Family Has a Concubine

During this period of time, Xu Rui could be said to be proud of himself.

Whether it's at home or at school, everything goes smoothly, and everyone is pulled to ask various questions and compliments.

On the second day after Wen left home, Xu Rui went to the school, bought gifts to thank Master Yao and others, and when he left the room where the masters were working, a group of his classmates immediately surrounded him.

"Brother Xu, everyone said that you were the son of the outer room, and you brought the oil bottle. How did you expect that you are the eldest son of the Ye family."

"It's really gratifying to recognize your ancestors and return to your clan now. By the way, what did you ask for your master just now?"

Xu Ruidao: "After a while, my grandfather will apply for admission to the Imperial College for me, so I specially prepared a gift to thank my masters."

His classmates listened with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

After all, Xu Rui won the exam at the age of 21. In the school, he was already a top student. After all, no one was a monster like Chu Yunpan, nor a genius like Chen Zhiheng.

However, he is the son of the outer room. He was often ridiculed by others in the past, but now his life experience is completely counterattacked and reversed. Those who humiliated him in the past had their faces slapped, but they were even more jealous of Xu Rui, but they did not Dare to speak up.

Seeing the person who humiliated him in the past wilt, Xu Rui felt elated.

A few classmates who had made good friends with him said: "Brother Xu is really a long-term journey, and the clouds will open to see the moonlight. By the way, I heard that King Kang returned to Beijing, and there is also General Xu among them. They are all surnamed Xu, so it can't be Brother Xu." Relatives! Hahaha!"

Xu Rui raised his eyebrows, he had heard about General Xu, he was really a character.

"What nonsense?" Another classmate said, "Brother Xu, he should be called Brother Ye! So even if the general's surname is Xu, he has nothing to do with Brother Ye."

A chubby classmate who didn't get along with Xu Rui sneered: "Maybe it's his father who came back."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Wei Zi, the servant behind Xu Rui, snorted coldly, "Our young master is the eldest son of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and our wife is three chaste and nine strong, don't put the shit plate on my wife's head."

The fat classmate felt resentful in his heart, but when he saw all the classmates staring at him, he became timid, so he turned around and left with a cold snort.

Seeing his fat classmate running away in a panic, Xu Rui's eyes were full of sarcasm, and suddenly he thought, if he had a good father who was a general, he wouldn't need to recognize Ye Chengde. Thinking about it, he shook his head again, even if his own father is really alive, he can't be a general!

Not far from Xu Rui's academy is Changming Street.

A small green-capped carriage walked on the avenue of people coming and going, came to the city gate, showed its sign, and left the city gate.

After walking outside the city for about half an hour, I entered a small town and stopped in front of an ordinary inn.

A handsome young man jumped out of the carriage, followed by a beautiful young girl, none other than Chu Yunpan and Ye Tangcai.

"Let's go, it's inside." Chu Yunpan said.

The husband and wife entered the restaurant together, and Xiao Er led them to the plum blossom private room on the second floor.

Walking around the door, Hanmei greeted the snow and inserted the screen, and saw a majestic and handsome middle-aged man in his forties sitting on the grand master's chair with a big horse and a golden knife. This was Kang Wang.

The two hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "See His Royal Highness Kang Wang."

"Don't be too polite, let's get up!" Kang Wang looked around the two of them, and was amazed when he saw Ye Tangcai. This was a man's instinctive reaction, and finally his eyes fell on Chu Yunpan: "You are from the Chu family. kid?"

"Yes." Chu Yunpan nodded.

"I heard that he is the number one scholar." Kang Wang said with emotion, frowning, "The Chu family is also taking the scientific examination now, what a pity."

Back then, Chu's family, Kang Wang's mansion, Xiao's mansion, and Rongguohou's mansion were the talents of the four great towns of Daqi. How could the Feng family have anything to do now.

It's a pity that Xiao's family was falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country, and all the families were copied and executed. The Chu family fell into Yingcheng, defeated Yu'an Pass, and fell into decline. Only Rongguohou's Mansion and Kangwang, but these two families still haven't dealt with it.

Later, the Xiao family was rehabilitated, and it was thanks to Kang Wang's efforts behind the scenes.

