A few words that are light and clever, fell into the ears, but it was like a thunder on the ground, which caught people off guard.
Chengxu took a breath, and after being shocked for a while, he found his voice: "Sub... this subordinate, let's go!"
Lord Ziyang, who has always been indifferent to everything, would turn himself into a beauty in anger? After Cheng Xu was shocked, he was a little moved again. It's not easy! The old iron tree that has lived for more than 20 years has finally opened a fresh flower, and everyone in the Jiang family really has to come and see it!
Thinking of this, the wind picked up under his feet, and he rushed out of the wing in an instant.
Huaiyu was lying on the bed in a daze, listening to someone talking, but couldn't make out what was said. Dimly, I felt that someone turned me over, and then something pulled me lightly on my back, and my skin and flesh were burning with pain.
"Hiss—" moaning in pain, she raised her eyelids with difficulty.
Lingxiu stood beside her bed, pinching half of her coat in her hands, staring at her back, tears falling down like beads with a broken thread. Seeing her eyes open, the tears fell even more fiercely: "Miss..."
"Why are you crying again?" Huaiyu said to her in a daze, "I'm fine...don't cry yet..."
Is this all right? Lingxiu shook her head anxiously, opened her mouth, but found that her throat was blocked and she couldn't speak, stomped her feet twice, and she cried "wow" even more fiercely.
Jiang Xuanjin turned his back to the bed to avoid it, but when he heard Lingxiu's cry, he thought that something happened to the person on the bed, so he turned his head away.
The person on the bed was lying on his stomach, half of his clothes were off, and the fabric against his back was stuck with blood. Wherever he looked, there was a mixture of black and blue, bloody and bloody.
There is such a serious injury on the back? ! Jiang Xuanjin's heart skipped a beat, he couldn't believe it. Who are the people in the White Mansion who can really treat her so hard
Li Huaiyu's pupils were dilated and his breath was weak, but he still intermittently said to Lingxiu: "It's just a little flesh injury... I didn't make them feel better... Don't worry..."
Seeing her like this, Jiang Xuanjin frowned, and didn't care about not being rude, and stepped forward to take Lingxiu's place and said to her, "Go find the medical girl."
Lingxiu was still crying, and it took her a while to realize, she nodded and ran out.
She ran away without a trace, Li Huaiyu moved his eyes awkwardly, and then his eyes fell on the person next to him.
"You..." Still not dead to tease his mind. Even if he was half dead, Huaiyu said to him in a hoarse voice, "You look so ugly... do you feel sorry for me?"
Now that he looks like this, is he still in the mood to say such nonsense? Jiang Xuanjin was really angry: "No!"
Flattening her mouth aggrievedly, Huaiyu muttered in a low voice: "It's so unfeeling..."
The unfeeling Jiang Xuanjin had a straight face, and was about to ask her why she did this, but saw that the person on the bed tilted his head as if he couldn't hold on anymore, and his eyes suddenly closed.
Startled, he immediately stretched out his hand to sniff her.
There is still a breath left.
There was a silence in the heart, and then it started beating crazily again. Jiang Xuanjin looked down and felt that he might have some heart disease, and he was not normal all day today.
"Your Majesty." Lingxiu came back after going out for a while, stomping her feet and said urgently, "They said that the medical lady in the mansion is at Madam's side, so they don't have time to come over!"
Hearing this, Jiang Xuanjin's face turned cold.
There is still an explanation for the law of punishing the family, but knowing that Bai Zhuji was injured so badly, he kept the medical girl by his side, making it clear that he wanted to put her to death. The majestic Mrs. Yushi has such a vicious heart
Taking off the inscription on his waist and handing it to her together with the purse, Jiang Xuanjin said: "Take these and invite a medical lady outside the mansion to come back, and go through the side door without telling Mistress Bai."
"yes!"
The medical girl who went out to invite the mansion came much more briskly than the one in the mansion, but since the medical woman came in and saw the person on the bed, she never relaxed her brows.
"I have to take off the clothes for the girl first, and prepare some warm water for me. If there is clean salt in the house, bring some." She said.
Lingxiu complied, Jiang Xuanjin stood by and watched, and couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything serious?"
The nurse sighed and said: "This is not only a serious obstacle, but this girl's life is hard to survive. Judging by her pulse, she must have had an old disease before. In addition to this serious injury, both inside and outside are damaged, and her mind is exhausted. , the little girl is really not sure that she can be cured."
Jiang Xuanjin was startled, and frowned: "Just tell me what medicinal materials you need."
"It's not about the medicinal materials anymore..." The doctor girl sighed, looked at his expression, and said helplessly, "Let me write a prescription first to give this girl a sigh of relief."
"good."
Taking the pen and paper and letting her write, Jiang Xuanjin turned around and walked back to the bed, looked at the pale face, thought for a while, reached out and grabbed her hand, and wiped the agarwood wood beads that he had been wearing all year round on her wrist .
In the blink of an eye, the sun sets.
Bai Dezhong finally returned home by sedan chair after finishing his affairs in the court, but just as he stepped into the gate of his mansion, a servant from the East Court came up to him and said to him, "Master, go and see Madam!"
"What's the matter, ma'am?" He was puzzled.
The slave was leading the way, shaking his head while walking: "It's hard to say, slave, you will understand when you go to the East Courtyard."
