Chapter 16 The Master's Intentions
After lunch, Baifu set up a simple plum banquet in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Although it is simple, you can also see the owner's intentions. The decoration is exquisite, especially the jade plate used for pastries, and the plum branch engraved at the mouth of the jade plate also matches the beautiful scenery in the garden.
Everyone praised the exquisiteness of the jade plate: "Madame Bai is really careful, and the jade plate used to put it on the plate is really exquisite." β
Mrs. Bai is a woman of about forty, slightly chubby, but extremely well maintained, and her makeup today is also extremely exquisite, glamorous but not demonic, graceful and luxurious. When everyone's beautiful upbringing made her only smile slightly in the face of everyone's praise, she was blessed by everyone, and said with a smile in her voice: "Where and where, these are the little girl's thoughts, and you praise them falsely." β
Hearing her mother mention her name, Bai Chudie got up from her seat and bowed slightly to everyone, smiling very shyly, her eyes were slightly narrowed, and she looked like a lady.
Chai Qingyue couldn't help but laugh in her heart, Bai Chudie is so honest today? It's afternoon, I should go back to the house after sitting for a while, Bai Chudie wore a lotus pink tunic dress today, although the color is not outstanding, but Bai Chudie's thin waist lined this skirt with a slender line.
couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, Chai Qingyue didn't make a sound, just silently drank the new tea that the maid had just changed to herself.
"It's not fun to sit like this now." Not long after Bai Chudie sat down, he looked at the people who were a little interested, sighed softly, and said slowly, "Why don't we have something interesting?" β
Oh? To get started? Chai Qingyue raised her eyebrows quietly, she was quite calm, much better than when she lived in the prince's mansion.
Chai Qingyue took the initiative to take Bai Chudie's ill intentions: "Also, it's boring to sit for a long time, I don't know what Miss Bai wants to play?" β
Bai Chudie put the tea cup in his hand on the table steadily, took out an embroidered handkerchief and wiped the non-existent water stains at the corner of his mouth before he spoke: "It's not as good." β
Bai Chudie paused deliberately, glanced at Chai Qingyue, and saw that Chai Qingyue didn't look at herself at all, and couldn't help but feel a little angry in her heart, but she still smiled and said: "Let's learn from the meanders of literati and inkmen, and we don't live up to this Shaohua." I don't know what the princess thinks? After speaking, he deliberately raised his eyebrows and looked at Chai Qingyue with a smile, waiting for Chai Qingyue's answer.
So you're waiting here? Bai Chudie, does this think that he is a person who is not good at learning and can only be a female celebrity? Chai Qingyue thought it was funny, although Bai Chudie was a talented woman in the capital, but she also thought too highly of herself. Haven't you forgotten that your father is a teacher at a private school? Do you really think that she Chai Qingyue is an ordinary girl from the market?
The smile on Chai Qingyue's face did not decrease, and she pinched the lid of the teacup and gently brushed the floating tea leaves: "The idea of Qu Shui Liuzhen is not bad." Chai Qingyue nodded, picked up the teacup and took a sip lightly, before speaking again: "However, the amount of wine in this palace is not good, if this palace loses, I don't know if I can find someone to replace it?" β
After speaking, his eyes looked at Murong Sichen intentionally. Murong Sichen smiled at Chai Qingyue, and he could be regarded as responding to this small request.
This woman is also smart, and she knows that she will throw this problem to herself, Murong Sichen thought in her heart.
Bai Chudie didn't expect Chai Qingyue to kick the ball to Murong Sichen so smartly, if Chai Qingyue lost a lot, it would be Murong Sichen who was drinking, if Murong Sichen was drunk and ugly, he would not be able to explain himself. Bai Chudie originally only wanted to come up with a few pairs to embarrass Chai Qingyue, but he didn't expect to involve Murong Sichen as well.
Everyone here didn't expect Bai Chudie, who has always been cautious, to be so bold, this is not what a reserved lady should do. Murong Sichen's obvious maintenance of Chai Qingyue made everyone turn their eyes to Bai Chudie on the side. The crown prince and the crown princess are so affectionate, no matter how much Bai Chudie has ideas, he shouldn't have done it so much.
Bai Chudie's face turned pale in an instant, and she was embarrassed by Chai Qingyue in front of so many people, and her face was as thin as Bai Chudie, and she couldn't resist it.
Chai Qingyue watched He Bai Chudie's face slowly change and become unpredictable, and couldn't help but smile, her eyes were slowly full of ridicule and disdain.
No matter how unhappy she was, Chai Qingyue still had a smile on her face: "It seems that Miss Bai doesn't seem to like someone to substitute wine for the palace." β
Shaking her head, Chai Qingyue showed a helpless smile on her face: "Then in this case, when I go back to this palace, I must practice the amount of alcohol, and I will have the opportunity to play with Miss Bai again in the future." β
After this, Murong Sichen felt that Chai Qingyue was also a good actor, although she was naΓ―ve, but she was definitely not a stupid white sweet who was slaughtered by others.
Murong Sichen felt that the Prime Minister's Mansion had come to the right place this time, so he put the tea cup on the table casually, got up and straightened his clothes, and his tone was indifferent: "The hour is not early, and the palace will go back with the crown princess first." β
It wasn't until Murong Sichen and Chai Qingyue walked out of everyone's sight that everyone got up and said goodbye, and the guests in the courtyard were almost gone in an instant.
Everyone understood in their hearts that the prince was really angry this time, and he was dissatisfied with what the eldest lady of Baifu had done. The lady who has a daughter who has not left the cabinet at home, after watching today's episode, decided to go home and warn her daughter, it is better to go away with this eldest lady of the Bai family in the future, so as not to burn the prince's anger to herself.
On the carriage back to the house, Murong Sichen kept staring at Chai Qingyue, and when he went out in the morning, he was afraid that Chai Qingyue would think too much, so he endured it and didn't look at it much. Now that there is a reason to look at it openly, how can Murong Sichen let it go?
Feeling Murong Sichen's gaze, Chai Qingyue turned her head, looked at Murong Sichen and didn't understand a little, so she asked directly, "What is the prince staring at the concubine?" Is there anything dirty on the concubine's face? β
Murong Sichen smiled, retracted his gaze, a little reluctant, and his tone was euphemistic: "I didn't expect the concubine of this palace to tease a monkey." β
Tease the monkeys? Chai Qingyue pondered the meaning of Murong Sichen's words, a smile appeared in the corners of her eyes, and her voice softened: "If Miss Bai Chudie Bai knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince called her so, I think it would be even more exciting." β
Murong Sichen smiled but didn't answer, he found that he liked Chai Qingyue's unscrupulousness more and more, and felt that he would get along with her very easily, and his mood would become happy.
Murong Sichen's eyes sank, and he looked at Chai Qingyue and laughed heartily. Outside the carriage, the slave who had been following was a little confused, the prince and the princess didn't know what they were saying, but the princess laughed so much, and there was no look like a lady should be. Realizing that they were figuring out the intentions of the crown prince and the crown princess, everyone hurriedly glanced at each other, and there was a tacit understanding that they lowered their heads and walked in peace.