"Miss Meng is too modest, your talent is obvious to all." The concubine stood in front of everyone, her tone was gentle, with a faint smile, and she said unhurriedly.

And behind the concubine, Bai Zhi was still standing behind her quietly.

Listening to the concubine's words, Meng Xiang smiled shyly, and the whole person stood coldly, looking a little bit like a white lotus fairy.

A few of the ladies around stood stiffly, and they didn't talk or laugh like they did just now.

Seeing this, the concubine only said: "You kid is very well-behaved, and this palace likes it when you look at it." The concubine said with a smile, and then said to Bai Zhi behind her: "Give that string of glass beads to Miss Meng." ”

"Yes, sissy." Hearing this, Bai Zhi stepped forward and handed the glass beads to Meng Xiang.

The glass beads shone dazzlingly in the sun, eye-catching, and immediately Meng Xiang took it happily, and did not forget to thank the concubine.

Everyone knows the glass beads, and at this time, the good things that Jiangnan paid tribute to, but unfortunately no one has seen them, so when everyone saw that Meng Xiang was rewarded by the mother, some people were curious, some people were jealous, and some people secretly kept a heart.

The concubine took everyone's reaction into her eyes, and the smile on her face deepened......

Bai Zhi, as Niangniang's henchman, understands the deep meaning of Niangniang's move, Niangniang wants Meng Xiang to become the target of public criticism, and divert people's jealousy of Miss Bailan.

Everyone present had different thoughts, talking and laughing, and a flower-viewing party gradually came to an end.

……

East Palace

"Brother Huang, did you go to the palace to find Sister Xi'er a few days ago?" Xiao Yize asked, a twelve-year-old boy, dressed in a purple robe, with a beautiful posture, and a humble gentleman.

"Hmm." Hearing this, Xiao Yichen didn't raise his head, still dealing with the fold in front of him by himself, but when he thought of the delicate and soft little girl in his heart, his calm mind couldn't help but ripple.

"What happened to Sister Xi'er?" Xiao Yize then asked.

He knew about his brother's assassination a few days ago, but in the past few days, the master in the Bachelor's Pavilion has assigned a lot of homework, and he has just solved it today.

"It's fine." Xiao Yichen still spoke lightly, just mentioning the little girl, who had always been expressionless, he unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth, and his tightly twisted eyebrows and eyes eased a little.

Seeing this, Xiao Yize also knew that Xi'er's sister should be fine. But that person is really getting more and more unscrupulous, and he dares to play this idea at the banquet of the Prime Minister's Mansion, don't think that he can't guess who planned it, and secretly thought to himself, it seems that he still has to be careful recently, lest someone jump over the wall in a hurry.

……

A mansion in the capital, covering a wide area, luxurious decoration, pavilions and pavilions in the house, rockery and flowing water, curved bridges and plank roads, strange flowers and plants, the bluestone road in the house is wide and flat, everywhere shows the rich luxury of the mansion here.

In front of the gate of the house, after the flower viewing party, Bai Lan just arrived in front of the Zhuqi Mansion in a carriage, and the porter saw that it was the carriage of the fifth lady, and immediately stepped forward to salute: "The little one has seen the fifth miss." ”

"Get up." Bai Lan got out of the carriage with the help of the maid again, and walked to the house.

"Miss, that's there today

Meng Xiang is out of the limelight. The personal maid whispered to her own lady as she walked.

"My aunt just rewarded her with a string of glass beads, what limelight is there." Bai Lan still moved lightly, and she didn't care in her tone.

"But, master, that's the treasure of Jiangnan this year, and the mother rewarded Meng Xiang, didn't it make her proud?" The maid was puzzled, in her eyes, the glass beads were a good thing, and her own young lady didn't have them, so she was cheap for Meng Xiang.

"Auntie must have her own deep meaning, okay, let's not talk about my aunt behind our backs, be careful of being heard by others." Bai Lan said, glanced at the maid beside her, and secretly shook her head and said, loyalty is loyalty, that is, if you don't keep the door open, you will get bad things sooner or later.

"Yes, miss." The maid answered, and the two of them walked out into the courtyard.

……

At the same time, somewhere in the mansion here, there were walls on all sides, and it seemed as if there was no door leading to it, and almost no one in the White Mansion knew that there was such a place in the mansion.

The subordinates of the mansion only knew that the lord stayed in the study after the morning today, as if there was something important to deal with, only one henchman followed into the study, and the others were ordered not to approach the study without permission.

In this matter, there was no one in the study, but behind the study, two people were conspiring, to be exact, a master and a servant.

This person is Bai Shou, the head of the Bai family, and his henchman Lu Zhong.

"Family master, the Pang family's matter is Prime Minister Su's revenge." Lu Zhong looked serious, stood in front of him and said respectfully.

"I know."

Of course I knew, how could Su Lie's old puppet suddenly impeach the Pang family for mining privately, and that mine was hundreds of miles away from the capital, Su Lie was able to find out about the Pang family, so he must still have something unfavorable to the Bai family in his hands at this moment.

Su Lie in the Prime Minister's Mansion: "...... "Then you have wronged me, the evidence was given by His Royal Highness."

