Shipin Dalizheng

"If you have no shame, you are invincible. Aunt, no matter how capable your nephew is, he will be at a disadvantage against Jin Shizhao and his mother. But this matter is not unsolvable. As long as you find an older woman in the clan who listens to your nephew's orders, there are many ways to deal with her."

Rong Fei hurriedly said, "There were several old ladies in the Third Master's generation."

Rong Tang shook his head. "Third Grandma is a bully at home. She's fine scolding her daughter-in-law and granddaughter, but she doesn't have the courage to do that to outsiders. Sixth Grandma and Eighth Grandma are both mild-mannered. I'm afraid they'd be so scared they couldn't speak if they saw a woman from an official family. The others... are all unsuitable. My nephew needs someone who is both polite and capable of fighting. She needs to be dignified in her behavior, but she can definitely be very aggressive when she starts scolding."

Rong Fei's mind flashed with images that were simply unbearable to watch. Nanny You suddenly spoke up, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten about Aunt Xiu?"

Rong Tang asked anxiously, "Who is Grandma Xiu?"

Concubine Rong said, "That's your great aunt. Her name is Rong Xiu. She's an orphan from the clan that your grandfather brought back from his hometown. She stayed in the uncle's mansion to be raised for a few years. The original plan was to find her a husband after she grew up, which would also be considered as a marriage alliance for the uncle's mansion. But who knew that she had a miserable life. She was promised to three families in a row, but either her fiancé died or became disabled. In the end, none of the three families came together. Because of her reputation as a jinx, she ended up cultivating in Baimei Temple in the south of the city with her hair uncut. Although she is older than your uncle, she is only about the same age as your uncle, only in her early forties."

Rong Tang was delighted. "Aunt, send someone to bring her back. Your nephew will take care of her until the end of her life. This must be done immediately. There is no time to waste."

Nanny You smiled and said, "Since you are so anxious, well, I will go there myself."

At this time, Zhishu brought a large food box back to Qifeng Palace and placed the food here.

"Your Majesty, this servant specially requested two more dishes from the imperial kitchen."

Seeing that the meal was very ordinary, with only one meat dish among the six, Rong Tang was a little dazed.

"Do all the ladies in the palace eat this kind of food?"

Zhishu replied, "Your Majesty's portion is four dishes and one soup, two meat dishes and two vegetable dishes. However, the palace is currently undergoing a period of budget cuts, so one of the meat dishes has been replaced with a vegetable dish. If you want to eat well, you'll have to pay for it yourself."

The implication was that Concubine Rong was short of money and could only eat whatever was given to her.

Rong Fei scolded her lightly, "Stop talking too much. This is good enough. You are not hungry."

Zhishu lowered her head, her eyes red with grievance. It turned out that the living conditions in Qifeng Palace were just enough to keep them from starving to death.

"Aunt, didn't the uncle's family give you a dowry?"

"How could I not give it to you? Yes, my aunt has everything she needs. It's just that in this palace, everything needs to be kept low-key and not attract attention. Therefore, although she is not favored, she has not attracted anyone's attention. Come and eat. You are not even fifteen yet and you are still growing!"

Rong Tang's birthday as a character was at the end of October, but his real birthday was after the first month of the lunar year, which was even younger. He didn't say anything at this point, but he made up his mind.

After dinner, he took a nap and then drew some more blueprints. Before he knew it, the sun was setting and it was time for Rong Tang to leave the palace.

Concubine Rong was quite reluctant to leave. As a concubine, it was too difficult for her to leave the palace.

"Aunt, please wait patiently in the palace. I will build a foundation for you and be your strong support."

Rong Fei felt a warm feeling in her heart. Perhaps this was the feeling of having someone close to her in her natal family. Even though she had seven princesses, it did not give her much confidence.

"After you leave the palace, where are you going to spend the night? Your aunt can ask Aunt You to send Rongxiu there."

"My nephew is in the other courtyard. No matter how noisy Old Lady Jin is, she can't stay at the gate of the other courtyard all night."

