The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 299: wash three
Chapter 299 Washing Three
Unexpectedly, when Chun Xing’s mother arrived at the Princess Zhenguo’s residence, she heard from the servants that Chun Xing was locked up in the woodshed by the princess last night. She felt bad at the time, and hurriedly stuffed a purse into the mouth of the old woman guarding the corner gate, and lowered her voice respectfully, “Old sister, but my girl didn’t know the seriousness of the matter and offended the princess? Why did I hear that my girl was locked up in the woodshed?”
The gatekeeper weighed the purse, and seeing that no one was around, she quickly stuffed it into her sleeve and said, “I heard that your girl was dishonest and stole the eldest girl’s things, so she was punished.”
Chun Xingniang’s face turned pale. “That’s impossible! I know my own daughter well. She would never be so shallow… She will soon become a concubine in the Shangshu Mansion. She has no reason to steal the princess’ jewelry.”
The old woman was so scared when she saw Chun Xingniang yelling that she looked around and glared at Chun Xingniang and said, “Young lady, you have given me great face by not sending the middleman here out of consideration for your relationship with Chun Xingniang. If you don’t want to save face, just keep yelling here!”
After saying that, the old woman flicked her sleeves and turned to go into the gatehouse.
Chun Xingniang’s face looked ugly and she was extremely anxious. If the steward of the Shangshu Mansion knew that Chun Xing was a maid who was released by the Zhenguo Princess Mansion, they would definitely not be able to keep Chun Xing. Then… wouldn’t the large sum of money promised by the Shangshu Mansion be gone?
The Ministry of Revenue’s Mansion wanted a good concubine, and many families were trying their best to send their daughters to the Mansion. If Chun Xing was not a maidservant of Princess Zhenguo, why would the Mansion choose her daughter for their offspring?
Although he is a bastard’s son, he is still a son of the Shangshu Mansion.
Chun Xingniang rolled her eyes and thought that since Princess Zhenguo still had feelings for her daughter and didn’t want to make a big deal out of it, it would be better to keep the matter secret and tell others that the princess had granted her daughter grace and let her daughter leave the house.
By the time her daughter marries into the Shangshu Mansion, it will be a done deal. The Shangshu Mansion’s young master will have slept with her daughter, so he can’t come to her with a shameless face to ask for money!
Having made up her mind, Chun Xingniang waited at the door.
Not long after, after spending a night in the woodshed, Chun Xing, with a haggard face, came out of the corner gate of the Princess Zhenguo’s Mansion with a small bundle hanging in her arms.
As soon as Chun Xing saw her mother, she started to cry.
“Don’t say anything!” Chun Xingniang grabbed Chun Xing’s wrist and said in a low voice, “It’s a good thing that the eldest lady is kind enough to let you leave the house. Don’t cry!”
Hearing the hidden meaning in her mother’s words, Chun Xing tried hard to hold back her tears: “But mother, I haven’t received my indenture yet.”
Her mother was startled, and looked towards the two black lacquered doors of the Zhenguo Princess Mansion. She tightly grasped Chun Xing’s hand and said, “Go home first!”
Chun Xing nodded, got into the rented carriage with her mother, and slowly left the back corner gate of the Princess Zhenguo’s Mansion.
In the courtyard, Bai Qingyan finished squatting and was practicing the red tassel silver spear. When he heard Tong Mama say that Chun Xing was taken away by her mother, Bai Qingyan nodded, took the handkerchief from Chun Tao’s hand, wiped the sweat off his face and neck, and said, “Mama, please take care and choose another one from the family sons to replace Chun Xing.”
“Yes!” Madam Tong bowed and said, “The eldest lady has one more thing. According to the eldest lady’s instructions, I went to ask the gatekeeper about what happened when Chun Xingniang came this morning. The gatekeeper said… She said that Chun Xing was not clean, so Chun Xingniang shouted at the door of our house, saying that her daughter was going to marry into the Shangshu Mansion as a concubine. Later, I don’t know what she thought of, so she stopped talking. When Chun Xing went out to cry, she was stopped by her mother. So I took the initiative to seize Chun Xing’s indenture contract and planned to deliver it personally after the eighth lady’s third-day bathing banquet is over at noon today…”
“By the way, tell Chun Xing’s neighbors that from now on, anyone who is related to Chun Xing’s family will not be used by our Duke’s Mansion, so that Chun Xing won’t do anything to embarrass the young lady! If the young lady thinks it’s inappropriate, I will send someone to secretly deliver the indenture.”
Nanny Tong already knew the whole story and was originally planning to return the indenture contract to Chun Xing as Bai Qingyan instructed.
But when he thought of Chun Xing’s mother who was obsessed with money, he changed his mind. Only by making this matter public could Chun Xing and her family be prevented from using their eldest daughter’s name to make money for themselves.
Otherwise, if something happens in the future, others will blame it on their eldest daughter.
“Mammy, you have considered it very carefully. Let’s do as you say.” Bai Qingyan placed the handkerchief on the black lacquer tray held by Chuntao, picked up the teacup and took a sip. “Grandmother is coming back today, so we will practice here.”
Chuntao nodded in agreement and sent a maid to serve breakfast.
Today, my grandmother wanted to bring Miss Lu back, even if it was just for show… My grandmother also acted as if she cared about Miss Lu, and she specially asked Nanny Jiang to send a message back, saying that she should trouble Mrs. Dong to send someone to clean up Bai Suqiu’s yard and give it to Miss Lu to live in.
Dong was shocked. Bai Suqiu’s Qiu Shuangyuan mansion had been kept all these years, and someone was sent to clean it every day. Whenever the eldest princess missed Bai Suqiu, she would go there to sit. The persimmon tree planted by Bai Suqiu in the yard had now grown out of the courtyard wall.
Everyone in the mansion was curious about this Miss Lu. Even Bai Jinxiu came back early in the morning in order to see the reincarnation of Bai Suqiu, who was now a hot topic in the capital.
Instead, Bai Jinzhi, who had gone with Bai Qingyan to meet the Grand Princess and Miss Lu, was the last one to arrive at Changshouyuan. After paying her respects to the Grand Princess in a proper manner, she stood aside without even glancing at Miss Lu who was standing next to the Grand Princess.
Third Madam Li looked at Bai Jinzhi’s steady appearance and thought that her daughter’s experience at the border had changed her character, and she was extremely happy.
Everyone accompanied the Grand Princess to meet her newborn granddaughter. The Grand Princess gave Bai Wanqing a set of pigeon-blood gemstone headwear as a gift and smiled from ear to ear.
Although, the eldest princess still felt regretful in her heart, thinking it was a pity that the child was not a boy.
But when I thought that he was not a boy, but could keep the whole family safe, I felt sad and upset.
Watching the midwife place the basin filled with Chinese medicinal bath soup such as mugwort leaves and locust twigs, and when the elders added to the basin, the midwife said auspicious words, and they ended the ceremony in a lively manner and took the reward money.
“This little girl’s appearance reminds me of when A-Bao was born…” The eldest princess’ eyes flushed and she smiled, “She was also so rare and beautiful, and so fair and clean.”
The child was held in the arms of the Grand Princess. His little hands waved and grasped the Grand Princess’s fingers, making the Grand Princess giggle. The Third Madam Li said, “This child is just like A-Bao. He has a connection with his mother!”
The eldest princess nodded, returned the child to the wet nurse, and instructed the fifth wife, Qi, to take good care of the child.