Chapter 218: Unhappiness between concubines
Ma Rufen is a gaudy-looking and tacky woman, who likes to wear gaudy clothes embroidered with large flowers and perm very curly wavy hair.
In the Bai family, she has always been strong.
In the first two years of marrying into the Bai family, he and his younger sibling Rousang can still coexist peacefully, and they have nothing to do, but after a long time, Rousang is quite unaccustomed to Ma Rufen's snobbery and shrewdness, and Ma Rufen also disdains Rou Sang's self-proclaimed artist's high status. The conflict between Ma Rufen and Rousang made her husband Bai Lang quite distressed. Bai Lang is afraid of guilt, but Rou Sang still respects his brother very much, and he can't hate his younger siblings for the sake of his wife. But in front of Ma Rufen, Bai Bailang didn't dare to be enthusiastic about Rou Sang, if he was a little more kind to Rou Sang, or said a few more words, and returned to the bedroom, Ma Rufen would be noisy.
Compared with Bai Tianlang, Bai Tianming has no troubles in this regard. Rousang is more reasonable in the end, and the influence of art makes her not care about Ma Rufen's clamour. Ma Rufen hated the posture of Rou Sang sitting in the studio holding a paintbrush, so elegant, so calm, and had an otherworldly temperament. This temperament is something that she Ma Rufen does not have, she is the descendant of a cheesy businessman, and the marriage between the two families is not because of love, it is completely a good match for each other.
Ma Rufen knows better than anyone that marriage is just a means to strengthen the family business. Bai Ruozhao has reached the marriageable age, and Bai Lang, who is the father of his son's marriage, is not concerned, and he can't be indulgent as a mother. When she attended various rich people's parties in the city, she searched for a daughter-in-law with her eyes wide open. As the daughter of a banker, Xiang Bing'er is undoubtedly the best candidate. Once the two Bai Lai families marry, then the Bai family will be windy and rainy in this city, and no white chain will be broken. However, Bai Ruozhao is a man with a strong brain, and he doesn't want to let the swans go, so he has to marry a Cinderella and make Ma Rufen angry. The mother and son quarreled several times over this, and finally Ma Rufen forced each other to die, and Bai Ruozhao promised her mother to break off relations with the Cinderella.
"Son, you went out early in the morning, and when you left, you wore a suit, why did you change into this dirty outfit when you came back?" Ma Rufen stared at the gray-faced Bai Ruozhao in the driver's seat, Bai Ruozhao's white tracksuit was stuck with a lot of dust and cobwebs, Ma Rufen raised her voice and said, "Son, you won't go to see that Cinderella again, right?"
"Mom, how can it?" Bai Ruozhao didn't dare to look at his mother, his eyes sparkled.
"Then how did you get this dirty?" Ma Rufen did not relent.
"I ...... I'll drive the car back to the garage first. Bai Ruozhao was a little irritable and a little timid, he stepped on the accelerator and left Ma Rufen behind the car.
Looking at Ma Rufen's plump figure in the rearview mirror, Bai Ruozhao exhaled, and then, he saw his unlucky appearance again, and couldn't help but smash the steering wheel angrily. In front of him, Situ Yue's pitiful gentle and lovely appearance appeared.
"Yue, how can I help you win your mother's approval?" Bai Ruozhao muttered to himself, frowning solemnly, if he wants to do his mother's work, Bai Ruozhao knows that it is difficult, even more difficult than ascending to the sky.
When Bai Ruozhao walked into the living room, he didn't look at Bing'er, but ran straight to the second floor.
"Ruozhao!" Ma Rufen shouted at a higher level, and Ruozhao stood impatiently.
"Bing'er is still here, she came to our house as a guest, why didn't you even say hello?" Ma Rufen walked to the staircase and looked at Bai Ruozhao with her head up. The son grew tall and big in a blink of an eye. Growing up means that her wings are stiff, and everything is out of her control.
"Bing'er, are you here?" Bai Ruozhao turned his head and looked at Xiang Bing'er on the sofa. Bing'er had bright eyes and bright teeth, applied rouge gouache, wore a bright red lace skirt, and sat there like a decent and generous princess. Such a beautiful person can't help but be loved, but he already has a princess living in his heart. Situ Yue doesn't use powder, she is pure and elegant, even if her mother thinks she is a Cinderella, but he Bai Ruozhao will definitely be able to turn her into a princess.
Xiang Bing'er raised her chin and smiled gently. Her soft and tranquil voice drifted leisurely into Bai Ruozhao's ears, "Yes, I'm coming to see Auntie, and by the way, I'll see you." ”
Looking at this smile, Bai Ruozhao was a little moved. He was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and rushed upstairs.
