After nightfall on the Ghost Festival, every household must lock its doors and no one can go out.
Before it gets dark, every household will burn banknotes at frequent road junctions. Firstly, it is to burn some money for the lonely ghosts, and secondly, it is to pray to various ghosts and gods to bless their families and themselves, so that they can come and go safely. . After sunset, no one goes out anymore. It is said that after dark on this day, ghosts from all walks of life come out to receive paper money and sacrifices burned by people in the upper world. This will prevent people with insufficient yang energy from getting into trouble with unclean things. Therefore, after sunset, few people dare to walk at night.
There are those people who don’t know whether to live or die, and they like to stay up day and night.
After nightfall, Bai Yanqing sent Cai Xing and the others away early to have a rest. I lit a lamp and read for a while.
Suddenly, the candle that had been on suddenly flickered slightly. Bai Yanqing had no choice but to close the book, pick the wick, and then spoke helplessly to the air.
"You are very brave. You dare to visit Bai Mansion at night today."
This sentence has a double meaning. One is that tonight is the Hungry Ghost Festival, which is special and it is not suitable to go out in the middle of the night. Secondly, today during the day, Bai Mansion had just been tortured by Lai Feiyan, and Bai Jingxuan was already suspicious of the person behind Lai Feiyan. However, this man is still desperate, and he actually committed a crime against the wind. He dared to come to Bai Mansion tonight!
"I can't hide anything from you, so how did you know it was me?"
The man was as familiar as ever, as if Bai Yanqing's house was his own home, he could come and go at will.
"No one else is like you, entering and exiting a woman's boudoir as if you were in a deserted place."
Bai Yanqing had told him not to come in and out of her boudoir at will, but this man didn't listen! Bai Yanqing took his word as he said, and it didn't affect him at all!
"Tell me, why are you here today?"
Bai Yanqing rubbed the book in her hand and said casually.
"You can't come if you have nothing to do?"
The man stood in the dark with backlight, his face covered, so no one could see his emotions.
"It's hard for you to hide it from Bai Xiang for me!"
Seeing that Bai Yanqing didn't answer, the man spoke to himself.
Bai Yanqing was stunned. How did he know what she had said to her father before? Is he actually so powerful?
"You saved me, I owe you after all."
Bai Yanqing stroked the wrinkled footer of the book in her hand, as if she didn't care much about it. Originally, she didn't have any good intentions to hide it for him, she just thought that one less thing would be better than one more thing!
"Do you really think that your good father doesn't know?"
The man sneered, and there was no emotion in his words, as if he was chatting with Bai Yanqing. But Bai Yanqing could vaguely sense that something was wrong!
"What do you mean?"
Bai Yanqing stopped what she was doing, raised her head suddenly, squinted her eyes, and stared at the man in front of her.
"Your good father has already sent people to check Jin Yuzhai."
The man spoke slowly. He liked to see her look as nervous as a hedgehog. This was much more interesting than those ladies who were locked up in wealthy families all day long!
Hearing this, Bai Yanqing was stunned. Her father didn't believe her?
"Maybe he is worried about you!"
Seeing that something was wrong with Bai Yanqing's expression, the man spoke again to smooth things over.
According to his observations these days, Bai Jingxuan is indeed sincere towards Bai Yanqing's daughter. It was normal for Bai Jingxuan to do this. He was worried about his daughter's safety and worried that his daughter would meet someone unkind. These were just the worries of a father.
Bai Yanqing didn't want to delve into whether her father was worried about her or suspicious of her. She was just wondering whether to tell her father about this.
Bai Yanqing didn't want to hide Bai Jingxuan's secrets intentionally, and after returning home, after several months of observation, she believed that her father had no problem, and she also believed that her father had his own way of doing things. However, Bai Yanqing was afraid that if she kept hiding something from him again and again, it would eventually lead to the separation of their father and daughter! This is what Bai Yanqing is most worried about!
"If you have nothing to say, you can leave now!"
Seeing that the man had been chattering for a long time and seemed to have nothing important to say, Bai Yanqing didn't bother to pay attention to him, so she just started to chase him away.
When the man saw Bai Yanqing turning his back faster than flipping through a book, he wasn't angry. On the contrary, he felt very amused!
"Don't you want to ask about Lai Feiyan?"
After all, he couldn't hold it in any longer, so he asked Bai Yanqing to ask him.
Bai Yanqing originally wanted to find him and ask about Lai Feiyan, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that Lai Feiyan's matter had nothing to do with the Bai family. Bai Yanqing didn't want to get involved, nor did she want the Bai family to get involved.
But... if Lai Feiyan just wanted to join the Bai family tree, then not only Bai Jingxuan would not agree with this matter, but Bai Yanqing would be the first to object! If there is something else hidden behind them, then Bai Yanqing definitely doesn't want to get involved with the Bai family!
Lai Feiyan is not a good person to Bai Yanqing or the Bai family!
"As long as she doesn't harm my Bai family, I'm not very interested in her! As for what you want to do... I'm not very interested either! I just hope that you can get to know each other and don't involve the Bai family! "
Through Lai Feiyan's entry into the palace, Bai Yanqing was finally able to understand that the background of the masked man in front of her could be summed up in more than just three words: "not simple"! Not only could he send Lai Feiyan into the palace, but he could do so without any trace or flaw, and no one could tell! Come to think of it, he does have extraordinary abilities!
