Resourceful beauty

Chapter 22 Rumors Are Flying

"What did you say?"

When Lanxi entered the room, Fang Ruyu was sitting in front of the dresser and putting on her makeup. The clear and pure jasper hairpin in her hand fell to the ground without warning before it was inserted into her hair, and broke into several pieces with a "click".

This is Fang Ruyu's favorite jade hairpin, but at this moment, she can't care about her heartache anymore, and she puts all her thoughts on Lan Xi.

Lan Xi bit her lips, and stepped forward to persuade: "Miss, those people outside are afraid of chaos in the world, and they can make big things out of small things, don't forget to take it to heart."

"Tell me, what did they say..."

Fang Ruyu grabbed Lan Xi's arm and asked without realizing there was a trace of trill in her voice.

Lan Xi hesitated.

In the past, Fang Ruyu thought she was beautiful and well-versed in poetry and books, and was the eldest daughter of King Qi, but because she was a concubine, she always felt that it was a trick of good fortune, and she wished she could be born in Su Xin's belly.

When Su Xin died of illness, Su Yuan became the second concubine, and Fang Ruyu became a righteous daughter. From then on, Fang Ruyu became more and more strict with herself. She knew that with her status as the eldest daughter of King Qi, coupled with her own Good looks and temperament, the person who will marry in the future must be the eldest son or grandson of a high-ranking family. At that time, she will be the eldest daughter-in-law, and she will set an example for other sisters-in-law and sister-in-law.

Therefore, Fang Ruyu tried her best to make herself impeccable in every word, deed, and action, just for the future.

Such a Fang Ruyu, how could he allow his reputation to be tarnished in the slightest?

"Speak quickly..."

Lan Xi hesitated in the air, Fang Ruyu couldn't control his rage.

With a pain in his arm, Lan Xi couldn't care less, and said in a low voice: "It is said outside that Miss and Young Master Qiu are in love with each other, it is a match made in heaven. They also said that Prince Qi's mansion is at a low point now, if they marry the prime minister's mansion, the two It's all a great thing, and people say..."

"enough……"

Fang Ruyu's face turned ashen for a moment.

"Ah...ah..."

Shouting angrily, Fang Ruyu raised her arm and swung all the things off the dressing table.

With the sound of ding ding dong dong, accompanied by the dissuasion of the maid, the whole Lishui Pavilion suddenly became noisy.

In the Yixin Palace, the atmosphere was rare and dignified.

Su Yuan looked at the worried woman in front of her, and gave a long sigh of annoyance, "You can tell me what else you said one by one, and you can't hide it, so that I can know what's going on outside. It’s a good way to deal with it.”

"Yes."

The woman nodded in agreement.

The woman who answered was called Lianqiao, she was Su Yuan's housemaid, she later married Su Yuan's shop manager outside, and now the whole family lived outside, taking care of Su Yuan's shop.

Forsythia's man is called Wang Zhi, so people in Qi Wang's mansion call Lianqiao Wang Zhi's family.

Wang Zhi's family came to the mansion today because of the overwhelming rumors. Now that the master had spoken, he dared not hide anything and told her everything he heard.

"Before the servant girl came, there were already new booklets published in the teahouses on the West Street. What did you say that the idiot son met a beautiful woman on a moonlit night, and he got his wish to kiss Fangze under the lamp. Although he didn't name his name, everyone who listened to the book knew it. , talking about our second young lady, and the young master of the Qiu Mansion."

The tea bowl in his hand trembled, and the water in it just overflowed.Su Yuan didn't seem to feel it.

Beside her, Mother Zhao said "Ouch", stepped forward to grab the tea bowl, and wiped her hands with a handkerchief.

After coming back from outside last night, Fang Ruyu cried out of breath in Su Yuan's arms. Knowing what happened, Su Yuan only hated that she was not there, otherwise, she would have rushed to kick Qiu Ming away.

But, what a coincidence, why did Qiu Ming step on Fang Ruyu's skirt and threw her down?

There is Fang Ruhua, Du Mingzhu, and so many official ladies by his side, why is it his own daughter who is the one who sees her?
After hearing Fang Ruyu's crying, Su Yuan's first reaction was that she had been bullied.

However, according to Fang Ruyu himself, Qiu Shumin and Fang Ruhui were the closest to him at that time.

But these two people have no reason to frame Fang Ruyu.

"Then what about your sixth sister, what is she doing?"

At that moment, Su Yuan asked persistently.

Knowing that Fang Ruxuan had long been behind and was guessing lantern riddles with Su Ye at the lantern riddle stand, while the mother-in-law of the palace was also watching from a distance, Su Yuan only felt a breath of air pressure in her chest, and she was indescribably oppressed.

Last night, she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. All night long, Su Yuan was thinking about how to make up for the aftermath of this incident, so that the incident could be eliminated with a quick knife.

However, the development of things was much faster than she could imagine. In just one night, she even made up a script.

With a "bang", the teacup in Su Yuan's hand shattered on the ground. Seeing that Madam Zhao and Wang Zhi's family were trying to persuade her, Su Yuan waved her hand and turned around to order Qiu Tong: "Go and investigate this matter, Fang Ruxuan What kind of hands and feet have been moved in it, you must check carefully and come back to me."

Qiu Tong was stunned for a moment, then quickly responded and walked out.

Su Yuan's chest heaved violently, and she said with a wry smile: "Meeting a beautiful lady on a moonlit night, kissing Fangze under the lamp... What a good way, you hurt me, and you want to ruin my daughter?"

