It was late at night, and Bai Yanqing, who had been tired for a day, fell into a deep sleep not long after she lay down! This sleep lasted until the next morning!
Before dawn, Mo Ran took hot water and knocked on Bai Yanqing's door!
Bai Yanqing yawned and got up reluctantly. She hurriedly put on a coat and messed up her hair. She looked haggard and tired.
"Miss, wipe your face! Looking at you, you must have been up all night worried about the prime minister, right?"
Mo Ran handed the warm handkerchief to Bai Yanqing. Her voice was so loud that even the servants passing by outside the courtyard could hear her! Bai Yanqing reached out to take the handkerchief, wiped her face randomly, then straightened her clothes and got ready to go out!
"Miss, you have some hot food before you go see the Prime Minister! Don't let yourself collapse from exhaustion before the Prime Minister recovers!"
Mo Ran shouted at Bai Yanqing's back. It wasn't until she saw the crabapple tree outside the courtyard that she shook a few times, then she pursed her lips and smiled without leaving a trace.
"Miss, he's gone!"
Mo Ran caught up with Bai Yanqing, stretched out his hand to straighten her clothes, then whispered in her ear.
"Um."
Bai Yanqing nodded, and his eyes swept across the crabapple tree outside the courtyard as if unintentionally. Under the tree, a few withered yellow leaves were swirling gently in the cold wind.
At that time, Cai Xing also showed her head. Her hands were still stained with flour. When she heard Bai Yanqing's movements, she couldn't wait to run out!
"Look at your little face!"
Bai Yanqing took out her handkerchief and wiped the tip of Cai Xing's nose. Caixing smiled sheepishly and put his hands behind his back!
"I want to make some red bean cakes and send them to Lingyu and the others!"
After they returned to Beijing, Lingyu followed Mrs. Qingluan to her mansion. On weekdays, in order to avoid the emperor's eyes, they had less contact. Cai Xing missed Ling Yu, so from time to time, he would secretly make some cakes and send them to them!
"By the way, sister, I saw Luo Sheng at Mrs. Qingluan's residence a few days ago. Judging from the happy look on his face, he seemed to be doing well."
Caixing pouted. When she thought of that guy Luo Sheng, she felt that she was not in a good mood!
Bai Yanqing smiled and said "hmm" lightly. She is not interested in Luo Sheng's situation! After all, judging from the current situation, their own affairs are the most urgent!
"I'll go to my father's yard first!"
Bai Yanqing held Mo Ran's hand, looking delicate and frail, looking extremely sad!
In Bai Jingxuan's courtyard, Bai Furong and Li Qinru came early. By the time Bai Yanqing arrived, both of them had been crying for a long time!
"Aunt, little aunt, what are you doing? Father is still here!"
Seeing Bai Furong and Li Qinru crying early in the morning, Bai Yanqing felt a little unlucky, but after thinking about it carefully, she realized that they were worried about Bai Jingxuan, so when she was about to speak out her words of blame, she turned around on the tip of her tongue!
"Yan Qing, what's wrong with this? Your father..."
Bai Furong cried so hard that she almost lost her breath! It seemed that Bai Yanqing was a little anxious! She quickly winked at Lai Bizhi and asked her to persuade her!
Fortunately, Lai Bizhi is very discerning. While winking at Bai Yanqing, she comforted her mother softly!
"Miss, someone is coming from the palace!"
At this moment, the concierge in the front yard suddenly came to report.
Is there someone in the palace?
At this time, could it be someone sent by the emperor?
Bai Yanqing straightened her hair and raised her eyes to the east: It seems that many people did not sleep well that night!
Now, in the entire White House, Bai Yanqing is the only one who is following the lead. It is natural for her to receive such a big event like someone coming from the palace! Lai Bizhi's soft lips parted slightly, and she was about to go with him, but Bai Yanqing's look stopped her in place!
"Sister, you stay here to take care of your aunt and uncle. I'll be right back!"
Bai Yanqing nodded towards Lai Bizhi, then raised her feet and followed the concierge towards the front hall.
In the hall, a luxuriously dressed palace servant was arrogantly commanding the servants of the White House. When Bai Yanqing came, she saw the palace man gesticulating and even wanted to hit the servants of the Bai Mansion!
"stop!"
Because Bai Yanqing is here, the concierge also has the courage! He immediately stepped forward and stopped the palace man!
"Where did you come from? How dare you yell at me? Do you know who I am?"
The palace man was not at all frightened by the concierge of the White House. Instead, he raised his voice, as if he wanted to compete with him!
"Where does this bitch come from? How dare you point fingers at my servants of the Bai family? Come on! Fight them out!"
Bai Yanqing didn't tolerate her, so she just let people beat them with sticks! Seeing that there was a confrontation, the palace man didn't dare to be presumptuous anymore, but his posture was still arrogant, as if he didn't take Bai Yanqing seriously!
"This servant is Empress Li's personal maid. She came to the Bai Mansion today. Firstly, she came to visit the Prime Minister on behalf of the empress. Secondly... I want to inform the Bai family that Empress Li's body is getting heavier and she will be pregnant soon. I’ve given birth! I hope the Bai family will treat me generously by then!"
The palace man glanced at Bai Yanqing with a bit of disdain in his eyes.
