Resourceful beauty

Chapter 141
"This jade pendant looks extraordinary at first glance. I should have opened the box in front of him just now..."

Shu Yuxuan, looking at the jade pendant in her hand, feeling its warm touch, Fang Ruxuan said as if talking to herself.

Kapok was walking out. After hearing Fang Ruxuan's words, she turned around and asked jokingly, "Young master Chu hasn't left yet. How about I send you back?"

Fang Ruxuan just hesitated for a moment, and Kapok went out with a smile. Fang Ruxuan realized that she was being teased by Kapok.

This is a piece of translucent mutton fat jade, the front is carved into a flying dragon flying in the sky, and the scales on the dragon's body are carved so lifelike, at first glance, it seems that the dragon is about to rise into the clouds, with extraordinary momentum.

On the back is a vast ocean, and at this moment, there is a stormy sea, but in the distance, it seems to be able to see a small boat rippling with the waves, a strange but harmonious picture.

In the lower right corner of the jade pendant, there is a word "Yuan" engraved, indicating the ownership of this jade pendant.

Just looking at the front of the jade pendant, Fang Ruxuan knew that this jade pendant was not that simple. Perhaps it was the jade pendant that only belonged to the princes of the Yao Kingdom, symbolizing their identities.

Just like the dragon pattern pendant that King Qi often wears, the first emperor, King Lu and others all have such a dragon pattern pendant, the front is the same, only the back is slightly different.

Thinking of his saying that the managers everywhere recognized the jade pendant, Fang Ruxuan used it as a reason to convince herself, put the jade pendant into the bamboo box, got up and walked to the dressing table.

When putting the bamboo box into the dark compartment, Fang Ruxuan suddenly had a strange feeling.

The bamboo box is emerald green and cool to the touch, it doesn't look like you bought it in a store.

Take it out and look at it carefully. After turning it over, there are a few large characters carved sharply on the bottom: Love does not know where it starts, and it goes deep.

Knowing that this is a bamboo box carved by Chu Yuan himself, holding it in her hand feels even hotter now, Fang Ruxuan didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and put it away in the hidden compartment, not forgetting to drop the spoon.

In a blink of an eye, it was November [-]th.

For a while, the most talked about topic in the capital was the matter of Yao country's proton returning to the country. The courtiers knew the inside story, and they were more or less contemptuous. The country can't make any waves, so it has nothing to fear.

The common people didn't know, and some guessed that the leader of the Yao Kingdom had passed away, so the Holy One generously let the Yao Kingdom's protons go back to enjoy the family relationship, and will come back in a few days.Some speculated whether something had changed in Yao Kingdom, so they wanted to replace Chu Yuan with Proton.

In short, amidst such unimaginable rumors, after entering the palace to bid farewell to Emperor Rui'an, Chu Yuan left the capital with a few personal attendants and the bodyguard sent by Da Yuan to escort him back to the country.

Fang Ruxuan had no reason to say goodbye, but Mu Mian secretly went to squeeze into the crowd to watch for a while, and then came back and told Fang Ruxuan about the situation at that time.

He also brought back the news, as well as Qi Guanshi's departure from Beijing.

Xu Shi had already got what he was thinking of, and Qi Guanshi did not stay in the capital for too long. Taking advantage of the chaos in the capital of Yaoguo, he left the city and went straight to the direction of Ningbei.

Fang Ruxuan's life has returned to the former peace.

Later, because of Chu Yuan's entrustment, Fang Ruxuan went to Chu's house again, but she could feel that although Chu Dong's attitude towards her was respectful, he looked at her with some resentment.

As for where this scrutiny came from, Fang Ruxuan had no way of knowing, but she seemed to be able to guess a little bit.

Feeling that her conjecture was a bit ridiculous, Fang Ruxuan shook her head helplessly and smiled wryly, and put the matter behind her in an instant.

Reading books and practicing calligraphy every day, playing the piano and flute when in a good mood, and going to Qingfengzhai to chat with Chen Mei, Fang Ruxuan's life is simple and warm.

Until I received the good news from Princess Sixteen.

On November 26, good news spread from the Ningshanbo Mansion that Princess Sixteen was three months pregnant.

She sent the post to the Princess Mansion in Shuangxi Hutong, but learned that Princess Sixteen had moved to Ning Shanbo Mansion early in the morning, and Fang Ruxuan sent the post to Ning Shanbo Mansion.

The next day, after getting up early and having breakfast, Fang Ruxuan went to Ningshanbo Mansion with the prepared gift box.

Ning Shanbo's mansion is a big house with five entrances and five exits. Ning Shanbo and his wife live in the main house with three entrances, while Bai Zixuan and Princess Sixteen live in the main house with two entrances, Weirui Garden.

Fang Ruxuan went to greet Mrs. Ning Shanbo first, and then followed Chen Xiang who had picked her up to Weirui Garden.

As soon as she entered the room and saw Princess Sixteen, Fang Ruxuan pouted and complained.

Ordinary people also have such a rule, if a woman is pregnant, she will not inform outsiders until three months have passed.

The two had always been on good terms, but they were treated as outsiders for such an important matter, and they were told after waiting for three months. Fang Ruxuan glared at Princess Sixteen angrily, waiting for her to give a reasonable explanation.

The sixteenth princess smiled shyly, and waited until Fang Ruxuan finished complaining, then pulled her sleeve and complained about her suffering. The implication was that she didn't want Fang Ruxuan to see her suffering.

"It's been better in the past few days. You haven't seen how I got here in the past three months."

