Resourceful beauty

Chapter 23

"It's been four or five years since we met last time. My sister still looks the same as a few years ago, but I am much haggard and older. My sister is blessed, and she is born to enjoy life."

In the main hall of Yixin Hall, Su Yuan, who was dressed as a princess, looked at the middle-aged woman sitting in the lower seat, and said with a soft smile.

Although there was a bit of modesty in the words, the smile was extraordinarily joyful and excited, as if seeing her childhood sisters really made her very happy.

The woman in front of her was in her thirties, wearing a lake-green jacket and skirt, which made her skin fairer and brighter.

The woman's surname is Luo, and she is the daughter of the Luo family, the former Minister of the Household Department. She and Su Yuan were good sisters in her boudoir when they were young.

More than 20 years ago, the Su Mansion and the Luo Mansion were both well-known families in the capital. Su Yuan and Ms. Luo were both concubines, and when the Misses of Beijing had a party, the two walked around very often every day. There is a correspondence, which can be regarded as a relatively close handkerchief sister.

However, this is from the perspective of outsiders.

In the hearts of these two people, it doesn't matter whether others are good or not, what matters is whether they live better than each other.

Therefore, even though they called their sisters and sisters affectionately in their mouths, both of them held a sigh of relief in their hearts, that is, they must live better than each other.

The two were about the same age, and when they were married, Su Yuan married King Qi as Teng's concubine and became the side concubine of King Qi's mansion, while Luo Shi married the third wife of the Qiu family and became the third wife of Qiu.

When the marriage was settled, Luo Shi was proud, because they were all concubines, and she became the head wife. Although Su Yuan was a concubine with a good name in name, she was still a concubine.

But more than ten years later, Su Yuan became Princess Qi, while Luo Shi was still just Mrs. Qiu, without even a royal order.

If there is no childhood friendship, now Luo Shi wants to see Su Yuan, he would send his mother-in-law to Qi Wang's mansion in advance to deliver a post.

It was also because of this that Su Yuan forcibly suppressed her unhappiness when she learned that Luo Shi was coming to see her, and carefully dressed up for more than an hour before she had the noble and gorgeous appearance at this moment.

"The concubine was joking. In terms of fate and fortune, even if I flatter myself, I can't catch up with the concubine."

Third Mrs. Qiu felt sore in her heart, but she didn't show it at all on her face.

"My lord was framed by a traitor and fell into such a catastrophe. However, if it weren't for this, we would not be able to return to the capital. I am afraid that we will settle in the capital in the future. Therefore, we sisters have more opportunities to move around. If my sister has nothing to do, she should visit me often."

Su Yuan's smile became softer.

Thinking of seeing the young ladies who looked down on her back then prostrate themselves and call her "Princess Wan'an", Su Yuan felt that her breathing was exceptionally smooth, and she couldn't help feeling refreshed.

"Thank you, Princess, I will come to bother you often in the future."

Speaking politely, Mrs. Qiu always had a gentle smile on her face, and she didn't feel uncomfortable at all for Su Yuan's condescending words.

Just let you be happy for a while, I only hope that after hearing my next words, you can still smile so proudly.

Third Mrs. Qiu thought to herself.

She came here today to convey the goodwill of the Qiu family, not to catch up with Su Yuan.

Sure enough, with a smile, Su Yuan came back to her senses.

When Luo Shi was young, whenever she gained the upper hand, although she congratulated her affectionately, she couldn't hide the jealousy in her eyes, but at this moment, she smiled calmly, as if she didn't care at all.

She is so fearless because...

Thinking of her identity as Mrs. Qiu, Su Yuan couldn't help but laugh.

Mrs. Qiu, who was drinking tea slowly, saw Su Yuan froze for a while and then slowly suppressed her smile, and gracefully put down the tea bowl in her hand, "I am here, I have a few words to say to the princess, If the words are not good, I hope the princess will not care about the concubine."

coming……

After silently reading a sentence in her heart, Su Yuan fell silent.

Third Mrs. Qiu on the side said to herself: "Master Ninth is the young master of the big house. He has a pure heart since he was a child, and he is the best young man. Last night, although it was a misunderstanding that bumped into the second lady of the palace, But it wasn't intentional either. I hope the prince and concubine don't blame me for this. But then again, under the watchful eyes of everyone, they saw Master Ninth and Second Miss Fang getting together, so it is inevitable that some bad words will come out... ..."

Su Yuan's complexion turned from red to white, and then from white to blue, becoming more and more ugly, and her eyes, like poisoned knives, gouged out towards Mrs. Qiu San.

But the two have known each other since they were young, and how could Mrs. Qiu not know Su Yuan's temperament.

Without meeting Su Yuan's eyes at all, Third Mrs. Qiu continued: "Uncle, oh, that's Mr. Xiang. After discussing with my sister-in-law, I wanted to form a good relationship with the palace of Qin and Jin, which can be regarded as fulfilling the two children. In this way As a result, it not only made a good story, but also preserved the young lady's reputation."

After all, Mrs. Qiu raised her eyes to look at Su Yuan with a smile, "I know that my concubine and the concubine are old, no, the prime minister asked my concubine to come to the palace to meet the concubine, and I hope that the prince and concubine can settle this matter together. If you want to , the Qiu family will come to propose marriage immediately, and will never wrong Miss Fang."

The roots of the teeth were sour, and the mouth was filled with a rush of blood. Su Yuan stared at the third Mrs. Qiu fiercely, but she couldn't vent her anger.

That year on the street, Fang Ruxuan just pointed at Qiu Ming's nose and cursed a few words, and Qiu Zongde said that he would definitely marry his son a lady from Prince Qi's mansion as his wife and concubine.

