Prince Consort

Chapter 17
Liu Ru obviously didn't expect Pei Jiu to come before her. When she saw Pei Jiu lying on the table, she pushed and shoved him twice. Feeling that he wouldn't wake up for a while, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she carried him onto the bed. Show the guy directly, ready to start.

Is it worth it to go down with the knife?Bai Zhi rushed out recklessly: "Cousin, don't."

Liu Ru, who was holding the dagger high, glared at Bai Zhi coldly, Bai Zhi trembled all over, the ruthlessness was beyond her reach.She boldly went up to try to stop him: "Cousin, you may not know who he is. He is the son of General Pei. If you go down with the knife, the consequences will be very serious."

Liu Ru frowned, and looked at Pei Jiu who was lying on the bed.

Bai Zhifang wanted to relax, but Liu Ru sneered: "So what? Who knew I castrated him?" He made a gesture to stab the dagger hard.At that time, Bai Zhi's mind was blank, and she rushed over without thinking about herself, and grabbed her hand: "Cousin, think twice."

"Let go. A soldier can be killed but not humiliated. I will repay my injustice and revenge if I have a grudge. I will never tolerate it." Liu Ru has a lot of strength. If Bai Zhi hadn't strengthened her body before, she would not be able to contain her strength.

"Then how does cousin treat you?" Bai Zhi stopped her, staring at her with grief and indignation.

Liu Ru was startled: "It's okay."

"I love him, I can't do without him, for the sake of my cousin, please let him go." Bai Zhi spoke eloquently, as if declaring an oath to each other, the sincerity in her eyes, the solemnity in her tone, and the strength of her momentum made Liu Ru soften.Liu Ru pursed her lips, put down the butcher knife aggrievedly, became a Buddha immediately, covered her face and left the room crying.

It was really hard for her.

Seeing Liu Ru leave, Bai Zhi let out a long breath, and suddenly thought of Pei Jiu who was unconscious, so she hurriedly turned around and took out the antidote from her waist to feed him, but when she took a closer look, she found that his cheeks were flushed and his breathing was uneven , is the disease of congestion.

Bai Zhi was shocked, and said to herself: "Could it be that the drug was inhaled too much, causing other symptoms? No, I have to find a doctor."

She stood up and was about to leave when someone grabbed her wrist.Bai Zhi turned around in astonishment, only to see that Pei Jiu's face was flushed to the neck, his tone was slightly awkward, and he couldn't look directly at her. He said, "I didn't faint."

Bai Zhi's face gradually turned pale... She asked in disbelief, "How could it be? There is obviously a drug."

"Growing up from a small medicine pot, many medicinal materials are already immune. There is nothing to be afraid of if you are addicted to drugs."

"Then why are you pretending to be dizzy?" Bai Zhi was so angry that she wanted to stomp her feet.

Pei Jiu suddenly became congested for a while, and awkwardly stopped looking at Bai Zhi, and said slowly, "I just want to see what kind of conspiracy is there, who would want to..." He looked at Bai Zhi, lowered his eyes, and said nothing .

Who would want to hear an earth-shattering and touching confession of true feelings!Bai Zhi helped Pei Jiu make up for it in her heart.This time, she didn't want to make any more excuses, but straightened her back and said decisively: "Is that acceptable?"

In fact, Bai Zhi is probing with half truth and half falsehood.It's not bad to complete the unfinished fate in the dream.If he is interested in her, he can push the boat along; if he has no intention of her, she just smiles and gives up.Bai Zhi is not young, and Bai Yuan is pressing hard. Instead of living in fear in Bai Mansion, it is better to take Liu Shi away as soon as possible.

Seeing Bai Zhi's half-smile, Pei Jiu became angry from embarrassment, and scolded in a very rustic way: "Whore!"

Bai Zhi sighed from the bottom of her heart, the heat was not enough, so she could only smile.Bai Zhi bowed to him: "The whore is rude, see you, Mr. Pei." She left without nostalgia, making Pei Jiu not sure whether her feelings were true or not.

Back at Liu Mansion, Bai Zhi should go to Liu Ru's yard to visit Liu Ru.Unexpectedly, she was stopped by Liu Ru's maid halfway, saying that Liu Ru was unwell and not suitable for seeing guests.Bai Zhi was rejected, so she had no choice but to give up and go back to her courtyard.

Qing He waited in the house for a long time, she held a letter in her hand and handed it to Bai Zhi who entered the house: "A letter from the master."

Bai Zhi was not very willing to accept it.She was really terrified of Bai Yuan's letter.

The letter said: My father met a scholar by chance, and he felt that his family was well-off, so he didn't think my daughter's name would be damaged.I hope the girl will come back to explore it quickly.

