This news really shocked Bai Heran, Bai Jinghong's father? Could it be that Duan Tiande is here?

She was very puzzled, Bai Jinghong was just in Lancheng, after all, she was raised in a deep boudoir since she was a child, except for the female relatives in Beijing and the male guests who had a lot of contacts with the Bai family, people in the outside world basically never saw her, so even if she changed her name and surname and ran to Lancheng, no one knew her.

But Duan Tiande is different, the Duan family in Dezhen is famous, and Duan Tiande is not a big girl who does not go out of the door, even if the prefect of Lancheng is bewitched, but there is no one in Lancheng who understands, how can Duan Tiande be allowed to run rampant?

She pondered that she might be thinking wrong, so she asked the people around her with a gossipy face: "Does the new lady's father also live in the mansion?" How have you never seen it? ”

The maid she asked sneered, "You've only been here for a few days, so naturally you haven't seen it, not to mention that the new lady's father doesn't live in our house." The old man left Mr. by his side as a staff member, so on weekdays, Mr. is in the yamen, and he also has a foreign house, but he will go back to the house every few days to visit the new lady. ”

"Well, no wonder I haven't seen it." Bai Heran nodded, it seems that he is still a flexible brain, otherwise how can he be a staff member? Bai Jinghong really brought a helper, but he didn't know what the true identity of this helper was.

The meal was quickly finished, and even if the people wanted to gossip for a while, they finally knew their identity, so they didn't dare to delay more, and after eating, they hurried back to their respective courtyards to do their own things. Bai Heran followed the people in the same courtyard and walked back, and asked more questions as he walked: "The relationship between the new lady and her father and daughter must be very good, right?" The new lady is so good-looking, and she has to be loved by the old man, her father must be happy, after all, the daughter's competitiveness is the face of her father's mother. ”

The servant who walked together nodded, "It's really good, every time my husband comes to visit the new lady, the father and daughter will close the door and say intimate words for an hour or two." I heard that the new lady lost her mother when she was young, and she was brought up by her father, so the relationship is naturally excellent. ”

Bai Heran nodded, and didn't ask anything more, just wondered how he felt that this was not quite right.

If the so-called father is Duan Tiande, it would be fine, but if not, the two of them would talk for an hour or two behind closed doors, and this would not be normal. Is it communicating how to pit Wei Jingtong and how to make money in Lancheng? Or is there something else?

The courtyard of the jade bone has arrived, compared to the delicate and delicate life of those high-ranking families in the capital, the people here in Lancheng are relatively casual, and the mansions and courtyards are not so exquisite, and not even every courtyard will be named. At least she didn't see a courtyard with a separate name in the Wei Mansion, and people distinguish which courtyard and which courtyard, and they directly say that it is the old lady's courtyard, the lord's courtyard, or the new lady's courtyard. Unlike Beijing, each small courtyard will have a name, just to sound good.

Bai Jinghong had already come out of the house at this time, and Wei Jingtong also came out, carefully supporting her. Bai Jinghong was looking for someone, and was asking the tall girl on guard: "Where is the new Xiaoju?" ”

Bai Heran hurriedly walked two steps to her, and curtsied: "Madam, the slave maid has gone to eat." ”

Seeing her come back, Bai Jinghong was obviously relieved, "It turned out that I went to eat, just use rice, just use rice." ”

Bai Heran pretended not to understand, "Where does Madam think the slave maid went?" ”

"I thought you ...... That's it, no matter where you go, just come back. From now on, you just have to follow me, and I will ask someone to bring more food over, and you can eat with me!" If you catch up with the old man, you can bring the food to your house...... Hey, you don't have a house yet, do you? It's better to live in a side room, and it's convenient for me to call you. Bai Jinghong pointed to the wing room, which was the east wing of her main house, which was the best room in this courtyard except for the main house.

Bai Heran was flattered, "The slave maid doesn't dare to ask for such a good house, the slave maid just lives in the backyard with her sisters, and that's where the people live!" If the lady needs to keep vigil, the slave and maid can wrap a quilt around the lady's couch. ”

Bai Jinghong laughed, "I don't need someone to keep vigil in front of the bed, the master is there every night, so I don't need to keep watch." If you let you live in the East Wing, you can live with peace of mind, and I don't mean to let you live well, but it will be more convenient when I call you. ”

Wei Jingtong sank his face, "You can live wherever you want, the next person just has to be obedient, understand?" ”

Bai Heran nodded immediately, "The slave and maid understand, the slave and maid must be obedient." ”

She stayed in this courtyard in this way, and some maids took the initiative to prepare bedding for her, and even brought snacks and fruits into the house in order to please her, and whispered that she was deducted from the old lady and the eldest lady's share.