But Kang Wang is a resolute royalist, neutral and not in line. For the sake of the Xiao family, Kang Wang and Liang Wang have a lot of friendship.

Now Kang Wang looked at Chu Yunpan with a confused and speechless look on his face: "I think back then, among the four big families, the Chu family was the bravest, but now...there is a champion! Sigh!"

This disgusting little look and tone...

The corners of Ye Tangcai's mouth twitched.

"Sit down!" Kang Wang said.

The two sat down on the chairs beside the big table.

"I heard that you are looking for Xu Dashi?" Kang Wang smiled, "But which one are you looking for?"

Ye Tang raised his eyebrows: "Which one?"

King Kang said: "One is General Xu who has made great military exploits and is about to be rewarded! The other is a little groom who is in charge of feeding, washing and cleaning horse manure in the camp. They both have the same name and surname. Coincidentally, they both came from the same place. , which one do you choose?"

Ye Tangcai chuckled: "Children only make choices, I want both!"

Chu Yunpan looked at her with a smile, really playful!

After staying here for another hour or so, Ye Tangcai and Chu Yunpan left.

...

After Xu Rui finished school, he went back to Songhua Lane, and then entered Jing'an Hou Mansion with Yin Tingniang. It is already their home, and they can come and go as they please.

The two first went to the Anning Hall to greet Ye Hewen and the Miao family, and Ye Chengde was also there.

In the past, after Ye Hewen went down to the Yamen, he would go to the study to do his own business, and rarely stayed here in the Anning Hall.

But since Xu Rui and Yin Tingniang wanted to recognize them back, and Xu Rui and Yin Tingniang often came to Miao's place to pay their respects, Ye Hewen wished he could grow up in Anning Hall.

"Grandfather, grandmother." Xu Rui saluted.

Miao's face was hehehe, and she felt disgusted in her heart, but she could only respond. This Xu Rui is now the eldest son, can study, and will inherit the family business in the future, so she can only admit it. I was in shock, but I still tried my best to adjust myself to accept them as soon as possible.

"Let's get up!" Ye Hewen said with a smile, "Now it's time to tidy up and tidy up a yard. You can go and see later, which one is better?"

"Where does Tingniang live?" Ye Chengde said, "It stands to reason that Rongguiyuan is the main courtyard, so where does Tingniang live?"

Miao frowned: "Wen's been living there for almost twenty years, she's lived there for so long... There are traces of her everywhere, Yin's, are you uncomfortable living here?"

Yin Tingniang, however, said softly and submissively: "I don't mind if I live wherever my mother says."

Miao choked and stopped talking.

"Then clean up the Rongguiyuan!" Ye Hewen said. "Rui'er, go outside and take a look. If you choose a courtyard, come in and come back to me, and clean it up quickly."

Xu Rui agreed, and went out with his servant.

After half an hour, I came back: "Grandfather, I like that high-rise building. Not only is the direction good, but there are bamboos on both sides of the two-story building, which is almost the same as the room I live in in Songhua Lane. I live in it. I can get into shape very quickly.”

"Oh, let's go there." Ye Hewen nodded with a smile, and looked at Miao: "You have someone clean it up now."

The corner of Miao's mouth twitched, but she rolled her eyes. She deliberately didn't say much, and nodded, "Nurse Qian, take a few maids over there to clean up the tall building."

"Yes." Qian Momo turned and left.

I don't want to, about two quarters of an hour later, Ye Yun came back from the outside, walked into his yard, and suddenly saw a few women and maids moving his things, he was shocked.

"What are you doing? You messed with my stuff!" Ye Yun was furious. "Mommy Qian, what's going on?"

Qian Momo rolled her eyes: "It's the eldest son... that is, Xu Rui said that he wants to live in this courtyard, so you have to move!"

Ye Yun was startled, with indescribable anger in her heart, she turned around and ran towards the Anning Hall.

Walking in, I saw Miao and Ye Hewen sitting at the top, and Yin Tingniang, Xu Rui and Ye Chengde sitting at the bottom. I don't know what they said, and there were bursts of laughter in the room, which was really indescribably happy and peaceful.

But Ye Yun didn't like it in his heart. He walked in, frowning: "Grandfather, what's the matter? You actually moved my yard, let Rui... Let him live in."

