Chapter 125: Interrogation
"I really didn't expect that Miss Chu Wu is a master of throwing pots. I wonder who taught Miss Chu Wu's throwing pots?" After Fu Guanjue and Xiao Jingsheng left, Xu Zhilan walked to Chu Xinyu's side and asked with a friend.
Chu Xinyu originally planned to leave. When she saw her coming to talk to her, she smiled and said, "I am not lucky enough to learn from professional masters. I am self-taught. Usually I like to throw stones and throw those stones into the shit trough like people I hate or enemies. I didn't expect that I would throw them in the results that appeared."
When Xu Zhilan and Princess Jing'an heard this, they were so angry that they almost vomited blood by her vulgar answer, throwing the hated people and enemies into the shit trough, thinking that if she hated them enough, they might be one of them, but Chu Xinyu did not name them, so they would not be stupid enough to take the right name.
Lan Yi was listening and couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. It seemed that the girl hated them very much, otherwise she wouldn't have thrown them into the shit trough, such as stones.
However, Miss Fu Er and the girl did not seem to have a greater grudge. How could they say that to her?
Fu Yingwu and Lin Yu were a little embarrassed. One was his sister and the other was a friend, so it was difficult to respond. Fu Yingwu was clever. Last time he hooked Chu Xinyu's arm and smiled and said, "Sister Yu, I'll take you to see the cherries I planted."
"OK."
Chu Xinyu agreed readily, and she didn't want to stay with them, for fear that she would blurt out the words Xu Zhilan when she looked at Xu Zhilan's face.
Then he said to the girls: "Everyone, you can enjoy the flowers slowly and play, Xinyu will not be with you. Oh, by the way, Princess Jing'an, we will see you in Tongque Street in three days."
Before leaving, she did not forget to remind Princess Jing'an what she promised, and was afraid that she would regret it, so she even set the date.
Princess Jing'an stared at her leaving back, placed it on both sides and hid it in her sleeves and held it tightly. The expression in her eyes was complicated and difficult to understand. Lin Yu stood beside her, and inadvertently raised his eyes and saw a whisper in his heart. He felt a whisper in his heart and frowned unconsciously.
In today's competition, Princess Jing'an promised in front of everyone that she would apologize to Chu Xinyu for the sake of face, but she knew her personality very well. She valued face. Now that she was being faced by Chu Xinyu again and again, she would definitely not be willing to give up, just because she was afraid that the apology would not be apologized.
"Princess Jing'an, don't be discouraged. Although Miss Chu Wu is excellent in both chess and calligraphy and painting, a girl learns these things at home to cultivate her sentiment and is of no use for the way to manage her family. What she wants is not chess and calligraphy and painting, but to understand common affairs, understand account books, and know how to communicate with others. These are what a mistress should learn from." A girl saw Princess Jing'an's gloomy face and pleased her.
"Yes, we were taught by our mothers how to manage housework since childhood. We will be clan wives in the future. I heard that Miss Chu Wu had a stepmother. There was no stepmother in the world who would teach her stepdaughter carefully. I guess she didn't teach her how to manage housework in the future." Another girl also covered her mouth with a veil and chuckled.
"Don't say that to Miss Chu Wu. In fact, it is rare for her to achieve such achievements. She is also a man without a mother, but she is better than me in all aspects. It can be seen that she is very smart. If she is asked to learn, she will definitely be easy to get started." Xu Zhilan helped to speak justice.
Princess Jing'an looked at her and said with a grudge: "You are the kindest, she has robbed your marriage, and you are still talking for her."
Xu Zhilan lowered her eyes and said, "Don't say that to Miss Chu Wu. I am just friends with the Marquis of Peking. I have no matchmaker's words. I can't say that she stole my marriage. I can only blame me for not being destined to be with him."
Seeing that Lin Yu talked about the relationship between the third brother and Fu Yinghua in front of him, she did not participate in the discussion. She was not easy to speak about such a thing, so she went aside to enjoy the flowers.
On this side, Chu Xinyu went to see the cherries planted by Fu Yingwu himself. There were about seven or eight trees in the garden. It was the end of April. When the cherry blossoms were blooming, the bunches of white flowers were very beautiful.
Fu Yingwu said that she likes to eat cherries the most. Cherries bear the first fruit last year and will bear again this year, so she will send some to her.
Chu Xinyu also likes to eat cherries. When she was a child, she planted a few trees in the backyard. She and Brother Xuanhui planted them together. Later, she followed her parents back to the capital, and she was most reluctant to leave them.
