Chapter 191: Each has a way out
If it weren't for Ji Gongyan's threat of pampering Twenty-Seven that day, and then marrying her to Zheng Boyou, Bao Xi might not have agreed to the marriage. Later, when I thought about it, I would feel that it was not a good thing to marry Twenty-seven to Zheng Boyou, Zheng Boqian was a gentle gentleman like jade, and he must be thoughtful in treating Twenty-seven.
But now it seems that Twenty-seven's life in the Zheng family is not good, and in the two matters of marriage and affection, the world can never expect a miracle to come. So today's Bao Xi must not let Xiuxiu repeat the mistakes of Twenty-seven, not to mention that Xiuxiu has already expressed to Bao Xi that she is not willing to marry, she has promised Xiuxiu that she will not force her, and it is even more impossible for Uncle Zhao to marry Xiuxiu to Bao Hongde.
The idea of this matter has been decided, no matter how clever Uncle Zhao puts up all kinds of reasons, he will definitely not change Bao Xi's mind.
"Xiuxiu has registered in Dazai Palace, I'm afraid that you can't call the shots in this matter, she should be regarded as a person from our Dazai Palace, how I want to assign a Xi person, I can't ask you!" Uncle Zhao stood up and looked at Bao Xi and said, his tone was tough, the implication of this was that he was not here to discuss this matter with Bao Xi, but to inform her.
"If my uncle pushes too much, he will end up burning all the jade...... That's not good. Bao Xi turned around and looked at the back of Uncle Zhao, and at the end of the sentence, he threw down a sentence that was not salty or light, "If Uncle wants Xiuxiu to marry, I also want to see if I can take people out of my Qiongtai Palace, you tear your face with me, it will not be good for you or me, you can only let others see the joke." Now that the enemy is present, you are embarrassed by a few women in our harem everywhere, if this matter spreads, isn't my uncle afraid of being seen as a joke? ”
Uncle Zhao turned around suddenly, waved his sleeves, his chest rose and fell and tried his best to contain the anger in his chest, and said in an almost reprimanding voice, "You also know that now that the enemy is present, you are obsessed with your own gains and losses, how can you be worthy of the instructions that the king once gave you when he set off!" ”
"If Uncle is really as selfless as you say, then please use your own people and don't make decisions about my people!" Bao Xi glanced at Uncle Zhao, "Uncle takes my people as a pawn in your hand, and you have to say the whole thing so righteously, won't your uncle feel blush?" I'm tired, Lord Shangqing, please take care of yourself. After she said that, she looked at Xiuxiu and motioned for her to go back to the dormitory with her, Xiuxiu glanced at Uncle Zhao, turned her head again, and walked towards the dormitory with Bao Xi with some trepidation.
When the door of the dormitory was closed, Xiu Xiucai asked in a low voice, "Niangniang, is it appropriate to argue with Lord Shangqing like this?" ”
"It's not suitable," Bao Xi replied briefly, but Xiuxiu frowned, and her heart sank, "If you can really help Niangniang, you want Xiuxiu to ......"
Bao Xi waved her hand, signaling that Xiuxiu didn't have to say any more, "This matter is not so simple, if you ask your uncle to take you away now, then in the future, will everyone be able to come to my Qiongtai Hall to step on it?" "She has such a high status in the harem, she can not pay homage to Empress Shen, and she can turn away Ji Gongyan, but now she has asked a mere lord to ask for it in front of her, I am afraid that even Father Yu Shi or Shenhou will not dare to do this, Uncle Zhao really didn't treat himself as an outsider! In the future, if Ji Gongyan knows about it, I am afraid that he will be furious, and Bao Xi's toughness at the moment can also avoid a dispute between his uncle and the king in the future.
"But listening to Lord Shangqing, now that the national crisis is at hand, it seems that marrying Xiuxiu will stop the deterioration of the situation." Xiuxiu was uneasy, she didn't know the ins and outs of the whole thing, but just based on the conversation between Bao Xi and Uncle Zhao, she could also see that what Uncle Zhao said was true, and the meaning in Bao Xi's mouth seemed to know the benefits of marrying Xiuxiu, but because of their master-servant relationship, coupled with their stubbornness and refusal to marry, they brought such a conflict with Uncle Zhao.
