When I saw Mei Zijin in the back garden during the Lantern Festival, what Mei Zijin said seemed to make Shui Qingqing have a very beautiful dream.

She no longer hesitated or feared the road ahead, because she knew where she was going next......

Early the next morning, Shui Qingqing packed everything and prepared to enter and leave the palace.

However, at this time, Bai Haoqing sent someone to call her to his study.

Being summoned by Bai Haoqing early in the morning, Shui Qingqing was quite surprised, and she didn't want to see him, so she said to Hu Bo, who was the messenger: "I'm going out now, you tell my father, and I'll see him when I come back." ”

After that, Shui Qingqing walked out with a step, but Hu Bo led a few subordinates to stop in front of her, and said in a panic: "Miss, the master said that he wanted to see you immediately, please don't embarrass the old slave......"

Seeing that the road ahead was blocked, and then looking at Hu Bo's posture, Shui Qingqing faintly flashed uneasiness in her heart, and finally turned around and went to Bai Haoqing's study.

In the study, Bai Haoqing is not dressed in civilian clothes like usual, and today he is also dressed formally at home, sitting in a precarious position, walking with a wolf pen in his hand, his face is as cold as ever, but his brows are unconsciously frowned.

As soon as they met, Shui Qingqing did not hide her disgust for him, and said coldly: "What did you call me for?" ”

Except for calling him 'father' in front of outsiders and meeting in private, Shui Qingqing never called him 'father'.

Faced with her disgust, Bai Haoqing didn't care.

He stopped his pen and raised his eyes, a pair of deep eyes indifferently swept over Shui Qingqing's body, and said coolly: "You want to enter the palace?" ”

Shui Qingqing was taken aback, looked at Bai Haoqing with a deep face in doubt, and said vigilantly: "How do you know?" ”

Bai Haoqing smiled coldly, continued to pick up the pen, and sneered coldly without raising his head: "My father not only knows that you are going to enter the palace, but also knows what you are going to do when you enter the palace, and he also knows who you met in the back garden last night, and who you did and instigated by whom you did everything. ”

His heart sank with a thud, Shui Qingqing's eyes flashed with coldness, and he gritted his teeth and said coldly: "You actually sent someone to spy on me!" ”

Bai Haoqing finished writing the fold in his hand in one breath, and then reviewed the fold, with a satisfied expression.

He didn't take Shui Qingqing's anger in his eyes, and said disapprerovingly: "Your status is noble, you are the future third princess, and even the future crown princess and queen, so you don't dare to be careless for your father, even if you are in this mansion, your father is also worried that something will happen to you, and you must always look at you to rest assured." ”

Shui Qingqing thought that he would argue for himself, but he never expected him to admit it so bluntly, without any concealment.

Looking at his calm and indifferent appearance, Shui Qingqing panicked in her heart, as if everything was under his control, including her.

Suppressing the panic in her heart, Shui Qingqing sneered: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, the last time Empress Chen came to the mansion, I made it clear to her in person that I wanted to take the marriage contract with the Third Highness, and Empress Chen was willing to agree." As long as I enter the palace today to present everything to the emperor, this marriage will not count - I am afraid that your long-cherished wish to be the ruler of the country will be shattered, and it is impossible for the Bai family to have a future queen! ”

How Shui Qingqing didn't understand what Bai Haoqing's change in attitude towards herself was.

From the very beginning of the reluctance to admit that she is the daughter of the Bai family, and then to the insistence on letting herself enter the ancestral hall to recognize her ancestors and return to the ancestors, everything is just for the sake of her marriage contract with the third prince Li You, and I want to use myself to let the Bai family and the royal family completely get in touch, and since then the Bai family has really ascended to the Tao and is extremely honorable!

Knowing that Queen Chen actually agreed to dissolve the marriage contract, Bai Haoqing's eyes became deeper and deeper, but his heart was clear.

From that secret letter, he knew that Empress Chen did not want Shui Qingqing to be her son's princess.

Bai Haoqing even inquired that Queen Chen's heart was the county lord of Linrou from the queen mother's mother's family, Fu'en Gong, and even privately set up the marriage of Li You and the county lord of Linrou with the queen mother.

However, one of the three imperial concubines is owed by their royal family to the Bai family, and what they owe must be repaid, how can Bai Haoqing allow Queen Chen to go back on her word!