Of course, Bai Shou, who was too cautious, didn't know, he just thought that the old man was warning him!

That's wrong, Su Lie just charged some interest according to what His Royal Highness said, seeing that the Bai family's life was so good, he cut off his financial route, who let Bai Xin send a killer to disturb his father's birthday banquet.

"Damn, it's all Bai Xin's idiot, won't he blame someone else?" Bai Shou secretly hated in his heart, and the aura around him became more and more cold, and his expression was faintly angry.

In the past few days, he sent Lu Zhong out to investigate the matter, and the result was that his good sister, the dead soldier of the high-ranking concubine Niangniang faction in the palace, caused him to be held by Su Lie's guy, and now he must still have evidence against the Bai family in his hand, and it seems that he can't act rashly recently.

"Lu Zhong, you say, what should our Bai family do this time?" After thinking about it in his heart, Bai Shou asked about the person in front of him.

Lu Zhong is a subordinate cultivated by the Bai family, and now he is the leader of the Bai family's secret guards, and his ability can be seen.

Hearing the head of the family ask his opinion, Lu Zhong pondered for a while, and after thinking for a while, he said: "The head of the family, my subordinates are worried that Su Fu has other handles in hand, if we take the liberty of doing it, in case it ......."

"Yes, but this time, the old man can't swallow this breath."

Bai Shou said, his right hand slapped the table hard, and the night pearl on the wall was glowing with a soft light, shining on the unknown dark room of the White Mansion.

Seeing this, Lu Zhong's mind flashed, and he suddenly said, "Family Master, why don't we teach the Su family a lesson?"

"Oh? Let's take it personally. When Bai Shou heard this, he was interested, and waved his hand to make a gesture of please.

"The head of the family, since ancient times, cutting off people's wealth is like killing parents! Su Xiang's move seriously affected the Bai family's income, which is one of them. ”

Then Lu Zhong said: "Second, although the Pang family is a scapegoat, but being killed by Su Lie's actions like this, I believe that the head of the family can't swallow this evil breath." ”

"Go on." When Bai Shou heard this, he couldn't help nodding his head and instructed Lu Zhong to continue.

"Third, we in the palace who didn't do well last time were involved, we can go to the palace and ask for some explanations."

Lu Zhong's younger brother's proposal won Bai Shou's heart, yes, it was because of his good sister's own initiative that the Pang family was beheaded, and the Bai family suffered heavy losses.

"Besides, my sister is bent on dragging the prince down and helping his son to become the prince of the Xia Kingdom, so the Bai family must be her indispensable help, and she doesn't dare to deny it at this time." Bai Shou thought secretly in his heart, and even thought of how to talk to that sister to make a profit for the Bai family.

"The head of the family, Su Lie attaches so much importance to his son Su Ruizhou, so ......" Lu Zhong said, then stopped and looked at his master.

Bai Shou understood, yes, the old man valued his eldest son so much, if something happened to him...... Tsk, old man, do you still laugh when you see it?

"At this time, we must plan well, hold our troops for the time being, and wait for the right time, let's do it again!"

Bai Shou's expression was faintly excited, before the plan was implemented, he was already imagining in his mind how painful Su Lie's expression would be after the plan was successful.

……

The hazy distant mountains, shrouded in a layer of light veil, are full of shadows, flickering far and near in the misty clouds and smoke, if they are about to leave, like a few light strokes of ink, smeared on the blue sky.

On the official road leading from the capital to Kangyang County, a group of several people were galloping on horses, and the sound of horses' hooves raised from far and near, raising a lot of dust, and then the dust fluttered and landed when everyone left. There is only one horseshoe print left to prove that someone has passed by.

"Gu Yi, in a dozen miles there will be Qingshan County, there is a small village in front, but you want the farmers here to settle down at night?" After these days of rushing around, Jiang Wen was dressed in dust and turned his head to ask Gu Yi.

In addition to Gu Yi, Jiang Wen Jiangwu, and a few of them were guards in the palace, Jing Xi, who had not received the news for a long time, was a little worried about the problem here, so he sent them over.

Now they have galloped for several days, and now they have reached the place under the jurisdiction of Kangyang County.

And the small village in front of it is also the fief of its own master.

When they saw the smoke from the farmhouse, they slowed down.

Hear the words

One of the people in a black suit muttered for a while and said, "Brother Jiang Wen, let's find a family in the village ahead." ”

This person is Gu Yi, four years have passed, and he has grown into a thirteen-year-old boy, but his personality is extremely calm, and Xu is childhood experience has made him mature a lot.

And over the years, Jing Xi has really put a lot of effort into cultivating Gu Yi, and now it is only four years, and Gu Yi can already take charge at the age of thirteen.

This also proves that Jing Xi's vision is good, and of course it is inseparable from Gu Yi's own efforts.

"Slow down, let's go into the village, and ask a villager first." Gu Yi said again.

Then he waved his hand and signaled everyone to slow down and go to the village.

By this time, it was already waning, and the afterglow of the remnant sun shone on this quiet and peaceful village.

(End of chapter)