Resourceful beauty

Chapter 15 Black and White
Returning to the capital again, Prince Qi's Mansion has lost its former splendor, and in the past few days of the Chinese New Year, Prince Qi's Mansion is not as full of customers as in previous years.

And these people who came to visit either had a deep friendship with King Qi and believed that King Qi would not wait for someone who betrayed the Lord and the country, or they came to inquire about the news to see if they would be implicated.

No matter what kind, Prince Qi and his sons were polite and gentle when they received guests, but when they turned their backs, those who came here had already been classified into three, six, or nine classes.

In this world, it is always easy to make icing on the cake, but difficult to give charcoal in the snow.

In the inner house, Su Yuan would only bring her two daughters with her whenever she wanted to receive female relatives. Fang Ruxuan and the others would not be recruited.

Concubine Wu and Fang Ruhua's seven orifices were full of anger, but they had no choice but to go without invitation, so they could only stay in the dormitory and get angry.

Fang Ruxuan was happy and at ease.

Lying reclined on the beauty couch by the window, with the hint of plum fragrance lingering on the tip of her nose, Fang Ruxuan leisurely looked for the golden house she was looking forward to in the book.

"Miss, if the palace wants to make a home in the capital, why don't you have to know some ladies in the boudoir, otherwise, you will not have a good friend when you go to other palaces for banquets or enter the palace in the future." Let's talk together."

Su Ye inserted the screen in front of the table, muttering unhappily.

Ding Xiang and Su Ye are both 15 years old now, but their temperaments are completely different.

Ding Xiang grows steadily and looks like a 20-year-old big sister, Su Ye is lively and playful, but she seems to be the same age as Fang Ruxuan. When they were young, the three of them grew up together. Fang Ruxuan and Su Ye often made troubles together, and Ding Xiang followed to remedy the aftermath.

Fang Ruxuan pursed her lips and smiled, but before answering the words, Ding Xiang gave Su Ye an angry sideways glance and said, "I thought you would be more stable after this experience, but you will be the same as before."

Although Su Ye's words were spoken in front of his own people, if Su Yuan's ears were heard through the wall, it seemed that Su Yuan was deliberately not allowing Fang Ruxuan to make friends with the commander's handkerchief, and was mean to her.

The two maids bickered, but Fang Ruxuan was not distracted in the slightest.

After reading the page in her hand, she sat up and said with a smile, "Okay, you two stop bickering. Su Ye, who is visiting father today?"

Putting the inserted plum vase on the high table by the wall, Su Ye walked up to Fang Ruxuan and said, "It's Mrs. Du, the servant of the Ministry of Rites. Now in the Nuanxiang Palace are Mrs. Du and the three young ladies of the Du family."

The young ladies of the Du family are the sisters Du Mingzhu.

Since it's them, it doesn't matter if they don't know each other.

Fang Ruxuan took a sip of tea, then lay back down again, while stretching comfortably.

Su Ye felt that her young lady seemed much more stupid than before when she came out of the prison.

Ding Xiang stepped forward and carefully covered Fang Ruxuan with a silk quilt, and asked probingly: "Miss, how many ladies in the Du family do you not like?"

This year is Ruian's fourth year, and Dayuan's three-year draft is about to kick off.

If there were no accidents, in this draft, Du Mingzhu would be selected as Ming Nobleman and become the most popular new favorite in the palace.But she is too arrogant, and she claims to be smart. She is obedient to the queen in the open, but secretly she is Concubine Lin's confidant. In the end, she was pushed out as a scapegoat.

What's the use of getting along with such a stupid person?Maybe, one day, she will be dragged into the water.

Thinking to herself, Fang Ruxuan nodded, "There are good and bad people in the capital. Some people treat you well, but they may not really treat you well. Some people seem to be indifferent on the surface, but they may not be bad-hearted. So, in the future When you look at people and recognize things, you all have to pay more attention."

Ding Xiang and Su Ye nodded yes, and looked at each other, feeling a little strange in their hearts.

Reunited again, my young lady is no longer as forbearing as before, and this kind of her has an indescribable vitality all over her body.

Still, that's a good thing, isn't it?
The two maids muttered a few words in their hearts, and went down to work separately.

For several days, Fang Ruxuan stayed in the room reading and practicing calligraphy, or went to Qingfengzhai to talk to Fang Zhengjun.

If King Qi was free, the two brothers and sisters would go to play chess and talk with their father together, enjoying themselves indescribably.

When Su Yuan knew about it, she sulked secretly for a while, and turned around, but the other party was humiliated, urging him to do his homework and go to King Qi several times.

In a blink of an eye, it is the seventh day of the lunar new year, the day when all officials are in court.

King Qi is still waiting for trial, and he has no position now, so after the early drums sounded, there was already noise in the street outside. Even though King Qi had got up, he could only stand in front of the main hall, looking up. Looking at the dark sky, hiding the loneliness in my heart.

"Daddy, good morning..."

His daughter's crisp voice sounded behind him, King Qi turned around, and saw Fang Ruxuan walking slowly with two maidservants.

"It's still cold, why don't you get more sleep?"

King Qi stretched out his hands to warm Fang Ruxuan's ears and face.

"Early to bed and early to rise is good for your health."

With a playful answer, Fang Ruxuan took her father's arm and walked forward, "Daddy, your practice room was cleaned up by Ding Xiangsuye and I yesterday, go and see if there is anything wrong, we will clean it up later." .”

