After Bai Jinfu returned to his residence, he thought about it. Duan Heng's reaction when he heard that he wanted to take the third girl from Kang Chengbo's family as his side concubine was really strange, as if he was very excited.

Bai Jinfu guessed that Duan Heng probably knew that girl and cared about her very much, so he tried to find someone to inquire about the situation of Kang Chengbo's family.

It turned out that Kang Chengbo's surname was Zheng, and his third daughter was named Zheng Yayun, who was born in a concubine's house. Although Zheng Yayun was a concubine, she was a girl from the Earl's Mansion, and the higher the family status, the less they valued their daughters. Concubine, so with Zheng Yayun's family background, it is more than enough to marry into an ordinary official family and be a regular wife.

But Miss Zheng San has already passed her age, and there are very few matchmakers who went to Kang Chengbo's house to help her marry her. It is probably because Kang Chengbo of this generation is not good at management, has high eyesight but low abilities, and is greedy for pleasure. His family has almost been ruined by him. up.

Not only that, but Kang Chengbo was very nice. His family had a bunch of concubines, and he had nearly twenty children, six sons and more than a dozen daughters. However, Miss Zheng San's biological mother was not favored. Because she is a daughter, she is not valued by Kang Chengbo, so the mother and daughter have no sense of existence in the earl's mansion like little transparent.

Kang Chengbo gave birth to so many children, and when he was making a man, he had a good time, but when the children grew up, he started to have a headache. The son had to pay the bride price when he married his wife, and the daughter had to pay the dowry when he married, and he had to spend money everywhere. So when his sons grew up, they all married girls from small families, because they didn't need to pay much dowry, but when their own girls were talking about marriage, when a matchmaker came to the door, they would open their mouths and ask for a lot of dowry.

After going back and forth, the rich and powerful families in the capital all know the situation of Kang Chengbo's family. Marrying his daughter not only requires a large amount of dowry, but the daughter-in-law doesn't have much dowry to bring over. Who would do such a loss-making business? , so no one wants to marry his family, so Zheng Yayun's marriage has been repeatedly delayed, and now she has become an "old girl" and has not been able to marry.

Besides Zheng Yayun, although she was not valued by her biological father Kang Chengbo, she did not feel sorry for herself. She lived cautiously with her aunt in the backyard, was filial to her parents, and friendly to her sisters. She was a very intelligent and open-minded girl.There was a banquet at Dongyang Princess's mansion, and Mrs. Kang Chengbo also took Zheng Yayun there. When Princess Dongyang saw Zheng San's appearance, people like her with high eyes praised Zheng Yayun a few times, and at the same time secretly thought it was a pity Born in Earl Kang Cheng's mansion, which is rotten from the inside to the outside, and a concubine who is not valued, I am afraid that she will be delayed for the rest of her life.

After inquiring about the situation of Kang Chengbo's family, Bai Jinfu knew why Duan Wuji was so enthusiastic about helping him and Miss Zheng San draw a red line. After all, such a "good" marriage doesn't have to be given away for nothing.

However, based on the information obtained so far, it is still unknown what relationship Duan Heng has with this Miss Zheng, but Bai Jinfu has a hunch that Duan Heng will definitely come to him again because of Miss Zheng.

Sure enough, the next day when he went to invite Emperor Longqing to return to the palace, he saw Duan Heng hovering at the gate of his palace alone, looking very preoccupied.

Taking advantage of Duan Heng's inattention, Bai Jinfu quietly approached Duan Heng from behind, and asked abruptly, "Why did King Shen come to my place? What do you want me for?"

Duan Hengzheng lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking. He was startled when he heard Bai Jinfu's voice, and hurriedly turned around to salute Bai Jinfu, "Well, Uncle Seven. I took the liberty to come here to have a few words with Uncle Seven."

Bai Jinfu did not immediately agree, but asked calmly: "You came to find me privately, does His Highness Changsun know about this?"

Duan Heng shook his head in embarrassment: "Uncle Seven, don't worry, he doesn't know."

Bai Jinfu smiled, turned around and walked into the palace gate, "Outside is not a place to talk, let's talk inside."

After entering the main hall, Bai Jin helped the palace servants to serve Duan Heng some tea, then sent them all outside the hall, then lifted up their clothes and sat down on the main seat, looking at Duan Heng, who had a somewhat reserved expression on his right hand, asked : "Tell me, why are you looking for me."

