withered prosperity

Yin Yutang sat in the beautiful hall of the Bai family, drinking tea absent-mindedly.

There are also many people in the Bai family who accompany him in the hall. These people's faces are not too sad, but full of anxiety.

It's no wonder, after all, the news has already passed.

Now that Mu Huaiji is pregnant, if she gives birth to the eldest son of the emperor, the queen's position will be assured, and the Xiangzhou Mu family will become the most powerful family in the capital.

Compared with the death of a second-bedroom daughter, this is really bad news for the Bai family.

It seems that it is not unreasonable to say that businessmen pay more attention to profit than love.

As soon as the news came, the Bai family even moved Bai Lele's mourning hall to a remote courtyard, for fear that it would be said to be too happy to be placed in the main room.

Even her biological parents were so noisy before that they were not allowed to open the coffin, but now they dare not say a word.To them, this daughter was useful when she was alive, but she was nothing when she died. What was more important was the eldest daughter who was still in the palace and had to be extra cautious.

In the current Bai family, as long as they are said to be "loved and spoiled", even Bai Pianpian will be implicated.

It's hard for him to spend a lot of time talking about this before, and he even went to the palace to ask for orders.

These people who see the wind and turn the rudder...

Yin Yutang dealt with the Bai family and the others until he saw Murong Ji walking in from the door.

As soon as he saw Murong Ji, he suddenly felt very kind.

"Jun Wang." He stood up, walked a few steps to the door to meet Murong Ji.

The Bai family also came up and saluted him politely.

Murong Ji stepped into the door and looked around.

"My lord, my lord Bai, my second lord Bai." He cupped his hands and asked straight to the point: "Why don't you see the mourning hall of Second Miss?"

The Bai family showed embarrassment, Yin Yutang laughed in his heart, but said nonchalantly: "There is a happy event in the palace, and the Bai family can be regarded as in-laws, so I found a clean place for the second young lady!"

"Happy event?" Murong Ji raised his eyebrows.

"Concubine Mu Gui is happy."

"No wonder..." Murong Ji naturally understood the pros and cons, and immediately understood everything.

Yan Hai and Yun Ji also walked in.

"Mr. Yan, Mr. Xiao." Although Yin Yutang didn't salute, his tone was respectful: "I'm sorry, both of you."

"It's hard work for the prince to be busy." Yan Hai naturally wanted to show him face in front of so many people: "If it weren't for the prince's good mediation, things would inevitably have twists and turns."

"It's easy to say, easy to say." Seeing that he was so amiable, Yin Yutang was flattered and a little terrified.

"Mr. Yan has taken care of our Bai family!" Bai Linyun raised his sleeve and wiped the corner of his eyes: "This child Lele died for no reason. We elders, white-haired people who send black-haired people, are always worried. I can't bear it. Fortunately, the emperor's sage is so wise that we don't get confused..."

Later, he covered his face and cried.

Even if everyone knew what was going on, they still admired the patriarch's ability to cry as soon as he was old.

When Bai Linyun cried, as his biological parents, he could only cry harder.

In an instant, the hall turned into a mourning hall, and the sound of wailing and wailing was overwhelming, especially Bai Lele's mother, Bai Wushi, who said "my poor son" in one mouthful, and the voice of one person could be as loud as three or four weeping mothers-in-law.

Mainly this "son", Yin Yutang's ears were really harsh.

Although Bai Chunchun's death was not special to anyone, it involved the unexplained mutation of his princess... Thinking of that incident, Yin Yutang felt like a bone stuck in his throat.

"Okay, okay, please give me condolences!" He frowned, and said to Bai Linyun: "Master Bai, didn't you agree to take the county king and these two to mourn for Second Miss Bai? Why are you crying here?"

As soon as Bai Linyun heard his sister-in-law crying, he knew something was wrong, so he hurriedly responded, while trying his best to wink at his younger brother, asking him to stop his wife from screaming like a cat.

It's a pity that his younger brother isn't very clever either, in the end it was his son Bai Yinuo who asked the maid to put his aunt down.

Yin Yutang's face turned pale.

Everyone knows that Cheng Wang is not so broad-minded, and they are afraid that if that shrew makes a fuss, he will remember his Bai family in his heart again.

