The house was brightly lit. Through the many courtyards, he could hear the faint sounds of stringed instruments and laughter coming from outside. Mr. Bai looked at him coldly. The atmosphere was so depressing that it was hard to breathe. It was not until an unknown amount of time had passed that Mr. Bai suddenly chuckled and broke the awkward silence.
As soon as he smiled, Mr. Cui and Princess Fenyang looked at each other, and their tense bodies relaxed quietly.
Princess Fenyang finally knew what Mr. Cui San had been doing during this period of time. It turned out that he had received such important news.
Bai Qiye, it turns out to be Bai Qiye...
She retracted her gaze and heard Master Cui San also laughed: "Master Qi, don't worry. You are a straightforward person. Your reputation is well-known along the coast. I will certainly not dig my own grave, don't you think? I just have one thing I want to ask Master Qi, I wonder if Master Qi can help?"
Now that his identity was known, Master Bai Qi was too lazy to pretend to be a retainer. He leaned back in his chair and sighed, "Look at what Master San said. You've said it to this extent. How can I refuse? Master San, just tell me straight away. What exactly do you want me to do?"
"It's not difficult." Master Cui San tapped the table with his fingers, and the smile on his face had long been replaced by a cold and stern look: "Master Bai Qi must have wanted to do this himself. You were living well in the capital, but now you have to hide everywhere. Isn't it all because of the Su family? I don't believe Master Qi can bear this."
Princess Fenyang was cheered up. She didn't expect that Mr. Cui San suddenly talked about the Su family.
Master Bai Qi was also a little surprised, and then he shook his head coldly: "Master Cui San is a smart man, and a smart man should know the principle of being able to bend and stretch. If you want to take revenge, why come to me? Find a few hooligans and kill those people from the Su family yourself, what's the difficulty? What's the point of showing off your courage for a while?"
Princess Fenyang came to her senses and hurried to pull Master Cui: "Brother, what the master said makes sense."
"That's not what I meant." Third Master Cui stood up and said, "Seventh Master, soon the emperor will go to the Mountain Resort to escape the heat."
Every summer, Emperor Yuanfeng would lead his harem and some court officials to the summer palace to escape the heat and return to the capital in autumn.
Mr. Bai raised his eyebrows. Just when he was wondering why he brought this up, he heard Mr. Cui San said, "Your Majesty, you have to let these people go to Yunnan before going to the Summer Resort, right?"
The Yunnan issue has been delayed again and again. The court has sent several military supervisors to the area temporarily, but to no avail.
If morale cannot be boosted and the war in Yunnan continues, the deficit in the national treasury will only get bigger.
Why is the southeastern side in such a hurry to push someone out to replace Lord Xu? Isn't it because they are afraid that there will be no one in the court, and the court will eventually turn its attention to the southeastern side because of lack of money
As expected, Master Bai Qi immediately understood Master Cui San’s meaning: “You mean…”
"Of course, the capital cannot be moved now, but what about Yunnan?" Master Cui San laughed chillingly, and said coldly: "Master Qi, are you really willing to watch Xiao Heng take the throne and dig up the old scores? You and I both know that this wolf cub wants to eat people!"
If they don't cut him off before he's fully grown, they will be the ones who will suffer in the future.
Mr. Bai Qi pulled the corners of his mouth, lowered his eyes, and stared blankly for a long time before he said "oh".
Princess Fenyang pricked up her ears and put all her energy into it. She interrupted at the right time: "Actually, what my third brother said is not without reason. Yunnan is far away, and anything can happen, right? Miss Mu San is going back with her nephew to seize the throne. Will the chieftain over there really surrender?"
How is that possible
Miss Mu San now has the support of the court, so she can fight back again. However, the change of the chieftain's position is a fight for life and death. Miss Mu San cannot lose, and the current chieftain naturally cannot afford to lose either, so he can only struggle hard.
Now... isn't this the perfect time to take advantage of it
Master Bai Qi snorted lightly: "If that's the case, then I will encourage you to give it a try?"
Master Cui San smiled and stretched out his hand: "Master Qi is really resolute and decisive."
The two of them stretched out their hands and high-fived, showing their tacit understanding.
When they returned to the palace, Princess Fenyang turned around and questioned Master Cui: "Brother San, how could you be so reckless? Since you knew Master Bai Qi's identity, why did you expose him? Aren't you afraid that he..."
"Why are you afraid of him?" Master Cui frowned and looked at his sister: "If you don't have any trump cards, they will just treat us as pawns. Do you still want to exchange for more things?"
Princess Fenyang felt a little headache and rubbed her eyebrows. Her eyes were so sore that she could hardly open them.
After a long while, she sat in the armchair and whispered, "What are you going to do about your uncle?"
"The old man has disciples all over the world, have you forgotten? How long did he stay in Yunnan and Guizhou? If he really lets him go to Yunnan, wouldn't that be a bargain for Xiao Heng?" Master Cui San said without hesitation: "Don't let him leave."
Princess Fenyang didn't say anything more, she just let out a long sigh and shook her head: "Now that you mention it, it's a good thing. If something happens to Xiao Heng..."
The huge mountain that was pressing on the Cui family was completely removed.
Princess Fenyang sighed a few words about Tian Xun, and Princess Eleven turned to ask her maid in disbelief: "What did you say? Xiao Xun died of illness?"
She was so stunned that she even forgot her favorite set of acrobatics. She shook her head with doubt on her face and said, "It was fine a few days ago..."
The young maids all knew that the eleventh princess liked Tian Xun. Although she seemed to have cooled down because of some things some time ago, how could you just say that you didn't like someone? So they shook their heads cautiously and said vaguely, "I don't know about that. I only know that the Ministry of Rites is going to choose a new study partner for you."
The Eleventh Princess felt very depressed and ran to find her mother in a panic.
Concubine Pang was handling palace affairs. When the ladies saw the Eleventh Princess coming, they all hurriedly saluted. The Eleventh Princess waved her hand and waited in the inner hall for a while. When she heard Aunt Cui coming in, she went out to see Concubine Pang again: "Mother, I heard that Tian Xun had an acute illness?"
Concubine Pang looked a little tired, but she still glanced at her daughter after hearing this. She hummed and raised her eyebrows: "That's right. The Empress Dowager has already granted the funeral ceremony. What's going on?"
"Why is it so sudden?" Princess Eleven was worried, and she couldn't explain what she felt in her heart: "She was fine before, didn't you say..."
"What?" Concubine Pang waved her daughter to sit beside her, straightened her hair, looked at her and said word by word: "Do you have anything else you want to ask mother?"