Chapter 32: The Spies
Bai Wanrou probably didn't expect that this farmer didn't recognize her before, but now she could see Song Yinhua's identity at a glance.
However, when she glanced at Song Yinhua, who was still a little dazed at a loss, she couldn't help but laugh out loud after all.
Looking at the farmer's eyes, which were obviously a little wary, Bai Wanrou simply followed his words and asked:
"No, Yin'er, when did you hide this from me?"
The situation has developed to such a point, and the blame can only be blamed for Song Yinhuatu's convenience at that time, and he did not seriously disguise himself.
Now that it has been discovered by this farmer, it is not surprising to think about it.
Bai Wanrou blinked, signaling that Song Yinhua needed to deny the matter herself.
The latter received her gaze, and her panicked heart suddenly calmed down, and she looked at the farmer again, her eyes full of determination.
"Uncle, I don't know who you are, and I've never seen you before. I am Song Yinhua, the daughter of Song Sicheng, and I am here today to help you. ”
"I don't know what you mean by that, but I think you're probably confusing me with someone."
The tone of her voice was not hurried or slow, and the intensity of scaring people was just right.
Sure enough, hearing this, a flash of shock flashed on the farmer's face, and then the look of vigilance gradually faded.
But in order to prevent trouble, he still inevitably looked at Bai Wanrou, "Did you call this person?" Why are you helping me so much? ”
Bai Wanrou curled her lips and smiled lightly, looking like a gentle and lovely lady.
She stared directly at the farmer, without any scruples, "Actually, it's not just to help you, because this matter is suspected of having many fathers, and I have to get involved." ”
The word "father" stabbed the softest part of the farmer's heart, and when he thought of his daughter who had died unjustly, he didn't continue to ask after all.
"Okay, I'll believe you two once, and I'll go with her today."
Bai Wanrou nodded, in fact, if he hadn't suddenly recognized Song Yinhua's identity, this matter would have progressed much more smoothly than it has now.
Thinking of this, she glanced at Song Yinhua, and the two looked at each other, and there was some happiness in their eyes.
After Song Yinhua took the farmer away, Bai Wanrou only felt that her heart, which had been hanging in her throat, finally relaxed a little.
She let out a long breath of turbidity, "Qingtang, your young lady, I'm smart, right?" ”
Bai Wanrou rarely calls herself a princess or a palace in front of her subordinates, especially Luzhu and Qingtang.
In her heart, she only wants to be sisters with them, not just an estranged master-servant relationship.
Hearing this, Qingtang laughed, and said in a tone full of jokes: "My young lady is already an extremely smart person, but now, she is becoming more and more cunning." ”
Obviously, she was talking about Bai Wanrou deliberately leaving the problem to Song Yinhua.
Bai Wanrou was not annoyed after hearing this, she just touched the top of Qingtang's head, messed up the originally neatly combed bun, and then refuted it before walking out of the door.
"What cunning, this should be called flexibility."
The two of them walked down the street arm-in-arm like twin sisters, stopping to look at their favorite objects occasionally.
Almost instantly, the two of them already carried large and small bags in their hands.
Especially Bai Wanrou's temperament of not being able to walk when she sees pastries, and she doesn't know how many snacks she bought along the way.
Their laughter and laughter ended at the moment when they saw Bai Fengqi.
Bai Wanrou probably felt that this was like a dream, and she didn't dare to recognize it at first, until the distance between the three of them got closer and closer, and she called:
"Father's ......"
The hesitation and doubt in his tone was an emotion that he had never had before.
Whenever she saw her father and brother always smiling, how could she be so strange today?
A hint of deep thought flashed in Bai Fengqi's eyes, but in the end, she only blamed this abnormality on her various encounters in the palace.
"Why, now that I'm used to staying in the palace, I can't be reluctant?"
There was not much reproach in his tone, and the gaze that had been on Bai Wanrou made her feel more uncomfortable in comparison.
She pretended to smile coquettishly, took a few steps forward and threw herself into Bai Fengqi's arms, pulling his arm to be coquettish.
"Oh father~ You know that your daughter doesn't mean that, I have always loved my father the most, why don't you want to say this."
Bai Fengqi didn't continue to pursue the matter, as if it was just a small episode to lead to the topic.
He deliberately mentioned Chen Ruzhi as if he had no intention, "Why did you look absent-minded just now, is it that the palace is having a hard time, or is Chen Ruzhi's stinky boy bullying you again?" ”
Bai Wanrou recalled the moment she met him, she was clearly holding the osmanthus cake she had just bought and chatting with Qingtang, how could he feel that he was absent-minded?
After thinking about it, a bold guess flashed through her mind, so she deliberately seduced, "My daughter doesn't understand, why did my father say this?" ”
Bai Fengqi looked at her, as if she felt that her son was unteachable, and sighed helplessly: "It's his favorite concubine Yueyi, hasn't he been targeting you before?" ”
"Besides, that person was not a fuel-efficient lamp in the first place, and he has repeatedly asked you for trouble, to put it bluntly, it is just for the position of the princess."
