Be a son-in-law
"Pretending to be a couple?" Bai Miaoke asked in surprise.
She did reveal some of her skills yesterday, and she was dressed as a man. Changing back into women's clothes would be the best solution.
But she didn't expect that Lu Yu would want to pretend to be a couple with her.
"Yes, pretending to be a civilian couple is the least likely to arouse suspicion." Lu Yu avoided her inquiring gaze and explained calmly.
"Okay!" Bai Miaoke's clear voice came.
"You agree?" This time it was Lu Yu's turn to be surprised. He didn't expect that she would agree so readily.
"Yes, husband." Bai Miaoke looked at his handsome face with a smile as a blush gradually spread across it.
I think this man is very cute sometimes. It was clearly he who made the request, but now he acts like a shy little wife.
How could Bai Miaoke not see his selfish motives? She just went along with it. After all, having a husband as handsome as him was not a disadvantage.
Before Lu Yu could recover from her calling him "husband", he heard her continue speaking.
"But I also have an idea, I wonder if you are willing." Bai Miaoke pretended to be hesitant, but in fact she had already thought of one crazy idea after another in her mind.
"Just say it." Lu Yu felt it was normal for her to have some requests.
"How about this arrangement of our identities? I am the daughter of a wealthy merchant, and you are a scholar who married into the family. We have been married for more than a year. I will accompany you to Beijing to take the imperial examination, and after you fail, we will return to Jiangnan together."
"Oh, by the way, you are not in good health, so you often need to rest in your room and cannot show up. I am very concerned about you, so I will handle all the matters you encounter on the road."
"Also, since you are my son-in-law, you can't always act like a high-ranking official. You need to greet me with a smile, which is in line with our identities."
Bai Miaoke excitedly described the two characters she had detailed like a storyteller. If Lu Yu had not just mentioned the idea of pretending to be a couple to him, he would have thought that this was a plan that Bai Miaoke had been thinking about for a long time.
The Prime Minister would never have thought that this was indeed what Bai Miaoke had been thinking about for a long time - to let him become the son-in-law of the Bai family, just to use the opportunity of pretending to be a couple to let him adapt to the role in advance.
However, Lu Yu still captured the key information from her series of thoughts. He hesitated and said, "Are you asking me to be your son-in-law?"
"He's just pretending, pretending to be a son-in-law. Your enemies will never think that the prime minister would be willing to be a son-in-law. Isn't it safer?" This time it was Bai Miaoke's turn to convince him.
"But I don't know how to be like a... uh, son-in-law." Lu Yu thought this suggestion was a bit ridiculous. He was used to being a superior, so how could he be like a son-in-law?
"That's okay, just listen to me." Bai Miaoke said as a matter of course, as if she had already entered the role.
"Husband~" Seeing that he was still hesitating, Bai Miaoke used her signature skill - acting coquettishly. She used this trick to deal with her own father in the past, but she didn't expect it to work so well on him.
The woman's honey-like voice defeated Lu Yu's last hesitation, and he said helplessly: "Okay, everything is up to you."
"Okay, I'll go back and pack now, and we'll set off at 9:00 p.m." Bai Miaoke said without giving Lu Yu a chance to refuse, and she pushed the door open and slipped away like a butterfly.
Fugui, who had been guarding outside the door, saw that she was in a good mood and thought that his master was indeed capable. Miss Bai rushed in aggressively and left happily.
After a while, Lu Yu's voice came from inside the room: "Come in."
Fugui immediately responded and pushed the door open.
"Go and tell everyone else that there has been a change in identity. No one is allowed to reveal the secret," Lu Yu ordered.
"Okay sir, what identity do you want to change to?" Fugui nodded and asked.
"You pretend to be servants and don't reveal your abilities; Miss Bai changes back to being a woman, the daughter of a wealthy businessman; I pretend to be a scholar." Lu Yu paused, took a deep breath and continued.
"He is her live-in son-in-law."
There was silence after he finished speaking.
After half a cup of tea, Fugui still suspected that he had misheard, and said carefully: "Sir, what did you say?"
"This is the only way to avoid arousing suspicion." Lu Yu's face did not show any emotion, but his tone was very cold.
Fugui had to try hard to hold back his series of questions, nodded his head and answered, and he also understood why Miss Bai was so happy when she went out.
The idea of having the powerful prime minister as a son-in-law is really... unbelievable. If it were anyone else, they would probably not even dare to think about it.
Before Lu Yu drove people away, Fugui quickly left the room, thinking about how to inform the Jinyiwei people about this matter.
When I walked to Bai Miaoke's door, I saw that she had changed back into women's clothes. She was wearing an apricot-colored dress with delicate patterns and gold edges. She was also wearing gold and silver jewelry, which made her look very elegant.
Without waiting for Fugui to greet her, she pulled Chunxing out of the inn like a gust of wind.
"Miss, you look better dressed like this." Chun Xing also changed back into women's clothes and went out with Bai Miaoke to buy some things.
"It feels so good that I can finally be myself!" Bai Miaoke was in a good mood.
The two first went to a fruit shop and bought some candies, candied fruits, sunflower seeds and other snacks.
Then she went to a ready-made clothing shop. She had long discovered that the styles of clothes in the south were not very similar to those in Beijing. Now that she finally had the chance to try them on, she bought the two most expensive dresses in the store.
"Shopkeeper, please find two more men's robes and buy two for my live-in husband." Bai Miaoke said to the shopkeeper.
