Chapter 86
Xu Cancan stood inside the door, looking out through the fine bamboo curtain hanging on the door of the main house. Night has fallen, Fu Liu has asked the mother-in-law to light the lanterns in the courtyard, and the soft yellow light shines through the bamboo curtains, making people feel warm and quiet.
She was thinking, it was time for dinner, and Mrs. Fu called her over, what was it for?
However, no matter what Mrs. Fu wanted to do, she had to go.
Xu Cancan plans to be a daughter-in-law who is respectful to her husband's mother-in-law, but this does not mean that she is ready to let Mrs. Fu bully herself!
The light in the hall was dim, and Xu Cancan stood there, the light in the courtyard casting a slight shadow on her face through the bamboo curtains, casting a veil of silence over her picturesque brows.
Biyun and Zhu Yan stood on one side, quietly looking at Xu Cancan, waiting for her orders.
After Xu Cancan figured it out, he sat down on the brocade chair on the side and said, "Bring the tea!" "The person she married is Fu Yuchen, and she is the arrogant Fu Tuan Lian Fu Shuai! As Fu Yuchen's wife, she can't bow to Mrs. Fu's slave!
Zhu Yan turned around and went to the coffee table to get the tea that had been brewed in advance, and held it to Xu Cancan.
Xu Cancan took the cup and sipped it slowly.
The tea is the tip of the hair of the good hair, after brewing it for a while, now it is just right, it is a little hot, but the fragrance is full of sweet aftertaste.
When the cup of tea was almost finished, Xu Cancan said slowly: "Please come in!" β
Mama Guo has beautiful eyebrows, a long body, and makeup on her face, she is a woman who is still stormy, looking at her current face and dress, she must have been very beautiful when she was young.
She looks like a very arrogant kind of person, after coming in, she just owes a debt, she doesn't lower her head, her chin is raised, her lips are thin and rouge, the corners of her mouth are bent downward, and there is a sneer on the corner of her mouth: "The son is not in the house, and the slave doesn't know that the young lady of Lu Dao will be so busy!" β
Xu Cancan didn't look at her, and sipped the tea in his hand. Since Mama Guo is so arrogant, it's better to ignore her and ignore her, so that she has no sense of existence!
Mama Guo didn't expect the daughter of a small household to dare to be so arrogant, and she was extremely angry, but because of Biyun and Zhu Yan standing beside Xu Cancan, she knew that this was not her own territory, so she swallowed her anger and said: "Report to the young lady, and the young lady is invited to come over!" β
"Zhilu said," Xu Cancan smiled softly, "There is Mama Lao!" β
Her chin raised: "Biyun, take a string of copper coins to Mama Guo to drink!" β
After that, Xu Cancan looked at Mama Guo with shining eyes, waiting for her reaction.
Biyun greeted with a crisp "yes" and turned around and went to the West Wing. She soon came out with a string of copper coins, and deliberately shook the copper coins to make a crisp sound, and handed the copper coins to Mama Guo with a smile: "Mama, take it!" β
Mama Guo was born in the uncle's mansion, and was accepted by the grandfather because she was born beautiful, so although she was not carried to the house as an aunt, she also relied on her identity and never married, and has been waiting for Mrs. Fu, and has always been very used.
She has always been arrogant, and she only bowed her head to Grandpa Guo and Mrs. Fu, how could she take this money in her eyes.
Mama Guo lowered her head and took the string of copper coins, eager to throw them on Xu Cancan's face.
However, Mama Guo still didn't dare to throw it.
This is the territory of the young lady, the two maids in the house are eyeing each other, and Fu Liu is guarding outside with a group of wolf-like forbidden troops, she does not dare to act rashly.
Mama Guo removed the arrogance on her face and said with a smile: "Slave and maid Young Lady Xie!" "Wait until you get to Madame's yard, see how Madame cleans up your little slut!
Fu Liu stood outside the courtyard gate, and whispered to the little maid to sweep the leaves: "Go to the study outside the grandfather of the country, and tell Fu Twenty-one about the lady asking the young lady to go over!" "Fu Twenty-one is Grandpa Guo's personal servant. Today is not the time for Grandpa Guo to rest in his wife's room, Grandpa Guo must be in the study. If the lady wants to give the young lady a dismount, then she has to ask the grandfather of the country to come forward through Fu Twenty-one!
Xu Cancan seemed to leisurely straighten his sideburns, and then said, "Please Mama Guo lead the way." β
After speaking, she didn't get up, but instructed Biyun: "Go and tell Fu Liu, walk from Zhusheng Courtyard to Luxue Nunnery, the distance is not close, let him take the little guys to escort me!" Since she knew that Biyun liked Fu Liu, she often arranged for Biyun to deal with Fu Liu.
Biyun replied "yes" and retreated.
Mama Guo waited for another quarter of an hour, and Xu Cancan set off slowly.
