Chapter 396: No Choice

Bai Mu Hibiscus received a post from King Xuan's Mansion early, it turned out that this year's Qixi Festival, Prince Xuan's Mansion was going to hold a lantern festival, but there were very few people who were lucky enough to get the post. I heard that there are only 20 posts in total, and no matter how many people want to go, they can't go! Xuanwang's Mansion is not easy to welcome guests, because the master is a person who is extremely afraid of trouble, and there is no princess to manage it, and there is not even a side concubine and concubine in the mansion.

For so many years, many people want to enter the palace, but it is difficult to reach the sky. Unexpectedly, this year, Uncle Nine Emperor actually changed his normal behavior, took the initiative to hold a lantern festival, and invited people to the house to gather, which is really fresh!

As soon as Meng heard that all the people invited to this lantern festival were noble people, he licked his face and asked Bai Mujian to bring her two daughters and sons to participate together.

Bai Mujian was originally unwilling, but suddenly heard Meng Shi say: "Xi'er said that she is also going, and she has to bring Xuan'er, I think, this post should be able to bring a lot of people, because Xi'er did not receive the post, but said that she took the post of Miss Wangfu of Chu County!"

Bai Mujian's eyes flashed slightly, smiled, and said: "Since the second aunt trusts each other, I naturally can't shirk, the two sisters and the lord should see the world well, and we can't be the serious young lady and young master in the second room of our Hou Mansion, and they can't compare to that concubine!"

When Meng Shi heard this, he was overjoyed, and said: "Then thank you to the county lord, in fact, I also know that it is a little difficult for you to take your two sisters and Jue'er, I know that Chen'er will also go, so let Jue'er follow him, their brothers should also be closer and closer, don't be separated!"

Bai Muhibiscus nodded and said, "Well, what the second aunt said is reasonable, in the end, Jue'er is a boy, and it's not good to follow me, just let Chen'er take him, you go back and prepare two sets of clothes and faces for Yanran and Weiran to participate in the banquet, if there is no suitable one, send someone to come and tell me, there are ready-to-wear clothes in the shop, no worse than those made by yourself!"

Meng Shi hurriedly thanked and said: "Then there is Lord Lao, to be honest, we have been outside all these years, although we have also bought new clothes every year, but those who are poor and remote, how can there be good things, Yanran and Weiran really don't have suitable clothes, but ...... I won't take you for nothing, I will Tao as much silver as I want, mainly because I want the county lord to take the two girls to see the world more, and get acquainted with the nobles in the capital earlier!"

Participating in the banquet is the best opportunity to break into the circle of noble girls, and it was brought by Bai Mujian, the county lord, so she naturally has to be more valued, so she is not worried that her daughter will not be able to stand firmly in the circle of Jingli.

Bai Mujin naturally understood what she meant, and was happy to help her, in the end, she also owed Meng a favor, and said: "What kind of silver is not silver with me, Yanran and Weiran are also my sisters, can you still care about them as sisters?"

Meng Shi smiled and said, "I know that you are not short of silver now, but ...... We can't let you break the bank, I originally licked my face and begged you to take them to the banquet, but it was already forced, I can't even ask you to pay for these things, then what kind of person have I become, it's not that the second aunt and you see outside, you don't have to shirk this, although your second uncle is an honest official, he also has some savings!"

Bai Mujin saw that she insisted on this, so she no longer forced it, and only smiled and said: "The second aunt is also a good housekeeper, then I won't be polite to you, what about the silver, you just give a capital, Ming'er, you take the two younger sisters to the shop to pick up for yourself, okay?"

"What's bad, it's decided, Yan Ran and Wei Ran haven't seen a world like Jingli much after all, I'm afraid the county lord will have to mention more when the time comes!" Meng Shi said a little embarrassed, although she has always used the requirements of the noble girl in Beijing to teach her two daughters, but since she met Bai Mujian, she has known how magnificent this real noble girl of the family is.

So I can't help but feel a little ashamed of myself, so I think that my own daughter is not on the stage.

Bai Mujin didn't think so, and said: "I think the two younger sisters are just a little recognized, and the rules are excellent, and the second aunt must have taught them well!"

Meng Shi sighed and said, "These two girls are just too cowardly, if you can follow Jin'er and you to see the world more, maybe it would be good!"

Bai Mujin smiled silently, pointed to the tea on the table, and said: "These days, I have turned over the tea-making notes left by my mother before her death, and I am learning to fiddle with it.

Meng picked up the teacup, took a sip lightly, tasted it in his mouth again, nodded, and said, "It seems to be better than the tea made by your mother!"

Bai Mujin smiled slightly and said, "It's a pity...... Mother, she will never be able to drink the tea I brewed with my own hands!"

Meng Shi also became sad and said: "Since ancient times, Jin'er, you don't have to be too sad, so many years have passed, you should learn to see it!"