Bai Zhi sneered in her heart, her father, whose eyes were so high above her head, wanted her to marry so eagerly, thinking that a scholar could do it, but there must be something tricky about it.In fact, Bai Zhi can also guess one or two, and Er Niang must have blown the pillow wind to hinder it.Bai Yuan was counting on her to marry Pei Jiu, but now he hastily married her to a scholar, maybe something happened at home.

It doesn't matter, it's still a marriage, and a scholar is a scholar, as long as his mind is upright and upright, being a wife is better than being a stepping stone for Bai Yuan and being sold as a concubine by him in the future.She had a weak relationship with the Bai family, and she never cared if anything happened, but she still had Liu's family at home, so she was worried.

Bai Zhi said to Qing He: "Pack up your bags and go home."

Qing He was startled: "So fast?"

"What's the matter? You want to take root here?" Bai Zhi raised her eyebrows, feeling that Qing He was getting weirder.At that time, she refused to follow her life and death, but now she showed a feeling of reluctance, and she became very kind.

"Nothing." Qing He lowered her eyebrows and retreated.

Bai Zhi thought, it's time to say goodbye to her uncle and cousin.

Because Bai Zhi left suddenly, Liu Ji was shocked when he learned that Bai Zhi was going back overnight: "What happened?"

"I'm in a hurry to get married." Bai Zhi joked, "The boss is not young, and finally someone is willing to want me, an old girl, so I can't wait to get married happily."

Liu Ji frowned, and said in a low voice in disbelief, "I don't believe it."

"Then when the good news comes in a few days, my cousin will know." The corners of Bai Zhi's mouth raised, and her bright eyes sparkled charmingly.Liu Ji looked dumbfounded, what he wanted to say was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't say it for a long time.

"Liu Ru said, you love Pei Jiu very much." Liu Ji said with difficulty.

Look at Liu Ru's big mouth.Bai Zhi just wanted to roll her eyes, but there was a smile on her face: "But people don't like me."

"Just because Pei Jiu doesn't like you, you gave up on yourself and just married yourself?" Liu Ji was quite excited.

Bai Zhi thought about it carefully, acted quite seriously, then nodded solemnly: "Yes, it broke my heart."

"..." Liu Ji remained silent.

Bai Zhi suppressed a smile: "Okay, okay, these heavy words are meaningless. Cousin, next time you come to Suzhou City to drink my wedding wine."

"..." Liu Ji continued to wait in silence.

Seeing that Liu Ji was silent, Bai Zhi leaned over and said, "The cousin is going to clean up the things, so I will take my leave first."

"..." Liu Ji remained silent.

Bai Zhifang stepped over the threshold and walked to his own wing.Liu Ru who was behind her suddenly shouted: "I look down on you." Bai Zhi was startled, and turned her head to see Liu Ru looking at her with contempt on her face.

Liu Rudao: "Since you love Pei Jiu like your life, how can you give up so easily? Is this what you call love?"

Bai Zhi laughed amusedly and said, "Then what is called love?"

"I don't want to marry unless you are king, and I am willing to die for you."

This looks like her in the dream!Bai Zhi was deeply moved.Isn't she like this in the dream?She would not marry anyone except Mu Tusu, she lost her self-respect to be his concubine, fell in love to the point of despair, and died.She who is so lively and full of vitality has long been buried in that dream that is as realistic as reality. Now she is afraid of love, afraid of such a self.

Bai Zhi smiled: "If you don't love you, how can you force it? Since you can't force it, it's better to let it go."

"The feeling that can be let go is still love?" Liu Ru snorted, "I look down on you, cousin, you are a cowardly and incompetent woman."

"You don't care if you want to say that. It's just that you do it yourself." Bai Zhi turned and went to her own room.

It's time for her to pack her bags and go home to get married.

As for love, it has long been stranded in that bleak dream that ended without a disease.

On the way home, Bai Zhi fell asleep in a daze.If the horse hadn't stopped suddenly and almost fell out, she would have slept all the way back.Bai Zhi's knee hit the guardrail, causing her to grin her teeth in pain.Just as she was about to get angry, Qing He lifted the curtain from the outside, and said in embarrassment: "Miss..."

"What's the matter?" Bai Zhi asked with a frown, rubbing her bruised knee.

Qing He replied: "Young Master Pei, please see me."

Bai Zhi was stunned, how did he know she had left Tongcheng?He's here for a farewell party?Bai Zhi got off the carriage with doubts, only to see Pei Jiu panting heavily, looking at her hesitantly.Bai Zhi asked: "Young Master Pei came here specially for the farewell party?"

Pei Jiu pulled his horse over and said, "Why are you going back to Su City overnight?"

