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

Her eyes were as beautiful as pearls, and the Queen Mother dared not look at them.

"Empress Dowager, what's wrong with you?"

"I just said one sentence, but you seem to be sweating profusely."

As she spoke, Bai Lu gently touched the empress dowager's temples and smiled at her.

The Queen Mother raised her lips awkwardly and was about to explain something:

"I...I didn't..."

Then I heard Bai Lu say angrily:

"Oh, Your Majesty, I was just joking with you, why are you so nervous?"

"I'm not going to eat you, am I?"

Queen Mother: "..."

You might as well eat me!

The Queen Mother was thinking about how she should respond if Bai Lu continued to ask questions.

However, to her surprise, Bai Lu did not ask any further questions, but just kept eating.

This meal tasted like chewing wax after a long time and I felt totally out of sorts.

Afterwards, Bai Lu went straight into the kitchen without saying anything more to the Queen Mother.

For a moment, the Queen Mother couldn't help but have an illusion. Could it be that Bai Lu was really just playing a joke on her?

But considering Bai Lu's personality, it doesn't seem like that.

How can this be good?

How should I explain this to others then?

At this time, the seven little moons had finished their meal.

They didn't notice the strange atmosphere between Bai Lu and the Queen Mother, and hurried to the kitchen to help Bai Lu clean up, saying sweetly:

"Mom, put these down and we'll help you clean up."

Several maids and servants rushed forward, their voices trembling with nervousness:

"Oh, my masters, please stop and let us handle this!"

Only the Queen Mother, Xu Xian and Master Xi were left standing there blankly.

Master Xi and Xu Xian looked at each other and said to the Queen Mother:

"Your Highness, please don't panic. Let us handle this matter."

They could truly feel the Queen Mother's panic at the moment.

"We will do our best to keep this news secret."

"If you really can't hide it anymore, tell Bai Lu. There's nothing else you can do."

Xu Xian and Xi Gongzi both had strange expressions at this time.

It was indeed a helpless move, because Bai Lu was so smart and clever.

If Bai Lu wasn't so smart, there might be room for maneuver, but she is too smart.

Seeing their expressions, the Queen Mother sighed and said:

"That's all we can do..."

After Bai Lu drove the seven little moons out of the kitchen, she washed her hands and asked the cooks, maids and servants in the kitchen to clean up these things. Then she rewarded everyone with some silver.

The servants would be too poor to rely solely on the monthly salary. The masters of wealthy families would always give them rewards.

Therefore, Bai Lu had to reward them with some money occasionally.

Just like today, everyone was busy around him and a few little moons, and they deserved a reward of five hundred coins per person, which was equivalent to half a month's monthly salary.

They will be very happy and work harder.

After Bailu came out, he said to the little moons:

"You guys should go back and take a nap."

"it is good."

The little moons did feel sleepy, so they all ran back to their beds.

Looking at the seven children who were as cute as butterflies, Bai Lu finally smiled.

Xu Xian and Xi Gongzi also smiled and said with emotion:

“That’s great…”

Bai Lu suddenly asked:

"Has the Queen Mother left?"

"gone."

Xu Xian and Master Xi personally sent her away. The Queen Mother really couldn't pretend any longer if she stayed here.

Then I heard Bai Lu slowly say:

"I always feel like something's not right with the Queen Mother."

"Do you think...is there something wrong with the Queen Mother?"

"No."

Xu Xian and Xi Gongzi shook their heads and said to Bai Lu calmly:

"Don't think too much. The Queen Mother is very good to you."

"is it?"

Bai Lu was stunned for a moment when she heard them say this.

She trusts Xu Xian and Xi Gongzi very much, they are her system friends.

If even they cannot be trusted and betray me, then in this world... there will be no one else worthy of trust.

Bai Lu fell into deep thought and then said:

"It seems that I am overthinking it."

"But why is the Queen Mother so nervous..."

"Do you think she might have something else in mind...something she wants to hide from me and give me a surprise?"

Xu Xian didn't say anything. Young Master Xi stepped forward and said to Bai Lu with a smile:

"Your brothers might be getting married soon, and there might be lots of surprises!"

Bai Lu thought it made sense, nodded and said:

"That's good."

"As for hiding things from me, it doesn't matter."

Her face was calm.

