The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 493: Choi
Chapter 493 Cui
Seeing that it was the rumored reincarnation of Bai Suqiu… Lu Ninghua was in the room, and she seemed not to have seen Fu Ruoxi, nor heard their conversation as usual, the Queen suppressed her murderous intent.
Lu Ninghua was not an ordinary palace maid. If this so-called reincarnation of Bai Suqiu died in the palace, who knows whether the emperor would conduct a strict investigation if he went crazy.
The Queen was afraid that Fu Ruoxi would be caught, so she said that the palace maid was assigned by her to do other things, and asked her confidant to personally send Lu Ninghua back to the Bai family. She told the confidant that if Lu Ninghua was normal, it would be fine, but if she showed any abnormality, she would rather kill her by mistake than let her go.
After Lu Ninghua came back from a near-death experience, the first thing on her mind was to deliver this message to Bai Qingyan.
She first went to Bai Jinzhi’s courtyard. Bai Jinzhi had just come out of the medicinal bath and was sitting in front of the carved bronze mirror, twisting her hair. As soon as Lu Ninghua entered the room, Bai Jinse dismissed the people around her and asked Lu Ninghua to tell her in detail what had happened.
After Lu Ninghua entered the house, she said nothing. She picked up a pen and wrote a letter to Bai Qingyan. As she wrote, she said, “Fourth Miss, please send this letter back to Shuoyang to the eldest lady, but don’t rush to leave now! If possible… go out today to meet a few friends, then buy some snacks, go to the Royal Qingan to see the eldest princess, and then return to Shuoyang! I guess there may be someone watching outside the Bai Mansion at this time.”
“Aunt Lu, is there anything you can’t tell us?” Bai Jinzhi asked Lu Ninghua.
“In the capital city, the less the two girls know, the better!” Lu Ninghua wrote furiously, “The fourth girl will know when she returns to Shuoyang and sees the eldest girl. When the seventh girl returns to Qing’an with Langhua tomorrow morning, Ninghua will tell her everything.”
Not only did Bai Jinzhi have to meet her friends as usual and then leave Dadu, but Lu Ninghua also had to go out as usual to see the orphans at the Yushan Hall, buy some herbs at the herbal medicine shop, and buy some snacks for the Grand Princess.
Bai Jinzhi and Bai Jinse were not people who did not know the importance of the matter. Seeing that Lu Ninghua was still writing a letter, Bai Jinzhi went out and told the servants to ask Huang Jiarong, the granddaughter of Doctor Huang, to go to Yanque Tower for tea later.
Lu Ninghua finished writing the envelope and handed it to Bai Jinzhi. She went back to change her clothes, calmed herself down, and took Bai Jinse out to Yushan Hall, chatting and laughing.
Not long after, Bai Jinzhi also rode to Yanque Tower. The carriage she had just arrived at Huang’s house also stopped in front of Yanque Tower. Huang’s Arong called Bai Jinzhi, and the two little girls happily went upstairs holding hands.
At the Bai family in Dadu, everything is normal.
When the news reached the Queen, she heaved a sigh of relief. Otherwise… if she killed Lu Ninghua, there would be too many things to clean up. Now she didn’t have many people at her disposal, and Fu Ruoxi refused to help her and advised her to give up the idea of forcing the emperor to abdicate.
The queen stood under the eaves of the hall, looking up at the dazzling midday sun, and seemed to see a colorful halo above her head.
Accept your fate?
She never accepted her fate, otherwise she wouldn’t have been able to sit in the center of the palace!
Her son was the legitimate son, destined to inherit the throne. Otherwise, why would she abandon her beloved, climb to this position by any means necessary, and risk her life to give birth to a son? Could it be that she only wanted to be a queen in name only?
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In the afternoon, the Bai Mansion in Shuoyang received news that Dong Changlan from the Dengzhou Dong family had already entered the city.
Bai Qingping knew that Dong Changlan was coming, so he made a special trip to wait in Bai’s house for a day, waiting to help entertain Dong Changlan.
