Three years ago, when Mr. Pei was exiled to Wuzhou by the imperial court, she stayed by his side.
Mr. Pei had the habit of reading the court bulletin every day, although most of them were already a few days old when they reached him.
The first time she saw the name Zhu Ruomei was in several official bulletins that had been delayed for several days.
That year, the Empress Dowager passed away. Xiao Jingxi, the second son of the Yanbei Palace, represented the Yanbei Palace to go to Beijing to celebrate the Empress Dowager's birthday.
It is said that the second son of King Yanbei is not only handsome, but also extremely intelligent.
Mr. Pei evaluated the second son of the Xiao family, whom he had met once, with one word: gifted with talent and extraordinary talent.
Ren Yaoqi was amazed to hear Mr. Pei, a self-important figure, speak so highly of others. After all, she had lived in Yanbei for 16 years and didn't know much about the Second Young Master Xiao. She had heard her father mention his elder brother, the Crown Prince of Yanbei, who was being held hostage in the capital, several times, because he was a good painter.
Unfortunately, the second young master Xiao is seriously ill. He would cough up blood if he even walked a few steps. His health is even worse than that of her third brother Ren Yiju, who has been weak since childhood. It can be said that he is jealous of talented people.
The second son of the Xiao family was on his way south, and everyone was worried, fearing that a bump in his carriage would send him to meet the King of Hell. Fortunately, the second son of the Xiao family finally arrived in Beijing safely.
Empress Dowager Yan was very fond of Xiao Jingxi upon seeing him. Her niece, the eldest sister of the Yan family, fell in love with him at first sight and vowed not to marry anyone but him. Finally, the Empress Dowager decreed that the eldest sister be married to the second son of the Xiao family, who had remained unmarried due to poor health.
It was originally a good thing, but you just don't like to make things look good.
At this time, the Crown Prince of Yanbei, Xiao Jingkang, died suddenly. At the same time, large-scale bandit rebellions broke out in Xingzhou, Xiangzhou, and Xuzhou, shocking the government and the public.
The name "Zhu Ruomei" frequently appeared in the official gazettes of various states and counties at this time. He was the leader of this bandit rebellion.
When the imperial court had barely suppressed the rebellion and was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the second son of the Xiao family, who was supposed to stay in the capital to replace the deceased prince and marry the eldest sister Yan, suddenly disappeared from the capital.
There are rumors that the Second Young Master Xiao was afraid of ending up like the Young Master Xiao, so he took advantage of the chaos and secretly returned to Yanbei.
Some also claimed that the fierce bandit "Zhu Ruomei" was actually a miner in the Yanbei coal mines, and was recognized by the discerning Second Young Master Xiao and became a fierce general under the Yanbei Palace. The Yanbei Palace had long harbored rebellious ambitions, and the Xiao family deserved to be punished.
Anyway, after Xiao Jingxi escaped, Zhu Ruomei also disappeared.
Afterwards, the eldest sister of the Yan family left Beijing with her dowry and went to Yanbei to find her husband. As for the outcome, there were too many rumors and it was difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.
Ren Yaoqi was not very interested in finding out about this kind of thing, because what she saw was not a poignant and touching love story, but a clear political conspiracy of intrigue and deception.
The Yanbei Palace and the imperial court had an unclear account, and Ren Yaoqi had not yet settled the account before he woke up and returned to the Ren family.
However, she remembered the name Zhu Ruomei.
Although Ren Yaoqi had no way of verifying whether this Zhu Ruomei was the same Zhu Ruomei, she had discussed the rumors with Mr. Pei back then, and found that many of them were indeed rumors, but not all of them were.
When we returned to the greenhouse, the competition outside was in full swing. Even the sisters who were usually gentle and gracious couldn't help but clench their fists and exclaim in surprise, cheering loudly.
Ren Yaoqi sent Xueli to take the silver to the maid who was holding a basket and running back and forth to ask for prizes, and asked the maids around her to go and play, and only waved away a maid who was her mother Li's confidant.
"Fifth sister, what do you want me to do?" the nanny asked respectfully.
Ren Yaoqi was the only one still sitting in the corner of the greenhouse. Everyone was focused on the competition outside and didn't notice her. Ren Yaoqi took out a silver note worth 100 taels that Ren Shimin had given her earlier from her waist pouch and handed it to the maid.
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