Resourceful beauty

Chapter 39 The Decadent Grandmother
At lunch time, Mrs. Miao brought Su Yuan, Fang Ruyu and Fang Ruhui over, and the main room of Songhe Hall was full of people.

Finally, when the lunch was over, the eldest and young mistress served the two old people to rinse their mouths and drank tea, and talked for a while, and then everyone in the room dispersed.

Seeing the young mistress waving at her, Fang Ruxuan got up and followed out quietly.

Passing through the hanging flower gate, walking slowly along the nine-curved corridor, seeing that the road under her feet was not towards the second autumn garden, Fang Ruxuan paused, and asked suspiciously: "Auntie, grandma doesn't live in the autumn garden anymore? "

Xu's complexion was gloomy, and he smiled bitterly and said: "In the past few years, my mother-in-law has lived in Xianglanxuan, and only returned to Qiuyuan when important guests came to greet her. Your uncle and I have persuaded her many times But my mother-in-law won't listen, so we can only follow her."

The East Mansion where the big house is located is a house with three entrances. Mrs. Su and Mrs. Su live in the Songhe Hall of the three entrances, and Mr. Su and Mrs. Bo live in the Qiuyuan of the two entrances.

Master Su's concubines and his children all have their own courtyards. Xiang Lanxuan is Su Xin's boudoir, and it has been vacant since Su Xin got married.

Mrs. Bai gave birth to two sons and a daughter. Su Xin is the youngest daughter she loves in the palm of her hand.

After Su Xin died of illness, the Bai family's white-haired man sent the black-haired man away, feeling depressed. When she found out that Su Yuan, who was married to Prince Qi's mansion as Teng's concubine, became a second concubine, Bai's family seemed to feel that King Qi was cold. When King Qi came to the Su residence during festivals, Mrs. Bai spoke politely, but rarely showed a smile on her face.

After Master Su passed away, Mrs. Bo lived a vegetarian life.Every day is either chanting scriptures or copying scriptures, life is extremely boring.

Fang Ruxuan felt a tight pain in her chest, the pain that her mother had left, struck again.

"Ruxuan, what's wrong with you?"

The young lady asked with concern.

Fang Ruxuan shook her head, "It's okay, let's go."

The two arrived at Xiang Lanxuan silently all the way.

Pushing open the courtyard door, there was no one in the courtyard, but the eldest and young mistress seemed to be used to it, entered the door lightly, and called softly, "Xiangju..."

The curtain of the room was lifted, and a round-faced servant girl came out. When she saw who was coming, the servant girl turned her head and shouted with joy: "Ma'am, the eldest young mistress brought Miss Biao back to see you."

This is where my mother lived before she got married.

Thinking softly in her heart, Fang Ruxuan turned her head and looked around, and slowly followed the young mistress into Xiang Lanxuan's main room.

What came to the face was a faint scent of sandalwood.

The main room has been arranged to look like a Buddhist hall. On the brocade table at the top, there is a white jade statue of Avalokitesvara enshrined, and a thick layer of incense ash is spread in the incense burner in front of it.

In the inner room, an old woman in her [-]s came out. This woman was Su Xin's biological mother, Fang Ruxuan's grandmother, Bai Shi.

Bai Shi is dressed in a dark brown beige with blessing patterns, no jewels on her head, and only a pair of agate bracelets on her wrists.

Perhaps it was because he didn't go out much all the year round, Bai's complexion was a little pale, and the cheekbones on his face were even more protruding, making him feel uncomfortable to speak.

Fang Ruxuan was astonished.

Growing up so big, Fang Ruxuan and Bai's grandmother did not spend more than a month together. The first time they met was when the family returned to Beijing together. That time, Su Xin brought her children to live in Su's residence for five or six days. I remember that my grandfather and grandmother were very strict with their uncles and aunts. Only when they saw her mother, her and her brother, did they smile like two kind old people.

With slightly wet eyes, Fang Ruxuan leaned over and knelt down, prostrating, "Ruxuan met grandma..."

"Good boy, get up..."

Bai Shi hurriedly got up and pulled Fang Ruxuan up.

It was cold, and my grandmother's hands were as dry as branches.

Thinking so in her heart, Fang Ruxuan held Bai Shi's hand tightly, "Grandma, why have you lost so much weight?"

Bai Shi's eyes mist.

She didn't answer Fang Ruxuan's words, she kept looking at Fang Ruxuan, sniffing while watching, "Like, really like, exactly the same as your mother when she was a child."

As he spoke, Boshi burst into tears.

Fang Ruxuan knew that her grandmother thought of her mother who died young.

Mrs. Xu persuaded her for a long time, but the grandparents and grandson were crying so hard that Mrs. Xu couldn't help thinking of the past.

The pretty girl who hid behind the screen and peeked at her, the playful girl who wrapped cool hibiscus cake in a handkerchief and secretly sent her to fill her stomach on her wedding day, and the bright look who whispered to herself after she got engaged .

Xu also became sad.

For a moment, Xiang Lanxuan's main house was surrounded by the crying of three people.

After a while, Mrs. Xu stopped crying, ordered Xiangju to bring a water basin, helped Mrs. Bai clean her face, and dragged Fang Ruxuan to wash up.

Sitting down again, Mrs. Bo turned her head to her daughter-in-law and said, "Go and do your work, I'll talk to Ruxuan for a while."

