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

"You can't even break the ice, and you expect the fish to break it open?"

Fu Yao shook his fishing rod and said, "Who told you to be gone for so long? I've been so idle that I'm almost dead. When I have nothing to do, I can only imitate the ancients. In ancient times, people would sit by the tree and wait for the rabbit to come to them. Now, I, Fu Yao, am waiting for the fish to hit the ice."

Chu Yunchuan laughed and said, "I want you to go back to the inn and wait for me, not to wait for me here."

"Calling you back at this critical moment is like a Hongmen Banquet. Who would be so generous as to wait for you at the inn?" Fu Yao glanced at him and said, "Fortunately, the jade was returned intact. It seems that the Seventh Prince didn't make things difficult for you."

Chu Yunchuan picked up a stone and threw it onto the ice: "I acted too hastily and aggressively, and the Seventh Prince suspected that I wanted to replace him."

"What?" Fu Yao's eyes widened. "I can't put this suspicion to rest."

"I told the Seventh Prince that I had no great ambitions, and that it was enough for me to just defend the Thirteen States." Chu Yunchuan said, "But he seemed to only suspect that I wanted to usurp the throne, and did not suspect that I was the man behind the secret collaboration between the Xuanping Marquisate and the enemy."

"Five years ago, Gu Feng collaborated with the enemy for gold and silver treasures. Prince Jing went through great pains to find evidence but Gu Feng turned the tables and became the one collaborating with the enemy. This statement makes sense no matter how you listen to it, not to mention that you have believed it for so many years. Now that Gu Feng's son is in the Honglu Temple, which is in charge of foreign affairs, it is reasonable for him to collaborate with the enemy for gold and silver treasures." Fu Yao said, "What's more, this is all for the people of the world to hear. As long as the Seventh Prince knows that Marquis Xuanping collaborated with the enemy and wanted to offer the city in exchange for money, he can manipulate it and put the hat of rebellion on the crown prince's head, seize the position of the crown prince in the name of clearing the court, and then use your mechanical skills to forge an imperial edict to pass on the throne. That's enough."

A light snow suddenly fell from the sky. Chu Yunchuan gathered his cloak tightly and exhaled a cloud of white air, which made the cold river in front of him dim. He whispered, "What I did was unjust and unkind. If my parents knew about this, they would be furious."

"Wait until you rebuild the Thirteen States, then apologize to the prince and princess." Fu Yao put away the fishing rod and pulled back a large piece of bait tied with a long line. It turned out to be a roast chicken, which had been frozen on the ice for several hours and was now as stiff as a stone. "If the fish don't eat it, we two will eat it. Let's go and take it back for a snack."

"There is no time for extra food. Go back and pack up, and leave immediately for the North."

Fu Yao paused and asked, "Do we really need to launch a surprise attack on New Year's Eve?"

"Generals Qin and Liu received the imperial edict and led a 100,000-man army to the northern border. They are hiding in 19 cities in the northern border. They will be settled in a few days. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory has calculated the date for the emperor. On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the army will march all the way to the northern Di." Chu Yunchuan paused for a moment before continuing, "Even military advisor Ren could not have imagined that Di Zi would know such military secrets and launch a surprise attack before the war."

Fu Yao picked up the frozen chicken and shook off the snow on his body: "Let's go, finish this mess, and we can go home next year."

The snow was getting heavier. Chu Yunchuan put on his hood and hid his eyes in the shadow of the hood: "Okay, let's go."

This time Gu Yan was gone for a long time and did not come back until the 20th of the twelfth lunar month. Although he was away, he kept sending letters to Bai Zhi. At first, Bai Zhi received a letter every five days, which gradually became one every three days and then two days. Bai Zhi read and replied to each letter, and her left-handed writing skills improved by leaps and bounds.

To this day, Changfeng took out three letters from his arms in succession.

Bai Zhi: "...Who does he want to tire to death?"

Changfeng silently went out through the window.

The three letters were thicker than the other. Bai Zhi skimmed through them at a glance and realized that they were not letters at all. They were just like travel guides, filled with his experiences in the north. For example, he bought a horse and asked the groom for a saddle, but the groom said that people here don't use saddles when riding horses. He led the horse for ten miles before he spent a lot of money to buy an old saddle. Another example was how the food in a small county in the north was heavy in oil and meat. It was soothing at first, but he didn't want to look at it again on the third day.

In the first few letters, there were still one or two sentences like "the war in the north continues" and "I met the seventh prince today", but the more they went on, the more nonsense there was, and there was not a single solid sentence to be found. If you didn't know, you would think that Gu Yan had really gone to the north for a trip.

Baizhi spread out a piece of rice paper and wrote: So much nonsense, will you come back during the New Year?

This served as a reply to the three letters, and Bai Zhi signed it with great satisfaction.

The New Year is approaching, and these days Gu Laoer has been wearing a fox fur cloak and walking around the mansion every day, instructing servants to buy New Year's goods. Bai Zhi has nothing to do, so she wraps up her clothes and goes to Gu Laoer to join in the fun.

Gu Laoer was looking through the gift book in the main hall at this time. Bai Zhi came in with a light snow on her body and greeted Gu Laoer, "Second brother, have you eaten?"

"Third sister-in-law, I just had a quick bite." Gu Laoer was writing something on a piece of rough paper, and it seemed that he really couldn't spare the time to pay attention to Bai Zhi. Bai Zhi stayed for a while, felt that she was a bit redundant, and decided to leave.

"Ah, ah, ah, third sister-in-law, I have too many things to do. Can you please do me a favor?" Gu Yan took out a key from his arms and handed it to Bai Zhi, regardless of whether Bai Zhi was willing or not. "Please go to the treasury and get me two hundred taels of silver notes."

This was not a big deal, Bai Zhi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go right away."

"Thank you, third brother and sister-in-law."

It was quite a distance from the main hall to the treasury. There was wind and snow outside. Bai Zhi pulled her leather cloak tightly around her and walked quickly with her head down, as if someone was chasing her.

Qiaoqiao, wearing the same cloak, turned out from the path and happened to see Baizhi. She smiled and said, "Miss, you are here. It's so cold. Where are you going?"

"Go get some things for the Second Master." Bai Zhi said, "Why are you running out? Go back to the house."

"I came to look for you. I went to the wing room just now and saw that you were not there. I guessed that you went to the second master's place." Qiaoqiao took out a long cloth bag from her sleeve, opened it carefully, and said with sparkling eyes, "Miss, what do you think this is?"

For a moment, Bai Zhi thought she had gone blind from looking at the snow all the way. She picked it up and looked at it carefully, then asked in confusion, "Where... where did you get it from?"

This is the key that can open the inner door.

"I did it myself! You forgot that you asked me to do it."

"Who? Me?"

"Yes, oh, you must have forgotten." Qiaoqiao stamped her feet, "The pattern of this thing was something you put in a pile of rice paper for my homework. I saw that you didn't mention it, so I guessed that this must be something you can use, so I made it for you. This thing is difficult to make, it took me more than a month to make it."

But this thing is useless now. Bai Zhi screamed in her heart, wondering how she could have accidentally sandwiched the pattern between the rice paper!