"As long as the things you're hiding from me aren't particularly bad."

"Everyone has their own little secrets, but there's no need to tell them."

Even without saying it, our relationship is still very good.”

Xu Xian and Master Xi looked at Bai Lu's back and felt that her figure was more elegant and as straight as a bamboo.

I couldn't help but be a little surprised.

They didn't expect that... Bai Lu didn't even get to the bottom of the matter.

Bai Lu had a good rest these two days, and did not see any outsiders or anyone who came.

General Murong and the others also understood that Bai Lu needed to rest at this time, so no one came to disturb her.

Only some people without tact would come over, like Pei Huizhou.

"Why are you here again?"

Xu Xian and Master Xi, who were outside the door, frowned when they saw Pei Huizhou, who had come for the sixth time, and said to him:

"What on earth do you want to do by pestering our White Lady?!"

"Bai Lu has already said that she doesn't want to see you and doesn't like you, why are you still so shameless?!"

"I'm telling you, if you keep pestering me like this, we'll definitely beat you up!"

Hearing this, Pei Huizhou raised his eyebrows and said slowly:

"If you guys beat me up, then... what will happen if Bai Lu's husband is disfigured?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Xian and Master Xi were furious and immediately rushed forward to beat Pei Huizhou.

"Pah! Pah! You shameless thing!"

"The engagement is over, yet you're still pestering our White Lady!"

"What a disgusting man!!"

Before they got close, Pei Huizhou used his lightness skills to fly to a small river not far away and smiled at them.

"???"

"!!!"

Xu Xian and Master Xi were furious and shouted loudly for Bai Qi, Mu Guiying, Qin Liangyu and others, and chased in the direction of Pei Huizhou.

"No matter what! We must catch up to this shameless guy and give him a good beating!"

"If I don't beat him up, I won't be able to get rid of the hatred in my heart!!!"

They rushed towards Pei Huizhou with strange cries,

"We must catch him!"

......

On the other side, Bai Lu was reading in the study.

What she read were not those classic books from ancient times, but some ordinary picture books.

It's quite interesting and can help you understand the people's livelihood in Kyoto.

There are many delicious and fun things in ancient Kyoto, but I have never fully experienced them. I happened to be in Kyoto these few days and had the opportunity to experience them.

Although she felt that these things were not as fun as today's mobile phones, she had lived in ancient times for so long that she had been assimilated to some extent.

Modern mobile phones are products of a fast pace, while ancient times were characterized by a slow pace of life.

Perhaps, if I suddenly traveled back in time, I would still not be used to using a mobile phone.

Just as she was watching the scene where the top scholar intercepted the lawsuit to the emperor to save his mother, a slender jade-like hand reached out to the table and took the sketchbook from her hand.

The strength was so great that others could not catch it at all.

Bai Lu was stunned. She looked up and saw Pei Huizhou standing in front of her with a smile on his face.

"why you?!"

Bai Lu immediately stood up and took a step back.

How could it be Pei Huizhou? !

Xu Xian, Xi Gongzi and the others in the courtyard were not easy to mess with. They knew that he hated Pei Huizhou and would definitely stop him. Moreover, Qin Liangyu and the others were even more powerful...

Hearing this, Pei Huizhou smiled slightly, revealing two small canine teeth, looking a little cute.

"Why can't it be me?"

"You... hate me that much?"

Bai Lu was silent for a moment, then frowned and asked:

"What did you do to them?"

"Nothing much, just a little trick."

"I have to say that your men are truly skilled in martial arts. Ordinary people are definitely not as good as them."

"If they weren't here, it would be easy for me to get into your house,"

"But since they are here, I can only use some tricks."

After Pei Huizhou finished speaking, he saw Bai Lu's face gradually darken.

"What on earth are you doing here again?"

Then Bai Lu asked in a deep voice,

"The two of us can only fight to the death!"

"If you come to assassinate me, I will definitely win!"

"I'll send out a flare and they'll come back."

"Don't worry, I'm not here to assassinate you this time."

Pei Huizhou said calmly to Bai Lu,

"Some time ago, the Empress Dowager sent a very interesting person to the Heavenly Prison. Her name is Shen Lanhua."

"Although she said...she was a maid in the Empress Dowager's palace, I know that she was a maidservant beside your mother, Zhao Bingyu."

