Fu Qionghua also saw the jealousy that could not be concealed in his daughter's eyes, and his heart sank. He quickly changed the subject with a smile, pointed at Liang Heng who was standing at the end and said: "This is my mother-in-law's nephew Liang Heng. This time... I went to Beijing with my daughter and wanted to take a walk around the capital and see how lively it is."
Although Mrs. Wei had some complaints about her daughter's favoritism, after all, Fu Qionghua was her only daughter. Even if she was married, she loved her very much. Naturally, she couldn't bear to embarrass her daughter and have others speculate and gossip behind her back. Gen, after hearing what his daughter said, a smile appeared on his face. He looked at Liang Heng who came forward to salute and said, "You can see that he is a talented person, and he is also tall."
Saying this, she smiled and said to Aunt Dong beside her: "Go and get a set of Four Treasures of the Study as a meeting gift." After that, she said to Liang Heng: "Since I followed you to the capital, I will live in the mansion. Come on, we are all relatives, don’t be heretics.”
Liang Heng listened to the old lady's words and quickly responded, with a smile on his face.
Fu Qionghua glanced at him and breathed a sigh of relief.
It was his mother who loved him. She must have guessed that she was forced by the old godly woman to agree to bring Liang Heng to the capital. They were afraid that the elder sister-in-law Zhou and the second sister-in-law Wei had other ideas in their minds, so they spoke out about this matter first. It's given.
There was a surge of pride in her heart. So what if she married far away from Beijing? Even after all these years, her only daughter is still the only daughter in her mother's heart. Even her two brothers have to pamper her and give in to her, let alone her two sisters-in-law.
With these thoughts in mind, she glanced at Zhou and Wei sitting below, then smiled and said to Liang Heng, "Since mother said so, Brother Heng, you can stay here in peace."
Liang Heng expressed his thanks and showed a little more respect to Fu Qionghua, the daughter-in-law of the Xie family, but secretly he was thinking that he would find a girl from the Duke's palace to marry home so that he could grow up in the future. I have been in the glory of Anguo Gongfu for a long time.
The second lady Wei who was sitting there felt disdain in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it on her face. The eldest lady, Mrs. Zhou, also had a smile on her lips, but she was thinking in her heart that Liang Heng lived in the mansion and she must pay closer attention in the future, especially the girls. She must not cause anything to happen and damage the girls' lives. reputation.
It's not that she prides herself on being from Duke Anguo's family and has misled people, but it's that Liang Heng doesn't seem to be a person of good character.
Besides, if you really know etiquette and know how to advance and retreat, why would you follow your sister-in-law to Beijing? The Xie family is really not easy to get along with. Old Mrs. Liang has such a temperament. I don’t know why my sister-in-law has treated Xie Shaochuan so much in these years. It's so heart-breaking, it's really hard to figure out.
Next, Xie Shu and the others met with the girls and young men in the mansion.
There are two houses in Anguo Gong's mansion. The eldest son, Anguo Gong Fu Xian and his wife Zhou, have two sons in total. The eldest son Fu Hezhi married his wife Shen. The second son is Fu Xuzhi, who has not yet married.
Since Mrs. Zhou had no children, she took her niece Zhou Miaorong over and lived in the house for a long time. This was because Zhou Miaorong lost her mother when she was young, and her father married her step-brother Bian and gave birth to a son and a daughter. The step-brother was a sweet-faced but bitter-hearted person, so although Zhou Miaorong was the direct descendant of the family, her life was not easy. As an aunt, Ms. Zhou felt sorry for her niece, so she took her to her side and took good care of her. Since there is no girl in the eldest house, Zhou Miaorong, the cousin, is the only one in the eldest house.
The second master Fu Qian married Mrs. Wei's natal niece Wei, and gave birth to the third young master Fu Rui and the eldest daughter Fu Yi. He also had concubines Aunt Liu and Aunt Zheng, who gave birth to the second young master Fu Ying and the fourth young master Fu Xuan respectively.