At this point, Bai Linyun felt physically and mentally exhausted.

The eldest niece entered the palace and won the favor of the emperor. She originally thought that she could use this east wind to let the Bai family spread their wings under the protection of the emperor, but after the whole family entered the capital, things turned out to be twists and turns, and now they are in a dilemma... …

"Yinuo, your second uncle and I will not go there, we are too old to see that kind of scene." Bai Linyun sighed from the bottom of his heart: "You take the prince, county king and the others there!"

"But big brother! The Murong family..." Bai Linkui wanted to say something else.

"Lele is dead." Bai Linyun glared at his brother, who had never been able to distinguish priorities: "You have to think more about the living!"

From the main hall to the side courtyard where the coffins are placed, they actually use chariots to travel.

Murong was extremely unwilling to sit on it, so he rode a horse and walked slowly beside the car.

The remaining four people sat facing each other in the chariot. The pavilions and pavilions they passed along the way had their own characteristics, and several courtyards were still under repair.

"People say that the Jiangdong Bai family is as rich as an enemy country, and seeing them now, they really deserve their reputation." Yin Yutang couldn't help admiring: "If this courtyard is completed, it will be much better than those palaces!"

"My lord doesn't know, it's the same in the Jiangdong area, but anyone who has accumulated some property in business likes to make their yard beautiful, and it's all for the sake of looking good." Bai Yinuo sighed the bitter scripture: "Before I came to Beijing, I also discussed with my father, just buy a ready-made house to live in, but those uncles in our clan didn't agree! They said that when we arrived in Beijing, we just wanted to put down roots, how could we do anything casually?" Yes. You know those elders, it’s absolutely impossible not to obey, and think about it again, if the imperial concubine goes home to visit her relatives, it’s better to have a bigger place to receive her, and if the emperor also comes to stay for two days, then it’s my best. The power of the Bai family must also make the emperor live comfortably, right?"

"Mr. Bai is really smart. Master Bai has successors!" Yin Yutang looked around and said casually: "It is said that Jiangdong is rich and prosperous, but I really didn't expect that everyone lives in a place that is cheaper than me, Prince Cheng." Be spacious..."

"My lord, it's absurd." Bai Yinuo is a good-natured person. He followed the crowd from Chaomu Pavilion back to Shangjing. He saw clearly along the way, and knew that Yin Yutang was not tolerant and could not be offended. "Our Bai family has been operating for several generations and has accumulated some meager property in Jiangdong. But in the end, it is just a merchant family. It is entrusted with the blessings of the emperor and prince, as well as the imperial concubine. Today, the world is peaceful, and we can live in Shanghai. There are servants ordering you to go to this kind of big courtyard. If this courtyard can be liked by you, the lord, it will be..."

"Stop, stop." Yin Yutang said with a smile: "That's what I said, I can't bear this yard, don't talk about anything else, get up early and go to the morning court, I haven't reached the front door, everyone has gone home .”

Bai Yinuo followed him and laughed hahaha.

Murong Ji watched coldly, with a look of disgust.

Yan Hai put one hand on the railing and supported his chin, as if he was immersed in the scenery, while Yun Ji beside him sat with his head down and his eyes fixed on him.

Murong Ji took a closer look again, and made sure that the two of them must be holding hands behind the hem of their clothes.

These two people... Even the teenagers who are just in love are not as sticky as the two of them, and they are so visibly seen by the public in broad daylight, it makes people feel ashamed for them!

"Jun Wang, what's wrong with you?" Yin Yutang asked in surprise, "Why are you blushing? Is it too hot?"

Murong Ji bluntly denied it, and declined the invitation to let him get in the chariot for a ride.

But next, he unconsciously looked at Yan Hai who had been in a daze.

No matter how you look at it, this person is just an ordinary scholar...

During the period, he turned his head inadvertently and met the owl's eyes.

He couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

That pale skin and dark red pupils that concealed a fierce look made this person look like a vicious animal protecting food, more than a normal youth... No!

Murong Ji rubbed his eyes, and when he looked over again, he clearly saw that Xiao Xiao's eyes were indeed dark green.

Eyes of this color are not uncommon among Westmans.

Murong Ji felt that maybe the sun was too bright today, dazzling...