Bai Lu looked at him quietly and asked:

"What do you want to say?"

Pei Huizhou said with a smile:

"Shen Lanhua was sent in, and she died within half an hour."

Bai Lu's expression changed slightly, and her pupils shrank.

"What? He died in less than half an hour?!"

Didn’t the Queen Mother say before that she would send someone to conduct a thorough interrogation?

What if he dies in less than half an hour?

"Was it the emperor who did it, or was it you who did it?"

She looked at Pei Huizhou with a little anger, and immediately stretched out her hand as if she was going to attack him.

"Oh, don't blame me! I definitely didn't do this!"

"As for the emperor...he doesn't know anything about Shen Lanhua, so it's impossible for him to do it."

Pei Huizhou smiled and said to Bai Lu:

"So, Bailu, guess how Shen Lanhua died."

"Did he die because the torture in the prison was too harsh?"

"Guess again... who tortured me?"

"..."

Bai Lu fell into a long silence.

Even if the torture in the Heavenly Prison was severe, it was impossible to torture someone to death in half an hour.

In particular, Shen Lanhua is a person with great martial arts skills.

Even if ordinary punishments were used in rotation for three to five days, it would not guarantee that she would be completely killed.

Pei Huizhou continued:

"If you don't speak, I'll tell you!"

"There are a total of 182 types of punishment in the Heavenly Prison. They were specifically borrowed from the punishments of my Dali Temple. Therefore, their punishments are extremely cruel and brutal. They neither make people unconscious nor cause them to collapse into insanity... Otherwise, it would be difficult to get them to speak out during the interrogation."

"It must be the most torturous of all, yet it causes no substantial harm to the body."

"For example... there's a punishment called ant boiling. It involves making countless tiny cuts in a person's skin, each no larger than a thumb. Sugar is sprinkled on the cuts, and fire ants are allowed to bite them, causing the flesh to ulcerate... The ants are then burned with fire, and the pain they feel causes them to burrow into the person's flesh..."

"But ants are small, just crawling on the surface. When the time comes, just scrape off the flesh on the surface of the skin... Slowly, they will grow new flesh. It won't bleed too much, but it will cause extreme pain and itching... This kind of pain is something most people can't experience."

Bai Lu's expression gradually changed.

Pei Huizhou continued with a smile:

"If the punishment is applied to the soles of the feet, the pain is extreme."

"If you use it on some private parts, it will be even more painful..."

"do not talk!"

Bai Lu rushed forward and slapped Pei Huizhou.

"Shut up!"

Pei Huizhou dodged with a smile and continued:

"If they wanted to torture someone, and the prisoner died...it would take at least ten days!"

"So... White Lady, you are so smart, you should understand what I mean,"

"That Shen Lanhua died less than half an hour after being sent to the Heavenly Prison. Someone must have done it on purpose."

"Speaking of which, I think I'm pretty lucky. If I hadn't planted someone in the prison, I probably wouldn't have known that Shen Lanhua was sent there by the Queen Mother..."

Pei Huizhou said to Bai Lu with a smile:

"The Queen Mother is so smart and has such a good relationship with you. If she really wanted to do this for your own good, why would she kill Shen Lanhua so quickly?"

"There must be something she doesn't want you to know."

"Have you ever wondered...what she's hiding?"

"Madam Bailu, Madam Bailu, why don't you go and ask the Queen Mother?"

"..."

Bai Lu slapped Pei Huizhou again. This time, Pei Huizhou did not dodge and the "slap" sound was very loud.

Pei Huizhou was stunned for a moment.

Bai Lu was also stunned for a moment.

Afterwards, Pei Huizhou wiped the blood from his mouth and said with a smile:

"You are really cruel."

"You actually beat me like this just for the Queen Mother!"

Bai Lu stared at Pei Huizhou coldly and said slowly:

"I have complete trust in the Empress Dowager. You don't need to sow discord here!"

Pei Huizhou's expression gradually darkened.

"You really don't know how to appreciate kindness, huh!"

Pei Huizhou shook his sleeves, touched his face, and left with a gloomy expression.

"Hey, you've been playing tricks on us for so long, and you still want to leave?!"

Bai Lu sneered, and saw five people suddenly coming outside. They were Xu Xian and others!