After rebirth, I married the emperor's uncle and overthrew my ex-husband's kingdom

In the teahouse next door, Jiang Tingxiao stood by the window, looking at Bai Youyou's distorted facial features, and he laughed out loud.

His laughter was so exaggerated that Bai Youyou looked in the direction of the sound.

Seeing that it was an acquaintance, she couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, "What are you looking at? Have you never seen him before?"

Bai Youyou felt that her teeth were about to fall out, so she quickly gritted her teeth, chewed twice, and swallowed the hawthorn in her mouth.

Jiang Tingxiao smiled even more happily, "I have some pastries here, would you like to have some?"

"Need not."

Bai Youyou didn't want to pay attention to him, and when she turned around, she accidentally bumped into a wall of flesh.

"Cough cough cough cough......"

There was no need to look, just by hearing the voice you could tell it was the sickly Seventeenth Uncle.

He looked like he was about to cough out his lungs. Bai Youyou was really afraid that he wouldn't be able to catch his breath and would die.

"Are you OK?"

Lu Huaizhen shook his head and just looked at his feet.

Bai Youyou lowered her eyes and looked at the pitch-black footprint on the white upper of his shoe, and pulled the corner of her mouth awkwardly.

"Uh, sorry."

"No problem."

Lu Huaizhen retracted his feet and hid them under his cloak.

He looked at Bai Youyou and suppressed his laughter: "Why are you in such a mess?"

"Accidentally fell."

Bai Youyou also knew what she looked like at the moment, and she smiled and acted calmly.

Lu Huaizhen covered his mouth and coughed twice, and said sincerely: "People's words are scary. If people knew about your condition, I'm afraid there would be rumors."

Bai Youyou was slightly stunned.

I was used to freedom and forgot that this was a feudal dynasty where millions of people would die if the emperor got angry.

No matter which world you are in, it is too easy to slander a woman. All you have to do is say that she is not decent, and then make up stories about her life. Others will not care whether it is true or not, they will just follow suit and slander her.

They only care about the secular perspective, but not whether their actions are just.

"Thank you for reminding."

Bai Youyou was sincerely grateful, but she had no way to solve the current problem.

Lu Huaizhen saw her embarrassment and suggested: "My carriage is there, how about I take you back? With me as a witness for you, others dare not say anything."

"In this case, it will be troublesome."

Bai Youyou hesitated for only a moment before agreeing.

There is no cost to spreading rumors, but they are enough to destroy a person. She doesn't want the Lu family to bear the abuse and ridicule from others because of her.

Lu Huaizhen took a step forward, and Bai Youyou followed closely behind him, holding the calligraphy and paintings, with most of her face buried in the pile of calligraphy and paintings.

In the teahouse, Jiang Tingxiao, who was leaning against the window with his arms folded over his chest, watching the show, was stunned when he saw Lu Huaizhen and Bai Youyou leaving together.

"Hey, where are you guys going?"

He quickly went downstairs and rode his precious horse to chase after him.

Bai Youyou sat in the carriage holding the calligraphy and paintings, feeling surprised.

The carriage looks plain and unadorned, without any sign of luxury, but it actually has a lot of hidden secrets inside.

Not to mention the exquisite and gorgeous decoration inside the carriage, the piece of uranium jade as big as a jade plate in the carriage is priceless.

Sure enough, this royal person, even if he has no power, is still rich.

Seeing her holding those things, Lu Huaizhen couldn't help but feel curious, "Miss Bai Si also understands calligraphy and painting?"

"don't know."

Bai Youyou was very honest, "These calligraphy and paintings belonged to a scholar. I accidentally bumped into him when I fell, so I spent money to buy all these paintings covered in mud."

Lu Huaizhen chuckled, raised his hand and randomly pulled out a scroll from the pile, slowly unfolding it, and several lush and proud green bamboos came into view.

"The ink color is just right, the lines are sparse and dense, and the brushstrokes are delicate. This is a rare and excellent work."

Bai Youyou listened to his undisguised admiration and leaned over. She immediately saw that with just a few strokes on the paper, the toughness and elegance of bamboo were expressed vividly, making people feel as if they were in a bamboo forest and could feel the charm and breath of bamboo.

Even though she didn't understand ancient paintings, she could tell that this one was quite good.

"Did I get a bargain?"

She quickly piled the calligraphy and paintings on the ground, took out one and unfolded it.

It’s still a picture of green bamboo.

She opened a few more pictures, all of which were of different kinds of green bamboo.

Bai Youyou laughed, "This person really loves bamboo."

Lu Huaizhen held the bamboo painting in his hand and couldn't let it go. "Fourth Miss, I wonder if you can give it up and sell it to me."

"If Prince Xian likes it, just take it. It's a reward for your kindness in sending me home."

In total, it only cost a few taels of silver, and since this time he had troubled him, Bai Youyou didn't feel comfortable accepting the money.

Favors are debts. When the time comes, you must repay them immediately to avoid losing the big because of the small.

"In that case, I will be disrespectful to refuse."

Lu Huaizhen rolled up the scroll again and put it aside gently.

Jiang Tingxiao, who was chasing after them on horseback, lifted up the carriage curtain with his whip and angrily said, "Will you die if you wait for me for a moment?"

The cold wind blew in, and the carriage, which had just been warm as spring, suddenly became cold.

"Aren't you here yet?"

Lu Huaizhen glanced at him, reached out to pull down the car curtain, and then covered his mouth and coughed continuously.

Bai Youyou felt her throat itchy when she heard him coughing.

They walked in silence all the way, and after half an hour, they arrived at the gate of Yongning Marquis' Mansion.

When the servant saw Bai Youyou, Prince Xian, and the prince of Earl Weining, he immediately ran to report to Marquis Yongning and Li.

Soon, Marquis Yongning and Li came quickly accompanied by maids and servants.

It was the first time that Bai Youyou met her nominal uncle Bai Qingyu. He was not very tall and was a little thin, with a hint of sickness on his dignified square face.

"The idle king."

He bowed to Lu Huaizhen, and Li also bowed.

"You two don't have to be polite."

Lu Huaizhen made a fist with his right hand and pressed it against his lips, as if he was trying to hold back a cough. He took a deep breath and said, "Today, this prince and Lord Jiang accidentally startled Fourth Miss Bai while riding a horse, so I sent her back to the mansion and came here to apologize."

Jiang Tingxiao was standing aside lazily. Upon hearing this, he suddenly turned his head to look at him, asking with his eyes when did he do such a thing?

Lu Huaizhen glanced at him, still keeping his expression unchanged.

Li and Bai Qingyu had already noticed Bai Youyou's dirty clothes and were unhappy. When they heard Lu Huaizhen say this, he immediately laughed and said, "So that's how it is. I was wondering why this little monkey got into such a mess."

Li hurriedly pulled Bai Youyou up and down to check her out, and asked with concern, "Girl, why didn't you bring anyone with you when you left the house? Are you injured?"

"I went out with my third brother in the morning, and then I bought some things at Xunbaolou. I didn't have enough silver, so I asked Xiaoju to come back and get it." Bai Youyou explained, and then said: "I was not injured, I just fell accidentally, it has nothing to do with Prince Xian and Prince Jiang."

"I'm glad you're not injured. Go back to the hospital and wash up."

"Yes."

Bai Youyou bowed to Lu Huaizhen and Jiang Tingxiao, and left the front yard under the guidance of Li.