"How can you see it, the person who harmed her is still living so freely, every day in front of my eyes, stabbing in my heart!" Bai Hibiscus's smile became sharp.

Meng Shi was taken aback and said, "But...... No one would have expected your mother's death, why are you bothering yourself!"

Bai Mujian's smile was a little cold, and he asked, "Second aunt, I'm not a child anymore, can't you tell me everything you know?"

Meng's eyes flickered, but he pretended to be calm and asked, "Jin'er, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand? Where do I know what?"

"If the second aunt really doesn't want to say it, I won't force you, but ...... My mother's death was wronged, the two sisters she trusted the most in her life, one betrayed her, and the other refused to avenge her, she must be very sad, right? As her daughter, how can I do nothing? Second aunt...... If you are so wronged, you must also hope that Yanran and Weiran can avenge you, right?" Bai Hibiscus's voice was faint, as if it came from a distant place, and it sounded chilling.

Meng Shi could barely control his shaking hands, but gritted his teeth and said: "Jin'er, the heart of parents in the world, your mother must only want you to live your life safely and smoothly, not ...... Not to avenge her!"

Bai Mujin smiled at Meng Shi, laughing desolate and miserable: "Is it really like this? Second aunt...... That's what your conscience tells you?...... Whether you say it or not, the result is the same!"

"You...... What are you going to do?" Meng said in shock.

"I want them to pay off their debts, but don't worry, I will never get my hands dirty, second aunt...... Now that you've made your choice, Jin'er is no longer reluctant, you can go......" Bai Mu Hibiscus muttered.

Meng Shi stood up with apprehension, looked at Bai Mujin hesitantly, frowned, lowered his head slightly, turned around and walked to the door, and suddenly turned around and said, "Jin'er...... I'm sorry, I ...... I couldn't save her, and when I went, she was already ...... If she hadn't insisted on keeping Chen'er at that time, she wouldn't have ...... Dead, but she said she couldn't bear it!"

Bai Hibiscus's tears slipped down in an instant, dripping one by one into the small purple sand cup in her hand, that stupid woman, she has been making the stupidest decision in her life. Every time, he pushed himself into the abyss, first choosing such a husband, then choosing to endure it, and finally choosing to keep the child and sacrifice himself!

Bai Mujian gritted his teeth, swallowed the astringent pain in his heart, and said, "Why are you ...... Never to say, do you know...... Your concealment has made me a fool for so many years, and I always thought that Lu Ningxiang, she really loved me and my brother, and recognized the thief as her mother!"

If in her previous life, Meng didn't choose to be silent, how could she have such a miserable life, how could she finally fall into ruin and die a miserable death? Damn it's never her and Chen'er, it's them, it's the Lu family, it's Bai Shizu and that old woman, it's not them!

Meng Shi's tears also fell, and he choked up: "I don't want to, but I don't have a choice, if the Lu family knows about this, according to your grandmother's temper, she will definitely ask the Bai family to accompany the funeral, I ...... I'm Bai's daughter-in-law, and I know I'm selfish, but ...... The honor and disgrace of the Bai family is also related to my honor and disgrace, and even more to the honor and disgrace of my husband and my children!"

"Hahaha...... Honor and disgrace? In such a dirty home, how can there be glory? Only humiliation!" Bai Mujian's emotions were a little excited, and even her voice trembled slightly, because of this selfish reason, the two sisters and brothers suffered such a tragic end, how could she not hate?

Obviously, everyone knows the truth, and everyone in the Bai family knows the true face of the Lu family, but no one is willing to remind her a little, so that she can have a defense, so that she doesn't have to trust the three of them so completely, so ...... Isn't everything different?

Meng Shi's face turned pale, his lips were about to be bitten, and he said, "But...... In the end, I am still a member of the Bai family, and so are you!

Bai Mujin suddenly laughed and said, "Yes...... We are all members of the Bai family, so the second aunt feels that we should sacrifice everything for the Bai family, including ...... Do you know what Chen'er and I have experienced during your absence? Because of your selfishness, I have experienced the test of life and death several times, and almost, what you saw when you came back was not the county lord of Anping, but ...... A corpse that has been disfigured, innocent, and famous, and then has to cut itself off?"

Meng Shi looked at Bai Hibiscus in disbelief and asked in surprise, "She still did something to you?" What...... What about your father, and ...... And the old ladies? Why don't they care?"

Bai Mu Hibiscus sneered and said, "When my mother died, how could they have taken care of it? If it weren't for Chen'er being the eldest son, I'm afraid they wouldn't have had a chance to survive, right?"

Meng Shi staggered a few steps, and suddenly knelt in front of Bai Mujian with tears in his eyes, and said, "I...... I didn't know it would be like this, I thought she just wanted to marry your father, I thought she would take good care of you for the sake of you and Chen'er being her nephews, after all...... After all, she got everything she wanted!"