After marriage and marriage, I became the favorite of the group

Ruan Jiu and his friends came out of the polo field, went back to Yong'an City together, and broke up in front of the Ruan Mansion.

Ruan Jiu got off his horse in front of the side door and waved at them, and they waved back as a farewell.After playing polo all afternoon, I was so exhausted that I didn't even want to say a few more words.

Ruan Jiu had an extremely sumptuous dinner at home, and Mrs. Ruan said that he had lost weight, and kept adding vegetables to him.

After dinner for a long time, when Ruan Jiu was stroking his stomach and drinking tea, Master Ruan stood up and said, "Xiao Jiu, come with me to the study."

"Okay." Ruan Jiu put down the teacup and followed his father out.

Ruan Jiu followed his father into the study, turned around and closed the door.

Master Ruan sat down at the table, pointed to the seat in front of him: "Come and sit."

Ruan Jiu suddenly smirked, Master Ruan frowned: "What are you doing?"

"No." Ruan Jiu smiled and stepped forward to sit down, "Every time I come over, Dad points to the ground and says, 'Kneel down for me.'"

"That's not because of you—" Master Ruan raised his hand to hit him, "You're too disobedient."

Ruan Jiu jumped up from the chair suddenly: "I'm already very obedient!"

Master Ruan withdrew his hand and coughed twice: "I won't hit you anymore, come here."

"Oh." Ruan Jiu moved over slowly.

"Xiao Jiu." Master Ruan asked, "That... the king treats you well?"

"Yeah." Ruan Jiu nodded, "He doesn't dare to bully me."

"That's good." Master Ruan waved at him, "Come here a little longer. You know everything about the Eighth Prince?"

Ruan Jiu nodded again: "Well, Yan Ning and the others told me this afternoon."

"Has the King of England come to see you?"

"Well, he said something inexplicable."

"Don't pay attention to him, he is interested in our family's money. He has come to me several times before, but he just refused."

"I see." Ruan Jiu lowered his eyes, "Then... what does dad think?"

"Father doesn't want anything."

Ruan Jiu was puzzled: "Huh?"

"You have settled down. I heard that Guiwu served the big witch as a god. I don't worry about you anymore. For your brother, I left him the hot spring village in the south and a few big ships. If it's not right, The people arranged by father will take him to sea immediately. Your Majesty has been in good health these past few years, so there should be no accidents. If an accident happens, you are fighting, and your brother goes to sea. I will immediately distribute all the property to the people of Yongan."

Master Ruan smiled shrewdly: "So father doesn't help anyone. Your brother and the prince are on good terms, and you are on good terms with the eighth prince. It's hard to choose, so why don't you choose anyone."

This is the safest way.

but……

This method is only the most appropriate method for Ruan Jiu and Ruan He. Master Ruan wants to distribute the family property to the people, what if he offends the emperor?

Ruan Jiu blinked: "Father, what about you?"

"I have my own arrangements." Master Ruan patted his head, "Okay, it's fine, you can go back and rest."

Ruan Jiu sat and refused to leave, Master Ruan smiled and said, "Don't stay too long when you come back this time, if Ji Wu is not happy, it will be bad, go back early."

Ruan Jiu suddenly sniffed, and said seriously, "Father, is our family bankrupt?"

"……No."

"Then you can't afford me anymore?" Ruan Jiu sniffed hard again, "But I didn't eat much today."

"..." Master Ruan said helplessly, "Okay, okay, stay a few more days and eat more, I won't urge you to leave."

Ruan Jiu laughed immediately, and jumped up from the chair: "Then I'll go find my brother."

After Ruan Jiu washed up, he went into his brother's room.

"Brother..." Ruan Jiu opened the door and went in, looked up, and saw Liu Changming squatting on the beam.

Liu Changming closed his eyes and remained motionless, the old god was there.

Ruan He pulled Ruan Jiu over: "Leave him alone, he's used to it."

