Prince Consort

Chapter 41 Nanzhao Gu Art (1)
Bai Zhi was taken aback, was this letter really written by Pei Jiu?Why in the brothel?Bai Zhi was a little confused, and didn't know whether it was true or not.She called Hongqiao, and asked Hongqiao to prepare a men's clothing and send her to the No. [-] brothel.But she didn't let Hongqiao go in with her, but let Hongqiao go back by herself.

"I'll go back at Youshi. If I don't come back, you can tell the general." Bai Zhi instructed Hong Qiao.

Hongqiao nodded with a half understanding.When Bai Zhi was about to get off the carriage, Hong Qiao asked from behind: "Madam, are you giving up on yourself?"

Bai Zhi was puzzled.

Hong Qiao endured her sadness and said, "There will still be children, don't give up being a woman, ma'am!"

With a cold face, Bai Zhi gave her a white look: "Go back."

With a heavy heart, Hongqiao asked the groom to drive back.Bai Zhi entered the No. [-] brothel in the capital, and the bustard who greeted her was the bustard of the No. [-] brothel, and hurriedly asked, "Young Master, which girl do you like? We have the most beautiful girls in the whole capital, and I guarantee you will be satisfied."

Bai Zhi looked around, but did not see Pei Jiu.

"Master Bai." Someone upstairs suddenly called her delicately.Bai Zhi looked up and saw a woman she didn't recognize at all, with a double-horned bun and a very sweet smile.That sweet girl smiled sweetly at the old bustard: "Mom, this is sister Yin Xiang's."

The old bustard was stunned, and said with a smile: "That's it, the young master is free." The old bustard no longer greeted Bai Zhi, but went to greet other people.Tian Niu shook the handkerchief in her hand, and greeted Bai Zhi: "Master Bai, come up."

Bai Zhi's heart sank, she took a deep breath, raised her legs and walked up the stairs, followed Tian Niu to a wing.

She pushed the door open, and the first thing that caught her eyes was a long scroll painting embroidered with sparrows hanging fringed.Bai Zhi walked in and smelled a strong smell of Chinese medicine, which was a Chinese medicine that she couldn't identify, and it didn't seem to be a herb from the Central Plains.

"So it was you?" Yin Xiang came out from the curtain after hearing her voice first, and she was wearing a bright yellow high-necked satin dress with a simple flying cloud bun. emerald hairpin.Unlike the women in the brothel, who are covered with emerald jade or pearls, covered in gold and silver, and beautifully decorated, she looks simple but does not lose her temperament.

Bai Zhi asked: "You are looking for me?"

Yin Xiangdao: "At the beginning, I thought you were surprisingly handsome. I have seen countless men, but I have never suspected that you are a woman! Should I call you Mrs. General?"

Bai Zhi didn't answer, she could hear her sarcasm.Yin Xiang laughed, and her eyes dimmed a lot: "You are Ah Jiu's sweetheart, and I shouldn't speak ill of you, but I think, how can you betray Ah Jiu? Just because the Pei family has fallen, is Ah Jiu's life or death unknown? "

Bai Zhi replied, "Is that why you asked me to come here?"

Yin Xiang said: "Come with me." She turned around, raised the curtain and walked into another bedroom.Bai Zhi walked in, but saw Pei Jiu lying motionless on the bed, her face extremely pale, if not for the breath, Bai Zhi thought he was dead.

Before Bai Zhi asked what was going on, Yin Xiang said: "This is how he was sent here. Although the person who sent him was wearing our local clothes, his accent sounded like a foreigner. He gave me a big bag of herbs, Let me boil the medicine for him once a day, and he will recover in 49 days. Now that the time limit is approaching, Ah Jiu is talking in his sleep from time to time, besides Pei Qi and Old General Pei, the one who calls you the most is you, Bai Zhi!"

Bai Zhi was silent.Seeing Pei Jiu like this, she felt very uncomfortable. If he wakes up, he will face many things that he has never experienced before. How cruel it is!
Bai Zhi said: "You shouldn't keep him privately, you should send Pei Jiu to Pei's residence."

"Ma'am, don't you know? Old General Pei committed suicide a few days ago! Now that the Pei family is having a funeral, if I send Ah Jiu there, wouldn't it be more troublesome? It's better to wait until Ah Jiu wakes up."

