Prince Consort

Chapter 48
"..." Pei Jiu was deflated again.Whenever he talks with Bai Zhi, he is always the one who suffers.Seeing that Pei Jiu didn't speak, Bai Zhi shook her hand in front of Pei Jiu, and he caught her straight.In the public, he just held her hand like this, and she couldn't help blushing: "Don't do this."

"I see that you are very willing, and you are not struggling, huh?" Pei Jiu stroked the back of her hand with the other hand.Bai Zhi was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she quickly retracted her hands.

At this moment, the waiter from the restaurant came over and served one of the dishes that Bai Zhi had ordered, and Bai Zhi couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and start eating.Seeing her anxious look, Pei Jiu laughed uncontrollably.

Xiao Er looked at Bai Zhi, a regular customer, and was quite surprised.Isn't this General Mu's concubine?Why do you come here to eat with the romantic Jiu Gongzi, and your words and deeds are quite intimate?Could it be that she was fascinated by the Ninth Young Master and came to have an affair with him behind the back of the general?The enthusiastic little Er could not understand Bai Zhi's shameless behavior very much, but since he was a small person, it was inappropriate to show his dissatisfaction, so he could only secretly cast aside that couple of dogs.When serving the second dish, he specially added some ingredients, the name of which is—croton.

When the second dish was served, Bai Zhi sniffed it with her sensitive nose: "Why do you smell a croton?"

Xiao Er wiped off his sweat, and said with a guilty conscience: "Illusion."

Bai Zhi originally thought it was an illusion of her own, but Pei Jiu directly handed the added hawthorn cake to Xiaoer: "Then you have a try."

Xiao Er's face was pale, and she looked at Bai Zhi in embarrassment.Bai Zhi had a "good for you" expression: "Eat."

Xiao Er stretched out his hand very hard, grabbed a piece of hawthorn cake, put it in his mouth, and started to eat it.Pei Jiudao: "Is it delicious?" Xiao Er nodded in pain, thinking, even if they go to hell, the two of them will go with him later, it's worth it.

Bai Zhi said: "Then I'll eat it all for you. Just give me another serving." Bai Zhi was very generous.Xiao Er opened her eyes wide in astonishment, watching the two people present laughing in perfect harmony.The rich and powerful are not to be messed with!Xiaoer grieved and stuffed all the hawthorn cakes on the plate into his mouth... He died a heroic sacrifice for General Mu.

When the hawthorn cake was served again, another waiter had already been replaced.

Bai Zhi ate the hawthorn cake, smiling like a successful thief: "You also smell the croton?"

"No, I believe you."

"..."

Pei Jiu drank tea: "We love each other, shouldn't we trust each other?"

Bai Zhi blushed and ate the cake in her mouth sullenly.When Pei Jiu saw Bai Zhi's blushing little girl, her heart ached.She has never shown such an appearance to him, is it true that this appearance can only be shown to the person she loves?She really didn't love him.

But within a day, he felt so distressed.It is true that she loves him, calling him with a tone full of love, but this premise is immersed in her love for others.Pei Jiu asked Bai Zhi: "Have you finished eating? I'll take you home."

"Are you going back now?" Bai Zhi didn't quite understand.Perhaps she was a little disappointed because she expected too much.Is it okay for the two of you to come out and just have a meal?Pei Jiu nodded.

Bai Zhi's disappointment was completely revealed on her face.She couldn't hide her feelings, Pei Jiu could tell what she was thinking at a glance, and suddenly took her hand: "I want to prepare the dowry earlier and marry you as a matchmaker, and then they won't look at us strangely .”

Bai Zhi's originally disappointed face suddenly changed, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Pei Jiu thought, in order to avoid long nights and dreams, he should let Bai Zhi be his person as soon as possible...

Pei Jiu's movements were extremely quick, and within three days, he came to propose marriage with the dowry.Bai Yuan dealt with it in the lobby with a smile on his face, while Bai Zhi smiled like a silly girl in her room.Seeing Bai Zhi's happy appearance of a lover finally getting married, Hong Qiao sarcastically said: "Miss finally got her wish. Look at that grinning face, it doesn't look like it."

Bai Zhi said: "Quickly go to the lobby and have a look, when is the wedding date?"

"With the character of Jiu Gongzi, the sooner the better."

When Bai Zhi heard this, she was very happy, but she still wanted to know when the long-awaited wedding date would be, and she was still urging Hong Qiao to go to the lobby to have a look.Hong Qiao had nothing to do with Bai Zhi, so she had to eavesdrop for her dumbfounded.

