The medical concubine is too difficult to tease

Chapter 22 Taking Back Gao's Dowry
In the early morning of this day, there were small snowflakes in the sky, sandalwood incense was burning in the censer in Anran Pavilion, and refined carbon was piled up in the charcoal stove, creating a sense of warmth.

Alan was learning how to salute. The half-grown girl with round face and big eyes twisted her body and bowed half kneeling. Ziyan was correcting her. Xuegu was embroidering the cotton insole in her hand and talking to Li Ren next to her. , the atmosphere is warm.

After writing the case, Li Ruan flipped through the historical records in her hand. She came here with the memory of the original body, and found that this era does not exist in the history of the 21st century. At least she has never heard of countries such as Daqing Dazhao Mocang in the history books. , the costumes and folk customs here are a bit like the style of the Yuan and Song Dynasties, the poems, books, rituals and music, and the customs and habits have traces of China's 5000-year history and civilization.

For a quarter of an hour, Li Ru'an closed the book and put it down. Forget it, her soul can be reincarnated into a dead person, and she can carry a modern secret room with her. There is nothing impossible in this world.

Grinding and picking up the pen, Li Ru'an wrote two lines of characters on the rice paper, put down the pen and watched it with satisfaction, the original body had strong wrists and smooth strokes.

"Dreams are long, dreams are short, all are dreams. What year is it, the word sister is getting more majestic."

Li Ren did not know when he walked to the desk, and praised with a smile, "It's just that this poem is quite emotional. Dreams are long and short, and dreams are all illusions. Years go by, and I don't know what year it is. Zen."

Li Ru'an snorted, she just wrote casually, not that much meaning.

Cui's mother's voice came from outside the courtyard. The siblings looked at each other and slowly raised the corners of their mouths.

Standing in front of the threshold, Lin Qing watched the servant carrying the half-person-high red coral jade ornament away, feeling a pain in his chest, and trembling with hatred when he returned to the empty back room where half of the furniture was missing.

She borrowed five thousand from her brother, and she also took out the private money she had accumulated for many years to pay for the more than 8000 taels of silver on the list. Other furniture and decorations were moved from the warehouse in the house, but there were many pieces of jewelry that she I used it to change the style, but it can only be said that some were lost. In the past two days, Mama Sun of Jingxin Pavilion came four or five times, as if she was afraid that she would run away, as if to guard against thieves, she was so angry that she dropped the tea bowl on her back several times.

On the other hand, Anran Pavilion was very lively. The servants and maidservants stood in a few rows outside, holding all kinds of things in their hands. Xuegu held the dowry list at the storehouse and checked them one by one. The ones needed were carried into the back room. Others All put into the warehouse.

Ziyan and Alan received Xuegu's order to reward the maids and servants, one piece of silver each. Although it was not much, it was worth half a month's wages of an ordinary maid, so everyone was very happy and very considerate.

After checking the doors and windows several times, fastened the big lock, and shook it vigorously a few times, Xuegu carefully put the key into her bosom and walked into the back room.

"There are still two places missing in the field house, and there are more than a dozen kinds of pearl hairpin jewelry that I haven't seen yet. Two large porcelain vases are missing, four small porcelain vases are missing, three emerald and jade ornaments are missing, rosewood reclining chairs are missing, and red sandalwood is missing. pillow……"

"Okay, nanny, you put away the list, and you'll need the missing ones later." Seeing that the list was a meter long, Li Ru'an interrupted Xue Gu.

"Yes, the old lady is watching. She dare not be tricky. If she doesn't pay back, she will be accused of embezzling the property of the royal family. She has a clue in our hands!"

"Sister, my heart is so comfortable, I haven't been this happy for many years!" Xue Gu put away the list, stroked the red coral jade next to the main seat, and smiled.

"Yeah, I haven't been this happy for many years." Li Ren stood in front of a painting of bamboo and said in a low voice, "Mother once pointed to this painting and told me that bamboo is born with knots, its branches bend but not break, It means that a gentleman should be firm and unyielding."

"You have already done it." Li Ru'an patted his shoulder and said lightly.

Li Ren blinked away his tears and nodded, yes, in the face of difficulties, he did not shrink back, but struggled forward tenaciously, and now he was able to see his sister back alive, and he did not let his mother down.

