Prince Consort

Chapter 47
Bai Zhi returned to her room. Although there was no one in the room, she could still smell a human breath.Bai Zhi's eyes were lowered, she was a little absent-minded, and unconsciously walked towards the bed she hadn't made yet.She asked, "Did the general sleep here yesterday?"

"Yes, ma'am...Miss." Hongqiao realized that she had made a mistake in her wording, and hurriedly corrected it.

Bai Zhi looked at the bed, as if she saw Mutusu lying there yesterday, frowning, his cold face expressionless.She obviously gave herself courage at the time and planned to do it again, but she backed down in the end.

"Miss..." Seeing Bai Zhi in a daze, Hongqiao felt more and more pitiful, and looked at her with some unbearable pain.Bai Zhi turned around and gave Hongqiao a big smile: "Let's go."

Everything will pass, as long as she is still alive, she can have a different life.Bai Zhi wiped away the uneasiness in her heart, and packed up her own things.Hong Qiao was tidying up the bed, when she suddenly picked up something, she turned around and asked Bai Zhi, who was also tidying up: "Miss, your handkerchief."

Bai Zhi turned her head and looked at the handkerchief in Hongqiao's hand, feeling familiar, as if it belonged to her.She took it from Hongqiao's hand, after a few glances, she felt strange again.Although this is her favorite embroidered pattern of large peonies in gold, the technique of this handkerchief is still relatively rough, and the way of threading is also the style of a newcomer.Bai Zhi observed it carefully, and was surprised to find that there was a word embroidered on the bottom of the handkerchief, Bai!The embroidery method of the characters, Bai Zhi can recognize at a glance, this is from her own hands.How could she not recognize what she embroidered?If it is her own thing, it must have been embroidered very early, and it has already left her memory.How could she bring something with her that had already left her memory without knowing it?Obviously, this thing is not in her custody.Mutusu slept here last night...then he kept it?Where did he get it?If she had accidentally lost it when they first met, she would have been an experienced embroidery worker, so it would be impossible for her to be so jerky.Could it be earlier?Bai Zhi tried hard to search her not very bright mind, but she couldn't remember at all!
"Miss, what's the matter with you?" Seeing that Bai Zhi was so absent-minded, Hong Qiao hurriedly asked.Bai Zhi shook her head, ordering her to continue packing.

Bai Zhi is not a fastidious person, and there are not many dowries, so she can pack up a few clothes and some small things at will, and then she can leave the house.Bai Zhi walked away quietly, the maids and family members of Prince Gong's mansion were all busy with their own affairs, as if they didn't know about this matter, they had the right to go back to her mother's house for a few days when Bai Zhi lost her temper.

It's just that when she arrived in the White Mansion, the whole family was filled with feelings of exclusion.Not to mention Erniang and Bai Shao, even the maids and servants in the Bai mansion looked at her strangely.The only one who welcomed her was naturally Bai Zhu, who came directly to the door to welcome her, holding a bow and arrow and wearing light clothes.Seeing the snow on Bai Shu's body, Bai Zhi brushed off the snow for him, and couldn't laugh or cry: "Martial arts training is a small matter, but body is a big matter, don't be so serious."

Bai Shu held up the index finger of his right hand and shook it in front of Bai Zhi: "No, no, no."

At the same time, the two focused their attention on Bai Zhu's upright right fingers.Bai Zhi was stunned: "Your hand is bleeding, why don't you stop bleeding?"

"Hands are freezing, I don't feel any pain! I don't know when I broke my finger, maybe I just pulled the arrow from the target too hard and scratched it." Bai Zhu didn't care, and wanted to wipe off the blood stains with his pants .Bai Zhi immediately grabbed his hand, took out a handkerchief from his bosom, and stopped his bleeding.Bai Shu was obedient at first, when she saw the handkerchief, she panicked and immediately grabbed the handkerchief from Bai Zhi's hand: "Sister, why did you take brother-in-law's handkerchief?"

Bai Zhi was startled: "Are you sure it's this?"

"Uh, it seems that my sister's handkerchief is more finely crafted. But to my brother-in-law, it is considered a treasure. But when my sister's embroidery is not exquisite, how about giving him a token of love?"

Bai Zhi was startled, and took out the handkerchief she picked up from the bed this morning from the other sleeve: "But this one?"

"Yes, look, there is a pile of threads, and the gold border is out of shape. It must have been embroidered when the lamp was not lit, like a blind man touching a wall. Just rely on the feeling. The only thing that is good is the word 'white' under the veil. Bai Shu pointed to the "white" on the handkerchief, and commented very unconsciously that the embroidery of this handkerchief was extremely poor.