In the lobby, there were only Bai Yuan and Pei Jiu.

Bai Yuan said: "I've been thinking about your marriage with Bai Zhi, but unexpectedly, you are more anxious than I am." Bai Yuan laughed loudly, not having his usual gloomy look at all.Pei Jiu is a popular person around the crown prince, and he is very likely to replace Mu Tusu as General soon.In addition, Bai Zhi has already married once, and her value has plummeted. Now, Pei Jiu is willing to carry a big sedan chair to marry her and become his regular wife. This is something Bai Yuan can't wait for.

Pei Jiu just smiled: "I'm afraid that the night will have long nights and dreams."

"But Pei Xianfeng, there is one thing that I am very curious about. At the beginning you only told me that as long as Zhi'er was locked in the room for a month, Zhi'er would agree to the marriage. Let me see Zhi'er's attitude towards you recently. I always feel that she has already fallen in love with you, why is that?" Bai Yuan is also a sensible person, Bai Zhiming clearly loves Mu Tusu, how could he have moved on in a month?Things are very strange.

Pei Jiuzhi said: "This is a secret recipe handed down from my family, so I'm sorry to tell you."

Bai Yuan was stunned, and said with a chuckle: "That's it! In short, it's better for Zhi'er to marry you willingly than to be forced by me."

"If this matter can be accomplished, the father-in-law's contribution must be credited. If you hadn't advanced above the emperor to persuade Princess Nanzhao to marry Mu Tusu, you would have been against Prince Gong everywhere in the court, adding to his anger towards you. As a result, the pressure on Mutusu is almost aggressive, so Mutusu will not be willing to part with Zhier."

"Mu Tusu is famous for his filial piety, and Prince Gong is famous for his cruelty. In addition, Princess Nanzhao is in the house. In order to stabilize Nanzhao's power, Prince Gong will definitely not let Princess Nanzhao be wronged. Zhi'er is obviously a Obstacles, and it's my daughter, Prince Gong will definitely not show mercy if he makes a move."

"That's right, Lord Bai is thinking about Zhi'er, so he is so troublesome." Pei Jiu's eyes shone with wisdom, and she looked at Bai Yuan and smiled guiltily.Pei Jiu raised her voice: "Okay, Lord Bai, how about we set the wedding date in the middle of next month?"

"Pei Xianfeng attaches so much importance to Zhi'er, he must have chosen an auspicious day, and I have no objection."

"Then the marriage is settled like this. My son-in-law still has other things to do, so I will leave first."

Bai Yuan nodded, and called his servant to send him away.Hongqiao, who had been hiding in the back hall and eavesdropping, nodded with self-comprehension, and then ran to Bai Zhi's room in the inner hall to report the "military situation".

"Miss, do you know why General Mu divorced you?"

"My conduct was bad, I offended him." Bai Zhi didn't care much.In Bai Zhi's current memory, her memory is very vague. She only knows that she and Pei Jiu love each other, but she was forced to marry Mu Tusu. I don't want to recall this unpleasant past.

"Actually, General Mu is here to protect you! He knows that Prince Gong will harm you, and he doesn't have enough ability to protect you..." Before Hongqiao could speak out, Bai Zhi immediately answered, "So he chose to divorce me. , to protect me? Ridiculous! Which of your eyes saw him treat me better?"

Hongqiao pursed her lips and shook her head again and again, as if in her memory, there had never been one.

"Don't think about this man anymore. Did you find out what I asked you to do?" Bai Zhi was anxious about her wedding date, so she hurriedly asked Hong Qiao.Hongqiao nodded like a pounding garlic: "Naturally, Hongqiao's horse is better than thousands of troops!"

"Okay, don't play tricks, when?"

"Middle of next month."

"Middle of next month?" Bai Zhi counted the days, "Why so late? Ah Jiu clearly said that he would marry me sooner!"

"It must be an auspicious day."

"Who knows! But now it's a month until the middle of next month, isn't there any other auspicious day in this month?"

Bai Zhi's expression of resentment for marriage made Hongqiao grin and say, "Miss, if you don't believe me, you can go to the temple and ask, anyway, if you are free, you are free. If there is an auspicious day, go directly to Pei's mansion to ask Mr. Jiu to change the date." Yes."

