Resourceful beauty

Chapter 275

"Miss, the letter from the mansion..."

Holding a box in her hand, Mu Mian walked in joyfully, seeing the familiar box shape, Fang Ruxuan couldn't hold back the smile on her face.

"Brother Ming, my grandfather, uncle and aunt have written to us."

After kissing her son on the face, Fang Ruxuan called the nurse, handed her the baby, turned around and sat on the side of the couch.

From Dayuanqi Palace, a letter will be sent every three or four months. In the past, it was sent to the East Palace through the official route, and then sent to the East Palace through the hands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Later, the way to trade was opened, and letters and gifts came. Then, Chen Mei was brought over by the caravan, sent to the Prince's Bieyuan, and then brought into the palace by kapok.

This is not only much faster, but also saves the trouble of losing or being peeped on the road.

"There are still a few carts of presents, all of which are in the other garden. His Highness said that he will go to look at them. If there is anything special, he will bring it to the palace for you."

Kapok said with a smile.

Fang Ruxuan nodded, and opened the box casually.

Several thick letters came from King Qi, Bai Shi, Fang Zhengjun, and Chen Mei respectively. After reading each letter, Fang Ruxuan breathed a sigh of relief seeing that they were all well.

Looking up again, she saw Ding Xiang and Su Ye standing in front of her. Fang Ruxuan said happily: "Nowadays, sister-in-law and Concubine Shen are taking care of the affairs of Prince Qi's mansion. In the twelfth lunar month, sister-in-law was diagnosed to be pregnant again. Leave everything to Concubine Shen, everything in the mansion is fine now."

After finishing speaking, Fang Ruxuan looked at Ding Xiang again, "Your brother takes good care of Sifangzhai, although there are fewer good things released every month than before, but all of them are high-quality goods. Given time, your brother will have a bright future. "

Ding Xiang wept with joy.

On the bottom layer of the box was a sapphire blue brocade bag with blessing patterns. When it was opened, it was a cloud-patterned jade pendant that King Qi often wore on his body. Xin personally called when she was there.

King Qi said that he gave it to his grandson.

Touching the jade pendant and looking at the string, Fang Ruxuan felt warm in her heart, and the homesickness overflowing from reading the letter was also slightly relieved by this jade pendant.

At noon, when Chu Yuan came back, there were several guards behind him, carrying several large boxes in groups of two.

The box was placed in the main hall of Xuanyi Hall, Chu Yuan pouted at Fang Ruxuan, and Fang Ruxuan knew that these were all part of the gifts prepared for him by Prince Qi's mansion.

Open it, and one of the boxes is small clothes and hats made by Chen Mei, Concubine Shen and Concubine Yun for Brother Ming. Among them, there is also a pair of lifelike tiger head pillows, which can be seen from the hands of Concubine Shen.

In the other boxes, there are mostly small toys such as flowers, birds, insects, fish, knives, guns and sticks. They are also prepared for Brother Ming. Fang Ruxuan pursed her lips and smiled, while looking at Chu Yuan, she joked: "Father and elder brother and sister-in-law are collecting With these things in place, it will save you worry and trouble.”

Chu Yuan shrugged proudly, "There's no way, luck is here, and I can't stop it."

Fang Ruxuan couldn't help laughing, rolled her eyes at Chu Yuan, knelt down and read the contents of several boxes one by one, and then ordered Ding Xiang and Su Ye to put them away in the small warehouse.

In the afternoon, Chu Yuan went to Yiyuan Hall to discuss matters. Fang Ruxuan lay lazily on the soft couch and read the letters over and over again. When she heard footsteps, she raised her eyes and saw kapok coming in.

"Miss, I have already investigated what happened years ago."

Kapok said straight to the point.

Putting down the letter in her hand and sitting up, Fang Ruxuan straightened her face involuntarily, and Mu Mian said directly: "I went to Suqing Nunnery a few more times, and stayed in Master Qing's room for a while pretending to be mysterious. From time to time, two little nuns would pass by the window. Later, I stared secretly for a few days, and found that the people who came into contact with the two little nuns were from the Marquis of Chang'an."

"The Marquis of Chang'an?"

The words Master Qing told Mu Mian instantly appeared in his mind, combined with Ning Concubine's letter, Fang Ruxuan seemed to understand it a little bit.

If those people were staring at the kapok, then they focused their eyes on Su Qing'an, how should they explain the two little nuns who were following them?

But if it is said that the people of the Marquis of Chang'an have been staring at Su Qing'an all the time, then what else is there that can make the people of the Marquis of Chang'an stare at the palace for meditation after such a long time? Mrs. Qing for so many years?

Puzzled, Fang Ruxuan motioned for Kapok to continue talking when she came back to her senses.

"Chudong's people followed those people back to Shangyang City, found their hiding place, and guarded for several days before seeing them return to Chang'an Marquis Mansion to return to their orders. It can be seen that these people are very careful in doing things. And they hid According to Chu Dong's discovery, the people inside are well-trained, as if they were cultivated deliberately."

Although this has nothing to do with the information to be inquired, but after thinking about it, Kapok decided to tell Fang Ruxuan.

The people trained by Ye Changfeng have now merged with Chu Dong and the others, and are gradually able to complete some tasks, and the Huangzhuang under the name of Chu Yuan on the outskirts of the city is also entrusted to Ye Changfeng and the others to continue to recruit and train such people. All this is done in secret, no one knows.