Hearing the word practice room, a gleam of light flashed in King Qi's eyes, but then dimmed.

Although this incident was a false accusation, in the days afterward, King Qi thought about it a lot.

Today, the Holy One is his nephew, but the king's heart is unpredictable, not to mention, one of them is in the capital and the other is in Jiangbei. After so many years of separation, the original simple heart may have changed a long time ago.

Take this incident as an example, if the late emperor was still alive, even if he saw the report letter with his own eyes and heard with his own ears that he was treasonous and collaborating with the enemy, he might not believe it, and he must be called back to Beijing to ask for clarification.

But today's sage, he didn't even ask for an excuse, so he directly sent the imperial guards to surround Jiangbei Prince Qi's mansion, and sent their father and son to prison.

It can be seen that in his heart, he doubted himself.

That being the case, this matter might not be so easy to settle. Even if it was like what he said in Yongshou Palace on the first day of the lunar new year, he might not be able to take back the military power in his hands.

I feel sorry for the [-] iron cavalry I personally trained...

It has reached such a point, what's the use of practicing kung fu?Even if he has developed a body like steel, he may only be able to play with guns and sticks in this backyard.

For the rest of my life, I can only enjoy the flowers and tease the birds and become a rich prince.

The ambition in his heart could not be realized, and the disappointment in King Qi's heart suddenly filled the air.

As if guessing what her father was thinking, Fang Ruxuan stopped, pointed back at the darkness in the sky and asked her father, "Daddy, what color is that?"

With doubts on his face, King Qi replied with a broken smile: "Mo Se."

Fang Ruxuan just smiled and said nothing, she just held her father's arm and looked into the distance quietly.

The lingering lingering sound of the morning bell came from a distant place, and the darkness before dawn seemed to be cut through at once, revealing from the gap in the sky, and after a while, the sky turned white.

"Daddy, what color is it now?"

Fang Ruxuan blinked at her father.

Seeing the sky gradually brighten from beige to bright white, King Qi seemed to understand what his daughter meant.

"Black is black, and white is white. If it is white, it will be dyed black by thick ink. When the time comes, it will still turn back to its original color. So, why are you hurt by being blinded for a while?" What about pregnant? Daddy, what do you think?"

Fang Ruxuan looked up at her father and asked with seriousness on her immature face.

There was a feeling of enlightenment in his heart, King Qi turned his head and glanced at the brightened sky, nodded heavily, and then looked at the little daughter, suddenly bursting with pride that "there is a young girl in my family".

The father and daughter stayed in the practice room for more than an hour, and when they came out, King Qi's face was full of joy, and the gloom that had accumulated in his heart for several days was swept away.

Near noon, the old butler ran back and forth tremblingly, saying that a special envoy from the palace had come to announce the decree.

The smile faltered, and King Qi hurriedly returned to the Yixin Palace, changed his clothes and headed towards the front yard.

Standing in the courtyard of Yixin Palace, Fang Ruxuan let out a sigh of relief as she watched her father's back.

The case of Prince Qi’s treason and collusion with the enemy seems to be settled, but the Prince Qi’s mansion in the capital is no longer as brilliant as it used to be in the north of the Jiangbei River. snorted.

Without military achievements, and without accumulated family property, the current glamorous Prince Qi's Mansion, even its gold and jade, is probably only temporary.

After a stick of incense, King Qi came back from the front yard.

Behind him, the old butler commanded two servants to carry the rosewood incense case enshrined with bright yellow scrolls to the side hall.

Seeing her father's face with a forced smile, Fang Ruxuan pretended to be happy, and ran forward to ask happily: "Daddy, the Dali Temple has settled the case. Daddy is not a shameless traitor who treacherous and collaborating with the enemy. Our family will never be separated again." ,right?"

Facing his daughter's excited and expectant eyes, King Qi was stunned for a moment: Whether it's wealth, gold, silver or silk, these are all fleeting things, what matters is your own reputation and the safety and health of your family.

Relieved in his heart, King Qi nodded with a smile, and stretched out his hand to scratch Fang Ruxuan's nose, "Daddy has received a military post, and he will go to the barracks for training tomorrow."

Thinking of her father's bitter face just now, Fang Ruxuan knew that it must not be a good job.

King Qi sighed inaudibly and said: "The holy decree, father is a mighty general, and he goes to the Xishan camp to train soldiers. In addition..."

"In addition, there is also a supervising army, and every matter is big or small, the supervising army will submit a report."

It's all outside matters, Fang Ruxuan's daughter may not understand it, but King Qi subconsciously said it, as if his daughter could understand it and understand his mood.

"Supervisor..."

Fang Ruxuan shook her head helplessly and smiled bitterly.

Supervising the army is not so much for supervising the soldiers in the battalion, but rather for supervising King Qi, fearing that he is in control of the military.

On the one hand, he valued King Qi's ability to lead troops, and on the other hand, he had to guard against him. This kind of behavior is really chilling.

Fang Ruxuan smiled and said, "Daddy, isn't it your greatest wish to be able to lead soldiers to fight? Now, this will not only meet your expectations, but also prevent our family from being separated. Isn't it the best of both worlds? In the future, the soldiers you bring will have more Ability, don't you have light on your face?"

As long as you can defend your home and country, what is the difference between going to the battlefield by yourself and killing the enemy with your own soldiers?
Having figured it out in his heart, King Qi smiled sincerely.

(End of this chapter)