Chapter 2: (two)
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The Hou Mansion covers a wide area, with attics, courtyards and gardens all over the place. Among them, Mu Huanqing’s favorite place to go is the stable.
She has lived in the northern grasslands for nearly seven years. Knowing horses is her talent, and her love for horses is even more unusual. The desire to ride a horse is deeply rooted in her bones and blood.
A good horse has spirituality. After she has come a few times, all the horses in the stable have known her and will get close to her.
Beijing's noble family only pays attention to the beauty of horses and raises them as animals, but Mu Huanqing is different, she regards horses as partners, combs their manes for them, and helps them catch Itching, and sometimes secretly bring delicious wild fruit Danye to the horse to try.
Danmu is a sweet and delicious fruit that horses especially like to eat.
The horses in Hou's house usually eat grass and fodder. Mu Huanqing feeds them Danye, and the horses are very happy.
"My goodness, the fruit is gone, I will come to see you another day when I get the fruit." Mu Huanqing touched the horse, and the horse also rubbed her face against her, and was very close to her.
Sudden footsteps came, she knew someone was coming, and immediately hid behind the stable to hide her breath.
When she saw that it was Fu Yanlin, she couldn't help frowning.
Why did this Marquis come to the stable in person? On weekdays, the people who enter the stable are servants or horses who are responsible for taking care of the horses, and few masters come to the stables in person.
While she was wondering, she saw another slim figure. She also recognized this woman as Lin Ruoyou, the distant cousin of Lord Hou.
She suddenly realized that the two had an appointment to meet here.
From her point of view, I can only see Fu Yanlin's back, but I can't see his expression, but I can clearly see Lin Ruoyou's beautiful eyes, and Chu Chulian A tear slipped down her face, and that tear stopped at Fu Yanlin's raised finger because he gently wiped it away for her.
The two stood there, like people walking out of a painting, they were very right, and the affection in Lin Ruoyou's eyes made Mu Huanqing think of Fu Rong, the first lady of Hou's residence yesterday I came to her, and said something to stimulate her, saying that her elder brother had already had a crush on someone, presumably this crush was Lin Ruoyou.
Seeing her husband having a tryst with another woman, Mu Dianqing couldn't tell how she felt. Northerners are enthusiastic and heroic, and they will say out loud who they like. Scenes like this are often seen in men and women trysts. Every spring, more men and women meet privately in the wild.
After all, she is already a nineteen-year-old girl, and she is not a boudoir girl who does not leave the door or the second door. She has a lot of knowledge, and Fu Yanlin is still very unfamiliar to her, so even if Seeing that he and Lin Ruoyou had a secret meeting, she didn't feel anything.
"Who!" Fu Yanlin suddenly shouted angrily, and those sharp eyes shot straight at the place where she was hiding.
Huh? Found out?
Mu Huanqing was surprised, he had clearly restrained his breath, but he was still aware of this person's six senses being so sharp?
"Come out!" he ordered coldly.
Mu Huanqing thought about it, she was not afraid, since she was discovered, she came out generously.
When Fu Yanlin saw it was her, he was stunned, and then his face sank. Lin Ruoyou hid behind his cousin in fear, as if she was a tigress that can eat people.
Fu Yanlin's eagle eyes suddenly froze, and his face sank: "Are you eavesdropping?"
"No, I came to see the horse." She spoke calmly, without the embarrassment of being caught.
Fu Yanlin certainly doesn't believe it. "Why are you hiding since you are watching horses?"
"You are hiding from me. When I see you, I have to hide."
He was stunned, not expecting her to speak so bluntly.
Mu Huanqing didn't wait for him to speak to rush people, and then said: "Two slow chat, I'm disturbing." After speaking, she quickly turned and walked away, as if she was just an outsider.
I don't want to be a grudge.
In the eyes of outsiders, this marriage was bestowed by the emperor himself.
Complaining about herself and pity in the back house is definitely not what she Mu Huanqing would do. Even if she gets married, she refuses to follow in the footsteps of the women in the back house, and expects her husband's favor to live her life for the rest of her life. , or give birth to a son and hope that the mother is expensive with the child.