Bai Dezhong followed, secretly blaming that the Bai Mengshi would betray him.
However, when he reached the door of the main house in the east courtyard, he suddenly understood why it was difficult for a house slave to talk about.
The house, which was always tidy, is now a mess. The tables and chairs fell to the ground, and the exquisite porcelain that used to be placed everywhere was now in pieces. The copper incense burner and the silver spittoon were all smashed and deformed on the ground, and there were even some bloodstains on the wall.
Frowning tightly, Bai De shouted loudly: "This is a thief!"
Bai Mengshi came out of the side hall crying, and knelt down towards him holding the handkerchief: "Master, you want to make the decision for this concubine!"
"What's going on?" Bai Dezhong helped her up, "What do you want me to do?"
Wiping her tears, Bai Mengshi choked up and said: "What you saw was all Zhuji's doing! She didn't return last night, but she sneaked back this morning. I am angry that she doesn't love herself, so I want to punish her Erchang has a long memory, who would have thought that she would disobey discipline, not to mention hurting the servants, and even smashing everything in the concubine's house!"
Bai Dezhong was shocked: "Really?"
"The evidence is all here, can the concubine still lie?" Bai Mengshi sighed, "I was thinking that Zhuji was sad about losing her marriage, and I didn't want to care too much about her. It's just a few days of confinement to grind my temper. Who would have thought , not only did she not have the slightest remorse, but she even found someone to back her up, and she didn't get the punishment she deserved, so she walked away braggingly!"
Bai De was furious: "Who dares to support her?"
When this was mentioned, Bai Mengshi hesitated a few times, but did not dare to answer.
Nanny Liu next to her immediately continued, "Miss Four has done more than that! She also stole Miss Second's dowry, and she was not ashamed when she was found out, but threatened to steal all of Miss Second's dowry!"
What is this called? Bai De was so angry that his eyes turned black, and he didn't care about whether to support him or not. He reached out and took out the mahogany ruler in his sleeve, and shouted angrily, "Where is she now!"
Bai Mengshi said: "It's in the west courtyard."
Bai Dezhong turned around and left, feeling furious in his heart!
He has always been self-disciplined, and he does his best in educating his children. He doesn't expect them to be very promising, as long as he knows propriety, justice and shame, and distinguishes right from wrong, then his years of hard work are not in vain. What's the result, he actually taught an arrogant and lawless bandit
Bai Zhuji didn't come back all night last night, he was already depressed, but after hearing Bai Mengshi's words again today, Bai Dezhong really wanted to beat Bai Zhuji back into his mother's womb, as if he had never given birth to this daughter!
After rushing all the way to the west courtyard, he pushed open the door of the wing room, and saw Bai Zhuji sleeping on the bed.
Still sleeping!
Anger rushed to his head, Bai De stepped into the room again, without looking at other people in the room, he raised his ruler and beat the person on the bed!
"Master!" Lingxiu exclaimed.
Bai Dezhong ignored her, and it was impossible for him to pay attention to her. It is useless for anyone to stop him now. He didn't intend to stop when he swung the ruler!
However, in the blink of an eye, someone suddenly turned sideways and blocked the bed. The three-foot-long mahogany ruler fell on the man's hand with a crisp sound.
"Snapped!"
Everyone in the room gasped.
Bai Dezhong was stunned, staring at the man's hand holding the ruler for a while, then slowly raised his head to look at his face.
"Master Bai." With a gloomy face, Jiang Xuanjin pinched the other end of the ruler and pushed it aside, retracting his sleeves and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Your Majesty?!" Seeing him, Bai Dezhong took two steps back, thinking for a moment that he had gone to the wrong place. But looking back, the furnishings of this room, the scenery outside, including Lingxiu standing next to her, all prove that this is indeed Zhuji's room.
At the end of Shen Shi, it was getting late, and Mr. Ziyang was still in the room of someone else's daughter? !
The anger that had just stagnated surged up again, and Bai Dezhong looked at him in disbelief, and said annoyed and annoyed: "I thought Your Majesty was a gentleman who knew etiquette, but I didn't expect to do such a thing like breaking into a boudoir privately." !"
Can't see the half-dead biological daughter on the bed, but accuse him of breaking into the boudoir? Jiang Xuanjin looked at him with a frown, and instantly understood why Bai Mengshi dared to beat Bai Zhuji like this.
Bai De respected this old man, he didn't take Bai Zhuji's life seriously at all.
"Your Majesty." The medical woman next to him handed him the medicine tremblingly, "It's coming soon, don't delay."
Hearing this, Jiang Xuanjin didn't care about Bai Dezhong anymore, took the medicine and said to Lingxiu: "Help your young lady."
"Yes!" Lingxiu hurriedly went to sit on the head of the bed, supported Li Huaiyu to make her turn sideways, so that it was convenient to pour the medicine.
With this flipping, Bai Dezhong found that the face of the person on the bed was as pale as paper, and the smell of blood in the room was also very strong.
"What's going on?" He froze.
Lingxiu gritted her teeth and said: "Miss was beaten half to death by madam, and there is nothing good about her body right now. Master doesn't care, but he still wants to beat Miss to her last breath! She is your own daughter after all! You Why is your heart so cruel!"
Upon hearing this, Bai De was seriously surprised: "Madam hit her?"
After a pause, he frowned again and said, "She made so many mistakes, she deserves to be beaten!"
