Bastard's Counterattack [Rebirth]

His Royal Highness King Rui?

Rong Kaiji and the concierge were stunned in shock, and couldn't help looking curiously at King Rui who was said to be born weak and therefore lived reclusively:

I saw the Seventh Prince carefully supporting his elder brother. King Rui was wearing a brown cloak woven with gold and trimmed with snow-white trim. It was tightly wrapped from head to toe, only revealing a pair of black and white eyes, which seemed to be filled with coldness. Water is very magical.

"Your Majesty, see His Royal Highness King Rui and the Seventh Highness! I would like to greet the two Highnesses." Rong Youtang calmed down, and did not dare to be slow at all, and immediately urged his servants to salute.

Rong Kaiji and the others woke up suddenly, hurriedly followed and saluted, saying in a hurry: "Caomin greets His Royal Highness King Rui, His Royal Highness Seven, and your Highness Wan An."

"Get up, there is no need to be polite." King Rui raised his hand to help Fu Rong Youtang, with a clear voice.

"That's right, brother Rong has good eyesight! This also allows you to recognize the brother of my highness." The seventh prince Zhao Zewu praised him greatly.Ever since he stepped into the threshold of the Rong Mansion, his heart was hanging high, he was extremely nervous, and he looked around uncontrollably, quietly searching for someone's whereabouts.

Rong Youtang bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "It's cold outside, Your Highnesses, please come in and take your seat, please."

King Rui nodded his head, he was always less talkative, even more taciturn than King Qing, and quietly followed Rong Youtang.

"Brother Rong, you are amazing. How old are you? You have already been promoted to be the servant of the household department. You are young and promising." Zhao Zewu said casually.While secretly looking around, he slapped himself in the heart, cursing angrily: No prospect!So what if he was here?Is Master Wu afraid that he will fail?

Rong Youtang shook his head and said: "Where, Your Highness has praised you absurdly. The officials are young and foolish, and everything is just relying on the mighty emperor's grace."

"No matter how powerful the emperor's favor is, it is impossible to reward people with six important positions at will. It is obvious that you are talented and worthy of reuse." King Rui said slowly.

Rong Youtang was able to deal with the exchange of etiquette at the scene, and he cupped his hands and said modestly: "Your Highness has praised you, I am ashamed to be an official."

King Rui turned his head, looked at Rong Kaiji, and asked gently: "This must be your father?"

"Your Highness is wise, this one is my father." Rong Youtang responded hurriedly, slightly surprised, after all, relatives of the royal family often have eyes above the top, and it is normal to be like the Seventh Prince.

Rong Kaiji lived in the palace for decades after Jingjing, and he knows etiquette very well. He was about to kowtow again: "Cao Min Rong Kaiji, please greet Your Highness—"

"Exemption." King Rui stopped him in advance, and said with a light smile, "It's really rare for you to raise a child as talented as Minister Rong." After speaking, he glanced at his personal attendant from the corner of his eye, and the middle-aged eunuch understood , Immediately announced loudly: "Rong Kaiji has made great contributions in teaching, His Royal Highness King Rui rewards a hanging pearl, an aloes crutch, and a hundred pieces of brocade!"

For no reason, why did King Rui reward my father?

Rong Youtang was puzzled and a little apprehensive, but the prince had no choice but to suppress his doubts, and thanked his adoptive father who was also confused:

"Caomin thank His Royal Highness King Rui for the reward!"

"Thank you Your Highness, you have spent a lot of money." Rong Youtang said respectfully.

King Rui said peacefully: "It's not worth anything to give a mere gift. This king hastily visited and disturbed you."

"The two Highnesses condescended to come here, and the humble house is full of brilliance. It is really a good thing you can't wish for. If you say 'disturbance', you will never have it." Rong Youtang replied in a well-regulated manner, temporarily unable to understand the other party's intention , thought for a while, and reminded the adoptive father in a low voice: "Father, you go back to the house and rest, and I will entertain your highness."

"Okay! I'll go and order the tea to be made. You must greet him nicely and don't be rude." Rong Kaiji solemnly urged, thinking that the other party was looking for his son to discuss secret matters.

"Okay." Rong Youtang nodded, and his adoptive father, holding the hot gift box, hurried down to arrange refreshments for the guests.

not long

When the group entered the living room, Rong Youtang warmly greeted them: "Your Highness, please take your seat."

King Rui and the seven princes sat on the two sides of the head, and their confidantes and attendants each served as their masters, and the wild goose wings lined up.

Afterwards, Rong Youtang took the tea tray and fruit box in person, served tea and snacks to the distinguished guests, and was thoughtful and meticulous, neither humble nor overbearing.