If I speak rudely again at this moment, Fang Ruyu, who is already on the cusp of the crisis, will suffer, how can I let their tricks succeed?
The complacency just now turned into resentment in an instant, and Su Yuan looked at Mrs. Qiu San again, and suddenly felt that the smile on her face was so glaring.

She moved her lips and was about to say something when a hysterical roar came from outside the door, "Propose marriage? Wishful thinking, a toad wants to eat swan meat, that idiot in Qiu's house is not even a toad, hurry back to Qiu Go to the house and tell your Xiangye that even if I twist my hair to be my sister-in-law, it is absolutely impossible for me to marry that fool..."

I don't know if they ran all the way, or they were angry after hearing Mrs. Qiu's words. Fang Ruyu, who ran in with her skirt in hand, had a flushed face, and her eyes were full of anger.

Obviously feeling that Fang Ruyu's behavior was too disrespectful, Mrs. Qiu's brows slightly frowned.

After glancing at Fang Ruyu, Mrs. Qiu turned her head to Su Yuan and asked, "I'm taking the liberty of being a concubine. I don't know how old Miss Second Miss is now?"

Su Yuan was stunned for a moment, and didn't want to answer her, but the other party didn't ask Fang Ruyu's birth date, and she would be rude if she didn't answer, Su Yuan said vaguely: "Sixteen."

Mrs. Qiu raised her eyebrows lightly, looked at Fang Ruyu one more time, and boasted with a smile: "You are already a big girl."

The young ladies in the capital began to discuss marriage when they were twelve or thirteen years old, and they were engaged in marriage before they reached the age of ji, and they only waited until they were 15 years old and passed the jiji ceremony to get married.

Fang Ruyu is 16 years old, but she is still in her boudoir. Now that there are such rumors again, the future marriage will be even more difficult.

There was something in Mrs. Qiu's words, how could Su Yuan not understand, but even if she couldn't get married, she would never marry her daughter to that idiot Qiu Ming.

Before Su Yuan's "seeing off the guests" could be said, Mrs. Qiu had already got up gracefully, bowed to Su Yuan and said, "I have something to do at home, so I won't stay any longer. The Prime Minister also invites the princess and Prince Qi Discuss carefully, and give the concubine a promise as soon as possible, if it is a happy event, then it would be great, if it is not..."

Eyes gliding over Fang Ruyu's body, Third Mrs. Qiu said quietly: "If not, Prince Qi's Mansion should have made a plan earlier, don't delay the second lady's life because of these raucous gossip in the capital. I will resign."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Qiu turned around, stepped out of the Yixin Hall with a graceful figure, and followed the maids outside the hall to the outside.

"Get out, get out, go back to the Qiu Mansion and tell that fool that this lady will never marry him even if she dies..."

He picked up the teacup that Mrs. Qiu San had drank and slammed it at her back, Fang Ruyu lost her composure and cried.

"Yu'er..."

Her mother's call sounded in her ear, Fang Ruyu turned around, cried bitterly and threw herself into Su Yuan's arms, "Mother, I don't want to marry that fool, I don't want..."

"Good boy, don't cry, don't cry, huh? Mother won't let you marry him. You are the young lady of Prince Qi's mansion. You will be the princess in the future. The person you want to marry must be a young man in the capital." Jun, how could it be that idiot young master of the Qiu Mansion? No, no."

Patting Fang Ruyu's back lightly, Su Yuan coaxed softly, but how to get over the predicament in front of her, Su Yuan has no way at all now.

The liveliness of Yixin Palace soon spread to every corner of the palace.

In the Xipei Hall, Concubine Wu asked Fang Ruhua with an uneasy expression, "The young master of Qiu's mansion threw the second young lady down, didn't you do it?"

Fang Ruhua gave her an annoyed sideways glance, "Second sister's bad reputation, what good does it do me?"

Concubine Wu didn't dare to say any more, but she felt more at ease in her heart. On the one hand, she silently calculated how she would beg King Qi to choose a good marriage for this daughter as soon as possible when he came back.

In Shuyuxuan, Fang Ruxuan lay comfortably on the soft couch reading a book. Su Ye looked at her heartless young lady sadly and asked, "Miss, are you not worried at all?"

It was Fang Ruxuan who offended Qiu Ming first and was uttered harsh words by Qiu Zongde.

Now, if Fang Ruyu's reputation is not good, the young ladies in Prince Qi's mansion will also be affected. In the future, when discussing marriage, it will not be as smooth as before.

Fang Ruxuan asked back, "Is worrying helpful?"

Su Ye shook her head, turned on the charcoal fire, and sighed with some regret: "Hey, it seems that the second miss is really going to twist her hair and become an aunt."

Fang Ruxuan put down the book in her hand, and said with a helpless smile: "So, the princess is far behind the mother."

"Then if the princess is still there, what will happen to her?"

Su Ye admired the former concubine very much. Hearing Fang Ruxuan mention it now, she hurriedly asked.

"If my mother had been there, she would have sent the second elder sister out of the capital as soon as she had known what had happened last night, and found a quiet village to rest in. Then she would go to the Qiu Mansion and pre-emptively say that the young master of the Qiu Mansion was unruly and treated her The servant girl in the palace is making a fuss. Then, there is a servant girl in the palace, who will become the young master of Qiu's family in a few days, or even his wife."

Fang Ruxuan said in a serious manner, and then laughed, "In this way, at dawn, everyone will know that the person who was thrown down by the young master of Qiu's mansion is just a servant girl of Prince Qi's mansion. But, Miss, Regardless of the maidservant, the story of kissing Fangze under the lamp of the beauties on a moonlit night will not change, it is still a good story."

　Meet the beauties on a moonlit night, kiss Fangze under the lamp... Tsk tsk tsk, the author Jun Sensen feels that he should travel back to ancient times to write a storybook, maybe he will become famous.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)