Although Nangong Yue said to ask the girl from the Lin family to greet her, but as the saying goes, "marry your daughter with your head up, and marry your daughter-in-law with your head down", after finally marrying a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Fu doesn't want to let the Lin family think that she is right for this girl in order to improve her face. This marriage has been delayed.
So, early the next morning, she brought the sixteen-color gift box that she had prepared earlier, and accompanied by Nangong Yue, went to the Lin family to visit the woman's elders. This was to show that the princess mansion attached great importance to this marriage. , just to see what kind of girl his son likes.
Nangong Xin and Fu Yunyan came to Southern Xinjiang, and naturally they wanted to pay respects to Mrs. Lin, and even Fu Yunhe was given a day off by Xiao Yi.
Nangong Yue sent someone to pass the news early, so the lady guarding the door knew that there was a distinguished guest coming, so she guarded the door early in the morning.
Seeing that the carriage was coming, the mother-in-law hurriedly opened the door of the house, welcomed the carriage in, greeted Fu Yunhe on the black horse and saluted, "Mr. Fu, you are here." Then, she glanced at Nangong Xin who was beside Fu Yunhe. Glancing at the carriage behind her, she thought to herself: The person sitting in this carriage must be Mr. Fu's mother...
The mother-in-law swallowed her saliva, and winked at the little maid beside her, telling her to pass the message quickly.
Nangong Yue and Fu Yunyan got out of the carriage first, followed by Mrs. Fu who came down slowly with the support of the little maid, with a calm expression on her face, thinking in her heart: Today, she can neither be rude to others, nor give it to this person without a trace. In the future, the daughter-in-law can only get off the horse. Of course, she didn't mean to bully other girls, but she couldn't make her feel that it was so easy to be the daughter-in-law of their Fu family, right? No matter what they say, the Fu family is a well-behaved family...
On the other hand, Fu Yunyan's heart was filled with joy, and his eyes were filled with anticipation. He was not only looking forward to seeing Han Qixia after a long absence, but also looking forward to seeing his mother's shocked speechless expression. It was so much fun!
"Mother, let's go see our grandfather." Fu Yunyan said, taking Mrs. Fu's arm.
When she said this, Mrs. Fu belatedly remembered that Lin Jingchen was not only the grandfather of the future daughter-in-law, but also the grandfather of the son-in-law.
Could it be fate? !
The group of people went to the main hall under the guidance of the woman.
From a distance of more than ten feet, Mrs. Fu saw these two people sitting in the hall. At the head was a man in his forties or fifties, who was described as pale, and on the armchair on his right was a young man of sixteen or seventeen. The girl is wearing a blue-blue thin satin gown, a moon-white pleated skirt, and a crescent moon bun. Although the distance is still far, Mrs. Fu can't see her face clearly, but you can also see the dress of this Han girl. very plain.
Mrs. Fu felt a little displeased, and thought: This is the first time for an ordinary girl to visit her future in-laws, she should dress up beautifully.
Soon the group walked out of the hall, Mrs. Fu raised her brows strangely, why did she feel that the girl in the room looked familiar
Mrs. Fu blinked, and her steps stopped for a moment.
This, this is...
Mrs. Fu's eyes widened suddenly. This girl's face was both familiar and somewhat unfamiliar... She, she, why did she look so much like that sister Xia who threw herself into the lake in Wang Qi's family!
This looks at least 90% to 10% like it!
Mrs. Fu stared at each other, and after a closer look, she felt that Nangong Yue's cousin and niece Han Qixia seemed very different. Han Qixia was a well-educated, gentle and demure daughter of the royal family, while this girl from the Lin family seemed "rough" He is a little taller, his skin is darker, he is thinner, and there is a refreshing feeling in his temperament.
"Liu Niang..." Mrs. Fu couldn't help tugging on Fu Yunyan's sleeve quietly, trying to ask for her approval.
Fu Yunyan blinked innocently, and said intentionally: "Mother, let's go in quickly." As she said, she walked in with Mrs. Fu on her arm, half courteously and half urging.
As a result, Mrs. Fu became even more entangled, and couldn't help but look at Fu Yunhe on her right again, muttering in her heart: Brother He found a future wife who looks so much like a cousin, what does this mean? !
Could it be that Brother He liked Sister Xia before
But if brother He likes sister Xia, why didn't he tell himself? If they had gone to the Princess Mansion to propose marriage back then, Prince Qi and his wife would have been happy to have their cousins kiss each other, and Princess Qi would not have come up with the bad idea of letting sister Xia go to make peace with Kui Lang!
Thinking of Han Qixia, who is so beautiful and unlucky, Madam Fu felt a little bit embarrassed for a moment, she almost didn't know how to face this girl from the Lin family. The son looking for this girl from the Lin family clearly regarded her as a substitute for sister Xia, which is really deceiving her girl!
