Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

In June of the third year of Xiangyuan, at Prince Jing’s Palace.

There were mountains of books and government documents piled on the tables and the floor in the main hall. Chu Yunchuan was busy writing, and the ink stick on the inkstone was only half an inch long.

"Fu Yao," Chu Yunchuan wrapped the written document in his bundle, "Send someone to take this to Zhiheng and tell him that this is the first year of the imperial examination, and tell him and the governor's office to be cautious."

"Okay, but I don't know if he can handle it." Fu Yao stepped flexibly on the gaps between the books on the ground and handed the bundle to the soldiers guarding the door. "You say the emperor is really something. Now is a time when everything needs to be rebuilt, but he doesn't send more people."

Chu Yunchuan said without even looking up, "When the deposed crown prince rebelled, he killed a lot of useful people. Besides, the old emperor's political affairs were already in a mess. His mess was much bigger than mine. I'm already very lucky that they are willing to send people to help me."

"If there were a few more capable people here, you wouldn't have to wait until today to see Miss Bai. I'm telling you, when are you going to leave?"

The sound of tiny calligraphy on paper suddenly stopped. Chu Yunchuan put down his pen and said hesitantly, "You said, after not seeing her for three years...will she forget me?"

"What are you afraid of?" Fu Yao sneered, "Who can forget your face? I heard from Changfeng that you dressed up a lot last night. You soaked in the bathtub for two hours, washed your hair three times, and fumigated your clothes with calming incense all day. If you stand in front of Miss Bai with such a handsome face, she will remember it immediately even if she has forgotten."

Chu Yunchuan raised his sleeve and sniffed carefully, and asked unsurely: "Fu Yao, come here and smell it. Is the scent of the tranquilizing incense strong?"

"...I can smell it here, right up my nose."

"That's good."

"What's good about that? Aren't you afraid of making Miss Bai feel uncomfortable?"

"On the first day of the first lunar month of the first year of Xiangyuan, we met in Zhiheng's clinic. That's how she lifted up my clothes and smelled them to make sure that I was Chu Yunchuan." Chu Yunchuan lifted up the collar of his white shirt with red cloud patterns embroidered on it. "I haven't used calming incense for a long time. I searched through boxes and cabinets to find a few sticks."

"Hurry up and go after you finish writing this." Fu Yao said, "In the past three years, you have sent Changfeng to Qing County every month to inquire about Miss Bai's news. After receiving the news, you kept making a lot of noise. This time, you'd better stay with Miss Bai for a long time to avoid disturbing me."

"I do have this plan. In half an hour, the work I'm doing will be finished. You should hand over all these documents to the governor's mansion." Chu Yunchuan counted the days on his fingers. "I will probably be back at the end of the year."

Fu Yao was drinking tea and almost choked when he heard this: "At the end of the year? You're panting when I say you're fat. Are you going to tire Zhiheng to death?"

"Everything is on the right track, and there are arrangements for the future. Zhiheng just needs to follow the procedures and proceed step by step. Besides, Qing County is only 500 miles away from the state capital, and the mechanical skills will not take half a day to transmit. If Zhiheng has any trouble, he can send a message to me at any time." Chu Yunchuan started to grind the ink, "Fu Yao, help me get the second volume on the left."

Fu Yao picked up the book and threw it over, secretly thinking that he might as well leave the palace.

Qing County.

A new clothing store opened on Gongqiao Street. The shopkeeper announced that on the first day of opening, if you buy two pieces, you will only be charged for one. People from almost half of Qing County rushed to buy them. Bai Zhi stood outside the door, looking at the villagers who were crowded inside, and asked Qiao Wanwan beside her, "Do you really want to go in?"

"If you don't take advantage of a good opportunity, you're a bastard!" Qiao Wanwan rubbed her hands together, "I only have this little money a month, so of course I can save as much as I can. Aren't you going to buy it? Aren't you going to Yang's house with Matchmaker Lu this afternoon? It's a good time to buy some new clothes, so you can be more stylish."

"I owed Matchmaker Lu a favor, so I just went there for the formality. Is it worth buying new clothes?"

"Boss Bai, you run such a prosperous store, you are the adopted daughter of Magistrate Lin, and you are also good-looking. If you put yourself in the matchmaker Lu's marriage book, what will happen? Do you think that you can stop everyone by asking for a son-in-law?"

"...Please don't mention it any more. Matchmaker Lu has arranged five families for me. It's like a rush. I say, why don't you go for me? Aren't you more popular than me as a member of an official family?"

Qiao Wanwan felt a chill: "Don't drag me into this muddy soup. Matchmaker Lu came to my house three times and I hid and didn't come out. Now I take a detour whenever I see the street where she lives."

Bai Zhi held her forehead and said, "She has come to my place several times. My store is right there, so the monk can escape but the temple cannot. She not only blocked me, but also my two children. If they hadn't been busy preparing for the imperial examination, they would have been on the marriage list by now."

"If they really pass the exam, matchmaker Lu will definitely make your house's threshold flat."

"…The children are grown up now. They should find a way to chase people away themselves."

There was a commotion in the clothing store. Bai Zhi saw the waiter squeeze out from the crowd and put up a sign at the door: Sold Out.

Qiao Wanwan: "...Now neither of us has to go in."

Wenxianglou on Beishi Street had just seen off the last table of customers for the day. The waiter was about to close the restaurant when a man wearing a mask and a bamboo hat came rushing over, exhausted: "Wait a moment, sir!"

The waiter said, "Sir, the shop is closed!"

The visitor took off his bamboo hat and said with a smile: "I don't want to eat, I'm here to work."

Under the bamboo hat was a beautiful face rarely seen in the world. The waiter was stunned for a moment and said in a daze: "We... are not hiring."

The man said, "I work quickly and I'm not lazy. I can also cook a few good dishes. Please go in and tell the shopkeeper."

"Then...then you come in first, I'll go call the shopkeeper."

"Excuse me."

The waiter ran to the counter and said to the woman who was calculating with an abacus with a dead look on her face, "Boss, there is a man who wants to come to work and is waiting outside."

"Give him some money to send him away."

"Boss, he's very handsome, would you like to meet him?"

Shopkeeper Zhou had a gloomy face: "I still have to settle accounts after work. I'm miserable enough. I won't serve even the king of heaven."

"Yes Yes."

The waiter took a penny from the shopkeeper Zhou and went outside to chase the man away with an apologetic look on his face: "Our shopkeeper said we don't need any workers, so you can take the money and look somewhere else."

The visitor did not take the money: "Brother Xiaoer, can you take me to see the shopkeeper?"

The waiter stole a glance in the direction of the cashier's counter and whispered in the visitor's ear, "Our boss is in a bad mood. You'd better leave and don't cause any trouble."

The man's face was full of worry, and he was about to rush to the cashier's counter. The waiter hurriedly stopped him. At this moment, the door of the store creaked open, and Bai Zhi came in with her sleeves tightly gathered, shouting, "Shensi, is there anything else..."

The voice stopped abruptly, and Zhou Shensi leaned over and asked, "Everything is sold out today, so let's cook what you want. By the way, how was your blind date this afternoon?"

Bai Zhi: "..."

The waiter vaguely felt a gust of cold wind coming from the visitor.