Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 33 The White House Has Changed

On the Linglong chess game, the black and white pieces lined up side by side. On the bright side, the black pieces seem to occupy all the key points, suppressing the actions of the white pieces, but when you look closely, it is not the same. Captured all the frontiers, so that Heizi did not dare to move rashly.

With a snap, Xia Zijin held a white piece in his hand, put it lightly on the chessboard, and swallowed five black pieces in an instant.

"Shengqing thinks broadly about chess, and I'm afraid she will be trapped by this princess's wild way of playing." Xia Zijin held the warm and thorough jade chess piece between her fingers, smiling very charmingly.

"The princess is quick-witted, and I am naturally not as good as it is." Xia Shengqing looked at her deeply, and the kind starlight in her eyes was like the confluence of the Milky Way, shining only for one person.

Both of them had smiles on their faces, their gazes and hopes met, and they played a game of chess with gusto.

The wooden door of Pineapple Blossom was pushed open with a creak, and Xiao Huanzi in a long gown and bamboo hat sneaked in from the door. The cold wind outside swept in a bit of crystal clear white, and it was actually snowing.

"Princess, the matter has been settled!"

Xiao Huanzi patted the snowflakes off his shoulders, took off the black gauze hat, and was so cold that he went to the brazier and rubbed his hands together.

"Is there any movement in the White House?" Xia Zijin turned around and asked.

Xiao Huanzi nodded and shook his head, the glowing charcoal fire made his whole body warm, and he came alive after a while.

"The minister of the Ministry of Rites and the emperor are discussing the matter of the annual sacrificial ceremony in the west. I am afraid that Bai Guihai of the White Mansion will discuss the matter with a group of servants in the mansion after returning to the White Mansion. The servants of the White Mansion should be Everyone knows a thing or two, just waiting for the Minister of Rites to return home, this good show is about to begin."

Xia Zijin hooked the corner of his mouth, and dropped the white piece in his hand again, barely getting stuck in Heizi's gate of life.

"Shengqing, you lost."

Xia Shengqing put down the chess pieces, and said with a warm smile: "It doesn't matter if I lose, but this time Bai Shangshu may have lost in a muddle. If he had seen the snake and scorpion clearly earlier, his wife would not have died."

Xia Shengqing had already heard such a story when Xia Zijin sent Xiao Huanzi out of the mansion.Not to mention Bai Pingting's role in Qijun's affairs, the story itself is already full of twists and turns. I'm afraid that if Xia Zijin hadn't acted, Bai Xianren would never have imagined that the soft-boned and beautiful woman beside the pillow would be The skeleton of the evil spirit hidden in the heart.

Xia Zijin nodded. She also knew about this incident unintentionally in her previous life, and the grievances and twists in it are embarrassing.If Bai Pingting didn't kill her first, she might have to put the matter on hold, but she didn't want Bai Pingting to be so impatient, so she couldn't blame her.

Now that Bai Pingting is married into Prince Lin's Mansion, the dowry she is carrying is much higher than Huang Chenyan's, and her attitude is extremely arrogant, isn't it very similar to her previous life when she entered the Prince's Mansion.

Xia Zijin's eyes were shining brightly. Since Bai Pingting was relying on Liu's status in the White Mansion, she would cut off her way. The rest will be long in the future, and she must figure it out one by one!

On that side, Bai Xianren came out of Qianqing Palace and went back to Baifu directly.

After discussing with Ming Shengdi for half a day, he felt a little tired, the room was already warmed by the charcoal fire, he took off the fox fur coat, and the servant girl took it over and rubbed his sore shoulders.

"Where is Butler Bai?" Bai Xianren asked tiredly, pressing the center of his brows.

"The butler has gone to Mr. Li's house, and the master ordered him to send a greeting card to Mr. Li, but my son hasn't returned yet." The maid's hands remained unabated, rubbing and pressing the acupuncture points on Bai Xianren's shoulders, causing his sore muscles to swell. A little relief.

"Forget it, go and call Madam for me."

He said plainly, but he saw that the maidservant stood still, and when she heard Liu's name, her movements also paused, showing a bit of fear.

"Yes...Master." The servant girl just heard Bai Guihai say that Mrs. Liu poisoned Mrs. Bai, and now her heart is throbbing. Normally, she only thinks that Mrs. Liu is sharp-tongued. Although it is difficult to serve her, she is safe However, it is difficult to look at Mrs. Liu from the sidelines now that there is a thorn in my heart.

The maid went out in a hurry, Bai Xianren was indeed a little puzzled, since he entered the White Mansion today, he felt that something was wrong, since he entered the mansion, the servants were all diligent and diligent in doing their own things, but today they are working together in twos and threes, and interacting with each other Whispering, seeing him coming, but looking away with a strange expression, as if afraid of being heard by him.

"Weird..."

Bai Xianren muttered to himself, thought for a while, stretched out his feet and put on cotton boots, put on a fox fur coat, and walked out the door with his waist shrunk.

