How could someone dare to come to Bai Mingzhi and propose marriage to a Bai family that had offended many concubines and officials? !
"If there is talk in Kyoto, the world will talk about it. If there is no talk in the world, it will be recorded in the unofficial history. And I, a person who got into this position by virtue of my appearance, if I don't have the ability to let the rumors collapse, then I won't Easy to put me above fire and water."
Bai Guo looked at the old lady, "The world is harsh on women. If I, the head of the county, cannot avoid being framed, then the status of women will only get lower and lower."
There was a hidden mystery in these words, which almost made Ni Dairou, Bai Mingsong, and Bai Minghui lose their composure.
"Zhen'er...this is..." The old lady could barely control her emotions.
"Grandma, mother, I saw the emperor coming out of the palace." Bai Guo looked at the two of them.
Ni Dairou held the handkerchief tightly and couldn't calm down for a long time.
Bai Minglei and Bai Minzhi were at a loss among the other four people present.
I can clearly understand everything I said before, so why can’t I understand the last sentence?
Have you seen what happened to the emperor?
Bai Minglei was the youngest and the one who loved reading poetry and books the most. He turned these two sentences around in his mind, suddenly realized what he was saying, and looked at Ging Guo in shock.
"...Third Sister...Huang..." Bai Minglei's voice trembled.
Bai Guo looked at him from the corner of her eyes, "I want to do business."
Bai Minglei shook his hands and wanted to nod, but couldn't control himself.
Bai Mingsong glanced back and forth between the two of them, looked at Bai Guo and said, "This road is not easy to walk."
A road that has not been traveled, with no reference, and one cannot see whether it can be passed through in the end or whether it is a dead end.
But such a difficult task is placed on the shoulders of my sister.
"If it's easy to leave, it won't be my turn." Bai Guo looked at the old lady and Ni Dairou, who had been silent, with rare firm eyes.
"Since you have decided to take this path, why should you choose to go into business?" Bai Minghui's voice was low and hoarse, and his words were sharp and hit the point.
There are many ways for a woman to get into the spotlight, so why should she go into business?
Bai Minghui rarely spoke, and Bai Guo replied seriously: "There are two reasons. One is that the business status is the lowest. If a woman makes a name for herself in this field, it will be more inspiring than the other three."
"Second." Ging Guo looked at the old lady, "My chess, calligraphy and painting, incense and flower arranging, tea art and medical skills are all inseparable from the influence of my family. If I choose medical skills to take a shortcut, I am afraid that my identity will be changed the next day. It can spread throughout Kyoto.”
Bai Minghui stopped talking.
"Zhenzhen..." Ni Dairou's throat rolled as he said, "It's too difficult, you..."
"Go ahead and do it." The old lady looked at Bai Guo, "I have worked hard to educate you for ten years, and I don't want you to be criticized by everyone."
No matter how much Ni Dairou had to say, she couldn't say it after hearing this sentence.
She had been on the battlefield before, and people in the army looked down upon her at first, but later on they admired her.
But even so, whenever she makes a mistake, "she is a woman and what a woman can accomplish" will be mentioned again.
It's like... women can't make the slightest mistake.
"Have you figured out where to start?" The old lady looked at Ging Guo.
"Fengzhou." Bai Guo looked at the old lady with relief, "Fengzhou is close to the border, so you can have close contact with foreign things, and there are other states blocking the front in the four directions of the southeast, northwest, and war will not affect you. Even if there is a dispute, There is also a large army in Fengzhou, so it is the safest."
"And there is a second uncle in Fengzhou. If anything happens, I can ask him for help." What Bai Guo said was very sincere.
The old lady's face was no longer tense.
No matter how straightforward you agree, you are still worried after all.
Ni Dairou looked at Ginguo and felt sad and distressed.
The kids who just came back are going out again.
"This is the first year that you have been granted the title of County Lord. You cannot be absent from the Emperor's birthday on the sixth day of December."
The old lady's words made Bai Guo's heart tighten.
No, if she stays in Kyoto for a long time, she will clearly tell the people in the harem that she wants to have a hand in it.
She must leave Kyoto as soon as possible to show her attitude.
The old lady raised her hand to stop Bai Guo from speaking, "Since time is tight, let's leave early. July 13th is your second uncle's birthday. As soon as the Queen Mother's birthday passes, you can take the birthday gift I gave to your second uncle and set off."
Ging Guo looked relieved and solemnly thanked: "Thank you, grandma!"
"I'm very satisfied that you can talk about this matter with us today and don't do anything privately." The old lady looked at Ging Guo, "You don't just remember the gains and losses, but care about family ties. These are very good. Grandma hopes that in the future So can you."
Today's matter is said to be very big, so big that it can shake the entire Zhou Dynasty.
It's small, it's just a matter of making money.
No matter how you look at this matter, if you do it quietly, you will receive less resistance, but if Ginguo can say it, he has already made his attitude clear.
Ging Guo solemnly said: "Bing Guo, remember this!"
The matter was thus settled.
"Please accompany me to the temple tomorrow." The old lady spoke again.
When he was in Fengzhou, Bai Guo knew that the old lady went to the temple frequently, so he agreed directly.
When it was dark the next day, Bai Guo helped the old lady get into the carriage.
Ni Dairou woke up very early today. She felt sad when she thought that her daughter had not slept until dawn for several days since she came back.
