Chapter Nineteenth: Flame Fire

  Bai Yushu looked at her daughter in front of her and was completely confused, muttering: "Anuan, what's going on?"

  "It was all the daughter's idea, Songta wasn't lazy, but had drunk a soup with sedatives."

  "Miss, you actually let Songta take tranquilizers?" Songta looked both wronged and yet dared not to get angry, his expression was quite comical.

  Bai Yun's face was filled with a warm and gentle smile, but when she saw Bai Yu's face as black as a thundercloud, she quickly suppressed her smile and said: "Father, at present, Prime Minister Xiang is still in the Lingyun Temple. If you want to investigate or punish him, it would be better to wait until he returns to the capital. Otherwise, if you make such a big fuss now, you will alarm Prime Minister Xiang, and all the careful planning and hard work that you and Master Hui Ze have done over the past half month may come to nothing."

  。”

  I thought my father would be angry and scold me, but instead he gazed at my face for a long time, then patted my shoulder and said gloomily: "Fortunately, Anuarn, otherwise your father would have really wronged your brother."

  Bai Yushu sighed heavily and left the room.

  Bai Yun was taken aback, her father's words had left her bewildered. Had she wrongly accused her father?

  "Miss, no wonder Xin Yan suddenly sent me food, that big bowl of steaming hot soup, I thought that girl had a crush on me. It turns out it was you... Miss, if you want Songta to sleep, just tell him and he'll pretend to be asleep, why waste money on sleeping pills?" Songta muttered to himself.

  The white cloud saw that he was covered in ice water, looking very disheveled, but still pretending to be happy and laughing at himself. It seemed that this servant had been following his brother for a long time and had also learned his brother's temperament, which was good for her. So she said pitifully: "Hurry up and change into a dry set of clothes, lest you catch a cold."

  The white cloud warmly saw the pine tower wanting to speak but stopping, the pestle on the ground did not move, and hurriedly said: "What are you dazing about? Go quickly!"

  Songtao said with embarrassment: "Miss, this...this is my servant's room."

  Alright.

  White clouds warm a head of black lines, one side is in a hurry to lift his feet and walk out, while covering up his own awkwardness, saying: "I'll let the servant bring you a bowl of hot ginger soup."

  "Miss, this time you mustn't put medicine in the food." Songta shook his head vigorously, the medicine was too potent, his head felt heavy as if it wasn't his own.

  The garden gate of the south wing was closed tightly.

  Bai Yushu and Hui Ze were waiting outside the South Garden Gate.

  At first, the sound of the piano could still be heard, but later the sound of the piano gradually stopped, and then it was completely silent.

  Bai Yushu and Hui Ze stared at each other in dismay, their eyes wide with surprise.

  "They were just talking." Bai Yushu said awkwardly.

  Huī zé yě gān gà de fù hè: "tāmen dí què zhǐ shì zài tán huà ér yǐ"

  Translation:

  Hui Ze also awkwardly chimed in, "They were indeed just talking."

  。”

  The two men stood facing each other and dryly laughed a few times before walking shoulder to shoulder back into the inner palace.

  "I didn't expect it, really didn't expect it! Fortunately, it wasn't Lord Lang, otherwise I would have been speechless in front of the White family's ancestors." Master Hui Ze shook his head repeatedly.

  "It was I, Yushu, who owes an apology to the abbot, for the White family's affair has tarnished the sacred land of Buddhism." Bai Yushu felt deeply ashamed in his heart.

  Huī zé bǎi bǎi shǒu, "chéngrén zhī měi, jiù rén wēinán, jiùdāng língyún sì bàodào dāngnián bái yáng miǎo xiānshēng yuàn zī jiàn sì de ēn dé, ruò yǒu zuìguò, pín sēng huì zài fózǔ gēnqián lǐng zuì de. zhǐ shì xīwàng xiāng yé fǎnhuí jīngdū zhēn de néng gòu dào huángshàng de fǔxù jīn, chóngxiū 'qiángjīn gé', zhèyàng fāng bù wǎngle yī chǎng xīnkǔ."

  Bai Yuxiu's heart was filled with emotion, and for a moment, she was at a loss for words to express the complex feelings.