She has her own plans, and she will find a way to find another way out for herself. Of course, it would be nice if she and Fu Yanlin were at peace with each other, as long as he didn't provoke her, she wouldn't provoke him either.
A marriage certificate can't bind her, so she won't ask what Fu Yanlin wants to do or who she loves.
She walked too fast, so she didn't see Fu Yanlin looking at her leaving back with thoughtful eyes.
"Cousin?"
Hearing Lin Ruoyou's soft call, Fu Yanlin withdrew his gaze and looked at her worried expression.
"She...isn't she angry? If my cousin finds it difficult to take a concubine, let's forget it..."
She bit her lip, and lowered her head slowly.
Fu Yanlin frowned deeply, raised her chin, and sure enough, she saw her beautiful eyes glow with water again.
He reprimanded softly. "What are you afraid of? With me here, don't be afraid. It's just that I can't give you a wife, and I have wronged you."
Lin Ruoyou hurriedly shook her head. "As long as I can be with my cousin, I won't feel wronged."
Fu Yanlin sighed, put her in his arms, and comforted her in a low voice. "I understand, don't cry."
He originally wanted to marry his cousin, she was gentle and very pleasing to him, and his parents also loved her. He thought that his wife was her, but who knew that an imperial decree broke his plan.
The new emperor took the throne for a year, the government was uneasy, and the court was divided into two factions. In the sect, most of them were young courtiers.
His grandfather's faction followed the old emperor to conquer the world, and was closely related to the prime minister's faction. In his generation, although he and his father did not indicate which faction they were in, his father was with the minister. If the adults are not compatible, he will naturally not marry the shepherd's daughter.
He had a newlywed wife, and the newlyweds were also absent when they served tea, just to show that the Marquis of Zhenyuan did not like the daughter of the shepherd's family, and marrying them did not mean that their marquis would rely on the new faction from now on. , he Fu Yanlin is not someone who can make people round and flat.
He deliberately alienated Mu Huanqing, but he could also feel that she did not want to get too close to him. When the two looked at each other, she was not as shy as a woman should be, but calmly look at him.
But he didn't believe her. Mu Cangying is a cunning person and never does anything useless, so the Mu family's daughter who married into the Hou's mansion must not be a role to be looked down upon.
Mu Liaoying wants to pull the Hou Mansion into the camp, and make the Prime Minister's faction suspicious of the Hou Mansion.
Mu Huanqing greeted him from the main palace.
But Mu Huanqing was not surprised at all, she knew that if she hadn't taken the wife's position, Fu Yanlin originally planned to marry Lin Ruoyou, and she also knew very well that the mansion was all there. watch her play.
For this reason, my mother-in-law called her specially to persuade a man that it is normal to have three wives and four concubines. On the surface, it was to appease her, but in fact, it was to warn her not to make things happen to the emperor, otherwise everyone would Not good looking. The young lady Fu Rong on the side seized the opportunity and took the opportunity to suppress her, telling her not to be jealous and to be careful of committing seven crimes.
Not only is Mu Huanqing not angry, but she respectfully responds, and at the same time agrees: "Mother-in-law and aunt are right, just like my father, there are five concubines in the backyard! Father-in-law's backyard also has four Auntie, not only that, I heard that the senior officials and gentlemen of the same rank as our Houye, at least four or five aunties are serving, and the backyard of our Zhenyuan Houfu cannot be left behind. Houye is a talented person, The future is boundless, no matter what, I have to accept six concubines so that I won’t feel wronged.”
She spoke with sincerity and at the same time volunteered herself. If necessary, she was willing to inquire and list all the noble girls in good conditions and show them to her mother-in-law and sister-in-law. See details together.
She spoke with joy, but her mother-in-law and aunt were speechless for a while. After she left, the old lady of Hou Mansion turned to look at her daughter.
"You said what she said just now, is it true or false?"
Fu Rong pouted and snorted: "Of course it's fake, I don't believe she has such a big belly, and she has to add so many people to the eldest brother's house."