"Suicide?" Bai Zhi was shocked, why didn't she hear any news?
"It's no wonder, Madam lives in seclusion, why bother you with the affairs of the Pei family?" Yin Xiang sneered, and wiped the cold sweat from Pei Jiu's forehead.At this moment, Pei Jiu was talking in her sleep again: "Seventh brother, run, run... Bai Zhi, where are you?"

Yin Xiang felt pain, and looked at Bai Zhi with tears in his eyes: "I came to you because I want him to wake up and see you first! He will wake up today."

Bai Zhi stared blankly at Yin Xiang, unable to speak for a while.She just said, "You love him, don't you?"

Yin Xiang was taken aback.

Bai Zhi said: "Love someone like this, okay? You know that he has someone else in his heart, and you know that he can't respond to your love." Bai Zhi didn't know whether she was talking to Yin Xiang, or lying on the bed sweating and pale Pei Jiu said.

Suddenly, Bai Zhi realized that if Mu Tusu wasn't ruthless enough, the self in her dream might bring trouble to Mu Tusu, just like she and Pei Jiu now.Because she is not cruel enough, she is very troubled now.She never expected that Pei Jiu would like her.At the beginning, she teased her repeatedly, but relying on Pei Jiu's merciful heart, she would never take her seriously. Who would have thought that Pei Jiu was not that kind of person, but she didn't love Pei Jiu, and couldn't bear to hurt him.

Bai Zhi was sitting in the outer room, and Yin Xiang was sitting on the bed in the inner room, waiting for Pei Jiu to wake up. The two of them never spoke again.Tian Niu is Yin Xiang's maid, she sits innocently opposite Bai Zhi, staring blankly at her with her head propped up.Bai Zhi asked: "Is there something wrong?"

"You look beautiful." Sweetie said truthfully.

Bai Zhi smiled: "Thank you."

"Although my family's Yin Xiang is also a great beauty, you are different from my family's Yin Xiang. You are extremely malleable. If you are in the No. [-] brothel, you will definitely surpass my family's Yin Xiang."

Bai Zhi didn't know whether the other party was praising her or saying that she was coquettish.Bai Zhi picked up the teacup on the table a little uncomfortably, and took a few sips.Tian Niu continued: "My Yin Xiang likes Brother Ah Jiu very much, but Brother Ah Jiu can't!"

"Pfft!" Bai Zhi spat out a mouthful of water, looking at the sweet girl who spoke in astonishment.Tian Niu didn't take it seriously, and said very generously: "My family Yin Xiang spent many good nights with him, and he never touched her. Did Brother Ah Jiu never touch you?"

Bai Zhi felt a little headache: "I have never spent a good night with your Brother Ah Jiu."

Sweetie looked at her with burning eyes.Bai Zhi felt a little frightened when she saw it, and asked unnaturally: "What's wrong?"

Tian Niu said: "You don't like Brother Ah Jiu, do you?"

“How come you see?”

"If you like someone, of course you want to spend a good night with him and create all kinds of opportunities."

"..."

Sure enough, she was a woman from the No. [-] brothel, and her words were straightforward.Bai Zhi decided not to chat with her anymore, took a few sips of the teacup to her mouth.Tian Niu was also sensible, seeing that Bai Zhi didn't talk to her anymore, she didn't speak, and just stared at Bai Zhi like that.

You hour is approaching, but Pei Jiu didn't wake up.

Bai Zhi couldn't sit still, stood up, walked into the back room, and saw Yin Xiang wringing out a towel to wipe Pei Jiu's sweat.Bai Zhi asked, "When will Pei Jiu wake up?"

"I don't know, if that person's words are true, it should be today."

"I'm leaving." Bai Zhi said.

Yin Xiang looked at Bai Zhi incredulously, her eyes were colder than ice.Bai Zhi took a deep breath and forced herself to be more ruthless. Since she had already failed Pei Jiu, she shouldn't give him tenderness. This would only bring trouble to both parties and hurt Mutusu at the same time.

"Sorry, I'll come back tomorrow, it's getting late today."

Bai Zhi turned around to leave, but Yin Xiang suddenly called her coldly: "What is your heart made of?"

Bai Zhi paused, didn't look back at her, and didn't answer her directly.She said: "I'm already the general's wife, do you understand?" At the same time as Bai Zhi took a step forward, Yin Xiang replied, "Ah Jiu has a cold poison, the doctor said he may not live to be 20 years old, do you know?"

