[Red Mansion] Ronghua Road of Mrs. Hou's Mansion

A capable daughter-in-law should naturally be happy, but he felt sore in his heart.Probably because, he is not that important in her heart?When the wives of other families encountered this incident, they immediately thought of their husbands, and his daughter-in-law thought that he could not be disturbed because of his official business, and he only needed to know the result.

Of course, the most important thing is not this...

Sister Feng looked at him, why did she feel a little resentful?

After observing for a while, she suddenly thought of something, and said quietly: "You are angry, the main reason is that in order to achieve my goal, I know Jia Rui's thoughts on me, and I lure you with beauty, and set up a lovesickness trick, right? "

Gu Xingchi coughed lightly, but said nothing.

Sister Feng felt a little funny, "It really is because of this."

He was still a little annoyed, and chuckled, "Is this a trivial matter? Maybe other men don't care about this, they just think it's good to hit the enemy. But I can't bear it, I will feel that you don't care about my feelings, don't care I am." After a moment of silence, he said, "Maybe, you don't trust me enough, you don't trust my feelings for you, so you think I won't care about this."

Sister Feng thought it was a bit complicated for him to go around, but she didn't think so much when she made the layout.How did he imagine it?

However, seeing his lost appearance, she still felt that she should explain to calm his heart.

"You think too much. It's not that I don't trust you. I'm just used to it. I've done this for so many years. I'm used to fighting alone. I just do what I want without thinking too much about it."

She is very strong, she will not ask other people's opinions on what she wants to do, and she will not ask for help. The key is that no one is willing to help her.Just like in her previous life, when she encountered troubles, she found a way to solve them by herself, or got rid of people she hated.The so-called husband will only dislike her even more when he knows what she has done, so she will naturally hide it.

Now suddenly someone told her that as long as she said a word, he could help her do whatever she wanted.She's really not used to it.

It wasn't the first day that Gu Xingchi knew her, so he naturally understood her character, but the sourness in his heart still couldn't subside.

As long as she thought of meeting and talking to a man who had other intentions for her, the sourness would increase infinitely.

Seeing him like this, she sighed.After struggling for a while, he grabbed his sleeve and smiled, "Then what should I do to calm you down?"

Gu Xingchi turned his head, looked her up and down, suddenly pointed to the sachet on her waist, and said with a smile, "Make me a sachet."

Sister Feng subconsciously said: "No." She doesn't know anything that her daughter should know, but he actually asked her to take needles and thread and embroider sachets?

But meeting his eyes, she changed her words again, "If you like it, I'll ask Ping'er to make some for you. She makes all the ones I usually wear."

"Forget it then." Gu Xingchi directly refused.

Glancing at Sister Feng, he said again, "In other people's homes, the wives make personal items such as sachets and underwear. I know you are not good at doing these things, and I don't want you to be tired. Now I just want You don’t even want a sachet made by yourself. Speaking of which, you have never given me anything after being married for so long. The wives and concubines of other families are all trying their best to rush to give things to their husbands. I only have you , but you are not willing to care at all, which husband is as reasonable as me?"

Sister Feng: "..." His words seemed a little aggrieved?

However, thinking about it, what he said made some sense.

In the end, she reluctantly made up her mind and squeezed out a smile, "Alright... But, I'm not good at embroidery, so don't dislike me."

Gu Xingchi nodded.

Now, he felt that his breathing was easier, and with a smile on his lips, he grabbed her wrist and wanted to bring her to him.

Suddenly, she frowned and whispered, "Let go."

Gu Xingchi's face was tense, and he let her go immediately, "What's wrong?"

Sister Feng rubbed her shoulders, "In order to lure Xu Xi into the game, I went into that meditation room. It was too dark in the meditation room, so I couldn't see clearly, so I bumped into it accidentally."

Gu Xingchi ordered Ping'er to get the medicine with a sullen face, and asked, "Are you so confident that you can get out of the hole in the wall before being discovered by that disgusting thing?"

Yes, in order to be able to come out of the meditation room, she specially ordered someone to cut a hole in the wall at night.She would naturally donate more sesame oil money to the Taoist temple for repairs.

Seeing his expression, Sister Feng said embarrassingly, "Of course, I've practiced it several times, so I'm very familiar with it."

Gu Xingchi chuckled, took the medicine from Ping'er, without saying a word.

Sister Feng also shut up.

After a while, Gu Xingchi said, "What do you think the Xu family will do?"