Mrs. Fu's mood is very complicated, I don't know if it's regret, sympathy, or both...
With emotion, Mrs. Fu suddenly felt that something was not right.
correct!
Why has Nangong Yue never said that her cousin looks like sister Xia? !
Fu Yunyan had been secretly observing her mother's expression, and seeing that she seemed to have figured something out, she finally couldn't help but let out a crisp laugh, leaning forward and backward.
It's so funny, this joke is enough for her to think about it alone for a long time!
Seeing Fu Yunyan smiling like this, Mrs. Fu still doesn't understand that there is a big problem, could it be...
A certain possibility loomed in her mind...
How is this possible? !
But other than this, there seems to be no other answer...
Amidst the weird expressions and eyes of the mother and daughter of the Fu family, Han Qixia stood up and thought to herself: Could it be that Liu Niang and Cousin He haven't told their aunt and cousin about themselves
She really wanted to ask Fu Yunyan and Fu Yunhe, but now is really not the right time... As she thought about it, a faint blush appeared on her pretty face, and her heart was occupied by a kind of shyness unique to a daughter's family.
We are all relatives, she is naturally familiar with her cousin, Mrs. Fu, but today their identities have changed...
Han Qixia stood up, tried her best to calm down, and saluted Mrs. Fu graciously: "Auntie, how is it?"
The six words are tantamount to admitting one's identity.
Fu Yunhe put his right hand into a fist by his mouth, snickered for a while, and said cheekily: "Mother, this is your future daughter-in-law, are you satisfied?" As he spoke, he winked at Mrs. Fu triumphantly, And Han Qixia's cheeks became more and more red, delicate and beautiful like a flower.
Although Mrs. Fu had vaguely guessed this possibility just now, she was still stunned and couldn't care less about arguing with her son.
The girl in front of her, whose temperament is completely different from that of a year ago, is really Miss Xia from Prince Qi's Mansion!
Mrs. Fu looked back and forth between Nangong Yue and Fu Yunyan, and finally understood.
I see!
In other words, the committing suicide by throwing himself into the lake a year ago was probably just a drama... Yes, in life one must see people, in death one must see corpses, since there were no corpses back then, why is it impossible? !
No wonder the mother-in-law readily agreed to this seemingly unsuitable marriage just based on a letter from Brother He. It turned out that the mother-in-law also knew about Han Qixia's escape.
With Han Qixia's temperament and appearance, of course she is worthy of her own son!
Mrs. Fu couldn't help but glared at Fu Yunyan. This girl, she is sensible. She is crazy every day, but her mouth is tight for such a big matter. Last year she accompanied her grandmother to Nanjiang, she must be She already knew about Sister Xia's still alive, but she kept it a secret for so long!
And Brother He...
Mrs. Fu looked at Fu Yunhe again, she really wanted to make a fierce expression, but she couldn't suppress the corners of her lips, and said, "Satisfied, naturally satisfied."
After all, this is a great joy!
Mrs. Fu smiled happily. The Fu family is honorable, and Lin Jingchen's granddaughter is just a commoner after all. At first Mrs. Fu was a little worried. The future daughter-in-law will come from a small family. No more worries.
Originally, people like them don't need to marry others to protect their wealth and wealth, and they don't need to marry prominent in-laws to make their family better, as long as the family is stable.
Thinking about it, Mrs. Fu refreshed her spirits. Naturally, she couldn't wait to reminisce with Han Qixia, but she still remembered the etiquette. She first stepped forward to greet Lin Jingchen with a smile. salute one by one
Lin Jingchen stroked his beard and smiled cheerfully. With a bright smile, everyone sat down quickly, and the little maid hurriedly served tea to the masters.
Mrs. Fu had a lot of things to say to Han Qixia, but she still remembered the most important task of her trip, so she looked at Lin Jingchen and said straight-forward, "Master He, Brother He and Sister Xia are not young either. Well, the marriage should be arranged as early as possible, I think April 29th is an auspicious day, so why don't I come to propose marriage tomorrow, what do you think?"
here you go! Fu Yunhe secretly praised his mother, once he saw the target, he would strike decisively, as expected of his mother.
Han Qixia already knew the reason for Mrs. Fu's trip, so at this moment, her face was still hot again.
In the past few months, she has actually felt like a dream, and it is only now that she has a sense of reality.
Lin Jingchen also has a straightforward personality, and felt that the young couple hit it off right away, and these worldly etiquettes were just formalities, so he readily agreed.
These two cheerful people got together to do business, and within two or three minutes, the matter of proposing marriage was finalized.
Afterwards, after everyone exchanged pleasantries, Lin Jingchen casually found an excuse to take medicine and walked away, leaving them to reminisce about the old days.
As soon as Lin Jingchen left, Mrs. Fu couldn't wait to say: "Sister Xia, let my aunt and cousin take a good look!"
