lover in the mirror

Fu Xiaochen said quite flatly, "Oh, that's it." His heart was already turbulent, and it seemed that he was saying "hehe" on the surface, and he was saying "grass mud horse" in his heart.

"Father said in the court some time ago that my brother and the second prince should get married. I really don't know what father is thinking. How could I let my brother and the second prince get married together?"

Hearing Chu Yunteng say that Chu Yunqi's marriage was discussed with the second prince Chu Yunyang, he knew that it must have been a while, and how many days ago Cheng Xiangyun had a heart-to-heart talk with him.Now Chu Yunteng, who is far away from Shangdu, knows about the marriage even if he has not received the letter from Chu Yunqi, and has rushed back from other places. Why doesn't he know about it when he is in the prince's mansion every day?Did Chu Yunqi hide it on purpose?

In fact, this incident cannot be completely blamed on Chu Yunqi. The people Fu Xiaochen came into contact with were nothing more than officials from the Ministry of Industry and servants in the Prince's Mansion.The officials of the Ministry of Industry were always serious during their work and rarely talked about these things. The only day when they discussed the prince's wedding was skipped by Fu Xiaochen on a sick leave, but he overheard the discussion about the second prince's wedding.As for the servants, they only gossip about these things in private, and naturally they dare not talk too much in front of the masters. The fourth prince only dared to talk about these things in front of the fourth prince because of his extremely straightforward personality and a childish temperament.

A carefree person like Chu Yunteng naturally couldn't see anything unusual about Fu Xiaochen, and kept chatting with him, "Hey, who do you think my elder brother will marry?" "Those two concubines in my elder brother's house They are all gentle and gentle, do you think he will marry another gentle one?"

Fu Xiaochen was no longer in the mood to talk to Chu Yunteng, so he just replied casually and said that he had something else to say beforehand, but Chu Yunteng didn't mind, and shouted loudly from behind, "Wait for my elder brother to come down!" When Chao is back, the three of us will find some time to drink and chat for a while."

According to the usual time, Chu Yunqi should have gone back to the palace by now, but he has not seen him today. Fu Xiaochen is glad that the other party will come back later today. He is very confused now, and he doesn't want to see him for a while. Chu Yunqi took a few servants and went to Wangxianlou to find Cheng Xiangyun. He didn't expect that he would often sympathize with her a few days ago, but now he felt sympathy for her.

After Chu Yunqi came down to court, he was summoned by the emperor again, and he talked about the candidate for the crown princess. Fu Xiaochen was the only candidate in his mind, and the others were the same in his opinion.On the contrary, the father mentioned Xiao Shuyu, who seemed to be the cousin of the concubine Zhen. How many days ago, the concubine Zhen blew the pillow wind to the father, saying that Xiao Shuyu, the daughter of the Xiao family, was born with a graceful and delicate appearance. , acting gentle and peaceful, is a very proper person.

Although Concubine Zhen is nearly 40 years old, she still maintains her skin like creamy skin and looks good. It is said that girls in their early 20s are believed by others. When they are young, they are even more beautiful and beautiful. Thoughtful, he is indeed a difficult opponent.It's just that human beings always have flaws. Concubine Zhen's fault was that she believed too much in her own charm, plus her father and emperor had deliberately doted on Concubine Zhen after the death of her mother, so she was too confident in herself.

Who doesn't know that although the Xiao family and the Yu family are not of the same clan, their ancestors also worshiped the friendship, and there are many marriages in later generations, so they have shared honor and disgrace. It's just that the Xiao family is small and mostly attached to the Yu family.Concubine Zhen praised the Xiao family's daughter-in-law so frankly, and hinted at persuading her father to marry her as a crown princess, she was really overconfident.

But since the other party has already pushed her out, firstly, it is not easy for the father to disobey Zhenfei's request, and secondly... the Xiao family's daughter, maybe it is a good opportunity for him to break through the Xiao family?

