As soon as she returned home, the Queen Mother immediately came to the door and involved Guan Xiuyan. Shi Fuxin was in a very bad mood. While she was changing clothes, Chu Yao came back.
"Why are you frowning?"
When Shi Fuxin saw Chu Yao coming in with a frown on his face, he stepped forward and stretched out his hand to smooth his brows: "Stop frowning in the future. He looks like a little old man. He is not handsome at all."
Chu Yao held Shi Fuxin's hand and looked at her solemnly: "The prince's kneecap was shattered, and even Dr. Zhan couldn't cure it. The queen mother was very angry."
"It would be inappropriate for the Queen Mother to rebuke Doctor Zhan and call you into the palace, for fear of venting her anger on you."
Shi Fuxin looked at her clenched hand: "I know, the Queen Mother is trying to pick out the soft persimmons."
Chu Yao shook his head: "Not only that, the Queen Mother was also very angry when you contradicted the Queen and rejected the Crown Prince. She will definitely use this to teach you a lesson."
Shi Fuxin frowned: "Is it possible that the Queen Mother can still punish me corporally for no reason?"
Seeing that Chu Yao acquiesced with a serious look on his face, Shi Fuxin withdrew her hand and frowned in thought.
Chu Yao looked at her: "The only one who can suppress the Queen Mother is the Queen Mother. Please hurry up and have someone go to Duke Anguo's Mansion to inform your third sister and ask her to come forward and ask the Queen Mother to help you."
Shi Fuxin was not very positive about this: "The Empress Dowager is old and has long been idle. In order to leave a shadow for the Xiao family, she may not be willing to be hostile to the Empress Dowager."
"Besides, even if the Queen Mother helped me this time, is it possible that if the Queen Mother comes to trouble me in the future, she will help me two or three times?"
"We still have to find a way to solve the problem from the source. We have to find a way to completely solve the problem of the Queen Mother."
Chu Yao's eyelids jumped wildly when he heard this: "Don't mess around."
Shi Fuxin found that Chu Yao suddenly became very nervous, and was very puzzled: "What's wrong with you?"
Chu Yao rolled his eyes in his heart.
What happened to him?
Can he say he was scared?
When he thought of Shi Liu's super combat power that could kill two top masters at the same time, he was really afraid that she might not hold back and kill the Queen Mother.
"Some people can't act casually. For example, if you go to see the Queen Mother, there will be news that something happened to the Queen Mother. Outsiders will definitely associate you with the Queen Mother's accident."
When Shi Fuxin saw what Chu Yao said, she smiled: "Ms. sir, I realize that you think highly of me. You actually think that I dare to do something in the palace!"
Chu Yao didn't want to talk. If he didn't know that Shi Liu was Bai Yueguang, he would definitely not think so, but he had witnessed with his own eyes the scene where Bai Yueguang broke into Beiyan Palace alone and forced King Beiyan not to touch Ye Mo.
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Shi Fuxin comforted her: "Don't worry, I'm not a brainless person, so I won't do anything in the palace."
Speaking of this, Shi Fuxin looked at Chu Yao seriously: "Ms. sir, I find that you have a serious misunderstanding of me. I have never been a person who likes to fight. You have known me for so long, but have you ever seen me before?"
Have you ever done anything to me?"
As he said that, he nodded his head, "I always rely on my brain to solve problems. Now you know, your worries just now are completely unnecessary."
Chu Yao looked at Shi Fuxin with a serious face and said nothing.
At this moment, the nun beside Princess Guan came over and urged: "Third Madam, the palace servants around the Queen Mother are still waiting. Princess Guan wants you to clean up quickly."
Shi Fuxin said "hmm" and looked at Chu Yao: "I will take care of the Queen Mother's troubles for me. However, the Queen Mother keeps summoning cousin Guan. Do you know what she means?"
Chu Yao's eyes immediately averted and he turned to one side, as if he didn't dare to face Shi Fuxin directly.
Shi Fuxin immediately chuckled: "It's really annoying for powerful people like the Queen Mother. In order to show their authority, they always intimidate others by controlling other women's lives. I'm afraid she has forgotten that she is also a woman.
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With that said, he walked up to Chu Yao and looked directly at him: "What do you mean?"
Chu Yao hurriedly said: "Of course I don't want to, but my mother and concubine"
Shi Fuxin looked at him with disgust: "It's okay if you can't handle it, Queen Mother. How come you can't handle it, too? I used to think you were pretty powerful, but now I realize more and more that you are just a paper tiger."
Just when Chu Yao was about to say something in defense, he heard Shi Fuxin ask: "What do you think of cousin Guan?"
"What can I think about?"
"Of course I have no intention!"