Before the New Year's Eve, also overnight, Qi Wang and his concubine framed her husband together with outsiders, and rumors that she fled privately before the catastrophe spread wildly in the capital.

How consistent is this method today with that of that day?
Su Yuan didn't believe that Fang Ruxuan could pick everything up by herself.

"Princess, but what should I do now? The second young lady is about to get married. It's really terrible to say such words at the moment. You need to make up your mind quickly to put these rumors to rest."

Mother Zhao brought up Su Yuan, and watched Fang Ruyu grow from a baby in the swaddle to a 16-year-old slim girl with her own eyes. At this moment, she was no less anxious and irritable than Su Yuan.

"Make up your mind, but at this moment, what can I make up your mind?"

Su Yuan felt like a headless fly, not knowing what to do.

Believe that rumors stop at the wise and leave it alone?In that case, the Qiu family would definitely be overjoyed. After all, such an affair would make his stupid son famous, and maybe no one would think he was stupid again. It would be much more beneficial to talk about marriage, and his own jade Son, it must be notoriety in the end.

But if it is managed, how should it be managed?Even the ancient books say that the mouth of the people is better than the mouth of the Sichuan. So many people are saying, can I stop their mouths one by one?

One head was as big as two, and Su Yuan's anger had nowhere to vent. With a wave of her hand, the entire set of Su Ci tea sets on the table fell to pieces under her feet.

"Fang Ruxuan, if I let this concubine find out that you are involved in this matter, I will die, and you will be spared lightly."

Gritting her teeth as she spoke, Su Yuan had a ferocious expression on her face.

"Ah..."

Fang Ruxuan sneezed.

Rubbing her nose, Fang Ruxuan stretched out her hand to wrap the fox fur around her body tightly.

"Miss, go back to the house quickly, be careful to catch a cold in a while."

Behind him, Su Ye persuasively said.

The master and the servant are in the plum grove in the backyard at the moment, the fragrance from the tip of their noses is lingering, ethereal and elegant, like plum fragrance and snow fragrance, taking a deep breath can only feel refreshing.

Fang Ruxuan shook her head with a smile, "After the dragon looks up, I'm afraid I'll have to wait a year to see such a beautiful snow scene and plum blossoms."

As she spoke, Fang Ruxuan seemed to have remembered something, and asked belatedly, "Can you accept this year's snow water?"

Su Ye shook his head, looked up at the snowflakes flying all over the sky, and said remedially: "When the snow stops today, I will bring Mo He and the others to collect it."

When she was in Jiangbei, Fang Ruxuan often asked Lilac and the others to collect snow water and bury it under the tree. In midsummer, they would take it out and make tea, which was the most refreshing and fragrant.

"Miss, the rumors outside are extremely unbearable. You have to be more careful these days. The prince and the eldest young master are not at home. It is easy for the princess to take revenge on you."

Su Ye said worriedly.

After waking up early, all the maids and women in the palace were discussing in small groups. They went to Yixin Hall to invite Ann out, and walked all the way to Mei Lin. Fang Ruxuan and Su Ye were all listening. ,
Fang Ruxuan didn't take it seriously at all, "Nowadays, all they think about is how to calm down the rumors, they are too busy to take care of themselves, how can they have the time to plot against me?"

Thinking about it, it's true, if such words are placed on such a little maid like myself, I'm afraid I will feel ashamed and angry, let alone a person like Second Miss who always pays attention to reputation.

Su Ye smiled and nodded, expressing her relief.

The two master and servant walked in the snow with one foot deep and the other shallow, enjoying the rare tranquility. After a while, there were disturbing human voices in the distance.

"Fang Ruxuan, you bitch, you were the one who plotted against me, right? It must be you..."

From a distance, Fang Ruyu, who was dressed in fiery red fox fur, was seen striding forward.

In Fang Ruxuan's memory, her second sister has always been gentle and quiet. Even when she was angry, she would frown lightly and be pitiful. She had never had such a frantic look before her.

With all the slander in her heart, Fang Ruyu had already walked in front of Fang Ruxuan, as fierce and terrifying as if she was about to pounce on her. Behind her, Fang Ruhui and Fang Ruhua followed.

Seeing the slight smile in Fang Ruhua's eyes, Fang Ruxuan knew that she must have said something to fan the flames in front of Fang Ruyu again.

"Sixth sister, although second sister doesn't treat you very kindly, but we are close sisters after all, how can you treat second sister like this?"

Fang Ruhua scolded with regret.

Fang Ruhua's words not only confirmed that Fang Ruyu was tricked by Fang Ruxuan last night, but also vaguely pointed out that Fang Ruyu had always treated Fang Ruxuan badly.

Is this because you want to watch the snipe and the clam fight each other, so that you can benefit from it?
Fang Ruxuan sneered, looked at Fang Ruhua and asked, "Fourth Sister, I don't know what happened at that time. However, Fourth Sister was right next to Second Sister, and she just watched what happened? If I had ulterior motives, Fourth Sister What is sister?"

As she spoke, Fang Ruxuan looked back at the pale Fang Ruyu and said, regardless of what Fang Ruhua wanted to refute, "Second Elder Sister has time to come to Xingshi to inquire about her crimes, why don't you go back and think about what to do next."

Fang Ruyu was just in a daze, Fang Ruxuan had already continued to say: "Put yourself in the shoes, Second Sister, why not imagine what you would do now if you were from the Qiu Mansion."

Ignore it and let the rumors calm down?Or take advantage of the situation to add fuel to the flames and tell your stupid son a noble wife?
Fang Ruyu's complexion was instantly paler than the snowflakes falling from the sky.

(End of this chapter)