Within two days of peaceful days, there was a joke spread all over the streets and alleys of the capital. "The sister-in-law of Lord Bai in the Tobu Lang is wanton and contemptuous of the girl from the good family in the teahouse", the Hubu Langzhong is a new official who has just been promoted to the capital, many people don't know it, and soon there will be another more widely spread rumor "The nephew of General Mobei is lustful and romantic", some people sigh and sympathize with the experience of the Fang family's girl, some people laugh at the Bai family's unhealthy atmosphere that makes Bai Qi willful and reckless, and some people have the courage to drag Bai Muguan together and curse.

When the news reached Bai Muguan's ears, she was so angry that she smashed a set of tea sets.

"Miss, don't be angry yet, it's important to send someone to find the perpetrator of the rumors." Bilong was two years older, and she was quite calm when she encountered something, and woke up Bai Muguan with a word.

After taking a few deep breaths and barely calming down, Bai Muguan ordered: "You go and tell His Highness, just say that I will borrow some manpower from him, and be sure to find out!" ”

Bi Long answered the call and hurriedly went.

Only Xiangyun was left in the hall to accompany Bai Muguan, Xiangyun was also angry, and said bluntly: "Miss, the Fang family is too hateful!" The eldest master has already agreed to the marriage, and they even dare to spread rumors and ruin the reputation of the Bai family! ”

Bai Muguan firmly denied: "It's not them." ”

From the very beginning, she suspected that there was someone behind this matter, and Fang Huaiyuan's family was just clowns who jumped off the beam, and they were not so capable of causing a storm in the city. What's more, the Bai family is about to be hired, Fang Shutie is determined to marry into the Bai family, and the Bai family's reputation is not good for her and the Fang family.

Xiangyun quickly thought of this as well, and muttered to himself, "Who could it be?" Who is so daring? ”

Soon, the results of the matter were found.

The person who accompanied Bi Long back to Qingyun Pavilion to restore his life was Wang Quan.

"Miss Bai, Your Highness instructed the old slave to investigate in person, and found that all the rumors were spread from the mouth of a person named Gao Yue. He not only spread rumors everywhere, but also secretly bribed the storyteller in the teahouse restaurant, and even ordered people to mix in among the people to find opportunities and slander the reputation of the Bai family. Especially today, the rumors have gradually deviated from the romance of Bai Ergongzi, but they have caught you and General Bai. Wang Quan's brows were furrowed, rumors were like fire, and a spark could start a prairie fire.

Even if someone is sent to suppress it, it is destined to have little effect. If the mouth grows on someone else, where can it control everyone?

Bai Muguan knew that those who came were not good, and those who were good did not come. The mood became worse and worse, and he subconsciously asked: "I don't know this Gao Yue, I want to have no grievances and no hatred, who is he?" ”

Wang Quan has obviously found out, and said truthfully: "This person is the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion of Shangguan, and he takes care of the affairs of the Grange for Miss Xiyue on weekdays. ”

Shangguan Xiyue?

Sure enough, it has something to do with her!

If you change enemies, you will never be stupid enough to let the stewards around you spread rumors, so that they can be easily detected. However, the pride and conceit of the above official Xiyue, maybe she was not false at all, and Bai Muguan knew that she was making trouble.

"Let's go, I'll go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to visit Miss Shangguan!" With that, she slapped the table and got up and walked out.

Xiangyun Bilong looked at each other for a moment, looking at her own young lady's angry look, that annoying Shangguan Xiyue is going to be unlucky today! The two didn't dare to hesitate and hurriedly chased out.

Wang Quan, who was left in place, was stunned, and sure enough, he was still a young man, and he couldn't keep up with the rhythm when he was old, so he should hurry up and go to the study to report to the prince.

When Yu Wenye only smiled after hearing this, it was not some old enemy in the court who was making trouble, he was relieved. The grievances of the little women in the boudoir, he was too lazy to get involved, and let them fight, anyway, he believed that his Guanguan would not suffer.

On the other side, Bai Muguan hurried to the door of the Prime Minister's mansion, and Xiangyun Bilong arrived a little slower. Showing his identity, the porter naturally did not dare to slack off.

It's a pity that Bai Muguan doesn't have much patience, she came to settle accounts, not to visit.

"Trouble the steward to report directly to Shangguan Xiyue, you don't have to bother your wife to receive it."

Bai Muguan's expression was condensed, his eyebrows and eyes were filled with undisguised anger, and his beautiful cherry lips were pursed into a line.

The porter didn't dare to hesitate, and hurriedly ran in to return, and didn't come out again for a long time.

