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

The two of them looked into each other's eyes.

Gu Yan looked away and explained dryly, "You smell like... a calming incense."

Bai Zhi: "..."

This is obviously nonsense. It's summer now and she changes her clothes every day. How can there be such a fragrance?

"Ahem." Bai Zhi changed the subject rather unnaturally, "Did you sleep well?"

"…I feel much better after sleeping next to you."

Bai Zhi: "..."

Thank you, how do I respond to this?

It was rare for Bai Zhi to be speechless. After holding it in for a long time, she simply threw off the quilt and got up: "I'm going to wash my face."

Gu Yan grabbed Bai Zhi and said, "No need. I'll be out soon. You can continue to sleep."

"You're going out soon?" Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment, then looked at the sky outside the window. "The chickens haven't started working yet at this time."

Isn't this some kind of self-sacrifice to avoid embarrassment?

Gu Yan smiled and said, "I should have left half an hour earlier than this. I got up late today."

Bai Zhi sat back on the bed with Gu Yan's force.

Indeed, no matter what time she woke up a few days ago, she couldn't see Gu Yan. It turned out that he got up so early.

"I have some secret matters to attend to, so I won't be back for a few days. You should take good care of your injuries. As far as I know, the eldest lady has been busy preparing for the old lady's birthday banquet day and night, so she probably can't take care of you."

Bai Zhi: “That’s the best.”

Gu Yan got up, put on his clothes, pushed the door open and walked into the night.

Bai Zhi lay back on the bed and soon fell into a deep sleep. She didn't wake up until Qiaoqiao knocked on the door to bring her food. She slept until noon.

Bai Zhi felt refreshed after catching up on her sleep, and shouted out loudly at the door with full energy: "Gu Yan is out! Come in!"

The next moment, Qiaoqiao pushed open the door and threw the tray on the dining table, then hopped to the bed like a rabbit: "Miss, why did you get up so late today?"

"If you sleep well, you will sleep longer." Bai Zhi said casually, "Have you finished your homework yesterday?"

Qiaoqiao's face suddenly deflated: "Miss, why are you asking about homework right after getting up?"

"Why, haven't you finished your homework?"

Qiaoqiao scratched her face and sat next to Baizhi, looking very bitter: "Miss, can you stop doing this homework for two days... My hands really hurt from writing."

Bai Zhi took Qiaoqiao's hand and looked at it. There were several red marks on her fingers from holding the pen. It seemed that she had practiced very hard. She rubbed them and agreed, "It's time to take a break for two days."

Qiaoqiao giggled: "Miss, you are so nice. I wish I could be as smart as you. Studying is so difficult. I know a lot of words now, but they are always mixed up and I can't tell who is who."

Bai Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Qiaoqiao, I will go to the government office in a few days to cancel your slave status. You should study hard and then you can give yourself a nice new name."

Fortunately, the original owner cried and begged for Qiaoqiao's indenture contract before she got married, which saved her a lot of effort.

Qiaoqiao was stunned for a while, and after she understood what Baizhi was talking about, she sat up suddenly with tears in her eyes: "Miss! Why!"

This was a very reluctant look, and Bai Zhi was also stunned: "After we leave the Marquis' Mansion, we will also cancel your slavery. It's better to go early to avoid more trouble at night."

"Miss, after I get rid of my slavery... I, I have nothing to do with you anymore." Qiaoqiao's tears fell. "I can no longer serve you, nor can I call you Miss anymore. I don't want to."

Bai Zhi quickly hugged Qiaoqiao and comforted her: "Qiaoqiao, how can it be okay?"

"It doesn't matter anymore! The matchmaker said that there is only a contract between the servant and the master, just like the string of a kite. If the string breaks, the fate is gone. I don't want to!"

Bai Zhi patted Qiaoqiao's back to help her calm down and sighed.

This unfortunate matchmaker has a lot of tricks up her sleeve to control the children.

When Qiaoqiao's sobbing gradually subsided, Bai Zhi straightened Qiaoqiao's body, looked at her very seriously, and said, "Qiaoqiao, we are like sisters. I have never treated you as a servant."

Qiaoqiao panicked for a moment: "I'm not that..."

"Our bond is as deep as the ocean, so a thin indenture cannot hold it back. Once you are no longer a slave, no one in this world can control you with a piece of thin paper. Your life is your own. The world is vast and you can come and go freely. Then we can travel around the country and do whatever we want without any restraint."

Qiaoqiao blinked her tearful eyes, as if she was convinced.

Bai Zhi: "Qiaoqiao, please believe me."

After a long while, Qiaoqiao grabbed Baizhi's sleeve and said, "Miss, swear to God, even if I lose my slavery, our fate will never end!"

Bai Zhi smiled brightly, raised three fingers to the sky, and said in a loud voice: "Heaven above, Earth below, I, Bai Zhi, swear that after I release Qiaoqiao from slavery, our fate will never end."

Qiaoqiao then breathed a sigh of relief and nodded heavily.

Bai Zhi wiped the tears from Qiaoqiao's face and said in a light tone, "Okay, Miss is hungry, come and eat. After dinner, invite the second lady to the pavilion and tell her that I agree with the previous matter and want to discuss it with her in detail."

"it is good!"

Bai Zhi had spent less time talking to Qiao Wanwan than she thought. After listening to Bai Zhi's plan, Qiao Wanwan only sipped the tea and asked nothing. She looked obedient and let everything go. This made Bai Zhi ask her, "Aren't you surprised that I can dress up as the eldest sister-in-law?"

Qiao Wanwan asked her back: "Can you tell me if I ask?"

Bai Zhi said honestly: "No."

Qiao Wanwan snorted, "Then why should I waste my words?"

"..."

After everything was arranged, Baizhi ran to Qiaoqiao's room and urged her to give herself a new name.

We shouldn't be so anxious, but Qiaoqiao always tends to overthink. Baizhi is afraid that she will change her mind again in a few days, so it's better to do it today than to wait for another day.

Qiaoqiao didn't know many words yet, so Baizhi brought some poetry books to read to her and asked her to pick a word she liked. After she was no longer worried, Qiaoqiao became enthusiastic about the idea of ​​getting a new name and listened to Baizhi's poetry reading seriously.

After reading for two hours, Qiaoqiao finally picked the character "萤" (firefly).

"Bai, Ying." Qiaoqiao smacked it over and over again, liking it very much. "Does it sound good, miss?"

Bai Zhi wanted to say that it was not necessary for her to take her last name Bai, but she was afraid that Qiaoqiao would cry again if she thought too much, so she just praised her, "It sounds very nice." Then she took out the four treasures of the study and taught Qiaoqiao to write her name stroke by stroke.

Qiaoqiao wrote it fifty or sixty times, picked the best one, and happily followed Baizhi to the government office to cancel her registration.

At this point, Bai Zhi finally completed a task entrusted by the original owner. On the way back home, she bought a pot of wine and quietly poured it along the road.

Miss Baizhi, I comfort your soul in heaven.