"They men have no ability, so they want to block women in front of them, if all the courtiers in the world are like this, how can Da Zhou not die?" Bao Xi looked at Xiuxiu and said, patted her shoulder, which was a kind of comfort to her, "Now that Twenty-seven has married into the Zheng family, you have also seen it, and you can't take care of yourself, let alone help yourself?" Uncle Zheng is still a humble gentleman after all, but my brother ......," she said and shook her head, "I'm afraid that if you really marry him, he will send you back to the Bao family, and my housewife is much more difficult to deal with than the eldest lady of the Zheng family." In addition, as long as my father knows that you have served me, it is impossible for you to have a good day! ”
"Zhao Shangqing means that you want me to marry Dr. Bao?" Xiuxiu gasped in surprise, and nodded her head, "If he meets a good person in the future, I will definitely be the matchmaker for you." But not now, no matter how beautiful my uncle said the reason, in the end it was just to install his own hands by my side, for fear that I would be disobedient and lose control. ”
Xiuxiu didn't expect the current situation to be so tense, and frowned, "But why is it Doctor Bao?" ”
Bao Xi didn't answer this question, turned around and took off the jade hairpin on his head, and his black hair poured down and spread it behind him, "It's not too early, you rest early, you don't have to take this matter to heart, just listen to my arrangement for everything!" ”
"Yes!" Xiuxiu curts, took a step back, and turned to go out of the dormitory. She was stirred up by today's events, but I was afraid that her heart would never be quiet anymore. Complicated and troublesome things, Qiongtai Hall has been involved in unimaginable conspiracies again and again, and this feeling of walking on thin ice and frightening step by step is the strongest moment in the four years since Xiuxiu entered the palace.
Twenty-seven's fate, although she only spied the tip of the iceberg, but she also knows one thing, once you marry a woman, you can't help what you want to do! Once she leaves this palace, then the blessing from her master will no longer have the slightest effect, Xiuxiu has made up her mind, no matter how Uncle Zhao persuades her, she can't betray Bao Xi!
There is no one in this world who will regard her as the master of his own people like Mrs. Zheng and Bao Xi.
Bao Xi leaned on the bed, and her mind was also unusually chaotic. Uncle Zhao asked Xiuxiu to marry Bao Hongde, not necessarily to find out what military information, but to transfer the manpower in his palace, and he may have also discovered that today's Bao Xiu will never obey his words anymore. For now, she must use Praise Hondra for her own purposes, or simply kick out of the situation, and must not allow things to continue like this.
On that day, in order to prevent the palaces from placing people around Bao Xi, Ji Gongyan transferred half of his own people, Bao Xi only belonged to Ji Gongyan alone, she could not form an alliance with anyone, and could not obey other people except Ji Gongyan, when she chose this road, she should have thought that this road was not easy to walk, no matter how difficult it was, she had to stagger forward, this is her fate.
On the second day, Bao Xi asked people to announce that Bao Hongde came to Qiongtai Hall for a trip, Bao Hongde heard that Bao Xi wanted to see him, his heart almost took the way out of his chest, banged his heart, ran all the way, rushed to Qiongtai Hall with the fastest speed, and kept panting in his mouth. Xiuxiu, who was waiting for Dr. Bao at the door, couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh when she saw him like this, "Doctor Bao came in time." ”
"I'm afraid of delaying my mother's affairs!" Bao Hongde said with a flushed face, and smiled at Xiuxiu very embarrassed, Xiuxiu knew very little about men and women, and she didn't notice too much about Bao Hongde's strangeness, but Bao Hongde belonged to Qin Hou Yingde, she still knew more or less, and she also knew that Bao Hongde was in the gap between Bao Hongde because of their masters, "Doctor Bao here, please, Niang Niang is waiting for you in the wing room in the back hall." ”
"Thank you, Miss Xiuxiu." Bao Hongde said.
Xiuxiu pursed her lips, this feels very strange at the moment, the man next to her almost became her husband, and he still doesn't know anything. After Uncle Zhao left from the Qiongtai Palace, although he was furious, he still had the ability to judge the situation, offending Bao Xi at this moment would not be beneficial to the Zhou Dynasty, even if she didn't do anything, at least the harem was not chaotic because of her, which is something that few women have been able to do since ancient times.
Since it can't be a help, at least it can't make her a hindrance, so Uncle Zhao decided to take a step back by himself in this move.
Xiuxiu knocked on the door of the room, and there was a slight response from inside, Xiuxiu pushed the door open and made a gesture of invitation to Bao Hongde, who thanked him and stepped in, "Niangniang," he saluted Bao Xi very cautiously, his eyes did not dare to sweep Bao Xi's face, did not dare to bump into her dark eyes, for fear of arousing a turbulent wave in his heart, which was difficult to suppress.
"Alas......" Bao Xi sighed, fiddling with the jade table in her hand and looking out the window, looking preoccupied.
"What's wrong with the mother?" Bao Hongde asked with concern, and it could be seen that Bao Xi must have encountered something difficult.
"How do you think of Xiuxiuren?" Bao Xi still didn't look at Bao Hongde's gaze, but asked in a tentative tone.
"What do you mean by that?" Bao Hongde panicked in his heart, and he didn't expect that Bao Xi called him to come to talk about marriage, so he immediately took a step back and made an alert expression.
"Last night, my uncle cared about you and came to ask me for someone to tell you about the marriage," Bao Xi withdrew her eyes from a distance, picked up the teacup on the table, and gently skimmed the tea leaves and tea stems floating on the water with the lid of the teacup and sighed softly, "Uncle probably thinks that Xiuxiu knows cold and hot, and is a good person." Marry her into the Bao family, and you can enjoy it too. ”
"I'm not going to marry anyone." Bao Hongde said categorically in a very resistant tone.
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