The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 595: love each other
Chapter 595 Mutual Love
“This matter still needs to be thoroughly investigated by Elder Fang. My mother must be cleared of all charges.”
“Don’t worry, Your Highness! I will do it right away! I will definitely live up to Your Highness’ trust!”
After saying this, Mr. Fang stood up, bowed to the prince, then turned around and left in a hurry.
As soon as Mr. Fang left, a young eunuch came running over and whispered something in Quanyu’s ear. Quanyu nodded and signaled the young eunuch to leave. Then he walked in and saluted, saying, “Your Highness, Mr. Tan, the Imperial Tutor, and Mr. Shen, the Minister of War, are here.”
“Change my clothes!” The prince’s voice was tired, and it seemed that being a prince was difficult.
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Bai Qingyan returned to the mansion and asked someone to call Wei Zhong, asking Wei Zhong to secretly help the people in the Prince’s Mansion to find the servants who were sold out by the Fu family and the Queen’s mother’s family, and to ensure that the Prince finds them.
Wei Zhongying claimed yes, but before he could leave Qinghui Courtyard, news came from the front yard that the old lady of the Fu family came to ask to see Princess Zhenguo.
Chun Tao brought hot tea and snacks to Bai Qingyan, placed them on the small table, and hurried to help Bai Qingyan change her clothes. She felt distressed: “The young lady just got home, and she hasn’t even had a hot meal yet. She hasn’t stopped yet.”
Bai Qingyan put on his coat, chuckled and adjusted his cuffs: “When grandpa and dad were alive, they were all like this.”
“But when the King and the Duke of Zhenguo were around, they only took care of the outer courtyard, and the backyard was taken care of by the wives. Now, young lady has to take care of both the outer and inner courtyards, which is much harder.” Chun Tao knelt on the ground, put on Bai Qingyan’s shoes, and sighed, “Young lady, at least have a few snacks to fill your stomach.”
“We shouldn’t keep Old Madam Fu waiting for too long. Just put it aside and come back to use it after you see Old Madam Fu!” After saying this, Bai Qingyan turned around and walked out.
The maids hurriedly lowered their heads to open the curtains, and Chuntao trotted behind Bai Qingyan out of Qinghui Courtyard.
Old Madam Fu was sitting restlessly in the main hall. She had no interest in drinking the hot tea brought by the maid. She kept craning her neck to look outside.
This time, Fu Ruoxi got into big trouble.
It was understandable to send someone to the capital city with the words “wait and act” but it was difficult to explain to draw a sword at the prince in public.
When Old Madam Fu heard that Fu Ruoxi was saved by Bai Qingyan, she came to ask Bai Qingyan to plead for Fu Ruoxi.
Now the Fu Mansion has been surrounded. If it weren’t for the commander of the patrol battalion, Fan Yuhuai, who surrounded the Fu Mansion, Old Lady Fu would definitely not be able to get out.
Fan Yuhuai had a good relationship with the Fu family. He took advantage of a loophole in the prince’s order and said that the prince had ordered the siege of the Fu Mansion, but did not say that no one from the Fu Mansion was allowed to enter or leave. He then sent someone to secretly bring Old Lady Fu to see Bai Qingyan.
However, Fan Yuhuai said that Old Madam Fu only had half an hour, and that she had to go back after half an hour no matter what, otherwise it would be difficult for him to do anything. Old Madam Fu then became anxious and felt like a fire in her fire.
Fu Ruoxi drew her knife at the prince. Old Madam Fu knew in her heart that she could not save her son Fu Ruoxi, but she had to save her grandson and the entire Fu family!
Seeing Bai Qingyan step into the main hall, Old Lady Fu hurriedly stood up and kowtowed to Bai Qingyan: “Greetings, Princess Zhenguo! Thank you, Princess Zhenguo, for pleading for my son!”
“Old Madam, please stand up quickly!” Bai Qingyan hurriedly helped Old Madam Fu up, “Old Madam Fu is an elder, you can’t do such a big ceremony.”
