Scheme of the Official Descendant

The dragon boat race in Yunyang City is an annual grand event in Yanzhou. Every year, the Dragon Boat Festival in Yanzhou gathers here.

When the Ren family's carriage came out of Baihe Town, there were already many carriages traveling on the official road. However, there are still a few families like the Ren family who dispatched more than 20 carriages.

It was early in the morning when we arrived at Yunyang City, and although the sky was already bright, it was not too hot to be unbearable.

Because the weather is getting hotter, Ren's carriage uses breathable gauze curtains. From the moment she entered the city gate, Ren Yaoqi's eyes were always on the outside. Although she could only see indistinct pedestrians, carriages and horses, and hear all kinds of noisy sounds in the market, she could also feel the prosperity of Yunyang City, the largest city in Yanbei.

When the Liao people invaded the south, the king of Liao tried his best to move the capital of the Liao kingdom to the south of Yunyang city. Unfortunately, he was kicked out of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun by Xiao Qishan, the fourth king of Yanbei. Du Yunyang City became the last wish of King Liao.

Ren Yaoqi is very unfamiliar with Yunyang City. In the previous life, I only came here a few times with my mother when I was young, but when I grew up, I rarely had the opportunity to travel. Like her mother, Li Shi, she is a neglected existence in the Ren family. The last time she wanted to escape to her ancestral home outside Yunyang City to seek asylum, but she was stopped halfway before entering the city.

The Ren family's carriage slowly passed through the most spacious main road in Yunyang City and entered the inner city.

"Where is the carriage going?" Ren Yaoqi asked Ren Yaohua.

Ren Yaohua gave Ren Yaoqi a strange look, and then realized that this was the first time Ren Yaoqi came back to watch the dragon boat race.

"The dragon boat needs to be launched first, and the official race will not start until the afternoon. We are going to Ren's house in Yunyang City, and we will live in the house for the next few days."

Ren Yaoqi knew that the Ren family had a house in Yunyang City, and she had been there before.

The carriage in front stopped, and Ren Yaohua lifted the curtain to look: "It's my aunt who is going back to Lin's house, she is not going the same way as us."

Sure enough, after several carriages left the team, Ren's carriage started moving again, and after less than a quarter of an hour, it finally stopped in front of a red-painted barbarian door. This is the main entrance of the other courtyard, the door is not wide open, but Ren Yaoqi remembers that this house is actually a large and spacious house with four entrances.

Before the trip, they had already arranged their own residences, so Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua were led by the mother-in-law to the third west wing after getting off the carriage, and the two sisters lived in the first room on the north side of the west wing together. The room is very spacious and fully furnished. Some of the utensils in the room are still used by Ren Yaoqi on weekdays. It can be seen that they have arranged them before they came in.

Ren Yaohua is no stranger to this room, she must have lived in this room when she came to Yunyang City before. The old lady Ren lives in the north room of the third entrance, so the west wing of the third entrance is a place with better conditions.

After being settled down, the fifth master came to ask Mrs. Ren for instructions, and then took the fifth wife Lin and a pair of children to the old man's house. People from the fifth house seldom live in other courtyards when they come to Yunyang City, and most of the time they live in the Lin family. Even though Old Madam Ren was dissatisfied with her youngest son, she didn't want to cause any unhappiness at this moment and embarrass the Ren family in front of others, so she waved her hand and let them go.

As a result, there is no serious daughter-in-law serving Mrs. Lin, only a concubine like Aunt Fang.

Aunt Fang changed her clothes and planned to serve the old lady, but Ren Yaohua had already dragged Ren Yaoqi to the old lady. Seeing Aunt Fang came, he insisted on not giving her a chance to intervene in serving.

Mrs. Ren was surrounded by several granddaughters and a granddaughter-in-law, and a room full of maids and women, so there was really no need for Aunt Fang to do anything.

In the end, the old lady Ren looked at Aunt Fang and then at Yaohua Ren, and sent Aunt Fang back.

In fact, the old lady Ren was very shrewd, she didn't mind giving Aunt Fang a little more dignity when the door of the Ren family's inner house was closed, and it didn't even matter if her limelight overwhelmed Mrs. Li's main room. But when she went outside, where the aristocratic families gathered together, she was really ashamed to treat a concubine as a serious daughter-in-law. She could not lose face, but the Ren family couldn't afford to lose this person.

So it's not that Mrs. Ren doesn't understand the difference between concubine and concubine, she's just different occasions.

The old lady Ren sent a message, and she will set up a meal earlier in the other courtyard at noon, and then go out. The women in their inner house just need to move the car when the time comes, and the men and stewards of the family will take care of the itinerary.

Ren Yaoqi listened to the sisters gathered around the old lady Ren happily talking about interesting things about the Duanyang Festival last year, but she still sat quietly and listened.

The atmosphere was peaceful and harmonious, but a woman rushed in to report: "Old lady, the carriage of Yanbei Palace is here."

Leaning on the kang, the old lady Ren closed her eyes and meditated, she immediately opened her eyes and sat up straight: "Which one is here?"

But the mother-in-law glanced at Ren Yaoqi who was sitting on the side, and replied: "Just a carriage and a maid came, saying that the princess sent to pick up Miss Fifth."

