The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 123: drunk life dream dead dead
Chapter 123: The Drunken Life and the Dead Death
Tong Ji hurriedly wiped his tears with his sleeves, kowtowed to King Liang, and choked up, “Since the master likes this Miss Bai, I will definitely let Miss Chunyan do this for the master! Master… I have been by your side since I was a child, please don’t chase me away! Tong Ji will be obedient in the future and will not cause trouble for His Highness!”
King Liang couldn’t bear it, and said in a hoarse voice: “I won’t chase you away if the matter is settled!”
“Thank you, Your Highness!” Tong Ji carefully put the letter into his arms and retreated respectfully.
Although Tong Ji is useless in every way, King Liang still keeps Tong Ji by his side just because of their childhood friendship!
He spared no effort to bring the Bai family down from the altar, just to repay the kindness of Concubine Tong and the Second Prince. This is why Gao Sheng was willing to follow King Liang.
Gao Sheng glanced at Prince Liang, lowered his eyes and said respectfully: “Liu Huanzhang cannot be brought into the palace. It is better for me to keep an eye on Liu Huanzhang in person to prevent him from making any unusual moves.”
“Go…” King Liang held his chest tiredly and sat down on the chair. His expression was even uglier than before.
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Bai Qingyan slept for just over an hour before getting up.
Chun Tao used a copper hook to pull up the curtains, looked at Bai Qingyan who was sitting on the bed putting on her shoes, and said worriedly: “The young lady only sleeps for more than an hour every day, I’m afraid she can’t stand it!”
The maids who had been waiting under the corridor carrying copper basins of warm water, towels, spittoons, and fragrant mouthwash came in one after another and helped Bai Qingyan get up and wash.
Chun Xing brought a row of maids carrying food boxes into the house to set the table. When Bai Qingyan changed his clothes and came out from behind the screen, Chun Xing and the other maids left in an orderly manner.
Chun Tao served Bai Qingyan a bowl of chicken soup and millet porridge, placed it in front of Bai Qingyan, and whispered, “Not long after the eldest lady went to bed today, someone came to look for Chun Yan, but Chun Yan didn’t go to see him. The maid at the door said that the guards of the Liang Palace were very generous, but they looked cold and scary.”
This was something that was expected, and Bai Qingyan was not surprised.
She lowered her head and took a sip of the light millet porridge, and warned: “Don’t alarm Chunyan, keep an eye on her secretly, and report to me at any time if she makes any movement!”
“I know!” Chuntao nodded seriously.
Chun Xing, who was standing outside the door waiting, saw Bai Jinxiu coming and hurriedly saluted: “Second Miss.”
“Is the eldest sister awake?”
“That’s right. The young lady is having dinner now. I’ll go and tell her now…”
Before Chun Xing could open the curtain, Chun Tao came out and said, “The eldest lady asked me to welcome the second lady! Chun Xing…ask someone to bring some bowls and chopsticks to the second lady.”
Chun Xing responded.
Bai Jinxiu handed the heater in her hand to Qingshu, told Qingshu to wait outside, and went into the house herself.
Chuntao served Bai Jinxiu a bowl of millet porridge and left the upper room, allowing the two sisters to eat in peace.
Seeing Bai Jinxiu frowning and holding her chopsticks for a long time without picking up her chopsticks, she asked, “Are you worried about Qin Lang?”
“Eldest sister, Dali Temple Chief Justice Lu Jin has no friendship with our Bai family. Now our Bai family has no men left. Although Lu Jin has a good reputation, he is a man with a hidden heart… Will he help Qin Lang?” Bai Jinxiu frowned and looked sideways at Bai Qingyan.
“In the past, we were in the harem and didn’t know what happened in the past. It’s normal for you to worry.” She put down her chopsticks, wiped her lips with a handkerchief, and analyzed with Bai Jinxiu in a soft voice, “In the past few years, the court officials have tended to favor Prince Xin, the legitimate son of the queen, in the battle for the throne. Prince Xin is very popular. It can even be said that if there were no incident in Southern Xinjiang, according to the previous situation… Prince Xin would most likely be the one to challenge for the throne in the future! The ministers in the court who can judge the situation have followed suit, but this Dali Temple Minister Lu Jin has always remained neutral and has not participated in it. Moreover, he has been ruthless and merciless when Prince Xin’s people fell into his hands several times. There are four reasons for this.”
