The Way of Favors

???? There are three kinds of unfilial piety, and no one is the greatest.

The inheritance of offspring is of great importance in the family, and the eldest son and grandson are even more significant. Therefore, today Dalang’s full moon ceremony, Fu Pinchuan, Fu Pinyan and others have taken leave to entertain male guests in the front yard. Guan'er was five years old. Although he was playful and sensible, Fu Pinyan gave his son to Fu Chen to watch, so that he could see the etiquette exchanges between men early, and don't know how to act like a baby with a few sisters all day long.

"Master." The young man beside him suddenly came over.

Fu Pinyan saw him, and slammed the guilty conviction to Lord Han, who was working in the Ministry of Rites. He walked to the corner and asked, "What's the matter?"

The young man confessed a few words in a low voice.

Fu Pinyan looked at his Yaozi instinctively.

Brother Guan is standing with two six or seven-year-old boys, who are all the young boys brought by today's men. Brother Guan, dressed in navy blue robes, was looking up and listening to the two partners talking. After listening to Fu Chen, who turned his head and looked far away, he looked cute, but his little mouth with a slight grin revealed a sense of mischief.

Fu Pinyan smiled and looked away, looking for Fu Pinchuan's figure.

Fu Pinchuan just looked at him, and clearly got the news.

Fu Pinyan nodded slightly and signaled that he was busy with the full moon gift of his grand-nephew first, and the rest will be discussed later.

Fu Pinyan didn't worry about the matter of adopting. As soon as Fu Pinchuan told him about his plan to choose the adoptive candidate for Sanfang, he revealed that he would choose from Dafang grandchildren. Although Fu Pinchuan just mentioned it casually, not a promise, he believed that Fu Pinchuan remembered that sentence. , Will not go back. Secondly, he has a prince and son-in-law. To put it awkwardly, Fu Pinchuan doesn’t care about the harmony between the two rooms of the big room and the second room for so many years. He also has to take into account Su Wang’s affection. After all, the official brother is very fond of Su Wang, everyone in the Hou Mansion knows .

Brother Guojiguan, whether it was the third wife's mother and daughter's own plans, or an old lady who contributed to the situation, it was destined to be fruitless.

"Go back and tell her not to worry." He whispered to the young man, and Fu Pinyan went to talk with the guests again.

After the banquet was over, Fu Pinchuan and Fu Pinyan led Fu Chen to see off the guests.

At this time, everyone in the backyard knew everything about it, and it was somewhat embarrassing to get together.

After sending off the last guest, Fu Pinchuan said to Fu Pin: "Second brother, go back to the room and rest. In the evening, your family should go to the main room for dinner. I have something to say about the adoption."

The corner of Fu Chen's mouth pursed.

Fu Pinyan was silent for a moment and sighed: "Brother, I thought about it carefully. If the third younger siblings really like the official man, then treat him to the official..."

Fu Pinchuan waved his hand to signal the matter to be brought up in the evening.

Fu Pinyan had no choice but to lead Fu Chen to leave first, Guan Ge'er had been led back to the room to sleep by the maid.

Watching the two walk away, Fu Pinchuan looked at the two sons beside him, and said sternly: "You follow me."

Fu Ding and Fu You looked at each other and followed silently.

Entering the study, Fu Pinchuan got the point right: "What do you two think about today's matter?"

Fu Ding looked at his younger brother. As the elder brother, he spoke first: "The third uncle died early. We didn’t mention adoptiveness before, and others would not have any opinions. Now that the matter of adoptiveness is brought up, the father will not agree, and outsiders will definitely criticize The father disregarded brotherhood and left the grave of the third uncle to be barren and no one worshipped, regardless of the loneliness of his mother and daughter."

"But I agreed, the second uncle will not be willing." Fu You said, "The second uncle's family treats the official brothers as treasures, and the father insists, the second uncle will not refute his father, but we have three rooms. The relationship must be difficult to maintain. On the side of King Su, the grandmother of the first month tried to send someone off to the palace to annoy the prince. Now it is only a month later, we have to adopt the prince’s first-in-law and brother-in-law, whether it is the grandmother's instigation or the fifth sister herself I’m afraid that the prince won’t be happy even if he believes his idea, he will blame his father."

