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Chapter 184 The Fan Family

An Shi couldn't react for a while, didn't answer the words, and stared straight at Fan Xiru holding his hand, with an expression on his face as if he saw something unreasonable.The scene was cold for a moment, Jing, who was the closest, was secretly startled, wondering why his wife suddenly became rude, so he quickly took a look at the old lady, and sure enough, he saw a slight look of hesitation on her face.

Chunying cheered up by the side, wondering if the good show is about to begin?I don't know if Miss Fan will be angry if her hot face is put on her cold ass?
To her surprise, Fan Xiru didn't feel embarrassed at all, instead she said to Yi Jun with a smug smile, "See? Even my cousin is on my side!"

Yijun was secretly happy that An's cold reaction had annoyed the old lady, when he heard Fan Xiru's words, his expression froze for a moment, and he suddenly felt powerless.Did this Cousin Fan really not realize that his wife was being rude to her, or did she discover it but pretended not to notice it?Seeing the innocence and calmness in the other party's eyes, Yi Jun was shaken, and pouted: "I don't know as much as you! You are a guest, so the sister-in-law will naturally let you!" Then he rushed to the old lady: "Old lady, My granddaughter is so wronged!" The old lady just laughed.

Leaving Fan Xiru's hand, An Shi finally came to her senses and secretly regretted that her gaffe just now might have been seen by everyone. In order to prevent others from thinking that she didn't understand etiquette, she should try her best to make up for it.After hearing Yijun's words, she hurriedly said: "Although it's a joke between sisters, there should be a sense of proportion, knowing what to say and what not to say. Otherwise, people will see it, and it will only be our daughter who doesn't know how to be polite. " Then he turned to Fan Xiru, with a friendly smile on his face: "Xiru, don't be surprised, this girl Yijun is usually at home, and she is spoiled. When she saw you, she was too happy for a while, and she couldn't speak properly. She usually Not so presumptuous."

Yijun was a little stunned, and then became annoyed. He wanted to refute a few words, but he was worried that his biological mother had a difficult life in recent years, and his brother had just returned home. What variable, I had to grit my teeth and swallow this breath, and bowed down in a respectful manner: "Yes, Mrs. Xie taught me."

An's heart was satisfied, but the old lady was unhappy. What did she think of this daughter-in-law today?What a shame!Before the second grandson came home, she was rude in front of relatives one after another, especially this relative was from the original daughter-in-law's natal family. Now this is not the same as saying that their Hou's family has no eyes and picked someone who doesn't know A daughter-in-law who is courteous and doesn't know how to look at people, fills in the absence of the virtuous daughter of the Fan family?

So the old lady said lightly: "Okay, the children are just joking, Xiru hasn't said anything yet, what are you doing here?!"

An's was startled, her heart was full of grievances, she just felt that the old lady had shamed herself like this in front of Fan's family, she really was extremely partial!Could it be that her usual respect and filial piety to her mother-in-law was all in vain? !

Yijun covered up the leaking smile from the corner of his mouth, feeling extremely happy in his heart, but he didn't expect Fan Xiru to surprise him again—she actually smiled at him with a big smile, showing some small white teeth, and said: "Look, now even The wives are all on my side! You really lost!" After saying that, he jumped to the other side of the old lady, hugged her hand and said with a smile: "Old lady, everyone in your family is helping me. My words are indeed correct! What kind of elixir did you take? Give me a pill, let me take it back to honor my grandmother, and make her happy too?"

Chunying secretly wiped off her sweat, thinking that if this Miss Fan is not a real heartless and stupid girl, she is a master pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.This point is somewhat similar to the third young master, but the third young master is only a simple and self-willed young man on the surface. If others treat him badly, he will still react.

I don't know what kind of Miss Fan's true face it is?
Yijun was about to stare at Fan Xiru, but the old lady smiled happily: "You are still so good at making people happy. Since you have entered Beijing, you can simply stay here and spend more time with my old lady. Tell me Let's have more fun." His attitude towards An's became more relaxed: "Is the Wanxiang Pavilion tidied up? Are all the women and girls assigned to the rough envoy? I know that Xiru came to Beijing earlier than we expected , but it is rare for her uncle and nephew to come, so no matter what, they must be entertained!"

An Shi replied cautiously: "The daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law have all been arranged. Uncle and master temporarily live in the Zhuying Pavilion in the outer courtyard, and Xiru lives in the Wanxiang Pavilion. Manpower has been assigned to both places, and the family members have also been instructed. Don't dare to be careless. The old lady can rest assured." After a pause, she glanced at Fan Xiru, then lowered her head to hide the resentment in her eyes: "Xiru came to Beijing for the draft, and now there are still a few months left before the draft, daughter-in-law Thinking about it, I can't waste a lot of time in vain, Xiru, why not take the opportunity to walk around and see the scenery in Beijing?"

Fan Xiru nodded with surprise on his face.An sneered in her heart, and then said to the old lady: "Besides, my daughter-in-law has contacts with many mistresses of powerful families in Beijing, and she gets along well with a few of them. When Xiru encounters a big event, she simply treats her kindly." With shame, as an introduction, bring Xiru to various houses to visit, maybe after the election, I can get some help?"

Fan Xiru blushed, and lowered her head in embarrassment, but the old lady nodded kindly and said: "This is reasonable, so let's go to Prince Jing's mansion first to ask for peace. Your relatives are always more reliable than outsiders, Princess Jing You can also talk in the palace."

Anshi's face froze, and he smiled.

