"The docks?" Bai Xiangxiu asked curiously.
"That's right. There are always goods from foreign lands at the docks. This servant thinks that there might be something you want there."
Xiao Shi wouldn't have dared to think about such things in the past. How could she leave just because she wanted to? She felt that she must have been bewitched by her mistress.
That's right, wasn't there such a plot in novels? Bai Xiangxiu rubbed her chin and decided to go out and explore. Who knows, she might encounter something strange.
She always felt that her arrival was too unexpected.
She thought about how other people were only transmigrated after falling unconscious or even dying. Her original body was fine and her body was fine. How could she be left behind to fight in the house or die as cannon fodder?
Bai Xiangxiu paced a few times on the ground and calmed down. If she wanted to get the matriarch's permission to leave, she could only use two words: "Haha." That matriarch was extremely conservative. What she hated the most was her son's women running around attracting attention. This was also the reason why she didn't have a good relationship with the female lead.
Although the four new concubines had nothing to do with the Prince, they hadn't taken a single step out of the courtyard until their deaths.
Thinking of this, she shuddered. That matriarch was a feudal fighter. She couldn't be provoked!
"Do you think the matriarch will let me out?" She wasn't actually that old. She was just in her forties.
Of course, this was only said behind her back. In public, she called her the matriarch.
Xiao Shi shook her head. The matriarch was a strict person. There were very few people in the house who acted recklessly or didn't follow the rules. She felt that she definitely wouldn't agree to leave the house for no reason.
Bai Xiangxiu looked at Xiao Shi and chuckled. This chuckle caused goosebumps to rise on Xiao Shi's back.
An hour later, Xiao Shi sat at the door with her embroidery in hand, but her eyes were staring blankly at the corner door not far away.
After exiting the corner door, there was a corridor. After walking for a while, there was a small door leading to the outside.
That place was usually reserved for the peddlers who delivered vegetables. He wondered if Madame Xiu, who was dressed as a servant girl, had gone out yet.
Obviously, she wanted to stop her mistress, but she only blinked at her and her heart softened into a mess. She was dizzy and completely at her mercy.
He couldn't help but sigh. The famous saying of femme fatale was indeed true!
Bai Xiangxiu had indeed gone out. In fact, it was not difficult.
Most of the peddlers used carriages to transport their vegetables. There were large baskets of vegetables on the carriages. She could easily slip into the carriage and sneak out.
When the vendor turned the corner and heard that there was no one around, he shouted, "Stop the car."
The peddler didn't expect someone to be there. He quickly stopped the carriage and looked inside the basket.
Bai Xiangxiu casually climbed out with a head full of vegetables. She didn't care about her beautiful face that was messed up. She just smiled at the honest man in his forties and said, "Big brother, I'm sorry. I borrowed your car to come out. Actually, it's like this."
She made up a story. The story was something she thought of while sitting in the carriage.
It was nothing more than her mistress's father being sick. But how could the prince's estate allow a mistress to casually come out? Thus, she wanted to visit the sick master on her mistress's behalf.
As she spoke, she took out a tael of silver and gave it to the peddler.
Don't think that she was so naive. She dared to do this kind of thing as soon as she arrived in ancient times. She actually used silver to bribe someone she didn't trust to get out?
She was clearly courting death.
She actually had a reason for doing this.
This peddler was called Sun Si 'er. He was a filial son who valued filial piety the most.
The path she took was actually the one the female lead took in the novel. She planned to escape from the prince's estate and finally found Sun Si 'er. Then, she borrowed his method of delivering vegetables to enter and leave the prince's estate several times without being discovered.
Now, the female lead had yet to come to the prince's estate. Bai Xiangxiu just happened to come out to try her luck when she met someone called Sun Si 'er.
That was why she dared to get on his carriage. It was written in the novel that he was the most soft-hearted person.
Sun Si 'er looked at the tael of silver in a daze, but his heart was very clear that the girl in front of him was lying.
Just based on her appearance, how could she be a servant girl? She was clearly the master.
But seeing her anxious appearance, he thought that perhaps she wanted to go back and personally take care of her father.
In ancient times, there were very few people who would joke about their parents' health, so he quickly believed her lie.
Thus, he said, "Then quickly go. I ….. will park the carriage here in the afternoon." His meaning was that if she wanted to go back, then come here!
He really was a good person. Bai Xiangxiu gave him a big smile and said, "Then thank you, Big Brother Sun." Then she put on the large bridal hat that she had prepared and walked towards the docks.
"Is it really alright?"
This madam's appearance was too eye-catching. Although she was wearing a bridal hat, her figure was different from others.
Sun Si 'er was a bit worried, but he was an honest and filial person, so he was only worried and didn't have any other thoughts.
Bai Xiangxiu didn't know that half of her lie had been exposed. She had some silver in her bag and asked around where the docks were. Soon, she arrived there.
When she arrived, she was already sweating because she was in a hurry. Because she was wearing a large bridal hat, she was quite stuffy.
But she knew that she couldn't take it off. If she did, it would cause trouble.
She could only use her hand to fan in front of her to bring a bit of wind. She fanned as she walked.
There were quite a few people at the docks, but most of them were men. There were very few women.
There was a trading area by the docks. As someone who had seen seas of people in modern times, Bai Xiangxiu had seen the crowds of people at the docks, enjoying the scenery, visiting the gardens, and eating dumplings.
She didn't forget the purpose of her visit today. When she walked into the trading area, she began to sweep through all kinds of goods.
These things were quite novel, but for a modern person, it seemed that there was nothing that could arouse her interest.
Her mind was thinking about 'cactus', so she only paid attention to the flowers and trees along the way.
She asked around as she searched, but in the end, no one knew about cactus or had seen a plant similar to it.
She couldn't help but feel very disappointed. Seeing that she was about to reach the end, it seemed that she wouldn't be able to find anything today.
Suddenly, she heard a small voice saying 'help'. The voice sounded a bit like a child's, and it was very weak.
Bai Xiangxiu was startled for a moment, then she looked around.
But she didn't find a child around.
She thought that she was hallucinating because she was too anxious. She shook her head and turned around, but she heard a weak cry for help again.
This time, it shouldn't be a hallucination. She felt that the source of the voice was a bit uncertain, so she lowered her head and carefully searched in the crowd or in remote places.
Bai Xiangxiu was too focused on searching, so she didn't notice that a group of people was walking towards her. She also didn't notice that the people around her had automatically retreated, leaving her alone on the side of the road with her head down. It looked very strange!
Song Jiaoyue was used to being stared at like this every time he went out, so he didn't care at all and walked forward.
In front of him was a small person wearing a large veiled hat. She seemed to be completely unaffected by the surrounding atmosphere and had her head down as she searched for something.
When she bumped into the group of people, she even used her hand to push him aside and said, "Move aside, didn't you hear someone shouting for help?" From the voice, it sounded like an extremely young girl, but he really didn't hear anything about help.
He only thought that her behavior was very interesting, so he said, "Miss, what are you looking for? Do you need my help?"
"Looking for someone …" Bai Xiangxiu raised her head and felt her eyes light up. She almost missed the cry for help.
The man in front of her was handsome and elegant. His white brocade robe and the golden crown on his head showed that he was of noble birth.
Even though the veil on her veil was blocking her view, she still felt that she was looking at a rare handsome man.
However, when her gaze fell on the jade pendant on his waist, she felt uncomfortable.
Because in the middle of a dragon and a phoenix was a jade pendant with the character 'Song'. Wasn't that the accessory of the first male supporting character?