Chapter 49
Song Yin, the newcomer to the Dali Temple, had sharp words and sufficient evidence, so the Left Prime Minister had no choice but to admit it.
Many officials were implicated, but none of them were as shocking as the fact that the left prime minister colluded with Concubine Cihe. The emperor was so angry that he threw the inkstone at Bai Tianting with great force, and his face was furious.
Bai Tiao received the news early in the morning that Haitang had brought him back. Haitang was panting and Bai Tiao was pale. The master and servant said nothing and went straight to Feng Mansion. The door of Feng Mansion was still closed. Bai Tiao looked at the dark red archway and daydreamed. Along the way, she thought a lot. No matter whether the door was open or not, she had to go into Feng Mansion today. Otherwise, when the imperial edict arrived, it would be too late. She didn't want to be a scapegoat for the Prime Minister's Mansion. Why? Bai Tiao's hands were clenched tightly in her sleeves. She ignored everything around her, and her eyes were only on the closed door in front of her.
"Hey, Miss Bai, you can't force your way in." The servant was concerned about the hierarchy and the difference between men and women. When Bai Tiao walked forward, he could only move backward. The servant Ah Sheng was a servant of the Feng Mansion. He was only twelve years old this year and was the son of the cook in the kitchen. He had been waiting inside the door, listening to the noise outside. The eldest son had ordered that Miss Bai would definitely come today, so he should persuade her to leave. Who would have thought that the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion would force her way into the door of the Feng Mansion.
"Miss Bai, could you please wait for me to inform them?" Ah Sheng felt helpless at the moment.
However, Bai Tiao stopped walking. She looked at the boy in front of her and smiled faintly, "Thank you very much. Where should I wait for you?"
"Let's go to the front hall!" Ah Sheng led the way. "Miss Bai, please take a rest in the front hall. I will go and inform you right away."
Bai Tiao followed the young man and saw that he was really heading towards Feng Wubai's yard, so she retracted her gaze. She didn't sit on the stool, but paced in the hall, looking around slowly, with a faint smile on her lips.
"I am the daughter of the Prime Minister. When did I have to force my way into someone else's house? Haha."
Haitang was a little worried. She felt that Baitiao's condition was very strange, so she stepped forward to comfort her, "Miss, you will see Master Feng soon."
Bai Tiao looked outside the door, suppressed his smile, and his eyes were cold, "Oh, to see him, I have to force my way in."
But what if she forced her way in? At this point, did she have any other way to survive?
Feng Wubai soon received the news that Bai Tiao had forced his way in. Ah Sheng complained angrily, "Master, I really can't stop you."
"No problem." Feng Wubai straightened his robe and asked Ah Sheng, "Are you okay?"
Ah Sheng nodded. These days, Feng Wubai has lost a lot of weight. He sits in Huanxin Garden for the whole day, and no one can persuade him to stop. Feng Nianxiang is the same. Both of them are surprisingly quiet. To be precise, the whole Feng Mansion is very quiet.
Feng Wubai came out of Huanxin Garden. Ah Sheng went around from the east to the south, which took some time.
Bai Tiao had no idea that Ah Sheng went to Huan Xin Yuan to look for Feng Wu Bai. Her eyes were lowered, and many thoughts were spreading in her mind like a plague. Her eyes were fixed on the ground, and it seemed that she had stared a hole in the ground. Hai Tang was waiting behind Bai Tiao, looking out the door frequently, her eyebrows were tightly knitted together, and the two crossed hands in front of her were tightly clamped together, neither of them letting go of the other.
Finally - the sound of footsteps was heard outside the door.
Bai Tiao and Hai Tang looked out the door together. Feng Wubai and Ah Sheng behind him stepped into the front hall one after another. They had not seen each other for many days, so it was awkward for them to meet each other and they were silent for a while. Hai Tang was very sensible. She reported and left, and Ah Sheng also went out to wait. At this moment, there were only two people left in the hall, and it was even quieter. Bai Tiao kept looking at Feng Wubai. For some reason, from the moment he saw him, his originally cold eyes suddenly showed a lot of grievances. These emotions seemed to be spontaneous and were completely out of Bai Tiao's control.
