Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 72
At the end of Yin, the night is hidden.

Shangyuan night is about to pass, there are horses and horses in front of Xingqing Palace, and tourists leave one after another.

Lu Fengniang and her family stood near a big lantern, and finally saw many people coming from the direction of Huae Building.

"Xue Bai, here!" Du Wulang waved and shouted, "You are here, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Xue Bai was walking side by side with Xue Ling, giving orders.

"Whoever asked you to recognize me, you will go to him and ask for money. I don't care how much you want. I will leave fifty pennies for Liu Niang to subsidize the family."

"So much?" Xue Ling asked in surprise, "Can I give it?"

"can."

Xue Bai knew that it must be someone from the East Palace who arranged this matter, and Du hoped that it was just to help lead the way, and it would not be difficult to ask for some money now.What's more important is to let Xue Ling have conflicts with the other party, and it is easy to instigate rebellion in the future.

Seeing members of the Du family while speaking, he slowed down and said: "You and I will go to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion in the afternoon."

Xue Ling asked: "What are you going to do at the Right Prime Minister's Mansion?"

"Hire."

"it is good!"

Xue Ling was overjoyed, and wanted to praise Xue Bai, "What a good son", but glanced away, but was intimidated by his momentum, and boasted: "What a skill!"

"Go back." Xue Bai walked towards the Du family.

Liu Xiangjun hurriedly asked, "Liulang, aren't you going home?"

"Not urgent."

"It doesn't matter." Xue Ling shouted: "I will wait for you at home at noon, and go to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to propose marriage and hire you!"

This sentence was not only heard by the members of the Du family who came over, but also the surrounding tourists looked sideways.

Xue Ling folded his hands behind his back, raised his head, assumed the demeanor of an aristocratic family, looked down at everyone, and looked very angry.

Everyone in the Du family suddenly lost interest in communicating with Xue Ling, exchanged a few simple greetings, picked Xue Bai up and left.

"Why does your grandfather look like this?"

"go."

Du Wulang just asked Xue Bai a question, but Du Jin drove him away before he got an answer.

She pulled Xue Bai over and asked in a low voice: "Since you recognize the Xue family, how dare you go to the prime minister's mansion to hire?"

"There was an unplanned change, and in Li Linfu's mind, it was even more impossible. But rumors of the marriage had already spread, and the door-to-door proposal made it possible for the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to refuse and protect the woman's reputation. This is a statement."

Du Jin said urgently, "If he wants to harm you."

"No." Xue Bai said in a low voice, "Right now, Yang Shenjin's treason case is happening. I'm the key witness, and I'm protected by Concubine Yang Gui and General Gao. As long as they touch me at this time, the suspicion of this big case will be gone." gotta get on them..."

"Hey, you juniors."

Holding a round fan, Lu Fengniang pushed Du Wulang away, squeezed past Du Jin, pulled Du Jin away from Xue Bai's side, and said: "I mutter all day long, wait until my mother has said something serious, and then you can play around."

"aunt."

"Lang Jun was tired and went back first, we have been waiting for you." Lu Fengniang complained a little, "Didn't you say that you were waiting for the banquet until the ugly came out? It's too late now, and the children invited you to watch the lanterns. It didn't matter... ..."

Xue Bai looked at it, and saw that the lanterns of the Lu family were really delicately made. Although the form was just a regular octagonal lantern, the paintings on it were very beautiful, and the colors matched the firelight inside the sarong just right.

It's a pity that at the end of the day, there is no more candle oil in the lanterns, and the fire has weakened.

Hearing Lu Fengniang's chatter, Xue Bai responded politely: "I thought it would be ugly to serve the banquet, but I didn't expect the sage to allow me to stay until the banquet. It's because I didn't have the chance to appreciate such exquisite lanterns."

"Oh, you didn't understand me."

Lu Fengniang sighed slightly, seeing Xue Bai looking at the lantern seriously, she thought to herself that the child really didn't understand the implication.But my cousin was angry after waiting for too long, and there was nothing to say about this matter. Unfortunately, the matchmaking failed.

"Is that really your grandfather? Now that Fengweilou is a famous building, you have to guard against people cheating on your relatives."

"No matter what, it was decided by the sage Yuguchi."

"Acquaintance, so fast?"

Lu Fengniang had a lot of thoughts and didn't know what to say, she always had complaints against the saint in her heart.

Back to Shengpingfang, I heard discussions from officials and family members along the way.After entering Du's house, Lu Fengniang rushed into the main room, saw Du Youlin was soundly asleep, went up to push him awake, and said two important things in succession.

"Ah Lang, I heard that Yang Shenjin conspired against him! This man still wants to recognize Xue Bai as his son, so the Xue family is so anxious to snatch his son from the emperor..."

Du Youlin turned over and stood up, and after hearing it in a daze, he sighed with emotion.

