The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 107: Make a plan
Chapter 107 A Brief Plan
The emperor also said what he wanted to hear by using the persecution of the Shuoyang clan as an excuse.
As a human being, you always have a heart. No matter how cold your heart is… there will always be a trace of warmth that can be touched.
That day in the hall, she fabricated words about her grandfather saying that the emperor had great ambitions, which made the emperor feel guilty.
She firmly believed that if the emperor saw the Duke’s Mansion’s benevolence and righteousness of “rather let the world betray me than let the world down”, the emperor would make a decision.
“The clan forced them to sell off the Duke’s Mansion’s assets to help Xiao achieve his goal, promote the emperor’s decision, and pave the way for the Duke’s Mansion to return to Shuoyang in the future without being controlled by the clan.” Xiao Rongyan Mosuo held the jade cicada in his hand, and asked in a low voice, “The clan’s coercion… was also caused by Miss Bai?”
Every time this Miss Bai does something astonishing, she is sure to impress people, and she always has a backup plan, which is linked together and astonishing.
“The clan members are not satisfied, I just go with the flow, make some plans, and try to survive.”
If she denied it in front of a smart man like Xiao Rongyan, he would have to argue with her and force her to admit it. It would be better for her to admit it straight away.
“No matter what, I will never forget Miss Bai’s help this time.”
“But everyone has their own needs and benefits. It’s not a question of who helps whom. Let’s just say it’s mutual fulfillment. Besides, Bai Qing said in the Willow Pavilion today… If you encounter difficulties in the future, the Bai family will do their best to help you and will not refuse.”
As she spoke, she had already escorted Xiao Rongyan to the side door. She gathered her fox fur coat and looked sideways at the man standing under the lamp at the side door of the Bai family. “If Mr. Xiao is still uneasy, then consider this as the Bai family’s way of repaying Mr. Xiao for helping us twice.”
The servants of the Duke’s Mansion had led Xiao Rongyan’s horse to the door. When the horse saw Xiao Rongyan, white mist came out of its nose and it kicked its hooves to try to come closer.
“Mr. Xiao, please…”
“Goodbye.” After Xiao Rongyan bowed to Bai Qingyan, he walked out of the Duke’s Mansion and jumped onto his horse in a graceful and elegant manner.
He grasped the reins in one hand and took the black gold whip handed to him by the servant of the Duke’s Mansion with the other. He sat high on the horse’s back and looked in the direction of Bai Qingyan inside the door.
Under the white silk lantern swaying in the wind, a woman in mourning clothes bowed slightly, her face pale and somewhat sickly, but even through the thin mist and snow, her dazzling beauty and noble temperament could not be concealed.
Elegant and tranquil, calm and indifferent, with a strong mind and unfathomable scheming.
Xiao Rongyan admires such people.
The man stared at her for a moment with eyes as deep as a well, and finally whipped away.
“This day has been so long!” Chun Tao held Bai Qingyan’s arm and couldn’t help but sigh, “Are you tired, young lady?”
She nodded: “Let’s go back! Go see grandma first, then go see Ji Tingyu.”
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In the kitchen in the backyard of the Duke’s Mansion, two maids carrying winnowing baskets trotted into the kitchen eaves, brushed off the snow on their bodies, looked up at the fog and sighed, “Today’s weather is really weird! Such heavy fog and such heavy snow.”
The other maid looked around to see that there was no one around, so she leaned over to whisper to her companion, “I heard that the second master’s useless bastard just hired a carriage with his mother, and ran away through the back door with several large bags! The Duke’s Mansion didn’t know what Bodhisattva they had prayed to wrongly. Shuoyang’s ancestors forced the Crown Prince’s wife to lose everything. If that bastard ran away… the Duke’s Mansion wouldn’t even have anyone to smash a pot.”
“It seems that the work in the mansion is still too easy.” The housekeeper who was in charge of meals beside the eldest princess stood at the kitchen door, her hands folded in front of her belly, looking intimidating without being angry.
The two maids were startled and quickly bowed and stepped aside, not daring to raise their heads.
The nanny, who was dressed in dark blue clothes and looked very elegant, glared at the two maids, walked out of the busy kitchen, and was followed by a row of maids carrying black lacquered and gold-painted food boxes, who walked out one after another and walked along the brightly lit corridor towards the Grand Princess’s inner courtyard.
The fire in the main room of the Grand Princess’s Changshou Courtyard was burning very brightly. The maids served her in a proper and proper manner. The woman in charge of the charcoal fire added a few pieces of silver-frost charcoal with a long copper-wrapped tongs and put a copper cover on the stove.
Nanny Jiang stood in the corridor with Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinxiu. After the Nanny in charge of food for the Grand Princess told them that Bai Qingxuan and his mother had run away, she waved her hand to signal the Nanny to leave.
The matron in charge nodded, bowed respectfully and left.
“I know about this.” Bai Qingyan said frankly, “The maid in Qingming Courtyard told me that the bastard wanted to leave, and I didn’t let anyone stop him.”
“Just go if you want to go!” Bai Jinxiu frowned, revealing disgust that was hard to see, “That woman…that bastard, I don’t know how my father…” How he was so blind to fall in love with a woman who did that kind of thing.
A son should not speak of his father’s mistakes. Bai Jinxiu was filled with anger and finally closed her eyes without saying anything.
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes, looking at the snow seeds falling cracklingly under the eaves of the corridor, and said in a tone as light as the wind: “What do you mean, grandma? Do you want to… detain him?”
“The Grand Princess doesn’t know yet, my dear… All the men in the Duke’s Mansion are gone. After all, they are our bloodline. The child’s bad temper is because he was not taught well. The Grand Princess told me a few days ago that after the imperial edict of His Majesty’s punishment of Prince Xin, Liu Huanzhang and Marquis Qin Dezhao comes down, as soon as the mourning of our Duke’s Mansion is over, she will ask to give up the title, leave the mother and keep the son, and she will personally discipline this bastard.” Seeing Bai Qingyan lowered her eyes and said nothing, Nanny Jiang stepped forward and held Bai Qingyan’s hand, “My dear, the Grand Princess is old… She lost her husband, her son, and her grandson, and she is in great pain! We must give her some hope and find something for her to do, so that the Grand Princess can endure these miserable days better!”
“I know everything Madam.” Bai Qingyan’s gentle tone concealed the murderous intent in her heart. “I did let them leave on purpose because I knew that bastard’s nature was to seek profit and avoid harm. As long as the emperor issued an imperial decree to punish Prince Xin, he would definitely return to the Duke’s Mansion. Madam, believe me.”
“Believe it! Of course I believe you, big sister! I am just overthinking… Don’t forget it in your heart, big sister.” Nanny Jiang bowed to her.
“Mammy.” She sighed and supported Mammy Jiang. “Mammy, you are really embarrassing Abao. Mammy has been with grandma all her life, so she should be considered half the elder of Abao and Jinxiu. Grandma has spent more time with Mammy Jiang than granddaughters like me. It is a blessing for us to have you worry about grandma.”
Nanny Jiang’s eyes were red, and she covered her mouth with a handkerchief, tears falling down: “Big sister, second sister, you don’t know, ever since the incident in our Duke’s Mansion, the eldest princess has been in great pain, but she is holding on and can’t fall down. She is caught between the royal family and the Duke’s Mansion, and her heart is always boiling in that boiling oil, and she has no peace for a day.”