King Rui said gently, "Master Rong, you sit too."

"Yes." Rong Youtang took a seat, heaved a sigh of relief, and said sincerely: "In front of the two Highnesses, how can a lower official be considered an 'adult'? It really sucks! Please just call your highness directly by name."

King Rui nodded, turned to look at his younger brother, Zhao Zewu understood, got up with a teacup and said, "Hey, it's so boring to sit, Brother Rong, do you have a garden at home?"

"There's only one very small one, I don't know—" Before Rong Youtang finished speaking, Zhao Zewu waved his hand: "Lead the way! You guys talk, Master Wu goes out for a stroll."

Rong Youtang instantly realized: It seems that His Royal Highness King Rui has something to ask, I thought His Highness Seventh came to inquire about Brother Kai again.

"In that case, please wait a moment, Your Highness King Rui." Rong Youtang left his seat, personally led the Seventh Prince to the gate of the Moon Cave in the back garden, and arranged for a few clever servants to accompany him, then returned to the living room and raised his eyes:

King Rui, who took off his cloak, sat alone, bowing his head in thought, while his confidants had been pushed back to the porch to wait.

"Your Highness has been waiting for a long time." Rong Youtang said loudly.He was keenly aware: Compared with before, King Rui was much less indifferent and desolate, and more worldly.

As if waking up from a dream, King Rui said softly, "Sit down."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Rong Youtang was calm and patient.

King Rui was wearing a cream-coloured brocade robe, black boots with white soles, his temples were cut like knives, his eyebrows were dark and thick, and his skin became more and more delicate and handsome.He thought for a while, and asked first: "I just saw your servants sweeping your house along the way, carrying tables and chairs. Could it be that they are preparing a banquet?"

Rong Youtang generously admitted: "Your Highness is wise. Your Majesty has been back to Beijing for many years, and relying on His Majesty Long En's promotion, he discussed with my father how to set up a few tables of wine and invited relatives and friends to sit down."

King Rui was stunned, and apologized: "This king didn't know beforehand, I really disturbed you."

"Where is there." Rong Youtang waved his hands again and again, and said with a hearty smile: "You are definitely a rare guest among distinguished guests. I don't know how many people in the world want to greet you, but they don't have the chance to see you. What can I do? I am honored to receive you Dajia, I am flattered!"

"You are really an interesting person." King Rui smiled, expressing his feelings, and murmured: "It's strange that he likes your family."

"Ah?" Rong Youtang asked, "Excuse me, I didn't hear clearly for a while, I don't know who you are talking about?"

King Rui's eyes were instantly filled with sorrow and joy, but his face told him very calmly: "Song Shen."

Fly on grass?

"Song, Doctor Song?" Rong Youtang was stunned, and slowly sat up straight, with thousands of guesses in his mind, his thoughts turned quickly, and he thought to himself: Song Shen never mentioned King Rui in Xizhou that day, I didn't mention much about the whole story of "Xia Xiaoman's poisoning of King Rui". I have been away from Beijing for too long, and I haven't learned many things yet...

"I heard from Brother Sanhuang that you met him in Xizhou? Did you?" King Rui leaned slightly, unable to hide his concern.

When the other party mentioned "Brother Three Emperors", Rong Youtang couldn't help but smiled, and answered cautiously: "Yes."

"How is he? Is he okay?" King Rui held his breath and kept leaning forward.

Rong Youtang subconsciously frowned.

"Has something happened to him?" King Rui couldn't take his eyes off it, as if he would never give up without asking.

"Return to His Highness:" Rong Youtang quickly made up his mind, and reported carefully: "At that time, the official was serving as the magistrate in Xizhou, Doctor Song came to visit, and he mentioned a few words about Xia Xiaoman... who murdered you , stayed for three days and then set off to return to my hometown.”

King Rui pondered for a moment, not wanting to talk about the old case, but asked in detail: "Is he riding a horse or a car? Is he carrying Xia Xiaoman's ashes?"

Rong Youtang replied seriously: "He was riding a horse and was eager to send his senior sister back to her hometown for burial. It is inconvenient for the lower officials to keep him, so I can only let him recharge his energy before going on his way."

"Is he not in good spirits?" King Rui asked immediately.

Rong Youtang hesitated to speak, always remembering that the patient in front of him was born with a heart disease, he did not dare to provoke carelessly, so he avoided the seriousness and explained lightly: "Dr. It will recover in three or two days. Please rest assured, Your Highness, he is an old Jianghu, and he will be safe all the way."

King Rui sighed and said nothing.

Rong Youtang sat steadily, sipping tea absently, full of doubts and doubts, thinking to himself: King Guanrui's demeanor obviously treats Song Shen differently, what happened between them?I have to ask His Royal Highness King Qing later, maybe he knows the inside story.

