Long Shuting spat out a mouthful of tea when he heard Fourth Madame's ridicule. He felt slightly embarrassed and coughed softly.
He didn't expect that Fourth Madame's tone had become so bold and playful after going out this time. She looked much more pleasing to the eye than before, as if this was the real her.
In fact, he had a feeling that this strange Fourth Madame must have come up with this idea. Otherwise, given Prince's attitude, he wouldn't have paid attention to those people's nonsense. Otherwise, he would have gone out to explain himself.
This time, there was no need to explain at all. As long as this evidence was put up, it would prove that the Prince's Mansion was extremely disgusted by such things. In addition, it would completely make those who wanted to secretly deal with Prince unable to do anything. At least, they wouldn't be able to gain any benefits from this matter.
After Bai Xiangxiu finished reading it, she nodded. She believed that this was enough to turn Long Heng from an anti-fan to a fan.
She didn't know who had written it, but the words were sharp and incisive. The description of a widow who didn't abide by the virtues of a woman and still wanted to seduce her master was so incisive that even Bai Xiangxiu wanted to drown this person in a pond.
Long Shuting also knew that the Empress Dowager was critically ill. He thought that Old Madame should be prepared for her return.
"Old Madame will definitely enter the palace when she comes back. But if something happens to the Empress Dowager, she will definitely be sad.
It's better to think of something to make her busy or happy. She won't always be thinking about sad things. "
Bai Xiangxiu had good intentions, but she couldn't think of anything that could make Old Madame happy.
Although she knew that what Old Madame wanted most now was for Long Heng to get married and have a grandson, she was afraid that if they brought in the female lead now, Old Madame would be angered to death. Moreover, she also felt uncomfortable.
Long Shuting had an idea, but he didn't dare to say it after glancing at Bai Xiangxiu.
However, Bai Xiangxiu saw it and asked curiously, "Steward Long, do you have any ideas?"
Long Shuting coughed softly, as if he was too embarrassed to say it.
"Xiao Shi, get us a new pot of hot tea."
Xiao Shi glanced at Bai Xiangxiu and went to change the tea. She probably knew that her master wanted to send her away, so she didn't ask much and went out.
Bai Xiangxiu looked at Long Shuting with a faint smile. Her meaning was that he could speak now and stop holding back.
After all, Long Shuting was a man, so it was inappropriate for him to bring it up. However, Bai Xiangxiu was a smart person, but she was confused about this matter.
She couldn't be blamed. How could a woman be so bold as to think of such a method? Moreover, she might end up being resented by the Old Madame because of this.
However, this was indeed the only way.
He hesitated for a moment, then said to Bai Xiangxiu, "You seem to know better than me what Old Madame wants the most."
"Uh … but …"
She didn't. She touched her stomach subconsciously, and her face turned slightly red.
Long Shuting smiled and said, "You don't need to really have it. You just need to suspect it."
"You mean …"
Bai Xiangxiu understood immediately. She coughed softly and said, "I'll leave it to you."
Long Shuting knew that Bai Xiangxiu also wanted him to get involved in this mess. He couldn't help but shake his head.
It wasn't easy to take advantage of Fourth Madame. Only their Prince treated her like a paper doll. He didn't even want her to see the notice. It was said that he didn't want to scare her.
He hesitated for a long time before bringing it over. The main reason was that if his master didn't read it, he wouldn't be able to report to his master.
As for the Prince, he didn't know when he would return from the palace.
As he expected, Long Heng stayed in the palace for two days. He didn't come back to take his mother to the palace until the Old Madame came back.
The Old Madame seemed to have cried all the way after hearing the news. Her body seemed to be very weak.
After sitting in the mansion for a while, she immediately went to the palace without saying anything. Long Heng naturally followed her.
Fortunately, he still had a conscience. He ignored everyone else and went to see Bai Xiangxiu alone.
Seeing that she was fine, he told her to take care of the affairs in the mansion for the time being and not to tire herself out.
However, Bai Xiangxiu felt that he was the one who was tired. The big dark circles under his eyes showed that he had stayed up all night.
There was no other way. Only a few of the Emperor's close officials could catch the Empress Dowager's eye. At this time, they had to take over the Emperor's duties and wait outside all night for news.
Bai Xiangxiu didn't know what was wrong with her. She pulled his sleeve when he left.
However, she didn't know what to say. When she saw Long Heng staring back, she said hesitantly, "Sleep more when you have time. Don't think that your body is made of iron."
Long Heng didn't know what was wrong with him. His heartbeat suddenly sped up. The tiredness and longing of the day turned into a surge of energy that lingered in his heart.
His long arm reached out and hugged Bai Xiangxiu's small body. He hated that he couldn't stay with her forever and not care about anything.
After hugging for a while, Bai Xiangxiu struggled a bit before he slowly let go of her. Then he used a slightly hoarse voice to reply.
Bai Xiangxiu also felt that the present situation was as warm as it could be. She silently sent Long Heng far away as if she was under a spell. It wasn't until he waved his hand for her to return that she reluctantly returned to Winter Garden.
After thinking for a while, she decided to move to Xiang Garden.
At most, she could move back for a few days next spring. There was no need to make things so complicated between herself and Long Heng.
Coming back once, she had to find an excuse to go back to Winter Garden to see him. It really was difficult.
Moreover, even if Long Heng didn't say anything now, he would still have her move when he came back.
Although it wasn't good to be someone's concubine in the ancient times, when she thought about it carefully, even though Long Heng didn't make any promises, as long as the two of them were good, no one else could interfere.
When the time came, as long as she treated herself as a concubine, she would be a concubine. If she treated herself as a wife, then no one would dare to steal this position from her.
This mainly depended on the male lead's choice. He had the halo of a main character, and she really didn't bring anything to the table.
So be it. At least the current treatment wasn't bad.
Just now, the male lead's hug seemed to have softened her entire body. She also had the real feeling of being in love.
Xiao Shi didn't think that her mistress would agree to move to Apricot Garden. She was the master of this palace, so no one dared to say no to her decision.
The people of Winter Garden worked together to move all of her personal belongings to Apricot Garden. That place was very large, with two entrances and two exits.
The front was for receiving guests, and the back was for living.
There were more than ten rooms. Winter Garden really couldn't compare.
The most important thing was that the room was abnormally warm. As soon as she walked in, she could feel the heat.
This was the courtyard of the future mistress, so it was normal that it was better built than Winter Garden.
She remembered that when the female lead came over, she lived in Apricot Garden.
This way, it was easy for the male lead to get close to her. He could even come over in the middle of the night to meet her.