Chapter Seventy-Nine: Parting and Entering the Palace
Noisy, noisy, unwilling to return, in the end, Bai Yanqing still can't escape the fate of entering the palace draft.
On the twentieth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, early in the morning, the entire Bai Mansion flocked to the gate of the mansion early, waiting to see Bai Yanqing out of the mansion.
The meager morning light illuminated Bai Yanqing's way forward. Different from everyone's anxiety, Bai Yanqing seemed much more indifferent, she carried Caixing unhurriedly, slowly, step by step, to the door of the mansion. In the expectant gaze of everyone, it slowly appeared.
Looking up at the front of the mansion, the carriage that had been waiting for a long time was already parked, and Bai Yanqing felt reluctant to leave home for the first time.
"Yan Qing, I don't know when I will return...... You want...... Take care!"
Bai Shiyun is a man in the end, and he can't say anything beautiful on the side, but he just reluctantly admonishes. Although he has only been with this niece for a short time, he really likes this smart and capable niece from the bottom of his heart.
"Okay."
Bai Yanqing replied with a smile.
"Yan Qing, if you suffer any grievances in the future, don't ask someone to bring a letter back, the little aunt doesn't have much ability, but I can comfort you a few words...... I'll make you something delicious and send it to the palace......
Li Qinru raised her sleeve and wiped the corners of her eyes, her face full of reluctance.
"Okay."
Bai Yanqing pulled Li Qinru's hand, and she was also very reluctant.
"Sister, in the future, you must practice diligently, and when you make a name for yourself in the future, you can protect your sister!"
Bai Junzhi's immature face was full of firm determination!
"Okay, sister is waiting for you."
Bai Yanqing patted Bai Junzhi's shoulder, full of confidence in him.
"Sister...... That's it, between you and me, don't talk about those parting words, then my sister wishes my sister a smooth journey and a prince as soon as possible?"
Lai Bizhi seemed to speak in a brisk tone, not as reluctant as them. But the reddish eyes still betrayed her.
"Gou Fugui, don't forget. If I can bring a prince back, then I will let my future husband find a wealthy family for my sister to marry!"
Bai Yanqing tugged at Lai Bizhi's sleeve and teased her.
"Phew, not serious!"
Lai Bizhi took a sip of her, but she still couldn't help but hug her tightly.
"Take care!"
Two words express Lai Bizhi's reluctance.
"Yan Qing, my aunt doesn't have anything good, this dress was ordered to be cut a few days ago, and the best brocade will not let you be compared to other women in the palace."
Bai Furong ordered the maidservant behind her to present a set of clothes to Bai Yanqing. She knew very well that the people in the palace were all snobs, and if their Bai family girls were dressed shabby, they would definitely be bullied by them.
"Thank you, auntie, ...... Yan Qing accepted it with a cheeky face."
Bai Yanqing smiled and asked Caixing to accept it, it was not easy to refuse, so as not to make Bai Furong sad.
"Once upon a time...... It's my aunt who can't stand you, and when you enter the palace in the future, I will pray for you every day! I hope that Yan Qing will go smoothly."
Bai Hibiscus had tears in her eyes, but she didn't dare to fall, so she had to turn her head away and wipe it quietly.
"Okay, aunt don't worry about it, it's all over."
Bai Yanqing took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of Bai Furong's eyes, there was no resentment in her eyes.
After appeasing Bai Furong, Bai Yanqing looked at Aunt An, who was standing at the door for a long time without saying a word, and she couldn't help but walk to her.
"Aunt An, I will ask you more for the affairs of this mansion in the future!"
Bai Yanqing's words were sincere, but they were not as good as before, when the two of them were facing Mai Mang.
"Yes."
Aunt An nodded in response, as if these things were what she should have done.
"Aunt and little aunt, in the future, I will ask you to take care of the affairs of the family more. If Aunt An doesn't understand something, I hope you will teach her more. If she bumpers with everyone in the future, I hope you don't have to worry about her."
Bai Yanqing turned around and said to Bai Furong and Li Qinru. She understands very well that according to Aunt An's temperament, in the future,
It's really possible to offend people.
Bai Furong and Li Qinru both nodded in response.
