The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 349: effective
Chapter 349 Effective
It was not known whether there was a natural connection between Bai Qingjue and the Fourth Madam and her son, but the Fourth Madam, Mrs. Wang, was certain that Bai Qingyan had brought her some news about Bai Qingjue, and she hurried out of the house.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, I saw Bai Qingyan coming in.
“Why is Fourth Aunt outside?” Bai Qingyan asked with a smile.
The fourth wife, Wang, tightly grasped the Buddhist beads in her hand and said, “I heard that you are here, so I came out to greet you. Lingyun, go and bring a plate of freshly made goat milk pastry to the young lady.”
Nanny Guan hurriedly opened the curtain and respectfully invited Bai Qingyan to come in, but was very tactful and did not let him in. Instead, she asked Lingxiu to bring two small embroidery cushions and took Chuntao to sit under the corridor to talk about embroidery patterns.
Bai Qingyan and the Fourth Madam Wang sat down on the couch by the window. She handed the letter hidden in her heart to the Fourth Madam Wang.
The fourth lady, Madam Wang, looked up at Bai Qingyan, her eyes red and her hand trembling as she held the Buddhist beads. After a long while, she dared to put down the beads. She reached out and took the crumpled and smoothed letter, her throat swollen and sore.
As soon as her fingertips touched the letter paper, Fourth Madam Wang couldn’t hold back her tears. She hurriedly wiped her tears with a handkerchief, fearing that the paper would be wet.
She unfolded the letter. There was only one sentence in it, but it was definitely Bai Qingjue’s handwriting.
Fourth Madam Wang clutched the handkerchief against her chest and bit her lips tightly to stop herself from crying out loud, but tears kept falling down. Her nostrils flared and she tried to open her eyes wide to look at Bai Qingyan, as if to confirm with Bai Qingyan whether she had seen the living Bai Qingjue.
Bai Qingyan nodded to Fourth Auntie: “The injury has healed. He is much thinner than when he left home, but his energy and spirit are still there.”
When Fourth Madam Wang heard this, she almost sobbed. She covered her mouth tightly and pressed the letter against her chest. Her thin shoulders kept shaking and her tears were like broken strings. She cried very suppressedly, fearing that others would hear her crying.
“Fourth Aunt, I brought it back for you to take a look at, and then I’m going to burn it…” Bai Qingyan lowered his voice.
Fourth Madam Wang nodded while crying. She understood… she understood that even if the letter was kept with her, it would not be safe. The safest thing was to read it and keep it in her heart.
She wanted to express her gratitude to Bai Qingyan, but she was afraid that she would not be able to hold back her tears once she opened her mouth.
She thanked Bai Qingyan for not lying to her. She thanked Bai Qingyan for bringing back Ajue’s letter, which let her know that Ajue was really still alive. She could only reach out and hold Bai Qingyan’s hand tightly, trying her best to hold it.
An hour had passed when Bai Qingyan came out of Fourth Aunt’s Lishui Garden. The crumpled letter was burned by Fourth Aunt herself.
Fourth Aunt said that she would still eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures as usual, praying to God to bless Ajue and the Bai family with peace and stability for the rest of their lives.
The news that the Shuoyang Bai clan had forced the Grand Princess to vomit blood spread throughout the capital within an hour. The people were shocked that the Shuoyang Bai clan was so bold that they even forced the Grand Princess to vomit blood.
When Bai Jinxiu, who was in Qin’s mansion, heard the news, she couldn’t sit still and asked someone to hire a carriage to rush back to Zhenguo Princess’s Mansion.
Bai Jinxiu only realized after returning home that it was a false alarm and that it was just a way for her grandmother to deal with the clan. She immediately breathed a sigh of relief and came to Qinghuiyuan.
Bai Qingyan was looking at the list of items that Nanny Tong had compiled over the past few days, which was the list of items that Qinghuiyuan would be transporting back to Shuoyang with the first convoy.
When Chuntao saw Bai Jinxiu coming, she went into the house to report to Bai Qingyan, then followed Nanny Tong out of the Qinghui Courtyard gate to greet Bai Jinxiu.