Xiangyun asked worriedly: "Miss, what if Shangguan Xiyue hides and doesn't see you?" ”

"If she doesn't see me, I'll go directly to see Mrs. Shangguan."

As soon as the words fell, I saw a group of maids walking out with the girl in blue in their arms.

"What do you want to see my mother?" I have to say that Shangguan Xiyue's voice is extremely recognizable.

She didn't wear soft armor today, and her blue floor-length silk dress was soft and fitting, outlining her growing figure. After the New Year, she was thirteen years old, and the cardamom girl had a delicate face, but it was a pity that she was too arrogant and arrogant, and there was no one in her eyes, and there was a little anger floating between her eyebrows.

Bai Muguan couldn't see her uneducated appearance the most, and her voice mixed with anger became more and more cold: "What is the matter with my visit today, you know it, why pretend to be stupid?" ”

The sarcastic smile in Shangguan Xiyue's eyes kept flickering, and she said disdainfully: "You were implicated by your cousin, your Bai family is now notorious, at this time, you didn't hide, but ran to the Prime Minister's Mansion to show off your might, it's really shameless and skinless!" ”

That's right, she did it.

It was she who found out from Yao Xilin that the ancestor of the Bai family had a marriage contract with the Fang family, and she knew that Fang Huaiyuan's career was not smooth, and his wife Wu was the most greedy for money. So she ordered her subordinate Gao Yue to go to the Fang family secretly, not only gave them a box of silver tickets, but also ordered the women of the Fang family to find ways to seduce Bai Qi. After that, he instructed Fang Huaiyuan's family of three to make a big fuss, ruining Bai Qi's reputation and the Bai family's family style, and then forcing the Bai family to make a marriage contract.

Whether this family business succeeds or not, it has little impact on Shangguan Xiyue. All she wants is to embarrass Bai Muguan, make Bai Muguan resent her relatives who are related by blood, and make Bai Muguan unwilling to share the shame with the long-term house that is not close.

Suddenly, Bai Muguan raised his right hand high, and Shangguan Xiyue was so frightened that he instantly took two steps back. It's no wonder that she was afraid, it was really Bai Muguan who was quite bold, he dared to slap Fang Huaiyuan in public that day, and he might beat her Shangguan Xiyue today.

In fact, Bai Muguan's hand did not fall on Shangguan Xiyue's face, but reached out to comb the broken hair on his sideburns.

This Shangguan Xiyue is simply strong and capable! How could she be so stupid as to fan Guan Xiyue at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion? At most, he deliberately scared her and suppressed her arrogance.

"You have given you all those gossips, and I have come to thank you today." Bai Muguan had already restrained all the anger exposed at this time, and although he was not angry in his heart, his appearance calmed down.

This kind of her makes the people who have done something bad even more frightened.

I don't know if it's because of the panic, Shangguan Xiyue didn't choose to say anything, and directly sarcastically said: "So what? Your father is just a martial artist from a mediocre background, if it wasn't for his good luck to be favored by the second daughter of the Rongguo Mansion, I'm afraid that he is still a little guard guarding the imperial city! Your Bai family can't talk about it, you are only worthy of marrying a lowly person like the Fang family, as for you, Bai Muguan, why is it alive? ”

Seeing her pause suddenly, Bai Muguan said coldly, "You go on." ”

Shangguan Xiyue thought that her words had hit the other party's sore spot, and she became more and more proud, and continued to say with great interest: "You have repeatedly fought against me, I have endured you enough, and this time I will teach you a lesson to let you remember it for a long time!" In the future, when you see me, you will retreat, otherwise I will definitely spread the scandal of your Bai family out of the capital, so that everyone in the world can see how dirty and reckless the men of the Bai family are! ”

"Shut up!"

It wasn't Bai Muguan's voice, Shangguan Xiyue was a little weak subconsciously, but before she could react, she had already been slapped in the face.

The "pop" sound was very loud.

Shangguan Xiyue, who was beaten, looked stupidly at her own mother, who had always loved her the most, in disbelief, and then cried in public.

"Don't cry! Look at yourself, where is there still a little bit of everyone's beautiful appearance? Full of gibberish, it's insulting to the family. "The prime minister's wife, Wen, was born in a scholarly family, has a soft temperament, and rarely speaks so harshly, let alone the youngest daughter who scolds her most preciously.

Shangguan Xiyue was willing to be convinced, her tears were like a flood, and she couldn't stop crying: "Mother, it was Bai Muguan who came to the door first to provoke, you didn't support your daughter and made the decision, but blamed me......"