His slender fingers slid across layers of knots and touched her skin, feeling cold.Then he picked up the ointment with his fingertips, and spread it on his shoulders in a circle. The movement was very gentle, but it made her whole body stiff, and she didn't dare to move.

In fact, she wanted to tell Ping'er to come several times, but she stopped talking when she touched his shining eyes.

Hearing Gu Xingchi ask her this way, she came back to her senses and said with a smile: "Of course I will ask the queen, but the queen may not necessarily help Xu Xi."

...

in the Queen's Palace.

Empress Xu was resting on the beauty couch with her eyes closed, and she seemed to be awake.Inside the gorgeous hall, it was as silent as if there was no one there, only layers of curtains were swaying slightly.

At this time, the bead curtain rang, and the maid went in and whispered, "Madam, Duke Xu is coming to the palace to ask for an audience."

Empress Xu opened her eyes, with a lazy expression, she smiled, "Let him come in."

Empress Xu didn't seem surprised when she saw Duke Xu's anxious expression, she just told him to stand up, and said calmly, "What are you doing in the palace at this time?"

Although Xu Guogong is the elder brother of Empress Xu, he should also avoid suspicion. If there is no important matter, it is best not to enter the harem.

After deliberating for a while, Xu Guogong said: "It's Xi'er's business——" As he spoke, he looked at the queen tentatively.

The queen's expression didn't fluctuate in the slightest, "Did you cause trouble?"

Xu Guogong was ashamed in his heart, "My lady has good ears and eyes, and I admire you."

Empress Xu had a half-smile, "This incident has spread widely, and the whole capital knows about it. Now that you are rushing into the palace again, if I still don't know about it, am I as stupid as Xu Xi?"

Xu Guogong sighed, "Xi'er is my only daughter after all, and my mother has always loved her, so I wonder if I can save her?"

"Save her? Why save? Is she going to lose her life, or is she being robbed?"

"This..." Empress Xu asked suddenly, and he was momentarily speechless.

Empress Xu was pacing in the hall, with gorgeous skirts on the smooth watery ground, her steps were light and her figure was dignified. "She is alive and well, and she has not been robbed by gangsters. Why do you want me to save her?"

Xu Guogong was stopped by the question, and after a while he said: "Xi'er, she was designed by someone, and the empress knows everything, so she must be very clear about this matter."

Empress Xu stopped and looked down at him, "If she hadn't thought of harming others first, how could she have fallen into other people's traps? Now she is begging me, why didn't she want to act before? You think I am a special agent for you?" Did she deal with the aftermath? You dare to ask me for such a trivial matter! Brother, I am not trying to speak for my enemies, but my skills are not as good as others, so don’t harm others, so as not to make people laugh.”

"How could I not understand what the empress said? It's just that Xi'er is still young, and if he puts on the hat of private giving and receiving, he can only become a monk. After all, I can't bear it."

"Then what does elder brother want me to do? Call Mrs. Jing'an Hou into the palace and threaten her? Gu Xingchi will agree, will His Majesty agree?" Empress Xu rubbed her forehead, "Elder brother, since you fail, you must bear the responsibility of failure." Consequences, blindly protecting her will only harm her. She is not young, she should understand this truth. "

Xu Guogong's heart sank, "Your Majesty means..."

"She is not young, and it's time to get married. I believe that with the Xu family around, those people dare not treat her slowly."

"Your Majesty wants her to leave the capital?"

Empress Xu said: "There are also many famous families in other places. After careful selection, you can always pick out a good one. Don't go back to Beijing in the future, just live with peace of mind. Her temperament should be changed. Maybe After some things, she will come to her senses."

Compared with suicide, this is already a very good result, and Xu Guogong can only agree.

The queen blew on the tea, then raised her head suddenly, "Ling Wei has also reached the age to marry a wife, do you have a candidate?"

Xu Lingwei is the second son of Xu Guogong.

Xu Guogong was slightly surprised, "It's hard for my mother to bother thinking about it. I think the third girl of the Chen family has both ability and integrity, and is dignified..."

Empress Xu raised her eyebrows, "You chose Chen Mei?"

"Your Majesty thinks it's wrong?"

Empress Xu smiled and said: "The Crown Princess is from the Chen family, and Xu Guogong's wife is also from the Chen family. Now you have to choose from the Chen family. Is it possible that the in-law relationship between the two is not strong enough? Besides, although the Chen family is good, after all It’s a clean stream of civil servants, it looks good now, but it may not be useful when it comes to big things.”

