"What's going on outside?"
The atmosphere on Fengming's side was lively, but on Bai Baozhu's side it was gloomy.
She had just arrived at Bailiyuan and was about to interrogate Xin Wei, but before she could say a few words, there was a commotion outside, and the noise made her feel completely depressed.
Her maid Jingyuan quickly ran out to inquire about the news, and came back with the news that the second prince was leading people to search the house one by one, and they were about to find the room they were in.
Bai Baozhu's first reaction was what the hell was this playboy doing crazy again, and her second reaction was that she had to leave here immediately!
"Master...Master, we can't leave."
Jingyuan's voice was as small as a mosquito, and she curled up like a quail, but she had no choice but to tell Bai Baozhu the news that would make her so angry that she would whip her.
"What did you say? Why can't you leave?"
"His Highness the Second Prince has sealed off the entire Baili Courtyard."
"Is there something wrong with him? Why is he closing down the building? On what basis?"
"I heard... I heard that some valuable treasure was lost. They said it was a tribute to Daqing. If it can't be found, everyone in the building will be buried with it."
Bai Baozhu was full of surprise. Nothing the Second Prince did was surprising. If it was such a precious treasure, why not just keep it properly? Why did he have to bring it to this place of brothels? He must be trying to please some girl. He had done such things before, so why did he let her be so unlucky to encounter these things today?
If Fengming could know what Bai Baozhu was thinking at this moment, he would definitely boast to himself that he had indeed found the most suitable person to do the job. You see, Bai Baozhu didn't have any doubt that this was actually done deliberately against her.
Bai Baozhu paced back and forth in the room, while Jingyuan kept an eye on the noise outside. It sounded like the knock was coming from the next room, and theirs would be the next. Although Bai Baozhu was usually a bit cruel to her, beating and scolding her at every turn, she was her mistress after all. If she was caught in the brothel now, her reputation would be ruined.
"Master...Master, what should we do? You are getting married in two days. If...if..."
Bang!
"ah!"
"Shut up!"
Bai Baozhu was already feeling upset, so how could she not know what Jingyuan said? She herself had once used methods of ruining someone's reputation to harm the daughter of an official who was against Sheng Jicheng. But knowing it was one thing, and hearing Jingyuan say it out loud was another. She whipped Jingyuan on the body, causing him to scream in pain.
Seeing Bai Baozhu's cold eyes, Jingyuan had to stop screaming, not even daring to shed tears. She covered the place where she was whipped with one hand and lowered her head to hide her inner grievance and grief.
Outsiders said Miss Bai was gentle, generous, beautiful, and kind-hearted, but only Jingyuan, who had always served her, knew that Bai Baozhu privately had a very short temper, often beating and scolding the servants. Even the slightest thing that displeased her could result in severe punishment. However, the Marquis Yi'an and his wife felt that their daughter had suffered so much in exile, and they were obsessed with making amends. Therefore, even if Bai Baozhu was prone to temper tantrums, they saw it as the servants' own ignorance. They even didn't care if they beat the little girl or child to death. This only further fueled Bai Baozhu's temper.
For example, today, she just gave a kind reminder, but ended up getting whipped for nothing.
I don't know why, but Bai Baozhu chose to come to such a place of entertainment on such a sensitive day as the eve of her wedding. Normally, a woman would be criticized if she went to such places, let alone a bride-to-be.
Jingyuan covered his burning arm, thinking with a nasty yet satisfying feeling in his heart, what a happy scene it would be if Bai Baozhu was identified by the Second Prince's men in public.
"Are you dumb? Why are you standing there pretending to be dead? Go out and show me where they are!"
Bai Baozhu walked around the house twice but couldn't think of a solution. She even opened the window to take a look, but the second floor was too high and she didn't dare jump downstairs.
He was already feeling irritable, and seeing Jingyuan's aggrieved look made him even angrier. He whipped her again, but because there was some distance between them, the whip just hit the table. Jingyuan was so scared that she jumped out like a rabbit.
The loud noise of the hand hitting the table attracted Xin Wei's attention. He quietly stuck his head out from behind the curtain to take a peek, but was unexpectedly met with Bai Baozhu's unfriendly eyes. He felt a chill, as if being stared at by a poisonous snake, and was so scared that he wanted to hide backwards.
"Why are you hiding? Come out!"
Because Jingyuan had gone out and had not returned yet, Bai Baozhu was so angry that she had nowhere to vent. She didn't know what was wrong. Ever since she met Fengming from Daqing in Jiangnan Pavilion, she had been uneasy for a while. She always felt that something bad had happened, so she was always holding back her nameless anger in her heart. Now it was just the right time to drag Xin Wei into this.
When Xin Wei heard her call, his little body trembled and he took small steps out from behind the curtain.
"That person is mute. You are also mute. Can't you call for help?"
Xin Wei stubbornly remained silent, just staring at Bai Baozhu with his big eyes.
Bai Baozhu had suppressed her anger a little, but Xin Wei's eyes were about to grow bigger again.
"Hey, what's wrong with you, kid? You used to be so naughty, but now you've become so sinister. You're nothing like your hypocritical sister who died somewhere."
"You're talking nonsense. You're hypocritical. My sister is so nice. You're such a bad person."
When Xin Wei heard Bai Baozhu slandering his beloved sister, he subconsciously blurted out a rebuttal.
"Oh, you're not dumb, I thought you really fell into the river and became dumb, you don't speak anywhere."
When Bai Baozhu heard Xin Wei refute her, she didn't get angry, but laughed instead.
"Now that you've said all that, tell me your sister's whereabouts."
Xin Wei then stopped talking again.
"Don't play dumb, tell me now. If you don't, I'm afraid your tender face won't be able to withstand a whip from me."
"I don't know. I don't know where my sister is. You guys caused her to fall into the river."
"you……"
"Master, master, master, it's bad, they are already next door, and they will soon finish searching and come to us."
Just as Bai Baozhu was about to continue questioning Xin Wei, Jingyuan rushed in and hurriedly conveyed the news. Although she hoped that Bai Baozhu would be found here, if something really happened, her fate would definitely not be good, so she was particularly anxious for Bai Baozhu to leave quickly.
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