Chapter 178

As long as the old prince cried, Mu Bingqing and Ding Hualin advised him. Ding Hualin was still sharp eyed. Seeing Bai Xian's arm move slightly, she was worried that she would wake up, so she asked her mother Mu Bingqing to take the old prince out.

Bai Xian controlled her expression and tried to pretend that she had just woke up. She opened her eyes in confusion and looked at Ding Hualin who was still sitting by the bed: "princess, you are still here. What time is it now?"

Ding Hualin looked at Bai Xian inquisitively. Of course, Bai Xian still had some small worries about what they said just now. After all, she knew her uncle, but she didn't like to hear people talk about the old Bai family case.

"Are you feeling better? If you're still uncomfortable, you can use some in the house at noon. Just now the servant girl told me that Miss Shen is with Mrs. Shao and there's nothing wrong for the time being."

Bai Xian's face was very calm. She had known a lot of news just now under the pretext of dizziness. Now she can't let Shen Yunqing get along with the Shao family alone. But she remembers that many young ladies echoed when Liu Minyan talked nonsense in the royal guards Pavilion.

"Princess, I dare not bother you so much. I'm better now. I'd better go find my sister."

Ding Hualin asked the servant girl to pick up Bai Xian, and then took Bai Xian's hand and walked towards the waterside pavilion. It was nearly noon. The waterside pavilion was full of tables. Only when you ladies were seated, they just walked to the door of the hall and found that the hall was full of people.

Bai Xian searched Shen Yunqing carefully. Because of different identities, Shen Yunqing did not sit with Mrs. Shao and Shaoling. Ding Hualin released Bai Xian's hand and asked Bai Xian to sit down next to Shen Yunqing.

Because of his closeness to Ding Hualin, the people in the seat cast their eyes on Bai Xian. Bai Xian just pretended not to notice and asked Shen Yunqing if he had been bullied: "Yunqing, you haven't been bullied by others just now."

Shen Yunqing looked at Bai Xian who cared about herself. The ironic grievances she had just been told dissipated. She deliberately laughed at Bai Xian: "sister, you bully me too much. Besides, they all know that my sister is a female official granted by the emperor. Who dares to bully me for no reason."

Bai Xian glanced at Shen Yunqing, then nodded slightly to Du Wangshu and Shao Ling sitting in the distance: "it's best if no one bullies you. If someone dares to bully you, you must tell me."

Shen Yunqing nodded: "sister, were you all right just now? Did you have heatstroke?"

Bai Xian couldn't tell Shen Yunqing that she pretended to be ill under the pretext of dizziness, so she had to follow her words: "maybe I'm tired of practicing martial arts these days, and then I didn't rest last night. It's all right. I'll go back to the house later. I'll be all right after a good sleep."

During the banquet, the girls around Bai Xian talked to Bai Xian and looked at the curiosity in the eyes of the outstanding people. Bai Xian just said a few words politely. When the banquet was over, she didn't promise that the enthusiastic Ding Hualin had to send them out, but took Shen Yunqing out of the Jingguo mansion.

Unexpectedly, just out of the door, Mrs. Shao Du Wangshu and Shao Ling were waiting for them by the carriage of Bai Fu. Bai Xian hurried for two steps and looked at Du Wangshu and Shao Ling who were flushed by the fierce sun. Her heart was soft: "madam, sister linger, why are you standing in the sun?"

Du Wangshu looked at the well-dressed Bai Xian and suddenly remembered what his son Shaoyue said to her quietly when he set out this morning: "Mom, if any lady likes Bai Xian and wants to marry her home as a daughter-in-law, you must tell me."

At that time, Shao Yue looked anxious and helpless. Although Du Wangshu was not biased against Bai Xian like general Shao, she also knew that her husband and family would not let Shao Yue marry a woman like Bai Xian. Therefore, Du Wangshu's face turned red with shame when she heard Bai Xian's words of concern.

"Xian'er, Xiao Yue asked me to tell you that he went to the military camp outside the city today. It's estimated that he won't be back in three days. He can't teach your sisters to practice martial arts these mornings."

Unexpectedly, Shao Yue suddenly left the city. Bai Xian felt at ease. They were just as unhappy yesterday. It was a good thing not to see each other every few days. At the right time, she could also use these three days to think about how to deal with her relationship with Shao Yue.

"Madam, just send someone to tell me. You don't have to wait for me. The sun is too big. Don't get caught in the summer. Take sister ling'er on the bus first."

Shao Ling also wanted to whisper to Bai Xian, but her mother and Bai Xian didn't look very well. She obediently followed her mother in the carriage and went to Shao's house.

Bai Xian and Shen Yunqing also took the carriage back. This morning, she never said a few words to Shen Yunqing. Anyway, the affairs of the Ding family are in a mess. She plans to think about it again when she returns to the house, so she asks Shen Yunqing.

"Yunqing, what are you doing in the garden with Mrs. Shao?"

Shen Yunqing counted his fingers: "at first, when I passed, everyone chatted in the yard. After I passed, several people accosted Mrs. Shao and asked me who I was. I said it was your sister. Later, no one came."

Bai Xian understood that all aristocratic families have not yet seen clearly the emperor's attitude towards themselves, or perhaps they have not paid attention to their little four grade female officials. What kind of people are the most popular at the banquet in Luodu.

Of course, they are the most popular and favorite talents and beauties, as well as the most unpopular and unreasonable people. Bai Xian and Shen Yunqing are just between the two. They can only be regarded as two ordinary women. They have no family to rely on, no rich family wealth, and even can't compare with the daughters of some small officials.

Bai Xian patted Shen Yunqing's hand: "Yunqing, we will attend the banquet in the future. My sister hopes you don't provoke others at will, but if someone bullies you, don't let yourself be wronged. Tell me immediately that my sister will find a way to vent her anger for you."

Back in the mansion, Bai Xian shut herself in her study. For safety's sake, the study is in the West Wing of the inner courtyard where Bai Xian and Shen Yunqing live. She has been writing and painting on paper, trying to recall several meetings between Bai Mu and Ding Xiaofeng, as well as what old Taijun said with Mu Bingqing and Ding Hualin when she was dizzy today.

When Bai Xian first saw Lao Taijun in the morning, she suspected that her mother was Lao Taijun's daughter, but when she returned to the house, she asked housekeeper Li. Housekeeper Li said that Duke Jing did have a sister in those years, but it seemed that he died of a violent illness just after he turned 16.

Bai Xian certainly didn't believe it. Today, the old Taijun was looking for his daughter. If Miss Ding really died at the beginning, why should she look for her again? She was not sure. If her mother was really the daughter of the Ding family, why didn't she ask the Ding family for help when the Bai family had an accident?

Looking at the old Taijun's feelings for his daughter, it should not be the person who is afraid of being implicated by his daughter and doesn't lend a helping hand. Bai Xian really doesn't understand, but she once again has deep admiration for Bai's mother who escaped from Luodu with two young children and was chased by her enemies.

What kind of feelings and perseverance made her not give up her children. It was much more difficult to run for her life with two children than to run for her life alone, not to mention how hard Bai's mother had worked to support her two children in erlipu. Unconsciously, Bai Xian's tears had already flowed on her face.