Ruan Jiu looked away and followed his elder brother into the room.

"Haven't brother brought him to find the prince yet?"

"Not yet, you just went back, I'm going now, it's too eye-catching, wait a few days before going."

"it is good."

The letters that Ruan Jiu brought back were placed on the table, Ruan Jiu glanced at them: "Did you see anything?"

Ruan He shook his head and put away all the letters: "Not yet."

Ruan Jiu had read almost all the letters he found from He Liancheng, and picked out the apparently irrelevant ones, and then carefully screened them, leaving only these few letters.

A few letters were written in Jiwu, and a few were written in Chinese.

A few letters in Wuhua are signed by one person; a few letters in Chinese are signed by another person.

The same is that the length of the letters is very short, and they all talk about trivial matters, such as the purchase of fodder for horses.

Ruan He put away the letter and said to Ruan Jiu: "You don't need to worry about these things, it's getting late, go to sleep."

Ruan Jiu thought for a while: "By the way, brother, He Liancheng doesn't know Chinese very well. The fierce envoy Ashina who came to Yong'an last time is his man. Ashina is from Liang Guotong. If you look it up The officials who are familiar with him should make progress."

"Okay, brother understands." Ruan He pulled him back, "You go to bed and wait, brother goes to wash up."

"Ah."

Ruan Jiu walked to the bed and saw two storybooks in front of the bed, which should be specially prepared by Ruan He for him to read.

He leaned against the bed, read the script for a while, and then Ruan He came back.

Ruan He slid him into the bed and took the notebook away from his hand: "Go to sleep."

Ruan Jiu adjusted his posture, hugged his brother's hand, and responded with satisfaction: "Yes."

Ruan He patted his hand: "Are you still used to living in Jiwu?"

"Brother has asked this question five times." Ruan Jiu rubbed his eyes, "I'm used to it."

"How is the king of Wuwu treating you?"

"Well, he doesn't dare to bully me. I always bully him."

"is it?"

"Yeah, he's a bit silly, of course he's not as good as me."

Ruan He glanced at him, saw the look in his eyes, and asked with a smile, "Do you like him?"

As if being poked in some hidden place, Ruan Jiu froze for a moment.

He could jokingly mention it to Xiao Mingyuan, but when his family asked him, he just...

A little flustered.

Ruan Jiu tilted his head and buried his face in the soft pillow.

After a long while, he replied sullenly: "...I like it."

Ruan He flicked his hair that fell on his cheek: "Then does he like you?"

Ruan Jiu raised his head from the soft pillow, and blinked his bright eyes in the darkness: "I like it."

"really?"

"real!"

Ruan Jiu is confident and optimistic.

Ruan He smiled, but still felt that he was childish.

"If he didn't like me, why did he kiss me?"

The smile on Ruan He's face gradually disappeared.

Ruan Jiuping lay on the bed, raised his hands and feet, and shook them twice, the spike chains on his hands and feet made a crisp sound.

"Look, when I came back, Xiaozhu put this on for me, he was afraid that I wouldn't..."

Ruan He's expression was solemn and murderous.

Ruan Jiu was puzzled: "Brother, what's wrong with you?"

Ruan He hugged him: "Go to sleep, don't talk about it, brother is a little uncomfortable."

He still had an old illness, Ruan Jiu was startled, and quickly got up and touched his forehead: "What's wrong? Brother, what's wrong with you?"

"Brother wants to return to the battlefield."

The next day, Ruan Jiu slept until the sun was up, washed up slowly at home, went to have breakfast, stayed with his family after breakfast and talked, and had lunch after talking for a while.

Then he continued to talk to his family. Ruan Jiu fell asleep on the chair and slept for half an hour. After being found, he was carried to the bed by Ulan and fell asleep for another hour.

It wasn't until evening that he got up to tidy up, changed into fierce clothes, and sat in a carriage to enter the palace for the banquet.