Chu Yao quickly expressed his attitude, and then hesitated: "Cousin Guan is a poor person. I was ostracized in the palace before, and she helped me a lot. I sincerely hope she can find a good home."<
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"Actually, I have been secretly helping her find suitable families for the past two years. I just told my mother-in-law, but she always blocked her. I couldn't directly intervene in my cousin's marriage, so the matter has been delayed until now." Shi Fuxin: "Do you know why you are at the bottom of the palace's food chain?"
Chu Yao was stunned.
Shi Fuxin said quietly: "Everyone else in the palace can control the mother and concubine, but you can't."
"As the head wife of my father, the concubine has been married into the palace for so many years and has never touched the power of the head of the family. This shows that her life has been a failure."
"You can't even win over the mother-in-law who is hampered by everything. If you are not the weakest person in the palace, who is?"
"Others in the palace control the mother-in-law, and the mother-in-law controls you. Although you are the most powerful person outside the palace, people from the palace can still ride on your neck."
"This is why your life has been so unsatisfactory these years!"
Chu Yao remained silent.
Shi Fuxin looked at him: "What if the Queen Mother really wants to tell you about cousin Guan?"
Chu Yao walked around the room a little irritably: "Ever since the Queen Mother summoned my cousin, I have vaguely guessed what the Queen Mother means. These days, I have been looking for officials' children with good conduct."
"I do have two suitable candidates, but this is just my idea. I don't know what my cousin thinks."
"Originally, I had planned to arrange for my cousin to meet with them in the past two days, but I didn't expect that the Queen Mother would summon you in such a hurry."
Chu Yao looked at Shi Fuxin: "The queen mother is probably meeting you this time because of the prince's leg injury, so she won't mention the cousin's matter."
"As long as we don't mention it this time, when you leave the palace, we will immediately arrange for my cousin to visit those two people. What do you think?"
After hearing this, Shi Fuxin nodded: "That's all we can do now."
Having said what needed to be said, Shi Fuxin took An Ran and Xiaofang to the main courtyard.
On the way to the main courtyard, Shi Fuxin saw Guan Xiuyan, who came specially to block her.
"Xiuyan has met my cousin sister-in-law."
"Is there something wrong with my cousin?"
Guan Xiuyan looked at Shi Fuxin and hesitated to speak.
Shi Fuxin just looked at her and didn't ask.
Guan Xiuyan waited for a while, but when she saw that Shi Fuxin did not speak, she could only take the initiative and said: "During the period when my cousin was away, the Queen Mother summoned me twice. Her intention was very clear, and she wanted me to be my cousin's concubine."<
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Shi Fuxin looked at her: "What do you think? Do you want to be someone's concubine?"
Guan Xiuyan was stunned. In her expectation, she thought that her cousin would be furious, that the Queen Mother's hand would be too long, that she would be angry at her, and that she would scold her. She did not expect that the first thing her cousin would ask was whether she wanted to do it! p>
Guan Xiuyan glanced at Shi Fuxin, covered up the complexity in her eyes, and said with a wry smile: "Does it matter whether I want to or not? After my parents died, I was an orphan who depended on others, and I was a completely helpless person."
Shi Fuxin didn't like Guan Xiuyan's self-pitying tone very much, and frowned: "As long as you are alive, everyone has the opportunity to decide their own destiny. It depends on whether you have the courage and whether you are willing to take risks."
"The Queen Mother is very noble, but if you don't want to, you can always find a way to push it away."
Guan Xiuyan looked at Shi Fuxin: "My sister-in-law is the hero in the cosmetics industry, but I don't have the ability of my sister-in-law. I can't do anything. Even my food and clothing depend on my aunt's love."
Shi Fuxin didn't want to tell Guan Xiuyan about her tragic life experience here, but she still said patiently: "As long as you want, you can do a lot of things."
"For example, you can ask for help."
"You were raised by your mother-in-law. She must have feelings for you. Even your husband-in-law treats you as his biological sister. Whether you are your mother-in-law or your husband-in-law, I think they are very willing to help you.
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Hearing this, Guan Xiuyan's eyes flickered for a moment, and then her face turned dark and confused: "How can I cause trouble to my aunt and cousin again?"
Listening to Guan Xiuyan's vague words, Shi Fuxin looked at her deeply for a while, and did not immediately tell Chu Yao that Chu Yao had already identified a suitable candidate for him, but asked: "So, what do you want to tell me?
What?"
Guan Xiuyan lowered her eyes and said: "The Queen Mother will probably mention this matter when she summons her cousin this time. I am here to tell my cousin not to argue with the Queen Mother."
