Resourceful beauty

Chapter 142
Arriving in Laba in a blink of an eye, there is already a strong atmosphere of the New Year in the capital. Some people rush to marry new wives and come in before the Chinese New Year. Then they can worship their ancestors together during the Chinese New Year. Almost every few days, you can hear people outside. There were loud firecrackers.

Chen Mei became the housekeeper, and everything was done in three to five days after being ordered. It was not like in the past, when the big ghost pushed the little ghost, it took ten days and a half months to hear from her.

At the end of November, the winter clothes for the Chinese New Year were distributed to the people in the whole family. There was a beautiful little girl who embroidered patterns on the sleeves and necklines with great thought.

On the night of Laba, except for King Qi who was still in the Northwest camp and did not come back, everyone else was present at the dinner in the Yixin Palace.

Seeing Fang Zhengjun carefully supporting Chen Mei to sit down, Su Yuan curled her lips calmly, while Su Xiu lowered her head to hide the sadness on her face.

Fang Zhengru is not a long-term person, he got Su Xiu's body before getting married, because it was on such an occasion, he thought it was a little strange at first, and every time he got something good, he would send it to Su Xiu's mansion. , counting the days almost day and night, looking forward to marrying Su Xiu.

After they got married, Fang Zhengru suddenly discovered that Su Xiu didn't understand style as well as the maids in his room in the bed, and within a few days he felt bored and left it aside indifferently.

Fangzheng Ru always liked to hang out with his friends, and with the New Year's Eve approaching, these days he left early and returned late every day, which seemed busier than the serious Fang Zhengjun.

Most of the time when returning to Mingyuan Pavilion was the middle of the night, Su Xiu endured his displeasure and got up to serve him to rest. After tidying up, Fang Zhengru lay on the bed limp as mud, reeking of alcohol. Is to sleep with tears.

At this moment, seeing Fang Zhengjun and Chen Mei being so sweet, Su Xiu felt a sharp pain in her heart at the same time.

After eating and drinking Laba porridge, all the people in the hall dispersed.

Su Yuan left Fang Ruhui behind, took her to the inner hall, and mysteriously took out a booklet.

"It took Niangyang a long time to get it. You can see if there are any that catch your eye, so Niang can plan for you."

I planned to marry Fang Ruyu and make good plans for Fang Ruhui, but unexpectedly, things went wrong one after another. Since the beginning of this year, no, since I returned to the capital, nothing has gone smoothly. .

Now, Fang Ruyu's life is unsatisfactory, and Fang Zhengru married a shameless Su Xiu. Su Yuan felt that there was nowhere to vent her anger, and she became more and more determined to find a good marriage for her youngest daughter.

In the circle of noble ladies in the capital, there is a person who likes to be a matchmaker. Su Yuan is giving gifts and making connections. She finally got this booklet from that person. After reading it for a few days, she feels that there are a few candidates in it In order to be satisfied, Fang Ruhui was called here, and she wanted to let her see it by herself.

If Fang Ruhui's marriage could be settled before the end of the year, this year would be considered a gratifying event.

What's more, King Qi will be back in a few days.

This time, Su Yuan made up her mind that Fang Ruhui's marriage must be decided by King Qi, and she would never allow things like Fang Ruyu and Fang Ruhua to happen again.

With a puzzled look on her face, Fang Ruhui took the booklet and opened it, only glanced at it before hurriedly closing it, her face flushed with embarrassment.

Even if they know in their hearts that they are going to get married, the girls will still feel shy when the day comes.

Su Yuan also came here when she was a girl, how can she not understand?

Touching Fang Ruhui's face dotingly, Su Yuan said softly: "The young talents in this booklet are all from the famous families in the capital, and the matchmakers are selected from thousands of people. You, Take a good look, if you fall in love with someone, mother will ask you, and when your father comes back, let him make the decision for you."

If it was in the past, Fang Ruhui would definitely say shyly, "But it's fine to let the mother decide", but the elder sister's seemingly glorious marriage is actually unbearable, and Fang Ruhui is a little worried that she will end up in such a situation.

Fang Ruhui felt relieved when her mother said that she wanted to ask her father to make the decision, and opened the booklet to read it.

After reading all of them, Fang Ruhui's mind was involuntarily fixed on one of them.

Lu Qiao, the second son of Jingning Houfu.

The title of Marquis of Jingning is hereditary, and this generation is the third generation. Today's Marquis of Jingning was also a fierce general who held a heavy army when he was young. He was wounded on the battlefield before handing over the military power.

The eldest son of the Marquis of Jingning, Lv Yu, worked in the Northwest Camp, and happened to be the deputy general under the command of King Qi.

There are quite a lot of heirs in the Jingning Hou Mansion, but there are only two descendants, one is Lu Yi and the other is Lu Qiao.

Lu Qiao is 19 years old this year. He is a good-looking talent in the picture album. It is not an exaggeration to say that he looks like Pan An. Presumably, Fang Ruhui fell in love with him immediately.

In the past few days, Su Yuan has also inquired everywhere. Lu Qiao has always lived in seclusion, so he has never heard of the romance.

Whether it's a rich family or an ordinary family, the youngest son has always been favored. If this marriage is completed, Fang Ruhui doesn't need to take care of the middle-aged, but only needs to serve her parents-in-law and her husband. All in all, it's really a good match. .

