Prince Consort

Chapter 37 The Change of the Capital (4)
Princess Gong suddenly changed the subject: "Although I know the relationship between you and Tu Su, there are many issues to be discussed between you and Tu Su. Tu Su has been talking for nearly a month, and the prince still does not nod. In my opinion I understand that there is no room for change in this matter. Although being a concubine feels wronged to you, I think there is no other way. I hope you will understand and help me persuade Tu Su. Both wives and concubines are bedside people. Why do you have to be so horny? Isn't it?" She patted the back of Bai Zhi's hand lightly, speaking earnestly.

But Bai Zhi was not in that grateful mood.Princess Gong's intention was simply to persuade Mu Tusu, who insisted on making her his wife, either not to enter Prince Gong's mansion, or to be a concubine honestly.

She was a little moved by Mu Tusu's stubbornness, and at the same time felt that Princess Gong was ridiculous.She is not the same Bai Zhi who gave up everything for love. Although she knows that she is not qualified to be a regular wife, she also feels that this "concubine" is not worthy of her.Prince Gong's mansion, she really can't afford it.

Bai Zhi returned to the princess: "The words of the princess are very reasonable. Bai Zhi is not worthy of the general. Regarding the incident of that night, I..." Before she finished speaking, the carriage began to jolt for some reason. The neighing of a horse.Princess Gong was unsteady, as if she was about to fall out of the carriage.Bai Zhi was shocked, stretched out her arms to retrieve Princess Gong, her own body was unstable, hit the door frame of the carriage, rescued but was accidentally injured, and was knocked unconscious and fainted innocently.

When she woke up, what rushed into her nose was a faint scent of sandalwood, which is the unique aroma of temples and nunneries.Bai Zhi sat up in shock, but saw Mu Tusu sitting beside her bed, and not far away was Prince Gong with a stern complexion.

Mutusu held Bai Zhi's hand, his palm was extremely hot, I don't know why.Bai Zhi tried to struggle, but before she could do it, she was strangled by Princess Gong.Princess Gong walked up to Bai Zhi, and squinted at her: "Even if you are pregnant, being a concubine is a foregone conclusion." Princess Gong looked at Mu Tusu again, gritted her teeth, and said angrily and helplessly, "You are really bewitched! "

Then, Princess Gong walked away angrily.

Bai Zhi couldn't digest it for a while: "Just now the princess said that I... am pregnant?"

Mu Tusu raised his hand to stroke the broken hair on her forehead, and nodded.

Bai Zhi just wants to faint again...

The nun can't do it, marrying Mutusu is inevitable, she has taken the ball!Before she woke up, Mu Tusu had a big fight with Prince Gong, it was nothing more than the issue of "being a wife and concubine" that she had been struggling with for the past few months.Marriage is an important matter, the order of parents, no matter how hard you struggle, the words of your parents are the most important.Prince Gong insisted that no matter how much Mu Tusu struggled, it would be fruitless.

Not only was Bai Zhi hit hard by the pregnancy, even Mu Tusu was quite surprised.Bai Zhi really couldn't accept that there was a child belonging to her and Mu Tusu in her stomach.She still can't accept the fact that she is about to become a mother.

This incident seems to have changed the relationship between Bai Zhi and Mu Tusu.Bai Zhi couldn't be a nun, Mu Tusu didn't want to procrastinate any longer, so he had to compromise and let Bai Zhi enter Prince Gong's mansion as a concubine.

The marriage of the two soon took shape, and it was set early in the twelfth lunar month of the previous year, and the divorce period was only half a month long.Mu Tusu wanted to marry Bai Zhi with the "property" of marrying a wife. On the surface, Bai Yuan was very grateful, but in his heart he was swallowing his anger. At the dinner table, from time to time he took his anger out on his unworthy daughter.

Bai Zhi herself didn't take it seriously, but Bai Shu, the only one in the entire Bai Mansion who cared about her, couldn't stand it, and shouted: "Father, come at me if you are angry, don't target sister."

Then Erniang got angry and wanted to beat Baishu.Bai Shu ran behind Bai Zhi, looking for support.Although Bai Zhi is a concubine, Erniang doesn't think that a concubine is inferior to a wife. She is a typical example. Although she has not been straightened up, she is already the mistress of the house, so she still has scruples about Bai Zhi, hanging in the air. Putting his hand down awkwardly, he continued to eat.

Bai Shu, who had resolved the crisis, didn't want to go back to his seat immediately, and looked at Bai Zhi eagerly: "Sister, you are married, can you take me there?"

