Whether in the Great Zhou under the Li Dynasty or in Yanbei under the Yanbei Palace, the private possession of large quantities of weapons was strictly prohibited. Several hundred bows and arrows and a hundred broadswords were unexpectedly discovered in the abandoned coal mine of the Ren family. While the number of weapons was not large, the consequences of this incident itself could be significant or minor.
Not long after Ren Yaoqi left, Old Master Ren and Master Ren were summoned by the government because of this incident. With the backbone gone, the Ren family was in chaos.
Old Mrs. Ren was also anxious, but she could only keep the people from each room behind for the time being, wait for news from outside, and discuss whether there was any good countermeasures.
As soon as Ren Yaoqi entered the room, everyone's eyes turned to her, as if hoping to see some kind of turnaround from her. Old Madam Ren even stood up immediately and asked anxiously, "How is it? Did the princess see you? What did she say?"
Ren Yaoqi shook his head: "The princess didn't see me."
As soon as Ren Yaoqi finished speaking, the room fell silent, and the people in the Ren family looked at each other with increasingly gloomy expressions.
Old Madam Ren frowned and asked, "You didn't see the princess? What's going on?"
Shanhu stepped forward and told Old Madam Ren what had happened today and what Nanny Duan had said. Old Madam Ren's face changed, and she turned her anger on Ren Yaoqi, pointing at her and scolding her, "Doesn't the princess usually have a very good impression of you? She even sent people to deliver you gifts several times. Why wouldn't she see you?"
Ren Yaoqi shook her head. Shanhu had said everything she needed to say, and she had nothing more to say. It was obvious that Old Lady Ren was angry and had no place to vent it, so she took it out on her.
Master Ren Wu said, "Mother, the princess said she can't force her way in if she doesn't want to see Yao Qi. Now my father and eldest brother have been summoned by the government, and we don't know when they will return. Please don't get angry, think of a way to solve the problem first."
Old Mrs. Ren said angrily: "Then tell me what to do!"
Master Ren Wu looked at Master Ren San and said, "How about I and my third brother go to the government office and see if we can get any information?"
Old Madam Ren was about to nod, but then she thought about it. Both Old Master Ren and the eldest son had been summoned to the government office, and it had been over two hours with still no news. What if the other two sons were also trapped there? She shook her head and said, "What good would it do if you went? We should send a few smart stewards to the government office to wait and report back if anything happens."
Master Ren Wu had no choice but to send a few more managers out.
The second master of the Ren family, who had been sitting in a trance with a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, seemed to have been called back to the mortal world. He twirled the beads and muttered, "How did all these things happen at the same time? Could it be that the Ren family has bad luck this year?"
Mrs. Ren remembered what Mr. Ren said before he left, and she couldn't help but frown: "If you have bad luck, you can spend money to avoid disaster, but I am afraid that I will offend a villain!"
Upon hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look at Old Lady Ren.
The Fifth Madam was impatient and asked, "Mother, what villain do you mean? Do you mean someone is deliberately trying to harm our Ren family?"
Old Master Ren also thought that maybe the Ren family's plan to marry into the Zeng family had angered the Yanbei Palace, so the Yanbei Palace wanted to teach the Ren family a lesson, so he asked Ren Yaoqi to go to the Yanbei Palace to test the princess's attitude.
Later, the government came to the door and said that weapons were found in the abandoned mine of the Ren family. Old Master Ren was shocked and began to suspect whether this was something the Han family did for revenge. After all, if the Yanbei Palace wanted to teach the Ren family a lesson, there would be no need to go through so much trouble and frame them.
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