In the end, Bai Yanqing walked up to Bai Jingxuan, knelt down respectfully, and kowtowed to him.
"The daughter thanked her father for his many years of nurturing."
Bai Yanqing said a word, and Bai Jingxuan was both guilty and distressed. Over the years, how has he ever fulfilled the grace of nurturing? Bai Yanqing has only been back home for half a year, and he is leaving home again, and just a few months of getting along with him has made up for some regrets. Now, Bai Yanqing is leaving home again, and Bai Jingxuan's heart is mixed for a while, and all kinds of reluctance.
"He has never fulfilled his father's duty, you are in vain."
Aunt An saw Bai Yanqing kneeling on the ground, stepped forward and hurriedly helped her up, and muttered in Bai Yanqing's ear while helping her back.
Bai Yanqing was stunned, how did Aunt An know that her father was not responsible?
Oh, it must have been her uncle who told her, Bai Yanqing thought secretly.
After bidding farewell to everyone, Bai Yanqing got into the carriage.
Bai Jingxuan was a little worried about her in the end, so he rode his horse and followed closely to the side.
The carriage moved slowly and steadily on the lively long street.
"Stop!"
Walking to a place, Bai Yanqing suddenly opened her mouth and asked the coachman to stop the carriage.
The coachman was puzzled, and Bai Jingxuan, who was following on the side, looked up at the plaque of "General's Mansion" in front of him, knowing in his heart what his daughter wanted to do.
Bai Yanqing jumped out of the carriage, looked at the few people standing in front of the general's mansion, and smiled sincerely. She didn't approach, but knelt down heavily in front of the general's mansion, and kowtowed heavily to the few people who had been waiting at the door for a long time. Then he turned around and jumped into the carriage.
"Miss ......"
Cai Xing looked at Bai Yanqing's red eyes, and couldn't help but call her.
"Nothing."
Bai Yanqing wiped the corners of her eyes, lifted the curtain, and couldn't help but secretly turn around and look at it.
The place where the General's Mansion is located, closer to the Imperial Palace, is the only way to enter the palace. Bai Yanqing knew that her maternal grandfather and uncle would definitely be waiting at the door for her carriage to pass by.
"My grandfather's gray hair is a little more."
Bai Yanqing held Caixing's hand and trembled slightly. Despite her best efforts to hide it, she couldn't help but reddened her eyes again.
"Uncle too, how can you let my grandfather blow in the cold wind this early in the morning?"
"And Brother Jing, he looks much calmer than usual today."
Bai Yanqing chattered with Caixing for a long time, Caixing knew that she was uncomfortable, and did not interrupt her, she said, and finally saw her tears falling uncontrollably, Caixing silently took out a handkerchief and wiped it for her.
Outside the carriage, Bai Jingxuan, who was accompanying him, didn't hear what Bai Yanqing said, he felt a little sour in his heart, his daughter was so close to the Ji family!
Outside the General's Palace.
"Father, Yan Qing's carriage ran away."
Ji Jinxiu glanced at his old father's steady posture, and couldn't help but remind.
"Yan Qing...... seems to have lost some weight, is the Bai family treating her harshly? Look at her bones, a gust of wind can blow her down!"
General Ji looked at the carriage that was moving away, and couldn't help but chatter distressedly.
"Well, it's a little thinner, the Bai family is known as the Qing Gui and the like, and they must have no money to raise their daughters. Knowing this, we might as well take Yan Qing back to the house?"
Ji Jinxiu agreed, the Bai family is poor!
"Pity my good sister, I haven't seen her for a few days, and she can't help but be so weak......
Ji Nanjing wiped the corners of his eyes with his robe, and he was distressed.
The words and deeds of the three ancestors and grandchildren all fell into the eyes of the entourage on the side, and he looked at Bai Yanqing's carriage from afar, puzzled: This is ...... The eldest lady of the Bai family is thin? The Bai family is poor?
The three ancestors and grandchildren of the Ji family supported each other and walked back to the house step by step.
"No, the old man will enter the palace tomorrow! Discuss with the emperor and let him not be too harsh on Yan Qing!"
General Ji clenched his fists and swore an oath.
