Resourceful beauty

Chapter 53 Disguise
After staying in the Royal Garden for more than ten days, Emperor Rui'an got up and drove back to the palace, the empress and several concubines also went back, only the empress dowager, who was old and bitter in summer, stayed behind.

The sixteenth princess continued to stay in the other garden because she wanted to accompany the queen mother.

Unable to bear Princess Sixteen's obsession, Bai Zixuan also stayed behind. As a result, neither Song Qian nor Chu Yuan set off to return to Beijing.

The group did not return to Beijing until the end of July. After nearly a month, Fang Ruxuan got to know those people very well. The embarrassment that day was also because of Chu Yuan's easy-going and Fang Ruxuan's deliberate avoidance, and was gradually covered in dust. up.

They were going back to Beijing the next day, and in Linfengxuan, Ding Xiang and Su Ye were busy packing their things.

Fang Ruxuan was sitting on the side of the soft couch shaking the beauty fan, not knowing what she was thinking, after a while, Su Ye came in holding the cloak and said: "Miss, do you want to send this cloak back to Young Master Chu?" ?”

Seeing the plain white cloak, Fang Ruxuan hesitated for a moment.

Logically speaking, this was originally Chu Yuan's cloak, and it was reasonable to send it back, but something happened that day, although Fang Ruxuan's sunflower water was not stained on the cloak, it was a bit taboo after all.

"Forget it, put it away first."

Fang Ruxuan hesitated for a long time and said.

Su Ye nodded, turned around and left.

At noon on the second day, the group returned to the palace.

After going to Fengyi Palace to greet the queen, Fang Ruxuan left the palace, and in the accompanying carriage, there were boxes, large and small, all the rewards that Fang Ruxuan got this month.

When getting off the carriage at the second gate, Fang Ruxuan ordered Ding Xiang and Su Ye to stay and deal with the things in the carriage, and then went to the Yixin Hall to greet Su Yuan.

Back to Shu Yuxuan, everything has been put back, Fang Ruxuan sent a little maid to send the gifts she prepared to the Fang Ruyu sisters.

The one for Fang Rulan was a little rabbit caught in the woods in another courtyard.

The white and fat rabbit, with rolling eyes, is rarely afraid of people. It likes to snuggle up to the corner of people's skirts and doze off. Fang Ruxuan fell in love with it as soon as she saw it. , looking happy, she doesn't look like a lady at all.

On the day when the rabbit was caught, Fang Ruxuan was still laughed at by Song Qian for a long time, saying that she must have been a country girl in her previous life, and she was destined to be reborn in Prince Qi's mansion and become a princess in this life.

Fang Ruxuan didn't bother with him, and turned to tell Su Ye to take care of the little rabbit, and asked Ding Xiang to find some green vegetable leaves that rabbits like to eat.

Song Shizi, who was generally ignored by the air, ignored Fang Ruxuan all afternoon in anger, and on the second day, boasted that the rabbit was whiter and cuter than the others, which made Bai Zixuan and Princess Sixteen laugh for a long time.

In Fang Rulan's eyes, when she saw that relative's rabbit, an infinite brilliance flashed in an instant.

"Sixth sister, thank you."

Reserved, she let the maid take over the cage, Fang Rulan thanked softly, but her eyes had already followed the rabbit.

Fang Ruxuan smiled, said a few words to Concubine Shen, and left Nuanxiang Hall.

In Lishui Pavilion, Fang Ruhui pouted unhappily, and complained aggrievedly: "Second sister, you don't know how many good things the sixth girl got, but take a look, what did she give us? It's really petty... ..."

Fang Ruhui was fiddling with the two red gold hairpins in her hand, but in her mind, there were flashes of brocade boxes, large and small, held by the maids.

"You are really useless."

Stretching out her hand to gouge out Fang Ruhui's finger, Fang Ruyu reprimanded: "What did mother say to make you less envious of her. Sooner or later, those things are all yours."

Seeing that she was about to get married, she could not count on Fang Ruxuan's selfishness, Fang Ruyu comforted her sister.

Fang Ruhui had a look of disbelief, "Now she is the princess, but we are nothing. How can those things come into our hands?"

"Princess? Hmph..."

As soon as this was mentioned, Fang Ruyu lost her face as if she had been stepped on a sore foot, as if Fang Ruxuan snatched it from her head, "So what about the princess? Give her face, she is the princess, don't give it to me." She has a face, she is nothing, just wait and see, one day, she will fall down hard, the higher she climbs, the harder the fall will be, let's see who can have the last laugh."

A few days ago, Lord Furong brought Liu Qing'er to Prince Qi's mansion as a guest. During the dinner, Lord Furong mentioned to Su Yuan in a cryptic manner that she would go to the Queen Mother and Empress Empress to speak a few words for Fang Ruyu. It would make Fang Ruyu get the title of princess before she got married. For this reason, Su Yuan went to the Bodhisattva to talk a lot.

When the time comes, it will be obvious who is more honorable as the princess and she is the eldest daughter of Prince Qi.

Fang Ruyu's heart is smooth.

In the afternoon, after taking a shower, Fang Ruxuan lay on the soft couch by the window to dry her hair, while asking Mo He behind her, "During the days I'm not here, what happened?"

