's Mansion, Xie Yan and Luo Junyao sat together, while Luo Yun and Luo Jinyan sat opposite them.

The carriage moved a little further away from the Ruan Mansion, and the outside gradually became quiet.

Luo Yun said, "What do you think of what happened tonight?"

The other three didn't answer right away, and after pondering for a moment, Luo Jinyan finally said, "My lord, who is the backer behind that Mingyin Pavilion?" Mingying Pavilion is too courageous to hit the Ruan family in the face like this Some.

Mingyin Pavilion and even the place where Mingyin Pavilion is located does seem to be irrelevant at the moment, but that is also when they have not touched the bottom line.If they get involved in the prime minister's mansion, those people will soon know that there is no place beyond the control of the imperial court in Shangyonghuang City.

Xie Yan shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Facing Luo Jinyan's eyes, Xie Yan said helplessly, "I really don't know."

This can't be blamed on him, Mingyin Pavilion may have existed longer than Xie Yan's age.Xie Yan was a noble son of the royal family and a rising star general in the early years, and he didn't even care about the affairs of the court.After becoming the regent, he has been stationed at the border for a long time, and he is too busy with the affairs of the court and the battlefield. How can there be empty control of these shady places?
It will take time to investigate this kind of place that has been entrenched in the dark for a long time.

Luo Jinyan nodded, frowned and said, "There shouldn't be many who dare to offend the prime minister, right?"

Xie Yan said: "I'm afraid that the backer behind him may not dare to offend Ruan Ting, but Mingyin Pavilion does."

Both Luo Yun and Luo Jinyan were taken aback, Luo Yun's expression was a little serious, "You mean..."

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "It's not that those backers are supporting Mingyin Pavilion, but Mingyin Pavilion controls those so-called backers?" It's better to say they are puppets than backers.

Xie Yan stroked her hair and said with a smile, "Those...that's a good word."

Luo Jun shook his smile and said: "I figured it out, if it is a single person... there should not be many people in the entire imperial city who dare to offend Ruan Ting like this. It must not be father and you, if King Ning... he and the Ruan family are in-laws, so he beat Ruan like this What good does the prime minister's face do him? It can't be the Su family, right? Not to mention that the Su family and the Ruan family have no grievances, I doubt that Mingyin Pavilion can control the old lady Su?"

Luo Yun was stunned, and couldn't help laughing: "Yao Yao has grown up, and after getting married, he is much smarter."

Luo Jun shook dissatisfiedly: "I am very smart."

"Yes, yes, yes, Yaoyao is the smartest."

The atmosphere in the carriage also became more relaxed. Luo Jinyan said thoughtfully: "If so, it's not difficult. The Ruan family must not let it go after suffering such a big humiliation today. If Xiang Ruan wants to destroy the Mingyin Pavilion, let's see who Just jump out and stop it." Although not necessarily all of them, there will always be a few.

It's time to follow the vine...

Xie Yan shook his head and said, "Mingyin Pavilion didn't kill people and set fire to it. After all, what happened tonight was just a personal grievance. The Ruan family wanted to use this reason to deal with Mingyin Pavilion. Not surprisingly."

The court is already complicated, and those who stand up to oppose it may not be related to Mingyin Pavilion.There are also those who really feel that it is inappropriate for the Ruan family to avenge their personal revenge, and there are also those who simply want to see Ruan Ting's jokes and make him feel uncomfortable.

"The most important thing is, what if Ruan Ting insists on this loss?"

Luo Yun frowned, "Ruan Ting can't be so tolerant, right?" No matter how literati Ruan Ting is, he is also the head of the Dasheng officials.If he was so temperless, he wouldn't be able to climb up to this position.

"Then it depends on who that Mr. Xueya is."

"Ruan Ting's original spouse and eldest son were buried, right?" Luo Yun said.

Luo Jinyan said: "That's the problem. How could Ruan Ting not know whether his eldest son is dead or not? If Mr. Xueya is fake, he should be beaten out or detained on the spot. If it is true, Ruan Ting's attitude is unavoidable. It's kind of ambiguous."

Luo Jun shook his head and smiled: "Could it be that Ruan Xiang is not sure whether it is true or not?"