"Father will give some silver to Yan Qing tomorrow, so that she will not treat herself badly in the palace!"
Ji Jinxiu couldn't wait to take out all the silver tickets on his body.
"Then I'll go to Qingfeng Building and have someone make a few of Yan Qing's sister's favorite foods, and bring them over!"
Ji Nanjing ran away without a trace.
This family doesn't take the emperor seriously at all!
Retinue, pawn.
At the gate of the palace, there are dense carriages, all of which are from major families who come to send their daughters into the palace. Some families, young and old, and several carriages, all came to give them away. There is only Bai Yanqing, a lonely carriage, and only Bai Jingxuan's father is accompanying him.
"Yo, Bai Xiang also came to send his daughter? So deserted? And there is no one to accompany you?"
An adult who came out of nowhere shouted at Bai Jingxuan.
It's his nemesis, Captain Ji. Bai Jingxuan glanced at it and ignored it.
On this day, Bai Jingxuan didn't want to worry about him at the gate of the palace. I just want to send my daughter to the palace safely.
"White won't be...... Can't afford to hire a carriage, right? Hahaha......"
The man's unbridled smile alarmed Bai Yanqing in the carriage. But at this time, it was not yet the time to get off the carriage and enter the palace, and it was inconvenient for Bai Yanqing to get off the carriage in advance and show up.
"My Bai family's noble family is naturally not as luxurious as the Taiwei Mansion! After all...... Ji Taiwei...... The silver ticket in his hand has more than Bai has eaten!"
Bai Jingxuan said meaningfully, his voice was not loud or small, and everyone present heard it in their ears.
But the two people who were in the way of the conversation had bigger official positions than them, and they didn't dare to say much, only a few family members whispered a few times.
"You ......"
That Taiwei Ji, because there were so many people, didn't dare to quarrel with Bai Jingxuan openly, so he only shook his sleeves hatefully and turned around and walked towards his carriage.
I saw that Mrs. Ji, through the curtain of his own carriage, whispered a few times with the people in the carriage, and the others naturally couldn't hear what he said, but seeing his triumphant appearance, Bai Jingxuan felt bad.
"Yan Qing, after entering the palace, you have to pay more attention to the daughter of Taiwei Ji's family, Ji Nanyan."
Across the carriage, Bai Jingxuan said a little more to Bai Yanqing.
Bai Yanqing understood.
Ji Nanyan? Hmph, it doesn't matter what kind of chicken or duck she is, she is not afraid of Bai Yanqing!
"Didn't you hear that the third prince has been fond of Bai Xiang's daughter for a long time? He even didn't hesitate to make a big fuss in the imperial study, just to marry the daughter of the Bai family? Why didn't you see the third prince show up today to pick up the eldest lady of the Bai family?"
That Mrs. Ji, with a turn of his buttocks, ran over again, and said mockingly.
Bai Jingxuan was about to open his mouth to choke back, but unexpectedly, at this time, someone opened his mouth one step ahead of him.
"Taiwei Ji, you just want to see this prince?"
It's the third prince Yun Ji!
"Meet the Three Princes!"
When everyone saw that the person who came was really Yun Ji, they knelt on the ground in fright! Some people even secretly scolded Captain Ji in their hearts, he really didn't open any pot and which pot, these three princes were notoriously mixed! They can't afford to offend, and they don't dare to provoke him, it's too late to hide from him on weekdays, so it's better now? Mrs. Ji really provoked him!
When the three princes arrived, the daughters of the family who were originally in the carriage had to get out of the carriage and salute.
"This prince, it's just that I'm worried that the eldest lady of the Bai family will get up early and have time to eat in the future, so I went to the imperial dining room to get some food for her, and I arrived a few minutes late, so Taiwei Ji can't wait?"
Yun Ji looked at Mrs. Ji who was kneeling on the ground, and his words were dissatisfied.
"The old minister lost his words, and I hope that the third prince will forgive the old minister for the crime of talking too much!"
Although these three princes have no power or power, they are the emperor's favorite sons, if he really embarrasses Taiwei Ji, the emperor is afraid that he will turn a blind eye!
Thinking of this, Captain Ji couldn't help but drip cold sweat on the ground.