Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

That day, Xiao Zuoming was also very angry after returning from the Buddhist temple. But no matter how angry he was, he still obediently arranged the selection for General Bai. The reason why he was obedient might be because Emperor Mingren did not dare to have a direct conflict with General Bai yet, or it might be because Xiao Zuoming was afraid of General Bai.

After several days of screening by the palace servants, the Ministry of Internal Affairs finally decided on the candidates and presented the portraits of twenty women of appropriate age to the emperor.

"Mudai, come over here and take a look with me. This is the daughter of Mr. Zhang. What do you think?"

Mu Dai smiled awkwardly and leaned over.

"How can an old slave be qualified to comment~"

As Kido spoke, his eyes were still looking at the portrait.

"Ah~ What a beauty~"

Xiao Zuoming looked at him with a smile.

"You're quite good at using words~ What about this? The daughter of the Li family."

"This one is not bad either~ It's a beauty, a beauty!"

Mu Dai rubbed his hands, then saw that the emperor was about to hold up another portrait, and quickly reached out to take it.

"Oh, Your Majesty~ Just leave it here and let me take care of it!"

Xiao Zuoming dodged the hand that Mu Dai extended and waved at him.

"I'll do it myself~ What do you think of this one?"

"Hey~ stunning beauty!"

"This one?"

"A beauty as beautiful as the moon!"

"this?"

"Shen Yu Luo Yan!"

"..."

"The moon is closed and the flowers are ashamed!"

"..."

"So, which one is better?"

The emperor asked the last question, which left Kido speechless for a moment. His old face turned red and he looked like he couldn't say anything.

The emperor snorted.

"So you just said a lot of things! I want you to help me pick something different~"

Mu Dai also noticed the emperor's dilemma and reminded him.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry about it. In the end, it's General Bai who will get married. Just let General Bai choose for himself. What if General Bai doesn't like the person you have chosen with so much difficulty, and then blames you in the end? Isn't that a waste of effort?"

"He dares!"

When Xiao Zuoming heard this, his eyes widened with an expression of disbelief.

Only then did Mu Dai realize that he had said the wrong thing and quickly changed his words.

"Yes, yes, yes. You are the emperor. It is a great honor for him to be able to marry him. General Bai can only kowtow and thank you. How dare he complain?"

"Yeah~ Of course!"

Xiao Zuoming leaned over and carefully selected from the twenty portraits around him, comparing them with each other. After another cup of tea, he had picked out almost half of the portraits and put them aside. Mu Dai saw that the emperor had picked out the portraits of the daughters of important ministers and women with outstanding looks, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Your Majesty, you are so kind to General Bai~ Look at this candidate, his standard is almost as good as the one your Majesty selected~"

Xiao Zuochen was choosing among the remaining people. When he heard Mu Dai's words, he turned his head to glance at him, then continued to look at the portrait in his hand.

"Most of those I just picked out are daughters of important officials. They will naturally be left to me! I am the emperor, so the good things will naturally be chosen by me first. Only after the rest are picked out can it be his turn!"

After hearing this, Mu Dai wanted to slap himself twice. What he said today always touched upon the emperor's sore spot. It seemed that he would have to speak less in the future when it came to matters involving General Bai, so as not to anger the emperor.

......

Two days later, General Bai found a suitable opportunity to go to Fengqi Palace again after the morning court session. However, his real purpose was not to find "Bai Qingning", but to use this to cover up the fact that he was going to find Prince Yun.

When General Bai brought the young man from last time to Fengqi Palace, she saw that Yu had already prepared wine and food, and Concubine Yun beside her was waiting for General Bai to come for dinner. After all, they had met last time, so Concubine Yun didn't need to avoid General Bai, but Xiao Zuoming still didn't know that she had woken up, so she and Yu ate very little every day to avoid being exposed.

General Bai asked the young man to stand guard outside the door. He went into the room, closed the door, and whispered to Yu.

"I'm not here for dinner today. The emperor sent someone to monitor me, so I can't go directly to Prince Yun. So I had to make an excuse and say that I brought some medicinal herbs to Fengqi Palace to see you."

After listening to this, Yu nodded to show his understanding.

"Unfortunately, the Emperor has sent a large number of people to guard the Fengqi Palace, so I have no way to pass on the message. Otherwise, it would be most convenient for me to communicate directly with Prince Yun in the palace."

At this time, Concubine Yun, who was sitting aside, snorted coldly.

"If my meridians weren't damaged, these weaklings around Fengqi Palace wouldn't be my opponents at all. Why would I go to such great lengths to escape from the palace?"

Yu patted her hand to comfort her.

General Bai had been on garrison duty for a long time and had never thought of relying on two women to complete the mission.

"It's okay. I can contact Prince Yun directly. Otherwise, it's easy for information errors to occur when you pass messages between each other. But I'm not in the capital all year round, and I don't have any spies in this palace, so I can only go to him under the pretext of coming to Fengqi Palace to see you. If the emperor tells you that I will come to dine, you should be mentally prepared."

"it is good!"

"After this is done, don't forget our agreement! I'll leave this to you. I'll change my clothes and leave."

After General Bai finished speaking, he took off his outer court robes without caring that there were two women in the room, revealing the tights he had already put on underneath.

Fortunately, everyone had experienced big scenes and didn't care about these details. Yu was afraid that he would be gone for too long, so he reminded him.

"You must be back within an hour. Usually after the morning court session, the emperor will discuss state affairs with some ministers, and he may come to Fengqi Palace after lunch. He is a very suspicious person, especially since you have been to Fengqi Palace, he may come over to find out what is going on."

"okay, I get it."

General Bai put on a mask to cover his face, answered and climbed out of the window.

The window swayed back and forth a few times due to inertia. Looking out through the gap, it seemed that there was some snow outside.

Seeing this, Yu quickly walked to the window and reached out to take it.

"Snowing?"

Concubine Yun still sat in her seat without moving, but also responded to Yu.

"The scattered first snow melts as soon as it hits the ground, let alone the warm palms."

After hearing this, Yu withdrew his hand from the window, but kept looking outside and muttering.

“It also needs to be warm.”