Luo Jinyan shook his head and said: "Since the eldest son of the Ruan family has been buried, why didn't he know the truth? Unless he knew or wasn't sure whether it was true or not when he was buried."

But at that time Ruan Ting was just an ordinary local official with a low official position. His wife and son were killed by bandits.Could it be that the bandit would take the real young master away in his spare time, and then leave an unknown corpse as a substitute?

Not to mention whether ordinary bandits and bandits are so boring, can't Ruan Ting recognize his son?

In recent years, Ruan Ding has always announced that his wife and children were killed by bandits, and he has never tried to find his son.In this way...

Couldn't there be some inside story about the bandit incident back then?

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "Why do I feel... that Mr. Xueya really seems to be the eldest son of the Ruan family? Otherwise, why didn't Prime Minister Ruan deny it on the spot? With such an ambiguous attitude, the eldest son of the Ruan family will be in trouble."

It's not difficult for Ruan Ting to deny it, after all, an eldest son was really buried in the Ruan family's cemetery back then.As for the jade pendant, just insist that it was lost by accident.

Xie Yan shook her hand and said, "I'm afraid he can't deny it."

"Young Master Xueya has other bargaining chips in his hands, and Ruan Ting is very afraid of this bargaining chip?" Luo Jun said: "But, the arrival of the people from Mingyin Pavilion tonight is obviously an accident, and Ruan Xiang didn't know it beforehand. How did he do it?" Know……"

Luo Junyao closed her eyes and recalled the situation in the Ruan family's lobby just now. At that time, she just stared at Mr. Xueya for a long time as if she was watching a play and eating melons while watching the handsome man.

"It shouldn't be about his appearance. When he first saw Mr. Xueya, Xiang Ruan's expression didn't change at all. The real change in his expression was after Mr. Xueya revealed his identity. It seemed nothing special."

Luo Junyao was thinking about it, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said: "Young Master Xueya wears a gold bracelet on his wrist, what Ruan Ting is looking at is not the jade pendant but the gold bracelet."

During the whole process, Ruan Ting only glanced at the jade pendant in Ruan Fu's hand, and stared at Mr. Xueya for the rest of the time.

To be precise, he was staring at Mr. Xueya's left hand.

"Bracelet?" Luo Jinyan didn't see any bracelet.

Mr. Xueya has a wide robe and wide sleeves, even when he played the piano before, he didn't show the bracelet.

On the contrary, when he threw the jade pendant at Ruan Phuc, the golden bracelet at the bottom of his sleeve flashed by.But it was only for a moment, and was soon covered by the wide sleeves of the robe.

Luo Junyao also felt strange at the time, because the magnificent golden color was extremely disproportionate to Mr. Xueya's fairy-like attire.At that time, she didn't think too much about it, after all, who doesn't have some beloved things that they don't want to leave?
On the contrary, Xie Yan nodded slightly and said: "Indeed." The husband and wife sat together, and he naturally saw what Shake saw.

"It's a double dragon play bead and shrimp beard bracelet. It doesn't look like a man's style." Xie Yan said solemnly.

Luo Yun didn't take it seriously: "Which bracelet is the man wearing? Maybe it's a relic of Mrs. Ruan Jiaxian?"

Luo Jinyan shook his head, "It's not that simple. If what Yaoyao said is true, then there might be something behind the bracelet."

Luo Yun was a little impatient, "So, this Xueya is really Ruan Ting's eldest son? Didn't the child die back then?"

Xie Yan said: "It's hard to say whether Mr. Xueya is the eldest son of the Ruan family, I'm afraid Ruan Ting can't say he is not."

This statement is very interesting.

Xie Yan and Luo Jinyan looked at each other, Luo Jinyan nodded and said, "Let's see if Prime Minister Ruan recognizes this son."

Ruan Ting is definitely not a fatherly person, with his character, no matter whether Mr. Xueya is true or not, he would never recognize what happened today.If Ruan Ting just admitted it like this, maybe someone really took advantage of it or there was something strange about the death of the Ruan family's mother and son.

