Xiao Ni's response to Bai Fuling's questioning was to pretend to be innocent. His pretty little Zhengtai face put on this expression, and he always killed female animals of all ages.
It's really hard for Bai Fuling to harden her heart when she faces Haifushi, but it doesn't mean she can't do it, especially since the guy in front of her is not the handsome Haida himself.
Especially since she has already begun to feel that Xiao Mi is very problematic, and she is very likely to threaten her parents and relatives. In this case, there is nothing to say. Even if Sea Pumice herself appeared, she would still lose face.
Xiao You found that Bai Fuling's cold expression didn't show any trace of looseness, so she said with a flat mouth, "I am Xiao You, my uncle is a sea pumice, and my sister knows it clearly."
"Still pretending?! Whatever you want, anyway, I will ask Bai Pingzi to send you to the Jiyuntang when you go back. If you like to pretend, you can continue to pretend to them." Bai Fuling sneered, she didn't really have a secret feeling for Xiaoyou. Interests, other people's affairs, she has never been too curious and didn't bother to care about them. She didn't know the Holy Mother so much that she knew that Xiao You was a misfortune, and she insisted on keeping him by her side.
Xiao You suddenly jumped up and hugged Bai Fuling and said softly: "Sister said that she will teach me well and discipline me, and let me know that someone cherishes and loves me, so I can't be foolish!"
When Bai Fuling and Bai Pingzi said these words, they walked away a few steps to avoid Xiao Mi. If he was just an ordinary child, how could he hear it
And this guy's strength is not like an ordinary child at all. Bai Fuling knew that she couldn't break free of this piece of brown sugar, so she didn't make any unnecessary moves, but just looked at Xiao You indifferently and said: "If you are an ordinary child, then naturally there is nothing to worry about." You said it, but are you? Speaking of scheming, even adults are no match for you. If you still think about the friendship that my family has entertained you these days, please leave immediately."
Xiao You was silent for a while, and then resumed her playful smile: "Sister drove me away, so you're not afraid that my uncle will be angry with you if he comes back and finds out?"
Bai Fuling is angry and funny. She has a crush on sea pumice, but why do these people think that she is eager to stick to sea pumice? Handsome guy, just tease and flirt, these people take sea pumice too seriously.
"Your uncle still owes me 20,000 taels of silver plus the favor of doing things for me. Why is he angry with me? What is my relationship with him?" Bai Fuling snorted.
Xiao Ni said with a dark face, "Don't you like my uncle?"
"I like people who are good-looking. I like more people. If I do this, I will take care of their families and get into trouble. I don't have enough power." Bai Fuling said deliberately mean, trying to force Xiao You left angrily, but you don't know how much trouble your words today will cause her.
Xiao You's expression became very scary, he stared at Bai Fuling for a while, and said, "You don't want the ghost-faced Gu's mother anymore?"
Bai Fuling froze, something flashed through her mind: "Who are you?"
According to common sense, Zicao would not explain this kind of thing to a child. After all, Haifushi disappeared to find this thing for her. If Xiaoyou knew about it, she would inevitably complain to Bai Fuling who caused his uncle to be in danger.
Xiao You noticed that Bai Fuling was hesitating, so she let go of her hand and sat beside her with some peace of mind, playing with the white jade on her skirt, and lazily said: "Don't worry about who I am, as long as you act like nothing happened Just live, when my uncle comes back, he will naturally give you the ghost-faced Gu mother."
Bai Fuling thought about it quickly in her mind, and Xiao You's tone clearly confirmed that the sea pumice stone was fine and that the ghost face Gu was sure to be in hand. Since he entered Duke Zhong's mansion, he had no contact with other people, that is to say, before Zicao asked Gu, he had already confirmed that the sea pumice would definitely bring back the ghost face Gu safely. However, Zicao took all the elite experts from the Jiyuntang to the main altar of the Demon Cult for reinforcements, hoping to get the sea pumice back.
There are three possibilities for this:
One is that Haifushi had other plans and deliberately concealed his whereabouts, and the people in the relief hall were either kept in the dark, or they deliberately cooperated in a play. And Xiao Mi is also in his plan, performing a certain task, so she appears at a very delicate timing, and then uses her to get close to the circle of dignitaries in Beijing, or assassinate the prince, or have other bigger plots.
The second possibility is that Xiao You is a member of the Demon Cult or other unknown forces. They have the sea pumice stone and the ghost face Gu. Xiao You repeatedly tested her relationship with the sea pumice stone. In fact, she wanted to measure what she could get from her. What a benefit. They found that she didn't care about sea pumice as much as they imagined, so they used the ghost-faced Gu mother to threaten her instead.
The last possibility is that Xiao You is actually not sure about the whereabouts of the sea pumice stone and the ghost face Gu, and she is just bluffing to force her to cooperate.
