Traveling through time and space to become a lady of a noble family, but she only wants to escape

Chapter 160 The Imperial Envoy Returns to Beijing

Wenxianglou was closed and Chu Yunchuan was not at home, so Bai Zhi's life was very leisurely. She practiced martial arts while making midnight snacks for the two ancestors of the family.

Another autumn examination is approaching.

After Chu Yunchuan went out, the meals were cooked by the cook, but the cook was only responsible for three meals a day and would go home after dinner. The job of making midnight snacks fell on Bai Zhi.

Qiaoqiao did not quit her job as Gongcao. She worked during the day and reviewed her lessons at night. Lin Chuqi said at first that she wanted to get rich overnight, but she had to be careful not to end up with nothing. Later, she found out that this person was not reviewing his lessons seriously at all. He took two hours to memorize a page of a book. It seemed that he did it just to keep her company.

The result was a big quarrel between the two. Lin Chuqi said she was deceiving herself, and Qiaoqiao said he didn't know what was good for him. Bai Zhi didn't even think about trying to stop the quarrel. She moved a small stool to sit beside them and eat watermelon. When the two finally stopped quarreling, she slowly asked Qiaoqiao, "Do you want to be an official?"

Qiaoqiao was too tired to speak and could only nod.

“How can one become an official without taking the imperial examination?”

Qiaoqiao was silent.

Bai Zhi turned to Lin Chuqi again: "Do you want Qiaoqiao to take the imperial examination?"

Lin Chuqi also nodded.

"What if you make her angry and she doesn't want to take the exam anymore?"

Lin Chuqi also fell silent.

Finally, Bai Zhi came up with an idea to let Qiaoqiao work part-time in the factory. Anyway, this ancestor is so tired of studying that he can't sit still, so it's just right to work and study at the same time.

Facing Lin Chuqi's murderous look, Qiaoqiao had no choice but to compromise.

So the family returned to the way it was last year, with the two children concentrating on their studies and Baizhi bringing them some midnight snacks from time to time.

Accompanying my child in his studies and working as a cook, my days became fulfilling again.

Just a few days after the prosperous days, an unexpected distinguished guest came to the Lin Mansion.

One day, Bai Zhi was poking the acupuncture points on the straw man made by Qiao Qiao, when the maid came in and reported: "Miss Zhi, a young man named Lu has come to the mansion. He said he is your old friend."

The old friend with the surname Lu is Lu Jiliang.

He is still in Weizhou?

After getting Baizhi's permission, the maid led Lu Jiliang to Baizhi's courtyard.

It was midsummer now, and Bai Zhi had wanted to spruce up the courtyard a while ago, so she took Qiao Wanwan to the mountain behind the city defense army station to cut a lot of green creepers and vine branches, and came back to set up a sunshade above the stone table. As soon as Lu Jiliang stepped into the courtyard, he saw Bai Zhi sitting in the cool shade under the trellis, pouring tea, and called him, "Come on, come on, I'll give you something delicious to drink."

The tea poured out of the teapot smelled strange. Lu Jiliang took a sip and found that the tea tasted very mellow and not even like tea. His eyes lit up: "What is this?"

"I have a friend who runs a milk tea shop. She just sent me the new tea powder she made yesterday." Bai Zhi raised her cup and clinked it with Lu Jiliang's. "Your Excellency, what brings you here? If you're looking for King Jing, you're out of luck. He's working outside right now."

Lu Jiliang shook his head: "I came here specially to say goodbye to you."

"Saying goodbye? Are you going back to the capital?"

"The tasks assigned by His Majesty have been completed. It is time to return to the capital to report."

Bai Zhi didn't ask him what he had done here for more than half a year. She just nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll give you two jars of rattan wine as a farewell gift. You can't drink this in the capital."

Lu Jiliang looked at Bai Zhi for a while, and said softly: "Who knows, maybe in the near future, the capital city will also be able to grow shou vines."

Bai Zhi: "Can this thing grow in the capital? Won't it be incompatible with the local climate?"

"Even if it's to protect the vines, we must obey the will of heaven."

Lu Jiliang looked inexplicably depressed. Bai Zhi could tell there was something behind his words. After thinking for a while, she just asked, "Can the Thirteen States' Shou Teng still survive?"

Lu Jiliang said without hesitation: "Yes."

"That's fine." Bai Zhi was relieved. "But I still want to give you two jars of rattan wine. In case the wine brewed in the capital tastes different, these two jars of wine will be valuable."

"……it is good."

After a few more small talk, Bai Zhi sent Lu Jiliang away. Qiaoqiao suddenly jumped onto the low wall of the courtyard, blinking her big eyes and asking Bai Zhi: "Sister, can the guard vines still be in the capital? Why have we never seen them in the capital?"

Bai Zhi: "...Why are you eavesdropping here?"

"I got off work at noon. Chuqi is not here, and mom is not here either. You are the only one at home." Qiaoqiao said confidently, "If I don't come to see you, then why should I go?"

"Why don't you go read a book?"

"I do not want to look."

"I told you on the morning of the seventh day that he wants to hear you recite the lesson when he comes back."

Qiaoqiao's arrogance weakened by half, but she still managed to say, "It's still early for Chuqi to come back, so there's still time."

"What are you doing?" Bai Zhi walked to the low wall and pulled Qiaoqiao down with one hand. "Ancestor, do you want to take the exam or not? Are you memorizing the lessons just to cope with the seventh day of the first lunar month?"

Qiaoqiao's face wrinkled for a moment, and then she stamped her feet: "I think it's unfair."

"What's unfair?"

"Why can I only become an official by passing the imperial examination? My skills in the Gongcao are obviously among the best, why can't I become an official in the Gongcao directly?" Qiaoqiao gritted her teeth, "It would be great if I could bypass the imperial examination and become an official."

Bai Zhi understood, took Qiaoqiao's hand and sat down, and asked her softly: "Qiaoqiao, why do you want to be an official?"

"Because I want to be like my mother."

"Be a county magistrate like mother?"

Qiaoqiao hesitated for a moment: "...It should be okay if I don't become a county magistrate."

"What if mother is not the county magistrate?"

"…Isn't your mother the county magistrate?"

"If I were just an ordinary scholar who had a sense of justice, was dedicated to serving the people, was kind to others, and helped others in need, would you still want to be like me?"

This time Qiaoqiao didn't pause: "I want to!"

"You don't necessarily want to be an official, Qiaoqiao." Bai Zhi said with a smile, "You just want to be a person with a sense of justice, and you just don't like most officials."

When these words came out, Qiaoqiao almost jumped up: "Really? I don't want to be an official... Sister, then I took the exam for the scholar in vain!"

Bai Zhi: "...There's no need to be so arbitrary, Qiaoqiao, you can give it a try."

Qiaoqiao was confused and asked, "Try what?"

"If there is a good opportunity, you can try to do some good deeds first to see if you are satisfied." Bai Zhi said seriously, "It's useless to think or say. Only by experiencing it yourself can you know what you really want."

“A righteous act… a righteous act…” Qiaoqiao clapped her hands suddenly, “Sister, I want to go out!”

Bai Zhi: "...You thought of it so quickly?"

"Today, the construction department assigned a job to help people in the neighboring county repair their houses. Since I am a half-day worker, I was not assigned to the job." Qiaoqiao rubbed her hands with a burning look in her eyes, "I will go back now!"

"It's a good thing that you can leave as soon as you think of it, but..." Bai Zhi scratched her eyebrows, "Don't quarrel with Chu Qi anymore, you have a big mouth, so you can explain it yourself."

"Do not worry!"