Bai Yu clearly expressed his attitude and absolutely disagreed with Yaoyao entering the palace.
The complex environment in the palace, Yaoyao entered, either became unrecognizable, or was skinned and drank blood, and suffered a lot of grievances.
Either way, it was not what he wanted to see.
As an older brother, he didn't need Yaoyao to bring him any political resources.
It is a man's responsibility to protect the family and shelter the female relatives from wind and rain.
She just needs to be happy forever and carefree.
Although he was kneeling on the ground, what he did was persecution, and the one who persecuted was the emperor who held the supreme power.
It's not that Bai Yu didn't think about the consequences of doing this, but he can afford the consequences, but he can't bear the consequences of ruining his sister's life.
Throwing the memorial in his hand on the table, Li Zetian smiled, looked at him fixedly, and asked: "Bai Yu, do you know what the consequences will be after being named the county head?" Opportunity.
He asked, "Don't you feel sorry?"
Bai Yu kowtowed again, "Your Majesty, please grant me the love and love for my humble sister."
Li Zetian looked at him for a while, then suddenly smiled, and waved his hand: "Come here, draw up an order."
With a sound of "crash", the memorial was just thrown to the ground by Li Zetian, when Eunuch Liu came in and whispered that it was Prince Rui who came.
Li Zetian narrowed his eyes.
The canonization decree had just been issued, and he, the emperor's younger brother, heard about it. He has good ears.
Li Zetian didn't want to see him at first, but then he thought about the day of the hunting trip and what happened yesterday, Prince Rui obviously also had a strong interest in Yaoyao.
He tidied up his emotions, sat on the chair, and said lightly, "Xuan."
As soon as Prince Rui came in, his face was full of anger, he saluted, and before Li Zetian asked, he vented his dissatisfaction, "Brother Huang, why did Miss Bai's family be canonized as the county head? What merit did she make?"
Li Zetian looked at the memorial and said indifferently: "Confess my wife and son. Zhen Guogong has done meritorious service, and Bai Yu has made meritorious deeds. Is there anything wrong with conferring their daughters and sisters? Besides, Bai Yu personally came to ask for the conferment. Must promise."
These few words were reasonable, and lightly blocked Prince Rui's questioning back, Prince Rui looked at Li Zetian who was not in a hurry to read the memorial, stomped his feet, hastily retreated, turned around and strode away.
Li Zetian put down the memorial, watched his back disappear, and smiled.
County Lord
For the rest of the clan, it was indeed an insurmountable gap.
But to the emperor, it was just a title.
It's ridiculous that Bai Yu wants to restrict himself with a title.
It's good to be canonized as the county lord, so that his good brother won't worry about things that don't belong to him.
In Zhen Guogong's mansion, ever since he knew that no one had ever taught Yaoyao about men and women, Bai Yu was so angry that he reprimanded all the mothers in the mansion, especially Mother Chen, who had seriously neglected her duties. For the sake of relying on her, she must be kicked out of the house.
In order to get rid of the crime, Nanny Chen tried her best to re-teach Yaoyao, and Yaoyao also pretended to learn seriously.
The decree to confer Yaoyao as the county lord has been promulgated, and there will be a canonization ceremony next, besides the teachings of Mother Chen, Yaoyao still has a lot to learn.
The palace also sent a nanny to teach her etiquette so as not to lose her status.
After a few days, Bai Yu came to inspect the results, he didn't care about etiquette, even if he made a mistake, no one dared to laugh.
All he cared about was one other thing.
He waved his servants to step back, and he asked her how she would respond if His Majesty came again and asked her to fulfill her promise and dance for him.
Yaoyao replied crisply: "Of course I refused!"
Bai Yu smiled, but still shook his head: "The answer is correct, but it's not good enough."
Yaoyao was puzzled: "Why not?"
He asked: "Your Majesty has an order. As a subject, how can you resist the order?"
Yaoyao immediately turned bitter, and wanted to pull his sleeves to act like a spoiled child, but remembering the etiquette she had learned, she forced herself to go back, and stood three feet away in a well-behaved manner, looking at him beggingly.
