Glory all the way

Chapter 209
"Mother, I heard from Wen Yuan that someone in our Jing'an Hou's mansion gave loan sharks, do you know?"

After greeting Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Bai at Qing'an Hall, Bai Yingyun hurried back to Qiu Ranxuan, dismissed the maids in the house, and asked the second lady.

The second lady's face froze, "Who did Wen Yuan listen to?"

Surprised, Bai Yingyun paid close attention to her mother's face and saw imperceptible panic in her eyes. Bai Yingyun's heart sank, "Mother, did you put loan sharks outside?"

Annoyed, she gave Bai Yingyun a sideways glance, and the second lady lowered her voice and asked, "I'm asking you something, who did Wen Yuan listen to?"

Bai Yingluo shook her head, "He didn't say anything, he just said that someone in our Jing'an Marquis Mansion gave us loan sharks. I reckoned that maybe it was the young master from the Dou Mansion who told him, but he didn't say who it was, maybe They don't know either."

With a sigh of relief, the second lady took a sip of tea, and it took a while to realize, "Why are you asking this?"

Approaching the second lady happily, Bai Yingyun held her arm tightly and asked, "Mother, how much money did you release? How much interest can you collect every year?"

The second wife still asked suspiciously, "Quickly tell me, why are you asking this?"

Bai Yingyun hesitated and told the second wife that Su Wenyuan asked him to borrow money.

"You, you can't use your brain when you do things?"

Angry, she gouged out Bai Yingyun's finger, and the second wife asked eagerly, "Then how much did you give him?"

As if she felt that her mother was making a fuss, Bai Yingyun withdrew her hand that was being held by her mother, straightened her sleeves and said, "Mom, I'm not that stupid, I said to give him 5000 taels first, and when the day comes, if you can earn money with interest Take all the money back, and I will add it to him little by little, otherwise, if there is not so much interest, I would rather store it in the bank to earn interest."

"It's rare that you have a heart..."

Smiling and cursing, the second lady looked up, and Fang whispered to Bai Yingyun, "I also searched for a lot of ways to get such a way to make money. With 1 taels of silver, I can get 3000 taels of silver in interest a year. Last year When I bought your dowry, I pledged 7000 taels of silver, and at the end of the year, I got back nearly 1 taels of silver. This year, I added [-] taels of silver and pledged [-] taels of silver. You can talk about this matter Keep it tightly shut, if your grandparents and the family members find out, they will definitely not let us off lightly."

Bai Yingyun nodded like a chicken pecking rice, "Mom, I know."

Back at the Su Mansion, Bai Yingyun didn't keep asking Su Wenyuan about the money like she did a few days ago. Su Wenyuan naturally knew the reason, he was happy and leisurely, and walked more and more closely with those cronies.

In the Zhuangyuan's mansion, there was another parting melancholy.

After discussing the sale of drugs, Zhao Jing's bodyguard was the first to bear the brunt.

Zhao Jing said that when he returned to Lingnan, he would settle the affairs of the Escort Bureau first, and those who were willing to follow him would sell drugs together, and those who were unwilling, he would not force them.When the Escort was over, he would invite someone who knew medicine, and then he would take his close brother to buy medicine from Shenshan Yaonong, and then carefully escort him to Tuoyang.

And Duan Kai will also go on the road with them, but he is returning to Tuoyang Yue's house.

Only Huang Wenbin, who didn't talk much, finally decided to stay by Du Xuan's side.

On Double Ninth Day, just after dawn, the group packed up their bags and went out. Du Xuan and Bai Yingluo sent them to the gate of the city.

Watching their backs gradually go away, Du Xuan sighed lightly and said: "Farewell, I don't know when we will meet again next time, I hope we are all well."

"Will do."

Speaking affirmatively, Bai Yingluo gazed at the slightly dewy morning light in the sky, grabbed Du Xuan's hand and got into the carriage.

