Sweet Beauty Chapter 68: Force out of the capital

Old Master Bai wanted to marry Rong Jingyu, the eldest daughter of Master Rong Er, on behalf of Master Bai's second son, Bai Yanfeng.

Mr. Bai's words are sincere and somewhat sad. He is tired and old. He is no longer the elegant old man who claimed to be a famous scholar who lived in the city for a century, nor is he very prestige in the Bai family. Respectful and obedient old man.

For such an old grandfather Bai, even if the second master Rong has a deep relationship with the Bai family, after so many years of father-son love, the father and son's filial relationship, there is no way that the second master Rong can really treat him coldly.

Old Master Bai said: "Zhongqian, my father knows that your three younger siblings are not good enough to do some sneaky things, which make you unhappy, and my father has already ordered your mother to keep her in the house. Alas, this is the family's door. Unfortunately, if it wasn't for the third brother, sister, and father, your third brother would have already divorced her..."

He shook his head, sighed deeply, and continued, "Zhongqian, this time I came here shamelessly for my father, because I wanted to ask for your elder brother's second son, Brother Feng, to marry Sister Yu."

The second master Rao Shirong has long been wary of the sudden arrival of the old master Bai, and he has all kinds of psychological preparations for what he will ask for embarrassing people. Grandpa Bai was stunned.

"Father, father... This, how can this be done... No, father, is this what the old lady meant?"

Although he left Bai's house with almost the opposite purpose, Master Rong Er could not relentlessly change his name and call the person in front of him the Master Bai.

"Zhong Qian," looking at the disbelief and resistance on the face of the former second son, Mrs. Bai sighed and said, "No, this time it is for the father."

"Zhong Qian, if it was Brother Shan from the third room, he would not be able to open his mouth any more as a father. But Brother Feng, you know, he is the most honest and simple child, and he is also very good at reading. Except for Brother Zhang, that's him."

Seeing that his former second son was listening to him, his face was sullen but unmoved, the old man Bai added a little pleading and persuaded: "Zhongqian, Sister Chu died in her infancy. My biological mother, you have been in the middle of Shu all these years, and she has been raised at home by her aunt. She has always taken care of her aunt's food and daily living, food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Treating her and sister-in-law, sister-in-law is the same."

My sister, my sister is the eldest daughter Bai Jingyi and the second daughter Bai Jingyi from the eldest lady Yang.

"You should also trust your sister-in-law's character. She is most courteous and kind. In the future, when sister-in-law is married back home, you don't have to worry that she will have a bad life at her in-law's house and will be mistreated by her mother-in-law."

"Furthermore, although your mother has a deep bond with Sister Shu because of her fate, she has treated her wrongly, but she has never been bad to her sister, according to her conscience. What's more, Sister Yu is also the child of her parents' niece, and it's even closer..."

"Father, father, this is really not right." Master Rong finally couldn't help but interrupted.

Master Rong Er was originally a founder. He used to be proud of the Bai family, but was later beaten by the affairs of the Bai family's house. Married back to the White House.

"Although my son has left Bai's house and returned to Zongrong's house, he still calls you father. Outsiders will know that she was once the granddaughter of the Bai family and the younger sister of Brother Feng. They live in the same house. After more than ten years, how can we get married? What are the ethics and morals? How do outsiders view it?!"

Anyway, it's okay to just reject it if it's reasonable and unreasonable.

The old man's face turned red. He looked at his solemn and upright son, and suddenly felt powerless. This son has already rejected himself with the mask of prevarication.

He closed his eyes and was silent for a while, and when he opened his eyes again, his face was exhausted, and he said with a bit of pain: "Zhongqian, there is actually another reason for my father to ask for brother Feng to marry Sister Yu...

"Now the Bai family... The reputation of the Bai family is about to be destroyed, and the reputation of a century-old scholarly family is about to be destroyed in the hands of the father. Please, please see how sincere your father has treated you for so many years. Among the brothers, you are the most important to you, save the Bai family! Even if it is, even if it is my father begging you,"

Master Rong Er turned pale in shock, this, where did this come from?

"Father, what do you mean? What does this have to do with Sister Yu's marriage?"

The old man Bai said in an old voice: "Oh, Zhong Qian, you don't know, since His Majesty's Mid-Autumn Festival, he personally said that our Bai family was raised by the Rong family's great kindness, and you belonged to the Zongrong family. There is no filial piety, and he personally married his sister-in-law to the third son of the king of Shu. These days, for some reason, there are rumors that our Bai family, our Bai family treats the son of the benefactor harshly, and poisons the dowry for the purpose of stealing the daughter-in-law... Poisoning The heirs of the benefactor even more filial piety, forcing Sister Shu to marry the ruined Wei family in order to obtain Sister Shu's dowry..."