"Treat me generously? To whom? Concubine Li? How could I not have known that the empress in the palace would come to my White Mansion to catch the autumn wind after giving birth? If word of this spreads out, people who don't know may think that the royal family is short of money!"
Bai Yanqing didn't like her, so she sneered.
Lai Feiyan made this plan, and Bai Yanqing heard it in the Prime Minister's Mansion! Do you still expect the Bai family to treat you kindly? Why? Is she shameless? When she came to the Bai family to cause trouble, who in the capital didn't laugh at the Bai family's jokes? Now it's good, she's about to give birth, and she's thinking about the Bai family's property again? Does the Bai family deserve her or owe her something? How shameless!
Hearing this, the palace maid's face changed, and then, as if she remembered something, she smiled again and said: "The imperial doctor said that our concubine Li is pregnant with a prince! The emperor is very interested in our concubine's pregnancy. , I value it very much! Who will be the crown prince in the future?"
A little palace maid definitely does not have the courage to say these words! Then, the origin of these words is self-evident!
The position of prince? It turns out that Lai Feiyan still has such thoughts! It's just...she is destined to be disappointed! Not to mention what she was pregnant with, just talking about whether she could give birth to the baby smoothly or not was a question! Queen Gao is not a light-hearted person. Otherwise, why hasn't there been a man and a half woman in the entire harem for so many years?
Bai Yanqing did not stop the palace maid from talking nonsense. After all...there are many spies of the emperor hidden everywhere in this courtyard! It would be better if these words reached his ears earlier, and it would save Lai Feiyan from having unrealistic dreams all day long!
"Auntie should return to the palace early! I think there is a shortage of people to come to Libi's side! My father has been feeling unwell recently, please forgive me for not being able to distract myself from dealing with my auntie!"
After saying that, Bai Yanqing led all the servants of the Bai Mansion and left one after another. The palace maid who didn't know the heights of heaven and earth was left alone, stamping her feet and getting angry on the spot!
"Miss, she..."
Mo Ran turned around and glanced at the palace people in the hall behind him, his eyes tangled.
"It's just a dying person!"
Bai Yanqing didn't even look back and snorted coldly. Lai Feiyan, a brainless idiot, taught the palace maids to look just like her!
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In the evening, Yunqi brought the latest news from the palace!
"What? Dead? Who?"
Cai Xing walked in with the red bean cake. Looking at the crumbs at the corner of her mouth, you knew she must have eaten it secretly again!
"Those words in the morning reached your father's ears so quickly?"
Bai Yanqing sneered, took out her handkerchief and wiped the corners of Cai Xing's mouth.
"That's not all! The Gao family has also started to take action!"
Yunqi picked up a piece of red bean cake and stuffed it into his mouth, saying indifferently.
"Her child is destined not to be born! Even if Mrs. Gao doesn't do anything, she won't be able to give birth!"
Seeing that Bai Yanqing was not interested and didn't seem to want to know about Lai Feiyan, Yunqi deliberately teased her.
"oh?"
Bai Yanqing raised her eyebrows. Even though she was not interested, she could tell that Yun Qi seemed to have something to say.
"The pleasant fragrance in her palace met the love potion she used..."
The words stop here, smart people can hear the clues!
Bai Yanqing once heard someone say that there is a kind of spice that can make infertile women pregnant when mixed with a love potion, but... because of the powerful effect of the medicine, most of the fetuses in a woman's belly will be pregnant in the first month of pregnancy. Dead in the belly!
"But...the emperor asks the imperial doctor to check her pulse every day! Why..."
The imperial doctor would check Lai Feiyan's Ping'an pulse every day. There was no reason why he couldn't realize that the fetus in her belly was dead!
"Wait, the imperial doctor is yours?!"
After figuring this out, Bai Yanqing has nothing to worry about anymore!
Yunqi nodded with a smile, as if he had everything under control!
"Since Mr. Gao can't sit still! Then we should take action earlier!"
Yun Qi sat up straight and whispered his plan to Bai Yanqing.
Everyone is flocking to the emperor's chair, let alone a son who was born into the royal family? With Lai Feiyan's invisible assist, it would be even easier for Yunqi to touch Empress Gao and her son!
The prime minister's palace is declining, and the general's palace is also getting worse day by day. This situation is what the emperor wants to see most!
These days, the White House is closed every day. Except for the occasional doctor who comes in and out, no one sets foot there! Even if there were curious people who wanted to come and visit, Bai Yanqing would use various excuses to avoid it! As for Yunqi, his contacts with the Bai family have gradually decreased in recent days. In the eyes of outsiders, this is explosive news!
"Have you heard? The eldest prince is breaking off his engagement with the Bai family!"
"Isn't that true? No wonder the eldest prince hasn't run to the Bai family much recently!"
"Hey, such a big thing happened to the Bai family, the sky is about to fall!"
"I saw the eldest lady of the Bai family a few days ago! Her face was so haggard that she no longer looked human!"
Outside the Bai Mansion, passers-by pointed and pointed, expressing regret in their words! In the Bai Mansion, Miss Bai, who was "so haggard that she has no human shape", was holding Cai Xing's newly made pastry, debating whether to put it in her mouth!
