On this day, the Zhang family and He Yunlan stayed at Bai's house and did not leave until they had dinner again.
After a busy day, Bai Banxia went back to the house early and lay down.
She now lives in the new house built in Qizhen. This house was used as their wedding room. It has been tidied up again. Naturally, the old man cannot come in.
But now her new house was no longer there. She was lying on the bed alone, but her heart was in great confusion.
I don’t know where Qi Zhen is, and I don’t know what he will face when he goes back. There is also a huge gap in their identities. Will the old emperor agree to their marriage?
Others would blame Qi Zhen for leaving, but she would not, because she knew that Qi Zhen left because of her.
Qi Zhen has no worries. If he doesn't want to return to Beijing, he can protect himself with his men whether they go north or south.
But she had too many family and friends behind her, and she couldn't let go of everything. He went back to protect the people and places she cared about.
Thinking of this, she felt even more uncomfortable. Qi Zhen's mother had prepared a lot for his future freedom, but once he got to know her and became concerned about her, he was no longer free.
A line of tears slipped from the corner of his eyes. Bai Banxia raised his hand to wipe it and suddenly smiled bitterly.
What does she look like now? A resentful woman?
Now that she has reached this point, she should cheer up instead of giving up on herself.
She wiped away her tears and already had a plan in mind.
The next day, Bai Banxia told her parents that she planned to accompany her second cousin and the others to Xiguan City.
"You might as well go out for a walk, do you want your parents to accompany you?" Bai Tian asked.
Bai Banxia wasn't going to relax. She was going to Xuanji Hall to talk to the elder about the assessment.
Although the Great Elder did not say it explicitly, she vaguely guessed that there was a force behind Xuanji Hall, and if she passed the test, she would become the helmsman of that force.
"The family is quite troubled. We still have to prepare for Brother Erlang's marriage. It's better for my parents to stay at home and help." Bai Banxia thought for a while and said.
She was afraid that something would happen during the assessment, and it might be inconvenient for her parents to be there.
Bai Tian still felt uneasy, "Then you are alone. In the past, there were..."
In the past, Qi Zhen was with him... As soon as the words came to his mouth, Bai Tian realized that he had said something wrong.
Only then did he realize the benefits of Qi Zhen, and he actually missed that brat a little.
Thinking about this person's identity again, Bai Tian's mouth twitched. He was always showing off to others, and it was a good thing that he liked his daughter, otherwise he would be in big trouble.
After the matter was settled, Bai Banxia went to tell his second cousin and the others.
When my aunt heard that Bai Banxia was going to Xiguancheng together, she was naturally very happy. With Banxia following her, the road was much safer, and the children could also go and relax.
After the matter was settled, Bai Banxia packed up two clothes and left fifty taels of silver for her parents.
"This, this is too much, how can we use it?" Bai Tian refused to accept it.
"Save it if you don't need it, but you must have some emergency money on your body, but don't let outsiders know about your wealth." Bai Banxia said.
Bai Tian thought about it for a while but took it away and said with a smile: "Your father is very smart and won't tell anyone, not even your grandparents."
"As long as you have an idea." Bai Banxia stuck out her tongue at her father, still as playful as before.
Bai Tian felt a lot more at ease, as long as it didn't affect his daughter's mood too much.
After making arrangements with her family, Bai Banxia called out the person assigned to her by Qizhen at night.
There was only one captain who had direct contact with her, named Sihai. When Bai Banxia met him for the first time, she asked if there was another one named Mingyang?
Sihai nodded, "Our names were all given by the master."
Well, Qi Zhen loved reading idioms when he was young.
She asked Sihai to leave two people behind, one to protect the Bai family and the other to protect the Zhang family, while the others followed her to Xiguan City.
The journey went very smoothly. After arriving in Xiguan City, Bai Banxia sent her second cousin and second cousin's sister-in-law to Li's house. After staying for a meal, she said goodbye and left, saying that she still had something to see her at the medical clinic.
The great elder was not there when she went to Xuanji Hall. Originally, the great elder went to Xuanji Hall very rarely now. The previous few visits were all because of her presence.
She then left a message with the steward, saying that she wanted to see the great elder and asked if the great elder could come for an interview tomorrow.
The manager agreed, and when Bai Banxia saw that everyone was here, he went to sit in for a consultation.
Not long after I didn't want to sit in for a consultation, the great elder himself rushed over in a hurry.
After Bai Banxia finished seeing the patients, the elder asked her to stop consulting and asked her to go to the back hall to talk.
"What urgent matter do you have with me?" the great elder asked.
"You said before that there are two more tests. I hope they can be carried out quickly." Bai Banxia replied.
The great elder narrowed his eyes, "I heard that you are not getting married recently? Your fiancé is not here?"
"Something happened. He was blackmailed by his enemies and went to save others." Bai Banxia still used this rhetoric.
"So you want to get the power behind Xuanji Hall early so that you can help him?" The great elder's face darkened.
Bai Banxia said neither humble nor overbearing: "He doesn't need my help. It's just that these things happened, and I want to do more to protect myself."
"But Xuanji Hall cannot be your only tool to serve your personal grudges, otherwise you will lead Xuanji Hall to the end." The great elder said angrily.
"When did I say that I wanted to deal with personal grudges? If I don't have more trump cards after passing the test, so that I can better protect myself, then what's the point of being in that position? Selfless dedication and serving you all my life? I am not a saint.
!" Bai Banxia said without giving in.
The great elder was silent at this time. Xuanji Hall is not the Xuanji Hall of a certain family, nor is it the Xuanji Hall of a certain person. But if the person in power has no benefit at all, who is willing to do it?
There's nothing wrong with saying that.
"You go back, I'll think about it again." The great elder waved his hand, looking a little tired.
Bai Banxia didn't insist and turned around to leave.
When the doctors saw her being called for questioning by the elder within a day of her consultation, she didn't look very good when she came out. They were afraid that the elder would bully her, so they hurriedly questioned her.
"No, no, we just happened to talk about a difficult disease. I'll go back and think about it." Bai Banxia made a random excuse, thanked everyone, and then returned to the house.
She usually doesn't come to Xiguan City alone, and she doesn't live in this house alone. Why is Qi Zhen accompanying her.
But now she was all alone, and it was really deserted.
She sent a signal to Sihai and told him: "Assign someone to keep an eye on the great elder of Xuanji Hall to see who he has met recently and what he has said. Be careful and don't get discovered by him."
"yes."
Bai Banxia felt that the Great Elder would change his mind because he had no other more suitable candidate, but he just didn't know if there was anyone else behind the Great Elder.
Just as she was thinking about it, there was a knock on the courtyard door.
