The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 666: Sheathed Sword
Chapter 666: The Sheathed Sword
He took advantage of this point… to trick Bai Qingyan into coming so that he would have a chance to beg Bai Qingyan.
What he was betting on was the Bai family’s quality of honoring their promises.
After a while, Bai Qingyan asked, “What’s your son’s name?”
When Wang Jianghai heard this, he knew that Bai Qingyan had agreed, and he kowtowed immediately: “My son’s name is Wang Qiulu! Qiulu… you haven’t met your master yet! From today on… you belong to the Princess Zhenguo, and you must be loyal to her for the rest of your life!”
Wang Qiulu twisted his neck and refused to bow.
Wang Jianghai was afraid that Bai Qingyan would go back on his word, so he gritted his teeth and slapped Wang Qiulu in the face. He slapped too hard and she started coughing violently again.
“Daddy! Daddy!” Wang Qiulu didn’t care about her burning cheeks and hurriedly supported her father, her eyes red.
“If you want your father’s soul to be restless after his death, and you want your mother, your grandmother… to die with their eyes wide open, then just do this! You will die with us!” Wang Jianghai tightly grasped his son’s arm, and his tone was almost pleading at the end, “Son! It’s easy to want to die, but it’s the hardest to want to live! Liu Ruofu doesn’t have you in her heart! Could it be that for her… you even ignored your parents’ expectations! You are your parents and the Wang family’s only hope, you must live well! Live… and leave descendants for the Wang family! Only then will your father be worthy of your grandfather, grandmother, and mother even if he dies!”
Bai Qingyan raised his eyebrows, Liu Ruofu?
Lupin also heard something wrong, and glanced at Bai Qingyan, saying, “Today, Li Mingrui, the son of the left prime minister, designed a plan to let the Princess Zhenguo Mansion and the Crown Prince’s Mansion find Liu Ruofu hiding in Jiuchuan Hutong. As a gesture of sincerity to the Crown Prince, Liu Ruofu has been arrested. When we arrived… Liu Ruofu’s unborn baby was not saved. I guess Liu Ruofu is unlikely to escape death this time.”
Wang Jianghai and Wang Qiulu already knew the news of Liu Ruofu’s arrest, and they also knew that Liu Ruofu would die if she failed to save her child, so Wang Qiulu had originally resigned himself to his fate and planned to die with her.
But now, Daddy is forcing him with such harsh words.
Bai Qingyan stood there for a while, but he didn’t come to watch the father and son perform their filial piety.
She clutched the jade pendant tightly and said to Wang Jianghai, “In this case, I can’t help you.”
After that, she put on her hood and turned her head to Lupin and said, “Let’s go!”
It is true that she should be able to repay the favor owed by her fourth uncle, but… no one would be ungrateful, so she would be eager to repay it.
Wang Jianghai started to cough violently, and followed Bai Qingyan on his knees, knelt down and kowtowed: “Princess Zhenguo, please save my son’s life! Princess Zhenguo, please save my son’s life!”
Wang Qiulu closed his eyes, and after a while he heard rustling sounds from his knees. He knelt straight down and kowtowed to Bai Qingyan with tears in his eyes: “Wang Qiulu, I meet the master! I swear to be loyal to you till death. If I break my oath, my parents…will not be at peace, and the Wang family will end without an heir!”
Bai Qingyan paused and looked at Wang Qiulu with a cold gaze: “In this case, I will arrange for Li Mingrui, the son of the left prime minister, to rescue you. You can go with him without worry, but… you must remember who your master is! Only by remembering who your master is and who you should be loyal to… can you survive, understand?”
Wang Qiulu gritted her teeth, looking embarrassed, and nodded as if she had suffered a great humiliation: “I understand!”
Bai Qingyan looked at Wang Qiulu deeply, hoping that Wang Qiulu really understood.
Bai Qingyan held Lupin’s arm and walked slowly out of the prison. Hearing the chaotic footsteps and the repeated “Your Highness the Crown Prince” coming from the prison gate, Bai Qingyan paused, raised his hand to cover his heart, and rested three times after every step… He slowly moved out with a hunched back.
The prince came hurriedly and saw Bai Qingyan, wearing a black cloak, holding Lupin’s arm and breathing heavily…
Bai Jinzhi didn’t care about etiquette, and rushed over to support Bai Qingyan, passing the prince: “Elder sister! Elder sister?!”
Bai Qingyan raised his eyes, looking at Bai Jinzhi with tears in his eyes, and shook his head: “Wang Jianghai said… this was given to him by Fourth Uncle to thank him for saving his life during the Northern Frontier War! He deliberately only sent the jade pendant and waited until I arrived before asking for it, just to ask me to save his son. There is no news about Fourth Uncle at all.”
Bai Jinzhi’s tears welled up in her eyes.
Is there anything more despairing in this world than giving people hope and then letting them down?
When Bai Jinzhi heard Chuntao say that Bai Qingyan had obtained Fourth Uncle’s jade pendant, she thought… Fourth Uncle was captured by Prince Xian or some general from Nandu, who wanted to threaten her elder sister to exchange Fourth Uncle’s life for his.
Bai Qingyan took a deep breath, looked at the prince… took off the hood on his head, and saluted the prince.
The prince hurried forward to support Bai Qingyan, and reprimanded him like an elder: “There is no need to be so polite between you and me. As soon as Jin Zhi went to find me, I rushed here! I understand that you are unable to keep calm after suddenly hearing the news about the Fourth Master of the Bai Family, but you should also think about your health!”
After not seeing him for many days, the prince did not expect that Bai Qingyan had lost a lot of weight again. His face was so pale that it looked bloodless. He was breathing rapidly while speaking, and his waist was hunched more and more due to the pain, as if he was suffering from a long-term illness and would not live long.
“Your Highness is right!” Bai Qingyan held back her tears and lowered her eyes.
“I will take you back home!” The prince instructed Bai Jinse, “Help your elder sister well!”
As soon as the prince finished speaking, Wang Qiulu’s hysterical shouts came from the innermost part of the prison…
“Dad! Dad, what’s wrong with you?! Someone come… someone come!”
Wang Jianghai’s wish had been fulfilled, and after getting Bai Qingyan’s promise, he no longer had anything to worry about. He only told Wang Qiulu to remember Princess Zhenguo’s words. Princess Zhenguo’s words had a deeper meaning, and she repeatedly told Wang Qiulu not to underestimate Princess Zhenguo. Princess Zhenguo was now just a sheathed sword, hiding her dazzling edge, and one day she would surely achieve great things!
After telling his son to stay alive, Wang Jianghai passed away.
The prince only glanced inside briefly, then ordered Quan Yu and Bai Jinzhi to help Bai Qingyan leave the prison. The musty and smelly smell here was too strong, and the prince was not used to it.
After coming out of prison, the prince personally sent Bai Qingyan back to the Bai Mansion, which alarmed the eldest princess and the second wife of the Bai family, Liu.
The eldest princess came out in person to thank the prince, and ordered people to bring a sedan chair to carry Bai Qingyan back to Qinghui Courtyard. She told Liu to send someone to ask Doctor Hong to see Bai Qingyan.
The Princess Zhenguo’s Mansion, which had been quiet, suddenly became busy.
The Crown Prince frowned as he looked at Bai Qingyan who was leaving in a sedan chair, and said to the Grand Princess, “Originally, the Zhenguo Princess said that she would leave for Shuoyang on the 25th. I thought that the Zhenguo Princess was much better, but looking at her health… Isn’t it too hasty to leave on the 25th?”
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