The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 292: Bai family blood
Chapter 292 Bai Family Bloodline
“My brother was poisoned in his early years and his body is very weak. He has been coughing up blood recently. Yan… I would like to ask Doctor Hong from the Bai Mansion to take a look at my brother. Is it possible?” Xiao Rongyan asked.
Brother…
That was Emperor Yan.
She thought for a moment, tapping her fingers on the table from time to time. After a moment, she paused and said, “I don’t think there’s any need to hide this matter from others.”
Bai Qingyan’s gaze fell on Murong Li, who was looking at Xiao Si with envy. Xiao Si was talking incessantly and excitedly.
“It could be… The Fourth Prince heard that there is a genius doctor named Hong in my Bai Mansion, so he asked Doctor Hong to go and treat Emperor Yan. The more openly this is done under the nose of Emperor Jin, the less suspicious Emperor Jin will be. It’s like… you openly took Emperor Yan to the lake, and today you brought the Fourth Prince to the temple fair. The more open and aboveboard, the better.”
Seeing that Bai Qingyan didn’t answer for a long time, Xiao Rongyan thought that Bai Qingyan was weighing the pros and cons, but he didn’t expect that he was thinking of a solution.
“Just as the princess said.” Xiao Rongyan smiled, and his deep eyes stared at Bai Qingyan deeply. “In your opinion, when is the best time to let the Fourth Prince come to visit?”
“My fifth aunt is about to give birth. Why not… let the fourth prince ask around for famous doctors in the next few days, and then visit my fifth aunt after she gives birth. This will be more logical. What do you think, Mr. Xiao?”
Xiao Rongyan was grateful to Bai Qingyan and nodded: “Yan thanks the princess here.”
Bai Jinzhi ate Baoxiang duck at Baoxianglou with great satisfaction. When she left, she took two ducks home and said goodbye to Xiao Rongyan and Murong Li happily.
I don’t know what Bai Jinzhi said to Murong Li just now. When Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi were about to leave, Murong Li looked at Bai Qingyan with light in his eyes.
As soon as he got on the carriage, Bai Qingyan asked Bai Jinzhi, “What did you say to the Fourth Prince of Dayan?”
“It’s nothing. She just talked about my elder sister’s deployment of troops at Wengshan and Jiuqu Peak. The kid is quite smart. I was outside the door at the time and was confused because I didn’t have a map. But the kid understood it as soon as I told him!” Bai Jinzhi couldn’t hide his love for this new friend.
“You’re still a child yourself…” she said with a smile.
When Bai Qingyan’s carriage arrived at the gate of Princess Zhenguo’s Mansion, the two large lanterns and four small lanterns at the door had already been lit, illuminating the six vermilion lacquered wooden doors of the Mansion.
When the servant at the gate of the mansion saw that it was Bai Qingyan’s carriage, he hurried out of the gate and said to the carriage, “Young lady, fourth lady, the fifth lady has started.”
Bai Jinzhi rushed out of the carriage when she heard it, but she held him back: “Don’t panic, Fifth Aunt has given birth to two children, so she has experience.”
“Eldest sister, what do you think…will Fifth Aunt give birth to a son or a daughter?” Bai Jinzhi was very nervous.
Bai Jinzhi herself is a girl and has no prejudice against girls. She is just afraid… What if Fifth Aunt gives birth to a boy and the Emperor takes action against the Bai family again?
“No matter if it’s a boy or a girl, they are all descendants of our Bai family, and I will protect them!” Bai Qingyan knew Bai Jinzhi’s worries, so she held Bai Jinzhi’s hand tightly and said.
“I will also protect this child!” said Bai Jinzhi.
She looked at her grown-up sister and nodded, then holding Bai Jinzhi’s hand, they got off the carriage and walked towards Aunt Five’s yard.
When she heard that Fifth Madam Qi had launched the rebellion, even Bai Jinxiu, who was far away in the Qin Mansion, could not sit still and ordered people to harness the carriage and come back.
