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

Eunuch Zhang calmed down a little, then went back to report the matter to His Majesty.

The queen said she would come but in the end, for some reason, she didn't show up. Since no one who was supposed to be the main seat at the huge banquet showed up, the people below were free to do whatever they wanted.

After Bai Lu and the others finished their meal, they all went back to their homes.

Originally, Bai Lu was going to go back to Murong Mansion, but at this moment, General Shi said to Bai Lu with a smile: "Speaking of which, Lady Bai, since you are not a prisoner anymore, why don't you come with us and stroll around my mansion? What do you think?"

"..."

Hearing this, Bai Lu was stunned.

Bai Lu pondered for a while, then nodded and smiled.

"If I go to your house, that's fine too. Then I won't go to General Murong's house. I'll go to General Shi's house."

Hearing this, Murong Jinshu next to him became a little unhappy.

"Hey, Sister Bailu, are you leaving?"

She looked at Bai Lu with her big deer-like eyes. Bai Lu couldn't tell what she felt in her heart. She quickly said to Jin Shu, "Yes, but Jin Shu, come with us too."

General Shi said to Murong Jinshu with a big smile: "Don't you like Lady Bailu too? Then come with us to our house and let the general's wife entertain you."

Next to General Shi stood a serious-looking woman. She said to Bai Lu and Murong Jinshu in a serious tone, "Yes, in that case, let me entertain you two."

"It's nice to have fun with me in my house, but... we don't have any young ladies in our house, so you may have to stay in my yard for a while. It's a pity."

Bai Lu and Murong Jinshu left with General Shi and his wife.

General Murong naturally had no objection. He watched his daughter follow Bai Lu to General Shi's mansion, and stroked his beard with a smile.

Although on the surface they seem to be at odds with each other, in private the kids are friends with each other and there's no big problem.

Bai Lu and the others were just about to leave when they saw Pei Huizhou coming over.

Pei Huizhou glanced at Bai Lu and Murong Jinshu, then bowed to Bai Lu with a smile and said, "Oh, isn't this Lady Bai? Lady Bai, what a coincidence."

Seeing him here, Bai Lu felt unlucky. Why is it Pei Huizhou again? !

Bai Lu frowned and said to Pei Huizhou: "Master Pei Huizhou, you are here, what's the matter?"

Pei Huizhou nodded and said with a smile: "Come to think of it, I do have something to ask you."

Then he turned to Bai Lu and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked you to stay in the East Palace for the next few days."

"????"

"Is it inappropriate to stay in the East Palace?!"

"After all, Bai Lu is a woman, and...and the prince is not married yet."

General Murong had a bad feeling in his heart, so he quickly jumped out and said to Pei Huizhou.

"Oh, don't worry about that."

He said with a smile: "Your Highness, considering that Lady Bai's identity is a bit awkward and that Your Highness is unmarried, you let Lady Bai and several young men and women from General Murong's mansion live together in Your Highness's East Palace. This way... everyone can see each other often, and Lady Bai can also stay in Your Highness's East Palace with peace of mind."

"..."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be speechless.

Everyone looked at each other. The prince really liked Bai Lu, so he let Bai Lu stay in the East Palace.

Then Pei Huizhou said, "And His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that you were often bullied by Bai Zhiyi, so he asked me to follow you."

"Let's go to the East Palace together. This way, you, Madam Bai Lu, won't be bullied by Bai Zhiyi."

"??"

Bai Zhiyi?

Bai Lu frowned. Bai Zhiyi and Lord Bai had beaten her up before. The Queen Mother had said that she would stand up for her, so how could they bully her again?

If Bai Zhiyi knew that he had the support of the Queen Mother and others but was still bullied by them, he would be extremely stupid.

Pei Huizhou cordially invited Bai Lu and several girls and boys from General Murong's mansion to go to the Eastern Palace with him, and since this was the prince's order, Bai Lu and the others had no choice.

So, these young people rejected General Shi and went to the East Palace together.

The prince was quite nice to Bai Lu. He arranged the largest and brightest room for Bai Lu, which was even bigger than the room in General Murong's mansion. It had everything you could need, and he even had a talking parrot to keep him company.

"Beauty!"

"Beauty!"

The parrot said this as soon as they entered, which scared Bai Lu and Murong Jinshu!

Bai Lu: “…”

Bai Lu pointed at the parrot and said to him, "You are ugly!"

The parrot also learned: "You are ugly!"

After that, Bai Lu went to the East Palace for a thorough tour, and then said to Murong Jinshu beside her: "It's really too late today, let's go to bed!"

"Okay! Then I'll sleep next door."

Murong Jinshu nodded, said hello to Bai Lu, and went to bed.

Early the next morning, Bai Lu and Murong Jinshu got up and had lunch with Pei Huizhou and the others.

After Bai Lu got up, she found that Pei Huizhou lived in the room on her left, and Jinshu lived on her right.

What bad luck.

Pei Huizhou was still yawning as he said to Bai Lu, "This morning, the Crown Prince went to the palace to serve His Majesty, so he won't be eating with you in the East Palace. He will come back at noon to prepare some food for Madam Bai Lu and the ladies and gentlemen of General Murong's mansion, and we will eat together."

Hearing this, Bai Lu nodded.

Then, the people below quietly reported the news to Pei Huizhou: "From what His Majesty said, His Majesty urgently summoned Miss Bai Zhiyi to the palace."

"..."

Why did she summon Bai Zhiyi into the palace in such a hurry?

Pei Huizhou frowned, his heart sinking.

I wondered, for some reason, I had a bad feeling.

The people below said again -

"The Qingzhou spy reported that he happened to see the third son of the Bai family when he came to Kyoto! It seems that he returned to the capital early! Calculating the date, he should arrive today or tomorrow!"