Fu Pinchuan frowned deeply.

He is most worried about King Su.

In the third house of the Hou Mansion, they had a daughter who became the prince's side concubine. In the eyes of King Su, he was originally the opposite. It was only because of his clear reputation that he had accumulated over the years that King Su was polite to the big house. This year, there have been two incidents that have offended King Su. What would the prince and nobleman think?

The crown prince occupied the orthodoxy of the protagonist, and the king's Wentao martial arts strategy, I am afraid there will be a battle between dragon and tiger in the future. Fu Pinchuan didn't want to take refuge with the prince early, nor did he want to offend King Su. He just wanted to be a loyal minister, only loyal to the person on the dragon chair, not someone who might sit on the dragon chair in the future.

Besides, when his mother wanted to adopt the second son to Sanfang, he couldn't bear to make his wife sad, and now he replaced it with her child...

Because of emotion and reason, he couldn't take away the official brother from the second room.

However, just as the eldest son said, both he and Fu Pinyan have to bear the notoriety of bullying the widow and orphan in the three rooms.

One must be adopted, but that person cannot be an official man, not an official man...

Fu Pinchuan slowly raised his head, his eyes fell on the second son.

Fu You was eighteen years old, with a clear face and a tall figure, standing there like a zhilanyu tree.

Seeing the meaning in his father's eyes, Fu Ding was shocked and said: "Father, you, do you want to take the third brother?"

"Just me."

Without waiting for Fu Pinchuan’s answer, Fu You spoke indifferently, and explained to Fu Ding sideways: “Big brother, don’t worry, things are going to such a degree. Only this strategy can have the best of both worlds. Not only is it blocking the leisurely mouth outside, but also in the three rooms. Explain. As for me, I’m not an official brother. I don’t cry because I’m away from my parents. I understand my father’s difficulties. I don’t have any complaints in my heart. After all, I just changed my name. Is it in the eyes of my father? In the eyes, I am not blood relatives?"

Fu Ding sadly looked at his father who turned around, and sighed: "I have nothing to do with my father, where is my mother..."

"I will tell my mother that my mother will be considerate." Fu You patted his brother on the shoulder, saluted his father with his back, and turned away.

As the footsteps went away, Fu Pinchuan slowly turned around, and solemnly said to his eldest son: "Just remember your third brother's words, no matter who he is in, you are all brothers. I will be with your mother for a hundred years in the future. Your brothers must support each other and don't make a difference for this."

Fu Ding "thumped" down on his knees and knocked his three heads heavily. "Father can rest assured, the brotherhood will not be forgotten by the son. The son was struck by lightning, and the Fu family ancestors will not be seen after death."

Fu Pinchuan personally helped the eldest son up.

These two sons, he is very relieved, only...

"Go to your second uncle and pass a letter, don't make them worry, I'll see your grandmother."

In Wufutang, the old lady leaned comfortably on the couch and talked to Shen Qing lazily: "You said your fifth sister, you want an official brother to be your younger brother. It's not good to speak someday, so you have to choose this one. The full moon ceremony that made Da Lang was not happy, your third aunt should really discipline her."

Fu Mi said it, and it has nothing to do with her. The people in the second room are going to Su Wang to sue Fu Mi as well, so I don't want to slap her in the face this time. On the Sanfang side, even though this incident was not good for Fu Mi’s reputation, she gave them an heir. Fu Mi likes the official man so much, she presumably doesn’t care about this loss, anyway. Fu Mi's temperament, without this, she would not be able to marry a good family.

Thinking about this, the old lady's guilt towards the third daughter-in-law was gone.

Shen Qing bowed her head to beat the old lady's legs, and whispered in reply: "The fifth sister is a little worried, probably because of the situation, she is very pitiful when she sees it." But she didn't dare to offend the old lady in her heart. This man has the heart to calculate even his granddaughter. She, who was sent to the fence, really dared to go against the will of the old lady and make her own claims. Without the protection of her biological mother, she would not end well.

