Quick Wear: Reversing Life

Chapter 496: The eldest daughter-in-law of a wealthy family (18)

When Zhao Su walked into the Hexiang Courtyard, he saw Fu drinking medicine, and her personal maid Hongxiu was serving her.

Hongxiu said, "Madam, this is the last dose. Do you need to go to the shop to get more medicine after taking this?"

"What medicine?"

Hongxiu was startled and looked up to see Zhao Su striding into the house.

Zhao Su rarely smiled, and his lips were always tightly pursed into a flat line. In addition, he was a veteran of many battles, so the servants in the mansion were afraid of him.

"Master Hou!"

"Master Hou."

The maids serving in the courtyard all bowed.

Zhao Su waved his hand casually, and Hongxiu stood up.

"What medicine did you drink?"

Zhao Su looked at the medicine bowl in Fu Huaiying's hand. The thick brown medicine formed a sharp contrast with the white jade bracelet exposed on her wrist.

Hongxiu glanced at Fu Huaiying and said nothing.

Zhao Su noticed Hongxiu's eyes and frowned when he looked at Fu Huaiying.

Fu Huaiying said nonchalantly, "It's just medicine to replenish the body."

Although Zhao Su had doubts about this, he did not ask any further questions.

He sat on the other side of Fu Huaiying, and soon Hongling brought him tea.

He watched Fu Huaiying drink the bowl of bitter-looking medicine in one gulp, then picked up the plums that Hongxiu had prepared on the table and put them into his mouth.

Zhao Su didn't say anything, but just looked at Fu Huaiying carefully.

After not seeing her for a year, Fu's appearance hasn't changed at all.

Her hair was half loose, as if she was about to take a break.

Since Zhao Su didn't speak, Fu Huaiying didn't speak either.

She wasn't curious about what had happened to him outside in the past year, whether he was hurt, and she wasn't even bothered to say a polite word.

It was precisely this point that made Zhao Su feel that Fu seemed to have changed a little.

Although they were not as affectionate as young couples in the past, they at least respected each other.

Fu Huaiying's attitude made Zhao Su feel that he had upset her.

Zhao Su didn't take it seriously, thinking she was just in a bad mood, so he said businesslike, "Shu Yue's death anniversary will be soon. Remember to have the servants prepare the offerings for the sacrifice."

Fu Huaiying responded, "Okay."

Fu Shuyue was the wife of Marquis Dingbei, who was brought back in a sedan chair carried by eight men. After her death, she was buried in the Western Mausoleum of the royal family.

In previous years, on Fu Shuyue's death anniversary, Fu Huaiying would go back to the Fu family with Zhao Su and their two children to visit his father and stepmother, and then go to the royal mausoleum together to burn incense for the deceased.

...

The original owner used to treat her elder sister Shu Yue with great respect.

Fu Hongchuan had a total of four concubines. The original owner's mother was a singer with outstanding appearance who was given to Fu Hongchuan by his superiors. She was Fu Hongchuan's first concubine.

At that time, Yan Binghua had only been married to Fu Hongchuan for a year, so Yan Binghua particularly hated the original owner's mother.

Fortunately, the original owner's mother was not a troublemaker. She gave birth to the original owner when Fu Shuyue was five years old. Only then did Yan Binghua gradually change from hostility to indifference towards her.

Although Yan Binghua was not a kind mother, she never treated her concubines' children harshly.

Fu Shuyue was also very caring towards his half-sisters and half-brothers, and was especially good to the original owner.

Fu Hongchuan has three concubine daughters and one concubine son. The original owner is Fu Hongchuan's youngest daughter and also the most beautiful one.

The original owner was very cute when she was young, and Fu Hongchuan was particularly fond of this daughter.

This also led to the original owner being ostracized by the other two sisters since childhood. Only Fu Shuyue would often call her to embroider handkerchiefs together or go to the garden to appreciate flowers.

After the original owner's biological mother died early, Fu Shuyue became the person she depended on the most.

With her elder sister's care, the servants in the mansion did not dare to neglect her.

It can be said that the original owner lived a relatively comfortable life before getting married.

Therefore, when she was asked to enter the Marquis's mansion as a concubine, even though she already had her own lover with whom she was engaged, she still obediently accepted the arrangement.

But even Fu Huaiying could not guess that before Fu Shuyue died, he specifically asked the original owner to be his concubine - putting aside the reason for the child, was it really for this concubine's sister to have a better life, or was it because he couldn't bear to see his concubine's sister live a good life and wanted to send her to such a cannibalistic mansion like the Marquis' Mansion.

It was difficult for Fu Huaiying to judge, and the original owner did not try to guess what his elder sister was thinking.

It is true that she respects her eldest sister and treats her two children sincerely.

It is precisely because we have truly given our feelings that we feel particularly lost and sad after being hurt.

As for Marquis Dingbei, the original owner did not love him and only regarded him as her brother-in-law.

But it was her first marriage after all. Since she married him, the original owner had emotional expectations for him and also had expectations for this marriage.

But Zhao Su was eight years older than her, and they had nothing in common except family matters.

Zhao Su was a cold and old-fashioned person. Except for the tenth day of every day, he rarely came to her courtyard at other times, and he was often away fighting outside.

It can only be said that Zhao Su only has respect for her as a wife, and lacks the consideration and love for a partner.

Unfortunately, the other people in the mansion were like ghosts baring their fangs and claws in the dark night. The responsibility of managing the household and raising the children was like a mountain pressing down on her, crushing her bit by bit.

Before knowing the truth, the original owner always wanted to have a child of her own.

She never considered the Marquis' Mansion as her home, and after getting married, the Fu family was no longer her home.

Until her death, she felt like a rootless duckweed, drifting with the current, going wherever the flow led, without even the fate of returning to its roots.

...

After drinking the medicine, Fu Huaiying stood up and walked past Zhao Su. As she passed by, she suddenly smelled the faint scent of healing medicine on Zhao Su's body.

She was very familiar with the taste of this medicine, after all, she had dealt with wound medicine frequently in the past.

Is Zhao Suying injured?

Fu Huaiying glanced at him casually and found nothing unusual.

Zhao Su was a little confused by the look and didn't understand what it meant.

Fu Huaiying simply said, "If there is nothing else, please return, my Lord."

After saying that, he ignored him and went straight into the inner room.

Zhao Su actually had other things to do. He drank the tea in the cup and followed Fu Huaiying.

"Please prepare some gifts for me. I will go and visit some soldiers accompanying the army tomorrow."

This is Zhao Su's old habit.

In the past, every time he came back from a battle, he would go to Beijing to comfort some soldiers who had participated in the war. Most of them had lost their arms and legs on the battlefield, and some had even lost their lives, leaving only the elderly and children at home.

The original owner would always take care of this matter in advance.

Fu Huaiying sat on a crescent stool, looking in the mirror and removing the red hairpins from her hair. She said, "My Lord, go tell my second brother's wife that I am no longer the head of the household."

Zhao Su's brows had been furrowed since a while ago, and now they were furrowed like a small mountain.

"...But what happened in the mansion?" Zhao Su was silent for a moment before asking this question.

Fu Huaiying said casually: "No, oh, right——"

Zhao Su stared at her movements closely, as if trying to see something from her fair face.

"Sister Ying is engaged to Wei Changheng, and they will be married in autumn."