Chapter Twenty-Three: The Concubine Holds Hatred, and the Stepfamily Is Vicious
In the custom of the Dayun Dynasty, the man should give the woman a wedding gift the day before marriage, that is, gifts such as wedding clothes and ornaments prepared for the woman, but traditionally, men and women avoid it before marriage.
However, these rules are only useful to the common people, and there is no need for the royal family to abide by them.
"He's really a good favor!" Bai Yuzhu stood up as she spoke, and the mocking meaning of her tone was very obvious.
In order to marry her, an ugly bride, he tried his best to envelop Bai Qing, would she not be able to see it, and wanted the Bai family to support him, now is the time to show sincerity.
Bundle of gold crowns, a gold silk embroidered dragon pattern mountain and river robe, the face with distinct facial features is handsome and extraordinary, the narrow phoenix eyes are deep and dark, revealing a trace of cool breath, it seems to hide the bloody wind and blood, the long and straight body at this moment straightens the back as if hiding infinite strength, and the body exudes the momentum of the world.
He was so perfect and so powerful, he was so blessed by the gods that he was so domineering and noble.
Bai Xue'er heard that the prince was coming, so she secretly came to take a peek, when she saw His Royal Highness the prince who appeared, her hand hidden in the brocade sleeves slowly tightened, she looked at the wind and night cold not far away and was full of excitement, yes, she was really excited, this man, this man she wanted, so perfect, so strong, the ugly white jade bead is not worthy of him at all! Not worthy at all!
White jade beads! She gritted her teeth resentfully, and her chest was full of hatred for Bai Yuzhu.
"Mother, I'm unwilling, if it weren't for that slut coming back, I would have been the one who became the crown princess!"
"Hey, what's the way, my mother and your father have carefully cultivated you to be proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood, just to push you to the position of the crown princess in the future, who would know that you will kill an ugly cheap embryo halfway!"
Walking quickly to the front yard, Bai Yuzhu heard the resentful voices of Bai Xue'er and step-room Li Hui'er coming from the other side of the wall. She raised her eyebrows slightly, listening to Li Hui'er's meaning, if she hadn't appeared, then her father Bai Qing would definitely push Bai Xue'er to the crown princess, it seems that without her putting the situation in the situation, Bai Qing would have already had the intention to use the status of the crown princess to consolidate the general's mansion.
The corners of her mouth hooked up a hint of ridicule, she could gain a foothold in the imperial court for decades and was not pulled down from the position of the general, she provoked it at will last time, and he understood the meaning of his words, the general is not in vain.
Bai Yuzhu turned the corner and walked behind Bai Xue'er and Li Hui'er, this was the only way for her to go to the front hall, and then her tone was full of mockery: "Some people are born with low backgrounds, no matter how they are careful, low backgrounds are low, and if they want to fly on the branches and become a phoenix, it is simply wishful thinking." ”
The sudden voice startled Bai Xue'er and step-room Li Hui'er, and when they turned around, they saw the proud Bai Yuzhu standing behind them, looking at them with a sneering face, obviously referring to them.
"You ......" Bai Xue'er immediately had a face full of anger and wanted to scold Bai Yuzhu.
Bai Yuzhu glared at her coldly, and Bai Xue'er trembled all over her body and didn't dare to speak again.
Li Hui'er frowned slightly, the white jade bead in front of her was dressed in pink, although her appearance was ugly, the dignity exuded from her whole body was natural, and her dark eyes had a piercing cold arrogance, like a sharp and cold ice edge, which made her feel a chill in her heart.
She stretched out her hand to grab Bai Xue'er, who had obviously lost to Bai Yuzhu in momentum, and was about to leave.
Bai Yuzhu crossed a cunning in her eyes, and the foot under her skirt stretched out slightly to the left, and then she heard Li Hui'er's exclamation, she pursed her lips and smiled: "I don't walk with eyes, no wonder my heart is so bad, I can fall in broad daylight, if I don't have to plunge into the lake and drown at night." ”
She sneered and left.
Li Hui'er was leading Bai Xue'er away, her foot was tripped over, and the person standing on the left was Bai Yuzhu, and she didn't have to think about it to know that Bai Yuzhu did it. When she fell, even Xue'er pulled and fell to the ground, the jade hairpin fell off, her hair was scattered, and her hands rubbed against the bluestone floor, which wore out the skin, making her gasp in pain.
"White Jade Bead!" The ruthlessness that she usually hides under her mildness appeared, making her turn her head to look at Bai Yuzhu who was leaving, and said ruthlessly, "One day, I will make you pay!" ”
Bai Yuzhu, who practiced martial arts, heard Li Hui'er's words clearly, so she didn't care about Li Hui'er, a woman who climbed from a concubine to a lady, she didn't take it seriously at all, she wanted to kill Li Hui'er's mother and daughter like strangling an ant, not killing them, just taking care of her father Bai Qing.
When she arrived in the front hall, she saw Feng Yehan sitting on the main seat, wearing an embroidered dragon pattern robe, with a gold crown on his head, handsome and extraordinary, but when she saw him, she remembered the scene in the stone cave that day, and she immediately felt angry.