"This..." Bai Zhi was a little embarrassed, how can there be a woman like her who can't wait to get married?Somewhat counterintuitive.Hongqiao said: "Look, I think the wedding date is too late, and I dare not fight for it, miss, what are you trying to do?"

Bai Zhi went all out: "Let's go, let's go to the temple."

Hongqiao shook her head helplessly, that's right!
I don't know what day it is today, the temples are full of incense, there is an endless stream of people coming and going, Bai Zhi's carriage is directly blocked on the mountainside.Helpless, Bai Zhi had to hike up the mountain against the cold.

The sooner he got to the top of the mountain, the more Bai Zhi couldn't breathe and felt extremely sad.Hongqiao said: "Miss, there are so many people, even if we go up, it's our turn, and it's already evening, why don't we come back tomorrow."

"Don't give up halfway, continue." Bai Zhi gritted her teeth and continued to move forward.Seeing Bai Zhi working so hard, Hong Qiao felt very helpless, her young lady must love Mr. Jiu very much.

Mu Tusu accompanied the concubine to burn incense today, and planned to go down the mountain first, but at the entrance of the mountain, he ran into Bai Zhi by chance.He looked down at Bai Zhi trying to climb up like that, she was tenacious and persistent.Mutusu clenched his fists and looked at her steadfastly, hoping that she would raise her head and take a look at him.With Bai Zhi's character, she would just ignore him and pass him by.But he didn't want this result.

In the end, it was just as he thought.It's just that Bai Zhi didn't ignore him on purpose, but she didn't look up at him from the beginning to the end, and concentrated on climbing the mountain.Mu Tusu turned around and looked at Bai Zhi's back, trying to persuade himself not to guess what she was doing up the mountain, but his feet didn't obey and he followed behind her.

There are many temples on the mountain in the eastern outskirts of the capital, and Bai Zhi decided to choose the one with the least people, but even so, Bai Zhi waited until the evening without getting tired.But Mu Tusu was watching silently not far from her.What is it that made her persist so much?
Finally it was Angelica's turn.Bai Zhi kowtowed three times in front of the futon, looked for the monk next to her, and asked, "I want to ask about marriage."

"Girl, please speak."

"When should I get married?"

He didn't expect Bai Zhi to be so straightforward, so he counted for her: "This year, there will be none."

Bai Zhi was taken aback for a moment, not knowing how to react.Unconvinced, Hong Qiao yelled directly: "How is that possible! My young lady is getting married in the middle of next month, you count the middle of next month."

Getting married in the middle of next month?As if struck by lightning, Mutusu stood there in a daze.

"Although the middle of next month is an auspicious day for the zodiac, it will be a day of many disasters for you, girl, and it is not suitable for a big wedding."

"Nonsense." The emperor was not in a hurry with the eunuch, and Hongqiao was even more unconvinced, "No wonder the incense here is colder than other temples. It must be that you, a bald donkey, are talking nonsense."

"Amitabha! Don't talk nonsense, girl."

Bai Zhi didn't say a word, got up and left in a daze.Hong Qiao hurriedly followed, explaining to Bai Zhi: "Miss, they must not be sure, the marriage between Miss and Young Master Ninth will definitely be completed smoothly."

Someone dodged to block their way.Bai Zhi raised her eyes and saw that it was Mu Tusu, with a disgusted expression on her face.

"You want to marry Pei Jiucheng?" Mu Tusu's face was pale, and he looked at Bai Zhi in pain.

"What does it have to do with you?" Bai Zhi didn't even want to look at him.

But Mutusu pinched her chin and said fiercely: "Watch me talking."

Bai Zhi was in pain, frowned, stared at his face and said: "If it weren't for you, I would have been with Ajiu! Do you know how annoying you are? I am no longer your concubine, please don't be angry with me. I'll use my hands and feet." Bai Zhi turned her face away, knocked off his hand, and hurried away.Mu Tusu stared at the ground in despair, as if he had lost his soul, and kept replaying Bai Zhi's words in his mind.He laughed desolately.

The disgust in her eyes just now was real, even looking at him made her feel disgusted.

It turned out that she had always been in love with Pei Jiu, and he was the one who stole her love!But damn me, I already know my position in her heart, why is it still so unwilling, I just want to hug her and call "Zhi'er"?
There is no cure for him.

While Bai Zhi was waiting for her wedding, many things happened in the court.For example, the emperor is critically ill, the prince is temporarily in power, and the power of the third prince is crushed.At the same time, there was turmoil in Mobei, and there were rumors that they would take advantage of the situation and attack the Guanghui Dynasty.