Master Ruan and Ruan He were going to accompany him, but Ruan Jiu persuaded him to go back.

This is a reception banquet for Queen Jiwu, it is enough for him to go alone, just for one night, soon.

Ruan Jiu sat in the carriage, and Ulan helped him braid his hair.

Ulan complained softly: "If the queen got up earlier, she wouldn't have to braid her hair in the carriage."

"Just braid it twice." Ruan Jiu tossed his hair, "Anyway, they don't know how many braids Queen Jiwu has made."

When the carriage stopped in front of the palace gate, Ulan happened to help him tie up his hair.

Ruan Jiu touched his hair, very satisfied: "Let's go."

The two followed the little eunuch leading the way into the palace and stopped in the palace where the banquet was held.

Ruan Jiu entered the hall to salute, put his right hand on his heart, and bent slightly.

When he raised his head, he saw Emperor Liang sitting on the main seat, and there was another person sitting beside him——

Xiao Mingyuan.

Ruan Jiu was taken aback, it was clear that when he came to see Emperor Liang yesterday, Emperor Liang was lukewarm towards Xiao Mingyuan, but today Xiao Mingyuan sat beside him, and the two of them still looked like a loving father and a filial son.

Ruan Jiu looked away and looked to the side.

The King of England is in the second place, and his complexion is not very good.

Then the little eunuch took Ruan Jiu to sit down in the first place.

Xiao Mingyuan poured wine for Emperor Liang, and Emperor Liang raised the wine bottle to Ruan Jiu.

Ruan Jiu hesitated, and looked down, only to realize that there was only tea in his cup.

He raised his glass and raised his head, Xiao Mingyuan smiled at him.

After drinking for three rounds, Ruan Jiu kept an eye on the situation at the main seat from time to time.

He was almost certain that Emperor Liang and Xiao Mingyuan's father and son had reconciled.

Then Emperor Liang waved to Ruan Jiu with a smile and asked him to come up too.

So Ruan Jiu and Xiao Mingyuan sat on both sides of Emperor Liang.

Emperor Liang's face was flushed, and he seemed to be in a good mood. He patted Ruan Jiu's hand, which was much warmer than yesterday: "Good boy."

He cleared his throat, and the eunuch behind him understood, and raised his hand to stop the dancing and music in the hall.

After the dancers and musicians went down, the hall was strangely quiet for a while.

Emperor Liang cleared his throat: "Xiao Jiu came back this time to hold the crowning ceremony. Let the Ministry of Rites and the inner court handle this matter, and it must be done beautifully."

He paused: "When Xiao Jiu went to get married, he was young and playful. In order to make him happy, I moved his name one place forward in the royal family tree. As a result, Xiao Ba was ranked behind him. "

"I really didn't expect that he could come back. Coincidentally, he came back to hold the crown ceremony. Xiaoba is older than Xiaojiu, but the name on the genealogy is still behind Xiaojiu. I just thought, feel wronged Xiao Ba, push back his crown ceremony."

"So—" Emperor Liang suddenly emphasized his tone, "Xiao Ba's birthday has passed more than half a month, and I have not given him a gift, nor have I crowned him king."

"I wronged him, and you people who don't understand the inside story, even made him wronged."

Emperor Liang suddenly grabbed the wine bottle on the case and smashed it into the hall, splashing the wine everywhere.

The emperor was furious, and the earth shook, and the officials in the palace quickly got up and knelt down: "I dare not wait."

Naturally, King Ying came out and knelt down, he inadvertently met Xiao Mingyuan's eyes, and saw the irony in his eyes.

20 years of father-son friendship, not to mention Xiao Mingyuan is still the youngest son, Emperor Liang has doted on him for more than ten years, the older he is, the more he can't let him go.

As long as Xiao Mingyuan is determined to fight, he doesn't even need to win over the courtiers, as long as he surrenders in front of Emperor Liang, Emperor Liang will easily forgive him.

