Rebirth as Hou Menfu

Chapter 15

Mrs. Shen took them back to Shen's house. After they each went back to the yard, Yingxiu looked at Baoqin and took out a lot of things from her body and put them on the table, "Why don't you hold them in your hands? It's not uncomfortable to hide them like this." .”

"Miss treats us well. Madam may not be able to say anything after reading it. Seeing that I bought too much, maybe our monthly silver will be deducted." Baoqin pouted and divided the things one by one. Yan's mother walked in and got it first. One copy, after hearing her say it again, pinching her nose and laughing, "You ghost."

Baoqin carried the purchased rouge and gouache and went out to share it before coming back. Yingxiu had already changed into her clothes and was about to take a nap. Baoqin put the fruit she brought from the kitchen on the table. Mrs. Shen still entertained Mrs. Li. After a lot of effort, even though it is a little distasteful, it is still the God of Wealth, and the left and right still need to make offerings, and the food in the mansion has also improved a lot.

"Miss, when I went out at noon, I heard someone in the market saying that the son of the Nanyang Houfu wants to marry the Qing lady of Huafang and go back to be his concubine." Baoqin held back for her and asked curiously, "Didn't you go swimming in the lake last time, isn't the catkin growing beautifully?"

Yingxiu paused with her hand running down her hair, "She is indeed beautiful, there are so many rumors outside, it's unbelievable." Pulling her long hair behind her ears, Yingxiu pulled up the corner of the quilt to cover her body.

"I think what they said is quite true, because in the morning in Huafang, the carriage of the Hou Mansion was parked, and some people came into Huafang with boxes of things, and some people saw Shizi get off the car and go in " Baoqin tucked the quilt for Yingxiu, put down the tent, closed the door and went out.

The room was quiet, Yingxiu stretched out her hand and hugged her chest, thinking about what Baoqin said just now, how could she not remember that Qi Haosheng went to Huafang so excitedly, how could Lord Hou agree to a prostitute entering the Hou's mansion , is still the position of the crown prince.

Not only Yingxiu couldn't figure it out, but even Liu Xu'er who was sinking in Huafang couldn't figure it out. Looking at the gold, silver and jewelry sent by Qi Haocheng all over the room, she couldn't be happy at all. Walking in with the cut fruit, she saw her leaning against the window with her chin resting, and put the fruit plate in front of her, "Miss, why are you not happy at all that the son sent so many things?"

"Why did he do this~" Liu Xu'er sighed, this is to push both of them to the cusp of the storm, standing high and falling hard, it's the same here in Huafang, a girl as outstanding as her There are not a few of them, even though she is a noble girl, her birth is doomed, how could she enter the Hou's mansion.

"My lord has a deep affection for you, miss. This is to express my determination to you again. Now many people know that my lord will soon be able to take my lady to the Hou's mansion." Liu Xu'er looked at her maid and said He smiled lightly, "It's not such a simple thing, and Hou Men can stand up for our status."

"Then it would be nice to have a son to protect Miss." The servant girl thought simply, there is a person who doesn't dislike your birth and treats you so well, and will redeem you, give you gold and silver treasures, and give you what you want. , that is simply the happiest person in the world, why does the lady still have a gloomy face?

She also wanted to follow the thoughts in her heart while being moved, but everything about Huafang, the words her mother taught kept ringing in her ears:
You can laugh, sing and sell yourself, but you must not sell your heart.

Girls in Huafang are born with bad luck. If you enter this way, don't blame God for being unfair to you and not giving you what you want.

If you really want to be with Shizi, think about Cai Die and Xian Ji.

Liu Xu'er looked at the peaceful lake outside the window, feeling unwilling...

Within a few days, rumors spread in the capital that the eldest son of the Nanyang Hou Mansion had taken a fancy to Liu Xuer from Huafang. Even after the Hou Ye came down to court, Prince Qing, who intended to marry the Hou Mansion, mocked Qi Zhongyang , "Brother Zhongyang, your son has the demeanor of your past."