After sending Bai Yingluo to the gate of Jing'an Marquis Mansion, Du Xuan flew on his horse, and Bai Yingluo walked briskly to Qing'an Hall.

Returning to Zhuangyuan Mansion in the evening, Bai Yingluo had just sat down when she heard the little girl report that the steward of the front yard had come.

The steward sent a message from the palace.

On the twelfth day of September, the palace will hold a golden autumn chrysanthemum banquet, and Bai Yingluo is invited to the palace for the banquet.

The post was delivered inexplicably, and the signature has not yet been signed. Bai Yingluo looked at it over and over again, and asked the housekeeper in confusion, "Who sent the post? Which palace sent it?"

The steward replied honestly: "Ma'am, it's a little father-in-law in the palace, who said he belongs to Suqian Palace."

"Suqian Hall..."

While muttering, Bai Yingluo waved her hand with a smile on her lips, "I see."

The butler stepped back, and Chen Xiang asked in confusion, "Miss, is it the Seventh Princess who invited you to the banquet?"

Bai Yingluo nodded, "I heard that the Holy Majesty has already decided on the candidate for the son-in-law, and he will marry the Seventh Princess just after Qin Tianjian agrees with the horoscope. These days, people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rituals have already prepared secretly. So, the wedding day of the Seventh Princess is probably just around the corner."

"It's called Flower Appreciation, but it's actually a Hongmen Banquet, right?"

If you don't enjoy the flowers in the morning and don't appreciate the flowers in the evening, but wait until the marriage is negotiated to appreciate them, and you send a post to Bai Yingluo with such fanfare, everyone knows what the Seventh Princess's intention is.

Liusu and Liuying looked at each other, feeling a little helpless in their hearts.

This kind of Seventh Princess is really hard to like. Just this kind of demeanor makes people feel like a petty person, and I can't blame Bai Yingluo for those days when she was studying with her. Except for Sixth Princess, she only got close to Ninth Princess.

Complaints are nothing but complaints, but on the right day, Bai Yingluo put on new festive clothes and entered the palace with tassels and lily warblers.

First went to Ninghua Palace to greet the Queen, and then went to the East Palace to pay respects to the Crown Princess and Lin Zhimei. When Bai Yingluo arrived at Jingren Palace, there were already many wives in the palace, including Mrs. Xue.

With a smile on her face, she bowed her head in greeting to Mrs. Xue, and Bai Yingluo stepped forward to kowtow to Concubine Hui.

"This is the wife of our new No. [-] scholar? Let's live."

Concubine Hui laughed.

In the past, when she accompanied the Sixth Princess, the place where Bai Yingluo went the most was the Yunrou Palace of the Sixth Princess and the Ninghua Palace of the Empress. Let's talk, this is the first time Bai Yingluo has seen this Concubine Hui.

Bai Yingluo stood up, and beside her, a maid in the palace led her to sit down. Even though she lowered her head, Bai Yingluo could feel that there was a bunch of eyes on her head closely watching her.

Sitting down pretending to be ignorant, Bai Yingluo raised her eyes again, and met the concerned eyes of Princess Nanyang.

Nodding her head and smiling, Bai Yingluo withdrew her eyes and only listened to Concubine Hui talking to the concubines and Mrs. Gao Ming. From the corner of her eyes, she noticed that among the wives who came to the hall, the lowest rank was Dou Xiuqiao, a fourth-rank respected lady. In addition, there is no other wife, except for her, the sixth-rank Anren.

For a moment, Bai Yingluo became more and more determined that the palace banquet this time might not be that simple.

Thinking to herself, when she came back to her senses, she heard the silence in the hall, and Mrs. Xue, who was far away from her, was still winking at her. Before Bai Yingluo could react, Concubine Hui's soft laughter sounded from above, " Look, it must be that what we say is so boring, Mrs. Du has lost her mind."