The room fell silent in an instant, and everyone's eyes were on Ren Yaoqi.

The old lady Ren also looked at Ren Yaoqi, after thinking about it, she said to Ren Yaoqi with a loving smile on her face: "Since the Princess is here to pick you up, you can go."

Ren Yaoqi didn't expect Xiao Jinglin to come to her so soon, and was a little surprised. Hearing what old lady Ren said, he said "yes" softly, then got up and backed out.

The carriage of Yanbei Palace stopped at the door, it was black and green, and looked very ordinary, but Ren Yaoqi walked in and found the logo of Yanbei Palace under the eaves of the carriage, an eagle with spread wings.

Ren Yaoqi subconsciously glanced at the seat where the carriage driver was sitting, and couldn't help being a little disappointed. The driver was not Dongsheng but a middle-aged woman in her forties. The maid guarding the carriage greeted her and helped Ren Yaoqi into the carriage.

When Ren Yaoqi came out, he only brought Apple alone, saying that the Princess didn't like too many people following her. It is not good for others to interfere with her. Because the princess did not come, Ren Yaoqi let Apple get into the carriage.

Xiao Jinglin's maid is named Hongying, she is a little girl who doesn't like to talk, she asks and answers. Ren Yaoqi is not a talkative person either, so she stopped asking after a few sentences. She believed that this maid was by Xiao Jinglin's side, the master and servant were too similar in temperament.

The carriage drove for nearly two quarters of an hour, and finally stopped at a pier in Yunyang City.

The Liyang River passes through Yunyang, so there are a few piers in Yunyang City. However, the wharf in Yunyang City does not exist for civilian or commercial use. The estuary into the city is guarded by the army, so in most cases, there are no boats on the Liyang River in the city, but there are women in twos and threes squatting on the stone steps of the wharf. Washing vegetables and laundry, laughing and scolding the market atmosphere is very strong.

Today's dragon boat race is not held in this section of the river in the city, but needs to go out of the city gate.

Hongying jumped out of the carriage first, then turned around to help Ren Yaoqi.

Ren Yaoqi got off the carriage and saw a small painting boat docked by the river. Ren Yaoqi had seen this kind of painting boat before when he was in Kyoto, and rich young men liked to sit in it and drink and listen to music. Yanbei is rare.

Ren Yaoqi was standing on the shore looking at the boat, but the door of the front warehouse of the boat was suddenly opened, and then Xiao Jinglin walked out from inside.

Seeing Ren Yaoqi, Xiao Jinglin's face was still calm, but she asked, "Are you afraid of water?"

Ren Yaoqi shook her head and walked down the stone steps on the bank. There are a few rotten vegetable leaves on the stone steps near the water surface, and even some filthy things like fish scales. When you walk down, you can smell the fishy smell of water, which is neither good nor bad.

Xiao Jinglin stretched out her hand to give Ren Yaoqi a hand, and pulled her onto the boat. Although the painting boat was not big, its body was very stable, and Ren Yaoqi didn't even shake it when he stepped on it.

There was only one maid in the painting boat, who was dressed similarly to Hongying, and there was no one else.

Ren Yaoqi looked at it curiously, and found that the inside is quite spacious, at least eight or nine people can be accommodated, and there are a few low tables and cushions, as well as some daily utensils. Other than that there is nothing special.

Although Xiao Jinglin's face was cold, she kept holding Ren Yaoqi and leading her to sit on the cushion before letting go, fearing that she would not be able to walk steadily on the boat.

"The second elder brother asked the prince to buy this painting boat in Kyoto. I bought three boats in total. I just launched it for the first time yesterday. I heard that you are here. I thought you might have never been on this boat before, so I asked someone to pick you up. Come here." Xiao Jinglin looked at Ren Yaoqi and said in a low voice.

Ren Yaoqi was looking around, when she heard this she smiled at Xiao Jinglin: "Thank you Princess, I have never sat in this place before."

Xiao Jinglin looked at Ren Yaoqi a few times, and smiled: "Fortunately, you didn't get dizzy when you came up. Yesterday, my mother and concubine vomited as soon as she came up. I was so frightened that my grandmother and the others didn't want to get on the boat, so the second brother took the boat. The painting boat is given to me." There was a rare mischievousness in his words.

There are few rivers in the north, so Yanbei people are not as good at water as southerners, and most people are not used to boats. Although Ren Yaoqi has never been on a boat, she has been on a boat.

The painted boat sailed slowly through the river in the inner city, and many people on the river bank stopped to look at it, not to mention that it is rare to see a painted boat in Yanbei, but few dared to sail in the inner city. Ren Yaoqi was under Xiao Jinglin's favor today, and was pointed out all the way.

Xiao Jinglin's expression remained unchanged, and she didn't care about the movement outside the ship. Ren Yaoqi is also able to sit still, not to mention that the position where she is sitting is backlit and it is difficult for people outside to see her true face clearly, so there is not much pressure.

When the painting boat was approaching a large stone bridge across the river, there was a "bang", and something hit the painting boat.

The two of them didn't pay attention to it at first, but they didn't want to hear another "bang" and "bang" in succession.

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help looking at Xiao Jinglin. Someone smashed the boat? RS