This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 145 The Bai family married a daughter, and the Luo Zijun family had wives and concubines.
"Fuck!"

Luo Zijun couldn't help it and blurted out these two words.

It really just popped out.

Because at this moment, there were no words that could express the shock in his heart.

The eldest daughter of the Bai family is actually Bai Suzhen?

That dazzlingly white and breathtakingly beautiful girl is actually the white snake?

"Mr. Luo, what's wrong with you?"

Bai Qingtong saw that his face looked strange and thought that something had suddenly happened to his body.

Only then did Luo Zijun wake up from his shock.

In the hall, a middle-aged man in brocade robe and with extraordinary demeanor was sitting in the main seat, looking at him with a slight frown.

Next to the middle-aged man sat a young beautiful woman with fair skin and beautiful looks, wearing a moon-white dress. She was also looking at him at the moment, with a look of confusion on her face.

Luo Zijun quickly bowed and saluted: "Junior Luo Zijun, I greet the master and the madam."

Bai Ming's brows relaxed and he nodded slightly: "Zijun, you're welcome, come in and sit down and talk."

He did not call him "sir" but called him by his name to show his friendliness.

Luo Zijun thanked him and walked in.

Bai Qingtong also hurriedly followed him in, moved the chair next to him, and said, "Mr. Luo, please sit down."

Luo Zijun bowed his head and said, "Thank you, Third Miss. I will stand and talk."

Bai Ming smiled and said, "You are welcome, Zijun. You are the master of my Bai Mansion, so it is only natural for you to sit down."

Luo Zijun did not refuse anymore, he lowered his head and sat down, not looking away.

At this time, the young beautiful woman suddenly asked in confusion: "Sir, what did you just say at the door, 'Fuck'? What does that mean?"

Luo Zijun: “…”

The air became quiet.

He bowed his head and explained, "My Madam, the meaning of 'fuck' is... good, very good. I just heard the name of the eldest lady for the first time, and I felt that both the name and the surname were extremely beautiful and excellent, so I couldn't help but exclaim in praise. I was rude for a moment, and I hope that the master and the lady will not blame me."

Bai Ming comforted him, "Scholars can't help but sigh when they hear good writings. I understand. I have seen a lot of this in the court."

The beautiful young woman next to him smiled and said, "Sir, do you also think the names Meixue and Suzhen sound good?"

Luo Zijun lowered his head and said, "It does sound nice."

This beautiful young woman is the mother of Bai Meixue and Bai Qingtong, her name is Chu Meixiang.

Hearing Luo Zijun's praise, she was very happy and said with a smile: "I chose these two names myself."

Luo Zijun's heart moved, and he lowered his head and asked, "I wonder how Madam came up with these two names?"

Chu Meixiang smiled and said, "Sir, you may not believe me, but I had a dream when I was pregnant with Suzhen."

Luo Zijun's eyes flashed, and he congratulated her, "Madam is so lucky to have dreamed of the eldest lady's name. It is obvious that the eldest lady will definitely be an extraordinary person in the future."

Chu Meixiang's smile grew brighter, and she said, "When Suzhen was born, I knew she was amazing. That look, wow..."

"cough……"

Bai Ming on the side coughed, stood up and said with a smile: "Zijun, let's go to the dining room and talk while eating."

At this time, the maids had already started serving the dishes.

Luo Zijun also stood up quickly.

Bai Ming said gently, "Today there are only four of us. Zijun, don't be too restrained. Just treat it as your own home."

Chu Meixiang also smiled and said, "The master rarely eats lunch at home. Today, thanks to the master, Qingtong and I have the opportunity to have a meal with the master."

The two walked in front.

Luo Zijun and Miss Bai San followed behind.

After entering the dining room next door, Bai Qingtong personally moved a chair and said, "Sir, please take a seat."

Luo Zijun hurriedly said, "Miss San, please sit down first."

Bai Qingtong smiled and said, "Sir, please take a seat first."

Luo Zijun said again: "Miss Third, please sit down first."

Bai Qingtong smiled and said, "If you don't want to sit down, then we can eat standing up together."

Seeing this, Bai Ming smiled and said, "Zijun, you don't have to be polite. You are a guest, please sit down first."