Although Concubine Hui's words were extremely gentle, Bai Yingluo could hear the reproach in them, her heart sank, Bai Yingluo got up and knelt down in the middle of the hall, "Your Majesty, forgive me, it's all my fault."

These days, she seems to be easily dazed, Bai Yingluo reflected secretly, and Concubine Hui's cold snort came from above her head, but when she spoke again, she said to Princess Nanyang, "I heard that the princess is not planning to stay in the capital this year. New Year’s Eve in Beijing? Although it’s warmer in the south, but after all, the children are all in Beijing, so wouldn’t it be better for the whole family to be lively?”

Princess Nanyang smiled and said yes, turned her eyes away from Bai Yingluo, and Fang replied: "Your Majesty said yes, but since I came back last year, I haven't gone out for a walk. The prince said he was bored, so I went out with him." Relax."

He didn't say why he didn't celebrate the New Year in the capital, and he avoided the conversation as if he was practicing Tai Chi.

Concubine Hui smiled and didn't ask any more questions, but she didn't glance at Bai Yingluo who was still kneeling.

After only a short while, Bai Yingluo felt that all the wives in the palace were looking at her frequently, as if they were guessing how she had offended Concubine Hui. Reminiscent of the rumors in the capital a few days ago, everyone looked at Bai Yingluo felt a little sympathetic.

Among them, Princess Nanyang and Mrs. Beiningbo are the most prominent.

Leaving Mrs. Xue aside, among the people present, Mrs. Beining is a frequent visitor to the Marquis of Jing'an, and Princess Nanyang is the guest of honor of Bai Yingluo and Ji Li. They all know the whole story of Bai Yingluo's engagement to Du Xuan.

Therefore, when there were rumors that Du Xuan was going to honor the Seventh Princess, these two people also secretly sighed a few regrets for Bai Yingluo, but they were very happy when Du Xuan and Bai Yingluo finally got married.

At this moment, they could all see clearly that Concubine Hui was deliberately embarrassing Bai Yingluo in front of the wives.

But in Dou Xiuqiao's eyes, there is a hint of complacency and gloating.

Concubine Hui didn't seem to notice everyone's gazes, she turned to talk to Mrs. Uncle Zhongshan, and after a while, a maid from outside the palace came in to reply, saying that the Seventh Princess asked Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Du to go to Suqian Hall to talk.

Concubine Hui smiled and said: "Since that's the case, you can take the two wives there. After all, they are the same age. Maybe you can talk together."

Bai Yingluo bent over and kowtowed, got up and looked at Xue Shi calmly, then turned around and followed the maidservant out the door.

Along the way, Bai Yingluo turned a deaf ear to Dou Xiuqiao's cynicism.

Before she got up early and entered the palace, Bai Yingluo had already made preparations. No matter what kind of difficulties she encountered today, she would be content with it. As long as Concubine Hui and Seventh Princess can let it go, they will never think of her again. Otherwise, such palace banquets will probably appear endlessly.

In the main hall of Suqian Hall, apart from the Seventh Princess Song Feiran, there are already many young girls.

The moment she stepped over the threshold, Bai Yingluo took a look around, seeing that they had met each other before.

Followed behind Dou Xiuqiao and kowtowed to the Seventh Princess, Bai Yingluo lowered her head, while the Seventh Princess laughed and shouted.

When the two got up, the palace maid led them to their seats, and Bai Yingluo found that she was taken to the first seat under the left hand of the Seventh Princess.

"I am terrified..."

Stunned for a moment, Bai Yingluo stood beside her seat and declined in a low voice.

Song Feiran's beautiful eyes turned lightly, "Mrs. Du is the guest of Sixth Sister, and she has a bit of face in front of the Queen Mother. If she knows that this princess has treated you poorly, wouldn't it make Sixth Sister and the Queen unhappy? Madam Du sat down. Bar……"

In a word, Bai Yingluo was immediately targeted by everyone.

(End of this chapter)