In the evening, when Mama Sun came to invite her, Li Ru'an was not surprised, and told Xuegu not to follow, but to put on a cloak and follow out of the yard.

There were only two grandparents and grandchildren at the dinner table, and there was no sound. Seeing Li Ru'an eating slowly and gracefully, Fan secretly admired her, this girl was so calm, she was really a different person from three years ago .

Putting down the chopsticks, Mrs. Fan dismissed the servant after rinsing her mouth and hands, and said first, "Mrs. Lin left you in the countryside for three years, and now she is still doing such stupid things. Do you hate her?"

Li Ru'an put down the tea bowl, and looked at Fan's indifferently, "Now that I'm back, I have brought back my mother's things. Does it matter whether you hate it or not?" don't hate.

"You should hate her. She was overwhelmed by wealth and confused. I decided to ask her to return your mother's dowry in full. I just wanted to appease everyone and prevent the situation from getting serious. Do you understand what I mean? ?”

"The granddaughter understands that the grandmother is for the reputation of the Li family, for the official career of the father, for the future of Ren, and for the future destination of the girls in the family."

Fan nodded in relief, "You are sensible, I will strictly order the servants in the mansion not to spread the word, and your mother's memorial day is coming, besides white clothes, the Empress Dowager will call you into the palace, Prince Huan also Come back, you have to be prepared."

"Yes, grandma." Li Ru'an lowered her eyes and responded lightly, as if it had nothing to do with her, without any sign of shyness.

"Your father will return home tomorrow, so you can go back and rest."

"Yes, my granddaughter will leave."

When Mama Sun entered the room, she saw Fan smiling and twisting the beads with a pensive expression.

"What is the old lady thinking of to be happy?"

"He is really a good child, calm and composed, with a clear mind. Let me tell you, when I talked to her just now, I didn't feel like I was talking to a junior, but like talking to someone of the same age. Don't you think it's amazing? "

Seeing that Mrs. Fan was in a happy mood, Mama Sun laughed and joked, "Miss is a little more prudent, but Madam, you can't let her hear what you said. I don't have to blame you for calling her old."

"Just to put it bluntly, your mouth is getting more and more open, ha ha."

The moonlight was bright, Li Ru'an refused the maid who sent her back to the yard, and stepped onto the corridor alone, thinking about the matter of entering the palace that Fan Shi had just mentioned.

The spectacular scene on the day when King Huan returned to Beijing has spread all over the capital. Ziyan went to Li Ruyun's Yunxia Pavilion to visit, and after hearing what the girls said, she came back full of hype, like a fairy descending to earth.

Two strangers who have never met before, they are married when they meet, this kind of thing is difficult for Li Ru'an to accept, but how can they cancel the engagement?
Li Ru'an didn't want to do things that would damage her own reputation. Etiquette in this era is extremely harsh on women. If she doesn't consider herself, she has to consider that it will affect Li Ren. But the imperial power is paramount. If there is no sufficient reason, how can she withdraw without reason?
Walking into the small garden, Li Ru'an felt a little annoyed, and pulled a pink plum close to the tip of his nose, smelling the faint fragrance, and walked slowly.

A sound came from a distance, accompanied by a low cry, Li Ru'an turned his eyes and dodged into the shadow behind the tree.

"Don't cry, you don't know the second lady's temper, and you go in when she wants to vent her anger. Isn't this asking for trouble?"

"Woo, Cui Hong, my hand hurts so much!"

Cuihong sighed softly, "It looks like it's swollen, I'll rub some medicine for you when I go back, alas, when the eldest miss comes back, the second miss will throw things every day and vent her anger on the maid, isn't it just us slaves who suffer so much? How are you doing this day?"

"The Ziyan man in Missy's room is very nice. When I met her yesterday, she smiled at me and gave me fructose, saying that Missy bought it for her. I envy her so much. Although Missy doesn't smile, she is very elegant. He looks calm, unlike Er..."

"Shut up, how can you talk nonsense, do you still need the other hand?" Cui Hong hissed, "Madam just went over to persuade, and mobilized everyone to bring a group of servants to help clean up, let's rub the medicine and hurry up Go back and wait."

The voice faded away, Li Ru'an stepped out and touched his chin and nodded. The girl Ziyan gave candies everywhere, saying that she can eat people with a soft mouth, so that she can inquire about the news later, and she wants to win people's hearts. It really works.