As far as Emperor Liang was concerned, both the crown prince and the King of England were involved in the government. Although he was his son, there were always conflicts of interest.

Only Xiao Mingyuan seemed not interested in government affairs at all. To Emperor Liang, he was just a young son who completely relied on himself.

Without his father's favor, he would be depressed for several years.

Emperor Liang liked sons like him the most.

Although the King of England doesn't know what method he used, it seems that the effect is very good.

It only took one night for Xiao Mingyuan to return to the position where he fell from before.

After this banquet, no courtier dared to look down on him any more, and the King of England did not dare to brazenly show off his power in front of him.

After the palace banquet, Emperor Liang drank too much, Xiao Mingyuan helped him back to his bedroom.

Ruan Jiu waited for him on the palace road, and when he saw him coming out, he waved to him.

Xiao Mingyuan walked down the steps quickly: "Our crown ceremony has to be held together."

"It's okay, dear brother, I don't dislike you."

Ruan Jiu touched Xiao Mingyuan's head, Xiao Mingyuan bared his teeth at Ruan Jiu.

When he walked to the palace gate, Ruan Jiu asked softly, "What did you do?"

Xiao Mingyuan spread his hands: "I didn't do anything."

"There's nothing you can do..."

"Don't ask me any more." Xiao Mingyuan's expression was firm, and he definitely didn't want to tell him.

At this time, in the palace of the King of England, the King of England was also listening to the investigation of the people below.

"Yesterday, His Highness the Eighth Highness had dinner, and the servants brought up a lamb. The lamb should have been brought by Queen Jiwu from Jiwu. When the Eighth Highness saw the lamb, he put down his chopsticks and wept. of me?'"

"Later, in the middle of the night, His Highness the Eighth Prince woke up from a dream. He ran into the palace without even putting on his clothes. His Majesty was staying in the Palace of Beauty Wang at that time. When he heard that the Eighth Prince was coming, he wanted to be sent back. But His Highness Eight took out a bald pen and asked someone to show it to His Majesty, and His Majesty was willing to see him."

"I heard from the eunuch serving in the palace that His Royal Highness cried and admitted his mistake: "I saw the father and son of the Ruan family today, and my heart was filled with grief. I saw the lamb again, and I wanted to see the lamb kneeling and feeding. My son and minister are really disloyal and unfilial, and deserve death." Later, Your Majesty He was also very moved, and pretended to be angry and said that he was ignorant. His Highness went down the slope, saying that he was young and didn't understand, and now that he has suffered, he understands."

"As a result, the father and son talked all night."

King Ying's face was distorted, and he raised his hand and smashed the things in his hands: "He can only coax Father."

Xiao Mingyuan's birthday is in the first lunar month, so it has already passed.

Emperor Liang didn't ask the Ministry of Rites to give him a ceremony, let alone crown him king. Now he changed his words, saying that it was because of Ruan Jiu that Xiao Mingyuan's coronation ceremony was postponed.

No matter what Emperor Liang's original intention was, as long as he said so, it was his original intention.

The relationship between Xiao Mingyuan and Emperor Liang's father and son soon returned to before Ruan Jiu got married, even better than before.

Emperor Liang also came to watch them play polo.

Ruan Jiu's birthday is in June, and the Ministry of Rites and the inner court are busy preparing for the crowning ceremony between him and His Highness the Eighth Prince.

The day will come soon.

Ruan Jiu was dug out of the bed early, washed his face and mouth, and then was driven to the ancestral temple of the Ruan family.

Master Ruan invited a respectable and healthy old man in Yong'an City to give him a crown.

Everything else comes second, Master Ruan mainly cares about this old man's peaceful life, free from disasters and difficulties.The old man originally lived in the village outside Yong'an, and he refused to move. Master Ruan sent people to invite him several times but he did not move.