The blue veins on the forehead twitched, Jiang Xuanjin looked at Bai Dezhong, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted with a cold face: "Yufeng!"
Chengxu went to Jiangfu, and Yufeng came to Baifu first after hearing the news. Hearing the sound at this time, Yufeng immediately pulled out the Emei thorn on his waist.
"What are you doing?" Bai De sternly said, "This is the White Mansion! You want to bully the Lord if you don't talk about it?"
Ignoring his words at all, Jiang Xuanjin ordered to Yufeng: "Clear the idlers out of this yard, and you stand guard at the door, and don't let a single fly in without my order."
"Yes!" Yufeng responded, Emei stabbed in front of Bai Dezhong, pushed him and walked out.
He was actually included in the four words "Idlers and others"? Bai De came out of the room again, and when he looked back, he was really angry: "Jiang Xuanjin, you are too deceitful! Tomorrow will come up, and I will definitely give you a book!"
Putting down the empty medicine bowl, Jiang Xuanjin got up and went to the door, pinching the door string and looking at the distraught man outside, said coldly: "Your Excellency, just go to attend, I am waiting for His Majesty to summon you."
After finishing speaking, he closed the door with a wave of his hand, blocking out all the noisy voices.
Everyone in the room was too frightened to make a sound, the medical lady was trembling as she sorted out the herbs that Yufeng had brought, and Lingxiu hurriedly went to see Huaiyu on the bed.
She didn't know if she didn't look at it, but she was so frightened that she exclaimed, "Miss!"
The person on the bed frowned, his pale face turned red in an instant, his mouth was slightly open, and his whole body twitched like a fish thrown on the rocky ground. Blood oozes from the skin that had been treated with good medicine.
Jiang Xuanjin's jaw clenched, and he quickly strode over and reached out to touch her forehead.
The tentacles are hot!
Taking a breath, he turned to look at the doctor: "I have a high fever."
When the nurse heard this, she hurriedly put down the things in her hands, and went over to feel the pulse again, her expression suddenly serious.
how? Jiang Xuanjin looked at her.
The nurse sighed, pointed out the door, got up and walked out. Jiang Xuanjin understood, followed her out, and closed the door.
"I'll be blunt." The door closed, and the nurse whispered, "This girl has serious internal and external injuries, especially her spleen and lungs. If she doesn't have a high fever, she might turn things around if she takes some elixir, but at this time the high fever won't subside, I'm afraid …”
She didn't say the rest. Jiang Xuanjin also understood, her face was calm, but her cuffs were slightly gathered.
The nurse woman sighed: "I'll go and get some antipyretics for her, and trouble your majesty to find some wine and let someone wipe her body. Whether she can survive it depends on her fate."
"Okay." He replied in a low voice. He watched the nurse leave, and stood at the door for a while.
The night was as cool as water, lights were turned off everywhere in the White Mansion, except for this wing room in the west courtyard which was brightly lit. Reaching out to catch the light leaking from the crack in the door, Jiang Xuanjin pursed her lips and sighed very lightly.
Pushing the door open and going back, he asked Lingxiu to find half a jar of wine, then twisted the veil, and wiped Huaiyu's face, hands and feet little by little. After going back and forth for an hour, it didn't bother me.
Jiang Xuanjin finally stopped when the nurse's medicine arrived.
"Feed her." The nurse gestured, "Be careful not to touch her wound."
Lingxiu hugged Huaiyu in response, Jiang Xuanjin took the medicine and blew it cooler, and put a spoonful of it into her mouth.
However, Li Huaiyu did not swallow the medicine this time. He frowned and spat it all out. Jiang Xuanjin looked at it, his face darkened, he simply put down the spoon, picked up the bowl and squeezed her mouth to pour it down.
Although I still spit out a lot, I swallowed some anyway. After the bowl of medicine had run out, Jiang Xuanjin pinched her for another half an hour, and Huaiyu gradually settled down, no longer twitching.
As the night darkened, the noise outside the yard also gradually disappeared. Lingxiu looked at the time uneasily, then at Jun Ziyang who was sitting by the bed, and couldn't help whispering: "Your Majesty, you can go to the guest room and rest, there are servants watching over here."
Jiang Xuanjin didn't move, just changed the handkerchief and continued to wipe her face, and asked her casually: "What does your lady eat at the house?"
Lingxiu was stunned for a moment, not understanding why he asked this question, but she answered truthfully: "As usual, I have porridge and small dishes for breakfast, two vegetarian dishes and one rice or two for lunch, and dinner is about the same as lunch."
As he spoke, he babbled again: "This mansion is full of people who see highs and lows. They know that my wife doesn't want to see my young lady. They will be treated badly for food and clothing. When the young lady was stupid before, they still took the young lady Just for fun, I often beat, scolded and bullied her when I was not around. Now that the lady has finally regained her senses, and they are changing the method to deduct the monthly money, the life of the lady is really difficult!"
After Jiang Xuanjin listened, she glanced at the person on the bed, and said in a low voice, "I thought... I really blamed her."
At that time she said that she didn't have enough food and clothing in the White Mansion, and he thought she was lying to trick him into sympathy, but it turned out that what she said was true, but he didn't want to believe it.
Then, among the lies he thought for so long, is there also her sincerity that he has ignored
With this thought, countless words she said suddenly sounded in my ears:
…
"Are you stupid? The girl's family said that they will make amends to you because they want to hook you up. Who cares whether you need to make amends or not!"
