Does the villain stepmother have a headache again today!

At night, when they arrived at Guancheng, the group settled down at the Guancheng Posthouse.

The old lady of Nanping Hou's Mansion, his wife and several young masters and ladies came in person, and the young minister of Honglu Temple accompanied him. The head of the post house and the young officials greeted him at the gate of the post house early.

Seeing the lined up carriages stop at the gate of the post house one after another, the officials in charge hurriedly greeted them, saying hello to the exhausted journey.

The oldest man in the Hou Mansion is Fu Changge, but Fu Changge is still young, so Qu Shaobai greeted the officials of the same posthouse on his behalf.

After Fang Ma and Ji Fu helped the old lady get off the carriage, He Ma also paid Ruan Tao to get off the carriage, and the postman hurried forward to greet the old lady and Madam Hou.

Most of the people who come and go received by the post houses set up in various places are high-ranking officials and their family members in the court, so the managers of the post houses are people who are very good at observing words and demeanor.

During the journey, the head of the post house could see the tired look in the old lady's eyes at a glance, so he greeted him twice, and immediately took the old lady to the Qingjing Garden in the post house to settle down.

Although Fang's mother was by her side, the old lady still took a look at Ruan Tao.

Ruan Tao understood, the old lady was asking what she meant.

The old lady's trust in her is increasing day by day, and the old lady doesn't often travel far, so even though Fang's mother is waiting on her, the old lady is still used to listening to her daughter-in-law.

Seeing Ruan Taowen nod her head, the old lady breathed a sigh of relief, after riding in the carriage for nearly a day, she also wanted to take a good rest.

The old lady is tired!

I was tired from sitting in the carriage, and I played shuttlecock with great vigor today.

I didn't feel it when I kicked it, but after I rested in the carriage, I felt that my old arms and legs were sore.

Fang's mother and He's mother were arranging accommodation and trivial matters, while Ji Fu and Zhiyao helped the old lady go back to the house to rest.

Although it was not the first time for the children to travel far away, they had a good time. Originally, they should have been excited all the way to their grandmother's house when they went far away last time, but last time I heard that it was because they wanted to avoid their new mothers. A few of them went to the grandmother's house.

Although the children are not very old, they can understand things more or less. Therefore, when they left home in the first two months, the children were a little uneasy and uneasy, and they would also think wildly. There will be a big change, will my father still treat them like before...

Small children are used to following older children, and older children are preoccupied, and younger children will follow their guesses.

Therefore, the children were not at all excited about the trip earlier.Although their respective mothers in charge followed, most of the mothers in charge were hiding things in their hearts, so the children were also uneasy along the way.

But now it is different.

Although the father passed away, the Hou Mansion was also burned down by a fire, which in the eyes of the children was a disaster that never comes singly.

But my father passed away, and my mother was still there; when the Hou Mansion burned down, my mother took them to Beijing, and stayed with my grandmother and them all the time. In addition, during these days, my mother was in charge of all the affairs in the mansion, so even in the turmoil Among them, the hearts of the children were a little more unspoken, but deeply rooted and stable.

So leaving Huicheng to go to Jingzhong with their mother, it seems to have changed a sad environment, and it also made the children have more longing for this journey to Beijing.In addition, there are familiar gentlemen on this trip. Although we are with the gentlemen and have one-on-one classes, when we are free, we can see strange and fresh towns and different post houses. The enthusiasm and longing in the children's hearts were mobilized.

Not long after arriving at the post house, the children couldn't wait to see their rooms.

This is also not long after departure, and the freshness is still there.

Mother Fang is responsible for the placement of the servants in the same company.

He Ma is responsible for the storage of luggage and accompanying items.

Ruan Zhao is responsible for the inspection and care of the horses and carriages.

One of the clerks in the Zi Mi Tong Post House went to see the surrounding environment.

Hainan is in charge of the wife's house.

Ya Shi is responsible for the settlement of the young masters and young ladies.

Lan Dai is responsible for the settlement and arrangement of several gentlemen who are traveling with them.

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Although busy, everyone and everything is in order.

No matter looking at it at a glance or looking around, although there was a huge group of people, there was no mess at all.

Each perform their own duties and conduct their own business, but the arrangement is more appropriate and orderly than Qu Shaobai's.

Therefore, when the head of the post house was leading the old lady to the garden, Ruan Tao also had time to stay with Qu Shaobai, watching the people in the surrounding Hou's mansion busy, not tired, nor cramped and restless on the way.

Although Qu Shaobai had met Ruan Tao at the Ruan's house in Antang in the past, he only talked to him once or twice, and there was very little interaction.But Ruan Tao is the apple of the eye of the Ruan family in Antang, the most beloved junior of Mrs. Tailao, anyone who has been to the Ruan family in Antang will know it.

Ruan Tao was brought up by Mrs. Tailao himself. After these incidents occurred in the Nanping Marquis Mansion, Ruan Tao was able to deal with them calmly, and he was clear-headed. He knew that he had to go to Beijing immediately to confirm the title of Changge. Mr. Qu What Bai thought was that the old lady is still powerful, and the Antang Ruan family also has the heritage of the Antang Ruan family.

So although Qu Shaobai was also surprised by Ruan Tao's courage and calmness, but because of the Antang Ruan family, Qu Shaobai did not doubt it.

When Qu Shaobai's place was almost settled, it happened that the guard returned to Ruan Tao, Ruan Tao nodded, and the guard did the final finishing work.

