Resourceful beauty

Chapter 128
"Miss, someone has come to propose marriage."

There were hurried footsteps in the yard, Fang Ruxuan looked through the half-open window, and saw Ding Xiang, who had always been calm, entered the house, Ding Xiang wiped her sweat and said.

"Who is it?"

Fang Ruxuan put down the scroll in her hand and asked.

"It's Mrs. Gu from the Minister's Office of the Ministry of Officials. In the name of paying homage to the princess, she asks Miss you every word, and she always praises her youngest son."

Ding Xiang eagerly talked about the news from the inquiry.

Fang Ruxuan laughed, "What is this called marriage proposal? I see you are in a hurry, I understand, you go and drink some tea."

Even an ordinary family would invite a middleman or send a matchmaker. How could someone from his own family go to the woman's house to propose marriage, not to mention that Fang Ruxuan is the princess of Prince Qi's mansion.

"Miss, why are you not in a hurry? You are not afraid that the princess will sell you while the prince is not at home..."

Ding Xiang stomped her feet anxiously, turned around and went out, and when she lifted the curtain, she met Chen Mei who came in, "Who did you sell?"

Leaning over to greet Chen Mei, Ding Xiang glanced at Fang Ruxuan, and went straight out to prepare tea.

Fang Ruxuan got up to meet Chen Mei and went into the back room. When she sat down, she told Chen Mei the news that Ding Xiangliao rushed to tell her.

Chen Mei pursed her lips and smiled, and stretched out her hand to poke Fang Ruxuan's finger, "You've always been an unruly person, and the people in your room have the same temperament as you. Seeing that you are about to reach the age of a big girl, it's a bit shy to mention marriage. Meaningless."

Fang Ruxuan gave Chen Mei an angry look, "Can you just pretend not to hear if you're shy?"

The two were drinking tea and chatting. Seeing that Fang Ruxuan was really not in a hurry, Chen Mei asked jokingly, "Are you really not worried that she will sell you out like what Ding Xiang said?"

Fang Ruxuan shook her head disapprovingly, "Did I tell you about my brother before? My brother is the heir of Prince Qi, and she still wants to hire a concubine from the Su family for her brother. If it comes to me, if she is a good family, she will appoint I don't like it, if it's a bad person, she has to prepare a set of arguments that can persuade her father, otherwise, her father will not easily forgive her. So, in a word, she wants to handle my marriage, I'm afraid it will not be so easy thing."

"It turns out that the confidence is here..."

Chen Mei laughed.

After seeing off Chen Mei, Fang Ruxuan lay back on the soft couch with an involuntarily serious expression on her face.

The day before, I heard Qiu Shumin say such incomprehensible words, and then the wife of the Ministry of Officials came to spy on her. Fang Ruxuan didn't think it was a coincidence.

But if it was Qiu Shumin's scheme, she would be looking down on her too much. Fang Ruxuan didn't believe that Qiu Shumin was capable of persuading people in the Gu family.

Puzzled, Fang Ruxuan decided to stand still for the time being.

In the Yixin Palace, Su Yuan looked at Madam Gu, who had a stiff smile, and said with a smile: "I always speak straight, Madam Gu, please don't be offended."

"Don't dare, the princess is serious."

Mrs. Gu smiled apologetically, and said with some regret: "The sixteenth princess got married in June, and I met Princess Xuanyi at the princess mansion. , Then I moved my mind, but thinking too high, I have been hesitating. But you also know, this mother, who doesn't want to marry a favorite daughter-in-law, and watch their young couple live their lives Want to be harmonious and beautiful? That's why this concubine hastily came to inquire, and I hope the princess will not blame you."

Su Yuan's face was gentle, but in her heart, she felt a little regretful. She wished that this marriage could be done.

The son Mrs. Gu mentioned was her youngest son, this year's Gu Jingnan.

The Ministry of Officials is the head of the six ministries, and Lord Gu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was also regarded as the minister who was left to his son by Emperor Shengkang. After Emperor Rui'an ascended the throne, he held Master Gu in high regard, so it was Mrs. Gu who dared to come to the door to say this. The reason.

But Su Yuan knew about Gu Jingnan, but she heard it from Fang Ruyu.

At that time, Fang Ruyu said contemptuously that Liu Yu often went out to have fun with a group of cronies, and among them was the young son of the official secretary's family. Fang Ruyu's words were cryptic, but Su Yuan could understand: Gu Jingnan, I'm afraid it was with Liu Yu Generally, there is that shady hobby.

As long as Fang Ruxuan married such a person, she would look haggard and haggard when she returned to the house in the future, Su Yuan felt extremely happy.

Looking back at Mrs. Gu, Su Yuan said with a bit of embarrassment: "If you let me say that these two children are very well matched in terms of age and family background, but Mrs. Gu also knows that Princess Xuanyi is the front-runner. The princess' daughter, the prince is afraid that my stepmother will treat her harshly, so I have nothing to say about the marriage of the princess."

Mrs. Gu has been in the capital for many years, and she has naturally heard a lot about the right and wrong of Prince Qi's mansion. Seeing Su Yuan speak so bluntly now, she already knows that Su Yuan did not lie to her.

But if he was in front of King Qi, his son might be seen in the mud by him.

No matter how incompetent my son is, in the eyes of his parents, he is all good. Mrs. Gu is already a little discouraged.