This is a period of time ago, that is, before the Mid-autumn Festival marriage, there were rumors about how Mr. Rong was ungrateful, unkind and unfilial, how Mr. Rong's life was not good, the scorpion was a lonely star, and he was full of ill-will and so on. Because His Majesty broke the rumors and conferred marriage, there will always be people who will go and slap the "truth" again. It was like that in the beginning. There are so many servants in the Wei family of the Bai family. Someone else's digging?

Then the things that were picked up were spread by people intentionally or unintentionally, and things became more and more intense.

"Zhong Qian, I don't want to talk about how many misunderstandings there are, but because of this, your eldest brother has been persuaded to retire by the academy, and Brother Hui has also been suspended by the yamen, that is, Brother Feng and Brother Shan. He also suffered from gossip and ridicule in the academy.”

Brother Hui, Brother Feng and Brother Shan are Bai Yanhui, the eldest son of the long house, Bai Yanfeng, the second son, and Bai Yanshan, the first son of the third house.

"Although these rumors hurt the Bai family, the rumors in the market will change their taste when they are passed on. It's not good for you or Sister Shu."

"As of now, no matter what the rumor is, the best way to break it is to let Sister Yu marry back to the Bai family, breaking the knot that outsiders think we are not on good terms..."

Seeing that the second son's face was not good, he seemed to want to say something, and Mrs. Bai added, "Of course, this matter has been carefully considered by my father, and I think this is also a good thing for Sister Yu. Father, as well as your mother, your elder brother and elder sister-in-law really want to marry Sister Yu back to the Bai family."

"Zhong Qian, my father has never asked you for anything. This time, it is my father who begged you. For the sake of the Bai family, you have lived in the Bai family for nearly thirty-eight years, so this time you should answer your father. "

Master Rong looked at the old master Bai, looking at his tired and old face, his eyes full of pleading, with unspeakable pain in his eyes.

Where is the father in his memory?

The words of refusal were never spoken again.

His mouth opened and closed, closed and opened, and finally said: "Father, you, let the son think about it for a few days, son, the son also asks what Sister Yu means."

Old Master Bai nodded and said, "That's natural, Zhong Qian, no matter what, as a father, I still regard you as my most important son, and as a father, I hope your career goes well, you have to believe your father, rumors are double Mianren, we have a conversation with Meimei, and it will be the best for you and sister Shu in the future."

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Master Bai left, and Master Rong Er sat in the hall for a long time without moving his seat. He was really struggling in his heart.

After an unknown period of time, the door of the living room opened, and Rong Jingyu walked in front of Master Rong Er like a wandering soul, her face was pale and lost, and there were still some wet tears on her cheeks.

Master Rong looked up at his daughter like this, and knew that she should know the content of the conversation between him and Master Bai, and, looking at her lost soul, she was afraid that she would not marry into the Bai family.

Master Rong Er felt a pain in his heart. He was partial to his younger daughter, but he also valued his eldest daughter, and felt more guilty because she was mostly not by his side.

He opened his mouth, and just called out "Ayu", Rong Jingyu's tears brushed and fell again, and then knelt on his knees and couldn't help crying "woohoo", it was Can't say anything.

Master Rong Er is the Master Bai I met in the hall. Now in this house, besides Bai Yanzhang and his wife, and the few people that Rong Jingyu brought from Bai's house, almost all of them are from Jingshu, so what happened in the hall Whatever happened, or even what everyone said, Jing Shu would receive the news immediately.

Jing Shu stood outside the door and watched her sister, Rong Jingyu, who was crying, and her father, who was in pain, and squeezed her hands tightly.

She is not like Master Rong Er and Rong Jingyu. She has complicated feelings for the Bai family. She has never been raised in the Bai family. any relationship.

The last time she had such a face-breaking showdown, she thought that all those who wanted to show their face should stop, but she didn't expect that Mrs. Bai still had a face and called himself "father, grandfather", and she was begging to marry Rong Jingyu with both soft and hard words. What two families, He He and Meimei, are still fathers, sons, filial piety, filial piety, brothers, and respectful brothers. That is the best for his father and his own future!

Bah! Thinking of those vicious rumors some time ago, Jing Shu doesn't want to bear it anymore!

She turned around and went back to her study to hire someone to set it up.

