The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 304: A Nest of Snakes and Rats
Chapter 304: Snakes and rats in the same nest
He actually knows medical skills.
The emperor suddenly realized that it was no wonder that his aunt said that day that Miss Lu had gone to collect herbs. It turned out that it was not an excuse.
The emperor nodded, as if he was lost in some kind of nostalgic mood, until Gao Demao came in and lowered his voice and told the emperor that Concubine Qiu had personally made a date paste lotus cake for the emperor to taste. The emperor then waved his hand to signal Bai Qingyan to leave.
When Bai Qingyan bowed and took his leave, waiting at the entrance of the hall were not only the Minister of Revenue Chu Zhongxing, but also His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
The prince probably also wanted to know what Bai Qingyan and Chu Zhongxing talked about, so he was waiting here.
After Bai Qingyan exchanged greetings with the Crown Prince, he said to Chu Zhongxing, “Minister Chu, I heard that the Minister’s Mansion wants my personal maid to be a concubine?”
Chu Zhongxing was stunned. He didn’t expect Bai Qingyan to bring up this matter in front of the prince. He tightened his hands slightly in his official uniform and pretended to be stupid: “The princess has misunderstood? My wife Jing mentioned to me… that she wanted to marry a concubine for my illegitimate son, but no matter how she marries… she can’t snatch the princess’s personal maid!”
Bai Qingyan also pretended to be surprised: “But my maid told me that the Shangshu Mansion wanted to take her as a concubine and asked me to give her a contract of indenture. I thought the Shangshu Mansion was also a good place, so I agreed!”
“Who knew that the girl stole a jeweled hairpin that I had kept in the cabinet and never used. She thought I forgot about this hairpin because I preferred plain jewelry, so she wanted to steal it as her dowry! But this hairpin is a relic of the late queen. The late queen gave it to my grandmother, and my grandmother gave it to me!”
Bai Qingyan glanced at the prince and said, “I let the girl go home before my grandmother came back because Lord Chu had taken a liking to her. I gave her a chance to live. I also sent someone to deliver the indenture to her at noon. This made my grandmother unhappy for a while.”
Chu Zhongxing clasped his fists and apologized: “I really didn’t know about this matter. I will go back and ask Jing’s wife. If it is true, such a dishonest person will definitely not be allowed into my Shangshu Mansion. Thank you, Princess, for telling me!”
“That girl is usually very well behaved. This time, she probably thought that she had to go to the Shangshu Mansion. She was thinking wrong! If the Shangshu’s wife really likes this girl, she should tell her not to do it again in the future.”
The prince shook his head and motioned Bai Qingyan to follow her. As they walked, he said, “You are vigorous and resolute in marching and fighting, but why are you so soft-hearted towards the slaves around you? This lowly slave actually dared to steal the relics of the late queen. She should be beaten to death. You should return her indenture.”
“This is not… because I am considering Minister Chu’s face.” Bai Qingyan smiled and looked at Chu Zhongxing who was following on the right side of the prince.
Chu Zhongxing hurriedly stopped and apologized to his assistant, saying that he really didn’t know.
Bai Qingyan came back from the palace and was called over by the Grand Princess as soon as she entered the door.
The Grand Princess thought that the Emperor called Bai Qingyan over to ask about Miss Lu.
“My granddaughter thinks that although the emperor has not seen Miss Lu yet, he still believes that Miss Lu is the reincarnation of my aunt. Otherwise… he could just issue an imperial decree to summon her to the palace. Why would he bother to meet her and be by her side?”
The emperor is the sky of Jin State, what can’t he do?
The eldest princess nodded, used a silver needle to move the ashes in the incense burner, and nodded: “Abao is right.”
“The noble lady Qiu in the palace is also amazing. Before I left the palace today, I heard Eunuch Gao tell the emperor that the noble lady Qiu made jujube paste lotus cake.”
The eldest princess’ eyes darkened.
“Grandmother… this date paste lotus cake was made by my aunt for you when you were weak. Not many people know about this. After my aunt passed away, my grandfather ordered that this dessert should not be served on the Bai family’s table. How come this noble lady Qiu knows even this?”
The eldest princess picked up the agarwood Buddhist beads on the black lacquered square table and began to move them with her eyes closed.
“Grandmother, I think… Noble Lady Qiu probably knows about Miss Lu’s existence and is anxious. She is trying too hard to imitate my aunt, which makes her look artificial! So Miss Lu, it’s enough to look and behave like my aunt. I’m afraid we have to let Miss Lu do something that my aunt wanted to do but never did, or… something that you and grandfather don’t allow, in order to make the emperor believe that this is my aunt’s reincarnation.”
The eldest princess paused while fiddling with the Buddhist beads.
Sunlight shone in through the window lattice, and the carvings were reflected on the floor with the yellow light. The room was filled with only wisps of smoke, and it was eerily quiet.
She heard the voices of Nanny Tong and Nanny Jiang talking outside, so she stood up, bowed to the Grand Princess, and said, “If there is nothing else, I will leave first. Grandmother, take a good rest.”
After saying this, she respectfully took two steps back, walked around the screen and left the upper room of Changshouyuan.
After Bai Qingyan left, the Grand Princess slowly opened her eyes and wanted to do… There were too many things that she and Bai Weiting were not allowed to do!
Nanny Tong was talking to Nanny Jiang about going to Chunxing’s house when they saw Bai Qingyan coming out and hurriedly bowed.
Seeing Nanny Tong’s joyful look, Bai Qingyan knew that Nanny Tong’s affairs should be going very smoothly.
Nanny Tong stepped forward and bowed to Bai Qingyan, smiling and saying, “Miss, everything has been done.”
She nodded to Nanny Jiang and walked out of Changshouyuan with Nanny Tong.
“When I arrived at Chun Xing’s house, I happened to see Chun Xing’s mother bragging to the neighbors that Chun Xing had won the favor of the princess and the Minister of Revenue, and was going to be a concubine in the Minister’s Mansion…”
Nanny Tong immediately stopped the carriage, got out with great momentum, wiped the corner of her lips with a handkerchief, and said with her nose up that she was the managing nanny of the princess, and asked who Chun Xingniang was.
Chun Xing’s mother was probably afraid and didn’t dare to say anything, but some busybodies pointed to Chun Xing’s mother to Tong Ma to please her.
Nanny Tong looked at Chun Xingniang with a stern face. Chun Xingniang quickly bowed and called Nanny Tong a distinguished guest, and invited her to sit in the room.
Tong Mama sneered and said, “They say birds of a feather flock together. I dare not enter your nest of birds of a feather. Chun Xing even dared to touch the relics of the late queen that the Grand Princess gave to our princess. If I entered your house, you would strip me of all my gold and silver jewelry!”
Chun Xingniang yelled at Madam Tong to stop talking nonsense.
Tong Ma was not afraid at all. She took out Chun Xing’s indenture contract and sneered: “The Grand Princess is very angry! If you don’t admit it, then I will just take the indenture contract and beat Chun Xing to death according to the Grand Princess’s order!”
As soon as Nanny Tong finished speaking, she ordered the guards from the Bai family who had followed her to go to Chun Xing’s house to take someone away. Chun Xing’s mother was scared half to death. She blocked the door and kept shouting that their Chun Xing was going to the Shangshu Mansion to be a concubine, and Princess Zhenguo was not afraid of offending the Shangshu.
Nanny Tong then stepped forward, threw the indenture to Chun Xing’s mother, and said, “For the sake of the Shangshu Mansion, our princess has let Chun Xing go, but from today on, the Zhenguo Princess Mansion will not use anyone who is related to Chun Xing.”
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