After taking two steps, Li Ru'an suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at the Yiyue Pavilion not far away, and slowly smiled.

There was only a sprinkling maid and an old woman left in the yard, leaning against the wall to talk together, Li Ruan listened quietly for a while, and made sure that there was no one in the room, with a cold light in his hand, he waved towards the two.

Pushing open the door and stepping in to cover it, the oil lamp was still on in the room, Li Ru'an walked directly into the room, rummaged through the dresser and the drawers at the head of the bed, after a while, he found a mahogany box, inside was a thick stack of body deed.

It was easy to find out the deeds of Wang Er's family. Li Ru'an also saw a name, Cuiwei, Li Ruyun's personal maid. According to the rules of the house, except for the sprinkler girl and the mother-in-law outside the kitchen or yard, the deeds are in the hands of the head wife. The body bond of a personal servant should be in his own hands.

With no time to think about it, Li Ru'an put the body deed back, took the body deed of Wang Er's family and walked out of the house, pulled out the needles on the necks of the two people who were unconscious, walked out of the yard quickly into the darkness, and saw the two people waking up slowly. , muttering in a low voice and carelessly falling asleep, he turned and left without noticing anything unusual.

"My sister is really brave!" Xue Gu looked at the three body deeds in her hand and babbled about Li Ru'an.

"Eh? Look, Wang Er's mother and younger sister both have this seal on their body, but Wang Er's doesn't have it." Xue Gu took a closer look and found the clue.

"This is the official seal, and if he doesn't have the official seal, it proves that he is not from the Xiangfu at all." Li Ru'an glanced at it and said with a sneer.

"Lin is very scheming. First use Wang Er's family to force him to kill everyone. After returning to Beijing, Wang Er will surely die if he obeys the law. She has a fake body contract and was done by someone from the foreign government. Pick her up and then deal with Wang Er privately." The two families, leave no trace." Xue Gu shook her head and said bitterly.

Xuegu folded the body deed and put it in her arms, pulled Li Ruan into the inner room, and said, "I will take it to the government tomorrow to cancel my registration, and this matter will be over. Sister, wash up, rest early, tomorrow When Master Xiang comes back, my sister will definitely go to see her."

In the afternoon of the next day, on Dongjie Avenue, a group of people clattered with iron hoofs, and they were not in a hurry. The two men who were leading immediately were one white and one black.

"Hurry up and cover that face, I don't want to be thrown melon seeds again." Yan Mo glanced at all kinds of women on both sides of the road, in the carriage, and on the pavilions, and said helplessly.

The upright and solemn guards at the back shrank their necks when they heard this, feeling lingering fear.

Seeing that Xiao Huan still looked cold and indifferent, Yan Mo snorted, "Pretend, I grew up wearing the same pair of trousers, I don't know you yet, and you just walk around the streets these days when you have nothing to do, are you thinking of meeting Xiao Ruhua by chance?" Bar?"

Xiao Huan's expression relaxed, he raised a smile, and did not deny it.

Yan Mo clicked his tongue, "I'm completely stuck, but you don't want to think about it. With Xiao Ruhua's temper, is she the kind of person who goes to the street to chase beautiful men and throw melon seeds? Yi Feng hasn't found anyone yet?"

The matter of Li Ru'an's return to the mansion and Lin Qing was strictly ordered by the old lady to spread the word. Although there was a little bit of rumors about what happened at the gate of the return home that day, Yi Feng chased after several medical families. He even searched for other people's family members, by mistake, but he didn't take the unknown news about the Zuo Xiangfu who was going to be married to the general to his heart.

Walking to the gate of the city, I saw a group of ministers wearing official hats, and the maids of the inner eunuchs were already waiting for the holy driver.

"Meet Prince Huan."

"Get up." Xiao Huan raised his eyes to look at the huge team that appeared on Dao Dao today.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live." All the ministers knelt down and bowed, and the crowd pressed down on the ground.

When Sheng was driving, Xiao Rui looked through the window screen and saw his brother, whom he hadn't seen in six years, approaching him.

"My brother has seen His Majesty."

"Well, get up, go into the palace and talk to me." Xiao Rui's thick voice came out, with a hint of fatigue.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

　There is one more day in 2022, I wish Liu Yifeis peace and joy in advance, and everything goes well!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)