The Way of Favors

Shen Qing has lived in Jingyanghoufu since she can remember.

Her food and clothing is almost the same as Fu Bao. The old lady loves her more than Fu Bao Fu Mi. When several sisters go out together as guests, she gets the most praise from the wives. But Shen Qing was not happy. She envied Fu Bao and even Fu Mi, because they had a mother by their side, and they could act spoiled with their mother if they wanted to and did not want to do anything. She can't, she must put all her shortcomings away, she must be the most decent lady in the old lady's heart, only in this way, she will always be liked by the old lady, and there is no need to worry about losing her trust one day.

Gradually she grew up and became sensible. From the eyes of the old lady, she noticed that the old lady deliberately betrothed her to Fu You.

Fu You is four years older than her. She is very handsome and literary. She took good care of her when she was young. Shen Qing was willing to marry Fu You, but since she was ten years old, Fu You has become more and more alienated from her. I wonder if he has heard too much Fu Bao's slander, or because his studies are too heavy for play. It didn’t matter. Fu You was willing to make progress, but Shen Qing liked him more, but she soon discovered that she really didn’t have her cousin in Fu You’s eyes. When he looked at her, he looked like an unrelated girl. , So polite to make her feel cold.

Shen Qing became more careful in her work. Fu Bao provokes her. She retaliates with virtue, hoping that Fu Bao will be pleasing to her, and will say something good about her in private.

However, Fu Bao was merciless. No matter how much praise she received from the old lady, the attitude of her aunt and Fu You did not improve.

Shen Qing understood that Fu You didn't like her, and her aunt didn't want her orphan to be a daughter-in-law. What if you understand? Shen Qing could not go to the old lady to complain about her grievances. The old lady was stubborn and stubborn, thinking that as long as she spoke, her uncle and aunt would listen to her arrangements. What she said is useless, at most two words of meaningless comfort, the old lady might even tease her that she was looking forward to marrying at a young age...

Shen Qing really wanted to leave Jingyanghou's Mansion earlier, and the only way to leave was to marry someone.

Shen Qing didn't dare to tell the old lady about marrying away, because she was afraid that she would be disappointed to find a home for her. If Shen Qing wanted to marry, she would also marry a good family that would allow her to raise her head in front of everyone in Jingyang Houfu. That day, watching the little **** from the palace put her name on the list of concubines, Shen Qing knew that her chance had come.

With her appearance, the princess is not qualified, but the side concubine still has hope. The side concubine is different from the ordinary concubine. Although it is only a nicer statement, Fu Ning, the daughter of Fu's parents, is also a side concubine. Then she becomes a side concubine, and Fu Bao can't taunt her.

But she was unsuccessful. Because of the selection of the concubine, there is usually only one girl left in the family. Although her surname is Shen, she is from Jingyang Houfu, and the place in Jingyang Houfu is occupied by Fu Rong who is more beautiful than her. Back at the Hou Mansion, Shen Qing smiled in the day and couldn't sleep all night, hating Fu Rong for coming out to disrupt the situation, and hating his own life.

Just as she was hesitating about the future, the prince came.

Shen Qing had heard of the prince romantic, so she slipped out quietly after the old lady fell asleep to try her luck. It's really successful. She is the prince's person, even if it is just an ordinary concubine, once the prince becomes the throne, she will have the status, and if she is lucky, she will give birth to a prince...

The man walked quickly to the pavilion, Shen Qing closed her eyes, breathed out a soft breath, and then opened again, standing up in shock.

The crown prince was about to step up the stone steps and put his right foot down when he saw the girl in the pavilion clearly, and said in confusion: "You are?"

It depends on the age, not like 14 or 15 years old.

Shen Qing backed away in a panic, half-hidden behind the pavilion column, staring at him nervously: "Who are you again? How come you are in the Houfu Garden?"

