[Through the Book] The ancestor only wants to live a long life

Chapter 257: Sending Meixiang and Song away from Beijing

Rong Enqing was originally waiting for Yun Hong to come and question him, but he never showed up. Instead, he received a silver note of 10,000 taels that he had someone send to the Song family.

Rong Enqing guessed that Yun Ye might have met Yun Hong in private.

But it’s better this way. Rong Enqing is too lazy to repeat what he said.

Song received the silver note, which also meant that the day for her to leave the capital had come.

Rong Enqing has not been idle these days.

She personally took Xiu Zhang and Nan Shan out, hired sixteen carriages from the carriage and horse shop, and hired four teams of bodyguards at a high price.

After agreeing on the departure date, she went to Meixiang again.

Meixiang has not yet finished her confinement, but she still decides to follow Rong Enqing's advice and leave Beijing early.

So, on the day of leaving Beijing, two teams of escorts brought eight horse-drawn carriages to Meixiang's place, picked up Meixiang and her two children, and quietly left the city.

Song and Yun Shi also led the remaining two teams of escorts and eight carriages out of the city.

The two teams met outside the city, and after walking together for a while, they split into four teams and headed in different directions.

These were all deliberately arranged by Rong Enqing. Although it was a bit like trying to cover up one's own faults, what if it succeeded?

Perhaps, Meixiang and Song will become two escape routes for her and her children in the future.

In addition to the little dowry that Song had left and the ten thousand taels of silver given by Yun Hong, Rong Enqing also prepared an extra ten thousand taels of silver for her.

Meixiang is not much behind.

Meixiang had a lot of dowry when she married He Zizhong. This time when she left Beijing, Rong Enqing secretly gave her another 5,000 taels.

As for money, it is more than enough.

Not only that, Rong Enqing also sent people to quietly follow the two of them to ensure that they found a safe place to stay and settled down.

After Yun Hong's return and Yun Ye's separation from her, Rong Enqing knew very well that the power within Shun'an Marquis' Mansion had been reshuffled.

The people who belonged to Lao Li, no doubt, now belong to Yun Hong. Of course, on the surface, they may be under the jurisdiction of Yun Ye.

As for the person who originally belonged to Yun Ye, it remains to be verified.

According to Rong Enqing's understanding, this group of people should be divided into two parts again.

Some of them are attracted by Yun Ye, while others, like Butler Li, just want to live a stable life.

What Rong Enqing wants to fight for is just the part where he just wants a stable life.

And this matter requires Butler Li to step in.

Before completely controlling this group of people, the only people Rong Enqing could use were Xiu Zhang and a few maids in Tingfengyuan.

Therefore, if she wanted to send reliable people to secretly protect Meixiang and Song, she could only borrow people from the Anyang County Lady's Mansion.

If there is anyone in this world who is 100% trustworthy, it must be Zhou Xue.

So, Rong Enqing shamelessly asked Zhou Xue to borrow someone.

Nanny Zhou was also very helpful. She directly lent Moqi and Huishu, two of the four maids who had only heard of Rong Enqing but never seen him, to Rong Enqing.

Unlike Tingqin and Ruhua, these two are guards who are good at hiding in the dark.

It's just right for protecting Meixiang and Song.

After seeing Meixiang and Song off, Rong Enqing found another day, invited the elders of the Yun family, opened the ancestral hall, crossed out Yun Shi's name from the family tree, and recorded the divorce between Song and Yun Hao.

From then on, Song and Yun Shi completely severed their ties with the Yun family.

By the time this matter was settled, the first month of the year had already passed.

In early February, the Duke of Anguo's mansion sent a matchmaker to discuss the marriage between Yunshu and Xu Changping with her.

The marriage was decided last year and is scheduled to take place in the spring of this year.

Originally, Rong Enqing did not want to marry Yun Shu into the Anguo Mansion, but due to various reasons, the marriage was finally settled.

Later, Rong Enqing gradually accepted this marriage and felt that as long as Xu Changping treated Yun Shu sincerely, everything else was secondary.

But in the end, she realized that she was totally wrong.

Xu Changping's determination to marry Yunshu, as well as his various advances towards Yunshu after the engagement, all seemed to have other hidden agendas. The so-called love at first sight was nothing more than an excuse to deceive others!

Based on this, Rong Enqing suddenly felt a little listless when facing the matchmaker who came to negotiate the wedding date.

Using the excuse of needing to discuss things with Yunshu and asking someone else to pick a date, Rong Enqing politely sent the matchmaker away and went to Yunshu.

At this time, Yun Shu was counting her dowry with her maids and servants.

Because there was no concubine, and Rong Enqing was not the kind of person who liked to meddle in other people's affairs, Rong Enqing had Yunshu's dowry prepared and then carried directly into Yunshu's yard, where Yunshu took care of it herself.

Including those that Princess Anyang had sent, Rong Enqing also had them carried to Yun Shu.

Yun Shu took the newly sorted dowry list and had it checked one by one.

"Miss, the Duke of Anguo's Mansion has sent someone to discuss the date of the wedding." Cuiyu said the news she had just received in a cheerful tone.

"Amitabha! The young lady is finally getting married!" Nanny Li also clasped her hands together and chanted the Buddha's name, her joy beyond words.

"Oh, we've finally waited for this day." Mo Yu also echoed, and complained softly, "According to this servant, the Madam shouldn't have dragged the Anguo Mansion and insisted on waiting until this year to get married. The young lady had to wait an extra year before getting married. Fortunately, the young lady is finally getting married now."

Yun Shu originally blushed because of the topic of marriage. But after hearing what Mo Yu said, her face immediately changed and she scolded him sternly: "Mo Yu, shut up! Mother did this for my own good! If you dare to say anything bad about mother again, don't blame me for not appreciating the relationship between master and servant for so many years."

Yun Shu knew better than anyone who was responsible for her good life today. If it weren't for Rong Enqing, she would still be living in that dark corner. How could she become friends with the Princess of Anyang, how could she have such a large dowry, and of course, it would be impossible for her to have a talented fiancé like Xu Changping!

Mo Yu was startled, but then felt extremely aggrieved.

She murmured in a low voice, a little unconvinced: "I am worried about the young lady and Mr. Xu. They could have gotten married last year, but they had to postpone it until this year. Who knows what the Madam is thinking? Maybe she is reluctant to give the young lady such a dowry, and deliberately wants to mess up the marriage."

"How dare you!" Yun Shu, who was always good-tempered, couldn't help but get angry at this moment. She was about to speak to Mo Yu.

Just then, the little maid came in hurriedly to report that Rong Enqing had arrived.

Yun Shu didn't bother to punish Mo Yu anymore, and hurriedly went out with Nanny Li to greet her.

"Mother, why are you here? Come in." Yun Shu greeted and helped Rong Enqing into the house.