Chapter 994: Rongyuan

The prince saw Zhou Shuren was stunned, "Yes, we are here."

Zhou Shuren got off the carriage dazed, and then saw a ruin. He knew this place, everyone in the capital knew about it, but few people talked about it. He also asked Lord Xiao, but Lord Xiao kept silent and told him not to ask too much, so he suppressed his curiosity.

Of course, there are some rumors, unreliable rumors in the capital, saying that this place is haunted and that it is a forbidden area. The rumors are so detailed that it seems as if everyone has visited this place. Anyway, over time, few people talk about it.

Zhou Shuren looked at the desolate ruins. The prince had already entered this place. Zhou Shuren hurriedly followed him. He did not believe the rumors.

This place has been abandoned for many years. Fortunately, it is almost winter, so there is no need to worry about snakes running out of the grass from time to time, as there is a paved road in the ruins.

When Zhou Shuren came in, he found that there were already many guards clearing the weeds.

The prince walked very slowly, and even raised his hand to touch the stone pillar whose color had already been lost, "My Lord, do you know where this is?"

Zhou Shuren shook his head, "I don't know, I only know there is a story here."

The prince smiled and said, "Yes, there is indeed a story. This place is really huge. My prince's mansion is not even half the size of this place."

"I saw it from the drawing just now."

This place is not just big, it is too big, and it has been abandoned all this time, which is such a waste.

The prince continued walking forward, "The fire that happened back then burned everything and buried the Rong family. Did the Rong family know about this?"

Zhou Shuren paused, "I don't know much."

This turned out to be the Rong family. What he knew was that the Rong family was one of the right-hand men of the founding emperor of the previous dynasty. They were a family with hundreds of years of history. The Rong family made an indispensable contribution to the founding emperor of the previous dynasty. Later, the Rong family retired, and their decision to retire at the height of their career was quite similar to the current Ning family. The only difference was that the Rong family had never produced an imperial concubine, and no one had ever married into the royal family.

Zhou Shuren said everything he was thinking.

The prince listened to Zhou Shuren talking about the Rong family and smiled, "I know a little more than you do. My royal grandmother's surname was Rong, and she was the legitimate daughter of the Rong family's legitimate branch."

Zhou Shuren remained silent because everyone avoided talking about the emperor. He had never heard anyone talk about it since he came to Beijing, and no one dared to talk about it. That was the emperor's past. As for the emperor's mother, all people remembered was her posthumous title; her real surname would not be told even if someone knew it.

Zhou Shuren looked at the desolate ruins with a sad heart. What happened back then? The emperor played dumb and the Rong family was destroyed.

The prince stopped and said, "The front has not been cleaned yet. This place needs to be cleaned before the first snow falls."

Zhou Shuren thought to himself that this project was too big. He was used to managing the money and was calculating in his mind. He took a breath of cold air. This would cost too much money.

The prince gestured to go back. When they came out, he looked back and said, "There is no Rong family here. There is only the royal family's Rong Garden."

Zhou Shuren respectfully escorted the prince to the carriage and left, but he couldn't help but look at the Rong family, Rong Garden, another kind of inheritance of the Rong family. As long as future generations knew about Rong Garden, they would also know the Rong clan. This was more meaningful than repairing the tomb.

When Zhou Shuren returned to the Ministry of Revenue, he ran into Zhang Jinghong who was running out and almost bumped into him.

Zhang Jinghong lost his balance and fell to the ground. Zhou Shuren helped him up and asked, "Why are you so hasty?"

Zhang Jinghong was anxious, "I have already asked for leave to go home. My wife is not feeling well, and I need to go back to see her."

Zhou Shuren frowned and said, "Hurry back."

"Thank you, sir."

Zhang Jinghong was really scared. If it wasn't a serious matter, Yao Xin wouldn't have come to the Ministry of Revenue to call him. He felt cold in his heart. Could the child be dead? As soon as this thought came to his mind, he felt particularly sad.

Zhou Shuren also thought of this possibility. Counting the days, Zhang Yang's leg would probably be healed soon.

At the Zhang family, Yao Xin asked the doctor again and again, "Is the baby really fine? Is it just a miscarriage?"

The doctor was a little reluctant to answer. This was the tenth time he had said, "Yes, the child is fine. My wife just had some miscarriage. She will be fine after taking some medication to stabilize the pregnancy and taking good care of it."

Yao Xin signaled to the maid to send the doctors out. These were the fourth doctors she had found. She didn't believe the first doctor, but when the four doctors said the same thing, she began to believe him. These four doctors were found in the east, west, south, and north of the city respectively. Feeling her belly, she felt that she had taken good care of her children, so how could she have a miscarriage just by going out?

When Zhang Jinghong came in, he saw Yao Xin touching her belly. Because she was looking down, he couldn't see her expression clearly. Zhang Jinghong walked with heavy steps, sat down, and said in a hoarse voice, "There will be a baby."

Yao Xin knew her husband had misunderstood her when she heard it. "Pooh, spit a few times. Good things will work, but bad things won't. The child is fine. You are not allowed to curse him."

Zhang Jinghong was so overwhelmed with joy that he was anxious. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. "Is the child okay?"

"It's nothing, I just had a little miscarriage, hurry up, bah, bah."

Zhang Jinghong pouted, "Good things work, bad things don't work, haha, the child is fine."

Yao Xin waited until her husband was happy before she told him what happened today. "Luckily I met Yang Shuren. If Yang Shuren hadn't helped me today, I might not have had a miscarriage. I just thought about it and it must be the Fifth Prince's Mansion."

Zhang Jinghong snorted, "How could it be such a coincidence? Fortunately, Yang Shuren took you away."

He was terrified when he thought about it, and sighed, "I have seen many people of all kinds, but Lord Zhou and his wife have always kept their bottom line. In fact, they don't have to help, and we can't help the Zhou family at all."

Yao Xin held her husband's hand tightly. She saw how hard he worked and saw his ability, but the road ahead was full of obstacles. Even the baby in her belly had a future she could see. "We are still alive, and we will live better in the future."

Zhang Jinghong smiled and said, "Yes, we want to live a better life."

Yao Xin smiled and said, "This year the weather was good and the harvest was good, so we had a lot of money in the bank. You see, when we wanted to give gifts, few people dared to accept them. We saved a lot of money, and we can save it all for the children."

Zhang Jinghong felt relieved, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

At the Zhou family, Mrs. Song heard the news, "The fifth prince's concubine had a miscarriage and the baby was not saved."

Zhulan just couldn't figure it out, so she asked Song Po to pay attention. The fifth prince's concubine had an accident in the jewelry shop. This matter couldn't be concealed, and the news was easy to find out. Unexpectedly, "She is actually pregnant?"

Mrs. Song continued, "Mr. Zhang's wife also had a miscarriage. It seems that the medicine she smelled at that time was very harmful to the child."

Zhulan saw that Mrs. Song was hesitant to speak, "Do you have anything else to say?"

Mrs. Song continued, "If it was really the medicine, then the old woman had been following the Fifth Prince's concubine. Logically, the concubine should have had a miscarriage long ago, not in the jewelry shop. The Fifth Prince's residence is not close to the jewelry shop."

Zhulan said what Mrs. Song meant, "Do you think that concubine is not pregnant? She just took medicine?"

Mrs. Song, "I couldn't hold it. I didn't smell what medicine it was."

Zhulan thought to herself, these medicines are really powerful, some of them are really hard to guard against.

(End of this chapter)