But this is just a rumor and has not been confirmed.But this rumor was enough to make the court panic.Mobei was attacked by Nanzhao seven years ago, and the prince was sent to Nanzhao as a hostage to save the country.They realized that the strength of the army is the bargaining chip for consolidating the country. They spent seven years raising their troops and recharging their strength to counterattack Nanzhao. They succeeded in the end and returned their prince.The Glorious Dynasty is already exhausted physically and mentally, and has long since lost the strength to fight. If there is a fight, they will lose!
Pei Jiu frequently came to the Bai Mansion, entered Bai Yuan's study, and stayed for a whole day.Hong Qiao guessed: "Miss, do you think that the ninth son is urging the master to advance the wedding date every day?"

Bai Zhiquan couldn't help but roll her eyes when she was redheaded: "Ah Jiu is doing business."

"What is more important than the marriage between Miss and him?" Hong Qiao pouted, extremely dissatisfied.Seeing Hongqiao's impatient look, Bai Zhi said with a smile, "Am I saying that your emperor is not in a hurry for eunuchs, or that you can't wait to be a dowry maid and hook up with Master Ninth?"

Hongqiao was taken aback, and hastily knelt down to complain, and showed her loyalty with snot and tears.Seeing that she was so scared that tears flowed down her face, Bai Zhi panicked, quickly helped her up, and wiped her tears dumbfoundingly: "What are you doing? It was just a joke."

"Miss, this is not a joke. This has already involved my moral issues. Hongqiao has never studied, but she knows a truth. Rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests!"

"..." What kind of metaphor is she using?
Bai Zhi tapped her red forehead with her fingertips: "Are you comparing yourself to a rabbit and my Ah Jiu as grass?"

"Miss, I was wrong..." Hongqiao hurriedly avoided Bai Zhi's attack, ran outside, poked her head out and said to Bai Zhi, "Miss, I think you are thirsty, I will boil water and make tea for you." After Hongqiao finished speaking, she disappeared without a trace.

Bai Zhi was thinking, maybe Hongqiao was a rabbit, and she could run faster than anyone else in trouble.

The time for the big wedding has come.The day Bai Zhi was looking forward to finally came.The guests toasted and mingled with each other, full of smiles, and looked like they were enjoying themselves in peace.This is Bai Zhi's second marriage in her own room.The previous time, Bai Zhi ignored it from the bottom of her heart, and the memory of that period was also vague. She never wanted to keep too many memories of people she hated.She can finally marry Ah Jiu, the man she has loved for so long.Thinking of Ah Jiu's appearance, Bai Zhi couldn't help the smile in her heart, and burst out laughing.The matchmaker who combed her hair saw it, and said cheerfully: "This is not married yet, the bride can't stand it?"

Bai Zhi smiled slightly: "I'm in a good mood."

"The bridal chamber is even better." The matchmaker smiled and winked at Bai Zhi.Bai Zhi was stunned for a while, and didn't know how to deal with herself for a moment, only feeling extremely embarrassed.

The news that General Mu's divorced concubine remarried spread like wildfire in the capital.It's just that the person she married this time is Mu Tusu's direct subordinate, Pei Xianfeng.Although Pei Jiu is still Pei Xianfeng, because he belongs to the princelings, and the princelings are temporarily dominant, Pei Jiu is very likely to make a fortune, while Mu Tusu will fail.

The little princess of Nanzhao was quite surprised when she heard the news that Bai Zhi was going to marry, but when she saw Mu Tusu's gloomy appearance, she put on a virtuous and virtuous appearance.

The breath of winter has not dissipated, and the sky is extremely cold. Mutusu's mood is quite complicated when he listens to the sound of gongs and drums outside.

The little princess Yuling of Nanzhao was holding a big cloak in her hand, and was about to put it on for Mu Tusu. As if he had a prophet, he turned sideways and planned to go back to the house.Yuling took back the cloak she had stretched out unhappily, and said with a compassionate expression: "General, I have nothing to do with the matter of you giving up Bai Zhi. Why did the general treat me like this? How can I say that I was also carried in by the general in eight sedan chairs?" , I haven't answered a few letters from my father's family." These words, which seemed sad or threatening, added anger to Mutusu's restless mood.Mu Tusu sneered at her: "If you want to continue to be the general's wife alive, please be sure to write a family letter and send it to Nanzhao in a friendly tone!"

(End of this chapter)