Glory all the way

Chapter 307
Although Bai Yingluo had a very bad impression of what happened in the East Palace, she quickly put it behind her.

Afterwards, Lin Zhimei sent another female official to invite Bai Yingluo to accompany her in the palace, but Bai Yingluo mostly refused because she was unwell or could not live without her by her brother's side.

Lin Zhimei also guessed that Bai Yingluo didn't want to see the Crown Princess. After all, even though the Crown Princess lost power now, she was still the Crown Princess. As long as Bai Yingluo came to the East Palace, she would definitely go to see the Crown Princess.

What Lin Zhimei didn't guess was that the methods she used on the second prince made Bai Yingluo feel even more frightened.

At the beginning of October, the envoys from Xili left the capital, and from mid-October, envoys from Da'an and Dawan also bid farewell to Emperor Jiayuan one after another, and Bai Yingluo had already received news from the envoys who came to deliver gifts that day.

After tidying up all the gifts prepared in the past few months, Bai Yingluo ordered the housekeeper to send a carriage of gifts to the posthouse and hand them over to the messenger, including the letter she wrote to the sixth princess.

After seeing off the huge group of envoys, Du Xuan finally had some free time from his busy schedule.

On Muxiu's day, Du Xuan took Bai Yingluo back to Baijiazhuang.

The body of the second elder of the Bai family is as strong as ever, and all the farm work in the fields has been done. The farmers who have worked hard for a year have ushered in the most leisurely day of the year.

During the few days they stayed in Baijiazhuang, during the daytime, Du Xuan and Bai Yingluo hugged Yan Geer to bask in the sun in the yard, and chatted leisurely with the second elder of the Bai family and Li Dazhuang and Bai Xiu, although they were talking about those in the fields. For an extremely simple matter, Du Xuan and Bai Yingluo both had satisfied expressions on their faces, without showing any signs of impatience.

At night, Brother Yan and Xiao Shitou were lying on the warm kang and playing around, while Bai Yingluo and Bai Xiu accompanied the elders of the Bai family to play a few leaf cards. On the side, Du Xuan and Li Dazhuang sat in front of the charcoal basin and talked, chatting from time to time. Take the tongs and poke the charcoal fire in the basin.

After a short time, there was a sweet sweet potato smell in the room, and even the two little guys on the kang sniffed their noses and looked around.

Turning the charcoal fire aside, there are a few yams and sweet potatoes buried inside.

Break off the dark and hard shell, and the yellow or white flesh inside is sweet and delicious, making people mouth watering.

Although Bai Yingluo and Du Xuan ate all the good things, but at this moment, the simplest sweet potato and sweet potato can satisfy both of them.

Before Bai Yingluo's eyes, she couldn't help but see the scene of a family sitting in front of the charcoal basin roasting sweet potatoes in the previous life. However, there was no Du Xuan in the scene, but Bai Ling was added.

"Has Bai Ling come here to find trouble again?"

Bai Yingluo asked Bai Xiu in a low voice after feeding a small ball of cool sweet potato pulp to Brother Yan.

Bai Xiu smiled wryly and shook her head, "After that time, she never went to the door again, even if I met outside, she didn't even look at me."

As she said that, Bai Xiu's face darkened, "We grew up together, we were close sisters, but now we are strangers."

After Bai Yingluo comforted her a few words, Bai Xiucai felt relieved a little, and then thought that it was rare for Bai Yingluo to come, but she said such disappointing things, Bai Xiu couldn't help but feel a little guilty on her face.

Bai Yingluo smiled, fed Xiao Shitou another piece of sweet potato pulp, and changed the topic.

After staying in Baijiazhuang for two days, Du Xuan and Bai Yingluo returned to Zhuangyuan Mansion in the evening of the second day.

As soon as she entered the door, she changed her clothes and sat on the warm kang, and saw Chen Xiang entered the room with a worried expression on her face. Bai Yingluo carried the sleeping brother Yan to the nurse and sent her to the East Wing to rest, and called Chen Xiang over to ask questions. "What happened these two days?"

"There is no news from the palace, but there are rumors in the capital that the Crown Princess secretly practiced witchcraft, cursed Concubine Lin and the Second Prince, and finally got the stolen goods, so it is likely that His Royal Highness is going to abolish the Crown Prince. Concubine. The old lady of the Dou Mansion is angry and ill. Prime Minister Dou has already accused himself of sinning, saying that he has no way to teach his daughter, which is why the Crown Princess failed to keep the royal blood. However, the Crown Princess must be accused of witchcraft. People have been wronged, Prime Minister Dou hopes that the emperor will investigate this matter strictly and return the crown princess justice."

Chen Xiang said softly, Du Xuan and Bai Yingluo showed a trace of surprise on their faces.

Bai Yingluo didn't expect that so many things happened after they left the capital for only two days.

However, what role did Lin Zhimei play this time?

Bai Yingluo smiled wryly: Lin Zhimei said that she had let go, and her wish from now on was to stay by His Royal Highness's side, bear children for him, and protect the children to be successful.

At that time, Bai Yingluo believed it.

But at this moment, it seems that Lin Zhimei is really like what Du Xuan said, just talking, there is not a day when she does not want to replace the princess, but this time, she is determined to win, right?
The crown princess lost the eldest prince, which is the most vulnerable time in a woman's life, but Lin Zhimei was at the time when she was full of ambitions, and took advantage of the crown prince's mistakes to calculate her, and pursued her victory. Now, the crown princess Already powerless to parry, right?