Regardless of the reason, she was the one who was threatened and used!
What Bai Fuling cares most about is not about face, but whether it is worthwhile to cooperate with Xiao Mi for the sake of Ghost Face Gu.
She really wants her parents to restore their good looks in the past, so that they don't have to bear the fearful and disgusting eyes of others, and can appear in front of others openly. For the past few days when her parents returned to the capital, they have stayed in the Duke's mansion and have never seen outsiders. The Duke's mansion also claimed that her mother Lin Peilan had been recuperating in other places and did not return to Beijing because their appearance was too scary and they were afraid of offending people. She was ridiculed and disgusted by others, fearing that she would also be ridiculed if she was involved.
This is the last thing Bai Fuling can think of to do for her parents, but if compared with the safety of the family, she prefers to choose the latter. The escape route she prepared for the Bai family has not been fully prepared. At this moment, unknown forces intending to assassinate the prince are implicated. If one is not good enough to pay for the three members of her family, those who have been rescued by the Bai family or are being rescued are lost. If she relies on her, she may fall back to hell again, so what about her mission of saving thousands of people
After thinking about it, Bai Fuling endured the pain and said, "No, you have to leave!"
Xiao You didn't expect her to be so stubborn, she turned her head to think and quickly understood her concerns, and said mercilessly: "It's not too late for you to draw a clear line with me now? At the poetry meeting just now, everyone knew that I I'm the son of your father's family friend, and if someone finds me in the future, do you think your family can escape?"
Bai Fuling was right when she thought about it, and she couldn't help but hate herself for not listening to Bai Pingzi's advice before, and for not caring about Xiao Mi. She only thought of him as a child, and never expected to be wary of him. The scourge!
No wonder he would suddenly be unafraid of her suspicion, and take the initiative to ask her to participate in the poetry meeting. He behaved so strangely at the poetry meeting. He not only wanted to use her to find an opportunity to get close to the second prince so that he could assassinate him, but also forced her to cooperate with him .
Up to now, it is useless to regret or feel sorry for yourself. Bai Fuling calmed down and said to Xiao You: "You can stay in the Duke's Mansion, but we must first make an agreement, otherwise I will not send you to the Hall of Relief. Sending you directly to the second prince's mansion, he must not only not blame him, but also thank my family for catching the murderer for him."
Xiao You was not intimidated by her threat to send him to an official, she nodded and said: "Let's listen to it."
Bai Fuling also knows that this kind of threat is of little use to him, because Jiyuntang entrusted him to her. If Xiaoyou is really Haifushi's nephew, if she hands him over to the second prince, it is tantamount to offending him at the same time. The consequences of defeating the leader of the martial arts alliance and Jiyuntang are no less serious than being executed by the emperor's decree.
Even if he has nothing to do with Haifushi, daring to assassinate the prince must represent a powerful force in some aspect, and from the current point of view, his methods of acting are weird and vicious. If he ruined their affairs, the result may be worse than offending Wulin The leader or the Jiyuntang is even more terrifying. As the saying goes: It is better to offend a gentleman than to offend a villain.
So Bai Fuling didn't care about his casual attitude, and said seriously: "First, I don't care what you want to do, but please keep your hands and feet clean, and you must never implicate my family. You must swear a heavy oath on this."
This is the most important point. If Xiao You refuses to agree, she will have no choice but to carry out the foreword, desperate to be hunted down and assassinated, and she must expose him first.
Xiao You suddenly said with a smile that was not a smile: "You care about your family members?"
"Yes! If they have an emergency, I can do anything." Bai Fuling looked at Xiao Mi firmly, without flinching.
Xiao Ni snorted softly, and agreed happily: "Okay, I promise you."
"Second, within three months, Haifushi must deliver the ghost-faced Gu mother safely."
Xiao You blinked and hugged her arm and said in a soft voice: "Sister still cares about my uncle very much. I thought that my sister wanted a ghost-faced Gu mother, so I don't want him."
Bai Fuling didn't answer him, and continued: "Third, don't touch me, don't come within three feet of me without my permission."
Xiao You frowned, the boss refused, and stuck to her and refused to let go.
Bai Fuling didn't struggle, but said categorically: "Three conditions, if you can't meet any one of them, they will be broken up at once, and there is no need to say anything else."
The two leaned close to each other and confronted each other coldly in the car.
"Deal." In the end, Xiao You didn't seem to want to push Bai Fuling too hard, so she let go of her hands and sat down on the chair opposite her.
The snowy light coming in from the window shone on Xiao Mi's face, with a look of grievance and dissatisfaction, just like a cute white porcelain doll. Before the change, Bai Fuling might not be able to resist stretching out her hand to pinch him She wiped the oil on her little face, but now she only felt a chill in her heart.