Bai Zhi stopped again, turned to look at Pei Jiu who was lying on the bed, and froze there.Yin Xiang's face was already covered with tears. She walked towards Bai Zhi step by step, and said every word: "Ah Jiu is very tired because he has a lot of guilt. Ah Jiu's biological mother is the wife of old general Pei. His mother was weak and not fit to have children, so he never gave birth to old General Pei. It is suggested to go out for a trip. Mrs. Zhang took her three children and Ah Jiu to go out together. Unexpectedly, the whole ship was broken up by the waves and only Ah Jiu survived. Do you know why? Because Mrs. Zhang exhausted her life She kept Pei Jiu on the surface of the water until the last moment of Zhang's life. Fortunately, a boat rescued her. Zhang only had one hand, and her three children and Ah Jiu fell into the water. She chose to save Ah Jiu! You How would Ah Jiu deal with Pei Qi, the last child left by the Zhang family? Only Pei Qi and Ah Jiu were left in the old General Pei. Ah Jiu didn't want Pei Qi to lose both his mother's love and his father's love, and he didn't want to affect Pei Qi because of his brilliance. And because he was soaked in cold water for too long when he was young, he suffered from cold poison, and his body went back and forth. Can't see clearly at all. So he deliberately indulged himself, made himself unbearable, and turned into a dou who couldn't support him; deliberately let Old General Pei down on him, pay attention to Pei Qi; deliberately let everyone down on him, love him Chasing after Pei Qi. He trapped himself in a cage, unable to extricate himself. Do you know what it feels like to be unloved all the time?"

This may be the first time that Bai Zhi knows Pei Jiu's situation in detail.She just felt that Pei Jiu was not as good as the rumors.It turned out that he really had something else to hide.Bai Zhi looked at Pei Jiu who was lying on the bed sweating profusely, and felt a severe pain in her heart.

"How can you be so cruel!" Yin Xiang glared at Bai Zhi resentfully and angrily, at the same time, tears welled up from her eyes.

Bai Zhi was not much better than her, tears also flowed out, leaning against the corner of the wall, wiping away tears.Sometimes knowing the truth is not necessarily a good thing.She didn't expect Pei Jiu to live in such pain all the time. Because of guilt, she hid herself, became an unreal self, and tried hard to make people hate him and ignore him.What did he think when he saw Pei Qi being valued?

"Then what do you want me to do? I'm already a married woman, and I'm destined to disappoint Pei Jiu. Tell me, what should I do?" Bai Zhihong looked at Yin Xiang who was not far away from her with red eyes.

Yin Xiang was also silent.

The matter has long been a foregone conclusion, and nothing can go back.

Bai Zhi said: "To tell you the truth, my mentality towards Pei Jiu was very simple at the beginning. If I got it, I was lucky; if I didn't, it was my fate. It doesn't matter if it's him. I thought Pei Jiu was a person who was not serious about his relationship as rumored. , I will not have any influence on him in the future, I am just one of his many women, dispensable. I don’t want to touch feelings. There is always someone in my heart that I will never be able to reach. I don’t have any reason to avoid him, I don’t have the courage to open my heart, so I want to find a man who is not serious about his relationship to let me settle down.”

But some things are always unexpected.She had originally planned to return to Beijing with Pei Jiu to finalize the marriage.The planned things deviated from the expected track due to the changes. Because of her child marrying Mu Tusu, she finally thought about it and let herself settle down.But it never occurred to her that the Pei Jiu she was looking for was not someone who took emotions very lightly, but someone who attached great importance to emotions.

Yin Xiang asked: "The person you said you can't touch is your current husband, Mu Tusu?"

Bai Zhi didn't answer, it was a default.Yin Xiang said: "Let's go. From now on, don't bother Ah Jiu again."

Bai Zhi looked at Pei Jiu who was lying on the bed. Due to the distance, she did not notice the tears falling from the corners of Pei Jiu's eyes.

After Bai Zhi left, Yin Xiang was surprised to see that Pei Jiu had woken up. He opened his eyes and looked directly above, with empty eyes.Yin Xiang's heart trembled, he already understood that he heard Bai Zhi's words just now.

"Ah Jiu." Yin Xiang called him softly.

Pei Jiudao: "Yin Xiang, you once said the feeling of heartache, so it is like this. You are obviously hurt, but you can't help but continue to like and miss someone."

"Ah Jiu..." Yin Xiang was even more sad, tears blurred her eyes.

Pei Jiu closed her eyes and covered her still pale face with her hands: "What should I do? She clearly said she doesn't like me, and she already has another man, but I still like her."

