Chapter 44
Bai Tiao used a silk handkerchief to take out a pink oval porcelain vase that looked like a newly opened lotus bud from the wooden box. Before she opened the lid, she could smell the fragrance of osmanthus, which matched the pink lotus petals that were just beginning to show their tips in the oval porcelain vase. It looked like a rare and exquisite object.
Seeing Feng Huanhuan staring at the pink porcelain bottle, Bai Tiao thought Feng Huanhuan was happy, so she smiled and said, "Huan'er, this is a beauty cream. I've been using it for a while and the effect is very good. The fragrance is long-lasting and not strong. It feels like being in an osmanthus garden in early autumn, very sweet."
Haitang immediately interrupted and said, "Yes, the young lady's bedding is now filled with the scent of osmanthus."
The master and servant talked a little more, so let's not waste time on this. Feng Huanhuan still stared at the porcelain bottle calmly. After the two of them finished their duet, Feng Huanhuan stood up with Feicui's support and smiled.
"Thank you, sister Bai, for thinking of me. It would be a waste to give me such a good thing now."
"Huan'er." Bai Tiao called out in dissatisfaction: "I don't allow you to say that about yourself. Huan'er deserves the best in the world. Whatever my sister has, Huan'er will have. If Huan'er wants something that my sister doesn't have, my sister will find a way to help her."
Yes, just like that midwinter. Because Feng Huanhuan asked for a medicine bag from the Western Regions, Bai Tiao was thinking hard about lantern riddles in front of the stall. That Bai Tiao, whether real or fake, would never appear again.
Feng Huanhuan took the small porcelain bottle and turned to give it to Feicui. "Then Huan'er would like to thank Sister Bai."
"What are you thanking me for? There's no need to thank me between you and me."
In fact, at this point, the two of them stopped talking. Feng Huanhuan knew what Bai Tiao wanted to ask next. Bai Tiao knew that her brother had returned to Beijing, but he did not look for her. Bai Tiao was anxious.
Bai Tiao was indeed thinking about how to ask, how to ask without losing the dignity of a girl. After thinking it over, Bai Tiao lowered her head and acted shy, "Huan'er, I heard that Wu Bai has returned. Is he okay?"
"Very good, my brother is very busy, I don't know where he is or what he is busy with." Feng Huanhuan replied. She was not lying, Feng Wubai was indeed busy.
"Well, that's fine." Bai Tiao didn't ask any more questions. Perhaps she felt that her goal had been achieved. When Feng Huanhuan saw Feng Wubai, she would definitely tell Bai Tiao that she had been to Feng Mansion and asked if he was okay.
Bai Tiao's purpose was indeed calculated accurately. That night, Feng Huanhuan told Feng Wubai about it.
"Throw away that beauty cream!" Feng Wubai was a little angry, "Why keep that damn thing?"
Feng Huanhuan smiled vigorously, "That... I put it away and it will never be touched. I'm just afraid that if Bai Tiao comes to ask, what should I do if I can't get it out?"
"Why do you care about her? Huan'er can do whatever she wants without having to look at her face." Feng Wubai was indeed angry, and he even had no patience when it came to Bai Tiao.
Feng Huanhuan immediately hugged Feng Wubai's arm and swung it back and forth, acting like a spoiled child, just like when they were children. Feng Wubai would definitely obey her. "Oh, my dear brother, don't be angry. It's not worth it."
Sure enough, Feng Wubai did not continue to scold. Feng Huanhuan quietly raised her eyes to look at Feng Wubai's face, which was more vibrant than the previous cyan color, and he was indeed not as angry as before.
Feng Wubai was not moved by Bai Tiao's greetings. Now the Prime Minister's Mansion was like an ant on a hot day, and it was too busy to take care of itself. Now was not a good time to confess to Bai Tiao. On the contrary, he absolutely could not meet him.
But even if Bai Tiao was smart, she could not have expected that Feng Wubai would have heard everything she and Haitang said that day. According to her estimation, Feng Wubai would return home even if he was busy. If Feng Wubai returned home, he would definitely go to Huanxin Garden to meet Feng Huanhuan because of his doting attitude towards his sister. At that time, Feng Huanhuan would tell Bai Tiao that she had asked about Feng Wubai. If nothing unexpected happened, Feng Wubai would be waiting for her in the next two days.
Bai Tiao waited for three days, and every time night fell, it was the moment she looked forward to the most. She would personally choose her pajamas and wrap herself up, and this wait would last until after midnight.
"Miss, please wait for me. It's getting late." Haitang couldn't bear to watch Baitiao sitting on the tea couch for several hours.
"Tell me, does Feng Wubai not know that I have been to Feng Mansion, or does he know and deliberately did not come?" Bai Tiao was very calm, his cold eyes staring straight at the door.
"Miss, I think Master Feng didn't know that you specifically asked about me." Haitang continued, "Everyone can see how much Master Feng loves you, so how could he know that you took the initiative to care about him but didn't come to visit you? I think there must be too many things going on recently, and Master Feng is a young general, so how could the deep house know what he is busy with. I see that the master has been coming home less recently, and sometimes he comes back late at night. I don't know how many times Handan has made trouble."
Haitang's analysis did indeed dispel most of Baitiao's doubts.
The court has not been peaceful recently, and she has a strong intuition that the Prime Minister's Mansion will not last long. This is why she is anxious for Feng Wubai to return. If Feng Wubai does not return in time, if something happens to her father, Feng Wubai will not be able to save her in time, even if there is an imperial decree granting marriage.
