The Way of Favors

???? Ji Qingting is eager to verify whether Mrs. Gu is the person he knows, and he also thinks of the person to help him verify. Unfortunately, that person is a very famous lady in the capital, and he is worried that the two of them will be secretly exposed. She realized that she would only come to Feng Laiyi on the third day of every month. He had no other way to contact her. Therefore, before the next private meeting, Ji Qingting could only send someone to Ruyizhai to stare at him. The lady went out and immediately notified him.

Du Yuanzhou soon discovered that there were a few new faces near Ruyizhai.

He couldn't determine whether these people were sent by the government of Qing Dynasty or Ji Qingting. Before informing Fu Rong, he went to see Lady Gu.

Gu Niangzi has a yard dedicated to her in Ruyizhai. Usually only the treasurer Zhou will come to see her. Du Yuanzhou asks the maid to pass it on. However, Du Yuanzhou had inquired with shopkeeper Zhou, and shopkeeper Zhou seemed to have no idea about Lady Gu's past, so Du Yuanzhou wanted to remind Lady Gu personally about Ji Qingting.

After sitting in the hall for a while, Lady Gu arrived late, still wearing a plain dress and a veil.

Du Yuanzhou stood up when he heard the footsteps.

Lady Gu asked him to sit down, and asked suspiciously, "Is there anything wrong with Shopkeeper Du?"

Du Yuanzhou glanced at the maid next to her, and said, "I'm going to the palace in the afternoon. Is there anything I need to bring to my second house?" In private, he called Fu Rong's nickname, and he called Princess Fu Rong on the face. Since the opening of Ruyizhai, he has always been known as the "Second Dongjia".

Through a layer of white gauze, Lady Gu saw the man’s euphemistic hint, and said to her personal maid: "Go to Qinxiang and tell her to install the newly made flower tin, and then hand it to shopkeeper Du to bring it to the princess. ."

The little maid walked away briskly.

Lady Gu turned to the opposite man.

When time is running out, Du Yuanzhou bluntly said: "Ji Qingting just arrived yesterday, and there are some people of unknown origin outside today. I guess Ji Qingting hasn't seen anyone and still refuses to give up. The second party tries not to go out if there is nothing to do. You must go out, remember. Talk to Uncle Zhou, and bring a few more buddies to follow."

Lady Gu was silent for a moment and thanked her softly.

Du Yuanzhou smiled casually, bowed his head to drink tea.

Lady Gu looked at this elegant man and thought for a while. When Du Yuanzhou took Huatian to leave, she sent the person to the gate of the courtyard and said, "I will be careful about this. There are many things in the Nongnong Palace. , Shopkeeper Du should stop telling her about this."

Du Yuanzhou looked as usual and nodded: "Okay."

Lady Gu gave a shallow salute and led the maid back.

Du Yuanzhou looked back and thought about what Ji Qingting said yesterday.

He originally planned to talk to his niece about Ji Qingting in the afternoon, but now he can’t tell it anymore. It’s not appropriate to make a special trip to send huadian. Du Yuanzhou went to the chess club next door to pick a pair of Yongchang Go that had just been sent from the southwest. This just passed.

Fu Rong didn't like to play chess, but liked this superb chess piece very much. He just played two games with Du Yuanzhou before sending him away.

In the evening Xu Jin returned from the palace, and Fu Rong showed off his new chess piece with him.

While playing chess with her, Xu Jin asked her what Du Yuanzhou had said. After learning that Du Yuanzhou was only sending something, he hummed and slowly dropped a white chess piece.

He has a strong fondness for stinky beauty and fun, and Lady Gu's experience will only be worse than Liu Ruyi's, so let's not tell her to avoid her sadness.

But Fu Rong was still depressed.

There was news from the Moon Palace in the Middle East that the crown princess was born prematurely and gave birth to a concubine.

In the evening Fu Rong lay in Xu Jin’s arms and cried: "Is it true that I have a problem? The medicine was taken off during the first month of the year. It has been almost three months now. There will be good news two months after the other person’s marriage. We, we are so diligent, But nothing happened..."