Mrs. Ruan was laughed at by him, and advised him to change someone else: "Our family is a son wearing a crown, not a daughter getting married, so we need to ask Fuquan to comb his hair."

However, Master Ruan "willed to go his own way": "No, I want him."

So with a big wave of his hand, calligraphy and paintings by famous masters and ancient books that suit the old man's taste were sent to Zhuangzi like a running stream, and finally the old man was invited.

At this moment, the old man looked at Ruan Jiu, who was yawning secretly, who was walking towards here, glanced at Master Ruan, and coughed twice: "Just for such a brat?"

"No matter how bad it is, it belongs to my family." Master Ruan said with a smile, "Besides, I look pretty good."

At this time Ruan Jiu also came in front of them and bowed to them: "Father, old mister."

The etiquette is very cumbersome, Ruan Jiu knelt on the cushion, was still drowsy at first, but then raised his head to meet his father's gaze, and suddenly woke up.

He had never seen his father look like this, with a little inexplicable emotion.

Maybe watching Ruan Jiu grow up from a small one to what he is now, he has spent countless time and energy. On Ruan Jiu, he can always see the traces left by these things.

It's like the faint little mole on the corner of Ruan Jiu's lips, it's only after he touches it with his fingers every day that it fades away.

Although Ruan Jiu always made him angry.

Ruan Jiu understood the meaning in his eyes, and when his eyes were sour, he was about to shed tears.

Master Ruan raised his hand and pressed his fingers under his eyes to tell him not to cry.

Then he pointed down, and Master Ruan pressed the corners of his mouth again to make him smile.

Ruan Jiu tried his best to raise the corners of his lips, but he still couldn't help it. He closed his mouth and cried out with a "woo".

Mrs. Ruan was taken aback by him. Regardless of the presence of others, she stepped forward and hugged him: "What's the matter? What's the matter? Poor little mother, crying like a little donkey."

Ruan Jiu choked up and cried louder.

Master Ruan sighed, and Ruan Jiu cried for a long time, but couldn't hold it back.

He didn't want to admit that he just looked at his father for a while, and then wept aloud, so he finally calmed down, and said with a sob: "It hurts too much to comb your hair."

Master Ruan and his wife looked at each other, Master Ruan invited the old man who had finally been hired to rest, and picked up the comb by himself.

"Okay, okay, little debt collector, dad will comb it for you."

Ruan Jiu's nasal voice was thick: "Yes."

He was originally to blame, if it wasn't for his actions, Ruan Jiu felt that he would not be so easily made to cry by him.

Of course, the jade crown that Master Ruan prepared for him was also the best, but when he put it on Ruan Jiu's head, Ruan Jiu shook his head and said coquettishly, "It's too heavy."

"Okay, okay, change one, change one."

Master Ruan put down the jade crown, looked around, raised his hand to let the boy come up, and ordered: "Go to my study, and bring up the boxes of hair crowns I picked out earlier, and give them to us who just turned [-] today. Young master, pick and choose."

But before the servant could take orders, Ruan He stood up and stepped forward.

"Father, use mine, he will never dislike my things."

Master Ruan looked at Ruan Jiu: "I'll wear your brother's for you, can you?"

Ruan Jiu thought for a while, and finally nodded: "Okay."

So Ruan He lowered his head, took off the jade crown on his head, and handed it to Master Ruan.

Ruan Jiu happily waited for Master Ruan to put the crown on him, and Master Ruan found it funny when he saw him wagging his tail.

"Are you happy now?"

"Ah."

Ruan Jiu nodded, Master Ruan pressed his head: "Don't move around, you didn't wear it properly."

After putting on the jade crown, Master Ruan looked down at him.

Yes, his son is the best.

Ruan Jiu raised his eyes, met his gaze, and blinked.

Realizing that he might not be able to help crying again, Ruan Jiu quickly asked, "Can I get up?"

Madam Ruan thought that he was tired from kneeling, and hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, get up quickly."

