Bai Yu'an stayed in the inner room to eat, using the sandalwood table where Shen Jue usually worked.
The table was filled with everything, all according to Bai Yuan's preference.
Bai Yu'an couldn't eat much every time. Although the wound on his tongue was better, the cold was not completely gone and he still had no appetite.
Nanny Xue kept putting food on Bai Yuan's plate: "Miss Bai, eat more. I'll be happy when the Marquis comes back in the evening, right?"
"You have looked better these past two days, and I see that the Marquis is in a better mood too."
Bai Yu'an lowered her eyebrows and looked at the dishes on the plate. They were all her favorite sweet and sour taste, but she got tired of them after eating too much, and she couldn't help but eat them every day.
He took a few sips hastily, but when he saw that Nanny Xue wanted to pinch more, she quickly stopped her and said, "I'll finish it later."
Nanny Xue wished that Bai Yu'an could eat three large bowls in one go and take good care of herself as soon as possible, so that the Marquis would be in a better mood when he came back.
In the past two days, every time she watched Mr. Hou holding a bowl and coaxing others to eat in a low voice, she felt very anxious.
The Queen Mother, who was said to be the only master in the Hou Mansion, would avoid sharp people. In front of Miss Bai, she seemed to be humblely trying to please.
Nanny Xue observed Bai Yu'an eating. She was really delicate, her movements were elegant, she chewed slowly, and her back was upright and quiet while eating.
She couldn't help but sigh, looking at this posture, it was difficult to eat much.
Shen Mingzhu came over to see Bai Yu'an after dinner. As soon as she came in, she saw Bai Yu'an sitting on the chair in her elder brother's office. She was so surprised that her jaw dropped.
She couldn't even touch her eldest brother's office. Why could a concubine sit there and eat there?
Shen Mingzhu couldn't believe her eyes.
She walked over in a few steps and asked Bai Yu'an, "Why are you here?"
Bai Yuan paused for a moment, wondering if it would be okay to eat here.
She raised her head in confusion and put down the chopsticks in her hands: "What do you mean, Miss Five?"
Bai Yu'an has only heard about the rules of a concubine's room, but has never seen the rules of a concubine's room.
I don’t even know what a concubine in a big family should be like.
But she knew that there should be a lot of rules in the Hou Mansion, and perhaps in the eyes of this fifth girl, she had violated a taboo.
The five girls arrived suddenly, and Bai Yu'an originally thought that they would get over peacefully and avoid causing any trouble.
Shen Mingzhu went over and stood next to Bai Yu'an, looking at the food on the table that was the same as her own, and then turned to look at Bai Yu'an: "Brother, do you want to sit here?"
"This is eldest brother's desk. There are so many documents and folders. You sit here, aren't you afraid of eldest brother punishing you?"
Bai Yu'an looked at the things on the table, but she never thought of touching them.
However, she saw the letter on the table yesterday, which contained many things about King Qi.
These are all the movements of King Qi. All I know is that King Qi did not return to the fief after he came to attend the Queen Mother's Qianqiu Banquet. Shen Jue seemed to have sent someone to keep an eye on him.
But Shen Jue put it on the table himself. If it was important, he wouldn't just leave it like this.
When Bai Yu'an was thinking about how to answer, his wrist was pinched by Shen Mingzhu again, and he asked even more surprised: "I forgot just now, this is eldest brother's yard, and eldest brother is not here, how can you be in eldest brother's house."
Bai Yu'an had a slight headache. If she could choose, she wouldn't want to be here.
He looked at Nanny Xue.
When Nanny Xue saw this, she quickly said, "My lord asked Miss Bai to live here."
Shen Mingzhu was shocked again, pointing at Bai Yuan and unable to say a word for a long time.
She always thought that her eldest brother didn't like women. Her mother had looked for so many women, but her eldest brother didn't like any of them. Now he actually let a woman live in his house.
