Chapter 534: What Happened Back Year
Bai Xingyan's cold sweat had soaked his entire back, and he suddenly realized that what Bai Heran said was the best solution.
He died, and the one in the southern suburbs also died, and there was no proof of all this, the Bai family was safe, and the revenge of the sister-in-law back then was avenged.
And most importantly, he absolutely believes that Bai Heran can do such a thing, killing his father, which is an unforgivable crime for others, does not seem to have any psychological burden for Bai Heran. This child has changed completely since he came back from Los Angeles, and the family relationship between him and this child has also been worn out in the past ten years.
It is ruthless and hateful.
"Ah Ran, you ......" Bai Xingyan wanted to say something, but after a moment's effort, he found that the daughter who was originally standing in front of him was gone, and there was no more Bai Heran in the entire hall, and only a few palace people were left standing far away.
His brain exploded, and he ran out of the hall with his legs, and when he left the palace gate, he saw Bai Heran and Concubine Li Xian standing face to face. Concubine Li Xian is old, and she can only barely distinguish three points from her once fox-like state.
Bai Xingyan hasn't seen this person for many years, and it is rumored that more than 20 years ago, Emperor Tianhe favored the concubines alone, so that many concubines in the palace were treated coldly, even the current queen mother.
But only Concubine Li Xian reacted the strongest, she hated because of love, and because she fell out of favor, she vented all this anger on her children. She beat the five princes severely, whipping, acupuncture, and cannon branding, almost doing everything. Later, if the emperor hadn't rescued this son from Yihe Palace, I am afraid that sooner or later he would have been beaten to death by his own mother.
Everyone said that Concubine Li Xian was crazy, and some people said that Concubine Li Xian was sick, and this disease was more than 20 years, and she soon changed from a charming and beautiful concubine to an old woman with wrinkled face and gray hair.
Although if you look closely, the young look between your eyebrows and eyes is still there, but who would look at her so closely? Everyone's nostalgia for the charming and amazing Concubine Li Xian in the past is focused on the five princes. Because the appearance of the five princes is like his mother, like a fox, seducing the soul, so that both men and women can't escape the fox and smile.
Back then, Concubine Li Xian was not the best-looking, but it was the most difficult to refuse, some people said, whether Concubine Xian was smiling or not, as long as she stood there, your soul would be hooked unconsciously. It was a fox that had become a vixen, and no one could escape the bewitchment of the vixen.
He couldn't escape.
Bai Xingyan remembers very well that the palace banquet was the palace banquet of the New Year, and he was not the Duke of Wen Guo at that time, but because his father was sick, many things were done by him. And he relied on his knowledge and ability to squeeze into the court and became the backbone of the court. It was this ability and courage that made his father have to pass on this title to him at the last moment.
He was only in his twenties that year, and he was young and vigorous.
The father of the New Year's palace banquet still did not come, and it was him who came in vain.
The Wenguo Mansion has not been concerned about the government since his grandfather's generation, and even his great-grandfather was already hovering on the edge of the court at that time, until his father's generation completely cut off the relationship with the court, and there was no longer the status of his Bai family in the court.
But the Bai family is still ambitious, or strive to improve, his father has said more than once that if one day the Bai family has a good son, it will definitely restore the prosperity of the Wenguo Mansion, and it will make the Wenguo Mansion like when the ancestors laid the foundation, and no one dares to underestimate the existence of the land of Dongtai.
Bai Xingyan has been working hard for this goal, he has outstanding knowledge, and he even participated in the scientific examination at the age of nineteen. didn't go any way, didn't need any help, just because his father gave him the title of Duke of Wenguo to exempt him from the child test. He took a scholar with a book basket on his back, started from his hometown of Los Angeles all the way to the exam, passed the township examination, the general examination, and finally entered the capital to participate in the palace examination.
This time it can be said that he has become famous in the upper capital, after all, the descendants of the Marquis Mansion have never participated in the scientific examination, especially the hereditary Marquis Mansion of the Bai family. The title is inherited from generation to generation, and future generations can be clothed and fed without any effort at all, who is willing to endure this hardship?
But Bai Xingyan didn't take that ordinary road, he went to the scientific expedition, and also won the Tanhua, and then because the old grandfather was not very good, the emperor directly called him into the palace, although he did not take the post, but Wen Guogong was only ranked behind the left and right prime ministers in the court, and his status can be seen.
In those years, Bai Xingyan was prosperous for a while, and everyone in Shangdu City was full of praise for this Tanhualang, coupled with the good genes of the Bai family, the daughter was beautiful and the man was handsome, and for a while, the matchmaker broke through the threshold, just to say a good family thing to Bai Xingyan.
But Bai Xingyan had a very high vision at the beginning, and no one looked down on him, he thought that if he wanted to marry, he would marry the best, and he had to marry the most useful to himself and the Bai family, otherwise marrying would be a vain marriage, which was equivalent to wasting the position of a wife.