It was rare for her mother-in-law to sit alone no longer, and Mrs. Xu was unwilling to spoil her interest, so she gave Fang Ruxuan a few words, turned around and left.

Mrs. Bo took Fang Ruxuan's hand and asked her every word about her life in the palace in the past few years, every detail, as if she was afraid that Su Yuan would treat her and her elder brother harshly.

Looking at such a grandmother, Fang Ruxuan suddenly had some thoughts in her heart.

During those days when King Qi's mansion suffered crimes, there was no movement in Su's mansion. I don't know if it was because he was afraid of being implicated by King Qi's mansion, or because he had other considerations. Therefore, Fang Ruxuan seldom thought of this grandparent's house since returning to the capital.

Overhearing Su Yuan's words, knowing that there was another story behind her mother's death, Fang Ruxuan hated Su Yuan in her heart, but she calmed down, and she couldn't help thinking, if Su Yuan dared to do this, would there be another reliance?

In a rich family, it is rare for sisters to marry together. After all, if it gets out, people outside will make wild guesses, as if his daughters are not worth much, and they will give one as a present if they marry one.

But it was such a way that people would laugh at him, the Su family did it.

Today, Su Yuan, who married into Prince Qi's mansion as Teng's concubine, has become a second concubine. Looking at the expressions of her in-laws and taking care of her elder brother and sister-in-law's second wife, she feels a little proud.

Looking at it step by step, Erfang is the one who makes money.

Can it be said that the second room began to calculate like this when the father and mother's marriage was settled?

However, no matter how calculated, the mother is also the daughter of the Su family, the second wife can be envious, can be jealous, but she hurts others...

Countless times, Fang Ruxuan reminded herself not to think about it any further.

Including coming to Su Mansion with Su Yuan today, Fang Ruxuan just had the idea of ​​visiting the house, but seeing such a haggard grandmother, thinking of her mother so much, and resenting her father's Bai family, Fang Ruxuan began to think, is it right? Can you join hands with your grandmother to find out the murderer behind the frame of your mother?
"Grandma, if my mother sees you like this, she will feel distressed. You have to take care of yourself."

Nestled next to Bai Shi, Fang Ruxuan said softly when asked about the faint sandalwood scent on her body.

"Hey... I'm old..."

After sighing a few words, Mrs. Bo patted Fang Ruxuan on the back like coaxing a child, and said in a low voice, "Ruxuan, you won't understand the pain in your grandmother's heart. Your mother has been well-behaved since she was a child, and never messed with me." Angry with her father, at the beginning, I did not agree to this marriage, I didn't want her to marry so far away, and not see each other for several years. But your grandfather nodded..."

Thinking of what happened back then, Bai's words choked up, "If I insisted on not allowing it back then, come to think of it, your mother would not end up like this now, and I wouldn't send a white-haired person to a black-haired person."

Sobbing in a low voice, Mrs. Bo wiped away her tears, looked at Fang Ruxuan and said: "Ruxuan, although the mistress of Prince Qi's mansion is your aunt, if she treats you and your brother badly, grandmother The first one will not spare her, so if you are wronged, don't bear it, come back and tell your grandmother, huh? Good boy, remember what your grandmother said, you understand?"

Judging from the meaning of Bai's words, it seemed that she also had a problem with Su Yuan. Fang Ruxuan nodded and asked curiously: "Grandmother, you...don't like Auntie?"

A look of disgust flashed in his eyes, and Bo Shi nodded, "That girl is tricky, stay away from her."

Fang Ruxuan's eyes widened, "Then why did you and your grandfather agree to her being Teng's concubine to marry my father?"

Hearing this, Bai's face became more self-blame, "When your mother was 13 years old, she fell into the water in winter and was ill for a month before she recovered. I invited a doctor to come and see her, saying that the cold inside her body was too severe, and her future children I'm afraid it will be more difficult."

Xu felt that it was inappropriate to say these things to a girl like Fang Ruxuan, and Bai Shi hesitated for a while, and finally continued: "At that time, your grandfather and I decided to find some good-looking girls to bring to your mother. , Later, the second room said, it's better to pick a concubine from the mansion to marry together, and if you give birth to a child in the future, it will be recorded in your mother's name, and the child will be born to a lady from the Su mansion."

Knowing what happened back then, Fang Ruxuan hated the second wife of Su's residence extremely.

"Grandmother, there is no separate family in the Su Mansion, why do both sides manage their own households? The second household is headed by the aunt and grandmother, who should have an equal status with the first aunt, but because the first aunt called her 'Second Aunt', she made things difficult for the first aunt. Well. Could it be that Da Fang is being ridden on his head by them?"

Thinking of the rumors outside, Fang Ruxuan asked angrily.

Xu Shi had known for a long time that there was some guilt on Bai's face, so he sighed and said nothing.

Seeing such a lifeless Bai family, Fang Ruxuan knew that if she didn't take harsh medicine, she might have to embarrass herself like this for the rest of her life.

She got up and opened the curtain to look in the yard. Seeing that there was no one outside, Fang Ruxuan asked Xiangju to go out to guard again. Fang Ruxuan took a deep breath, looked up at Mrs. Bo and asked in a deep voice: "Grandma, if I say, mother was killed Su Yuan was killed, do you believe me?"

(End of this chapter)