The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 492: killing intent
Chapter 492: Killing Intent
As soon as Second Madam Liu entered the courtyard, her maid heard that Bai Jinzhi had fallen asleep on the bed as soon as he returned, without even having time to undress.
Liu lifted the Xiang Fei bamboo curtain with her bare hands, walked around the screen and the sky-blue and white diamond-patterned curtains and entered the inner room, where she saw Lu Ninghua and the seventh girl Bai Jinse were both there.
Bai Jinse hurriedly bowed to Liu: “Second Aunt!”
“What’s wrong with Jinzhi? Is he sick?” Liu looked at Bai Jinzhi, who was sleeping unconscious on the bed, with concern.
Hearing this, Lu Ninghua put away the pillow she was using to diagnose her pulse, stood up and saluted, saying, “Madam, the fourth young lady was too tired and fell asleep! It’s nothing serious!”
Tomorrow is the day when Lu Ninghua will go to the palace to give acupuncture to the emperor, so Lu Ninghua happens to be resting in Bai Mansion today.
Just now, Bai Jinse heard that Bai Jinzhi fell unconscious on the bed as soon as he returned home. She was so scared that she immediately invited Lu Ninghua over and also sent someone to invite Doctor Hong who had already returned to the Bai family.
“Miss Lu, please go back and have a rest! I will take care of Jin Zhi!” Liu looked at Lu Ninghua, “Miss Lu has to go to the palace early tomorrow morning, so you should rest early!”
Lu Ninghua nodded, bowed and left.
Bai Jinse did not stay here to disturb Bai Jinzhi’s rest. She said she would tell Doctor Hong so that he would not make a wasted trip.
Liu sat beside the bed and covered Bai Jinzhi with a thin quilt. She also asked someone to bring a handkerchief and wiped Bai Jinzhi’s face and dirty hands so that Bai Jinzhi could sleep more comfortably.
After traveling day and night, Bai Jinzhi was already very tired. She vaguely noticed someone wiping her face, but she was too tired to open her eyes.
Liu lowered the plain diamond-patterned gauze curtain that was hooked on the copper hook, stood up and walked out from above, feeling worried: “What happened? Why did Xiao Si get so tired?”
“I heard that the fourth young lady went straight to the prince’s mansion after returning to Dadu. She must have finished her work and felt relieved, otherwise she wouldn’t have fallen asleep before she had the chance to pay her respects to you!” Qingshu whispered, holding Liu’s hand.
“Hi!” Liu said cheerfully, “It doesn’t matter whether you greet me or not, I’m just worried that Shuoyang might have something urgent to do! But you’re right… everything should be done!”
Liu walked out of the courtyard and told Qinglan who was following her: “Go and tell the kitchen to stew pigeon soup over a low fire. As soon as the fourth lady wakes up, give her a bowl of noodles with the pigeon soup!”
“Oh!” Qinglan responded and turned towards the kitchen.
Near noon of the second day, Bai Jinzhi finally opened his eyes in pain all over. After riding on the horse for a whole day and night, Bai Jinzhi felt like a broken body.
“Fourth sister! You’re awake!” Bai Jinse lay on the bedside, grinning at Bai Jinzhi who opened his eyes. “Aunt Lu said that you must have ridden a fast horse for a whole day and night, and you must be sore all over when you wake up! Aunt Lu asked someone to prepare a medicinal bath for you… She said that you’ll feel better after a soak.”
“What does Fourth Sister want to eat? I’ll ask the kitchen to prepare it!” Bai Jinse asked.
Bai Jinzhi thought about it and smacked his lips: “Sunflower seeds!”
Bai Jinzhi was held up by two maids, separated by a screen. Bai Jinse was sitting outside the screen and telling Bai Jinzhi what had happened in the past few days. Bai Jinzhi really felt much more comfortable after soaking in the medicinal bath.
