I'm reborn, only a fool would spoil you

When Fu Jingxuan was muttering that Fu Yuzheng was "cheap and pretending to be rich"...

The fourth girl, Fu Yuxuan, was picking flowers in the garden. She turned around and saw her brother's face was full of anger. She came forward and said,

"Brother, who provoked you again?"

When Fu Jingxuan saw Fu Yuxuan, he suddenly remembered that the Prime Minister's eldest son Chen Peiting liked his sister, so he quickly put on a smile and said:

"Good sister, you came at the right time, come with me to a place."

Fu Yuxuan asked hurriedly: "Where is it?"

"You'll know when you get there." Fu Jingxuan kept it a secret.

He knew that if he told his sister in advance that he was going to Prime Minister Chen's house to get medicine, his sister would definitely be too shy to go, so he coaxed his sister out of the house.

In the carriage, Fu Yuxuan asked her brother several times where he was going, but Fu Jingxuan just didn't answer directly.

It was not until they arrived at their destination that Fu Yuxuan looked through the car window and saw that it was the Chen family, the chief minister. She said angrily, "Brother, why did you bring me here?"

Fu Jingxuan cleared his throat and told part of the truth. He said that the scar on his neck was too ugly and an eyesore, so he wanted to borrow some of the imperially bestowed snow skin cream from the Prime Minister Chen's family.

After hearing this, Fu Yuxuan said with a gloomy face: "You are Chen Daiyu's fiancé, how can she ignore your appearance?"

Chen Daiyu was also a girl who loved beauty. How could she allow her future husband to remain ugly? She would definitely not refuse this favor.

But Fu Yuxuan had no idea what Fu Jingxuan was thinking. Of course he knew he could get it from Chen Daiyu, but he didn't want to see Chen Daiyu's ugly face.

He's had enough of all the ridicule and nitpicking!

Instead of asking Chen Daiyu for it, it would be better to let her sister ask Chen Peiting for it!

Yes, face is so important to a scholar like him!

Fu Yuxuan would never indulge her brother and bluntly refused: "Brother, solve the problems you can solve yourself. Don't involve me!"

Just as she finished speaking, she caught a glimpse of Chen Peiting riding a tall horse back home after finishing his shift. Fu Yuxuan quickly hid her head in the carriage and closed the curtains.

Pretend you're not there.

At this time, Chen Peiting also saw Fu Jingxuan.

Ever since Fu Jingxuan's poor performance in the palace, Chen Peiting's attitude towards him has become much colder.

When Fu Jingxuan saw Chen Peiting, he came up with a plan and walked up to Chen Peiting and said:

"Master Chen, my sister accidentally scratched her face two days ago. I wonder if you have... snow skin cream? It's the magic medicine bestowed by the emperor."

Chen Peiting's expression was originally cold, but when he heard that Fu Yuxuan's face was injured, he immediately took it seriously and asked hurriedly:

"Is the injury serious? Don't worry, I have some in my house, I'll bring it to you right away."

After a while, Chen Peiting took out an unopened can.

Fu Jingxuan was secretly delighted. After taking it, he acted like a good brother and said, "I would like to thank Master Chen on behalf of my sister."

"You're welcome. Just give it to her and apply it on her." Chen Peiting naturally noticed the carriage nearby and guessed that Fu Yuxuan's face was injured and she was embarrassed to get off.

Fu Jingxuan thanked Chen Peiting again and again, then said goodbye and prepared to return home.

Unexpectedly, when Chen Daiyu came back from shopping, she happened to hear that Fu Yuxuan's face was injured. She was hostile to the whole family of the impoverished second wife, so she wanted to take a good look to see if Fu Yuxuan had become ugly!

If so, she would definitely ridicule him!

So, without saying a word, Chen Daiyu suddenly pulled open the curtain of the carriage. Fu Yuxuan in the carriage was startled. Seeing that she could not hide anymore, she had to bite the bullet and get out of the carriage to greet him.

As a result, when Fu Yuxuan got off the carriage, Chen Peiting and Chen Daiyu both looked at her face carefully, but after looking at her carefully, they didn't see any scars.

Chen Peiting was not stupid. He quickly glanced at the scar on Fu Jingxuan's neck and immediately understood the real purpose of borrowing the medicine.

——He was asking for medicine for himself under the guise of his sister!

This kind of bad behavior of "habitual lying" made Chen Peiting look down on Fu Jingxuan even more.

But considering Fu Yuxuan's face, Chen Peiting did not expose it on the spot and just pretended not to know.

Chen Daiyu did not have her brother's good self-restraint. She rushed to Fu Jingxuan and ridiculed him:

"Tsk, your sister's face isn't injured. You were the one who wanted to apply the medicine, weren't you? You don't even dare to admit such a trivial thing, and you even used your sister's identity to deceive my brother. Do you still have any shame?"

"You are a Jinshi in the imperial court, but you are like this?"

"You have disgraced the Jinshi!"

Chen Daiyu had a loud voice, which immediately attracted the attention of all the neighbors.

Fu Jingxuan's face flushed, his hands clenched into fists, he hated Chen Daiyu's broken mouth, and couldn't help but mock her: "You are missing two front teeth, you can't speak clearly, you'd better shut up."

This time, Chen Daiyu became even more angry. She snatched back the Snow Skin Cream that he had stuffed into his sleeve, and pushed him hard, saying:

"You dare to mock me? And you want to use my medicine? Get lost!"

After saying that, Chen Daiyu rushed back to the Chen Mansion angrily with the medicine jar.

