There was a heart-piercing pain in his head, and Xiao Jingheng closed his eyes.

The failure of the assassination operation now is a great loss for him now, two years have passed, and Xiao Jingyi's return date is approaching, and it can no longer be delayed.

His eyes lit up, and his heart made up his mind.

"Miss, did you make an appointment with Miss Bai today?"

Seeing that Gu Nuan, who had not been out for a long time, began to dress up, and the green clothes who were choosing clothes for Gu Nuan asked.

"You're smart."

Gu Nuan glanced back at her and teased.

She really went out to find Bai Ruoshui this time, the two of them haven't seen each other for too long, but they miss it a little.

Since the end of the beating and the ceremony, Bai Ruoshui has not walked around the palace, and she has been too busy for the past two days, so she has been delayed.

"Just wear this smoky blue skirt."

I looked left and right, and it was still this one that matched my skin tone.

After changing his clothes and playing with his hair in front of the bronze mirror, Gu Nuan led the green clothes to the outside of the palace.

As soon as I got out of the yard, a grandmother came to meet me.

"County Lord."

"What's wrong, Mama?"

"The Queen Mother has an invitation, saying that the clothes for the winter have been cut, so let you go over and try whether they fit or not."

Last time, I customized more than a dozen pieces of winter clothes, and I tried them one by one, I was afraid that it was going to be dark, but now Mama was standing here and waiting, and she was naturally not good at refusing, so she had to nod her head.

"Okay, let's get over it."

Bai Ruoshui's side, let's wait for tomorrow.

With a decision in his heart, Gu Nuan walked quickly towards the Queen Mother's palace.

……

Since Bai Ruoshui and the etiquette, she has not been out of the house for a long time, and she has been learning female red with the new grandmother in the house.

She looked at the needle and thread in her hand, a little distracted.

"Miss, what's on your mind?"

"Mama, you see that my stitching has been perfected, can you let me go out of the house for a walk?"

Bai Ruoshui handed the embroidered mandarin duck in his hand to Mama Rong's eyes, revealing a hint of expectation in her eyes.

The old lady was in trouble for a while, and she swallowed for a while, and then said slowly: "The master has ordered, the young lady must stay in the house for a good life, without the permission of the master, the old slave will not dare to be the master!" ”

"Then I'll go to my dad and reason with myself."

Knowing that Mama was in trouble, Bai Ruoshui didn't force it, put down the work in his hand, and hurriedly ran out of the house.

trotted all the way, almost bumped into the arms head-on and whispered.

"Whisper, my dad."

"Miss, the master is in the study at this time, with the housekeeper...... Talking about politics! ”

Before the last four words were spoken, Bai Ruoshui had long since disappeared.

Whispered and sighed deeply, how could this young lady run away after listening to it, the master had instructed no one to disturb him.

"Now you can see it, although I am a scholar, but I have an empty position, and I can't interfere with the affairs of the court, and I am also very old now, let alone ......"

Bai Shangshu sighed deeply, and there was a hint of melancholy on his face.

"What's more, the current situation in the court is also extremely obvious, His Royal Highness the Prince, although he is the crown prince on the surface, anyone with a discerning eye can see that His Majesty values the Nine Emperors even more, and it is inevitable that some major events will happen in the future."

"Why does the lord sigh about this today?"

Bai Shangshu took a sip of tea, smiled faintly, and then said, "I'm just worried about the safety of Ruoshui and my Bai Mansion. ”

"I wonder what the master has planned?"

After thinking for a long time, Bai Shangshu half-lowered his eyes and slowly spit out a few words.

"Xiao Jingwei!"

"When the five princes of the dynasty?"

The fifth prince, the people outside the study were also stunned, Bai Ruoshui's hand that was about to knock on the door stopped, and with a trace of curiosity, he slowly put his ear on the door frame.

"Does the lord want to?"

Bai Shangshu nodded, and his eyes affirmed the housekeeper's thoughts.

"I want to marry Ruoshui to the fifth prince."

Bai Ruoshui's body stiffened, a little stunned, and his pupils widened, as if he didn't believe this sentence, but it actually came out of his father's mouth.

He stayed up all night last night.

This matter has to start with that incident.

That day, he went down to the morning court and was about to return home, but outside the gate of the imperial city, he saw Qin Xian with a hurried face.

Although the two didn't communicate much in private on weekdays, they would greet each other as usual when they met in the past, but what was strange was that on that day, Qin Xian seemed to have fallen under a spell, as if he hadn't seen him, and walked away.

He called a few times behind him, but he didn't see him answer.

With a hint of curiosity, he quietly followed Qin Xian.

Unexpectedly, he actually met with the attendants beside His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and entered the Prince's palace.

I didn't care about it at the time, not to mention that there were many people nearby, and Bai Shangshu didn't follow in.

Afterwards, I took a carriage back home.

He found out that this matter was not as simple as he imagined, Qin Xian was a well-known Qing official in the imperial court, he had always been proud of his finances, he never got involved in disputes between the two factions, and it was impossible for him to meet the prince privately.

There are many people in the court who are vassals of the prince, and this kind of thing is not uncommon, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that at present, for His Royal Highness the Prince, several princes have mediocre qualifications, and only the Nine Emperors can compete with them, and the situation in the court is divided into three factions.

On the Prince's side, the Nine Emperors' side, and in a neutral state, and he is the third party.

If the two have a dispute in the future, it will inevitably be affected by twists and turns.

"Master can't, you know that the fifth prince is ......"

"Bai Qing, I know it."

Bai Qing is the name of the housekeeper, the housekeeper's original surname is Xu, a single name is a green character, and later the family fell into the middle of the road, sold into Baifu, and was accidentally promoted by Bai Shangshu, and promised the surname of Baifu, hoping that he would wash everything before, so he added three points in front of Qing, named Qing.

It's been more than 10 years.

After entering the mansion for so long, everyone called him Butler Bai all day long, but only Bai Shangshu remembered his real name, and there were some tears in his eyes for a while.

After a long time, he said slowly: "Miss also grew up with me, isn't it a little wronged Miss to do this?" ”

"I didn't He Cheng think like this, Ruoshui is my biological daughter after all, but I have to do this for the sake of Baifu, and marrying the fifth prince naturally deserves benefits."

There is a rumor on the streets: I'd rather be a ghost under the skirt than a Pianpinchen.

is talking about the fifth prince Xiao Jingwei.

This is still because of one thing, on the same day, the fifth prince escaped the exam, and His Majesty sentenced a Praetorian Guard to arrest him all the way.

In the end, I found someone in this Fengmanlou, which is a well-known brothel, and the women in it have different postures, each with its own merits, and it is a dream paradise for many men.

According to the report of the person concerned, when he found the fifth prince, he was already drunk, hugging left and right, and there were five women around him, all of whom were unclothed.

When His Majesty heard about this, Long Yan was furious and punished the five princes with a month's confinement and hand-copied 500 chapters of the scriptures.