Xu Jin sat in the study, rubbing his chin with his right hand unconsciously, and flipped the pages of secret letters handed by Xu Jia casually with his left hand.

The Qiu family is also a famous family in the capital. If you really want to investigate, there are quite a lot of stories.

After reading it briefly, no abnormality was found. Xu Jin once again put a secret letter specially brought out by Xu Jia next to him in front of him. A playful look flashed in his eyes and asked Xu Jia with a smile: "Who connected them together?"

The royal palace has raised so many secret guards, so Xu Jin cannot be familiar with each one, but Xu Jia, who is in charge of them, must be clear about it.

Xu Jia did not take credit for his subordinates and said a name with a smile, "Actually, the news here was almost done in the middle of the month, because he did not find any contact with King An, but the prince also determined that the two were involved. When we discussed together, Chen Ji jokingly said, "The more he thought about it, the more likely he was, he went to check..."

Xu Jin nodded and ordered Xu Jia to send a reward to Chen. He burned other secret letters and went to Fuqiuyuan.

Fu Rong saw Brother Ling Shou playing hide-and-seek with a few little maids.

Xu Jin came over, and Fu Rong followed him into the house.

"Look at this." Xu Jin held her and sat on the chair, stuffing the secret letter into her hand.

Fu Rong opened it curiously.

On the letter paper are rows of neat and powerful small calligraphy, concise and explaining the matter clearly.

Fu Rong was incredulous and asked in response to the three words "Chu Concubine" above: "Chu Concubine, yes..."

"The mother of King An." Xu Jin put his chin on her shoulder and whispered to her what was not written in the letter, "The King An was one year older than me. When he was six years old, Concubine Chu died of illness. I remember my mother seemed to say that Concubine Chu was the same age as her."

After hearing this, Fu Rong felt aroused in his heart and asked in shock: "Is it that King An belongs to Qiu Duo..."

Xu Jin covered her mouth and did not let her say the ruthless words. He explained in time: "No, Concubine Chu was pregnant the second year after entering the palace. Qiu Duo was in the border for those two years. There is no doubt that King An was indeed the blood of the previous emperor." Involving the royal bloodline, how could the previous emperor allow such a scandal to happen?

After resolving the suspicion, Fu Rong suddenly felt a little sad when he thought of the reason why Qiu Duo helped King An.

Qiu Duo traveled to Luoyang when he was young and met Concubine Chu. Before he could talk about marriage, he hurried to the border. When he was bravely fighting the enemy at the border, Concubine Chu was selected as a concubine and entered the palace. The following year, Qiu Duo returned after becoming famous. His sweetheart had become a nobleman of the late emperor. After being pregnant, the late emperor died of illness and Emperor Jiahe ascended the throne. Concubine Chu gave birth to King An and was granted the title of Concubine. He was trapped in the harem and could not leave anywhere until he passed away.

Qiu Duo must have liked Concubine Chu very much, so he chose to assist her child ascend the throne.

"Does King An know about his mother's relationship with Qiu Duo?" Putting down the letter, Fu Rong raised his head and asked Xu Jin.

Xu Jin shook his head and held her hand and said, "He has been out of the palace for so many years. Has he passed the letter to Qiu Duo? I can't find out if he has been too long. Last time Xuanxuan saw them together, it might be a chance encounter or a secret discussion. Unless the two of them have follow-up actions, we can't confirm it. However, Qiu Duo is quite affectionate and has not married yet."

It was precisely because Qiu Duo had never married that his subordinates thought about it and followed suit.

Fu Rong read the letter again and sighed: "It's a pity that a lover is a couple. If Concubine Chu could marry Qiu Duo, she would be very happy, right? How many men can do what Qiu Duo?"

The speaker is unintentional, and the listener is intentional.

Looking at Fu Rong's regretful expression, Xu Jin thought of King An and Xu Yan. Both of them had not married yet and had been involved with Fu Rong. If they didn't marry, were they still thinking about Fu Rong? As for Fu Rong, would she believe that both of them were infatuated good men?

Xu Jin felt uncomfortable and bit her ear: "What kind of good man is that? If you really like her, you should marry her early instead of regretting it afterwards. Just like us, as long as I like you, I will never let you marry someone else. Even if you marry, I will rob you back."

He spoke very seriously, but Fu Rong thought of the two of them before and said with a funny look: "Come on, the prince ignored me in anger? If the father hadn't happened to point me to you, I would have married someone else long ago, and the prince also had another beautiful wife."