The group left the Zhusheng Courtyard, and Mama Guo found that Xu Cancan was not very old and had a very big show - Biyun and Zhu Yan, two pretty maids, surrounded her, and Fu Liu took a few powerful men in small clothes to escort behind.
She secretly took a sip and scolded Xu Cancan's little family girl in her heart for pretending to be noble.
When they arrived at the gate of Luxue Nunnery, Fu Liu and the forbidden soldiers who pretended to be small servants stayed outside, and Biyun and Zhu Yan followed Xu Cancan into Luxue Nunnery.
The table of the Eight Immortals in the main house of Luxue'an was full of exquisite dishes, and Miss Fu Sixth and Miss Fu Qi were accompanying their mother to eat one on the left and one on the right.
Zhu Yan and Biyun stayed outside the door, Xu Cancan stepped in briskly alone, and squatted down to salute Mrs. Fu with a smile: "Greetings to Mother!" β
Mrs. Fu was still concentrating on dinner, as if she hadn't seen Xu Cancan.
The seventh Fu Guiying glanced at Xu Cancan, then lowered his head and continued to eat.
Miss Fu Liu had a sneer on her face, her eyes staring at Xu Cancan, wanting to see her make a fool of herself.
Xu Cancan squatted down and paused, waiting for Mrs. Fu to speak. Mrs. Fu pretended not to see her, and she didn't intend to let herself sufferβshe had already set a strategy when she came: she was thick-faced, deaf and shameless, and she should be cheated!
Therefore, her squatting action only lasted for five seconds, and seeing that Mrs. Fu did not react, she smiled and got up on her own.
Mrs. Fu didn't expect Xu Cancan's new daughter-in-law to be so thick-skinned just after passing the door, she raised her head and glared at Xu Cancan, and was about to reprimand Xu Cancan.
Xu Cancan didn't wait for her to speak, and smiled and instructed Mama Guo who was standing on the side: "Mama, please bring a basin of water, I will wash my hands and wait for my mother-in-law and sisters to eat!" β
Seeing Xu Cancan's actions, Mrs. Fu shut her mouth.
Mama Guo took the fragrant pancreas and a cloth towel to wipe her hands, and Yuzhu carried a golden basin of water, and the two walked in together, waiting for Xu Cancan to wash his hands.
Xu Cancan calmed down, and elegantly wet his hands in the golden basin first, waiting for Biyun to rub her fragrant pancreas well, and then reached out to the golden basin to wash.
After washing her hands, she stretched out her hands and looked at Mama Guo who was holding a cloth towel with watery eyes.
Mama Guo looked at Mrs. Fu and saw that Mrs. Fu really didn't react, so she resigned herself to wiping the water on Xu Cancan's hands with a cloth towel.
Mrs. Fu's eyes were like eagle falcons, staring at Xu Cancan's lower abdomen, hoping that Fu Yuchen had planted a seed in it, and when the seeds germinated and blossomed, she could go to her mother and keep her son, hold the child tightly, and rule the world with her sister.
As soon as Xu Cancan turned around, he found that Mrs. Fu's eyes were staring at her stomach hotly, and she couldn't help but be startled, and hurriedly looked at her clothes to see if there was anything wrong.
She is wearing a ruby red cross-necked shirt with narrow sleeves and a white gauze pleated skirt. Although Xu Cancan has meat on his body, his waist and abdomen are slender and flat, and there is no trace of fat.
Xu Cancan looked at it and felt that there was nothing wrong with him, so he called Biyun close by: "Help me roll up my sleeves!" "She has to call Biyun in to feel more secure!
Biyun was overjoyed when she heard this, hurriedly walked in, and carefully rolled up Xu Cancan's sleeves.
Xu Cancan stepped forward to wait for Mrs. Fu and the six girls and the seven girls to dine.
She received special aristocratic etiquette training in Xu Mansion, and she learned it seriously at that time, and she really used it today.
Miss Fu Liu stared at her for a long time, but she didn't find a flaw, and her attention was distracted by Xu Cancan's head inlaid with gold and ruby Manjushri Manchijiao.
She only felt that the gold was very bright, the ruby was very good, the red was extremely clear, and the whole jewelry style was extremely up-to-date, so she was envious, staring at Xu Cancan's distraction behind Chaoyun's incense bun, and she didn't even say anything, and said directly: "Hey, the distraction on your bun is so beautiful!" β
Xu Cancan pretended not to understand, and said with a smile: "Xie Lu Xie sister praises!" β
Miss Fu Liu saw that Xu Cancan was not open, so she unceremoniously asked: "The ruby is not lined with you, I will wear it to look good, give it to me!" β
When Xu Cancan heard this, he deliberately looked at Mrs. Fu with a hint of surprise.
This is Fu Meiying's problem since she was a child, and she never cares about the occasion, not only does her own reputation be damaged and no one comes to propose marriage, but also often makes Mrs. Fu's face gloomy, so that her sisters can't get off the stage.