This person is so capable and can freely enter and leave the Bai Mansion without being noticed by Bai Jingxuan's people. How can this ability be possessed by ordinary people?
Bai Yanqing knew that she was no match for him, so she would not be stupid enough to confront him head-on. She just wanted to keep the Bai family safe and the Ji family safe! She just wants the relatives she cares about most to be safe and well, that is what she wants in this life. If she didn't have such a belief, how could she have wronged herself and entered the palace to stand for election? She felt very aggrieved when she thought that she would have to compete with so many women for husbands in the future!
The emperor was not satisfied with the three thousand beauties in his harem. He still wanted to take care of a teenage Lai Feiyan who was over fifty years old. What about his sons? They are all young and vigorous, and they don't want to have ten or twenty concubines in the backyard? Bai Yanqing's head was buzzing when she thought of this.
"Why……"
Thinking of this, Bai Yanqing couldn't help but sigh deeply.
The man saw Bai Yanqing wandering around for a long time, and then sighed, thinking that she was in some difficulty, so he leaned forward and lay next to her ear, trying to tease her.
"What are you sighing for?"
A male voice sounded in Bai Yanqing's ears. Perhaps the other person was too close. Bai Yanqing felt her ears itchy. Just as she was about to reach out and scratch her ears, she suddenly remembered something. She turned her head quickly and was about to curse, but unexpectedly, the two of them were too close, and Bai Yanqing's lips barely brushed his face towel. The soft touch made the man's skin crawl.
"You...you...what are you doing so close to me!"
Although there was no direct skin-to-skin contact through a layer of scarf, it was still inappropriate.
Bai Yanqing secretly sighed that something was wrong, and looked around nervously. She even opened the door and looked around warily. She felt a little relieved when she saw that no one was around.
The two fell into an awkward silence.
"Ahem...what were you thinking just now? Are you so lost in thought?"
After all, the man couldn't hold it in anymore, so he coughed twice, and then asked awkwardly.
He also couldn't understand why he didn't just run away in the situation just now, why he still had to continue to have the awkward eye-to-eye confrontation with Bai Yanqing...
"Uh... I just think about entering the palace in the future and having to face an unknown husband in the future. Like the emperor, he has a harem of 3,000 beauties and is not satisfied... he keeps taking in several concubines from time to time. I don't know. Will I be so angry that I die young..."
In order to alleviate the embarrassment, Bai Yanqing had no choice but to tell the truth about what she had just thought.
In fact, what Bai Yanqing has never told anyone is that even though Bai Jingxuan was an incompetent father and neglected her a few years ago, even though she resented him, she never hated him! There is only one reason for this, and that is Bai Jingxuan's special love!
In his life, Bai Jingxuan only married Ji Jinchu and did not have any concubines. Moreover, after Ji Jinchu passed away, he never thought of marrying someone to fill his house! Bai Jingxuan and Ji Jinchu really made it, vowing to be together for the rest of their lives. For this reason, Bai Yanqing has never hated him!
"He won't, and neither will you."
The man suddenly spoke and said something specious, leaving Bai Yanqing confused.
Seeing Bai Yanqing's puzzled expression, the man spoke up and explained, "What I mean is that your future husband will definitely not be as debauched as the old emperor."
"Now that you've come, let's make peace with it. From the moment I decided to enter the palace, I will no longer be me. The road ahead...just let nature take its course!"
Bai Yanqing is very open-minded and understands clearly that since she has chosen a difficult path, she will grit her teeth and move forward no matter what. Because what she is carrying behind her is the future of the Ji and Bai families, the lives of the Ji and Bai families, and hundreds of people!
Looking at the little woman in front of him, her face full of sadness, but she still pretends to be calm, someone really wants to laugh.
"I can give you a small suggestion. You might as well agree to the third prince's request first. In the future... you will definitely have another way out!"
The man held back his smile and said "kindly".
"After talking for a long time, you still want me to marry that scoundrel!"
Bai Yanqing rolled her eyes at him angrily. How could she forget? This man first appeared in front of her just to get her to marry the third prince! After all, all the previous kindnesses only made her surrender in the end!
Bai Yanqing was a little annoyed, but she couldn't figure out whether she was annoyed that he asked her to marry the third prince or something else.
"You...why can't you understand human speech?"
The man saw that Bai Yanqing was so indifferent and always focused on the sentence "let her marry the third prince", and finally couldn't help but get annoyed!
"I can't understand human language? So, are you speaking human language?"
At this time, Bai Yanqing reacted extremely quickly. When it came to quarrels and bickering, no one could compare to her! How dare you say that she can't understand human speech? ? Why isn't this person looking for scolding?
Dare to hurt her? Good, good, well done!
Before the man could explain, Bai Yanqing took out all her anger on him! I was stunned and scolded him for more than an hour!
…
Outside the hospital, two young men also wearing night clothes looked at each other helplessly as they listened to the constant yelling in the house!
In this situation, should they help their master?
"go?"
"Not going?"
"you go!"
"you go!"
The two of them shied away from each other for a long time. Everyone in the room had finished scolding each other, but the two of them didn't dare to take a step forward!
Little did they know that when the two of them were struggling to save their master from the fire and water, the master they were thinking about in their hearts was enjoying himself at that time!
