Chapter 400: Marrying Far
In the early morning, Han Qing came to see if Chen Xintong got up with today's breakfast.
Since the eldest brother went to Chujing, she was reluctant to breathe. After every morning class, she would practice swords in the yard. The simple notation in her hand was left by the female devil Gu Ruxu. He was always worried that the youngest sister would practice to go astray.
He didn't dare to tell the sect leader and master about this, so he came over to take a look every now and then.
However, today, as soon as he stepped into the yard, he realized something was wrong.
Chen Xintong was actually packing her luggage.
"Sister Sister, are you going to go out?" He looked at her in confusion.
Chen Xintongtou didn't raise his head: "I'm going to Chujing."
Hearing this, Han Qing was really shocked. He put down the breakfast in his hand and came to stop her: "Sister Sister, don't!"
"My brother and Eleven are in Chujing. Yesterday I eavesdropped on my parents' words. Their situation is not very good, so I can't rest assured." She put the bag together, picked up the sword and was about to set off.
Han Qing didn't dare to let her go, so he hurriedly followed and persuaded: "The Sect Master and his wife won't agree to let you go down the mountain. If you leave like this, the Sect Master will definitely be angry! Oh, senior sister, wait, Chu Jing is not what you thought!"
He reached out and grabbed her arm. Chen Xintong was in a hurry to leave, but as soon as he stopped her, he became even more angry and started fighting with him directly!
Han Qing had experienced her martial arts skills. Even if he had to show mercy, it would be more than enough to stop her. However, he had never discussed with her in the past few months. He relaxed for a moment and underestimated her.
Chen Xintong's swordsmanship and palm techniques were faster than he imagined. Before he could react, he was beaten by her, fell to the ground and hit a stone. The injury was not very serious, but it hurts really!
Chen Xintong seemed to have not expected that he did not dodge and hurried forward to help: "Han Qing... How are you doing, Han Qing? I, I didn't mean it. I thought you should be able to avoid it with your skills! Where are you hurt?"
Han Qing originally wanted to say "It's nothing serious", but after looking at the burden on her shoulder, she was worried that she would go down the mountain, so she hurriedly covered her chest, pretending to be seriously injured, and kept shouting to her in pain, scaring Chen Xintong so much that she panicked: "You hold on! I'll take you to find my father now!"
She was still worried about going up and down the mountain and not down the mountain. She threw her bag aside and took him to see the wound first.
Chen Yu couldn't help frowning when he saw her holding the pale-faced Han Qing.
She said anxiously, and Chen Yu ordered someone to help Han Qing in. As soon as she entered the inner room, Han Qing honestly explained the situation and had to pretend to be injured, otherwise the senior sister would have to ignore him for a long time if she knew it.
After such a fuss, Chen Yu naturally would not agree to Chen Xintong going down the mountain. He took more strict care, for fear that she would run to Chujing to cause trouble if she was not careful.
After injuring Han Qing, Chen Xintong calmed down a lot, perhaps because he felt guilty and often visited Qiyi Peak. It seemed that he had given up this idea for the time being.
However, Chen Xintong secretly practiced the secrets left by Gu Ruxu for a while, but Chen Yu learned that she had tried her current martial arts at Guanyuntai and she had indeed improved a lot.
It is true that my disciples should practice my martial arts, but since she is determined to learn, it is better to have one more skill in the future. There is no distinction between good and evil in martial arts itself. It depends on the nature of the martial arts practitioner. As long as she has a good personality, it is okay to practice those secrets, but it is not advisable to avoid losing the word.
Regarding going to Chujing, he rarely sat down with Chen Xintong and had a detailed discussion. What would happen in Chujing soon would be a sensation. The two people she cared about were in this whirlpool. What they needed was not help from someone with high martial arts skills, but to calm down and find out the truth.
What they had to do was more difficult than she thought, and before everything was ready, the Sword Sect should not intervene rashly.
Even he and Chun Jia have only been helping each other secretly for the past few months.
