Of course, when she inspected the Hou Mansion, she would also hear people in the mansion talking about her. At this time, she would stop and listen to other people's comments on her.
Some people say that she is easy to bully, and her newlywed husband leaves her alone to stay in the empty boudoir, but she doesn't even dare to say a word of anger, and some people say that she is a deep city, and she is indeed a daughter taught by the cunning shepherd, who knows how to make progress by retreating. , I wonder how long she can hold it
At this time, Mu Dianqing replied in his heart, don't worry, I will keep pretending, because girl, I'm also very curious about how long your Marquis can pretend? There will never be a military emergency call every day, right
Others said that she was trying to maintain her decency. After all, her husband ran away when she was newly married, and it would definitely become a laughing stock in Beijing, so she had to swallow it up.
Mu Huanqing raised her eyebrows and silently wrote it down. This human nature likes the yang and the yin and violates the yin.
In addition, she knew who liked to play tricks, who bet in private, and who was having an affair with whom. She was like a commoner who was watching a play under the stage, watching this scene play out in the dark of the Hou Mansion. play.
During this period, she also picked up a dumb maid to her yard. This maid was originally a rough servant maid in Wei's room. Because she was mute, she was often bullied by other servants. Mu Huanqing informed the head of the Hou residence to ask for this maid from the kitchen, so that she would work in her yard from now on, and gave her a new and pleasant name "Xin Yu".
This matter spread in the Hou Mansion, and everyone only thought that the new lady was to show her kindness and let a dumb maid be her maid in the inner courtyard, but Mu Huanqing didn't care what others thought, she put her heart to heart Take it for her own use, she has her own intentions.
The Hou Mansion covers a wide area, with attics, courtyards, and gardens all over the place. Among them, Mu Huanqing's favorite place to go is the stable.
She has lived in the northern grasslands for nearly seven years. Knowing horses is her talent, and her love for horses is different from ordinary people. The desire to ride a horse is deeply rooted in her bones and blood.
A good horse is spiritual, and after she has come a few times, all the horses in the stable have known her and will get close to her.
The noble family in Beijing only pays attention to the beauty of horses and raises them as animals, but Mu Huanqing is different. She regards the horses as partners, combing their manes, helping them scratch their itch, and sometimes sneaking them with her. The wild fruit Danye I ate was given to the horse to taste.
Danye is a sweet and delicious fruit, especially for horses. In the past, she used to pick Danye in the forest to feed the horses.
The horses in the Hou Mansion usually eat pasture and fodder. Mu Huanqing feeds them Danye, and the horses are very happy.
"Honey, the fruit is gone, I'll come to see you another day when I get the fruit." Mu Huanqing touched the horse, and the horse also rubbed her face against her, and was very close to her.
Suddenly the sound of footsteps came, she knew someone was coming, and immediately hid behind the stable to hide her breath.
When she saw that it was Fu Yanlin, she couldn't help frowning.
Why did this prince come to the stable in person? On weekdays, the people who enter the stable are servants or horses who are responsible for taking care of the horses, and few masters come to the stables in person.
While she was wondering, she saw another slim figure. She also recognized this woman as Lin Ruoyou, the distant cousin of Lord Hou in the servant's mouth.
She suddenly realized that the two had an appointment to meet here.
From her point of view, she could only see Fu Yanlin's back, not what his expression was like, but she could clearly see Lin Ruoyou's beautiful eyes full of love, and a drop on Chu Chulian's face. Tears, those tears stopped at Fu Yanlin's raised fingertips, because he gently wiped them away for her.
The two of them stood there, like people walking out of a painting. They were very right. Coupled with the affection in Lin Ruoyou's eyes, Mu Huanqing recalled that Fu Rong, the young lady of Hou's residence, came to look for her yesterday. To stimulate her, she said that her eldest brother had already had a crush on someone, presumably this crush was Lin Ruoyou.
Seeing her husband having a tryst with another woman, Mu Dianqing couldn't tell how it felt. Northerners are enthusiastic and heroic, and they will say out loud who they like. Scenes like this are often seen in men and women trysts. Every spring, more men and women meet privately in the wild.
After all, she is already a nineteen-year-old girl, and she is not a boudoir girl who does not go out of the door or the second door. She has a lot of knowledge, and Fu Yanlin is still very unfamiliar to her, so even if she sees him and Lin Ruoyou secretly meeting , she didn't feel anything.
"Who!" Fu Yanlin suddenly shouted angrily, and those sharp eyes shot straight at the place where she was hiding.
Huh? Found out
Mu Huanqing was very surprised. Although he had clearly restrained his breath, he was still noticed by him. How could this person's six senses be so sharp
"Come out!" he ordered coldly.
Mu Huanqing thought about it, she was not afraid, since she was discovered, she came out generously.
