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Xiyuan Mountain is on the west side of the capital, just like a garden on the edge of the capital. The mountain here is not high, but the rocks are jagged, the mountain stream is clear, the trees on the mountain are lush, and there is no place for high-ranking officials to build a summer resort here. .

Not only the dignitaries, but also the royal family has a royal courtyard on Xiyuan Mountain, but because the current emperor does not like to enjoy himself, he has not been to this royal courtyard since he ascended the throne, but it is not completely vacant. , one part was distributed by the emperor as a reward to his younger brother, Prince Qi, who he valued very much. Most of those guarding the imperial mausoleum, and those who did not follow their children, became monks and practiced here.

Rong Jian wrote a note to the emperor, saying that he was going to Xiyuan Mountain to escape the summer heat, and he also took good care of his eyes. The emperor valued this younger brother very much. After knowing that his eyes were hard to heal, he always cared about his body and gave him a gift almost every day. Some things, sometimes even the emperor himself ate delicious snacks, and asked the imperial dining room to make a few and send them to Prince Qi's mansion.

It can be seen from this that Rong Jian is really favored.

When the emperor saw his note, he agreed directly, saying that it was nothing serious and he didn't need to go back to Beijing to catch the heat.

The Imperial Palace in Yongjing City is located on the highlands in the north of the capital. The imperial palace has a vast area, and there are low mountains and large lakes inside. The trees are densely planted, ranging from hundreds of years old trees to small trees recently planted according to the emperor's wishes. Therefore, the imperial palace is better than other places in the capital. The place was much cooler, so the emperor never went out of the palace to escape the heat in summer.

But he knew that because of the abundant water in the capital, the low-lying places would be very humid and hot in summer, so he was quite considerate. Some old ministers, in summer, he would even reward them not to go to court to escape the heat.

So for Rong Jianjian to go out to escape the summer heat, he is also very considerate and understanding.

After Rong Jian got the emperor's permission, Prince Qi's mansion began to prepare for his trip to Xiyuan Mountain, and Min Xiang also began to prepare things.

Min Xiang's family came to the capital, and the tailor used in the palace had already made several sets of summer clothes for one person. Xiao Ru'er would put her own clothes into the rattan box without help.

He is probably the happiest going to Xiyuan Mountain to escape the summer heat.

Because he has no children's playmates in the mansion, and Min Xiang is determined not to let him go out to run and play with the neighbor's children, so he is always in one place, and he has grown up and found it very boring. As long as he can go out, he is very happy.

Aunt Gu and Guizi were also packing their things to go to Xiyuan Mountain. Only Min Changqing would not go. Min Xiang comforted him well and explained his affairs carefully, telling him to go home and rest every day. , Going in a carriage, Min Xiang chose a piano boy for him, named Shang Yu, and followed him every day.

Min Changqing knew that he couldn't take Min Xiang's heart away from Rong Jian, so he had no choice but to accept the reality.

Fortunately, he knew that although Min Xiang couldn't let him be a lover, he really regarded him as a brother, which finally gave him some ideas, so he let himself relax a bit, and listened to Min Xiang's careful arrangements at this time, then I was very touched and agreed one by one.

The night before going to Xiyuan Mountain, Rong Jian was not in the palace, but came to stay at the Min family on Guihuaqiao Street.

Because of the hot weather, the family enjoyed the cool in the waterside pavilion in the garden and went back to sleep in the room until there was dew.

Rong Jian hugged Xiao Ru'er in one hand, and took Min Xiang's hand in the other to go back to the room. The wind lamp under the porch, the light and the moonlight in the sky reflected each other, and the whole world seemed to be covered with a layer of frost. After leaving the room, he put Xiao Ru'er on the bed, he never woke up, found a comfortable position and fell asleep again, while Min Xiang was pulled by Rong Jian to sleep on the large huanghuali Luohan couch.

It's not easy for Min Xiang to argue with him, so he had to sleep with him.

It was very late, he was very sleepy, and he couldn't think too much, he was about to sleep when he lay down, but Rong Jian hugged him from behind him, fortunately, the temperature had dropped in the middle of the night, so it wasn't too hot, and Rong Jian stretched too thin The blankets were placed on the two of them, and they just fell asleep like this.

So in the early morning of the next day, when the genius was just numb, Xiao Ru'er was woken up by urinating. Seeing that she was alone on the bed, she climbed out of bed in a daze to relieve herself behind the screen, only to see his father and Uncle Jiang. Sleeping on the couch, and sleeping together in their arms.

He felt that since he had Uncle Jiang, his father didn't love him as much as before.

Of course, he also understands that it is because his father gave Uncle Jiang a lot of love, but Uncle Jiang also gave him a part of the love. He is not too disadvantaged, but he always feels that Uncle Jiang has taken his father away. .

When Xiao Ru'er was standing by the couch, Rong Jian woke up, let go of Min Xiang who was sleeping inside, turned around to look at Xiao Ru'er, saw him standing there motionless in the dim light, and reached out to him, " Xiao Ru'er, do you want to sleep on the couch?"