That day, he saw for the first time on his father's face the look of staring straight ahead in a daze. This was a rare expression for Bai Tianting. He has always been a very decisive man, just like the year when he sent his mother to the Buddha's temple. Once he made a decision, there was no room for negotiation. As long as he wanted, he would not ask anyone. Everything in the Prime Minister's Mansion was decided by Bai Tianting. He only thought what he thought, and even if you could prove yourself, it would not work. Bai Tiao's father was such a person. Therefore, from childhood to adulthood, Bai Tiao would never tell Bai Tianting if she had any grievances. Of course, she knew from a young age that her father would not stand up for her. Because she was Wan Ningwu's daughter.
Bai Tiao lowered her head and looked at the long hair that was covering her shoulders. It was soft and translucent. She stroked it again and again, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised into a half-smile.
"Huan'er, don't blame me."
Bai Tiao felt that Feng Huanhuan was not going to live long in her condition, and she just brought her to an earlier date. If Feng Huanhuan's body had not deteriorated, Bai Tiao would never have poisoned her. Therefore, Bai Tiao did not feel much guilt or remorse. To her, Feng Huanhuan was a dying person, and even if the feelings were deep, the reality was in front of them, and the dying person would slip away from them. So why not help her sister before she slips away.
However, Bai Tiao really couldn't understand Feng Wubai's unclear behavior. For the time being, she just assumed that she was too busy recently. The affairs of the court were not something that a woman like her could inquire about. Now all she could do was - wait.
After figuring this out, Bai Tiao finally stopped stroking the hair on her chest.
"Haitang, it's time to go to bed."
After two or three days of quiet, everything was as usual. A few days later, it was the tenth day of May, the day when Feng Huanhuan, the daughter of the Shangshu Mansion, would marry in the Western Regions. For the palace, it was the most important thing at the moment. Especially the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they were simply too busy to handle it. The empresses and concubines of each palace complained because the Ministry of Rites really had no time to please these harem grandmothers. The good things were now filled in Feng Huanhuan's dowry, which represented the face of Qingzhao Kingdom.
Therefore, Lvyi, who had been waiting in the Imperial Household Department early in the morning, returned empty-handed again. A few days ago, Liu Qinqin wanted to eat blood swallows. However, Feng Huanhuan's wedding was imminent, and she waited for a few days without seeing a single idle person. The threshold of the Imperial Household Department was almost broken, and people were shuttling back and forth, making it impossible for Lvyi to call for help. After a lot of effort, she caught a gap and caught a eunuch. When he heard that she was the maid of Concubine Qin, he scolded Lvyi and kicked her out.
The eunuch's general meaning was that all the favored concubines in the palace are overwhelmed and have to wait in line, so you, who don't know how to take advantage of the situation, shouldn't come and join in the fun and cause trouble.
Seeing that Lvyi had been to the Imperial Household Department for several days but returned empty-handed, Liu Qinqin asked why. After finding out, she did not get angry but smiled.
"It turns out that Feng Huanhuan's wedding day is coming." Liu Qinqin sat in the pavilion in the palace, looking at the lush green flowers and plants, and smiled lightly. But her smile didn't have any meaning, she just smiled.
"I didn't expect that the person I thought was the most free and easy is also a prisoner bird."
Liu Qinqin's feelings towards Feng Huanhuan are very complicated. Although the two of them are like fighting cocks when they meet, they must fight to the death, sometimes Feng Huanhuan deliberately gives in to her, which makes Liu Qinqin think she is a little funny. In Liu Qinqin's eyes, Feng Huanhuan is much better than those young ladies from aristocratic families who are shy and pretentious. If you like someone, you like him, and if you dislike someone, you dislike him. Now that an interesting person is about to leave, why not give him a big gift?
Lv Yi didn't know what was in Liu Qinqin's gift bag. Feng Huanhuan, who received the gift bag, just sat alone under the wintersweet tree for a long time, listening to the gentle breeze, listening to the swaying hair on her forehead, listening to the passing of time...
Feicui didn't know what Feng Huanhuan was thinking, but after Feng Huanhuan read the letter in the brocade bag, the expression on Feng Huanhuan's face was something Feicui had never seen before. Surprise, astonishment, sadness, anger... until now, with a broken feeling of letting go.
Since that day, there are still three days to the wedding day. The whole Feng Mansion is so busy that it can't breathe, but everyone is not in a festive mood to welcome this big day of Feng Mansion. The closer the day is, the lower the pressure in Feng Mansion is. From more than a month on, Feng Huanhuan has been eating with her husband every day. Feng Nianxiang will come back to the mansion to eat as long as he is not busy, and Feng Wubai is the same.
In their eyes, the world was bigger than Feng Huanhuan's upcoming departure from home. That day, Feng Huanhuan saw that her father and brother had no desire to eat. The rice in the bowl was almost rubbed into a paste by the two of them, and the dishes served by the servants were picked up by them with chopsticks, but they could not get them into their mouths.
Feng Huanhuan could see that her father and brother were reluctant to let her go. So she put down her bowl and chopsticks and said to the two who had no appetite with a relaxed smile and tone: "Dad, brother, did you two come back because you ate alone outside the mansion?"
"No." Feng Wubai said.
"How is that possible!" Feng Nianxiang said.
The two spoke almost at the same time.
Feng Huanhuan smiled and said, "Why not eat it? I think today's meal tastes great. Look at this smoked chicken. How delicious it is? Daddy, you love chicken the most. If you hadn't been eating it secretly outside the mansion, how could you not be able to eat it?"
"Who said Daddy can't eat? Daddy let you eat first." Feng Nianxiang said and put a piece of chicken leg into his bowl, "Daddy will eat it right away."
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