Empress Xiao Zhaoren in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 114

It's strange to say that Rong Huang's appearance has hardly changed in the past ten years since she left the palace. Her appearance seems to have been fixed in the winter of the ninth year of Kangxi.Cao Yin grew up with Kangxi since he was a child, and served as the imperial bodyguard since he was 17 years old. Naturally, he had met Ronghuang himself.And after seeing so many women similar to Rong Huang over the years, he has already memorized the face of Empress Xiao Zhao by heart.So when he passed by the courtyard where Ronghuang's family was staying temporarily, Cao Yin just glanced at him casually, and immediately shuddered, staring closely at the woman who was playing with a pair of children.

picture!It's really... so similar!

Although the complexion of the woman not far away is not as fair as that of Empress Xiaozhao, her facial features are almost the same as those of the most beautiful woman in Beijing in the past.The only pity is that this woman has a few very obvious moles on her face, and the moles are not well positioned. Not only does she not look charming, but it greatly reduces her beauty.But even so, this woman is indeed a beauty.

Cao Yin was thinking of stealing people, but suddenly the curtain in the room moved, and a tall and straight man walked out from it.When Cao Yin saw this man's face, he immediately froze, only felt that the blood all over his body was gathered in his chest, and his heart was beating fast, as if it could jump out at any time.

It turned out to be... yes... yes... "Rong Ruo?" Cao Yin called out uncertainly.

Although Rong Ruo had changed his name and surname, out of instinct, he still turned his head and glanced at the source of the sound.With just one glance, he saw Cao Yin standing at the door dumbfounded.

Rong Huang didn't have martial arts, so he didn't detect the sound of the door like Rong Ruo did.But she soon realized that something was wrong with Rong Ruo's expression, so she followed his gaze and looked towards the gate of the courtyard, only to see a somewhat familiar man standing there motionless with a very complicated expression.

Rong Huang bit her lip, but did not make a sound.On the contrary, Xiao Ruwan grabbed Rong Ruo's clothes and said seriously: "Ama, hurry up and drive that man away, he has been staring at my mother-in-law for a long time!"

After the shock, Rong Ruo gradually calmed down, leaned over and pinched Ruwan's little face, and said softly: "Ruwan is obedient, go back to the room with your brother."

Ruwan blinked her big eyes half-understanding, and stood there motionless.It was still Yao'er who was clever, picked up his sister and walked to the back room without saying a word.Rong Huang hesitated for a moment and then stood up, who knew that she had just taken two steps when Cao Yin called at the door: "Wait a minute!"

Rong Huang's footsteps paused, but he didn't stay behind and insisted on leaving.She can't say a word now, and if she says more, she will make more mistakes, so she might as well leave the matter to Rong Ruo to solve it.

Cao Yin was a little annoyed when he saw the woman leaving, but when Rong Ruo approached, he smiled and said: "Li Xuan, I haven't seen you for so many years, why did you just stare at my wife like this when we first met?"

Cao Yin was surprised and said: "It's really you! Rong Ruo, haven't you already..."

Compared to the number one son in the capital back then, Rong Ruo is now much more mature and stable both in terms of appearance and demeanor.But from the outside, he hasn't changed much, so it's not surprising that Cao Yin, who had worked with him for several years, recognized him.Rong Ruo couldn't hide this fact, so he might as well simply confess to Cao Yin and use his past friendship to temporarily hold Cao Yin back.

Rong Ruo knew Rong Huang too well. Although she was not as suspicious as Kangxi, she was also very suspicious. She would not trust Cao Yin easily.Now she pretended to avoid suspicion and hid in the house, she must have packed her bags and prepared to run away through the back door with her two children.

Cao Yin did not act rashly for the time being, firstly because he was not sure about the identity of the woman just now, secondly because he was very surprised to reunite with Rong Ruo after a long absence, and thirdly because he did not expect the woman to act so quickly, so Cao Yin was not sure for the time being. He didn't think about clinging to the woman, and put all his attention on Rong Ruo.

"Li Xuan, it's not that you don't know my temperament. Compared to being with the king, I prefer to swim in the world."

Looking at the calm Rong Ruo, Cao Yin suddenly felt ashamed for some reason.In order to get promoted and get rich to keep his family's status, he spared no effort to curry favor with the emperor.Compared with Rong Ruo who treats fame and wealth like dung, he is really...too unbearable.

Cao Yin panicked, and his confidence was not as strong as before: "So you came up with such a plan for the golden cicada to escape its shell, and sneaked out of the capital?"

Rong Ruo nodded slightly, patted Cao Yin on the shoulder, stared into his eyes and said, "Good brother, no one knows about this matter except you, so don't reveal it."

What he meant was that even Nalan Mingzhu's family didn't know about this matter, and he hoped that Cao Yin would not talk too much, so as not to cause trouble to Nalan's family.