He smiled coldly, put the wolf on the pen stand without hurry, and said word by word: "You are too naïve to think about it, the royal marriage, except for the royal marriage, how can you retreat if you want to." ”

"Moreover, at the Lantern Festival Palace banquet last night, the emperor promised to marry you and His Royal Highness in front of everyone. If the father didn't guess, before noon, the holy decree of marriage would arrive in Baifu - so you don't need to enter the palace again, this matter is ironclad, and you can't be allowed to do it willfully! ”

As if a basin of cold water was poured on her head, Shui Qingqing was cold from head to toe, and even her heart was cold.

The bright eyes were once again dusty and gray, Shui Qingqing's face turned pale, and without thinking about it, she turned around and rushed out in a hurry-

She wanted to ask the emperor to retract her decree before the emperor gave her marriage decree.

Otherwise, with the decree of God, there will be no room for turnaround......

Bai Haoqing said coldly behind her: "The Holy One is the most careful person to keep his promises, since he has promised this family business in public, he will not change it." It will be in vain for you to do any more useless work. ”

Shui Qingqing turned her head angrily, and said to Bai Haoqing with a pale face: "Since you know everything in the garden last night, you naturally know that the prince of the Hou Mansion was Bai Lingwei who took my child from fake pregnancy - my son." I will now go into the palace and explain everything to the emperor, and I believe that the royal family will not marry a widow who has given birth to a child as a princess......"

Looking at the perseverance in her eyes, Bai Haoqing's eyes flashed with coldness, and the expression on her face was even more cold, which made people shudder!

He got up from behind the desk and approached Shui Qingqing step by step, looking at her coldly with cold eyes, and his tone was condensed: "For my father, I won't stop you." But before you cross this threshold, it is the duty of the father to remind you - do you know what price you have to pay at the moment when you uncover Yun'er's life and ruin your marriage to the royal family? ”

Shui Qingqing's whole body was cold, and before she could speak, Bai Haoqing had already said in a leisurely cold voice: "As soon as Yun'er's life experience comes out, it is Mei Zijin who will be beheaded when she is about to be punished, are you willing to do it?" ”

"No, it won't. Hou Ye's military exploits are world-renowned, and the emperor will definitely spare Hou Fu this time because everything is done by Bai Lingwei, and it has nothing to do with Hou Ye and Hou Fu......"

"But Wei'er is a member of the Hou Mansion after all, and the Hou Mansion can't shirk its responsibility. What's more, Yun'er's position as the son of the family was personally asked by Mei Zijin to the emperor. So you say, who will this great crime of deception fall on in the end? ”

"As for Mei Zijin's military exploits, heh, things must be reversed, do you know what kind of fate will happen under the high merit of the master?"

Turning around, Bai Haoqing picked up Fang Cai's book from the desk, handed it to Shui Qingqing, and said coldly: "My father doesn't want to hide it from you." The emperor has long been jealous of the Marquis of Dingguo, so if the emperor is given a chance, do you say, will the emperor choose to forgive him, or take the opportunity to get rid of the Marquis of Dingguo, who holds military power and is under one person? ”

"And the moment you get out of the marriage in front of the saint, this book of impeachment of Mei Zijin for supporting the army and self-respect, bullying the king, and the dragon case handed over to the saint by the father's hand."

Shui Qingqing looked at the fold in her hand in a daze, her hands trembled, and she said angrily: "You don't want to scare me, the will of God is unpredictable, and you can guess how much - even if there is a glimmer of hope, I will also cancel this marriage!" ”

Shui Qingqing walked forward desperately, never wanting to stay here again, let alone seeing Bai Haoqing's sinister and ugly face.

But the next moment, Bai Haoqing's words made her step impossible to step out of again.

"You can ignore Mei Zijin, but don't you want the son you care about wholeheartedly?"

Speaking of this, Bai Haoqing's tone suddenly stopped, he stretched out his hand and clapped his hands twice, and the next moment, a middle-aged servant woman respectfully came out from behind the screen in the study with a child in her arms and stood behind Bai Haoqing.

When she saw Yun'er in the servant's arms, Shui Qingqing's whole person was stunned, and she was about to step forward to grab it without thinking about it, but Bai Haoqing stopped her one step faster, and the servant woman took the opportunity to retreat quickly, and she didn't see her for a while, I don't know where she took Yun'er?

"What are you going to do?!"

Shui Qingqing couldn't believe it, how could Yun'er end up in Bai Haoqing's hands, but his intuition was that he would not return the child to himself.