Second Madam Liu was worried that her daughter would be frightened after hearing Fifth Madam’s cries of pain during childbirth, so she asked Nanny Luo to settle Bai Jinxiu in Qingzhu Pavilion and wait for news.
When Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi arrived, Dong had just asked the midwife to bring in the chicken porridge and told her to feed Qi a few mouthfuls during the intervals between her contractions so that she would have the strength to give birth to the baby.
She held her mother Dong’s hand and said, “Aunt Fifth has given birth to two children, so this one will be smoother.”
Third Madam Li nodded.
It was already completely dark, and all the corridor lights beneath the green bricks and tiles were already lit.
The delivery room was in a commotion. After a while, the midwife shouted for hot water. The maids who were standing in an orderly manner in the corridor of the small kitchen with copper basins immediately filed in.
Two old women who were boiling water in the small kitchen carried a large pot and poured hot water into a copper basin. The maids took the hot water and carried the copper basins into the delivery room one by one.
Not long after, Nanny Jiang, who had received the news, also came back.
Except for a few young children who were accompanying Bai Jinxiu in Qingzhu Pavilion, the Fourth Madam, Wang, was praying in front of Buddha for the safety of the Fifth Madam and her son. The rest of the people were sitting in the Fifth Aunt’s courtyard waiting for news.
At the end of March, the night breeze was cool.
From time to time, the midwife’s voice could be heard from the delivery room, asking Fifth Madam Qi to push harder. When Bai Qingyan heard the midwife shouting that the baby’s head could already be seen, he could no longer hold back and stood up.
“Alright, alright! We’re almost there when we see the beginning. After all, this third pregnancy is going to be much faster than the last time!”
The nanny in the delivery room lifted the curtain and shouted outside: “Hot water!”
Soon another round of hot water was delivered.
“Push harder, Madam Fifth! Hurry! It’s going to come out soon!” the midwife shouted.
Bai Qingyan, who was sitting in the yard, heard the Fifth Madam’s hoarse cry, and then the loud cry of a newborn baby came from the delivery room.
“It’s born! It’s born!” Nanny Zhai, with her sleeves rolled up, walked out joyfully and bowed respectfully, saying, “The fifth wife has given birth to an extremely beautiful girl!”
Sure enough, Fifth Aunt gave birth to a daughter.
Mrs. Dong breathed a sigh of relief, pressed her handkerchief against her chest, exhaled a long breath and laughed, “Giving birth to a child is like walking through the gates of hell for this woman, luckily the mother and daughter are safe! Quick, Madam Zhai, send someone to inform Madam Wu’s mother’s family that Madam Wu has given birth and both mother and child are safe!”
Madam Zhai was the dowry nanny of Fifth Madam Qi. She looked happy and bowed as she responded, “I have already had someone harness the carriage and wait for it. I will send someone to the Qi Mansion to report the news. The old lady will be relieved when she hears about it.”
Mrs. Dong saw Nanny Jiang standing by and heaving a sigh of relief, and said, “Nanny Jiang, go and tell mother as soon as possible that mother and daughter are safe. Don’t let mother worry anymore!”
Nanny Jiang responded with a smile, her heart finally at ease, but…it would be great if it was a young master!
“Yes! Thanks to both mother and daughter for being safe!” Second Madam Liu looked very happy, but she couldn’t help feeling sorry. It would have been better if the fifth brother’s wife had given birth to a boy.
Probably everyone in the Bai family would feel it’s a pity, but what could be more important than the safety of Qi’s mother and son?
Mrs. Dong turned around and told Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi, “Alright! You and Xiao Si go back and change your clothes and come back. Your aunts and I will go see your Fifth Aunt!”
Bai Qingyan could see the disappointment in Nanny Jiang’s smile and said, “Nanny Jiang, please take a look at Eighth Sister for Grandmother before you leave.”
Nanny Jiang nodded: “That’s right, elder sister!”