Resourceful beauty

Chapter 10 Reunion
This time, if it wasn't for Fang Ruxuan's idea, the whole family might have perished on the guillotine long ago, but at this moment, they are still able to stay in Prince Qi's mansion well, Fang Qizhi was filled with emotion.

Looking at his daughter who had suffered for many days in the prison in Funan City, Fang Qizhi felt even more guilty, "Xuan'er, you have been wronged."

Fang Ruxuan shook her head with a smile, "As long as I can be with my father and brother, Xuan'er will not feel wronged."

Just like before, she is still the caring daughter who looks like a little padded jacket.

Fang Qizhi felt warm in his heart.

The three of them were talking, and in the warm pavilion next to them, there was already a faint aroma of broth, and Fang Ruxuan's stomach grumbled in disbelief.

Fang Qizhi patted Fang Ruxuan's head with a smile, "It's your favorite soup pot, let's go, dinner is ready..."

Fang Ruxuan stood up joyfully, and dragged Fang Zhengjun into the Nuan Pavilion.

In the middle of a small mahogany round table, there is a small pot. In the middle cylinder, the fiery red charcoal fire is burning, and in the outer pot, the rich soup is boiling wantonly, and the fragrance spreads along the air. The rising mist drifted into the noses of everyone.

Talking and laughing while eating and drinking, the outside world has become completely quiet, but inside the warm pavilion of Yixin Palace, there is still joyful laughter.

In a good mood and interested, Fang Qizhi and his son had a few drinks. Fang Ruxuan looked at it with a smile, and felt that the years had never been more peaceful and beautiful.

"Jun'er, send your sister back to the bedroom to rest."

A little tipsy, Fang Qizhi waved his hand to order Fang Zhengjun.

He called his servants to clean up the warm pavilion and serve Fang Qizhi to rest. Fang Zhengjun took Fang Ruxuan out of the house.

"The night is so good..."

A crescent moon hangs high in the deep night sky, and the whole land is shrouded in a soft moonlight. Fang Ruxuan sighed softly, looked back at Fang Zhengjun and said, "Brother, let's go for a walk in the backyard..."

Fang Zhengjun thought he had just finished his meal, and Fang Ruxuan wanted to take a walk to digest food.

But for Fang Ruxuan, after rebirth, this was the first time that their family sat together to talk and eat without any worries. Everything was so beautiful just now, she was afraid of going back to the dormitory, the lonely feeling made her unable to adapt.

What's more, she still has something to say to her brother.

"Now, who is back?"

Just like when she was a child, Fang Ruxuan affectionately took her brother's arm and dragged him to walk in the Merlin.

Fang Zhengjun was stunned for a moment, and said calmly: "All the servants in the mansion have been detained in the Jiangbei Palace, and they have arrived one after another in the past few days. By the way, Concubine Shen and Rulan have also returned. As for the others... "

Sneering, Fang Zhengjun said with a sneer, "The others are all in the Su residence now, waiting for father to pick them up."

The other people Fang Zhengjun mentioned were Su Yuan, the second concubine of Prince Qi, and her three children.

Fang Ruxuan raised her eyebrows, and in the night, there was a clear smile in her eyes.

Su Xin, the mother of Fang Zhengjun and Fang Ruxuan, was the main concubine of Prince Qi. In the 25th year of Shengkang, Su Xin passed away due to illness.

When Su Yuan was still a side concubine, she gave birth to a son and two daughters, the second young lady Su Ruyu, the third young master Fang Zhengru, and the fifth young lady Fang Ruhui.

And Su Xin and Su Yuan are first cousins.

The old man of the Su Mansion was once a cabinet scholar and the mentor of the late Emperor Shengkang. After so many years, the Su Mansion has a solid foundation in the capital and has already become a powerful family.

Su Xin is the concubine's daughter of the head of the Su Mansion, and Su Yuan is the concubine's daughter of the second. Back then, Su Yuan and Su Xin married into the Qi Palace as Teng's concubine. concubine.

Sisters serving a husband together once became a well-told story in the capital.

After understanding what Fang Zhengjun said, and remembering that she hadn't seen Concubine Shen and Fang Rulan since entering the mansion, Fang Ruxuan asked in surprise, "Concubine Shen and Sister Seven have come back? Are they not with Concubine Wang and the others? "

There was a faint smile in Fang Zhengjun's eyes: "In the past, I only thought that Concubine Shen was calm and demure, but I didn't realize that she is still calm in times of crisis and has great wisdom."

King Qi was accused of treason and collaborating with the enemy. When the officers and soldiers surrounded Qi Wang's mansion, Concubine Shen took Fang Rulan and changed into the clothes of servants and maidservants, and mixed with the servants of Qi Wang's mansion.

The charges placed on King Qi's head are too great, and the order from above is to arrest the important criminals of Fang Qizhi's father and son. Therefore, all the other people in the mansion, regardless of the master's subordinates, have been locked up in the mansion for guarding. Therefore, during the days when Fang Qi went to Beijing, Concubine Shen and Fang Rulan, who were among the servants, were worried, but they didn't suffer much.

On the other side, Su Yuan escaped from Prince Qi's mansion with her three children.

Later, when the case of King Qi turned around, Su Yuan took the children and went straight back to her natal home, waiting for Fang Qizhi to come to the Su residence to pick up their mother and son.

"Five thousand imperial guards surrounded the Jiangbei palace, and they managed to escape, which shows that our little aunt really knows everything in Jiangbei."

I don't know if it's a compliment or a derogation, Fang Ruxuan said softly, while counting the number of people, she said: "What about Wu side concubine and fourth sister?"

