The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 669: Unaware
Chapter 669 Unaware
Soon the drizzling raindrops… gradually became bigger and started to fall heavily.
Chuntao patted the raindrops on her shoulders and stood under the swaying light, leaning her head to search for Xiao Rongyan in Qinghui Courtyard, but she didn’t see a single person, as if the Xiao Rongyan who had just stood with her in the courtyard was just her illusion.
After being stunned for a moment, Chuntao raised her hand to pat the rain off her body, opened the curtain and walked into the room, tentatively calling out softly, “Young lady…”
“Is Xiao Rongyan gone?” Bai Qingyan asked in a low voice, pulling aside the bed curtain.
“He’s gone. I just opened the gate of Qinghui Courtyard, and when I turned around, Mr. Xiao was gone…” Chuntao still couldn’t react. If Bai Qingyan hadn’t asked Xiao Rongyan, she would have really thought she was dreaming.
“It’s good that you’re gone!” Bai Qingyan spread open the bed curtains, stretched her body and leaned against the hidden bag, listening to the crackling sound of raindrops hitting the window frame outside, which seemed to disturb Bai Qingyan’s heart. She raised her hand and gently touched the lips that were kissed rosy by Xiao Rongyan. There was a slight stinging pain, but some sweetness and uneasiness arose in her heart.
After experiencing her past life, Bai Qingyan once felt… fearful, but also grateful towards Xiao Rongyan. However, perhaps because the two were in opposition, she never thought that one day she would fall in love with Xiao Rongyan.
In the previous life…
Bai Qingyan seldom recalled her previous life. Ever since she woke up in December last year and found that God had mercy on her and let her live again, she worked hard every day and never dared to take it easy. She never thought that she would have the chance to fall in love again.
Even though she and Xiao Rongyan were enemies from the beginning in her previous life, Bai Qingyan also respected and admired Xiao Rongyan.
Perhaps, she was moved at that time without realizing it.
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A heavy rain six days ago washed the capital city clean.
After a few days of finally clear and pleasant weather and gentle autumn breezes, it unexpectedly began to rain at night and did not stop until dawn. The sky over Dadu was once again shrouded in dark clouds, which made one feel breathless just by looking at them, as if one had returned to the day of October 15, when the riot in Dadu broke out.
Lupin didn’t want to attract attention, so he went to the entrance of Jiuchuan Hutong with only one guard.
He dismounted, looked at the house in front of him with two old yellow lanterns with the word “Du” written on them, and went forward and knocked on the door.
The door opened, and a silver-haired old man wearing a dark grey robe and black cloth shoes walked out.
Without waiting for Lupin to speak, the old man bowed to Lupin, stepped aside to make way for the door and said, “Sir, please …”
There is a maple tree planted in the courtyard that was moved from a hill. The maple leaves are already red, and when the wind blows… the ground is covered with the red glow of the sunset.
Li Mingrui was wearing a pine green brocade robe and a cape today, sitting at a stone table reading a book. He had the air of a scholar, with delicate features that vaguely resembled Li Mao when he was young, and was very handsome.
There was a three-legged bronze incense burner with auspicious beasts on the stone table, with wisps of smoke rising from it. Looking from afar… it seemed as if the young man who was reading was about to ascend to heaven.
A little boy was kneeling on a mat nearby, boiling tea in front of a small red clay stove with a burning charcoal fire.
The boy glanced at Lupin at the door and said respectfully to Li Mingrui, “Master, the guests have arrived.”
“Got it!” Li Mingrui put down the book in his hand, and without standing up, he said to Lupin with a smile, “Lord Lu, would you like to come in and have a cup of tea?”
Lupin turned around and told the guards of the Bai Mansion to tie the horses to a tree outside the yard and wait outside the door. He then went into the yard alone and sat down opposite Li Mingrui.
Li Mingrui asked the boy to serve tea. Seeing Lupin staring at the maple leaves under his feet, he smiled and said to Lupin, “I have always loved the gorgeous autumn scenery of the maple leaves in Qiushan. When the sun shines… the whole mountain is red and golden, which is very beautiful! It’s a pity… After moving the maple trees in Qiushan here, I feel that the maple leaves here have lost the charm they had in Qiushan.”
Lupin was a rough man and was impatient with all this. He did not think that Li Mingrui was elegant. Instead, he felt that this grown man…how could he behave so effeminately? He was not as heroic as the girls in his family.
Lupin didn’t know what he was thinking of. He suddenly frowned and looked up at Li Mingrui who was gently fanning the incense burner with his hand and lowering his head to smell the incense…
Could it be that Li Mingrui thought that their eldest daughter would come today and wanted to use his beauty to lure her over?
Oh!
The contempt in Lupin’s heart showed on his face. Li Mingrui was not as handsome as the young master of the Bai family, and even less handsome than that Mr. Xiao. How could he have the courage to use his beauty to seduce them in front of the girls?
Seeing Lupin’s playful look, Li Mingrui took the teapot from the boy with a smile and poured tea for Lupin: “Sorry to make you laugh, Lord Lu, but usually… I just have this preference.”
Li Mingrui received news last night that Bai Qingyan had gone to the prison in person to meet with Wang Jianghai, a rebel general from Nandu. This morning, someone sent another letter saying that the Bai family had arranged a meeting. He guessed that the person coming was definitely not Bai Qingyan, but most likely this Guard Lu. Therefore, he did not prepare seriously, but prepared everything according to his usual preferences, without fear of offending anyone.
Lupin didn’t care whether he liked him or not. He went straight to the point: “My eldest daughter said that since Lord Li has surrendered, my eldest daughter will give Lord Li a task! In prison, the son of the rebel general Wang Jianghai in Nandu… Wang Qiulu, please Lord Li try to rescue him and settle him down. This is our eldest daughter’s sincerity in accepting Lord Li’s surrender.”
Li Mingrui paused while pouring tea and looked up at Lupin. Should we rescue Wang Qiulu and settle her down?
Bai Qingyan had just met Wang Jianghai last night, and Wang Jianghai died. Today Bai Qingyan asked him to rescue Wang Jianghai’s son. Could it be that Bai Qingyan reached some agreement with Wang Jianghai?
Don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask. Li Mingrui understands that rescuing Wang Jianghai’s son and letting him settle down is also a small handle given to him by Princess Zhenguo.
But is this Princess Zhenguo really so careless that she actually handed the rescued traitor to him? Is it… does the Princess Zhenguo really accept his kindness, or… does the Princess Zhenguo want to use this traitor to harm his Li family.
Li Mingrui lowered his eyes. If Bai Qingyan was holding the handwritten letters between his father and the second prince, Li Mingrui felt that it was more like the second scenario.
He put down the teapot in his hand and nodded: “Please ask Lord Lu to tell the Princess Zhenguo that Mingrui will definitely get it done! But… Mingrui doesn’t quite understand how to properly arrange for Wang Qiulu. In order to avoid misunderstanding and not being able to get things done, Mingrui still needs to ask clearly.”
“Lord Li is wise, how could he not understand what our eldest girl means? In short… our eldest girl promised Wang Jianghai to save his son, so she must do it.” Lupin deliberately made his words vague.
Li Mingrui thought about it and nodded: “Okay, please tell the Princess Zhenguo that Mingrui will definitely get it done.”
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