Bai Jinxiu is now five months pregnant and her belly is already showing, but perhaps because of her martial arts background, her movements are still quite nimble.
Tong Ma Ma supported Bai Jinxiu and walked inside: “Second Miss, please slow down. You are a pregnant woman now.”
“Godmother!” Yin Shuang bowed to Nanny Tong.
Cui Bi, the personal maidservant beside the second young lady, also smiled and saluted to Madam Tong and Chun Tao: “Hello, Madam Tong, Hello, Miss Chun Tao!”
Nanny Tong nodded.
“It’s okay. Where’s my elder sister?” Bai Jinxiu asked.
“I was just discussing with Madam Tong the list of items to be shipped back to Shuoyang.” Chuntao smiled as she opened the curtain for Bai Jinxiu. After seeing Bai Jinxiu in, she asked someone to bring her red date tea.
“Eldest sister…”
Seeing Bai Jinxiu coming in, she took the list and asked, “Did you hear about grandma’s situation, so you came here?”
“Yeah!” Bai Jinxiu nodded and sat down beside her.
“Miss!” Yin Shuang bowed when she saw Bai Qingyan.
She smiled at Yin Shuang: “Get up quickly!”
Nanny Tong was afraid that the sisters would have something to say, so she smiled and said, “The eldest and second young ladies should chat first. I will take Yin Shuang and Cui Bi to eat some goat milk steamed cakes.”
She nodded: “When you leave later, bring some more for them.”
Nanny Tong thought Yin Shuang would be happy, but she waved her hand and stood close to Bai Jinxiu: “No, I have to stay with the Second Miss!”
Cui Bi covered her lips with her hands and laughed when she heard this: “Miss, please take good care of Yin Shuang! You said that Yin Shuang should stay with the Second Miss every step of the way, but this girl didn’t even let the Second Uncle into the room last night. She stood by the Second Miss’s bed like a door god, even…”
“Cui Bi!” Bai Jinxiu’s ears turned red and she scolded.
“Even what?” she demanded.
Before Cui Bi could answer, Yin Shuang said proudly, “Even when the second young lady went to the toilet, I followed her! I never left her side!”
Nanny Tong and all the maids in the room couldn’t help laughing. They lowered their heads and covered their lips with their hands. Yin Shuang looked at Bai Qingyan with her bright eyes, and it seemed as if she was waiting for Bai Qingyan’s praise.
Bai Jinxiu looked at Yin Shuang helplessly, “Eldest sister, please take care of it! If it weren’t for Cui Bi’s help, I’m afraid everyone in the mansion would know that Yin Shuang was ordered to protect me and not let Qin Lang… sleep in the house.”
Bai Jinxiu couldn’t say that she wouldn’t let Qin Lang get close to her.
In addition to being surprised, she couldn’t help but chuckle. Bai Jinxiu was gentle, and it was not difficult to imagine that she was probably very embarrassed, but she had to consider the little girl’s self-esteem, and was in a dilemma.
“Yin Shuang did a great job!” She smiled and said to Yin Shuang, “But Yin Shuang has to listen to Second Miss’s instructions. It’s very hard to take care of Second Miss. When Second Miss asks you to rest, you have to rest. Otherwise, how can you have the energy to take care of Second Miss when she goes out? Right?”
Yin Shuang thought about it and nodded: “Yeah!”
“So, Yinshuang should listen to the second young lady.” Chuntao couldn’t help but said with a smile.
Yin Shuang nodded: “I understand! When the Second Miss goes out, I will take care of her closely and never leave her side. When the Second Miss returns home, I will listen to her instructions!”
“Yin Shuang is so smart!” She nodded with a smile.
Bai Jinxiu sat for a while with Bai Qingyan and then got up and returned to Qin’s Mansion. Bai Jinxiu came out in a hurry as there were still a lot of things in Qin’s Mansion that had not been arranged yet.
She personally sent Bai Jinxiu to the door and sent Chuntao to call Lupin over.
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