Xu Jin choked all of a sudden.

He stopped talking, Fu Rong looked up and saw Xu Jin's face gloomy, and quickly rubbed against his chest: "I said casually, don't take it to your heart. God knows that we are a pair, so when we quarrel, he matched us through his father's emperor, and let me know how blind I was. I didn't see the prince's sincerity towards me before, and after marriage, I found out that the prince was the best man in the world."

Xu Jin knew that Fu Rong was just coaxing him. In her heart, he, who had once "abandoned her and ignored her", was definitely not as good as those two men who had not married yet. No matter how good he was to her, he was not as touched as Qiu Duo and Xu Yan.

Xu Jin became more and more angry the more he thought about it. Anyway, he was already so kind to her. He was not afraid of being laughed at by her. He raised her chin and said, "I begged my father to point you to me, otherwise you think my father would like you to your identity? I can't stand you for marrying someone else. I begged my father for the first time. Dao. Although I was angry with you at that time, I knew that I like you in my heart. I would rather mock me after you learned the truth, and I would marry you. So don't believe in those so-called infatuated men. They are useless. They can't protect your beloved women. What's the use of being infatuated?"

Fu Rong was stunned and stared at him blankly.

So that's it.

No wonder she failed to marry King An. It was Xu Jin who asked Emperor Jiahe, one of whom was half-brother and the other was his own son. Emperor Jiahe would of course meet his son's requirements.

In a flash, I thought of the cold faces that Xu Jin gave her before and after the engagement.

Fu Rong felt indescribable, and various situations flashed through her mind. She instinctively asked: "Since the prince has always liked me, that is to say, you deliberately scared me in the inn? That time I was threatened by Wu Baiqi in the Qin Mansion, and the prince deliberately did not help? And..."

She said the same thing, and Xu Jin's face became hotter, afraid that she would see him, so he pressed the person in his arms and refused to let her look up: "Yes, I just deliberately treat you badly. I like you, but you don't like me, can't I beg you? Do you think you are not wrong? If you look at me more, if you take the initiative to ask me for help, I will ignore you? You don't take me seriously. At that time, I went to find you every night regardless of the cold winter and hot summer, and treated you as a baby. How did you treat me? You returned all my jade pendants and pearls, and you said should I be angry?"

Recalling the anger at the beginning, Xu Jin tightened her waist, as if he wanted to punish her.

Fu Rong felt pain and laughed.

She obediently gave him a hand, and the more she smiled, the sweeter she felt. Thinking that Xu Jin had a heart that was expecting her to take the initiative to pay attention to him, Fu Rong really felt that she was a little bullying. Not only did she not do as he wanted, she was also complacent about being able to break up with him. If Xu Jin could see her thoughts, she would definitely be angry, right?

She raised her head and looked at the stupid prince who was obviously very proud but was willing to give her an opportunity to laugh at him in order to prove that he was a lovely man. Fu Rong didn't know what to say to comfort him with the "wrongedness" he suffered in the past, so she pulled down his neck and kissed his lips, just like when he used to coax her, gently holding it in his mouth and tossed gently.

Xu Jin didn't like this gentle compensation at all. He picked her up, closed the door first, and then threw her on the bed.

She took advantage of him and he wanted to get it back, so that she could not even have room for comfort.

The dress was torn apart by someone and fell to the ground one by one. The prince was rude and savage, and the beauty had nowhere to hide.

The brother Wang outside was tired of playing and wanted to find his mother. Mei Xiang led him into the house. Before she could reach the door of the inner room, she suddenly heard the familiar sound of the bed shaking. Her face turned hot, and she quickly picked up the brother Wang, pointed to the outside and said, "When the prince hid, the prince went to the garden. Is the prince going there to look for it?"

"Go!" Brother Wang pouted, not very happy because his parents didn't take him.

Mei Xiang led the young prince out.

Ling Shou followed aside and looked at the carved window, a little confused. How did he remember that the prince and the princess had never come out after entering?

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After February, Fu Rong began to prepare for the second birthday banquet of Brother Wang. This time, unlike the weekly catching, it was better to invite relatives from both sides to spend the house and lively, so it was easier.

On the ninth day of the lunar month, Qiao called her eight-year-old son over early in the morning and solemnly instructed: "When you arrive at your third sister, be honest and dare to talk nonsense in front of Brother Wang. I will not take you out in the future."

