The Way of Favors

In order to show the importance of Liu Ruyi's newly recognized sister, the Qiao family intends to invite the noble ladies of Xinducheng to come to dinner at home and be a witness together. Liu Ruyi resolutely opposed, and the two refused for a long time. In the end, Qiao said that he couldn't afford Liu Ruyi, and changed to only invite Liu Ruyi with a few powerful buddies around her.

The banquet scene was set, and the sisters got together again to read the almanac and set the banquet on the sixteenth.

When Fu Rong heard Liu Ruyi wondering which group to take to time the clock, he suddenly remembered something, "Aunt Liu has any relatives? Why don't you call it together?"

In her previous life, she was not so close to Liu Ruyi, and naturally she did not pay much attention to her. After dating Xu Yan, she rarely went out. At the end of the year, she heard the little maids chanting Ruyi Zhai, only to realize that Liu Ruyi and Gu Niangzi left quietly before the Mid-Autumn Festival. No one knows where to go. Ruyi Zhai is well opened, why should I leave for no reason? It was probably an accident with a distant relative.

Liu Ruyi shook his head: "Back then, our family was in trouble, and we were scattered. You Aunt Liu and I are truly alone."

Fu Rong hugged her arm and acted like a baby: "It won't be anymore from today. I will honor Aunt Liu."

Liu Ruyi smiled and pinched her nose.

The mother and daughter stayed in Ruyizhai until lunch before returning. On the way, Fu asked her mother sullenly: "How did the mother think of acknowledging sisters?"

Qiao patted her daughter's hand and whispered: "She saved you, but I don't know how to thank her if I want to go. A woman loves nothing more than gold and silver jewelry. Your Aunt Liu doesn't lack, except for your relatives. That’s great, she has company, and there is one more person in the world who cares about you, the best of both worlds."

Fu Rong looked at his mother seriously, and said sincerely, "Mother, you are so kind. If you are a wife of another family, you will definitely not be able to do such a thing."

Qiao's mouth curled meaningfully, leaning against the carriage, and his voice was a little unstable with the bumps of the carriage: "Because my mother was despised all the way when she was a child. Officials look down on businessmen, officials’ family members, and prostitutes. You can’t look down on the concubines and daughters born to your aunt, but Nongnong, you said, how can your mother be inferior to those concubines? So in the future, when you are married, when you are alone, you must not look at people based on your identity. You have to look at that. The character of a person, is that person sincere to you."

Fu Rong didn't speak, but savored.

Her previous mother also told her a lot of great truths. For example, when she wanted to reconcile with Xu Yan, her mother persuaded her to think carefully and enumerated the embarrassing scenes she might face after leaving. But at that moment, she was thinking about leaving the prefectural palace. She only felt that no matter how difficult it was outside, it would be better to be angry under the eyes of her mother-in-law, so she resolutely decided. In the end, she was satisfied, but found that the days after she left were not as simple as she thought. The whispers of the noble ladies in the capital, the disdainful eyes of the ladies and wives all tortured her.

Only then did she realize that her mother's words are serious and heartfelt, but that's how people are. If she doesn't really hit the south wall, she won't look back.

With the experience of the previous life, now I listen to my mother's instructions, and I have a deeper understanding.

On the 16th, Fu Mansion cleaned up early.

Three poles in the sun, Liu Ruyi and others arrived.

Qiao led the three daughters to the front yard to welcome people, but saw Liu Ruyi next to a woman wearing a curtain hat.

Liu Ruyi first introduced the mother and daughter of the Qiao family: "This is the second house of Ruyizhai, Lady Gu." Then he said to Lady Gu with great pride: "See you, this is my new sister, Su Niang, this All three flowers are my niece."

Qiao couldn't help but sighed affectionately: "Is there anything you boast about? Please sit in the room, please. The jewelry you make is hard to find. Our mothers have long wanted to see you."

Ms. Gu gave a gentle blessing, "Madame is hospitalized, so I will not hide it. If there is any offense, I will ask Mrs. and the three girls to forgive me." She raised her hand and took off her hat.

Her voice was ethereal and ethereal, and Fu Rongqing couldn't help but stare at her, but saw that after the veil was taken away, she showed a clear and refined face, except that there was an inch of scar on the beautiful face on the left, which should have been left a long time ago. The color is light but obvious.