Duan Heng's lips moved, and it took a few seconds before he hesitated to say: "I, I want to ask Uncle Seven."

Bai Jinfu casually fiddled with the teacup lid beside his hand, "What's the matter?"

Duan Heng turned around and looked at Bai Jinfu, "I heard that the emperor wants to give the third daughter of Kang Chengbo to Uncle Qi as his concubine. Is this true?"

Bai Jin Fu said: "There is indeed such a thing."

Duan Heng swallowed, clenched his fists as if making up his mind, and said quickly: "Can I ask Uncle Qi to reject this marriage?"

Bai Jinfu's complexion remained unchanged, he raised one brow, and looked at Duan Heng with a half-smile, "What did you say? You want me to refuse the marriage?"

Duan Heng lowered his head in shame, and rubbed his palm helplessly, "I know what I'm talking about is something difficult..."

"Are you just trying to make things difficult for others? You want me to resist the order." Bai Jinfu couldn't help but snorted slightly, and the lid of the teacup he was twisting in his hand fell down with a crisp sound, which sounded extremely ironic.

Duan Heng also knew that this request he made was very unreasonable. Although he and Bai Jinfu were called uncles and nephews, they were actually strangers. If they suddenly asked a stranger to make such an unreasonable request, no one else would agree to it. Duan Heng Heng's face turned red with shame, but he was unwilling to give up like this. Finally, after thinking about it, he gritted his teeth, stood up and walked in front of Bai Jinfu, and even lifted up the hem of his clothes and knelt down in front of Bai Jinfu.

Bai Jinfu pretended to be surprised, and quickly got up to help him up, "King Shen, what are you doing? Get up quickly."

"Uncle Qi, listen to me. I know that my request makes you very embarrassed, but I really have no choice but to come to you." Duan Heng knelt straight on the ground, looking at the ground , with a determined look on her face, "Although the third daughter of Kang Chengbo's family is a concubine, she has a noble character and does not admire glory. She once said that she would rather be a wife of a poor family than a concubine of a prince. As your side concubine, if the emperor insists on granting a marriage, she will only be forced to death, but she is innocent, please help her because saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda Bar!"

After hearing Duan Heng's words, Bai Jinfu didn't intend to help him up anymore. He straightened up and looked at the top of the boy's head with a sneer, "I understand, so King Shen thinks Miss Zheng San was wronged by marrying me, right?" I would rather be a wife of a poor family than a concubine of a prince. What a noble way to behave. I didn't know that marrying me as a side concubine would make this Miss Zheng San so wronged that she wanted to die. The emperor ordered a marriage, let me I have to marry whoever I marry, why should I take the risk of offending the emperor because of an irrelevant woman who disobeyed the order?"

Duan Heng was so anxious that his forehead was sweating, he waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Uncle Qi misunderstood, I didn't mean that! I, I just want to say... Since you don't like Miss Zheng San, why don't you let her live?"

Bai Jinfu pretended to be unkind on purpose, raised his head and sneered coldly: "How do you know I don't like her? Although I haven't met her yet, I asked someone about it, and I heard that Zheng San The girl is a delicate and beautiful woman, so I don't need you to worry about whether I like her or not, right?"

"But Seventh Uncle, aren't you..." Duan Heng lowered his head, gritted his teeth and said, "I heard that you are suffering from a hidden disease...so...how can you give her happiness? I'm sorry Seventh Uncle, I didn't mean to offend..."

"That's enough." Bai Jinfu pretended to be impatient, turned around and sat down in his seat, and said with a sneer, "After all this, you still haven't spoken the truth. I can't give her happiness, King Shen, you came here begging, you knelt down for Miss Zheng San, but you still don't want to confess your feelings, so why do you ask me to help you?"

Duan Heng suddenly felt ashamed, his head was almost lowered to his chest, and he murmured: "My heart...what is my heart, what can I do..."

"You like Miss Zheng San, don't you?" Bai Jinfu didn't want to go around with him anymore, and said straight to the point, "Since you like her, why don't you dare to ask the emperor to designate her as your concubine? If you don't even have the courage No, then I advise you to put her down early, whether she will live or die in the future, fortunately or unfortunately, has nothing to do with you."

