Resourceful beauty

Chapter 190 The Princess

After leaving the East Palace, Fang Ruxuan let out a sudden breath.

Cleaning up Nanny Cui is imperative, but I didn't expect it to be so smooth. Thinking of Chu Yuan's appearance last night when he gave her advice with a smirk, Fang Ruxuan couldn't help but smile.

The first time I saw Chu Yuan, it was in the other garden of the Xinggong Palace. The calm and breezy weather eased Fang Ruxuan's biggest embarrassment in her life.

After that, every time I saw him, I could recognize his unknown side. In the end, even Fang Ruxuan didn't know what kind of person he was.

In front of people, he was alienated and indifferent, as if he didn't care about anything.

Empress, he talks and laughs happily and humorously, and is willing to give his best for the people he cares about. That kind of enthusiasm can make people truly feel the sincerity in his heart.

It was precisely because of seeing so many sides of him that Fang Ruxuan didn't even know when he walked into her heart, let alone when her heart was filled with him, leaving no room for him.

Rejecting Song Qian, one is because he is domineering, but I don't want others to control my own destiny, and the other is because Chu Yuan has already occupied my heart, right?

Thinking wildly, the expression on Fang Ruxuan's face was extremely gentle.

Looking up again, he has arrived in front of Fengming Palace.

Looking at the sedan chair parked outside the palace gate, Fang Ruxuan was slightly taken aback. Next to her, Sangsan said in a low voice, "The eldest princess will enter the palace every three to five days to greet the queen. Maybe the eldest princess is here."

Thinking of the eldest princess Chu Xiu, the smile on Fang Ruxuan's face gradually faded, and her expression became a little more serious.

Queen Zhou has been married to King Yao for nearly 30 years, but there is only a princess like Chu Xiu under her knees. It is conceivable how much she will be loved. In addition, King Yong was raised by Queen Zhou when he was young, and he and Chu Xiu are also siblings Love is deep, that's why Queen Zhou and Chu Xiu are so supportive of King Yong's fight for heir.

Naturally, Queen Zhou and Chu Xiu must hate Chu Yuan more than they like Chu Yuan who suddenly returned to Yao Kingdom and finally won the reserve position.

He entered the main hall of Fengming Palace with lowered eyebrows, and what he heard was the chatter and laughter of Queen Zhou's mother and daughter. Although it was not ostentatious, it was still a bit more cheerful than the solemnity and tranquility of the past.

Fang Ruxuan looked up quickly, bowed her head and greeted Queen Zhou respectfully. When she cried out, she got up and gave a little blessing to the eldest princess in front of her, "Ruxuan has met the eldest princess."

"Mother, this is the Princess Xuanyi whom you have praised in front of your daughter since just now, and now we are the Crown Princess of Yao Kingdom?"

Chu Xiu's eyes flicked past Fang Ruxuan, but she didn't intend to tell her to get up at all, and turned to talk to Queen Zhou.

Glancing at her in disapproval, Queen Zhou smiled at Fang Ruxuan and said, "Crown Princess, get up quickly. You are sisters-in-law. What kind of words do you say to be so polite? If someone sees it, you will feel strange."

Fang Ruxuan took advantage of the situation and got up, sat across from Chu Xiu, looked at her with a smile and said, "Don't blame the queen mother. People often say that it's not surprising that there are many people who are polite. This is the first time Ruxuan sees the eldest princess, and she should be respectful."

The 28-year-old Chu Xiu inherited the beautiful face of Queen Zhou, wearing a bright red cloud brocade palace dress, making her look more gorgeous and noble.

Her hair is full of pearls, and against the complicated patterns embroidered with gold and silver threads on the clothes, not only will she not look cumbersome, but it will add a bit of unattainable arrogance to her. The raised willow eyebrows are even more impressive At first glance, people feel noble and inviolable, which adds a lot of fear in their hearts.

Fang Ruxuan didn't know if this was Chu Xiu's usual style of dressing, or if she did it on purpose today.

If it's the latter, she should be lucky.

"I didn't expect to meet the Crown Princess at my mother's place today. I didn't even prepare the meeting ceremony. It was my negligence. I sent someone to prepare a generous gift and send it to the East Palace. Don't blame the Crown Princess."

Chu Xiu smiled brightly, and her bright eyes stabbed at Fang Ruxuan in a daze, as if she was sure that she would not dare to show any displeasure.

Sure enough, Fang Ruxuan refused with a smile, "It's too polite for the eldest princess to be like this. Ruxuan and His Highness are discussing these few days to choose an auspicious day to hold a banquet in the East Palace for the eldest princess and several princes and concubines. As for the princes and princesses in the palace, when the time comes, welcome the Eldest Princess."

Chu Xiu smiled, but her eyes seemed to be able to see through Fang Ruxuan's calm and beautiful expression, she just stared straight at Fang Ruxuan.

Not to be outdone, she looked back at Chu Xiu, and the smile on Fang Ruxuan's face was impeccable.

In the end, Chu Xiu responded with a smile: "Is there any reason why this Palace can't hold a banquet in the East Palace? The Crown Princess is too polite."

While the three of them were talking, all the concubines and concubines came to pay their respects. This time, there were more people than when Fang Ruxuan and Chu Yuan came to recognize relatives on the first day.

Except for the older concubine, the other concubines are all of the same age, and some of them seem to be about the same age as Fang Ruxuan.

However, compared to the crowd, Concubine Jinggui's looks still stand out from the crowd.

