In ancient times, she gave birth to seven daughters and was divorced by her husband's family.

They prepared a lot of easy-to-eat children's meals and let the seven children and Leng Bingnian eat separately.

King Cheng, Master Jiang, Bai Lu and the three brothers of the Bai family, the six of them, plus Lin Canghai, ate alone at a table.

36 dishes for seven people is really luxurious.

Even King Cheng looked like he was looking forward to it.

But Master Jiang seemed to be accustomed to it.

The three brothers of the Bai family did not show any special affection. They were prisoners now, so how could they dare to think about eating all the time?

Moreover, whether intentionally or unintentionally, Master Jiang specially arranged a more convenient seat for Bai Lu, and he was right next to Bai Lu.

Bai Lu looked up at Master Jiang, and Master Jiang smiled at Bai Lu.

This smile is like the spring breeze and warm sunshine, and is especially warm in winter.

"..."

Bai Lu remained silent. She always felt that this Mr. Jiang was a bit like an air conditioner.

Moreover, she and Mr. Jiang had no reason to be together, but he kept smiling at her. What was he doing? !

Could it be that he has a fever?

ヽ(???)?!!!

Wow, I discovered something amazing.

The more Bai Lu thought about it, the more she felt that this was possible.

She then smiled at Mr. Jiang.

......If that's the case, then let him burn it.

Later, she asked him to give herself and the children more gold ingots. After all, his family was rich and had no shortage of money.

Sure enough, when they were halfway through the meal, Master Jiang said this in a drunken tone.

"Look back..."

"I can give White Lady...and your seven daughters...a better life."

"If you are in Liangzhou Prefecture...if you want anything, whether it's food, drink, or fun, you can come find me!"

"

The entire Liangzhou Prefecture is yours to roam around as you please! Have fun as you please!"

"I will cover your expenses from now on!"

When Bai Lu heard this, she smiled at Master Jiang and said, "Thank you very much, Master Jiang."

"..."

King Cheng was also drunk.

He smiled at Bai Lu and said, "Since we asked you to come and celebrate the New Year, and we asked you to come a while in advance, it's natural that we want you to stay in Liangzhou Prefecture for a while longer and get closer to us."

"Now you are my capable subordinate.

He is the most proficient in business and can compete with our Master Jiang."

"......It could be you, Bailu, or that Shen Congyun."

"No one else has it. All your brains are in vain. You can't do business at all."

"However, Shen Congyun has some things to do in Xiangshan County, so he won't be here for a few days. Then you can go shopping together..."

"......This expense is all covered by me and Master Jiang."

“…Don’t worry!”

When Bai Lu heard this, she smiled deeply.

"Thank you both very much."

That day, Bai Lu stayed with the children in the backyard of Prince Cheng's mansion.

After settling down, on the next day, she and the three young masters of the Bai family visited Princess Cheng and the concubines of King Cheng.

After that, I hurried to consume.

Princess Cheng and several concubines did not make things difficult for Bai Lu.

When they saw that Bai Lu was beautiful, they wanted to make things difficult for her because they felt that... Bai Lu might be having an affair with King Cheng. After all, King Cheng liked Bai Lu so much and admired her so much.

But Bai Lu has a special status, and no one dares to make things difficult for her.

Bai Lu is also a powerful person.

Bai Lu is here, and life is quite comfortable.

She went out to visit Liangzhou Prefecture with a few children.

Liangzhou Prefecture is still very simple and elegant, with the flavor of an ancient city in the center of the border, which is different from Lianhua Town and Huai County.

This place is much larger than Huai County and Lianhua Town.

Bailu is usually celebrated in Lianhua Town, or at most in Huai County. The facilities here are much more complete than in counties and towns, and the infrastructure is very good.

There are restaurants and eateries everywhere, and basically every restaurant has two or three floors.

Moreover, the small houses where the people lived were not that shabby. At least the roofs were repaired, and there were no leaks around. The walls of the earthen houses were few, and were basically made of earth mixed with grass, or baked bricks.