It was probably because Bai Qingping had been unable to sleep at night these past two days because of Fang’s torment. His eyes were severely bruised and he looked a little weak.
Mrs. Dong, along with Dong Tingzhen and Bai Qingyan, greeted Dong Changlan and his wife at the door. From afar, they saw a handsome young man riding a white horse at the front of the motorcade.
“Brother Changlan! It’s Brother Changlan!” Dong Tingzhen lowered her voice and pointed to the distance to Dong.
Although Dong Changlan was not as handsome as his younger brother Dong Changyuan, he had a straight nose and deep eyes, and was very handsome.
He wore a jade crown on his head and a long gown with a bamboo-colored, dark cloud pattern on the left side. He held the reins in his left hand and held a black gold whip in his right hand hanging by his side. He was steady, handsome, and very eye-catching.
Dong was naturally overjoyed to see her nephew. The last time she saw him was on the ninth day of the third lunar month last year when Changlan got married. More than a year had passed in a flash, and the Bai family had changed a lot. From a family of scholars and grandchildren in the capital, to an orphan and widowed mother who was forced to retreat back to Shuoyang, everything had changed.
Dong Changlan saw Mrs. Dong and Dong Tingzhen, as well as the slender Bai Qingyan standing with his hands behind his back, and smiled. He turned around and told the convoy to go faster. He rode forward on a fast horse, jumped off his horse, lifted the hem of his clothes, knelt on one knee and bowed: “Changlan… meet your aunt!”
Dong Changlan, like his uncle Dong Qingyue, has two canine teeth. When he smiles, his canine teeth are exposed, which makes him look a little cute, but slightly detracts from his calm demeanor.
Mrs. Dong lifted up her skirt, walked down the steps quickly, helped Dong Changlan up, and looked him up and down with a smile: “Brother Lan looks taller and darker than when I saw him last year!”
“Brother Changlan!” Dong Tingzhen saluted towards Dong Changlan with a smile.
“Cousin…” Dong Changlan bowed to Bai Qingyan.
Dong Changlan is only one month younger than Bai Qingyan. As he is the eldest son, he looks reserved and gentle.
Bai Qingyan smiled and nodded, introducing Bai Qingping to Dong Changlan: “This is my cousin, Bai Qingping…”
Bai Qingping hurriedly bowed to Dong Changlan and said, “Cousin!”
Dong Changlan had heard about the dirty things done by the Bai clan, but since Bai Qingping was introduced by Bai Qingyan himself, he must be different from the people of the Bai clan.
“Cousin!” Dong Changlan returned the greeting with a very polite smile.
The carriage carrying Dong Changlan’s wife Cui slowly stopped in front of the Bai residence. The maid of the Dong family pushed open the carriage door and lifted the curtain. Cui, who was wearing a clear blue silk shirt and a silk skirt with silver bamboo pattern piping, got off the carriage and saluted to Dong, Bai Qingyan and Dong Tingzhen: “Aunt, cousin, sister Tingzhen.”
This was the first time that Bai Qingyan had seen Cui. She was an outstanding beauty, with fair and slender figure. Her skin seemed to glow with pearly luster under the sunlight. She was wearing cool clothes, like a clear spring in a mountain stream on a hot summer day, which made people feel very comfortable when looking at her.
“Sister Rong is getting prettier!” Mrs. Dong took Mrs. Cui’s hand and said, “Come on! Let’s go in and talk!”
Bai Qingping smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Dong Changlan: “Cousin, please!”
Dong Changlan didn’t hesitate to nod and followed Dong into the Bai Mansion.
After their masters entered the main gate, Nanny Qin and Butler Hao hurried down the high steps, arranged the Dong family’s guards who had come all the way, asked the Bai family’s servants to move Dong Changlan and Cui’s boxes inside, and spoke cordially to the Dong family’s Nanny who had followed Dong Changlan and Cui to Shuoyang.
Dong led Cui in walking in front. Cui was sweet-mouthed and told Dong a joke that when they were leaving, Old Lady Dong wished she could move Dengzhou here, which made Dong laugh.
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