"Sister Yu, what will you do if Princess Jing'an doesn't apologize to you in three days?" Fu Yingwu stood under the cherry tree and saw that there was no one around, so she asked Chu Xinyu.
Chu Xinyu smiled and said, "I'm not worried about this, but don't worry. If she doesn't show up in Tongque Street in three days, it's not me who is in trouble."
She was indeed not worried about this, but now she would not explain to Fu Yingwu why Princess Jing'an would be in trouble if she didn't appear, and Fu Yingwu was not a gossiper. When she heard that she would not be in trouble, she felt relieved.
Fu Yingwu thought about it, lowered her voice, and warned her cautiously: "You should still be careful of Princess Jing'an in the future. I'm afraid she won't give up. If there is no need, please contact her less."
Chu Xinyu said: "You may have done a big deal. I think she has a good relationship with your second sister and also values friendship with your second sister. If she understands that I do not pose a threat to her and has no intention of getting along with her, she should not do anything to me."
"That's because my second sister saved her life three years ago. It's a coincidence that we went to Longhua Temple to burn incense. In the release pond, Princess Jing'an was releasing animals. Somehow, she fell into the water and was rescued by the mother. She had no breath at all and scared the mother. It was the second sister who got angry and rescued her back.
Since then, Princess Jing'an has been friends with her second sister, and the second sister is very nice to her. She never forgets to send her any good things. She will give her things during the Chinese New Year and holidays. Of course, Princess Jing'an is the same. If she has any good things, she will also send them to her second sister. So, half of the things she started the competition today were to resent for my second sister, but don't keep it in mind, my second sister definitely doesn't have that kind of meaning."
Fu Yingwu was worried that Chu Xinyu would blame Fu Yinghua and wanted to help her cut off her relationship. Chu Xinyu knew her thoughts and did not blame her. She nodded and said, "Well, I believe it."
It turned out that the relationship between Xu Zhilan and Princess Jing'an started because of life-saving grace. I remember that I trust Xu Zhilan, and it was also because she saved her.
That year, the second year after Xu Zhilan came to their house. She and Xu Zhilan secretly went to lanterns without telling their parents. At the street stall selling lanterns, she was choosing lanterns. The crowd on the street suddenly started to stir up. It turned out that someone was fighting. A wooden pillar not far from her was hanging on it with lanterns of various colors.
The pillar was broken by someone fighting and fell down in her direction.
She was shocked at that time, and Xu Zhilan stood beside her. Before she could avoid it, she rushed over and pressed her on her body. Xu Zhilan hit Zhuzi on her body. Her back was injured. Fortunately, she did not hurt her spine, but she lay in the bed for three months.
Although she was not happy that Xu Zhilan's pro-trial pounced on her, her actions at that time did touch her heart. From then on, she truly accepted her and became a member of the family. She also agreed to her request, removed the word "大" and called her sister.
Later, when her dagger stabbed into her body, she told herself that the so-called life-saving grace was arranged in advance, with the purpose of gaining her trust.
Now thinking about it, Princess Jing'an's friendship with her also began because of life-saving grace. Is it like her that in order to obtain Princess Jing'an's friendship, everything was arranged in advance?
After all, Xu Zhilan returned to the Fu family as her and had to maintain filial piety for three years. She had no chance to go out to socialize and meet new friends. But if she had a relationship with a few noble girls active in the noble women's circle when she was filial, then after she became filial, these people would be able to introduce them to the noble women's social circle, which would be much faster than to accumulate reputation and step in step by step.
Because Princess Jing'an was there, Chu Xinyu did not have lunch at Duke E's mansion. After seeing Fu Yingwu's cherry tree, she said goodbye and left.
After she left, Mrs. Fu also learned from the people that Chu Xinyu and Princess Jing'an were competing to throw a pot. She scolded Fu Yinghua and Fu Yingwu, saying that if they did not have the ability to entertain guests, they would not invite so many girls to enjoy the flowers in the future, otherwise it would be a joke.
Fu Yingwu felt very wronged. These people were not invited by her. She only invited Chu Xinyu. She had no idea that the second sister had also invited Princess Jing'an. If she knew, she would not have posted a post to let Chu Xinyu come to the mansion. She knew that their relationship was incompatible. If something went wrong, the people would not blame her or the second sister in the future, but directly targeted the tutor of the Duke of E's mansion. How could she make such a mistake?
Xu Zhilan was well-trained and admitted her mistakes to Mrs. Fu's scolding, saying that she would not commit it again next time. She said that she did not know that Princess Jing'an and Chu Xinyu had a bad relationship. This competition was initiated by Princess Jing'an. She had persuaded her, but she could not persuade her.
