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

Deep down, she didn't want Ximen Liuyun to come back.

If Ximen Liuyun comes back, will she and the baby in her belly still have status? ? ?

She couldn't help but think darkly that it would be best for the child to die in Liangzhou.

Now I can use Bai Lu's help to make this child useless... That's great, that's great, Bai Lu is really my savior.

As she thought so, she showed a little more kindness towards Bai Lu.

The wife of Duke Liang said with a smile, "Madam Bailu, from now on we are friends. If you need any help, just tell me and I will ask someone to help you."

"Whether you are in Kyoto or Liangzhou, as long as you have something to do, just write me a letter and I will receive it."

"If there is anything, I will definitely help you without hesitation."

Bai Lu smiled and nodded, but she was secretly complaining in her heart, what a vicious stepmother.

I must give Ximen Liuyun some serious instructions when I get back.

Anyway, for now...Ximen Liuyun should be kept in Bai Lu's home.

After raising the child for a while, a few months later, Ximen Liuyun will accept this fact, or tell Duke Liang about this matter in a roundabout way, then the child can be sent back.

Otherwise, if I rashly send such a child back, what if he is killed by this stepmother? This is unpredictable.

She couldn't bear to watch a child like this die.

After all, Ximen Liuyun had been raised in her home for a period of time. As a bystander, or... as a close elder of Ximen Liuyun, she should at least tell little Liuyun about this matter.

"..."

Not long after, two palace maids came over with a plate of bitter almonds and a bowl of ginseng soup.

Placing the bitter almonds and ginseng soup on the table, Lady Liang said with a smile, "Lady Bai, you should also taste the bitter almonds and ginseng soup."

"If we talk about these two separately, they are both very bitter and not very delicious."

"But if you eat them together, take a sip of ginseng soup, then chew the bitter almonds... there will be a fragrance! And mixed with the fragrance of almonds, you will feel the sweet aftertaste in your mouth. If you add sugar and stir-fry it a little... you will find that this fragrance is increased several times."

"This is just like the business that White Lady and I did before, don't you think?"

“It still has to match!”

Bai Lu also smiled and nodded. She picked up a bitter almond, took a sip of ginseng soup, and smiled.

“It’s really delicious.”

The ginseng soup is also delicious.”

"Our business will definitely be very successful."

After she finished speaking, Lady Liang said with a smile, "The Queen Mother is sleeping right now. I am still pregnant and I am feeling a bit uncomfortable due to morning sickness. I have to ask Lady Bai to tell the Queen Mother that I am not feeling well and I will be leaving now."

"When you have time, come to the palace again to pay your respects to the Queen Mother and apologize."

"The Queen Mother is magnanimous and will not argue with a pregnant woman like you."

Bai Lu smiled and said, "Duke Liang's wife is pregnant now, so everything should be based on the child."

"Children are the most important."

Having said that, Bai Lu went out with the other palace maids and eunuchs to see her off.

On the way, the two of them talked for a while like good sisters who had not seen each other for many years. After the wife of Duke Liang was completely far away and her figure could no longer be seen on the palace road, Bai Lu turned around and returned to the Queen Mother's bedroom.

...Tsk tsk tsk, those words just now almost made me sick.

Bai Lu felt speechless.

Kyoto is really not a good place. There are so many things going on.

She really disliked Kyoto, and if she could leave here in the future, she would leave as soon as possible.

......

White House.

Shi Liu knelt on the ground and said to Lord Bai, "Sir! I have something important to report!"

"There was a letter from the palace saying that His Majesty sent someone to deliver a message that he would grant our eldest daughter a marriage to General Zhou."

Isn't this just about marrying Bai Zhiyi to Zhou Langya?

"???"

Lord Bai was a little dumbfounded. He didn't understand what this had to do with his previous request to be conferred the title of Princess.

At this time, Lin next to him said to Lord Bai with a smile.

"Father, there is no need to be so anxious. I think this is His Majesty's compensation to our sister."

"You know, you are taking our Bai family's 500,000 taels of silver to treat the flood in Jiangnan, and you want to give our sister the title of Princess Mingzhu... To be honest, this is really too difficult for Your Majesty."

"But if you can give her a good marriage, it is possible. Now I can also give her a very good marriage for the sake of my mother-in-law's affection and face."

"So, they will be married."

"Didn't I like General Zhou the most before? How about pairing them up now?"

"???"

"!!!"

Hearing this, Lord Bai's face turned bitter. He immediately stamped his feet and said to Lin: "This, this, this......!"

"This...I don't think it's that good."

"If it was before, I would definitely think it was great, but now I just feel like it's over!"

"Haven't you and I been to General Murong's mansion? General Murong and his men said it in person right in front of us! General Zhou doesn't like our Zhiyi at all."

"If I like them, and they can become husband and wife, I will definitely support it with both hands and feet! But...if I don't like them, if they are forced to become husband and wife, then wouldn't they just be a pair of resentful couples?!"

Zhou Langya had made it very clear in front of them before, even speaking in a cold and unkind way! He didn't like Bai Zhiyi at all.

Let Bai Zhiyi find another good man to marry.

At the beginning, the Emperor's marriage proposal...didn't it fail? So Lord Bai and the others thought that it was nothing more than that.

Although Bai Zhiyi likes Zhou Langya, there are so many good men in the world, there is no need to hang herself on a crooked tree.

But Zhou Langya refused this matter in front of the Bai family...the emperor didn't know.

All the emperor and his men knew now was that Bai Zhiyi and Murong Jinshu were jealous of each other over this matter, and Bai Zhiyi pushed Murong Jinshu into the lake.

But he didn't know that Bai Zhiyi and Lord Bai had been to Murong Mansion before.

The emperor's behavior made Lord Bai a little frightened.

Lord Bai sighed and said bluntly, "If I really tie my rebellious daughter and General Zhou together and grant them a marriage, it may seem like a good thing on the surface, but General Zhou will definitely not be happy about it and may even refuse the marriage."