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Chapter 31 Peonies and White Roses

This remark sparked whispers again:

"Love? What love!"

"Don't you know? Some young people now advocate 'free love'!"

"What free love? I've never heard of it! It's very free for us to make friends like this!"

"You don't know that the so-called free love is to get acquainted in private and love each other, but it doesn't have to be about marriage."

"What! Don't talk about marriage? Isn't that just playing hooligans?"

"Not necessarily, there are also people who propose marriage."

"What? Propose by yourself? Then... isn't that just adultery without a matchmaker?"

"Tsk, isn't it? Bai Gui looks like a lady, but I didn't expect to have sex with a woman without a match?"

"Woohoo... Such a beauty... Tsk tsk tsk!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? Bai Gui is a lady who grew up under the Chastity Archway, and is also an outstanding model student in the College of Men's Virtue. How could she do such a thing?"

"I don't think it looks like that either. You can see that Bai Gui is also faint. Is it because that woman admires other people's lust and is talking nonsense?"

"I think so too. I've never heard of Princess Mei before, and her manners are not good. I'm afraid she's not an illegitimate daughter living among the people. She just came back to her recently! How can such a bastard be worthy of a white rose?"

"That's right, Bai Gui is the last descendant of Domo Rajantan in the world... With the entire Winter City as a dowry, and she is both talented and beautiful, she is worthy of being a princess. An unknown wild princess?"

"No, I'm afraid it's not the wild princess toad who wants to eat swan meat..."

"Come on, a slap can't make a sound. Even if this princess has evil intentions, Bai Gui's indiscretions will give people an opportunity to take advantage of her. A man who has just entered the social season will go under the big tree alone with a woman he just met and say Whispering, I don’t think she’s really a beautiful woman!”

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Listening to the voices of discussion, Chen Zhaomei seemed to have realized just now what an embarrassing situation he had created as a man on earth who did not understand the culture of witchcraft.He was not embarrassed for himself, but for Bai Gui.

Bai Gui is a lady of everyone, so she might not be able to bear this kind of discussion.

Chen Zhaomei quickly said: "No, I ran into Mr. Bai on the road and fell in love with him at first sight..."

The saint was taken aback when she heard the words: "You put flowers on someone's head as soon as you fall in love with him at first sight? Isn't this playing hooligans?"

Chen Zhaomei couldn't answer hesitantly: "I...I'm not...I..." He was quite embarrassed by what was said, scratched his head, and could only answer: "I'm uneducated and low-quality."

It was probably the first time that the saint heard such self-defense, so she could only shut up and be amazed.

The maid holding the peony flower had a lukewarm smile on her face and said, "The maid forgot to ask, which country are you the princess from?"

Chen Zhaomei stated herself again, saying that she is the 27th daughter of King Qi.

The maid chuckled: "Since she is the princess of the Qi country, why has she never been to the Holy Palace when she grows up so big?"

Chen Zhaomei replied according to the fake identity information: "I was banned only recently."

Everyone was not surprised when they heard that he was recently appointed, but the contempt deepened in their hearts.What does it mean to be sealed only when you are an adult?Either an illegitimate daughter who is not seen by others, or a concubine who is not valued.It was only because of the age that King Qi graciously canonized the princess, which was regarded as a stepping stone for "her" to enter the social season.

Such a thing, dare to play the idea of ​​the only heir of the Bai family, and rob someone with the saint?I'm afraid I've lost my mind!

But Chen Zhaomei adheres to the principle of "As long as I am not embarrassed, the one who is embarrassed is someone else", and I don't feel embarrassed at all.He was embarrassed just now because he was concerned about Bai Gui.He is the only one who is despised now, and has nothing to do with Bai Gui, so he is open-minded and open-minded, and has nothing to do.

However, the maid looked down on Chen Zhaomei even more, pinched the peony in her hand, and said with a smirk: "So, Princess Mei may not be familiar with etiquette, and I don't know that this flower cannot be sent out like this."