“First, this person still has some integrity in his heart. Second, this person may have another wise master in mind. Third, this person knows very well that a loyal official is the way to establish himself in the officialdom. Fourth, this person has no ambition to make progress.”
Bai Jinxiu put down the chopsticks in her hand, nodded, and said: “But if you don’t have the ambition to make progress, how can you be promoted to the Minister of Dali Temple in just a few years?”
She nodded, “First, if Lu Jin has integrity, he will protect the son-in-law of the Bai family even if he sees the loyal man of the Bai family who died on the battlefield to protect the country and the people! If the second one, in Lu Jin’s heart… the legitimate and popular prince Xin is not a wise leader, then… either Lu Jin is extremely greedy and wants to follow the dragon! Such a greedy villain, for the sake of his grandmother, the Grand Princess, will be willing to sell the Duke’s Mansion a favor! Or he despises the character of Prince Xin. Such a person must have integrity in his heart.”
“If he knew the way of a loyal minister, he would not have participated in the factional struggles and the fight for the throne. Although Prince Xin has been demoted to a commoner, who among the staff of Prince Xin’s palace is willing to sink with Prince Xin? Those staff must have tried their best to speculate and make a fuss about the food and grass, trying to turn things around for Prince Xin. Do you think Lu Jin would be willing to become the blade in Prince Xin’s hands?”
Bai Jinxiu listened carefully to Bai Qingyan’s detailed analysis. She suddenly understood and was horrified: “Eldest sister, you can calculate people’s hearts so carefully.”
The plain white lanterns and plain silks hanging in the corridors fluttered in the wind, and in the brazier covered with a carved copper cover inside the house… the charcoal fire burned very fiercely, flickering on and off, but it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
She held Bai Jinxiu’s hand tightly and whispered: “This capital city with a layer of prosperity is actually no different from the battlefield in southern Xinjiang! There are real swords and guns, bloody fights, and rain of swords, guns and arrows. Only the brave will die, and those who are brave and resourceful will win! The capital city is full of conspiracies and intrigues. Those who are dazzled by the prosperity and live a life of drunkenness and dreams will die, and those who can calculate everything and judge people’s hearts will win. Jinxiu… It must be harder for you to stay in the capital than for me and my third sister!”
Since learning that her grandfather, father, uncles, and brothers had died in southern Xinjiang, Bai Jinxiu realized clearly for the first time… from now on, no one would protect them or pamper them anymore.
Why would the eldest sister be so calculating when there were older brothers around? !
The elder sister didn’t say she was wrong, but she knew exactly where she was wrong…
That day, when the eldest sister was teaching Xiao Si a lesson, she had already said that the Bai family was like a cliff at midnight, but she did not take these words to heart.
It’s not that the eldest sister is too meticulous, but that she thinks too superficially.
Today, not only is there no room for Xiao Si to act on impulse, there is also no room for her to be as lazy as before… She is unwilling to think things over carefully and just muddle through.
Now the eldest sister is still in Dadu…from now on she will be the only one left.
Bai Jinxiu felt as if she had bitten a sour apricot in her mouth. She stood up and saluted Bai Qingyan: “Today is Jinxiu’s… I didn’t think too much! I won’t make the same mistake again in the future, don’t worry, elder sister!”
“Okay, let’s eat!” She reached out and pulled Bai Jinxiu to sit down.
Xiao Rongyan: A day without any scenes is a day when I miss my wife. In her heart, there is no me but only the Bai family and the world.
Bai Jinzhi: Then my brother-in-law will have to offer the whole world as a betrothal gift!
Xiao Rongyan: Xiao Si, you are very polite! I will give you a golden whip.