Bai Qing saw where Bai Yuzhu was standing when he entered the house, and stared at the prince rudely, forget it, there was a trace of anger in his eyes, which made him feel shocked, I don't know what contradictions there are between them, but obviously it will not be a good thing, so he said sharply: "Yuzhu, don't hurry up and salute His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
Bai Yuzhu didn't even look at her father, and she could hear the warning in Bai Qing's voice, she suppressed her anger at the cold wind and night, looked at him and said unhurriedly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince never cares about these false courtesies of courtiers. ”
To put it bluntly, she just didn't salute him, he should understand.
Feng Yehan immediately heard the meaning of this, and he said flatly: "That's right, this prince doesn't care about these false courtesies. I came to the General's Mansion today to give you a wedding gift, and His Majesty and the Queen Mother personally selected a gift for you as a wedding gift, and asked the prince to send it, so that Miss Bai came. ”
How could he not have seen the resentment that flashed when Bai Yuzhu first entered the hall and stared at him, which made him even more sure that she had an ulterior relationship with Mo Xuan.
Bai Yuzhu was already sullen about the wind and night cold, and when she heard this, she was even more angry, she didn't salute him, but if the emperor and the queen rewarded her, she would definitely kneel down and take it, so it was equivalent to giving him a big gift for the wind and night.
Count you ruthless! Wind and cold nights!
She was angry in her heart, but her face was still calm, and she knelt down and bowed to the wind and night cold.
The corners of Feng Yehan's mouth hooked a happy smile, he took the gift box embroidered with dragon patterns from the hand of the servant beside him, opened the box, and it can be seen that the box contains a phoenix hairpin, the whole body is golden, there are nine phoenixes soaring, each phoenix has a blood-red ruby in its mouth, and the phoenix body is inlaid with five-color jewelry, which is a treasure in the treasure at a glance.
Bai Qing was also surprised when he saw it.
"Thank you Your Majesty and the queen for your kindness, and the courtiers are grateful." Bai Yuzhu said as she respectfully raised her hand to receive the gift box.
Feng Yehan leaned forward slightly, lowered his voice and said meaningfully: "The sparrow doesn't look like a phoenix, what do you think?" ”
Bai Yuzhu's hand holding the gift tightened instantly, his words were full of provocation to himself, and even with a hint of warning, he raised his eyes and looked at him with an unknown meaning of the wind and night cold in his eyes, but he didn't know why he was wary of himself. But, at least it was enough for her to know that he was mocking her, and she showed a "harmless" bright smile on her face, and said: "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is that how can a sparrow become a phoenix, but although the phoenix is noble, there is also a phoenix that falls into the water is not as good as a chicken, and a phoenix that falls into the water is not as good as a little sparrow." ”
Feng Yehan's eyes staring at Bai Yuzhu instantly narrowed slightly, and he really retorted to him with sharp teeth, he originally wanted to remind her to pay attention to her identity as the eldest lady of the General's Mansion and not to do things that should not be done. Listening to her words now, it seems that she is standing by Mo Xuan's side.
He straightened up and looked down at the white jade beads that looked back at him without fear or arrogance. The overboard phoenix is not as good as a chicken, it is to describe that there is no difference between people who have no rights and ordinary people, she said this, it is clear that she is provoking him, telling him that she has great power in the Bai family, and he can't control her. Well, very well, he likes an arrogant woman like her, and the strong eyes of the woman in the stone cave suddenly flashed in his mind, which made him feel shocked, and it seemed to be a little similar to her eyes in front of him.
He hurriedly looked, but found that her eyes were full of contempt, where was there any domineering, was it wrong?
"If nothing else, the courtiers will retire first." Bai Yuzhu saw that Feng Yehan was despised by her, and she said happily in her heart.
Feng Yehan stared at Bai Yuzhu for a moment, he calmed down and said calmly: "Okay." ”
Bai Yuzhu got up from the hard floor at this time, her knees were already a little painful, and she couldn't help glaring at him. Can she think that he deliberately didn't let her be exempt and deliberately let herself kneel on the ground for so long!
When night fell, she put Zi'er in her own appearance and stayed in the boudoir, she disguised herself as Zi'er and walked out of the boudoir, and finally walked to the dark corner of the house, blowing the beads around her neck.
Her boudoir is being monitored, and only by pretending to be Zi'er will she not be suspicious. In an instant, a black-clad secret guard appeared beside her, composed, and without saying a word, took out a thick pile of materials from his arms and handed it to her.
"What's going on in the Prince's Mansion?" She lowered her voice and asked, putting the information in her arms.
"Except for the last miss's time, there is no movement in the Prince's Mansion." Dark Guard's report.
The last time she went to the Prince's Mansion to make a fuss, all the guards saw her, but no one revealed the news, just because the guards were all executed by him, which shows how ruthless his methods are.
"Have those who are spying on the prince find out who assigned it?" She asked.
"It's King Xiao, and all the information about King Xiao is in the information."
King Xiao? Bai Yuzhu was no stranger to this name, because she had also done King Xiao's business, which was when he asked Wuxinmen to buy information about all the officials in the Dayun Imperial Court.
"Miss, rest early after reading, tomorrow is the day of the wedding, it will be tedious and tight, and it will be very tiring." After Zi'er removed the disguise on her face, she reminded Bai Yuzhu.
Bai Yuzhu smiled gently at Zi'er, raised the information in her hand, and said, "I'll finish reading it soon, you can rest first." ”
It was late at night when she finished reading the thick pile of information, but she didn't feel sleepy, and her frown was tightly knit because of the important difficulties she would face after marrying into the prince's mansion, because what happened next was far beyond her imagination.