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The next day, Rong Jian sent someone to pick up Min Xiang's family into the mansion. His mansion has already packed up the place where the Min family lived after they came, and just waited for their arrival. However, to pick up Min Xiang's family People, the reward when they come back is that Mr. Min's family is unwilling to come to the palace.

Rong Jian was stunned when he heard it, so he had to worry——Min Xiang came back to Beijing, so he was even more worried about what happened to the Wu family back then, so he didn't want to pay attention to himself.

Rong Jian became anxious. Originally, he had been away for a few months, and now he had a lot of things to do when he came back, but he could only push and persuade Min Xiang to come back in person, even though he was still in the confinement period.

But he knew that his imperial brother wouldn't mind if he was really grounded, so after a simple disguise, he went out.

On Min Xiang's side, they were sent to another courtyard prepared by Rong Jian. This is a big house in the south of the city. It is in an alley not far from Chaoyang Street. Most of the people here are wealthy businessmen or officials from other places. There are big houses in the capital, and there are also houses owned by rich businessmen in the capital or wealthy sons from aristocratic families, so the house here is good and the environment is good, but it is not lively.

Rong Jian temporarily placed the house of the Min family. Although it is not very big, it is exquisite.

The vestibule is not big, and there are two rooms on both sides of the gate, which are the porter's room and the servant's room. There is a screen wall in the yard, and sweet-scented osmanthus is planted, and there are two large tanks with lotus koi. Opposite the door is the main hall for receiving guests, and the furniture inside is all exquisite, so that after passing through the second door, it is the main body of the house. There are also sweet-scented osmanthus and magnolia planted in the inner courtyard, and there is a wisteria flower on it. The wisteria has not been planted for a long time, and it has not grown too vigorously. There are verandahs on the left and right sides of the back, flower halls and wing rooms, and three main rooms. From the front side of the second gate to one side is the servant's yard and the kitchen yard, and the backyard is another. There is a small garden on one side. Compared with the large and unrestrained gardens that Beijing likes, this garden is very small, but it is very delicate. There are small bridges, flowing water, rockery, pavilions, pools and waterside pavilions. The garden is full of osmanthus and magnolia.

Min Xiang doesn't have a special fondness for osmanthus, but likes wisteria. I think that wisteria was planted by Rong Jian later, and osmanthus and magnolia were originally planted.

Min Xiang asked the conscientious butler who was in charge of the place, and learned that the prince had bought this place in the past two years. It turned out that a wealthy businessman from Qizhou lived here, and he lived here with his wife for eight years. Now because of His wife was in poor health, so she said that she liked to eat fish from her hometown and missed her hometown, so she moved to live in Yunzhou.

They have taken care of this house very carefully before, so the prince didn't make too many changes after buying it, just replaced some furniture.

Min Xiang made an understanding of this place, looked at the house, and felt that the original owner was indeed an elegant person.

When the housekeeper asked Min Xiang if he was dissatisfied and whether he needed to change and buy things, Min Xiang said no.

The Min family settled down here, and when they returned to the capital, Min Xiang was actually in a good mood, he liked this place.

From the moment he entered the city gate, he felt his heart lighten up. This is the place where he grew up, and the sky and the breath in the air here seem to be more familiar to him.

After five or six years of wandering life, he feels differently about the place where he was born and raised than the people who have been living in this place.

He couldn't bear to be here even more.

Min Xiang first took a bath for Xiao Ru'er, and put him in the big bathtub to scrub. These days on the road, although he stayed in the hotel almost every night and took a good bath, he didn't take a good bath like this after he settled down. Comfortable.

Xiao Ru'er was born to love water, and was unwilling to go out after being scrubbed by his father in the bathtub. Her body was full of the fragrant scent of medicinal bath beans, and the bath beans were extravagantly filled with rose dew, so it was even more fragrant.

Xiao Ru'er liked this smell, and was scrubbed by her father and asked, "Daddy, will we live here from now on?"

Min Xiangdao, "It's not certain. Maybe when Dad has money, he will buy a house in another place to live in. Our house in Sanshui Alley is still there, and we may move back to live in it."

