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

Bai Zhi had a complicated expression on her face. She tilted her head to look at Qiao Qiao and asked, "Did you send back the people sent by the old lady?"

Qiaoqiao nodded: "Yes, just a few days ago."

Bai Zhi moved her lips a few times, not knowing what words to curse, but finally she held it all back and said earnestly, "Qiaoqiao, if you were the old lady, and you sent someone to see your daughter-in-law, but they blocked your way back, what would you think?"

Qiaoqiao closed her eyes and thought for a moment: "Maybe he thinks his son is unfilial, marrying a wife and forgetting his mother."

Bai Zhi continued to persuade him, "What about my daughter-in-law?"

Qiaoqiao opened her eyes suddenly, and her expression became complicated: "I would also feel... unfilial."

"The old lady and Gu Yan are family. If Gu Yan offends her, can she still scold her own son? Of course she is angry at me." Bai Zhi held her forehead, "Qiaoqiao, everything between Gu Yan and me is a deal. Would he go against the old lady just to be good to me? He just wants to focus all his firepower on me."

Qiaoqiao looked puzzled: "Miss, isn't the Third Master trying to reassure the old lady? What's the point of focusing his firepower on you?"

It’s broken, I said too much!

Bai Zhi quickly tried to make amends: "Ahem, that's right, he was just acting like this for the old lady to see. In short, we can't trust Gu Yan too much."

Qiaoqiao nodded, not quite understanding.

After cooking a piece of Polygonum multiflorum, Cook Xu seemed to have found her way. She cooked different kinds of medicinal food every day. Today she cooked ginseng and tomorrow she cooked Astragalus. In the first ten days, she drank chicken, duck, beef and mutton. In the next ten days, she drank various herbs. After a month, she became much plumper. Even Gu Yan's face had some fat. If Gu Yan hadn't practiced martial arts every day, this way of eating might have broken the mask on his face.

Fang Zhiheng came to check Bai Zhi's pulse again as agreed, but he almost didn't recognize her at first sight.

"Third, Third Madam?"

"Excuse me, Doctor Fang's medicine is really effective. I have become much stronger after taking it for the past month."

Doctor Fang quietly looked at Baizhi. It was much fuller than before, which meant the medicine was indeed taking effect. But it was a layer darker than before, which was definitely not the effect of my medicine!

Baizhi recovered quite well in this month. The prescription that Fang Zhiheng had prepared was no longer needed. He only told Baizhi to eat some medicinal food that could strengthen the body and stretch her muscles every now and then. Qiaoqiao took notes silently on the side.

Bai Zhi acted like a dignified lady from a wealthy family and said, "Thank you, Doctor Fang. I'll take you there."

Fang Zhiheng hurriedly bowed and said, "Don't bother with me, Madam Third. I just happen to have something to discuss with the Third Master. You can go on your own."

Bai Zhi: "I don't know where the master is now. Doctor Fang, please wait for a while. I will send someone to inform him."

Fang Zhiheng: "Madam San is too polite. I often talk with the Third Master in the study. I can just go to the study and take a look."

Study? Didn’t Gu Yan say that the study was usually off-limits?

Bai Zhi remained calm: "Then I won't send Doctor Fang off."

Fang Zhiheng bowed again and said, "Madam, take care of yourself."

After Fang Zhiheng left, Bai Zhi pulled Qiaoqiao closer and whispered in her ear: "Go and see if Doctor Fang has entered the study. Don't be too obvious."

Qiaoqiao followed him out as if nothing had happened, and came back soon: "Miss, Doctor Fang did go into the study, and I saw the Third Master was also in the study. Miss, what happened in the study?"

Bai Zhi said casually: "Nothing, just to see if he can find Gu Yan."

Went into the study? But that doesn't mean anything. There are only a few places like this in Yishui Garden. You can't let them talk in the small kitchen. Besides, Gu Yan is also there, so he will definitely be watching.

But... Baizhi frowned, as if something was not right.

Fang Zhiheng followed Gu Yan into the study and closed the door tightly.

Gu Yan poured two cups of hot tea and got straight to the point: "What's the situation in Heyang Valley now?"

When this matter was mentioned, Fang Zhiheng sighed: "Your Highness, the March deadline is approaching, and Heyang Valley has already prepared for the uprising. The horses and weapons are all ready. We will set off immediately when the deadline arrives, Your Highness!"

Seeing that Gu Yan just kept sipping his teacup after saying this, without even a response, not knowing what he was thinking, Fang Zhiheng couldn't help but said anxiously: "Your Highness, once Heyang Valley takes action, there will be no room for maneuver. You set a three-month deadline, but now there is no progress in the capital. Fu Yao keeps writing to ask about it, how do you want me to reply?"

Gu Yan slowly asked: "Zhi Heng, how many people are there in Heyang Valley now?"

Fang Zhiheng counted on his fingers: "There are about 130 people."

"How many of them are good at martial arts?"

"Well... only five or six."

Gu Yan dipped his finger in the tea and drew a simple map on the table: "The Marquis's Mansion has a group of assassins in the villa thirty miles outside the city. It will take less than half an hour to travel to the palace."

Fang Zhiheng immediately understood the hidden meaning in Gu Yan's words and opened his eyes wide: "Your Highness, you want to..."

"Borrow a knife to kill someone."

Fang Zhiheng couldn't sit still for a moment and almost fell to the ground: "Your Highness! Heyang Valley is not hopeless. You are alone now and you need help. Fu Yao and his brothers can still hold out for a while. Think twice, Your Highness!"

"You want this and that, but in the end you will end up with nothing." Gu Yan narrowed his eyes, "Heyang Valley is pushing it too far. I had this idea when we set the three-month deadline, but I have only made up my mind now."

Fang Zhiheng was about to persuade him again, but was interrupted by Gu Yan, "Zhiheng, I have almost arranged everything in the capital. If everything goes well, it will be done within a year. If Heyang Valley becomes a burden... there will be endless troubles."

Fang Zhiheng clenched the teacup tightly and remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, he said, "Then I will follow your Highness's instructions and write back to Fu Yao, telling them to find a way to get out."

Gu Yan's face was expressionless. He sipped his tea and stared at the map on the table: "Zhi Heng, from then on, there was no turning back for me."

This was a very sad sentence, and Fang Zhiheng's nose was sore after hearing it: "Your Highness, since then, you have been on edge all the time and can't calm down for a moment. Sometimes I think, if Your Highness gave up everything and no longer..."

"Zhiheng!" Gu Yan interrupted him harshly, "Don't say that again!"

Fang Zhiheng was startled and hurriedly said, "Your Highness! I made a mistake."

Gu Yan realized that he had been a little too aggressive. He pressed his temples for a while and calmed down for a long time before saying, "Zhiheng, I will definitely fulfill my long-cherished wish and let you call me Your Highness with dignity. Don't worry about me."

Fang Zhiheng nodded heavily: "Since I follow Your Highness, I will follow you through life and death."

After saying this, Fang Zhiheng finally remembered the important matter. He opened his portable medicine box and said, "Your Highness, it's time to change your mask."