Bai Tiao lowered his head slightly, not wanting Feng Wubai to see his misty appearance, which made him feel like he had lost, and he didn't feel good at all. But Feng Wubai was no longer the infatuated lover he used to be. He didn't even look at Bai Tiao, and just sat in the main seat. Seeing that Bai Tiao didn't say anything, he didn't want to waste too much time on this, so he took the initiative to say, "Bai Tiao."
At this call, Bai Tiao suddenly raised her head, with a look of disbelief in her eyes. Feng Wubai could see clearly, but the joy, anger, sorrow and happiness of the woman opposite him had nothing to do with him.
He continued, "I know why you came here. Don't worry, no matter how heavy the cargo is that will be encountered in the Prime Minister's Mansion, it has nothing to do with you. This is the only thing that the Feng Mansion can do. It is also what Aunt Wan asked, and it is also what my father wants. The Feng Mansion will definitely protect Miss Bai from the Prime Minister's Mansion. As for the others, the Feng Mansion can't help."
After saying that, Feng Wubai stood up and prepared to take action. Bai Tiao called out, "Wubai."
Feng Wubai stopped and waited for Bai Tiao to speak.
Bai Tiao stepped forward and looked into Feng Wubai's eyes, which were cold, indifferent, unfamiliar, and without even a trace of warmth. She was panicking, and she asked, "Wubai, what happened to us?"
Feng Wubai lowered his eyes and shifted his gaze to Bai Tiao. He almost forgot that there was one thing he had forgotten to resolve.
"Bai Tiao, you and I have an imperial decree granting marriage, so let's call it quits now."
Feng Wubai said it lightly, as if this matter had nothing to do with him. Bai Tiao kept looking at him, trying to see something strange in his eyes, but there was none, until he said that it was over, Bai Tiao smiled.
"Why?"
Feng Wubai looked at the affectionate look of the woman in front of him, which was really ironic and disgusting. He didn't even want to beat around the bush. He said directly: "Bai Tiao, the Feng Mansion has done its utmost to protect you, and the imperial decree of marriage will definitely be annulled. It's not because the Feng Mansion is changing its mind and is afraid of being tainted by evil. It's because I, Feng Wubai, will directly ask the emperor to withdraw the decree."
She understood every word Feng Wubai said, but for some reason, all the words made her numb, and slowly, a chill ran through her limbs. She didn't understand, and she kept mumbling, "Why?"
Seeing Bai Tiao's lost look, Feng Wubai felt it was even more ironic, so he snorted and laughed, "Miss Bai, my sister has passed away, so there is no need to do this useless thing."
"Wu Bai? Why are you so malicious towards me? I am heartbroken about Huan'er's matter. I understand that you miss your sister, but I... I am... you... why do you treat me like this?"
Bai Tiao looked at Feng Wubai with tears in her eyes, her face reflecting the expression - you have let me down. Feng Wubai sneered again, and then threw out a pink oval porcelain bottle from his sleeve. He walked and said: "The Feng family promised to save your life, and the Feng family has kept their promise. My sister has returned, and you and I are strangers. As for the rest, the Feng family will not pursue it, and you, just stop while you are ahead. Bai Tiao, our fate ends here, and I don't want to see you again in this life."
Feng Wubai's figure had left. Bai Tiao had held her breath when the porcelain bottle fell, and tears were falling. It turned out that he knew everything. For some reason, her heart ached. Watching Feng Wubai's back getting farther and farther away, her heart was torn apart bit by bit until it became hollow. She felt so empty. She seemed to have lost a very important person, but she seemed to understand how important that person was only today.