Chen Zhaomei grinned, as if she couldn't understand the contempt in the maid's tone: "Indeed, didn't I just say that I have no culture and low quality?"

The maid said: "Then ask Princess Mei to take the peony back, don't make it difficult for Mr. Bai."

Chen Zhaomei looked at Bai Gui subconsciously, as if to make sure that Bai Gui was in trouble.

Bai Gui, who is in the center of the focus, is not embarrassed or awkward, with his usual decent smile on his face.No one knew what he was thinking.

But at least he didn't look too embarrassed.

Chen Zhaomei took courage and said with a straight chest: "Although I am uneducated, I also know the meaning of sending flowers. I don't expect the young master to respond to me. I also know that I am an inconspicuous princess, and I am not as good as a saint." It is so radiant. And even if I give peonies, it may not be more valuable than her peony."

When the maid and saint heard the words, they looked at Chen Zhaomei again.Bai Gui bowed her head and put her hands in her sleeves like a ladylike lady. No one saw him turn the rosary.

Chen Zhaomei smiled, and pointed to the maid's flower basket full of peonies, and shook her light attire: "I came today, and I didn't bring any peonies, only a peony."

When everyone heard this, they were a little surprised: it is indeed rare for a woman to bring only one peony.

Because, bringing only one peony to the banquet means that this woman will only marry one real husband!How rare this was in Sanfushiro's time!

Chen Zhaomei looked at Bai Gui fixedly: "If you teach to explain the language, you should be overwhelmed by the country, even if it is ruthless, it will be touching. Shaoyao and the king are close servants, where can Furong avoid the dust?"

Hearing such a confession, some men present were all moved.After all, no matter how bad this "eyebrow princess" is, she is still a princess in height, and she is good-looking, but she makes a bold statement that she only recognizes a white peony.This still makes a lot of men heartbroken.

Who doesn't want to be a couple for life?

However, Bai Gui still had that calm smile on her face, as if she was not moved by it, even though she turned the rosary beads faster in her sleeve.

The maid holding the peony snorted coldly: a woman's mouth is a deceitful ghost.Today, I said that I would only send a peony, which coaxed the ignorant young man, and after marrying the man back home, I will turn my back on Mr. Xiaolang, who can do anything to her?

But the saint laughed and said: "Shaoyao and the king are close servants... You mean that Shaoyao is not good enough for him, but peony. If I give him peony, I will humiliate him?"

The maid was afraid that this thick-skinned "Princess Eyebrow" would speak out, so she rushed to say: "The holy lady gave you the first peony, how can you humiliate Mr. Bai?"

The saint stopped the maid with her eyes, and said: "What's the point of us women talking endlessly here? After all, we should respect the wishes of men." The saint smiled gracefully at Bai Gui: "Princess Mei has a deep affection for you. , I don’t know what you think?”

Hearing this, Chen Zhaomei also became a little nervous.

He was not sure about Bai Gui's thoughts either.

He wasn't even sure if Bai Gui recognized him.

In Bai Gui's eyes, is he the princess eyebrow who the heroine saves the beauty and meets by chance?

However, Chen Zhaomei still tends to think that Bai Gui has already recognized that she is the male servant who always has malicious intentions.

Even so, Chen Zhaomei was still not confident that Bai Gui would accept her flowers.

Chen Zhaomei looked at Bai Gui with expectant and nervous eyes, but it was a pity that Bai Gui didn't look at him, and lowered her head slightly: "Princess Mei's great love really makes me feel ashamed."

Saying this is tantamount to not saying it.

Chen Zhaomei was a little confused.

But no one else was surprised.No guy starts a social season talking right.

To attract enough women while maintaining a reputation of innocence, Witch men must remain reserved and reserved.

The saint smiled, took the peony from the hand of the maid, and brought it to Bai Gui: "Take it."

