From Emperor Yao to the Empress and then to the Palace of the Fourth Concubine, Yi Chenjing walked for four full days before returning to Lianchenxuan. He did not rest during this period. After greeting the concubine, he hurried to Huixi Residence.
"Tell me, what's the big discovery?" Bai Qige was reading in the front hall. She was very anxious when she saw Yi Chenjing pushing open the door and asked before he could speak.
"How do you know that I have discovered something?" Yi Chenjing raised her long eyebrows, with a smile on her lips. Her original urgency suddenly faded, "Is it because I acted too obviously, or are you getting smarter and knowing how to read people's faces?
Already?"
"You have never liked wearing uniforms. Every time you come back, you always look impatient and immediately change back to your regular clothes. Today, you made an exception and came here without changing your clothes. You have something important to talk about and why don't you want to chat with me?"
Yi Chenjing thought for a while and said with a smile: "It seems that you have completely understood my temperament. In vain, Zhan Ting has followed me for so many years, but you don't understand me as well as you do."
"Being with a king is like being with a tiger. If you don't know how to look at people's faces, sooner or later it will be a disaster." Putting down the book in her hand, Bai Qige's eyes flashed with a trace of darkness. If she really understood him, she wouldn't have reached this point. Yi Chenjing hated her.
Whether he doesn't hate me, whether he is sincere or taking advantage of me, I still can't guess or see clearly.
Yi Chenjing didn't notice Bai Qige's expression, and sat in the armchair at the other end of the table: "When I went to Qifeng Palace, I chatted with the prince alone for a long time. My father planned to pass the throne within three years, although the prince did not say it explicitly.
, but the resistance is very obvious. As Jin Zhaoyi said, he is not willing to become the Emperor of Dayao and be busy with government affairs all day long, but he has no opportunity and cannot find a reason to shirk it."
"If you can't find a reason, you can create it yourself. Anyway, there are so many things in the palace that are true and false. No one can tell, and the prince is no exception."
"Do you have any ideas?" Seeing that Bai Qige seemed to have no energy, Yi Chenjing knocked on the table.
Bai Qige held her chin and tilted her head slightly, pondering for a moment and said: "The last time the kit incident happened, the Crown Princess was very arrogant when she was in the back hall of the East Palace, but the Crown Prince seemed to criticize what she did but did not dare to refute it.
The Crown Princess is the only daughter of Prime Minister You. If Prime Minister You makes any mistake, it will definitely implicate her. In more serious cases, it may even implicate the Crown Prince. However, I am not sure how serious it will be before it will harm the Crown Prince. This kind of thing will still happen.
You know better."
"As I thought, the Crown Princess's extravagance and arrogance offended many concubines in the harem. The Prime Minister You also relied on his daughter to be the future queen, and he was very proud of himself. He often embarrassed many ministers who had different opinions, and sometimes even contradicted them in front of the ministers.
Father, it is much easier to start from the father and daughter." Yi Chenjing stared at Bai Qige's thin profile, and suddenly reached out to take the book on the table, "What are you reading?"
Bai Qige pointed to a pile of books about a foot high next to her and sighed: "The book on the art of war and the records of various kingdoms that I found from your study. I want to see if there are any records on the common art of war of the Huoluohe Khanate and ideas for breaking formations.
I searched for two days and found nothing, and the crooked characters gave me a headache."
What she learned in school was modern simplified Chinese characters. After traveling through time, all she saw were variants of traditional Chinese characters and ancient characters that couldn't even be identified. Bai Qige had to ask Yu Che from time to time to read and read letters. However, Yu Che was just a maid, so he didn't know how to read.
Bai Qige didn't want others to know that she was studying the art of war, so she had no choice but to write down the words she didn't understand on paper and ask others. After two days, she only read a dozen pages of the book, and she was feeling depressed.
Gotta be tight.
"I really don't know what you can remember in your head." Yi Chenjing naturally didn't expect that Bai Qige was no longer the third lady of the Bai family who once read poetry and books. He thought that she couldn't remember those words because of amnesia. She threw the book away casually.
On the side, Yi Chenjing poured a cup of tea and pushed it in front of Bai Qige: "If you don't understand, don't read it. They are useless books. Many of the tactics you mentioned are unheard of. If they are used on the battlefield,
It will definitely have unexpected and miraculous effects. There is no need to deliberately think about previous experience, but it is easy to be limited by it."
Strategy and tactics are most afraid of limited thinking. Doesn’t Bai Qige know this? In fact, these days of burying one’s head in the art of war book are not for studying anything. The plan for the expedition to the Huoluo River Khanate has been decided. From marching to forming formations to using troops, Yi Chenjing
She had already made detailed arrangements in her heart, and there was no need for her to say more. The reason why she read these books was just to pass the time. In order to prevent unexpected situations from happening, Yi Chenjing asked Zhan Ting not to leave her without permission.
Being trapped in the deserted Lianchenxuan is inevitably boring.
"Do you have time tonight?" Seeing Yi Chenjing nodding, Bai Qige smiled, "That's just right. I asked Zhan Ting to buy two jars of good wine a few days ago, and I asked the kitchen to prepare some side dishes in the evening, right here.
It’s time to have dinner.”
Hearing the word "wine", Yi Chenjing's scalp went numb: "I'll skip the drink. I'll drink it for a few days..."
"Don't you dare?" Before he could find an excuse to evade, Bai Qige's eyebrows were raised high, her provocation was very obvious, "Are you afraid that a woman will outshine you in drinking?"
"...How can two jars be enough? As for Zhan Ting, let him buy a few more jars."
She is competitive and never gives up. Sometimes Yi Chenjing behaves like a child without thinking about the consequences. Bai Qige's drinking capacity is not something he has never seen before, let alone him, even with Zhan Ting.