…
"I won't let go, don't say these useless things."
…
"In my eyes, you are naturally the most important."
…
Jiang Xuanjin frowned, subconsciously trying to shake her head to drive away the voices. However, the last and softest sentence still entered his ears unstoppably.
"I want to be with you. I see you every year."
Her voice is like a yellow warbler, with a charming little hook at the end, which tickles people's hearts.
With a hot heart, Jiang Xuanjin only felt a slight tightness in his throat. Looking down again, the smiling face in his ears and eyes gradually disappeared, and the person on the bed was still weak and pale.
He squeezed the veil tightly in his hand.
"Your Majesty?" Lingxiu was taken aback and looked at him puzzled.
Slightly startled, he realized that he lost his composure, and slowly lowered his eyes: "It's okay."
The restlessness in the chest gradually calmed down, Jiang Xuanjin stretched out his hand, and probed Huaiyu's forehead again.
The high fever still persisted.
His heart sank, he turned his head to the doctor woman and said, "Come and see her."
The nurse who dozed off at the table regained her senses and hurried over to take her pulse again. This one, the lips are white.
"How?" Jiang Xuanjin asked.
After hesitating for a while, the medical woman spat out four words with difficulty: "Fate."
Jiang Xuanjin listened, and looked down at the person on the bed, her sword eyebrows were not loose.
Reaching out and flicking the prayer beads on her wrist that have been with him for many years, he whispered: "Even if it is destiny, it should favor you more."
Hearing these words, Lingxiu looked at him in astonishment, feeling her nose sour for no reason.
After Bai Dezhong left from the west courtyard. I went back to Bai Mengshi's side again. Although he was very angry with Jiang Xuanjin's domineering behavior, he felt something was wrong when he calmed down, so he asked Bai Mengshi, "Did you hit Zhuji's wound?"
Bai Mengshi paused, and then said aggrievedly: "Didn't the concubine tell you that? I wanted her to have a long memory, so I asked for a family law. But the family law is not serious at all. Who would be willing to beat her hard?" ? You must not believe in those tricks!"
"Then what's going on with Lord Ziyang?" Bai De frowned, "Why didn't you tell me that he was protecting Zhuji?"
Bai Mengshi was even more aggrieved: "What is Ziyang Jun's status, he doesn't give half of his face to the concubine, how can the concubine dare to sue him?"
It's true that he doesn't give half a cent of face, not to mention Bai Mengshi, he didn't even please him.
Bai Dezhong thought about it, and felt that there was nothing wrong with what Bai Mengshi said, so he took a shower and rested first, and planned to read a book from him tomorrow morning.
But when he really fell asleep and woke up, on the way to court, Bai De hesitated again.
Yesterday Ziyang Jun didn't show any guilt on his face, he walked and sat upright, he didn't look like he had done anything wrong. Before leaving, he was even less afraid that he would play the emperor, and even said that he was waiting for His Majesty to summon him.
Is there some hidden secret that he doesn't know
Standing in the court row, quietly glanced at the emperor sitting on the dragon chair, Bai Dezhong hesitated again and again, and finally swallowed the playbook he had thought up.
There are inexplicably few people going to court today, and the court meeting ended in an hour. Bai De stepped out of the palace in a hurry, thinking that if Jiang Xuanjin was still guarding in the west courtyard today and refused to give an explanation, then he would go to the old man of the Jiang family and talk about it.
However, stepping into the White Mansion with one foot, Bai Dezhong was taken aback by the scene inside.
The dowry burden covered with red silk was lined up from the door to the front hall, and at a glance, it looked like a fiery dragon.
"Master!" The concierge came up to salute him with a happy face, "You are back, everyone in the Jiang family is waiting in the front hall!"
Slightly taken aback, Bai Dezhong patted his forehead lightly. He secretly thought that he was so angry and confused, he even forgot that today was the day when the Jiang family came to hire him. Xuanji's marriage is the most important right now, as for the rest, we can wait until we have time.
Lifting his spirits, he tidied up his posture and stepped into the front hall.
Bai Mengshi was already standing in the front hall, and from the corner of her eye, she glanced at the red color that filled the house and yard, her brows were filled with joy.
The dowry has always determined how much the husband's family attaches importance to the daughter-in-law. Her family Xuanji is so promising that the Jiang family gave the highest regulation of sixty-four petties. Just by looking at the exposed corners of the first two burdens, you can know the red The things covered under the silk are quite heavy.
The relatives of the Bai family standing behind her all enviously said: "Xuanji is married well, this daughter is not in vain!"
When Bai Mengshi heard this, she was even more happy, but she covered her lips with a reserved face and said: "The dowry is second, and Xuanji can marry a good husband-in-law is the most important thing."
Several relatives complimented her a few more times, and praised Bai Mengshi to the sky.
The members of the Jiang family sat in the guest seats and drank tea quietly without saying a word.
Bai De re-entered without looking too much, and first bowed to Jiang Chong who was at the front: "Lao's family and everyone have been waiting for a long time."
Jiang Chong got up, did not respond to his "in-laws", cupped his hands and said: "Master Bai is serving the country, we should wait."
Bai Dezhong was taken aback, and smiled politely, but felt that something was wrong. Sweeping his eyes to the side, he was stunned.