Both parties had their own concerns, and the living room was completely quiet for two cups of tea.

After a long silence, King Rui managed to regain his composure and spoke again, politely asking: "When Song Shen was homeless, did he often come to your house to borrow?"

Rong Youtang recalled counting breaths, and answered earnestly: "Not often, the sum of before and after is less than two months."

"He mentioned it many times, and praised you for your kindness, kindness, and generosity in taking in strangers. Your father enthusiastically provided delicious meals, bought clothes, gifted money, etc. for them. He is really a rare good person in the world." King Rui spoke elegantly, dignifiedly and calmly.

Oh!

It turns out that my father was rewarded just now because of Song Shen's kind words!

Rong Youtang suddenly realized, and explained seriously: "The reason why my father likes Dr. Song is actually because of his superb medical skills, his boldness and sincerity, he cured my father's old illness with his wonderful hands, and the patients and their families naturally respect him."

King Rui frowned, and smiled, his face was shining like jade in an instant, and he stood up and asked, "Does he have a permanent wing here?"

"Yes." Rong Youtang answered calmly, guessing vaguely, and tentatively said, "Go and see?"

King Rui nodded.

Rong Youtang was secretly startled, tried his best to calm down, pretended to be normal, led King Rui to the guest room where Song Shen had lived, and arranged for the servants to prepare refreshments and charcoal pots to keep warm in an orderly manner.

"Your family is hosting a banquet today, hurry up and let me sit down for a while." King Rui stood in front of the desk and ordered without looking back.

The guest room is elegant and tidy, but it has been unoccupied for a long time, and it is cold. Rong Youtang was very worried, so he made a decisive decision and said frankly: "Your Highness is a distinguished guest, how can I be rude and neglect you?"

"Forget it," King Rui sighed, "Go and invite your Seventh Highness to come down, lest he disturb the banquet."

You are so considerate!

Rong Youtang felt relieved, and gladly accepted the order: "Yes."

Half an hour later, the invited guests arrived one after another carrying gift boxes.

Rong Youtang had a lot of doubts, but gradually he became busy, and he couldn't do his own thing, so he couldn't take care of the two princes in the guest room in the backyard.

"Today we invited Mr. Zhuo's family, when will the two Highnesses leave?" Rong Kaiji whispered to his son.

Rong Youtang replied helplessly: "I don't know, King Rui ordered to keep silent. Hey, it's okay, with His Highness King Rui here, there should be no trouble."

"I hope so." Rong Kaiji was worried, and as soon as he finished speaking, the servant rushed into the room to announce: "Master, Young Master, the Master of the Imperial College Jijiu Road has arrived!"

Rong Youtang immediately cheered up: "Father, I'm going to meet Master."

"Go."

Rong Youtang swaggered forward, just in time for the sedan chair in Lunan to stop, he stepped forward and lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and said respectfully: "Disciple pays respects to Master! Thank you Master for coming."

"I'm afraid it's too early to be a teacher?" Lu Nan was elegant and dignified, his eyes were full of smiles.

"Where, the disciple has been waiting for a long time. Slow down." Rong Youtang carefully helped Lu Nan get off the sedan chair. Before the master and apprentice stood still, there was a sound of horseshoes at the entrance of the alley:

"Hey, Yuko!" Hong Lei shouted from afar.

"Oh, Master Lu is here?" the sharp-eyed Chen Ji said in surprise.

"What a disrespect, we are late as juniors." Zhuo Kai hurriedly reined in his horse, and greeted his companions: "Get off the horse quickly, let's go, first go and greet Mr. Lu."

"Okay!" Five or six strong young men smiled and led their horses to the gate of the Rong Mansion, and they all clasped their fists in salute:

"The younger generation pays homage to Mr. Lu, and greets you always."

Lu Nan stood and waited all the time, and said kindly: "Please, you are all friends of Youtang, right? Come, let's go together, let's go into the house and drink tea."

"My lord, please first." Zhuo Kai abided by etiquette, he was older, and led the younger brothers throughout the process.

Rong Youtang was so busy that he didn't touch the ground, sometimes he ordered the servants to take the guest's horse bridle and gift box, sometimes he played with Hong Lei, Chen Ji and others quietly, and sometimes he rushed to help his master up the steps.

Pooh!

The arrogance and disobedience of a lowly servant girl deserves a promotion?

Diagonally opposite was very lively and joyous, which deeply hurt Zhou Mingjie's heart. He leaned against the wall of another alley, his eyes were blood red, and his body smelled of alcohol, and he staggered towards Rong's house