Mu Peilan has figured out that the joints are powerful, but Bai Fuling and Bai Chou don't quite understand. They can guess that this matter is related to the eldest prince, and they can infer it completely based on two simple reasons - Lin Mulian and the eldest prince's staff There is contact from time to time, and the quality of those masters is not what ordinary forces can afford, and it is not very certain.
Mu Peilan was afraid that Bai Fuling would get angry regardless of the consequences, and would think of some way to get revenge on the eldest prince, so she had to tell their father and daughter what she knew, so that they would know the pros and cons: "Originally, the duke position of the country is just a symbol of honor. The vain title of a dignitary has no real power. The reason why the First Prince is willing to spend a lot of money to help those people in the Yasukuni Mansion plot against our Zhongguo Mansion is mostly because of a rule set by the ancestor emperor—the innocence of the king leads to anger and resentment, or If an accidental death occurs before the crown prince is established, the clan relatives who have the prince and the princes will jointly elect a new prince from among the clan's children."
The father and daughter of the Bai family are smart people, so they understood immediately: "The eldest prince can't wait to rebel or secretly murder the emperor?" If not, there is really no need to start trying to control Duke Zhong at this time successor.
Mu Peilan nodded and said: "I'm afraid it's not just the eldest prince who has such thoughts. I still remember a few things... Mrs. An's cousin is the concubine of the second prince. She gave birth to a son for the second prince a few days ago. As a side concubine. The relationship between An Guogong and the second prince has become closer in recent years. Otherwise, it is impossible for a concubine to give birth to the eldest son before the main concubine enters the house."
"Moreover, Duke Xingguo has always been very close to the second prince's family. The eldest daughter of Duke Xingguo married the eldest son of Mr. Deng, Minister of the Ministry of Officials. This Mr. Deng is the second prince's direct descendant. It is also heard that Duke Xingguo also intends to marry A daughter of the side branch was married to the second prince as a side concubine. The clans and dukes of Qi State who are still alive so far are no more than three princes plus four dukes, and two of them are on the side of the second prince Well, how could the eldest prince not care about the Duke of Yasukuni and our family? If it weren't for the fact that Duke Jing's title has come to an end, Duke Jing doesn't know if he can last until that day. Our Duke of Zhongguo has not decided on a candidate for the title for many years. They've already set their hands on us."
Bai Fuling has a little impression of the female characters in the two incidents that Mu Peilan mentioned. The concubine of the second prince happened to have a conflict with Liu Zhenzhen near the Nylon Embroidery Workshop because of her Chinese clothes a while ago. Bai Fuling had seen the side girl that Duke Xingguo was going to give to the second prince as his side concubine more than once, and she was one of the "Three Talents of the Capital"!
The second prince is not simple. Every woman probably has a background. Before becoming an emperor, the harem has already begun to take shape, and has established a close relationship with his "little court".
The eldest prince didn't hesitate to give way, wasn't Liu Zhenzhen sent by the Cui family in his faction? However, judging from Liu Zhenzhen's status and encounters, it is clear that the Cui family is not very important in the eyes of the eldest prince, otherwise he would not even have an official title, let alone ground his feet casually because of the "clothes seizure incident".
Bai Chou sighed and said: "No wonder Lu Ying said that something will happen in the capital soon... I hope they can be more patient and let's talk about it after this year."
After this accident, the couple wanted to leave the capital as soon as possible, but Mrs. Zhong's body couldn't bear the torment. As a child, how could Mu Peilan be so cruel that she insisted on leaving knowing that her mother's time was running out
They also thought about sending Bai Fuling away directly, but now that the new year is approaching, it is inconvenient to travel, and the distance from Beijing to Beiguan City is thousands of miles away, how can they rest assured that their daughter will travel alone
Bai Fuling stuck to her mother's arms and said: "Mother, I don't worry about you, I'll move back and live with you." Anyway, after today's disturbance, people from the Jingguo Mansion dare to stay in the Zhongguo Mansion , that's weird. Simply clear away all the servants and maidservants in this mansion, and get all the people from the Bai family to live here.
It is estimated that there will be an imperial decree about Bai Pingzi's attacking the noble in a few days, and it is also lively for everyone to live together.