Bai Yu'an looked at the surprise in Shen Mingzhu's eyes and felt that he couldn't stop it.
At this time, Axia came in again with medicine. Bai Yu'an took his hand out of Shen Mingzhu's hand and took the medicine to drink.
Three times a day, two bowls of medicine each time.
The nuns and girls next to her would closely watch her every move until she finished drinking.
When Shen Mingzhu came over and interrupted her, she naturally couldn't finish the meal. Bai Yu quietly cleaned her mouth and whispered to Shen Mingzhu: "Fifth girl, are you going to sit down and talk?"
Shen Mingzhu reacted and looked up at Bai Yu'an, who was so quiet the whole time.
She looked at Nanny Xue and asked, "Is she really eldest brother's concubine?"
Nanny Xue couldn't answer this, and looked helpless: "You'd better wait until the Marquis comes back and ask the Marquis."
Shen Mingzhu wondered if there was something unspeakable about the concubine.
She looked at Bai Yuan again: "What is the relationship between you and my eldest brother?"
Bai Yu'an felt tired and tried to cope with it: "Shen Shoufu didn't give me any identity. I just live here temporarily."
Nanny Xue also saw that Bai Yu'an didn't want to deal with it, so she stood aside and said, "Don't you want to wait for the Marquis to come back? Just sit and wait. When the Marquis comes back, if you want to ask anything, you can just ask the Marquis directly."
"The old slave is also a slave. If you ask us, we don't know."
Shen Mingzhu paused and originally wanted to ask, but she saw that Bai Yu'an had turned around and sat on the chair again, as if she, the fifth girl of the Hou family, was not in his eyes.
She quickly followed and asked Bai Yu'an curiously: "Where are you from? Which family in the capital do you come from? I don't think I have seen you before."
"But I don't know if your status is worthy of my elder brother."
"Even if she is my eldest brother's concubine, she must be an innocent woman. Not just any woman can enter our palace."
Bai Yu'an tilted her head and her wide sleeves fell on the armrest. Her face was not impatient, but just a little tired.
She just felt that the fifth girl's temperament should be bold and informal, but the class rules were deeply ingrained in her bones, which were cultivated from a young age in a powerful family like the Hou Mansion.
No matter how easy-going he is, he will still look down on the people below him from a high position.
Aunt Xue felt that the fifth girl's question was a bit too much, but looking at the gentle face of Miss Bai on the chair, she secretly sweated.
Bai Yuan's eyes were always indifferent, and he smiled when he looked at Shen Mingzhu: "It's just an ordinary background in a remote place outside Beijing."
Shen Mingzhu looked at Bai Yu'an's face and said, "Then you are so lucky to be chosen by my elder brother."
Bai Yu'an responded, his eyes half-closed, as if he was about to fall asleep.
When Shen Jue came back, he stood outside the yard and heard Shen Mingzhu coming. He frowned deeply, pursed his lips and walked quickly inside.
As soon as she walked inside, Shen Jue saw Bai Yu'an standing at the table grinding for Shen Mingzhu. Shen Mingzhu had a piece of paper spread out in front of him and was lying on the table writing randomly without noticing Shen Jue's arrival.
Shen Jue's face darkened, and he walked to the table in a few steps. He looked at the ghostly writing on the rice paper, and then looked at the ink stain on Bai Yu'an's fingers, and his expression lost his good expression.
Only then did Nanny Xue realize that Shen Jue was here, and she quickly shouted: "Master Hou."
Shen Mingzhu hurriedly raised her head, threw down the pen in her hand and was about to call her brother in surprise, when Shen Jue's face was already gloomy: "Get out."
Shen Mingzhu's face froze, and she looked at Shen Jue a little aggrievedly: "Brother, mother asked me to come to you..."
Before she finished speaking, she heard Shen Jue's even colder voice: "Get out, don't ask me to remind you again."
Shen Mingzhu was so frightened that her face turned pale, and tears gathered in her eyes: "Brother, what did I do wrong again?"
