The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 398: Safety
Chapter 398 Peace
When Bai Qingyan walked through the drapes and bamboo curtains and around the nanmu jade screen, Fifth Madam Qi was teasing Bai Jinxiu: “The pair of pomegranates your grandmother gave you are a good omen for having many children and grandchildren. Don’t refuse, accept them… but remember to fulfill your grandmother’s wish for you to have many children!”
Second Madam Liu looked at the pair of ruby pomegranates that were as big as small melons. Not only was their quality rare in the world, but they were also carved to look like the real things. They could be a family heirloom for an ordinary noble family.
Bai Jinxiu held the black lacquer box with gold flowers, blushing profusely, and stood up to salute the Grand Princess: “Thank you, Grandmother.”
“What does Abao want?” The Grand Princess asked with a smile as she looked at Bai Qingyan who had returned.
She smiled and said, “A Bao, as long as everyone in the Bai family is safe, that’s all.”
Especially Ajue and Ayun who are not here, I hope everything goes well for them and they are safe and healthy.
The eldest princess looked at her granddaughter with a calm expression, her palms tightened slightly, and her eyes suddenly turned red.
Yes, there is nothing better than the safety of the Bai family…
On the first day of May, before dawn, with stars overhead and the bright moon still in the sky, servants stood obediently beside the carriage in front of the Princess Zhenguo’s mansion, waiting for their masters to come out and get on.
The morning light gradually grew stronger, rising slowly from the east to the west, and the outline of the bright moon between the light and dark in the sky had faded.
In front of the Princess Zhenguo’s mansion, Nanny Jiang ordered the maid who stayed in Dadu to bring the steamed cakes and seasonal fruits prepared by the kitchen early this morning to the carriage.
The eldest princess held the shiny black tiger-head cane in one hand and Bai Qingyan’s hand in the other. She stood in front of the door, trying hard to hold back her tears and warned, “Be careful on your way back. Things are not peaceful recently!”
Bai Qingyan looked at the wrinkled hands of the Grand Princess, raised his head and nodded to her: “Don’t worry, Grandma. When I get home safely, I will send someone back to report to you.”
“Mother, don’t worry!” Dong raised her hand and clasped Bai Qingyan’s shoulder, and smiled at the eldest princess, “The prince has sent a guard to escort you, nothing will happen.”
“Mother, elder sister…” Bai Jinse bowed to Mrs. Dong and Bai Qingyan, tears streaming down her face. “Mother and elder sister, please take care of yourselves. Xiaoqi will take good care of grandma and will study medicine diligently with Aunt Lu.”
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes and touched his younger sister’s head, his gaze falling on Bai Jinxiu who was crying.
Bai Jinxiu nodded slightly. She knew… one day, her elder sister would return with glory together with everyone in the Bai family!
Her elder sister was playing a big game, and she had to be prepared so that she could help her elder sister in the future.
“Let’s go! Let’s go…” The Grand Princess squeezed Bai Qingyan’s hand and choked.
Mrs. Dong, the third wife Mrs. Li, the fourth wife Mrs. Wang, the fifth wife Mrs. Qi, together with Bai Qingyan, Bai Jinzhi, Bai Jinzhao and Bai Jinhua, bid farewell to the eldest princess and the second wife Mrs. Liu.
Second Madam Liu wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said, “Sister-in-law, I will be back as soon as Jinxiu has given birth and is out of the confinement period!”
Dong patted Liu’s hand, nodded with a smile, and got into the carriage first with the help of Nanny Qin.
“Young lady…” Lu Ninghua finally saw the opportunity to step forward and talk to Bai Qingyan, “Langhua… I’ll leave it to you, young lady!”
Bai Qingyan nodded: “Grandmother and Seventh Sister, please take care of them, Aunt.”
“Don’t worry, young lady!” Lu Ninghua nodded.
Yesterday, Ji Langhua told the emperor exactly what Bai Qingyan had instructed. Later, the emperor asked people from the Imperial Hospital to take a look at the pill, and they found that it was just an ordinary tonic. The emperor was very disappointed, and Ji Langhua burst into tears and said it was impossible.
The emperor looked at the almost insane Ji Langhua and sighed that he was also a poor man. He let Lu Ninghua take him away, which meant that Ji Langhua had passed this hurdle.
When the eldest princess saw Bai Qingyan holding up her skirt and stepping into the carriage, she could no longer bear it. She took a step forward with her crutches and choked with sobs, “Abao…”
After today’s farewell, the Grand Princess doesn’t know if she can see her granddaughter again. She is already old… and doesn’t know how long she can live.
When Bai Qingyan heard the Grand Princess’s sorrowful cry and her restrained sobbing at the end of her voice, she paused.
Her grandmother, the eldest princess, had been strong and dignified all her life. She always appeared to be in control in front of outsiders and servants. She had never shown such fragility and sadness.
She turned her head and saw the silver-haired eldest princess finally unable to hold back her tears. She clutched her clothes tightly in front of her chest and looked at her with tears in her eyes.
The past events replayed in her mind like a kaleidoscope.
When her grandmother held her hand and taught her how to trace the characters in red, there was a kind and warm smile between her brows.
When her grandmother had a high fever, she knelt in front of the Buddhist shrine with red eyes, praying to shorten her life by ten years in exchange for her safety, and she choked with sobs.
She got out of the carriage again, holding up her skirt, her eyes calm and determined.
“Abao…” The eldest princess called her softly, looking at Bai Qingyan with her wet red eyes. She was about to walk down the high steps quickly, but saw Bai Qingyan kneeling in her direction.
She kowtowed three times to her grandmother, then she stood up with Chuntao’s hand and got on the carriage…
“Abao…” The eldest princess choked with sobs and tried her best to suppress her tears.
“Grandma, don’t worry. My elder sister and the others will arrive in Shuoyang safely.” Bai Jinse stepped forward and supported the eldest princess.
With a shout of “Let’s go”, Princess Zhenguo’s carriage team slowly moved.
The Grand Princess and her entourage stood at the door until the sky brightened up, the morning light illuminated the entire capital, and the carriages and horses disappeared from sight. Only then did Second Madam Liu step forward and whisper to the Grand Princess: “Mother, go back!”
The eldest princess wiped away her tears, nodded, turned around and walked towards the Zhenguo Princess’s Mansion, and told Nanny Jiang: “Have someone prepare… Let’s go back to Qing’an!”
Nanny Jiang nodded: “Yes!”
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Outside the gate of Dadu City, Lv Yuanpeng and Sima Ping were waiting. They saw the carriages and horses of the Zhenguo Princess Mansion from a distance. Just as they were about to approach, they saw a man in the guard uniform of the Zhenguo Princess Mansion riding a horse in front of Lv Yuanpeng, jumping off the horse, clasping his fists to greet Lv Yuanpeng and his group of playboys, and said, “Master Lu, the princess sent me here to tell you that there are so many carriages and horses that we will not stop outside the city gate. Please take care of yourself, Master Lu.”
When Lv Yuanpeng was about to speak, Sima Ping grabbed Lv Yuanpeng and said to the guards of the Zhenguo Princess Mansion with a smile: “You will have a chance to meet Sister Bai in the future. Don’t forget… Sister Bai promised you a silver spear.”
Hearing what Sima Ping said, Lu Yuanpeng clenched his fists and nodded. After his grandmother’s birthday, he would set off to southern Xinjiang to join the Bai family army. He would meet the Bai family’s sister after he made a name for himself. By then, he would be able to hold the silver spear more legitimately.
Lu Yuanpeng said to the Bai family guards: “Please tell Sister Bai, take care!”
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