Su Yuan rolled her eyes, comforted Mrs. Gu and said, "But don't be discouraged, Ma'am. People say that fate is determined, and division is man-made. Maybe the two children are destined, so don't worry about it because of me. In a word, I missed a good marriage."

"You mean..."

Mrs. Gu couldn't grasp what Su Yuan meant.

Su Yuan smiled softly, "Master Gu's family is in the thick of it, and the princess is the daughter of the royal family. If there is something from above, wouldn't this marriage be a match made in heaven?"

Mrs. Gu's eyes lit up instantly: Concubine Lin Gui in the palace is even married to her mansion with a twist, and she can talk to her on weekdays. If she asks Concubine Lin Gui, she can open her golden mouth, It doesn't matter if the Empress Dowager bestows a marriage or the Holy Majesty bestows a marriage, isn't this marriage a success?
With a clear path to the troubles in her heart, Mrs. Gu kowtowed to Su Yuan with gratitude before leaving the palace.

After returning to Gu's mansion, he sat down and had a few sips of tea when a servant girl's communication sounded outside, saying that the sixth young master had returned.

The curtain was lifted, and the man who came in was the one who talked to Han Qin in Huixian Building that day.

"Mother, have you been to Prince Qi's Mansion?"

After taking the handkerchief handed over by the maid and cleaning her hands, Gu Jingnan walked to Madam Gu and sat down, and affectionately took Madam Gu's arm.

Angrily poking his finger, Mrs. Gu said angrily: "You are used to causing trouble for me. Then Princess Xuanyi, is it you who climbed up?"

"Mother, you are wrong. King Qi's mansion is not the former King Qi's mansion. After what happened that year, who doesn't know that King Qi doesn't invite the emperor to see you? The princess? It’s not as good as the young ladies of those big families. The son just admires her good looks and temperament, and besides, marrying a princess as a daughter-in-law will make the mother look good when she goes out, right?”

Gu Jingnan spoke clearly and logically, while peeking at his mother's expression, he asked: "Mother, you are talking, what's the attitude of Prince Qi's Mansion?"

Mrs. Gu sighed and said, "Concubine Qi is the second concubine, Princess Xuanyi is the daughter of the previous concubine, she is not good at making decisions, she might as well have asked Prince Qi."

"What do you say, mother?"

Gu Jingnan asked eagerly.

Seeing her son in such a hurry, Mrs. Gu pretended to be angry and said angrily: "It is said that after marrying a daughter-in-law, you forget your mother. I see, I haven't waited for the daughter-in-law to come in. I am a mother, and I am afraid that I will be killed." Forget it."

"mother……"

Gu Jingnan buried her head on her mother's neck and acted coquettishly, with a familiar look, she looked like she was used to in daily life, "Mother, my son knows that you are the one who loves my son the most in this world. Don't worry, don't say princess , Even the princess, my son can tidy her up in a docile way, let her serve you with tea and water."

"nonsense……"

Shangzhu’s words were not meant as a joke, Mrs. Gu patted Gu Jingnan’s mouth lightly, glared at him and said, “Such words can be said in a nonsensical way?”

Gu Jingnan shrank her neck, and then shook her mother's arm with a pleading expression. Madam Gu was overwhelmed by obsession, and smiled softly: "Concubine Qi can't be the master of Princess Xuanyi's marriage, but there are plenty in the palace who can." The one who decides. After a few days, find a reason, and the mother will go into the palace to ask the imperial concubine to find out. You, save me these days, and don't make those messy things again. If you mess up , then don't blame your mother for not helping you."

"Mother, my son knows that you love me the most..."

It is impossible to ask to go to the palace, and there is a five-point possibility that it will not be in order. Gu Jingnan seemed to have seen Fang Ruxuan, Feng Guanxia, ​​marrying into Gu's mansion, and immediately stretched out her arms to hug her mother and shook.

On Mrs. Gu's face, there was a kind of motherly tenderness.

Qiu Shumin knew about Mrs. Gu's meeting with Princess Qi on the same day. In the afternoon, a little maid brought in a note. After reading it, Qiu Shumin used the excuse of going to buy jewelry, took a nap and went out with green jade.

In a jewelry store on South Street, there are private rooms reserved for the wives and ladies of these wealthy families. Not long after Qiu Shumin entered the private room, the door was knocked, and Han Qin walked in with a smile on his face.

"If it's done, how will Miss thank me?"

Sitting down at a position closer to Qiu Shumin, Han Qin frivolously inhaled the faint fragrance from her body, and asked Qiu Shumin with a smile that he thought was suave.

Feeling sick in her heart, Qiu Shumin covered it by turning her head to hold the tea, and took a sip of the tea. Instead of answering, she asked, "How are you doing with what you promised me?"

Han Qin shook his head, obviously very proud, "I have put a lot of thought into this candidate. How can it be inappropriate for the son of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to match the princess of the prince's mansion who has lost power? Now, Princess Qi Unexpectedly, the master shirked it, but he pointed out a clear path, probably in the next few days, the Gu family will enter the palace and ask the nobles in the palace to marry him."

After filtering the news from the past, Qiu Shumin probably guessed that Mrs. Gu would go to the palace to look for Concubine Lin.

Lin Guifei...

The nobles of the Ming Dynasty always looked forward to Concubine Lin Gui's leadership. Although she could not be Concubine Lin's master, it was still okay to say a few words to stir up trouble, right?
A smug smile appeared on Qiu Shumin's lips.

(End of this chapter)