The old lady nodded in agreement. "This shepherd's daughter is really not simple. She is still newly married, and her husband accepts her aunt to come in. She can be so calm that she can't see the difference at all. In turn, she has to accept more aunts for her husband. Those people she mentioned are indeed beneficial to our Houfu, and the analysis is quite reasonable, and I am really tempted."
Fu Rong widened her eyes in surprise. "Mother, you don't really want to add so many concubines for eldest brother, do you?"
The old lady rolled her eyes at her daughter. "You're stupid, your eldest brother only accepted Ruoyou in less than ten days after getting married. We have to beware of that old fox surnamed Mu sue your eldest brother at the emperor's place. How can you really add another aunt? What's more, your eldest brother's The temperament is still not willing!"
Speaking of Mu, Fu Rong snorted coldly. "If it wasn't for the shepherd's plan to force the eldest brother to marry that woman, the cousin would not be a concubine." Fu Rong was on the side of her cousin Lin Ruoyou, and took grievances for her eldest brother. There are too many cousins.
When she thought of Ruoyou's cousin's grievance, she felt distressed, so she naturally put the account on Mu Huanqing's head.
The old lady shook her head. "I'm married, the emperor's imperial edict cannot be violated, so I have to feel sorry for Ruoyou. Although I am a concubine, I will not let Ruoyou suffer. To put it bluntly, that name is just for outsiders to see, and the door is closed. Come on, you can live the same life as Madam, and your elder brother and I will protect her."
Fu Rong smiled and said, "I also comfort my cousin in the same way. What if it's a concubine? It depends on who the eldest brother likes, as long as he gives birth to a son, the future prince position will not fall to her. In your hand, don't even think about the surnamed Mu."
The old lady and her daughter were talking and laughing in the room, and Si Bo quietly left without knowing a figure outside the window.
Mu Huanqing listened to all these words word for word, she shook her head, it really is the same backyard, intrigue, suspicious, this fight back and forth, the fight is still Those ones.
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After Zhenyuan Hou accepted Concubine Lin, she stayed in Concubine Lin's house for more than two months and never entered Mu Huanqing's yard.
For a long time, some good people started to gossip about Concubine Lin in Mu Huanqing's ear, and deliberately provoked right and wrong, saying that the Hou Ye is a concubine to kill his wife, and the sister-in-law does not help the sister-in-law. , and also helped my aunt to dominate Hou Ye's favor.
The people who said these words to her were Fu Rui, the unmarried concubine of the old marquis, and the third wife. Besides, there is always something right and wrong in words.
The battle between the old marquis and the aunts and the long-term disagreement between the third and fourth daughters-in-law, Mu Huanqing knew it, they sounded like they were standing on her side On the one hand, she actually wanted to use her power to suppress the big house girl.
But this is a matter between her and Hou Ye, what is it with others?
Mu Huanqing smiled and said, "I'm not in good health. With Aunt Lin helping to serve the Lord, I can't be happy too late."
"She is not a green onion, but a delicate peony, very beautiful!"
Fu Rui choked on hearing this, and then reluctantly emphasized. "But Lord Hou shouldn't just ignore you like this!"
Mu Huanqing replied strangely: "Huh? He didn't neglect me!"
"This...he didn't even enter your house..."
"I didn't enter his house either."
"I mean...you haven't..."
"Nothing?" She opened her eyes in confusion.
"Um...do you really mind?"
"Mind what?"
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There are some things that everyone knows well and won't break it out. For example, she and Hou Ye have been married for a month, but they haven't gotten married yet. Hou Ye won't enter her house at all, but Mu Huanqing is Deliberately pretending to be stupid, not attacking or breaking, and continuing to stay in her yard peacefully.
As long as she doesn't respond to other people's words, there is no way for others to make trouble.
So the rumors about Mu Huanqing changed again. Some people say that she is a person who is afraid of things and is as timid as a mouse; some people say that she is a clever trick to please the Lord. She is so knowledgeable and interesting, and the human heart is made of flesh. Soft-hearted.
When Mu Huanqing heard those rumors, she just laughed it off. She tried not to fall into the cliché of fighting in the back house, but she didn't know that some things and some people could be avoided if she didn't want to. It's open.