Luo Junyao looked at the two of them: So you two don't believe that Mr. Xueya is the eldest son of Ruan Xiang at all, right?
Xie Yan seemed to see what Luo Junyao was thinking, squeezed her palm and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter whether this snow cliff is real or not. Can't come out. The eldest son of the Ruan family has already been buried, so there's no need for him to cause this trouble for himself."

Luo Jun shook his head, "That's right, today's battle doesn't look like he wants to recognize his father."

In the Ruan's lobby, the guests had already dispersed, even Ruan Fu and Ruan Yueli were kicked out together.

The lobby, which was full of guests, singing and dancing just now, became empty and silent, but the large golden and red colors that caught the eye made the atmosphere in the lobby feel strange and tense.

Mrs. Ruan stood beside her eldest son, looking at her husband and Mr. Xueya who claimed to be the eldest son of the Ruan family with complicated expressions.

The noble ladies in Shangyong City all said that she had a good life. Although she was married as a second wife, her husband was very capable and respected her very much. The original spouse had no children, so even if she was a second wife, she was almost the same as the original spouse.

If she had married someone else back then, it would have been the first marriage, so how could she have the glory of becoming the prime minister's wife?

She never imagined that one day a young man would suddenly appear and say that he was the eldest son of the original wife of the Ruan family.

Madam Ruan secretly hated her husband, why didn't he deny it immediately?Could this young man really be his eldest son?Back then it was clearly said that his wife and children were dead, what is this now?If this young man is the eldest son, what is her son?
"Who are you?" Ruan Ting finally spoke, staring at Mr. Xueya and said in a deep voice.

Master Xueya smiled calmly, "My former name was Ruan Shuo."

"You're lying!" Ruan Ting yelled angrily.

Master Xueya said calmly: "If you think I'm lying, why didn't you tell me in front of everyone?"

Mrs. Ruan, who hadn't had time to be happy because of Ruan Ting's words, also froze.

If Ruan Ting decided that the young man was lying, why didn't he explain it in public?With such an attitude now, even if they deny it afterwards, others will inevitably discuss it.

Ruan Ting stared at Young Master Xueya, and said, "Ah Shuo, he died a long time ago, and it was Zhenxiang who personally buried him. Who sent you here! Who asked you to humiliate Zhenxiang's son like this!"

"Humiliation?" Mr. Xueya tilted his head, thought for a moment before he smiled and said, "Ms. Ruan thinks... Xueya's identity has humiliated the identity of the eldest son of the Ruan family?"

He raised his hands, and the wide sleeves slid back, exposing his arms.

Just looking at Mr. Xueya's appearance, everyone would think that his body must be as flawless as his appearance.

But that arm was not perfect, and there was a hideous old wound on that arm.It seems that it has been a long time, and it is the size of a woman's palm. I can't see what caused it.In addition, there are many other scars on the arm, all of which are old wounds, which look scary.

There was also a gold bracelet on his wrist that didn't match his temperament. The combination of that gorgeous bracelet with his somewhat ferocious arm and Mr. Xueya's alpine and snow-like appearance really made people feel a little uncomfortable.

Madam Ruan just glanced at it and couldn't help turning her face away.

Ruan Ting couldn't help shrinking his eyes, staring fixedly at the scar on Mr. Xueya's arm.

Mr. Xueya smiled and said, "Father, do you still remember? It was scalded when I was five years old. I still remember... It was the first time in my life that I was injured so seriously, but it almost killed me."

Ruan Ting remembered something, his expression fluctuated, he just stared at Mr. Xueya but couldn't speak.

Ruan Yuelou sighed in his heart, he already knew the result.

Ruan Yuelou supported Mrs. Ruan and said in a low voice, "Mother, I'll take you back to rest. Father and... this one, I'm afraid there are still things to talk about."

"Louer..."

Ruan Yuelou shook her head, signaling her mother to stop talking.

"Father, the son is leaving first."

Ruan Ting glanced at his son, nodded his head and said, "Go, Madam should go to bed earlier."

Madam Ruan didn't answer, but smiled wryly in her heart: After such a thing happened, who can sleep?

　~~o(>_<)o ~~ When writing in a notepad document, you must remember to save it at any time.It was a rare use, and I forgot to set a timer to shut down the computer.The content of most of the chapters is not worth mentioning, and I can’t find the feeling after writing it again~~
　　
　
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