Hearing the question from the black-clothed man, the judge quickly replied: "My lord, everything in the harem is peaceful, except that Concubine Wan put a poisonous insect in Concubine Chen yesterday!"
He then told everything that had happened in the palace. Of course, he only told things that he knew. But the judge at that time did not know that he had been exposed.
The man in black clothes hadn't expected that the emperor had already started to take precautions. He was very surprised: "You mean, the emperor has been trying to please the queen recently, and Concubine Wan has almost fallen out of favor?"
As he said this, the black-clothed man had an ugly expression on his face. He had spent so much money to send Concubine Wan into the palace, and as soon as she entered the palace, she was given a title of Imperial Concubine.
But now it has been demoted again and again. What use will it have in the future? The judge saw the bad look on the face of the man in black clothes and was so scared that he didn't know what to say.
After a long while, he finally spoke: "There are rumors in the palace that the emperor did this to protect Concubine Wan, so he pulled the queen out to be the target of everyone in the harem!"
When the black-clothed man heard this, he snorted coldly: "A target for everyone in the harem? Is this necessary? Never mind, if there is nothing else, I will leave first."
Seeing that the person was about to leave, the envoy suddenly spoke up, "Master, has your marriage with Miss Qi been finalized?"
When the black-clothed man heard this, a cold light flashed in his eyes: "You are too much, it is not your turn to take care of my affairs. Send me any special news."
After saying that, he left directly. The judge was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. He almost forgot who this master was. He was really the kind of person who would kill people at the slightest disagreement.
After the black-clothed man left the court envoy's residence, he thought of the court judge's question just now, the engagement with Miss Qi? He knew that woman.
Although he is vicious and looks average, the man in black actually has his eyes on Xiaoman. It would be best if he could marry Xiaoman.
It's a pity that the two people have different ideas and cannot work together, but it doesn't mean that they can't get close to each other. Thinking of this, the man in black suddenly felt his eyes light up.
Yes, why didn't he think of this method? He was immediately happy and returned to his residence in Kyoto, and saw Li Zichun running in happily.
"Stop, Zichun, what have you been busy with these days? Why can't you be seen here?"
Li Zichun was startled when he heard the voice. He turned around and looked at the person in front of him. He was shocked: "Brother, when did you come to Kyoto? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Tell me so I can pick you up."
Li Ziqing looked at Li Zichun in front of him with amusement. This younger brother was always very innocent. "I was asking you a question! How come you are asking me now? You have been in Kyoto for so long."
"But what fun things have you encountered that you are reluctant to go back?"
Li Zichun chuckled a few times and said, "Let me tell you, I met a really good girl. I plan to marry her and I'm courting her now."
Li Ziqing raised his eyebrows: "The girl you like must be good. Tell me who she is?"
Li Zichun smiled foolishly again: "Brother, you definitely don't know that the Bai family who just moved to Kyoto has some relationship with that great county lady."
"I'm attracted to Bai Zhen from the third generation of the Bai family, a carefree and silly girl. I tell you, she's so cute..."
Li Ziqing listened to Li Zichun's chatter and felt that there were too many coincidences in the world. He was just trying to find a way to get in touch with the county lord.
The emotional line has already come out, and Li Zichun did not notice that Li Ziqing was distracted, but continued walking: "Is that right? When did Miss Qi get engaged?"
"We haven't received any news at all. Miss Qi really thinks we are stupid. She even started to talk nonsense because of Bai Zhen's criticism."
Li Ziqing looked at Li Zichun: "You are the fool, right? Miss Qi must have done it on purpose. She said that just to ruin her sister!"
"Let me tell you, the two women from the Qi family are not good people, so don't mess with them."
Li Zichun was reminded by Li Ziqing and suddenly realized: "I thought so! Why did she say that? Miss Qi is not engaged at all."
"But since Second Miss Qi said that, it must be an engagement. Then there will definitely be a lot of people trying to find out who First Miss Qi is engaged to."
"If Miss Qi can't find anyone, will she look for a beggar? Hahaha..."
Because of Bai Zhen, Li Zichun absolutely disliked the two young ladies of the Qi family, so he said that. But Li Ziqing was angry.
You know, if nothing unexpected happens, he is planning to get engaged to Miss Qi. After all, he is reluctant to give up the power of the Qi family. Besides, if he contacts the county lord.
On the one hand, he could satisfy his own selfish desires, and on the other hand, it would be best if he could sow discord between the county lady and Gu Xiangning. It would be best if both of them were busy with their love affairs.
The remaining emperor will be unable to support the family alone! Seeing Li Zichun still talking about the young lady of the Qi family, Li Ziqing was speechless.
