The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 664: jade pendant
Chapter 664 Jade Pendant
“Please tell me how to deal with Li Mingrui.” Lupin frowned, feeling that Li Mingrui was too smart.
She leaned on the tassel hidden bag and looked at Lupin: “Don’t worry about it for now, Uncle Ping has worked hard, Uncle Ping has been busy all day, go and rest first!”
Someone was sent to deliver a message to the Princess Zhenguo’s Mansion. If she knew who sent the message and what the purpose was, she would definitely send someone to Yanque Tower to investigate, and would naturally find Liu Ruofu.
But these were not Li Mingrui’s purpose. Li Mingrui wanted to tell her that he, Li Mingrui, had his own ways and means, and he also had the ability.
Since she has the leverage over the Li family, then… Li Mingrui has to either declare war on her or surrender.
If you want to declare war, you can just do it secretly. There is no need to ask for a meeting.
Come to think of it… the only possibility is surrender.
In Bai Qingyan’s opinion, Li Mingrui is smart, but too utilitarian. In comparison, Bai Qingyan feels that… Liu Ruofu, who is always looking for trouble with her, is more trustworthy than Li Mingrui.
In the small kitchen, Chuntao was holding an embroidered butterfly fan in her hand and fanning the medicine bowl. The medicine was too hot… Bai Qingyan couldn’t swallow it yet.
Chuntao tested the temperature and felt it was about right, so she placed the medicine bowl on the black lacquered and gold-painted square plate. Just as she was about to go to the upper room, she saw Lupin coming out. Chuntao smiled and saluted: “Guardian Lu…”
Lupin’s eyes fell on the medicine bowl that Chuntao was holding: “Thank you for your hard work, Miss Chuntao!”
Chun Tao stepped aside and watched Lupin leave Qinghui Courtyard. Then she pushed open the curtain and walked in, handing the medicine to Bai Qingyan: “Doctor Hong said that you may have to drink this blood-replenishing medicine before going to bed. It’s a bit troublesome. When we return to Shuoyang, Doctor Hong plans to teach Xiao Yinshuang how to make pills, so that you can take pills in the future, which is more convenient.”
Bai Qingyan had already gotten used to taking medicine, so she picked up the medicine bowl and drank it all. Chuntao was busy holding the mouthwash, and after Bai Qingyan rinsed her mouth and wiped the corners of her lips with a handkerchief, Chuntao gave her some preserved fruit to change the taste in her mouth.
“Is Yinshuang adapting well to following Doctor Hong these days?” Bai Qingyan asked Chuntao.
“Don’t worry, Miss. Yin Shuang has learned a lot from Doctor Hong. Doctor Hong said that Yin Shuang is smart and can learn things quickly. She wanted to give her some delicious food to me a few times, but we stopped her. We also didn’t tell her about her injury because we were afraid she would worry.”
Yin Shuang was probably afraid of hunger when she was a child, so she was very protective of food. She was always thinking of sending delicious food to the older girl, which shows her loyalty to Bai Qingyan.
Although the little girl is childish, she is loyal and brave at heart.
“The little girl has been able to eat and sleep well these days. I think she has become a lot rounder and looks very cute!” Chuntao held the black lacquered and gold-painted square plate, and thought of Yinshuang’s chubby cheeks. Her brows curved with a smile.
Bai Qingyan remembered that Yinshuang and Xiaosi both loved sweets, so he said to Chuntao, “The hawthorns pickled in honey in the kitchen taste good. Go and give a plate to Yinshuang tomorrow. If Yinshuang likes it… When you return to Shuoyang, bring the cook who made this pickled hawthorn back to Shuoyang.”
“Ah!” Chuntao replied with a smile, “I will go there early tomorrow morning and bring a box of pine nut candies for the little girl.”
“Don’t give her too much at once, or she might damage her teeth. Wrap it up a little… and give it to her after she finishes eating.”
As soon as Bai Qingyan finished speaking, someone outside reported that Lupin had returned.