Shi Fuxin looked at Guan Xiuyan, who was avoiding her eyes, and slowly raised her lips: "Not to mention what the Queen Mother will say when she summons me. Even if the Queen Mother has any ideas and requests, how will I respond to them? It seems to be the same as cousin Guan.
It doesn’t matter to you.”
Guan Xiuyan said anxiously: "Cousin, I really do it for everyone's benefit. You have already offended the queen and the prince. If you offend the queen mother again, it will not be a good thing for you, my cousin, or the palace.
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Hearing these words, Shi Fuxin was completely annoyed by Guan Xiuyan: "I thank you for your kindness to me, but I ask myself that I haven't done anything for you, so please take your kindness back, I can't bear it."
Guan Xiuyan noticed the change in Shi Fuxin's attitude: "Cousin, believe it or not, I never thought about competing with you for my cousin. I was raised by my aunt, and I really hope that I can share the burden with her and my cousin.
Some."
"I know my sister-in-law is a powerful person, but the prince is the heir apparent, and the Wei family is powerful. My cousin has to deal with so many serious injuries from secret arrows alone. I think we should cause less trouble for him."
Shi Fuxin laughed out loud: "You said it, that's what you think."
"Cousin girl!"
Shi Fuxin suddenly raised her voice: "Let me tell you what I think. I think everyone should just mind their own business and don't always worry about other people's affairs."
"Not to mention whether you have the ability to worry about other people's affairs, just say that if you think about others all day long and pretend to be good for others, apart from touching yourself, not only will you not be able to solve any practical problems, but you may also make the situation worse.
Complicated."
"To be honest, this look is actually quite ugly."
Guan Xiuyan's expression paused, and then a look of shame and anger appeared on her face: "My cousin, do you think I have ulterior motives?"
Shi Fuxin shook her head: "I'm afraid you don't even know that you have ulterior motives." She chuckled, "Look at how righteous and righteous you are now."
"Don't you know that you have caused trouble to others?"
Guan Xiuyan shook her head in disbelief: "I didn't."
Shi Fuxin was silent for a moment and suddenly asked: "Cousin Guan, do you know why my husband has been unable to get married before?"
Guan Xiuyan looked at Shi Fuxin in confusion, wondering why she suddenly asked this.
Shi Fuxin smiled lightly and said: "Apart from the husband-in-law factor, one of the reasons is that the husband-in-law has a cousin who grew up together. This alone has made many girls from good families shy away."
Guan Xiuyan's expression changed: "What does my cousin mean by this?"
Shi Fuxin looked a little indifferent: "What I mean is, cousin Guan, you have crossed the line. You may not have any bad intentions, but what you do has a bad impact on others."
Guan Xiuyan's expression changed a little: "Cousin, I really want to get along with you."
The meaning of these words was somewhat unclear, and Shi Fuxin smiled and said: "I think so too, and I also do this. As for cousin Guan, I heard your thoughts today, and I'll see what you do in the future."<
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"I am a very particular person. What I care about is what a person does, not what she says."
Guan Xiuyan stopped talking.
Shi Fuxin didn't want to talk to her anymore and said directly: "Before going out, my husband came back from the Supervision Department to give me a few words. He told me that he had already scouted two suitable officials for you. When we get there,
After the Queen Mother comes out of the palace, I will arrange for you to see me."
"As long as you are engaged, how can the Queen Mother force you to do something for others?"
Guan Xiuyan was stunned: "Cousin, is he really looking after me secretly?"
Shi Fuxin smiled and said: "My husband is not a person who disdains telling lies."
At this moment, people from Princess Guan's courtyard came over again. Shi Fuxin glanced at Guan Xiuyan, who was hanging her head and didn't know what she was thinking, and went to the main courtyard first.
Watching Shi Fuxin enter the main courtyard, Guan Xiuyan did not follow her immediately, but stood outside the courtyard with a frown, looking a little struggling and confused.
Hui'er looked at her worriedly: "Girl, are you okay?"
Guan Xiuyan smiled bitterly and said: "My cousin is secretly helping me choose the candidates. He doesn't have me at all in his heart."
Hui'er moved her lips and wanted to say that the third master did have a girl in his heart, but not in the way the girl thought.
"Girl, since the Third Master has made arrangements for you, we don't have to worry about the Queen Mother anymore. Anyway, the Queen Mother is summoning today, and the Third Lady is in front of her. It has nothing to do with you."
Guan Xiuyan did not speak. On the one hand, she also had her own dignity and did not want to be a concubine; on the other hand, she could not let go of Chu Yao.
The two thoughts were entangled together, making her extremely upset.
"Girl, the princess and the third lady are coming out."
The old princess was of the same generation as the Queen Mother. This time, the queen mother did not call her the old princess. Instead, she brought Shi Fuxin and Guan Xiuyan into the palace.