Xie Yu felt blessed and called Fu Xuzhi: "Cousin Xu."
Before Xie Shu could speak, Fu Ying beside her explained: "Grandma asked me to accompany my cousin to pay homage to my eldest aunt."
Fu Xuzhi nodded, and the two of them followed Fu Xuzhi into Jing'an Courtyard.
The maid standing in the corridor was a little surprised when she saw the second young master, second girl and cousin coming together, and she quickly went in to report back.
Within a moment, Grandma Gu, who was beside Zhou, came out in person, opened the curtain and led the three of them in.
"It's been a long and tiring journey, and the girl just needs a rest. There's no need to hold on to these false gifts. It will be the same when I come to see you tomorrow."
Madam Xie smiled, followed Nanny Gu around the screen, and saw Mrs. Zhou sitting on the sofa, wearing a lake green embroidered peony tunic and a hollow red gold hibiscus hairpin in her hair.
Zhou was originally from the Pingyuan Marquis Mansion. After marrying into the Duke An Guo Palace, she became the wife of Duke An Guo for many years. She was in charge of the palace's middle minister, and she was certainly very impressive. However, she was extremely well-born, and her beautiful eyebrows set her apart. The majesty is somewhat concealed, which gives people a just right noble atmosphere and does not make people feel inaccessible.
Xie Xie stepped forward slowly and said, "I would like to say hello to my eldest aunt."
Mrs. Zhou smiled and gave her a little support: "Good boy, please get up quickly. It's hard for you to come here today and not rest for a few days."
Zhou said, then looked at Fu Xuzhi and Fu Ying who were also saluting, and said to Fu Xuzhi: "You work as an errand for His Highness, and you have to pay attention to everything. You have been running around for more than half a month, and you don't know how to get a good rest." , I, a mother-in-law, don’t need you to say hello to me?”
Before Fu Xuzhi could say anything, Fu Ying, the second girl standing next to her, smiled and said, "My second brother has always been filial and knows etiquette. How could he avoid being so lazy?"
Mrs. Zhou was naturally happy for her son's filial piety. What she said just now was just because she felt sorry for her son's hard work. After hearing what Fu Ying said, she also smiled and said, "That's all. If you continue talking, it's me, the mother-in-law, who is picking on him."
As she spoke, she asked a few people to sit down.
Xie Shu thanked her and sat down next to Fu Ying.
Soon a maid came forward with a tray and served tea and snacks.
While Mrs. Zhou was sipping tea, she chatted with Xie Shu and the others.
After chatting for a while, he said to Fu Xuzhi, who was sitting there and just drinking tea quietly: "I know you can't get in the conversation, so go ahead and do your business. Don't delay your business by being here with me."
Fu Xuzhi put down the tea cup in his hand and said, "I'm going to see my eldest brother again. I came back too late yesterday, so I didn't go. I was afraid of disturbing my eldest brother's purity."
Mentioning Fu Hezhi's illness, Mrs. Zhou's eyes showed a bit of sadness, but she was happy to see her two sons as brothers and sisters, especially the second son, although he was urinating and accompanying the prince to study, he often showed his face in front of the emperor, so she felt that she was sick and weak. However, her eldest brother still respects and cares about him. In her opinion, this is the greatest filial piety for a son.
"Go ahead. If you've been out for more than half a month, your elder brother must be thinking about you."
Fu Xuzhi said yes, nodded to Fu Ying and Xie Shu who were sitting there, then turned and walked out.
Xie Shu looked at his leaving figure, feeling very complicated in her heart.
In her previous life, she was married to Fu Xuzhi and had been the crown prince's wife for four years. She didn't know how much he respected and cared for his brother Fu Hezhi. In his heart, the position of the prince will always belong to Fu Hezhi, and he has never thought of grabbing something that belongs to his brother. If Fu Hezhi hadn't become seriously ill later and went to a temple to recuperate all year round, and moved away from Anguo Palace, completely showing that he didn't want to be the heir, Fu Xuzhi would not have taken on this responsibility.
In fact, he is a truly upright and upright person, so even if his life experience is revealed, Xie Shuo will hate Fu Qionghua's cruelty, but he can't blame Fu Xuzhi.
That day, Xie Yan revealed the two people's life experiences in front of everyone in the clan mansion. The news spread to Anguo Gongfu and Fu Xuzhi's ears. She didn't know what he was thinking at the time, but her direct grandmother Wei The old lady wanted to get rid of her, but he disobeyed the old lady and took her out of Fanlan Courtyard.
Later, in order to protect her, he invited himself to the northwest.
If it weren't for the new emperor's magnanimity, he would probably never return to the capital. When he left the capital that day, he was determined to die.
