The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1157: Kindness
Chapter 1157 Kind Heart
“Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!” The prefect bowed deeply.
Xiao Ruohai nodded. He still had some good feelings towards this ungreedy governor. He continued, “By the way, I’d like to trouble you to go to the side room first and write down in detail what the governor’s wife and your daughter like on a daily basis, as well as your wife’s daily habits!”
“Yes, I will send someone to deliver it to you as soon as I finish writing it!” The prefect hurriedly bowed to Xiao Ruohai.
When Xiao Ruohai returned, Chunzhi had already prepared the copper pot according to Wei Zhong’s instructions.
Dinner was served in the flower hall. Steam was rising from the copper pot of mutton soup, and the aroma of the mutton soup was wafting in the air.
Seeing Xiao Ruohai coming, Bai Jinzhao smiled and said, “Xiao Ruohai is here! We can finally eat! I’m so greedy!”
“Thank you for your hard work, brother. Let’s talk while we eat…” Bai Qingyan smiled and said to Xiao Ruohai, “Qingzhu doesn’t like eating mutton, and there are many things to do in the city, so I’ll leave first!”
Xiao Ruohai’s ears turned red and he responded quickly, then he greeted everyone in the Bai family one by one and sat down next to General Wei Zhaonian. They were all military personnel and also family members, so when they were away from home, it was not a rule for men and women to sit at different tables.
Xiao Ruohai handed the jade pendant to Wei Zhong, and asked Wei Zhong to give it to Bai Qingyan, then he slowly spoke: “This jade pendant was given to the wife of the prefect by the long-time attendant of General Ye Shouguan. The wife of the prefect said that… as long as her daughter takes the jade pendant to find the long-time attendant of General Ye Shouguan, she can steal the token! Because her daughter looks very similar to her when she was young, but the prefect later said something to his subordinates, meaning that… his daughter is not similar to the wife of the prefect when she was young, and his daughter is thoughtful. If she has other thoughts in the middle of the journey, it will cause trouble and cause the whole family to lose their lives.”
“How old is his daughter? How about I pretend to be the daughter of the governor’s wife and sneak into Yechengguan with the jade pendant to look for her?” Bai Jinzhao turned around and looked at his eldest sister for help, “Eldest sister, let me try!”
“I’m afraid the Fifth Miss is not suitable. The girl of the prefect’s family was raised in the boudoir. She is not as brave as the Fifth Miss to fight the enemies. She has murderous aura and I’m afraid she will be exposed.” Xiao Ruohai said it very tactfully. The Fifth Miss was tanned so dark from training and fighting. Which pampered daughter would be tanned like this?
Only the Bai family does not treat a large sum of money as if it were just gold. Regardless of gender, all the men and women must go to the battlefield for training.
Speaking of which, Xiao Ruohai still felt sorry for their eldest daughter… and the other girls in the Bai family.
“Then I’ll go?” Bai Jinhua was a little reserved, “But I’m not very good at acting!”
“Is this trip dangerous?” Bai Jinse frowned and asked Xiao Ruohai, “If it’s not dangerous, I have a candidate!”
Bai Qingqi raised his eyes and looked at his seventh sister. He also had a candidate in mind. It was probably the same as what his seventh sister thought. This person’s acting skills were superb. He started acting as if he had lost his memory after being picked up by Aunt Lu. Even his younger brothers and sisters were fooled by her.
When Lu Ninghua heard Bai Jinse say this, she knew that she was talking about Lu Lechen, and she felt a little worried: “But…but Lechen’s identity is still unknown. It’s all my fault. I thought this little girl was helpless and didn’t remember anything, so…”
“Aunt Lu, there’s no need to be like this! It’s a good thing that you’re kind-hearted!” Bai Qingyan said to Lu Ninghua with a smile.
“Lu Liaochen, should be called Sima Ruodan…” Bai Qingqi said slowly, “He is from the Sima family in Dadu City, and is a cousin of Sima Ping who joined the Bai family army.”
“It turns out that third brother already knew it!” Bai Jinzhao opened his eyes wide.
“Otherwise, do you think Third Brother will keep those people in our Bai family army?” Bai Qingyun said with a smile.
“That’s right…” Bai Jinzhao scratched his head with a smile.
“The Sima family, is it Lord Sima, the Chief Censor?” Lu Ninghua followed the Grand Princess when she was in Dadu, so she was familiar with the officials in the capital, especially Lord Sima, the Chief Censor. He was very shrewd at the beginning. Before Prince Liang made trouble, he took leave and stayed at home… and completely avoided Prince Liang’s muddy water.
Later, because of his relationship with Qin Lang’s family, he was not dismissed from his post when the new dynasty was established, and he remained in the position of Chief Censor.
“Could it be someone from the Sima family?”
As soon as Lu Ninghua finished speaking, she heard someone outside report that Lu Liaochen wanted to see her.
Bai Qingyan smiled and wiped his hands with a hot towel, then put the towel back into the black lacquer square plate Chunzhi was holding: “It seems that you have thought it through. Let her come in and give Miss Chen an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks.”
“It seems that my elder sister really likes Lechen…Miss Sima!” Bai Jinzhao said with a smile.
Chunzhi invited Sima Ruodan in. At this time, Sima Ruodan had already changed into the imperial concubine’s color Su embroidery tea-white silk jacket with pink orchid flowers that she was wearing when she was rescued by Aunt Lu Ninghua. The collar was overlapped, and she was wearing a frost-colored skirt. There was only a white jade hairpin on her head. She looked very plain, with black and bright eyes that were both red.
She had made up her mind to come to Bai Qingyan. She really didn’t expect that Bai Qingyan, as a king, would be so easy-going. Not only did he not punish her for deceiving the king, but he also told his master that she must have her own difficulties.
Sima Ruodan’s eyes were red and wet. She didn’t want to hide it from Bai Qingyan, so she changed her clothes and packed her bag, ready to leave after telling him the truth.
When she entered the room, her eyes first fell on Bai Qingqi. Seeing that Bai Qingqi was looking at her with such a calm expression, she kowtowed to Bai Qingqi solemnly and said, “Your Majesty, I pretended to have lost my memory and followed my master all the way to the border because I ran away from that family and became homeless.”
Lu Ningyao was surprised. It turned out to be a story about a rich girl running away. This silly girl must have read too many picture books!
“I dare not deceive Your Majesty. In fact, Liaochen is a girl from the Sima family. Chief Censor Sima Yan is Liaochen’s second uncle. My real name is Sima Ruodan…” Sima Ruodan bowed her head and dared not look up. She choked up as soon as she said this.
Sima Yan, the Chief Censor, is Sima Ping’s father. Sima Yan and Qin Lang’s father are cousins. If that’s the case… Sima Ruodan is Sima Ping’s cousin and Qin Lang’s cousin. But Bai Qingyan remembers that Sima Yan… is the only son of the Sima family, so how can he become the second uncle?
If Sima Ruodan had ranked them according to clan seniority, he would not have specifically singled out Sima Yan. After all, there were more than just Sima Yan who were powerful and influential in the Sima family.
Wei Zhong, who was changing the hot tea for Bai Qingyan, heard this and whispered in Bai Qingyan’s ear: “Speaking of the family of Sima Zhongcheng, the Censor, I do know a little bit. Although Sima Zhongcheng is the only son of the Sima family, but before… actually Sima Laoshi once adopted a son.”
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