Ruan Jiu said again: "Mother, I'll go see if Xiao Mingyuan's place is alright. I made an appointment with them to go to Tianxiang Street..."

Before he finished speaking, Master Ruan asked loudly, "Where are you going?"

Tianxiang Street is the place where music and dance workshops gather in Yong'an City.

Ruan Jiu patted his cheek and changed his words: "No, I went to Jiangxiang Tower to see the spices."

He ran away in a hurry: "I'll go first, goodbye, father and mother, I'll come back for lunch at noon."

Master Ruan's heart was full of emotions, so he urgently dispatched people to block up the streets and ends of Tianxiang Street. When he saw Ruan Jiu haunting, he immediately arrested him and brought him to justice.

After Ruan Jiu turned and ran away, he was relieved.

But I didn't cry.

Finally, when sending the old man back to the carriage, the old man smiled and said to Mr. Ruan: "I often hear people say that Mr. Ruan Qingpu Ruan is a shrewd businessman who makes a lot of money. I don't think so. I just come to sit and eat something. For some tea, Master Ruan spent 2 taels to go out, this business is not worth it."

Master Ruan smiled: "I have a lot of money, and I'm happy to spend it on my children no matter how much I spend."

"Then I spend it on Tianxiang Street, will Dad be happy too?"

Your little boy appears.

Ruan Jiu poked his head out at the right time.

Master Ruan asked, "Why are you back?"

"I forgot, the appointment with them is not today, but tomorrow." Ruan Jiu touched the tip of his nose with a smile, "I'll come out to see off my husband."

Master Ruan snorted softly, "You still have some progress."

The father and son sent the old man away, but Master Ruan grabbed him back and took him away.

"When have you been to Tianxiang Street?"

"No! Dad, I was wrong!"

That night, a carriage slowly drove out from the side gate of the Ruan Mansion and headed towards Tianxiang Street.

There were three people in the carriage, Master Ruan and Ruan He sat upright, Ruan Jiu rubbed his head, bent his legs aggrievedly, and sat on the side.

Master Ruan said: "Father and your brother will take you there. There is nothing interesting in Tianxiang Street, it's just music and dancing. You won't be interested if you've been there. Don't go alone."

"Yes." Ruan Jiu blinked, "Can you tell mother?"

"no!"

"Oh."

In Yong'an City, while the father and son of the Ruan family were listening to the music on Tianxiang Street lively, in the capital city, He Lianzhu finished processing today's memorial, picked up a book, and leaned on the couch to flip through it.

It's already very hot in June, but it's always cold at night.

The small couch is leaning against the window, the window is open, and the full moon is round outside the window, bright and clean.

He Lianzhu looked at the moon and thought of Ruan Jiu.

The palace was quiet, except for the sound of candles exploding from time to time, there was no other movement.

If Ruan Jiu was around, he wouldn't feel deserted.He has always been very talkative and is startled by the sound of candles exploding.

Very cute.

But Ruan Jiu went home.

He has been gone for a long time, and he still has no intention of coming back.

He Lianzhu clenched the scroll tightly in his hand, not turning a page for a long time.

In the past few days, he always thinks about the things in Liang Guo in the past. Even if he didn't stay in Liang Guo for a long time, he can see that Ruan Jiu and his friends from the two countries have a good relationship. Like having a child, they stick together all the time.

He Lianzhu was a little scared, what should he do if Ruan Jiu is reluctant to come back?

The people of Liang Guo may let Ruan Jiu die on hold, so He Lianzhu has already made preparations to go to Liang Guo to bring Ruan Jiu back.

But what if Ruan Jiu hid himself?

Thinking of this, He Lianzhu was so frightened that he wished he could go to Liang country now and bring Ruan Jiu back.

He Lianzhu threw away the scroll, turned over, rolled to where Ruan Jiu used to sit, and buried his face on the pillow Ruan Jiu used to lean on.