Xie Shu suppressed all the thoughts in his heart and withdrew his gaze.
After chatting with Mr. Zhou for a few more words, Mr. Xie presented his thoughts, which was a lifelike peony embroidery, with pink or light pink peony petals and yellow buds. Due to different stitching methods, the embroidery was revealed. The layers of petals, petals and green leaves are distinct and extremely delicate. When the embroidery is unfolded, it gives people a lifelike, real-life feeling, and even gives people the illusion that they can almost smell the fragrance of the flowers.
Zhou was just casually looking at it, but she didn't know that Xie Shu's embroidery work was so good, and she was stunned for a while.
When he came back to his senses, he turned to Mr. Xie with a bit of surprise: "You actually have such a good craftsmanship, but your family specially invited an embroiderer to teach you?"
Xie Shu nodded and explained: "My grandmother had a grandma named Sun who was an embroiderer. She was best at Su embroidery, double-sided embroidery, single-sided embroidery, whether it was screens or silk handkerchiefs, or summer embroidery. The fans she used and the things she embroidered were all excellent. When I was a child, I often went to my grandmother's room and learned from her. Even now, I am still not as good as Grandma Sun."
Listening to Xie Shu's words, Mrs. Zhou saw a little girl sitting in front of the flower stand with the embroiderer at her grandmother's house, learning every detail of embroidery. But for some reason, she actually felt sour in her heart. She didn't feel that this child was stable, patient, well-behaved and sensible. On the contrary, I feel that this is an unkind grandmother. Otherwise, how could she be willing to let her granddaughter work so hard?
Just looking at this peony embroidery picture, you can get a glimpse of how hard Xie Sui worked when she was young.
Thinking of her sister-in-law Fu Qionghua's partiality, Zhou couldn't help but feel a little more pity for Xie Shu, her niece.
If she said her pity for Mr. Xie casually when she and Aunt Gu were chatting last night, now seeing this peony embroidery picture, she felt depressed in her heart, which actually made her a little angry with her sister-in-law. .
If Fu Qionghua didn't care for this daughter, why would the little girl have to work so hard to seek shelter from her grandmother.
Mrs. Zhou grew up in the inner house, so even if Xie Shu didn't tell her, she still wanted to know the situation at that time.
Mrs. Zhou stretched out her hand and touched Xie Shu's hair with some pity, and said softly: "Good boy, your skills are good enough. From now on, we won't bother to embroider these things. The expression of our Duke Anguo's mansion Girl, enjoy tea and flowers in your free time. Even if you are going to get married one day, you only need to sew one or two stitches yourself when embroidering the wedding dress. Who dares to be picky about this?"
After listening to Mrs. Zhou's words, Mr. Xie felt sour in her heart, and tears suddenly welled up in her eyes. She suppressed the sourness and smiled back at Mr. Zhou, and said, "You like these peonies?" picture?"
Mrs. Zhou nodded: "I like it. How could my aunt not like our little girl's good craftsmanship?"
Fu Ying on the side also thought about why the eldest aunt said these words. Thinking about the attitude of her aunt and Xie Yan towards Xie Shu at the old lady's place just now, she couldn't help but feel some sympathy for Xie Shu.
She thought that because she was a concubine, it would be hard for her to please her grandmother. After all, she got up early every day to go to her grandmother's house. Others only saw her trying to please her grandmother, but only she knew how to insist on it for so many years, regardless of her shave. How hard it was even if it was windy or rainy. Her filial piety is true, her flattery is true, and her hard work is true. She also wants a share of her grandmother's protection, hoping that her grandmother can choose a good marriage for her. She did not dare to compare with her eldest sister Fu Yi, she only hoped to marry a man with good family background and good character.
But now looking at Xie Shu, she actually has a harder time than her. Not only is she disliked by her biological mother, but she is also often bullied by her sister who is the same mother. No wonder she went to the grandmother's room to please the good girl at a young age and imitated these behaviors. The embroidery is alive.
A sense of shared destiny made Fu Ying feel somewhat close to Xie Shu, her cousin.
As he was talking, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then the maid's greetings came out: "I have met Grandma and Miss Rong."
Listening to this voice, Xie Shu knew that it was her cousin-in-law Shen and her cousin Zhou Miaorong who were coming.
A maid opened the curtain, and Ms. Shen, wearing a light blue embroidered hibiscus flower gown, walked in from the outside. Behind her was a girl wearing a crimson embroidered butterfly and flower gown. It was her cousin Zhou Miaorong.
Mrs. Shen walked in and said to her mother-in-law, Mrs. Zhou, "My daughter-in-law wishes my mother well."