Xu Guogong's heart skipped a beat, "Madam, do you have any other candidates?"

Empress Xu's eyebrows stretched, "A few days ago Concubine Zhen told me that there is a girl in her natal family who just turned sixteen this year."

Duke Xu and Empress Xu looked at each other for a moment, fully understanding the meaning, "Yes, I know what to do."

After saying that, Empress Xu asked again: "How is mother?"

Xu Guogong frowned, "Not very good."

Not only the Xu family was worried about Mrs. Xu's health, but even the emperor was very concerned. He sent the most rare medicinal materials and the best imperial physician to treat Mrs. Xu, but to no avail.The emperor would not order people to make Mrs. Xu die, he just wanted to watch the fun.

"If something happens to my mother, the whole family will be worried. His Majesty will definitely not want to win for us, and will justifiably take back all the rights of the Xu family. At that time, our Xu family will be like fish on the chopping board, ready to be slaughtered."

Empress Xu sneered, "He thinks beautifully. He must find the best doctor so that mother can live a good life."

"Yes."

After Xu Guogong returned to the mansion, he told Xu Xi exactly what Empress Xu had said, and warned her to stay in the mansion well, not to provoke troubles, and to be married at ease.

Xu Xi fainted from crying. After waking up, he refused to eat or drink, and threatened Xu Guogong with a hunger strike.But Xu Guogong will not indulge her again this time, and also confessed that everyone is not allowed to let her out of the house, otherwise he will be punished together with Xu Xi.

Not long after, Sister Feng learned that Xu Xi was going to get married, and she was quite satisfied with Xu Guogong's actions.

In the blink of an eye, it is June and the weather is getting hotter.The sky is high and the clouds are light, there is no breeze, the willow trees in the yard hang down their willows without energy, and the cicadas are singing, making the listeners a little irritable.Even though wearing a thin gauze, it still doesn't reduce the heat, but people can only put more ice on it.

"I heard you are learning embroidery?" Liu asked with a smile.

Sister Feng was embarrassed to show her embroidery work to Mrs. Liu, but she just nodded.

"This is really strange." Liu asked curiously, "How long have you been studying and how is your embroidery?"

"Incomparable to the two younger sisters."

Liu said: "Qinghua is fine, Qiongju is fine."

As he spoke, he began fiddling with needlework again.

Sister Feng looked over, "What did Third Aunt embroider?"

Mrs. Liu showed it to her generously, "I have nothing to do, let me make some bellybands for brother Ming. Show me what you embroidered."

Sister Feng: "..."

Liu Shi directly took it from her hand with a smile, glanced at it, and burst out laughing.

"Sister Feng, what are you embroidering?"

Sister Feng said slowly, "Sachet."

Liu laughed even harder, and joked: "If Zhaohua wears it, it must look good."

Sister Feng snatched the sachet and pretended to be angry and said, "Third Aunt knows that I am not good at embroidery, so she doesn't teach me, but makes fun of him." After being stunned for a while, she continued, "How does Third Aunt know... .”

Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "You have never sewed before, but now you have suddenly started to learn. If it is not for Zhaohua, but for whom?"

Sister Feng embroidered a few more stitches, but she was really impatient, so she threw it aside and said discouragedly: "I don't want to learn, that's all."

Liu sneered and said, "I really don't want to learn anymore? For an embroiderer like you, it would be embarrassing for Zhaohua to go out with you."

Sister Feng picked up the half-embroidered sachet again, "It's the first time I embroidered something for someone since I was a child. He should feel lucky, and dare to pick and choose?"

"People outside have said that Zhaohua fears the inside, so naturally he doesn't dare to dislike you." Mrs. Liu saw that the two of them had a good relationship, and was also happy for them.

"The inner house of our family is clean, many people will not envy it, only the second room..."

As soon as the second room was mentioned, the maid Qingshuang trotted over, her brows and eyes were full of excitement, "Ma'am, the second lady has quarreled with the second master again."

Liu quickly put down her needle and thread, "What's going on?"

"My maidservant has a little sister who works in the second room courtyard. She only said that there was a lot of noise, and she vaguely heard the second wife say that the second master seems to be someone outside."

"Oh my god." Liu's surprised, "outer room? One Aunt Xue is not enough, and the second uncle raised another outer room?"

Qingshuang said: "The slaves don't know whether it is the outer room or not, but I only heard that the second lady suspects that there is someone outside the second master."

