"If you like it, I'll come here often in the future." After Mrs. Murong said that, she put the key in her hand in Bai Jiaojiao's hand.

Bai Jiaojiao shook her head slightly, "This, I can't help it." ”

"Why not?" Mrs. Murong was quite unimpressed, and said, "Several of my friends have the key to the door of this house. is just one of them, married to Jingbei County and became a princess; The other also went to the outskirts of the imperial city to save her relatives. Take this key, and you will be fine. ”

Hearing this, Bai Jiaojiao had no choice but to accept it.

What Mrs. Murong gave her was not only the key to the door of this house, but also gave her a warmth and encouragement.

As far as she, a foreigner who first came to the land of Shengjun, was grateful and happy in her heart.

Bai Jiaojiao didn't say anything polite, knowing that Mrs. Murong was very busy, so she walked into the bathroom to take a bath, wearing clothes hanging in the cabinet in the bathroom. According to Mrs. Murong, those regular clothes were all sewn by Mrs. Murong herself. It was placed in a cabinet so that the guests could go and pick it up for themselves.

Most of the clothes in the cabinet are light-colored, and Bai Jiaojiao chose a white dress to wear, which felt extremely comfortable.

Walking into the bedroom, Bai Jiaojiao lay down on the carved wooden bed I and soon fell asleep.

By the time Bai Jiaojiao woke up, it was already late at night.

She opened her eyes and found that Mrs. Murong was standing in front of the window of the bedroom, and the moonlight shone on Mrs. Murong's slender figure through the half-open window, and she saw Mrs. Murong's melancholy eyes.

Seeing Mrs. Murong like this, she quickly felt a trace of sourness in her heart, and hurriedly lifted the thin quilt and got out of bed, and walked to Mrs. Murong's side.

"I know, you must have been here early, but I didn't wake up yet, so you waited here > IL. After I left Jingbei County, it was rare to get a good night's sleep. Today, I don't know why, I rested for a while. ”

"After I saw you tear off your disguised face, and saw your haggard face, I knew that you had suffered a lot along the way. If you don't have a good rest, you won't be able to. ”

As she spoke, Madame Murong had already taken out a match and lit the four-cornered lantern that was resting on the wooden table.

Seeing the orange light emitted by the lantern, Bai Jiaojiao didn't pay much attention to the cold moonlight shining in from outside.

Bai Jiaojiao walked to the mirror, hurriedly pulled up her long hair, walked into the room next to her to wash, and then returned to the bedroom.

Sitting on the wooden table and taking a look, I saw that there were already two plates of pastries, a cup of green tea, a fish hot pot and a bowl of rice on the wooden table.

Mrs. Murong took a spoon and served Bai Jiaojiao a bowl of fish soup, and said, "This is a soup made with fish from the Sheng River, and it tastes very good." White girl, taste it while it's hot. ”

"Okay, Aunt Murong." Bai Jiaojiao took a bowl and took a sip of the fish soup, thinking that it was delicious, and it was really good.

She also ate the fish in the Jinghe River, and felt that the fish in the Sheng River tasted better.

On her way to Shengjun, every time she went to a post station, the people there would prepare meals for her according to the preferences of the person she used.

The owner of that identity, Xu Lu, is a military attache anyway. Everywhere she went, the people who were in charge of receiving her at the inn would prepare a sumptuous meal for her. It's just that no matter how rich those meals are, they are not as rich as the meals prepared for her by Aunt Murong, and they are not as good as the taste of these meals.

Bai Jiaojiao drank a bowl of fish soup, ate a small half bowl of rice, and ate the scrambled eggs on the plate.

After a while, several maidservants walked into the house, carrying trays and taking away the plates and chopsticks. Before leaving the bedroom, one of the maidservants told Mrs. Murong, "Madam, the master said that you should accompany Miss Bai more." He'll take care of his side soon. ”

"Got it." Mrs. Murong said lightly.

Watching the maidservants leave the bedroom with the trays, and after hearing the sound of the door closing, Mrs. Murong asked Bai Jiaojiao bluntly: "Miss Bai, tell me honestly, how did you eat tonight's meal?" ”

"The taste is good, and the children are very satisfied." Bai Jiaojiao smiled embarrassedly and said, "When I was in Jingbei County, I couldn't eat so many meals for three days. The taste of those meals cannot be compared to the taste of your food here

Finish. ”

When Mrs. Murong heard this, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes, and she said, "The dinner we prepared for you is also the meal of the day for me and my grandson. ”

Bai Jiaojiao looked apologetic, she ate so much for dinner alone. But I knew in my heart that Aunt Murong would never mean to tell her how good the food she ate when she said this.

The people of all counties are actively raising grain and grass to send to the soldiers in the far north to ensure their supplies.

Not long ago, Lu Ying and Shen Tuying both led their troops to the land of Nansheng and raised a lot of grain and grass. Before she came to Shengjun, she knew that the people here must have had a hard time.

Mrs. Murong smiled bitterly and said, "You only know that the second prince and Shen Tuying came to our Sheng County not long ago to transport some grain and grass to the imperial city. But I didn't know that on the day they left Sheng County, the people on our side raised some grain and grass, and the grandson and the county lord led a group of people to send them to the northern Xinjiang......"

I have raised grain and grass once, and I have donated a lot of grain and grass to be transported to northern Xinjiang. Bai Jiaojiao listened to Mrs. Murong's words and felt heartache.

"Do the people in the Imperial City know about what you've done?"