Old Lady Fu stood up, tears already streaming down her face: “Today I have sacrificed my dignity to come and ask Princess Zhenguo to plead with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It is not a pity that Fu Ruoxi stabbed the Crown Prince to death, but my daughter-in-law and grandson are innocent!”
“Old Madam, please sit down!” Bai Qingyan helped the old madam sit down, told the maid to leave, leaned over and held the old madam’s hand, and said, “Old Madam, I have something to ask you, and I hope you can answer truthfully.”
“Princess, please ask! I will tell you everything I know!”
“Back then… did General Fu and the Queen have an engagement? Were they in love with each other?”
Bai Qingyan did not tell Old Lady Fu that she had a witness in her hand, because she wanted to see if Old Lady Fu could be honest with her.
If Old Madam Fu could be honest with him, Bai Qingyan would be able to try to save the lives of the rest of the Fu family. If he couldn’t be honest with her, Bai Qingyan could only stand by and watch, letting the prince deal with it.
Old Lady Fu tightened her grip on the handkerchief, gritted her teeth, and burst into tears again, saying, “I dare not deceive the Princess Zhenguo. The two of them were indeed in love and had an engagement. At the beginning… before the Queen married Your Majesty, she got wind of it and came to the Fu family… and asked my son to propose marriage. But my son felt that his family background was not as prominent as the Queen’s mother’s family, and he could not compete with the royal family for a woman. He felt very guilty towards the Queen for this matter!”
Old Lady Fu did not hide anything. She just held Bai Qingyan’s hand tightly and cried with her head raised: “Back then… I believed that the Queen had feelings for my son, but later on, she was just using my son!”
Bai Qingyan nodded and said, “Old Lady, General Fu has wielded a knife against the prince, so his life is definitely not going to be saved.”
When Old Lady Fu heard this, her heart was pierced. She hunched her waist slightly, but still nodded firmly: “I understand! But my wife and grandson are innocent! They must not be implicated by this rebellious son!”
After saying this, Old Lady Fu couldn’t bear it anymore. She rested her forehead on the back of Bai Qingyan’s hand and burst into tears. She was so sad that she couldn’t even straighten her back.
Bai Qingyan admired the fact that Old Lady Fu acted decisively and did not act like an ordinary woman who just begged people to save her son’s life.
Not everyone has the courage to cut off one’s own arm, not to mention… what Old Lady Fu was giving up was her own flesh and blood, her own son.
“Old Madam Fu is able to make choices and has the courage to cut off one’s own arm. Bai Qingyan admires her!” Bai Qingyan admired Old Madam Fu from the bottom of her heart. She squeezed Old Madam Fu’s hand and lowered her voice, “Old Madam Fu, the Crown Prince has already started to investigate the past relationship between General Fu and the Queen. If you can put justice above your own and help the Crown Prince solve his problems, His Royal Highness will spare the lives of the entire Fu family even for the sake of benevolence and righteousness, but… he can only spare the lives of the entire family! Old Madam Fu should be prepared in advance, so that the days ahead will not be all hardship.”
When Bai Qingyan said this, Old Lady Fu immediately understood.
The whole family can be spared the death penalty, but for the sake of upholding the country’s laws… all the men in the Fu family will be exiled at the lightest, and their property may even be confiscated. Bai Qingyan is reminding Old Lady Fu to make arrangements in advance, spend some money to let the children live more comfortably, and wait until the new emperor ascends the throne and grants amnesty, so that there is still a way to survive!
When Old Lady Fu heard this, she perked up and nodded: “Princess Zhenguo is right!”
“Old lady, you’d better set off for the Prince’s Mansion immediately without further delay!” Bai Qing said.
Old Madam Fu thanked Bai Qingyan again and went straight to the Prince’s Mansion.
Bai Qingyan, who sent Old Madam Fu to the door, stood with his hands behind his back, watching the carriage go away, and recalled what Old Madam Fu had just said… She believed that the Queen had feelings for Fu Ruoxi back then, but later on she was just using her.
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