The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1216: keep it a secret
Chapter 1216: Hiding the Truth
Bai Qingyan nodded: “Okay!”
“Young lady…” Chunzhi stood outside the door and did not come in. She reported in a low voice, “Yue Shi, the guard who was with the son-in-law before, wants to see the young lady!”
Bai Qingyan perked up: “Please come in! I just have something to ask him!”
Wei Zhong retreated upon seeing this.
Bai Qingyan put on her clothes and came out from behind the screen. She heard Wei Zhong and Yue Shi talking and said, “Let Yue Shi in!”
Wei Zhong personally opened the curtain for Yue Shi.
Yue Shiyi came in and saw Bai Qingyan already sitting in the main seat. Her eyes immediately turned red and she knelt down and kowtowed, “Miss!”
“What exactly happened to your master’s injuries?” Bai Qingyan asked.
Yue Shi did not dare to look up at Bai Qingyan, and said, “A few days ago before the war, I heard that the eldest girl was besieged in Jiangzi City by Xiliang General Cui Shanzhong and the main force of Xiliang. I stopped someone from telling the master, but I didn’t pay attention. It was the master who blocked an arrow for me, but I revealed a flaw and was bitten by Xiliang. It’s all my fault!”
The news was delivered before the war. Yue Shi was afraid that Xiao Rongyan would worry about Bai Qingyan and the baby in Bai Qingyan’s belly and be distracted, so he suppressed the news. Unexpectedly, he was distracted himself and was saved by his master.
Yue Shi’s voice was choked with sobs when he said this, and he kowtowed heavily to Bai Qingyan: “Yue Shi, please punish me!”
Bai Qingyan was silent for a while, then he said to Yue Shi: “Since you have concealed it, why didn’t you keep it a secret? Why did he come here with such a serious injury?”
“I…” Yue Shi’s throat rolled, “I was afraid that if I kept it secret from the master, if something really happened to the young lady, the master would regret it for the rest of his life, so I… I just told her…”
Yue Shi also didn’t expect that after he finished speaking, Xiao Rongyan would lead his troops to march towards Jiangzi City day and night.
He understood his master’s feelings for the young lady, so he did not dare to stop him. He could only grit his teeth and follow his master. From the battlefield to Gyantse City, Xiao Rongyan almost never got off his horse.
Yue Shi knew that their master was filled with anger and remained silent. He thought that his master was angry that he did not tell him the news that the eldest girl was trapped in Gyantse City earlier. He had been as obedient as a quail all the way and did not dare to breathe when standing beside his master.
Looking at Yue Shi’s appearance, Bai Qingyan knew that he must have followed Xiao Rongyan all the way, and he hadn’t slept for as long as Xiao Rongyan had…
“Don’t worry, your master is fine. The military doctor has already treated him. Your master is just too tired. I just gave him some medicine. He will get better as soon as the high fever subsides!” Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes and looked at Yue Shi’s clean, dark, wet red eyes. His voice softened unconsciously. “You have worked hard all the way here. Go and rest. I will stay here with your master!”
“I…want to kneel outside and guard my master.” Yue Shi said with a sob.
“Go and have a rest. Even if you kneel until your knees are broken, it will not help your master!” Bai Qingyan’s voice was filled with fatigue. “Eunuch Wei will tell others that the Ninth Prince of Yan has been arranged to live in the courtyard next to mine. You can hide it in the courtyard over there. Go eat something and then have a rest. Tomorrow you will serve your master well.”
“Yes!” Yue Shi took the order and retreated.
As soon as Yue Shi left, Chun Zhi came in through the curtains carrying bird’s nests. Seeing Bai Qing Yan resting her elbows on the table with her eyes closed, looking tired, she took small steps forward and whispered, “Miss, have some bird’s nest porridge!”
Chunzhi felt so distressed when she saw Bai Qingyan’s appearance, but she was just a little maid, and would be a burden even if she went to the battlefield. She could only stay in the mansion and could not share the burden of the eldest lady at all.
Bai Qingyan took a deep breath, stood up and said, “Give it to Yue Shi! Tell all the Bai family guards at the door not to guard it, just leave two people, and let the others take a rest, you should take a rest too! Also… send someone to Yechengguan to tell Yang Wuce that Yan State has come to help, and Jiangzi City’s predicament has been resolved!”
Seeing that Bai Qingyan looked tired, Chunzhi swallowed back the words about a single man and a single woman being in the same room. She remembered the scene in the storybook about a hero saving a beauty and the beauty giving herself to him, and she suddenly understood.
Perhaps it was because the Ninth Prince led his troops to rescue them this time that made their eldest daughter want to make the Ninth Prince of Dayan her husband?
Chunzhi did not dare to ask more questions. Fortunately, the courtyard where their eldest daughter lived was guarded by people from the Bai family, so she did not have to worry about other people gossiping.
“Miss, I’ll be waiting outside. If you have any instructions, please call me!” Chunzhi said and retreated with the bird’s nest porridge.
Bai Qingyan let out a long breath, walked to the table, picked up a pen and wrote a letter to her brothers and sisters on the front line, and also wrote about the rewards for the soldiers who defended Jiangzi City. She didn’t stop writing until the military doctor came to adjust the time for Xiao Rongyan.
That night, Bai Qingyan stayed with Xiao Rongyan all night and changed Xiao Rongyan’s ice towel all night. Until dawn, the fever finally showed signs of subsiding.
Bai Qingyan finally felt relieved and fell asleep on the hidden bag placed beside the bed.
Chunzhi pricked up her ears and heard the sound of Bai Qingyan waving her handkerchief in the water for a long time, so she called out softly, “Miss…”
Not hearing anyone’s answer, Chunzhi quietly pushed the door open and came in. The cold wind blew in, causing the candlelight to flicker.
Seeing Bai Qingyan asleep through the screen, he hurriedly warmed himself in front of the brazier, then rubbed his hands, took out a cloak and gently put it on Bai Qingyan, then tiptoed to extinguish a few candles, lowered the thick brocade curtain hanging on the gilded copper hook, and left the room.
As soon as Chunzhi went out, she saw the Bai family guards stepping in from the courtyard gate holding a few bamboo scrolls in their hands and asked Chunzhi, “Is the eldest lady awake?”
Chunzhi quickly made a silent gesture and waved her hand, glanced into the house, signaled the guard to go aside and said, “Don’t disturb the young lady.”
“What happened?” Chunzhi and the Bai family guards walked aside and asked in a low voice.
“General Liu has not returned yet after leading his troops to chase the defeated Xiliang soldiers. Now… food has been delivered from Bailong City, but there was no one to check it out, so General Wang Jin delivered it to the eldest girl. I thought that His Majesty had just fallen asleep not long ago, so I took the initiative to take my two brothers to check it out and clearly hand it over. I also wanted to come here to deliver the documents to the eldest girl.” said the Bai family guard.
Chunzhi took it with both hands: “Give it to me, I will bring it to you when the young lady wakes up later, you should go and have a rest!”
The longer the war lasted, the longer the Bai family guards hadn’t slept, just like Bai Qingyan. These guards loved their own eldest daughter and wanted her to sleep more, so they forced themselves to hand over the food and only came back to report after the handover.
“Okay, thank you for your hard work, Miss Chunzhi.” The guard yawned after saying that.
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