Wen didn't pay attention to her anymore, but turned to Bai Muguan and smiled apologetically: "Please forgive Miss Bai, Xiyue is the youngest daughter in the family, blame me for my usual negligence in discipline that makes her so pampered." I apologize to Miss Bai on behalf of her, she is still young and has no heart, you must not take it to heart. ”

Wen is the wife of the prime minister of Shangguan, and she is the wife of the first rank of the dynasty, with a noble identity but gentle and amiable, and never bullies others. She taught her sisters-in-law and concubines well, but Shangguan Xiyue's virtue is really sad and ridiculous.

Bai Muguan's anger in her heart did not dissipate, even in the face of Wen's reparation for lowering her figure, she did not move, and said lukewarmly: "Madame doesn't have to apologize for her, if you really have the heart, you will hand over Gao Yue to me to deal with." ”

Gao Yue?

Wen didn't know the cause and effect of the whole thing, but she was a smart person, and now she could probably guess seven or eight points. Anyway, the rumors about the Bai family in the past few days must be Shangguan Xiyue's handiwork.

"Miss Bai is angry, I can understand that. But Gao Yue is, after all, the steward of our Prime Minister's Mansion, and the deed of sale and death he signed ten years ago is still with me, and it is not appropriate to hand it over to you to dispose of. As he spoke, Wen lowered his posture even more.

She didn't care about the life or death of a little steward, but because Gao Yue was the evidence of the whole thing, she categorically couldn't hand it over to Bai Muguan.

"I think Madame seems to have misunderstood." Bai Muguan's jaw was slightly raised, and he raised his eyes to look directly at Wen's smiling face, "I'm not here to negotiate with Madame about bargaining." ”

Hearing this, Wen couldn't hold back a smile on his face anymore: "Then what do you mean?" ”

"Shangguan Xiyue acted recklessly, colluded with the buyer Huaiyuan's family, designed to slander my cousin first, and slandered my father today. If this incident is in front of His Majesty, I wonder if His Majesty will be angry? Will the prime minister be punished for having no way to teach his daughter? ”

Bai Muguan's eyes were sharp, and after finishing speaking, he met Wen's four eyes, and soon after looking at each other, Wen's was defeated.

This young girl, who has not yet reached the end of her life, stands in front of the prime minister's mansion at the head of the civil officials without fear, and her words are sharp and beautiful. Wen suddenly realized, no wonder Shangguan Xiyue hated her so much.

If this matter really makes trouble in front of the emperor, Shangguan Xiyue can't deny it, which is even worse.

In a flash of thought, Wen quickly made a decision: "That's it, Gao Yue is in the mansion today without an errand, and Miss Bai can take him away if she wants to." Anyway, there are a lot of stewards in the huge Prime Minister's Mansion, and there is no shortage of him. ”

Shangguan Xiyue, who hadn't spoken for a long time next to her, stopped doing it, and her mouth was still arrogant: "Mother! You can't hand Gao Yue over to her, why should my subordinates dispose of her? ”

The red five finger prints were particularly obvious on her fair face, which showed that Wen's attack was not light.

At this moment, Wen didn't care about feeling sorry for his daughter, only glared at her a few times, and then ordered the maid to help her back to the yard. Shangguan Xiyue was reluctant to leave, and she couldn't resist her mother's anger, so she didn't want to be slapped anymore and had to leave first.

"Miss Bai wait for the time being, I will order someone to bring Gao Yue." After speaking, Wen whispered a few words to the maid beside him, and the maid took the order and left.

didn't let Bai Muguan wait long, Gao Yue was brought. A young man in his thirties, with clear eyebrows and a well-proportioned figure, he doesn't look like a wicked person who deliberately spreads rumors and causes trouble. No wonder those rumors are like water, out of control. Rumors come out of his mouth, and it is easy for the uninformed to believe that it is the truth.

Wen beat him down, and then ordered someone to hand Gao Yue's slave deed to Bai Muguan.

At this moment, a maid hurriedly ran over and shouted in a panic: "Madam, something is wrong, the second son and the second young grandmother are fighting again!" ”

It seems that the Prime Minister's Mansion is not peaceful, Bai Muguan sneered a few times, and the mockery in his eyes was obvious.

Wen didn't have time to care about Bai Muguan anymore, and followed the maid into the mansion quickly.

Xiangyun pointed to Gao Yue, who was standing with his head bowed, and asked angrily, "Miss, do we want to take him back to the East Palace?" ”

"No, go to the eldest uncle."