The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 442: narrow escape
Chapter 442: A Narrow Escape
One of them had a crazy idea to marry Lu Yuanqing from Prime Minister Lu’s family, and the other one even called Dong Changyuan, whom she had never met, “Brother Changyuan” all the time, saying that since they were related, she could be considered Dong Changyuan’s cousin, and they could be even closer relatives!
Bai Jinxiu was too well-mannered to sneer at the two girls.
There was a case of cheating in the imperial examination this year. Although the list of successful candidates has not been announced, the identities of the top three… have been quietly leaked.
Today, Chen Zhaolu, grandson of Chen Taifu, Lu Yuanqing, grandson of Lu Xiang, and Dong Changyuan, son of Dong Qingyue, governor of Dengzhou, are the three most popular candidates for marriage among the noble ladies.
Seeing that they could not reach the threshold of Master Chen and Prime Minister Lu’s houses, they focused their attention on targeting Dong Changyuan.
She complained to Bai Jinxiu that Chen Zhaolu and Lu Yuanqing were fine, but Dong Changyuan was her cousin, so why couldn’t they be related? She also said that as long as Bai Jinxiu was willing to ask, nothing would be impossible!
Bai Jinxiu then kindly told the two that they should not be too picky in marriage, as it would be bad for their reputation if the news got out.
The two of them started crying and making a fuss, saying that Bai Jinxiu was holding a grudge and was using the marriage to control them, and that they couldn’t say a word without their mother to make the decision.
Bai Jinxiu did not complain to Qin Lang. She just picked a day when Qin Lang was taking a nap in the house and met the two girls in the side hall. Qin Lang heard Cuibi beside Bai Jinxiu say that this was not the first time that the two girls of the Qin family came to Bai Jinxiu to make trouble. Bai Jinxiu thought that Qin Lang was studying hard and could not be distracted, so she did not let them tell Qin Lang about it. The two girls were trying to commit suicide outside the courtyard gate. Bai Jinxiu was afraid of disturbing Qin Lang’s rest, so she met the two girls in the side hall.
Qin Lang was immediately furious.
Dong Changyuan… is the second son of the governor of Dengzhou. Even Chen Taifu and Lu Xiang want to marry their granddaughters to Dong Changyuan. How can it be the turn of the Qin family’s daughter? They don’t know what kind of person their mother is, and how their father died? They don’t know that the Qin family has no title, but they dare to use the Bai family to get close to them!
Although he was angry, Qin Lang still held back his anger and persuaded the two, telling them to help his eldest sister-in-law when she was pregnant and not to act rashly in front of her.
Afterwards, the two of them restrained themselves for a few days, but then started to make trouble again. Seeing that Bai Jinxiu accepted the Dong family’s invitation but did not take them to visit the Dong Mansion, she became very angry.
Yesterday, Qin Lang’s two sisters cried in front of his study, saying that they missed their mother. Qin Lang was annoyed by their crying, so he just said that if they missed their mother and bothered him every day while studying, he would send them to reunite with their mother. The two Qin girls were so scared that they hurried back and dared not mention the matter again.
These minor matters were settled. Bai Jinxiu did not spend much effort on them, and it was not worth discussing these family matters with Bai Qing in detail.
Bai Qingyan saw the sincerity of Bai Jinxiu’s smile and shook her hand vigorously: “As long as Qin Lang treats you well, that’s all!”
Speaking of this, Bai Jinxiu looked at Bai Qingyan and asked, “Eldest sister…are you interested in Mr. Xiao?”
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes and said, “The future of the Bai family is uncertain, how dare we indulge in sentimental relationships?”
How dare you?
Bai Jinxiu tightened her grip on the handkerchief, which meant… her elder sister was really interested in Mr. Xiao.
Bai Jinxiu was silent for a moment, thinking back and forth about Xiao Rongyan: “Eldest sister, let’s talk privately. If you are really interested in Mr. Xiao, you can let him marry into our Bai family!”
Marry into the wife’s family? !