Bai Tiao didn't know how she left Feng Mansion. She only knew that when she returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion, the soldiers were already there. Handan was dragged away. Handan cursed at her and then begged for mercy. The servants saw her as if they had seen a god, with hope in their eyes that they couldn't take their eyes off. They begged her to save their lives. Bai Tiao stood there blankly, watching everything happen quietly. Everyone looked at her indifferently and cursed.
It was not until the end, when Haitang was also shackled, that Bai Tiao reacted. Haitang seemed much calmer, as if she had expected her own fate and accepted it with pleasure. She smiled and said to Bai Tiao, "Miss, I am leaving now. In the future, you must take good care of yourself and don't dwell on the past. Thank you for giving me a new life. I will repay you in my next life."
After Haitang finished speaking, she knelt down and kowtowed three times to Baitiao.
The entire Prime Minister's Mansion was so large, with hundreds of servants, but Haitang was the only one who didn't curse her. Bai Tiao watched Haitang quietly, watching her being dragged onto the prison cart, watching her being pushed into the middle of a bunch of servants, watching her trying hard to push through the crowd in the prison cart, trying to reach out to her, trying to smile. Haitang's eyes were already filled with tears, and the shape of her mouth seemed to say, "Miss, take good care of yourself."
Until the prisoner car made a rattling sound and Haitang was getting farther and farther away from sight... Baitiao was still standing there. And Haitang never heard a word from Baitiao until her death.
In the space of half a day, the Prime Minister's Mansion in Noda was turned into a desolate ruin. The plaque was crooked, and the courtyards were turned upside down with tables and chairs everywhere. Even the flower beds in the courtyards were not spared and were dug up. The flowers were dead and uprooted.
Bai Tiao smiled as she walked. She thought, Haitang must be very disappointed in herself, right? Yes, isn't she that kind of person? For the sake of her goal, she can endure everything and use everything, right? Then why is she so upset? Isn't everything going as she wished? The Prime Minister's Mansion was defeated, and it has nothing to do with her. She is alive, and she should be happy.
That night, Bai Tiao wandered around the mansion alone.
Sometimes she laughed, sometimes she cried. She did not feel how gloomy the empty Prime Minister's Mansion was. She ran, jumped, cried, and laughed wantonly until dawn, when she was sure that there was no one in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
No one knows where Baitiao went.
Some people saw her leaving the city, and some people saw Bai Tiao on Guanyin Mountain. In short, she was still alive.
"No need to follow her anymore." Lan Yueming said to Shanshui, his confidant, "Just make sure she's alive."
"I'm sure. I went to the Prime Minister's Mansion that day. There were signs of Miss Bai's belongings being packed in her room, and the guards also said they seemed to have seen Miss Bai."
Lan Yueming nodded. "She will most likely go to Guanyin Mountain. She won't be upset. She's not that fragile. She just feels that the ending didn't go the way she imagined."
Ever since Lan Yueming knew that Bai Tiao wanted to harm Feng Huanhuan, she wanted to rush to the Prime Minister's Mansion and torture her to death. But she couldn't, Feng Wubai said that the Feng family had to protect Bai Tiao's life. Even though she had murdered the little girl.
Those who do evil will eventually perish. People should not be too greedy or too hypocritical. If you cannot be sincere and open your heart to the people you love, and keep playing around with the people who treat you like a treasure, God will not tolerate it.
If Lan Yueming guessed correctly about the incident of the man in black, Bai Tiao deliberately did not tell Feng Huanhuan that the man in black was Feng Wubai. She wanted Feng Huanhuan to have ill will towards her, so that when Feng Wubai returns to Beijing in the future, she will feel deeply guilty. After Feng Huanhuan knows the truth, she will definitely help Bai Tiao promote this happy event.
Bai Tiao really considered everything about everyone, but the only thing he didn't consider was that he really loved Feng Wubai.
Sad, pitiful, and hateful.
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