Xiao Ru'er said, "This place is very beautiful."

This is the side room next to the main room, which is specially used as a bathroom. The window screen is azure, and it should be newly replaced. It is breathable and beautiful. There is also a marble bathtub in the room, but there is no water in it now, so there is no room for clothes. The cabinet is also very fine, and there is a large lotus flower on the screen, which is pleasing to the eye.

Min Xiang also had to admit, "Well, this place is very beautiful."

Scoop water to rinse Xiao Ru'er clean, take him out of the tub and put him on the bath towel next to him, wipe his hair and body, Xiao Ru'er opened his arms to make it easier for Min Xiang to wipe, and then said, " Daddy, why don't we go? It's so beautiful here."

Min Xiang dried his little bird and Bai Nennen's calf, put on his trousers, and said, "This is very beautiful, but it's someone else's house. This is your Uncle Jiang's house. If something happens in the future , don't you want to hang on."

Xiao Ru'er put on her own pants, frowned, and said, "But Uncle Jiang said he wanted to be my mother."

Min Xiangdao, "Have you ever seen a man as a mother? That's just your Uncle Jiang teasing you and promising you."

When Xiao Ru'er was reminded by him, she thought about it deeply, and then felt that it was true, so she became sad and angry, "He said he wanted to be my mother, but he was just teasing me?"

Min Xiangdao, "Don't keep saying this, don't tell others, you know?"

Xiao Ru'er nodded sullenly.

Tie up the lotus-colored apron to cover his stomach, and put on a light coat for him, and stroke his black hair that has grown for several months and has reached below the ears, and said, "Okay, let's go out."

Xiao Ru'er went out of the bathroom sullenly, and his father asked the servants to pour the water in the tub and bring it up again. Min Xiang took a bath in the room, and Xiao Ru'er sat beside the main room depressed. On the couch in the small room separated from the huge bedroom, I slumped there thinking about the problem that a man cannot be a mother.

After washing away all the wind and dust, Min Xiang felt completely refreshed. After wiping his hair half dry, he went to sit next to Xiao Ru'er who was thinking hard. Min Changqing also came to see him after packing up. Min Changqing discussed with him , he still wants to go to Wenhua Garden to teach piano, because he doesn't know how to make a living, he can only earn some income by teaching piano.

Min Xiang let him sit on the couch, and then said, "I think the guests inside are a bit too much, if you can not go, then don't go."

Min Changqing didn't listen to him, but said, "Except for Mr. Ouyang, no one disrespected me before, so I still want to go back. It's always good to have an errand."

Min Xiang felt nervous when he heard the name Ouyang. He felt uncomfortable when he thought of getting along with him before. In those days, he was completely regarded as a taboo by Ouyang, which is really disgusting.

Seeing that Min Changqing was determined to go there, he couldn't interfere, and said, "If that's the case, then you can go."

Min Xiang felt that he should also do an errand, but he didn't want to make fake calligraphy and paintings anymore, but apart from this, he really had no other skills to survive.

He was raised as a delicate son since he was a child, and he has never learned anything other than how to enjoy life elegantly.

After that, Min Xiang felt that he should ask Rong Jian to borrow some money to open a shop, sell some books, and sell some antiques. He himself has some eyes for antiques, so he should have no problem living like the shopkeeper Ke in Yunzhou City.

In this way, he also made up his mind.

Min Xiang took Xiao Ru'er to live in the main room, Min Changqing lived in the west wing, Aunt Gu lived in the two rooms next to Min Changqing, Guizi lived with Aunt Gu, Min Xiang thought that Aunt Gu was old, I shouldn't do anything anymore, but Mrs. Gu has been busy all these years, and she doesn't want to enjoy the blessings, so after talking to Min Xiang, she went to discuss with the housekeeper Chen Xingzhi to manage the servants. Chen Xingzhi got an order from the prince except that Min Xiang's family could Leaving, everything else is up to them, so naturally there is no objection, so the Min family each found their own position, even if they have settled down completely.