There was no charcoal fire outside the house, and the heavy snow mixed with the cold wind slapped on the face, which was bitingly cold.Bai Xianren wrapped his whole body in a coat, and walked slowly in the courtyard. Sure enough, as soon as he came in, three or two of the servants crowded together coughed and parted, eyes dodging left and right, and said hello present.

"You guys, what are you chattering over there?" Bai Xianren folded his arms and shouted to the three or two servants under the pavilion.

Standing in the front was the son of the family, Bai Xi, who bowed his back and timidly said: "Return...Return to the master, the slave door is just a commonplace, and he didn't say anything..."

Bai Xianren frowned and snorted coldly, these servants are becoming more and more bold, now they dare to chew their tongues in front of him, it's nothing more than that, and they are full of lies, which really makes him angry.

"you……"

Bai Xianren was about to yell, but he heard the sound of footsteps coming from the corridor. He turned around and saw that it was the butler Bai Xian who came in a hurry and stopped in front of Bai Xianren, panting heavily.

"Old...Master!"

"What matter is so urgent, such a big man, he doesn't know how to measure it!" Bai Xianren was holding back his anger, and his tone became a little serious.

"This old servant has something very important to report!" Butler Bai shook his beard, his eyes widened. He was in his forties, and the wrinkles on his sides became more obvious because of his frowning.

With his hands behind his back, Bai Xianren let out a snort from his nose, raised his hand and waved to the three or five servants in the pavilion, including Bai Xi, who were still standing anxiously, and the servants dispersed like birds and beasts.

Gathering up his coat, Bai Xianren stepped forward into the room, and the warm air immediately surrounded him.

He took off his fox-fur coat and put it on the kang, he straightened his body and rubbed his hands on the brazier to warm it, and said calmly, "Tell me, what's so important?"

Butler Bai was well aware of the seriousness of this matter, he straightened his back, looked at Bai Xianren, and asked slowly: "Do you still remember Madam's death..."

A flash of uncontrollable sadness flashed in Bai Xianren's eyes. Naturally, he knew that the phrase Madam referred to his wife and not Mrs. Liu. He stopped rubbing his hands to keep warm, and sighed deeply: "Why don't you remember? Ah Hua She was so cruel that she actually left me. For so many years, every time I dreamed back at midnight, I felt as if she was right beside me, in this White Mansion. That's all."

Hearing this, Steward Bai sighed again and again. He has been with the master for the longest time, and he has seen every word and deed of the master. He knows how much the death of Mrs. Bai has hit the master.

"Master, this old slave went to Mrs. Li's house today, but I didn't want to hear something that this old slave is still afraid of..." Butler Bai paused, and Bai Xianren's eyes were full of doubts, and he continued, "Li The servants in the Lord's house are spreading rumors that Madam's death was not accidental, but deliberate!"

Bai Xianren's pupils dilated in an instant, he raised his head in astonishment, and said dumbfounded: "...What nonsense are those servants talking about? Ah Hua died in my arms. Powerless, do I not know how she failed to leave?"

"Because of this, the old slave also suspects that it is the absurd words of the market, but what they say is right, but the old slave can't help but be shaken a little!" Bai Butler sighed, "The rumored madam's death is the result of today's new Mrs. Liu did it! She bribed the midwife to inject her with strong red peony, and even strangled her child to pretend she was drowning in the birth canal!"

Butler Bai carefully explained what he heard from Mr. Li's house from the beginning to the end, as if it was the version that Li Bowen and Bai Guihai said at the noodle breakfast in the morning.

The more Bai Xianren heard it, the more beads of sweat on his forehead became heavier, but his body was uncontrollably cold, and his lips trembled.

"No...impossible!" He shook his head and said, "Mrs. Liu is a bit savage, but she is a soft-hearted woman. How could she do such a heartless thing?"

Rather than saying that Bai Xianren believed in Liu Shi, it would be better to say that he believed in his own eyes, and he didn't dare to think about how painful it would be for him to sleep with the woman who killed his wife for many years.

"My lord, now that the matter has come to an end, why don't you start to investigate it! The old servant just came from the gate of the mansion and heard people in our mansion discussing the same matter. It must have spread among the people that Mrs. Liu's assassination of Madam has spread!" Butler Bai said in a low voice, "As the saying goes, there is no wind in an empty hole, and there is no wave without wind. If Mrs. Liu is really innocent, how can such words be provoked!"

It was only then that Bai Xianren remembered the strangeness in the mansion today, it turned out that it was because of such a thing.His forehead was covered with sweat, and the hand that had slipped from his face before his wife died flashed in front of his eyes. It was so cold that he couldn't help but trembled as he covered his face and shoulders.

"Baixian, check it out for me. You and I can trust you after following me for so many years."

He sucked his nose, his eyes were red with heat, he didn't dare to investigate, he was afraid that he had been hugging a murderer all these years, he was even more afraid that Ah Hua's soul would cry out every night in the White Mansion, But he didn't know.

Butler Bai knew how he was feeling, sighed, and nodded in response.

The heavy snow in midwinter didn't stop until late at night, but the coldness in Bai Xianren's heart couldn't stop.

(End of this chapter)