"Ah?" Ye Hewen remembered that the tall building seemed to be Ye Yun's yard, and he looked at Xu Rui.

Seeing Ye Hewen's appearance, Ye Yun knew that he didn't know, so he frowned: "Brother Rui... No, brother, that's mine..."

"What, is that your second brother's yard?" Xu Rui looked surprised, and then apologized: "Then I won't move there anymore."

Ye Hewen frowned: "Then let's find another place."

Xu Rui shook his head, and smiled wryly: "I am very picky about reading and studying. It was only in Songhua Lane and Changzhou that I was a little inspired to read and write articles. When I came to the mansion, I read it everywhere, except There is no place that can inspire me to climb a tall building. So I will not move for the time being, and I will move into the courtyard after I pass the Jinshi examination!"

"What?" Ye Hewen was startled, "How can this work! The next test will be three years away. Are you still living outside for three years?"

Xu Rui still shook his head: "Anyway, I'm not used to living here."

"Brother Yun doesn't make fuss, move it." Ye Chengde said calmly.

"No! Why should I move!" Ye Yun was unwilling. Ever since Xu Rui became the eldest brother and wanted to inherit the family business for him, he had been holding back for a long time. If it was before, he just moved the yard, he didn't care, but Now...he doesn't want to. "Anyway, I won't move."

"But Rui'er is the eldest son...living outside..." Yin Tingniang said, with a helpless look on her face, "I don't know what will be made up outside. Maybe it will say that Rui'er is actually...not Ye The blood of the family. At that time, the reputation of our Hou Mansion..."

"Then I'll just move in. But climbing the building is the second brother's house, and if the second brother doesn't want it, then I'll live elsewhere. As for reading and writing..." Xu Rui was aggrieved and said angrily: "Grandfather! This book, I don’t read it anymore! Just don’t read it!”

"You—" Ye Yun turned around after listening to these words, feeling like vomiting blood.

And... how familiar this turn of events is... Thinking about it, Ye Yun's mind suddenly trembled, and he remembered!

Xu Rui said the same thing before! It was the time when Wen's family came to pick up their mother and son, Xu Rui said that they would not be able to study at the beginning, but in order to fulfill Wen's coercion, he stopped studying.

When he heard it at the time, he felt that Xu Rui was too wronged. His mother and younger sister were so hateful that they forced Ruidi not to study and not to take the scientific examination.

Now, this turn of events happened to him... Besides, when did he force Xu Rui not to study?

But everyone feels the same way! Just as he thought so at the beginning.

"What nonsense are you talking about! How can you not study! Jun'er, look at what you have done!" Ye Hewen snorted coldly and stared at Ye Yun, as if he had committed some heinous crime.

But, he didn't do anything!

"Grandfather, I...you..." Ye Yun only felt his brain explode.

How much my grandfather now looks like me at that time!

But now he is in the position of mother and sister! Aggrieved! Discomfort, pain!

What he is suffering now is what his mother and younger sister suffered back then! What has he done before?

"Old man, forget it..." Yin Tingniang cried softly, "Rui'er and I are still living outside...just tell the public that we are not not going home, but for the scientific examination, to study better, that's fine. .Anyway, for the past twenty years, I have survived like this.”

"How can it be." Ye Chengde swept Ye Yun coldly, "Look at how pitiful your mother is, and you raised the child by yourself, but you don't even consider such trivial matters, vicious! Mean!"

vicious! Being mean, where is he being mean? What the hell did he do? Did nothing! Why scold him like that!

Ye Yun was so aggrieved that she wanted to cry... That's how he scolded his sister and mother back then.

"Okay, will you die if you change the yard? Look at your aggrieved appearance, petty, just like your mother." Ye Hewen said coldly: "It is indeed the best place to study. I mentioned it myself. When I gave you this yard back then, I hoped that you would study hard and become an official in the future. Who would have thought that you would only fight chickens and dogs all day long. A lot of hard work! Now that I think about it, this yard shouldn’t belong to you! Give it to Rui’er!”

Ye Hewen knew that Xu Rui wanted to suppress Ye Jun. In this case, he followed Xu Rui's wishes and let Xu Rui make a big impact in Jing'an Hou Mansion, so that everyone would know that Xu Rui was a noble descendant. The eldest son is the future heir of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, so he also told the second room not to jump around anymore.

