Bianjing City is still scorching hot late at night. A shower in the evening did not lower the temperature. Instead, the added warm moisture made the summer night even more muggy.
Today is Rulan’s turn to sleep.
Rulan discussed with her sister to arrange the household affairs, and then went to take a bath. After more than half an hour, she returned to the house.
Ru Lan asked the two female envoys to stay outside, while she walked into the dark inner room holding a candlestick. When she entered the room, she happened to see her husband Wei Chen sitting at the table.
There was no light in the room, only a dim light. Through the green screen window, the silver moonlight shone directly in and shone on Wei Chen's face. There was a deep shadow between Wei Chen's brows, as if he was thinking about something.
Knowing that her husband was thinking about something, Ru Lan walked in lightly and covered the lighted candle with a gauze cover. The swaying candlelight suddenly became softer after passing through the white gauze cover.
After placing the candlestick, Ru Lan walked quietly to Wei Chen, poured him a cup of warm tea, sat down and asked softly: "But what happened in the court?"
"Yeah."
Wei Chen nodded.
Everyone in Bianjing City has long known about the meteorite falling from the sky. Now that the book of auspiciousness has been deciphered by Xu Mu, the contents will soon spread.
Wei Chen had no intention of hiding anything from Ru Lan, so he told Ru Lan everything about what happened in Ziguang Pavilion today.
"So, the official family has become King Yiyong?" Ru Lan gently covered her mouth with her hand and asked in surprise.
"That's probably the case." Wei Chen leaned on the back of the chair, staring at the beams, and said softly: "If it was just a fog in the past, unable to see reality, then after today, the situation is very clear."<
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Ru Lan saw that her husband looked a little melancholy, so she took his hand and comforted him softly: "No matter who becomes the official, it has nothing to do with our family, we can just close the door and live our own little life.
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Wei Chen couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. Ru Lan's words sounded a little heartless at first, but if you think about it carefully, there is some truth in it.
"What Ru'er said is that if the sky falls, there will naturally be tall people to hold it up, and it won't be my little Hanlin's turn to worry about it."
Wei Chen smiled and took Ru Lan's soft and delicate body into his arms, let her sit on his lap, face to face with him, and then pinched her straight nose, his eyes full of doting. The couple were tender for a while, and Wei Chen suddenly said: "Ru'er, I thought about it and found that our family's bodyguards are still too weak. I have made an agreement with Zhong Huai to ask him to help find a dozen smart and capable people.
Veterans, when these veterans arrive, we will hire some people ourselves and let them practice with them..."
"Enhancing home protection?"
Ru Lan was still a little confused at first, but after thinking about it for a moment, she immediately realized Wei Chen's intention, and her face turned pale: "Brother Chen, are you saying... that something might happen in Bianjing City?"
Wei Chen smiled gently, patted Ru Lan on the shoulder and comforted: "Who can say for sure about this kind of thing? I'm just taking precautions and making some preparations in advance. Even if nothing happens, take care of yourself more
Guarding against thieves and thefts is always the right thing to do.”
Wei Chen patiently explained.
He knew that Ru Lan and Ming Lan had always unconditionally trusted his decision-making, so Wei Chen didn't want them to worry about it even more.
According to Wei Chen, even if King Yan rebelled, the number of troops he could mobilize would only be a few thousand.
With such a small amount of troops, it is difficult to take over the imperial city. There is no manpower available to control the huge Bianjing city. At most, they can only send a small group of troops to create some disturbances in the city.
Compared with the pitifully small rebel army, what is more threatening to the people in the city is the bandits who take advantage of the chaos in the city to fish in the muddy waters and plunder wantonly.
It is these people that Wei Chen is guarding against.
Most of these people are street gangsters with little fighting power. As long as Gu Tingye has the manpower in place and forms a guard team of dozens of people with the Wei family's servants, they will guard the door together, patrol more, and rely on the tall and thick
With the exterior wall, the Wei family will be able to protect themselves.
Ru Lan nestled in Wei Chen's arms, listening to Wei Chen's gentle words of comfort, nodding gently, and the worries in her heart gradually dissipated.
Although she did not expect King Yan's rebellion, she was convinced by Wei Chen's explanation.
It is natural for a wealthy family to have more guards. It is because Wei Chen took over the house not long ago, and the public security near Laoya Lane has always been good, so they have not considered this aspect. Now Wei Chen has made up for this.
It is also the proper meaning.
Speaking of which, this was wife Ru Lan's dereliction of duty. She and Ming Lan were in charge of guarding the family. They should have discovered the weakness of the family's defense force early and reminded her husband to recruit guards.
Thinking of this, Ru Lan couldn't help but feel a little ashamed, and said with a slight blush: "It's because my sister and I didn't do well, and I let Brother Chen worry about you again."
Wei Chen didn't want his wife to blame herself too much, so he put his hands into his clothes and rubbed her delicate belly to divert her attention.
"Speaking of which, if Zhong Huai is asked to help recruit guards this time, he has conditions."
Feeling the heat coming from her body, Ru Lan glared at Wei Chen angrily, but couldn't help but asked curiously: "What are the conditions?"
Wei Chen laughed and said: "Zhong Huai said that the people he found for me were all veterans who had stayed with the old Marquis of the Gu family for the rest of their lives. Although they were a little older, they could all be equal to ten. Give these people
He himself is also in pain, and he will not let me go unless I agree to marry him."
"Ah? The second uncle of the Gu family hasn't discussed the marriage yet. Where did the children come from? Could it be Sister Rong's children?"
Rulan's eyebrows stood up as he stood up, and he pinched Wei Chen hard, his expression very displeased.
Although she and her sister Minglan, who was born as a concubine, were close enough to sleep in the same bed, this did not mean that she was willing to let Sister Rong, who was also a concubine, marry the son of the Wei family.
"Of course not." Wei Chen knew that Ru Lan had misunderstood, so he quickly explained: "Zhong Huai fell in love with the legitimate daughter of the Shen family in Yuzhou."
"Yuzhou, Shen family?"
Ru Lan couldn't help but frown slightly when she heard this.
Of course she knew about Yuzhou, which was where Wei Chen served as magistrate for three years.
But the Shen family seems to be just a local wealthy family. Compared with the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, they are just country rich people. Is there something wrong with the family?
Ru Lan was confused and asked: "Can Mr. Gu agree to this marriage?"
"Zhong Huai also had a quarrel with his family for a long time over this matter before he let Mr. Gu relent."
Wei Chen sighed and said, "Zhong Huai is very different now from before. Not only did he pass the exam and become a Jinshi, but he also joined the Ministry of War as an official. The hope of revitalizing the Gu family lies with him alone.
No matter how tyrannical Mr. Gu is, he still has to consider his son's ideas. Besides, Zhonghuai is still such an independent person, so Mr. Gu does not dare to blindly force him to come."
Ru Lan was also quite emotional when she heard this.
She has also heard some things about the Gu family. In the past, Gu Tingye was always the one who was marginalized and framed in the Gu family, but now he has suddenly become the pillar of the Gu family. Even the always strong Mr. Gu has to give in to him.
It’s really sad to think about it.
Ru Lan was thinking about things when she suddenly felt something was wrong with her. When she reacted, she realized that it was Wei Chen's big hands that were causing trouble.
"Uh-huh——"
The strokes of her fingertips made Ru Lan pay no attention to anything else, and her breathing that she tried to suppress gradually became thicker.
Seeing this, Wei Chen couldn't help but purse his lips and chuckle, leaned over and murmured in his wife's ear: "I have already promised to others, Ru'er, you should give me a baby as soon as possible, so as not to let people say that I don't say anything."