"Do you think I don't want to ask?" Duan Heng raised his head suddenly, looked at Bai Jinfu with sadness in his eyes, knelt back on his lap, shook his head and laughed at himself, "You don't understand, people like me I am not worthy to say that I like it. From childhood to adulthood, as long as I like something, what I get will not last long. I am like his shadow. Whatever he wants me to be, I have to change according to what he said. What kind of... I like her is to hurt her, he will not agree..."

Bai Jin raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively, "Is the 'he' you mentioned Duan Wuji?"

When Duan Heng heard the three words "Duan Wuji", he woke up instantly as if awakened from a dream. He immediately suppressed the sadness on his face, raised his hand to wipe his face, and when his expression returned to normal, he stood up and hugged Bai Jin. After saluting, he said in a hoarse voice: "Since Uncle Qi refuses to help, then just pretend I haven't been here, and my nephew will leave."

Bai Jinfu didn't stop Duan Heng and was anxious to get to the bottom of it now. In fact, he had roughly understood what was going on from what Duan Heng said today. She would come to find him privately without telling Duan Wuji, and even put down her dignity and knelt down in front of him for Zheng Yayun's sake.

As for why Duan Heng likes Zheng Yayun but dare not marry her, it must have something to do with Duan Wuji.

Duan Wuji, a brat, was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. He was born in the royal family and was admired by all the stars. He grew up smoothly and didn't suffer any beatings in life. .

As for Duan Heng, his father died early. If a child wants to support the huge Shen Wang Mansion, he has to cling to the power of the East Palace. Duan Heng has been living in the shadow of Duan Wuji. If Duan Wuji wants him to go east, he dare not go west. If Duan Wuji forbids him to marry Zheng Yayun, then Duan Heng will never dare to disobey his words.

As for why Duan Wuji broke up Duan Heng and Zheng Yayun, I am afraid that he has long been used to Duan Heng obeying his orders, which breeds possessiveness. Let him dictate, and a puppet should not have his own thoughts, let alone like others behind his back.

Very good, Bai Jinfu snapped his fingers, raised his lips and smiled knowingly, he was worried that he couldn't hold Duan Wuji's handle, he didn't expect such a big flaw in Duan Heng to come to his door, it should be It's time to give the child a little bit of trouble.

Let the brat experience what it feels like to be stabbed in the back by the person closest to him, let him know the price of being arrogant, and let him understand what it means to be sinister.

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With the approval of Emperor Longqing, because Kang Chengbo's family had some in-law relationship with the previous generation of Ning'an Hou's family, Concubine Shu arranged for Mrs. Kang Chengbo to bring her family's prostitute daughter and Miss Zheng San together. Enter the palace to talk.

Mrs. Kang Chengbo had also heard rumors that the emperor planned to designate Zheng Yayun to the Seventh Prince as side concubines, and she knew why Concubine Shu called them into the palace this time, although this time it was not her own daughter who had the opportunity to marry. The royal family, but Mrs. Kang Chengbo doesn't hate Zheng Yayun at all. She knows that the seventh prince was found after living in the folk for 20 years. His status is embarrassing and he is not favored. Side concubine, it is not known whether she will be blessed or suffer in the future, so what is there to envy.

Zheng Yayun is just a concubine, and Mrs. Kang Chengbo won't feel sorry for her if she suffers in the future. If her fate is good, then her aunt will also be honored. Moreover, marrying the royal family will not only get a large reward, but it will also give her face if she speaks out , in short, it is beneficial to her but not harmful, so Mrs. Kang Chengbo is also happy to see it.

On the second day after receiving the message from the palace, Mrs. Kang Chengbo brought a biological daughter and Zheng Yayun into the palace to meet Concubine Shu. The mother and daughter went into Concubine Shu's palace, sat down and drank After a while of tea, Bai Jinfu also came to Concubine Shu's Palace to pay his respects.

Today, Bai Jinfu wore a blue-green round-neck robe embroidered with gold thread and auspicious cloud pattern, lined with crimson gauze, and a wide-brimmed brocade belt inlaid with white jade was wrapped around his waist. After spending these days in the royal palace, Bai Jinfu's complexion has become better and better. His face is like a crown of jade, his starry eyes are bright, and his figure is as tall and straight as a green bamboo. At first glance, he is truly unparalleled in the world.

Mrs. Kang Chengbo had never met Bai Jinfu before, so she didn't think it was a big deal for Zheng Yayun to get such a marriage, but now that she saw Bai Jinfu herself, she realized that the legendary Seventh Prince was born so outstandingly. It's not because the Seventh Prince is not favored, how can this side concubine get her concubine's turn.