"Alright, alright, you're a man, can you stop being so silly? Have you ever had any deep contact with Miss Qi? Do you know what she's like?"
Seeing Li Ziqing suddenly speak so loudly, Li Zichun was startled and looked at Li Ziqing: "Brother, what's wrong with you? By the way, brother, I have an appointment with Bai Zhen to go boating tomorrow."
"Are you going or not? If you go, you can help me take a look. If it's possible, I'm going to notify my parents and come to the Bai family to propose marriage. What do you think?"
Li Ziqing couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Okay, let's go together."
After getting Li Ziqing's consent, Li Zichun's mood instantly became high again. He wanted to share this good news with Bai Zhen, and also thought about giving Bai Zhen a surprise tomorrow.
But Bai Zhen didn't take this guy seriously at all. In a blink of an eye, it was the next day. Li Zichun got up early in the morning to prepare, and then took Li Ziqing with him.
The two men rode tall horses and came to the lakeside, where a big red boat was parked. Li Zichun took Li Ziqing off the horse and got on the boat.
On the boat, Bai Zhen and his group had already arrived. At this time, they were sitting on the deck drinking tea. Looking at Li Zichun, Bai Zhen spoke up: "Mr. Li, you are late today."
Li Zichun heard Bai Zhen's voice and laughed: "Just for a moment. By the way, Miss Bai Er, let me introduce someone to you. This is my eldest brother, Li Ziqing."
Bai Zhen followed his gaze and saw Li Ziqing in black clothes. She was a little surprised at first, because Li Ziqing looked very good in both bearing and temperament.
If we have to compare him with someone I know, he is no worse than Prime Minister Gu Xiangning. It is true that talents emerge in times of peace and prosperity. Here comes another one.
With this in mind, Bai Zhen still stood up and saluted: "Bai Zhen greets Master Li."
Li Ziqing looked at Bai Zhen, but he didn't think she was very pretty. She just had a round face and was very cute! Li Zichun said that she was also carefree.
It was obvious that she was a somewhat stupid man. A gleam of light flashed in his eyes. Such a woman could be a concubine for Li Zichun, but she was still lacking in quality to be his wife.
Bai Zhen is very sensitive to animals and even more so to people. Although Li Ziqing did not show it, Bai Zhen still felt that Li Ziqing looked down on her.
After taking a look at Li Zichun, she understood where the contempt came from, and thought to herself, I am not willing to marry your Li Zichun!
He was actually still thinking about other things. It was simply a dream. Thinking of this, Bai Zhen became cold towards Li Zichun and Li Ziqing and just smiled.
Then she went on to talk to Bai Jia: "Sister, was the sunrise beautiful? The county lady is right. We can't go to the sea, but watching the sunrise on the lake is a different experience."
Li Zichun was stunned for a moment after hearing this: "You guys came so early? To watch the sunrise? Why didn't you notify me in advance?"
Bai Zhen smiled: "Mr. Li, are you kidding? What time is the sunrise? Is it suitable for us to meet? Besides, even if it is suitable, why should I invite you?"
Li Zichun was speechless after hearing these words. He immediately felt bad. Why did Bai Zhen's attitude towards him change completely? What went wrong
Li Zichun was so anxious that he scratched his head, but it was of no use. Bai Zhen still didn't even look at him. Li Zichun was very sad.
After Li Ziqing saw how Li Zichun and Bai Zhen got along with each other, he suddenly felt uncomfortable. His younger brother was so outstanding, but Bai Zhen was so willful and capricious, and was not worthy of him at all.
The cruise ship was moving slowly, and the surrounding scenery was very beautiful. Bai Zhen and Bai Jia were a little bored after drinking tea. Bai Zhen looked at Bai Jia and said, "Sister, why don't we go fishing?"
Bai Jia glanced at the people over there. There were only two women on the entire boat. The Bai family's style of doing things was different from that of people in Kyoto. They believed in equality between men and women.
But this doesn't work in Kyoto, so girls usually play with other girls. No one paid attention to it when the Bai family came, and with Xiaoman's instructions, it gradually became like this.
The brothers and sisters do everything together, and the Bai sisters have more opportunities to come into contact with these young men than other girls.
But for Li Ziqing, these were extremely unfamiliar. There were so many men on the ship, and the Bai sisters didn't even know how to avoid them.
After being rude and willful, Bai Zhen was also accused of being shameless. Of course, Bai Zhen knew nothing about this, but she could sense it.
Li Ziqing exuded a strong sense of disgust, and Bai Zhen felt very unhappy. Bai Jia had already agreed to Bai Zhen's request, and the two sisters were already sitting on the deck and started fishing.
"Why do you always go to see that Li Ziqing? She's pretty, but her senses aren't that good."