Ten days later, Mrs. Bai came to the door again. This time he was even older, and even his body was a little hunched, but this time he entered the Rong Mansion. There was a woman who came and led him through the stone path to a courtyard in the West Garden.

Mr. Bai was led into a room with bright windows and clean windows. Looking at the simple and elegant decorations in the room, but the smell of books was very strong, it should be a study.

The old woman withdrew, and the old man turned his head. Only then did he see a young girl in a bi-colored and lotus-patterned brocade skirt sitting beside the large desk by the windowsill. She was studying with her head lowered. The old man looked at her and stood After a while, she seemed to realize something, raised her head, and smiled at Mrs. Bai.

This smile was a smile that made the old man lose his surprise when he saw her instead of his "second son", but the bitter seeds in his heart melted suddenly, only to feel that his mouth was full of bitterness. taste.

She was already outstanding at a young age, and he had long thought that she must be extraordinary, but it was a pity that the old woman was blinded by lard, and she pushed out a good seedling of her own, so that the white mansion is today 's predicament.

Jing Shu didn't seem to see the gloomy expression on the old man's face. She smiled and gestured to an armchair opposite her, and said, "Master, you are here, please take a seat."

The old man Bai heard her name, walked over with some difficulty, and sat down silently.

A moment later, a little maid came in with freshly brewed tea, placed it in front of Mrs. Bai, bowed and retired.

Jing Shu waited for the little maid to go out, then smiled and said: "Old man, this is the new Shubei Snow Mountain frozen top tea produced in early autumn this year. Save it for you to taste."

Mr. Bai's heart was even more unspeakable when he heard the words. He reached out and took a sip from the teacup. The tea tasted sweet and the aroma was refreshing. He could drink it in his mouth, but he felt it was more bitter than that Huanglian.

He put down the teacup and asked sternly: "Sister Shu, what about you, is your father at home?"

Jing Shu looked at him, touched a purple water lily in a small celadon bowl on the table with her hand, and said with a smile, "Old man, unfortunately, my father invited old friends to meet today, I'm afraid I won't be back so early."

"However, I don't know why you are visiting today, old man? If you have something to ask your father for help, tell me, it's the same, or the effect is better."

"You know, my father has always been ignoring household affairs, and my mother is still in Shuzhong. I actually take care of all the industries in Beijing."

"You probably don't know, old man. Before I entered Beijing, my mother had already set up more than a dozen shops in Beijing. Zhuangzi, the mansion is under my name, and said it was for my future dowry, so let me take care of it first. So, grandfather, if you have any financial difficulties, in fact, tell your father, you might as well tell me."

Old man Bai's face suddenly flushed red, staring at Jing Shu, unable to speak for a while.

He came here today, but he didn't just need money. No, in addition to money, he still had a lot of things to do with the help of his second son.

In the past few days, no, the Bai family has had a lot of bad luck these days, and the bad luck has continued, and then it has reached its peak in these few days.

Three bedrooms.

The elder brother of the third daughter-in-law was set up again and owed 30,000 taels of gambling money. The Wei family's wealth had already been sold off in the last time Mr. Bai was gambling excessively. Where can there be any money to pay off the gambling debt?

He then pointed out a "bright way" to Convenience, saying that someone was willing to invest 50,000 taels to buy his niece Bai Jingyan as a concubine. Earn twenty thousand taels. Of course, if he doesn't want to, then he and his two sons' legs can be unloaded directly for gambling debts...

Then Mr. Wei asked Mr. Bai San for a drink. After Mr. Bai was drunk, he asked him to draw a document that promised his daughter to a wealthy businessman as a concubine.

Master Bai San naturally refused to recognize him after sobering up. The old lady of the Wei family knelt down in front of her daughter and son-in-law with the whole family and begged them for help. As long as she was willing to let Bai Jingyan go and pay off the 30,000 taels of the Wei family's gambling debt, I can get another 20,000 taels...

Although Mr. Bai San is cowardly and incompetent, he still can't do the thing of selling his daughter as a concubine. If this happened, if my father didn't say that he would get rid of his clan, it might be possible to beat him to death.

So Mr. Bai San could only bite the bullet and begged the head of Mrs. Bai, who had always doted on him, and begged her to help repay the debts of the Wei family. Mrs. Bai heard his plea and immediately rolled her eyes and fainted. , so this matter could not be concealed in the hands of Mr. Bai in the end.

The Bai family can pay no money, and this matter is not difficult to solve. As long as the Wei family is sent to the prison cell, it doesn't matter whether their whole family's legs can be saved... But this matter has become a big problem, and probably the third room will also be destroyed. , Bai Jingyan's reputation can't be claimed, let alone Bai Yanshan's future...