Perhaps it was because of the prince's big wedding that he didn't take much care of the affairs of the harem these days. Now that the concubine is paying her respects, Queen Zhou is a little merciless.

For the few concubines who had served the bed in the past few days, Queen Zhou kindly encouraged them, and rewarded them with some cloth and jewelry. There were also a few concubines who had troubles with their tongues, and they all followed the palace rules. They were fined a monthly salary or grounded for a few days to ten days.

Rewards and punishments are clearly defined, which is the consistent style of Queen Zhou.

The greetings were over, and the concubines with lower ranks saluted in groups of three or five and then left, only the third concubine and the noble concubine remained in the main hall to accompany the Queen of Zhou and the Eldest Princess to talk.

Fang Ruxuan sat quietly and listened, looking at everyone's expressions from time to time, as long as she and Chu Yuan were not involved, she would abide by the rule of saying less and making less mistakes.

After a while, Chu Xiu giggled, looked at Queen Zhou with a playful face, and said, "Mother, our princess looks like a clever, but now, it looks like a gourd with its mouth cut. If There's no one around to mediate and laugh, the East Palace is probably going to be stuffy and moldy."

Chu Xiu was probably the only one who dared to say this in such a huge harem.

Fang Ruxuan was unhappy in her heart, but she didn't show anything on her face, she just smiled lightly and didn't respond.

Queen Zhou finally gave Chu Xiu a sullen look, "The Crown Princess has just married here, so it's okay to be unfamiliar with her. If you make fun of her like this again, be careful that the Crown Prince will annoy you and weaken your sister-sibling bond."

Not only did he not save Fang Ruxuan, but he even put a big hat on Chu Yuantou.

Fang Ruxuan is an idiot, so she realized something was wrong, and replied with a smile: "My mother is serious. Is Your Highness such a narrow-minded person? Besides, the eldest princess likes Ruxuan, so she joked about Ruxuan like this. Ruxuan wouldn't Take it to heart, don't annoy her."

After Fang Ruxuan said that, Queen Zhou and Chu Xiu naturally heard the toughness in her words, they laughed and talked about it, and did not continue the topic just now, but Chu Xiu's glances from time to time made Fang Ruxuan feel, Be more careful.

In front of so many people, Chu Xiu did not avoid it at all, and spared no effort to step on herself and Chu Yuan. It seemed that she had no intention of hiding this disgust in her heart.

Fang Ruxuan was not easy to deal with such a blatant provocation.

Sharper teeth and sharper mouth would make people think that Fang Ruxuan was not calm and magnanimous enough, but rather inferior.But if she blindly avoids it like this, it will make Chu Xiu feel that she is easy to bully.

But be it Chu Yuan or Fang Ruxuan, from the day they moved into the East Palace, they never planned to be bullied again.

Inadvertently meeting Chu Xiu's eyes, Fang Ruxuan nodded and smiled, then calmly turned her face away with a look of indifference.

Chu Xiu was slightly startled, but felt that she had misjudged the person. Fang Ruxuan was not a rabbit who couldn't bark, but a beast ready to go, silently sizing up the enemy's weaknesses.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu laughed a little self-deprecatingly: No matter how tricky Chu Yuan is, it is because he is the prince of Yao Kingdom after all, but Fang Ruxuan...

Chu Xiu didn't think that Fang Ruxuan had any real ability to compete with her other than her status as the princess.

Since there is not, then the biggest enemy of himself and his mother is still Chu Yuan, Fang Ruxuan in front of him is nothing to worry about.

Chu Xiu thought to herself.

After talking for a while, probably after drinking two cups of tea, the third concubine got up to leave at the right time, thinking that Queen Zhou and Chu Xiu still had something private to say, so Fang Ruxuan withdrew together.

Concubine Lu Ruxuan smiled gently at Fang Ruxuan, and left with Concubine Liu Ning and Concubine Jing. Concubine Han Shu was at the end, hesitated again and again, looked at Fang Ruxuan with an unfriendly expression, and said, "The plum blossoms in the imperial garden are blooming. Let's go to enjoy the rewards together."

Obviously, she has something to say to Fang Ruxuan.

All the way towards the Royal Garden, Concubine Han Shu didn't say anything, but Fang Ruxuan guessed in her heart what she wanted to say to herself.

When they got to the ridge of Mei Lin, seeing Concubine Han Shu turned her head and glanced at the maidservant next to her, the maid nodded and took away all the palace servants who followed, and even called Mulberry and Mulberry leaves away together, Only then did Fang Ruxuan realize that Concubine Han Shu's intention was temporary.

Sure enough, Concubine Han Shu's face darkened, "You are also the crown princess now. In this empress/palace, except for the queen mother and queen, you are the most honorable. In this case, you should take into account the face of some princes, and a mere elder It’s just a princess, is it worth your careful attention?”

Fang Ruxuan was very surprised, but Concubine Han Shu's words were even more serious, "If you spread the word later, people will not think that the eldest princess is bullying others, they will only think that you are not tough enough to be the princess. At that time, it will also damage the prince's face. These, you Have you ever thought about it?"

Just now, the situation in Fengming Palace, you come and go with only a few words, can you rise to such a height?
Fang Ruxuan was a little suspicious.

Could it be that she is going to confront Chu Xiu head-on, and when the time comes, the two sides will be unhappy, making everyone feel that she just got married and doesn't know the general idea?

For a moment, Fang Ruxuan really didn't know what to say,
After a while, Fang Ruxuan lowered her head and submissively said, "What my concubine taught me is that Ruxuan has remembered."

Concubine Han Shu's face turned pale.

(End of this chapter)