"Ruozhao, Bing'er is a guest, why don't you come down to accompany her, what are you going to see upstairs?" Ma Rufen shouted again.
Bai Ruozhao's voice came from the second floor, "Mom, don't you think I'm dirty? I have to wash it before I can come down to meet guests, right?"
"You kid, then you wash quickly!" Ma Rufen walked to the sofa and sat down, and said to Xiang Bing'er with a smile, "Bing'er, see how much Ruozhao attaches importance to you, let him take a good bath, change into clean clothes and come down to see you." ”
"Auntie, it's okay, I'll talk to you first!" Xiang Bing'er picked up an orange in the fruit bowl, peeled it carefully, and said softly, "I'll peel an orange for you first!"
"You are a guest, why do you still let you do it?" Ma Rufen looked at Xiang Bing'er in front of her with a deep smile, and sighed in her heart, this is really a good daughter-in-law who can't be found with a lantern, a beautiful embryo, and polite, and the most rare thing is that there is a banker's father. It's really the perfect choice for a daughter-in-law.
Alas! she sighed gloomily again. I don't know what Bai Ruozhao thinks, such a good girl doesn't like it, she wants to like that Cinderella. Widowed mother, blind sister, and still an unemployed vagrant. Headache when I think about it. Bai Ruozhao also argued with her on the basis of reason.
"Mom, Situ Yue's family is not wealthy, but she is self-reliant, she works as a cake chef in Xiangyangfang!" "Ma Rufen is really going to faint, what kind of profession is a cake chef? Unlike Xiang Bing'er, the only daughter of a banker and the heir of Wanguan's family wealth, she still attends a class in a public institution, eats public meals, and holds an iron rice bowl! Thinking like this, Ma Rufen became more and more satisfied with Xiang Bing'er in front of her, and she couldn't wait to hold her in her mouth and hold her in the palm of her hand, no matter what, she had to help her son plan this marriage, and she must not let the duck fly away.
"Auntie, seeing that you are happy, what are you thinking about?" Xiang Bing'er put the peeled orange into Ma Rufen's hand and looked at her with a smile.
Ma Rufenxue's eyes lit up, staring at Xiang Bing'er as if she couldn't see enough.
"Bing'er, when are your parents free? How about our two families have a meal together?"
"Okay! Auntie's invitation, no matter how busy Dad and Mom are, will take time. Xiang Bing'er responded sweetly and obediently.
Bai Ruozhao in the bathroom was distraught, and he washed his head and face with cold water. How can he win a good situation for Yue? In the face of such a powerful competitor, Xiang Bing'er, Yue will undoubtedly be defeated without a fight. Even, Yue didn't know that her mother disliked her at all, she was still immersed in her pure and sacred love. I'll never forget the first time I saw the moon. At the graduation ceremony of the third year of high school, he and Yue spoke at the ceremony as representatives of the first and second years of high school. When Liu Ningbo shared his experience on stage, he and Yue were so nervous backstage that their hands trembled. Together, they cheer each other up.
"Are you nervous too?" asked sixteen-year-old Yue, who was wearing a student uniform with two braids in her hair and tilted her head. The eyes like the two bays of clear springs flickered, and the beauty moles in the eyebrows jumped with joy.
At first glance, Bai Ruozhao liked Situ Yue. If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad fan? What a beautiful scene!
"I was also nervous, and my palms were sweaty. Seventeen-year-old Bai Ruozhao's childish face, he didn't know how to pretend to be a warrior in front of girls, he just paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. The speech in his hand was crumpled and crumpled.
"Then let's take a deep breath together!" Situ Yue, who was stomping his feet, moved his mind, pulled Bai Ruozhao and stood up straight side by side, "Take a deep breath first." ”
Bai Ruozhao was stunned and looked at Situ Yue at a loss.
Yue beckoned to him and said, "Do it with me, follow my example, inhale!"
Bai Ruozhao looked at Situ Yue, and had no choice but to take a deep breath.
"Exhale!" Situ Yue commanded. Bai Ruozhao exhaled.
"Yes, that's it, inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale ......"
Bai Ruozhao in the bathroom turned off the faucet, and the mist of the lotus shower stopped abruptly. He rushed to the bath mirror and looked at his wet self, why was he so embarrassed? Why was he so cowardly? Why didn't he dare to resist his mother? Bai Ruozhao leaned against the wall in a dejected manner, letting the cold of the tiles penetrate his bones and penetrate his internal organs. He clenched his fists and banged against the wall, knocking and knocking and hanging his arms in frustration.