Ye Yun felt extremely aggrieved, looked up, and saw Xu Rui still had a look of anger and humiliation, and Yin Tingniang wiped her tears with her head down, looking cautious.

In the past, he thought they were so pitiful, but now...

"Grandfather!" Ye Yun felt like he was about to collapse, and was about to say something.

But Ye Hewen snorted coldly: "Shut up! Look at Rui'er, who has been wronged by your mother for so many years, and has been poor for so many years, and finally came home with great difficulty. And you, you have a good background, good food, and good use. You grew up pampered by a big family! Now, Ruier and your mother just want you to have a yard, and you have to fight with them even for such a small thing?"

Hearing this, Ye Yun almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Thinking of Wen's being so angry that he vomited blood before, Ye Tangcai and Ye Lingjiao scolded him, he said instead: "Tingniang is so pitiful, she managed to live a good life. Now I'm left with my father's doting, and my mother even wants this." fight?"

At that time...why would I say such a thing...

Moreover, it was only in this matter that he felt how shameless these words were, and how much they hurt Wen's...

Seeing Ye Yun's collapse, Xu Rui's lowered eyes flicked mockingly. He did it on purpose, what's the matter?

After suffering for so many years, why endure it again!

"Master!" At this moment, Liu Er hurried in. "The people from the Duke's Mansion are here!"

"The Duke's Mansion?" Ye Hewen frowned, and then said happily, "Quick, please come to the main hall."

This mansion of the Duke of the Kingdom of Qin was the number one hero who followed Jinshang to win the country. Decades have passed, but the emperor still thinks of their contribution to the dragon, and he is very favored. , can control the holy will.

Now, Ye Hewen didn't even dare to think that this Duke's Mansion came to his door unexpectedly, such a good thing would happen.

"Rui'er, let's go over and take a look." Ye Hewen said excitedly.

For Xu Rui, being able to make friends with such powerful people is a great blessing.

Xu Rui hurriedly nodded excitedly. Sure enough, no matter how the Jing'an Hou Mansion falls, it will still be the Hou Mansion, which can bring him various contacts and opportunities.

"But..." Liu Er had a bad look on his face, "They are rushing this way, look, the people who come here are not good."

"Here?" Ye Hewen frowned. "how……"

Before he could finish speaking, there was a loud shout outside: "The son of Prince Jing'an, get out!"

Ye Hewen, Miao and the others were taken aback, then quickly stood up and walked out of the room.

I saw a group of people standing outside the gate of the courtyard. In fact, there were a few young men carrying a large sliding pole. A short and fat young man was sitting on it. He was about 27 or 20 years old. He was dressed in a green brocade coat with copper coin patterns, and his face was full of flesh, looking fierce. look like. What is eye-catching is that his big thick leg is tightly wrapped in white cloth, and he can tell that his leg is injured at a glance.

Seeing this ferocious fat man lying on the slider, Ye Yun and Xu Rui's expressions changed.

Because they recognized it, this fat man was none other than Master Huo who fought with them on the day of the palace examination.

This... is actually a person from the government of the country?

Ye Lingjiao and the people from the second and third bedrooms had heard the news and rushed over, and they were all shocked when they saw this group of vicious people.

"Excuse me..." Ye Hewen frowned.

Standing beside that Master Huo was a well-dressed steward. He stepped forward and said coldly: "This is the second son of our Duke's Mansion."

When Ye Hewen heard about his reputation, he knew it.

These five sons are the eldest sons of the third house of the Duke of the Kingdom of Qin, and the third house is also a direct descendant. In the Duke's Mansion, it is also a branch that is highly valued.

Ye Hewen thought, the people from the Duke's Mansion should be a few well-mannered gentlemen, but who would have thought that the ones who came would be a well-known dandy in this capital.

"This...what's the lesson if you don't come here with Second Master Huo?" Ye Hewen heheed twice.

"Teach you a face!" Huo Erye snorted, "Who broke my leg last time? Get out!"

"What?" Ye Hewen was shocked, and looked at Erye Huo's legs wrapped in layers, his face changed. "Maybe it's a misunderstanding...We are all gentlemen in Jing'an Hou Mansion."