Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

The man stretched out his foot and gently kicked Qingya who was lying on the ground, with a look of disgust on his face.

"Stop pretending, it's too fake."

After the man finished speaking, the woman on the ground still closed her eyes and did not respond. He kicked the woman again, but there was still no response, and he couldn't help but feel confused.

Did he really faint from fright?

The man squatted down and just wanted to reach out to feel Qingya's breath, but Qingya bit his finger. The man frowned and pulled his finger out with force, leaving Qingya's teeth marks and red blood on it.

"I knew you were just pretending to be unconscious! What are you doing hiding behind the tree? You're sneaking around, you don't look like a good person!"

The man questioned her directly, and Qingya was able to see the man's appearance clearly.

A clean and refreshing face, an angular jawline, a forehead covered with broken hair, deep and firm eyes, and an upright posture.

It was obvious at first glance that this man was not an ordinary person. He looked to be only about thirty years old, but he was wearing very ordinary clothes.

Qingya was stunned for a second, but quickly adjusted her mood, put her hands on her waist and said proudly.

"I don't think you are a good person! You deliberately dressed like this and sneaked into the harem, holding a sword. What is your intention?"

"Ha~"

The man sneered, but there was some helplessness in his laughter.

"Which palace are you from?"

Qingya didn't want to get entangled with him at first. After all, if they really fought, she would definitely not be his opponent. She just felt a little pain on her neck. When she touched it, she found a trace of blood. She instantly became angry, shaking her raised hand and glaring at the other party.

"What palace do you care about me? You look like a decent person, but you come here and want to destroy my appearance. You are so vicious! So vicious!"

Qingya seemed to be crazy, and she broke off a branch from a bush by the roadside and hit the man. But the branches that Qingya could break off must be relatively small branches, and the man felt nothing when they hit him.

The man saw the small wound on Qingya's neck and understood why she was crazy, but he couldn't help but complain in his heart.

It's just a minor scrape, why are you reacting so strongly?

However, given Qingya's strength, he did not dodge. He just watched her speechlessly as she circled around him and whipped him "hard".

"General~ General! Wait for me~"

At this time, a young man's voice came from not far away. The man looked back and pretended to be calm. Qingya naturally heard the young man's shouting, and the young man was waving at the man in front of him.

"General?"

Qingya stopped what she was doing and stared blankly at the man in front of her. The man coughed twice, suddenly shook his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, straightened his chest, and looked into the distance.

A breeze blew by, just enough to lift up the strands of hair on his forehead, revealing a scar the length of an embroidery needle.

"He has a scar on his face and looks ferocious!"

Qingya blurted out these eight words, which made the man look at her instantly, his eyes narrowed and revealing a dangerous expression.

"So before you pretended to faint, you were saying that this general was vicious and had a scar on his face~"

When Qingya heard that he also admitted that he was a general, she thought that the only one who could go to the harem today was General Bai. Then she thought that he had heard what she had said about him before, which made her feel extremely embarrassed. She had to put on a flattering smile and explain at the same time.

"General Bai, you misunderstood. That was not what I said. I just heard other maids describe it this way, and I thought I would write it down so that I can identify it..."

"Did you recognize it?"

General Bai was about to continue asking questions when the young man ran up to them.

"General, I have packed all your things. Shall we go back to the General's Mansion now?"

The young man blinked his innocent big eyes, seemingly not noticing the "life and death" atmosphere between General Bai and Qingya.

General Bai glanced at Qingya and the corners of his mouth suddenly curled up.

"No, there's no rush to go back home, let's go to another place first!"

The little maid in Fengqi Palace had just cleaned up the food on the table, but when she saw the soup spilled on the table, her face was full of displeasure.

"Why is the meal like this?"

When another maid heard her say this, she quickly pulled her sleeve and whispered.

"Don't say that. Now that General Bai is back, her status will naturally be different. I'm afraid she will have to restore her title of Queen Mother."

The little palace maid curled her lips and didn't dare to say anything more.

Bai Qingning knew that these people in the palace always treated people differently based on their status.

"The emperor accidentally spilled the soup when he was serving it to General Bai, and half of it was spilled on General Bai. Neither the emperor nor General Bai said anything. If you have any objections, go and complain to them!"

......

Inside the temple——

"...I'm so sorry, General Bai. I'm not sensible, so please don't take it personally."

Xiao Zuochen spoke to General Bai with a smile, while Qingya on the side rolled her eyes and muttered softly.

"He doesn't look like he's in his forties. Besides, he's dressed like this. Who would have guessed that he's a general~"

General Bai stared at Qingya with his eyes hooked, with a provocative expression.

"My father said that I look young because there are no women around me to absorb my energy."

As soon as these words were spoken, Bai Qingning, an unmarried girl, blushed.

"...Besides, I didn't expect that she was actually a princess. After all, Emperor Mingren only announced one princess during his reign. But since His Royal Highness Prince Yun said so, I naturally believe His Royal Highness Prince Yun. I just don't know why His Royal Highness Prince Yun sent someone to find me. From my point of view, is it not appropriate for us to meet now?"

Xiao Zuochen slowly poured two cups of tea and placed one of them in front of General Bai.

"Since General Bai is willing to come and see me, I think he thinks it is appropriate. Besides, General Bai just returned to Tai'an City, how could he know that I am in this Buddhist temple? It's just a coincidence~"

After hearing what Xiao Zuochen said, General Bai couldn't help but burst into laughter and drank the tea in front of him.

"This general really cannot understand why Emperor Mingren would pass the throne to the third child? It is obviously the most suitable person to pass it to you!"

Xiao Zuochen smiled without saying anything and poured another cup of tea for General Bai.

"There are still many things the general cannot figure out."

"Oh? For example?"

"For example, why did the emperor put the queen mother under house arrest in Fengqi Palace?"

General Bai's face changed instantly after hearing this.

"House arrest?"

"General Bai must have received the news at the border. The new emperor did not confer titles on anyone when he ascended the throne. The empress dowager was not conferred a title, and neither was the empress. Doesn't General Bai think this is a bit strange?"

General Bai rubbed his thumb and index finger, thought for a moment, and replied.

"This general does not know about the canonization of the harem, but isn't this position a matter of course? When the third brother takes the throne, the status of the others will change accordingly."

Xiao Zuochen shook his head and then told the real purpose of his visit to General Bai.

"The reason why I asked General Bai to come here is because I have a favor to ask."

"what's up?"

"I want to escape from the palace!"