The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 294: advice
Chapter 294 Instructions
Old Madam Qi wiped her tears, nodded to Mrs. Dong, and expressed her thanks with a sob.
“But my fifth sister-in-law and I are not only daughter and mother, we are also wives of the Bai family. We have both prayed to heaven and earth with our husbands and made a promise to stay together through life and death. And my fifth sister-in-law has just given birth. As a mother, how could Old Lady Qi bear to see my fifth sister-in-law and her daughter separated?”
“I will never leave the Bai family!”
Qi’s voice came from behind the screen, and both Old Lady Qi and Dong were startled.
“You…” Old Lady Qi stood up in shock, holding onto the corner of the table. “Are you crazy? Don’t you know you are still in confinement? How can you leave the house!”
Dong walked quickly around the screen and saw Qi, who was wearing thin clothes and looked pale. She was wrapped in a cloak and stood there with her fists clenched. Behind her followed the maids who were so terrified that they dared not look up.
Dong supported Qi and turned to shout, “Where is Madam Zhai? How could she let Madam Wu come here in the midst of confinement?! Madam Qin, quickly… bring me my cloak and light a brazier in the room!”
Qi stood still and held Dong’s hand tightly: “Sister-in-law, it is an offense for me to come to your yard during my confinement, so I won’t go in!”
“What are you saying at this time! We are a family, not someone else’s family and we don’t have to be shy about anything!” Dong was annoyed that Qi didn’t take care of herself, and she scolded Qi with a stern face.
She dragged Qi in, put her on her bed, and wrapped her in a brocade quilt. She turned around and asked Qi’s personal maid in a stern voice, “How did you take care of the Fifth Madam? Don’t you know that the Fifth Madam is in confinement?”
“Sister-in-law…” Qi tugged at Dong’s sleeve, her eyes reddened, “Don’t blame them. I heard that my mother was coming to look for sister-in-law, and I was afraid that she was asking for a divorce letter behind my back, so I was worried and followed her.”
As she spoke, Qi looked towards Old Madam Qi.
Old Lady Qi’s tears flowed like a broken string. She pressed a handkerchief to her heart and sat down on the couch: “Who am I doing this for?!”
“Mom, I’ve made it very clear. I will never leave the Bai family in my life. Let’s not talk about my relationship with Wu Lang, let alone my newly born daughter! I can’t let the world see… the Bai family is full of loyal and brave people who sacrificed their lives to protect the people of Jin, but ended up with their family destroyed!”
Qi’s eyes were full of tears and her words were firm. This was a conversation she had overheard between her eldest sister-in-law and her mother. Qi was deeply impressed.
After hearing what her daughter said, Old Lady Qi murmured but ultimately said nothing. Her fingers were tightly clasped on the black lacquered wooden table beside her. She was silent for a long time, and finally she couldn’t help covering her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and crying heart-wrenchingly.
Because she knew that she couldn’t take her daughter away…
Not only could she not take her daughter away today, even if she begged the Queen to grant an imperial decree for a divorce, her daughter would not leave because she had already taken root in the Bai family.
But she only has this one daughter!
When the two daughters-in-law of Old Madam Qi saw her coming out of the upper room, they hurried over to support her on the left and right.
“Mother, I just saw my younger sister coming. Have you, my younger sister, and the first lady reached an agreement? Can my younger sister go home after she finishes her confinement?” asked the second wife of the Qi family.
Old Lady Qi shook her head: “Your sister is not leaving…”
“Ah? Mother…” The eldest lady of the Qi family turned around and looked in the direction of the upper room. Seeing that Dong did not come out to see her off, she lowered her voice and said, “Could it be that Dong refused to give it to her? Why don’t we go to the Royal Qing Temple to ask the Grand Princess for a letter of release?”
Old Lady Qi looked up at the lanterns swaying under the corridor, closed her eyes, and tears flowed down the corners of her eyes: “It’s your sister who doesn’t want to leave! That’s all… If she doesn’t want to leave, then she doesn’t want to leave. You sisters-in-law just need to take care of her more in the future!”
Old Madam Qi was not stupid. She saw that Dong was sincerely scolding her daughter just now, and she was also sincerely concerned about her daughter. Her daughter was not as miserable and helpless in the Bai family as she thought. She was not unwilling to go with her because she was worried that she would be disliked by her sister-in-law if she returned to her parents’ home.
I guess my daughter is living very well in the Bai family, so she doesn’t want to leave.
“Mom… don’t worry, I will always be Dalang’s and mine’s sister. Whenever I want to go home, the door of our Qi family will always be open to me! If I want to stay in the Bai family, my Qi family will support me and no one will dare to bully me!” The eldest lady of the Qi family tightly grasped the hand of old lady Qi and said with red eyes.
When Old Lady Qi heard this, her nose wings flared, and she was deeply moved. She squeezed her daughter-in-law’s hand and nodded: “Mother knows! Mother knows that you and Dalang are both good people!”
The second wife of Qi stood aside obediently. Her husband was a bastard, so even if she expressed her love… Old Madam Qi would probably not believe it, so it was better for her to say nothing.
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After lunch at noon, Madam Zhai took advantage of the hot sun to carry Qi back to her own courtyard in a sedan chair.
Originally, Dong didn’t want Qi to move any further, but it would be troublesome to move all of Qi’s tools from her yard. Qi insisted on going back, and Dong couldn’t stop him, so she could only let Qi move back.
Just after sending Qi to the sedan chair, Dong heard from Nanny Qin that the doorman in front had just come to report that the fourth prince of Dayan had handed in a visiting card requesting to see Princess Zhenguo.
Now the Bai Mansion has become the residence of the Princess Zhenguo, and her daughter Bai Qingyan is the owner of this mansion. It is right for the Fourth Prince of Dayan to ask to see the Princess Zhenguo.
But Dong was worried, so she sent Nanny Qin to see what the Fourth Prince of Dayan did when he saw her daughter.
After all, he was a prince of another country, and Dong was afraid that the prince or the emperor would become suspicious.
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Murong Li was sitting in the main hall of the Princess Zhenguo’s Mansion drinking tea accompanied by Feng Yao. When he saw Bai Qingyan coming, Murong Li stood up, lowered his posture and saluted Bai Qingyan first.
Bai Qingyan turned aside and half-knelt, then returned the greeting and said with a smile: “I wonder what advice the Fourth Prince has for you?”
Murong Li followed Uncle Jiu’s instructions, bowed deeply to Bai Qingyan, and said solemnly: “Li knows that there is a doctor named Hong in the Zhenguo Princess’s mansion, whose medical skills are outstanding. Li is coming to her house this time to seek medical treatment for my father. I hope the Zhenguo Princess will help.”
This matter was originally agreed upon by both parties. It is just a formality, a show for those who want to watch it.
“I wonder how the Fourth Prince knew about Doctor Hong in my mansion?” Bai Qingyan asked.
“Li heard that Doctor Huang, the chief physician of the Imperial Hospital of the Great Jin Palace, has a senior brother whose medical skills are far superior to Doctor Huang and he can be called a miracle doctor. After careful research and inquiry, Li found out that Doctor Hong is in the residence of the Zhenguo Princess. That’s why I took the liberty to come and ask the Princess for help.”
Bai Qingyan sighed: “Doctor Hong’s medical skills are indeed outstanding, but they are not as miraculous as the rumors say! However… since the Fourth Prince has come in person, I can… let Doctor Hong go with the Fourth Prince.”
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