Bai Qingyan looked at Bai Jinxiu and chuckled. How could the Ninth Prince of Dayan marry into the Bai family?
“Jinxiu, the future of the Bai family is uncertain. The peace and prosperity that the Bai family has been looking forward to for generations has not yet been achieved. My eldest sister will not consider matters between men and women!” Bai Qingyan said with a smile, “You don’t have to worry about this matter!”
Bai Jinxiu wanted to talk but stopped herself. She understood that her elder sister’s ambition… was definitely not to get married, have children, and be confined to the royal family.
The carriage slowly stopped in front of the gate of the Royal Qing’an. Bai Qingyan helped Bai Jinxiu get off the carriage and saw the tall and straight Xiao Rongyan standing under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in Qing’an. It seemed as if the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus filled his whole body. The pair of dark and deep eyes under his high and wide eyes were smiling, and he was looking at her tenderly, with the same look as that night in the pavilion in the middle of Shuoyang Lake.
When Xiao Rongyan squeezed his five fingers between her fingers and clasped the back of her hand tightly… the fiery heat in his palm seemed to come back again, making her palm itchy.
Bai Qingyan calmed down and stepped forward to greet Xiao Rongyan: “Thank you Mr. Xiao for seeing me off all the way. You’ve worked hard!”
Xiao Rongyan returned the greeting: “I am glad to be able to serve Miss Bai.”
Bai Qingyan smiled and nodded to Xiao Rongyan, then followed Nanny Jiang, Bai Jinxiu, Bai Jinzhi and Bai Jinse into the gate of Qing’an.
Yue Shi stepped forward and whispered to Xiao Rongyan who was watching Bai Qingyan leave, “Master, let’s go!”
“No hurry…” Xiao Rongyan had a smile on his lips. He clearly saw Bai Qingyan’s ears turn red just now.
Bai Qingyan had very fair skin, and although she tried very hard to control herself, she couldn’t hide the redness of her ears.
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It was July at that time, and the courtyard where the eldest princess lived was already filled with conspiracy.
A canopy of moon-shaped gauze was erected in the courtyard, so there was no need to worry about flying insects under the shade of the trees.
The eldest princess and Miss Lu were sitting under a tree in the courtyard playing chess. Seeing that the eldest princess’ eyes wanted to glance outside the courtyard from time to time, Lu Ninghua smiled and said, “The eldest and fourth girls are back today, and stepmother is uneasy.”
“Yes!” The eldest princess put all the chess pieces in her hand into the chess box. “They survived a near-death experience on the battlefield. Both children must have been injured, especially Po… He never told us about his injuries and just endured them by himself, fearing that we would worry!”
“Don’t worry, stepmother. When the eldest lady comes, Ning Hua will check her pulse first. If she is injured, it will be known!” Lu Ning Hua said as she stood up and picked up the teapot. “Ning Hua will change a pot of tea for stepmother. I will change… How about the sparrow tongue tea that the eldest lady likes?”
“Okay!” The eldest princess nodded.
From afar, the Grand Princess heard the voices of Nanny Jiang and Bai Qingyan, and hurriedly stood up, holding onto the stone table, and took two steps toward the door.
Seeing Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi who hadn’t had time to change their armor yet, the eldest princess’ eyes became red…
Under the dazzling sunlight, the girl in silver armor had her long hair neatly tied on top of her head. She had a tall and slender figure, stepped firmly, and was filled with murderous aura.
Suddenly, the eldest princess thought of her husband, son and grandson!
They were all such capable and capable people, but in the end they all died in southern Xinjiang.
The eldest princess’ eyes were wet, as if she saw the seventeenth son of the Bai family wearing silver armor and going to the battle with high spirits. But now… there is no longer the seventeenth son of the Bai family!
Seeing that Bai Qingyan and his group were about to come in, the eldest princess wiped her tears with a handkerchief, cheered herself up, turned back to sit at the stone table, picked up a few chess pieces from the chess box, held them in her palm… and looked at the chessboard.
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