"It seems that the old man asked the uncle to take action, and it worked, and the child was saved."

Lu Fengniang's eyes brightened when she heard it, and she admired her husband even more.

Because she was full of Du Youlin, she didn't think of it until before falling asleep.

"It's not good, the evil maid is not here, and the gentleman in the back house has to take care of it earlier..."

~~
Birds chirping outside the window.

The house was not lit, but Bao Xi had already penetrated.

The sisters of the Du family were sitting on the chair beside the couch, still talking to Xue Bai.

Xue Bai first talked about the testimonies in front of the imperial court, and checked the testimony with them.

"The case will be finalized at that time. Everyone knows that the eldest sister rejected Yang Shenjin several times, and those gossip will be gone..."

Du Yan raised his eyelids slightly to look at Xue Bai, his eyes became more and more different.

After talking about many changes, Du Jin frowned slightly, and said in a deep thought: "It seems that the contract in Xin Twelve's hand is not forged. Since Princess Xianyi can say that you have a deep enmity with the Li family, after much deliberation , it can only be because she recognized you as Xue Pingzhao. With her temperament, she will tell Li Linfu immediately, and the saint will know sooner or later."

"I met this saint tonight, and I think he is not difficult to get along with, and he is very generous... The premise is to make him happy."

Du Jin was quite ambitious, and after thinking for a long time, she said in a low voice: "If you can gain the trust of the sage, you may not be hopeless in the future to get the Lord of Hedong County back."

She seemed to be sure that he was Xue Pingzhao.

Xue Bai didn't care at all, and said: "Step by step, you can have any status you want, the important thing is to have the strength that deserves it. If I don't have an official body, no eyes and ears, and can't maintain the relationship in the palace, now I have become an official. Xue Pingzhao is dead. Fortunately, Li Linfu should not dare to mention this matter lightly."

"Ah."

Du Jin nodded, knowing that no one dared to bring up the case of the three common people with the saint easily, and there was still time to plan.

She turned to think about the future, and murmured: "Xue Ling's character is not good, his family background is not high, and he doesn't even have a family..."

"Although the family background is good, I dare to assert that after all, those who are born as Jinshi will have more official careers." Du Yu said: "Especially Li Linfu, who has been a prime minister for more than ten years, has made the reputation of scientific examinations grow day by day."

"In short, we need to find an official as soon as possible." Xue Bai was sleepy, so he simply lay down.

Du Jin said: "Speaking of which, Yang Yuyao didn't arrange any good family status for you, so you still have to thank her?"

"I still have to thank you. She was tired after staying up all night last night, and tonight there is an imperial banquet, and she wants to spend money in the Huae Tower. I have made an appointment to thank you after the Lantern Festival."

"..."

Seeing that they finally calmed down, Xue Bai yawned.

"Let's talk about it later, after all, I can be more stable for the time being. I can pass the night safely, and it is you who are credited. Because you have hidden evidence and are willing to expose it for me, the East Palace is so wary of me. Thank you very much."

"We've come this far together, what are you talking about?"

Du Jin got up, turned her head and glanced at Xue Bai again, thinking that her father and brother in the family are mediocre, and she is a daughter. These days, he is supporting the Du family, but it is a pity that she will soon become the son of another family , the son-in-law of another family, someone else's...

At the same time, Du Ti also sneaked a glance at Xue Bai, his eyes were as gentle as water, and the gossip and rumors entangled with her were settled by him in an orderly manner. He didn't make her feel the age gap between them at all, but seemed younger than her Still more mature...

A while ago, Jiaonu was in the way, and they hid many things they wanted to say, but now they couldn't say anything, so they had to leave the house reluctantly.

Xue Bai turned over and fell into a deep sleep.

~~
This sleep was very sound.

Perhaps because Xue Bai had seen too many peerless beauties during the night of the Yuan Dynasty, Xue Bai vaguely remembered having a sexual dream.

Although there is a mature mind, after all, it is a young body, and it is inevitable that a certain normal phenomenon has occurred.

He turned over, and with a "squeak", Qing Lan pushed the door open and came in.

"If you want to go to Xue's house, it will be too late if you can't afford it."

Xue Bai was still sitting there in a daze, she had already put a stack of clothes on the bedside.

"Thanks, I'll do it myself."

Qing Lan nodded and turned her back.

Xue Bai picked up the clothes, and saw that they were both outerwear and spring shirts.He changed it silently, folded the old spring shirt that had dried up in a big piece, and hid it under the quilt.

"That...the lady has something to tell you."

Qing Lan glanced back at him, then ran away again, she could tell that she was very happy because Jiao Nu was not there.

The brothers and sisters of the Du family went to Fengwei Building early in the morning, and Xue Bai went to find Lu Fengniang after washing.

"This is for you." With a smile on her face, Lu Fengniang handed over a contract.

