The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 288: Ayutthaya
Chapter 288: Cunning and Vicious
“The Grand Princess has prayed to the gods for so many years, and the heavens have finally sent our daughter back to her. How could the Grand Princess bear to see our daughter suffer any more injustice… Your Majesty!”
Concubine Qiu tightened her palms and clenched her handkerchief nervously. She knew that she was able to gain favor only because of her appearance similar to Bai Suqiu, but now the Grand Princess had a reincarnation of Bai Suqiu.
The Grand Princess is Bai Suqiu’s biological mother. If the Grand Princess believes that she is her daughter’s reincarnation, then…what about His Majesty? !
Mrs. Dong looked stunned.
Bai Qingyan lowered her eyes. That day, she told Nanny Jiang that Prince Liang sent a person who looked like her aunt Bai Suqiu to the emperor’s bed in the name of sending a painting, and today her grandmother took action.
As Aunt Suqiu’s mother, my grandmother would probably be the one who could not tolerate anyone taking advantage of her deceased daughter, especially someone who had ill intentions towards the Bai family.
Grandmother’s method was much more clever than Prince Liang’s method of sending someone a gift under the guise of sending a painting. Nanny Jiang was completely forced into a corner… and only then did she reveal why Grandmother cared so much about Miss Lu.
This Miss Lu has already captured the emperor’s heart before she even showed up. No matter what…even if Concubine Qiu, whom Prince Liang sent to the emperor, does not lose favor, she may not be the most favored lady in the harem as before.
She looked at the emperor’s dazed look, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly.
She has always known that as long as the Lin family’s empire is not shaken, her grandmother will still protect the Bai family and the Bai family members.
That night, until the palace banquet was over, Li Zhijie did not dare to mention the matter of marrying Bai Jinzhi again.
Bai Jinxiu came out of the palace gate and, holding the hand of her personal maid Cuibi, got into Bai Qingyan’s carriage.
“Grandmother, did you do this because of Concubine Qiu who was sent to the palace by Prince Liang?” Bai Jinxiu looked at Bai Qingyan with joy in her eyes. “Grandmother is really capable. For men… what they can’t get is the best. Miss Lu hasn’t even shown up yet, but she has already won the emperor’s heart! I think Concubine Qiu is not far from falling out of favor.”
The palace lanterns hanging on the four corners of the carriage swayed, making Bai Qingyan’s eyes flicker.
She nodded. “Prince Liang is indeed amazing. He even knew such a secret. He arranged to find a girl who looked like Aunt Su Qiu in advance, and he also made that girl loyal to him! Noble Lady Qiu should not be underestimated, but I am more worried about Prince Xian. I am afraid that Prince Xian has colluded with Prince Liang.”
Prince Xian has troops in his hands, so he has to guard against Prince Liang’s desperate rebellion as he did in the previous life.
As for the fact that Prince Liang might have colluded with Prince Xian, we will leave it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to worry about later!
“How did elder sister know that?” As soon as Bai Jinxiu finished speaking, she suddenly remembered Concubine Qiu’s protection of Liu Ruofu and fell into deep thought.
Bai Jinxiu is pregnant now, and she doesn’t want Bai Jinxiu to think too much, so she changes the subject with a smile: “Tomorrow, Xiao Si and I will go to visit grandma, and then go to the farm to see Ji Tingyu. You are pregnant, so don’t go with us.”
Bai Jinxiu placed her hand on her abdomen and nodded gently to Bai Qingyan: “Alright, I just went to visit my grandmother on the 15th of this month, and she told me to visit her once every three months.”
“Hmm…” Bai Qingyan raised his hand and touched Bai Jinxiu’s abdomen, “It’s important to stay at home and take good care of the baby.”
Bai Jinxiu couldn’t help but think of her second brother Bai Qingqiong. She lowered her red eyes and said, “It would be great if my second brother was still alive! My eldest sister… wouldn’t have to work so hard.”
Dealing with Xiliang and the Crown Prince, the eldest sister had a really hard time, but she was unable to share these burdens with her elder sister.
“Once we get back to Shuoyang, everything will be fine!” Bai Qingyan said.
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Early the next morning, Nanny Tong ordered someone to harness the carriage. Chuntao prepared tea sets and snacks, and got on the carriage with Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi. Under the escort of a team of guards led by Lupin, they went to the Royal Qing’an to visit the Grand Princess.
Bai Jinzhi recalled the time last year when her brothers took her to the Guping Town Temple Fair. She said to Bai Qingyan, “Eldest sister, let’s go to the Guping Town Temple Fair after visiting grandma and Ji Tingyu! Last year on this day… my brothers secretly took me to the temple fair. We were originally going to eat Baoxianglou’s Baoxiang duck, which is only available at the temple fair. But my father found out and dragged me back by my ears. I didn’t even get to eat…”
Bai Jinzhi lowered her head and rubbed her eyes with the back of her hand. In fact, she was not greedy, but she missed her brothers.
“Okay, let’s go to the farm to see Ji Tingyu first after we come out of Huangjia Qing’an. If there is enough time, I will accompany you to eat Baoxiang duck.” Bai Qingyan said softly.
“Eldest sister is the best!” Bai Jinzhi looked up and smiled.
The mountain air was still cool in the early morning. Birds flew onto the corners of the green tile eaves in the morning light, chirping and looking towards the servants in the small courtyard who were busy being directed by Nanny Jiang.
Upon learning that Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi were coming to visit the Grand Princess today, Nanny Jiang was busy going in and out, asking people to prepare snacks with cooking oil, and the tea that Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi liked to drink. She also asked people to move the flowers in, and then asked people to put cushions on the stone bench in the courtyard with the best view, for fear that the two girls would get cold.
Seeing that Nanny Jiang was preparing lunch for the two girls, Wei Zhong, who was standing by, said to Nanny Jiang: “Nanny, you don’t have to worry. I guess… the eldest girl won’t stay any longer.”
When Madam Jiang heard this, her happy expression froze for a moment before she smiled again: “No matter how long the eldest sister stays, we, as servants, must serve her well.”
Wei Zhong shook his head and stopped trying to stop him, standing aside.
The eldest princess, with her silver hair combed neatly, sat in front of the Buddhist shrine, tickling her Buddhist beads and chanting sutras. White mist rose from the three-legged incense burner with auspicious beasts, which had a calming and peaceful sandalwood scent.
Last night, the emperor came to Qing’an in plain clothes under the escort of the Jin army, saying that he wanted to see the eldest princess, but the eldest princess knew that he wanted to see the girl who looked almost exactly like Bai Suqiu.
But the eldest princess did not let the emperor see her. She only told the emperor that the child had gone to collect herbs for her and would be back in two or three days. The emperor drank a cup of tea, asked in detail about the situation of the eldest princess’s girl Lu, and then left, saying that he would come back in three days.
The eldest princess knew her nephew very well. For the emperor, what he couldn’t get was the best…
The eldest princess wants to make the emperor miss her but not get her.
If Prince Liang had not sent a fake Bai Suqiu… Concubine Qiu to the palace, such behavior would have disgusted the Grand Princess, and she would not have wanted to do such a thing.
But Prince Liang was a man of cunning and vicious mind. If not, who knows how Prince Liang would have used Concubine Qiu to humiliate the Bai family.
Nanny Jiang glanced at the hourglass and saw that it was almost time. She opened the curtain and walked in, only to see the Grand Princess about to get up.