Zheng Zhi asked the thrush to prepare a few jars of kumquat secrets, and brought some osmanthus cakes to Bai Zifei's residence, and the girl in front of the door came back and said to Zheng Zhi with a sad face that the third lady didn't want to see guests.

Zheng Zhi felt that although it was not all her fault, the result of the mistake did hurt Zifei's trust in her, so she was not in a hurry to leave, and waited patiently at the door. The wait was half an hour, during which the girl and the little girl who passed by saw Zheng Zhi and exchanged heads in the corner. Zheng Zhi frowned, haven't the rumors about her in the house stopped yet? Bai Ziyi didn't know if he had found the culprit who spread the rumors.

The thrush on the side was already red, and she whispered, "Little grandma, let's go, it's not good to be seen by those subordinates." The thrush is honest and upright, but his face is unusually thin, and it is said that when he is a maid, he often does the most coarse and dirty work.

"It's all been made up of rumors, are you still afraid of these fingers hiding in the shadows? It's not us who do the wrong thing, don't let others look down on you, the more you are afraid and worried, the more arrogant they will be. ”

The thrush is silent, she has been serving Zheng Zhi for more than a month, and she has always felt that this master is a very good person, and she will never say heavy words to her subordinates for no reason, and her temperament is quiet and soft, and the thrush who was a little trembling has also let go of her heart. But after a long time, she found that although this master is easy to speak, but it is different from her cowardice and timidity, she is more like always polite when meeting people, and treating people with comfort and gentleness with moisturizing things silently, if it is a person who knows how to cherish, she will continue that good to the end. But if you continue to despise, ignore or even trample on her original beauty, after she recognizes the facts, she will never open her heart to you again.

After a while, the door of Bai Zifei's boudoir was finally opened, and the girl came to report that the third lady was invited. Zheng Zhi moved her calf, which was already sore, slightly, and then stepped into the room with her thrush.

Bai Zifei was sitting at the table at this time, lowering her head and concentrating on being a female celebrity. Zheng Zhi got closer and saw that she was embroidering a ginkgo biloba falling pattern on a silk handkerchief.

Before Zheng Zhi could speak, Bai Zifei lowered her head and spoke first: "What are you doing here?" ”

It seemed that she was still angry, Zheng Zhi smiled and brought the kumquat to the table: "Third Miss, I'll bring you kumquat honey." This time, the kumquat honey specially put more juice from the kumquat, so it is more sweet and sour than the previous one. ”

Bai Zifei didn't raise his eyes, but said lightly: "Don't stain my table." ”

Zheng Zhi was cramped for a moment, and then turned to a topic: "Third Miss, this ginkgo has been embroidered by you as if it has just fallen from a tree." ”

Bai Zifei put down the female red in her hand when she heard this, she raised her eyes, Zheng Zhi felt that the look was no longer the innocence when she faced her, and was now full of suspicion and defense.

"You're here today to evaluate the ginkgo I embroidered? Of course, I know that I embroider well, but what I am best at embroidering is plum blossoms, but now I don't even want to see real plum blossoms. ”

Zheng Zhi's mouth was a little bitter, she hesitated for a while and still felt that it would be better to let Bai Zifei calm down, but now she is still angry, and she must not be able to listen to what she says. She told Thrush to put down the tea and pastries she had brought with her, and she was ready to go back.

"What? The second sister-in-law is leaving? Bai Zifei's voice rose, implying a hint of provocation.

Zheng Zhi smiled reluctantly and said seriously: "Third Miss, I didn't think about the previous matter, but I said everything I could, I hope you won't be affected by this matter again." ”

"Oh? Ill-conceived? The second sister-in-law seems to have a lot of ill-conceived things. Bai Zifei was indifferent to Zheng Zhi's sincere words, she looked at Zheng Zhi at this time, and there was an unknown excitement in her eyes.

Zheng Zhi felt that Bai Zifei had something to say, and it was likely that she was saying something bad, but no matter what it was, she could only face it.

"You don't seem to know that way, do you? Now not only in Baifu, but also in the streets, there are rumors that you have been taken away and bullied, and in those teahouses and wine shops, you can see people discussing your unusual experience everywhere! You're a celebrity in Wujiang County now! ”

Zheng Zhi's head roared instantly, she looked at Bai Zifei in a daze, and only listened to her continue: "Now no one in Bai Mansion dares to go out casually, even my father and eldest brother don't go out to inspect the business under their name." As soon as Aunt Qian saw her eldest brother in the past two days, she persuaded him to abandon you, saying that you really insulted the reputation of our Baifu. ”

As soon as Bai Zifei's words fell, Zheng Zhi turned around and ran out, what the hell is going on? What about Bai Ziyi? Where is he now?

Thrush hurried after her, watching her master break his bun in the cold wind, but she still had no intention of stopping. Finally, when she caught up with Zheng Zhi out of breath, they had already arrived in front of Bai Ziyi's study. Thrush waited outside, and she saw her master walk in after curling his loose hair with a wooden hairpin before entering the study.

After about an hour, the thrush waited for Zheng Zhi to come out. After coming out, Zheng Zhi didn't have much emotion on her face, but her eyes seemed to have been washed by rain.

In the study, Bai Ziyi told her that the person who spread the rumors in the house had been found, that person was a mother-in-law with some qualifications, she had a very good relationship with her mother-in-law, and more importantly, she had a son who was a city gate guard. Bai Ziyi had personally asked the mother-in-law, and the mother-in-law Zhenzhen said that on the day of Zheng Zhi's accident, it was his son's turn to be on duty, and his son saw a woman and a man in the grass from a distance on the city wall, because he couldn't see what the two were doing from a distance, but just wrote down the woman's cyan dress. After going back, he told his mother that it was a topic after tea and dinner, who expected that his mother happened to be the mother-in-law of Baifu, and the mother-in-law asked about the scene at the time, and then she put the woman and Zheng Zhi, who disappeared in Baifu that day, into a seat.

Zheng Zhi asked Bai Ziyi at the time, why was the mother-in-law so sure that this person was her? Bai Ziyi opened his eyes lightly and said, "The place where Ren met you that day happened to be the place where the guard saw the woman, this is one of them." The colors of your favorite dresses are all solid and plain, and there is no one else who can wear them so well. ”

Zheng Zhi saw Bai Ziyi's expression, she was a little excited: "The guards said that they didn't see what the man and woman were doing, so how could they say that I was being bullied?" ”

"I've taken care of that woman, and she won't appear in Baifu again in the future, but this matter will spread out, and I didn't expect it."