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Chapter 27

Chapter 24

The first month comes out in a blink of an eye, and Mingyu followed Ruan Hongtian to visit Jiang Kui at Bailu Zhai in Mengcheng.He was able to walk on crutches and was in good spirits. He stayed overnight and returned to Jiangzhou early the next morning, bringing back Mother Zhou, who was full of complaints.Hearing her nagging about the old man all the way, he gradually became distracted.

The picture album had been brought over two days earlier, it was a thin volume, well bound, she put it in a conspicuous place on the table in her father's study, and began to wait.But my father was so busy these two days that he never touched the ground, and he hardly ever saw him enter the study.

It turned out that all the wealthy families in Jiangzhou knew that the emperor would stop here when he was traveling in the south of the Yangtze River in a few months, and the residence has not yet been decided.Although my own garden is not as famous as Rongyintang Yiyuan, each has its own uniqueness. If you are lucky enough to be selected, it will be a great honor.Therefore, they were running around secretly, and some of them were good at dancing, and even bypassed the Jiangzhou government to find the governor of Jiangnan directly.Ruan Hongtian was not to be outdone, so it was indispensable to manage everywhere.

In the evening, the carriage finally stopped in front of the majestic gate of Rongyin Hall.Ming Yu got out of the carriage, followed Ruan Hongtian across the high copper sill, and walked to the Yimen Gate. The four lions on both sides of the wide avenue were covered with a layer of radiance by the setting sun, reflecting bits of broken gold light, shining brightly. Somewhat glaring.

"father."

Ming Yu took a step closer and called out to Ruan Hongtian.

Ruan Hongtian turned his head, smiled at Chao Mingyu, stopped in his tracks, and waited for his daughter to come forward and be side by side with him.

"Father, I put the Sanskrit book on the table in your study the day before yesterday. Have you read it? My daughter saw it in the bookstore occasionally, and thought it was very good. I specially translated it and annotated it. Dad, you should read it too."

Ming Yu said, looking up at his father.

Ruan Hongtian was stunned, then patted his forehead lightly, and said with a smile: "Look at you, I forget about it when I get busy. Originally, the cashiers from all over the country in March have to advance to this month, and those who are far away have to send someone to notify the delay." .When I have some free time, Dad will go to see it again..."

Ruan Hongtian hadn't finished speaking when he saw Liu Shenghe hastily greeted him, and said: "Master, thank you for sending someone here today, and knowing that Master has gone out, I called you back, saying that I have something to discuss."

Ruan Hongtian responded, turned around and looked at Mingyu apologetically, patted her on the shoulder, turned around and went out of the gate again.

Ming Yu frowned as she watched her father disappear in a hurry.Hearing Chunyuan's soft urging beside him, he turned around, lowered his head and walked slowly into the back hall.

The reason why I act like this can be regarded as painstaking.I once thought that if I really opened my mouth to overthrow the Rongyin Hall, now that I have been reborn and brought back the memories of my previous life to tell the truth ten years ago, my father will never believe it. I must think that I am bewitched and talking nonsense .After much deliberation, I could only tactfully wake up my father.Only then did we take pains and pains to describe the history of the rise and fall of Rongyintang in detail in a book under the pretense of relying on the history of the country outside the vassal.I was also afraid that people would see it as an appendix when it was printed, and I would be suspected of slandering the royal family, so I simply used Sanskrit. After I got the album, I added notes on the side, and then put it on my father's desk. I hope he can see it. Find yourself in the past to ask questions.I didn't want to, but things backfired. My father was too busy and didn't enter the study for several days.

After today, if my father still doesn't read the album, tomorrow will be blocked, and she will block him...

"Girl, Sister Dongqing came over today and said that the old lady knew that the girl went to see the old man, and said that she hadn't heard from her old in-laws for a long time. She didn't know what to do, so she asked the girl to come back."

Ming Yu went back to the Yilu Building, and heard Dan Lan say this directly.