Luo Zijun had no choice but to thank him and sit down first.

Bai Qingtong smiled slightly, sat down next to him, picked up the wine jug herself and poured wine for him.

Seeing this scene, Chu Meixiang was stunned at first, then turned her head and looked at her master.

Bai Ming had a smile on his face, with no other emotions showing.

The maid next to them carefully poured wine for the two of them.

Bai Ming raised his wine glass and said, "Zijun, I'd like to offer you a toast first, thanking you for your contribution to our Baifu Academy. The principles Zijun taught in class have benefited the rest of us, not to mention the little ones."

Luo Zijun quickly picked up the wine glass and stood up: "Master, you are too polite."

Having said that, let’s drink first as a sign of respect.

Bai Ming also drank it all in one gulp and said with a smile, "Sit down and talk."

Only then did Luo Zijun sit down.

Bai Ming asked, "Zijun, have you gotten used to living in the mansion these days? If you don't like it there, or if you need anything else, just tell Qingtong."

Luo Zijun said respectfully: "Thank you for your concern, sir. That courtyard is very nice and I live very comfortably."

"As long as you're comfortable."

Bai Ming nodded and asked, "The provincial examination will begin next year, are you ready, Zijun?"

Luo Zijun said: "I study hard at home every day for next year's exam."

Bai Ming smiled and said, "With Zijun's talent, he will definitely pass the provincial examination next year."

Luo Zijun picked up the wine glass, stood up and said: "Thank you for your good words, I will toast you a glass."

Bai Ming also picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp with a smile.

Luo Zijun finished the wine in his glass but did not sit down. After the maid helped him fill the glass with wine, he said to Chu Meixiang, "I will toast to Madam again."

Chu Meixiang smiled and raised the wine glass, saying, "Sir, you're welcome. I should be the one toasting you."

As she spoke, she tilted back her snow-white neck and drank it all in one gulp.

After Luo Zijun finished drinking, he picked up the wine glass again and said to the girl next to him: "Miss San, I toast to you for the last time. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have the chance to stay in your house to teach, let alone have a meal with the master and the mistress, as well as you."

Bai Qingtong picked up the wine glass, stood up and said with a smile: "Sir, it is a blessing for our Bai Mansion that you can stay."

They drank together and then sat down.

Bai Ming also asked some questions about studying and the West Lake Academy.

Luo Zijun answered them one by one.

Chu Meixiang couldn't help but say, "Sir, Mrs. Xing from the Jia Mansion came to see me yesterday. I heard that the eldest master of the Rongguo Mansion wanted to marry his daughter to you, why didn't you agree? The Jia Mansion is now a royal family."

Luo Zijun bowed his head and replied, "Madam, I already have a lover."

"Oh?"

Chu Meixiang looked at her master, pretending not to know, and asked, "Which family's daughter is your sweetheart?"

Luo Zijun said: "He is just an ordinary person."

Chu Meixiang was silent for a moment, then smiled and said, "With your talent, if it was just an ordinary woman, I'm afraid it would be a little inappropriate."

Bai Qingtong said quickly: "Mother, Mr. Luo's sweetheart was once the daughter of an official."

"is it?"

Chu Meixiang glanced at her, then looked back at the young man in front of her, and said with a smile: "Zijun, my words may be a little unpleasant to the ears, I hope you don't mind."

If someone else said this, Luo Zijun would directly say: "Since you know that your words are not nice, then shut up."

But now he was under the eaves, and the other party was the hostess of the Bai family, so he naturally did not dare to speak like that, and could only pretend to be very respectful and said: "Madam, please speak."

Chu Meixiang said: "Sir, you are indeed very talented. You will definitely pass the provincial examination next year. But... you don't have any background now. Even if you pass the examination with your own ability, I'm afraid you may not get a good job. You may be assigned to a small place to be a county magistrate. What's worse, you may be a candidate and wait for ten years, and you may not get a real job. There are many such cases." "But if you have a background and someone recommends you, it will be different."

"Almost every official in Daliang Kyoto has a certain background. If you want to work in Kyoto in the future, you can't do it by yourself."

Luo Zijun nodded and said, "Madam is right."

