The beauty of the Hou family and the king's plan

By the time the three of them arrived at Rongde Hall, everyone else had also arrived.

Yesterday, the eldest master was resting in the study room in the outer courtyard. When he arrived at the gate of Rongde Hall, he met the eldest lady Wang. They disliked each other. Wang snorted coldly and quickened her pace, not walking with the eldest master.

"Ignorant woman!" The master only cursed in a low voice and didn't bother with her. He was in a good mood today, and the deal was about to be done, so he didn't have to ask Wang for help anymore.

Seeing that everyone had arrived today, the old lady happily left breakfast for them.

They ate breakfast in silence, without talking or sleeping. Shen Baozhao ate a lot, as the old lady's breakfast was very rich, and he would be sorry if he had a poor appetite.

After the meal, the old lady asked Mr. Shen Er: "When I was combing my hair this morning, I heard Mama Fang say that you were going out today?" Mama Fang was the nanny who specialized in combing the old lady's hair, and her husband was in charge of the stable.

The old lady seems to not take care of the family, but she knows everything about the family's food, clothing, housing and transportation.

"Yes, today I want to bring Zhao'er and Ling'er to add some incense money to the eternal lamps lit by Nanhua." Master Shen replied.

When mentioning Nanhua County Lady, the old lady sighed and told Nanny Lin to give Nanhua County Lady one hundred taels of sesame oil.

The second master took Bao Zhao and Shen Jie Ling in a carriage to Fahua Temple.

Fahua Temple was a royal temple, so it was not far from the outskirts of Beijing. In just one hour, Bao Zhao and his party arrived.

The spring sun was not scorching, but it was dazzling. Bao Zhao held his forehead with his hand and looked up at the temple halfway up the mountain.

Solemn and calm.

Although it was a royal temple, the emperor did not prohibit common people from worshipping it, so the incense at Fahua Temple was extremely prosperous.

Common people all think it is efficacious, otherwise why would so many royal relatives come to burn incense.

If it doesn't work, it must be because your heart is not sincere.

The second master sympathized with his daughter's long-term illness and frail body, so he hired a sedan chair at the foot of the mountain to carry Bao Zhao up the mountain. He and the fifth young master walked up step by step.

When we got to the temple, there were many people burning incense and asking for divination sticks, but it wasn't noisy.

After all, there was a guard stationed here, and it was said that His Royal Highness Prince Huai often came to worship Buddha on behalf of the Queen Mother. So no one dared to cause trouble.

Shen Baozhao devoutly burned incense for the Nanhua County Lady. Facing the tablet, she silently said in her heart: "Mother, your daughter is here to see you."

"In my previous life, I was ignorant and caused my father and brother to be persecuted. If you knew about this in the afterlife, you would definitely be disappointed in me."

"But don't worry, I will never make the same mistake again. I will try my best to protect my father, brother, and myself. I will find out the truth and give you justice."

A gentle breeze blew, and Bao Zhao opened his eyes with a slight redness in the corners of his eyes.

Master Shen Er added the incense money and gave careful instructions to the master who was in charge of the long-burning lamp. The father, daughter and three others were in a very low mood.

The second master patted the brother and sister on the shoulders and walked out of the temple one after another.

Unlike the warm spring sunshine when going up the mountain, there were dark clouds and rumbling spring thunder when going down the mountain.

The second master ordered Xia Song to hurry to the city as soon as possible, hoping to get home before the heavy rain came. But he didn't expect that it would rain heavily after he walked two miles.

Shen Baozhao was just worried about having no excuse to go to Qinghe Village. The weather was a great help.

After a little thought, he said to the second master: "Dad, if we rush back like this, we will definitely get wet."

"If not, why don't we find another farm nearby to take shelter from the rain? We can leave when the rain stops. I'm sure there will be a farm there for us to stay."

The second master was a little surprised that his usually quiet daughter seemed to be gradually becoming more independent recently.

Although he was surprised, he was also very happy. He said, "There is no need to look for someone else's farm. Your mother has a dowry farm in Qinghe Village nearby. We can go there."

"If the rain continues, we can stay at the manor tonight. Although your mother is gone, the manor is not abandoned. There are always people taking care of it."

So he ordered Xia Song to go directly to Qinghe Village.

Unexpectedly, the rain got heavier and heavier, blurring Xia Song's vision. He couldn't see the road clearly and accidentally dropped the wheel of the car into a big puddle.

The water was filled with silt, and the wheels of the carriage could not move forward no matter how hard they tried.

Seeing this, the second master ordered Bao Zhao and Jie Ling to stay in the carriage and not get out. He got out of the carriage and pushed the carriage with Xia Song.

But she tried everything but still couldn't move. Shen Baozhao was anxious, but she didn't dare to expose her skills. She opened the curtain and planned to get out of the car to help.

But I only saw a young man in blue holding an umbrella, walking towards me with a servant in a straw raincoat.

The young man had a fair complexion and delicate features. He was wearing a green robe and a green headband. Although he was tall, his figure was hidden in the wide-sleeved robe, making him look a little thin.

He said to Master Shen Er: "Master Shen, is the carriage in trouble?"

The second master was a little surprised to see him and his servant getting off an inconspicuous carriage. In such a heavy rain, where did so many kind-hearted people come from?

But when this person revealed his identity, he suddenly understood. This must be the son of someone he knew.

He replied, "The wheel got stuck. May I ask who you are? How do you recognize me?"

"Don't be in a hurry, Lord Shen. Please move aside first. Let my servant pull the carriage up first." The young man saw that the second master Shen was holding the bridle with one hand.

The second master quickly took the rain gear they handed over and walked aside.

The boy landed on the horse swiftly, clamped his legs around the horse's belly, and whipped it. The horse then moved forward, and the carriage came out of the pit.

Shen Baozhao had been lifting the curtain to look at the man in blue since he appeared. It was raining so heavily that he thought the man would not notice his unreasonable behavior.

But I didn't expect that the boy was quite skilled and was a martial artist. So the master and the servant must have known that I was peeking.

Shen Baozhao blushed for a moment and then lowered the curtain.

The man in blue noticed the movement of the carriage and thought she was cute.

The rain gradually subsided. Mr. Shen, who was standing by, thanked the man in green and asked, "Whose son is this?"

The man in blue waved his hand and said, "My name is Mei Qianhe. My ancestor is Mei Xueshi from the Hanlin Academy."

Master Shen was shocked. The scholar of the Imperial Academy was different from him, a small editor. No wonder Mei Qianhe had such an extraordinary demeanor and was full of bookish air.

Mei Hanlin? Shen Baozhao thought about it and thought that this should be the man's in-laws. Then Mei Qianhe was his cousin.

But in her previous life, he was not among the Mei family members she had met. However, it was also possible that he was born out of wedlock, after all, she had not met every member of the Mei family.

The second master thanked him again and again, and saw that the rain had slowly stopped. But the group was in a very bad state, so they wanted to go to the farm to rest early.

He bowed and said goodbye to Mei Qianhe.