She dressed as a concubine and was targeted by the powerful brother.

Fu Jiao was sitting in the carriage, guessing that the last family dinner had changed the Fu family's feng shui and made them noisy for a while.

After winter, it often snows in Beijing, and the heavy snow covers the potted tables and chairs that change the Feng Shui pattern. Now the home should be calmer.

That's why Fu Jiao agreed to Xie's request without hesitation.

Firstly, she wanted to see what her results were and explore Xie's purpose; secondly, she didn't mind adding to the Fu family's feng shui again to make their life more lively this year.

"Miss Fourth, we have arrived."

The driver stopped the reins and parked the carriage at the main entrance of the Fu family's mansion.

Fu Jiao opened the car curtain, and with the cold air, she saw Mrs. Xie who greeted her at the door.Standing next to Mr. Xie were Fu Yan, who was always at odds with her, and a few maids and women she didn't know.

It was really strange that the mistress's eldest sister came to greet her, the concubine who was the star of disaster, on a cold day.

Fu Jiao sighed inwardly, put on a false smile on her face, stepped out of the carriage and said hello: "Mother, sister."

"Finally home."

Xie stepped forward with a smile.Fu Yan hurriedly asked the maid and mother-in-law to help carry Fu Jiao's things on the carriage, "Quickly move Miss Fourth's things to Yurong Courtyard."

Fu Jiao said: "There aren't many things. Sister, don't bother me. I can carry it back myself."

"Hey, you are the master, just leave these menial tasks to the servants." Fu Yan said hypocritically.

In this way, Fu Jiao immediately found the topic. She covered her mouth pretending to be shy and said: "After all, I have done these rough and tiring tasks before, so I guess it won't matter if I take it myself."

Fu Yan was immediately speechless by her and could only laugh.

Even Fu Yan stopped arguing with her, which made Fu Jiao very surprised.In the memory of the original owner, this sister-in-law wanted to eat her alive.

Fu Jiao was surrounded by Xie and Fu Yan and came to Yurong Courtyard.

The Yurong Courtyard has been renovated inside and out. The decaying scene that was once covered with cobwebs no longer exists, and the furniture and furnishings are all of the highest quality.Fu Jiao turned around twice and didn't see any traps in the feng shui. It was just that the newly built penthouse had a depressing aura when she walked into it.

Other than that, Fu Jiao was very satisfied.

She excitedly said to Mrs. Xie: "Mom, I can live in such a good place? I am so flattered!"

Xie said warmly: "As long as you like it."

"I like it, I like it very much."

As Fu Jiao spoke, she turned to look at Fu Yan and asked, "I'm afraid my sister's yard is not as spacious as mine. Wouldn't that be bad?"

Fu Yan really couldn't stand Fu Jiao's appearance. She was full of anger but didn't dare to show it. She could only agree: "My sister hasn't lived at home for so long. She deserves to live better now." She glanced at the two maids next to her. He hurriedly changed the subject, "By the way, Fourth Sister, these are the maids assigned to your yard. One is called Qiuyue and the other is called Chunxing. If you have anything to do in the future, just give them orders."

"This... I'm afraid it's not good."

Fu Jiao hesitated.

Fu Yan said hurriedly: "What's wrong? You are a young lady, and there must be someone around you to help you."

"Last time, my mother gave me a maid, Hongyue, and framed me." Fu Jiao's eyes suddenly turned red. "Now, she suddenly gave me two maids. If they framed me together, wouldn't they be even more unable to defend themselves?"

Fu Yan: "..."

This stinky girl has no intention at all.Which pot won’t be opened?
Xie's heart suddenly changed, thinking that Fu Jiao wanted to embarrass her.She calmed down and stood up to apologize to Fu Jiao: "The Hongyue incident was caused by my mother's improper handling, which made Jiaoer suffer injustice. Fortunately, Jiaoer has a clear mind and can clear her name. Hongyue framed her. You are the one who was misdisciplined by your mother. Mother has learned your lesson and this will never happen again in the future."

Fu Jiao said "Huh", it was okay.

Mrs. Xie had no choice but to laugh, "Hongyue has been sold for a long time. I heard that she was sold to a grain and grass merchant. The grain and grass merchant was moody and rude. Hongyue was beaten to a terrible state. She had not endured the cold winter in the past few days. They are already dead." Mrs. Xie gently held Fu Jiao's hand and assured her again and again, "This time the two maids have a clean and clean background, and they work well. They are definitely young people like Hong Yue, so don't worry."

Oh?
Red Moon is dead?

You are just a servant. Xie said this because she wanted to please Fu Jiao.Fu Jiao achieved her goal and stopped arguing on this topic.

She smiled slightly and held Xie's hand, "In this case, I believe in mother wholeheartedly."

To outsiders, the aunt and concubine were particularly affectionate.

Xie and Fu Yan led Fu Jiao around the house. After lunch, Fu Jiao held her forehead and said she was tired and wanted to go back to the house to rest.