Coming out of the Prince's Mansion, Fu Xiaochen walked to Wangxian Tower familiarly, leaving behind the servants who followed him.After coming for so many days, I was finally able to walk from the Prince's Mansion to Wangxian Tower independently, and praised my progress.As for those servants, I still have to take them with me. What if I want to wander around the street temporarily and can't go back?

When he arrived at Wangxian Tower, Fu Xiaochen found a person in charge on the first floor. This person came to the Prince's Mansion to talk to him, so he knew that Fu Xiaochen and Cheng Xiangyun often met in private.As soon as Fu Xiaochen stood in front of the steward, the man knew the motive of the person who came, and he quickly apologized and said with a smile: "It's unfortunate that Mr. Fu came. My master went to the east of the city to collect the bill and is not in the shop. I think he will be back in the afternoon. Wait for the master I'll report to her when I get back."

Hearing that Cheng Xiangyun was not there, Fu Xiaochen waved his hand in disappointment to make him retreat, and went up to the second floor to eat something before going back.As soon as he went up to the second floor, Fu Xiaochen felt that someone seemed to be staring at him when he was going up the stairs.Ordinarily, this kind of person who doesn't know where is staring can't be noticed, but after practicing internal strength, Fu Xiaochen can indeed feel a gaze from the window, and can't help turning his head to look, and there is a young man in white sitting by the window. Staring at himself scorchingly, he smiled at himself.

Ordinarily, these days, all literati, lords and heroes like to wear white clothes, and it is almost rotten to wear white clothes.But this person doesn't seem to be pretending to be romantic when he wears white clothes. It can only make people think of words such as jade tree facing the wind and son like jade.And if you look closely, this white dress is not just a white robe, the neckline and sleeves are embroidered with some dark patterns with very thin silver thread, and you can see that the middle of the belt is embedded with

It is also a high-quality beautiful jade, which can be regarded as a low-key luxury.

It's just that when Fu Xiaochen saw this person, he was stunned by the other's high-end clothes, and then immediately realized the identity of this person.Although he had never seen the front face, he had seen it from a distance when he was civil and military. Chu Yunyang, the second prince of the Chu Kingdom, could remember such an outstanding appearance at a glance.

Fu Xiaochen was a little hesitant for a while, because of his status as the second prince of Chu Yunyang, Fu Xiaochen didn't want to stay with him any longer, and he was also Cheng Xiangyun's lover, although Cheng Xiangyun was not here now, but he always felt that if he stayed here, Cheng Xiangyun When I came back suddenly, I felt like a light bulb.It's just that when someone smiles at me, it's considered a greeting. Isn't it impolite to just turn around and leave?

So under Chu Yunyang's refreshing smile, Fu Xiaochen also smiled back at him, and then went downstairs without looking back.

Chu Yunyang: ...

When Chu Yunqi returned to the Prince's Mansion, it was already time for lunch, but as soon as he stepped into the Prince's Mansion, the housekeeper reported that the Fourth Prince had returned and was resting in the garden.When he heard that his fourth brother had returned, Chu Yunqi was both surprised and delighted.What surprised me was that Yun Teng was not stationed in Hengzhou, so why did he suddenly come back without sending any news?However, it has been more than half a year since I saw my fourth brother, so I am happy to hear that he is back.He hurriedly strode towards the garden, forgetting to ask the next person about Fu Xiaochen's whereabouts.

When he arrived in the garden, he saw Chu Yunteng sitting on a stone bench chatting with the maids. It was already late autumn, but he was not afraid of the coldness of the stone bench.

As soon as he saw Chu Yunqi, Chu Yunteng immediately stood up and strode forward, the hem of his cavalry suit tumbling up and down with his footsteps, and when he walked up to Chu Yunqi, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, I haven't seen you for a long time." Why do you think you are more handsome than half a year ago?"

Chu Yunqi has long been used to Chu Yunteng's appearance, and he didn't care about his teasing, instead he took his hand and asked, "Why did you come back suddenly without notifying in advance."