Bai Zhi replied with a smile: "I received a letter from my family. Something may have happened at home. Go back and have a look."

"Don't laugh." Pei Jiu said with an angry command tone.

Bai Zhi really restrained her smile and looked serious.

Pei Jiu scolded her sullenly, "You can't carve rotten wood!"

"Bai Zhi did as Mr. Pei said, why scold me?"

"I just want to scold you." Pei Jiu said angrily.

Bai Zhi felt baffled, he hurried over, just to scold her?She thought she was not at fault, so she said displeasedly: "Young Master Pei, have you finished scolding? Bai Zhi is still in a hurry."

Pei Jiu stared at her, hoping that she would have something else to say to him.However, Bai Zhi's appearance of "nothing to say" deeply hurt him, and the originally inflated courage was instantly wiped out.

"Goodbye, Deadwood." After he said these four words, he felt a little regretful.

Bai Zhi smiled lightly: "For some reason, I think a prostitute sounds better."

Pei Jiu looked at her, keeping her secret.Her smile is always so clear and shallow that it is impossible to tell whether it is true or not, just like those brothers and sisters around him.Because it was too tiring to be such a person, he lingered in Huajie, deliberately tarnishing his own reputation, looking like a cynical playboy.He pretended to be sick and weak, as if he was a passerby who was indifferent to the world.He didn't join the army with his father, he didn't follow his elder brother in the literature, he stayed away from officialdom, he just walked around the world and looked at flowers and plants.

Pei Jiu stretched out her hands to pinch Bai Zhi's tender porcelain face: "Don't laugh like that, it's ugly."

Bai Zhi was startled, but let him be frivolous and did not dodge.

Pei Jiu realized that she had lost her composure, and hastily put down her hand, a little at a loss.

This time she smiled brightly, as clear as spring water.

Pei Jiu was stunned, but also laughed: "Wo... woman! Goodbye." After a while, he finally revealed the purpose of coming this time, "Don't marry casually."

The smile on Bai Zhi's face froze for a moment, and then she smiled again: "Young Master, you are taking it easy."

When Bai Zhi got on the horse and left, Pei Jiu stood where she was and watched her go.

Bai Zhi actually ran away.

Bai Zhi leaned against the small window of the carriage, looking at the bright moon hanging high in the dark blue sky.Qing He poked her head in from the outside of the car, she covered her mouth and smiled and asked the dazed Bai Zhi: "Miss, are you privately engaged with Mr. Pei for life again?"

Bai Zhi couldn't help but laugh: "I want to make a private life with him, but Luohua has intentions and flowing water is ruthless."

"Don't come here. I think Mr. Pei has feelings for Miss, otherwise why would he come here to persuade you not to marry casually?"

Bai Zhijue's words made sense: "Why don't I turn the carriage around and ask Pei Jiu to marry me? Strike while the iron is hot?"

"Miss, be reserved!" Qing He frowned very dissatisfied.Bai Zhi grinned and fell!If Pei Jiuzhen is interested in her, he might as well give it a try.It's a pity that he didn't express his attitude, and she didn't dare to belittle herself, or...don't dare to imagine anything.The self in the dream is just thinking too much, thinking that hard work can succeed, but I don't know that in terms of feelings, a slap can't be slapped.

Once bitten by a snake, she was afraid of well ropes for ten years. She was really afraid of "emotions".

But when Bai Zhi returned to Sioux City, she didn't see the "a scholar" who wanted to marry. Instead, she saw the servants from all over the house holding their sleeves to wipe their tears and leaving the Bai Mansion with their bags on their backs.

Someone in the family has gone west?Bai Zhi's heart trembled, and she ran to the main hall, only to see Erniang sitting beside her eating cakes leisurely, and the housekeeper sitting beside her handing money to the servants.

Bai Zhi was puzzled, so she went up and asked, "What is this for?"

Seeing that Bai Zhi had returned, Er Niang said sarcastically, "I just said, giving you a man is not as useful as giving you a million reasons. Look at the speed of your return, you really came back so fast!"

"A scholar" is a cover, and it must have been Erniang's trick.

Bai Zhi held her breath, adjusted her mentality, forced a smile and asked: "Second Mother, I don't know what happened in the family? Is it because my father was demoted?" She became inexplicably excited.

"On the contrary, the official is promoted to the fifth rank, the doctor of the Ministry of War, and the official of the capital." Erniang was not without pride, raising her eyebrows and smiling.

Bai Zhi suddenly turned pale.

Erniang chattered endlessly: "Thanks to Bai Shao's success, when I bought the old house in the capital, I happened to buy the old house of the Prince and Taifu. This is also convenient for introductions. The most important thing is that your father's talent convinced the Prince and Taifu."