When Fu Yanlin saw it was her, he was startled at first, and then his face sank. Lin Ruoyou hid behind his cousin in fear, as if she was a tigress who could eat people.
Fu Yanlin's eagle eyes suddenly froze, and his face sank, "Are you eavesdropping?"
"No, I came to see the horse." She said calmly, without the embarrassment of being caught.
Of course Fu Yanlin didn't believe it. "Why are you hiding since you're watching horses?"
"You are hiding from me, and seeing you coming, I have to hide too."
He was stunned, not expecting her to speak so straightforwardly.
Mu Huanqing didn't wait for him to speak, and immediately said, "Slow talk, I'm sorry." After speaking, she quickly turned and walked away, as if she was just an outsider.
She was stupid to ask him why he met other women alone behind her back. The women in the back house would do things like competition, jealousy, jealousy, etc. She had already decided not to do it, because she didn't want to be a grudge.
In the eyes of outsiders, this marriage was bestowed by the emperor himself.
Fu Yanlin didn't have her in his heart, and if he wanted to neglect her and alienate her, she might be a widow for the rest of her life. She had thought about all these things, and she knew very well her possible future fate.
Self-pity and self-pity in the back house is definitely not what she Mu Huanqing will do. Even if she gets married, she refuses to follow in the footsteps of women in the back house. Expensive.
She has her own plans, and she will find a way to find another way out for herself. Of course, it would be nice if she and Fu Yanlin were at peace with each other, as long as he didn't provoke her, she wouldn't provoke him either.
A marriage certificate can't bind her, so she won't ask what Fu Yanlin wants to do or who he loves.
She walked too fast, so she didn't see Fu Yanlin looking at the back of her leaving, with deep thought in her eyes.
"cousin?"
Hearing Lin Ruoyou's soft call, Fu Yanlin withdrew his gaze and looked at her worried expression.
"She...isn't she angry? If my cousin feels embarrassed about taking a concubine, let's forget it..."
She bit her lip lightly and lowered her head slowly.
Fu Yanlin frowned deeply, raised her chin, and she saw her beautiful eyes glow again.
He reprimanded softly. "What are you afraid of? With me here, don't be afraid. It's just that I can't give you a wife, and I have wronged you."
Lin Ruoyou quickly shook her head. "As long as I can be with my cousin, I won't feel wronged."
Fu Yanlin sighed, hugged her in his arms, and comforted her in a low voice. "I understand, don't cry."
He was originally going to marry his cousin. She was gentle and very pleasing to him, and his parents also loved her. He thought that his wife was her, but an imperial decree ruined his plan.
One year after the succession of the new emperor, the government was uneasy, and the court was divided into two factions. One faction was the prime minister's faction headed by the prime minister, mostly senior ministers, and the other faction was headed by the shepherd.
His grandfather's faction followed the old emperor to conquer the world, and was closely related to the prime minister's faction. In his generation, although he and his father did not indicate which faction they were in, his father was at odds with Mr. Mu, and he naturally did not Will marry the shepherd's daughter.
But he didn't expect that Mr. Mu had the cheek to ask the emperor for a marriage decree, so that he had to marry Mu Huanqing as his wife.
He had his newlywed wife, and the newlyweds were also absent when they were serving tea, just to show that the Marquis of Zhenyuan did not like the shepherd's daughter, and marrying in does not mean that their Marquis would rely on the new sect from now on. Round and flat people.
He deliberately distanced himself from Mu Huanqing, but he could also feel that she didn't want to get too close to him. When the two looked at each other, she was not as shy as a woman should be, but instead looked at him calmly.
But he doesn't believe her. Mu Cangying is a cunning person and never does anything useless, so the Mu family's daughter who married into the Hou's mansion must not be a role to be looked down upon.
Mu Liaoying wanted to pull the Hou Mansion into the camp, and make the Prime Minister's faction suspicious of the Hou Mansion, and neither he nor his father would make the herdsman's family happy.
Fu Yanlin's counterattack was that three days later, he took a new concubine into the door. He didn't believe that the emperor could still take care of the concubine in the Houfu. Of course, he Nalin Ruoyou entered the door without saying hello to Mu Huanqing, the main palace, beforehand. .
However, Mu Huanqing was not surprised at all. She knew that if she hadn't taken up the wife's position, Fu Yanlin originally planned to marry Lin Ruoyou, and she knew very well that the entire Hou Mansion was watching her good show.
For this reason, her mother-in-law specially called her to persuade a man that it was normal to have three wives and four concubines. On the surface, it was to appease her, but in fact, it was to warn her not to make trouble with the emperor, otherwise everyone would not look good. The young lady Fu Rong on the side seized the opportunity and took the opportunity to suppress her, telling her not to be jealous and to be careful of committing seven crimes.