Sure enough, Bai Haoqing looked at her coldly and said indifferently: "The path you discussed with Mei Zijin yesterday was your wishful thinking and will not work. Show the Father the right way for you. ”

Yun'er fell into Bai Haoqing's hands, Shui Qingqing's heart was completely cold, her eyes looked at Bai Haoqing desperately, and she said in a trembling voice: "You...... What the hell are you going to do? ”

"As long as you marry the third prince with peace of mind, Mei Zijin can still be his dignified marquis, and your son, as a father, will help you raise him well, and find an excuse to send him to you in the future, you can still be with him, and you can rely on your future power to give him the best things in the world, why not do it - this is the splendid road you can take."

Shui Qingqing gritted her teeth with hatred: "I won't be at your mercy ......"

"If you don't do what your father says, not only Mei Zijin will die, but even your son, Fang Cai's side, I'm afraid it will be the last time you see him!"

Bai Haoqing interrupted her coldly, and threatened coldly without blinking an eye.

It wasn't until this moment that Shui Qingqing really understood Bai Haoqing's gloomy and terrifying, and he actually held her tightly in the palm of his hand, so that she couldn't struggle at all......

She smiled miserably, "You are so sure that the third prince will become the crown prince, you are so sure that he is the next new monarch." In case the other princes take the lead, everything you do is really in vain......"

"You don't know the court, and you don't know the honor of your future husband. As a father, you will not look at the wrong person, and you will do your best to help you reach the top. ”

Speaking of this, Bai Haoqing's always cold face finally showed a little excitement, and his deep eyes flashed with a terrifying light, which made Shui Qingqing's heart tremble.

"Below the peak is the cliff, aren't you afraid that in the end, will the entire Bai Mansion be buried for your power today?"

Yes, Bai Haoqing didn't let Yun'er's life experience be exposed, and concealed that he had given birth to a child, and he was also a criminal who bullied the king, so he wasn't afraid that the day the matter was revealed, Bai Mansion would be punished?

Bai Haoqing's heart was blinded by the desire for power at this moment, and he said firmly: "The things of the world are a gamble, if you don't give it a try, how can you be willing!" ”

"Therefore, for your father, you will take the life of the entire Baifu to accompany you to the top, you must not disappoint your father's heart."

Shui Qingqing's whole body trembled uncontrollably, and it was even more cold and piercing like falling into a cold pool, but she couldn't say a word......

At this moment, Hu Bo came in with an excited face, saying that it was the palace that the decree had come.

Hearing this, Bai Haoqing's eyes lit up, and he smiled with satisfaction: "Your Majesty is really punctual." ”

With that, he threw up his sleeves and couldn't wait to go to the front yard.

When passing by Shui Qingqing's side, he stopped, took Shui Qingqing's cold hand, and smiled kindly: "Don't be afraid, my father has paved everything for your future, and my father will accompany you to go down." ”

Shui Qingqing's whole body trembled, and her hands seemed to be bitten by a poisonous snake, and she was shivering with cold and fear......

Bai Haoqing led Mu Ran's Shui Qingqing to the front hall, and the father-in-law who passed the decree in the palace said to Bai Haoqing with a smile: "The emperor summoned the prime minister and the county lord of Guanqing into the palace to face the saint. ”

Bai Haoqing originally thought that the emperor was giving marriage, but he didn't expect to summon their father and daughter into the palace to see him, and he was worried that things would change, so he couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "I don't know why the Holy Lord summoned the little girl?" ”

The father-in-law smiled even more flatteringly, and said: "The third highness is already waiting in front of the palace, and the saint wants to marry the county lord of Guanqing and the third highness in person." The queen sent the palace chariot to wait for the county lord outside the palace, and Bai Xiang and the county lord of Guanqing quickly followed the slaves into the palace! ”

As soon as the father-in-law said this, Bai Haoqing's face relaxed, and he couldn't stop the ecstasy in his heart.

Hearing that the emperor has officially married Shui Qingqing and the third prince, the people of the Bai family are very envious, and when they heard that the queen personally sent the palace chariot to pick her up outside, the Bai family looked at Shui Qingqing with different eyes, and stepped forward one by one to flatter her and said all kinds of congratulatory words to her.

Looking at Shui Qingqing, who was surrounded by everyone like the stars holding the moon, the Yang family who was standing on the side hated so much that his eyes were bleeding.