Bai Zhi was taken aback, quite surprised by Bai Shu's dependence on her.How can a younger brother who is so dependent on him call Princess Nanzhao "sister"?In the past, she only thought that she was not good enough, but now that she thinks about it, her relationship with Bai Shu was not bad back then, why did he not even call "Sister" in the end?It is very strange.

"Sister!" Seeing that Bai Zhi didn't answer, Bai Shu called again.

With a gloomy face, Bai Yuan said seriously to Bai Shu, "Shu'er, get off to your seat and eat in a serious manner."

Bai Shu looked at Bai Zhi eagerly, and sat back in his seat.

Bai Zhi wanted to eat sour food, it was five days before the divorce date.She asked Hongqiao to go to the market to buy sour oranges, but what Hongqiao brought back were sweet oranges, and she was quite frustrated.Relying on others is worse than relying on yourself, Bai Zhi decided to go out to satisfy herself.

Hongqiao hurriedly stopped her: "Miss, you are pregnant, it's freezing outside, you can't do it!"

"What are you afraid of? Those peasant women are still selling vegetables with their big bellies, and I'm still flat!" Bai Zhi rubbed her belly, disapproving.

Hongqiao blushed, not knowing how to respond to her.The master has ordered that the young lady is not required to be grounded, which means that she has the right to go out, as a maid, it is wrong to stop her!Hongqiao sighed and had no choice but to go out with her.

After all, Bai Zhi is Bai Yuan's daughter, the capital city is no more like Sioux City, there are more people, she doesn't have the courage to buy sour oranges on the street like in Sioux City.So, she decisively disguised herself as a man and went out.Hongqiao was a girl accompanying her, so she pretended to be a book boy and went together.

Bai Zhi has been in the capital for a long time, neither in her dreams nor now, she has never had a good time shopping.Now she disguises herself as a man, she is so bold that she can have no fear.Of course, the idea is good, but the courage is not good. She is not so bold yet, to go to the No. [-] gambling house in the capital, and go to the No. [-] brothel in the capital.The most she dared to do was go to the No. [-] restaurant in the capital!

The most famous restaurant in Beijing is the braised lion head.Rumor has it that you have to queue up to eat a lion's head.Bai Zhi thought it was miraculous. After buying sour oranges, it was still early, so she went to the No. [-] restaurant in the capital to eat the legendary braised lion head.

Unexpectedly, when she went early, there was already a long queue at the gate of the No. [-] Restaurant in the capital.It's really spectacular.This made the somewhat delicious Angelica dahurica even more unbearable, and my curiosity swelled, and I wanted to eat it even more.So, she unswervingly went to line up.

"Master!" Hong Qiao became impatient after waiting in line for nearly three hours.

Bai Zhi stuffed a steamed bun into Hongqiao's mouth, telling her to shut up.

As the sky darkened, Bai Zhi finally stood in front.Suddenly, three people walked up behind them, without queuing up, they just passed Bai Zhi and wanted to go in.One of them was quite proud and authentic: "Let the two of you try the signature dishes of this restaurant, and you will definitely be full of praise."

How could this be reasonable, she waited for nearly a long time before seeing the dawn, and they just walked in like that?Very proud!But when Bai Zhi saw the man in the black robe among the three of them, she was like a soft persimmon, and all her anger was vented just now.

It was Mu Tusu!

Bai Zhi didn't know why she felt guilty, she lowered her head, and kept praying in her heart, don't turn around to look over, don't turn around...

Unexpectedly, a rough man in front of Bai Zhi yelled at the three of them in displeasure: "What uneducated bastard! Line up!"

So all three of them turned around.Baizhi's head was lowered.She didn't know if Mu Tusu saw her, she only knew that the rough man in front of her was carried to the backyard by the thugs of the No. [-] Restaurant in Beijing and beaten.

Then, Bai Zhi was carried into the private seat of the No. [-] restaurant in the capital by a person like a puppy, and Hong Qiao looked at Bai Zhi with compassionate eyes from behind.

"Huh? Susu, who is this young master?" Among the three, the man in the blue shirt never took his eyes off Bai Zhi from the moment he entered the building to when he sat down.

Mu Tusu said: "Friend."

"..." Bai Zhi felt that this definition was inappropriate.

"What a handsome friend." The man in the moon-white robe sitting on the other side raised his mouth and looked at Bai Zhi with a slight smile.Bai Zhi felt that this man could see through everything, as if he had already seen her identity.