  Now, Bai Yu Shu was even more curious about how 13-year-old Bai Yun Nuan could have such foresight, using the Qin Guan to replace Bai Zhen Xuan, and thus avoiding a great disaster for the Bai family. Otherwise, how would she face the ancestors of the Bai family in the ancestral hall? If Bai Zhen Xuan had offered the Qin in the Ya Ge, and the Marquis had evil intentions, what should she and her son do? If they agreed, it would be a great shame for the Bai family; if they didn't agree, they would not only fail to curry favor with the Marquis but also incur his resentment, thus burying hidden troubles.

  Bai Yushu thought for a moment and suddenly felt a cold sweat on his forehead.

  What a close call, fortunately it was just a false alarm.

  He could only suppress his confusion and wait until Master Xiang left the temple, then return home to Lu County with his family and question his daughter thoroughly.

  At night, Huang Ji, the book boy of Qin Guan, came out to pass on a message, saying that Master Xiang had instructed him to set up a banquet directly in the south wing's elegant pavilion. He and Qin Guan would continue to appreciate music and discuss art, while others didn't need to accompany them, they could just have dinner separately.

  Bai Yushu returned to the east wing to have dinner with Bai Jiangshi and Bai Yunnuan.

  Hui Ze had Xiao Sa Mi send over a plate of tangyuan.

  The whole family ate the tangyuan in silence, each thinking about Master Xiang and Qinguan's affairs, making them feel particularly awkward.

  Just then, the atmosphere was too depressing, and suddenly I heard the sound of firecrackers outside. The colorful fireworks were reflected on the snow-white Korean paper on the window.

  Everyone stood up and walked onto the corridor, where they saw a dark blue sky with a crescent moon hanging high. The fireworks lit up the sky, casting a glow over the flowers. A gentle breeze blew in, and the clouds shone brightly in all directions.

  。

  "Who is setting off fireworks?" asked Madame Bai.

  "Go ahead and take a look." Bai Yushu took his wife and daughter out of the garden gate towards the front hall. Zhen Niang, Xin Yan, Qin Ou, Song Ta and several other servants saw that there was excitement and also happily followed them to go.

  Upon arriving at the front hall, he saw Hui Ze leading a group of monks who were already accompanying Master Xiang and Officer Qin in watching the fireworks on the square in front of the temple gate.

  When the white clouds arrived, several "flowing stars chasing the moon" were launched from a distant forest in front. Then, one by one, mud tubes were fired continuously, near and far, with over a hundred tubes being launched. The orchid-shaped bamboo arrows shot into the air, illuminating the green bamboo forest like a painting in the firelight. Those firebirds and fire mice, like hundreds of flashes of lightning, darted through the snowy sky, leaving everyone's eyes wide with wonder.

  Bai Yun Nuan gazed at Qin Guan snuggled up against Xiang Ye's side, looking like a little bird relying on him. Xiang Ye would occasionally turn his head to smile at him, and the air was filled with affection between them. She thought to herself: Who knows who came up with these fireworks, but they're truly the icing on the cake, couldn't be more wonderful.

  After the fireworks were over, Xiang Ye looked at Qin Guan's smile and couldn't help but smile in satisfaction at Bai Yushu.

  "Mr. Bai, you've gone to great lengths, it's truly exhausting."

  Bai Yushu was taken aback, this flame wasn't his arrangement! But Xiang Ye thought it was his arrangement, he didn't dare to argue, and only cupped his hands and bowed: "It's all deserved."

  "Mr. Bai, since we've arrived in Luoxian County this time, why not go visit the White family and take a look at the legendary 'Qiangjin Pavilion'? It would be better to inspect it on the spot, and when we return to report to the Emperor for funding support, it will be more convincing."

  It seems that Master Xiang is truly willing to help the Bai family, and Bai Yushu is overjoyed. However, when Master Xiang suggests visiting the Bai residence, he becomes somewhat flustered.

  "He hastily and nervously said: 'If the Lord is willing to visit my humble abode, it would be a great honor for the Bai family. However, I beg your pardon, may I request that we prepare properly before welcoming you again at the Bai residence.'"

  "All right, I'll stay at Lingyun Temple for a few more days. You have three days to go home and prepare." Luofu smiled brightly.

  Bai Yushu hastily knelt down with his family to thank them.

  Bai Yun warmed up and raised her eyes to see Qin Guan casting a somewhat melancholic glance over.