What can we do? People have found out that the medicine was given by the Bai family, so they have to bear the responsibility.
Although they have given up the Earl of Changping, the Bai family will not have an easy time if they are charged with murder. Now there are several families competing with them, trying to bite off a piece of the Bai family's meat and get a share of the palace's purchases. The Bai family cannot afford to have a bad reputation at this time.
They had no choice but to prepare a generous gift, which included various rare items that were not available in the palace. In fact, these items were just rare and not very expensive in value. They were all imported goods brought back from overseas by their own merchant ships and were not as valuable as real gold or silver.
Afraid that Bai Zhiyue would be dissatisfied, he took out another 100,000 taels of silver.
"Dad, do we really want to give her all this for free? It's obvious that she's blackmailing us."
"You have to pay even if you're blackmailed. Don't you see what the situation is? You know the Chen family in Jianghuai? They sent their eldest son to Beijing for a reason. And then there's the Wang family, the tea merchant family. They're all keeping an eye on them. Besides, didn't you notice anything about the incident with the Marquis of Changping?"
"You mean the boss..."
"No matter what, nothing can go wrong at this time!"
"Well, that bitch got away with it again. She really treats the Bai family as her enemies and has no feelings for them at all."
"Okay, there's no point in saying all that. Let's get this over with first. Bring those two idiots back and keep an eye on them. Don't let anything happen to them. We'll talk about it after this period of time.
I remember the Qizhou prefect had a special hobby, which was to spend a lot of women. He sent them over there to be used as waste, and he could also open up connections there. This money shouldn't be wasted."
"My son knows. I will tell my wife not to do anything for now. Let them have a good life for a few days."
Bai Jinbao brought some things to the Earl's Mansion, and Bai Zhiyue did not make things difficult for him. There was no need to say much to a dying man. She directly accepted the money and gifts and let him take the two little Bais away in the name of dealing with the guilty concubine.
As soon as they entered the Bai family, the two young Bais were locked in a small courtyard.
They said they might be pregnant with the uncle's child in the hope of being treated favorably, but Bai Jinbao looked at them as if they were fools.
"Don't dream. The rumor has spread a long time ago. He himself admitted that he will never have children. What the hell are you doing getting pregnant?"
"Impossible, no one in the mansion has ever said that!"
"When he's fine, naturally no one dares to say anything in the mansion. Why do you think that bitch Bai Zhiyue was so confident in kicking you out of the mansion? Isn't she afraid of the reputation of the heir of the Bo family being stranded outside the mansion?"
"Impossible, impossible, she knows everything, why doesn't she say it, why?"
What were they planning? If they had stayed in the mansion and served the uncle well, they could at least have had a good life with good food and drink and someone to serve them. But what should they do now? They dare not think about the future.
"Hmph, I shouldn't have let you into the Earl's Mansion in the first place. You could have been useful to any noble family. Now, not only are you useless, but you've even cost your family money to redeem you. Just wait and see how you'll fare!"
No longer caring how desperate they were, he closed the yard, had someone guard it, and went to call his father.
On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, the emperor stopped writing. Of course, stopping writing only meant that he would not attend court, but it did not mean that he would not care about or deal with anything.
The palace holds an annual banquet on New Year’s Eve. Apart from the emperor and the empress dowager’s birthdays, this is the grandest banquet of the year.
Bai Zhiyue was also among those who needed to participate. Originally, Su Chengang was supposed to bring her into the palace, but given her current condition, she naturally couldn't go.
Su Chen used to cry every day about Xiao Bai's affairs, but later when he saw that no one cared, he lost the energy to cry and finally stopped. However, his temper became worse and worse, and he always made trouble for the people who served him.
The waiters, including Yan Dong, were all annoyed by the hassle and gradually lost the mood to serve him attentively. Sometimes they would just let him grumble, or even let the servants clean up after he peed on them, and they would never do it themselves.
Su Chengang lost his temper and dared not lose his temper in front of them to take the money from the uncle. Gradually, he became a useless master who was struggling to survive.
"Mom, we can also attend the palace banquet. I have never been to the palace before, so I can broaden my horizons this time!"
"What's so good about it? It's like attending a palace banquet, with complicated etiquette. You have to bow and thank the emperor for his grace at every turn. The food isn't even warm, and you can't drink much because you have to go to the restroom all the time. It's not as comfortable as being at home."
"We have to learn to fit in and get used to it."
"I have to go, and I need to make more preparations."
She couldn't bring sharp weapons into the palace. If she didn't have any weapons, she would feel uneasy and had to have something useful in her hands at all times. It wasn't that attending a banquet would necessarily lead to something happening; it was simply her personal habit.
You can't bring a knife or a gun, otherwise someone will search you if you enter the palace. So you found a hidden weapon in the space that was made into a bracelet. It contained an anesthetic needle, which could knock out an elephant with one shot. When you need to use it, just press the decorative gem particles.
After noon, a long line of two teams formed in front of the palace gate. The newly dressed ladies got off the cars and entered the palace. They were checked by the maids on the right side, while the left side was the entrance for men.
Met some women I met when Doudou was one month old
"Mrs. Bo actually brought the young master into the palace!"
"Yes, let him see the solemnity, majesty and grandeur of the imperial palace sooner rather than later."
The man curled his lips and said, "It's really early. What's the point of knowing so little?"
"It's hard for you, Uncle has become like that!"
When you say this, you can put away the disdain from your lips.
"Mom, she gave birth to three daughters and no sons. She was jealous that you gave birth to me in just one pregnancy."
"It's not difficult, I already have a son. Madam Qi still needs to give birth to a son, otherwise the position of Marquis of Zhengbei will be given to a bastard in the future.
Did the Marquis of Zhengbei mention marrying his illegitimate son to you again? Alas, a illegitimate son is not as good as one you raise yourself, not to mention that he is already so old, it is impossible to raise him well.
Bai Zhiyue was inferior to others when she was the wife of a marquis, and now she has become the wife of an earl, who is not even as good as a man. I wanted to make fun of her, but her words hurt me deeply.
How can she have a son if she has no one to rely on!
Just one sentence left Mrs. Qi speechless, and she turned around and left angrily.
There was also a woman who had received the landscape flower design from her who came to greet her, and everyone looked friendly.
Others of higher rank would not bother to talk to her, and she would not take the initiative to approach them. People of lower rank whose husbands' families were powerful or whose families had power were also unwilling to associate with a useless baron like her.
So there's almost no one around her.
Although Bai Zhiyue was a second-rank baron's wife, she had a second-rank imperial decree, so her seat was relatively close to the front. Those in front of her were all princesses, dukes' wives, marquis' wives, etc., and everyone pretended not to see her.
The banquet hadn't officially started yet, and everyone was gathered together talking and chatting, except for her, who was eating snacks and fruits and drinking tea.
"How uninformed! This is your first time attending a banquet. You must have never seen these exquisite snacks and fruits before. Look at the way you eat them!"
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