Mrs. Jiang was sitting on the guest seat with a dragon-headed stick, and beside him was Jiang Shen, who was smiling, and a row of people standing behind him were all relatives of the Jiang family's uncles.
No wonder the meeting today is empty, why are all these people here? !
Horrified in his heart, Bai De regained his composure, cupped his hands and made a salute to the old man Jiang: "The old man actually went to the house in person, Bai is really terrified!"
Mrs. Jiang smiled, looked at him kindly and said, "My in-laws sit first."
Glancing at the people behind him, Bai Dezhong sat down stiffly, only dared to take half of the seat, and stood upright.
The old man said again: "This old man is here to hire you today."
Bai De nodded his head, cupped his hands and said: "Actually, according to the rules, it is enough for the general to come here. You will make Bai feel ashamed of the family's lack of courtesy."
The old man smiled and shook his head: "The old man came here according to the rules, so there is no need for the in-laws to be uneasy, the etiquette in the house is very considerate."
What do you mean by that? Bai Dezhong was a little dazed, and Bai Mengshi behind him was also confused.
According to the rules, isn't the groom's father coming to give the dowry? Jiang Yan is going to get married, what is the old lady doing here? Besides, was the general just talking about it? How can you call Bai Dezhong "adult"? They should be called "in-laws" like the old man.
Before they could figure it out, Old Master Jiang said again: "Is the dog Xuan Jin still bothering you at your house?"
Mentioning this, Bai Dezhong's expression was a bit ugly: "Your Majesty must still be in the West Courtyard."
"That's good." The old man nodded, and said to Jiang Chong in a blink of an eye, "Go and call him over."
Bai Mengshi took a look. Hastily interjected: "So many people from the Jiang family came today for Xuanji's marriage, it's already mobilizing the crowd, so why bother your majesty?"
Glancing at her, the old man smiled and said: "If it's the marriage of the second lady of your mansion, I don't need to sit here today."
As soon as these words came out, Bai Dezhong finally thought of something, looked at the Jiang family in astonishment, opened his mouth to speak, but felt that his thoughts were so ridiculous that he couldn't say anything.
Bai Mengshi frowned in puzzlement, feeling that these words were inexplicable. In the hall, people from the White Mansion whispered to each other and discussed a lot.
West courtyard wing room.
Jiang Xuanjin stayed up all night, but he still didn't wait for the person on the bed to wake up. His eyes were fixed on the doctor woman who was taking the pulse, as dark as night.
The female doctor felt her pulse tremblingly, but didn't say anything for a while. He was a little anxious, and he wanted to sniff the man's breath again. However, before putting his finger on it, the door of the wing room was pushed open.
"Master." Yu Feng came in and cupped his hands to pass on a message, "The old lady invites you to the front hall, the Eldest Young Master is waiting for you outside the gate of the courtyard."
ask him to go. It must be that Bai De returned to the palace again. Jiang Xuanjin pursed her lips, looked at the person on the bed, and stopped her finger an inch away from her sniff. After thinking about it, she finally hung down to tuck her in the quilt.
"I'll take care of other things for her first." He got up and said to Lingxiu, "Take care of your young lady. If there is anything, please come and let me know."
Lingxiu nodded repeatedly.
After receiving the clean robe from Yufeng, Jiang Xuanjin changed, wiped his face with cold water, and went out to look for Jiang Chong. The two went to the front hall together, and as soon as they crossed the threshold, they heard the old man scold: "What kind of a person are you!"
Everyone was startled, not knowing who he was reprimanding. Jiang Xuanjin stepped forward very consciously, stood in front of him and bowed his head: "My son is rude."
"You also know that you are impolite?" The old man stared straight at him, "On the day of the appointment, you who are going to get married, can you come later than your in-laws?"
The front hall, which was noisy just now, was instantly quiet as if everyone had died because of this sentence.
Bai Dezhong's eyes widened, and Bai Mengshi's eyes also widened. All the members of the Bai family behind were dumbfounded. Some people even dug their ears, suspecting that they were dreaming.
Who is going to marry? Lord Ziyang? Isn't this old man confused
Amidst the shock, Jiang Xuanjin looked very calm, turned to Bai Dezhong, and said in a low voice: "The junior is late, and I hope my lord will forgive me."
Bai Dezhong: "..."
Although Jiang Xuanjin is younger than him in seniority, but his identity is here, and he has always called himself "my lord". At first hearing that he called himself a "junior", Bai Dezhong felt inexplicably flustered.
"What's going on here?" Bai Mengshi lost her composure, frowned, glanced at Jiang Xuanjin, and then looked at the old man behind, "Shouldn't you come to hire Xuanji for the young master of the Jiang family today? Why did you become Ziyang?" Are you going to get married?"
The old man smiled with a cane: "Today, so many people from the two families are invited to explain this matter clearly, so as not to be fooled in the future - Xuan Jin's seniority is older than Yan'er, and his marriage will naturally be ranked after Yan'er." The one in front of my son. Today, all the members of my Jiang family are here, just to let Master Bai see the sincerity of my Jiang family, so that I can rest assured that my daughter will marry Xuan Jin."