Bai Heran knew that the old lady was not in a good situation now, but he didn't expect that it would be so bad that she would be deducted from food by the slaves. There is also the eldest lady, who is said to be the daughter left by the first lady, and after the death of the first lady, the eldest lady lived a very miserable life, and her mental state was not very good. She hadn't seen the eldest lady, but it was said that her mother's death had made her strongly stimulated, and now the whole person's mind is not very clear, she either cries or laughs every day, Wei Jingtong doesn't care at all, it's very embarrassing.

Wei Jingtong sat in the courtyard with Bai Jinghong for a while, and soon went back to the house, after Bai Heran settled his room, the two had already been in the house for a long time. The subordinate in the courtyard said with envy: "The master treats the new lady so well, he is not willing to leave for a moment, if it is not for official business, I am afraid that he will be with the new lady for twelve hours a day!" ”

Someone on the side immediately answered: "But isn't it, if you don't say anything, you still have to be good-looking, good-looking can have a good life, and good-looking can make a man's heart always be tied to himself." ”

Some people also sighed quietly, "The eldest lady in the past was also good-looking, but she ...... when she got older." But who can not be old? Everyone is going to get old! ”

The people in the courtyard were silent, all of them were women, and everyone was sad in the face of this topic that would grow old one day.

Bai Heran didn't have the heart to sigh that she was getting old, she stood back at the door of Bai Jinghong's room, silently thinking that no matter whether Wei Jingtong stayed overnight tonight, she must find a way to enter the house and see who the people in the dark room were.

Speaking of this day, it was all in Bai Jinghong's courtyard, but in fact, there were a lot of things in the mansion, because they were busy holding banquets, so almost half of the people in the mansion were busy with the banquet. Although the government has experience in holding banquets frequently, there are still some things that need to be prepared now, such as dishes, snacks and so on.

So people are busy, and so are the people in the small yard.

Hakuzuru is the most idle one, just stop at the door, and don't pay attention to anything.

The hidden sentry around this small courtyard is also very quiet, and in broad daylight, it is impossible for the people they want to guard against to break into the house in broad daylight, not to mention that even if they do, they can see at a glance what is abnormal in such a bright sky.

Therefore, the vigilance of the dark sentinels during the day is not very high, even if there are Nine Emperor Princes hidden in the dark room in the house, but this is Bai Jinghong's house, Bai Jinghong is the person of the monarch of Gebu, so the guard is not strict.

It was so that until dark, someone came to change the white crane dye, and asked her to go to sleep, and they took turns to keep vigil.

But Bai Heran shook his head and didn't agree, because the new lady didn't speak, so she didn't dare to change places.

The others had no choice but to let her stand here. However, she was also reminded: "If you listen to no movement in the house a little later, that is, the lady and the lord are asleep, then you can't just stand here and go to the house to keep vigil." There is a quilt in the small lattice outside, you can hold a bed and sit outside the screen in the inner room, you can squint for a while, but you can't sleep too hard, so as not to hear what the lord and lady need. ”

Hakuzuru nodded, "I understand, it's called a vigil. ”

Seeing that she understood this rule, the maid stopped talking and went about her own business.

The white crane waited for more than an hour, and finally at the end of the day, the movement inside gradually disappeared.

Thinking that she must be asleep, she gently pushed the door open and entered the house. As soon as he entered the house, he heard Wei Jingtong's snoring, and Bai Jinghong asked, "Who is it?" ”

She hurriedly said, "Slave Xiaoju, come in and keep vigil for the lady and the master." ”

"It's Xiaoju! Just rest outside, sleep for a while, and there's nothing to wait for inside. ”

"Madame want to bathe?" Hakuzuru asked in a low voice.

Bai Jinghong sighed, "No, if I bathe him, he will definitely wake up, and if he wakes up, he will have to toss again, I am disgusting." ”

She didn't ask any more questions, and retreated to the outer room to sit down, but "accidentally" knocked over a chair halfway through.

There was a loud bang in the silent night, which not only woke up Wei Jingtong, who was already asleep, but also shocked the surrounding dark sentinels to increase their vigilance, and even two of them had already approached this room.

As soon as Wei Jingtong woke up, he rushed out: "What sound?" Who is it? At the same time, he stretched out his hand and took the beautiful concubine into his arms.

Bai Heran knelt down with a plop, his whole body trembled, his voice trembled, and he cried and begged while kowtowing: "Master spare your life, master spare your life!" The slave didn't mean it, the slave was not familiar with the house, and didn't know that there was a chair here, so she tripped and fell. The slave didn't mean it, please let the master spare the slave this time! Whew......" She really cried.

She had to let the people outside know that it was just a little maid who accidentally knocked over a chair, not that something was really going on in the house.

Sure enough, hearing her voice, and then hearing Bai Jinghong scolding Wei Jingtong not to make a fuss, the dark whistle outside quickly withdrew again. But Wei Jingtong, who woke up, refused to let go of Bai Jinghong so easily, and with a wrap of his arms, he pressed her to the couch in one fell swoop......