latelenovela Chapter 211: Falling from the Clouds to Hell
Chapter 211: Falling from the Clouds to Hell
Bai Wei stretched out her hand to Jianying without hesitation: "Where's the stuff?"
Jianying took out a scroll from his arms and handed it to Bai Wei.
Bai Wei took the scroll and saw many things she had never known.
Li's real identity is the daughter of a seventh-rank official, but the official broke the law and Li was sold as a singer. In order to keep her innocence, she had done a lot of struggle, and it was because of this that she had the opportunity to meet Bai Qian, and let Bai Qian redeem her and raise her in the outer house.
There is no record of what happened after she was raised in the outer house. I think she kept a low profile during that period. There is only one sentence in the scroll: "Buy a house in the city and hide your beauty there."
What is written in detail later is why she knew the Queen Mother.
The so-called acquaintance among the people, helping the Queen Mother and getting close to her was the year when Li was pregnant with Bai Lian. The Queen Mother was once traveling in Meishan and encountered bandits. Li helped her hide, and the two hid in a reed marsh and escaped.
Because of this incident, Li's status and position immediately changed, and Bai Qian paid more attention to her.
What’s more important is the news that follows.
The Empress Dowager originally did not want Li to accompany her on this trip to Xishan, but instead appointed Concubine Wang to accompany her. However, Concubine Wang was unwilling to go for the sake of His Majesty's favor, so she wanted to send her daughter, Princess Rong'an, to go instead.
Princess Rong'an was also a child raised in wealth and splendor, and she was reluctant in every way. But in the end, she could not resist the threat of Concubine Wang, and finally went.
But later, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he made an excuse that he was not feeling well and needed to go back to Beijing to recuperate, and he forced himself to go back.
It didn't matter that she hid back, but the Queen Mother suddenly became seriously ill.
The imperial physician who served him was even more helpless.
I happened to meet Mr. Li who was also worshipping Buddha near Xishan.
Because of her previous friendship with the empress dowager, Li was able to enter very easily and stayed by her side. She also arranged for a Taoist nun named Qinglian to treat the empress dowager, using some magic water and elixirs. Within two days, the empress dowager actually got better.
The Queen Mother also trusted Li and Taoist Nun Qinglian more and more.
Later, Taoist nun Qinglian said that the reason why the Queen Mother suddenly became seriously ill was because the dragon energy disappeared.
The Queen Mother needed Xiao Longnu to accompany her so that her body could remain healthy. So she asked several princesses in the capital to take turns accompanying her. Half a month ago, Princess Jianning was the one who came to accompany her.
She also asked why she hadn't seen Jianning for a while, and it turned out that she went to Xishan to accompany the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother had already informed Emperor Ouyang Ming that after the Taiping Banquet, she planned to go to Jiangnan, which would take a year. Concubine Wang then found Bai Qian, hoping that Li would continue to accompany him. As long as he agreed, she would pave the way for his official career.
Bai Qian agreed without even thinking about it.
Taoist nun Qinglian also said that while accompanying the empress dowager, Li could not return home, so as not to be contaminated by the turbid air of the mortal world and hurt the empress dowager's phoenix body. If Li accompanied the empress dowager for a year, she would also become a noble person with the same spirit as the empress dowager.
Bai Wei raised her eyebrows.
The scroll told her two things.
First: The Queen Mother was a theist and believed in ghosts and gods.
Second: Li is an expert at driving up pork prices.
From the daughter of a criminal, to the concubine of the minister, to the benefactor of the empress dowager, and now she wants to become a noble person of the same clan as the empress dowager. Her value is rising so fast!
It is not easy to get to where we are today by stepping on the flesh and blood of others.
There are definitely many people like this in this world, and she can't take care of them all. But if she really did make a move on Xiao Ning, she would never let him go.
Let her experience the feeling of falling from the top of the clouds to hell!
The scroll sent by Ouyang Yi was indeed useful. Now, she had a plan in mind against Li.
Time flies, and two days are gone in a flash.
Inside the palace, in the imperial garden.
The weather was fine and the flowers were in full bloom. A few butterflies fluttered their wings and landed on a big red peony to absorb nectar. The palace was bustling with the coming and going of the noble young men and women, wearing bright clothes, strolling among the flowers, enjoying themselves, and their crisp laughter made the deserted imperial garden suddenly become lively.
The main purpose of today's Taiping Banquet is to receive envoys from Southern Xinjiang. Ouyang Ming set up this banquet in the Imperial Garden to welcome the envoys from Southern Xinjiang, and also to showcase the economic strength, customs and culture of Eastern Qin, in preparation for the subsequent peace talks.
Most people find this envoy from southern Xinjiang who came to Beijing in a sedan chair extremely mysterious.
"The last time Southern Xinjiang negotiated peace with Eastern Qin was more than 30 years ago. Now that Southern Xinjiang is negotiating peace with Eastern Qin again, it's all thanks to the King of Zhennan!"
"That's right. If the peace talks are successful this time, and there is no more war between Southern Xinjiang and Eastern Qin, the people along the border will be able to live a truly peaceful life."
"Who do you think the envoy sent by Southern Xinjiang this time is? When the Xiao family army escorted the envoy back to the capital, I saw that the envoy was actually sitting in a red sedan chair. Could it be a beautiful princess?"
"Really? I heard that women in Southern Xinjiang are bold and beautiful. You said that Southern Xinjiang sent a princess to discuss peace talks. Could it be that they want to marry into the Eastern Qin?"
"Ahhh, I like women from Southern Xinjiang, I do."
"Who do you think you are? Even if we marry, it won't be your turn."
A middle-aged man in a dark green gown said: "Alright, alright, stop arguing. It's useless."
"Why, do you know who this Southern Xinjiang princess is going to marry?"
The middle-aged man in the dark green gown showed a smug smile: "Where did this Southern Xinjiang princess come from? The envoy sent by Southern Xinjiang is not a princess at all, but the Southern Xinjiang Crown Prince Fenglin."
A young man suddenly screamed: "Feng Lin! That's the cruel and ruthless one..."
"Shh, what are you talking about? Don't you want to live?"
The young man waved his hands quickly, looking shocked: "Haha, I didn't say anything, nothing."
After saying that, he directly left the "discussion group".
Bai Wei couldn't help but raise her eyebrows when she heard the discussions.
I didn’t expect Fenglin’s notoriety to have such a deterrent effect.
It turns out that being a bad guy is much easier than being a good guy.
If you are a good person, you will be criticized if you do one thing wrong. Even when you care about it, others will morally blackmail you and make you magnanimous and gentlemanly. But if you are a bad person and do whatever you want, no one will dare to offend you easily, and even say something bad about you behind your back, for fear of being heard and held accountable.
Just as I was thinking, a voice rang out: "Eldest sister, long time no see."
It was meant to be a greeting, but it carried resentment and sarcasm.
Bai Wei looked in the direction of the voice. The voice was not from someone else but Bai Lian, and standing next to her was Ouyang Qi.
Ouyang Qi still looked the same, but his expression was less spirited and instead was replaced by a hint of irritability that could not be suppressed at all.
Miraculously, the irritability disappeared the moment he saw Bai Wei, and was replaced by a touch of happiness. He even took the initiative to hold Bai Lian's arm, smiling and said, "I thought you were someone else, but it turns out you are the slut I don't want."