He looked like he had seen through the red dust, if it was placed in an ordinary person's house, I am afraid that his daughter would have posted it to refute it at this time.
However, Bai Wanrou only felt that her back was a little cold, and her legs couldn't stop being weak and trembling.
How could it be...... How could my father know that Yueyi had been secretly looking for trouble for himself?
She tore away her already stiff face and showed a forced smile, "Father is too worried, since the emperor issued a holy decree, my daughter's days in the palace are still eye-catching." ”
Who knew that Bai Fengqi insisted on his point of view, and counted the bad things that Yueyi had done.
Bai Wanrou straightened her back even more after hearing this, many of the words her father said were things she had never told him.
Thinking about it this way, I'm afraid there is only one possibility left - he has planted spies around him.
Thinking of this, she relaxed a little.
In this way, your mission is quite clear.
What's more, if she hadn't met Bai Fengqi today, she probably wouldn't have been able to know about it.
Bai Wanrou smiled, provoking Bai Fengqi, who had been strategizing, didn't know why.
This chance encounter was carefully created by him, but if he didn't say it, he was afraid that Bai Wanrou would never know about it.
What did she mean by her sudden smile?
Bai Fengqi was a little more defensive in his heart, it seemed that his daughter was no longer what it used to be.
"Father, although Sister Yueyi treats me badly, I know that this is a problem that every main room will face, so I have been prepared, and you don't need to worry about my days in the palace."
"Besides, how I am down, I am also my father's daughter, and I am really in a situation of last resort, I will learn from my father's strength to protect myself."
Bai Wanrou looked a little joking, and she was familiar to Bai Fengqi.
No one knew that at the same moment she said these words, Bai Fengqi's heart hanging in her throat fell back into her stomach.
"Well, since you're so insistent, I don't want to say much."
Then he said a few more words to Bai Wanrou to remember to protect herself, and then turned around and left.
At that time, Bai Wanrou finally put down the smirk on her face.
There was a vigilance in her eyes that she had never been since she married into the palace, and even the tone with an order to Qingtang added a bit of seriousness.
"Qingtang, now go back to the palace with me, I want to take a good inventory of the people in the courtyard."
Qingtang's heart was full of doubts, but in front of everyone on the street, she couldn't ask.
When Kankan stepped into the threshold of the palace, Qingtang asked in a low voice: "Miss, what happened?" ”
Bai Wanrou didn't reply to her words for the first time, and just walked quickly to the courtyard.
"Luzhu, gather all the people in the courtyard for me, and say that I have something important to do."
Lu Zhu looked at Qingtang behind her, only to see the confusion on her face and the haste of her movements.
She knew in her heart that this was an important matter, so she didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly went to the courtyard to call someone.
Bai Wanrou took a sip of the tea on the table, and her excited mood calmed down a little.
The expression on her face was like a pool of stagnant water with thin ice floating on it, which was both unwavering and shivering.
Qingtang has been by her side for so long, and she has never seen her like this.
After a while, some people stood lazily in the courtyard, and Lu Zhu gasped and entered the room, "Miss, the people have all gathered." ”
Bai Wanrou didn't answer, didn't even glance outside, and continued to drink tea plainly.
It wasn't until the men had waited for a look of impatience on their faces, and the courtyard was filled with cacophony of human voice, that she got up and walked out of the room.
She went out with such an expression, and with a single glance, she silenced all the subordinates.
They had never seen their master show such an expression, and they all stared at each other with big eyes and a little panic in their hearts.
Bai Wanrou swept the people over one by one with her gaze, but found that their expressions were similar, and there was not even a single abnormal person.
"I have gathered you together on a whim today because of a matter of confusion in my heart."
"But now that the matter has been settled, I bother you to go back."
When those girls and little girls heard this, they all talked about her badness.
Probably she didn't feel sorry for her subordinates or something, and her resentment was almost overflowing from the yard.
Bai Wanrou took advantage of this gap to continue to look at those people, but found that she couldn't find a single object of suspicion.
After returning to the room, Bai Wanrou's expression relaxed, and she returned to her previous appearance, and Lu Zhu and Qing Tang had the courage to ask:
"Miss, what do you mean by making this today?"
Bai Wanrou knew that the two of them would not betray her, but it was about her father, and she couldn't tell others her judgment hastily.
"It's nothing, it's probably just a whim, and I can't tell the emotions in my heart, so you just think I'm messing around."
They saw that she didn't want to tell the story, so they didn't continue to ask, but skimmed over the matter.
Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, followed by Chen Ruzhi's voice in the courtyard, "Bai Wanrou, this king has come to pick you up into the palace." ”