It is much better than their Lianhua Town and Huai County, no wonder it is called Liangzhou Prefecture.

The streets are bustling with people, and there are all kinds of things for sale.

Mutton buns, pork skewers, game, barbecue, osmanthus cake, rock sugar and brown sugar, apricots, pot repairers, pot menders, ironworkers...

About ten strings of candied haws were brought and we all ate together.

"Well, this candied haws tastes pretty good, sour and sweet."

Bai Liezhao enjoyed eating very much.

Bailu took a bite of the candied haws and felt so sour that her teeth were aching.

The hawthorns here are not as sweet as the modern ones. After all, the modern hawthorns are carefully selected and cultivated by them from generation to generation. They are both sour and sweet.

The acidity is not so high that it won’t make your teeth ache, but it is sweet and sour and tastes just right, making your mouth water.

In ancient times, there were fewer varieties, and half were good and half were bad, so the taste was not that good.

But it's fun.

In short, the soldiers patrolling the streets more frequently and in greater numbers, otherwise it would be hard to tell that a war was about to break out across from Liangzhou Prefecture.

How is this war going to happen? Liangzhou Prefecture was functioning normally a few days ago.

......But it's normal, since Liangzhou Prefecture is their base camp and everyone is in Liangzhou Prefecture.

As the war is imminent, the people are relatively calm, and I guess they have accepted their fate.

Bai Lu sighed.

Hey, she's spending the New Year here...will it happen to coincide with the war?

If Da Wu loses the fight, he will be fine because Cheng Wang will protect him.

It would be fine if Da Wu won.

Anyway, the three young masters of the Bai family are next to her. She will be protected by the three young masters of the Bai family no matter what, so she can rest assured.

In the evening, Bai Lu took a stroll and returned home with the children.

King Cheng and Master Jiang are discussing something at this moment.

Suddenly, Master Jiang's guards were heard coming hurriedly outside to report.

"Oh no, oh no, White Lady... White Lady spent a lot of money on buying things..."

King Cheng and Master Jiang looked at each other.

King Cheng's face darkened and he turned to look at Master Jiang.

He has to come specially to report such a small matter. What's the big deal about spending some money? This guard is an idiot.

Young Master Jiang's face also darkened.

He frowned and coughed twice, looking at the guards below, and said to them: "Mrs. Bai has come from a far distance, so it's fine for her to spend some money. Why are you making such a fuss?!"

"Could it be that I, Jiang Yanli, am still short of that little bit of silver?!"

"..."

Hearing this, the guards below said with embarrassment.

"But...but, the money White Snake spent is really not a small amount..."

"..."

Young Master Jiang remained silent.

Ah... How much did White Snake spend that made the guards below a little unsure.

But they have come from afar, so he and King Cheng should show some sincerity.

Moreover, he was a man, and he had specifically told Bai Lu this before. He told Bai Lu in person to spend the money as she pleased.

Now if I don't let her spend it, wouldn't it be embarrassing? ! I've already said it, if I take it back, wouldn't it be embarrassing? !

So Master Jiang frowned at the guards below and said, "If she wants to spend, let her spend!"

"How much money can a little girl spend with a few children? It doesn't matter if it's a little more!" "Anyway, our family has money!"

"Yes."

King Cheng beside him also nodded. He sighed and said, "I'm not saying... Young Master Jiang."

"The people under you are really too stingy."

"How much money can Lady Bai spend for coming to our Liangzhou Prefecture?!"

"You guys are making a fuss, just let them spend it!"

"Ah, this..."

“Well, well, well…”

"

Oh well."

"..."

The guards below were silent. They hurriedly said, "But...but sir, although that is what you said, White Snake bought a lot of things. She bought..."

"Oh, that's okay."

Young Master Jiang felt ashamed that the young girl spent some money, but the guards kept criticizing him, as if he was showing how stingy he was.

He couldn't save face anymore.

He coughed twice. King Cheng was next to him.

He immediately said to the guards below: "Let her buy whatever she wants. I still need the silver."

