Prince Consort

Chapter 15 The Well Rope Is Like a Snake (6)
She died like that, even though it was in a dream.

Bai Zhi smiled slightly: "If you get it, you're lucky; if you don't, it's your life. Don't force yourself too much."

This was the only advice she gave Liu Ru.This is what she got in exchange for her life in the dream.

When Liu Ru returned to the Liu Mansion, Uncle was the happiest.He held Liu Ru in tears and cried, Liu Ru couldn't see him like this: "Father, I'm still alive."

"Well, my Ru'er is still alive."

Standing aside and looking at her uncle's gaffe-like appearance, Bai Zhi felt sour. When could Bai Yuan love her like this?Don't ask for mental and physical exhaustion, just ask for a little care.However, the experience in the dream told her an indisputable fact.In Bai Yuan's eyes, everything except power is a stepping stone, if it is useful, use it; if it is useless, discard it.He will not be as affectionate as his uncle.

Liu Ji looked at Bai Zhi's face that seemed unhappy, and asked with concern: "Cousin, are you feeling unwell?"

"No." Bai Zhi replied.

Everyone was still talking about the pain of parting, but the housekeeper ran over, his face pale and anxious: "It's not good, master, young master."

"What's the matter?" There was no panic on Liu Ji's face.

"All the grain and grass sent to Nanzhao were robbed."

Liu Ji said calmly: "It's nothing. The transport convoy is from Nanzhao, and it's their responsibility that something happened."

Liu Ru asked curiously: "Brother, don't we usually have a team to deliver grain and grass to customers? How can we let Nanzhao transport it by himself this time?"

"The money is too little, so the shipping fee is not included."

"Oh." Liu Ru felt weird, but didn't ask again.

Bai Zhi saw it in her eyes, but her heart became much clearer, presumably this was the condition for "changing Liu Ru".Transporting grain and grass is a matter of extreme care. There are many choices of time and route. If no one tells you the route and time, how can the grain and grass be robbed so coincidentally?What's even more coincidental is that when the robbers chose to send people to Nanzhao to transport food this time, General Liu was not responsible at all.Even if there is no responsibility, merchants cherish their own goods the most, but Liu Ji and his uncle's faces are so calm, as if they have expected it.

Obviously, this was a premeditated robbery.Mu Tusu buckled Liu Ru, presumably because of these grains.He bought these grains for 650 taels, not Liu Ru!

Mu Tusu imitated the King of Nanzhao to threaten others, but the King of Nanzhao used violence to convince others, but he used "soft violence" to convince others, which is even more abhorrent!
Liu Ru wanted to go back to her room to rest, but her uncle followed her and asked if anything had happened recently.In the hall, only Bai Zhi and Liu Ji were left.

"Cousin, thanks to you this time, cousin can't repay you." Liu Ji was polite to Bai Zhi, with a bit of alienation.Bai Zhi didn't understand his politeness, and she didn't want to think too much about it, she replied: "If my cousin wants to repay his kindness, please write a letter and tell my father that I have behaved well, and I hope to go back."

"Cousin has only been here for a few days, do you want to go back?" Liu Ji seemed a little excited.

Bai Zhi said: "Mother is at home, so I don't feel at ease."

"Then I'll let my aunt live in Tongcheng?"

"It's not appropriate to have war ahead."

"That……"

"Cousin, if you want to keep me, just say so."

"Cousin, I..."

"Or, are you reluctant to part with my family's Qing He?" Bai Zhi covered her mouth and smiled.She found that Qing He and Liu Ji didn't dare to look at each other last time, their eyes dodged, did they connect?

But in fact, Liu Ji didn't blush, but said palely: "Nonsense." The words were righteous and slightly angry.Seeing his intense reaction, Bai Zhi was slightly taken aback. The next moment, the crisp sound of the porcelain bowl falling to the ground scared Bai Zhi almost out of her body.

Standing outside the door, Qing He hurriedly knelt down to clean up the mess she had caused, and was stabbed by broken porcelain pieces in a daze, and she didn't know that the bright red blood flowed out.Bai Zhi couldn't bear to watch, so she squatted down and held her hand.Seeing her tearful face, Bai Zhi said in a daze, "You are crying."

What made Qinghe so sad?

"Miss, I'm fine." Qing He retracted her hands, wiped off the blood on her fingers, packed up the debris on the ground, got up and left.Qing He has been with Bai Zhi for many years, how could Bai Zhi not know that she actually has something to hide.

And this matter must be related to the cousin behind her, right?Bai Zhi turned her head to look at Liu Ji, and found that his complexion was also not good, and he looked preoccupied.

It looks like it is.

It's not easy for her to ask clearly, it's just that she has more thoughts in her heart.

Bai Zhi thought that from now on, she would either shut the door and contemplate her mistakes in peace, or Bai Yuan would show mercy and take her back.In the following days, she did live her little life without incident, getting up in the morning, eating, being a female celebrity, taking a nap at noon, drinking tea and reading in the afternoon, and going to sleep with the lights off at night.Repeatedly, although boring and monotonous, it is still peaceful.

until……

Liu Ru was beaten.

It's a long story.

If Liu Ru didn't give up, she would have nothing to do with Mu Tusu.Just when Pei's house was recruiting short-term workers, she disguised herself as a man and slipped in.However, she has the heart of a day job, but she has a pampered body. She can't do any work, drags down other workers, and is inevitably rejected.If you repel, just repel, anyway, the drunken man doesn't want to drink, she just wants to get close to Mu Tusu.Unexpectedly, day laborers were not allowed to approach Mu Tusu's room.What if I can't get close?Liu Ru was clever and knew to attack the servant girl who served Mu Tusu.She has a beautiful appearance, and she is extremely delicate in men's clothes. How can the little maid be able to bear her "beauty", and she is always amused by her, smiling all over her face.