Although this is Bai Zhi's early work, she is still a little upset, how can she belittle people like this!However, Baizhi Jingbaishu on-demand, found that the white characters on the extremely poorly embroidered handkerchief already have some skills.That is to say, it was in the early days of her embroidering big peonies in Phnom Penh, but at that time she already had the foundation of female red, about the winter when she was eight years old?
But the memory of that year was too far away, she really couldn't remember what happened, and how she was related to Mu Tusu.But the veil in her hand proved that she and Mu Tusu had been related earlier.

When Bai Yuan came back early, he called Bai Zhi into the study.Bai Zhi made up her plans for the future, went back to the mountains of Sucheng, and spent the rest of her life with her parents and Qiu Chan, and she also believed that Bai Yuan would not stay with her worthless.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered the study, Bai Yuan smashed an inkstone at her fiercely, and her head instantly blended black and red, very ferocious.Bai Zhi tightly covered her bleeding forehead, and stood there without saying a word.

"How did I give birth to a daughter like you! I don't think you need to be called Bai Zhi, you can just call me an idiot." Bai Yuan slapped the table with anger and blood, and looked at Bai Zhi with tears in his eyes.Bai Zhi replied nonchalantly: "It's too late for Dad to regret it, you can reserve this idiot's name for the next child of you and Erniang."

Bai Yuan slapped the table hard again: "Presumptuous, who are you talking to!"

"If the father wants to scold her for being divorced, the daughter thinks it's unnecessary; if the father doesn't like her, he can send her back to Su City."

"Su Cheng? Why are you still going there?" Bai Yuan gritted his teeth and said, "Be as virtuous as your mother!"

Bai Zhi became upset: "Isn't it thanks to my father that my mother looks like this? With the second mother, I forgot the main house. She owed you for so many years, shouldn't she pay it off? I don't think my mother is so good I am so sorry!"

"Niezi, Niezi!" Bai Yuan threw the pen and paper on Bai Zhi's face again, Bai Zhi raised her face to accept it, with arrogance like fire.How much she wanted to say that she was not born of him, but she couldn't be impulsive.Bai Yuan is powerful, and with his character, if he knew the truth, he would definitely kill her parents.

"Come on!" Bai Yuan shouted.

The two servants pushed the door open and entered.When the servant saw Bai Zhi's "black face", he was really startled and froze in place for a long time.Bai Yuan said: "Send the young lady back to her room and confine her for a month."

"Yes." The servant replied, and then went to look at Bai Zhi, Bai Zhi glanced over coldly, the two families shivered and took a step back.Before leaving, Bai Zhi said to Bai Yuan: "Father takes such good care of my daughter, but my daughter should tell father that if she wants to get promoted and get rich, she should follow the right master!"

"Get out!" Bai Yuan patted the table, furious to the extreme.

Bai Zhi walked out ahead of the servant without changing her face, came to her room, closed the door consciously, and ordered Hongqiao to fetch water and wash her face.After washing her face, Bai Zhi realized that the wound on her forehead was huge and was still bleeding continuously.While helping Baizhi apply the medicine to stop the bleeding, Hongqiao said distressedly: "Miss, why are you angry with the general? Hongqiao feels that there is no one in the world who loves you as much as the general."

Bai Zhi directly looked up at Hongqiao, rolled her eyes: "If you don't speak, no one will treat you as dumb."

Aggrieved, Hongqiao continued to apply medicine to Bai Zhi.

After self-control, Bai Zhi often suffers from insomnia, maybe because she thinks too much about things, she always thinks about what to do in the future.After the ban, did she leave with Bai Yuan's consent, or did she abscond without permission?But the consequences of absconding without permission are very serious, Bai Yuan will definitely send someone to look for her, will this implicate her parents who are enjoying their old age in Sucheng?Didn't she come to the capital for nothing?Will it even hurt your parents?She is already a useless pawn, why doesn't Bai Yuan let her fend for herself, abandon her like a weed, but continue to control her?Bai Zhi was upset, and couldn't fall asleep when she was upset, and wanted to fall asleep when she couldn't sleep, so she continued to use the incense that Pei Jiu gave her, the effect was excellent, and she fell asleep quickly.Only she was dreaming again.It's just that the dream is a bit strange, the heart-pounding and happy experience between her and Mu Tusu keeps repeating itself, but she can't see Mu Tusu's face clearly, when she chases hard and finally catches the man, it's Pei Jiu who turns around!It seemed that there was a strange force constantly eroding her mind, telling her that those experiences belonged to her and Pei Jiu, the man she wanted to be with for the rest of her life was Pei Jiu, and the person she loved the most was Pei Jiu.Her Pei Jiu, the Pei Jiu she wanted to hold on to tightly.