Xiao Ru'er hesitated for a moment, then reached out for Rong Jian to hug her up.

Min Xiang was also woken up by the two, and turned his head to see that his son was sleeping in the middle.

However, there was almost no time to sleep, and the maids outside were asking if they got up to wash up, because they were leaving for Xiyuan Mountain that day, so they had to get up early.

So Min Xiang didn't get enough sleep, so he had to get up again.

The Min family got busy early in the morning, washed their hair, dressed neatly, and simply had breakfast. The carriages outside had already been parked. There were three carriages, two with people, and one with luggage. Rong Jian was still yawning when Rong Jian helped them into the carriage, Xiao Ru'er was also carried into the carriage by Rong Jian, Min Changqing stood at the door to see them off, Min Xiang lifted the curtain of the car to bid him farewell in the twilight morning, and said goodbye carefully Tell him in detail not to be too tired, and if it is too hot, he will also go to Xiyuan Mountain to escape the summer heat.

Min Changqing responded, and the carriage set off. At this time, the sun had not yet risen. He stood there, quietly watching the carriage go far away, and seeing the happiness and satisfaction shown by Min Xiang and Rong Jian together, he knew that he had to Letting go of Min Xiang completely, he should find someone who loves him, someone who can entrust his love and heal his loneliness.

Although it was still very early at this time, the carriage passed by on the street, there were already many people on the street outside, and there were still many carriages passing by, it was lively and busy, probably because the weather would heat up when the sun came out, People in the capital who know how to have fun are not willing to go out again.

The carriage drove to the west of the capital, and when it was about to leave the west gate, it joined the carriage in the palace.

Zhang Quan came with his eldest son Rong Wenying. Even though some servants had already gone to Xiyuan Mountain Bieyuan with a lot of things, there were still four carts coming from the palace at this time.

Rong Wenying, who lost his temper because of his father's absence last night, has not yet woken up, and was hugged by the maid who took care of him to sleep, so as not to bump into him.

At this moment, after Zhang Quan went to report to Rong Jian and told about Rong Wenying, Rong Wenying was carried by Zhang Quan and handed to Rong Jian in the carriage.

Xiao Ru'er was very interested in going out, and stared at the bustling street outside from the carriage window with the curtains drawn. At this time, Xiao Shizi was put into the carriage, and he looked at Xiao Shizi. He still remembered this Shizi His Highness bullied him, so he leaned against Min Xiang to avoid him.

The carriage set off again, out of the city gate, the official road outside is wide, and on both sides of the official road is already the world of many small business vendors, there are many stalls, and there are some tea shops and restaurants, because of the noise, Rong Wenying woke up He opened his eyes and found that he was in the arms of his father. He was stunned for a moment, rubbed his eyes, and said, "Father, you are back."

Rong Jian said, "We have already left the city gate."

Rong Wenying looked out of the car window, and found that it was indeed the case, then turned around again, and saw Xiao Ru'er leaning against Min Xiang. Xiao Ru'er was slightly longer and taller than last year, and her hair was short and not tied at all. Woke up, big black eyes, white and tender face, Rong Wenying's eyes lit up, and said, "Steamed buns."

Xiao Ru'er said, "I'm not a steamed bun."

Rong Wenying wanted to get off his father's lap, so Rong Jian let him sit beside him and said, "Don't bully Xiao Ru'er."

Rong Wenying said, "I won't bully him." Then he pulled Xiao Ru'er's arm and said, "My father said you were going to live in the palace, why didn't you come?"

Xiao Ru'er didn't get along with the child much, she was a bit shy, she didn't want to talk to him, but she felt it was impolite, so she said, "If Daddy doesn't go, I won't go either. Is your palace very beautiful?"

Rong Wenying nodded, "Very beautiful, but not as beautiful as in the palace. Next time I go to the palace, I will take you with me."

Xiao Ru'er asked curiously, "How beautiful is it?"

Rong Wenying didn't know how to answer. In fact, these places are normal places in his eyes, but to arouse Xiao Ru'er's interest, he had to exaggerate, "There are many, many beautiful flowers blooming, and Xiu is here In the palace on the peninsula by the water, the glazed tiles will glow in the sun, like a golden palace, and you can take a nap on the lake by boat..."

Xiao Ru'er was really attracted, and opened her mouth, "Golden palace, are they all gold?"

Rong Wenying felt that Xiao Ru'er was stupid for asking this question, but he was still very happy and said, "Yes, it's all gold."

Xiao Ru'er said, "I like beads made of gold, which can roll on the ground."

Rong Wenying said, "There are many sons in this world, I will give them to you next time."

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The two children were talking very vigorously, while Min Xiang was dozing off, so Rong Jian sat beside him and let him sleep on her shoulder.

