Ren Yaoting didn't care about this matter and didn't take Ren Yaoqi's words to heart.
In her mind, there was not much difference between Mrs. Lin San and Mrs. Lin Er, and she did not understand these things, so her attention was quickly diverted elsewhere.
Ren Yaoqi saw out of the corner of his eye that someone not far away turned around and retreated from the path. Not long after, Ren Yaoying came out of the path with a few maids and old women.
When several people walked past Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoting, Ren Yaoqi's eyes glanced at the skirt of Jinju, the maid of Aunt Fang, and then turned away.
When she was talking to Ren Yaoting before, someone was standing behind the bushes and eavesdropping. Ren Yaoqi saw it early in the morning, but didn't say anything.
I guess that person saw Ren Yaoting sent everyone around her away and thought they were doing something private.
Ren Yaoqi just mentioned the third wife of the Lin family on purpose.
The famous and wealthy families in Yanbei intermarry with each other. Over the generations, the more deeply rooted the Ren family is, the more complicated the relationships become, and there are always some connections between each family.
The news that Aunt Fang's sister-in-law was coming to Yanbei finally reminded Ren Yaoqi of something.
Fang Yacun was coming to Yanbei to serve as an official. His wife's visit wasn't simply to attend Ren Shijia's son's full-moon banquet; she was there to spearhead her husband's efforts. Yunyang City, as the seat of the Yanbei royal palace, was essentially the hub connecting all of Yanbei, so naturally, they had to establish connections first.
Fang Yacun wanted to pursue an official position in Yanbei, and the vacancy in Yanzhou was the best. However, Ren Yaoqi remembered that in his previous life, Fang Yacun had not been able to stay in Yanzhou. Instead, a relative of the Su family, who was a local official sent to Yanbei by the imperial court, stayed in Yanzhou.
Ren Yaoqi had already made inquiries. The man was the Su family's eldest wife's brother, a fellow Jinshi (Jinshi) who wanted to leverage the Su family's connections to become a local official in Yanbei. Meanwhile, the Lin family's third wife's uncle was a powerful official in charge of the dispatch of officials to Yanbei, equivalent to an official in the Ministry of Personnel.
Although the imperial court has the right to dispatch officials to Yanbei, the final arrangement of these officials is still decided by the Yanbei Palace.
The maid Jin Ju, who eavesdropped on their conversation, relayed what she heard to Aunt Fang as soon as she returned home.
"Mrs. Lin San?" Aunt Fang lowered her eyes and thought carefully. The pair of jade butterfly earrings dangling at her ears cast a light shadow under the lamp. She always liked to wear these delicate tassel earrings, which made her look gentle like a Jiangnan woman.
After a while, Aunt Fang frowned slightly and looked up in surprise: "So that's how it is."
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