A young eunuch had come to report earlier, and He Daban had arranged for a sedan chair to escort Rong Tang out of the palace. Rong Tang lay down in the sedan chair, and Rong Qi tucked the door panel under his armpit and limped behind it.

Doctor Zhang was ordered to stay with Rong Tang and treat his injuries. When he saw them set off, he also followed with his medicine box.

Li Dequan was waiting outside the Qifeng Palace. When he saw them come out, he stepped forward and said with a smile, "It was this old servant who brought you here, and it is this old servant who will take you back."

The sedan chair passed through the palace, attracting people from other palaces to spy on it. After asking each other, they all knew that the nephew of Concubine Rong of Qifeng Palace was beaten half to death by the eldest young master of the Jin family.

When they were about to leave the palace, a team of luxurious carriages drove in. Li Dequan signaled them to step aside and lower their heads to wait for the carriages to pass.

After the carriages passed, Li Dequan pointed to the one behind and said, "This is the seventh princess born to Concubine Rong, and the one in front is the eighth princess born to the Empress. They went to the Fahua Temple to chant sutras and pray for the Empress Dowager for half a month before leaving the palace, and they have just returned."

Rong Tang secretly felt that it was a pity that he couldn't meet the Seventh Princess.

"I wonder if the Seventh Princess is my cousin?"

"The Seventh Princess will be coming of age in March, and she's older than you."

After chatting casually along the way, the group soon returned to the gate of the villa, only to see that Madam Jin's sedan chair was still parked there.

Old Madam Jin had been scolding for several rounds and was now resting in the sedan chair. She had made up her mind to wait for Rong Tang to come back and teach him a lesson.

Hearing that Rong Tang had returned, he angrily got off the sedan chair and said, "You little bastard, who gave you the courage to hurt my grandson?"

Rong Tang's face turned cold. He was not the type of person who would willingly accept being scolded, otherwise he would easily become angry.

The gate slammed open, and everyone hiding in the courtyard rushed out. Cailan stepped in front of Old Madam Jin and said, "Old Madam Jin, please be careful with your words...ah!"

Madam Jin slapped Cailan in the face, "You little bitch, you dare to stop me."

Her cloudy old eyes were fixed on Rong Tang. Seeing him lying half-dead in the sedan chair, she came up with a vicious plan. As long as she killed this little bastard, who could compete with her grandson for the family property of the Bo Mansion?

He immediately lowered his head and charged towards Rong Tang fiercely. This move was extremely vicious and could kill Rong Tang. He would not dare to fight back, even if he wanted to dodge. He should not dodge. If he hurt his grandmother, he would be convicted of being unfilial.

The servants in the villa were all screaming. Rong Quan and Chang Chun were men, and they could neither pull nor stop them. They were so anxious that they were sweating. The two young eunuchs who carried the sedan chair were tired from the journey and their legs were not agile. They saw that Madam Jin was about to bump into Rong Tang. Cai Lan closed her eyes, stepped in front quickly, and took the hit from Madam Jin.

But she also knew in her heart that if she was injured, it would be no big deal, but if she injured Old Madam Jin, the blame would still be placed on her own young master.

There was only a sharp scream, followed by Li Dequan's angry curse, "You damn old woman, you're about to die, and you dare to bump into me. I'm here to escort Master Rong by imperial decree, what do you mean by blocking the door with your dead air? Are you trying to disobey the imperial decree? Ouch, I'm in so much pain, I can't live any longer."

Li Dequan lay on the ground, holding his chest and crying in pain. The eunuch who carried Rong Tang hurriedly sent Rong Tang into the gate of the villa. Several people followed him in. The eunuch signaled them to close the door and not come out.

Several people were either lying down or peeking through the crack in the door, only to see Old Madam Jin shaking her head and standing there in a daze, unable to react.

Li Dequan groaned loudly, "Come here, take me to the Minister's residence to appeal. If Lord Jin doesn't give me an explanation, I will report it to His Majesty. Ouch, I can't live any longer!"