On the way, I rested in a willow grove by the water. There was a tea shop and restaurant by the willow grove. Rong Wenying got off the carriage and dragged Xiao Ru'er around like a monkey released into the mountain. The maids and women hurriedly followed two people.

Min Xiang also went to the water to wash his hands, and Rong Jian accompanied him, and took the towel brought by the servant to wipe his hands, and gave him the kettle to drink water.

Everyone used some refreshments in the tea shop, and the refreshments were brought from the palace, because they all looked like high-ranking officials and nobles, and the guests at other tables looked at them a lot. Xiao Ru'er rushed over and bumped into Min Xiang On his lap, Min Xiang hurriedly supported him and said, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Ru'er turned her head to look at Rong Wenying, Rong Wenying was slowly walking over, she looked like a nobleman indeed.

However, Xiao Ru'er said to him, "We relieved over there, and he touched my little bird."

Min Xiang was stunned for a moment, while Rong Jian's face darkened, looking at Rong Wenying who was still pretending to be calm, "What have you done?"

With no shame on his face, Rong Wenying said, "I didn't do anything, I just touched it."

Rong Jian didn't know how to scold him, but Rong Wenying went to pull Xiao Ru'er, but Xiao Ru'er refused to let him pull, so he threw himself on him and whispered something to him.

I don't know what he said, but Xiao Ru'er was moved by his words and was pulled away by him.

Looking at her disobedient son, Rong Jian sighed, "I really don't know how I gave birth to such a bastard son."

Min Xiang slept softly all the way, drank tea and said, "Forget it, it's not a big deal."

Just as they were resting, several carriages came, and it seemed that they were traveling by the female relatives. First, the servants came to the tea shop and asked for two empty tables. Although the tea shop was large, there were no two empty tables. Rong Jian asked his own servants to let them out One was given away, and another one was given away by another guest.

Now, the servants of that family came over and wiped the table again, and only the servant girl got out of the car first to help the female relatives in the car out to breathe. In addition to a graceful old lady, there was a thirty-something A [-]-year-old woman, and then two young ladies. The young ladies are all wearing gauze hats. Presumably they are so strict that unmarried girls are not allowed to show their faces at all.

The other family sat down, and Rong Wenying was being mischievous again. In front of Xiao Ru'er, he was more likely to be hyperactive than usual, so he went over and pulled down the lady's veil. It was messed up, the little girl's exclamation sounded in the tea shop, and many of the other guests laughed, probably because they thought Rong Wenying was too naughty.

For a while, the servants in the family naturally wanted to ask for gifts, so Steward Zhang had to send some snacks to apologize, and went to persuade Rong Wenying to come back.

Rong Wenying didn't care about messing up the lady's hair, and went to talk to Xiao Ru'er, "I can't pull it off, I can't see it." Spreading his hands, he expressed his pity.

Rong Jian stared at her son coldly, and hurriedly set off. When getting into the carriage, Rong Jian said directly to Rong Wenying, "Go and sit in the luggage carriage at the back."

Rong Wenying was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why?"

Rong Jian said in a deep voice, "What do you say?"

The two father and son looked at each other sullenly, but they had exactly the same expressions.

Min Xiang had no choice but to persuade, "Okay, Wenying is still young, just mischievous, it must be very hot in the luggage cart, where can I let him go, get in the car and leave quickly."

With Min Xiang's persuasion, Rong Wenying was spared the penalty and was carried into the carriage by Min Xiang.

There is ice in the carriage, and the windows are always open, there is wind, but it is not hot, Rong Wenying's butt is just as Rong Jian said, it is not stable for a moment, it keeps moving, exaggerating with Xiao Ru'er Xiao Ru'er was amused by him and adored him very much.

Min Xiang also smiled helplessly at him, but Rong Jian ignored him and talked to Min Xiang in a low voice.

I arrived at the other courtyard near noon, and I felt much cooler when I went up Xiyuan Mountain, even though the sun was still there.

The environment in the other courtyard is beautiful, and Rong Wenying is energetic and plays with Xiao Ru'er, like he is a big brother, but in fact he is a month younger than Xiao Ru'er.

When Min Xiang went to the bedroom to check the situation, the guard came to Rong Jian and said, "The female family member I met in the tea shop just now is indeed a family member of Ouyang Shangshu's mansion. That old lady is Ouyang Shangshu's wife. The woman is her eldest daughter-in-law, two girls wearing gauze hats, one is the youngest daughter of the Ouyang family, and the other is the eldest granddaughter."

Rong Jian nodded. When he got married, he met the wife of Ouyang Lai from the Ouyang family, so he had some impressions, so he asked the guards to check. It seems that he is really from the Ouyang family.

Ouyang Hui was originally determined to win Min Xiang, but he didn't expect to do nothing recently, focusing on the private salt case, which really made Rong Jian suspicious, but he couldn't guess whether he was going to use some bad tricks again, So I can only continue to monitor him. If possible, Rong Jian really wants to get rid of him, on the charge of hurting Min Xiang.