"En!" The man in the blue shirt nodded in agreement, "Susu, it's time for you to introduce us." The man in the blue shirt bumped into Mu Tusu who was drinking tea.Mu Tusu glanced at Bai Zhi, the guilty Bai Zhi immediately lowered his head, held the teacup to his lips and held it tightly.Mu Tusu pointed to the man in the blue shirt: "Fifth Prince." Then he pointed to the man in the moon-white robe, "Third Prince."

Bai Zhi, who was drinking water, immediately choked a few mouthfuls.Mutusu patted her on the back in a flustered expression: "Why are you so scared?"

"Nothing." Bai Zhi looked at the man in the moon white robe, and he was also looking at her.This is the legendary future emperor?The children of the royal family are indeed all outstanding in appearance, and their temperament is even more extraordinary.Bai Zhi knew at the first glance that the two of them were high-ranking officials, but she never expected that one of them would be the future emperor.

Braised lion head came up.The fifth prince couldn't wait to start eating.Bai Zhi looked at the braised lion's head in front of her, her nose was filled with an unbearable aroma, she swallowed hard, picked up the chopsticks, controlled how she ate, and ate slowly...

But after a while, she couldn't help using the chopsticks faster and faster...

When she killed a braised lion head, she saw Mu Tusu and the third prince looking at her.Bai Zhi suddenly felt ashamed and annoyed, at a loss.Mu Tusu handed a cup of braised lion's head in front of him to Bai Zhi: "Eat it."

The Fifth Prince had already started eating the Third Prince's share.

After eating the lion's head, Bai Zhi and the fifth prince were already full.This time the three of them came out to play, as if the fifth prince was a guide, leading two outsiders who were not from the capital. They were both natives of the capital!

The fifth prince suggested: "To visit the capital, if you don't go to the No. [-] brothel in the capital, this trip will be in vain."

"What? Go to a brothel?" The one who got excited was Hongqiao who had been very honest by the side.

The fifth prince raised his eyebrows and said with a sinister smile: "Brother, haven't you eaten meat yet?"

Hong Qiao couldn't help it, her face was completely red, and the faces of the other four remained unchanged.Alas, this is the difference between those who have had meat and those who have not.The fifth prince took the third prince and Mu Tusu to go to the brothel.Bai Zhi stood up very calmly, bowed her hands to the three of them, and said calmly: "I wish you all a good time, this brothel, next time..." Before she finished speaking, she was carried over by Mu Tusu like a puppy again.

Hongqiao stamped her feet on the spot, her face blushed, and she looked like she was about to cry, and followed behind.

The No. [-] brothel in the capital is well-deserved of its reputation, its business is booming, and every girl offers a high price. When they come to this place, they are all those who can grab a gold ingot.A group of people booked a private room, the fifth prince was the most excited, chatting with the old bustard very passionately, the old bustard smiled and nodded.The fifth prince stuffed the old bustard with an ingot of gold, and she was so happy that her mouth almost burst open.After the bustard left, the fifth prince looked at the expressionless "clients" with proud eyes.The fifth prince said: "Later, I will let you all meet the number one oiran in the capital, Yin Xiang."

Bai Zhi, who was in a tense state, twitched her heart.Yoon Heung?In the dream, Pei Jiu's confidante?Maybe this life is no exception?At least Yin Xiang knew Pei Jiu?

Yin Xiang is a beautiful woman.When she appeared in front of Bai Zhi with her pipa half hidden, Bai Zhi admitted that she was amazed.She thought, Pei Jiu has such a confidante who is like a peerless beauty, it is impossible not to be moved.

The rest of the people who saw Yin Xiang also looked surprised, but they didn't look at her with astonishment like Bai Zhi.Yin Xiang sat on one side with her pipa in her arms, glanced at the men in the banquet, nodded gently to them, and began to play.Its voice is melodious and moving, with hope in its grief, like a stream surrounding a mountain, stretching and soul-stirring.

At the end of the song, the fifth prince applauded first, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and asked excitedly: "I heard that Miss Yin Xiang is famous all over the capital for playing the pipa. Listening to it today, the reputation is well-deserved. I wonder if the girl's best "Zhu Zhi Ci" can play a song ?”

Yin Xiang bowed softly to the Fifth Prince: "I'm sorry, I only play this piece for one person."

"Oh? General Pei's ninth son, Pei Jiu?" The third prince raised his glass suddenly, and casually said such a sentence.