Hearing these words, Bai Dezhong was shocked, not because he was shocked by the sincerity of the Jiang family, but because he was shocked... Lord Ziyang really wanted to be his son-in-law
How many people in the court want to marry Ziyang Lord. Elder Qi Ge was even willing to give his concubine his daughter-in-law as his concubine. How could he fall in love with Bai Zhuji without even looking at such an overpowering beauty
If it hadn't happened yesterday, Bai Dezhong might still naively think that Lord Ziyang was looking for Xuanji. But after what happened yesterday... If he still doesn't know who he wants to marry, his more than forty years of life will be in vain!
Bai Mengshi obviously thought of this too, his face turned from red to white in an instant, staring at Jiang Xuanjin, his fingernails were embedded in his flesh.
He wants to marry Bai Zhuji? How could he marry Bai Zhuji! Xuanji's marriage to Jiang Yan is considered high-profile, so why should those four idiots marry Ziyang Jun? If this happened, wouldn't Xuanji want to call her aunt in the future? Absurd!
Furious, she didn't care about etiquette anymore, and said hastily: "This is not allowed!"
Bai Dezhong hadn't spoken yet, but the female family members spoke first. Mrs. Jiang frowned, gave her a displeased look, and asked in a deep voice, "Why not?"
Bai Mengshi was a little flustered, and angrily and anxiously stepped forward and asked, "Does the old lady know who the Lord wants to marry?"
"Of course I know." He nodded, "The fourth lady of your mansion, Bai Zhuji."
"Now that you know, then the old lady should also know that Bai Zhuji has been a fool for many years and has misbehavior! If it is not enough to marry the young master, how can he marry the king?" Bai Mengshi shook her head repeatedly. "Please think twice, old man!"
The words were ugly, and Jiang Yan was stepped on invisibly. Jiang Chong, who was next to her, glanced at her, and immediately lost his good face.
"You're presumptuous!" Sensing that something was wrong, Bai Dezhong reprimanded her, "How can you speak here?"
"Your Majesty is the pillar of the country, so his marriage can't be sloppy. Even if the master punishes my concubine today, I must explain it clearly, and I can't let her deceive your majesty!" Bai Mengshi said with a righteous attitude of killing relatives, "My concubine What I said is true. That Bai Zhuji is not only a thief by nature, but also stays out at night, her reputation is ruined, it is really hard to be elegant!"
When other families marry their daughters, they are always eager to say good things, for fear that they will be looked down upon by their in-laws. This White Mansion is good, only the hired ones say a few words, and the mistress is anxious to pour dirty water on the daughter who is about to marry.
Jiang Xuanjin looked up at her distraught look, and slightly curled her lips: "Every sentence is true?"
Meeting his gaze, Bai Mengshi was a little guilty, but still nodded vigorously: "Yes. Everyone in the house knows! Because of vanity, Bai Zhuji stole her second sister's dowry and went off to somewhere yesterday. Didn't come back tonight!"
"Stealing her second sister's dowry?" Jiang Xuanjin thought for a while, "Madam Bai is referring to the jewelry on the fourth lady yesterday?"
"Yes!" Bai Mengshi said firmly, "The concubine prepared them for my second daughter. I have seen them myself, so there is no mistake."
With a sneer, Jiang Xuanjin flipped his hands and took out a hairpin made of gold silk and eight treasures: "Then Mrs. Bai, let's see, is this also the dowry of the second lady?"
It was Bai Zhuji who left it in Moju, or Yufeng picked it up and brought it to Baifu. He planned to return it to her when she woke up, but unexpectedly it came in handy.
Bai Mengshi looked at the hairpin in his hand, and felt that the workmanship was similar to those on Bai Zhuji, so she nodded immediately: "Yes! This one is too!"
Withdrawing her hand, Jiang Xuanjin nodded: "It's easy to handle. This hairpin comes from Canghai Yizhu Pavilion, and the house of shopkeeper Lu in Canghai Yizhu Pavilion is next door. If Mrs. Bai insists on saying that these things are the dowry you bought for the second lady, Then you might as well invite shopkeeper Lu here, and everything will be clear once you ask."
As soon as these words came out, Bai Mengshi's face turned blue. Then he said angrily: "Your Majesty, do you mean that this concubine is lying?"
This is a rhetorical question from embarrassment. Most people are bluffed by her, and how can they say something like "I didn't mean that".
However, standing in front of her was Jiang Xuanjin who never gave anyone face.
"You were lying." He frowned, his expression becoming colder and colder, "Miss Fourth's jewelry was a gift from the treasurer Lu of Canghai Yizhu Pavilion, but you said it was the dowry of Second Miss Bai stolen. The mistress of the house actually slanders the younger generation in public?"
Unexpectedly, the lie would be exposed on the spot, and Bai Mengshi was suddenly so ashamed that she couldn't stand up, and stammered a few sentences, showing her embarrassment.
Looking at her like this, Bai Dezhong felt ashamed, and angrily scolded: "How dare you talk nonsense here!"
"Concubine..." Bai Mengshi gritted her teeth, brazenly denying it to death, "Concubine did not lie! It is clear that the emperor deliberately shielded Bai Zhuji! Taking a few steps back, even if she got the jewelry from other places, she would have to pay for it at night. It is also a fact that she does not return home! A girl who has not left the cabinet, stays at someone else's house for the night, who knows what happened!"
"You nonsense!" It was about his daughter's family's honor, finally Bai Dezhong couldn't sit still, he got up and slapped Bai Mengshi. Beat her staggering a few steps.
