Seeing that more and more people came to see Ms. Ren, Ms. Ren felt a little embarrassed on her face. She hurriedly gave a few instructions to Aunt Shen, and then returned to her room surrounded by everyone.
"Grandma is in good health, and my granddaughter is also very happy! Otherwise, there must be those people who love to talk and describe my granddaughter as an unfaithful and unfilial person, which would make it difficult for her to be a good person!"
Bai Yanqing helped Ms. Ren sit down and repeated the old words. She didn't believe it. Aunt Shen herself dared to arrange those words to say to Bai Yanqing face to face! If there was no one to teach Aunt Shen behind this, Bai Yanqing didn't believe it.
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Hearing this, Mrs. Ren felt a little embarrassed on her face. She probably guessed what Bai Yanqing was thinking, so she couldn't say more. And after this experience, Mrs. Ren felt that Bai Yanqing's palace was quite deep, and she became more and more wary of her.
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"My granddaughter is thick-skinned, but she wants to ask her grandmother something. I hope she won't refuse."
Seeing that Ren still didn't speak, Bai Yanqing didn't care whether she wanted to or not, so she directly spoke and continued.
"What's the matter?"
Now that things have come to light, how can Mr. Ren remain silent in front of everyone?
"I wonder what my grandmother saw that night that made her so frightened? My granddaughter is also very curious!"
Bai Yanqing doesn't believe those nonsense words of Aunt Shen. What kind of ghost-faced man is there? Why is he sitting on the bedside of Ren's bed in the middle of the night? Why is he bleeding from all seven holes? In Bai Yanqing's opinion, Aunt Shen must be exaggerating!
Hearing this, Mrs. Ren suddenly trembled, and her face actually showed a look of fear!
"Ghost-faced man! A ghost-faced man!"
I never thought that Aunt Shen was not exaggerating. It was indeed as she said, there was a ghost-faced man. But those things like bleeding from seven holes were indeed exaggerated by Aunt Shen herself.
According to Ms. Ren, she slept until midnight that night when she was suddenly awakened by something. When she opened her eyes again, she saw a man wearing a ghost mask sitting at the head of her bed.
When the man saw that Ren was awake, he took out his dagger and stabbed Ren in the chest. After all, Ren was old and her body was no longer so flexible, so naturally she couldn't dodge. But the strange thing was that the man's dagger
The sharp point was pointed at Ren's heart, without plunging in or retreating. It lasted for about a stick of incense. It frightened Ren to the point of losing control, and the man just stopped!
Letting Ms. Ren tremble with fear, the man remained silent. It was not until Ms. Ren regained her composure and shouted loudly to wake up Aunt Shen that the man broke the window and ran away!
So calm? He actually waited until Nanny Shen was about to enter the house before that person ran away? How confident is this person that he can travel freely in the White House?
"What is the figure of that ghost-faced man? Or what characteristics does he have? Does grandma still remember it?"
A strange feeling flashed through Bai Yanqing's heart. She always felt... there seemed to be something strange, but she couldn't tell where it was!
"Through the meager moonlight, I could vaguely see what seemed to be a... tall, thin man."
Although Ren didn't know what Bai Yanqing meant by asking, she still answered truthfully.
He is quite tall and thin... a man?
Thinking of this, Bai Yanqing seemed to suddenly remember something. She hurriedly said goodbye to Mrs. Ren and Bai Furong, mother and daughter, and then pulled Cai Xing and ran back to her yard.
"Caixing, do you feel that... the ghost-faced man described by your grandmother is a bit... familiar?"
Bai Yanqing quickly ran back to the house, closed the door, panted, and asked Caixing in a low voice.
Cai Xing was stunned by Bai Yanqing's question. She thought for a long time before she finally understood what Bai Yanqing meant.
"Miss! Could it be...!"
Cai Xing also calmed down at this time!
The ghost-faced man and the masked man are the same person?
Apart from the masked man, there is no one else who can come and go freely in the White House, right?
If that's the case, then I think Ren's illness this time was really not an act.
However, this masked man has not appeared for a long time. How can we make him appear?
Bai Yanqing thought about it all day long, and until evening, when the sky was getting dark, she still couldn't think of any way to attract the man to show up.
"Miss, Cai Xing has a way to lure him out, but... you have to suffer a little..."
Caixing saw that Bai Yanqing was so persistent and wanted that person to show up. After struggling for a long time, he hesitated and spoke.
"Say it quickly!"
When Bai Yanqing saw Cai Xing's whining look, she felt anxious and blurted out.
Caixing immediately informed Bai Yanqing of his idea, which was to ask Bai Yanqing to sit in the yard in the middle of the night and wait!
What kind of method is this? This is indeed quite painful. Bai Yanqing has always been in poor health and cannot bear the cold. Even in the hot weather now, it is still a little cold in the middle of the night. This is nothing to others, but to Bai Yanqing, it is very easy to get sick.
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Besides, if you just sit and wait like this, can you really wait for that person to come? If you can't wait, then you won't suffer a night in vain!
But Bai Yanqing couldn't care so much, so she had dinner early, asked Cai Xing to prepare some warm tea, and then sent Aunt Zhao and the others to sleep. Only Cai Xing was left to watch, and the two of them sat
In the courtyard, I waited boredly.
The moonlight is so beautiful tonight. It is different from the starry sky in winter. On a summer night, the breeze is slightly cool and the moonlight is bright. The bright moonlight is like water, covering the whole courtyard in the moonlight, making it extra clear.
