After Xia Keyu returned home, he soon welcomed Bai Xiaoxiao.

Bai Xiaoxiao worriedly held Xia Keyu's hand and refused to let go, saying:

"Ke Yu, do you know that I am very anxious at home and have been begging my father to come to the palace to intercede for you. But my father said that Duke Chu will definitely protect you and you will be safe and sound."

With that said, Bai Xiaoxiao stroked his chest, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you for coming back, otherwise I would have died of panic."

If someone else said this, Xia Keyu might not believe it.But Bai Xiaoxiao's words seemed extremely sincere.

Xia Keyu knew very well that if Bai Xiaoxiao was lying, he would not rush to the door before the rumors about him were clarified.

Through chatting with Bai Xiaoxiao, Xia Keyu found out that he was considered possessed by an evil spirit by Master Zhiyun of Baotong Temple, while the Taoist priest Xiangyangzi of Xuandu Temple tried to protect him. This fact had caused an uproar in Beijing.

The fight between Taoist Master Xiangyangzi of Xuandu Temple and Master Zhiyun of Baotong Temple has been spread to everyone.

There are even gambling houses opened for this purpose, betting on who will win and who loses between the two.

Speaking of this, Bai Xiaoxiao said angrily:
"Ke Yu, you don't know that during the past few days when you were away, Ning Xiu'er from the Grand Master's Palace, Meng Qinqing from the Zuo Xiang Palace, and Qin Keren, the daughter of the Minister of Punishment, got together and followed each other everywhere in the capital. The other ladies and ladies speak ill of you."

"Tomorrow, the daughter-in-law of the Chief Envoy to the left said that she would invite everyone to go fish watching in the backyard. I don't have to listen to know what a fish is worth seeing. They will definitely make up stories to slander you, so they might as well not go. ”

When Xia Keyu heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Go, how can you not go."

As he spoke, he ordered Qingya beside him: "Send someone to go to the concierge to see if the Chief Minister Zuo has sent me a message to entertain me."

After a while, Dong Xian sent the post over.Chief Minister Zuo actually sent a message to Xia Keyu.

Qingya felt a little guilty and said, "It's my fault, I've been so focused on the lady these past two days that I didn't notice the post I made for her."

Xia Keyu waved his hand, indicating that everything was normal.He immediately took the post, read it carefully, and smiled at Bai Xiaoxiao:
"This time, not only are you going, but I am going too. I want to take a closer look at how these people arrange for me."

When Bai Xiaoxiao heard Xia Keyu's words, she objected with a bit of embarrassment: "Keyu, I'd better advise you not to go."

This made Xia Keyu a little strange. Bai Xiaoxiao always liked to join in the fun, so why did she shrink back when she saw there was fun to be seen?

Bai Xiaoxiao said a little embarrassed:

"Ke Yu, you know, if they get together, they will definitely say bad things about you."

Xia Keyu nodded, this is obvious:
"I know, that's why I want to go and listen to it live. See if they dare to say it in front of me."

Bai Xiaoxiao hesitated and said: "But my mother said that the daughter-in-law of the Chief Minister Zuo may not be able to deal with you."

Now it was Xia Keyu's turn to frown. Neither her memory nor her original memory could remember ever offending the daughter-in-law of the Chief Envoy Zuo.

She didn't even have much of an impression on Chief Minister Zuo himself.

Then he asked Bai Xiaoxiao, "What's going on? Tell me honestly."

Now Bai Xiaoxiao stopped covering up and said:

"My mother said that the daughter-in-law of Zuo Buzheng's real name is Wang, and she is the youngest daughter of the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Her grandmother was also a member of the royal family, so she always prides herself on her noble status and extremely high vision. , look down on others."

Xia Keyu still didn't hear the grudges between this girl and him.Bai Xiaoxiao continued:
"This second lady is also nearly thirty this year. After marrying the second son of the Zuo Bu Government Envoy, she has a son and two daughters. She has established a firm foothold in the Zuo Bu Government Envoy's house."

"It's just that in the past, Miss Wang was still in her boudoir. When she was just a hair girl, she fell in love with Duke Chu. She secretly asked people to come to help arrange marriage. But he was rejected by Duke Chu."

"After hearing this, Miss Wang was so angry that she went on a hunger strike and wanted to hang herself. She said she would marry Duke Chu no matter what."

"Her father, the censor of the Imperial Procuratorate, loves this little daughter the most. He even went to the Duke of Chu's house to plead for mercy, but it was of no avail."

"This matter caused a huge uproar in Beijing at that time. Miss Wang's reputation was not good, and no one proposed marriage."

"I waited until I was almost an old girl to marry the second son of the Chief Minister Zuo. The Chief Minister Zuo's family was promoted from other places and they are not very familiar with the twists and turns of the capital."

When Bai Xiaoxiao said this, he teased:
"As my mother has said, many ladies in the capital secretly admired Duke Chu, but Duke Chu was so determined that he wouldn't even look at the young lady from any family."

"But that was more than ten years ago. Now those young ladies have already married and have children. Who would have expected that this Miss Wang still holds a grudge against this matter and deliberately took advantage of this moment to give her a gift. You are adding insult to injury."

After listening to Bai Xiaoxiao's words, Xia Keyu understood that there was such a hidden story behind it.

Thinking of this, she said calmly: "If that's the case, then I have to go."

If others want to make things worse for her, they have to see if she has the submissive character.

There is a saying that when others throw mud at me, I use the mud to plant lotus flowers, plant the lotus flowers and gather lotus roots, and I gather the lotus roots and sell them for money.

For Xia Keyu, when others threw mud at me, I dodged the mud, turned around and asked him to extort money, and used the money to buy meat and flowers.

The next day, Zuo Bu's government envoy's backyard.

It is now the end of summer, and the heat of summer has faded a lot.

From the waist of the corridor, you can vaguely see a bay of turquoise water. A gust of wind blows, and you can faintly see the fish swimming in the pond, making ripples.

In the pavilion, there was an endless stream of wives and young ladies coming and going.Everyone is dressed gorgeously, wearing gold and silver, which indicates that the person who comes has a good status.

The maids next to them held white vessels filled with fish food and bronze fish spoons for everyone to feed the fish.

However, everyone's thoughts were obviously not on the fish in the pond. Instead, they gathered together in small groups and whispered.

Ning Xiuer looked at this scene with great pride and deliberately raised her voice:
"I see, that Yong'an County Lord is really possessed by a monster. I don't know what kind of charming tricks he used to seduce Duke Chu."

As soon as these words came out, everyone pricked up their ears to listen to her.

Ning Xiuer specifically said to the second wife of Zuo Buzheng Envoy: "Second Madam, what do you think?"

The second lady smiled coquettishly and said: "We are from a decent family, so naturally we are not from the same evil ways."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a casual voice from outside:

"Oh, who are you calling crooked?"

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