Covering her face and leaning on the table, Bai Mengshi's eyes became more and more resentful: "My concubine is telling the truth, and it is also for the good of our Bai family. If your majesty married Zhuji on impulse and went back, and found something wrong, wouldn't you blame our family?" ?”
These words can be said to have sinister intentions, every single word implied that Bai Zhuji was not clean, and when he said it in front of the two elders, he almost didn't intend to give Bai Zhuji a chance to survive.
Everyone in the Jiang family looked at each other. After a moment of silence, Mrs. Jiang suddenly stood up and bowed heavily towards Bai De.
Bai Dezhong quickly stretched out his hand for support, frowned and said, "You are Zhesha Bai!"
"I'm supposed to perform this ritual." Old Master Jiang sighed, "As Mrs. Bai said, it's really outrageous for a girl who hasn't left the cabinet to stay overnight at someone else's house."
Bai Mengshi was overjoyed when he heard the words, thinking that his words finally had an effect.
However, the old man went on to say: "What's more, Xuan Jin has always been a polite person. Knowing that this is not good for Miss Fourth, she still left her in Jiangfu for the night. It is really an old man who has no way to teach his children, and is ashamed of his in-laws!"
Jiang Chong, who was behind, also bent down: "As the eldest brother, I didn't stop him, and I am ashamed of Master Bai!"
Jiang Shen cupped his hands: "As the second elder brother, I didn't stop me, and I'm ashamed of Master Bai!"
Those in the row behind Jiang's house who knew about "the third young master hiding a woman in the room" all bowed to Bai De. As the Jiang family, not only did they not stop them, but they were also very happy. They are really ashamed!
Looking at the neat top of the head in front of him, Bai Dezhong was stunned, and Bai Mengshi was also stunned.
"Last night... did Zhuji spend the night in Jiangfu?" Bai Dezhong asked in a low voice.
Jiang Xuanjin glanced at him with a cold expression: "Miss Si injured her foot in Jiangfu yesterday, and it was difficult for her to walk for a while, so this junior let her live in the guest building. This is because I didn't think carefully about this matter, and it has nothing to do with Miss Si. Please, sir Forgive me."
What is the nature of stealing, what is not coming home at night to have an affair with others, it turns out that everything is slander! After everyone listened to Jiang Xuanjin's words, their eyes fell on the mistress of the Bai family. This time, even the members of the Bai family felt that Bai Mengshi's behavior this time was really vicious and ridiculous!
Bai Dezhong looked at Jiang Xuanjin quite guiltily: "So the king was so arrogant yesterday because the old man wronged Zhuji?"
With a gloomy face, Jiang Xuanjin said, "My lord thinks that I just wronged her?"
Bai Dezhong was slightly stunned: "Otherwise?"
Glancing at Bai Mengshi, Jiang Xuanjin said to Bai De: "Your wife killed half of your own daughter's life. If the younger generation didn't stop her last night, she might die with your ruler! You are kind, just ignore her and blame her, but is there anything that Xuan Jin respects in every word and deed?"
Bai De's heart shook and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't refute.
The people from Jiang's family were also frightened, and asked him quickly: "What's going on? Miss Fourth was injured?"
Jiang Xuanjin lowered her eyes, concealed her emotions and replied, "Life or death is uncertain."
Hearing this word, Bai Dezhong looked at Bai Mengshi in disbelief, and the latter quickly lowered his head and said in a low voice, "I didn't hit it that hard."
They were all hand-beaten by house slaves.
Not caring about greeting other people, Bai De stepped up and walked towards the west courtyard. Mrs. Jiang couldn't sit still, fearing that her daughter-in-law, who had been looking forward to so hard, would disappear just like that, so she hurriedly followed on crutches.
As soon as he moved, everyone in the Jiang family moved, leaving only Bai Mengshi and a few Bai family members standing in the hall blankly.
A group of people approached the west courtyard, but saw a girl running out from the gate of the west courtyard. She ran so fast and staggered that she fell to the ground hard.
"Lingxiu?" Bai Dezhong called out when he saw it.
As if she fell hard, Lingxiu couldn't get up, lay on the ground and looked up to see Jiang Xuanjin, and grinned foolishly: "Your Majesty, Miss has survived!"
This smile is very bright, even if the face is dirty, it seems to be shining. However, the light only lasted for two seconds before it faded completely. Lingxiu stared blankly at an open space, and suddenly burst into tears.
The whole night of fear and fear, the whole night of terrified heart, she cried out, and the sound of crying made everyone present feel sour.
Jiang Xuanjin looked at her, and slightly loosened the hand that had been clenched all the time.
survived...
Hearing these four words, everyone felt a little complicated. Bai De looked at the small wing room in front of him again, and finally felt that he really treated Zhuji badly and allowed her to be bullied like this.
He turned his head. Turning to the group of people behind him, he said: "The room is small, let Your Majesty and the old man go in first, you might as well rest in the side room next to it."
So many people go to the doctor, and it also affects the patients. Although everyone wanted to go and see the fourth young lady, but the master said so, so they also nodded with interest.
Jiang Xuanjin entered the wing room, went to the bedside familiarly, and looked down at the face of the person on the bed.
It was still a pale face, but faintly, a trace of life could be felt.
Frowning, he glanced at Bai Dezhong next to him, got up and made way for him. Bai Dezhong leaned forward and took a look, the guilt in his eyes was even stronger.