After waking up from the dream, Bai Zhi realized that it was a dream. After repeating this several times, she began to have a bad memory. She forgot many details of her previous life, such as whether she took a bath now, what the girl embroidered yesterday, and the ancient poems she had memorized earlier. Forgot a lot.It's not just her, Hongqiao also has this symptom.Hong Qiao complained to Bai Zhi, and Bai Zhi gave some of the incense that Pei Jiu had given her to Hong Qiao.

Bai Zhi was thinking that maybe it was due to lack of sleep and lack of energy, and this fragrance seemed to be addictive, so she began to use it without interruption.In addition to being grounded by Bai Yuan for a month, she has nothing to do, and sleep is the most important thing, and the time is getting longer and longer.

When Bai Zhi's confinement period expired, she welcomed her first visitor.

The visitor was dressed in a green shirt, his hair was tied neatly, his eyebrows were clear, and when he smiled, his neat and white teeth made it even more refreshing to see.

Hong Qiao jumped towards Bai Zhi with a ruddy complexion: "Miss, Mr. Pei is here."

Bai Zhi's heart trembled, Fang raised her head, and saw Pei Jiu standing in front of the door against the light, with a tall body, her slender arms stretched out towards her.Bai Zhi pursed her lips, with tears in her eyes, and ran into Pei Jiu's arms.

"Ah Jiu!" Bai Zhi tried not to cry, but couldn't hold back the thoughts in her heart, "Father has grounded me for a month. I have been thinking about you all the time for this month. I finally got rid of Mutusu. got it."

Pei Jiu hugged Bai Zhi, her eyes were shining brightly, and the corners of her mouth were turned up. Because her eyelashes were too long, it was impossible to see the deepest emotion in his eyes.

He just hugged Bai Zhi tightly: "That would be great...you are finally mine."

Bai Yuan seemed to be very appreciative of Bai Zhi and Pei Jiu being together.Bai Zhi was confined for a month, Pei Jiu came to visit, and wanted to take Bai Zhi out to relax, although Bai Yuan didn't show a happy expression on his face, but there was no embarrassment.This made Bai Zhi extremely happy. She had been waiting for Pei Jiu for a long time, and she really couldn't let go, she wanted to stick together with him all the time.

Hongqiao reminded: "Miss, it's cold outside, remember to wear more clothes."

Bai Zhi nodded, and took the cloak from Hongqiao's hand.Pei Jiu, who was watching Bai Zhi silently from behind, leaned outside the porch, her eyes were deep, as if she was looking at a painting, a scroll that belonged only to her.Well, it's worth the price you paid for it.Bai Zhi looked back at Pei Jiu, and called out to him, "Ah Jiu, where are we going?"

Pei Jiu thought for a while, "Where do you want to go?"

Bai Zhi didn't even think about it: "How about going to the No. [-] Restaurant in Beijing that we often go to?"

Pei Jiu was taken aback. Why have they ever been to a restaurant?She must have gone with Mutusu.Pei Jiu felt a chill in her heart, and said to Bai Zhi with a smile, "Okay."

Because it was colder, a thick layer of cotton was added to the curtains of the carriage, which was very heavy and airtight. Sitting on the carriage, Bai Zhi felt chest tightness and felt a little breathless.Seeing Bai Zhi's strange behavior, Pei Jiu lifted the curtain of the side window of the carriage, revealing a window.

Seeing Pei Jiu being so caring, Bai Zhi's cheeks became hot, and she lowered her eyebrows and snickered.Pei Jiu raised her hand to trim Bai Zhi's bun, leaving out her drooping hair: "Zhi'er, I will propose marriage to your father in a few days, okay?"

Bai Zhi stared blankly at Pei Jiu, a little in disbelief.Pei Jiudao: "I won't let you be my concubine, I'll let you be my wife. I won't let you be wronged, sad, or cry."

Bai Zhi pursed her lips tightly, leaned her head lightly on Pei Jiu's shoulder, turned her face away, and buried it on his shoulder: "Thank you for wanting me."

"How could I not want you!" Pei Jiu lowered her head and kissed her forehead, "You love me so much, and I love you so much."

There was a smile on the corner of Baizhi's mouth, and she closed her eyes contentedly.Her and Pei Jiu's memories are all beautiful, so beautiful and flawless, she couldn't help laughing when she thought of the past.

