"Did you come with Mr. Xiao?" Ren Yaoqi asked with a smile.

Zhu Ruomei shook her head: "After my injury recovered a few days ago, my young master asked me to go back to Yunyang City to see my mother. The young master said that there will be something left to me for a while, and now I will handle my own business if I have nothing to do. I will come to Baihe Town to see Uncle Yuan and the others, and I also want to ask Miss Five if there is anything I need to help with."

"Don't you have to follow Mr. Xiao?" Ren Yaoqi asked when he heard him say this.

Zhu Ruomei grinned and shook her head and said, "I will follow the young master's words and I will keep me in Baihe Town in the future."

Seeing Ren Yaoqi a little surprised, Zhu Ruomei lowered her voice and whispered in a low voice: "I should be allowed to stay in Bailong Temple, but the young master has not explained what he wants to do."

Bailong Temple? Ren Yaoqi pondered a little. Based on the news he heard from Dongsheng before, she guessed that Xiao Jingxi asked Zhu Ruomei to stay in Bailong Temple should have something to do with the fact that the temple was hiding soldiers.

Zhu Ruomei had a talented man in his previous life, so this was a good thing for him.

"Although the second young master Xiao did not ask you to go to the Yanbei Palace with him, his arrangement must be his intention." Ren Yaoqi was worried that Zhu Ruomei would make this arrangement because he thought Xiao Jingxi would not pay attention to him, so he advised in a low voice.

"Don't worry, Miss Fifth, I can save it." Zhu Ruomei nodded.

After a pause, he said again: "If there is anything in the future, let the members of the Yuan family tell me that as long as I Zhu Ruomei can do it, I will never refuse."

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but laugh and said jokingly: "I don't have the courage to compete with Mr. Xiao for someone."

Zhu Ruomei smiled embarrassedly when she heard this, but then said seriously: "The Second Master Xiao said that as long as I do what he told me to do, I won't give me too many restrictions. So Miss Fifth, please rest assured."

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows secretly when he heard this. Xiao Jingxi was so generous?

But if this is the case, it would be better.

What she lacks the most now is the manpower outside. The manpower in the inner courtyard can still be cultivated by itself, but it is difficult to find a manpower in the outer courtyard that can be trusted.

So she smiled and said, "You are determined. If you need your help if you have something to do, I will ask someone to find you."

Zhu Ruomei grinned again, and Ren Yaoqi discovered that this tall and strong man was actually a very laughing person.

It was just noon at this time. It was supposed to be the time to eat, but in this alley, there was no one outside the carriage blocked by Xiao Jinglin and the few of them. When they came in before, they could see a few peddlers carrying carriages and passers-by in a hurry, but now it was deserted.

"This alley is so remote? Isn't there no business here?" Ren Yaoqi noticed this problem and couldn't help asking.

Zhu Ruomei heard this and glanced around, but said in a low voice: "When Mr. Xiao left before, he told Tongde a few words by his side, and then Tongde left for a while, and soon the alley became quiet. Although the fifth lady could not see anyone else, there were actually many people from the Yanbei Prince's Mansion guarding the darkness in this alley. I believe Tongde had someone guarded the entrance of the alley outside, and no idle people were allowed to come in."

Ren Yaoqi was stunned when he heard this. When Xiao Jing left the west, he ordered people to clear the scene?

Is it because I was afraid that someone would break in and disturb Xiao Jinglin? However, with Xiao Jinglin's temperament, she should not care about these things. When they came in before, although Xiao Jinglin also said that there were guards in the dark, she did not stop others from entering the alley.

Ren Yaoqi was speculating randomly, and Zhu Ruomei said, "Miss Fifth, it's sunny here, so you might as well get on the bus first? I will live in Yuan Dayong's house these days. If you have something to do, let someone go to Yuan's house to find me."

Seeing that Xiao Jinglin had already gotten into the car and was not going to wait for her for too long, Ren Yaoqi nodded and walked towards the carriage.

Zhu Ruomei watched her get onto the carriage, and he turned around and left after the carriage left the alley.

After Ren Yaoqi got on the bus, Xiao Jinglin nodded and ordered Dongsheng outside to drive the bus to leave, without asking what Ren Yaoqi and Zhu Ruomei said.

The carriage drove away from the alley. Ren Yaoqi deliberately paid attention to the entrance of the alley. Sure enough, he saw two people dressed in guards guarding him.

The carriage stopped in the street in front of him, Ren Yaoqi ordered Apple to get off the car and call the maids and mothers left in the teahouse and go back to Ren's house together.

"Does the princess know Mrs. Mo's family?" Ren Yaoqi chatted with Xiao Jinglin casually.

Xiao Jinglin nodded: "Mo Kai was originally a veteran stationed in Jiajing Pass. When he was taking people out of the city to patrol a few years ago, he met a small team of cavalry from the Liao people. The two sides fought together. Mo Kai found that the team covered a scout and asked him to escape, so he chased him alone. Unexpectedly, he met another pair of Liao cavalry. Because he was outnumbered, Mo Kai was afraid that the scout would have information that was unfavorable to our army, so he pulled him to jump off the cliff together."

