The concubine Jiaojiao has high means, but the sick prince does not flirt

Chapter 23 Accept me
"What are you doing?!"

Bai Yan, the Duke of Zhenguo, appeared at the door without knowing when. Looking at the mess in the yard, his brows suddenly furrowed.

As soon as Yang Shi saw Duke Zhen came back, she seemed to have a backbone, and hurried to Bai Yan to cry.

"Oh, my lord, you've come back, this girl Bai Zhi is going to turn the house upside down!"

Yang pretended to cry as she spoke, while Bai Weiwei also lowered her head in "grievance".

Bai Yan glanced at everyone present, especially when his eyes touched the old Taoist who was covered in black dog blood and exuded a stench, his originally solemn expression became even more sullen.

"What exactly is going on?"

"Daddy, it's..."

"That's it." Bai Zhi directly interrupted what Bai Weiwei wanted to say.

"Today I just came back from Mrs. Shen Guogong's house. As soon as I entered the house, I was almost splashed with black dog blood. Later I found out that it was my mother and sister who invited an old Taoist priest to take me in. But it seems that my mother was also deceived by this old Taoist. He is just a charlatan who cheats, but I don’t know how much money my mother spent to invite him?"

Yang's usual clothes and jewelry cost several taels of silver, so he must be willing to spend all his money in order to deal with her.

As soon as he heard about the silver, Yang immediately turned away with a guilty conscience.

Bai Yan, her creditor, deliberately changed the topic and said: "Master, I am doing this for the good of our family. Bai Zhi may not be a bad girl at heart, but she has been raised in the countryside for so many years. Who knows if she has been contaminated by the poor country?" There is nothing unclean in it, Master, don’t forget it, if she hadn’t cursed you last time, you wouldn’t have broken your leg.”

As soon as he mentioned the last fall, Bai Yan suddenly had a complex look on his face.

He couldn't help but think of what happened in the court today.

Bai Yan put his hands behind his back and stared at Bai Zhi closely.

"Father has something to say."

Seeing that the earthy aura between Bai Yan's brows had dissipated a lot, it seemed that he had escaped a minor disaster.

"Come with me."

Bai Yan didn't say anything, turned around and walked directly in the direction of the study.

Bai Zhi followed immediately.

Yang didn't know what Bai Yan was thinking, but seeing that he only asked Bai Zhi to come over alone, it was difficult for her to follow him.

Bai Weiwei leaned over to Yang's side, pointed to the old Taoist priest standing aside and said, "Mother, what should he do then?"

When Yang thought that she had spent so much money to hire a fake Taoist priest, she felt resentful.

"What else can I do?! Hurry up and throw him out! The cheating guy is an eyesore, just like that little bastard!"

"Hey madam, we agreed before that the deposit was 20 taels. Although the matter was half done, it was ruined by the third lady in your house because it was not my intention. Do you have to pay me for the remaining 30 taels? Do you want to make a settlement before leaving?"

It was okay if he didn't mention the money, but Yang became very angry when he mentioned the money.

"I asked you to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters, but what about you? How can you be reasonable if you can't cheat money with anything?" Yang turned to look at the servants standing aside and said: "What are you doing with it anymore? ! Why don’t you kick people out! What a bunch of losers!"

The servants were so busy that they drove people out.

Bai Zhi, who followed Bai Yan to the study, looked at him sitting on the wooden chair with his brows furrowed. Bai Zhi said directly: "If father has a myth, you might as well tell him."

When Bai Yan heard this, he raised his head and began to take a good look at his daughter.

After watching for a long time, Bai Yan asked: "Are you...really able to deduce that gossip can detect the past and predict the future?"

Bai Yan suddenly believed what Bai Zhi said before.

Before going out this morning, Zhao Shangshu personally came to the mansion to look for him, saying that he had important matters to discuss with him.

Bai Yan originally wanted to accept Zhao Shangshu's errand, but when he remembered what Bai Zhi said before, although he didn't fully believe it, he was still half-believing.

Later, just to be on the safe side, he simply refused with good words on the grounds that his leg injury had not healed.

I thought it was over.But within a few hours, an oral order suddenly came from the palace asking him to enter the palace.

Only then did he realize that Zhao Shangshu didn't come to him for some so-called tolerance, but wanted him to be the scapegoat for Zhao Shangshu's son.

If Bai Yan hadn't followed Bai Zhi's suggestion, he would have refused to accept anyone who came to him for work, and I'm afraid he would be the one who was demoted and dismissed.

Bai Yan simply told Bai Zhi about the recent incident.

"The thing is like this. Zhao Shangshu's son was demoted from the sixth rank of the household department to the eighth rank, and he was downgraded by four ranks. Even Zhao Shangshu was reprimanded by the emperor in public."

Bai Zhi was not surprised by what Bai Yan said.

"So, can you really predict the future?"

Bai Yan asked very carefully, while Bai Zhi looked relaxed.

She smiled sweetly: "How dare my daughter exaggerate in front of her father, and dare not say that she has known her for 5000 years, but she can easily grasp such trivial things as deducing gossip and predicting good and bad, but..."

Bai Zhi's voice stopped suddenly.

"Just what?"

Bai Zhi looked at the sneaky figure under the window outside the study room, and opened her mouth to say: "It's just that my daughter is not old and her mind is not mature enough. She is easily swayed by her emotions most of the time. I don't know who will offend me someday." Happy, it’s hard to say whether this calculation is accurate or not.”

Bai Yan was a little confused when he heard her words at first.

But when he followed Bai Zhi's gaze, he saw a somewhat hunched figure reflected on the window paper, and suddenly realized.

He didn't say anything, and went straight to the door.

Yang and Bai Weiwei, who were under the window outside the study, heard that there seemed to be no movement in the study. Yang couldn't help but asked curiously: "Wei Wei, why is there no sound in here? Can you hear clearly?"

Bai Weiwei put her ear against the wall, listened carefully, and shook her head.

"There's really no sound."

"Do you want to go in and listen?"

"Okay, I..."

Yang answered subconsciously, but she suddenly realized the source of the sound and couldn't help but raise her head following the sound.

Bai Yan was standing at the door with a gloomy and furious face, staring directly at them.

"Old...Master, why are you out here?"

Yang Shi smiled brightly, but her heart was full of panic.

"Madam, if the affairs in this mansion are not enough for you to take care of, then you might as well take Wei Wei to the Zhuangzi outside the city to manage them properly, and let Wei Wei learn how to manage the housework by the way."

When Bai Weiwei heard that Bai Yan was going to send their mother and daughter to Zhuangzi outside the city, she hurried forward to admit her mistake.

"Dad, I'm sorry. It's Weiwei's fault. Weiwei knew that her mother's behavior was inappropriate but didn't stop it. It's all her daughter's fault. If you want to punish her, just punish her. It has nothing to do with mother."

Bai Zhi in the study couldn't help but sneer after hearing Bai Weiwei's words.

Bai Weiwei's rank is much higher than that of Yang.

(End of this chapter)