The Bai couple also couldn't bear to have their daughter leave. They didn't want to cause trouble before, but now that such an accident has happened, they are also worried that someone will take risks and try to get her in the other courtyard where their daughter lives in Yunque Mountain, so they agreed after a little hesitation: "Okay , our family lives together.”
Before it was dark, Bai Chou ordered Bai Pingzi to bring people from the Bai family to clear the place, and immediately called a dozen masons to start building a wall to separate the two mansions.
Originally, the people in the Yasukuni Mansion were completely frightened by Bai Fuling's disturbance, and all of them packed up their bags and left without uttering a word. However, there were quite a few people entering and leaving the Duke's mansion in this way, and the movement was unavoidably known to several high-ranking households nearby, which added to the gossip stories about the grievances and grievances of the wealthy families in the capital.
A few days later, the gossip continued to escalate. First, the complete separation of the two houses of Lord Jingguo and Lord Zhong was spread throughout the city, and then Lord Jingguo died of a serious illness. The day after he died, under the imperial decree, Lin Pingzi, an orphan of the offshoot of the Lin family, was adopted under the name of the Duke of Zhongguo as the eldest grandson, and inherited the title and salary of the Duke of Zhongguo. The plaque of the Duke of Yasukuni’s mansion will be removed after Duke Yasukuni’s burial as usual, and the mansion of the Duke of Yasukuni will also be taken back as an imperial gift mansion. The Duke of Yasukuni’s mansion is completely out of power. The difference between heaven and earth.
The Lin family, who had been removed from the noble family, was still afraid of being settled by the Bai family members in autumn, so they hurriedly moved to a property outside the capital, and soon began to tear themselves apart for property distribution. Their family is no longer related.
What's more troublesome is that Bai Fuling openly assaulted the Duke's wife, Li Shi, in the Duke's mansion, and sent the second and third masters to death. After all, it was spread. In fact, it is not surprising that there were quite a few people who witnessed these things happening that day, and many of them had no livelihood due to the downfall of the Yasukuni Mansion, so they inevitably felt some resentment towards Bai Fuling.
When the news spread, there was an uproar in the capital. Some people were amazed that there was such a wicked woman in the world, and they didn't know what kind of grievances the two governments had before. They even asked her to knock on the door and used violence against the elders of the clan. Some people didn't believe it. I think it is because the Yasukuni government is not angry that the Zhongguo government passed the title to others, so it deliberately smears black and white Fuling.
In any case, Bai Fuling's reputation has indeed suffered a lot. Of course, Mu Peilan would not just sit back and watch her precious daughter be despised by others, she found Bai Qian and gave her such instructions, soon the rumors about Bai Fuling in the capital became even more crazy.
It was rumored that this lady of the Duke's Mansion was as strong as an ox, and could blow a strong man flying with one hand, and she had an amazing appetite, eating ten catties of beef and twenty eggs a day.
It was also rumored that she was illiterate and could not even recognize her own name.
It is also rumored that she has always been disobedient and unfilial, not only often kicked and beat the relatives and elders of the Duke of Yasukuni for no reason, even her own parents would beat them with a raised hand when they were slightly disobedient.
It is even rumored that she was actually transformed from a goblin on the mountain, and she likes to eat people and suck blood. The reason why her face is so beautiful is that she sucked the blood of many virgins and so on.
All in all, it is extremely demonizing, and the more it is said, the more exaggerated it is, and it quickly develops to the point that even a three-year-old child finds it unbelievable.
The voices that were skeptical about Bai Fuling's character gradually faded away, because everyone began to realize that this was clearly a public opinion attack against Bai Fuling, hoping to completely discredit this woman who had previously been very popular in the capital.
Not long after, everyone's discussion on Bai Fuling gradually turned from suspicion and curiosity to sympathy.
Especially after Princess Antai couldn't see it, she arrested a few people who smeared black and white Poria cocos in restaurants and tea houses and sent them to the government for interrogation. It turned out that they had taken money from a family named Lin outside the capital, so they did so. A 180-degree reversal occurred. All the previous unfavorable rumors about Bai Fuling were completely denied. A small disturbance disappeared without a trace, and soon faded out of the memory of the people in the capital like the once prominent Lin family outside the capital. .