Xu Jin is now most afraid of Fu Rong crying for this, and he is also looking forward to the child, but since he knew that Fu Rong was worried that he would not be pregnant, he did not dare to mention the word child in front of her in the past few months, for fear that she was thinking about it. Today, she cried directly because the princess gave birth to a son. It seems that she doesn't seem so worried.

"What nonsense, do you think your sister got pregnant almost a year after getting married? They were married in September, and your sister heard good news during Dragon Boat Festival. Wait a minute, if there is no news after May , I will let Ge Chuan show you a good look. He is a genius doctor. As long as you want to have a baby, he must have a way."

What else can Fu Rong say? She can only wait any longer, it's useless to be anxious.

She sobbed softly, grieving, Xu Jin sighed and kissed her mouth.

Fu Rong didn't feel intimacy at all, turned and lay his back to him: "Go to sleep, don't make trouble with me."

Xu Jin was not in high spirits tonight. Hearing that he covered her with a quilt, he put his arms around her and was about to go to bed.

Just a little sleepy, the girl in her arms slowly turned around again, holding his waist for a while and lifting her leg to move around, always rubbing against him intentionally or unintentionally. Xu Jin couldn't understand her thoughts, closed his eyes and endures. When Fu Rong's little hand got into his shirt, Xu Jin was already quite sure that he didn't understand the mistake. He held down her hand and asked in a dumb voice: "Think about it?"

Fu Rong shook his head.

Xu Jin couldn't help being disappointed, and helplessly kissed her on the forehead: "Can't sleep anymore?" It's really bad, and he won't be allowed to sleep if he can't sleep.

"I don't want you, I want children." Fu Rong got into his arms, dull and as thin as a mosquito.

Xu Jin's hand stopped immediately when she was about to untie her shirt. He moved back and deliberately said coldly: "What do you think of this king? If you want a child, you have to think about this king first, otherwise this king won't wait."

Fu Rong burst into laughter, pulled the quilt to cover himself, and hummed, "Do you want love?"

As soon as the voice fell, the quilt that had just been covered tightly was torn apart, and the man rushed forward as if he hadn't eaten for a few days, gnawing randomly.

Fu Rong panted and hugged him tightly.

Xu Jin kissed her forehead, her eyebrows, the tip of her nose, her cheek, her red lips and her ears, "Dong, actually I'm not in a rush to have a baby now. It's fine for both of us. We can hold this way every day. You... thick, you don't know how much I like it, you are like water, no matter how hard I try, I can't wash you away, but I just want to..."

He clung to her waist, stubbornly moving forward, watching her turn his head impatiently.

"Don't worry about it, don't worry about it, let's just let it go. The child didn't come and we both enjoyed it. The child is here. I will take care of your wife together, okay?" He kissed his girl tenderly, wanting to always Seeing her happy, as long as she is happy, he doesn't care about outsiders' affairs or children's affairs.

"But what should I do if I can't give birth all the time?" No matter how nice and gentle he was, he couldn't dispel Fu Rong's worry.

Xu Jin smiled and looked into her eyes and said: "Then I will feed you every night until you are pregnant."

Fu Rong beat him with anger.

Xu Jin retaliated even more vigorously.

In April, the clothes were thinner. Thinking of going to the East Palace in a few days to attend the full moon ceremony of the second son of the prince concubine, Fu Rong was upset and decided to go to Ruyizhai and choose a delicate one for the children. Long life lock, and then pick two jewelry to wear when entering the palace.

Coincidentally, the carriage arrived in front of the Ruyizhai gate. Just after getting off the carriage, I saw Li Huarong's mother, the wife of Qingguo Gongfu, Pan Shi, also got out of another carriage.

No matter how you don't like it, the polite ones are unavoidable, so as not to let the other party talk about such trivial matters.

"Auntie also came out today." Fu Rong greeted him with a smile.

