The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 604: Unknown
Chapter 604: Life and Death Uncertain
Lu Ninghua got up early every day and had already had breakfast. Bai Jinse wanted to ask Miss Lu some questions that she didn’t understand after reading the medical book yesterday, so she left with Lu Ninghua.
The eldest princess was not the kind of mother-in-law who liked to tease her daughter-in-law. Over the years, she had never asked any of her daughters-in-law to set rules and serve breakfast in front of her, so she asked Liu to sit down and eat with her.
During the meal, Liu somehow brought up the family affairs of Bai Qingyan’s uncle, Dong Qingping, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites.
“At the beginning of September, the concubine daughter of the Dong family just got engaged to the eldest son of the Fu family’s eldest branch. They exchanged engagement letters. I heard from Madam Huang that the horoscopes are a perfect match. Now that such a big thing has happened to the Fu family, I don’t know if the Dong family will cancel the marriage for their daughter…”
Bai Qingyan had not heard of this matter. If the two families exchanged engagement letters in early September, and Bai Qingyan was accompanying the prince at that time, he had no contact with Bai Jinxiu. Then when she came back yesterday… why didn’t Jinxiu tell her about this?
She thought about how she had just returned yesterday and had not had a moment of leisure. It must be because Jinxiu felt sorry for her and did not tell her some things.
However, Fu Ruoxi’s brother had only one legitimate son, who was the eldest son and grandson of the Fu family. There had been precedents in the capital city of the second legitimate son marrying a concubine’s daughter, but there had never been a legitimate eldest son marrying a concubine’s daughter, not even Lian Xian.
Seeing Bai Qingyan raised his head with a surprised look in his eyes, Liu said hurriedly: “Abao, you don’t know about this, right? To be honest… this is not a glorious thing. It concerns the reputation of the girls of the Dong family. I think Jinxiu didn’t mention it to you yesterday.”
The eldest princess nodded, wiped her lips with a handkerchief, and said to Bai Qingyan: “The concubine daughter of your uncle, Dong Tingfang, fell into the water and was rescued by the eldest son of the Fu family. Later… probably for the sake of the girl’s reputation, the two families got engaged and have already exchanged engagement letters.”
The Grand Princess stopped talking at that point, and Bai Qingyan understood what she meant.
Seeing the eldest princess start talking, the second wife Liu, who had heard some secret news from other wives, could not hold back her words. She moved closer to Bai Qingyan and lowered her voice and said, “Although that’s what they said, I heard from other wives that after the girl from the Dong family returned, a white silk was put around her neck. They said that she was hugged by the eldest son of the Fu family, and in order to protect the innocence of the other girls in the Dong family, she asked for death. Later, Mrs. Dong Song had no choice… so she asked the wife of the Minister of War, Mrs. Shen, to go to the Fu family to propose marriage!”
The eldest princess cleared her throat, but Liu was still speaking with great enthusiasm.
“Some people also say that the eldest son of the Fu family was already discussing marriage with his cousin from his uncle’s family, but after this incident… there was no way to push back on this marriage! Some people say that the concubine of the Dong family is too scheming. This concubine of the Dong family has always been close to the cousin of the eldest son of the Fu family, and she must have moved the eldest son of the Fu family, so she set a trap to drown him, and threatened to kill him… forcing the stepmother to lose face and discuss marriage with the Fu family. But some people also say… this concubine of the Dong family is a chaste woman!”
“Second Madam…” Nanny Jiang smiled as she stepped forward to serve Liu a bowl of porridge, saying, “Madam, if you don’t use it, it will get cold.”
Liu finally came back to her senses, and looked at the frowning Princess cautiously. She pressed the corner of her lips with a handkerchief and said awkwardly, “In short… there are more bad things than good things! Ah Bao, you are still unmarried… so be careful. If you meet that concubine’s daughter today, just be presentable to avoid your reputation being affected.”
“Abao has made note of it. Thanks for the reminder, Second Aunt.” Bai Qingyan nodded to Liu.
Liu didn’t dare to respond. She lowered her eyes and drank her porridge, secretly sighing at herself why she could never control her mouth.
After breakfast, Liu changed into plain clothes and adjusted herself a little. At 9 o’clock in the morning, she went out with Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinse to Fu Mansion.
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White silk lanterns with the word “Dian” written on them had been placed in front of the Fu Mansion. The red door was open, and white silk was hung on the high eaves, corridors and doorway of the Fu Mansion, fluttering in the wind.
All the servants in the mansion have changed into white clothes.
The servants standing outside the red gate waiting for guests probably knew that no guests would come today, and they looked lazy.
Now the masters of the Fu family were kneeling on both sides of Old Madam Fu’s coffin, some were crying sadly, some were wailing loudly. Some were crying for Old Madam Fu, some were crying for their own uncertain future, whether they would live or die.
Fu Ruoxi’s eldest sister-in-law clutched her clothes tightly around her chest, crying and cursing at Fu Ruoxi’s wife, Luo.
It is said that husband and wife are one. What Fu Ruoxi did implicated the whole family. Luo Shi took the blame for Fu Ruoxi without saying a word. She just covered the ears of her young son in her arms who was still crying because of the loss of his grandmother. She lowered her red eyes, smiled at her son, and tried to comfort him, but she could not stop crying.
From a distance, the servant at the gate of the Fu family saw a carriage with green curtains approaching slowly. When he saw clearly that it was the carriage from the Bai family, he hurriedly sent someone in to report to his master that someone from the Bai family had come.
The cursing and crying in the mourning hall stopped immediately. Luo straightened her back and looked towards the door. The servants said that the Bai family had arrived, and she wondered if Princess Zhenguo had come.
Before the body of Old Madam Fu was sent back last night, her personal maid came back and gave Luo a message, asking her to believe in Princess Zhenguo.
Apart from that, not a single extra word was said.
Later, the body of Old Lady Fu was sent back. The maid who had served Old Lady Fu for many years was shocked. She kowtowed to Luo and said that she had no father or mother and was raised by Old Lady Fu. Now that Old Lady Fu was gone, she wanted to follow him…
If it weren’t for the quick eyes and hands of the maidservant beside Luo, Old Lady Fu’s personal maid would probably have been a corpse by now.
Soon, Luo saw the second wife of the Bai family, Liu, who was dressed in plain clothes, followed by the Princess Bai Qingyan and the seventh girl of the Bai family, Bai Jinse, coming in.
Luo’s tears suddenly burst out like a broken string, and she felt a mixture of emotions.
Back then, when the Bai family suffered misfortune, her mother-in-law, Old Lady Fu, originally wanted to go to offer condolences, but she and her eldest sister-in-law managed to stop Old Lady Fu. All the noble families in the capital city did not go to offer condolences, but they went forward… and His Majesty found out about it, and was afraid that it would bring disaster to Fu Ruoxi who was far away in the Anping camp.
But now, Fu Ruoxi swung a knife at the prince, and she cannot escape the blame. The Fu family ended up with no one daring to come to pay their respects. Even the nephew from Old Lady Fu’s maternal family did not dare to come. But the Bai family actually came.
Luo was sad and felt guilty.
“It’s the Princess Zhenguo!” Fu Ruoxi’s brother straightened his back, lowered his eyes, knelt there and whispered, “Kneel down!”
The four words “Princess of the Nation” made the other members of the Fu family feel like they were facing a formidable enemy…
Fu Ruoxi’s eldest sister-in-law had just been cursing at Luo with all her might, but now her throat was churning and she knelt aside, not daring to even cry out loud.
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