Qi Zhongyang laughed awkwardly. Although he did two stupid things when he was young, it is well known that he is as troublesome as his son. The number of words can't be counted."

"It's okay, as long as you don't want to marry as the concubine as the concubine said in the rumors, this young and energetic one should be so." Prince Qing smiled and patted Qi Zhongyang on the shoulder, Qi Zhongyang nodded quickly and said, "Of course not, this Yuxin Should it be fourteen?"

"That girl, she's so naughty, she can't stop without her mother staring at her for a day." When Prince Qing saw him mentioning his little daughter, his eyes were full of smiles. Qi Zhongyang smiled after seeing this, and went out with him in the car. the palace gate.

In the Hou's mansion, Qi Haosheng was not loved by the legendary beauty. Liu Xu'er never wanted to see him since she accepted his gift that day, and every time she went back to Huafang, she was refused to see her because she was unwell. I also didn't know how sad Qi Haosheng was. After being punished by Qi Zhongyang to kneel down and pass the ancestral hall, he still insisted on going to Huafang. Some people said that he was stupid and didn't want the position of the son of the world. Don't ask about your background, seek your confidant.

Even Zhong Congwen, who was still staying in the Qi mansion, couldn't help asking Qi Haoming, "Cousin, I don't think this prince is stupid, why would he go straight to Huafang to beg the concubine? Isn't this going to offend Qing?" Palace?"

Qi Haoming put the freshly poured tea in front of him, picked up the teapot from the stove beside him, after a while of tea leaves, a scent of fragrance wafted from the small pavilion, seeing that he was silent, Zhong Congwen analyzed himself He got up, "Prince Qing wants to marry his youngest daughter to the crown prince, if the crown prince is unwilling, isn't this way a slap in the face of the two families?"

"If you just want to ask Miss Liu, you can do it in private, and Lord Hou will not disagree. It is unreasonable in terms of emotion and reason, cousin." Zhong Congwen analyzed for a long time and saw that his cousin was still there. He poured tea repeatedly, feeling a little anxious.

Qi Haoming put down the teacup and said, "When did Lord Qing say that he would marry his younger daughter to his elder brother?"

"That's not what others are saying. Zhuge Yuxin is already at the age of marriage, and Prince Qing wants to be a son, so he has this idea."

"That was also rumored in the capital that Prince Qing intended to belong to Eldest Brother. There was no such news from Zhuge's family. Eldest Brother never personally told anyone that he wanted to marry Miss Liu as his concubine. There are so many people giving things to Miss Liu, why did Eldest Brother give it to me?" It’s just intentional, it’s not someone else’s.”

"Cousin, you mean?" Zhong Congwen suddenly realized, looked at Qi Haoming's eyes, and nodded suddenly, "I understand!" After a while, he looked at him with some doubts and said, "But the position of the son of the world is already gone. It is decided that the establishment of the head and the establishment of the heir, even this kind of gossip can't explain anything." What's more, Qi Haocheng is not a character who can be manipulated by others, so these words can be slanderous.

Qi Haoming took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Who says it can't."

Rumors really can't have much influence on Qi Haosheng, nor can it shake his position as the eldest son, but they can shake Prince Qing's thoughts, and even affect Zhuge Yuxin. , everything still has variables.”

Zhong Congwen thought about it and still felt that it was not possible, Qi Haoming looked far and wide at the smear of green on the pergola outside the small pavilion, avoiding disaster, how could he really avoid disaster in the past .

It was difficult for Qi Haoming to explain to him about the involvement of marriage to a higher level. Seeing that he looked a little bored, he said, "You have lived for a long time, you can go back to Zhong's house."