Pan looks about the same age as Qiao, wearing a gorgeous Shu embroidered dress, hairpin on his head and jewels, and meticulous maintenance, beautiful and moving, only the lips are slightly thinner, which seems a bit uncomfortable.

On that day, Pan took the princess's son who died young and beat the princess, Fu Rong remembered clearly.

Pan didn't expect to run into Fu Rong. Seeing Princess Su dressed in a blue-and-white dress with a plain white dress, she looked charming from a distance and looked charming up close. He took her hand and praised affectionately: "The fourth wife is still like this Looks good. Looking at your small figure, I really envy people. Hey, I wanted to ask Hua Rong to come with me to see the excitement of Ruyizhai. Unexpectedly, the child is usually stunned, and now he doesn’t want to go out. , Really, which woman doesn't have a child, she just cares about such trivial things all day long. By the way, the fourth daughter-in-law has been moving recently. You two have been married for more than half a year, right?"

Fu Rong pursed his lips and chuckled, "No, fortunately no, or else I have to be bored in the house like the fifth younger siblings. How can I meet my aunt as soon as I go out? Did my aunt come to pick jewelry today?"

The two went directly to the second floor. Seeing that it was Fu Rong, the maid habitually led her to sit in the private room.

Fu Rong instructed her to show Pan's a few good items that were newly displayed today.

Pan shook his head and refused, took a wooden box from the maid beside him, and opened it to Fu Rong.

Inside was an uncut emerald the size of a baby's palm, which happened to be placed in the light by Pan, dazzling.

Fu Rong exclaimed: "It's so beautiful, what does auntie want to be?"

Pan said with a smile: "I want to give Huarong a collar button. I want to ask Lady Gu for the remaining scraps, and see if we can make an emerald hairpin, which is the size of rice beads. I heard that Lady Gu Business is busy and I took a lot of orders. I wonder if I have time to pick me up? Actually, I wanted to go to Fenglaiyi, but think about Ruyizhai as your dowry shop. Of course I have to take care of my family’s business."

"My aunt is very kind to me." Fu Rong smiled, raised his head and ordered the maid who was waiting on the side: "Go and see what Ms. Gu is up to? Just say that I brought her a distinguished guest. Please ask her to come and pick up the big business."

The maid left calmly.

Fu Rong chatted with Pan, his eyes swept over the emeralds in the box, and he was puzzled.

Will Pan take good care of her business?

Fu Rong instinctively felt that Pan had other intentions, but she really couldn't figure it out.

After waiting a quarter of an hour, Lady Gu walked in in a white skirt.

When both parties saw the ceremony, seeing Pan staring at Madame Gu in confusion, Fu Rong took the initiative to explain: "Auntie, Madame Gu's face is damaged, and she is afraid that the guests will always wear a hat, so please bear with me."

Pan smiled and nodded: "I know that Lady Gu acts differently, I have heard. You sit and drink tea, I sit next to Lady Gu and tell her, I paid a lot for this gem. , We must be cautious and then cautious."

Fu Rong got up to make room for her.

Pan sat on the left side of Lady Gu and talked to her softly about her request.

Fu Rong was also very interested in how to make jewelry. He listened attentively and noticed that Pan glanced at Lady Gu's face several times, and then deliberately leaned back, trying to peek inside the veil. Fu Rong couldn't help but listen. Frowning, wondering: "What is the aunt looking at?"

Pan was taken aback, and quickly sat upright, explaining slightly uncomfortably: "I smelled the fragrance of Gu Niangzi's body very good, and I couldn't help but smell it a few more times. What kind of fragrance is it?"

Lady Gu always sits upright and smiles slightly: "Madam is absurd. I never use fragrance."

Pan's smile was a little bit more embarrassing.

Realizing that Ms. Gu seemed to be guarding her, Pan didn't want to waste her time. After saying the collar button request, she stood up without warning: "Well, that's it...Oh, I'm dizzy..."

After saying that, he fell down towards Lady Gu, holding her shoulder with one hand, and grabbing the hat on her head with the other hand.