It was the younger sister who got the match again, the prince and the prince recommended it, and that hateful doctor of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the capital!The result is exactly the same as in the dream, this dream really cannot be ignored!What she changed was only the process, but the result remained unchanged and remained there.

Bai Zhi suddenly felt weak and was about to fall down, but fortunately Qing He held her up in time.

Erniang smiled contemptuously: "Don't get excited, country people go to Beijing, there are many things to take care of, and the master is eager to take office, so this hometown needs someone to take care of it. Eldest sister is the big one at home, she should do it herself."

The meaning is clear, Liu stayed in Sucheng to take care of her hometown, while she happily followed Bai Yuan to the capital to take up the post.

Bai Zhi sneered in her heart, only now did she think of her mother?

If Liu Shi didn't still have Bai Yuan in her heart, and she was afraid that Liu Shi would miss Bai Yuan too much, Bai Zhi would definitely take over this task with a happy face.

Bai Zhi didn't talk nonsense with Er Niang, ignored her, and asked the butler beside her: "Where is the master?"

"The master is sorting out the handover documents in the study."

"En." Bai Zhi felt that it was time to talk to Bai Yuan Haosheng.

Er Niang was quite upset when she was ignored, she rolled her eyes several times behind Bai Zhi's back: "Zhuzi, you will cry in the future."

When Bai Zhi went to the study to find Bai Yuan, Bai Yuan was negotiating with a nanny.This nanny has spent most of her life in the White Mansion, which can be said to be her second home.She was tearfully begging Bai Yuan not to drive her away, but Bai Yuan's face was indifferent: "I have been promoted to the capital, why do I need this house in Sucheng? Is it okay to keep you in the house for the ancestors?"

"Master, I'm so old, my son is disabled, and I have to support him. Please do me a favor, please give this job to support us mother and son."

"If you don't leave again, I'll ask the servant to force you to leave." Bai Yuan raised his eyebrows, with a vicious expression on his face.

Crossing rivers and tearing down bridges, only caring about himself, is Bai Yuan's consistent style for many years.Bai Zhi has always been watching, so she takes her father's behavior very lightly.The old mama came out with tears in her eyes, and when she saw Bai Zhi, she cried out in tears: "Miss..."

Bai Zhi comforted: "Continue to do your work, this matter is up to me."

The old mother was pleasantly surprised, and was about to say some words of thanks, but was stopped by Bai Zhi: "You go down first, I have something to discuss with the master."

"Yes." The old nanny left wisely.

The moment Bai Zhi stepped into the threshold, Bai Yuan was arranging paperwork. Seeing Bai Zhi coming, he didn't stop working, he said: "Your second mother is right, as soon as you hear that a man wants to marry you, you will grow up." Speeding home like a wheel."

Bai Zhi got straight to the point: "Congratulations, dad got his wish and became a Beijing official. When will you take office?"

"It's half a month as fast as it is, and a month as slow as it is."

"I heard from Erniang that if father doesn't take mother to the capital, let mother stay in this empty yard?"

The movements in Bai Yuan's hands paused for a moment: "Your mother is not in good health, I'm afraid she will not be acclimatized. Besides, when the new official takes office, there are many things that need to be taken care of. When everything is settled, I will let your mother go to the capital with you. Reunite with me and your second mother."

"Father is thoughtful and always considers Mother."

Bai Yuan felt that Bai Zhi's words were thorny, which made him very uncomfortable.He frowned and asked sullenly, "Why is Zhi'er looking for her father?"

"It's fine, I just want to tell my dad that my younger brother's study abroad holiday is coming soon, I just sent a letter from home to announce the good news, and I hope that my younger brother can come back early in a few days."

Bai Yuan's face turned pale: "Really? Very good."

"Father, hurry up, Zhi'er will leave."

When Bai Zhi left, she couldn't help sneering in her heart.The younger brother is not in good health, and I am afraid that even if he goes to the capital, he will not be acclimatized. In addition, he and the Liu family are closer than he and Erniang, so it would be great to let him accompany the Liu family who is also not acclimatized.When the time comes, will Bai Yuan, who is patriarchal, be willing to let the only child stay in the old house?
Baizhi's younger brother, Baishu, is ten years old, the son of his second mother, because he was weak and sick since he was a child, he went out to seek medical treatment, and also studied abroad, and only came back once a year.The relationship between Baizhi and Baishu is not very good but not bad, the relationship is average.On the contrary, Bai Shu has a very close relationship with the Liu family, even more than he has with his biological mother.Bai Zhi was very surprised by this, but after thinking about it later, she thought it was reasonable.

(End of this chapter)