What kind of soul is hidden under this familiar and lovely face? Sometimes shy and shy, sometimes silent and melancholy, sometimes evil and treacherous, sometimes cruel and cruel, how does this look like a ** year old child? !
Recalling the conversation just now, except for the part where he deliberately pretended to be cute, the tone of an adult was from beginning to end, sly and calm. I promised to keep him by my side, is it right or wrong
Bai Fuling felt very entangled, she hated this uncontrollable and helpless situation.
This place in the capital is really annoying! He even hates the people he meets!
What happened in the poem meeting was spread all over the capital that day. I thought that the second prince was almost accidentally injured and the new champion was seriously injured and comatose. But things backfired.
Everyone in the capital was talking about how Xia Xinxin plagiarized at the poetry meeting that day, how she was exposed by a child, and how she fabricated false evidence to bite her back. Bai Fuling's beauty was even exaggerated to a miraculous level, and people talked about her talent and fame—how could the lady in charge of the family be so outstanding in writing, how could she be so poor as a young lady? It must be above the stewardess.
Some people even claimed that those few excellent poems were the exercises of Miss Guogong's Mansion, but she wanted to retaliate against Xia Xinxin's slander, so she deliberately claimed that they were written by slaves.
Not only Xia Xinxin's reputation fell to the bottom, but even the reputation of her brother Xia Guoxun and even the Xia family were more or less affected. Bai Fuling can already imagine that the Xia family must hate her so much, they just want to save face and feel embarrassed to deal with her or the Duke's government publicly.
The fact that the second prince pulled Huang Xixin as a backup when he was in danger was also widely spread, but the versions are different, there is a truth version, and there are also sayings that the number one scholar was actually excited and wanted to argue for Xia Xinxin, but in the end he went to the second prince. The prince was accidentally injured in front of him, and it was also said that Zhuangyuan Lang was eager to save people, and he took the initiative to block the second prince, but the listeners just sighed and even said it was a pity.
After it was spread, this incident quickly faded away. To a large extent, it was secretly guided by someone with a heart, and the interest orientation of the masses also played a certain role. Unconscious yellow-haired boys, beauties with both talents and looks are obviously more attractive.
Bai Fuling expressed a lot of pressure on this famous way that would bring endless troubles, but the matter was no longer within her control.
Hearing these rumors, Bai Chou just sighed and said, "This time the scandal between the Xia family and the second prince was spread so badly, the first prince's family probably deserved a lot of credit. That kid Huang Xixin was too eager for quick success, and he ended up like this , your Uncle Gu just has a stubborn mouth, and I don’t know how sad he is.”
Huang Xixin is the adopted son of Gu Shanlong, the manager of the massage parlor of the Bai family. Although the two had turned their faces before, something happened to Huang Xixin, and Gu Shanlong immediately took him home to take care of him.
Huang Xixin's condition is serious, Fang Hai has seen it himself, and said that it is hard to say whether he can wake up, even if he recovers, there may be sequelae, and he will definitely not be able to become an official. All the "best friends" who surrounded him in the past disappeared without a trace. The second prince sent a large amount of expensive medicine for healing and recuperation, as well as a lot of money. Send people to visit from time to time.
Depressedly, Bai Fuling ticked off one of the number of missions, and stared at Xiao Mi a few times. Xiao Ni didn't admit that he was responsible for the second prince's accident, but she didn't deny it either. Although she didn't know how he did it, no one else could figure it out. It's just a pity that she lost a rescue quota.
What is more strange is the reaction of the Yasukuni government. Bai Fuling caused such a big disaster and directly offended one of the most powerful families in the dynasty. Apart from being shocked at the beginning, they didn't complain or overdo it later. Scared, but the look in her eyes was a little more weird.
Bai Fuling never cared about their family, so she didn't go deep into the root of their abnormal reactions.
After the plagiarism happened, Bai Fuling thought that she would definitely become a well-known unpopular figure among the female family members of the official family in the capital. She offended Xia Ge's old family once and for all, who would dare to take the initiative to associate with her? Aren't you afraid of being angered by members of the Xia family
She was happy that she didn't have to dress up to deal with those boring women every day, but the fact was once again developing in an unexpected direction—the number of invitations she received had not decreased but increased.
Bai Chou and Mu Peilan carefully analyzed the guests who invited their daughters, and found that the ones who invited their daughters were basically the unswerving big prince party. They dared to think that the enemy of the enemy was their friend.
After some discussion, the two couples decided that it would be better to be low-key and moderate. They completely rejected the invitation from the First Prince's faction, for fear of offending others. They would stay in the capital until after the New Year, and offending too many people at the same time might affect Bai Fuling's ceremony. .
