The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 262: pressure
Chapter 262 Pressure
The prince knelt down and kowtowed to the emperor: “Father is my son’s heaven. I will never lie to you even if I die! Besides, my life and position as a crown prince were all given by you. Even if you want to take it all back, I will never complain as a son. How dare I lie to you with lies!”
The emperor looked at the prince kneeling on the ground with great satisfaction, and nodded with a smile: “Get up! Father knows you are a good child!”
The prince’s eyes became even more moist. He looked up at the emperor and choked up as he called out, “Father.”
“Last time you wrote a secret letter asking for an imperial decree to seek a princess position for Bai Qingyan, which is not impossible. But now that Bai Qingyan has been conquered by you, have you ever thought about letting her stay in the court and use her for your purposes?” The emperor asked, staring at the water.
“There is no precedent of appointing women as officials in our dynasty. Although I value Bai Qingyan’s talent, I am afraid that if I give her a military officer position, it will cause criticism from the ministers and will definitely make my father embarrassed, so I gave up this idea.”
The emperor nodded, pleased that his son did not just focus on recruiting people for himself and forget about him as his father.
“Tomorrow the Emperor of Great Yan will bring his son to the capital, and then he will be sent to Jin as a hostage. You are the crown prince… Tomorrow you will go to personally welcome the Emperor of Great Yan into the palace, and all matters will be left to you!” After the emperor finished speaking, he turned around and looked at the crown prince as if he remembered something, “You just came back from Southern Xinjiang, do you feel tired?”
The prince kowtowed heavily to show his loyalty: “It is my duty to contribute to the country! I will do my best!”
“His Majesty!”
A cheerful girl’s voice as clear as an oriole came from behind the prince. The prince looked up and saw the emperor looking behind him. His eyes lit up, he put down the fishing rod in his hand, stood up, and looked quite excited.
The prince quickly stood up and stepped back to the emperor’s side, quietly looking in the direction the emperor was looking, and unexpectedly saw a young girl in white riding clothes with her long hair tied up high behind her head with a white headband, holding a black gold whip in her hand, running lightly and happily towards the lake.
The prince’s pupils shrank for a moment, and he felt that the girl’s outfit was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.
Before the prince could remember, the girl had already thrown herself into the emperor’s arms with a gust of fragrance. The prince and the eunuchs and palace maids standing beside him lowered their heads and took a few steps back, not daring to look again.
“Eunuch Gao said that this is the riding suit that your majesty personally ordered to be made for me. I will put it on right away to show your majesty! Your majesty made the riding suit for me and gave me a whip. You want to take me riding, right?” The girl’s cheerful voice was a little spoiled. “I have been riding since I was young. Your majesty, do you dare to compete with me?”
The emperor’s eyes were filled with love and care: “Gao Demao, go get someone prepared. I and Concubine Qiu are going to the horse race!”
Gao Demao, who was panting and chasing after Concubine Qiu, nodded with a smile: “I will order someone to prepare it right away.”
“Your Majesty, you are so kind! I like you the most!” Concubine Qiu smiled brightly, “But even so, I will not give in to your Majesty later!”
The emperor raised his hand and tucked Concubine Qiu’s messy hair behind her ears, and said with a smile: “I’m sorry, you can ride a horse in the palace. After a while, when the important events in the court are over, I will take you to the royal ranch to ride a horse.”
“I am not an ignorant child! I am already very happy that Your Majesty can ride a horse with me in the palace!” After saying this, Concubine Qiu seemed to have just noticed that there was someone beside her. She quickly withdrew from the emperor’s arms, and said coquettishly, “Why didn’t Your Majesty tell me that there was someone?”
“This is the prince…” The emperor’s voice was not as happy as before.
“Your Highness!” Concubine Qiu bowed.
No matter how confused the prince was, he could see that the noble was in favor at the moment, so he quickly returned the greeting respectfully.
“The prince must have been tired after returning from southern Xinjiang. Go back and rest!” The emperor said, then took Concubine Qiu’s hand and left with a smile.
On the way back to the Prince’s Mansion, the Prince sat in the carriage and kept thinking about Noble Lady Qiu and her riding outfit… He had really seen her somewhere!
Suddenly, the prince suddenly thought of the painting that his father often took out to look at when he was young. He opened his eyes: “Bai Suqiu!”
The girl was wearing a white riding outfit, and she looked exactly like Bai Suqiu in the painting.
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Bai Mansion, Flower Pavilion.
Fanhua Pavilion is the best place for viewing the scenery in Baifu and is very bright.
Bai Jinzhi woke up from a nap feeling much more energetic. He and Li went to Fanhua Pavilion first. They excitedly talked about their experiences in southern Xinjiang and described in detail how their elder sister Bai Qingyan defeated Yun Poxing.
The fifth, sixth, and seventh girls opened their eyes wide and were extremely nervous. They kept turning back to ask Bai Jinxiu, “Second sister, is it true? Is the battlefield really so dangerous?”
“You can tell by looking at the injuries on Xiaosi’s body.” Bai Jinxiu said with a smile.
When Bai Jinzhi talked about how, on their way to southern Xinjiang, the people knelt down and begged General Bai to help them regain their homes, and how the people of Feng County protected Bai Qingyan, all the women of the Bai family in Fanhua Pavilion had tears in their eyes.
Mrs. Dong could imagine that scene. It is conceivable that her daughter must have been under tremendous pressure when she went to southern Xinjiang!
The pregnant Fifth Madam Qi wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, “The people still remember our Bai family.”
Hearing the maids and old women outside calling the eldest young lady, Bai Jinxiu and several of her sisters put down the fruits and teacups in their hands, stood up and went out to greet them.
Bai Qingyan walked in and bowed, but didn’t see his fourth aunt Wang. He asked, “Where’s the fourth aunt?”
Fifth Miss Bai Jinzhao apologized, “It’s time for mother to worship Buddha, so she said…she won’t come. But mother asked someone to invite a doctor today, and she finally agreed to take the medicine.”
Ever since Bai Qingyan left, Fourth Madam Wang has become more and more taciturn, staying in the Buddhist temple all day long.
Bai Jinzhi clenched his fists at his side. Before coming back, his eldest sister told him about the matters concerning his seventh and ninth brothers. The fewer people who knew about it, the better. Only his fourth aunt needed to know that his seventh brother was still alive. Therefore, Bai Jinzhi did not even tell his mother, Mrs. Li.
Bai Qingyan nodded. She guessed that Fourth Aunt was afraid that others would notice something, so she was trying her best to maintain her previous style of doing things. She had already called a doctor today. She was afraid that if she changed too much because of Bai Qingyan’s return, it would arouse suspicion. She was worried that if the emperor found out, Bai Qingjue would be in danger.
All mothers are like this, fearing that the slightest mistake on their part will affect their children’s lives and future.
In fact, no matter how suspicious the emperor was, how could he send people to monitor the women in the harem?
Never mind. As long as Fourth Aunt can cheer up for Ajue, everything else will be a small matter.
“Eldest sister, fourth sister said… Eldest sister was riding on horseback holding the Sun-Shooting Bow, and shot through Yun Poxing’s falcon with one arrow! Eldest sister, have you picked up the Sun-Shooting Bow again?” Bai Jinhua looked up and asked Bai Qingyan.