The old lady liked this statement and waved her hand: "Okay, I'm going to sleep, you also go back to the house and rest."

Shen Qing said "Hey", and personally served the old lady to lie down, then quietly retreated.

Turning out of the hall, he saw Fu Pinchuan and Su Rong coming over in the corridor, with the third wife and daughter behind him. The third wife was pale, her eyes were haggard, and she didn't know what she was thinking. Fu Mi kept his head down and followed his mother stupidly.

Shen Qing felt suspicious, stepped forward to salute, and reminded nervously: "Uncle, grandmother just stopped..."

"It's okay, you go back and rest." Fu Pinchuan said softly in the face of his niece.

Shen Qing did not dare to stay, and walked away suspiciously.

The three of them entered the hall together. After taking a seat, Fu Pinchuan ordered the maid of Wufutang to go in and serve the old lady, and stopped talking.

The third lady guessed that he was going to discuss the matter of adopting and succeeding, and explained again before the old lady came out: "Big brother, that is really just a momentary nonsense of A Mi Gui's mind, big brother don't take it seriously..."

"Mother, I am not obsessed with ghosts. I want the official brother to be the younger brother." Fu Mi suddenly interrupted, crying and kneeling in front of Fu Pinchuan: "Uncle, help me, both aunt and aunt have sons, but my mother does not , I will leave in the future, my mother is so pitiful to be alone..."

The daughter is stubborn, and the third wife is really mad. It's not easy to do it in front of Fu Pinchuan. The maid who is busy with her will help her daughter.

"You all go out." Fu Pinchuan said coldly.

The two maids left immediately.

Fu Pinchuan looked at the niece kneeling in front of him, and said calmly: "Mi don't need to worry about your mother. Your eldest aunt and I have decided to adopt your third brother to your parents. The official brother is still young, he doesn't Understand those principles, and if you hold him forcibly, he will cry and make trouble for you. Your third brother is different, he can help your mother take care of you now, and Mi will treat your third brother as your own brother. , You can tell him whatever you want, you don’t have to look outside."

Fu Mi raised his head in shock.

The third lady did not expect this to happen. Just about to refuse, the side door curtain was suddenly opened. The old lady rushed out angrily, staring at Fu Pinchuan with a pair of turbid eyes: "You say it again, you Say what you just said again!"

Fu Pinchuan stood up and looked at his mother and said, "The son decided to take Runzhi to his third brother. Runzhi and his mother agreed. Is there any dissatisfaction with his mother?"

The old lady was shaking with anger.

She thought that when she was following Fu You, the eldest son wouldn't let it go. Now she wants to add a blockage to the Qiao family, but he took the initiative to send his son out!

"You, you actually did it for her..."

"Mother speak carefully!"

Fu Pinchuan’s forehead bounced with blue veins, looking at her unrepentant mother who had caused two misfortunes one after another, and said with anger, “The third brother has always been the mother’s heart disease. Now the issue of the heir has been resolved, please The mother is at Wufutang for the care of the elderly, and the younger generation has his own son to worry about. Mother rests, I will go to the second brother's place, tonight, we will have a meal with the whole family, and we will officially carry on the run before the Qingming Festival. Under the name of the third brother."

After saying this, strode away.

The old lady shook her body and was helped by the maids behind her on the chair in time.

Fu Mi didn't want her elder brother, she only wanted a lively and lovely official brother. Seeing Fu Pinchuan was gone, she cried and pleaded with the old lady: "What should I do with my grandmother now? You said..."

"What do you do, what's the use of crying with me for what your uncle decides!" The old lady was suffering from liver pain. Hearing that Fu Mi wanted to shake things out of her urging her, she immediately threw a tea bowl and said, "Go away. , Let me go, every one wants to **** me off, right?"

Fu Mi lost his voice in fright.

The third wife stared at the old lady, staring at the old lady with a guilty conscience. She sneered and took her daughter away.

At the east courtyard, after learning of Fu Pinchuan's decision, everyone in the room fell silent.