Ever since Jiang's pregnancy, Ming Yu was a little wary that the old lady would use her inconvenient body to serve her husband as an excuse to stuff Dongmei over as a concubine, but unexpectedly, there was no movement.After her father came back from other places a year ago, she only sent Mother Rong over to tell Jiang's house to be careful.Before the end of the year, when Liu's sister-in-law checked out the servants in the mansion who were old enough to marry, she also listed Na Dongmei.The old lady didn't say anything, she just personally assigned a small steward, gave her a dowry, and married her in a glorious manner.One day, when Ri Mingyu accompanied Jiang to greet the old lady, Jiang sincerely thanked her. The old lady closed her eyes and said nothing, and opened them after a long while, and only said, "The first thing is the children, and then the family and everything is going well." I'm an old bone. I didn't care about things before, and now I don't want to be suspected behind my back. I just hope that you will give me a grandson this time." Since then, Ming Yu has been filial to this grandmother with all her heart. After speaking, he tidied up a little and headed towards Suixi Garden. Just as he went downstairs, he suddenly remembered something, his eyes lit up, he hurriedly changed direction and headed towards his father's study, took the picture album, and then hurried over.

Cigarettes are curling up from the sacred beast stove in the Nuan Pavilion, and the old lady is sitting with a string of tourmaline beads in her hands, chanting scriptures, and her mother, Dongqing, and a few little girls are by her side.Seeing Mingyu approaching, he showed a slight smile on his face, and waved to her: "Is your grandfather in better health? You haven't touched him for so many years, and you only have a handful of old bones left."

"Where is it, I see that the old lady is becoming more and more healthy like a green pine. In a few days, she will hold her big fat grandson first, and maybe the emperor will come and live in our house. It is really a double happiness."

Let mother lean over to make fun of it.

When the old lady heard that her grandson was mentioned, the smile on her face became wider.Ming Yu hurriedly mentioned the situation of seeing her grandfather today, and finally glanced at her grandmother, and said with a smile: "The granddaughter accidentally turned to this book a few days ago, and she was very touched after reading it. If the grandmother is not tired, the granddaughter Let’s talk and listen?”

Mother Rong said hurriedly: "Elder girls can feel touched after reading it. It must be a good word. I want to hear it even my wife."

Seeing that the old lady murmured, Mingyu seemed to be interested, so she smiled at the mother and the others beside her and said, "If you want to say this, the first one can only be told to my grandmother. Mom, please take them all down first." .”

Mother Rong laughed and said, "What kind of words does the girl want to say, but others can't hear them? The old woman's heart is even more itchy."

Ming Yu smiled without answering, just looked at the old lady.

The old lady raised her eyes and glanced at Ming Yu, and suddenly said: "Qiuyue, you and the younger ones all go down."

Qiuyue was Rong's mother's name, she was startled, and hurriedly responded, leading everyone in the room to go out.

"Girl Yu, there's no one in front of you, so let's talk about what you want to say."

The old lady nodded towards Mingyu, and then slightly closed her eyelids.

Ming Yu suppressed the chaotic heartbeat, calmed down, took out the picture album from his sleeve, sat next to the old lady, opened the first page, and said softly: "Grandmother, granddaughter is going to The words spoken are an old story that happened in the Western Regions."

"Thousands of miles to the west, there is a vassal state. In that country there is a rich family. According to the rules set by the ancestors, they are generous in giving and good, and make friends with others. After several generations, the family has a lot of money. Life is so smooth. I went down. Only when I was a grandson, I got involved with the vassal king in that country. It turned out that once the vassal king passed by here, the rich family did everything they could to receive the vassal king. Everyone knows..."

When Ming Yu said this, the old lady next to her suddenly opened her eyes, stared at herself in surprise, and her eyes fell on the picture album.