Fu Yan heard this and said happily: "It's time to take a nap after eating."

She really had enough of acting with Fu Jiao.

Instead, Fu Jiao looked at Fu Yan and asked, "Sister, do you also have the habit of taking a nap?"

"Yes."

"Then why not come to Yurongyuan and let's sleep together."

Fu Yan's smile froze and she stammered an excuse, "I can't do it today, I...I still have a peony handkerchief that I haven't finished embroidering."

"Ah? Is the handkerchief that my sister is embroidering meant for someone?"

Fu Yan said: "Well, I want to give it to my close friend, Liu Lichun, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of War." Fu Yan was not honored when she mentioned Liu Lichun. She became more energetic and asked Fu Jiao, "Liu Lichun, you should Have you heard of her name? The most talented woman in the capital."

She is the daughter of an eighth-rank official, and it can be said that she is most proud of being able to win the favor of a high official in the court.

Fu Jiao searched the memory of the original owner and found that there was indeed a person like Liu Lichun. She was talented and beautiful, and could be regarded as one of the most noble ladies in the capital.Judging from Fu Yan's appearance, it must have taken a lot of effort to catch up with Liu Lichun.

Seeing that Fu Jiao was silent, Fu Yan couldn't help but return to her previous cunning and mean temperament, and blurted out sarcasm: "By the way, fourth sister, you don't seem to have any friends in the capital, right? Why not go to Cuiwei Lake to enjoy the snow at the end of the month like my sister?" , let me introduce you to a few noble ladies."

"Yan'er."

Ms. Xie lowered her head and coughed lightly, then glared at Fu Yan calmly, "Jiao'er just came back, and she's not even familiar with the family yet. You have to take her to meet her friends, and we'll talk about it after the new year."

Everyone in the Fu family knows that the Fourth Miss has no friends if she never leaves the house.

"What mother said was that I didn't think well."

Even though Fu Yan said this, her tail was high in her heart.Although I don’t know how Fu Jiao got lucky enough to fall in love with Princess Zhaofu, she has not seen the princess interact with her for so long. Besides, how could the unruly Princess Zhaofu be friends with a cowardly and incompetent concubine?Unlike her, Handkerchief Jiao is the legitimate daughter of the powerful Minister of Household Affairs.

Just when Fu Yan was feeling complacent, a boy suddenly came outside to report.

"Madam Qi, Xue Zhongliu, Xue Baotou, is here to visit."

Upon hearing the words "Xue Zhongliu", Xie and Fu Yan's hair stood on end at the same time.Xie was surprised and asked, "What is she doing here?"

The boy looked at Fu Jiao beside him and replied: "Xue Captou is here to see the Fourth Miss. He said... he said he wanted to give her chestnuts."

"Sending chestnuts?"

Xie and Fu Yan were confused.

Fu Jiao, on the other hand, stood up calmly and explained with a smile: "My mother and sister don't know something. I really don't have many friends in the capital, only a few confidants...Xue Baotou is one of them."*
Si Nan did not wait for Fu Rudi, but waited for Xue Zhongliu who came to deliver chestnuts to Fu Jiao.

Xue Zhongliu has been acting strange recently.

Passing by a chestnut stall, I couldn't help but think of Fu Rudi's cute and charming sister.Just listening to her soft and waxy voice makes me feel happy.

When she came to the government office carrying chestnuts, she learned that Fu Jiao was not there.When I asked Si Nan, I learned that she had moved away from the government office and returned to live in the Fu family.

This scared Xue Zhongliu quite a bit.

Someone in the Fu family wants to harm her, and Fu Jiao knows it.She actually dared to jump into the fire pit, wasn't she afraid of being poisoned and silenced by the person behind her?

The more Xue Zhongliu thought about it, the more worried he became. He rushed to Fu's house without stopping, and wanted to see Fu Jiao on the pretext of sending chestnuts.

Fu Jiao knew she was coming and happily ran to the door to greet her.

"Xue Baotou!"

"You...how can you come back?" Xue Zhongliu lowered his voice and looked at the golden door plaque of the Fu family warily.

Fu Jiao understood in her heart, took the chestnut, held her hand and said affectionately: "Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, you will go to the tiger mountain."

She told Xue Zhong that her aunt's mother-in-law and aunt's sister had malicious intentions towards her. She must have had other motives for taking the initiative to let her go home this time.How can you find out their true purpose without seeing it yourself.

This is a common crime-solving tactic.

Xue Zhongliu just didn't expect that Fu Jiao, who looked delicate and frail, would be so courageous.

She asked: "You didn't tell your brother about this?"

"Si Nan will tell him when he comes back from the suburbs of Beijing."

Xue Zhongliu shook his head.

But he was thinking in his heart that Fu Rudi knew that his precious sister was back, so he was probably more worried than she was.Thinking of this, Xue Zhongliu said to Fu Jiao: "The rivers in the suburbs are frozen and the well water is frozen. Your brother will probably be busy for a few days. If anyone in the Fu family is unfavorable to you in the past few days, just come to the government office. Find me."