The chirping of insects in various corners of the courtyard, accompanied by the chirping of cicadas on the branches in the distance, echo each other, composing a happy song of summer night.
Bai Yanqing was immersed in it unconsciously, resting her elbows on the stone table, supporting her chin with her palms, raising her head, looking at the moonlit sky in the distance, her thoughts wandering far, far away.
Ever since Bai Yanqing and Cai Xing returned to Bai Mansion, in the past few months, there have been countless troubles every day. How can they be so leisurely and relaxed that they and Cai Xing can sit for a while and rest their minds?
Bai Yanqing didn't know how long it had been since she and Cai Xing sat so quietly, watching the moon, listening to the chirping of insects, sipping tea and smelling the fragrance of flowers.
Summer flowers are always the ones that bloom most vigorously. They fade away from the heat of the day and smell particularly fresh and pleasant at night.
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As everyone knows, some people are admiring the moon, some are admiring flowers, and some...are admiring people!
"Master, do you want to go over?"
In the shadow of the trees in the distance, two figures emerged from inside.
"She has been waiting for so long, but it seems inappropriate if she doesn't go!"
The man chuckled. This girl was quite persistent. She waited until early in the morning and was still waiting.
Without waiting for the person behind him to reply, he flew away.
Just when Bai Yanqing was drowsy, a hint of incense scent faintly passed on the tip of her nose, from far to near, from shallow to deep. She opened her eyes suddenly and stood up. Because she stood up too quickly and too quickly, she couldn't stand up for a while.
Look, her knee hit the stone bench, and she grimaced in pain.
When Cai Xing saw this, he felt terribly distressed and hurried back to the house to find medicine.
"You can't wait to see me that much?"
A familiar male voice came to Bai Yanqing's ears.
"Who wants to see you? I just want to ask you something."
Bai Yanqing looked at the air and rolled her eyes. This person is really as... narcissistic as ever!
"Same!"
The man laughed.
Why does he say that wanting to ask him something is equivalent to wanting to see him?
At that time, Caixing appeared at the right time with medicinal oil, which relieved Bai Yanqing's embarrassment.
However, Bai Yanqing had the nerve to ask Cai Xing to apply medicated oil for her when there was a foreign man around, so she had to endure the pain and talk to the man.
"That ghost-faced man, is that you?"
"yes."
The man was quite cheerful and did not deny it, but admitted it directly.
"Why?"
Bai Yanqing was puzzled. He was so nice. What could he do to scare the old lady of the Bai family? Wasn't he not hostile to the Bai family? If he really wanted to target the Bai family, he could just scare the owner of the Bai family, Bai Jingxuan. What would he do to scare an old man? What's more? No benefit will be gained.
"you guess!"
The man's joking tone made Bai Yanqing extremely unhappy: I guess? I can guess what I'm asking you for?
"If you like to talk, don't say it. If you don't say it, forget it."
Bai Yanqing didn't have to get to the bottom of it and ask for a clear answer. All she needed to know was that the ghost-faced man was him. As for the rest, she didn't bother to ask.
"You will know later."
When the man saw that Bai Yanqing stopped asking questions, he gave it up. This little girl is not an ignorant person, she is quite interesting.
The future? What future can she have with him? Bai Yanqing's eyes rolled to the sky.
Bai Yanqing had always known that she was going to be a candidate for the palace, so even though this masked man would take advantage of her with words from time to time, she could not bear to talk to him.
Bai Yanqing knows better than anyone else that her future lies in that huge palace. Her mind is as clear as a mirror. From the moment she returns to the White House, her future path cannot be decided by herself. Once she enters In that huge cage, she would never have a peaceful life like this moment in her life.
"Oh, in the future? How can there be a future? In the future... I will be locked into that iron-walled palace!"
Bai Yanqing laughed at herself, not caring what the person behind her was thinking.
"It's already the seventh lunar month!"
Bai Yanqing couldn't help but sighed again.
Yes, it is already the seventh month of the lunar calendar. According to the previous emperor's decree, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, she will enter the palace to stand for election together with other women from major aristocratic families.
Life goes by so fast!
Before entering the palace, she had to do everything she needed to do before she could rest assured!
"Everyone is flocking to that palace that combines glory, wealth, fame and fortune, but you are still not happy!"
Seeing Bai Yanqing's sadness, the man couldn't help but joked.
"Do you think I can come out after I go in? Can I still visit my relatives all the time? Can I get together with them every day? Can I live in peace and joy without intrigues?"
Glory, wealth, fame and fortune are nothing but passing clouds for Bai Yanqing. What she wants is just an ordinary life. To be able to see her family all the time, to be able to be with her grandfather, uncle, and cousin all the time. meet.
Bai Yanqing is actually very lazy. She just wants to lie down every day. She doesn't want to participate in the intrigues in the harem or the intrigues between women. She just wants to win one person's heart and live forever.
"Whatever you want can come true."
When the man saw the little girl in front of him, her brows were wrinkled into a rag in distress, he opened his mouth to comfort her.
"Do you know what I want? You can achieve it?! Can you keep me from entering the palace? Can you keep the Bai family and Ji family safe for generations to come? Can you make the person I marry in the future only marry me? Bai
End of life?"
Bai Yanqing said disdainfully, this person really talks arrogantly, and everything she wants can come true.
"I swear."
The man raised his finger and swore in a decent manner.
Bai Yanqing was amused by him. He was really arrogant. Did he think he was God?