"Cousin, you say that every day. If you don't bother me, I'll be bored." Zhong Congwen jumped off the couch, walked around the small pavilion and walked out of the door. The courtyard outside was sunny. Turning around, I happened to see Zhuo Ye walking out with a wheelchair. When he arrived under the eaves, he was exposed to the sunlight. His eyes fell on Qi Haoming's lower body. There was no good or bad leg. He had been in Qi Mansion for more than half a month. During the period, I also saw a doctor come to see a doctor once, and what Qi Haoming said was the same as what Qi Haoming said at the beginning, but going back to the Zhong family to deal with the ancestors like this would inevitably be a criticism.

So he looked at Qi Haoming even harder, and said without giving up, "Cousin, if your legs and feet are always inconvenient, do you plan to never marry?"

It's not the first time Qi Haoming has heard such words these days, "That's not necessarily the case."

"Not necessarily what does that mean?"

"It doesn't necessarily mean that if my ancestors let me marry, I won't marry. If it's someone else, maybe I can still consider it." Qi Haoming made the words clear to him directly, saving him such hard-working routines, Zhong Congwen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly came to his senses, "Cousin, you mean you have someone you like?"

After a while, Qi Haoming glanced at his excited expression lightly, "No."

Zhong Congwen didn't believe it, so he looked at him carefully, his eyes fell on his waist, and his eyes lit up, "Cousin, you don't like to wear these on your body, isn't this jade flute a gift from that girl?"

Qi Haoming looked down, waved Zhuo Ye to push him back to the house, and threw a few words to Zhong Congwen, "It's not a girl, it's a gift from a man."

Zhong Congwen was stunned for a moment, with a sad face, this joke is not like that, cousin...

Yingxiu sat in front of the window and rubbed her neck, and finally finished embroidering this gift for Mrs. Qiao's birthday. A hundred birthday characters were embroidered on a large piece of brocade cloth. Bi put down the work in her hands and came over to squeeze her shoulders, "Miss, there are still some days left before the old lady's birthday, so you don't need to be in such a hurry."

"I always feel that there is not enough time. It would be better if I finished the embroidery earlier." Yingxiu looked at the picture of Baishou with satisfaction, picked up the scissors and cut off the excess thread, "It will be better to send it to Qiao's mansion as soon as possible." In a hurry."

"The old lady must be very happy to see the young lady preparing so hard." Yingxiu took Yingxiu more than a month to embroider the hundred-shou picture, and Qingbi was very clear about serving her every day. Roll it up and put it in a box, "I don't want her to be happy, but I want her to be healthy."

As soon as the curtain opened, Xiangling walked in with a food box, "I got breakfast from the kitchen today, and I heard from the stove maid that Miss Tang seemed to be angry about that day again." Yingxiu raised her head and looked at her With a glance, "Does the stove maid know about this?"

Xiangling pursed her lips, took out all the breakfast in the food box and set up the table, "That's right, the dumb mother-in-law who guards the back door doesn't know." Qingbi walked over and pinched her face, Helped them clean up the table and put it in front of Yingxiu, "What Xiangling said is an exaggeration, but many people in the house know about it."

Even the stove maid knows, Yingxiu picked up chopsticks and ate breakfast slowly, when she walked out of Yun Academy, she happened to see Yingyun in the small garden, sitting alone in the pavilion, quite a bit lonely Feel.

Just a few days ago, Shen Heye came to several colleagues, and one of them was brought along by an adult with a young man. For some reason, the young man strayed into the backyard by mistake and saw Ying Yun who was walking in the garden.

Yingyun panicked for a while when she saw a stranger, and then saw his expensive attire, and turned from panic to shyness. Seeing that he was not attracted to her, Yun asked the boy's identity out of desperation.

Unexpectedly, the young man looked at her with a smile, and said with a bit of disdain in his eyes, "Girl, it seems a little inappropriate to ask someone's name when you don't know him well, please leave."

These words were heard by the two maids beside Yingyun. Within two days, the whole Shen residence knew about it. I have lost my temper for several days.

Fortunately, this was only in the Shen residence, if it was an outing in the wild, it might be another topic of leisure in the capital.

(End of this chapter)