The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 393: Can
Chapter 393 Yes
Perhaps due to years of hard work, Zeng Shanru looks strong, with dark skin and a very steady appearance.
Zeng Shanru kowtowed to Bai Qingyan in a proper manner, then stood aside with her brows lowered, not looking directly at Bai Qingyan.
“I’m sorry to have you transferred from Zhuangzi to my side.” Bai Qingyan said in a gentle voice.
“Serving the princess is my duty.” Zeng Shanru said in a steady voice.
Bai Qingyan nodded: “Now is a time of trouble for the Bai family, it is indeed a time to use people, and I am also short of people.”
Zeng Shanru clasped his fists and said, “If the princess orders me to do so, I will do it even if I die.”
“You will stay with Nanny Tong for the time being. When we return to Shuoyang… you should first get familiar with Manager Liu. Manager Liu is an elder whom I trust very much, but he is old now. Many things will have to be handed over to our own people in the future. Do you understand what I mean?”
Zeng Shanru’s heart trembled. Handing it over to one of her own? What this meant was that the young lady didn’t look down on him.
Zeng Shanru lifted the hem of her clothes, knelt down and kowtowed: “Since the princess doesn’t look down on my appearance, I will never let you down. I will be loyal to you in this life. If I have any second thoughts, I will die without a complete corpse, and I will be punished by both humans and gods.”
He is a very insightful person.
Bai Qingyan nodded and said, “Get up! From now on, just call me Miss. I’m used to it.”
“Yes, young lady!” Zeng Shanru followed suit.
Bai Qingyan had heard Xiao Ruohai mention Zeng Shanru once or twice. During the time when Xiao Ruohai and Xiao Ruojiang returned to the manor to recuperate, they seemed to have dealt with Zeng Shanru. It was said that he was not a talkative person, but he was reliable in doing things.
Whether Zeng Shanru can take over from Manager Liu to deal with Xiao Rongyan’s people and manage the mines and weapons refining matters can only be determined after Manager Liu makes contact.
This matter concerns the survival of the Bai family. Even though Zeng Shanru is Nanny Tong’s son, Bai Qingyan still remains cautious.
Chun Tao, who was standing guard under the pavilion and rockery, said a few words to the maid who came to report the news from Qinghui Courtyard. She watched the maid leave and then hurried up holding the hem of her dress and bowed, saying, “Miss, Miss Lu has returned home and is waiting for you in Qinghui Courtyard to come back and talk.”
“Got it!” Bai Qingyan responded, his eyes falling on Zeng Shanru, “Go find Manager Liu. I’ve already sent someone to say hello to Manager Liu.”
“I understand.”
Bai Qingyan stood up, held Chuntao’s hand, and walked towards Qinghuiyuan.
Lu Ninghua was sitting in the side hall drinking tea with a restless mind. When she saw Bai Qingyan coming in, she calmed down and stood up to greet him: “Miss.”
“Aunt…” Bai Qingyan returned the greeting, “Aunt just came back from the palace. Has she gone to see grandma?”
Lu Ninghua sat down with Bai Qingyan and shook her head: “The Grand Princess said that Ninghua should discuss it with the eldest lady.”
Bai Qingyan knew that her grandmother wanted her to use Lu Ninghua.
Chuntao lifted the Xiangfei bamboo curtain and came in, served tea to Bai Qingyan, and after paying her respects, she politely left the door and stood guard.
“Aunt came to the palace today. Did His Majesty ask her in detail about the elixir that can bring the dead back to life?” Bai Qingyan asked, holding up the teacup.
When Lu Ninghua mentioned this, her heart tightened. She nodded, but before she could speak, Bai Qingyan said, “But you still asked, what did Miss Ji, who is still in our house, say and do?”
Lu Ninghua looked up at Bai Qingyan who was blowing air slowly into the teacup. She drooped her eyelids with extremely long eyelashes and looked calm and composed, as if everything was under control.
“The young lady actually guessed…almost right.” Lu Ninghua tightened her hands on her knees.
The guess was of course similar. Bai Qingyan had some understanding of the emperor who was in a high position and held imperial power.
Everyone is afraid of death, and Ji Langhua also grasped the emperor’s fear of death, so he used the most eye-catching Zhenguo Princess Mansion in the capital city to try his luck and let the emperor know about this matter.
Lu Ninghua lowered her eyes, her hands tightly grasping the hem of her skirt trembling slightly: “The Grand Princess asked Nanny Jiang to teach Ninghua how to take advantage of the emperor’s temper, so… Ninghua can see that the emperor seems to be particularly stubborn this time. I didn’t dare to persuade him forcefully, and only told him that this was nonsense, but the emperor still seemed to be very interested. I was afraid that Langhua… as long as she walked out of the Zhenguo Princess Mansion, she would be arrested and taken to the palace.”
After saying that, Lu Ninghua suddenly knelt in front of Bai Qingyan with tears in her eyes, and choked up and said, “Miss, please save Langhua, even if it means letting me enter the palace! Langhua has suffered enough in her life, and we cannot let her be involved in this matter anymore. We must let her live well!”
Looking at Lu Ninghua who was trying to hold back her tears, Bai Qingyan could understand her desire to protect her sister, just like she…
“Aunt…” Bai Qingyan put down the teacup in his hand and gently helped Lu Ninghua up. “The current Bai family is unable to compete with the emperor. If there is any resistance, the emperor will uproot the entire Bai family. And aunt, you…”
Bai Qingyan pursed her lips and whispered, “Even if Aunt Suqiu stood in front of the emperor, the emperor would not necessarily give up immortality for Aunt Suqiu. The emperor of our Jin State… has always only cared about himself.”
Even before Lu Ninghua appeared, the emperor doted on Concubine Qiu to the point of being obedient to her every word, but that was on the premise that it did not involve the emperor’s interests.
Lu Ninghua gritted her teeth and said, “Is there really no other solution?”
“Yes, but in Ji Langhua’s case…” Bai Qingyan looked at Lu Ninghua solemnly, “If Ji Langhua meets the emperor and tells him that she got this medicine from someone else at the cost of her family’s wealth, and that she didn’t make it herself, and the emperor has tried the medicine and found it useless, and confirmed that Ji Langhua was just deceived, then she will be fine! But if… Ji Langhua wants to stay with the emperor, then she will definitely be able to stay with the emperor.”
If Ji Langhua proved to the emperor that she had made the elixir herself, the emperor would definitely try it. If the elixir was ineffective, she would be guilty of deceiving the emperor and would be sentenced to death…
But if the emperor finds the elixir effective after trying it, the emperor will definitely regard Ji Langhua as the most important person. If Ji Langhua wants to leave the palace again, unless… the emperor dies before the elixir is refined.
Or… Ji Langhua died with the emperor.
“Miss, why don’t you just say that I gave you this elixir, and I can…”
“Aunt! Worrying too much can lead to confusion!” Bai Qingyan interrupted Lu Ninghua with a calm look, “Instead of wasting our energy here trying to figure out a way, aunt, why don’t you persuade Ji Langhua to give up the idea of staying with the emperor.”
Lu Ninghua almost burst into tears. She clutched the clothes in front of her chest tightly and gritted her teeth to prevent herself from crying out loud. She came to find the eldest girl because she knew that she could not persuade her…
Bai Qingyan knew very well that Lu Ninghua was so sad and heartbroken because she wanted to protect Ji Langhua but was unable to do so.
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