The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 605: name only
Chapter 605: Just a Name
Everyone in the capital city knew that Princess Zhenguo was the prince’s disciple. This time, Fu Ruoxi swung a knife at the prince and almost took his life. It was Princess Zhenguo who cut off one of Fu Ruoxi’s arms and saved the prince.
But then Madam Fu changed her mind and remembered that her eldest son was already engaged to Princess Zhenguo’s cousin. She tugged at her son’s sleeve and signaled him to talk to Princess Zhenguo later. She hoped that Princess Zhenguo would talk to the prince for the sake of her son’s cousin’s marriage. She did not ask to save the Fu family… but only to avoid implicate the eldest branch of the family.
After all, the Fu family has already split up, and the eldest branch has been separated. What Fu Ruoxi did will be the responsibility of the second branch themselves.
The eldest son of the eldest house frowned, looking very unhappy. He lowered his head and pretended not to feel anything, and moved his body to the side.
The lady from the eldest house of the Fu family wanted to pull her son away, but she saw that the second lady, Liu, had already stepped over the threshold, so she could only greet the guests first.
Liu lit incense, wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, exchanged a few words of condolences with the lady of the eldest house of the Fu family and Fu Ruoxi’s wife, Luo, and was then invited by the third lady of the Fu family to have tea in the back.
Bai Qingyan burned incense, looked at the tablet of Old Madam Fu, and bowed three times sincerely.
When she instructed Old Lady Fu to find the prince, she certainly had not thought that Old Lady Fu would go this far.
Seeing Bai Qingyan was about to leave after paying her respects, the head wife of the Fu family hurriedly stood up and called out, “Princess Zhenguo!”
Bai Qingyan turned and looked at the eldest wife of the Fu family.
The eldest wife of the Fu family stood up and tried to pull her son up, but her son frowned, withdrew his arm, and returned the greeting to Bai Jinse who was burning incense and paying respects, not giving his mother any face at all.
Mrs. Fu’s eldest wife smiled awkwardly and said, “This is the eldest son of our Fu’s eldest wife. He is engaged to the daughter of the Zhenguo Princess’s cousin… the Minister of the Honglu Temple, Lord Dong. He can be considered the Zhenguo Princess’s brother-in-law.”
Bai Qingyan glanced at the eldest son of the Fu family, who was looking downcast with red eyes and truly heartbroken, nodded, and followed the third lady of the Fu family to the resting area for the mourning guests.
Fu Ruoxi’s brother was a man, so it was not convenient for him to send Bai Qingyan to the back to rest. He had hoped that his wife would go, but he saw that his wife was only busy scolding her son in a low voice. He frowned and knelt aside without saying a word.
Fu Ruoxi’s wife, Luo, looked at Bai Qingyan’s back. After Bai Jinse burned incense and returned the greetings, she saw that no one came to the door, so she got up and went to find Bai Qingyan, making an excuse to change her clothes.
Liu picked up the teacup and looked at the deserted Fu family. She remembered that only the Dong family came to visit during the Bai family’s funeral. She sighed and couldn’t help feeling sad about the fickleness of the world.
When the Fu family held a funeral, there was no one at home. It was so quiet that it made people feel uncomfortable.
Liu also heard that all the generals from the Anping camp who escorted the prince back to the capital were invited to the Dali Temple last night. It seems that those generals are still in the Dali Temple and have not come out yet, otherwise the Fu family would not be so deserted.
Thanks to the reputation of loyalty and righteousness for generations, the great scholars Guan Yongchong and Mr. Cui Shiyan both came to pay their respects. Later, it was also because the Bai family still had the eldest princess and Abao that the Bai family did not fall.
But the Fu family was lucky to escape the execution of the entire family this time, so it’s no wonder that no one came to visit.
Liu thought that someone from the Dong family would be coming soon. The Dong family and the Bai family were in-laws, and as for the Fu family… although they had not yet married into the family, they were in-laws since they had exchanged engagement letters, so they would definitely come.