It was just a carriage passing by, but Mu Tusu's face instantly turned white and then blue, and finally he angrily picked up the wine glass in his hand and took a sip of wine.The fifth prince with his back to the window didn't understand, so: "Susu, are you possessed by a ghost? Why are you so emotional?"

Seeing the passing carriage outside the window, he looked at Mu Tusu very understandingly: "Don't drink and get drunk, and be careful that you will be raped by the fierce Nanzhao woman in the house."

Mutusu immediately put the wine that he wanted to pour into his mouth back on the table, with a devastated look on his face.

The fifth prince patted the table and laughed: "It's the third brother who told the truth! Didn't the sister of the little princess in Nanzhao take advantage of Mobei's foolishness and rape her? Taking advantage of others' danger is a habit in Nanzhao Style, Susu, don't get drunk and mess around."

Mutusu rolled his eyes at the Fifth Prince: "Can words pass through the brain?"

Mutusu's eyes were extremely frightening, the fifth prince immediately stopped talking, and looked at the third prince aggrievedly, hoping that the third prince could help him.Unexpectedly, the third prince poked the fifth prince's swollen mouth with his hand: "When you have someone you love, you will understand."

The fifth prince sneered at this: "Third brother, you have had someone you love too early, so you can't even laugh." After finishing speaking, the fifth prince was surprised that he had said the wrong thing, and he was annoyed and angry.Why does his mouth always say the wrong thing!
Mutusu suddenly put down the chopsticks in his hand heavily, so frightened that both of them couldn't help but look up at him.Mu Tusu looked directly at the third prince: "You said that as long as you succeed, you will agree to my request."

"Naturally." The third prince's eyes were firm.

Mutusu clenched his fist tightly, now he can only endure, and be patient...

Bai Zhi, who came to the No. [-] Restaurant in the capital, couldn't wait to order the menu, her favorite braised lion's head, and the hawthorn cake that she had no memory of.When Bai Zhi ordered this pastry, she felt strange.

Pei Jiu noticed her strangeness and asked her, "What's wrong?"

"I just find it strange, why do I subconsciously believe that this is delicious even though I haven't eaten haw jelly before?"

Pei Jiu smiled: "Maybe this is your first feeling."

Bai Zhi nodded in agreement and smiled at Pei Jiu.Pei Jiu's smile was not as natural as before.Bai Zhi sat in the original seat very consciously, and Pei Jiu sat opposite her, and they looked at each other quietly.

Bai Zhi looked a little shy, so she lowered her head and stopped looking.Pei Jiu leaned back on the chair and said leisurely, "Zhi'er, since when did you like me?"

When Bai Zhi heard it, her face turned red, she didn't dare to look at him, she faltered and turned her face away: "Do you still remember that year at the Lantern Festival in Sioux City, you answered in a loud voice 'Bai Sun Yi Shan Ends'?" ' the answer to the riddle?"

"Where is unknown?" Pei Jiu asked suspiciously.

Bai Zhi smiled shyly.Pei Jiu knew right away that he got the answer right.He was thinking, if he met her first and answered the answer to this riddle, would she be interested in him?He will not agree to the request of the Nanzhao State Teacher in order to get her.

But he didn't regret it, it was the emperor who was sorry for his Pei family first.

"Zhi'er, if one day my whereabouts are unknown, will you look for me?" Pei Jiu asked.

Bai Zhi's charming eyes flashed, and she looked at Pei Jiu affectionately: "Yes."

"What if I die?"

Bai Zhi was startled, and frowned displeasedly: "I don't like this 'Ruo'."

Pei Jiu watched Bai Zhi get angry because of his assumption, and laughed heartily: "Silly Zhi'er, I haven't made you happy yet, how could I be willing to die?" Pei Jiu hit her head with chopsticks.Bai Zhi didn't have time to dodge, she felt the pain, touched her head with her hand, but the corners of her mouth turned up, a little coquettishly: "You said, unless I am very happy, otherwise you are not allowed to die."

"It's a word."

"You will make me happy, right?" Bai Zhi asked.

"Well, it will make Zhi'er as happy as a flower, blooming brilliantly and beautifully." Pei Jiu joked.Bai Zhi retorted: "Then Ah Jiu will be as happy as a big tree, with branches and luxuriance."

"Why is it a big tree and not a flower?" Pei Jiu pretended to be dissatisfied.Bai Zhi explained: "With the appearance of your old bark, how can you look like a flower?"

(End of this chapter)