The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 544: childhood sweetheart
Chapter 544 Childhood Sweethearts
In everything, be cautious.
Seeing that the young lady had been standing in the pavilion in the middle of the lake, Chun Tao told the maidservant from the Dong Mansion who was following her to go back and get a cloak for Bai Qingyan. She then took small steps and stood behind Bai Qingyan, reminding her softly, “Young lady, why don’t we go back? There are many flying insects here after nightfall, and Dengzhou is quite cold at night, which is not good for your health.”
Bai Qingyan nodded and said in a hoarse voice: “Go back!”
Chun Tao stepped forward and held Bai Qingyan’s arm. Seeing that there were still traces of tears on Bai Qingyan’s face, she felt distressed. She didn’t know what happened to the young lady, and she was anxious. She could only say, “Young lady, I am tongue-tied and don’t know what to say to you. But if you really encounter any difficulties, you can talk to Old Madam Dong. Old Madam Dong loves you dearly!”
Bai Qingyan smiled and said, “Silly Chuntao, it’s not a difficult thing, it’s a happy thing! I’ll tell grandma about it when everything is settled. However… Chuntao is simple in words and quick in action, which really pleases me.”
Chuntao looked up and saw a deep smile in Bai Qingyan’s slightly red eyes. She realized that the elder girl was praising her, and her face turned red.
Grandma also loves A-Yu very much. If she sees A-Yu come back one day, she will definitely be happy!
And there is my mother…and my aunt and my sisters, Ajue and Ayun.
If they knew that Ayu was still alive, they would be so happy.
Thinking of this, Bai Qingyan’s eyes turned red again. She closed her sore eyes, restrained her emotions, and changed the subject to ask Chuntao: “I was not here today, did Aunt Luo send anyone to look for you?”
Chun Tao nodded: “The maidservant beside Aunt Luo said that the pattern embroidered on my body was beautiful, so she asked me to go over and draw a pattern for her. However… Chun Tao followed the eldest lady’s instructions and said she was too busy to go.”
As expected, Aunt Luo really had this idea in mind.
Bai Qingyan nodded: “You did a good job. If someone else calls you in the future, you should reply like this. Don’t feel embarrassed! It doesn’t matter if we fall out, understand?”
Chun Tao knew that her eldest daughter was protecting her, so she smiled and nodded: “Chun Tao knows!”
This is the Dong family in Dengzhou, my uncle’s concubine… Bai Qingyan really couldn’t intervene, so he could only ask Chuntao to stay away.
But in the past, Chuntao always followed her, and it was not a big deal. She was just afraid that if she couldn’t take care of Chuntao, it would make Chuntao more alert.
Bai Qingyan went back to the courtyard and chatted with Old Lady Dong for a while. After she had rested, Old Lady Dong patiently reminded Bai Qingyan: “Don’t be reckless in the future, and don’t stay behind by yourself… Your mother only has you as her daughter. If anything happens to you, she will die. If you don’t care about yourself, you don’t care about your mother. Do you hear me?”
Speaking of A Niang, Bai Qingyan couldn’t help but think of A Yu again. His eyes were slightly red. He looked at his grandmother’s silver hair and the wrinkles on her face, smiled and nodded, saying, “A Bao knows, grandma! Grandma, please go to bed!”
Isn’t it time to tell grandma that Ayu is still alive?
When Bai Qingyan came out of Old Madam Dong’s room, Chuntao came forward to support Bai Qingyan and said, “Young Miss, Aunt Luo from the Dong residence said that she had brought medicine for your injuries and insisted on delivering it to you personally. She is waiting outside the courtyard.”
“Send someone to tell that Aunt Luo that I am not injured and that I appreciate your kindness. Tell her about my time in the Dong Mansion. It is best for both of us to live in peace.” Bai Qingyan’s voice was cold. “From now on, no matter what reason this aunt asks for an audience, you will take the initiative to reply on my behalf.”
Bai Qingyan asked Chuntao to reply to Aunt Luo on her behalf, which was a clear warning to Aunt Luo that Chuntao’s idea was not something she could overcome, so she asked her to give up the idea and behave herself while she was still in Dong’s house.
Chuntao said yes, but was quite surprised. Did this Aunt Luo make the eldest girl unhappy?
But it was true that their eldest daughter was the Princess Zhenguo, and Aunt Luo was just an aunt… in the final analysis, she was also a servant, and there was a huge difference in their status. If their eldest daughter had not lived in Dong’s Mansion, when would it be the turn of a servant of such a lowly status as Aunt Luo to come and ask for an audience.
After returning home that night, Bai Qingyan didn’t sleep well. His dreams were all about Ayu. He woke up the next morning with swollen eyes.
Chuntao hurriedly went to get two eggs to roll for Bai Qingyan. When Bai Qingyan had packed up and went to pay his respects to Old Madam Dong, his aunt Cui and Little Cui, as well as Dong Tingyun and Dong Tingzhi were all there.
After Bai Qingyan bowed, Old Lady Dong pulled him to sit beside her. She smiled and said, “You must have been tired from running around to save people yesterday. Didn’t I tell you to take a good rest? You don’t have to come and pay your respects today, right?”
“Abao got up because he was thinking about the food at grandma’s place.” Bai Qingyan said with a smile.
When Old Lady Dong heard this, she laughed so hard that she quickly asked someone to prepare breakfast and asked Mrs. Cui, Mrs. Little Cui, and their two granddaughters to stay here for breakfast as well.
Bai Qingyan knew that his uncle had handed over the care of Princess Dayan to his aunt Cui, so he asked, “Aunt, how is Princess Mingcheng of Dayan doing today?”
“Several doctors are taking turns to watch over her. Now Princess Mingcheng of Dayan has a high fever that won’t go away. The doctor said privately… Princess Mingcheng of Dayan seems to want to die. I’m afraid her condition is very bad!” Cui felt a little distressed when she saw the little girl who was like a flower bud.
Since ancient times, the fate of princesses who were married off to foreign countries has not been good. At such a young age, when they should have been lying in their parents’ arms, they had to marry far away to the Rongdi tribe. Naturally, they felt extremely painful. However, Cui still hoped that the princess of Dayan could wake up. After all, life was more important than anything else.
Bai Qingyan recalled what Xiao Rongyan had said last night, that Princess Mingcheng and Dayan general Xie Xun were childhood sweethearts. She wondered if Xie Xun could come and see Princess Mingcheng, if that would inspire her to seek life.
After breakfast, Bai Qingyan heard that his uncle had released the people from Dayan who were sent to the bride’s house to deal with the incident. Those people were guarding outside the courtyard where Princess Mingcheng was housed, keeping a strict watch, as if they were afraid that someone else would harm their princess.
Dong Qingyue ordered his men to rush the news of the rescue of the Princess of Dayan to the capital city. Bai Qingyan was afraid that if Princess Mingcheng could not be rescued, the emperor would blame his uncle.
Bai Qingyan was accompanying Old Lady Dong in pruning flower branches in the house. Old Lady Dong felt very sad when she saw that Bai Qingyan had almost cut off all her beautiful bonsai trees.
It was Nanny Wang who saw this and hurried forward to stop Bai Qingyan: “Oh, my little ancestor! This is the bonsai that the old lady loves the most! Look at you… you are almost bald! Look at the old lady’s face… she is almost in pain!”