Thinking of this, Liu looked at Bai Qingyan who was blowing air slowly into the teacup. She just hoped that Bai Qingyan would stay away from her cousin and not let her reputation be ruined by her half cousin. Their Abao hasn’t gotten married yet!
Although it was difficult for Abao to have children, who said there would be no difficulties? She also wanted to find a good marriage for Abao, so that those who complained about the difficulty of Abao having children would stop talking about it.
Liu took a sip of hot tea and just put down the cup, she saw Fu Ruoxi’s wife Luo, dressed in mourning clothes, stepping into the doorway. After nodding to Liu, she bowed to Bai Qingyan and said, “Princess Zhenguo, may I have a word with you?”
“Madam Fu…” Liu hurriedly stood up and walked over, protecting Bai Qingyan behind her, and said with a smile, “I wonder what’s the matter, Madam Fu?”
Liu was afraid that Luo would use the death of Old Madam Fu to act pitiful and ask Bai Qingyan to plead for Fu Ruoxi, and then make up something like she wouldn’t get up if Bai Qingyan didn’t agree. Wouldn’t this put Bai Qingyan in a difficult position?
Therefore, Liu simply stood up to block for Bai Qingyan, eliminating the possibility for Luo to plead for mercy.
Bai Qingyan knew that Liu was protecting her, so she stood up and tugged at Liu’s sleeve: “Second Aunt, it’s okay!”
Upon hearing this, Liu stopped pretending to smile and said to Luo, “Madam Fu, please accept my condolences for the passing of Old Lady Fu, but… please don’t make things difficult for our eldest sister. Although she is the Princess Guardian of the Nation, it is just a title. She is not a real princess of the royal family, and her words do not carry much weight.”
Luo hurriedly bowed to Liu: “Don’t worry, Madam Bai, the Bai family came to offer condolences today. The Fu family is grateful. How can we be so shameless and embarrass the princess?”
With Luo’s assurance, Liu stepped aside and told Bai Qingyan to say less and come back soon.
Bai Qingyan nodded and followed Fu Ruoxi’s wife Luo to a remote place.
As soon as Luo arrived at the remote place, she immediately knelt in front of Bai Qingyan, tears streaming down her face: “Princess Zhenguo, before my mother-in-law’s body was sent back yesterday, she asked a loyal servant to send a message back, telling me to trust Princess Zhenguo, and then my mother-in-law passed away. Now Fu Ruoxi is imprisoned in the Dali Temple. Last night… I heard that Lord Lu did not get a confession from Ruoxi, so he also invited the generals of the Anping camp who followed Ruoxi back to the Dali Temple. I am at a loss and don’t know what to do. Princess Zhenguo, please tell me what I can do now!”
“Madam Fu, please get up quickly!” Bai Qingyan helped Luo to her feet. “Madam Fu, you don’t have to do anything now. Just take good care of the funeral for Old Lady Fu. The prince will definitely protect everyone in the Fu family. Don’t worry.”
Luo nodded despite the pain in her heart, and burst into tears: “Thank you, Princess Zhenguo! Thank you, Princess Zhenguo…”
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Fu Ruoxi’s sister-in-law saw that Luo had disappeared and guessed that Luo must have gone to Bai Qingyan to plead for mercy. She was immediately furious. Luo was really so shameless. After all… the Princess Zhenguo was a relative of their eldest house, but Luo had gone to the Princess Zhenguo to plead for mercy before her.
This won’t do! She can’t care about Fu Ruoxi’s life or death, but she must protect their eldest house!
Madam Fu was afraid that the Luo family would take advantage of the relationship between their eldest house and Princess Zhenguo… She begged Princess Zhenguo to save Fu Ruoxi. What if the crown prince didn’t allow it, what would happen to their eldest house?
She had to find Princess Zhenguo as soon as possible and plead for the eldest son’s family!
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