After taking a look, it reads, "On June 25, the [-]th year of Kaiyuan, the Shaofu supervisor said that Huangfu Song's empress Fu E was sitting against the crime. She was six years old and was now betrayed by Du's wife Lu Fengniang" and so on. But it is Qing Lan's body contract.

Previously, Xue Bai begged twenty servants from Jiwen's other house, and after a while they were out of the limelight before they were released as lowly. These people are now working in Fengweilou, more like hired labor.Although it looked like he was sending twenty slaves to the Du family, it was actually a favor from the Du family.

This time Lu Fengniang really wanted to give Qing Lan to Xue Bai.

"In the blink of an eye, this maidservant has been with me for almost ten years, and she has her own concerns. She wants to serve you more, and you should treat her better in the future. I must tell you that my husband is rare in the world. A decent person, never bullying the maidservants at home. After the Shangyuan Festival, when you go to register, we went to the Dongshi Office to pass the paperwork."

"There's no need to go through the paperwork, I want to release her low status."

"How can I let it go? Sitting against the crime, you can't get out of the lowly and enter the good without great merit. Take good care of her."

Xue Bai nodded, and suddenly knew where Qing Lan's "incognito" idea came from.

Lu Fengniang asked again: "Can you go to enjoy the lanterns tonight?"

"Not going, rest at home."

"Let's go. There is no curfew for three days during the Shangyuan Festival. The lanterns of Lu's house you saw last night were dimmed. You can go and see again tonight."

Lu Fengniang thought that her cousin had just seen Xue Bai last night, but she didn't expect to send someone to invite her again today, and even praised Xue Bai a few words.In short, this media is still possible.

Xue Bai showed some embarrassment, and said, "After all, I still have to go to the Prime Minister's mansion to hire me."

"The Right Prime Minister's Mansion has a bad reputation, and the daughter is old, what good can it do?" Lu Fengniang whispered, "Well, after you finish your work, you still come to the lantern place. How about it?"

Xue Bai no longer refused, and replied: "That's fine. By the way, now that I have found my family background, maybe I will move out in a few days."

Lu Fengniang was taken aback.

She urged Du Youlin to take care of the back house, but after hearing this, she felt a little bit reluctant.

……

Qing Lan looked towards the flower hall, and saw that Xue Bai had put away her body deed very solemnly, with both joy and reluctance in her heart, as well as a kind of involuntary sadness of fate.

According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, "servants, maidservants and sluts, the law compares with livestock", good and bad cannot intermarry.Now that Xue Bai has found his parents, he will soon become a registered householder, and it is no longer possible to hide his name with her.

As a lowly maidservant, she is not even qualified to be his concubine, and even having a child is also a lowly status.

But thinking of being able to follow him all the time in the future, she soon became happy, and when she saw him come out, she ran over and saluted with a shy smile.

"Lang Jun."

Xue Bai nodded and asked, "Have you guys eaten yet?"

……

In order to prevent the skill of stir-frying from being spread, the Du family's new cook doesn't know how to cook at all. Today's lunch is roasted leg of lamb that Xue Bai prefers, and the spices are much richer than before.

"It smells so good. Look, it's a clever plan to send Hu Shisanniang away from the house, right?"

Qing Lan heard it funny, she rolled her eyes with a smile, and said with a cute look: "I'll cut the sheep for Mr. Lang."

"Sit down and eat together." Xue Bai had already cut a few slices of mutton and wrapped them in mustache. "You are now a member of my Xue family, so you have to obey the Xue family's rules."

"Yes, my lord." Qing Lan sat down happily, still smiling.

She wasn't really that afraid of him.

"How much do you pay per month?"

"Huh? How can a slave girl ask for monthly money? My wife rewarded me with all my money."

"The rules of the Xue family have to be paid, I will ask how much later." Xue Bai took out a lot of things from his arms, "You will take care of these sundries for me from now on."

"it is good."

Qing Lan took it, but saw her body deed was inside, and was about to return it, Xue Bai said: "You keep it, in case I lose it."

She then stole a glance at him.

If a servant girl like her who can't get rid of her low status and become a good man can get a deed to keep her, it means that the head of the family promised not to sell her for the rest of her life.

"Lang Jun."

"Ok?"

"I...shall I move the quilt to the side room of your house?"

"No, you won't be able to live here for a few days. It's troublesome to move around. If you don't want to part with it, you can live in Du's house first."

Qing Lan was indeed reluctant, but looking at Xue Bai, she whispered, "I am willing."

The two finished eating the leg of lamb together, and she planned to go out with him, thinking that if Jiaonu could follow, so could she.

Xue Bai felt that bringing a little girl was too troublesome, and told her to stay at home and not to work for Du's house.

Out of the Du residence, on the way to drive the horse to Pingkangfang, what he thought over and over again in his mind was the matter of being a criminal and a lowly person who cannot be good because of great merit...

(End of this chapter)