After Bai Jinfu came in to greet him, Concubine Shu waved him to sit down, smiled and introduced Mrs. Kang Chengbo's mother and daughter: "This is the Seventh Prince, you haven't seen him yet, have you?"

The mother and daughter hurriedly got up to salute Bai Jinfu. Bai Jinfu observed carefully. Mrs. Kang Chengbo brought two girls. The one who was dressed more gorgeously should be the prostitute daughter. When the girl saluted, she boldly She raised her eyes and peeked at Bai Jinfu several times, her eyes were full of astonishment, the other one who was dressed more plainly should be Zheng Yayun, she kept her eyebrows down, her expression was respectful, her demeanor was dignified, she didn't even look at Bai Jinfu one time.

When Bai Jinfu and Zheng Yayun met each other, Concubine Shu suddenly said: "I suddenly remembered that a few days ago, the Shu region sent a batch of brocades to the palace, and the emperor rewarded me with some, but those brocades were too bright. It is no longer suitable for my age to wear. Today I saw these two beautiful girls beside you, madam, and I liked them very much, so I asked the two girls to pick some fabrics and take them back to make clothes for fun."

Mrs. Kang Chengbo was flattered and saluted and said, "That's really thankful, Madam."

"You don't need to be too polite, this palace is also borrowing flowers to offer Buddha." Concubine Shu smiled and waved to the side, "Qian Tao, you take the two girls into the inner hall to choose brocades."

A female official came over and led the two girls of the Zheng family into the inner hall. After entering the inner hall, a maid came out from another room under the pretext of taking away the first daughter of the Zheng family. Zheng Yayun left the back door of the palace alone, and walked towards a hidden garden.

Zheng Yayun felt strange, and couldn't help asking the female officer: "My aunt, didn't Concubine Shu let me in to pick brocade? Where are you taking me?"

The female officer only smiled and said: "Miss, be safe and don't be impatient. Please come with the servant girl."

After walking for a while and entering the garden, Bai Jinfu was standing under a willow tree waiting for a long time ago. The willow tree had just sprouted new buds, and the hanging branches were dotted with many tender green buds. They were full of vitality and were gently swayed by the wind. Bai Jin supported his sleeves and stood alone in front, looking quite graceful.

Seeing Bai Jinfu, Zheng Yayun immediately stopped in her tracks, and said to the female officer in embarrassment: "Auntie, why is the Seventh Prince here? What if the lonely man and widow are seen by others, or I'd better go back first. "

The female officer stopped Zheng Yayun and said with a smile: "Miss, don't you know? The emperor intends to point you to His Highness the Seventh Highness as a side concubine. Today, Concubine Shu asked Mrs. Kang Chengbo to bring you into the palace. It was originally arranged for you to meet His Highness the Seventh Highness, Miss Don't be shy, the Seventh Highness just wants to say a few words to you, this place is remote, and people don't often walk around, so no one will disturb you."

Zheng Yayun was a little surprised, and asked in a daze: "You want me to be the seventh prince's side concubine?"

The female officer only thought Zheng Yayun was shy, took Zheng Yayun's hand and walked a few steps forward, "Girl, hurry up, His Highness the Seventh Prince has been waiting for you for a long time, this servant girl will go outside to help you watch."

After the female officer finished speaking, she let go of Zheng Yayun's hand and walked out of the garden. Zheng Yayun had no choice but to bite her lip and walk towards Bai Jinfu. After a few meters away, she stopped and walked towards Bai Jinfu. Fu Fu lowered his body, "Your Highness Seventh."

Bai Jinfu turned around and looked at Zheng Yayun, who looked restless, and said kindly and politely: "Miss, don't be nervous. I came here to ask you a few words."

Zheng Yayun lowered her head, "Excuse me, Your Highness."

Bai Jinfu went straight to the point and said, "Did you say that you would rather be a wife of a poor family than a prince's concubine?"

Zheng Yayun was startled, and raised her head to look at Bai Jinfu in disbelief, "How could Your Highness know?"

Bai Jinfu smiled, "Of course someone told me. Then I want to ask Miss Zheng San, the emperor intends to designate you as my side concubine, are you willing or not?"

Zheng Yayun blinked blankly, didn't know how to answer for a while, then lowered her head after a while and said calmly: "Is it up to me to decide whether I want to or not? Could it be that if I say I don't want to, the emperor will cancel the engagement?"