"Don't worry, they are very kind to me."

Fu Jiao led Xue Zhongliu to visit her new yard, "Xue Baotou, look, this is the residence prepared by my aunt for me. It's brand new inside and out, not bad!"

Xue Zhongliu glanced around and felt reassured, "It looks fine."

She went into the next wing.

Looking around, the walls here are painted white, and the floors are made of fine marble, polished smooth and clean.There is only one west-facing window in the ear room, which does not let much sunlight in during the day.Xue Zhongliu frowned and said, "You should stay here less."

Fu Jiao was slightly surprised and asked, "Why?"

"I don't know." Xue Zhongliu couldn't tell. It seemed that there wasn't enough light here. "I don't feel comfortable staying here."

Fu Jiao also noticed this just now.

At first she only thought it was because the new house was cramped. Now she accompanied Xue Zhongliu into the newly built penthouse again. She looked around and then stamped the ground vigorously. She felt that the ground seemed a little empty, and her heart I have already made a rough guess.

Fu Jiao was afraid of scaring Xue Zhongliu, so she pretended to be ignorant and said: "This place smells bad after it has just been painted. It is small and stuffy. Just leave it open for a while."

"That's true."

Xue Zhongliu pulled her out of the wing and said, "Then don't enter this room during this time."

"Ok."

Fu Jiao nodded obediently.

Xue Zhongliu liked her more and more for being so obedient and wanted to stay here to protect her safety.In Xue Zhongliu's eyes, Fu Jiao was like a little white rabbit surrounded by a group of jackals, tigers and leopards.

The two talked for a while, and Fu Jiao personally sent Xue Zhongliu away from the Fu family.

Passing by the flower hall, I happened to meet Mrs. Xie Fu Yan.

When they saw their host Xue Zhongliu, they still had to come forward to greet him. This made both Xie and Fu Yan panic and stood up to say hello.

Xue Zhongliu and Fu Jiao have a warm relationship, but when facing Xie's Fu Yan, they turn into their usual cold-faced charlatans.She was tall, and she spoke as if she were interrogating a prisoner, "Madam, Fu Jiao is back and causing trouble for you."

Ms. Xie expressed her position with a smile, "How can this be troublesome? Capt. Xue is worrying too much. Jiao'er living in the Yamen is causing trouble for you."

Xue Zhongliu glanced at Fu Jiao, "If she causes any trouble, madam, don't hold back. Come directly to the Yamen to complain to Mr. Fu, and Mr. Fu will definitely deal with it." She changed her tone and said, "On the contrary, if If anyone in the Fu family bullies her, Madam will come to the Yamen to seek justice for her. If Mr. Fu is not here, the same thing applies to me."

Fu Yan swallowed her saliva and didn't dare to express her anger.

Mrs. Xie agreed with a smile. It was getting late, so she asked Fu Jiao to send Xue Zhongliu away.

Looking at the backs of Fu Jiao and Xue Zhongliu chatting and laughing intimately, Fu Yan almost passed away with anger.

After they were completely gone, she gritted her teeth and said, "It's strange, how come Fu Jiao, a bitch like this, got Xue Zhongliu on her again!?"

No wonder Fu Jiao speaks with confidence now.When he comes back to show off his power, he speaks with a gun and a stick, which is extremely unpleasant. He is completely different from the timid and timid person he used to be.

"Xue Zhongliu is a famous arrester in the capital and has frequent contacts with the government. It is not surprising that Fu Jiao is familiar with her." What Xie was wondering about was another thing, "Why does Princess Zhaofu want to protect Fu Jiao? This is what I Something I can’t figure out.”

Fu Yan felt sad, "Mother, this situation is too unfavorable for us."

Xie slowly closed her eyes.

She was open-minded, "Now that things have come to this, we can only take one step at a time. Even if the sky falls, Aunt Chen will help you hold it up, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

Thinking of Lan Xin who was placed next to Aunt Chen, Fu Yan slowly straightened her back.

Just thinking about the nice yard that Mrs. Xie gave Fu Jiao, she could not help but feel jealous and said, "Mom, please expand my yard sometime."

"Expand what?"

"You have expanded the Yurong Courtyard with a wing, but not my courtyard."

Xie said calmly: "You and Chen Qi's marriage has been decided. In the spring of next year, you will marry and be the mistress of the Chen family. It doesn't matter whether the yard is expanded or not."

Chen Qi is the only son of a foreign minister from the Ministry of Industry. His family background is average in the capital, but for Fu Yan, he is already on a high level.

Fu Yan is still a little dissatisfied, "Even if she is acting, my mother has done too much."

When Xie heard this, she couldn't help but sneer.

She raised the corners of her lips and said in a vicious tone, "What do you know? That wing... is not a good place."