Chu Meixiang's expression changed, and she smiled and said, "So, I think you should consider your marriage. With your ability and looks, you can easily pick any daughter from the various mansions in the inner city. You only need to make a decision to get something that you may not get even if you work hard for your whole life. Don't you think it's a good deal? And this decision is actually not difficult."

At this point, she smiled and said, "Sir, you are a man of love and loyalty. I know that. I never wanted you to abandon your beloved. That would be immoral. I just think you should consider your future, which is actually for your family and your beloved. If you are successful in the future, they will naturally live better and happier, right?"

Luo Zijun was silent for a moment, then said respectfully, "Madam, please speak directly if you have anything to say."

Chu Meixiang looked at her master and said with a smile, "Then I'll be frank. It's like this, I wonder if you have met Qiu Ning in our house? You should have. When you went to the academy for the first time, she also went. After she came back, the girl kept praising your talent. During this period of time, she learned that books such as "Romance of the Western Chamber" and "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" were all written by you, and she admired you even more. But the girl was shy and didn't dare to take the initiative to talk to you."

Luo Zijun didn't have much impression.

There were a lot of girls there that day, but he didn't look at them carefully.

Chu Meixiang paused, then smiled and said, "Her mother knew about the girl's feelings, so she came to beg the master and me. So, we invited you to have a meal today and chat. By the way, I want to tell you that Qiu Ning admires you very much. She just turned fifteen this year and is old enough to get married. So I want to help her make a decision and propose to you to marry her. What do you think?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the room suddenly became extremely quiet.

Bai Ming picked up the wine glass and drank silently.

Bai Qingtong looked down at the wine in the glass, wondering what he was thinking.

A few breaths of silence.

Luo Zijun bowed and said, "Madam, you are joking. Miss Qiu Ning is the daughter of your family and has a noble status. How could she marry a commoner like me as a concubine? Absolutely not! Even if Madam is just joking, it is embarrassing for me."

Bai Ming's brows twitched.

Chu Meixiang's smile froze, and she quickly said, "Sir, you misunderstood. What I meant was that I wanted Qiu Ning to marry you as your wife, not as a concubine."

Luo Zijun was full of surprise: "Madam, the etiquette of Daliang stipulates that a man can only have one wife, and I already have one."

The room suddenly fell silent again.

Chu Meixiang forced a smile on her face and said, "Sir, you still don't understand what I just said? Besides, isn't Sir not married yet?"

Luo Zijun said solemnly: "Although I am not married, I already have a lover. In my heart, she is my legal wife, and my only legal wife."

Chu Meixiang frowned.

Bai Ming suddenly smiled and said, "Zijun is loyal and righteous, which is a good thing. We just mentioned this matter casually. If Zijun is unwilling..."

"Daddy."

Bai Qingtong suddenly spoke softly: "I went to ask Qiu Ning this morning."

Bai Ming looked at her and moved his lips as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it. He just said, "You decide."

Bai Qingtong turned her head and looked at the young man beside her, and said softly: "Sir, don't be embarrassed. Mother just said it casually. We naturally won't force you to abandon your wife. What we mean is that we want Qiu Ning to marry you as a concubine. That Miss Liu is the wife, and Qiu Ning is the concubine. In this case, you shouldn't be embarrassed, right?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Chu Meixiang's face suddenly changed.

She opened her mouth and was about to say something, but Bai Ming next to her looked at her, so she had to hold it back again.

But the next words of the young man in front of her suddenly made her stunned again.

"Miss Third, I'm sorry, but I have concubines too, and I already have three. In fact, that Miss Liu is just one of my concubines, not my wife. So, Miss Third's love and kindness, I can only appreciate it."

Luo Zijun said calmly.

Bai Qingtong: "..."

Bai Ming: “…”

The room suddenly fell silent.

Bai Qingtong opened his mouth, a little confused. After a long while, he said, "Then the gentleman's legal wife is..."

Luo Zijun said: "I have been engaged since I was a child."

He didn't answer directly.

Bai Qingtong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly gave a bitter smile and looked at him and said, "Sir, are you trying to refuse?"

