Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

When General Bai jumped over the wall and entered the Buddhist temple, Xiao Zuochen was copying Buddhist scriptures. Hearing a noise outside the courtyard, he stopped copying the wolf-hair brush in his hand and prepared to go and see what was going on. He happened to meet General Bai's eyes. Xiao Zuochen smiled slightly and made a "please" gesture before the other party could speak.

When Qingya saw General Bai, she looked like she had met an enemy, and when she poured tea for him, the tea spilled outside the cup.

"Qingya!"

Xiao Zuochen reminded him, why is this sister so vindictive?

"This general has been fighting outside for many years. Sometimes the people here can't even get water to drink, let alone tea."

General Bai drank the tea in front of him and put it heavily back on the table.

"So General Bai doesn't know whether this tea is good or not, but he knows that this water is precious. If Miss Qingya doesn't understand, after you leave the palace, I can take you to the border to learn."

Xiao Zuochen shook his head helplessly. One of them was young and naive, and the other was old and also naive.

"Uncle, I will fly high after leaving the palace. Who would go to the cold frontier with you?"

"you--!"

A call of "Uncle" made General Bai shut up, and Xiao Zuochen took the opportunity to smooth things over.

"Alright, alright, General Bai, Qingya is young and naive, so don't bother with her.

Qingya! Why don't you apologize to General Bai right away! "

"I...I'm sorry, General Bai~"

Qingya wanted to say something in rebuttal, but when she met Xiao Zuochen's glare, she had no choice but to give in.

When General Bai heard Qingya's apology, he reached out and scratched his ears, pretending not to hear.

Xiao Zuochen didn't know what to say to General Bai, so he had to change the subject to the main topic.

"Regarding the matter I mentioned to General Bai last time about helping me escape, has General Bai thought about it?"

General Bai shifted his gaze back to Xiao Zuochen's face.

"Of course, otherwise why would this general come here and risk being suspected by Xiao Zuoming?"

Xiao Zuochen smiled and refilled General Bai's tea cup. General Bai continued.

"Yu said she could provide the whereabouts of my sister."

"Yu? Are you talking about your fake sister?"

"Yes, so you don't know her name yet."

Xiao Zuochen shrugged, indicating that he didn't care about it.

"She said that as long as she and Concubine Yun leave the palace safely, she will tell me."

General Bai stared at Xiao Zuochen to see his reaction, but Xiao Zuochen just nodded calmly. General Bai then asked the question that he had been hiding in his heart.

"So you and Concubine Yun really broke up?"

Xiao Zuochen's hand trembled as he raised the teacup, and he almost spilled the tea in the cup. He looked at General Bai speechlessly and said the words he had been holding back for a long time.

"You are old, can you be more mature and stable?"

"that is!"

Qingya on the side echoed, and General Bai pointed at them when he saw this.

"Hey! Hey! Two people are bullying this general!"

Xiao Zuochen really couldn't stand him anymore.

"Alright, alright, let's get down to business!"

Xiao Zuochen took out a map of the palace and spread it out for General Bai to see. The map marked the patrol routes and shift changing times of the imperial guards.

"I heard that you asked Xiao Zuoming to help you organize a talent show?"

General Bai hurriedly waved his hands to explain.

"I came back that day just to scare him and said some words to make him angry, but I didn't think about the real talent show!"

Xiao Zuochen was speechless.

"But Xiao Zuoming has put a lot of effort into helping you choose these days. He sent painters to various officials' homes to draw portraits of women of appropriate age, and asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to select them. Finally, he had to review them in front of him."

"This... He didn't mention this matter in the court~ But no wonder, no wonder some of those ministers looked at me in an ambiguous way, it turns out they wanted me to marry their daughters so that they could become my father-in-law!

No, I will explain this matter to Xiao Zuoming when I go to court tomorrow, so as not to cause trouble for myself in the end!"

After hearing this, Xiao Zuochen was so speechless that he wanted to slap his forehead, while Qingya on the side just laughed out loud.

What I mean is that General Bai has led troops to fight for so many years without any mistakes, so he must be no fool. Now he knows how to avoid the eyes and ears of the palace when he is plotting to escape. I thought he was a smart guy, but I didn't expect him to have such a weird idea. I'm afraid even Chu Yao would have to admit that he is better than me.

Xiao Zuochen stretched out his finger and tapped the map on the table to remind General Bai.

"We have to choose this show! We want to use this show as a chance to escape!"

"What!?"

General Bai was puzzled, but Xiao Zuochen spoke with confidence.

"I have sent people to inquire. Xiao Zuoming has selected a total of ten women to participate in the selection. On the day of the selection, they will all wear red wedding dresses. Five of them are the daughters of ministers of Xiao Zuoming's party. So on that day, Qingya, Fengqi Palace and I will dress up as four of them. After you have selected the people, Xiao Zuoming will let you get married directly in the palace. The remaining women who have not been selected will be arranged to leave the palace directly.

When they entered the palace, they were wearing veils and wedding dresses. According to etiquette and customs, women wearing wedding dresses cannot reveal their appearance in front of outsiders, so when they leave the palace, they will also wear veils so that no one will notice. "

General Bai had doubts after hearing this.

"So my role is to be the groom? You guys ran away, but I don't want to have an extra wife for no reason~"

"The Gu family has a concubine daughter named Gu Yingning. You can choose her to get through this. Because she is a concubine daughter of the family, she is not well-received. Xiao Zuoming also put her on the list of candidates because of her low status. If you choose her, she will naturally be grateful to you. You can be nominal husband and wife for a year, and then divorce. When the time comes, give her some money and land. This will be the most helpful choice for her."

When General Bai heard this, he frowned, as if he had thought of something.

"You speak so skillfully~ Isn't this how you treat your two concubines?"

Xiao Zuochen rolled his eyes at him and didn't want to discuss the plan with him anymore.

"Go, go, go! Hurry up and go! Take your time, I won't see you off, okay~"

Seeing that he didn't want to pay attention to him, General Bai immediately changed his words.

"I won't ask anymore. Just keep talking. I'm listening carefully!"

"There's nothing more to say. Anyway, your task at that time is to pretend that you know nothing."

"Gone?"

"It's gone for now."

"What do you mean temporarily gone?"

"Because I just received this information, I have made the current arrangements. If I receive other information in the next two days, I will make other arrangements. Xiao Zuoming has scheduled your wedding for next month, so we still have a month to make careful arrangements. You don't have to come every day."

General Bai raised his eyebrows.

"Okay, then I'll come every three days, is that okay?"

"Okay~ Let's make this arrangement first. If there's an emergency, I'll send someone to notify you. But in order to avoid being discovered by Xiao Zuoming's people, try not to send anyone around casually."

"Well, I see."