The shop owner was so happy to receive such a big deal that he was grinning from ear to ear and hurriedly went to get a few men's robes made of fine fabrics.
Bai Miaoke looked around and selected two of them. "Please pack up this moon-white one and that dark blue one."
She still remembered Lu Yu's look of a banished immortal in the moon-white gown, but she chose a dark green room, thinking that it would be good to change her taste occasionally.
The two men quickly paid and left, and not long after, a sneaky man entered the clothing store.
"What did that girl do and buy just now?" one of them asked, putting a knife against the shopkeeper's waist.
"Oh, don't be like that. I told you that girl was very generous. She bought two of the most expensive dresses for herself and also picked out two for her husband." The shopkeeper said in a trembling voice.
Two men in black leave the clothing store.
"Is it him?"
"No, he is the Prime Minister, how can he be a son-in-law?"
"What should we do then?"
"Nonsense! If you lose the person, report to your superiors immediately and get punished."
While the two were discussing, Bai Miaoke and Chun Xing quietly entered a weapons shop.
"Finally, you're not following me anymore." Bai Miaoke breathed a sigh of relief.
Chun Xing was shocked: "Someone is following us?"
Bai Miaoke nodded: "It's gone now."
"Boss, I need a set of darts and a set of silver needles, the smallest ones are fine." Bai Miaoke said to the owner of the weapons shop.
"The girl may not understand that if this kind of hidden weapon is too small, it will not be very powerful." The shopkeeper advised.
"It doesn't matter, just take the smallest one." Bai Miaoke's attention was attracted by an exquisite dagger on the shelf, and she answered casually.
It is true that larger hidden weapons have greater lethality, but in the face of absolute strength and accuracy, they are only secondary factors.
I want this dagger too." Bai Miaoke took the dagger with a black jade handle on the shelf, stroking the delicate carvings on it, and rubbing the extremely sharp blade, revealing a satisfied smile.
"Girl, this dagger is not cheap." The shopkeeper reminded.
"My lady is rich." Chun Xing took out a silver ingot and slapped it on the table.
Now Bai Miaoke’s identity as the daughter of a wealthy businessman can be said to be true to herself, and her extravagant style has returned.
The shopkeeper quickly agreed, took the silver, and wrapped the bunch of hidden weapons and the dagger that Bai Miaoke had just asked for in a sandalwood box, making them look like some kind of jewelry. No one could tell that there were hidden weapons inside.
Bai Miaoke thought that this shopkeeper was quite sensible.
Seeing that it was almost time, the two returned to the inn.
Bai Miaoke discovered that these Jinyiwei had changed into the coarse cloth clothes commonly worn by servants of wealthy families. It was true that clothes make the man. It was hard to tell what skills these masters had after dressing like this.
Although everyone had already been informed that the two scholars were women, they all took a deep breath when they saw Bai Miaoke smiling sweetly and wearing fluttering clothes. When she was dressed as a man, she looked like a beautiful woman, and when she changed back into women's clothes, she was truly the most beautiful woman in the world.
So the Prime Minister's recent concern for her is not because he is a homosexual, but because he is a gentleman looking for a good match.
"Husband, I'm back." The voice arrived before the person did. Bai Miaoke started calling him outside Lu Yu's door.
As if he was waiting at the door, the door was pushed open as soon as she finished speaking.
At a glance, Lu Yu saw the long-lost, bright and glamorous Bai Miaoke, and the Jinyiwei with different expressions.
His sharp eyes swept over everyone, and everyone lowered their heads.
"Husband." Seeing that he didn't answer, Bai Miaoke called out again in a long tone.
"My lady, it's time to set off." Lu Yu came back to his senses, retracted his gaze and answered softly.
With his eyebrows lowered and his eyes closed, he really looked like a weak scholar. Bai Miaoke smiled and said to everyone, "Then let's set off."
She acted like the mistress of the house.
The Jinyiwei had not yet adapted and were still waiting for Lu Yu's instructions.
Lu Yu gave Fugui an unhappy look, and the latter immediately understood and took the lead, saying, "Okay, madam."
So the group set out for the pier to catch the boat.
Bai Miaoke rode in the same carriage with Lu Yu this time. Given the identities of a weak scholar and a merchant lady, it was natural for them to ride in a carriage.
"I'll remind them again." After the carriage was on the road, Lu Yu spoke first, talking about the fact that the Jinyiwei did not listen to Bai Miaoke's arrangements just now.
"It's okay, just don't let yourself get caught." Bai Miaoke didn't care about other people and just looked at Lu Yu meaningfully.
"No." Lu Yu whispered.
After saying that, he added, "My wife."
Bai Miaoke then smiled and patted his hand, saying, "Just now I was followed on the street by someone, but he walked away halfway. I guess he has dispelled his suspicion."
Lu Yu frowned, "I didn't expect them to be so persistent. You should take a few people with you when you go out. It's better to be careful."
Bai Miaoke raised an eyebrow and looked at him, "Their target is not me, Prime Minister."
Hearing her calling back the adults, Lu Yu frowned, hearing her hidden meaning, and replied: "It is indeed dangerous to travel with me. I am sorry to have caused you trouble."
His tone sounded somewhat ashamed, but he showed no remorse.
He is not a kind person. Now that he has caught her, there is no reason for him to let go.
Bai Miaoke didn't notice anything, and continued in a lazy tone: "It's not dangerous, just a little troublesome."
I added in my mind that if there is real danger, no one can implicate me.
This "couple" with different thoughts then began their subsequent journey.
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