The little girl was wearing a pink dress, coquettish and beautiful, half-concealed, it made people even want to come and bully her. When he was sixteen or seventeen, when he met such a beautiful little girl, the prince would definitely come forward to tease him, but now, after he has a wife of the old lady, he has a glamorous side. When she was a concubine, Shen Qing hadn't fully grown her figure yet, but she was not a very beautiful girl. He had no interest.

And Shen Qing appeared at a very late time.

He came here today to see the girl Fu San. He just walked all the way against the big sun. When he was upset and irritated, he caught a glimpse of someone in the pavilion. He secretly hoped that the girl in the pavilion was Miss Fu San. Now he found the girl in front of him and expected. The difference in the middle distance is far, naturally more disappointed.

Just thinking of replying to Shen Qing, when he heard Fu You’s hurried footsteps, the prince took another look at Shen Qing. After a little thought, he guessed Shen Qing’s identity. He immediately turned around and walked back and ran into Fu You. Helplessly said: "There are female relatives in the pavilion, I'll go back to the guest room."

Be polite and respectful, just like a gentleman of Qianqian.

Fu You was very surprised. After a moment of surprise, he smiled and said: "You are welcome, the prince, you are a guest, the people in the house are evasive, and I don’t know which sister can’t sleep and come out to play, the prince wait a moment, I’ll go and tell her Say."

They were outside the pavilion, and the conversation passed into the pavilion clearly.

Shen Qing's face was really white.

She has been observant since she was a child, and the prince’s few observations just now made her understand that the prince did not look at her, and now she was hit by Fu You again. She might not even have the last step back to marry Fu You, unless she could To explain why she is here, she must also explain, otherwise she will be known by the old lady...

Seeing that Fu You was about to come up, Shen Qing bit her lip, walked down quickly, and saluted the crown prince: "It turns out that it is the crown prince. The little girl doesn't know that your highness will come over. If your interest is broken, please forgive her."

The prince looked at Fu You with a touch of interest in his eyes.

Who came out to enjoy the scenery at midday? The cousin clearly fell in love with him, and the prince wanted to see how Fu You would deal with this cousin who coveted his brother-in-law. To be honest, the beauty prince sees a lot, and doesn't like this kind of initiative. It's boring to get up, unless the other party is really beautiful enough to make him make an exception.

Fu You's face was indifferent, and he didn't even look at Shen Qing: "The prince and I want to enjoy the scenery. My cousin will go back first, and come back another day."

Because of the face of the Hou Mansion, he didn't provoke the truth, but his tone seemed to send a maid.

Shen Qing lowered her eyes to hide the embarrassment in her eyes. When she straightened up, she looked the same as usual. She looked around and wondered: "The third sister asked me to come over to talk, why haven't I arrived? Cousin, then I will go first, and then the third sister will be here. You can explain to her for me, it really wasn't that I missed the appointment on purpose." He nodded to the prince and walked away calmly.

The prince couldn't help but glanced back.

Could it be that he wanted to be left, this girl didn't mean to him, but really made an appointment with someone? Or was it calculated by Miss Fu San?

The prince wanted to enter the pavilion to try if he could wait for the three girls, but Shen Qing said that, and Fu You was by his side again. The prince suppressed his curiosity and said to Fu You: "Since there are still girls coming, let's Go back, I’m a guest, and I’m bothering the two girls to admire the scenery.

Fu You smiled and thanked him: "The prince is elegant, then I will send the prince back."

The prince nodded, turned and left.

Fu You followed his footsteps and moved his gaze to the pink figure that had just turned over the flowers. He really understood how deep this cousin's city was.

If the prince enters the pavilion to wait and Fu Rong comes, it proves that Shen Qing did not come here on purpose. If Fu Rong does not come, the two girls will be suspected. It may be that Shen Qing framed Fu Rong, or Shen Qing was the victim of Fu Rong. The calculation, no matter what, is better than the consequences of leaving without saying a word.

The most important thing is the old lady. Fu You believes that Shen Qing will squeeze a basin of dirty water on Fu Rong's head when she goes back. The old lady doesn't like the second room, and she would never suspect that her granddaughter was restless... …

Shen Qing did indeed do this.