Bai Gui folded her hands and replied, "I am so humble that I dare not accept the saint's first flower."

The saint smiled and said: "I gave it by myself, you don't want it, isn't that disrespecting me?"

Having said all this, Bai Gui could only take the saint's peony and thank her softly.

The saint smiled, turned around and stood up the steps, facing everyone, raised her voice and said, "Just because I sent out my flowers, it doesn't mean that the other party has to serve in the Holy Palace. I don't like to use power to overwhelm others. No matter which man receives If you take my flowers, you can accept other people's flowers. In the same way, if someone you like accepts my flowers, you can also send them. I will never be unhappy because of this."

Everyone couldn't help admiring how broad-minded this young saint was.

This black boss was probably tortured by the Men's College of Virtue. Suddenly seeing such a high-ranking beauty who respects men, he was so moved that he couldn't help but said to Shan Weiyi beside him: "The saint is really a rare woman." Such a good woman!"

Shan Weiyi smiled and nodded, thinking in his heart: The saint is a man, silly.

The former saintess was very dedicated and only loved one man in her life.There is only one male servant in the huge holy palace.

However, the former saint had favored the male servant for many years, but she had nothing to do.The saint is a woman, of course it is impossible for a woman to have problems, and it must be a man who has problems.The saint's stomach didn't move, there must be something wrong with the male attendant's seeds.

Princes, nobles, ministers and princes, and even the emperor personally urged the saintess to accept the harem to extend the saints.Many years later, through the diagnosis of a great witch doctor who returned from traveling for many years, it was discovered that the problem was with the former saint, and had nothing to do with the male waiter.

The male servant was cleared of the suspicion of infertility, but the ministers still persuaded the old saint to open the harem:

Firstly, the ministers were slapped in the face, and instead of apologizing to the male waiter in their hearts, they became angry and made excuses: "Leaving aside the facts, isn't this man at all wrong? If he can pay more attention to the saint The body, or persuading the saint Nalang, wouldn’t we be able to discover the problem earlier? In the final analysis, it was caused by his lack of virtuousness.”

Secondly, when the problem was found, the male waiter was also getting older, and the ministers said that his sperm quality was not good enough to take on a big job.

In the past, when everyone thought that the problem was with the male waiter, the old saint still doted on him alone. Now that the male waiter has no problem at all, and the old saint has been wronged for nothing, it is even more impossible for the old saint to let him down.

The old saint and the male waiter took a lot of medicine, begged and worshiped the gods for several years, and finally gave birth to an only son.In order to stabilize people's hearts and protect the servants, the old saint deceived the world, saying that she gave birth to a daughter.

Fortunately in the misfortune, this child is a legitimate son, and he is talented and intelligent, with a unique bone.The old saint raised him as her daughter, she loved him more and more, and often lamented the injustice of the world and the inequality between men and women.

Being a lowly valet is very disturbing.When the child grew long hair, the male waiter combed a boy's bun for him, and wept and said to the old saint: "He is only a boy, how can he shoulder such a heavy responsibility and secret? If you harm him, you will harm the Holy Master's fame in the first life!"

The old saint was displeased, and said loudly: "What about boys? Who says men are inferior to women?"

After making a decision, the old saint dismantled the boy's bun on her son's head, recombed a lady's hairstyle, and named him "Recomb".

Recomb has been used as a daughter's upbringing for more than ten years.Last year, the old saint collapsed, and the male servant she favored voluntarily died.

That year, Recomb officially took office and became the supreme saint of Tiangong.The first "crisis" he faced after taking office was naturally the social season.

After the death of both mother and father, the entire Holy Palace knew that the only one who could rearrange their true gender was the wet nurse.

The wet nurse is very worried that the social season will expose the recomb's identity, but the recomb is extremely calm.He only said: "God will bless my lonely descendant."

As he spoke, he combed and stroked the words on the classics: "Gods are neither male nor female, everyone has forgotten."