Bai Yu glanced at her hand, suppressed the disappointment in his heart, and said: "Promise him, let someone tell me secretly, you don't resist the order openly, do you understand?"
Yaoyao nodded, "I remember."
Bai Yu heaved a sigh of relief, he was really worried about this younger sister.
In the past, all he had in mind was fighting, but now that he has one more, the taste is not bad.
I hope that my father will reply to the letter soon and let him know what secret is hidden in Yaoyao.
Ever since he found out that he had that kind of thought about Yaoyao, he had suffered day and night, and his father's reply indicated that his future road would be smooth, or he would be in a sea of swords and flames.
Without a definite answer, he always feels uneasy.
What he didn't expect was that before the canonization ceremony, Li Zetian issued another decree, saying that Duke Zhen had worked hard and made great contributions, and he was crowned King of Zhenbei. Canonized as the son of Zhenbei Prince, the canonization ceremony was held together with Yaoyao.
The decree was passed to the border first, and then to Bai Yu's ears. When he got the news, Lord Zhen Guo was already on his way back to Beijing.
He stood indifferently for a long while, frowning.
This round, he lost.
Your Majesty is His Majesty after all, this step is simply wonderful.
Bai Yu guessed that next Li Zetian would take back his father's military power, and the Bai family army would still be handed over to him as the eldest son, and the rest of the army would be gathered together, and then he would be transferred back to the border.
At that time, Yaoyao's surname will still be Bai, and she will have nothing to do with the royal family. She will bear the name of a county lord, and if Li Zetian wants her, she will have to enter the palace if he orders her.
The day before the canonization ceremony, Lord Zhen Guo went to Beijing and entered the palace to thank him.
Bai Yu waited in the study, and when his father came back, he saluted. The father and son sat down, and Bai Yu briefly talked about what happened during this period, and asked, "What's going on with Yaoyao?"
Zhen Guogong did not elaborate, only said that she was the daughter of an old man.
Bai Yu had already guessed in his heart, and now that it was confirmed, he couldn't suppress an inexplicable joy, and a smile flowed from the corners of his eyes and brows, softening his cold and severe eyes.
Yaoyao is not his own sister, and has no blood relationship with him.
He can act as much as he wants, and he must stop his thoughts before Li Zetian makes a move.
Seeing his father's serious face, he quickly calmed down and discussed the current situation with his father.
At the end, Lord Zhen Guo asked him if he had met the girl he liked after returning to Beijing for so many days. Bai Yu recalled the day of the Qiqiao Festival, when Yaoyao tied the red string around his wrist, and the glimpse of Misty Color Workshop that day.
He didn't answer.
Duke Zhen smiled and asked, "Which family is the girl from?"
Bai Yu said solemnly: "Father, it's getting late. Tomorrow is the canonization ceremony. Let's rest early."
He got up to say goodbye.
Opening the door, eyes moved slightly.
In the shadow of the corridor, a figure poked its head there.
Bai Yu didn't move, and said in a deep voice: "What are you doing sneakily? Come here."
Yaoyao came out from the shadows, with a guilty look on her face, she weakly called her brother, and asked, "Has father rested? I haven't seen father for a long time, I want to go and see."
"Is it Yaoyao? Come here." Duke Zhen's voice came from inside the house.
Yaoyao immediately passed Bai Yu and ran in with a smile on her face, calling her "Father" sweetly.
Bai Yu closed the door, didn't go back to his yard, walked up the only way Yaoyao had to go back to his room, found a place to sit down, and waited quietly.
After Yaoyao and her father finished talking about family happiness, they were going to go back, but they had to pass a rockery.
The mountains and rocks were rugged and towering in the dark, and they were hideous and terrifying that they did not have during the day. She was a little scared.
There are few masters in the Duke's Mansion, and there are few servants. It always looks a bit deserted. It was getting late. She walked with her skirt on tiptoe, and walked to the center of the rockery. In the darkness, she stretched out a hand and wrapped it around her waist. He took her in immediately.