She supported herself with one hand, adjusted her sitting position and leaned against the hidden sac, with a solemn expression, and asked Chuntao to invite Lupin in.
Soon, Lupin hurried into the upper room again, knelt on one knee, held up a jade pendant with trembling hands, and said with red eyes: “Young lady!”
When Bai Qingyan saw the jade pendant, he sat up in shock, his wound was pulled and his chest hurt as if it was torn open.
“Young lady…” Lupin’s voice trembled, “This belongs to the Fourth Master!”
Seeing Bai Qingyan lifting the quilt, Chuntao hurried forward to help Bai Qingyan up.
She gritted her teeth, blood rushing to her head. She grabbed the jade pendant and looked at it again and again under the light. The sour and spicy smell rushed to her nose and eyes, making Bai Qingyan dizzy: “Where did it come from?!”
Is Fourth Uncle… still alive?
Did Fourth Uncle come back because he knew that she was seriously injured and on the verge of death? !
Hundreds of emotions were colliding in Bai Qingyan’s chest, causing him to burst into tears. His cries became more urgent than the last: “Where did it come from? Where did it come from?!”
“Miss!” Lupin didn’t care about etiquette and hurriedly supported the staggering Bai Qingyan. “Miss, this was sent by the jailer! He said that Wang Jianghai, the defeated general of Nandu who was seriously injured, asked him to deliver it to the Princess Zhenguo Mansion. He didn’t want to send it at first, but Wang Jianghai said… this is the property of the Fourth Master of the Bai Family, so the jailer went on Wang Jianghai’s behalf.”
Bai Qingyan tightened her grip on the jade pendant, tears hanging on her eyelashes. She gritted her teeth and asked, “What did you say?”
Lupin looked at Bai Qingyan solemnly: “Wang Jianghai said that he wants to see the eldest girl!”
“Prepare the car!” Bai Qingyan said without any hesitation.
“Young lady!” Chun Tao exclaimed, “How can a young lady with this body run around?!”
Bai Qingyan tightly grasped the jade pendant in her hand. Wang Jianghai had someone send the jade pendant to her and said he wanted to see her… so she had to go. Since he had fourth uncle’s jade pendant, he must have news about fourth uncle.
My grandfather had five sons and one daughter, and each of them had such a jade pendant, which they never took off.
For example, the jade pendant from the second uncle was given to Bai Qingxuan’s mother and son as a promise from the second uncle to Bai Qingxuan’s mother.
Wang Jianghai has his fourth uncle’s jade pendant in his hand. No matter what promises his fourth uncle had made to Wang Jianghai, or whether Wang Jianghai has news about his fourth uncle, Bai Qingyan has to go.
She calmed herself down, took a deep look at the jade pendant, then raised her eyes… her eyes were calm and deep, and she ordered in an orderly manner: “Uncle Ping, you accompany me. Chuntao, after Uncle Ping and I leave, you go tell Xiao Si that after one stick of incense, we will set off for the Prince’s Mansion… to meet the Prince, and tell him that Wang Jianghai asked the jailer to send Uncle Si’s jade pendant to our Bai Mansion to see me. Xiao Si couldn’t stop me. I ignored my body and went to the prison to see Wang Jianghai. She had no choice but to tell the Prince!”
Although the incident happened suddenly, Bai Qingyan was able to use this incident to make the prince discover that Bai Jinzhi, who could be seen through at a glance, was loyal to him. In the future, when Bai Jinzhi goes to Anping camp, the prince will take better care of him.
It would be better to tell the prince about this matter than for him to find out about it later and then suspect her.
“Change clothes…” Bai Qingyan covered the wound on his chest, “Uncle Ping, go prepare the carriage!”
Lupin answered yes and walked quickly out of the main gate of Qinghuiyuan.
Chuntao knew that her girl had made a decision that could not be changed even by ten oxen, not to mention that this also concerned the Fourth Master, so she could only turn around and get clothes for Bai Qingyan to change.
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