Ming Yu continued to turn the page without changing his face, and said slowly: "We have an old saying, that under the sky, is it the land of the king, and the shore of the land, is it the king's ministers. Although it is a vassal state, it is also The same reasoning. Among the riches in the world, who dares to be richer than the vassal king? However, the owner of this rich family has forgotten this reasoning. He only wants to offer the most precious and precious things he can give, but I didn't know that my loyal show of goodwill actually planted the root of disaster. Although the vassal king praised it on the surface, there was a knot in his heart. He had a rare thing that he had never seen in the palace, but that man had it in his house. He What's the point of being a king? After returning home, he was bullied by people with ulterior motives around him. After a few years, he found an excuse and killed the owner of the rich family. Even the house was dug three feet into the ground. Looking for Tibetan silver. Poor this family, it was destroyed overnight, and the reason was the loyal reception of the vassal king. Many years later, a member of this family who slipped through the net secretly went to the old place to pay his respects. Seeing that there were only ruins and tiles left on the carved beams and painted buildings, and the crows and rabbits haunting the grass, I was deeply moved, so I deliberately recorded it as a wake-up call for future generations."

After Ming Yu finished speaking, she closed the album and met the eyes of the old lady.

The old lady stared at Mingyu steadfastly, her eyes flickering on and off, and suddenly, with a snap, the rosary in her hand fell to the ground, and Chao Mingyu reached out for the album, her hands trembling slightly.Ming Yu hurriedly handed it over, and said in a low voice: "Grandmother, although this anecdote is the past of that feudal kingdom, only my granddaughter has read it and thinks it is true. The principles of the world and the scale of people's hearts are all interlinked. This is why I tell it to you. Grandma listened. If there is something wrong, I ask grandma to punish you."

"Good boy..." The old lady sighed and murmured, "I'm a little confused, you go down first, let me think about it."

Ming Yu's heart was beating wildly, she leaned over to pick up the string of tourmalines and put them back beside the old lady, she responded and backed out lightly.

Ming Yu stayed up almost all night, got up early the next day, and waited anxiously.Sure enough, when it was Sishi, I saw the girl coming to pass the message, saying that the master invited the girl to the study.

Grandma must have passed that picture book on to Dad.Seeing grandma's appearance, she should be touched, but father, I don't know what he thinks?
Ming Yu arrived at the door of the study, took a deep breath, pushed open the half-covered door and went in, and saw her father sitting behind the desk, his eyes fell on a book that was spread out in front of him.

Ming Yu stepped forward, called "Father", and stood aside holding his breath.

Ruan Hongtian didn't answer, and he didn't raise his eyes, he was still staring at the album, his figure seemed to be frozen, motionless.

The study room was very quiet, and sunlight penetrated through the lattice of the south window, illuminating the fine dust dancing in the air clearly.

After a long time, Ruan Hongtian finally raised his head to look at Ming Yu, frowning slightly, with a dignified expression.

"Girl Yu, where did you get this booklet?"

"Father, the book was acquired by my daughter by accident. My daughter was only touched by the records in this picture album, and felt sad for a while. That's why I dared to go to my father."

Ruan Hongtian said nothing, but looked at Ming Yu carefully, with some surprise and doubt in his eyes.

"Didn't Dad think that what's written in the front of this album is very similar to our current situation?"

Ming Yu gritted her teeth and finally blurted out the question.

Ruan Hongtian's eyes flashed, and he suddenly said: "Ayu, tell the truth, did you make this album?"

Before Ming Yu answered, his father said again: "This picture album still smells like fresh ink, and the characters in the painting are very similar to your usual brushwork. Although my father is a businessman, only my daughter's handwriting is still recognized. It came out. And when the emperor was about to come, you suddenly said that you found such a Sanskrit book, where did such a coincidence come from in the world? You want to use this picture book to remind dad that if you pick him up this time, not only will you not Is the blessing of my Rongyin Hall the root of disaster?" After speaking, his tone became a little serious.