After the old lady took a rest, Shen Qing went in and waited for her to wash her face. She started to get well, and slowly her eye circles turned red.

The old lady met and said in a strange way: "What's wrong with you?"

Shen Qing finally couldn't help her tears, and rolled down, kneeling in front of the old lady to cry. The old lady was taken aback, and hurriedly sent out the maids, helped people to the couch, frowned and said, "Don't cry, what's the matter!"

Shen Qing was still crying, and she said intermittently for a long time, "I sent my three aunts out after dinner, and my third sister specially pulled me aside and asked me to meet in the pavilion. I thought about your advice and discussed with her for another day. My third sister insisted that today, she also said that there was a secret about the day of choosing the concubine and told me that I can’t suppress my curiosity, how can I think...grandmother, the third cousin looked at me as if I had deliberately hit the prince, but I'm really not, I feel wronged in my heart..."

The old lady was itching her teeth with anger: "That little **** hoof, this is because I have climbed a high branch and want to step on your foot again. She is as black as her mother, thinking about how to harm people all day long! Don't worry, my grandmother will not call you. You are unjustly wronged!" She wanted to match her granddaughter with her grandson. How could Fu You give birth to such a misunderstanding?

Shen Qing raised her head blankly, with tears in her eyes: "What does grandma mean? Who is..." Before the words were finished, her eyes widened, in disbelief, "Impossible, the third sister is not that kind of person, choose concubine At that time, she even snatched my garlic, fearing that I might not be good after being seen through. How could she..."

The old lady hated iron and steel and nodded her head: "You stupid, now you still speak for her! Knowing people, knowing each other and not knowing my heart, she can't see me being good to you, so she wants you to be a petty man! Stay away from her afterwards, so as not to be calculated by her, other things, when your big sister is gone, I will ask for an explanation for you!"

"Grandma!" Shen Qing hurriedly discouraged, "Grandma, don't say anything, I, I'm afraid that the rumors will go out and I won't be able to clean it up, and the third sister will be a princess soon, let us, I dare not offend her. This time I’m going to be a dumb loser. I’ll explain it clearly to my third cousin when I look back. Don’t make a big fuss for my family and everything. I don’t want to cause a rift between my two uncles because of me."

Feel wronged in your heart, and wipe tears in the arms of the old lady.

The old lady patted her unconsciously, her slightly cloudy eyes staring at the door curtain in thought.

This matter was unfounded, and it really started. Qiao and Fu Rong cried and cried out for injustice. Her son turned away when his heart softened. If he didn't say anything, he would get angry and Shen Qing in his heart. He thought it was Shen Qing's framing. In that way, her plan to match Shen Qing and Fu You will definitely fall apart.

She can't say.

But she would not let Fu Rong go smoothly. The imperial decree has been laid down, and she can't ruin the marriage, but there are ways to add to it.

"Okay, don't cry, wash your face, they will be here in a while, don't make people look at the jokes." The old lady persuaded softly.

Shen Qing went obediently.

It didn't take long for the three female families to arrive one after another.

The old lady said to Fu Ning: "The big girl comes with me. Grandma has a few words to tell you."

Fu Ning was a little surprised, walked slowly over, and emptied the old lady into the inner room.

When she came out, the old lady was smiling, and Fu Ning's expression was a little wrong.

Fu Rong noticed that Fu Ning glanced at her casually.

Seeing and unwilling to let her know, this is abnormal. Fu Rong secretly observed the old lady, but couldn't see anything on that old face. Looking at Shen Qing, who might know the inside story, she smiled at her, just as usual.

With doubts, Fu Rong went out with Fu Bao and others to send Fu Ning.

"Second aunt, third aunt, all of you stay away, it's hot outside, and my mother will send me off." At the moon gate leading to the outer courtyard, Fu Ning smiled and persuaded, and his eyes fell on the little girls: "Sister Let's all go back, and we will get together again another day."