As for whether the person who marries in the door really likes it, that's not the point. I don't like the wife and the concubine, the wife is just used to consolidate the lintel, and the concubine should be a delicate and touching woman who is sincere with him.
He chose a wife with such an idea, but unfortunately before he could choose it, at the palace banquet that year, he met a woman who was as stunning as a vixen, which made him unable to take his eyes off after just one look, and his heart fell on the vixen with his eyes.
The person he saw was Concubine Li Xian, Concubine Li Xian was a few years older than him, and she had entered the palace as a wife, so she was naturally more transparent in the affairs of men and women. And she also had a restless heart at the beginning, because she was favored and tasted a wonderful taste, but there were too many concubines in the harem, and Emperor Tianhe was not the kind of monarch who coveted women. There are many government affairs, and sometimes it is necessary to drive the army in person, which makes this beautiful vixen woman more and more dissatisfied.
This dissatisfaction was only hidden in her heart at first, after all, the harem was strict, and there were not many men she could see, except for the guards who were imperial doctors, all of whom were in front of the emperor, and she didn't dare to do it. But it wasn't until she saw Bai Xingyan that night that she couldn't hide her active mind anymore.
Bai Xingyan was young, dignified, and high-spirited, and he was still a popular figure in the capital. She overheard the conversation of the palace maids several times, and everyone was in love with the eldest young master of the Wenguo Mansion, and even the palace maids secretly promised him, secretly swearing that he would not marry, even if he was a slave.
Concubine Li Xian was not a concubine at that time, but a nobleman, and her concubine was promoted after giving birth to the fifth prince.
Bai Xingyan was also confused at that time, after all, Concubine Li Xian's fox-like appearance was really not something that anyone said could be avoided if they avoided it. In addition, after drinking some wine at the palace banquet that night, he followed the others in a daze under the hook of those fox eyes.
After a few times Yunyu finally woke up, he was so frightened that he almost fainted, but at the same time, he was afraid and at the same time felt endless memories of Shicai. Looking at Concubine Li Xian at that time, she was so beautiful and moving, so that people couldn't take their eyes off.
For a long time, Bai Xingyan had an almost adoring admiration for Concubine Li Xian, and he was even annoyed that he hadn't met that woman earlier, and how he could let that woman enter the palace. If she doesn't enter the palace, how good it should be, he will definitely marry someone back to the mansion, what kind of wife and concubine, give him whatever he wants, and give him the best.
After that night, he had been looking forward to meeting Concubine Li Xian again, and even fantasized about meeting her in a corner every day when he entered the palace. Then she led herself back to her palace, and the dream continued.
It's a pity that there was no chance encounter, but I heard the news that Concubine Li Xian was very favored, and even the emperor called her to sleep for several days, so that the queen mother advised the emperor to take care of the dragon body.
Bai Xingyan was so disappointed and jealous, and those days were the most gloomy for him.
Later, from summer to autumn, and then to early winter, he heard that Li Guiren gave birth to the emperor's fifth son, and the emperor was happy, promoted to the position of concubine, and was given the title of virtuous. Bai Xingyan was not very good at that time, and he was chilled the moment he heard the news.
Because Concubine Li Xian was born prematurely, it was a full month earlier than the expected delivery date. And if it is not a premature birth according to the current delivery period, the day when the child was conceived is very consistent with the night of the palace banquet.
This thought frightened Bai Xingyan, and in those days, he paid more attention to the movements in the palace, and within ten days, the imperial doctor who delivered Concubine Li Xian resigned from his illness and returned to his hometown to spend the rest of his life. He felt that something was wrong at that time, so he sent a partner to quietly chase the imperial doctor, only to find that the imperial doctor had been assassinated before leaving the capital.
It is said that the reason why Concubine Li Xian was born prematurely was because the palace maid broke a plate and was shocked.
Bai Xingyan has lived in deep fear for a long time, and has lived in countless conjectures about this child.
But fortunately, for several years, nothing happened. The fifth prince grew up day by day, and it is said that he was born very much like Concubine Li Xian, and he has a pair of fox eyes, which is very good-looking.
But then the concubine was favored, although Concubine Li Xian got a son, she also lost her favor, so she lost her heart and went crazy, not only was the whole person crazy, but also often abused her own son, and tortured the little five princes to the point that they were not human.
Later, he married his wife Chun Yulan, Namei concubine Hong, and took over the title of Duke of Wenguo.
So he gradually forgot about it, and even deceived himself into thinking that the death of the imperial doctor was just an accident, and that he was killed by someone for money. After all, a person who has been a doctor all his life will definitely bring a lot of money when he returns to his hometown.
In those years, he was also happy and happy, with a beautiful wife and concubine, and his wife was the lord of Fanguo, and his brother was the successor to the throne promised by the monarch early on, which was equivalent to giving him a whole small country as a backer. He is not only the Duke of Wen of Eastern Qin, but also the brother-in-law of the future monarch of Gebu, such a background is enough to be called prominent, and it is a glory that their Bai family has not had in previous generations.
However, everything came to an abrupt end at the moment when the Ye family came to the door......