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

Lin Chuqi frowned: "What if my sister runs into a bad guy?"

"Bad guy? Can you tell that, sister? Do you think she's stupid?" Qiaoqiao said, holding her rumbling stomach. "Let's go to the kitchen and reheat the buns from lunch for midnight snack. Starting tomorrow, we have to take turns going to the store to get midnight snacks."

Bai Zhi led Chu Yunchuan to her yard. Chu Yunchuan was worried. In the Thirteen States, living together meant marriage. Bai Zhi hadn't nodded yet, so he shouldn't act rashly. "Bai Zhi, are you afraid that I'll reveal my identity?"

"You won't reveal your identity even if someone else does." Bai Zhi pushed open the door of an empty room on the side of the courtyard. She had someone clean the courtyard a few days ago, and now this room is just right for living. "You have to hide this and that when you live in Chuqi's courtyard, just like you are in the Marquis' Mansion. Don't you find it annoying?"

Chu Yunchuan: "Then I can buy another house."

Bai Zhi glanced at him and said, "Why, do you dislike the County Magistrate's Mansion?"

Chu Yunchuan immediately said: "No."

"Alright, alright, stop imagining that. It's just a matter of worrying about your reputation." Bai Zhi herself found it funny. "I have never cared about what others say about me since I was a child. Besides, aren't you here to light the long lamp? How can you light it if you look ahead and behind?"

She turned from defense to offense, catching Chu Yunchuan off guard: "I..."

Bai Zhi lit the candle and said, "I will go to see my mother later. You can go to sleep first. There are no servants in the yard. You can relax."

Chu Yunchuan said, "I'll go with you. I've met County Magistrate Lin once before, and now that I'm staying at your mansion, I should go and pay you a visit."

"Have you met my mother?" Bai Zhi was a little surprised. "That's fine. If my mother knew that Prince Jing was so hardworking and experienced the suffering of the people firsthand, she would be so happy. Let's go."

"Wait a minute," Chu Yunchuan held Bai Zhi, "I have something else to ask you."

"what?"

"You went on a blind date today?"

This is what he was asking. Bai Zhi found his expression amusing and teased him, "I have to repay the favor of matchmaker Lu. We still have to visit four other families. What? Do you want to come with me?"

Chu Yunchuan: "Can you really follow me?"

Bai Zhi: "...Do you really want to follow me?"

Chu Yunchuan lowered his head to pack his bag, trying to hide his mistake: "I, I was just saying it casually."

"Ahem." Bai Zhi scratched her eyebrows, "Let's go."

"Wait a minute, I'll get some gifts." Chu Yunchuan took out a very simple little wooden box. Bai Zhi asked, "Are all the things ready? Who were you going to give this gift to?"

Chu Yunchuan froze: "It's better to be prepared."

"You checked me out, didn't you?" Bai Zhi didn't get angry as Chu Yunchuan expected, but complained, "Then you asked me how I'm doing here, as if you really don't know. I almost wore out my lips when I went to the Yang family today, and I have to do it again when I come back."

"Angelica dahurica."

"what?"

"Aren't you irritated?"

Bai Zhi looked calm, "What's there to be angry about? I haven't done anything shameful. Whoever wants to investigate can do so. Come on, follow me to see my mother. It's too late for her to go to bed."

Chu Yunchuan put the wooden box in his pocket and followed her. His eyes were a little dark as he asked, "If someone else checked you, you wouldn't be annoyed?"

"Who else would check on me besides you?"

"What if there is?"

"If there is?" Bai Zhi closed her eyes and thought about the person who investigated her. Apart from Chu Yunchuan, it was someone who had a grudge against her. The person who had a grudge against her... Ge Zhen? Bai Zhi's scalp exploded, and she stomped her foot on the ground, shouting, "Fuck him, absolutely not!"

Chu Yunchuan chuckled: "I heard it."

There was no light at the door of the main house in the main courtyard, only a little candlelight was faintly visible inside the house. Bai Zhi lowered her voice and asked the maid waiting beside her: "Is the master asleep?"

The maid said, "Miss Zhi, you are here. The master is going to meet several masters from other counties today, and he has been staying indoors. I think he looks worried. Please go and have a look."

"it is good."

In the room, Lin Ruogui was sitting at the desk, thinking with her eyes closed. When the door was pushed open, she said without even looking, "Wait outside."

"Where are we going to wait?"

Lin Ruogui opened her eyes and saw Bai Zhi lying on her desk, laughing. Her frown softened, "Azhi is here."

Bai Zhi glanced at the desk and sighed silently. Lin Ruogui's desk was always neat and tidy, but now the books and scrolls were in a mess, and the wolf-hair brush on the inkstone was all frizzy. It was obvious that Lin Ruogui had really encountered a big problem this time. Bai Zhi asked, "Is there trouble in the government office?"

"The prefecture has not approved money and grain for three consecutive months. Qing County is already difficult to farm due to its rugged terrain and dangerous waters. We can only grow some herbs on the mountain, but now the herbs have not grown yet. We have to rely on the prefecture for 70% of our grain. Now the account is about to be in deficit. What will happen if this continues?"

"Is it much different? Can you fill in some at home?"

"It's just a drop in the bucket." Lin Ruogui rubbed his brows, looking several years older in a moment of worry. "I have discussed with several adults today, and will set off for the state capital tomorrow to meet with the governor. Don't tell Chuqi Qiaoqiao too much, so as not to worry them."

"You want to see the governor." Bai Zhi smiled, "That's too much trouble. Wouldn't it be better to see Prince Jing directly?"

"Prince Jing works day and night, how can you disturb him casually?"

"Then I'll show you a magic trick of bringing people back to life." Bai Zhi reached back and asked, "Look who's here."

Chu Yunchuan walked out from behind the screen, without any airs of a prince, and bowed, "Lord Lin, do you still remember me?"

“…Your Majesty!”

Lin Ruogui was shocked. When he realized that he was not seeing things, he immediately stepped forward and knelt down: "Your humble servant greets the King Jing!"

Chu Yunchuan supported Lin Ruogui and did not let her kneel: "Lord Lin, please don't be too restrained, just treat me as an ordinary citizen."

Lin Ruogui was stunned: "Your Majesty, what are you doing..."

"I have some personal matters to attend to. I have been invited by your daughter to stay in your mansion for a while. Lord Lin, please take care of me." Chu Yunchuan unfolded the wooden box, and a hint of ink wafted out. "It's just a small gift, not a token of respect."

The ink stick in the box was warm and bright. Even Bai Zhi, a half-baked person, could tell that it was definitely not a small gift, not to mention Lin Ruogui, an expert: "Your Majesty has worked hard for the Thirteen States. It is the duty of a minister to share your worries. Why do you need such a big gift? This is embarrassing for me." She pushed the wooden box back without saying anything. Bai Zhi let the two people push and pull, and shrank to the side of the desk to drink the cold tea in the cup to moisten her throat. After leaving Yang's house, she didn't even drink a sip of water, and her throat was almost smoking.

Chu Yunchuan smiled and shook his head: "I admire your daughter, and I came here for her. This is my first visit..."

"puff--"

The cold tea sprayed all over the floor. Lin Ruogui was dumbfounded. Chu Yunchuan continued the conversation slowly, "You should bring your aunt to see her in person. Otherwise, it would be really disrespectful."