The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 570: Concubine Hu Di
Chapter 570: Concubine Protects the Heir
But when it comes to the overall situation… Bai Qingyan has a broader vision than Mr. Fang.
Bai Qingyan can lead troops in battles, and can also plan strategies and give him advice. He wants to use such a person and buy him over with friendship!
More…be on guard.
The prince couldn’t help but sigh when he thought about this. Fortunately, Bai Qingyan was a woman, otherwise… he would never be able to use Bai Qingyan so confidently.
“Quanyu, go pick up a few bottles of the best medicine and deliver them to Princess Zhenguo on my behalf. Just tell them…I was drunk but was still concerned about the injury on Princess Zhenguo’s ear, so I asked you to take the medicine and send a few people to take good care of Princess Zhenguo. Remember?” The prince turned his head and looked at Quanyu who was massaging his shoulders.
When Quan Yu heard that the prince wanted him to find Bai Qingyan, he responded happily, picked out a few bottles of the best medicine, then remembered that Bai Qingyan had not touched the dishes at the table, so he went to the kitchen to get a plate of freshly prepared snacks, and then went to Bai Qingyan’s residence.
Unexpectedly, before Quan Yu could get close, he was stopped by Lupin.
Lupin smiled and saluted Quanyu: “Eunuch Quanyu, does the prince want to see our eldest daughter? She has already gone to bed…”
“Oh… the princess has gone to bed, so I won’t bother you anymore!” Quan Yu smiled and handed the black lacquer and gold-painted food box in his hand to Lupin, “There are a few bottles of excellent wound medicine in it, which His Highness asked me to bring! Oh… by the way, there is also a plate of snacks. I saw that the princess didn’t eat much during the meal just now. I’m afraid the food is not to her liking. It’s all cooked with clear oil, without any meat or fish.”
Lupin took the food box and bowed to Quanyu: “Thank you for your trouble, Master Quanyu.”
“It’s my duty!” After Quan Yu finished speaking, he did not leave. Instead, he raised his hand and tapped his ear hesitantly, and asked again, “Is the princess’ injury really not serious?”
Seeing Quan Yu’s eyes full of concern, Lupin was startled. Before he could answer, he heard Quan Yu say again: “Yes, Your Highness, I am very concerned about the princess’s injury!”
Lupin nodded: “Please ask Eunuch Quanyu to reassure His Highness that the young lady only suffered scratches.”
“That’s good! That’s good…” Quan Yu saluted Lu Ping, “Then I will go back and report to His Highness.”
“Goodbye, Eunuch Quanyu.” Lupin bowed deeply to the ground.
Only after watching Quan Yu leave with the maids and eunuchs, who were walking with their hands folded and bent over, did Lupin breathe a sigh of relief.
At this time, the eldest girl was talking to Qin Shangzhi. It was the eldest girl who asked him to call Qin Shangzhi over. Lupin guessed that the eldest girl was tempted to recruit Qin Shangzhi because she saw how thin Qin Shangzhi had become in such a short time.
Lupin was not optimistic about the girl’s move at first. Lupin knew Qin Shangzhi very well. He did not choose a master easily, but once he chose a master, it would be for life.
When Lupin joined the Bai family army, he invited Qin Shangzhi to serve under Bai Qishan, but Qin Shangzhi said… The Bai family had made too many contributions, and their family tradition was too upright and clear. Bai Weiting even thought that by marrying the eldest princess he would completely turn his back to the royal family. He trusted the royal family completely and was not on guard. Sooner or later he would fall into the hands of the royal family. Once he chose his master, he would not change, so he was unwilling to go down with the Bai family.
At that time, Lupin did not take these words to heart, until later… all the men of the Bai family were buried in southern Xinjiang, and the eldest girl beat the drum to force the emperor to seek justice, then Lupin realized that what Qin Shangzhi said was true.
Qin Shangzhi is an extremely stubborn person. He is the type who sticks to his ways until the end. Once he makes a decision, ten oxen cannot pull him back.
Lupin didn’t want Bai Qingyan to waste his efforts, so he tried to persuade him, but Bai Qingyan said… whether it would succeed or not depended on Qin Shangzhi. Whether or not to give Qin Shangzhi the opportunity to leave the prince depended on them.
It was Bai Qingyan’s words that moved Lupin, and Lupin quietly called Qin Shangzhi over.
The thin Qin Shangzhi sat in front of the black lacquered square table, his deep gaze resting on the flickering candlelight as he looked at Bai Qingyan who was sitting opposite him.
Because it was announced to the outside world that the Princess Zhenguo had gone to bed, only this light was on in the house, and the yellow light reflected Bai Qingyan’s delicate and flawless facial features. Bai Qingyan’s eyes were restrained and calm… but for some reason, this calmness made Qin Shangzhi terrified.
If, before Bai Qingyan asked Lupin to call Qin Shangzhi over tonight, Qin Shangzhi’s intentions towards Bai Qingyan were just guesses, then now it is clear that Bai Qingyan did have a rebellious heart.
Bai Qingyan was willing to bow her head and correct the prince, not because of submission, but… because she was a member of the Bai family, and she still had kindness and integrity in her heart. She couldn’t bear to see the prince use such insidious and despicable means to preserve his position, and even to use the prince.
What about the future? When Bai Qingyan grows up, will he compete with the prince to see whose knife is faster, whose head will fall first, and who will sit on the supreme throne?
He was negligent. He thought Bai Qingyan was just a woman, but he forgot… Bai Qingyan’s mind and wisdom were not ordinary women in the backyard. When she saw him off outside the capital, her ambition to help the people of Jin State made his blood boil!
He cannot treat such a woman as a woman. He should know that capable and ambitious people often have great ambitions.
Qin Shangzhi stood up and bowed to Bai Qingyan: “Thank you for your appreciation, Miss Bai. I know that my ability is limited and I am afraid I cannot accept Miss Bai’s kindness.”
“Since Mr. Qin calls me Miss Bai, it shows that he doesn’t treat us as superiors or inferiors, and still remembers some old friendship.” Bai Qingyan poured out the cold tea in front of Qin Shangzhi, replaced it with a cup of hot tea, pushed the cup in front of Qin Shangzhi, and motioned Qin Shangzhi to sit down. “Today I asked Lupin to call Mr. Qin over because I value his talent and also because of our old friendship! Mr. Qin has been with the prince for so long, can’t he see that Mr. Qin is a gentleman? If he can’t learn to flatter and be tactful, he will never be able to make a name for himself.”
Qin Shangzhi clenched his fists at his sides and sat down with gritted teeth.
“Sir, you don’t want to leave. I would like to ask you why you are loyal to the crown prince? For the orthodoxy of your bloodline? Because the Lin royal family is the ruler of Jin? In your mind, the legitimate, illegitimate, noble, and humble are determined at birth… right?”
The dim candlelight reflected in Bai Qingyan’s deep eyes, but failed to illuminate Bai Qingyan’s eyes.
“My dear, everything in this world has its own rules and regulations. Take my dear for example… You were born as the eldest granddaughter of the Zhenguo Mansion. Although you are a girl… But my dear can worship the great scholar Guan Yongchong as your teacher, while the other girls of the Bai family cannot worship Guan Yongchong as their teacher? Why can my dear be raised by the King of Zhenguo himself, but why didn’t the King of Zhenguo personally raise the concubine of the Bai family? My dear… If there is no hierarchy between legitimate and concubines in this world, why does the Bai family have the precept that concubines protect legitimate ones?”
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