His Royal Highness the Ten Princes didn't tell her about it, and Princess Jingbei didn't tell her about it. Lu Jue's little guy didn't even tell her about it.

Bai Jiaojiao felt resentful in her heart, and she felt resentful for the Lingyan County Lord. I think it's a bit silly for them not to talk about it.

Even if they don't have to get any rewards from the emperor, they have to at least let those people know what good things they have done.

"Many years ago, after she personally avenged Su Xi's biological father, the county lord did say that she should stay away from a certain place, away from certain people, and away from the chaos of this world."

But when she saw that the emperor had named the eldest son of the emperor as King Sheng, and sent the second prince to Sheng County to raise grain and grass, but she did not see her cousin, the tenth prince, she felt resentful in her heart. You must know that if there was no help from the county lord's uncle, the emperor's father would not have been the founder of the Dajing Dynasty. ”

"That's it." Bai Jiaojiao nodded in agreement.

"The rivers and mountains of the Dajing Dynasty belong to their Lu family, and the ten princes are the descendants of the Lu family and the Ji family. The emperor snubbed the Ten Princes, but he didn't take the people of our Nan Shengji clan in his eyes. Mrs. Murong asked Bai Jiaojiao unwillingly: "Who of our people in the land of Nansheng has not received the favor of the people of the Ji family?" Who are the elders of the family who have not helped the grandfather of the Ten Princes to fight against a strong enemy? ”

Bai Jiaojiao replied very firmly: "No." ”

The people of the Nan Shengji clan don't have much power. The founding monarch of the Dajing Dynasty, no matter how good his relationship with Nansheng County Taishou is, he may not be willing to marry them.

The Founding Monarch was a shrewd man, and in doing anything, he had to first consider what practical benefits he could bring him. What is unprofitable, he will do it?

In the final analysis, the founder of the country can let his son-in-law marry the daughter of the Ji family. I still want to be supported by the people of Nansheng Land, and I want to have the grain of Nansheng County for a long time

warehouse and so on.

On top of interests, other feelings seem too thin.

Mrs. Murong looked in the direction where the imperial city was located and said, "We have raised so much grain and grass for the soldiers in the northern frontier. After the second prince left, he actively donated a lot of grain and grass for them. But when the grandson and the county lord rushed to the northern frontier, they found that the soldiers there were starving......"

Speaking of this, Mrs. Murong couldn't help but cry. After a long time, he choked up and said: "Although the grain they pulled out from here at the beginning, although there were also old grains, there was always no moldy grain. However, I heard from my grandfather that when they arrived in northern Xinjiang, they learned that many of the grain sent to them by the new grain and grass escort officer was moldy and mixed with sand. ”

Bai Jiao gritted her teeth squeamishly, "Those who have stolen the grain, those who have mixed sand with the grain, are not as good as animals!" ”

After saying this, Bai Jiaojiao realized that Aunt Murong looked at her with a very complicated look when she said this. There is sympathy, there is appreciation, and there are doubts.

She couldn't help but wonder in her heart, Aunt Murong mentioned this in front of her, did she want to see her reaction? To be more precise, could it be that among the people of the Bai family, there is such a scum who has done things that harm the soldiers of the Jing Army?

If it weren't for that, Aunt Murong wouldn't have looked at her like that.

"That's a good point." Madam Murong asked Bai Jiaojiao tentatively, "In your opinion, what kind of punishment should they get for those people who are not as good as beasts?" ”

Bai Jiaojiao said without thinking: "In my opinion, those people are not worthy of being human beings at all. If they are still alive, they will one day harm others again. Rather than that, it is better to kill them to prevent future troubles. ”

Madam Murong nodded slightly, "That's what I mean." ”

As she spoke, Madam Murong stretched out her hand and pointed in the direction of Beijiang and asked, "If among them, there are people you know, or rather, your relatives, would you still think so?" ”

Only then did Bai Jiaojiao understand that it turned out that Mrs. Murong told her this, and she really had the intention of testing her.

It is not difficult to imagine that the relative of hers mentioned by Mrs. Murong may be hers. Except for her uncle, I'm afraid that in the entire Bai clan, I can't find him such an annoying scum.

Bai Jiaojiao's resolute eyes looked at Mrs. Murong and said, "Aunt Murong, I mean, for all of them who have done immoral things. Regardless of whether that person is related to me or not, as long as he has done something mad, he should be punished. ”

"Okay." When Mrs. Murong heard this, she immediately gave Bai Jiaojiao a thumbs up and said, "Jiaojiao, I am very happy to have a niece like you." I know that you are in the Imperial City all the year round, and it is rare to go out. Little is known about what happened on the battlefield in northern Xinjiang. I suspect that you must not know what your uncle has done in the north of Xinjiang for his lack of morality. ”

"I knew that when Aunt Murong asked me those words, she took into account that he was my elder." The corners of Bai Jiaojiao's lips hooked up a sneering arc, and said: "In fact, in these years, their family only knows how to sit back and enjoy their success, and they have never paid anything for their family......"

Mrs. Murong listened and said, "I have also heard about you and your family, a woman who is far away in Sheng County. Honestly, I agree with your approach. For those who are ungrateful to them, they should have been separated earlier. If necessary, you have to ask them to compensate for some damages. ”

Speaking of these things, Mrs. Murong mixed a cup of tea for Bai Jiaojiao and asked, "Bai girl, have you ever thought that your uncle has not helped your father support the family in all these years. Where is all the money he has received, and all the reward he has received? ”

"Of course, I've thought about this question, but no matter how much I think about it, I don't know the real answer." Bai Jiaojiao said very frankly.