Glory all the way

Chapter 235 Impersonation
On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, Emperor Jiayuan sealed it.

In the evening, Suiyuan went to Bai Yingluo to reply, saying that several colleagues from the Imperial Academy had an appointment to go drinking together, Du Xuan couldn't shirk it, so he went with them, and might come back later.

"Then you go to serve the young master and ask him to drink less. If the situation is not right, you should be smart and send a boy to deliver a letter so that the housekeeper can drive the carriage to pick up the young master."

Bai Yingluo warned carefully.

"Little remember."

Nodding in response, he took the brocade bag containing silver ingots that Chen Xiang handed him, and walked out in a hurry.

Chen Xiang and the others prepared the meal, while Bai Yingluo took the roster of servants in the mansion from Liusu, opened it and began to examine it.

Picking up the pen to make some changes, and handing it back to Liu Su, Bai Yingluo instructed softly, "Go ahead, on the 29th, except for the women and servants who are guarding the gates, everyone else will gather in Shuyuxuan."

This is the time to distribute this year's reward silver.

Liusu responded happily, took the booklet over and carefully put it away.

After dinner, it was already dark. Sitting in the warm room, Bai Yingluo could still hear the sound of the cold wind whistling outside and blowing on the window sills. She put aside her thoughts of going for a walk.

After Xu time, the drunken Du Xuan was carried back by Sui Yuan.

"Why did you drink so much alcohol?"

Frowning, trying to suppress the discomfort in her heart, Bai Yingluo looked at Suiyuan with some complaints and asked.

Sui Yuan shrank his neck, and muttered in a low voice: "The show was about to end, but the seventh son-in-law went again, always saying that he and the young master were on the same list, and now they are both on duty in the Imperial Academy. It's fate, so I have to drink with the young master. The young master is already a little drunk, but after drinking a few more glasses, he is completely drunk."

Bai Yingluo's complexion became more and more unkind.

Relying on being a son-in-law and being two ranks higher than Du Xuan, You Yiheng often tripped Du Xuan up in the Imperial Academy. Fortunately, Du Xuan was cautious and meticulous, so many times he did not let him succeed.

But such a blind precaution is not a problem, is it?

There was some anger in her heart, but she had nowhere to vent it. Looking at the drunk and unconscious Du Xuan, Bai Yingluo felt distressed and annoyed. Just when she didn't know what to say, there was a sound on the window lattice.

Her complexion changed slightly, Bai Yingluo turned her head and told Chen Xiang and Liu Su to take care of Du Xuan, and took a rest quickly after serving him, while taking Sui Yuan and Liu Ying to the East Wing.

Sure enough, it was Bai Yi who arrived.

His face was filled with uncontrollable excitement and joy. Seeing Bai Yingluo coming alone, the disappointment flashed across Bai Yi's face, "What about him?"

Bai Yingluo replied, "I'm drunk, I've already been waited on for a rest", and hurriedly urged him to leave, "Hurry up, Princess Qingcheng and Chiji have already suspected your movements, and they came to the backyard specially a few days ago After checking around, we may have noticed your whereabouts. We are not afraid of being implicated. However, if your whereabouts are exposed and you want to escape in the future, it will be even more difficult. You go, wait for them to relax in a few days Be vigilant, come again."

Bai Yingluo's concern made Bai Yi feel more comfortable, his feet didn't move at all, he raised his eyes to look at Bai Yingluo, and asked hesitantly, "Does he have any tokens on him?"

In a word, Bai Yingluo immediately realized Bai Yi's intention.

"Have you received a letter from your master?"

Seeing Bai Yi nod his head, Bai Yingluo walked behind the screen and took off the glass pendant from her neck.

Ever since Du Xuan gave this pendant to Bai Yingluo as a token of love, she has been wearing it close to her body and never took it off.

Holding it in the palm of her hand, Bai Yingluo came out and walked in front of Bai Yi, spreading it on her palm.

A pair of eyes became brighter and brighter because of the condensed water, and Bai Yi seemed to choke up.

With a gentle movement, he put his hand into the skirt of his clothes, and Bai Yi stretched out his hand again, and in his hand was also a glass pendant.

It's just that the one in Bai Yi's hand is wearing red silk thread, while the one in Bai Yingluo's hand is tightly wrapped with a circle of gold thread, while the glass pendant is exactly the same, in the swaying flames, It looks more and more radiant, like a drop of plump and moist water in the palm of your hand.

"Did your master say anything else?"

There was also some uncontrollable excitement in her heart, Bai Yingluo put away the pendant, looked up at Bai Yi and asked.

"Except for the horoscope of birth and this pendant, the master didn't say anything else. I figured he didn't know the details inside. So, once I leave the princess mansion, the first thing I have to do is to go back to Mobei to find the master. , and ask him carefully about his situation back then. However, now, with this pendant alone, I think our relationship can be confirmed."

As he spoke, Bai Yi's throat moved slightly again.

"I know, when he sobers up, I'll tell him, you should go back quickly, it's not suitable to stay here for long."

Bai Yingluo said with concern.

Knowing that Bai Yi and Du Xuan are twin brothers, Bai Yingluo's feelings for Bai Yi became more intimate.

"Okay, then I'll come back another day. I'll put this pendant with you first."

Passing the pendant in his hand to Bai Yingluo, Bai Yi nodded and smiled, and walked out briskly.

The group of people had just left the door of the East Wing, when the courtyard door was knocked, and the guard at the door came in in a panic and replied: "Ma'am, the housekeeper of the Princess Mansion rushed in with people regardless, the housekeeper and the old man stopped me." They can’t stop them. They said they were looking for something in the backyard, but the housekeeper is outside, so please go into the house quickly, don’t rush into it.”