She looked at Shui Qingqing with hatred in her eyes, and thought with hatred in her heart that her daughter was punished in the firewood room of the Hou Mansion, and she didn't know what kind of tragic fate she would end. All of this is thanks to her.

But she is obviously an unbearable, she has been a Chongxi lady, and she even has wild seeds, but she has nothing to do, and she is about to fly on the branches to become a phoenix and enjoy all the glory and wealth.

And her daughter is obviously not worse than her, she is also the daughter of the Bai family, why is her fate so different......

The more he thought about it, the more resentful Yang felt in his heart, and he couldn't wait to immediately make public the fact that Shui Qingqing had given birth to a child, so that she would never marry into the royal family again.

However, thinking of Bai Haoqing's warning, her heart trembled with fear, and Yun'er's matter was even more related to her daughter's life, so when the words came to her mouth, Yang finally gritted her teeth and swallowed.

Seeing Bai Haoqing's cold eyes glancing at him, Yang suppressed the resentment and fear in his heart, and stepped forward to congratulate Shui Qingqing with others against his will......

The palace chariot sent by Empress Chen stopped at the gate of the Hou Mansion, and the palace chariot guarded the red sleeves of Empress Chen's personal palace maid.

Seeing this, Bai Haoqing's heart was clear, he thought that Emperor Jin Ming did not directly issue an edict to the palace to give marriage, but summoned them to the palace to marry in person, it is estimated that Empress Chen did not give up and was making the final delay.

The moment she stepped out of the mansion, Shui Qingqing's eyes couldn't help but search around-Mei Zijin promised to accompany her into the palace today, where is he now?

Looking at the eagerness in her eyes, Bai Hao said coldly: "Don't look at it." At this time, the Marquis of Dingguo must be in a hurry to find the child everywhere, so I am afraid that the agreement between you yesterday will not be counted-if he tells you about the child, you tell him directly, and the child you have brought back to yourself. ”

Shui Qingqing's heart ached-

Yes, Yun'er is gone, Mei Zijin must be in a hurry, and lead people to look around.

However, he knew that Yun'er was threatened by her ruthless father......

Looking at the dead silence and absoluteness in Shui Qingqing's expression, Bai Haoqing's heart relaxed, knowing that she had finally compromised.

But he couldn't figure out what Empress Chen wanted to send her henchmen to pick up Shui Qingqing?

He whispered to Shui Qingqing: "Speaking for my father, I have always done what I say, if you want Yun'er to live well, don't be bewitched by other things, and do what my father says." If the Holy One gives marriage, you can only give thanks. Otherwise, you don't want to see him again! ”

Shui Qingqing's whole body trembled, her face turned pale, she stared at him fiercely, gritted her teeth and said, "I hope you remember what you promised me - you will return Yun'er to me in the future." Otherwise, if you fight to the death of the fish, I will also ruin everything you want! ”

Bai Haoqing smiled with satisfaction and said in a low voice: "He is the grandson of the old man, as long as you are obedient, it is too late for the old man to love him, and he will never treat him badly." And the old man can also promise you to help you find out the truth about your mother's death and return justice to your mother. Then you will have no worries in your heart. ”

Shui Qingqing looked at the hypocritical and insidious hateful man in front of her, and couldn't believe that he would be her father......

Seeing Shui Qingqing coming out, Red Sleeves hurriedly greeted her, and said with an affectionate smile: "The county lord, please come up." ”

When she boarded the palace, Shui Qingqing's steps froze again, and her eyes looked around for the last time, hoping to see Mei Zijin's figure, but she was disappointed in the end......

As soon as he went to the palace, the red sleeves lifted the curtain and followed in, sat opposite Shui Qingqing, looked at her with fixed eyes, and said: "Presumably the county lord already knows why the emperor summoned you to the palace." Then the slave maid made a long story short, the emperor originally wanted to directly give marriage to the county lord and His Royal Highness, but Niangniang kept remembering the last time the county lord begged for the mother, worried that the news was too sudden for the county lord, so she tried to persuade Your Majesty, met the county lord first, asked the county lord what he meant, and then gave the marriage. ”

"Therefore, the county lord can say the words he said to his mother last time, 1510 in front of His Majesty, I believe that His Majesty is sympathetic to the county lord who has just lost his mother, and will definitely agree to the county lord's request, and take the ...... of the marriage between the county lord and His Royal Highness."