There are not many female relatives in King Qi's inner courtyard, except for those concubines who have no status, there is one main concubine and two side concubines.The main concubine Su Xin died of illness, and the side concubine Su Yuan came to power, followed by the side concubine Wu and concubine Shen.

Concubine Wu gave birth to the Fourth Miss Fang Ruhua, and Concubine Shen gave birth to the Seventh Miss Fang Rulan, but the two had nothing else to do.

On the surface, Su Yuan cared a lot about the two children left by her cousin, but in her heart she hated them very much, because the existence of Fang Zhengjun and Fang Ruxuan reminded her that she was just a second concubine.

As for the second concubine, although she is also a first-class concubine, the prince's legitimate concubine, she is still only a concubine in front of the dead concubine.

Naturally, with Fang Zhengjun around, even Fang Zhengrue could not be regarded as a legitimate son. In the future, Prince Qi's heir would naturally fall on Fang Zhengjun's head.

But after Su Yuan went to great lengths to frame Fang Ruxuan by pretending to be a miscarriage, Fang Zhengjun and Fang Ruxuan lost all the warmth that Su Yuan had left in their hearts even though Su Yuan was a aunt and stepmother.

Fang Zhengjun's dislike for Su Yuan stemmed from her selfish behavior of taking her three children to flee for their own lives when the incident happened, but Fang Ruxuan knew more than that.

Su Yuan's response to the death of Prince Qi's Mansion was the same as in her previous life, but now that she is basically out of danger, Su Yuan has no way to use her next means.

However, it was precisely because of this that Fang Ruxuan became a bargaining chip in her hands.

Su Yuan, you will pay for everything you have done.

In the dark night, Fang Ruxuan had a slight smile on her lips, revealing a hint of calculation that didn't match her age.

"What? Could it be that you plan to send Dad to pick them up from the Su residence?"

Seeing that Fang Ruxuan hadn't spoken for a long time, Fang Zhengjun guessed wrongly what she was thinking, and muttered with some displeasure.

"how come?"

She glanced at him angrily, Fang Ruxuan smiled and said: "This is the palace, not the backyard of her palace. She can come and go whenever she wants? She left without saying a word that day. Now that she wants to come back, Then she can find a way to go down by herself, and let her father condescend to invite her back, dreaming."

Fang Zhengjun was a little surprised when he never thought that his soft-tempered sister would say such harsh words, but when these words reached his heart, Fang Zhengjun laughed heartily.

Wanton laughter flew up in the dark night, and it seemed more open and comfortable, Fang Ruxuan also pursed her lips and laughed.

After a while, Fang Zhengjun said with some doubts: "It will be New Year's Eve in two days. If they don't come back, I'm afraid that the New Year hasn't started yet, and there will be many ugly words in the capital, saying that father is mean to his wife and daughter."

Fang Ruxuan said confidently: "Don't worry, I will guarantee that they will come back before the New Year's Eve vigil."

Fang Ruxuan at this moment is like the one in the prison in Funan City who said "Father, trust me", exuding a sense of confidence that she is sure of winning.

Fang Zhengjun's eyes flashed with excitement, "Xuan'er, what are you going to do, just tell me and I will do it."

Shaking her head, Fang Ruxuan said with a smile: "It's all small tricks. I'll just let Ding Xiang and the others tell others to do it. Brother, let's rest for a while. The mansion will be busy on New Year's Eve."

Although he is a body to be punished, as long as he is not convicted, Fang Qizhi is still King Qi. With his status, people will naturally come to visit him during the New Year, and Fang Zhengjun will naturally not be idle at that time.

After the siblings talked for a while, Fang Zhengjun sent Fang Ruxuan back to her own courtyard.

In Shu Yuxuan's main room, Fang Ruxuan's personal maids Ding Xiang and Su Ye were waiting with tears in their eyes.

Seeing Fang Ruxuan, the three master and servant cried, thinking of the suffering of these days, they all felt sorry for each other.

And Fang Ruxuan had been separated from them for five years, and seeing them again now, she felt even more delighted.

After telling each other their experiences after separation, Fang Ruxuan thought about what she promised her brother just now, and hurriedly took Ding Xiang and Su Ye's hands into the inner room.

Early the next morning, when it was still daylight, Ding Xiang and the others got up and went to the backyard.

As soon as the sun rose, the capital city became lively in an instant, and by noon, the streets were already crowded with people.

In taverns and teahouses, what people talk about after dinner is still the case of King Qi.

Now that the haze has cleared away, what everyone mentions again is Princess Su Yuan, who has not yet been taken back to the palace by King Qi, and her several children.

Immediately, the person who knew the truth, winked and talked about the secrets he knew in a mysterious way.

In just two days, the so-called secret information spread in the capital like wings.

In a blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve.

Seeing his father's gloomy but unwilling face, Fang Zhengjun secretly looked at Fang Ruxuan, but saw that she was not worried at all, and instead filled his father with soup with a smile.

It was only halfway through lunch when hurried footsteps were heard in the courtyard outside, and the old butler came in with a panicked expression and replied, "My lord, my concubine is back..."

As he said that, the old butler looked at Fang Ruxuan anxiously.

Knowing that her strategy worked, a smile slipped across Fang Ruxuan's lips in a flash.

Standing up, she saw a woman in red walking quickly from the courtyard, her pretty face was full of anger at the moment.

There were quite a few people following behind him, including Fang Ruyu, Fang Ruhui, Fang Zhengrui, side concubine Wu Shi and fourth miss Fang Ruhua.

The woman surrounded by everyone like the stars and the moon is none other than Su Yuan, the successor concubine of King Qi.

After entering the main hall, Su Yuan leaned over to greet Fang Qizhi's blessing, got up again, looked at Fang Ruxuan angrily, raised her hand and slapped Fang Ruxuan hard.

(End of this chapter)