The old lady smiled faintly, took Fan Xiru's hand, patted and sighed: "Although the honor is extremely high in the palace, it is rare to see relatives. It is a blessing to be like Princess Jing. I don't know if your family is What are your plans, but you know that I love you all the time, if you have something in your heart, just tell me." Then he pointed to Huo Yi: "You sister Huo is so favored by the empress, every one or two months, There is always a chance to enter the palace to meet Fengyan, so you are very familiar with the rules of the palace, you can ask her for advice when you have time, you are all relatives, and your daughters are of the same age, so you are so close."

There was a flash of surprise in Huo Yi's eyes, but soon he showed a faint smile and gestured gracefully to Fan Xiru.The blush on Fan Xiru's face faded a little, she came over shyly and took Huo Yi's hand and said, "Please teach me more, sister."Huo Yi hurriedly got up and responded with a smile: "I don't dare to do it, my sister can just come to me."

The two looked at each other, each having their own calculations in their hearts.Fan Xiru pursed her lips and smiled, and said in a low voice: "Sister is so kind, if only you were my own sister..." After speaking, she smiled again, ran back to the old lady, said a few words in her ear, and smiled again Looking at Huo Yi, the old lady laughed and patted the back of her hand: "Nonsense."

Huo Yi was a little baffled, silently looked back at Dong'er, then at Chunying: "Add a red peony makeup box, put a pair of white jade hairpins in it, and a copper ruler with engravings, and send them over at dinner. "Chun Ying lowered her head and said yes."

Although Huo Yi's order was clear, Chunying still put a lot of thought into it.In addition to rewriting the gift list attached to the post, the size and pattern of the makeup box, the style of the plain hairpin, and the text carved on the copper ruler all have to be considered properly.She discussed with Ju'er before making a decision.

Peony is the king of flowers, rich girls can use it, but if the makeup box is too fancy, it is not good to ask the queen to know, so Chunying specially chose a flower and bird pattern, surrounded by many branches Decoration, the peony only occupies one-sixth of the size at the bottom right of the box.The makeup box is not big, only one foot long, but the copper ruler is foldable, with characters the size of rice grains engraved on it, which is a model of female morality "Nvvirtue" written by a previous empress Ren Zhaocheng. This is Juer The choice implies that those who enter the palace must first correct themselves and abide by the palace rules and regulations.As for the plain hairpin, Chunying specially chose a simple style, with a rounded appearance, only one end is slightly sharp, and it is neither long nor short, just enough for the hairpin to enter the hair, with a little hairpin exposed.Seeing Ju'er, after thinking about it, she guessed what she meant, and nodded in satisfaction.

Chunying smiled, took the post, and carefully rewrote it in regular lower case letters. The handwriting was neither scribbled nor rigid, but round and smooth.Thanks to the blessing of copying scriptures under Huo Yi's supervision in the past few years, her handwriting has improved a lot, and she is already very readable.

The reason why she is so cautious is not superfluous.Huo Yi increased the gift. According to her guess, firstly, it was because the old lady loved and valued Fan Xiru far more than she expected, and secondly, with the attention of many parties, Fan Xiru was likely to be selected, and at least she would have an important marriage. For the Huo family, this ally must be seized.It's just a few small gifts, plus a few reminders before the draft, you can form a good friend with this innocent-looking girl. Such a good thing couldn't be easier, how can you give up for nothing?

What's more, even if Fan Xiru was not selected and did not get married, Huo Yi only lost a few gifts of medium value, and even showed her friendship in front of the old lady and Lord Hou, so there was nothing wrong with her. What?

The thoughtful ladies and wives went to have dinner after chatting. Master Hou also set up a sumptuous banquet in the front yard, and invited Qing guests from the mansion to accompany him to entertain his brother-in-law who hadn't seen him for many years.

Although he didn't have a deep relationship with Fan and his wife, when she was alive, the house was very quiet, and Fan didn't show the slightest jealousy when he thought about Dong Mengyao whom he knew in the past. Instead, he reminded him several times to go When watching Dong Mengyao, bring more money with you, so that you can manage the people in the teaching workshop and let them take care of Mengyao.In contrast, his current wife, although virtuous on the surface, secretly played a lot of tricks. For the harmony of the family, and thinking that she would not cause him any trouble in major matters, he turned a blind eye and closed his eyes. , but not without opinions in mind.The An family would come to ask for some benefits every one or two months, but the Fan family never caused trouble for the Hou Mansion, instead they secretly solved some small troubles for him several times, and the two brothers of the Fan family were promoted step by step. It's time to win over her in-laws.

Fan Zhifang drank a few glasses of wine, smiled and listened to the friends making fun of them, but didn't say much. After drinking for half a round, he put down the glass, pressed his forehead and said, "I'm really sorry, I don't drink well, it seems that I can't hold it." Stay here." Master Hou hurriedly said: "If that's the case, let's leave, the future will be long, you've been driving for a long time, and you're tired, so you can rest tonight." Fan Zhifang stood up with a smile, but shook, Master Hou left him Recently, I hurriedly stretched out my hand to support her, and felt him press on my arm, and my heart moved, I felt that this little brother-in-law's behavior tonight was very different from his normal Japanese nature, could there be any reason?He said: "You are really drunk, I'd better help you go back." After asking the Qing guests a few words, he really helped Fan Zhifang to go to Zhuyingxuan.

When he arrived at the place, Fan Zhifang went into the room and drank a cup of tea, then straightened up, how could he look half drunk?Hou Ye smiled and stroked his beard and said, "Brother Zhifang, do you have something to say to me?"

Fan Zhifang sat down with a smile, and said lightly: "Ming people don't talk dark words, I am impatient with those beating around the bush, so I cut straight to the point. I heard at home earlier that the emperor won the Huo family's fleet, but the business is not going well. , brother-in-law, what do you think?"

(Don't think about it...)
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