Titles and titles are not as solid as official positions, so being ranked fifth is nothing, but it is better than nothing. Perhaps the emperor felt that it was a bit shabby for his son to marry a daughter-in-law with no background at all.
"Good fellow, Qi Zhen is actually a prince, so how come he is here with us?" Grandpa asked in confusion.
This was related to the previous conspiracy. Bai Banxia glanced at Du Hui quietly. The person who conveyed the order to her had arrived, and he was afraid that the person who wanted to arrest Du Kangcheng had also arrived.
But Du Hui was still young after all. Even though he knew that he should give red envelopes to the people who delivered the decree, he didn't expect the changes in the government's affairs, and he still smiled without noticing.
This time everyone's questions came one after another, and Bai Banxia couldn't throw them to her apprentice. After all, her apprentice didn't know anything.
At this time, Zhang An and Ye Qilao came running, both of them were panting. As soon as they entered the door, Zhang An asked excitedly: "Ban Xia, I heard that Qi Zhen is the prince? Has the emperor decreed a marriage?"
Bai Banxia nodded and said with some embarrassment: "Qi Zhen hurt his head before, and he didn't remember it. He only remembered it almost before the wedding, and then he was forcibly taken back to the capital."
Zhang An waved his hands hastily, "I don't mean to blame you. It is right to hide such a big thing. If you tell us, we will still be worried."
He is a sensible person, and everyone agrees with this.
"The emperor granted me a marriage. This is a great joy. Now let's see who dares to gossip!" Elder Ye was also happy for Bai Banxia.
When her grandma heard that someone was gossiping, her grandma was not happy. When asked about the situation, Bai Banxia naturally explained it in a few words. She was too lazy to pay attention to other people's talk.
"You are being generous by ignoring her, but this is enough to scare her to death." Zhang An burst out laughing.
Zhang An and Ye Qi Lao congratulated each other and returned to the village.
After a while, many people gathered outside the Zhang family, saying they were happy and wanted to see what the imperial edict was like.
The Zhang family couldn't show off the imperial edict, it would be disrespectful, so they only invited the village chief and a few elders to come in and have a chat.
The imperial edict was placed on the incense table, and they could just watch it from a distance.
In the blink of an eye, in the afternoon, a man dressed as a guard arrived in Maple Tree Village and went straight to the Zhang family.
"I would like to see Doctor Bai." the guard said.
Bai Banxia invited the person in, and Du Hui recognized him at a glance and said, "Uncle Li, why are you here?"
Then Du Hui introduced to Bai Banxia: "This is a branch of my family, called Du Li, and he is my father's bodyguard."
Bai Banxia and Du Li made eye contact and immediately understood that something had happened to Du Kangcheng.
"Miss, Doctor Bai, let's take a moment to talk," Du Li said.
Du Hui was a little confused, but she vaguely felt that something was wrong. She opened her mouth to ask, but she still held back.
Bai Banxia took the two of them to a remote place in the backyard to talk.
"Doctor Bai, my master asked you to take care of the young lady. He said that his affairs are not as burdensome as the young lady, but I am afraid that the young lady will not have a good life when she returns to the Du family. If you go to Beijing, take her with you and find her a reliable place to live in the future.
Husband's family." Du Li saluted and said.
Du Hui was shocked, "What happened to my dad? Why did Banxia come to me when I got married? Doesn't my dad care about me?"
Du Li showed a look of pain and said, "Miss, please lower your voice. The master has been captured by the governor. It is an order from above."
"Impossible! My father is an imperial envoy and on patrol, why was he arrested?" Du Hui was a little excited and his voice became louder.
Bai Banxia's face darkened, "Xiaohui, your father doesn't want anything to happen to you. If you are filial, don't let him worry. Calm down first."
Du Hui grabbed Bai Banxia and said, "You can tell if you just look for it? That's why you picked me up to stay here? Did you agree with my father a long time ago?"
Without waiting for Bai Banxia to answer, Du Li said: "The master received the news before and asked Doctor Bai privately. In order not to arouse suspicion, he even lost his temper with Doctor Bai."
"Then why didn't you tell me?" Du Hui started to cry, "Do you treat me like a child? Why is this happening all of a sudden?"
The more she spoke, the more excited she became, "No, I'm going to find my father, and I want to ask him clearly. I don't believe it, it's unreasonable!"
Seeing that she was about to walk out, Du Li simply hit her on the back of the neck with a knife, knocking her unconscious.
Bai Banxia wanted to stop it, but thinking about it, this was all she could do for the time being.
"Doctor Bai, could you please send the young lady to rest? The master has arranged for me to protect the young lady, and I will be at your disposal from now on." Du Li handed over the unconscious Du Hui to Bai Banxia.
Bai Banxia nodded, "Okay."
She sent Du Hui to her grandma's house. Bai Tian came over and asked, "Miss Du, something happened to her father?"
"Actually, he guessed it a while ago. At that time, he suppressed Brother Erlang's scholarly document, just because he wanted to ask me to come over and talk about Xiaohui's entrustment to me." Bai Banxia sighed, "Master Du is a good official. Let's do this.
I can’t comment, so just help him take care of Xiaohui.”
Bai Tian nodded, "I hope nothing big happens."
Bai Banxia felt that losing her head would not be a big deal, at best she would be dismissed. But now that the situation is quite chaotic, it would be better for Du Hui to follow her.
Another wave of guests from the Zhang family came. Fortunately, my aunt would block the crowd, otherwise there would be too many people and no one would be able to bear it.
In the evening, Brother Erlang came over.
First, he congratulated Bai Banxia, and then said: "We also went to my grandfather's house, but grandpa sent Shiro to call us back, and asked me to invite you back home."
Bai Shengming was a little embarrassed, "I also asked you to bring the imperial edict."
Zhang Lingzhi was not happy when he heard this, "What do you mean? When there is no imperial decree, you tell my daughter to get lost, and when there is an imperial decree, you call her back without even an apology?"
The Zhang family didn't know about this at first, but now everyone's faces turned dark when they heard it.
"Jinyao, you are an honest boy, can you tell me how your master got scolded?" Grandma asked.
Yuan Jinyao was a little embarrassed, but he had to say it, so he told it word for word, without adding any fuel or jealousy, and without deliberately covering up for Mr. Bai. It can be said that the retelling was very fair, and even Bai Shengming could not find any faults.
Grandpa slapped the table, "Old Baitou really thinks that our Zhang family has no one left? Bullying my granddaughter like this? I have to reason with him!"
Grandma also put her hands on her hips and said, "He didn't help to stop others from gossiping, and even scolded his own family. Is there something wrong with the old man's head?"
"Sir said that elders should be kind, but grandpa really doesn't have the kindness of elders like this." Even Xiaocao said angrily.
Bai Shengming hurriedly bowed, "Grandpa Zhang, Grandma Zhang, I will apologize to you on behalf of my grandfather. Don't be angry. Today is a happy day, so don't let this affect your mood."
Grandpa patted Bai Shengming on the shoulder and said: "Shengming, you are right, it cannot be because of him that affects your mood, but you must be reasonable, and you cannot let him get into trouble. If he makes a fuss about other things, he will scold him for a while.
Xia can just forget it with a few words. After all, he is the elder, but how can he let this happen? Doesn’t giving in mean admitting that Banxia is wrong? Doesn’t this ruin our Banxia’s reputation? "