Mrs. Fu almost eagerly called Han Qixia to her side. On the one hand, she was happy that her cousin had "resurrected from the dead", but on the other hand, she felt a little sad that the dignified daughter of the royal family, the emperor's niece, had to go to escape. this step.
Moreover, looking at Han Qixia's appearance at this moment, one can tell that the past year must have been quite difficult for her. She has become darker, thinner, and her hands are obviously rough...
However, the girl's eyes became piercing.
It is a kind of self-confidence that comes from within. If we say that in the past, Han Qixia was honored and honored by the Qi Palace because of her origin; now, she is because of herself!
Mrs. Fu couldn't help thinking of an old saying in her mind:
Heaven will send a great mission to the people of Sri Lanka, and they must first work hard on their hearts and minds...
Perhaps it is precisely because of these ups and downs that Miss Xia has grown up like this, and she is no longer a delicate flower in the greenhouse.
Mrs. Fu held Han Qixia's hand, and said with a smile: "Sister Xia, tell my aunt and cousin how you have been through the past year or so?"
Han Qixia was about to speak, but Fu Yunyan deliberately teased her: "Mother, don't you want Cousin Xia to speak standing up? You haven't married yet, do you want your future mother-in-law to be a daughter-in-law?"
Mrs. Fu couldn't help but glared at Fu Yunyan again, meaning, you're the only one who talks too much!
Fu Yunyan stuck out her tongue nonchalantly, her words made the atmosphere in the hall much lighter instantly, Nangong Yue, Han Qixia and Fu Yunhe all laughed out loud, which made the small flower hall more familiar.
A little maid hastily moved a round stool to Mrs. Fu's side, and asked Han Qixia to sit down.
Afterwards, Han Qixia's clear and pleasant voice echoed in the hall, she said it lightly, but Madam Fu's mood could not help but fluctuate accordingly.
She didn't expect that Han Huaijun and Jiang Yixi were the ones who planned Han Qixia's escape.
It turned out that Han Qixia had been studying medicine with Lin Jingchen for the past year.
It turned out that these children had been hiding from their mother-in-law.
It turned out that so many things happened in this short year...
Later, Mrs. Fu didn't know what to say anymore, she just sighed in her heart, what a fate!
In just less than a stick of incense, Mrs. Fu's mentality changed drastically.
She looks at Han Qixia for a while, and Fu Yunhe for a while, how do they look, how well they match! Look at the intimacy and tacit understanding between the two children's expressions, when they get married in the future, they will be harmonious and beautiful, and I will be able to hold a grandson soon!
Mrs. Fu is a person who is in high spirits on happy occasions, she looks even more excited than Fu Yunhe.
After having lunch at Lin's family, Mrs. Fu went back to the palace alone, and she had to rush to prepare for marriage proposal.
Galloping steadily all the way, when passing the main gate of the palace, the coachman slowed down the horse, and the little maid in the carriage raised the curtain to look out curiously, and saw a carriage with canopy and emerald curtains parked in front of the gate, a woman was He yelled at the porter at the top of his voice, "You lowly slave, why don't you hurry up and open the door for our wife."
"This little one is also following orders, so don't embarrass the little one." The concierge kept apologizing, his face full of helplessness. Why did he ever want to offend these nobles, but this is what the prince ordered.
The Fu family's carriage bypassed the canopy and green-veiled carriage and continued on its way. Mrs. Fu in the carriage did not care about the noise at the front from the beginning to the end.
And the people in the canopy and emerald-curtained carriage also noticed the black-painted flat-topped carriage of the Fu family, and a pair of white and slightly plump hands opened the curtains to look out.
The person in the carriage frowned slightly, with a hint of arrogance at the corner of his mouth, it was Mrs. Qiao.
Mrs. Qiao came to the palace today to see King Zhennan.
Since Chun Lie came back, first Zhennan Wang divorced his wife, then the third and sixth households of the Xiao family were expelled from Luoyue City, and then the third householder of the Fang family was expelled from the family. These series of major events were circulated up and down Luoyue City, but King Zhennan didn't discuss it with her at all, and Mrs. Qiao was so angry that she didn't sleep well for several nights.
Originally, she wanted to ignore this younger brother again... But she didn't expect that after so many days, the king of Zhennan didn't come to her to bow his head and admit his mistake. Obviously, he didn't feel that he ignored her elder sister at all. The more Mrs. Qiao thought about it, the more she Angry, the more she thought about it, the more unwilling she became, so today she came here angrily, but the concierge stopped her from entering the palace.
Seeing the quarrel between the concierge and the mother-in-law, Mrs. Qiao's face turned blue and white. She is the eldest sister of King Zhennan, and her status is extremely noble, but now she can't even enter the gate of the palace.