Last year, when she arrested Zhou, she didn't know that her son had hidden Jade Abacus privately. It was not until she saw it on the table where Brother Wang was arresting Zhou that she knew that the brat had not lost his job, but she even planned to lead his prince's nephew astray. Fortunately, Brother Wang didn't take a look at the broken Abacus. She was really arrested. Qiao had no shame to see the prince's son-in-law again.

Brother Guan was one year older and became sensible, so he nodded obediently.

Qiao looked at him suspiciously. When she looked up, she saw her little daughter Fu Xuan was ready to come over. She was wearing a bamboo green wool and couldn't help but frown, "Why are you always wearing so plain clothes? When you go back and change your body brightly. Last time your sister gave you a lot of good materials. If you don't wear them now, when will you wait?"

The fifteen-year-old girl is so angry that she doesn't know how to dress up?

Fu Xuan looked at his mother and waved to Guan Ge'er: "The carriage outside is ready. Brother comes here. Let's go to the carriage to wait for my mother first."

Brother Guan ran over with a grin.

Qiao was furious, but she was helpless with Fu Xuan. The advice didn't work. She couldn't force her to change her clothes by pressing her daughter, right?

Taking a deep breath, Qiao went to see how Qiao Xing and others prepared the gift.

Two quarters of an hour later, the carriage of the Hou Mansion slowly headed towards the Su Mansion.

Gun Ge'er is now at an active age. He is a little older and can't ride a horse. He can only ride a carriage with his mother and sister. After sitting for a while, he became unhonest. He quietly opened the curtains and looked out. He was scolded by Qiao several times but it didn't work. Qiao saw that his crack was small, so he ignored it.

The Guan Geer looked outside as he wished, but there was nothing good to look at. From the Marquis of Jingyang to Prince Su’s Mansion, the streets were surrounded by dignitaries and nobles, quiet and all the way through were the grand main gates of the mansion. Occasionally, someone visited him to add some vitality.

After hearing from my mother that the second sister had a sharp belly this time, most of the nephews were her nephews. Guan Ge'er was curious and was about to turn over and ask what the reason was, but suddenly he saw an acquaintance standing at the door of a family in front of him. Guan Ge'er was overjoyed and stuck his head out to greet his partner: "Xue Mao!"

The coachman heard that his fourth master knew the two of them and quickly stopped the car.

Qiao knew that Xue Mao was the youngest son of the Duke Ding Mansion. When Fu Chen led his younger brother out, the two little guys got together.

Since he was an acquaintance, Qiao did not stop Guan Ge'er from getting off the car.

"Please don't want to go where are you going? My second brother wants to take me to the horse racing. Do you want to go together?" The nine-year-old Xue Mao rushed to the carriage and invited excitedly, with a hint of showing off. Both of them wanted to ride a horse, but Fu Guan's brother refused to teach him, so his brother was willing.

The Guan Ge'er looked at the man wearing a sky-blue brocade robe walking towards him. He was indeed envious, but he shook his head and said, "No, today, my nephew's birthday, I want to see him." He prepared a gift for his nephew and wanted to give it to him personally.

Xue Mao held his hand and advised him: "What's the best thing to go to for a child's birthday? You..."

"Amao," Xue Rong pressed his younger brother's shoulder and asked respectfully into the carriage: "My younger brother Xue Rong, don't you know if your aunt is inside?"

The sound was clear and nice. Qiao opened the curtains and looked out.

Xue Rong quickly glanced inside the car, quickly retracted his gaze, and apologized: "My brother is naughty, and he has delayed my aunt's journey."

The boy was seventeen or eighteen years old, and was born with Yushu, and he was polite and respectful. Qiao nodded in a slight way and said softly: "You are polite, Prince. Amao invited Guan Ge'er to treat him as his partner, but we still have something to do..." As he said that, he smiled at Xue Mao, "Guan Ge'er can't go today. Amao will come to our mansion to play another day. Guan Ge'er has a fox, which is so majestic."

Xue Mao nodded excitedly.

Qiao smiled, called her son to get in the car, nodded to Xue Rong, and lowered the curtain.

The carriage gradually faded away.

Xue Mao recalled Mrs. Fu whom he had just met and whispered to his brother: "Official Fu is so beautiful."

Xue Rong touched his younger brother's head: "Just know it yourself, don't tell anyone."

Another figure in the carriage flashed through his mind. The little girl lowered her eyes, tilted her head slightly, and her exposed side face was as beautiful as a painting.
Chapter completed!