Chen Xintong was just out of concern, but she didn't expect that there were so many involvements. She didn't understand the case of Ning Guofu at all. She only knew Eleven's true identity by eavesdropping. She never knew Eleven was carrying such a deep blood hatred. The burden was so heavy that she could endure it until now.
If she were afraid of being suspicious, she would think about how to make her enemies pay for their lives and practice martial arts desperately.
In terms of mind and nature and martial arts, the eleventh one made her feel even more out of reach.
Therefore, I will be anxious, unwilling and worried.
As a senior sister, she should have protected her junior sister well, but now she realizes that she can't do anything for them except waiting.
Seeing her unwilling look, Chen Yu sighed helplessly: "If you really want to go, you have to wait a moment. When the time is right, I will agree to you go to Chujing for your father."
Chen Xintong looked at him in surprise, with a little hope in his heart, but he didn't know when the "time" he was talking about.
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At the same time, Chujing is the bright March day of spring. This day is a rare zodiac auspicious day calculated by Tianqin Mansion, and it is also the day when Princess Pingyang gets married.
The sixteen-carried carriages were decorated with bright red gauze, layer by layer, and silk rifles made of pearls drooping under the eaves of the sedan chair. When the wind passed, it made a delicate sound. More than a hundred red carriages were arranged around the carriages, and the maids and servants who were sending their marriage were also dressed in a well-dressed and waiting in front of the mansion.
The nanny in the palace arrived at Ruan's mansion at dawn to dress up for Princess Pingyang. Mrs. Ruan was in tears and she was able to make her hair smoothly.
"One comb to the end, two comb to the white hair to the eyebrows, three comb to the ground..." Every time she recited a sentence, the tears in her eyes became a little more.
Ruan Xiao put on a gorgeous rosy cape, and looked at himself and his mother in the bronze mirror, and his nose felt sore.
After today, the closest relatives will never see each other.
After finishing the dressing, the family was sent to the door. The onlookers watched the fun and almost surrounded the road in front of the Ruan Mansion.
When the auspicious time comes, the gong, drum, umbrella and fan are raised together. The maid helps Ruan Xiao and walks into the imperial carriage, put down the veil, and covers Mrs. Ruan's reluctant gaze.
Ruan Xiao sat upright in the sedan chair, holding the blood jade from yesterday tightly in her hand. Although she didn't know who the person was from beginning to end, why did she send this item to add makeup to her, she always felt a little worried.
The drums sounded, and the happy sedan chair was raised, and the grand red makeup came from the gate of Ruan Mansion to the gate of Chujing City.
Through the veils on both sides, she could vaguely see the once familiar streets and alleys, and the peach blossoms blooming in Chujing City, and soon she could no longer see these.
Thinking of this, she suddenly wanted to cry in this sedan chair.
After Gu Ruxu disguised himself with Lan Zhou, he mingled among the crowd and quietly watched the sedan chair pass by the street. The noisy drums and drums were very lively. This show was worthwhile.
"Do you guess Ruan Fangting will come and give away a sister she has never met?" she asked thoughtfully.
Lan Zhou looked faint: "So what if you come, so what if you don't come? This is the choice made by the Ruan family. He has long been regarded as a dead person. What can he stop?"
Gu Ruxu laughed: "I suddenly felt that he was a pitiful person too."
"So you will show mercy?" He glanced at her.
She smiled: "No."
The two retreated quietly from the crowded crowd and disappeared on the streets of Chujing.
Princess Pingyang's wedding team left the city gate and walked away along the official road gradually. On the city tower, Si Wan was quietly looking at him, and Ruan Fangting was standing behind her.
"The Ai family remembers telling you not to have any contact with the Ruan family members. It seems that you didn't listen to the words of the Ai family."
Ruan Fangting was silent for a moment and said, "I just wanted to add some dowry to her. When I left the Ruan family, she was not born yet and would only think that I was a passerby."
"Which passerby would give such precious jade to a strange woman? Are you afraid of causing suspicion or being seen by others in the Ruan Mansion?" Si Wan was still not relieved.