“Although Princess Liu Ruofu of Nandu didn’t want to marry the King of Liang, her innocence had been ruined, so she had no choice but to accept it!” Seventh Miss Bai Jinse told Bai Jinzhi about the excitement in the capital while peeling melon seeds for him. “And the fourth Miss Chu from the family of the Minister of Revenue went to a flower banquet the other day, and somehow she fell off the pleasure boat into the lake. Although she was later rescued by her own brother, everyone present saw it, and she was so embarrassed that she went back home crying.”
Bai Jinzhi recalled the poetry competition at Yanque Tower that day when Miss Chu, the fourth daughter of the Minister of Revenue, seemed to have called Lu Yuanpeng a lapdog.
Haha… this is really the time when nothing goes unpunished.
Bai Jinse peeled a plate of melon seeds and brought it to Bai Jinzhi. “According to the time, Aunt Lu will be back soon. I’ll go outside to greet her.”
Bai Jinzhi looked at the melon seeds that Bai Jinse had peeled for her, and her heart was filled with warmth.
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Bai Jinse stood in front of the Princess Zhenguo’s mansion. When she saw an elm-wood carriage with the Bai family emblem carved on it slowly approaching, she knew that it was Lu Ninghua who had returned.
As usual, after the carriage stopped, she went forward to greet Lu Ninghua.
Although Bai Jinse was young, she knew that the more respect she, the seventh lady of the Bai family, showed to Lu Ninghua, the more outsiders would think that the Grand Princess really valued Lu Ninghua and regarded her as a substitute for her aunt Bai Suqiu.
Therefore, the more subtle the details are, the more careful we should be.
She raised her hand to help Lu Ninghua get off the carriage, and found that there was a greasy sweat stain on Lu Ninghua’s palm. She looked up at Lu Ninghua, who looked normal, but saw that Lu Ninghua was not wearing the plain gauze dress she wore when she left: “Aunt?”
Lu Ninghua’s hands couldn’t stop shaking. She held Bai Jinse’s hand tightly and asked calmly, “Is the fourth lady awake?”
Bai Jinse saw the guard standing beside the carriage from the corner of her eye and smiled innocently, “She’s awake! She cried out that her whole body ached as soon as she woke up. Who asked her to ride a horse for so long?”
Lu Ninghua nodded, turned around and saluted the guard standing next to the carriage: “Thank you, brother of the Imperial Guard, for escorting me back to the palace!”
Upon hearing this, Bai Jinse looked towards the guard.
The guard bowed and said, “I have sent Miss Lu away. I will take my leave now!”
Seeing the guard getting on his horse and leaving, Lu Ninghua forced herself to hold Bai Jinse’s hand and stepped into the Bai Mansion. Just as she walked around the wall, she almost fell down.
“Aunt!” Bai Jinse lowered her voice very low, hurriedly helped Lu Ninghua up, pursed her lips and walked towards the inner courtyard without saying a word.
Lu Ninghua’s heartbeat was as heavy as thunder. After she entered the palace today, she spilled the tea after giving acupuncture to the emperor. When the palace maid took her to change clothes, she unexpectedly ran into the Queen and General Fu having a secret meeting. The Queen wanted General Fu to support Prince Xin to return to the capital city and force the emperor to abdicate, but General Fu had not agreed yet.
But if such a secret was discovered by someone, how could the queen let the person who knew the secret live?
The maid was chopped to death by the sword of the guard just now. Lu Ninghua felt herself trembling uncontrollably in the house and could only try her best to calm herself down and change her clothes.
She knew she couldn’t hide away, so she pretended she knew nothing and called the maid loudly to ask her to bring out the sachet on her old clothes.
Lu Ninghua’s voice startled the guards and the queen. She heard the door open, turned her back to the screen, fastened her clothes and said, “Bring me my sachet!”
The queen calmly picked up the sachet that Lu Ninghua had placed in the outer room, walked around the screen and handed it to Lu Ninghua.
Lu Ninghua turned around and saw a pair of slender, boneless fingers holding the sachet. She looked up and saw it was the queen. She calmly took the sachet and greeted her in a neither humble nor arrogant manner.
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