Bai Jinfu said indifferently: "Miss Zheng San is really smart, I know you are high-minded and unwilling to be a concubine, but there will be many unsatisfactory times in life, even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your biological mother." Think about it."

Zheng Yayun said calmly: "If His Highness the Seventh Highness came to me just to say these things, please rest assured, Your Highness, I will not do anything stupid. What kind of poor wife, princely concubine, it is just a temporary joke. , I know that in this life I cannot control myself, as long as there is a will, I will do it."

Bai Jinfu raised his eyebrows, and suddenly said: "If there is still room for improvement, are you willing to fight?"

Zheng Yayun raised her eyes and looked at Bai Jinfu strangely, "What room?"

Bai Jin tilted his head, and suddenly said to the willow tree next to him, "Come out."

Then she saw Duan Heng coming out from behind the thick trunk of the willow tree. Zheng Yayun suddenly saw Duan Heng appearing, her face turned pale in shock, and she said in a lost voice, "His Royal Highness? Why are you here?"

Duan Heng took a deep look at Zheng Yayun, and then bowed to Bai Jinfu, "Uncle Seven, thank you for your willingness to help me."

Zheng Yayun probably guessed that it was Duan Heng who wanted to see her, and that Bai Jinfu was just a cover. As a boudoir lady, she had never encountered such a thing. If this was discovered, her reputation would be ruined. Said: "This is not in line with etiquette. Your highnesses, the young lady will leave first."

Duan Heng quickly stretched out his arms to stop her, and said anxiously: "Don't go, I have something to tell you!"

Zheng Yayun quickly glanced at Bai Jinfu, shy and anxious, blushing and said: "Your Highness, what are you trying to do?"

Bai Jin hooked her lips, turned around and walked out, and took the initiative to move a place to talk to them, "You guys talk, I'll go out for a stroll."

Bai Jin helped her out of the garden without going too far, she found a hidden corner and stood there, quietly observing Duan Heng and Zheng Yayun inside through the flower window cut out on the wall.

Just as he was watching it vigorously, a cool voice suddenly came out from the back of his head: "Your outfit today matches what you are doing today."

Hearing this, Bai Jinfu first looked down at the clothes he was wearing... he was dressed in green, which really matched him well, then he turned his head to find the owner of the voice, and he was relieved when he saw that it was Jing Yu, and whispered, "You Why did you stand behind the person without making a sound, I was almost startled by you."

Jing Yu said quietly: "Only those who have ghosts in their hearts will be frightened."

"..." Bai Jinfu turned his head away, not bothering to argue with him, and asked nonchalantly, "Why are you here?"

"The emperor called me into the palace to discuss the government affairs. I stopped by to pay my respects to Concubine Shu. When I got here, I saw you hiding here by yourself." Jing Yu looked over the top of Bai Jinfu's head and looked into the window. Yan Yan, "Are you going to lead the red line for King Shen and your concubine-to-be?"

Bai Jinfu snorted softly, "This red line may not be able to be drawn. After my observation, this Miss Zheng San is a very temperamental woman. With such a cowardly character as King Shen, I can't even face up to my own feelings." I can't even do it, I don't think Miss Zheng San may have a crush on him, it's probably just Shen Wang's wishful thinking."

After a moment of silence, Jing Yu said, "You have a thorough understanding of the word love."

Hearing the suddenly cold tone in his ear, Bai Jinfu was a little puzzled, and secretly recalled, what did he say just now that was inappropriate and poked Jing Yu's back?No matter how the tone changes, it will change.

Bai Jinfu looked back at Jing Yu, and saw the man said with a blank expression, "I heard about your hidden illness from Concubine Shu, is that your excuse or is it real?"

"..." Bai Jinfu smiled embarrassedly, and said in a low voice, "Of course it's a lie. The imperial doctor who treated me was bribed by me to say that, so even if the emperor forced me to accept a side concubine, I would still have to accept it." No excuses to consummate the house."

Jing Yu frowned, "That's really disappointing."

"?" Bai Jinfu was puzzled, and asked with wide eyes, "Why are you disappointed? Are you happy that I have a hidden disease?"

Jing Yu turned his head, glanced at Bai Jinfu with cold eyes, and said calmly: "Because then I can still convince myself that you only lied to me because you have a hidden disease, not because you look down on me."

Bai Jinfu: "...?"

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