At the party that day, Recomb gave away three peonies, and each of them was a very eye-catching lady from a famous family.This surprised and worried the wet nurse.She originally suggested recombining to pretend to be the same affectionate and dedicated person as the old saint, and only accept a male servant with no background.Such people are easier to control.

However, Recomb said that if he favored only one male servant from a poor family, it would be more likely to attract the attention of the ministers and the emperor.

Recomb has always been a very thoughtful person. In the eyes of the wet nurse, this young male master indeed has the ingenuity and determination not to lose to women, so she did not continue to raise opinions.

And Bai Gui herself received a lot of peonies, so she can be called the "Oiran" tonight.

When giving flowers, Bai Gui will say modestly: "I already have flowers, why is it worth giving the only peony in your hand?"

However, many women picked up Chen Zhao's eyebrows and said brightly: "Compared with the king, Shaoyao can only serve as a close servant...Only peony can match your demeanor."

Bai Gui backed down again and again before taking the flower.

He received the flowers with both hands, with a solemn posture, as if he had great respect for every gift, but at the same time, he seemed to respect every flower equally, without distinguishing between thick and thin.Even so, he always wears only Princess Mei's white peony on his temples.

After the banquet was over, Bai Gui returned to the post station.Bai Ruchang, who had been waiting there for a long time, saw Bai Gui coming back with a basket of flowers, and felt quite uneasy. She was picking up the flower basket while asking who was sending the flowers.But when she saw an eye-catching peony emerging from the busy peonies in the basket, she said with a downcast face, "You are the only heir of the Bai family, and someone who doesn't have long eyes gave you a peony? Isn't that an insult!"

Bai Rose replied: "This is the first peony given by the saint."

These words struck Bai Ruchang's head like a thunderbolt, blasting her into a frenzy: "Holy...Holy Maiden...the first peony..."

Bai Gui smiled, and only said that she was tired and had to go back to the room to rest first, so she stood up and said sorry.Seeing that Bai Gui was about to leave, Bai Ruchang realized it, stood up and said, "Then these flowers...don't you take them back to your room?"

Bai Gui said: "How can the things given by my niece be brought to the boudoir? Let the bamboo mat dispose of these flowers."

After speaking, Bai Gui walked back to the room without looking back.

Bai Ruchang sighed: "My younger brother really has no other things in his heart, he doesn't even pay attention to the first flower sent by the saint."

Bai Gui, who had nothing else in mind, returned to the room and picked off the peonies on her temples.I saw that this double-petalled white peony is elegant and beautiful, and it is already in full bloom. Such beauty also means that it will wither and turn yellow tomorrow.

Bai Gui spread the peony in her palm and blew lightly, like a cold wind blowing, a thin layer of frost condensed on the peony in an instant.This layer of frost disappeared in an instant, turning into a thin film invisible to the naked eye, protecting this delicate flower from decay for thousands of years.

He opened the drawer and took out an exquisite and exquisite jewelry box. When the box was opened, there was a dazzling jewel inside.This is a family heirloom given to him by Mrs. Ji.But Bai Gui casually threw away the priceless treasure, emptied the treasure box, put the frosted white peony in it, and locked it carefully.

After putting down the flowers, he heard a slight sound on the window lattice - very subtle, lighter than the wind blowing.

Bai Gui acted as if she had never heard of it, she was still sitting in front of the dressing table, and began to comb her hair and take off her clothes.

Chen Zhaomei sneaked in through the window, walking lightly like a cat, and approaching the seemingly defenseless young man slowly and silently with the attitude of a hunter.

Bai Rose slowly unbuttoned the stand-up collar, raised her head slightly, revealing her long, white and fragile neck, like a white lamb with its neck open, easily attracting the eyes of hunters.

Teeth itching to see, Chen Zhaomei jumped at him from behind like a kitten jumping at someone.