"Ruozhao, is it okay? Taking a bath is not swimming, why does it take so long?" Ma Rufen's urging voice came from outside the door, Bai Ruozhao cheered up, picked up the bath towel and covered his head.
Seeing Bai Ruozhao go down the stairs in a suit and leather shoes, Ma Rufen immediately got up and said, "Son, you accompany Bing'er today, I have something to do to go to your father's company." ”
Looking at his mother's back walking towards the door, Bai Ruozhao wanted to say something and stopped, but just turned his head to look at Bing'er and said, "Today, don't you have to go to work?"
"I'm on vacation for two weeks from today. The corners of Xiang Bing'er's mouth were raised to both sides, raising a nice arc.
Hearing this, Ma Rufen immediately turned back.
"What, Bing'er is on vacation for two weeks, then dare to be kind, Ruozhao, I'll tell your dad later, let him take you on vacation too, you take Bing'er to travel abroad, the Aegean Sea or Paris, Hawaii can also go, I'll go with your father," Ma Rufen said, calling the driver happily, "Lao Zhang, send me to the head office of Jin." ”
"Mom, Mom......" Bai Ruozhao shouted and chased out, and Ma Rufen had already walked away. Back at the Bai family's mansion, Bai Ruozhao was a little depressed.
Xiang Bing'er stepped forward with a smile and said, "Aunt is also kind, if you want to travel with me, I will tell my aunt." ”
"No, it's not like that, I just think it'......" Bai Ruozhao snorted, "I just think it's not a honeymoon, what are you going to do in those places?"
Xiang Bing'er lowered her head, and after a long time, she raised her eyes full of sadness and loss and said, "Ruozhao, do you hate me so much?
Bai Ruozhao looked at Bing'er's beautiful sad face, and said in a low voice: "Bing'er, I already have someone I like." Besides, isn't the person you like Fang Yiwei?"
Xiang Bing'er staggered back, and her face immediately turned pale. After a moment of silence, Bing'er bit her lip and ran out of the Bai family's mansion crying.
Bai Ruozhao shook his head and chased out, looking at Xiang Bing'er's back as he covered his face with his hands and hurriedly ran, he was a little unbearable. went to the garage to pick up the car, and he caught up with Xiang Bing'er.
"Hey, Miss, this is the suburbs, let me send you!"
Xiang Bing'er turned away and didn't look at him.
"Hey, Bing'er, don't be pretentious, I can't be your boyfriend, we're still old classmates in high school! Get in the car!"
Xiang Bing'er still refused to get into the car, hiding her face, and the pear blossoms cried with rain.
"If you really don't get in the car, forget it, this is a suburb, if you run into a drunk pervert, you will be like that and that, don't call me to save you." Bai Ruozhao was a little annoyed, and Xiang Bing'er got into the car crying. Sitting in the passenger seat, she turned her face to the window, outside the window the blue sky and green trees, the autumn air was crisp, large clouds drifted by, large areas of wind blowing, and the golden rice waves in the distance were undulating in large areas.
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Great Zhou Dynasty.
Zhou Tianlang looked at the palace maid beside him who was changing his clothes and was stunned, and he said, "You are a newcomer? ”
Bai Ruoxun blessed his body and said: "The prince is really a noble man who forgets things, how can he forget the friendship between master and apprentice in the past? Maybe the prince hasn't used the golden needle technique for too long?"
Zhou Tianlang's eyes lit up: "Bai Ruoxun!"
"Pearl to meet His Royal Highness the Prince!" Bai Ruoxun solemnly knelt down and bowed.
Zhou Tianlang sat on the edge of the bed with great interest and said, "Pearl, how did you enter the palace?"
"Because the slave maid misses His Royal Highness the Crown Prince day and night, it is impossible to control it, so the slave maid has worked hard to enter the palace...... Bai Ruoxun said emotionally.
Zhou Tianlang said with a smile: "What a coincidence, Ning Bo is saying that he can't see his former friends in this palace, it's very lonely, it's great that you came, you used to be good friends with Ning Bo, and now Ning Bo will be very happy if he sees you." O pearl, from now on, you can go and be with Ningbo. ”
Bai Ruoxun was a little dumbfounded: "But the slave maid is the slave maid of His Royal Highness......"
The task given to her by Yu Wan is to bewitch the prince and separate the prince and Yin Ningbo, but if she can't stay by His Royal Highness the prince's side, how can she bewitch and complete the task?
Zhou Tianlang said: "What slave is not a slave, for the sake of the past, Ning Bo will not ask you to be her slave, she just needs a friend who can talk." ”