Really afraid of something, Bai Yingluo's face changed drastically.

"Since they are so aggressive, they must have caught you. You are passing through the backyard now. Maybe they are waiting for you there."

Bai Yingluo turned her head and said to Bai Yi.

Frowning lightly, Bai Yi nodded, and looked up at the surrounding houses, but if he jumped on the roof at this moment, those people would have seen it at a glance, and Bai Yi froze there hesitantly.

"You come with me..."

Bai Yingluo's heart moved, and she suddenly had a bold idea.

He has only met Bai Yingluo a few times, and Bai Yi has always had an inexplicable feeling about this woman.

She is a young lady from the Jing'an Hou Mansion. Her parents died young, so she must be a cowardly and uninitiated young lady, but that night when she first met her, apart from the panic at first sight, she He quickly calmed down, and immediately ordered the servant girl to take him to hide without saying anything, and successfully avoided the search of the housekeeper of the princess mansion.

In the next few times, she always sat gently beside Du Xuan, listening to them quietly, but every time she spoke, she hit the point, and what she said couldn't be ignored.

Demure, gentle, decisive, and even a little... bold.

When thinking of this word, Bai Yi shook his head amusedly.

But at this moment, knowing that the people from the Princess Mansion would definitely be able to catch her, she still didn't back down and wanted to help her.

In Bai Yi's heart, he was a little moved, but what was more, it was his longing for his relatives.

Without thinking too much, Bai Yi raised his heels and entered the inner room in an instant.

There was a faint smell of alcohol in the room, and Liusu grabbed a handful of incense powder and put it in the copper stove in the corner. The aroma of wine and incense mixed together made people feel a little drunk.

As for Du Xuan, he had taken off his outer robe and was lying on the warm kang. He was wearing a clean moon-white tunic, which made his lips red and white, which was quite different from his gentle and gentle appearance in the past.

Bai Yi took a look, and turned his head away in embarrassment.

On the other side, Bai Yingluo has already ordered in an orderly manner, "Chen Xiang, Liusu, hurry up and put on your coat, Suiyuan, you carry you to the east wing. Liu Ying, find another set of clothes for you, and change them for him." superior."

The last sentence, Bai Yingluo said to Bai Yi.

Dazed for a moment, Bai Yi asked hesitantly, "Are you asking me to pretend to be him?"

"You are twin brothers. You have different temperaments and clothes on weekdays, so I can still tell that if you change clothes, you pretend to be drunk. I think you can probably get away with it."

Bai Yingluo said in a deep voice.

Hearing that Bai Yi and Du Xuan are twin brothers, Chen Xiang and the others all showed such expressions, and they prepared according to Bai Yingluo's wishes.

Just as the door of the east wing was closed, there was a knock on the courtyard door.

Asking Chen Xiang to go out to have a look, Bai Yingluo got up and walked to the main room, brought a jug of wine, and handed it to Bai Yi who was lying on the heated kang, who was a little nervous, "Have a few sips, just in case."

Bai Yi has been in the rivers and lakes for so many years, but he has never been afraid of anything, but now he is lying on the bed, with Bai Yingluo with a big belly next to him, Bai Yi's heart jumped up quickly.

Thinking that wine can strengthen his courage, Bai Yi took the jug, raised his head and drank it completely, and when he looked up again, his eyes were already scarlet, as if he was drunk.

Just as Bai Yingluo put away the jug, Chen Xiang came in with a worried expression on her face, "Ma'am, those people are really a bunch of bandits, and the nice backyard is almost ruined by them."

Bai Yingluo nodded, put on a thick fur and went out.

Walking to the backyard, sure enough, there were gravel and dilapidated plum branches all over the place.

The man in the lead looked arrogant, and he was the housekeeper.

Frowning, Bai Yingluo said to the steward with a hidden look of anger, "This is the rule of the princess mansion? Tomorrow, I will go to the princess mansion to visit, so I can ask Princess Qingcheng's meaning. I don't know if it is right. Some people are fighting against others."

His complexion changed slightly, butler Xiang said with a smile: "Madam, I'm offended, this is indeed what the princess meant, but it can only be blamed on that bastard for not having eyes, right? Don't worry, if it is damaged, it will be fixed in the daytime tomorrow." A craftsman will be sent to repair it like new for you."

When he said this, Bai Yingluo had no choice but to watch them search all the rooms in the backyard with torches, not even letting go of the stone caves in the rockery.

Returning in vain, Xiang Butler's face was a bit embarrassing with green and red.

Thinking of what he had promised in front of Princess Qingcheng while patting his chest, Xiang Steward's face suddenly turned a little grim, "A bunch of useless things, get rid of them."

When bypassing Yixin Garden, Xiang Steward rolled his eyes.

Looking back at Bai Yingluo, Steward Xiang asked with a smile, "I come to the mansion in the middle of the night to bother you, so I have to say hello to Master Du no matter what."

As he said that, Steward Xiang lifted his foot and bypassed the Chuihua Gate, intending to go to Yixin Garden.

"No need..."

Bai Yingluo stopped her, "my husband had a party with colleagues from the Imperial Academy today, and he was so drunk that he had already rested."

After a pause, Steward Xiang turned back to look at Bai Yingluo, narrowing his triangular eyes slightly, "I heard that the number one scholar is not drunk with a thousand cups, how come my colleagues get drunk with a few cups of water and wine? Besides, it's such a great skill, Maybe Zhuangyuan Gong has already woken up, and the slave always wants to see him and say hello."

With that said, Steward Xiang walked towards the main room without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)