Xie Ming greeted everyone one by one and saw that his brother Fu Hezhi and his wife Shen didn't show up, and she didn't feel strange in her heart.
In her previous life, she came to Duke Anguo's Mansion around this time. At that time, she herself fell ill. When she was recuperating, she heard that the eldest young master Fu Hezhi was also ill these days. The eldest grandma took good care of him and stayed by his bedside. He was very thin. It's been a circle.
It was also because of this that she fell ill as soon as she entered the house, and the people in the house felt a little unlucky. At that time, she suffered from this for a long time.
Just as Mr. Xie was thinking about it, Mr. Zhou explained to Fu Qionghua: "Brother He is ill and it would be a bit rude for Mr. Shen to stay with him and not come over."
Fu Qionghua was stunned for a moment, and felt a burst of joy in his heart.
She wished that Fu Hezhi was in poor health and that he would be satisfied only if he died of illness, so that her Xuzhi could become the heir apparent. But even though she thought so in her heart, she didn't dare to show it on her face. After hearing what her sister-in-law Zhou said, she quickly showed a worried look and asked aloud: "But the weather is cold and the wind is cold? Brother He My son is really weak. Although I am not in the capital, I feel anxious every time I think about his body."
"Otherwise, if we look for doctors from outside, the imperial doctors in this palace just prescribe some safe prescriptions without taking responsibility, and the medicines are not enough, or they always ask people to take supplements. After eating a lot of ginseng and deer antlers, they will be exhausted. If it’s weak, sometimes it’s not as useful as the doctors outside.”
When Mrs. Zhou heard Fu Qionghua's words, she felt a little unhappy in her heart. Although her brother He was in poor health, her sister-in-law's words sounded unlucky. However, her sister-in-law had good intentions, so she could only say it. With a hint of a smile, he agreed: "That makes sense, but Brother He's body has always been diagnosed and treated by the imperial physician in the palace. It's not good to rashly seek a doctor from outside."
As soon as Fu Qionghua heard this, he felt keenly/in his heart that Mr. Zhou looked down on her and felt that she was married far away and could not even use the imperial doctor for daily medical treatment.
Mrs. Wei on the side knew that her daughter had some resentment towards her sister-in-law. Seeing that her daughter's expression was slightly wrong, she quickly changed the topic and said: "Brother He just has his wife to take care of him. Time will come." It's early, you must be hungry after the long journey, so you'd better eat quickly."
Mrs. Wei said this, and the eldest lady Zhou and the second lady Wei naturally agreed and ordered the maid and mother-in-law to serve food.
In a short time, two tables were filled with steaming delicacies. The women's family sat at one table, and the masters and young masters sat at the other table across the screen.
Xie Shu didn't eat much on the way and only had a few snacks. She was also hungry at this time, so she only ate seriously during the dinner. But Xie Yan was looking for an opportunity to talk to Mrs. Wei, her grandmother. The old lady loved her, and after being coaxed by her for a few words, she put aside her petty temper that she had just thought, and thought about what happened. She grew up in a small place, and she has some of the shortcomings of a small family. Now that she is living in An Guogong Mansion, with her grandmother personally taking care of her, she will definitely be able to change her little family spirit.
Mrs. Wei glanced at Mr. Xie, who was very handsome in manners and manners, and felt satisfied again. She wanted to find an opportunity to talk to her daughter in private. They were all the same flesh and blood she had given birth to during her ten-month pregnancy. How could she be treated differently? The daughter is so short-sighted that there is no need to cause resentment in the hearts of her two grandsons.
The meal was very lively. When the meal was over, the old lady asked everyone to go to rest. She also told them that there was no need to come to say hello tomorrow morning. It was a tiring journey all the way, so they should sleep more.
Everyone's residence was naturally arranged by the eldest lady Zhou who was in charge of the palace.
Mrs. Wei loved her only daughter, so even if Fu Qionghua got married, the courtyard where he lived before leaving the court was not used for other purposes. All the furnishings were according to Fu Qionghua's preferences, so Fu Qionghua continued to live in Peony Courtyard.
