"Letter from home?" Ren Xi accepted it in astonishment, "Why don't I know when it happened?"
When she opened the letter and read it, she immediately frowned and looked at her maid, "Qiu Jue, was this letter written by you?"
"Yes!" Qiu Jue knelt down with a plop, "Miss, you are about to get hairpins. Don't you often think about the young master coming back to participate in the ceremony? I dared to write this letter to the Yancheng Fortress."
"Be brave, you are really brave." Ren Xi shook her head speechlessly, "Come here! Ten...five big boards will make her memory long."
The two rough ladies rushed over with a wry smile and pushed Qiu Jue aside. After a while, the sound of clattering boards was heard.
The first-class maids in Taishi's Mansion live better than some Xiaojiabiyu. It's estimated that Qiuju won't be able to get out of bed for ten and a half days.
The four second-class maids pricked up their ears excitedly.
Only when the maids make mistakes will they have the opportunity to be promoted.
However, Ren Xi only slapped Qiu Ju five times and said nothing else. After a while, they had no choice but to look away sadly.
"So the things in this letter are false?" Ren Ning asked.
"It's not false." Ren Xi smiled and shook his head, "But the marriage has not been confirmed yet. The man will come to the imperial capital in the fall, and my grandmother asked me to see each other first before talking. If I don't like it, my grandmother won't
force."
The brother and sister chatted for a while, and when Ren Ning saw that she showed no signs of disgust with her current life, she left silently.
He didn't mention the matter of setting up an independent government again.
In the afternoon, Ren Ning went into the back house again to attend the family dinner.
All the masters of the Ren family in the imperial capital, big and small, returned home and gathered together.
When Ren Ning entered, three tables of people were already sitting inside.
He is the only male in the entire Taishi Mansion who has not been included in the family tree. In the past, when banquets were held during Chinese New Year and festivals, he would always sit with his cousins who came to enjoy the autumn breeze.
"Brother Ning, come over here and sit down." The eldest brother Ren Rong waved.
Ren Ning smiled and shook his head, "I won't sit down. I'll just say two things and leave."
Buzz!
The whole family dinner was shaken at once.
Many masters turned their heads, whether they were familiar with him or not, and looked at Ren Ning with surprise on their faces.
The old master waved his hand with a livid face.
The concubines, servants and even the housekeeper who were standing on one side quickly left the banquet hall and stood far away, not daring to eavesdrop.
Ren Ning turned a blind eye.
"First, please ask the old master to ask the general manager to calculate my food and clothing expenses for the past fourteen years. Ren Ning will repay me double in three days. From now on, I have nothing to do with the master's house."
"Secondly, I already have the girl I like, and I will get married to her in a few days. If the government has arranged a marriage for me in advance, please cancel the engagement in time, and don't worry about the girl."
"Goodbye, everyone!" After saying that, Ren Ning bent down and bowed, turned around and left.
"Brother." Ren Xi stood up and shouted in panic.
Ren Ning heard it, but didn't stop.
Facing a long series of surprised looks outside the door, he quickly came to the front yard and whistled.
Zhui Feng suddenly rushed to his side and held his master's hand intimately.
Ren Ning took out a carrot and fed it to the dark horse.
He got on his mount and said, "Let's go!"
Almost not long after, the imperial study room received news from the Taishi Mansion.
The emperor laughed and said, "A boy with personality. What didn't the Grand Master say?"
"No. Ren Ning didn't leave any time for others to speak. He turned around and left after he finished speaking."
"This old fox..." The emperor laughed, picked up the new memorial, and stopped paying attention to the troubles in the Taishi Mansion.
It's not that the Grand Master didn't have time to say anything, it's that he wasn't prepared to speak at all.
Be the Emperor's Master forever.
These four characters left by the founding emperor on the screen wall of the Taishi Mansion made the Ren family the well-deserved Taishi and Young Master. Regardless of whether they had truly taught the emperor and the prince, this identity alone was already in the hearts of thousands of literati and students.
The Supreme Saint.
If such a family had another general in charge of the army, many people would probably not be able to sleep.
Therefore, when Ren Ning privately signed his military membership four years ago, he had actually been exterminated.
Of course, Ren Ning has never entered a family tree, which saves a lot of trouble.
In the next few days, Ren Ning and Ying Pan looked around for a house as if nothing had happened.
In such a large imperial capital, it is not easy to find a decent one.
Houses in urban areas are cheap, but they are too small and the environment is not good.
The house near the imperial city is big enough, but even if you have money, you can't buy it because no one is usually willing to sell it.
The two of them had money in their hands, and they were not anxious at all. They just looked at each other slowly, as if they were in love.
On this day, Ren Ning was looking at a five-story house near the West Market, when someone suddenly came to him with a gold-plated invitation.
"Ren Ning will be the young master, and he will be buried in three days. The Prince of Qin's Palace is holding a banquet, and he is here to invite the young master. The emperor and the queen are likely to attend. Please be sure to show your appreciation."
Ren Ning nodded and accepted, "Please report back to Prince Qin. Ren Ning will definitely arrive in three days."
Yingpan came around curiously, "King Qin seems to be the first prince to be crowned king. Do you know him?"
"I don't know him." Ren Ning shook his head, "Of all the princes, I only know the third prince, and he has not yet been crowned king. I have never seen the others."
Ren Ning had some thoughts.
It would have been impossible for him to attend such a gathering with his previous status. Unexpectedly, now that he had completely left the clan, he would have the opportunity to participate.
Yingpan smiled and said, "It's interesting that the emperor and the queen will come to participate. I guess the emperor can't see you for the time being, so he will hold a banquet outside the palace to meet you privately."
"The banquet party means eating and drinking as soon as you hear it. What is zhongfu?" asked the prairie girl because she didn't understand.
Ren Ning smiled, "Have you heard of Dog Days?"
"I've heard of it." Yingpan nodded, "It's the dog days of summer now."
"Three days are divided into early days, middle days and late days. There is a tradition in Yunchui. During the middle days, relatives and friends will gather together to eat mutton, drink rice wine and eat lychees to ward off the heat, poison and evil in the body." Ren Ning said, "This is it.
The banquet mentioned in the invitation."
Yingpan curled her lips, "The Dog Days last for more than a month. The Dog Days also last for about ten days. I think this party of wine and food is just a random excuse to get together to eat, drink and have fun."
"Indeed." Ren Ning laughed loudly, "Aristocrats don't have to worry about food and clothing. They have nothing to do all day long and just want to eat, drink and have fun."
He glanced to the southwest, "If nothing major happened in Yunchui, for example, if the epidemic did not occur in Yunzhong Palace, the gatherings and banquets among the nobles of the imperial capital would be held every three days, one small one, and one ten days, one big one. Too many to count.
."
"What a waste! There are still many people outside who don't have enough to eat..." Yingpan muttered a few times. Her eyes widened: "Can I go with you?"
"The palace must be very majestic. I have never been there before when I was so old."
Ren Ning shook his head regretfully, "If we get married, I should be able to take you in. I'm afraid not now."
whee!
Yingpan was not disappointed, "Then when you become the general, I will become the general's wife. Remember to take me to play with you then."
Three days later, Ren Ning entered Prince Qin's Mansion as promised.
Looking at the situation in front of him, he vaguely understood something.