Nangong Yue must have been sowing discord again, and she didn't know what she had done to coax Zhennan Wang and even the Xiaofang family into divorce. If things go on like this, there will be no place for this palace to stand in the future!
Thinking about it, Mrs. Qiao narrowed her eyes slightly. Just then, she suddenly noticed that the black-painted flat-topped carriage turned a corner and disappeared in front of her eyes.
Is this going to Bixiaotang
But the emblem on the carriage does not belong to the Wangfu or Bixiaotang, nor does it belong to the mansion of Luoyue City, could it be...
"Du Juan, go and ask if there are any guests in the Bixiao Hall these two days?" Mrs. Qiao was thoughtful, and casually sent a young maid who accompanied her over to inquire.
The little maid outside the car responded, trotted forward, and politely repeated Mrs. Qiao's question to the concierge with an ugly face.
The concierge didn't dare to hide it, and hurriedly replied: "Yesterday, all the royal guests came. They are the elder concubine's brother and sister-in-law, and Mrs. Fu from Yongyang's eldest princess mansion. The imperial concubine arranged to live in Bixiaotang..."
Mrs. Qiao, who was in the carriage two feet away, also heard it, and was so angry that she exerted her right hand slightly and tightly clenched the curtain.
Could it be that Fu Yunhe's mother, Mrs. Fu, is sitting in the carriage? !
In this way, what Fu Yunhe said on the day of the spring hunt turned out to be true. The Princess Mansion really wanted to match Fu Yunhe with a granddaughter of Youfang Langzhong.
How unreasonable, really unreasonable!
Fu Yunhe is obviously her first favorite son-in-law, this Lin family is really shameless, even relying on their relationship with the crown prince, shamelessly wanting to marry a girl from the Lin family to the princess mansion!
What a daydream!
Mrs. Qiao gritted her teeth, and ordered: "Coachman, hurry up and catch up with the carriage in front of me."
The coachman in front responded, and hurriedly swung his whip and rode his horse to chase after him.
It was about a hundred feet away from the main entrance of the Wang's Mansion to the gate of the East Street. When Qiao's carriage chased past, Mrs. Fu's carriage had already been greeted by the porter.
"squeak-"
Looking at the closed gate, Mrs. Qiao angrily ordered the little maid in Tsing Yi who was panting behind the carriage: "Hurry up and knock on the door for Mrs. Ben!"
"Yes, Da Furen." The little maid in Tsing Yi replied out of breath, and hurried to knock on the bronze door knocker.
The concierge opened a corner door, glanced at Mrs. Qiao's carriage, and immediately recognized that it was the carriage of Qiao's mansion. He already knew the people in the carriage, but deliberately asked: "Which mansion are you from? Do you have a post?"
The little maid in Tsing Yi puffed her chest out and said, "I'm from the Qiao Mansion. Our wife wants to see the Shi Zi Concubine, but you haven't opened the door to welcome her."
So there are no posts. The concierge knew it well, and said in a flat tone: "These days, the imperial concubine is busy with things, and no one will see any visitors if there is no post. Please come back." After speaking, he closed the corner door with a "bang".
The "bang" sound was like a slap in the face of Mrs. Qiao, she really wanted to order her servants to force her way in, but she came out with two guards, and Bixiaotang's The guards are all very skilled, if they really want to make a fuss, I'm afraid I won't be able to please them!
Things haven't been going well lately. It happened to be a step too late, if only I could stop Mrs. Fu in time just now, and find a chance to sit down and talk with her, it would be great!
Mrs. Qiao was very annoyed, but there was nothing she could do. She put down the curtain in her hand and said angrily, "Go home!"
The little maid hurriedly responded, and the accompanying servants all secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
So, the carriages and horses of Qiao's family went back the same way and went home.
As soon as she returned to Qiao's residence in Luoyue City, Mrs. Qiao had not had time to sit down and catch her breath when she saw a woman in a blue gown running over in a hurry and said, "Ma'am, Miss, she...she I'm throwing things again!" The mother-in-law said it rather implicitly, Qiao Ruolan didn't just throw things, she also tore things up, beat the maids, she was crazy...
When Mrs. Qiao heard this, her head hurt.
Because my daughter failed to find a chance to meet Guan Yubai at the spring hunting a few days ago, she has been losing her temper since she came back, and she refused to listen to her persuasion. for a while.
One of her well-behaved daughters has become like this now, and her promising son-in-law is being snatched away, and her younger brother Zhennan Wang does not know what kind of drug, and now he ignores her, and now even more I can't even enter the gate of the palace!
Thinking about it carefully, all of this has developed to this point step by step since the concubine Shizi came to Luoyue City. Now the whole family seems to be bewitched by the concubine Shizi, obeying her words and worshiping her like gods...
Mrs. Qiao's eyes were dim, and at this moment, a servant girl came in and reported, "Ma'am, Mrs. An from Anfu is asking to see you."