Ming Yu was startled, knelt down in a flash, and said, "Daughter dare not hide it. This picture book was indeed drawn by my daughter with a single stroke. But the things said in this book are definitely not just a whim to tease Dad My grandmother told me before that the middle of the day will move, and the full moon will lose money. My daughter has also read a lot of unofficial history. Since ancient times, the heart of an emperor is the most unpredictable. There are many people who are not tolerated by the emperor, let alone a businessman like my family who has no foundation to rely on? One honor and one disgrace are all at the emperor's second thought. There are many rich people in Jiangnan, if my family is only one of them, be careful in the future It may be okay to run a business. I know that my father has a heart of loyalty to the emperor. If my family is selected this time, he will definitely spare no effort to take over. If only because of this pick-up, the name of my family's rich man will go straight to heaven, In the future, people will always think about it, Dad, don’t you think this is the origin of the disaster? Forgive my daughter for being unfilial, and to say a word of treason, the ending of the wealthy family in the feudal kingdom in the album may not necessarily happen in my Rongyin Hall on the body."

Ruan Hongtian suddenly stood up, raised his hand suddenly, as if he was about to slap the table heavily, but suddenly stopped in mid-air, his whole body was frozen, but his face was extremely ugly.

Mingyu's chest was sore, tears rolled out of his eyes, he choked up and said, "Father, my daughter said one more thing, after saying this, if you think I am talking nonsense, you will kill me, and I don't blame you It is true that my daughter had a dream one day, and she dreamed that the Rongyin Hall ten years later, there is no jade hall, gold and horses, the prosperity of the past is no longer, and there are only ruins and rubble in sight. The moment she wakes up, The daughter couldn't tell whether it was Zhuang Sheng who was dreaming of a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming of Zhuang Sheng, and felt extremely distressed. In her heart, her father was the most heroic man in the world. He was in charge of the Hall of Glory with hundreds of people, hundreds of thousands of Ruan's shop. Plan ahead and take precautions. Dad should understand this better than his daughter. It is an honor to be a royal residence, but my family has long been famous in the south of the Yangtze River. Why does dad still need to compete with others for this matter to decorate the appearance of Rongyin Hall? ?”

Ruan Hongtian fixedly looked at Mingyu with a strange look on his face, suddenly strode up to her and squatted down, picked her up and sat on his lap, reached out to wipe the tears on her face like Mingyu was still a child, and sighed: "Ah! Yu is really old. Dad never thought that you would think so far at such an age. What you said is also reasonable. Dad really didn't think so much before. My family's idea garden has been reported. If you win , there is absolutely no way to shirk it.”

Ming Yu was a little pleasantly surprised, and laughed through tears, and suddenly raised her head and said, "Father, among the dozens of gardens in Jiangzhou, although my family's Yi Garden is the most famous, other people's gardens may not be a place to stay. Father doesn't have to go now. If it is robbed by another family, that would be the best. Just in case this matter still falls on my family, my daughter is only worried that the Wangshan Tower is too ostentatious. Dad, I am afraid that the royal family does not have those things in it, but our family does not. The big lala is placed there, and it falls into the eyes of those who are interested. In the future, if my family intends to fight for wealth with the royal family, it will be hard to argue. My daughter begged my father to move the throne, and the incense fan and chilong were also removed. Now, what happens to other people’s family, so does my family, that’s the safest way.”

Ruan Hongtian's expression was normal, he supported Ming Yu to stand up, shook his head and said, "You girl, you have one idea after another. I have seen Wangshan Tower before, Mr. Xie and some officials in the state government, so I know what it looks like. If Yiyuan really got selected, but suddenly changed into an ordinary look, if others ask about it in the future, I am afraid that there will be suspicion of disrespect. This is not a trivial matter, let father think about it carefully."

Ming Yu was worried that his father would be blinded by the clouds of glory and insist on going his own way, but now he looked a little moved.Although I don't know how much I have listened to, it is a good start after all.Knowing that his last words made sense.I wanted to mention the lion silver again, but then I thought about it, this matter is related to the Feng Shui of the Ruan family, and it is probably more difficult to shake than the Wangshan Tower.After all, it was too sudden, so it would be useless for me to say more at this time, and I will figure it out slowly in the future.He nodded in response, and then walked away step by step.

(End of this chapter)