Mo Kai should be Mo's husband and Mo Xiaoliang's father.

Ren Yaoqi was silent for a moment when he heard this: "Does Mo Xiaoliang have another brother?"

Xiao Jinglin nodded lightly: "Well, Mo Kai's eldest son Mo Xiaolong is young, but he is a very excellent scout. However, he disappeared during a mission winter last year."

As a scout, if he disappeared, he usually dies silently. Many scouts cannot find their bodies. This is a normal thing in the army. Mo Xiaolong has been missing for so long and cannot be alive.

No wonder...

Although Xiao Jinglin's tone was light, Ren Yaoqi felt a little heavy after hearing this.

The two of them didn't speak any further along the way.

The carriage soon arrived at the door of the Ren family. Xiao Jinglin lifted the curtain and glanced at the Ren family's door, and said to Ren Yaoqi: "I won't go in."

Ren Yaoqi knew that Xiao Jinglin might not be used to life in the inner courtyard, nor did she like to chat and joke with the wives and ladies in the boudoir. She nodded and smiled, "Then I'll go back first. By the way, when will the princess leave Baihe Town?"

Xiao Jinglin thought for a while: "I came with Xiao Jingxi this time and I won't stay for a long time. I should return to Yunyang City tomorrow at the latest."

"If the princess still needs someone to accompany her on a trip, I will send someone to find me." Ren Yaoqi blinked.

Xiao Jinglin curled the corners of her mouth and nodded slightly.

Ren Yaoqi got off the carriage and entered Ren Mansion.

Before he could reach the second gate, an old lady hurriedly ran out from inside, walked to Ren Yaoqi and smiled, "Miss Fifth, are you back? The old man and the old lady are waiting for you in Ronghuayuan. They told me to call you over as soon as you see you enter the mansion."

Ren Yaoqi was not surprised at all when he heard this, nodded and followed the old lady from Ronghuayuan to meet Mr. Ren and Mrs. Ren.

Originally, Mrs. Ren should have finished lunch and had to take a nap, but today she sat on the south kang on the right side of the room and talked.

Seeing Ren Yaoqi coming in, Old Master Ren smiled and said with a smile: "The fifth girl is back? Have you used food?"

Old Mrs. Ren also looked at Ren Yaoqi and smiled. The dimples on her face made her look particularly kind: "There is also a hot hibiscus soup in the kitchen."

Ren Yaoqi stepped forward to salute: "Thank you grandfather and grandmother for your concern, my granddaughter has already used food."

Old Mrs. Ren waved to her, pointed to the position beside her and said, "Come here and sit here and talk."

Ren Yaoqi looked at the "throne" beside Mrs. Ren, thought for a while, lowered her head and walked forward, but sat on the little Jinwu next to her. She said shyly: "Granddaughter should sit here, too, and it's nice to listen to the teachings of grandparents."

Mr. Ren touched his beard and laughed.

Old Mrs. Ren said angrily: "You kid..." She thought she was shy, but she no longer forced herself.

"Where did you go to have fun with the princess today?" Mr. Ren finally started to ask questions.

"I first went around outside the city and found that there was nothing fun outside the city, so I went back to the city. Because the princess didn't love many lively places, she casually found an inconspicuous shop for lunch. Then she came back." Ren Yaoqi said honestly.

"Oh? Outside the city? Is it happening to be near our Ren family coal mine?" Old Master Ren said thoughtfully.

Ren Yaoqi's heart was in a slight state. What was Mr. Ren's intention? Do you think that Xiao Jinglin's motivation to find the Ren family is impure, and the Yanbei Prince's Mansion is interested in the Ren family's coal mine?

But he said without pause: "I had never noticed my granddaughter, but my granddaughter remembered that when my grandfather said that, we also met a camel convoy carrying coal from the Ren family on the way. I think it should be near the coal mine."

Old Master Ren and Old Mrs. Ren looked at each other, and both of them looked thoughtful again.

"What did the princess talk to you? Did you mention the matter about our Ren family?" asked Old Mrs. Ren.

Ren Yaoqi made a move and thought for a while: "I didn't talk about the Ren family. I just talked to me about the horses and camels who transported coal for a while."

Old Master Ren frowned and pondered: "Horse and camel?"

Ren Yaoqi nodded.

"Is there anything else? I heard that the princess asked you to send everyone around you, leaving only a girl to serve him?" the old lady asked again.

"The princess said she didn't like someone following her, so she asked me to send everyone away. The princess told me about some things she encountered outside the pass, and asked me how I spent the time in the boudoir. Other things... I wonder what the old lady was referring to?" Ren Yaoqi asked in confusion.

"The princess is here alone this time?" asked Old Master Ren.

"It seems that he came with the second son of the Xiao family. If the second son of the Xiao family wants to do business, the princess comes to me."

Old Mrs. Ren’s smile became more and more kind: “How long will they stay in Baihe Town? Since you are familiar with the princess, then our Ren family must do the best of the landlords and have a good banquet. If you can also invite Mr. Xiao, it would be even better.”

Mr. Ren also nodded with a smile: "Your grandmother is right. Can you see if you can give the princess another post?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Qidian() to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)
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