Qu Shaobai couldn't help but take a second look.

He stayed at the last place because these guards were not the ones in front of him, they were sent by Beijing to pick him up, most of them he was not familiar with, and he needed to get used to it all the way back to Beijing, so he stayed at the posthouse on the first day, He stayed longer.

Qu Shaobai somehow felt that Ruan Tao was the same.

Ruan Tao should also be waiting to see if everything is settled properly, and if there are any inappropriate places, he will remind him later and make adjustments in the future.

Qu Shaobai used to think that Ruan Tao was calm and more courageous than the girls in the back house, for example, he could make a quick decision, and he could walk away without the slightest hesitation, not to mention the power of determination in the back house. , Even in the court, it is clear.

But today, Qu Shaobai saw more details about Ruan Tao.

Ruan Tao should be very clear that the journey back to Beijing will not be all smooth if he can keep guarding until this time, and the people and things guarding the Hou's mansion have been settled.So how to arrange the horses and carriages at the posthouse?How do the guards guard?Even where are the luggage and the things brought into Beijing stored, etc., etc., at least Ruan Tao cared about these things, and didn't completely hand them over to others.

Fu Boyun is gone, Ruan Tao is doing what Fu Boyun should do.

This is no longer a matter of the back house.

But it seems that there is no sense of disobedience in Ruan Tao's body.

Qu Shaobai couldn't tell why.

It was as if Ruan Tao's innate leadership and determination made her know exactly what she was going to do and how to do it, so she was able to handle it with ease.

Qu Shaobai's place is almost in place, so he paced forward, "Sister-in-law is meticulous."

Ruan Tao smiled, and responded generously, "It's inconvenient when you're away from home, and you're all old and young. It's always better to look at it on the first day."

After Ruan Tao finished speaking, he rolled back the scroll in his hand and handed it to Ruan Zhao along the way.

Ruan Zhao took it.

Qu Shaobai didn't see what was written on the scroll, but just now, Ruan Tao was facing the scroll while listening to people from the Hou Mansion talking about their progress.

Qu Shaobai was curious about the scroll in Ruan Tao's hand, but he knew what to ask and what not to ask, so he responded casually, "That's right, the journey is far away, and Madam Sister-in-law can feel more at ease if she asks it by herself."

Ruan Tao smiled and didn't say much.

It happened that Ruan Sun stepped forward, "Ma'am, everything is fine."

Ruan Tao nodded.

It just so happened that Qu Shaobai's accompanying bodyguard also came to inform him, so Qu Shaobai and Ruan Tao went to their respective gardens in the posthouse together.

On the way, Qu Shaobai asked, "How long does Mrs. Sister-in-law want to stay in Beijing?"

In the midsummer of June, at night, you can still hear the chirping of cicadas in the garden of the post house.

In the sound of cicadas chirping, Ruan Tao responded, "The matter of Changge's title, and the matter of finding Mr. in Beijing, plus the renovation of the Hou's Mansion, it will take two or three years. I guess we will have to stay in Beijing for these two or three years. Specifically, we can only talk about it when the time comes."

Long-term planning is required, but temporary changes must also be taken into account so as not to be in a hurry.

For example, she didn't know that the male protagonist who lived well in the original text was gone.

In the original text, fighting wits and bravery with the enemy at the border, the heroine who escaped death, came to the Hou Mansion as a coachman, twisted the neck of the duck, and was afraid that she would be in trouble here, so she took Zhu away...

The main line is deviated, and the characters seem to follow completely different scripts; the same is true for the protagonists, let alone other supporting roles.

What's more, it's a half-bad villain like her who came in halfway.

Speaking of this, Ruan Tao just said, "By the way, Mr. Qu, I just want to ask you for help with something. Is it convenient?"

Qu Shaobai turned to look at her, "Sister-in-law, please tell me."

Ruan Tao took out a folded paper from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Qu Shaobai.

As Qu Shaobai took it, he showed confusion, not knowing what Ruan Tao was showing him.

But when he fixed his eyes and looked carefully, Qu Shaobai was stunned.

—Land, title deed?

Qu Shaobai's official position is the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, and an ordinary land deed will naturally not make Qu Shaobai look like this.

Qu Shaobai was stunned, looked at the land deed, then raised his eyes to look at Ruan Tao, his expression was still full of surprise and astonishment.

After a while, Qu Shaobai recovered from his astonishment and astonishment, "Sister-in-law, Luming Xiang No. [-] in the west of the city - this land deed should belong to the Marquis of Ping'an. How come the title deed is here with Madam?"

Qu Shaobai felt something was wrong in his heart, but he couldn't say it.

"Oh." Ruan Tao said seriously, "I only found out today when I was looking at the account books of the mansion that the Marquis of Ping'an had borrowed a large sum of money from Bo Yun, and had already given him the house in Luming Lane in the west of the city."

Qu Shaobai: "..."

Qu Shaobai suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

Sure enough, Ruan Tao smiled and said, "I was still worrying about this earlier. After entering Beijing, where will so many people in the Hou Mansion live, old and young, and they can't stand too much trouble. I knew how long it would take to find a suitable house, but I didn't expect that there is a ready-made one."

Qu Shaobai: "???"

Ruan Tao's heart is like a mirror.

A person like Fu Boyun actually puts a note on the account book - he will come back next time he enters Beijing!Don't be cheap, Xu Er!

Ruan Tao immediately understood that this house had to be taken, and moreover, he had to feel at ease!