Just as Yaoyao was about to exclaim, someone covered her mouth, and a familiar voice rang in her ears, "It's me."
It's brother!
Yaoyao breathed a sigh of relief, she was glad that the grievance and grievance came together, she couldn't help biting his hand, and looked at him angrily, "Brother, why are you scaring me?"
"Didn't you scare me before?" The man's deep voice was mysterious and seductive in the dark night, with a male-specific ambiguity.
Yaoyao shook off his hand, took a step back, leaned against the stone wall, pursed her lips and said, "Didn't brother teach me that men and women can't kiss each other? Why are you still so close to me?"
He took a step forward, and the male aggressive aura fermented in the dark and cramped space.
Knowing that Yaoyao has no blood relationship with him, Bai Yu completely let go, he seduced her without any trace, and instilled wrong cognition into him.
"Of course not other men. But my brother is different." He stretched out his hand and twisted the red string on his wrist, and there was an imperceptible softness in his cold voice.
Yaoyao nodded half-understood, then jumped up again, "Then I don't have to follow those messy rules in front of my brother, right?"
"No, in front of my brother, you can do whatever you want, but there is a premise that only the two of us are around."
"Then..." she dragged out her tone, her eyes sparkling in the darkness, "Can I dance for my brother? It's just the two of us."
It suddenly became quiet, and for a split second, Yaoyao couldn't even hear her breathing. After a long time, she heard a hoarse "OK" coming from the darkness.
Yaoyao took his hand and walked through the darkness like a thief. She said that she didn't want to learn those stupid rules, how to walk, how many bites to eat, what's the point? She eats what she likes and walks as she pleases.
She said that although her brother forbade her to dance anymore, she really liked it. She hid her clothes secretly so that Mammy didn't find out, and danced and played alone at night when no one was around.
With the chirping voice next to his ears and her warm touch on his hands, Bai Yu felt a little dazed, obviously a few days ago, he was still blaming himself for having such thoughts about his own sister, and today he can get rid of this. Everything, hold her hand.
He lowered his head and looked at the hands they were holding. The two identical red ropes were dim under the moonlight, but in his eyes they seemed to shine brightly against each other.
Outside the courtyard where she lived, Yaoyao pulled Bai Yu and whispered: "Brother, I can't get out if I go in. You sneak into my room and take out the clothes I hid in the closet, okay?"
Bai Yu raised his eyebrows.
Yaoyao tugged at his sleeves to act coquettishly, and after she had run out of good words, he stood up, "reluctantly" pushed open the window and sneaked in.
Without lighting the lamp, he smeared and opened the cabinet door.
The light was very dim, and at the place Yaoyao described, he touched a small satin dress, took it out and looked at the moonlight, he couldn't help but his face felt hot, what he was holding was a woman's bellyband.
The cloth was silky smooth to the touch, comparable to the skin on her hands, and it was embroidered with flowers, but it was hard to tell what color it was.
He wanted to put the bellyband back to its original place, but after a second thought, he continued to grope.
At last he found the dancing gown with the bell.
He took it out carefully, found out the bell, stuffed it together with the bellyband into his clothes, wrapped it up and jumped out of the window.
The two fled back to Bai Yu's residence like thieves, Bai Yu asked all the guards around him to leave, locked the doors and windows, and when he turned around, he met Shang Yaoyao's suspicious eyes, and couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.
Yaoyao held the bellyband in her hand and asked, "Brother, why did you bring this?"
Bai Yu glanced at the apron, his expression unchanged, and explained: "It's mixed in, I didn't pay attention."
Yaoyao let out an "oh" and didn't pursue it, she hugged her clothes and asked, "Brother, where do I go to change?"
Bai Yu pointed to his bedroom, and said in a hoarse voice, "Just go there, and come out after changing."
She flew in like a butterfly.
Bai Yu breathed a sigh of relief, he finally saw clearly the pattern embroidered on it, the enchanting peach blossoms embroidered on the white background.