Chapter 2953 Shelter from rain and fever
"I'm ashamed of myself for not being able to take good care of my daughter. I don't know what happened to her." Yu Guang showed a look of pain.
Yu Qiaoer didn't seem to see it, and didn't know what he was thinking.
"So you want to go to the Western Regions to complete your marriage, so that your in-laws can help you?" Bai Ruozhu asked.
Yu Guang shook his head hurriedly, "I also brought some goods for business. This trip should be able to earn enough for her as a dowry. Her mother's biggest regret before her death was that she couldn't watch her get married, so I hope I can complete it for her. After getting married, I can run my business with peace of mind."
"Is it too young for her to get married at this age?" Bai Ruozhu asked again.
"I'm already thirteen. Just one more year of preparation will be enough." Yu Guang said.
Bai Ruozhu was surprised. Yu Qiaoer looked about ten years old, but she didn't expect that she was already thirteen.
"Yu Qiao'er, if you don't want to get married, talk to your father and stop doing this kind of running away." Bai Ruozhu looked at the little girl and said.
Yu Qiaoer looked disappointed and lowered his head, "Will he agree if I tell you? The marriage certificates have been exchanged, and the last thing my father wants is his credibility."
Yu Guang's eyes were red, "You are my only child. If you don't want to, dad will break off the engagement for you even if he gives up this old face, but you can only break off the engagement with me by going to the Western Regions with me. But dad I don’t understand, you have always been willing to do so, why do you suddenly want to break off the engagement? You have also met the other boy, and you are not dissatisfied at all?"
"I just don't want to get married. People from the Western Regions and I may not be able to get together. I don't want to suffer in the future." Yu Qiaoer lowered his head and said.
Yu Guang sighed, "If you insist, dad will cancel the engagement, but you have to think clearly and don't just act out of emotion."
Yu Qiaoer bit her lip, "I've thought about it clearly."
It wasn't something Bai Ruozhu couldn't explain, so why did she end up running away several times and knocking her father out?
Initially, she thought he was a treacherous father who sold his daughter for profit and forced her to run away, but after looking at Yu Guang's words, it was obvious that this was not the case.
"Okay, you go back." She said.
Yu Guang hurriedly saluted her, pulled Yu Qiaoer back, and turned around to reveal the blood on his back, and the skin on the back of his head was broken.
Bai Ruozhu sighed and asked Jian Qi to give a bottle to Yu Guang.
If her father sent her to get married, even if she didn't want to get married, she would still convince her father. How could she beat her like this?
Bai Ruozhu suddenly became suspicious, and asked Jian Qi to keep an eye on Yi Er to prevent it from being another conspiracy set up by Young Master Yi Menji.
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At the same time, Bai Zepei in the capital received an urgent letter from Bai Ruozhu from the Chamber of Commerce and learned about the Xun family's design of the Bai family.
Bai Zepei took the letter and immediately went to see the prime minister.
"Grandpa, someone over there has already started to take action." He said and handed the letter to Si Yuanhang.
Si Yuanhang's expression did not change after reading this, "When I move my position, some people will lose their composure."
He laughed again, "Your sister's move was good. She let them punch the cotton. It was like a useless effort and a lot of land was lost."
Bai Zepei lost his face, "She likes to cause trouble for me."
"Haha, you are in the whirlpool, are you still worried about trouble?" Si Yuanhang said.
Bai Zepei pursed his lips. He had only recently learned that Prime Minister Si was going to retire and return to his hometown. Many people were eyeing the position of Prime Minister. However, the Emperor did not want the situation in the DPRK to change drastically. After all, he had just regained the country and was left with a lot of waste. It's better to be more stable if you can.
So the emperor actually intended for him to take the position of prime minister. Once this was confirmed, he would probably be the youngest prime minister since the founding of the Danliang Kingdom.
He involved very few forces. The Bai family was an upstart, and the one involved was the prime minister's family. This meant that the prime minister's position and camp remained unchanged, but after all, Bai Zepei was not a real Si family member, which meant that the prime minister's power had been weakened.
In addition, he does have real talents, and even Tang Yin admires them very much.
Coupled with Bai Zepei's relationship with Bai Ruozhu and Jiang Yichun, Tang Yin also trusted him a little more.
I just don't know when the emperor had this plan and how it spread, but the other party has already started to take action.
"How do you plan to solve this matter?" Si Yuanhang asked.
"If you don't solve it, you can be beaten or scolded." Bai Zepei said.
Si Yuanhang was stunned for a second, then laughed again and patted Bai Zepei on the shoulder, "Okay, that's right. You are so smart that I am ashamed of myself, so I can rest assured. I will leave the capital to you." The Si family will also count on you to take care of them from now on."
On the cusp of this crisis, if Bai Zepei does too much, it will appear that he is too calculating.
If he did nothing and allowed the other party to fidget, the emperor would send people to investigate. If the people arranged by the emperor couldn't even find out the truth, then he really wouldn't need to proclaim himself emperor.
So no matter how fierce the commotion outside was, the emperor knew that he had been wronged because of this matter, and it was enough to know that he was innocent.
Bai Zepei said goodbye to Si Yuanhang and left the Si Yuanhang. One thing he didn't tell Si Yuanhang was that he actually wanted to see what his little sister's face would be like when she learned that what he pushed over had harmed his second brother.
Bai Zepei snickered, even if the little sister didn't admit it, their parents would still talk about her. This could be regarded as a little return gift from his brother to the little sister for his "kindness".
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The mission continued on their way, but unexpectedly in the evening, the sky became extremely gloomy, and soon heavy raindrops fell. The weather changed at a moment's notice, and the wind started to pick up.
The team hurriedly found a place to take shelter from the rain. Fortunately, Bai Ruozhu and the others had a carriage, so they didn't get wet. However, the caravan following them followed, and everyone was in a particularly embarrassed state.
The place to take shelter from the rain was a naturally formed cave at the foot of a nearby mountain. There were several such caves nearby, and the caravan also took shelter in them.
The rain kept falling heavily and did not stop at night. Bai Ruozhu became worried while holding her three sleeping children.
The rain is so heavy that the official road has become muddy, making the road behind difficult to walk.
Suddenly there were footsteps outside. A guard from the caravan put on a raincoat and came outside the cave door where they were sheltering from the rain. He said cautiously: "Do you have a doctor? One of our businessmen has a fever. It is very dangerous."
Bai Ruozhu suddenly thought of the injury on his head in the corner of his eye, and hurriedly asked Jiang Yichun to look at the child, got up and walked out.
"Is it the peripheral vision?" she asked.
The guard nodded hurriedly, "Yes, that's him. It's probably because he has a head injury. Now he's so burned that he's talking nonsense."
The injury must have not healed, and he was exposed to the rain again, so he must have an infection and a fever, not to mention his clothes were all wet.
Bai Ruozhu asked for the raincoat and was about to go out. Jiang Yichun stood up and said, "Bring the person over here. It's not safe for you to go there."