Mrs. Liu shook her head, "It's almost inseparable. Speaking of it, the second sister-in-law also has a hard life. At the beginning, she desperately wanted to marry the second uncle, have children for him, and gave the dowry silver to the second uncle. But I don't know how to be grateful, and I still like to ask flowers and ask willows. Now that the two of them have come to this point, it is really a crime. I'd better go and see the second sister-in-law."

Sister Feng wanted to laugh, but the last sentence was the point, she just wanted to join in the fun.

As soon as they reached the door of the main house, a teacup flew out from inside.Sister Feng dodged sideways, only to hear a crash behind her, and the teacup shattered.

"What's the matter? Did you want everyone in the capital to know about such a commotion? If the censor finds out, it would be bad for Uncle Shen not to cultivate himself at all, and to run the family laxly." .” Liu frowned.

Feng said angrily: "Since he dares to do such a thing, he is not afraid of being ginseng! For the sake of his so-called face, he raises a woman outside and asks me to hide it for him. How miserable I am!"

When Gu Hong saw that Sister Feng and Mrs. Liu were there, his face was extremely embarrassed, but he still tried his best to hide it. "What nonsense, how can there be any outside room? If you don't believe me, ask Chengze, does he know?"

"Hmph, Cheng Ze is your man, so naturally he won't betray you!" Feng Shi was persistent, "Quickly tell me, where did you put that woman?"

"You—" Gu Hong pointed at her, "make trouble for no reason!"

Mrs. Feng didn't care if Sister Feng and Mrs. Liu came to see her for a joke, they pulled Gu Hong's clothes and beat them wildly, "I don't care, if you don't hand over that woman today, don't even think about leaving!"

"Slut, shrew!" Gu Hong also tugged on his clothes, trying to snatch them from Feng's hands.

Feng screamed, "I am a shrew, am I a shrew? Didn't you force me to become what I am today? You are ungrateful, you like the new and dislike the old, Gu Hong, you are too much!"

As she said that, she continued to quarrel with Gu Hong, and the maids hid themselves, not daring to persuade her.

Liu Shi originally came to see the excitement, but who knew that the excitement was too great.She didn't want to leave like this, and stepped forward to persuade her: "Second Uncle, Second Sister-in-law, separate quickly, it will be bad if the old lady finds out about it."

Feng said with a sneer: "It's better to let the old lady know, let her comment, and see what kind of stupid things her good son has done!"

Liu Shi and Sister Feng looked at each other and smiled, a little embarrassed, and left quickly.

After walking a few steps, Feng's roar came from behind, "You still said you don't have any women outside, look what this is!"

It turned out that during the tugging, a sachet fell out of Gu Hong's sleeve, and it was embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in water.

Feng Shi was even more sure that Gu Hong had raised an outsider outside, so he must let Gu Hong tell who the outsider was.

Gu Hong's old face was flushed, he snatched the sachet at once, and put his clothes back together, "It's not dignified to make trouble out of nothing."

With that said, quickly escape from here.

"you--"

First, he failed to frame Sister Feng, and then discovered Gu Hongyang's concubine. The successive blows made Feng Shi unbearable and lost his mind.However, Gu Hong didn't know what was wrong, so in a fit of anger, she chased after him, took Gu Hong's hand and bit him hard, until the blood flowed from the bite, and she refused to let go.

Gu Hong was in unbearable pain, his eyes were about to split, "You lunatic, let me go!"

At this time, Gu Yanwen came running like a gust of wind, stunned by the scene in front of him, "Father, mother, what are you doing?"

Feng Shi loosened his mouth, spat out the blood twice, pointed at Gu Hong and said, "If I don't find out in time, your father will give you a younger brother!"

Gu Hong raised his right hand and grinned in pain, "What nonsense are you talking about in front of the child?"

"Why, do you dare to do it or not? Do you want to..."

"Shut up, shut up!" Gu Hong yelled, "If you want outsiders to see a joke, just shout it. If I am unlucky, let's see if your face is still bright!"

After saying that, he strode away.Needless to say, he knew that he was going to Second Sister You's side.

Feng was stunned for a while, then suddenly shouted.

Sister Feng took one last look at Mrs. Feng and left the yard.

"Oh, why is the master's hand dripping with blood?" Second Sister You looked at the teeth marks with bone deep on it, not sure, "Master, this is a dog...who bit it?"