Su Yuan nodded in satisfaction, "Don't worry, even if mother begs your father, let him make the decision for you."

Embarrassedly leaving the Yixin Hall, Fang Ruhui's steps were indescribably brisk.

After Laba, Su Yuan was so calm that even Chen Mei, who had only been with her for four months, secretly told Fang Ruxuan that she must be planning something.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, Emperor Rui'an sealed the seal, all officials went down to court, and began a half-month recuperation.

On the second day, King Qi came back from the Northwest Camp.

Hearing that there were still foreigners, Su Yuan just asked casually, and she immediately beamed with joy.

Also coming with him is Lv Yu, the son of the Marquis of Jingning.

Lu Yu came back with King Qi all the way. When he was in Northwest Daying, he and Fang Zhengjun were like brothers. Later, when Fang Zhengjun was transferred back to the capital, Lu Yu could only come back once every ten days. He hadn’t seen Fang Zhengjun for several months. , so Lu Yu readily accepted King Qi's warm invitation.

After sitting in the conference hall for a while, Fang Zhengjun rushed over. As soon as the two met, they made fun of each other. Lu Yu also joked that Fang Zhengjun was so immersed in tenderness that his martial arts might have deteriorated a lot.

The two of them refused to accept each other, so they went to the martial arts field in a hurry.

When they came out more than an hour later, both of them were sweating profusely, but the joy on their faces was obvious.

Then sat down in the main hall, and after a while, a servant girl from the Yixin Hall came over to pass a message, saying that the lunch has been prepared, please be sure to leave Prince Jingning for dinner.

Fang Zhengjun had always been friendly, so he didn't think too much about it, he greeted Lu Yu to go to the guest room to take a bath and change clothes, and the two went to the Yixin Palace together.

Across the screen, the girls sat on the other side. Qi Wang and Su Yuan brought Fang Zhengjun, Fang Zhengru and Lu Yu to a table. At the dinner table, seeing Lu Yu chatting and laughing in an extraordinary manner, Su Yuan was a little satisfied.

Greeting Jingninghou and his wife, Su Yuan mentioned Lu Qiao calmly, and Lu Yu said with a smile: "My second brother is good at literature but not martial arts, and he loves ancient books. My mother often said that he would fall into the book bag if he read it again." gone."

It was mentioned in one sentence, and it was not mentioned too much.

After seeing Lu Qiao off, Su Yuan couldn't wait to invite King Qi into the inner hall, and mentioned the matter of marrying Fang Ruhui to Lu Qiao.

This time, King Qi was not in a hurry to object.

After pondering for a while, he nodded and replied, "I know the character of the Marquis of Jingning and the son of the Marquis of Jingning. I think Lu Qiao will not be so bad. But let me inquire for a few days. If it is suitable, I will Naturally, Huier will be the master."

King Qi agreed so readily, Su Yuan couldn't help being overjoyed at the same time that it was unexpected.

In Shu Yuxuan, Fang Ruxuan heard something that was not very happy.

"King Lu is going back to Beijing for the New Year?"

After hearing Chen Mei's words, Fang Ruxuan knew that Fang Zhengjun must have gotten the news from outside.

Guanshi Qi just got his father's tiger jade pendant last month and went back to Ningbei happily. It was only a month later that he learned that King Lu was going back to Beijing. Could it be that he planned to make a move so soon?
Or did he come to Beijing to paralyze His Majesty specifically to buy himself more time to plan this matter?

Not sure about the purpose of King Lu's return to Beijing this time, Fang Ruxuan felt that this was an extremely dangerous signal.

In the afternoon, Fang Ruxuan went to Shanshui Residence.

As early as last year, when he learned from Fang Ruxuan that King Lu was suspected, King Qi arranged his own secret game in Ningbei. Now that King Lu is going back to Beijing, King Qi has also learned the news through his own channels.

Seeing Fang Ruxuan coming, King Qi said straight to the point: "King Lu said that auspiciousness descended from the sky in Ningbei must be a good omen for Dayuan's coming year, so he personally escorted the auspiciousness to Beijing, Bo Sheng smiled."

When the memorial was received, King Lu might have already set off halfway, but Emperor Rui'an couldn't be more happy to reject his memorial?

Only King Lu could come up with such an absurd excuse to kill first and play later.

"So, in a few days, King Lu will come to Beijing?"

Counting the days, it will be New Year's Eve in six days. Since King Lu used the excuse of offering auspiciousness, he had to show up at the banquet in the palace on New Year's Eve.

King Qi nodded, "He only brought 200 people here, not even the concubine and a few children. I think he has other things to plan besides offering auspiciousness."

Now that her father has placed an eyeliner around King Lu, it is natural that King Lu's every move after entering Beijing cannot be concealed from others. Then, when things become emperor, the dragon robe is indispensable, without the golden abacus, who would he ask to help him privately make the dragon robe?"

King Qi seemed to have thought of this question long ago, shook his head, and said in an analytical way: "Ningbei has not found such a move by King Lu, but there are a large number of embroiderers hired from Jiangnan with a lot of money in King Lu's mansion. Mother is true. So, I suspect that this matter is also in his plan to return to Beijing this time."

(End of this chapter)