Fu Pinyan looked at his complicated-looking wife, and calmly said, "Don't think about it, Su Niang, Dafang can't blame us."

Lin's to blame, the old lady and Sanfang should also be blamed, it is clear that both sides of them colluded.

Qiao's heart was bitter and could not tell.

If Fu Pinchuan did not like her, or Lin didn’t know it, Lin did not blame her, but Lin had a pimple in her heart, even if she knew that Fu Pinchuan made this decision out of Hou If the government’s interests are considered, I’m afraid I’ll think of other things.

That is the hatred of seizing children.

Sighing, Qiao looked at his family around him, and said to Fu Rong, "Okay, everything is resolved, Nongnong will go back soon, and talk to the prince well in the evening, don't make him angry."

Fu Rong smiled bitterly, it was strange that Xu Jin was not angry, he almost raised the official brother as his son.

Fortunately, Guan'er was saved, so he didn't have to give him his son.

Fu Rong went to the inner room and looked at his younger brother who was sleeping on the bed. He leaned over and kissed him twice before saying goodbye to his parents.

Not long after Fu Pinyan sent off their daughter, they led the three children to the main room for a banquet.

What Fu Pinchuan wanted to say was nothing more than a matter of adoptiveness. Looking at the faces of the people in the room, everyone knew it well.

Joe secretly observes Lin.

Lin's complexion was not good, his eye circles were a little red, and he sat down in his seat, no one paid any attention.

Looking at the old lady again, she was unexpectedly calm. Perceiving Qiao's gaze, she turned her head and smiled at her.

Joe's heart sank. The old lady is angry and scolding, she is not afraid, but the old lady is like this, there is clearly a trick.

When she was anxious, the old lady stood up with the help of the maid, gave Qiao a meaningful look, then smiled and said to Fu Pin: "The second child will help me back to the room. I have something to tell you."

The veil in Joe's hand fell.

Lin was sitting next to her, looking at the lavender embroidered handkerchief floating next to her chair, an inexplicable pleasure suddenly surged in her heart.

Why does she have to endure the pain of her husband not forgetting his old love, but Joe can have the hearts of two men? Why does she want to lose a son because of Joe's, so that Joe's can continue to hold her little son at ease? This woman has enjoyed the blessing for so long, and she should taste some bitterness.

At the men's table, Fu Pinchuan looked at the old lady in disbelief, clenching a pair of iron fists under the table. Does his mother really see their brothers in harmony? Just because she wanted to suppress Fu Pinyan's concubine, she didn't even care about the face of her own son?

Fu Pinyan put down his chopsticks in surprise. When did his aunt talk to him alone last time?

He stood up, and when he turned around, seeing his wife's face pale, Fu Pinyan gave her a relieved look, and walked towards the old lady.

Fu Pinchuan got up immediately.

The old lady saw him and smiled: "Do you want to hear it too? Then I'll talk about it here?"

There was an undisguised threat in his eyes, a madness that Fu Pinchuan had never seen before.

Fu Pinchuan froze in place.

The old lady nodded in satisfaction and motioned to Fu Pinyan who was puzzled to follow her.

Her son is not filial to her, and the three daughter-in-laws hate her. She won't be able to live well for the rest of her life, so don't think about it. She would not spread the scandal, but she wanted Fu Pinyan to know the virtues of his wife, whom he hurts in the palm of his hand, and let Joe fall from the sky overnight.

Their mother and son couldn't help her, and Joe was still happy in her husband's arms.

"What does mother want to tell me?" Out of the hall, Fu Pinyan walked a distance with the old lady. He knew that the old lady had nothing to say, so he didn't plan to send the old lady back to Wufu Hall. Without speaking, he stopped first.

The old lady told the maids around her to stay away.

Fu Pinyan waited for her indifferently.

He looked exactly like the old man, but he also had the shadow of Aunt Du. The old lady shook her head and smiled, and asked: "Do you know why I promised Su Niang to you back then? Although I don't like this concubine niece, based on her appearance, It's kind of useless to give it to you."

Fu Pinyan's calm eyes were instantly stained with frost.