It was rare for Chu Yunteng not to be blunt this time, he just said, "I just want to come back suddenly", thinking to myself, I want to see when you will tell me that you are going to find a sister-in-law for me.

Chu Yunqi, who had no idea that he had been accidentally betrayed by his pig teammate, was thinking in his heart that he would order the cook to prepare a table of food and wine to clean up his fourth brother. By the way, he introduced Fu Xiaochen to get to know each other. Could it be considered that he had met relatives?Then it suddenly occurred to him that he hadn't seen Fu Xiaochen since he returned to the mansion. He usually practiced swords in this garden. Could it be that he hasn't come back from Mu Ran yet?

Chu Yunqi hurriedly summoned a servant to ask him about Fu Xiaochen's whereabouts, and the person replied, "Mr. Fu returned to the mansion just after the hour. He came to the back garden and chatted with the fourth prince for a while before leaving the mansion. It seems that he has gone Wangxianlou." Chu Yunqi's face darkened when he heard Wangxianlou, and he asked Chu Yunteng next to him, "What did you chat with Fu Xiaochen?"

"Ah? Just chatting casually, not talking about anything." Chu Yunteng completely forgot that he had told him about Chu Yunqi's big marriage. In fact, even if he hadn't forgotten, Chu Yunteng would not have said this, after all It was just a few words, there was absolutely no need to say anything.Then Chu Yunteng said casually, "That Fu Xiaochen is very nice, I like it very much."

Chu Yunqi's face turned darker. Although he knew that Chu Yunteng's liking was purely admiration for this person, but he still couldn't calm down when he heard another man say that he liked Fu Xiaochen in front of him.Just chatting with the fourth brother for a while can make the fourth brother praise him more, and when he thinks of Cheng Xiangyun who is entangled with Fu Xiaochen, he can't help but sigh in his heart, it is also very distressing that the lover is too attractive.

He ordered someone to order the cook to prepare a table of wine and dishes. Chu Yunqi was chatting with Chu Yunteng while walking to the main hall, when he suddenly saw the housekeeper running over again, saying that Mr. Fu had returned.As soon as Chu Yunqi heard that Fu Xiaochen was back, he immediately wanted to find him, but then he thought that his fourth brother was still here, and it was not good to leave him alone, so he hurriedly ordered a servant beside him to ask Fu Xiaochen if he had eaten, and said today There are delicious food and wine in the hall, thinking that with Fu Xiaochen's temperament, even if he has eaten it, he will definitely eat some more when he hears that there is good wine and delicious food.

The boy ran back quickly, and he had already figured out how to turn Mr. Fu's relatively casual vernacular "Oh, I ate outside, let them eat by themselves." Mr. Fu said that he has already had dinner outside, so he won't bother His Highness the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince to talk about their brotherhood."

Chu Yunqi frowned, when did Xiaochen become so indifferent to the delicious food and wine?Confused, the butler, who had been silent for a long time, stepped forward.

This housekeeper is from Chu Yunqi's mother's queen He Minshen's side, he can be regarded as a member of his uncle's generation in terms of seniority, and has been working as a housekeeper here since Chu Yunqi left the palace and moved into the Prince's Mansion.Loyalty aside, he could be regarded as having watched Chu Yunqi grow up, and he could often guess what Chu Yunqi was thinking about.

The housekeeper stood beside Chu Yunqi, and said in a low voice, "I just asked a servant who was traveling with Mr. Fu. He said that Mr. Fu went to Wangxianlou to find someone and came back without success. He didn't eat outside."

Chu Yunqi immediately understood that Fu Xiaochen might be in a bad mood or even angry, and he couldn't be neglected.He hurriedly said to Chu Yunteng, "I still have important matters to deal with, you go to the living room and wait for me for a while." Chu Yunteng didn't think too much, and he was not angry, so he walked to the front hall alone, and talked with the maid while walking. The boys were talking and laughing.