The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 602: finish
Chapter 602 Ending
“Your Highness, what…what do you mean?” Lu Jin was so panicked that he didn’t even dare to raise his head.
The prince was also frightened by Lu Jin’s sudden and decisive kneeling. After a moment of shock, he hurried forward to help Lu Jin up.
“Lord Lu, please stand up!” The prince helped Lu Jin up and said, “This matter concerns the reputation of the royal family. I just want to ask Lord Lu not to make it public before investigating it clearly. Act in secrecy. And those jailers just now… please control them, Lord Lu!”
Lu Jin breathed a sigh of relief and responded repeatedly: “This is natural! This is natural!”
“Then, I’ll leave this case to Lord Lu!” The prince nodded to Lu Jin and walked down the high steps.
The prince’s personal guards brought the horse. After the prince mounted the horse, he looked at Lu Jin deeply.
Lu Jin hurriedly bowed and saluted, and only when he heard the prince and the guards of the prince’s mansion leave on horseback did he slowly stand up, brush the dust off his knees, and stand up.
Lu Jin, the old lady of the Fu family, knew that although she was a woman in the harem, she was a very shrewd and courageous person.
Everything that happened today was said by Old Lady Fu, but Fu Ruoxi did not say a word…
But when Old Madam Fu died, she almost testified against the Queen in front of Fu Ruoxi before her death. Fu Ruoxi called out to Old Madam Fu several times to interrupt her, but she couldn’t say more.
Based on this alone, Lu Jin knew…it didn’t matter what the truth was, because what came from the mouth of Fu Ruoxi, the most important witness, must be the same as what Old Madam Fu said.
Because of Fu Ruoxi, she couldn’t let down the lives of all members of the Fu family, she couldn’t let down the life of Old Madam Fu, and she couldn’t let down the good reputation that Old Madam Fu had established throughout her life.
In the Dali Temple prison, the jailer trotted out, saluted, and said to Lu Jin: “Sir, General Fu is banging on the prison door like crazy, saying that he wants to see Old Lady Fu!”
Lu Jin pursed his lips and narrowed his eyes, and after a long while he said, “Go heat up a pot of wine and prepare two side dishes. I will go to see General Fu in person.”
“Yes! I’ll prepare it right away!”
After the jailer left, Lu Jin stood at the gate of Dali Temple prison without moving.
Until the wind suddenly blew up in the capital city, causing the lanterns hanging high in front of the Dali Temple prison gate to sway left and right. Lu Jin put his hands behind his back and sighed in his heart. He always felt that the capital city was not showing any signs of trouble on the surface, but was actually in turmoil in secret.
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Chuntao came in with a small silver cup filled with yogurt, and pulled aside the sky-blue drapery. She saw Bai Qingyan, whose hair had been undone, with long raven-feather hair, sitting on a soft couch by the window with her clothes on, her back leaning against a ginger-colored hidden bag, reading a military book that had been annotated by King Zhenguo Bai Weiting, with a thin velvet blanket draped over her knees.
Chun Tao took small steps forward, placed the small silver cup and silver spoon in front of Bai Qingyan, and said softly: “Miss, you have been tired for so many days. You finally returned to the capital city. Rest early!”
“I’m afraid you can’t rest right now.” Bai Qingyan took a sip of the hot tea at hand, then looked up at Chuntao, who was also haggard, “You should go and rest. You don’t have to serve me here.”
“I’ll stay here with the young lady.” Chuntao casually put the black lacquer tray aside, quickly closed the window frame with a gap, and went to pick the wick, fearing that the light was too dim and would hurt Bai Qingyan’s eyes.
Bai Qingyan put the book on his knees and said to Chuntao, who was busy like a top, “If you are tired… someone will take care of me. I will read for a while and then go to sleep. No one needs to keep watch here tonight. Be obedient!”
Chuntao wanted to argue further, but as the eldest girl said, if she fell down, who would take care of her, and Nanny Tong was not there.
Chuntao nodded, bowed to Bai Qingyan and left.
Just as midnight arrived, Bai Qingyan heard a very slight noise coming from outside the window. She closed the book and raised her hand to push the window frame open a little.
The yellow light in the room came through the window lattice. The secret guard knelt down hurriedly and said, “Master, Old Lady Fu died in the Dali Temple prison after hitting her head against the wall. Before she died, she met the Crown Prince and Dali Temple Minister Lu Jin. Lord Lu Jin ordered the Dali Temple jailers to keep what Old Lady Fu said before her death to themselves, and also ordered all the jailers on duty tonight not to leave the Dali Temple prison from today onwards. I cannot find out the details. Now… all the generals who followed Fu Ruoxi back to Dadu from Anping Camp have been invited to the Dali Temple.”
Bai Qingyan tightened his hands on his knees slightly and his heart sank. It was not surprising that the generals of Anping Camp were invited to the Dali Temple. If Lu Jin wanted to investigate the case in detail, he would have to call them in for questioning.
But she really didn’t expect that Old Lady Fu… would hit her head against the wall and die.
Old Madam Fu is not the kind of person who can’t stand the difficulties, or threaten Fu Ruoxi with her life, so… Old Madam Fu is using her life to save the entire Fu family.
Bai Qingyan closed his eyes. He had no idea what Old Lady Fu said in front of the Crown Prince and Lu Jin.
But Bai Qingyan could guess that no matter what Old Madam Fu said to the Crown Prince and Lu Jin, the Queen would have no chance of turning things around this time.
The Queen went after Fu Ruoxi and implicated the entire Fu family. Since Old Madam Fu was going to die… she would definitely drag the Queen down with her. Only if she dragged the Queen down with her… would the Prince help.
Bai Qingyan believed that with Old Madam Fu’s wisdom, she must have forced the prince to promise in front of everyone to protect the entire Fu family!
Although the Fu family has not been considered a prosperous family of scholars in the capital for many years, they have had military talents from generation to generation and have been loyal to the State of Jin. Later, a person named Fu Ruoxi appeared… Others said that it was the Fu family’s ancestors who had accumulated virtue and were able to bring glory to the Fu family!
Unexpectedly, he fell deeply in love and almost harmed the entire Fu family.
Old Lady Fu has tried her best for her descendants!
The reason why Old Lady Fu had to use her own life to plan for the prince’s goal was because after meeting the prince, she would know that the prince and the emperor were the same.
For people like them, even if the Fu family expressed their loyalty, they would not spend any energy to protect the Fu family unless these loyal people were willing to sacrifice their lives for them. So she could only fight for the survival of the Fu family by helping the prince’s plan.
Bai Qingyan tightly grasped the blanket covering his legs, then steadied his voice and said, “Got it, pass this news to Prince Xin.”
The secret guard replied, and with a flicker of the candlelight, he disappeared under the corridor.
She looked at the dim candlelight swaying in the glass cover and thought of Fu Ruoxi. She wondered… Fu Ruoxi had watched her mother commit suicide in front of him. Could he still protect the queen as he did before?
She deliberately had someone pass this news to Prince Xin’s ears. The Queen would certainly be restless. At this time… the Crown Prince returned to Dadu, and the Queen and Prince Xin were already at a disadvantage. The Queen was most worried that Fu Ruoxi would tell everything, and she might send someone to kill Fu Ruoxi.
And Prince Xin… would only urge his uncle Zhong Shaozhong to contact his old subordinates.
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