The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 290: Chapter 290
Chapter 290
Bai Qingyan did not refuse. After thanking the Grand Princess on behalf of Ji Tingyu, he took Bai Jinzhi away from the elegant courtyard behind the Royal Qing’an.
Nanny Jiang sent Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi to the carriage. Her eyes were red and she wanted to say something but hesitated several times. She didn’t know where to start to persuade them.
Through the curtains of the carriage, Nanny Jiang said, “Mammy, I know that my elder sister is a child who understands the overall situation. Otherwise, she would not have rushed to the southern border to save Jin when it was in danger! But why can’t my elder sister understand your grandmother, the Grand Princess? The Grand Princess is the one who held you in her hands and raised you with love! Without her husband, son, and grandson, the Grand Princess is the poor one who is suffering unspeakably!”
Bai Qingyan went to the southern border not for the royal family of Jin, but for the survival of the Bai family and for the pity of the border people. But if she said that… she could no longer tell her grandmother the truth.
She often thought of her grandmother, the Grand Princess, and every time she did so she felt mixed emotions and bitterness in her heart.
She knew and understood the Grand Princess, but as a granddaughter who was raised by the Grand Princess herself and had a deep affection for each other… she could not forgive her grandmother.
Bai Jinzhi turned around and looked at her elder sister, whose eyes were red but whose expression was calm, and whispered, “Elder sister…”
Bai Jinzhi didn’t know why her eldest sister didn’t tell her grandmother that her two brothers were still alive. If her grandmother knew… she might feel better.
But… the eldest sister always has her own reasons for doing things, and Bai Jinzhi believes in her deeply.
“Maybe it’s because I gave my wholehearted trust and reliance to my grandmother, and regarded her as the most reliable person in the world. I believed that she would never abandon the blood relationship that should have been the deepest in the world! But my grandmother… was first the Grand Princess of Jin, and then our grandmother! Rather than still believing that there is the deepest blood relationship in the world between me and my grandmother, and letting this relationship be worn away in our mutual defenses and calculations, and making each other become hateful, it is better to cut the Gordian knot.”
Nanny Jiang was stunned.
“Mammy is a loyal servant. Abao firmly believes that Mammy can take good care of grandma. Please comfort her from time to time so that grandma can feel better.” Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes and spoke in a low voice, “Uncle Ping, let’s go…”
Chuntao and Nanny Tong bowed to Nanny Jiang and followed to the side of the carriage.
Nanny Jiang stood at the gate of Huanghuang Qing’an, watching the carriage going further and further away, feeling a pain in her heart as if a blunt knife was cutting her flesh.
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The carriage swayed slowly into the village where the road was not very wide. The children playing in the village saw the beautiful big carriage coming and chased after it with laughter.
The Bai family’s carriage team drove west along the path in the fields and stopped in front of a small courtyard with a white lantern hanging on it.
Nanny Tong helped Bai Qingyan get off the carriage. Lupin went to knock on the door. Nanny Tong ordered people to take out all the food and daily necessities prepared for Ji Tingyu from the carriage at the back.
Seeing that no one opened the door for a long time, Lupin looked inside through the crack in the door and clearly saw a figure in the house.
He shouted, “Ji Tingyu, I’m Lupin… The elder girl is here to see you, open the door quickly!”
Ji Tingyu’s extremely cold voice came from the weed-covered courtyard: “My humble abode is dirty and messy. I dare not wrong the princess. Please go back!”
Lupin was about to knock on the door, but was stopped by Bai Qingyan. She stood at the door and said to the inside: “Ji Tingyu, it is the Bai family that has let you down, and the women of the Ji family down! You risked your life for the Bai family…but the Bai family almost took your life. I know that even if we deal with that bastard, we can’t get your wife back! The Bai family owes you a lot, and Bai Qingyan will do her best to repay you in this life. If you don’t want to see me, just accept these food and daily necessities.”
Bai Qingyan turned around and told people to put all the items and food at the door. He took a few steps and stuffed the five hundred taels of silver that his grandmother had given to Ji Tingyu into a folded brocade quilt.
Inside the house, Ji Tingyu’s eyes were red.
He knew that the eldest girl was not to blame for this matter, and when he was almost killed by the Grand Princess, it was the eldest girl who risked offending others… and even falling out with the Grand Princess, to save him.
He still remembered that when he was unconscious, he vaguely heard the eldest girl asking someone to bring Doctor Hong back from the Yongding Marquis Mansion for her, saying that he was the benefactor of the Bai family, and whoever dared to snatch the doctor from him… the eldest girl would kill the entire family, leaving no one alive.
I heard the eldest girl ask the doctor to break his knuckles one by one…
Later, he also heard that the eldest girl drew her sword and rushed to the mourning hall, arguing with the eldest princess for him, and swore that as long as the bastard son was not killed, the eldest girl herself would not have a good death!
It even severed the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.
The eldest girl is seeking justice for him so much. If he even hates the eldest girl, then what guilt has the eldest girl committed?
In fact, he should understand that the reason why he swore allegiance to the Bai family until death was because of the Bai family’s character, the loyalty passed down from generation to generation, and the Bai family’s courage to sacrifice themselves to protect the people.
The Grand Princess’s actions really chilled his heart.
But don’t the girls of the Bai family possess all these qualities? Aren’t they worthy of Ji Tingyu’s swearing to follow them? Is he going to abandon his previously unshakable beliefs just because of what the eldest princess did?
Just as Nanny Tong was helping Bai Qingyan onto the carriage, the two wooden doors slowly opened with a creak.
Bai Qingyan paused as he bent down to enter the carriage, and turned around to see Ji Tingyu, who had lost an arm, coming out of the door with red eyes.
She straightened up and looked in the direction of Ji Tingyu, her throat churning and her eyes burning.
Ji Tingyu gritted his teeth, lifted the hem of his clothes, knelt down in front of Bai Qingyan, and kowtowed heavily.
She got off the carriage and said to Lupin in a low, hoarse voice, “Uncle Ping, help Ji Tingyu up.”
“Hey!” Lupin hurriedly helped Ji Tingyu up.
Bai Jinzhi looked at Lupin and rubbed his red eyes: “Ji Tingyu, won’t you invite me and my elder sister in to sit down?”
Ji Tingyu looked at Bai Jinzhi, who was tanned after a trip to southern Xinjiang, and his gaze fell on Bai Qingyan. He gritted his teeth and turned his body to the side, making a gesture of invitation.
The Ji family’s yard was overgrown with weeds, probably because no one took care of it, but the house was kept tidy and clean by Ji Tingyu.
Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi sat down at the black lacquered square table, and Ji Tingyu held the teapot in one hand and poured water for them.
She did not stop him, but just nodded to thank him and asked about Ji Tingyu’s health.
“Everything is good, but it’s very leisurely…” Ji Tingyu lowered his eyes and said in a lonely voice, “I lost an arm, and I can’t be used in many things. I don’t know what I can do in the future!”
Lupin hurriedly said, “Tingyu, you can’t think like that. It’s not that I won’t arrange things for you. I just want you to take good care of yourself!”
Bai Qingyan pursed her lips and turned to look at the maids outside who were helping Ji Tingyu tidy up the courtyard.