Book of Disaster

"Bai Qi, you should have gone to the Imperial Palace to receive this Golden Dragon Order yesterday. However, His Majesty is considerate of his subjects. You were too tired yesterday. You escaped death and made great contributions to the empire. As an exception, he allowed you to return to the palace to rest first. I will come to the Bai Palace to present it to you in person. This is an unprecedented precedent and grace."

Eunuch Liu said with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Eunuch Liu."

Bai Qi bowed again, then waved his hand and said:

"Someone, give Eunuch Liu a gift."

"You little rascal, you don't need the stuff. We have seen all kinds of things in our house, why would we need your stuff?"

Eunuch Liu waved his hand, but he was still very happy with Bai Qi's response.

The little guy, although young, is quite sensible.

Nice, pleasing!

We like it.

"And one more thing……"

When Eunuch Liu said this, he glanced at everyone and smiled slightly:

"Let's go inside and talk."

……

A moment later, in the inner hall of the Bai Mansion, good tea and water were served, and the host and guests sat down.

"So it was my stepmother's idea."

After listening to Eunuch Liu's explanation, Bai Qi was greatly surprised.

"Well, you have become very popular in the Spirit Valley, and since you have not yet joined the army, the Imperial Concubine thinks that the various forces in the Yuan Dynasty, including the imperial court giants, important officials in the border areas, local princes, and those aristocratic families with a history of hundreds of years... will definitely try their best to win you over. No matter whose invitation you accept, you will offend others."

"The Imperial Concubine was afraid that your Bai family might accidentally offend someone, so she sent this old servant to come over here in the name of the Imperial Edict to take a look, and to help you hold up the scene and intimidate those people."

Eunuch Liu sat with his horse and sword in his hand, took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, looked at Bai Qi and praised him generously:

"But you are quite clever, you accepted all the gifts. That's a good idea."

The relationships between these dignitaries who came to give gifts were complicated. Although they all lived outside the Bai family mansion, some of them were sworn enemies of each other. Bai Qi didn't know their background, and if he rashly accepted the gifts, it would be easy to offend some people unintentionally and create hatred.

If we accept it from both sides now, we will offend both sides and no one can be blamed.

Bai Qi's method is simple but practical.

Bai Tianxiang glanced at his younger brother.

Eunuch Liu still overestimates his younger brother. He just wants to accept the gift.

Eunuch Liu is overthinking it.

"Hehe, that's right. I accepted the gift in order not to offend anyone. Of course, I'm not afraid of offending anyone."

Bai Qi said shamelessly.

"Oh, there's one more thing. After not seeing you for a few days, the Imperial Concubine missed you very much, especially after the big commotion yesterday. The Imperial Concubine was really worried. She didn't know if you were injured, so she specially asked the imperial physician to be on standby in the palace and asked me to bring you into the palace for a chat."

"Thank you for your kindness, stepmother. I also want to greet you. Please lead the way, eunuch Liu."

Bai Qi had a pretty good impression of his stepmother. At least she was a kind-hearted woman.

A moment later, the wheels of the carriage started moving, and Bai Qi followed Eunuch Liu out of the Bai family and headed quickly towards the palace.

The Yuan Dynasty Palace is magnificent, majestic and sacred.

In front of the vermilion lacquered palace gate, there were several imperial guards wearing helmets and armor and holding golden swords. Their eyes were as sharp as hawks and they were on high alert.

The carriage slowly stopped, and the chief eunuch Liu got off the carriage. He greeted one of the imperial guards who looked like the leader, then turned around and smiled kindly at Bai Qi:

"Mr. Bai, the Imperial Concubine lives not far away. The driver will guide you along the way. I still have to serve His Majesty, so I won't see you off."

"Well, thank you, Eunuch Liu."

Bai Qi responded with a cupped hand.

After bidding farewell to Eunuch Liu, the carriage continued on its way, passing through numerous palaces and heading towards the depths of the imperial palace.

But Bai Qi didn't know that when he was sitting in the carriage, a figure in the crowd outside the Bai Mansion looked at his back and sneered:

"Tell the master that the boy from the Bai family has left. We can move now."

"Dare to offend that person..., boy, you really want to die."

Before the voice fell, it quickly disappeared into the crowd.

……

It was quiet along the way. This was Bai Qi's second time entering the palace. The last time was because of the disaster in Taishi Palace. Plus, he left in a hurry in the dark and didn't even take a close look. Now his mood was different and his feelings were naturally different.

Glazed tiles and vermilion lacquered doors. Although the palace road is long, you can see the houses with high eaves, carved beams and painted buildings, magnificent and splendid. There is a building every five steps and a pavilion every ten steps, which is magnificent and gorgeous.

Winter is not over yet, and the fragrance of plum blossoms is everywhere, refreshing the heart.

"This Yuan Dynasty seems to be the orthodox Chinese dynasty."

Bai Qi looked around and said secretly.

Although they were in a different world and the development of the world's historical line seemed different, the various palaces and armor styles in the Yuan Dynasty imperial palace gave Bai Qi a sense of Chinese orthodoxy.

Bai Qi rolled the carriage wheels and admired the scenery outside the window, but soon he felt something was wrong.

The residence of the emperor and the concubine should be magnificent, elegant and luxurious, and the road near the palace should also be spacious and bright, with birds singing and flowers blooming. However, not long after Eunuch Liu left, Bai Qi felt that the direction of the carriage was getting more and more off-center, and the road to the palace was getting narrower and narrower, becoming much quieter.

Although Bai Qi had just arrived in this world, he could feel that this was not the direction to the palace of a concubine favored by the emperor.

"What's going on? Coachman, Concubine Zhao shouldn't be in this direction, right?"

Bai Qi immediately became alert and shouted loudly.

This coachman was arranged by Eunuch Liu, so there shouldn't be any problem. Bai Qi just called him tentatively. However, the next moment, the coachman's reaction caught Bai Qi off guard.

"I'm sorry, sir. I, I was forced."

Outside the carriage, the driver's voice was full of panic, as if a conspiracy had been inadvertently revealed.

Before Bai Qi could react, he heard a thud and the coachman jumped off the carriage and ran away!

Without a coachman, Bai Qi and his carriage stopped in the middle of the palace road.

"!!!"

Seeing this scene, Bai Qi was stunned.

Did something go wrong?

I just tried it casually, why did you run away!

However, before Bai Qi could figure it out, a smug female voice came from outside the carriage:

"You little dog slave, I'll see where you can run!"

"There's an ambush."

Bai Qi's heart sank and he immediately understood.

And just at this moment, accompanied by the sound of carriage wheels, a strong aura surrounded him from all directions.

Since we are here, we might as well make the best of it. A light flashed in Bai Qi's eyes, and he quickly calmed down, lifted the curtain and walked out of the carriage.

Outside the carriage, a row of carriages appeared at some point, blocking his way. Even the palace alleys on the left and right sides had a row of carriages blocking the intersection.

Not only that, Bai Qi was surprised to see a row of mighty and majestic guards with piercing eyes standing in front of these carriages.

While Bai Qi was looking at the people around him, those people were also observing Bai Qi.

When faced with an unexpected situation, most people would probably panic, or at least subconsciously want to escape.

But Bai Qi was calm and composed, and did not look like he was imprisoned at all.

But it only took a moment for everyone to come back to their senses.

So what if I have an extraordinary demeanor?

If you offend that person in the palace, you will never have a good ending.