Now, knowing from Mu Mian that the Marquis of Chang'an also made such a move, Fang Ruxuan felt more and more that it was not easy for him to be Marquis of Chang'an.

However, the current Marquis of Chang'an only leads an idler from the household department, what is he training these people in his mansion for?
However, fortunately, it has now been confirmed that the Marquis of Chang'an was also involved in the old case 20 years ago, and that's enough.

Fang Ruxuan nodded, raised her eyes and asked Mu Mian, "Is there any other news?"

Seeing that Kapok shook her head, Fang Ruxuan told her a few things carefully before letting her out of the palace.

When Chu Yuan came back later, Fang Ruxuan learned from him that King Yao and Queen Zhou's preferred candidate for the ninth son-in-law was Xing Ze, the second young master from the Marquis of Chang'an.

Thinking of Lu Rufei's calm and gentle smile that day, Fang Ruxuan felt that she seemed to know who her daughter would be betrothed to, so she didn't worry about it at all.

"Is it settled?"

After serving a bowl of soup to Chu Yuan, Fang Ruxuan asked casually.

Chu Yuan shook his head, "Among the candidates handed over by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there are naturally some who are better than Xing Ze, but the queen mentioned in passing that Concubine Lu Rufei has a distant relationship with the Marquis of Chang'an. The son-in-law chose Xing Ze, and the two sides can be regarded as close relatives. Therefore, the father and king are probably a little loose. However, he has not let go. He probably wants to have a look at Xing Ze's character. If the character is good, it is estimated that he will It's settled."

"Tell me, did the letter from Concubine Mu be written to Marquis Chang'an?"

Chu Yuan took a sip of the soup and suddenly changed the subject.

Fang Ruxuan nodded hesitantly, "That's what I guessed too."

After finishing speaking, Fang Ruxuan told Chu Yuan about the discovery of kapok.

"Lu Rufei, Marquis of Chang'an, dead man..."

Muttering in a low voice, Chu Yuan looked thoughtful, and after a while, he picked up the chopsticks and handed them to Fang Ruxuan, "Let's eat. I will send someone to investigate these matters."

There was no dream all night, and on the second day, Fang Ruxuan took mulberry and mulberry leaves for a walk outside the palace, seeing the sun was just right outside.

Unknowingly, they came to Lanxiang Hall. Fang Ruxuan was basking in the sun in front of the stone path in the nursery. After a while, the Ninth Princess Chu Lin rushed over upon hearing the news.

"Why didn't the Crown Princess hug Brother Ming?"

Chu Lin walked up to Fang Ruxuan and said.

"Although it's almost February, it's still a bit cold. I'm afraid he won't be able to bear it. If you like teasing her, you can just go to the East Palace when you have time."

Fang Ruxuan smiled back at her, and looked at her calmly.

These days, Queen Zhou is worrying about choosing a son-in-law for the nine princesses. Among them, the second young master from the Marquis of Chang'an is the candidate that Queen Zhou prefers. So, after she started discussing marriage years ago, she seldom went out of the palace gate of Lanxiang Palace.

"Did Empress Rufei mention him to you?"

Said softly, Fang Ruxuan had a faint smile in her eyes.

Sure enough, the next moment, Chu Lin's face turned red.

However, the friendship between the two has been very good for more than a year. Chu Lin regards Fang Ruxuan more as a sister who can whisper, so although she is shy at the moment, she does not hide it from Fang Ruxuan. She nodded and whispered: "I met him once in the mother's palace last year."

Fang Ruxuan was surprised.

What Fang Ruxuan knew was that after Concubine Lu Rufei entered the palace, she had almost no contact with the Marquis of Chang'an. On the contrary, Mrs. Marquis of Chang'an often visited Concubine Ning. That being the case, how did Xing Ze get into the inner palace, and was seen by Concubine Lu and Chu Lin? Understand?

Seeing that Fang Ruxuan was surprised but didn't ask any more questions, Chu Lin felt less disgusted. She turned her head and glanced at the palace maid who was standing far away, and said shyly, "The queen mother wants to be a matchmaker, so she asked about the age-appropriate son in Shangyang City." , Princess Xuan took him into the palace, and later, went to the mother's palace to pay her respects. At that time, I hid behind the screen and took a peek. The mother probably knew, but she didn't blame me. "

Fang Ruxuan guessed secretly: Maybe Lu Rufei didn't reject this matter in her heart, so she was happy to see it come to fruition.

"Then you hope it's him?"

Fang Ruxuan asked with a smile.

Without nodding or shaking her head, Chu Lin looked anxious, "I don't know, after all, I only met once."

Smiling and patted her slightly cold hand, Fang Ruxuan said with a smile: "Don't worry, the marriage is destined, and Yuelao can see it."

Although they are princesses in the royal family, most of them are blind marriages. Like the Ninth Princess, King Yao and Queen Zhou bothered, but it was because of her mother Lu Rufei. nodded.

After talking for a while, Fang Ruxuan returned to the East Palace, and her heart turned quickly.

Now, she can be sure that Lu Rufei has broken contact with Chang'an Marquis Mansion, maybe it's just what everyone sees on the surface, otherwise, how can she rest assured that she will marry her only daughter to Chang'an Marquis Mansion?
So, since that's the case, why did she do this on purpose?
(End of this chapter)