Mrs. Fu thought that it was the first time that she invited so many people to pass by the mansion, and it was inevitable that there would be any mistakes. They had never taught them well in their elders. However, today she did make a mistake and then shut down everyone, leaving only herself and Xu Zhilan in the room.
Mrs. Fu looked at her with a gentle look and asked, "You honestly told my grandmother that the emperor gave the third son of Lin. You regretted it, so you deliberately invited Princess Jing'an and the others to come to the mansion to enjoy the flowers? You have selfish intentions to let them meet, right?"
When Xu Zhilan heard this, his eyes suddenly turned red, "I, I didn't know he would make such a request at Baihua Banquet. If I knew, I would definitely do my best to paint the painting. At that time, I was just determined to participate and never thought about winning the prize or something. Later, the Imperial Concubine asked us to compete again, but figure painting is not what I am good at, I..."
As she said that, her tears fell all over the floor.
"Grandma, I know I missed it, just pretend that I have no fate with him, and today will not happen again."
Seeing her crying, Mrs. Fu felt soft-hearted. After all, she was her granddaughter. Her parents were not here and she didn't love her. Who else would love her? If the emperor hadn't spoken, this marriage could be saved. But the emperor could not repent unless the woman broke the engagement herself.
But today it seems that if Chu Xinyu had no such intention, otherwise he would not have won this competition. If she didn't want to, this competition would be her excuse.
Mrs. Fu sighed and comforted her, "There are many young men from aristocratic families with both moral integrity and talent in the capital. I missed this one and there is another one. Anyway, our family rules for women to marry for 18 years. You still have one year to choose slowly. If it is suitable, you can choose a date to get engaged first."
When Xu Zhilan heard Mrs. Fu's words, she suddenly felt relieved. Fortunately, she had already thought about saying something, and she didn't argue with anything. She just wanted the Fu family to feel guilty towards her.
As for the marriage between Chu Xinyu and Lin Chenyao, she will not let them go smoothly. Lin Chenyao is hers. He must only love her. He is his most reliable backer and will never be lost!
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Let’s talk about Chu Xinyu coming out of Duke E’s mansion and seeing the carriage of the Marquis of Zhongyi’s mansion parked at the door, he did not see Chu Zhizhang. It was noon now, maybe he was going to find a place to have a meal, so she didn’t think much about it. Lan Yi lifted the curtain and asked her to get on the carriage.
Chu Xinyu lowered her head and crawled in. Seeing that someone was already sitting in the carriage, her tall figure was startled. She was calm and saw that it was Lin Chenyao?
She frowned slightly: "Why did you climb onto my carriage without a sound?"
Lin Chenyao raised his eyebrows lightly and looked at her and said, "Do you see clearly, is it your carriage?"
Isn't it? Chu Xinyu looked at the carriage and it was indeed not the one she had taken before.
Lan Yi said outside at this time: "Girl, it's not our carriage."
She just helped the girl up and found that except for the curtains and the furnished ones in the Marquis’ Mansion, the others were not similar. She realized that they had gotten on the wrong car, and the driver of the carriage also came back, and was Uncle Jin from the Marquis’ Mansion of Beiping.
Only then did she realize that the carriage was from the Marquis of Beiping.
"Let's go." Uncle Jin drove and signaled Lan Yi to come up.
In the carriage, Chu Xinyu knew that she had gotten into the wrong car, so she wanted to turn around and get off, but the carriage started at this time, so she didn't feel pretentious and took the opportunity to sit down.
In the carriage, Lin Chenyao did not say anything, and Chu Xinyu didn't even say anything, and didn't even look at him. He lowered his head, but could feel a gaze falling on her and looking at her wantonly.
In the end, Chu Xinyu couldn't stand his gaze. He looked up and glared at him, and said, "What are you looking at?"
"Fool!"
A cold voice came out of his mouth, and she became angry inexplicably: "You are the idiot, your whole family is a idiot!"
"Give."
After saying that, he threw something to her.
Chu Xinyu didn't know what it was, but instinctively caught it. It was a green jade gourd, very transparent, like jade, but it was very cold in his palm.
"What does it mean?" Why did he give her this?
"Reduce fire." means that she is angry.
"No need." Chu Xinyu threw the jade gourd back to him, then glared at him angrily and said, "Lin Chenyao, what do you mean? Why did you appear in the Duke of E?"
Lin Chenyao looked at her and said slowly: "I just wanted to ask you, why do you come to Duke E's Mansion? Why do you agree to compete with Princess Jing'an?"
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