The third wife of the Qiao family said some auspicious words, and the girls of Fu Rong stepped forward and said goodbye.

Fu Ning did not promise Fu Bao. Before meeting with the prince, he quickly told Lin what the old lady had said, "Mother, I always feel that the third sister is not that kind of person, but the cousin is the one I grew up with. ..."

This matter is a bit complicated. Lin can't judge who is right and who is wrong in just a short time. He holds his daughter's hand and said, "If the thing is not done, you don't have to think about it. You can raise your baby in the palace with peace of mind. Here the mother will secretly pay attention. The news is handed over to you immediately. Aning, remember, there is nothing more important than raising a baby, understand?"

Fu Ning nodded obediently: "My daughter understands." She never cared who the prince touched, it was just the mind of the two younger sisters, she wanted to figure it out.

Fu Rong learned about the pavilion from Fu Chen only after dinner.

She was a little confused, and then she couldn't laugh or cry. She didn't offend Shen Qing, why did she suffer such a pot of dirty water for no reason?

But she also wondered why Fu You, who had never dealt with her a few times, believed in herself so much.

The younger sister was not angry, and Fu Chen calmed down a bit, leaning on the back of the chair and explained, "Your third brother is so smart, he will be deceived by her little girl? If nothing else, she hooked up with the prince is considered as Pan Gaozhi. What's the advantage? My sister can't design her at all, and the real design won't drag the people in the big room into the water. Both sides are not pleased."

Fu Pinyan leisurely sipped tea.

Qiao did not take Shen Qing's calculations seriously, and asked Fu Chen, "Does Runzhi have any suggestions on how to deal with this matter?"

Fu Rong and Fu Xuan looked at his brother together.

Fu Chen touched his chin: "Runzhi said that after all, that man is his own cousin who has been raised in the Hou Mansion. Therefore, the dispute arises. It is a shame for the Hou Mansion to spread it out. I hope we don't care about her, he will also be with her. Uncle and aunt explained clearly, and then warned her again, and arranged for her to marry her in two years."

Qiao nodded and said: "That's the truth. Shen Qing dare not offend her uncle and aunt. Perhaps the old lady can be the master of her marriage, but the dowry is from the Hou Mansion. She is so clever and won't understand. Let's ignore her in the future. That is, it’s not guilty to be stunned with a little girl. For the old lady, let her continue to coax. Don’t be mad at that old age."

It sounds good, but there is a gleeful smile at the corner of his mouth.

Fu Rong knew why his mother laughed. The person who can hurt you the most is the person you trust the most. Instead of pointing out that Shen Qing is being beaten up by the old lady who trusts her granddaughter now, they should continue to conceal it. Shen Qing will be so, one day the old lady will see clearly, the later she knows, the more angry.

Seeing his mother and elder sister were laughing, as if they had forgotten what was next to him, Fu Xuan said in an uneasy voice: "Brother remember to tell the second elder sister, and let her be on guard when she comes over." In just one afternoon, Shen Qing coveted first. The man of the eldest sister slandered the third elder sister casually. Who knows if she will attack others like this insidious person?

The children were not stupid, and Fu Pinyan was very satisfied. He told the children to go back to the house to sleep. He went to the main courtyard to talk to Fu Pinyan. Fu You trusts to trust, and he has to tell a word for his daughter.

The next morning, Lin sent someone to deliver a letter to Fu Ning.

Next, everything in the Hou Mansion was as usual, as if something like that had never happened.

In July, the weather became a bit cooler, especially after Zhongyuan, Fu Rong stopped kicking the quilt at night.

She was still sleeping late this morning, and Qiao rushed over angrily, and smiled and cursed while pulling at her daughter's quilt: "You can fall asleep on a good day when you are hired. It's so heart-warming, get up and dress up!"

Fu Rong rubbed his eyes and sat up amidst his mother's beaming nagging.

Just hired, what can't you sleep?

But she didn't know that her fiance had finished several sets of punches in Suwang's Mansion, and she was refreshed.