Mrs. Zhou nodded and asked aloud: "Why are you here? Is He Zhi feeling better?"
Mrs. Shen nodded: "After taking a few doses of medicine, I finally feel better. The cough is not so severe."
Mrs. Zhou listened with joy on her face: "That's good. You have worked hard these days, and you have lost some weight."
Xie Yan looked at Mrs. Shen. In her previous life, she didn't get along much with Mrs. Shen, her cousin. When she first came to the capital and lived in the Duke Anguo's mansion, when she saw Mrs. Shen, she only felt that her cousin's behavior was revealing. He has a gentle demeanor and speaks very gently. Even if there were a lot of rumors in the mansion because Fu Hezhi had not been granted the title of Crown Prince, Mrs. Shen could handle them calmly.
But one night, something happened in Qingsongyuan. My cousin Fu Hezhi was seriously ill and asked the imperial doctor all night. Then Shen was imprisoned in the Buddhist hall. The incident was so big that even her cousin knew that Shen was doing something for her. When he was about to give birth to a son, he believed in the folk prescriptions of the visiting doctor and secretly prepared medicine to change the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor. As a result, Fu Hezhi became seriously ill and almost could not be saved.
After a few days, Fu Hezhi finally woke up. The old lady wanted to divorce Mr. Shen, but Fu Hezhi wrote a letter of divorce and went to the small Buddhist hall in person to hand the letter of divorce to Mr. Shen. The couple didn't know what they said. In the end, Mrs. Shen returned to her parents' home, and Fu Hezhi also went to the temple to recuperate, completely showing that he did not want to be the heir apparent.
Later, she married Fu Xuzhi. One day she went back to pay her respects to Mrs. Wei. She overheard Mrs. Wei talking to her confidant, Aunt Dong. She mentioned the Shen family in her words, saying that when the Shen family came into the house, the old lady did not want to call her Shen family. After giving birth to the child, someone had already ordered someone to give Shen the medicine. Between the eldest grandson Fu Hezhi and the second grandson Fu Xuzhi, the old lady had already chosen the second grandson, and even did not hesitate to drug the Shen family, eliminating the possibility that the Shen family would give birth to a boy, and the Duke of the country would ask Fu Hezhi to make him the crown prince.
She was startled at that time, only listened to a few words, and then hurried away without anyone seeing her.
Later, whenever she thought of Fu Hezhi in the temple and her cousin-in-law Shen who had returned to her parents' home, she felt a chill down her back.
Now seeing this cousin-in-law again, seeing the faint green color in her eyes, and remembering that Shen couldn't come over because Fu Hezhi was ill yesterday, my mood became a little more complicated.
Perhaps because her gaze was too obvious, Mrs. Shen looked over at her, and Xie Shu looked at her and called out: "Cousin-sister-in-law."
Hearing this, Mrs. Shen said with a smile: "You must be a little girl. Yesterday you went to Beijing with your mother. I, the cousin-in-law, should have gone there to meet you. It's just that your cousin is not in good health, so I want to be with you." It’s a bit rude to take care of you.”
Xie Shu shook his head: "Whatever my cousin said, my cousin's side is the most important."
Shen smiled and sat down.
Mr. Xie also sat down, and Zhou Miaorong walked to the front and sat next to Mrs. Zhou.
She looked at Xie Shu and said with a smile: "It's not surprising that everyone praises me. I was surprised when I saw Xie Shu yesterday. Is there such a beautiful woman in this world?"
Mrs. Zhou smiled when she heard what she said, stretched out her hand and tapped her forehead and said, "You are also good-looking, so why should you envy your cousin?"
After saying that, Mrs. Zhou asked again: "We were late after dinner last night. There was wind at night. Did it blow on the way back? You are also a little weak, so you have to be careful."
Zhou Miaorong listened and said with a smile: "Auntie, does it mean that I am that beautiful lamp, how can it be so easy to blow the wind?"
Xie Shu frowned slightly when she saw Zhou Miaorong acting coquettishly in front of Mr. Zhou.
In her previous life, she knew that Mrs. Zhou loved her niece Zhou Miaorong very much. Since the eldest daughter of the family did not have a girl, Mrs. Zhou loved her niece as much as she loved her own biological daughter. She would care about every detail, so although Zhou Miaorong was just a cousin The girl lost her mother when she was young, but her status in the eldest house was very unusual. No one dared to look down upon her.
At that time, she had also seen the way Zhou and Zhou Miaorong got along. At that time, she just felt that Zhou Miaorong, a cousin, was so lucky to have an aunt who loved her so much.
But now that she knew her life experience, looking at the scene in front of her, she felt depressed.