He could beat her in drinking. But for some reason, Yi Chenjing just didn't want to see her confident look, and subconsciously hoped that she would be weaker than him, in every aspect.
If she is stronger than him, I always feel that she will find an opportunity to break free from the constraints and leave him.
While Bai Qige went to tell Yu Che to prepare food in the dining room, Yi Chenjing came outside and grabbed Zhan Ting, who was playing with Dou Xiaotuo, and whispered in a low voice: "Go to the imperial doctor's house. The imperial doctor Guan Fang wants some Qianbei Bu."
You're drunk with medicine, go and come back quickly!"
"You won't get drunk after a thousand cups?" Zhan Ting couldn't laugh or cry, "Has Your Highness ever heard of such a wonderful medicine?"
"That's probably what I mean. As long as you can suppress your drunkenness and drink a few more drinks, it will be fine. You are the main force tonight, and whether you can get it or not is closely related to you." Yi Chenjing waved his hand impatiently, and hurriedly pushed Zhan Ting out of the hospital.
An hour later, Zhan Ting returned to Huixi Residence with two jars of new wine and a bottle of pills. Yi Chenjing couldn't wait to secretly swallow the pills, and sat down in front of the tables filled with the aroma of vegetables.
Another hour later, the bowls and chopsticks were intertwined in the front hall of Huixiju. The glasses were full and then empty, and then full again. Four people, master and servant, sat around the table and talked to each other. After a while, Yu Che came out.
His sharp words made Zhan Ting flushed and speechless. For a while, Bai Qige and Yi Chenjing were clapping the table and arguing with each other, making the scene far more lively than usual.
An hour later, Yu Che lay down on the armchair and fell asleep soundly regardless of his appearance. Zhan Ting held the wine jar with hazy eyes, following Yi Chenjing's order and wandering around to pour wine for Bai Qige. The seventh prince of Yaoguo who gave the order looked expressionless.
It was as usual, but her blurry eyes were obviously deep in drunkenness. The only person who remained motionless was Bai Qige, who had enough time to hold a wine glass and wait for Zhan Ting to toast, and from time to time, she poured a glass for Yi Chenjing, who was almost talking nonsense.
When the bright moon hung high, except for Bai Qige, who was not at all drunk, the other three people all lay down.
"What's the use of taking medicine? No matter how much you take, it's not as good as someone who drinks wine as water." Bai Qige took out the medicine bottle Yi Chenjing had hidden behind her and threw it into the corner with a sneer.
Wine is a very strange thing. Some people can't get drunk after a thousand cups, while others can drink just one cup. There are no rules for men, women, old and young. Bai Qige, who has never known what it means to be drunk, obviously belongs to the former. Even though Yi Chenjing has the power to swallow mountains and rivers,
Facing the small wine glass, I can only look away and sigh. I want to compete with Bai Qige, but to put it bluntly, he is still far away.
Helping the dazed Yu Che back to the room, he wanted to send Zhan Ting away but couldn't move it. Zhan Ting, who was usually stubborn, hugged the empty wine jar tightly and refused to let go. He was obviously drunk.
, muttering about wanting to toast, Bai Qige was angry and laughing, so she had to take the brocade quilt to cover him, and let him sleep in darkness.
Yi Chenjing, who was also drunk, was even more noisy. She was still lying on the ground and kept tapping the wine glass with her chopsticks, making irregular noises. Bai Qige squatted down, took the chopsticks and hit Yi Chenjing hard on the forehead.
: "You're worthless. You're cheating while drinking with women. I should draw a picture of you looking so embarrassed and hang it on the wall to see if you dare to be arrogant in the future."
He let out a breath of revenge, and a faint smile suddenly appeared on his pale lips.
After becoming the third young lady of the Bai family for so long, Bai Qige has regained the generous and cheerful feeling of her previous life for the first time. She is not a person who likes to frown and worry. Although she is not lively, no one has ever said that she is introverted or gloomy.
Well, if she hadn't been caught up in the turbulent love and hatred between her family and her country as soon as she opened her eyes, she should be enjoying her family life with her father and mother at this moment.
"It's unlucky for me to meet you. If I had known this, I should have pushed you into the river to feed the fish when you rescued me, which would have saved so many people from having a bad life." The smile gradually faded away, thinking of thousands of miles.
Seeing the worried relatives outside, Bai Qige's eyes suddenly dimmed.
From sacrificing her life for the country to humiliating her family and betraying her country, she has carried too many other people's grudges and grievances, and suffered too many curses and hatreds. With the firm determination to protect the Bai family, she suddenly discovered that the person who once was
The man who made her want to take revenge was not his true self. What was even worse was that the more she came into contact with Yi Chenjing and the more she got to know him, the less her hatred became and almost disappeared.
He is just a pawn who is treated as a tool and insulted. In order to take revenge, to protect his loved ones, and to survive in troubled times, he has no choice but to do it himself.
So similar to her.
Carrying the staggering man on her thin shoulders, Bai Qige was secretly glad that Yi Chenjing didn't sleep like a dead pig like Zhan Ting. At least she could stand up and walk to her room with the help of others, which also saved her from having to sleep in the middle of the night.
Suffering from the noise of banging wine glasses outside the bedroom.
Thick wind cloaks covered their backs, and they were slowly carried by the cold night wind. From a distance, they looked intimate, but no one knew how far apart their hearts were.
"It's almost time, don't fall asleep." Noticing that Yi Chenjing's steps were getting slower and slower, and his head hanging on his shoulders was getting heavier and heavier, Bai Qige gritted her teeth and pinched his arm hard, "Don't sleep, I still have something to say.