But being too close to the First Prince's faction can easily arouse retaliation from the Second Prince's side. Most of the Second Prince's party are literati and pay attention to decency. There are several such granddaughters, Xia Ge, and she is not important enough for the Xia family to protect her as a little girl in the family. That's hard to say.
Thus, Bai Fuling began to get sick again and again, and the eldest prince and his female relatives sometimes went to appointments and sometimes didn't, responding lukewarmly.
After the poetry meeting, the first gathering that Bai Fuling attended was invited by the wife of Huang Tengye, the left servant of the Ministry of War. The guests were also the wives and ladies of the colleagues of the Ministry of War, as well as some relatives of the generals who stayed in Beijing. Mrs. Huang's hometown sent a few cakes of high-quality red lotus round tea, so please come and taste it.
Although this Mr. Huang Teng Yehuang is a member of the First Prince's Party, he is a member of the Shanghai School and has many contacts. He is a serious imperial examination scholar. Mrs. Huang's reputation among the women's family is also quite good, she is tolerant and funny, Bai Fuling had met her at a party before, and the impression was not bad.
The so-called red lotus round tea is the Pu'er tea that Bai Fuling drank in modern times. She has no preference for tea, and she doesn't know what kind of tea is good. , Hongqu's elder brother ran tea estates for the Bai family in several counties in the southwest and southeast of Qi State. This was also a very profitable business for the Bai family.
Anyone with a bit of historical knowledge knows that ancient tea, silk, and porcelain are the most popular export products. Bai Fuling noticed that the humanities and natural environment here are similar to ancient China, so the export has gradually grown in scale over the years, and so has the tea. One of the important industries of the Bai family.
Huang Tengye and his wife love tea very much. They are well-known tea lovers in Beijing, and many of their friends are also addicted to tea. Listening to Mrs. Huang's tea scriptures will help Hongqu to understand how the officials and officials drink tea in the capital. Habit, she has already planned to keep the red yeast rice here next year, and take advantage of the convenience of embroidery workshops and massage parlors to do some high-end tea business.
Hongqu made an engagement with her brother's right-hand man two years ago, and the other party will come to the capital next year to expand his business, so they just let their husband and wife sing along.
The atmosphere of the party was good. After drinking a cup of tea, Mrs. Huang smiled and said to Bai Fuling: "Is the steward next to Miss Bai the one who wrote three good poems a few days ago?"
"It's just a game, I don't dare to be elegant." Bai Fuling glanced at the bayberry beside her, and the two exchanged glances in secret—it really came!
A few female relatives next to her laughed: "Such a good poem doesn't dare to enter the elegant hall, so others don't even dare to write poems? Miss Bai is really too modest."
Mrs. Huang pointed to the teacup in front of her, sighed and said: "I have loved this red lotus round tea since I was a child, but unfortunately I have a headache when I read books, I can barely read a few words, and I can't write any good poems to praise me." Good tea from my hometown, I wonder if Miss Bai can give me a poem so that I can fulfill my wish?"
The food in Bai Fuling's stomach is very limited, at least there are no classic poems about tea. Although Yangmei's talent is not inferior to any top scholar, it is very difficult to write a good poem comparable to those three famous poems. , and if everyone asks them to compose a poem in the future, it will be a big trouble.
It is not difficult to make a blockbuster, but the difficulty is that every subsequent song cannot be too far away from the first one. Rather than being so troublesome, it is better to think of a way once and for all to completely eliminate the possibility of being dragged into reciting poems.
Bai Fuling and Yangmei had already thought of countermeasures before they came, so they behaved very calmly. They first showed a embarrassed and ashamed expression, and they hesitated to speak, which aroused everyone's appetite for a long time. I mentioned the matter of the poetry meeting. When I went back that day, my grandmother called me in front of me to teach me a lesson... "
Mrs. Huang said with a smile: "I want to have such a lovely granddaughter as Miss Bai, but I can't bear to teach you a lesson. Good boy, what did the Duke and Madam say about you?"
"Grandmother said that composing poems and lyrics is an elegant thing to cultivate one's feelings, not to fight for power and gain fame. Arguing with others is nothing like a boudoir, if my mother finds out, I don't know how sad it will be." Bai Fuling said with a pitiful expression on the verge of tears.
Yang Mei and the other servant girls who served her admired her ability to tell lies with open eyes.
That day when they returned to the Duke's Mansion, they told the matter to Mrs. and Mrs. Both of them looked proud and proud. Mrs. was never sad, but she hugged Mrs. and praised her. , saying something like "my daughter is the smartest", "as expected of my Mu Peilan's good daughter", and so on, I just ordered someone to buy a few strings of firecrackers, and beat gongs and drums to celebrate the successor of "the most talented and beautiful woman in the capital". someone.