"Even if she spends a few hundred thousand taels, that's no problem."

"Besides, what did I tell you before? Didn't I say that White Lady doesn't have a man by her side right now? If we can win her over and make White Lady and I a couple, I'm afraid we will have gained a capable assistant."

"what."

The guards below were stunned.

Unexpectedly, his son actually had such thoughts. Wasn't his son's sacrifice a bit too great? !

They looked at each other, and suddenly their eyes became weird.

King Cheng couldn't help but twitch his lips, and he quickly said: "This, this, this... Young Master Jiang, this is not necessary."

Young Master Jiang sighed.

"Alas, if I don't sacrifice myself, who will?"

“Everything is fate.”

"For the sake of our greater plan, I'll sacrifice myself."

King Cheng: “…”

"This... But you are the richest man, and you are marrying Bai Lu, a merchant, and she is also a second-married woman. Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Master Jiang said, "Who said I married her as my principal wife? I only married her as a concubine."

Master Jiang smiled, his eyes were gentle and warm, but the smile did not reach his eyes.

"I looked at Bai Lu before, and she seemed to have some feelings towards me."

"I'll tease her again later, maybe I can get her."

After hearing what Master Jiang said, they all looked enlightened.

"Oh I got it......"

"I see."

They all laughed and said, "Congratulations in advance to Mr. Jiang for getting the beauty."

"Haha, although Bailu is a second-married girl, she is pretty."

"..."

At this moment, Bai Lu had no idea that they actually thought of her this way, and that the thought was disgusting.

In the room, the three brothers of the Bai family were silent, looking at what Bai Lu was holding.

"This...is this really okay for you?"

There were little golden men, little golden statues, little golden houses, little golden hammers...all kinds of gold ornaments were placed in their houses.

And it's heavy, doesn't look cheap.

Bai Lu looked at the pile of gold with a smile. Such a huge pile of gold must be worth at least 100,000 taels.

She said with a smile: "This Mr. Jiang has bad intentions."

"He took the initiative to tell us that he wanted to reimburse our expenses. He must have his own plans."

"Since he has something to hide and wants to use this to trap us, why don't we force him to reveal his true intention as soon as possible."

So she specifically asked the seven little moons to take some very valuable things.

Later, he felt that it was not enough, so he bought a lot of gold, silver and jade products... each one was extremely expensive.

Fortunately, there are some large stores in Liangzhou Prefecture. If there were no large stores, it would be difficult to buy Bailu.

Bai Lu couldn't help laughing out loud when she looked at these things.

"..."

Bai Liezhao remained silent. "That's fine, that's fine."

"Anyway, I knew at first glance that Mr. Jiang was not a good person."

Bai Liezhao beside him also nodded and said defensively, "Yes, Lady Bai, that Mr. Jiang looked like a pretty boy. I didn't think he was suitable for you at the time."

"That's perfect. You can spend more of his money."

"If he has any bad thoughts, he won't think about them anymore."

Bai Qingze, who was standing next to him, touched his chin and smiled at Bai Lu and the others, "I think what Lady Bai did is just right."

"But after that, I have to protect you, Bailu, from getting in the way of those outsiders."

"If that young master has any weird ideas, we should have less contact with him in the future."

As they were talking, there was a knock on the door.

"Is White Lady here?"

"Is White Lady here?"

It was Lin Zanghai’s voice.

Bai Lu immediately went to open the door and saw Lin Zanghai standing outside.

He was not wearing military uniform today, but casual clothes, a blue round-necked robe with a black fox fur cloak on the outside.

He seldom wore a cloak, but this cloak made him look dignified and stern. His sword-like eyebrows were slanted, and he looked intimidating without even getting angry. He looked like a young general.

His brilliance cannot be concealed no matter what.

Bai Lu looked at him and smiled at him: "What's wrong?"

"General Lin."

Seeing Bai Lu becoming more and more beautiful, Lin Zanghai's eyes flickered, and then his tone seemed a little low.