Sister Fu Rong was stunned. Such a neat scar was definitely not accidentally scratched.

The Qiao family was the first to return to his senses, and stepped forward to hold Gu Niangzi's hand and said, "Isn’t it just a scar? Let’s not look at you, don’t care if you have any scars, go, and go to the house. sit."

Liu Ruyi gave Lady Gu a look of "I expected it to be so".

Lady Gu smiled slightly, just as Fu Rong came over to thank her for asking for Qin Xiang, she took Fu Rong's hand and walked forward together.

Behind Ruyizhai's big treasurer and trusted friends, the manager Liu Shu enters the front yard.

The women gathered together, the dinner table was naturally lively, Liu Ruyi and Gu Niangzi kept silent about the past, and Qiao's mother and daughter did not try to inquire.

Of course, Fu Rong was curious about Liu Ruyi and his former father Xu Yaocheng. Due to the short time for acknowledging relatives, it was difficult to ask people's privacy, so he could only speculate in his heart. But she instinctively felt that Liu Ruyi was definitely not the kind of outside room where Israel waited for people. Otherwise, with her appearance, when the family changed, why should she show her face and work hard in business?

After the banquet, Fu Rong would go to Ruyizhai every few days, and the maid and family would follow, and the Qiao family was relieved.

Coming back from Ruyizhai this day, Qiao asked her to go to the main room to speak.

"Mother, why are you looking for me?" Fu Rong stepped into the room and asked as he held out his brother.

The Qiao family showed her the post on the side, "It was just sent from the county mansion, and on the seventh day of the county lord’s birthday next month, we invite your sisters to enjoy the flowers. It is not convenient for your sister to go, do you want to go?"

Although it was a question, his eyes were determined, this daughter liked the excitement the most.

Fu Rong looked at the gilded post, and his memory suddenly floated up.

The first time she saw the princess in her previous life, it was at this flower banquet. Xu Yan should have said something to the princess. The princess called her to her and asked her a few words. Fu Rong was prepared and dealt with calmly. The princess is more satisfied with her. It didn't take long for Xu Yan to propose marriage from home. The population of the princess mansion is simple, and the princess concubine looks easy to get along with. When he got married, Fu Rong was full of longing for him. He didn't expect...

"Don't go, the county palace is not more rules than ordinary people, and you can't have fun even if you go." Fu Rong said casually.

The Qiao family was still thinking about Xu Yan’s choice of good son-in-law. Hearing that his daughter didn’t want to go, he immediately persuaded him: “How can there be so many rules? You didn’t see it at Zhulin Temple last time. The princess of the county is not a polite person. Besides, it’s the first time someone invited your sisters, would it be rude not to go?"

Fu Rong frowned. She really couldn't find a good excuse. She bit her head and said: "I just don't want to go, those girls, one by one look at the smiles, who knows if the secret is as vicious as Qi Zhu. Mind? Anyway, I won't go to any other place except Yingfang invited me."

Hearing his daughter find out such an excuse, Qiao was angry and funny, "Nonsense, according to what you said, if you go to the capital in the future, you will not have a friend? Okay, don't refuse, you and Xuanxuan have to go. , Mother first takes you to the prefectural palace to meet the world, so that you won’t be dazzled and make jokes when you see the marquis’ style in the capital."

Fu Rong couldn't tell her, so he had to respond for the time being, thinking about pretending to be sick and hiding in the day.

At the end of the month, she went to Ruyizhai as a guest. Fu Rong stayed with Gu Niangzi to watch her make jewelry. This is also her most interesting thing recently. Gu Niangzi's skillful hands really let her see what is ingenuity, turning corruption into magic.

"Aunt Gu is so clever, have you been a teacher since she was a child?" Fu Rong asked curiously when she saw Lady Gu carved a jasper flower leaf. This kind of handiwork requires years of tempering to specialize, and Lady Gu looked at her under thirty.

Ms. Gu looked at the corresponding objects in the room, and nostalgia appeared in her eyes: "I learned from my grandfather and father, I am far inferior to them."

Fu Rong sensibly didn't ask any further.

"Three girls, the boss invites you over."

The little maid outside spread the word, and Fu Rong had no choice but to say goodbye to Lady Gu first, and went to Liu Ruyi's You Ran.