Fu Jingxuan was pushed and his body swayed. He lost his balance and fell to the ground, looking very embarrassed.

Seeing that things had come to this, Chen Peiting couldn't help but apologize to Fu Yuxuan: "I'm really sorry, my sister has a bit of a hot temper, please don't take it to heart Miss Fu."

Fu Yuxuan had long felt that her brother was embarrassing, and hurriedly said, "My brother is also wrong, I hope Master Chen will not be offended."

Chen Peiting looked at her and smiled gently, "Then we are even, no one should blame anyone."

"Yeah." Fu Yuxuan noticed the heat in his eyes and didn't want to stay any longer. She helped her brother up from the ground and hurriedly said goodbye and left.

Unexpectedly, the carriage had just driven two streets away...

Chen Peiting rode up again, opened the curtain, handed the medicine bottle in his hand and said, "Take this medicine, don't be polite with me."

Fu Yuxuan, who was in the carriage, had no choice but to take it and thanked him softly.

Under his scorching gaze, Fu Yuxuan lowered her head slightly, and the tips of her ears began to turn red uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Chen Peiting smiled gently and said, "See you later." Then he lowered the curtains.

With the curtains blocking the view, Fu Yuxuan felt much more relaxed. She raised her little hands and rubbed her slightly tense face.

Outside the carriage, Chen Peiting just nodded coldly to Fu Jingxuan and rode away.

Of course Fu Jingxuan could feel Chen Peiting's coldness. He was very indignant in his heart and ridiculed the Chen family, the Prime Minister, for being snobbish and looking down on his second branch.

But thinking of the snow skin cream in his sister's hand, he smiled again, opened the curtain, snatched the medicine bottle from his sister, and said with a smile: "See, your face is still the most useful."

Fu Yuxuan thought of the embarrassing thing that happened just now and became a little annoyed. She turned her head away and didn't want to pay attention to her brother.

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After Fu Jingxuan got the medicine, he returned home, took a bath and applied the medicine quickly.

That night, the second wife, Mrs. Qiao, came to look for him and said, "Jingxuan, now that you have passed the imperial examination, it is time to raise your head and go to the Chen family to propose marriage!"

Fu Jingxuan had been urged to propose marriage before, but he had been dragging his feet, saying that it would be more prestigious if he proposed marriage after passing the imperial examination.

Sure enough, after passing the imperial examination, Fu Jingxuan agreed.

He sat under the lamp and checked the gift list his mother had written. Thinking of Chen Daiyu's missing two front teeth, which made her speech difficult, he said with disdain:

"Mom, you don't have to give her a lot of betrothal gifts. She is missing two front teeth, so the betrothal gifts will have to be discounted."

As he spoke, he picked up a pen and crossed out several expensive betrothal gifts.

Then he added: "She is not a virgin, so the betrothal gift must be discounted."

With a "swish", several valuable betrothal gifts were crossed out.

Then, he added, "Now that my son has passed the imperial examination and entered the Hanlin Academy, he is no longer the poor boy he used to be. There is no need for him to pay so much for the betrothal gift."

With a "swish", several valuable betrothal gifts were crossed out.

Finally, Fu Jingxuan checked the gift list three times, and then "swish" crossed out a relatively valuable betrothal gift.

Then he handed it back to Qiao and said, "Mother, pick an auspicious day and propose according to the instructions above."

Second wife, Mrs. Qiao, took a closer look and was surprised to find that all the expensive betrothal gifts on the gift list had been "crossed out", even several relatively expensive ones had been crossed out!

Only some...

Worthless pots, pans, and small stools that are just for show.

Mrs. Qiao hesitantly said, "Jingxuan, this... isn't appropriate, is it? After all, the one you are marrying is the daughter of the Prime Minister."

Fu Jingxuan got angry when he thought of Chen Daiyu's contemptuous look on his face today and the cold treatment her brother gave him.

"What's inappropriate about that? She's a slut who's not a virgin. If a scholar like me wants her, her ancestors must be very lucky!"

"Besides, our second branch is not wealthy. If we give all our money to her family, will our whole family be left starving?"

Second wife Mrs. Qiao was right in thinking that her family was short of money and she wanted to split every penny into two.

Instead of using the money to betroth to the Chen family, it would be better to keep the money for yourself and spend it slowly!

Anyway, the Prime Minister Chen's family is wealthy and powerful, so they don't need this little betrothal gift!

Just like that, five days later, the Second Wife, Mrs. Qiao, was too reluctant to even hire a betrothal agent, so she asked the housekeeper to gather a few servants, carry a load, and go to the house of the Prime Minister, Chen, to propose marriage.

When Mrs. Chen, the Prime Minister, saw this, she was furious!

Other families would offer at least sixty loads of betrothal gifts, and more respectable and wealthy families could even afford one hundred and twenty-eight loads!

Their second room is much better, with only six people carrying things in total?

Inside, there are only some small stools and pots and pans that are just for show?

There is not even a decent betrothal gift!

So, they don't want to spend any money at all to marry a wife?

what?

Mrs. Chen, the Prime Minister, immediately said with a gloomy face: "Such a small betrothal gift, are you sending away a beggar?"

"Take it back to where you came from. We in the Chen Mansion won't accept it!"

Unexpectedly, the housekeeper of the second house, who was offering the marriage proposal, persuaded with an awkward smile: "Mother-in-law, please accept it. Our young master said that Miss Chen Liu is not a virgin, so she is worth this price."

You even bring up the fact that you're not a virgin?

Mrs. Chen, the Prime Minister, was so exhausted that she almost fell to the ground.