During this period of time, the Bai Fuling family lived in a very low-key manner. The newly released "Lin Pingzi" succeeded to the Duke of Zhongguo, and there was no extravagant celebration. The Bai family just gathered together for a meal.
After all, the matter of Lin Pingzi was suspected of deceiving the emperor, so the Bai family insisted that he was their nephew internally and externally. They just didn't want him to be special, so they concealed his identity since childhood. He was very popular in the Bai family, and no one would go Doubting his identity, they are all happy for him wholeheartedly.
Bai Shisan and the others even took the opportunity to get the new Grand Duke drunk to death at the banquet. The three members of the Bai family were happy to see them laughing.
The closer the New Year is, the colder the weather is, and it snows almost every day. The big families in the capital are busy preparing for the New Year, and all the gatherings have stopped. Even if someone invites Bai Fuling, they don’t want to go out. They just stay at home and harass the Duke. Grandpa "cousin".
"Recently, you hold this book in a daze every day. Have you discovered anything new?" Bai Fuling entered the door and found that Lin Pingzi was staring at an old book that was spread out on the desk. She recognized this book, it was Lin Pingzi's family handed down physiognomy book, and Lin Pingzi learned his physiognomy by reading this book.
After several times of practice and verification, Bai Fuling is basically convinced that this book is very good, and its level is comparable to the secret books handed down by the top martial arts masters. But hasn't Lin Pingzi already flipped through this book countless times over the years? Why did I suddenly start thinking about it again recently
As soon as Lin Pingzi looked up and saw her, he immediately put on a serious expression and said, "Miss, didn't you say that you can make progress only by reviewing the past and learning the new?"
"You just pretend! Also, you should call me cousin." Bai Fuling stretched out her hand and wanted to tear his face. She knew that Lin Pingzi cared about this face the most, so she also liked his face very much. The two have been used to playing around like this since they were young.
Lin Pingzi quickly stepped aside and said: "Don't talk, don't talk, it will be bad if you break the picture!"
Bai Fuling's heart moved: "Your physiognomy is to observe a person's fate from the five sense organs. If the appearance changes, does it mean that the fate will also change?"
Lin Pingzi has been with her for many years, and he has somewhat guessed what she was thinking, nodded and said: "Indeed, the reason why I suddenly read this book again is to compare the point mentioned at the end of the book that I have never understood. place."
"What don't you understand? Let me tell you, you've been reading this book since you learned how to read, and after reading it for more than ten or twenty years, you still don't understand something?" Bai Fuling made no secret of her contempt for his low ability to understand and learn. .
Lin Pingzi gave her a sideways glance, and said angrily, "I'm not the only one who has read this book. If it's so easy to understand, there are too many masters of physiognomy in the world!"
"Come on! Are you still a master of physiognomy?! I'll test you. When you came to my house, my father and mother had been injured by the ghost face Gu and their appearances had completely changed. Now that the Gu poison has been detoxified and they have returned to their original appearance, is there any change in fate? "
Lin Pingzi let out a long sigh: "Changes do exist, and what I don't quite understand in this book is exactly this..."
"Let's not talk about whether you understand or not, how has my parents' fate changed? Is it better or worse?" Bai Fuling asked nervously. Many years ago, she forced Lin Pingzi to tell her parents' fate many years ago, and the conclusions she got were very bad-the death god Liu Chong and Ke Zixi. The evil spirit is too hard to kill, and the fate is full of killings. It is destined to have a daughter but no children, and the white-headed man will give the black-headed man, and no one will take care of him.
What Lin Pingzi said at the time really surprised Bai Fuling. No one else knew, but she knew very well that what Lin Pingzi said would come true one by one, so she felt uneasy when she happened to think about it over the years.