He silently said, "Although I have been away from the Ruan family for decades, I will inevitably feel a little worried when I return here. Can't you even feel at ease when you look at it from a distance?"
"How can the Ai family be relieved?" Her eyes sank, "The two remnants of Pei Junyan and Gu family have not been found yet. At this critical moment, if someone finds out your identity and then suspicion of the Ai family, what should I do?"
He smiled bitterly: "After so many years, you are still in mind what happened."
Si Wan's heart was thrilled: "The Ai family was confused for a while and then did something ridiculous. No matter what, it would not be known..."
"It's a ridiculous thing that I touched you..." Ruan Fangting shook for a moment, and his heart was cold.
He pretended to be an eunuch and entered the palace just to protect her. Seeing her being neglected and bullied, he couldn't help but step forward to comfort her. He felt so sorry for her and even lied to his home for him that he had traveled.
After drinking all night, he thought he had finally gotten her, but he was very happy, but he was worried that the matter would be exposed and she would be implicated.
He can become a real eunuch for her, dispel the suspicion of the people in the palace, and can also lead His Majesty to come for her, and he can give her medicine to be favored and hide the matter from the crowd.
He watched her with his own eyes as she was in the rain and dew, and his heart was like a knife, but he also endured her.
Even after her first child unfortunately died, she planned for her future affairs and built the Palace of Eternal Life in the world, recruited killers and eliminated stumbling blocks for her.
After so many years, she actually thought that night was ridiculous...
Si Wan looked at him with a serious expression: "Everything that happened to you and me that night was a dream, and it was a secret that must not be revealed. If someone discovered it, what would you do, what would happen to the Ai family?"
He lowered his hand, looked at the increasingly distant Ruan Xiao's sedan chair, and fell into a long silence.
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The incident of the Ruan family being enthroned by the princess was married far away. In the next half month, it was once regarded as a topic of conversation by the people in the teahouse and tavern. Everyone thought that the Ruan family knew the righteousness or was pitiful for the girl, and each had their own opinions.
And just here, the Ruan family was valued. Several concubines in the family were able to enter Fengshan Academy. Lord Ruan's official rank was also promoted to the second rank. For a moment, the Ruan family became a hot newcomer in the capital.
Just as many gentry in the city were cursing each other openly and secretly, there was a stack of books and physical evidence on the table of Wenhui in Tianqin Mansion that day. He felt suspicious and took a few glances.
When Fu Yunyue came in, she saw him sitting in front of the desk, looking through the account books, and her face gradually became solemn.
"Sir, what's wrong?" He walked up and took a look, "Isn't this the account book of the Ruan family a few years ago?"
He picked up a book, looked through it, and found that there were many things that didn't match, and the in and out were a bit amazing.
He knew that the gentry in Beijing would buy some shops in private, but usually the shops purchased on the surface must be reported and recorded in the book. There are several shops in private. After all, it is still understandable that some small things such as hiding some private money can be hidden.
But the Ruan family was a bit too much. There were more than ten shops that had not been reported. Judging from the accounts, the possibility of accepting bribes is also very high.
The Ruan family has always been in the Ministry of Revenue, so they can make a lot of money. If they know how to restrain themselves, they will turn a blind eye. But looking at this account, there are more than a little mistakes.
Wenhui's face became increasingly ugly. After putting down the account book, he ordered him to investigate the Ruan family secretly.
Corruption and bribery are actually not uncommon in the court. Everyone knows it and will not be exposed. If another official gets these books, even if he finds something, he will make a favour based on the current status of the Ruan family.
But the Ruan family was in trouble. Someone piled all the evidence on the desk of Tianqin Mansion, obviously intending to let Wenhui see it.
As for who did the good thing, Fu Yunyue could guess at the forefront of the storm and took over the situation.
Just think it was to do your old friend a favor, but he wanted to see how far his Royal Highness Gu Zhao and the Crown Prince could do.
Chapter completed!