In the evening, Mrs. Chen's wife, Mrs. Ayu, came to tell Min Xiang that there were still things that needed to be purchased. She held a list and showed it to Min Xiang. Min Xiang actually thought it was all indifferent, but seeing her enthusiasm, she nodded and agreed. .

Ayu said again, "I heard from my family that the prince might come to pick you up tomorrow, so he didn't let you send clothes over. I hope you will forgive me. It's not that the servants didn't arrange it properly."

Min Xiang was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect that Rong Jian might come to pick him up the next day, but he didn't say much and let the servant girl go down.

In the evening, Xiao Ru'er slept with Min Xiang. There was a faint smell of mosquito repellent incense in the room. Settling down will always make people feel at ease and sleep soundly.

But Min Xiang couldn't fall asleep very much, fell asleep in a daze, and woke up early the next morning.

Going for a walk in the garden, Xiao Ru'er woke up after returning to the bedroom. A maid who had been trained in the palace wanted to serve Xiao Ru'er to wash and comb her hair, but Xiao Ru'er didn't want her, only Min Xiang.

Min Xiang had no choice but to let the maid go out, and let Xiao Ru'er wash his face and mouth, and comb his hair smoothly. The hair on his head could be tied into two braids, but Xiao Ru'er didn't like it, and probably thought it was too much. The little girl was angry.

The breakfast is very rich, fish porridge, milk, four dishes of pickles, eight kinds of sweet and salty snacks such as steamed buns, steamed cakes and fried ghosts, two dishes of vegetables, three dishes of sauced meat and jerky...

Xiao Ru'er has eaten a lot of big meals in the past few months, so she is not excited about the table, and eats slowly with her chopsticks.

After breakfast, the sun rose outside, and the cicadas on the two tall sycamore trees outside the gate had already begun to cry. The cool morning was about to pass, and the temperature would get higher and higher.

Min Xiang supervised Xiao Ru'er rinsing his mouth after a meal, and was wiping his mouth with a towel when Housekeeper Chen came in with a person.

When Min Xiang saw him, he recognized him. It was Zhang Quan, the housekeeper who had been with Rong Jian for many years. Zhang Quan was a eunuch. When Rong Jian was young, he was his eunuch. When repaying hope, it was he who had been kind to Rong Jian. Rong Jian was a very kind person. After he left the palace and opened the mansion, he let him be the chief steward. Besides this chief steward, there were four other chief stewards. , managing the palace.

Zhang Quan came out of the palace, he is strict with everything, he is also cautious and prudent, and manages the palace in an orderly manner, he is someone Rong Jian trusts very much.

When Min Xiang was still in the palace, he knew Zhang Quan, and later on he had a lot of acquaintances. Seeing him now, he couldn't help feeling a lot in his heart, probably time flies, and everyone is getting old.

Zhang Quan came to invite Min Xiang to the palace. He didn't know that Min Xiang was Wu Xiang, but because Rong Jian personally sent him and explained a lot, he didn't dare to be sloppy at all, even though he was very important as the housekeeper of the palace. For those who have status, the fourth-rank officials in the capital have to make friends with him when they see him.

But Min Xiang didn't accept his invitation just because he came, but said, "I just settled down here, and I think everything here is very good. I don't want to go to the palace again. You go and tell the prince that Min Xiang is not happy to go there." .”

Zhang Quan was ordered to come here, and after persuasion for a long time, Min Xiang refused to follow him to the palace. He had no choice but to go back and return Rong Jian.

Zhang Quan has a pair of sharp eyes. After seeing Min Xiang, he already had guesses in his heart, so he didn't regard him as someone who was going to be Rong Jian's male favourite.

After repaying Rong Jian, as he thought, Rong Jian was not only not angry because of Min Xiang's disobedience, but was a little worried.

Of course, the prince is very worried in his heart, but he doesn't show it on the surface. Only Zhang Quan, who has been with him for nearly 20 years, can see that he is worried.

The author has something to say: The days in the capital have begun.