Now that the parents have changed their appearance because of the detoxification of the ghost face Gu, will their luck and fate also change? She knew that she was destined to die at the age of eighteen, but after she had done good deeds all these years, was it possible that after her death, her parents would also be lucky enough to live a better life
Lin Pingzi said: "It should have changed for the better, but I'm not sure... Ordinary physiognomy looks at the outline of facial features. For example, people with different sizes of eyes often have no brotherhood. Physical weakness and short life, big nose and small mouth, no junior relationship, big nose and no flesh, shallow marriage relationship... But the peak of physiognomy is to look at the balance between facial features and contours, it is not easy to understand , and it changes from time to time, it's really difficult... But Mrs. Madam, no, uncle and aunt's face must have become better and better. Although I can't see what changes have occurred, but their brows are full of life, which must be a good sign !"
Bai Fuling listened to him muttering about it, but she didn't have a precise answer. Although she was a little disappointed, the general trend was good anyway, which was good.
"Okay, okay, I don't have to rush to become a super magician. It's so boring to stay at home every day. Let's think about something fun?" Near the New Year's Day, all business has basically stopped, and everyone is very leisurely. Bai Fuling also began to feel a little bored.
Lin Pingzi ignored her, still frowning at his treasured cheat book, waved his hand and said: "Go and play with Bai Guo and the others by yourself, I will talk about it after I figure it out."
He is the only person who knows Bai Fuling's 18th birthday besides the Bai couple and Bai Fuling himself. Time is running out. , to destroy her appearance of premature death, so that she can avoid disaster and live a peaceful and happy life.
Although Bai Fuling didn't understand what he was thinking, but it was not good to hinder others' homework, so she had to leave angrily to find others to play with. She had just returned to the room when she saw Xiao You, who had not been seen for many days, sitting on her lap, lazily stroking the little raccoon flower lying beside her.
Bai Fuling was taken aback, she knew very well how much Xiao Xihua repulsed Xiao Mi, and how could she obediently let Xiao Mi touch her, only her family of three and Lu Ying could get this kind of treatment!
Sure enough, looking carefully, Xiao Lihua squinted her eyes, obviously she was not asleep but was knocked out by someone! Bai Fuling ignored the faint fear and guard against Xiao You, stepped forward to rescue the little raccoon from the claws of the devil, and took a few steps back while holding it, "Did you drug the little raccoon?!"
Xiao You said with a nonchalant smile: "It's just a stupid cat, don't worry, but let it sleep for a while, and wake up in an hour. Also, come and thank me."
Bai Fuling's heart moved, but she pretended to be confused and said, "Thank you for what? Thank you for making Xiaolihua faint? Hmph!"
Xiao You's face darkened, and seeing Bai Fuling's twinkling eyes, she suddenly laughed: "You know what to thank me for! If it wasn't for me, your parents would have died at the foot of Banzhuang Mountain!"
"The one who saved my parents is yours?" Bai Fuling's heart beat faster. Her mother said that most of those people were members of the Demon Cult. If you were their leader, then your identity would be too scary up.
Because she was drugged by Xiaoyou, she had already forgotten about Xiaoyou confessing her identity to her in the Skylark Mountain Bieyuan, otherwise she would be even more surprised now. Xiao Ni is not only Haifushi, the leader of the martial arts alliance, but also a person of great status in the Demon Cult!
Xiao Mi smiled and said, "Guess?"
"Don't guess!" Bai Fuling walked away a few more steps holding the little raccoon flower, putting distance between the two of them, and then continued: "Why did you suddenly run out again?"
"Isn't it too heartless for you to talk to your husband like this?" Xiao Mi said gloomyly.
"I've always been very ruthless. If you're not satisfied, it's best not to mention the marriage contract with me. I'll give you the money. How about we settle the matter?" Bai Fuling really wanted to discuss it.
"No! Don't make any wrong decisions anymore. You are destined to marry me. No one who dares to obstruct me will have good results, including you!" Xiao You had a smile on her face, but her expression made people feel that she was in a hurry. I feel cold.
Bai Fuling knew that it would be useless to continue this topic, it was too irritating to this perverted child, she didn't know what he would do, so she simply kept silent.
Xiao You suddenly took out a small box from her arms and threw it in front of Bai Fuling, saying: "Open it, eat the pill inside!"
"Don't eat!" Xiao Mi's identity is suspicious, if she eats something of unknown origin, God knows what will happen
"You want me to use a strong one?" Xiao Mi slowly frowned, threatening in a cold voice.