Ren Shimin thought of the time when Old Lady Ren told him that the painting he gave away was a child's toy. Although he was extremely unhappy at the time, he couldn't refute it because Old Lady Ren was his elder.
Mrs. Li was stunned and looked at Nanny Zhou at a loss.
Nanny Zhou wanted to say something, but Ren Yaoqi, who knew Ren Shimin very well, interrupted with a smile, "Daddy has prepared something good for me. Can we come and listen?"
Ren Shimin's expression softened, and he said to Ren Yaoqi, "Young Master Han took a fancy to a painting from me, and before he left, I asked someone to give it to him."
Ren Yaoqi blinked and said, "I guess the calligraphy and painting that Mr. Han is interested in must be your painting, Daddy!"
Ren Shimin was delighted in his heart, but remained expressionless as he asked, "Oh? Why do you think so?"
Ren Yaoqi said seriously, "He has helped us so much. If we just pick someone else's calligraphy or painting, wouldn't it be a big loss?"
Ren Shimin laughed out loud, and everyone in the room could feel his joy from the bottom of his heart.
Li also became happy when she saw the father and daughter, but Ren Yaohua just lowered her head and played with the agate bracelet on her wrist, seemingly absent-minded.
"The young master of the Han family is indeed a refined person. If the Han family had an older sister, she could interact with our third and fifth sisters." Nanny Zhou took advantage of Ren Shimin's happiness to join in the fun, but in fact she was trying to find out about the situation of the Han family in a roundabout way.
The Han family moved to Baihe Town only last year. At that time, they were still living on the farm. After they came back, they had someone mention the Han family, but they had no further contact.
An old woman like Madam Zhou, who was used to the hustle and bustle of the inner palace, naturally knew that the more clearly one got to know about some things, the more advantage one would have.
Ren Shimin was in a good mood, so she politely replied to Nanny Zhou's words: "I heard that Master Han has a son and a daughter. Young Master Han is fifteen years old this year, but Sister Han doesn't know her age. I think the Han family has good upbringing. Although Young Master Han is young, he is studious and well-mannered. Especially his Yan-style regular script is very majestic."
When Ren Yaoqi heard Ren Shimin mention the Han family, he didn't react for a moment and didn't realize which Han family he was referring to. Now, when he heard him praising the young master of the Han family, he suddenly remembered.
The same year her mother and Ren Yaohua went to the village, a wealthy new family, the Han family, moved into Baihe Town. Later, Ren Shimin, impressed by the talent of the Han family's son, arranged a marriage for Ren Yaohua. The Ren family, seeing that the Han family, while low-key, had extensive connections, considerable wealth, and only one son, welcomed the match.
But later, the young master of the Han family suddenly broke off the engagement for some unknown reason. The Ren family originally disagreed, but in the end, they compromised for some unknown reason.
Ren Yaohua was deeply shocked and her temper became even worse. The Ren family had already regarded her as an abandoned child.
Finally, with the help of the second wife of the second house, Mrs. Su, Ren Yaohua married Zeng Kui, the cousin of the second wife's niece-in-law, Mrs. Su.
Grandma Su was from the capital. Her cousin was Zeng Yu, the newly appointed general of Ningxia. Zeng Yu had countless wives and concubines but only one son, Zeng Kui.
At that time, the unmarried sisters of the Ren family envied Ren Yaohua for her good fortune. Even after her engagement was broken off, she was able to find such a good marriage that would have been hard to find even with a lantern. However, it was not until a few days before Ren Yaohua's wedding that they learned that the young master of the Zeng family had been scalded with boiling water by his wet nurse when he was young, causing half of his face to be damaged and one eye to be blinded.
Old Madam Ren had to condescend to come to Ziwei Courtyard in person to persuade Ren Yaohua to get married. During the process, the old lady used both reason and emotion to persuade her. Ren Yaoqi had no idea how Old Madam Ren persuaded her proud and domineering granddaughter, whom she "loved the most in her life", to happily marry a man who was as ugly as a ghost.
But she succeeded, and Ren Yaohua married into the Zeng family without any quarrels or fuss.
Six months later, Ren Yaohua strangled her new husband with her hair and was thrown into the red tent of the military camp by Zeng Yu in a rage. That night, Ren Yaohua set fire to the military camp and died in the flames.
As a result, the Ren family became enemies with the Zeng family, and misfortunes followed one after another.
The young master of the Han family, who had broken off the engagement with Ren Yaohua, married Yun Qiuchen, the eldest sister of the Yun family, in the same year. The couple was so talented and beautiful, and their wedding was so beautiful that countless young men and women in Yanbei were envious of them.
"Yaoyao? Yaoyao?" Ren Shimin waved his hand in front of Ren Yaoqi and called her with a frown.
Ren Yaoqi came back to her senses and saw that everyone in the room was looking at her, so she forced a smile.
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