But as the daughter-in-law, she couldn't refute the old lady's matter. She could only watch Ging Guo salute her and then get into the carriage.
When an old lady like this travels, Pang Yang usually doesn't drive, but sits aside to guard her.
At this time, he was holding food in one hand and waving to the nanny standing behind Ni Dairou.
Grandma Wang quickly glared at her youngest son.
It was a great thing for his son to be valued by the county lord, but he couldn't lose his rules in front of Ni Dairou.
Ni Dairou saw the scene of his daughter bringing food to Pang Yang. Seeing how natural the two of them were, she knew that this was not the first time that this happened.
Even though he was the son of a married woman, Ni Dairou frowned when he thought that a young lady had to care about whether a servant had eaten or not.
But this was not the time to care. When I thought that my daughter wouldn't be able to stay for two months, my eyes suddenly turned red.
The people in the carriage sat firmly and the carriage started to move.
In the car, Bai Guo was reading the book as usual. The old lady got up early and would squint in the car for a while.
The carriage with the county owner's specifications is much larger than the one usually used when Gingguo travels, so the old lady's grandmother and Bie Xia are all waiting in the carriage.
This time we went to Wangyuan Mountain where Bai Guo picked up the old lady.
A few people were left at the bottom of the mountain, and most of the guards followed them up the mountain.
Pang Yang's eyes unconsciously followed the slow figure in front of him who was supporting the old lady.
The thin dress showed off the other person's thin shoulders and slender arms.
However, the hand holding the person was straight and strong, holding the person steadily, and even the steps were always light.
This person is not a woman who lives in a boudoir without leaving the door.
After she was three years old and before she was seven years old, she was taught by the disarming general hired by her second uncle.
At that time, this little person was already standing in the martial arts training ground in the front yard while countless female relatives were still unconscious in the back house, following her second aunt's legitimate son Bai Minghong, concubine Bai Mingshao and others who were selected to become the most powerful. They were a group of five escorts who trained together.
During those four years, a little round bun was about to become a young girl. At that time, he could no longer see that figure in that martial arts training ground.
The instructor said that a girl should not be in the same place with a boy until she is seven years old.
Only then did he realize why he had to join in and train so hard even though he was only three years old.
Maybe she had known for a long time that it was only in the past few years, one year older and one year younger, that she would choose such a difficult thing from the beginning.
Later, the more he learned, the more he understood.
It turns out that she has to learn so much after she turns seven.
Medical skills, piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting are what the Bai family must learn.
There is still a lot to learn later.
Then he heard that these are related to whether she can live in the future, because these are what the person similar to her can do.
The purpose of learning martial arts before the age of seven is not as good as strengthening the body, which effectively prevents problems such as physical discomfort and fainting during such high-intensity learning after the age of seven.
And the result was more gratifying than expected.
It is said that she learned everything that that person was proficient in and learned everything that that person was proficient in.
Others will praise and marvel, but only he knows that he has not seen her for a long time.
What he is most used to doing is looking at the small yard every day.
Sometimes you will hear some tinny sound coming from the piano, and sometimes you won't hear any sound at all.
It was not until a long time later that they, the guards, were told that tomorrow the young lady would accompany the old lady to go to the temple to stay one night.
That was the first time he saw it after such a long time.
And behind her was a maid named Bie Xia.
After returning to Kyoto, many of the guards of the Bai family envied him for the ten years he had followed the third lady, but he was the only one who knew how he spent most of that time.
…
There was a guest room arranged behind the temple, and Gingguo and the old lady rested together after praying to the Buddha and eating a vegetarian meal.
In the afternoon, I once again followed many masters to read scriptures and so on.
Even if Ging Guo doesn't believe it, he has become very proficient after several years of training.
"Grandma's close friend is also here today. Grandma wants to meet her. There are many official ladies and ladies in front of her. Would you like to go out and have a look?" The hottest hour has passed by now. Now go out. Just right, so the old lady looked at Ging Guo.
She was the eldest daughter of the right minister of household affairs, and now she is the sister of the left minister of household affairs. No matter where she goes, she is surrounded by people.
"No grandma." Bai Guo understood what the old lady meant, but she had decided to go into business and would not go to crowded places.
The veil only covers her appearance, but it cannot cover up her appearance.
"Old lady, have you forgotten the temple?" The nun behind the old lady interrupted with a smile.
The old lady also reacted, holding Ging Guo's hand and said, "Grandma forgot, there is a fairyland at the back of the temple."
Bai Guo was confused: "Wonderland?"
…
Gingguo walked lightly through the bamboo forest rustling in the breeze, and came to the isolated mountains and rivers. Surrounded by dense green shade, unknown pink flowers bloomed everywhere, and occasionally the gentle sound of Buddhist bells surrounded half of the mountain.
A place where the word wonderland can truly be used.
"...County Lord...it's so beautiful." Bie Xia looked at it, his eyes widening.
Bai Guo nodded in a daze.
It turns out that this is what fairyland looks like.
Compared with this place, her yard can only be regarded as a golden nest built for herself by a little fairy who loves money.
It was completely different from the scenery she had seen for more than ten years, but it still shocked her soul.
Ginkgo stared at it for a long time, silently.
It wasn't until it started to get late that the two of them reluctantly walked back.