Yin Xiang turned her face away, wiped her tears and said, "I understand how you feel, Ah Jiu."

Obviously very hurt, but still uncontrollably continue to like someone.It's not just him who feels this way.

Bai Zhi hurriedly left the No. [-] brothel in the capital, but met Mu Tusu who was rushing here in a hurry.As soon as the two met, Mutusu took Bai Zhi to look at it from head to toe: "What's the matter?"

Hongqiao poked her head out from behind: "You hour is here." She was afraid that Bai Zhi would blame her.

Bai Zhi knew that Mu Tusu was a smart person, so she came to the No. [-] brothel not to find a girl, and she didn't hide it, and said directly: "Pei Jiu is inside."

Mu Tusu pursed his lips, and tried his best to smile: "What happened to the Pei family, is he still in a happy mood?"

"No, he hasn't woken up." Bai Zhi replied.

Mutusu was startled: "How do you say that?"

"I think he encountered something in Nanzhao. He was sent in by a person from Nanzhao. For some reason, he has been in a coma. Yin Xiang has been treating his illness these days and said that he can wake up today. Tell me to come and take a look, but I'm leaving and Pei Jiu hasn't woken up yet."

Mu Tusu's eyes darkened in an instant, and he didn't know what he was thinking about. In the end, he just pinched Bai Zhi's tender face: "Come and see tomorrow, you are still weak now, and it is extremely cold at night, so you should avoid going out in the future." Put the cloak on Bai Zhi's body, and wrap Bai Zhi with his body temperature.

Bai Zhi looked at him with a smile, and got into the carriage with him.

In the carriage, Mu Tusu kept holding Bai Zhi in his arms, ignoring the shy Hong Qiao beside him.

Back in the house, Bai Zhi washed her face and got on the bed before Mu Tusu.When Mu Tusu came back, he also changed his clothes and lay down.Bai Zhi fell asleep with his back to him, and he hugged Bai Zhi from behind, and he didn't know whether to talk to her or to himself: "Don't leave me, Zhi'er."

He was so anxious, Pei Jiu came back, and the child was gone... He didn't have a clue in his heart.

He thought that Bai Zhi was asleep, but in fact she was not asleep.Bai Zhi opened her eyes, turned over and faced Mutusu.Mutusu was startled, a little surprised that Bai Zhi was awake.Bai Zhi put her arms around Mutusu's neck, rubbed her face against his, and whispered tiredly: "I have failed Pei Jiu, and I will not fail you again. I will not leave, as long as you do not fail me. "

Mu Tusu moved his face closer to Bai Zhi, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "I will never let you down." After saying that, he kissed Bai Zhi's slightly dry lips.

Bai Zhi clumsily kissed him back.

The next day, Mu Tusu asked Bai Zhi if he wanted to go to the No. [-] brothel to meet Pei Jiu, and if the two exchanged glances, he emphasized that he would go to whores on the spot.Although he said these words with a smile in his eyes, people with discerning eyes could tell he was joking, but Bai Zhi was not obedient, and shouted: "Go, it's best to go to high school once and have a child."

Mutusu pinched her nose and looked at her resentfully.Can't she show that she cares about him very much and has a strong possessive desire?
As for looking at Pei Jiu, Bai Zhi refused, and she promised Yin Xiang that she would never have anything to do with Pei Jiu again, and she should keep her promise, even though she was very concerned about Pei Jiu's physical condition.Bai Zhi's move stunned Mutusu for a while, and finally he thought narcissistically that he was thinking about his own feelings. After a long while, he pulled her and said: "Zhi'er is so worried about my feelings, I should reward her you."

For the first time, Bai Zhi felt that Mu Tusu could also raise eyebrows.Bai Zhi had a bad premonition in her heart, and asked cautiously: "How to reward?"

The smile on Mutusu's face grew stronger: "Today, I belong to you."

Bai Zhi also smiled and said: "Really?" She raised her eyebrows, quite provocatively.Mu Tusu nodded without fear of death: "I don't hesitate to be a cow or a horse."

"It's snowing heavily today, I hope you belong to me the day before the Spring Festival." Bai Zhi smiled.

"Yes." Mutusu answered readily.

Seven days later will be the last day of the year, which is the day when Mutusu fulfills his promise.

Bai Zhi thought for a while: "First of all, I'm going to take a bath in the hot spring, so you can help me rub my back."

(End of this chapter)