The maid that Liu Ru molested had an old friend who hated Liu Ru so much that she took advantage of Liu Ru's unpreparedness, put a sack on her head, and beat her to death to relieve her hatred.This beating, Liu Ru was seriously injured.Not to mention the scars all over her body, Qingcheng's proud face was bruised and purple, which seemed ridiculous at first glance.

While she was recovering, Mu Tusu was unable to fight due to a serious back injury. The concubine, who loved her son disregarded Mu Tusu's objection, and took him out of Tongcheng overnight and went back to the capital to recuperate.Liu Ruwei almost went blind from crying for not being able to see Mu Tusu for the last time.

When Bai Zhi went to see her, she almost laughed.Her cousin is really asking for trouble, thankless.

Lying on the bed, Liu Ru, who was still angry, complained to Bai Zhi: "The biggest humiliation in my life is not that my son rejects me thousands of miles away, but being beaten with a sack."

Bai Zhi pursed her lips and held back a smile, "So what about hatred? You can't tell your cousin and uncle why you were beaten. No one will avenge you."

"I'll take revenge myself." Liu Ru gritted her teeth, her beautiful eyebrows furrowed into a ball.

Bai Zhi was stunned, and persuaded Liu Ru: "Think twice, don't act like last time..." She felt a little guilty, "Take advantage of others, and do something thankless." The look in her eyes when she complained, mentioned the woman who went to Mu Tusu's bed first, Liu Ru's eyes shot fire, and she almost burned herself.

"I will never forget that person's voice when I die. I will not take revenge and swear not to be a human being."

"The one who hit you should be the girl's best friend, and I will find out after sending someone to investigate."

"I've found out. This person's name is Chen Shichong, and he's the cook at the house. He likes to go to Huajie for two to three o'clock drinks. I love beautiful women!" When Liu Ru mentioned "beauties", a sly smile appeared on her face.

Bai Zhi immediately interrupted her idea, hastily stopped: "Don't use beauty tricks."

"I'm going to kill him offspring."

"What do you want to do?" Bai Zhi already had a bad premonition in her heart.

Liu Ru half-closed her eyes, her eyes were ruthless: "Eunuch."

"..."

In terms of ruthlessness, Liu Ru deserves to be the leader.

"Then take care of yourself and don't let yourself suffer." Bai Zhi had no choice but to persuade her.After all, beauty tricks are good, but they are also very dangerous. If there is a mistake and someone eats it, it is not worth the gain.

"So I need my cousin's help in this matter." Liu Ru smiled at Bai Zhi.

Bai Zhi doesn't like this, and definitely won't go into this muddy water, so she resolutely refuses: "Cousin came here to think about her mistakes, not to poach someone. Regarding this matter, there is nothing my cousin can do."

"Don't you have the heart for me to suffer?" Liu Ru showed a pitiful look.

Bai Zhi asked very calmly: "Isn't it worth it?"

Liu Ru became ruthless: "If you don't help me, I'll write a letter to my uncle, saying that you are here to seduce my brother."

"It's better to say that I can't seduce your brother, and seduce your father instead." Bai Zhi stroked the hair on her forehead, ignored Liu Ru's nonsense, got up and prepared to leave.She has a bad reputation anyway, so she doesn't care if there is another "bad relationship".

Seeing that the threat didn't work, Liu Ru was so angry that she slapped the bed.

Bai Zhi followed her usual routine, taking a nap until Shen Shi.Qing He was waiting by the bed.Bai Zhi ordered Qing He to comb her hair, but it was only half combed. Liu Ji's entourage came and told Bai Zhi that Liu Ji was waiting for her in Fengxian Tower.

Suddenly invited her to Fengxian Tower?Fengxianlou is a well-known restaurant in Tongcheng, Bai Zhi and Qing He had been clamoring to try the dishes of the famous restaurant a few days ago, but today Liu Ji invited her to go as the host.

Then she would be more obedient than respectful.

It's just that before going out, Qing He complained of stomachache and couldn't go.Bai Zhi felt that Qinghe's belly hurt suddenly, and she was fine just now, how could it be such a coincidence that it hurts when it says it hurts?Feeling suspicious, Bai Zhi had no choice but to go to the appointment alone.

The war is approaching, Tongcheng is not as good as before, there are not many people outside, Fengxianlou, which was always full before, is sparsely populated, the contrast is great.Xiao Er seemed to recognize Bai Zhi, nodded and bowed her head and asked, "Is it Miss Bai?"

"Ah."

"This way please." Bai Zhi followed Xiaoer up to the second floor and sat down by the window.

After a while, Xiao Er ordered some pre-dinner snacks, such as sesame cakes, egg yolk crisps, and white sugar double-cooked cakes, which were considered rich.Bai Zhi patiently waited for Liu Ji while tasting the snacks.But who would have thought that a person suddenly sat across from her and smiled silly at her.The man's face was like a crown of jade, his body was round and smooth, and his body exuded a faint... fragrance of vegetables.

"Luohua is not a heartless thing." The man sitting opposite read the first half of a poem to Bai Zhi.

Bai Zhi was stunned: "Turn into spring mud to protect flowers." Is this man testing her to recite poems?
The man's eyes sparkled immediately.Bai Zhi was frightened by his too bright eyes.What did she say that made him so happy, even abnormally happy?

"When did you pay attention to me?" The man opposite lowered his head shyly, but his mouth was wide open, unable to hide his smile.

"Fairly."

The man on the opposite side was startled, then smirked: "What a funny girl."

(End of this chapter)