Prince Consort

Chapter 4
"Then who did you see in the car?" Liu's eyes suddenly converged, with a bit of coldness.

Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment, she never expected that Bai Shao would tell about Mu Tusu in the car, isn't she afraid of hurting her own reputation?Want to die with her?Facts speak louder than words, Bai Zhi has nothing to say.

Seeing that Bai Zhi acquiesced, Mrs. Liu said earnestly, "Zhi'er, fortunately there are no outsiders here. I understand what you girls are thinking. The so-called elegant gentleman, it is inevitable for a girl to be moved. It's just you..." Liu Shi paused, as if I couldn't bear to say harsh words, "Girls, you should know how to behave."

Bai Zhi doesn't know what Bai Shao said to Liu Shi, but she generally understands that Bai Shao smeared her, saying that she is a nympho, disregarding the difference between men and women, compromising her innocence, and staying in the same room with Mu Tusu.

Bai Zhi was not annoyed either, this little injury couldn't hurt her at all.However, Bai Shao regards her as an imaginary rival in love, which is really a tricky thing.Before getting rid of Mu Tusu, it is much better to have one more friend than one more enemy.

Bai Zhi then knelt down, apparently speaking to Liu Shi, but actually speaking to Bai Shao beside her: "Zhi'er has her own heart, but that person is not the prince."

Both Liu Shi and Bai Shao were taken aback.Liu Shi asked, "That's..."

Bai Zhi also paused for a moment, she really didn't know who her "heart belongs to".She has been in a boudoir for a long time, where can she meet a man?Is it possible to make up a man or pull out a servant at will?This matter is actually considered a major event, and if her father hears about it, her "person of interest" will definitely be tracked down.When the lie is exposed, she will not have a good life in the future.

Bai Zhi suddenly had a flash of inspiration, thinking of her dream, in which she had such a marriage of her own.

Bai Zhi replied very seriously: "General Pei Yuan's ninth son, Pei Jiu."

In fact, Bai Zhi had never met Pei Jiu, who almost became her husband. She only knew that he was a prodigal son who loved to visit flower houses and had no inkling.Pei Jiu's reputation in the capital is extremely notorious, and the so-called notoriety is far away, even in the small city of Su, which is a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the capital, even higher-ranking officials know his name.In the dream, she married Pei Jiu after her father Bai Yuan became an official in the capital. At that time, she cried and made troubles and hanged herself, but she refused to marry such a man. On Mu Tusu's bed, let her be his concubine.

Thinking about it now, Bai Zhi felt that instead of being an infatuated concubine who doesn't love her, it would be better to be the prodigal son's regular wife and share her husband's love.At least in this way, I won't feel too empty and too sad.

Bai Zhi didn't know what kind of person Pei Jiu was now, and they didn't care if everyone knew it or not, anyway, if there was such a person, they couldn't judge that she was lying.

Mrs. Liu frowned: "I have never heard of this young master, how did you meet this general later?"

Bai Zhi began to speak nonsense: "Zhi'er likes to eat steamed buns. That day, the steamed stuffed bun shop's business was good, and Zhi'er waited in line for a long time but couldn't buy any bun crumbs. Zhi'er was sad, and Mr. Pei Jiu came here at this moment. In front of me, hand me a white steamed bun."

"Are you tempted like this?" Liu Shi looked at Bai Zhi with disbelief.

Bai Zhi pretended to be shy: "Yes."

"Perhaps Mr. Pei Jiu is also a person who loves to eat. He queues up to buy steamed buns on a hot day. What do you like about him?" Liu Shi was quite emotional.

Without even thinking about it, Bai Zhi said: "He has round hands, fair skin, and a body that looks like a bun, making Zhi'er salivate."

Liu choked, and took a long time to continue: "It really is Baozi Romance, like a bun... also good."

Bai Shao secretly covers her mouth and laughs.Bai Zhi breathed a sigh of relief from the bottom of her heart.She deliberately distorts her own aesthetics, just to let Bai Shao understand that she will not compete with Bai Shao for Mu Tusu, he is not her dish.

She doesn't like beautiful flowers, she likes buns.

Today is a big day, Prince Gong and Concubine Gong came to the humble house, and the White Mansion was full of splendor.

More than [-] members of the Bai family stood at the gate, waiting for a long time.Originally, Bai Zhi wanted to use the excuse of her stomachache not to get involved in this matter.But her father's staring eyes were so good, she was so frightened that she came to Guishui early, she really had a stomachache.

No one knows about the coming of Guishui.But this stomach hurts, anyone with a discerning eye can see it.Bai Yuan saw Bai Zhi standing at the door, clutching his stomach from time to time, feeling unhappy, and asked, "What excuse are you looking for?"

Bai Zhi shook her head, couldn't bear it any longer, and started to bear it all over again.