Cao Yin was like an individual, he didn't understand what Rong Ruo meant, he quickly waved his hands and said, "Don't worry, can I be the kind of person who betrays my brother?"

In fact, Cao Yin was deliberately picking up good words to say, thinking that although Cao Yin was the son of Xuan Ye's nurse back then, he was inferior to Rong Ruo in all aspects of talent and martial arts, and Rong Ruo was more favored by the two of them in front of the emperor.So if Kangxi found out that Rong Ruo was still alive, and if the emperor forgave Rong Ruo, then Cao Yin would have to submit to Rong Ruo again.If the emperor didn't forgive Rong Ruo, even if Rong Ruo was beheaded by the emperor in a fit of anger, it would only make his reputation of not respecting glory and profit spread through the ages, and it would be of no benefit to Cao Yin at all.

Cao Yin wouldn't do this kind of loss-making business, and wouldn't it be great for him to hold the handle of Nalan Mansion for no reason?Thinking of this, Cao Yin added another sentence: "You and I have known each other for many years and have a deep friendship. Naturally, there is no need to worry that I will disclose this matter to the emperor."

Rong Ruo nodded, and before he could say his thanks, Cao Yin asked impatiently, "Was that sister-in-law just now? I don't know which family's lady?"

Hearing Rong Huang mentioned, Rong Ruo became more vigilant, nodded slightly and said: "That's right, she is a woman I married in Jiangnan area. But she comes from an ordinary family, not from a wealthy family."

Cao Yin smiled subtly, thought of something, suddenly took two steps back, clasped his fists and said: "I took the liberty to visit today, and I didn't bring some greetings to my sister-in-law and nephew. I didn't dare to enter the room abruptly, so I went back first." .”

Rong Ruo was startled, and seemed to want to say something to keep him, but finally nodded: "I think you came with the emperor, don't leave the emperor's side for too long, go back first. The green mountains will not change, the green water will flow forever, We are destined to meet again."

Cao Yin nodded, exchanged pleasantries with Rong Ruo, and finally turned around and left.Seeing that he was gone, Rong Ruo quickly ran back to the house to search around, and sure enough, he found a note in front of Rong Huang's dowry.Only two simplified Chinese characters were written on the note - Dock.

Over the years, because he had to be ready to escape at all times, Rong Huang taught Rong Ruo the simplified characters bit by bit.When Rong Ruo saw it, he flew straight to the pier.

Cao Yin just walked around casually just now, without taking any servants with him, so there was no one following Rong Ruo.He rushed to the ferry in a hurry, followed the code left by Rong Huang and successfully found their hiding place.

Rong Ruo originally thought that they would take a cleaner passenger ship, but on the contrary, Rong Huang chose a large ship with many cabins.Rong Ruo found Rong Huang and saw that the two children were safe and sound, just about to breathe a sigh of relief but suddenly remembered something: "Where are the two father-in-laws?"

Rong Huang patted his back for him and said in a low voice: "We just left in a small boat, so it's easier for us to separate. Ahma is escorted by hidden guards all the way, so don't worry too much."

Only then did Rong Ruo let out a breath, and relaxed.

Rong Ruo hurriedly escaped from the small courtyard, and Cao Yin was not idle either.As soon as he returned to the place where the emperor was staying, he brought his men to turn around and planned to force Rong Ruo to hand over his wife in order to save his life.Unexpectedly, he was blocked by the emperor before he went out.Perhaps it was because Kangxi walked so far south from the Forbidden City for the first time, Kangxi was in a good mood these few days, and he was still in the mood to tease Cao Yin: "Didn't I let you go out for a day? Why did you come back so soon? Judging by your posture, don't you want to rob women from good families?"

Cao Yin was so anxious that he couldn't care less about it: "Your Majesty, my servant just saw a woman who is exactly like Empress Xiaozhao!"

Kangxi nodded: "Oh, it's exactly the same as Empress Xiaozhao..." He suddenly recalled, and said in shock: "What did you say? You, you, you say it again!"

Cao Yin was also worried that things might change, and he didn't care whether Kangxi would reuse Rong Ruo again.Anyway, if Kangxi really took a fancy to Rong Ruo's wife, then Rong Ruo would not live long.So Cao Yin said simply: "That's right, they are exactly the same! Your Majesty, this servant will lead someone to chase him!"

Kangxi hurriedly said: "I will go with you!"

It was also the first time for Cao Yin to come back from this area of ​​Shandong. Even if he deliberately forgot the way when he came back just now, he still accidentally took the wrong way twice, which made the emperor so angry that he wanted to stab him to death.But right now Cao Yin is still useful, so Kangxi will naturally not be so impulsive.

(End of this chapter)