"Next, it's time for the Beining Mansion and the Dou Mansion to face off. If the Dou Mansion wins, the Crown Princess will be safe and sound. If the Beining Bo Mansion wins, the Crown Princess will end in a miserable end. Concubine Lin will ascend to the throne."

Du Xuan looked at Bai Yingluo with deep meaning in his eyes and said.

"Yeah, I didn't expect that she would have such a method. The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind. In the past, I underestimated her, thinking that she was still the gentle and delicate sister Mei."

At this moment, in Bai Yingluo's heart, she couldn't help but recall the first time she saw Lin Zhimei, the sixth princess happily took Bai Yingluo's hand and introduced to her, "Yingluo, this is the young lady of Beiningbo's family, sister Lin Zhimei, She is the gentlest and best-tempered lady I have ever seen, and I will definitely like her in the future."

"Princess Six, if you knew that she had become what she is today, would you still like her?"

Bai Yingluo asked the sixth princess in her heart.

The affairs in the palace were quickly covered up by the news that Loulan envoys were going to Beijing. After all, family ugliness should not be publicized.

It was early winter, and the weather was foggy. When I got up early and went out, there was warm mist in my mouth. I took a deep breath, and felt that the internal organs were filled with a fresh and cold breath, which was refreshing.

Holding Brother Yan out of the East Wing, the little guy clenched his fists and sneezed, but immediately looked up excitedly, looking very cute.

In the afternoon, the servants of the East Palace came to deliver a message, saying that there will be a banquet in the palace to invite Loulan envoys, and Bai Yingluo will be invited to attend with Du Xuan.

Envoys from Xili, Da'an, and Dawan came to Beijing one after another, and the palace also held banquets, but there was no precedent for attending with their family members. Bai Yingluo was full of suspicion.

After entering the palace, the questions in Bai Yingluo's mind were answered.

Accompanying the prince was not the princess, but Lin Zhimei, who was even more graceful and gorgeous than usual.

Lin Zhimei was already extremely beautiful, and no one in the East Palace could match her. Now the princess is deeply in the pain of bereavement and rumors of witchcraft. Lin Zhimei has a second prince, and she has always been favored by the prince. It seemed to be a matter of course for her to appear in front of everyone at the banquet.

"This is the first time I've attended such a banquet, and I'm a little nervous, so I asked His Highness to invite you to join me, as a companion for me, Yingluo, you won't blame me, will you?"

During the break in the side hall, Lin Zhimei pulled Bai Yingluo affectionately and said.

Bai Yingluo shook her head, "It is my blessing to be able to have such good luck, and I am deeply honored."

Although she felt that such a Bai Yingluo was a little alienated, Lin Zhimei was immersed in the surprise of attending such a grand banquet with the prince for the first time, and the abnormality flashed by, causing her to ignore it in an instant.

The banquet was about to begin, and a maid from the main hall came to invite Lin Zhimei and other concubines and wives to go. Bai Yingluo followed behind and went in at the end, found Du Xuan and sat down beside him, and saw that he was a little flustered.

"what happened?"

Bai Yingluo asked in a low voice.

Du Xuan shook his head, stretched out his hand and patted Bai Yingluo's hand, implying that he would talk about it when he got back.

The tentacles were cold, and Bai Yingluo was slightly startled.

Except for the first time when Du Yuan escaped from the Princess Mansion and was arrested, Bai Yingluo had never seen Du Xuan in such a flustered situation, and his hands were cold without any warmth, which showed that something really happened.

Bai Yingluo felt a little uneasy in her heart.

The banquet began, and Loulan's envoys presented their congratulatory gifts to Emperor Jiayuan.

As soon as the first gift appeared on the stage, it aroused people's great curiosity.

Four strong men carried them into an iron cage, and the bright red curtain was lifted, revealing a pair of pure white elk.

The face of the elk is like a horse, the horns are like a deer, the neck is like a camel, and the tail is like a donkey. They are what people usually call the four different images. After all, no one has really seen them, especially the pure white four different images.

For the royal family, such a pair of elk can be regarded as auspicious.

Sure enough, the Loulan envoy said that they met the elk at the foot of Tianshan Mountain when they came to the capital from Loulan. They didn't intend to capture them, but the elk followed the Loulan envoy for a long time, so, They brought the pair of elk together as a dedication to Emperor Jiayuan. After all, they were captured from the territory of the Song Dynasty, which is the auspiciousness of the Song Dynasty.

The eldest prince's untimely death, the princess's witchcraft, these few months, the atmosphere in the palace has been extremely dull, the pair of auspicious elk presented by the envoy of Loulan is considered to be what he likes, Emperor Jiayuan is very happy to accept it down.

The second gift was a map of longevity without boundaries carved out of colored glass.

It was night, and the main hall was brightly lit. As soon as this glazed picture appeared, it made everyone's eyes bright, and the colored glaze showed different luster from different angles, and the walls in the hall reflected bright lights. The light is like a beautiful picture scroll.

Emperor Jiayuan was in a good mood, and ordered his servants to carefully take the two gifts down and put them away, and at the same time, asked the prince to offer three glasses of water and wine to the Loulan envoy.

At the beginning of the banquet, the singing was melodious and the dancers were dancing gracefully. There was a lot of harmony between the guests and the host in the hall.

And Du Xuan's abnormality, and the dubious eyes of the Loulan envoys who exchanged whispers with Du Xuan, all made Bai Yingluo feel more and more uneasy.

　Sorry, I'm late, sorry~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)