Baizhi came to Guishui to suffer from abdominal pain, but it has never been like this, and she can't stand up straight.It was originally spring, and it was slightly cold, but she was sweating in pain.Bai Shao, who was standing by the side, seemed to sense Bai Zhi's pain, and leaned over to ask, "Sister, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay." She felt that she didn't even have the strength to speak, so she could only bite her lip hard and barely say a few words.

Bai Zhi keeps hinting to herself, just wait a little longer...

Finally, Princess Gong and Mutu Sushan arrived late.Everyone in the White House warmly welcomed them, and bowed hurriedly when they saw the sedan chair.Mu Tusu, who got off the carriage, came to the Bai family before the princess. He greeted Bai Yuan very politely and said some polite words.Mutusu's long and narrow phoenix eyes patrolled the crowd, and his eyes fell on Bai Zhi who bowed his head, and he paused: "Miss Bai, the cloth you bought last time is still at my place, I will ask the inkstone to send it to you later." In the yard."

Bai Zhi endured the pain, and bowed slightly: "Your Majesty." She glanced casually, and Bai Yuan was nodding and smiling at her with satisfaction.There is a lesson to be learned, she really left that piece of cloth on Mutusu's place unintentionally, but Bai Yuan's eyes showed that he thought it was——

She is putting a long line to catch big fish!

As smart as Mu Tusu, he must think like her father that she did it on purpose.Bai Zhi secretly raised her head to look at Mutusu, it just so happened that he was looking at her with a narrow smile.

He seemed to be saying: What the hell are you trying to do to me?

Bai Zhi's blood didn't come up, and her lips became whiter.The misunderstanding was too big, and she needed to clarify, but her body began to wobble and she couldn't stand still. Bai Shao beside her wanted to support her, but Mu Tusu, who was quick-sighted and quick-handed, got there first.

The moment Bai Zhi closed her eyes, she was hugged by Mu Tusu, and she heard Mu Tusu say: "Pity the fragrance and cherish the jade? Wonderful."

Bai Zhi raised her fingers tremblingly, angrily trying to accuse him of talking nonsense, but she gave up halfway with her hands hanging in the air, and she was so angry that she fainted...

When Bai Zhi woke up, the candlelight was already flickering, and there were sporadic lights shining around her.She struggled to get up, but was stopped by Qing He in time: "Little aunt, please lie down and don't move."

Bai Zhi smiled and said, "It's all right."

"Why is there nothing serious? The doctor said that you have insufficient energy and blood, and your daughter's body will be weak during a special period, and the sun is so hot today that you have a bit of heat stroke." Qinghe said, taking a small celadon bowl from the tea table beside him, and scooped it up. A spoonful of something stretched out to Bai Zhi's mouth.Bai Zhi sniffed it, it was an unpleasant traditional Chinese medicine, she hurriedly turned her head away: "It's very bitter, I don't want to drink it."

"Miss, good medicine tastes bitter."

"Then you bring some candied fruit first, or I won't drink it." Bai Zhi is disgusted with the bitterness of traditional Chinese medicine, and she will not drink it unless it is necessary.

Qing He had no choice but to put down the porcelain bowl and went to the kitchen to get candied fruit.Only Bai Zhi was left in the house, she couldn't lie down, she got up from the bed, put on a coat, and walked in the courtyard alone.Linshuixuan was originally the wedding courtyard of Liu Shi and Bai Yuan. Later, Bai Yuan married Erniang and doted on Erniang alone. The disheartened Liu Shi went to the Buddhist hall.Linshuixuan gave it to Bai Zhi.Bai Zhi likes the man-made pond in Linshuixuan, which is convenient for her to throw herself into the lake.

In the past, she threatened to commit suicide whenever she was upset.Thinking about it now, Bai Zhi couldn't help but sweat for herself.Once a person dies, he knows how to cherish life.

Under the shroud of the moonlight, the surface of the pool is sparkling, and the lotus flowers in the pool are full of buds. When the flowers are in full bloom, it will be summer.A gust of wind blew by, Bai Zhi took a deep breath, and was about to turn around and go back. She glanced casually, and saw a moon-white figure on the other side of the pool. That slender figure stood on the other side. She couldn't see the face clearly, but she knew who it was .

Bai Zhi wanted to grit her teeth and leave, but the person on the other side opened her mouth first: "Is Miss Bai feeling better?"

She had no choice but to stand still, and said to Mu Tusu on the bank: "It's better. Thank you, my lord."

"What? I can't hear you."

Bai Zhi thought that her voice was loud enough, and there was no reason why the other party couldn't hear it.Due to politeness, Bai Zhi's voice became louder: "Thank you for your concern, my son, I am in good health." She was not sure of the volume of the voice, and there was a long and long echo in the distance.

Before Bai Zhi had time to be upset, Qing He had already heard the sound and found her, and hurriedly stopped her: "Oh my god, auntie, are you going to tell the whole family that you are going out in the middle of the night to talk about love with the eldest son?"

Although Bai Zhi couldn't see the expression of Mu Tusu on the other side, but her intuition was always accurate, she could imagine the narrow smile on his face.