The long room.

A few days ago, Mr. Bai was persuaded to leave by the dean of the academy, and then Bai Yanfeng, the second son of Mr. Bai, who was studying in the academy, fought with others in the academy because he couldn't bear it. A letter of paper sued him to the yamen, saying that Bai Yanfeng stole his famous inkstone and ancient books and paintings in the academy. He even relied on the fact that his father was Mr. Shuyuan to beat people, and the person who sent someone to complain is still lying on the bed and unable to move.

Now the man says he doesn't want money, he just wants justice, and let the Bai family return his original hundred-year-old inkstone and famous paintings.

Then, the dean of the academy directly asked Mr. Bai to wrap up the bed and go home, and he was the one who didn't need to go back. At the same time, Bai Yanfeng was also removed from the academy.

This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that the other party's family is also powerful. This matter is not good, Bai Yanfeng is afraid that he will be sentenced to prison directly by Ge Xiucai's fame, and his life will be ruined.

And the reputation of the Bai family will be completely ruined.

So Mr. Bai came here this time mainly because he wanted to ask his second son for help. After all, there is no official in the Bai family. He used to be an old Hanlin editor without money and no power, and now Zhishi is ignored at home. He is...

Also, whether it is a big room or a third room, if you want to cover up the private affairs on both sides, it will cost a lot of money, but the Bai family really has no savings, Mrs. Bai has been so many years The things that were deducted from the second room were mostly precious medicinal materials, silk and satin, famous tea and porcelain, etc. After all, real gold and real silver were limited.

The Bai family is now in decline, and there is no more income. How could the old lady Bai take out all the private houses to fill in these black holes, naturally, forcing the old master Bai to find the second son, the second master Rong Er.

The current Master Rong Er is not only rich but also expensive.

Mr. Bai listened to what Jing Shu said about a dozen shops, Zhuangzi, etc., as light as she said about her jewelry, thinking about the situation of the Bai family in recent days, really...

At this time, he stared at Jing Shu, who had a refreshing and moving smile, and flashed in his mind the pitiful appearance of her being sent to Zhuangzi for the first time when she entered the capital in plain clothes. It was really like staring at a monster... /

Seeing that Mrs. Bai just stared at herself but was speechless, Jing Shu smiled and said, "Actually, I also know something about the recent affairs of the Bai family. After all, Mrs. Bai and the third lady hate me to the core, right? My dowry is also very coveted, so I have to be careful."

"A few days ago, before His Majesty's Mid-autumn Festival marriage was given, there were rumors about my destiny, the nemesis of the evil star, and the old man didn't know that it was all from the Wei family and the third lady's room, right?"

Mr. Bai looked at Jingshu like this, listened to her words, saw her eyes with a smile but with a chill to the bones, his heart froze, a ridiculous idea came to his mind, but he looked at Jingshu, but he didn't. It's half silent.

Jing Shu didn't pay attention to the change in the face of the old man. While she was talking, she flipped over a yellowed paper on the table. With a flick, the paper slipped in front of the old man.

The old man Bai looked down subconsciously, his eyes widened, but the blood on his face was completely lost.

"This, the old man should know it. This is the title deed of the current house in the White House. When my mother first married into the Bai House, she saw that the house in the Bai House was too crowded, so she purchased the house with her own dowry and let him The Bai family moved in. But even though they lived there, the title deed was always with my mother..."

"What do you mean?!" The old man blushed, and finally couldn't help shouting angrily.

"Meaning? It means that within a month, I will sell the mansion of Bai Mansion, and I also ask the old man to arrange for everyone in the Bai mansion to return to their hometown in Jiangnan as soon as possible. I will give the money from the sale of the house to the old man for returning home and staying in Jiangnan as soon as possible. Settling down. As for the bad things caused by the Bai family in Beijing, I'm in a good mood and will naturally help you clean up."

"However, Grandpa, you must remember that the Rong family, my father and I do not owe the Bai family. I also hope that the old man can restrain the clan and not spread any false rumors, otherwise, then It's not as simple as letting you go back to your hometown. Even if you are in Jiangnan, I can also know what you did and what you said!"

Jing Shu looked at the old man Bai and said coldly.

Originally, when his father returned to the clan, he and the Bai family had a showdown to draw a clear line and have nothing to do with each other, so that's all. But the Bai family bullied him again and again, thinking that his father was soft-hearted and easy to handle, and if there was time, they could do anything. If that's the case, then ask them to pack up and go back to their hometown.