Luo Zijun cupped his hands and said sincerely, "Miss Third, you are joking. How could I refuse such a good thing? I am so happy. However, I already have a wife and concubines, and... my wife is very fierce, so even if I am very tempted, I can only reluctantly refuse. After all, Miss Qiu Ning is of noble status, how can I bear to let her marry me and suffer and be bullied, and maybe even be beaten."

Bai Qingtong: "..."

Chu Meixiang opened her mouth and felt a little dizzy today.

The room was silent for a while.

Bai Ming smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Zijun, eat your food. I asked you to come here today just to chat with you, so you don't have to take these words to heart."

Luo Zijun picked up the wine glass and said, "I'll toast to you, Master."

Bai Ming raised his glass with a smile.

Next, they talked about things in school, studying, and some interesting things that happened recently in the inner city.

After eating and drinking, Luo Zijun stood up and said goodbye.

Bai Ming did not try to persuade him to stay and politely said that they could have dinner together next time.

After Luo Zijun left, the dining room fell into a long silence.

Bai Ming seemed to be relieved. He looked at his daughter and said, "Okay, you don't have to think about the gift marriage anymore, right?"

Bai Qingtong lowered his head and thought without saying anything.

Chu Meixiang, who was standing by, said angrily, "It's too... Oh, it's embarrassing to think about it. How could the daughter of our Bai family fall to such a state that she is despised by a scholar... If my second sister heard this, she would be so angry that she would die."

Bai Ming looked at his daughter and said nothing.

Bai Qingtong thought for a while, then slowly said: "I feel that what he said just now was just an excuse. As for why he refused, from what I have known about him over the past few days, he probably felt that he had not met the person yet and had no feelings for her, so..."

Bai Ming said: "Qingtong, you still don't want to give up?"

Bai Qingtong raised her head, looked at him firmly and said, "Dad, not only do I not want to give up now, but I am even more anxious and determined. Dad, think about it, if other men were faced with those temptations just now, what would they do?"

Bai Ming didn't say anything else.

Chu Meixiang's eyes flickered and she said, "If it were any other man, he would have immediately agreed with gratitude. We are the daughter of the Bai family, and we took the initiative to marry, and we are willing to be a concubine... Even if they have a wife, they will probably say no, or even divorce her secretly as soon as they go back..."

Bai Qingtong said: "So, my daughter thinks that Mr. Luo is a very upright person who values ​​friendship. Once he joins our Bai family, he will probably protect our Bai family for the rest of his life and work sincerely for our Bai family for the rest of his life."

Chu Meixiang frowned and looked at her and said, "Qingtong, do you really think highly of him?"

Bai Qingtong nodded seriously: "My daughter has never been so optimistic about a person since she was a child. My daughter can be sure that he will never be an ordinary person in the future."

Chu Meixiang frowned and said nothing more.

Bai Mingze suddenly looked at his daughter and said, "Qingtong, since you really think highly of him, why bother looking for someone else and let others get away with it? Wouldn't it be better if you marry him, take good care of him, and train him yourself?"

Bai Qingtong paused.

Luo Zijun was thinking all the way back to Junzijun. The first thing he did was to ask Zhiyuan to find the pink girl.

"Tell her that I'm waiting for her here. Ask her to bring Miss Baibai and Miss Qingqing here together. As long as she answers a few questions, I'll let her retaliate as she pleases and she won't fight back."

After hearing this, Zhiyuan was full of confusion. He agreed and went out immediately.

Xiao Huan, who was standing by, asked with a puzzled look on her face: "Sir, Miss Baibai and Miss Qingqing?"

The little girl hasn't seen those two people since she came here.

Luo Zijun said: "After they left, they came here and entered the mansion before us."

"what!"

Xiao Huan opened her eyes wide, and then quickly said, "Then I will go tell Madam."

Ever since those two pretty girls left without saying goodbye, the lady has been sad and worried every day. Unexpectedly, they had already arrived here.

If Madam knew this, she would definitely be very happy.

"Okay, I still have something to ask them, you can come back later."

Luo Zijun was preoccupied and gave an order.

Xiaohuan agreed and left in a hurry.

The small courtyard became quiet, with only Luo Zijun left.

He sat in front of the stone table, and the image of the beautiful figure in a white dress, who looked like a fairy, emerged in his mind.

"Bai Suzhen..."

(End of this chapter)