She was tricked by him again!

Facts have proved that, just as Qinghe said, her "loud noise" outside in the middle of the night was misinterpreted by the whole family as "blatantly talking about love".Bai Zhi was walking around the mansion, ready to go to the lobby to greet the princess, all the servants looked at her strangely.

"Sister, are you feeling better?" Bai Shao is dressed very grandly today, with a green glazed gauze skirt, gold and white lotus flowers embroidered on the big sleeves, a flying swallow bun, and a simple emerald hairpin inserted obliquely.Relatively speaking, Angelica dahurica is too plain and simple, which seems rude.

Greetings to the princess on the first day, Bai Shao can be said to be dressed up to attend.Bai Zhi thought that she would be scolded by her father if she was so different from Bai Shao.How can this be called "trying to please"?
Bai Zhi pretended to be suddenly enlightened: "Oh, it's inappropriate for me to go to greet you like this, thanks to my sister. Let's go, Qinghe, and return to Linshuixuan." Showing contempt.She is not annoyed, but happy.

Back at Linshuixuan, Bai Zhi not only slowed down her pace, but also leisurely fed the fish.Qing He who was at the side was very anxious, and the time was getting tighter and tighter, but her own lady didn't hurry up to freshen up, instead she was feeding the fish!It's true that the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry.

Bai Zhi watched the sun rise slowly, then put down the fish food in her hands, and said leisurely: "Qinghe, wash up quickly, and speed up."

"..." Qing He is really confused by Monk Zhang Er, I don't know that Miss has boiled her head due to heat stroke.

Qing He's dressing skills are not bad, but Bai Zhi kept urging her, so she became nervous, and when she got nervous, she was in a hurry, the styling effect was extremely poor, her hair was messed up, and her clothes were not neatly dressed.No, Bai Zhi looked at the mirror, was very satisfied, and praised her with a smile on her face.

Qing He thought, the sequelae of heat stroke—the lady's head was really cooked.

As soon as Bai Zhi came out of Linshuixuan, she seemed to be a different person, her leisurely pace suddenly became quicker, and the closer she got to the lobby, she no longer walked, but ran.Qing He followed closely behind and exclaimed: "Miss, slow down."

Bai Zhi rushed into the lobby like an arrow, and seeing that her family members had already chatted happily with the concubine, she bowed out of breath, "Princess, be well." She suddenly became the focus of attention of everyone in the lobby.

She saw Bai Yuan's anger and shame, Liu Shi's surprise and helplessness, Er Niang's ridicule and pity, Bai Shao's pride and disdain, and Mu Tusu's contemplation and bewilderment.

The princess frowned, seeing that Bai Zhi's clothes were disheveled, her hair was in a mess, she looked like a wild girl with no family education at all.Bai Zhi knew in her heart that the concubine was dissatisfied with her, but she was a concubine after all, and she still had the appearance of a famous family: "Miss Bai, where did this come from?"

Bai Zhi pretended to be aggrieved: "I know that I want to pay my respects to the princess this morning, so I made a special effort to freshen up, but the request was too high, and the time was delayed, so the princess laughed at me, and I hope that the princess will be happy." Bai Zhi immediately knelt down.

"It's good to treat each other with a normal face, get up." The princess still maintained her generosity, but her impression of Bai Zhi was greatly reduced.

Before Bai Zhi got up, she took a peek at Bai Yuan, he still looked angry, but there was a hint of hatred in it.Bai Zhi secretly laughed, this is what she wanted.

She sat next to Bai Shao, and Bai Shao pretended to comfort her: "Sister, don't be sad, there is still a chance next time."

Bai Zhi also sighed hypocritically: "Sister really shouldn't." Taking a casual glance, he discovered that Mu Tusu had been looking at her, and he frowned, as if he had seen through her cleverness.

As smart as Mu Tusu, he can see that it doesn't matter.Anyway, her purpose is to draw a clear line with Mu Tusu and stop her father from wanting her to marry him.

The consequences of being clever are extremely serious. After greeting the concubine, Bai Zhi was called into the study by Bai Yuan and scolded him severely.

Bai Zhi lowered her head, pretending to be frightened.She knows her father too well, she will recover after losing her temper, and there is no need to confront him head-on.

Bai Yuan said: "Look at how embarrassing it is today. A girl's clothes are disheveled and her hair is messy. How decent is she! Not only does the prince dislike you, but the concubine even looks down on you."

Bai Zhi shrunk her head and said aggrievedly: "I also want to keep improving, make it more beautiful, and present myself perfectly in front of the princess and the prince." In fact, Bai Zhi was already laughing in her heart.

It's best that the mother and son have the worst impression of her.

Bai Zhi said so, leaving Bai Yuan speechless.He couldn't say that she wasn't dedicated, but that she was too dedicated and self-defeating!Bai Yuan sighed bitterly, "Zhi'er, I don't care what method you use, but you must take down the prince!"

(End of this chapter)