Looking back, the sixteenth princess shook her head and said: "I have never eaten a delicious meal since I was diagnosed, and I vomited whatever I ate. Xuan Du said, I already look disheveled."

After Chen Mei became pregnant, although she was also convulsed, it was not as serious as Princess Sixteen. Hearing what she said was pitiful, Fang Ruxuan's anger gradually dissipated, and she was only immersed in the joy of her soon-to-be aunt.

"The names are all ready..."

Said happily, Princess Sixteen smiled and said: "We have discussed for a long time, if it is a boy, we will call it Bai Yiming, I hope that he will be like his father in the future, and he will be a blockbuster no matter what he does. If it is a girl , her name is Bai Yifan, her life is ordinary, I hope she can be like an ordinary girl, loved by her parents, brothers and sisters playing and laughing, and in the future, she will have a husband who loves and pities her."

"The child hasn't been born yet, but Sister Qian has already figured out what will happen more than ten years later."

Fang Ruxuan teased her with a pursed smile.

The sixteenth princess was not shy at all, she smiled agreeably, her face was full of happiness and pride.

Three to four months pregnant, when she was most lethargic, Fang Ruxuan only talked to Princess Sixteen for half an hour, and she had already yawned several times while clutching her handkerchief.

After Fang Ruxuan finished her greetings, she knew that she was the most important thing that Ning Shanbo's mansion paid attention to, and she had nothing to tell her carefully, so she got up and left.

As soon as he came out of the alley in front of Ning Shanbo's mansion, the carriage stopped for a while, and when it started to drive again, the speed was much slower than before, and the sound of horseshoes could be heard clearly and clearly outside the curtain beside the carriage.

"How are you these days?"

Song Qian's deep voice came over.

Nodding her head, realizing that he couldn't see at all, Fang Ruxuan thanked softly: "I'm fine, thank you very much."

I don't know if she is thanking me for the greeting at this moment, or if she found out what I did when the rumor spread last time, Song Qian was a little uncertain, so he hummed noncommittally.

For a long time, Song Qian didn't speak again.

Fang Ruxuan looked back at Kapok, wrinkled her face in distress, Kapok shrugged sympathetically, and simply sat in the corner of the carriage and closed her eyes to fall asleep.

"I...I'm going to leave the capital for a while. During my absence, you, take care of yourself."

When he opened his mouth again, Song Qian's face was full of annoyance.

What happened last time, he thought he did it secretly, but unexpectedly, the empress knew about it.

The price he paid was that now he received the emperor's order to go to the Luzhou military camp to deliver the military supplies for the New Year, and take stock of the number of veterans and recruits along the way.

This kind of thing can be successfully completed by sending a eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The meaning of the Holy Majesty and the Empress is self-evident, and Marquis Anyuan also acquiesced.

Song Qian had never regretted and blamed himself so much for a moment.

Song Qian didn't think it was a pity that he couldn't celebrate the New Year in the capital, but going to Luzhou would take a few months at least, and he didn't rule out assigning him a temporary task at that time.

A few months does not matter to Song Qian, but to Fang Ruxuan, it is quite different.

Years later, in June, Fang Ruxuan will be ready for marriage, and Prince Qi's mansion will be ready for her marriage.

Now there is attention from the palace, if they take advantage of their absence and marry Fang Ruxuan with an imperial decree, then they will be beyond their reach.

Song Qian felt bitter in his heart, and even the words in his mouth seemed to be a little hard to say.

"It's really hard for the son of Song to go to work for it in the cold weather today. I hope the son will take care of it."

Fang Ruxuan said politely.

"I will write to you from time to time, you, remember to write back to me."

Looking back at the car curtain swinging in the wind, it seemed that Fang Ruxuan's face could be seen through the car curtain. Song Qian said domineeringly, seeing that Fang Ruxuan didn't answer for a while, Song Qian said angrily: "If you don't reply , I will send someone to send it over eight hundred li in a hurry, and if you don’t want more people in the capital to know, just write me back honestly.”

Thinking of Song Qian leaving the capital, she wouldn't have to worry about being missed by him all the time. Fang Ruxuan was still a little happy, but when she heard what he said, she suddenly became a little downcast.

Hearing that Song Qian wanted to hurry up by [-] miles, and knowing that this was something Song Qian did, Fang Ruxuan's face almost wrinkled into a bitter gourd: If that's the case, by then, everyone in the capital will know about Anyuan Hou Shizi If you have a heart for yourself, it is not as simple as a rumor.

Cursing her lips, Fang Ruxuan replied helplessly: "Don't worry, my son, I will reply to your letter."

After getting a satisfactory answer, and thinking of her wrinkled little face at the moment, Song Qian felt a little secretly proud. He was afraid that he would push her into a hurry, and even his own [-]-mile rush would be useless, so he didn't dare to go any further. too much.

Seeing that the carriage was approaching the alley in front of Prince Qi's Mansion, Song Qian took out a brocade box from his arms and threw it in along the curtain of the carriage, "Hey, it's for you, put it away."

Thinking of the hot jade pendant sent by Chu Yuan, Fang Ruxuan didn't dare to be sloppy, and hurriedly touched the box, opened it and looked at it in the light outside.

An iridescent agate armlet.

How can such a thing be accepted?
Fang Ruxuan couldn't care less, opened the curtain of the car and passed the brocade box over, "Your Majesty, please take it back, Ruxuan can't accept it."

In the eyes, it was Song Qian who had turned the horse's head but turned around viciously. The next moment, the whip was raised, and the horse galloped away.

(End of this chapter)