Luo Ran held his father's arm and asked him to sit down. While squeezing his strong shoulders, he said, "Actually, I don't care if my second aunt reprimands me in public. She just wants to show her status in front of everyone. But What I care about is the reputation of the Hou family. Maybe you don’t know that after the second aunt was called to Ningfuyuan by her grandmother, the Liu family and their daughter simply regarded this place as their fat harvest. You know what others say about our Luo family ?"
"Daddy."
Luo Ran turned around and looked seriously into his father's eyes and said: "As the saying goes, if you don't sweep your home, how can you sweep the world? No matter how many injuries you suffer, how many enemies you kill, or how great your achievements are, the back house will not be stable. How can you gain a foothold in the court? I know you don't care about those things outside your body, and neither does your daughter, but we can't let them do whatever they want just because we don't care. Throughout the ages, many disasters have been caused by the back house, ranging from dismissal from office to high. There are also examples of confiscation of homes, exile, and even the extermination of nine clans."
Luo Deyun was shocked.
He originally only knew that as long as he was loyal and useful to the emperor, there would be no big disaster.
Today, when I heard Luo Ran talk about the affairs of the back house and Luo Ruxue, I suddenly realized that if Ran'er had a mother, or if there was a decent woman in the back house, perhaps all of this could have been avoided.
Seeing that his father's expression relaxed, Luo Ran said again: "Also, dad, you promised your daughter last time, have you forgotten?"
Luo Deyun had a sarcastic look on his face. He had indeed promised the last time his daughter was bullied by his siblings.
But as soon as I turned around, I forgot about it.
Luo Ran pouted and said coquettishly: "Look! I knew you were coaxing your daughter last time! That's true!"
Luo Deyun hurriedly turned his head to coax his daughter. Finally, he was forced to have no choice but to say: "Okay, just tell dad what to do. Dad will listen to you no matter what you say!"
Luo Ran finally showed a smile of success: "This is what you said, don't go back on it!"
Luo Deyun scratched her nose lovingly: "Little clever boy, even you are plotting against daddy. But one thing is, you have to keep your eyes wide open when looking at people. If not, just ask your grandmother to discuss it. She is good at judging people. .”
Luo Ran picked up the handkerchief and put it to his lips and kept laughing: "Dad, if you know, I am looking for a wife for you, but if you don't know, you think you are looking for me."
Luo Deyun shook his head helplessly, thinking: I am not just looking for you.
But many years later, when Luo Deyun also had children and grandchildren, he couldn't help but think of today and always felt lucky to have listened to his daughter.
Luo Ran acted quickly and sent someone to send a letter to Wang that night.
After receiving the letter, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Shen felt sorry for Luo Ran again.
If Qingyin was still alive, why would the child bother to find a stepmother for himself? However, Mrs. Wang was not idle and began to inquire about the Yuan family.
The third day of March is Women's Day, but because of what happened to Luo Ruxue, the Luo family had always had the most fun with her in previous years, so this year they had to let it go.
Even Li Xinyue couldn't help complaining: "If I had known that I couldn't go out after coming to the capital, I might as well have been in Yanqing!"
Mrs. Liu glared at her: "You should be more careful these days, who knows what kind of crazy your aunt is."
Li Xinyue curled her lips and hugged Ms. Liu coquettishly: "Mom, I heard that tomorrow is the death anniversary of the eldest wife of the Luo family, and Luo Ran is going to Fahua Temple early in the morning to make incense. I haven't been to Fahua Temple yet, can you I can’t tell my great-aunt and ask her to take me with her too. Mother, okay!”
On Luo Ran's side, because he had said hello the night before, he did not go to greet the old lady early this morning. He got up before dawn, packed up, and left the house with his father.
But when I arrived at the gate and saw a bunch of dark figures, I was dumbfounded.
Not to mention her, even Luo Deyun was stunned for a moment and asked the leader Li Yutang: "Yutang, what are you doing up so early?"
Li Yuanliang was the same age as Luo Deyun, and his birth date was a few days older than Luo Deyun. However, Luo Deyun was already a marquis at a young age. In order to show respect and closeness, he insisted that the children follow Sister Luo Ruxue. My younger brother calls me uncle.
Li Yutang glanced at the tightly covered figure standing behind, and stepped forward to salute: "Uncle, let's go with you and your cousin to offer incense to your aunt."
After saying that, he saw something wrong with Luo Deyun's face. He shrank his neck and whispered, "My nephew thought my great-aunt had told you."
Luo Ran couldn't help but frown.
Li Xinyue, who had been waiting in the carriage for a long time and fell asleep, heard the voice and impatiently opened the curtain, and called out in response: "Uncle."
Then he looked at Luo Ran and said in a somewhat impatient tone: "Cousin, why are you dawdling, it will be dawn in a while! Come up quickly, we can get some sleep before going into the mountain."
As he spoke, he yawned again.
Luo Deyun knew that his daughter didn't like the Li family very much, so he turned to look at her.
Luo Ran didn't want to waste time. Since they were all blocked at the door, they probably couldn't push them back, so he nodded to his father: "Dad, let's go too."
Then he held his green hand and got into the carriage.
Li Xinyue glanced at the exquisite carriage in front of her, rolled her eyes, and jumped off the carriage and went over: "Cousin, there are only two of us on this journey, what a waste of two carriages. If we ride in one, we can still talk, and we won't be lonely. No."
Luo Ran looked back at her and refused directly: "I'm sorry, cousin, I have to recite sutras for my mother. It's inconvenient for my cousin."
After saying that, he let Youqing lower the curtain.
Li Xinyue curled her lips and wanted to say something, but because Luo Deyun was riding a tall horse beside him, he didn't dare to say anything.
When she first came out, she immediately fell in love with the carriage. It was big and stable. Even the four corners of the roof were hung with sachets made of unknown materials. She could smell the fragrance from a distance. It smelled very good.
She also saw with her own eyes that the maids put snow-white fox fur cushions and fine Sichuan brocade cushions inside, making it look like a golden nest. Without saying a word, he was about to go up, but he was stopped by the driver named Fu Bo.
It is said that it was specially prepared by the Marquis for the eldest lady, and no one can use it casually.
As soon as Li Xinyue returned to her carriage, she angrily cursed all the way: "What's the point of being proud? I'm just a mother-in-law, not a mother-in-law. When my cousin aunt comes, you and I will beg for mercy."
Li Yutang didn't care about his sister, and his whole mind was on the carriage in front of him.
As the carriage drove forward, bursts of fragrance hit his face, as if there was a girl's fragrance inside, which made him feel itchy.
In the carriage in front, Luo Ran's words just now were not meant to deal with Li Xinyue.
At this moment, his eyes were closed tightly, holding a long string of Buddhist beads, he was kneeling upright on the futon and reciting the Infinite Life Sutra silently.
For so many years in Jiangnan, although she would ask temple masters to perform rituals for her mother every year, she would also copy scriptures by hand on every Lunar New Year and Qingming Festival.
But no matter what I do, I always feel so far away from my mother.
This year she finally returned to Beijing. According to her father's wishes, she wanted to hold a big religious ceremony, but the experience of more than a month made her change her mind. She wanted to wait until everything was settled before sharing it with her mother. The provincial mother was there. Bian worried about her.
Because they came out early, the group of people had already arrived at the foot of Fahua Temple when the sun was about to rise.