It turned out that Empress Chen, just as Bai Haoqing guessed, learned that Emperor Jin Ming was going to marry Shui Qingqing and Li You this morning, so she tried to delay it, and then let Red Sleeves go out of the palace to pick up Shui Qingqing, and persuaded her to go to the emperor on the way to take the initiative to withdraw from the marriage.

Red sleeves were entrusted by Queen Chen, and they didn't dare to be negligent.

Therefore, while persuading Shui Qingqing, the red sleeves carefully observed her expression, and saw that she had been sitting in a daze, her eyes were dim, and she was silent, thinking that she was going to face the saint, and she was timid, and hurriedly cheered her up: "Don't be afraid, the county lord will always be there, even if Your Majesty is angry, there is also a mother who bears it for the county lord, and she will definitely protect the county lord - the county lord just needs to rest assured and boldly say what he has in his heart." ”

Shui Qingqing had been sitting in a daze, the voice of the red sleeves was buzzing in her ears, but she couldn't understand any of them, and her mind was blank.

She thought desperately, before she begged Queen Chen to dissolve the marriage contract, if she let Niangniang know, and finally she agreed to come down, I don't know what Niangniang would think of her?

Or Mei Zijin, if he knew that she agreed to the marriage, he would definitely blame himself for going back on his word, and even hate her deception......

Shui Qingqing was in pain in her heart, and she was even more worried about Yun'er.

She didn't know where Bai Haoqing would take Yun'er? And with Bai Haoqing's means, he will definitely not give up, so now she really has only one way to go, and that is to listen to his arrangement......

The more she thought about it, the more sad Shui Qingqing felt in her heart.

When he arrived at the palace and knelt in front of Emperor Jin Ming, for the sake of Yun'er and Mei Zijin, Shui Qingqing had already chosen to obey Bai Haoqing's arrangement.

Therefore, when she heard Emperor Jin Ming ask if she was willing to marry the third prince Li You, even if Shui Qingqing felt that Empress Chen's eager eyes had been waiting for her to refuse to marry, she finally knelt down and thanked her, and responded with difficulty: "The people's daughter Xie Zhu Longen, everything is subject to the arrangement of the emperor and her father." ”

Hearing her answer, Emperor Jin Ming and Bai Haoqing were overjoyed, Li You stood aside and quietly looked at Shui Qingqing with a blank face, although he felt her reluctance, but there was still a trace of joy in his heart......

When everyone was happy, only Empress Chen looked shocked, looking at Shui Qingqing who obediently received the order to thank her in disbelief, feeling that she had been deeply fooled, and the hatred in her heart was tumbling upward......

On the other side, Mei Zijin, who had been looking for Yun'er all morning, was so anxious that she was about to vomit blood.

Yun'er was not seen in the old lady's Shi'an Academy, and the entire Hou Mansion could not be found, which was very strange.

Early in the morning, Mei Zijin thought about the agreement with Shui Qingqing last night to bring Yun'er, who was still asleep, to the Shi'an Academy, and asked his mother to take care of her, and he went out to wait for Shui Qingqing at the gate of Baifu, and waited for her to enter the palace to face the saint together.

But when he arrived at the gate of Baifu, he heard a report from his subordinates, saying that Xiao Shizi had suddenly disappeared.

The moment she got the news, Mei Zijin couldn't believe her ears, and immediately rushed back to the Hou Mansion to find Yun'er.

But the entire Hou Mansion was searched, and Yun'er was nowhere to be found.

He actually disappeared out of thin air like air in the World Security Hospital......

Unable to find Yun'er, Mei Zijin was so anxious, he didn't dare to imagine, if she let Shui Qingqing know that her son, who she regarded as her life, was gone, what would happen in a hurry?

When they were separated last night, she also earnestly asked herself to take care of Yun'er, but she didn't expect that after just one night's work, Yun'er suddenly disappeared in the Hou Mansion, but how did he explain to her? !

Yun'er couldn't be found in the Hou Mansion, so Mei Zijin used the power used by the Hou Mansion to personally lead people to start looking for Yun'er around the capital.

However, early in the morning, there was still no news of Yun'er.

Just when Mei Zijin was about to dig three feet into the ground in the capital to find someone, Sanshi came to report in a panic and told him that the emperor had summoned Shui Qingqing into the palace to marry her and His Royal Highness.

When Mei Zijin heard this, his face turned pale, and he beat his horse and ran to the palace without thinking about it!