She and Xie Yan were arranged to live in Bihengyuan and Zhilanyuan, not far from Mudanyuan respectively.
The entrance of Bihengyuan
Aunt Gu smiled and said to Xie Shu: "This Biheng Courtyard is quiet and elegant. I will definitely like it with my cousin's temperament. My cousin is tired from traveling and traveling. If you don't have anything else to say, I will go back. If you have anything to do in the future, just come and talk to me." Madam said, don’t say anything even if you feel wronged.”
Mr. Xie smiled and nodded, feeling slightly blessed: "I'm sorry to have you come over here with me, so please go slowly."
Nanny Gu didn't dare to accept her courtesy, so she quickly stepped aside, but in her heart she felt more and more fond of Xie Shu.
The girl is gentle and sensible, and her dining etiquette just now made her, an old man who has lived in Duke Anguo's residence for half her life, unable to find anything wrong. She also secretly thought that the girl was not like the girl she had been since she was a child. Coming from somewhere else, this etiquette and behavior seems to have been taught since childhood by a noble family in the capital. It is really weird.
Little did she know that in her previous life, Ms. Xie worked hard to learn these rules and etiquette and learn to be the wife of the Crown Prince of Anguo Palace. All these things now are just habits from the previous life.
"Girl, please go in quickly. This servant has also gone to the eldest lady to give you a reply."
Xie Shu nodded and took the maid Qingdai into the courtyard.
In her previous life, Xie Shu lived in Tinghe Courtyard, not Biheng Courtyard. She looked at the scenery in the courtyard and knew that she had not left any bad impression on others when she entered the house in this life.
This Bihengyuan should have been chosen by my mother, Zhou.
Xie Miao thought of Mrs. Zhou. She and Mrs. Zhou had only exchanged a few polite words during the dinner. Even if she were to live another life, she would not know how to get along with Mrs. Zhou, her biological mother. It was even harder than getting along with her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in her previous life.
In her previous life, Zhou reconciled with her father and died of a serious illness a few years later.
She didn't know what Zhou was thinking about the exchange of contracts between her and Fu Xuzhi. Was it reluctance or resentment? Based on Zhou's respect and love for Fu Xuzhi, she guessed that she was more reluctant to let go than resentful.
Even if it were possible, Zhou might think that if she had not followed Fu Qionghua to Beijing, it would be a good thing that nothing would have happened, and she would be willing to be kept secret for the rest of her life.
But because Zhou knew that Mrs. Wei wanted to poison her, she went to the Fanlan Courtyard to cause a scene and reconciled with her father. For this reason, Xie Shu felt that her daughter still had some weight in her heart.
Xie Shu suppressed all the thoughts in her heart and said to Qingdai: "Get ready and go to bed early today. I have to go to greet the old lady and the others tomorrow morning."
Qingdai had seen the prominence of Duke An Guo's mansion, and she knew that there were no lack of rules in the mansion, so when she heard what her girl said, she quickly agreed and went down to clean up.
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East Palace
Xiao Yan was sitting behind the desk, sitting on a chair with a booklet in his hand, looking at it with a sense of coldness and majesty around him.
Eunuch Cui came in from the outside, walked to the desk, bowed and reported to his master: "Your Highness, I just met Lu Yuanzheng of Taiyuan Hospital, and showed the scriptures to Lu Yuanzheng. After reading it, he said it was The incense left in the scriptures is just the incense used by ordinary daughters in their homes.”
He hesitated for a moment, and then said with a bit of helplessness: "We even used peels and flowers such as lychee peels and neem flowers to make the fragrance. It is really simple. This kind of fragrance can't be said to be from the palace. , even noble people rarely use it."
"If we want to solve them all, we will probably have to thank the second lady for coming in person."
When Xiao Yan heard this, he moved his eyes away from the folding book and glanced at Eunuch Cui who was standing below: "Since it is necessary, I will arrange for someone to come over. Why don't I teach you how to do things?"