Mo He thought about it for a while, then shook his head, "There is nothing wrong in the mansion. The prince and the young master came back twice, and the young master said that the weather is hot, so I told the young lady not to go riding a horse, so as not to suffer from heat stroke. As for those in the capital , the left is nothing more than the trivial matters of Zhang’s parents and Li’s family, if Miss is interested, can I pick up some interesting things for you to tell you?”

Fang Ruxuan waved her hand, and Mo He retreated politely.

After resting, knowing that Su Yuan was entertaining guests and would not be looking for her for a while, Fang Ruxuan called Su Ye, "Go, bring me your newly made dress."

Su Ye went reluctantly.

After changing clothes and coming out, Fang Ruxuan is already a handsome young man, if you don't look carefully, you can't tell that she is a boudoir lady at all.

With the help of Fang Zhengjun's name, Fang Ruxuan went out of Prince Qi's mansion smoothly, and stood on the street outside the back door.

"Little...Master, if people find out about this, it will be troublesome."

Su Ye, dressed as a servant, asked nervously.

"As long as you don't reveal your secrets, no one will find out."

Knocking on Su Ye's head with the fan in her hand, Fang Ruxuan said carelessly, the two of them kept stepping, and they were already in the bustling market with just a cup of tea.

They went to Huixianlou to buy some snacks, and then went to the tea house on the street to drink tea. After listening to the gossip, the master and servant strolled leisurely to South Street.

Sifangzhai's door court is cold, and it is much inferior to other pawnshops, but at a glance, it is Sifangzhai's most eye-catching.

There is a huge signboard across the gate, and the strong and simple three big characters make it hard to tell what kind of shop it is, and there is no slogan "clearly priced and no deception", but the square big characters , but it makes people feel at ease.

Walking through the gate, what appeared in sight was a cold shop with white walls on all sides, and only a tall counter in the middle. Behind the counter, an old and dim-eyed gentleman was dozing off.

Except for a table and a chair, there is no other decoration in the shop.

Even though she was ready, Fang Ruxuan was still taken aback.

"Cough cough..."

Fang Ruxuan coughed lightly.

Woke up in response to the sound, the old gentleman rubbed his eyes, looked at Fang Ruxuan and asked, "Master, do you want to pawn something? This store only accepts dead pawns."

"I don't know where the shopkeeper is?"

Fang Ruxuan deliberately lowered her voice and asked.

The old gentleman took another look at Fang Ruxuan, "The little old man is the shopkeeper here."

Fang Ruxuan looked at the old gentleman suspiciously, and asked softly: "Dare to ask the old gentleman, where is Uncle Jin?"

"Old man Jin? I'm afraid this young man has come to the wrong place. There is only one young man in the shop, but the young man's surname is not Jin."

The old gentleman yawned.

"excuse me……"

Confused, Fang Ruxuan bowed her hands and exited Sifangzhai.

After walking a few steps, Fang Ruxuan was still looking back at the signboard, no matter how you looked at it, it was correct, but where is Jin Abacus?
Fang Ruxuan remembered clearly that last time he said that he was the only one from the shopkeeper to the clerk, but where did this old gentleman come from?

Thinking wildly, Fang Ruxuan walked forward with her head drooping. After walking a few steps, she turned her head quickly and ran back to Sifangzhai.

Behind him, Su Ye, who was trotting all the way, was a little confused.

Sure enough, after entering Sifangzhai, the old gentleman dozed off again.

"Old man Jin, how about a cup of tea?"

Standing in front of the counter, Fang Ruxuan fixed her eyes on the old gentleman and said.

Stroking his beard and laughing loudly, the old gentleman stood up and walked towards the back hall. While walking, he also told Su Ye, "Little girl, put down the curtain for me."

Su Ye was dumbfounded, and watched Fang Ruxuan enter the back hall. There was no one in the shop, and she still hadn't recovered.

After a while, she lowered the curtain and rushed into the back hall in a few steps.

The back hall is a small yard, which is neatly cleaned. Under the peach tree in the corner, there is a rocking chair and a few small stools.

"Come and sit..."

Calling Fang Ruxuan to come and sit, Jin Suan lay comfortably on the rocking chair, and asked Fang Ruxuan with a smile, "Because of what I said, you don't doubt it?"

Fang Ruxuan nodded, and said full of praise: "I didn't expect that the old man's disguise is so clever."

Jin Suan sighed a little lonely, "If it's not impossible, who would not want to show people their true face? With my face, I have to struggle for an hour every day when I wake up early. I am really exhausted."

It was more than three years ago that Jin Suan disappeared in the capital. Three years is not too short but not too long. If he showed his true face, he would be recognized within a few days. By then, Hu Jing thought it would not be difficult to get him back again.

I don't know when such days will end.

Looking at Jin Suanan's face that could no longer see her original face, and imagining the trivial process of changing her face every morning, Fang Ruxuan asked softly, "Old man, what did you offend Hu Jing back then?"

As if he didn't know what to say, Jin Suan looked up at the blue sky above his head and didn't make a sound for a long time.

"I think you will ask about it sooner or later. Now, let me tell you. However, if you find out about this, remember to keep your mouth shut and don't let others know. Otherwise, don't blame the old man for causing murder."

Jin Abacus said with a serious face.

Fang Ruxuan nodded solemnly.

(End of this chapter)