"Come here, I have something to ask you." Liu Ruyi sat on the outside couch and waved at her with a smile.

Fu Rong glanced at the jewelry box in front of her, stopped at the door and said vigilantly, "Don't you want to give me jewelry again? My mother said, I can't ask for your things anymore. It seems that our three sisters are taking advantage of you. You are your aunt."

Liu Ruyi glared at her: "Don't talk nonsense, I heard that the county mansion is hosting a flower banquet, did you invite you too?"

Fu Rong took a careful look at her, walked slowly to the couch and sat down: "Please, but I don't want to go."

Liu Ruyi raised her eyebrows: "Why not? Because of me?"

Fu Rong didn't want her to speak so bluntly. He reacted and shook his head quickly. Before speaking, Liu Ruyi preemptively said: "Then you go and see that I have prepared the jewelry for you. You put on this pair of heads and keep it. The garden full of strange flowers can't compare to you."

She opened the box and found the jewels inside. Fu Rong could have seen a lot of good things. Seeing these, she couldn't help her heartbeat speeding up. At the same time, she became more and more incomprehensible, "Why does Aunt Liu want me to go?"

Liu Ruyi’s eyes lit up, and he took out a red treasure adorned with strings of rice-sized golden beads and shook it into Fu Rong’s hair: "You said, if you wear these jewelry to a banquet, those little girls who love beauty will Don't ask? By then, you said you bought it from me, and they will definitely come over. Not only this time, aren't you going to the capital, but Nong Nong was given away by his aunt when he was a guest. "

Fu Rong looked at her in surprise: "Aunt Liu wants to go to the capital to open a shop?"

Liu Ruyi smiled intriguingly and ambitiously. "I have always wanted to open a shop next year and do a good job. Gradually move the main business to the capital and change the shop here."

Fu Rong didn't understand this very well, but the confidence in Liu Ruyi's eyes made her excited and excited, "Okay, Aunt Liu, wait, all the ladies in the city of Beijing know that there is a Ruyi Zhai in Jizhou Xin! "

"This is what you said, I take it seriously." Liu Ruyi squeezed Fu Rong's face with joy, and then asked what kind of jewellery and clothes she would wear at the county palace.

Seeing that she was in a good mood, Fu Rong's curiosity after holding back for a long time finally couldn't be suppressed. He looked outside and asked in a low voice: "Aunt Liu, I, don't be angry, I just want to ask, you and the prince..."

The smile on Liu Ruyi's face remained unchanged, but his movements were paused, and he looked up into Fu Rong's eyes: "I don't think I'm clean and self-love?"

Fu Rong was anxious, "No, don't get me wrong, I am just..."

"Curious, isn't it?" Liu Ruyi squeezed the little girl's pink cheek again, and lowered his eyes and said, "It's good if you don't dislike me. As for me, talking about it will only smear the ears. Say, if there is a chance in the future, I will tell you again."

Fu Rong should be obedient, and dare not ask any more.

He didn't ask, but he couldn't help guessing. When the carriage was approaching the door, Fu Rong suddenly found the jewelry box in his arms, and he couldn't help but caress his forehead. It seemed that he had to go to the prefectural palace.

The little girl returned home dumbfounded and laughed. On the other side of the capital, a seemingly unusual carriage just drove out of the south gate.

Xu Jia drove the car, knowingly asked: "Which way the prince is going to inspect the Yellow River embankment in Shandong, Henan?"

"Go to Zhengzhou first."

Xu Jia chuckled: "Then who are going through Jizhou, should the prince drop by to visit the prince of the county?" The former capital king and the first emperor are cousins. Regarding the relationship, the prince must call the capital king a cousin.

Xu Jin did not speak.

If he doesn't go to Jizhou, why should he take this hard work?

Asked her to provoke the flowers over there, this time he settled the marriage early to see who else she could provoke.

The author has something to say: Fu Rong: Which one of your eyes saw me twisting flowers?

Su Wang: The readers' eyes are sharp.

Fu Rong: Bah, do you think they like you if they say it nicely?

Su Wang: Why don't you like me and always expect me to play?

Fu Rong: I am looking forward to seeing you get slapped in the face!

King Su: ...As long as I can see you, I am willing to slap my face.