Daily life in the academy

"Very good." Bai Zhi applauded, but the next sentence made Mu Bai's excitement wilted: "General Mu leads the Central Army, and you join the Northern Army... Does he have any objections?"

"It's careless."

Mu Bailian sat down obediently: "This matter... Ah Zhi, you keep it a secret for me. Brother Yan can't tell it either. If he finds out, he will definitely tell my father."

Bai Zhi smirked: "Aren't you afraid that I'll tell your father?"

"I'm afraid... I'm begging you, Ah Zhi. As long as you promise me, I'll treat you to a month's worth of meals at Xiyunlou."

"Come on, the academy will start in ten days. After you start, you can only leave the academy during your days off. How long will you be able to go out this month? If your monthly allowance is deducted again next time, you might have to start eating free meals everywhere again. It's a big loss."

"Then what do you have to do to agree?"

"Let me think... If you do two things for me, I'll agree to it."

"what's up?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. I'll tell you when there's something I need you to do."

Mu Bailian thought for a moment and nodded, "Then you can't make unreasonable demands, such as things that are against the will of heaven and earth, or violate the law."

Bai Zhi was so angry that she laughed: "Mu Bailian, am I this kind of person in your eyes?"

"Haha." Mu Bailian tried to use laughter to ease his speechlessness, but found that the person in front of him remained unmoved. He then apologized in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I just said it casually, just in case."

"Hmph." Bai Zhi turned her head away, too lazy to pay attention to him.

Coincidentally, Yan Qingchen walked in from outside and saw this scene. He asked curiously, "How did he offend you again?"

The corner of Mu Bailian's mouth twitched. It turned out that this was the kind of person he was in Brother Yan's eyes. Just as he was about to make an accusation, Bai Zhi stopped him with a glare. He sat aside obediently waiting for trial.

I thought Bai Zhi would tell him everything he just said, but he just shook his head: "Nothing, just bickering."

Yan Qingchen nodded, not taking it to heart, and said, "Did Bai Lian tell you that we're going to the Summer Resort together tomorrow?"

Bai Zhi was pleasantly surprised: "Going to the Summer Resort tomorrow? Are we finally going out to play? I'm almost dying of suffocation."

Yan Qingchen was surprised: "You haven't been..." He stopped talking in time and said, "I see you smiling every day, which makes me very happy."

Bai Zhi sighed: "It was indeed very happy at the beginning, but it is really unbearable to do this every day." She didn't like it in the first place, and she only played mahjong to entertain friends during festivals and holidays. How could she have known that Princess Ning would be so obsessed with it?

Mu Bailian was completely bewildered. The words were like a riddle, so he asked curiously, "Brother Yan, Ah Zhi, what are you talking about?"

"fine."

The two said in unison.

Mu Bailian wiped the non-existent spit from his face: "It's only been a dozen days since we last met, when did you two become so in sync?"

Yan Qingchen coughed lightly and stood up. "It's getting late. I have to go back to the courtyard and tell the servants to pack the things I need to take. You should also pack up early. We will set off early tomorrow morning."

After that, he left without looking back.

Mu Bailian watched Yan Qingchen's back and scratched his head: "Azhi, do you think Brother Yan is a little strange?"

After waiting for a few moments without hearing a response, he turned around and found that there was no one beside him. Baizhi had already walked into the inner room and had started to instruct Bishui to pack clothes and daily necessities.

Mu Bailian looked around and said with certainty, "It's just very strange. Both of them are weird."

Then, he stood up and walked back to his room, muttering to himself, "Never mind, it doesn't matter. Tomorrow we'll finally be able to have fun together as a foursome."

Bai Zhi had her back to the door and heard some noise coming from the outer room. She asked Bi Shui, "Did they leave?"

Bishui looked up and replied, "Mr. Mu has already left."

"it is good."

Bai Zhi breathed a sigh of relief. She was most afraid of Mu Bailian's clingy nature.

"Master Bai, all your things are here. Is there anything else you need to pack?" Bishui neatly placed Baizhi's clothes, personal belongings, and daily necessities into two wooden boxes.

Bai Zhi took a quick look and saw that most of the things had been packed up. She smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Bishui. These will be enough. You can go down and get busy first."

"It's not hard, this is what I should do. You can call me anytime if you need anything."

Bai Zhi was the only one left in the room. She felt relieved at the thought that she would not have to draw cards tomorrow. She had been drawing cards in her dreams these days...but fortunately, she had a good harvest. She poured all the money she had won these days onto the bed, kicked off her shoes, sat upright on the bed and counted the money carefully.

One copper coin, two copper coins... every ten coins were piled up. It took Bai Zhi about an incense stick of time to completely count them. There were a total of ten strings of copper coins, three hundred and fifty-three coins, and ten taels of silver.

The copper coins were won from playing mahjong over the past ten days, and the ten taels of silver were the capital given by Princess Ning for making mahjong. She made a net profit of four taels. Adding the money she earned from working before and the miscellaneous money given by the three of them, she already had a total of forty taels of silver.

After the settlement, she combined the silver from both sides, took out two taels of silver and a few hundred copper coins and put them into her purse, and locked the rest in a small wooden box. These were her lifeblood and were not suitable for traveling with her. It was safest to keep them in the palace.

Of course, the most important thing is that Baizhi took out two notebooks from under the pillow and stuffed them into the last layer of the wooden box where clothes were kept. This would help to relieve boredom if she got bored there.

The second day, at noon.

The sun had just shone on the earth and had not yet begun to radiate its warmth. A breeze blew by, making me feel refreshed.

There were three carriages parked in front of the palace, one for luggage and two for people. Originally, Mu Bailian insisted on riding in the same carriage with Bai Zhi, but Bai Zhi thought he was noisy and refused to agree. Yan Qingchen then came up with a compromise plan. They would go to Wen Mansion to pick up Wen Zhe and ride in one carriage for three people. After picking him up, it would depend on Wen Zhe's choice. Only then did Mu Bailian give up.

But when they arrived at the Wen Mansion and picked up Wen Zhe, he still chose to ride in the same carriage with Mu Bailian.

Mu Bai leaned against the carriage wall, feeling hopeless. "Azhe, I winked at you just now, didn't you see it?"

Wenzhe was silent for a moment, but couldn't help but ask, "Then why are you staring at me with such pitiful eyes? I thought Qingchen and Azhi didn't want to ride with you."

"How could that be?" Mu Bailian protested. "I'm not universally adored, but I'm almost there... Why wouldn't they want to ride with me?"

Wenzhe: "..." Don't you know what kind of person you are? It's simply difficult to communicate.

"Azhe, why are you silent? Are you unable to convince me... Look, what I said is right!"

Wenzhe clenched his fists. How could he, after not seeing each other for over ten days, even want to punch Bai Lian? Sure enough, Qingchen was the only one who could subdue him.

Interjection:

Thanks to "Infinite Nishangxian" for sending the love power

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