Bai Zhi and Mu Tusu were startled.The power of rumors seems to be not small.I saw Yin Xiang replied unabashedly: "Since the young master knows, then Yin Xiang doesn't need to answer."

The third prince smiled and nodded, expressing his understanding.The Fifth Prince was a little displeased, and he immediately replied outspokenly: "Now that Pei Jiu's whereabouts are unknown, you still abide by this rule? If he never shows up, is it possible that you will never play this song?"

Yin Xiang smiled without changing his face: "Exactly."

Such a woman... Bai Zhi suddenly fell in love with such a woman, her personality is so pleasing, presumably Pei Jiu also likes her, otherwise, how could she be so unscrupulous, let the rumors spread, and still go her own way with her Keep in touch?

The fifth prince seemed as if he had never been rejected before, and he took out a wad of banknotes and put them on the table fiercely: "I'll buy you this money for one night."

"I'm sorry, Yin Xiang doesn't sell herself, she only sells art. If you have nothing else to do, Young Master, Yin Xiang will resign." Yin Xiang was determined to leave, and Bai Zhi could see her disgust for them and the group in her eyes.The fifth prince wanted to catch her back, but was scolded by the third prince: "Fifth brother!"

The Fifth Prince pouted, extremely unconvinced.The third prince said to Yin Xiang: "Miss Yin Xiang, don't blame me, my fifth brother has been spoiled since he was a child. Since Miss Yin Xiang is a showman but not a person, then I invite Miss Yin Xiang to continue playing. How about it?"

Yin Xiang looked at them and nodded.

Bai Zhi didn't understand why the third prince wanted to keep Yin Xiang, so he had to wait and see.She wanted to raise her wine glass to take a sip, but was stopped by Mu Tusu, who gave him a blank stare.Hong Qiao, who was standing behind Bai Zhi, clung to his ear: "Miss, I have never seen such an arrogant brothel girl."

Bai Zhi smiled: "The oiran is proud of being favored."

The fifth prince and Mu Tusu present here seemed to be too quiet.They drank quietly and listened to the music, they looked refined, but Bai Zhi always felt that there was actually a different world.

After Yin Xiang finished playing another song, the third prince clapped his hands again and again, and looked at Yin Xiang with admiration: "Miss Yin Xiang played really well, can you play a few more pieces for us to enjoy?" Yin Xiang saw him like this. Just admiring her pipa music, she nodded slightly.But after Yin Xiang finished playing a piece, the third prince invited her to play another piece, so many times it was repeated.A woman with Yin Xiang's temperament only eats soft things but not hard things, and the visitor is a guest, so it's hard to refuse.

Bai Zhi Mingming felt that Yin Xiang's fingers were weak, but she still gritted her teeth and persisted, with a pained expression on her calm face.Bai Zhi could see it, but it was impossible for the Fifth Prince, Third Prince and even Mu Tusu not to see it.Wouldn't they be sympathetic to each other?
After Yin Xiang played the last piece, her fingers and arms were trembling. During this time, the incense in the censer had been changed three times. They went from getting dark to the first watch, and Bai Zhi was lying on the table and lost all energy.

Seeing Yin Xiang's collapsed appearance, the third prince was very sorry and said: "Miss Yin Xiang, how is it? It's all because I was fascinated by your music, but I didn't see that you were so tired." He said such touching words, The body is still sitting in the original seat.

Yin Xiang is not stupid, he gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Thank you for your love, young master. If there is nothing else, Yin Xiang will leave first?"

The third prince turned his head and asked the fifth prince: "Do you have anything else to do?"

The fifth prince waved his hand: "It's fine, it's fine." Then the third prince turned his head to Yin Xiang, his face no longer had the friendliness just now, but was expressionless, "You can go."

Bai Zhi stared blankly, thinking to herself, the third prince is really a man who will take revenge, it's scary, no wonder he can win the throne from the quasi-heirs to the throne.After Yin Xiang left, Hong Qiao immediately yawned, tears streaming down her face, it seemed that she had endured extremely hard.It's no wonder that this girl Hongqiao always goes to bed early, but now it's a night, it's too late for her.

Bai Zhi wanted to say goodbye first.

Bai Zhi got up and said to them: "It's getting late, I'll take my leave first."

The fifth prince said: "Don't come out to play, why should you be so disappointing! Sleep here tonight, and keep you happy like a fairy. Let's have meat with Susu."

(End of this chapter)