Mrs. Fu couldn't help glaring at her when she saw that the sixth girl was embarrassed in front of her daughter-in-law.
Although Miss Fu Liu received her mother's anger, she could not resist the temptation of Xu Cancan's distraction with gold and ruby manjuri on her head, and said, "You don't look good when you wear it, give it to me!" β
Xu Cancan looked at Mrs. Fu with a smile, Mrs. Fu was annoyed and angry, and shouted: "Go back when you are full, where are there so many words!" β
Although Mrs. Fu is powerful, she has always doted on this girl who is most similar to herself, so she is used to Miss Fu Liu. Miss Fu Liu was not afraid of her at all, she only had the distraction on Xu Cancan's head in her eyes, and insisted on asking Xu Cancan for it.
This distraction was given to Xu Cancan by Fu Yuchen, and it was very important to Xu Cancan, she had no intention of giving it to Miss Fu Liu, so she gave a bowl of white fungus bird's nest porridge to Mrs. Fu with a smile, but she didn't speak.
White fungus bird's nest porridge is served in a white porcelain pot with four seasons flowers, and the lid is still covered on it, when Xu Cancan served the porridge, she tried the temperature and found that the temperature was quite high, she was afraid that Mrs. Fu would pour the hot porridge directly on her, so she touched it steadily, and reminded Mrs. Fu with a smile: "Mother, this porridge is a little hot!" β
Mrs. Fu hated Xu Cancan for not having eyes, but also hated her daughter for embarrassing herself, when she took the soup bowl, as soon as she let go, she was about to push the soup bowl to Xu Cancan, who knew that the soup bowl was still stable, and she found that Xu Cancan did not let go at all, and the soup bowl was still in her hand.
Xu Cancan smiled shyly: "Mother didn't catch it steadily, let the daughter-in-law come!" β
She placed the soup bowl firmly on the table in front of Mrs. Fu, took a step back, and stood on one side to continue waiting.
Miss Fu Qi had been silent, and now she looked at Xu Cancan. She naturally couldn't forget the deal Fu Yuchen made with her, so she said: "Brother and sister, please help me prepare a plate of fruit, I love watermelon recently!" β
Because it was the first time to speak for Fu Yuchen, her tongue was a little stiff, but she still said it. Naturally, the fruit didn't need to be prepared by Xu Cancan, Fu Guiying just found an excuse to let Xu Cancan go down and rest for a while, and when Xu Cancan came over with the fruit plate, I was afraid that the food would have been withdrawn.
Xu Cancan blessed his body with some doubts, and said, "I'll go and prepare for my sister!" With that, he retreated.
As soon as Xu Cancan left, Mrs. Fu reprimanded Biyun: "Don't go out yet!" β
As soon as Biyun went out, she heard Mrs. Fu scolding Miss Fu in a low voice.
It was already late at night, but on the official road to Wanzhou, the forbidden army with 80,000 strong soldiers and strong horses was riding horses and marching rapidly all night.
There was a small lantern hanging in the carriage in the middle of the procession, Fu Yuchen was sitting on a bench covered with soft cushions and closing his eyes to recuperate, listening to the rain sitting on one side, holding a brush in his hand, and a stack of snow wave paper on the small table in front of him, waiting for the son's orders.
And Song Hongyun, the head of the household department, sat on the other side, looking at Fu Yuchen with bright eyes - Fu Yuchen was afraid that the money and food would not be able to keep up with the rebellion and conquer the south, so he asked Emperor Yongan to send the head of the household department to come over and mediate.
Song Hongyun is the son-in-law of Chang Ziying, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the protΓ©gΓ© of Fu Yunzhang, the Duke of Dingguo, so he naturally supported Fu Yuchen, and soon became Fu Yuchen's right-hand man.
Fu Yuchen opened his eyes and stated in a low voice: "In terms of personnel, please don't interfere with the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, and I will choose the generals by myself; The soldiers' salaries had to be brought in advance, and the silver for the purchase of Persian artillery and muskets was to be sufficient; Those who spread rumors and disturb the morale of the army by court officials will be severely punished ......"
This is his note to Emperor Yong'an, and he must carefully consider it with Song Hongyun.
After the performance was completed, only Fu Yuchen was left in the car.
The lanterns in the car had been extinguished when the rain was about to leave, and the moonlight shone in through the windows, and it was not dark in the car.
Fu Yuchen opened the car window and looked out, the road was like a white ribbon under the moon, winding and not knowing where to go; In the distance, the corn and shrubs on both sides of the road were black, and the edge seemed to be invisible in the moonlight; The forbidden army rode horses, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the land......
Fu Yuchen has been busy all the way and has never had time to think about Xu Cancan, but in the middle of the night, he began to miss Xu Cancan.
Fu Yuchen wanted to hug Xu Cancan and kiss Xu Cancan, and his heart hurt when he thought about it.