"I'm not a good father." He said, "I promised her mother to take good care of her, but I failed."
Old Mr. Jiang said: "It's not too late to make up for it now."
Bai Dezhong smiled wryly: "The old man thinks how should Bai make up for it?"
"Isn't that simple?" The old man glared, pointed at Jiang Xuanjin who was next to him with his cane, "Marrying his daughter to him is the best compensation."
"..."
Bai Dezhong was silent, and after the silence he had to admit: "The old man is right." He looked at Jiang Xuanjin next to him: "Probably God loves Zhuji, so she has won the favor of the king. Frankly speaking, Bai almost took it seriously this morning. Participated in Junshang's book. Fortunately, fortunately, Bai believed in Junshang's good character once."
Jiang Xuanjin bowed her head and remained silent.
Old Mr. Jiang smiled and said: "It's good to have a real ginseng book. This kid hasn't been ginsenged before. It's good to have some experience."
Bai Dezhong was even more grateful for his in-laws being so open-minded, but he glanced at the weak person on the bed, and asked the nurse with some concern, "Are you sure you're all right?"
The medical girl smiled wearily and said, "The prescription has been prescribed. Take the medicine three times a day. If you take good care of it, you will be fine."
Nodding his head, Bai De once again bowed his hands to Jiang Xuanjin: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving my little girl's life."
Before Jiang Xuanjin could respond, the old man Jiang next to him shook his head and said, "What's there to thank? If he doesn't save him, he won't have a wife!"
Saying that, he pulled Bai Dezhong out again: "Since the in-laws also accept this marriage, let's discuss the wedding date in detail and accept the dowry by the way."
Bai De answered again and again, staggered a few steps and followed him out, but couldn't help but look back again.
In the dark wing, Mr. Ziyang stood quietly beside the bed with a dignified posture, just like the figure he saw from the back in the hall. It is obviously very close to people, but it makes people feel far away.
The main house in the east courtyard.
Bai Xuanji had shed tears silently for half an hour, and Bai Mengshi applied ice to her face. His eyes were full of resentment.
"She must have used some kind of coquettish means, otherwise the Lord would have taken a fancy to her?" Bai Mengshi said angrily, and then comforted her, "Don't worry, they only said that Lord Ziyang's marriage should come first. But I didn't say that I would call off your marriage."
"I didn't even mention it, so what's the difference between Ming and Ming's resignation?" Bai Xuanji wiped her tears, "Besides, even if I don't resign, I will be a head lower than Bai Zhuji when I marry."
Having a good marriage made her happy, but what made her even more happy was being able to step on Bai Zhuji. Now not only is the marriage uncertain, but Bai Zhuji stepped on her in turn, how can she be willing
Bai Xuanji felt resentment in her heart when she thought of the show-like eyes of her relatives just now.
Bai Mengshi sighed: "If I knew it earlier, I should have killed her directly. In this way, even if Mr. Ziyang wanted to marry, she would not be able to marry."
Hearing this, Bai Xuanji looked up at her.
Feeling guilty, Bai Mengshi hastily said: "I'm just joking, I'm really beaten to death, and I have to go to prison."
Wipe away tears. Bai Xuanji said: "If you are beaten to death in the open, you will definitely be in prison."
But what if it's not on the bright side
Bai Mengshi was taken aback for a moment, looked at her eyes, and suddenly felt a chill behind her.
After discussing the details of the marriage with the Bai family, the Jiang family left with the whole family. The old man Jiang stepped out of the door, glanced at Jiang Xuanjin who hadn't followed him, and laughed angrily: "You majestic Ziyang Lord, are you going to barge in the door?"
"I have something to return to her." Jiang Xuanjin said, "When she wakes up, return it and leave."
Just worry about people, and find a bad excuse to return things. The old man shook his head when he heard it: "Good luck!"
Jiang Xuanjin turned a deaf ear to them, watched them leave, said a few words with Bai Dezhong and went back to the west courtyard.
"Master." Yufeng said after him, "Go to sleep first, your eyes are red."
Jiang Xuanjin shook his head, sat by the bed and said: "I haven't gone to the morning court today, there are many things to deal with, just make a cup of tea for me."
Yufeng sighed and took his orders to leave.
There were a lot of brochures that had just been delivered here, Jiang Xuanjin rubbed the center of her brows, and patiently picked them up to read one by one. When I saw the fifth book. The person on the bed coughed.
Slightly startled, he hurriedly leaned over to look, but saw Bai Zhuji's eyes were tightly closed, and her lips were slightly parted, as if she was thinking about something. I didn't hear clearly the first time, but the two words became clear the second time.
She shouted: father emperor.
Jiang Xuanjin was taken aback for a moment, stared at her for a while, and then smiled.
I dreamed that I was a princess in my dreams, but she was so beautiful!
Just as she was about to reach out to touch her gibberish lips, there was a sudden shout from outside: "Who!"
It was Yufeng's voice, Jiang Xuanjin raised his eyebrows, let go of Zhezi and stood up to open the door.
Outside the door, Yufeng was holding tea in one hand and pinching the Emei thorn in the other, looking at the other side warily.
Opposite him stood a man, that man was wearing a silver silk snow gown, holding a Nanyang jade bone fan.
"Go away!" Lu Jingxing raised his eyes to look at him, his eyes were full of hostility.