The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 671: join the army
Chapter 671: Joining the Army
“Are you laughing at your fourth sister for being a fool? Be careful or I’ll report you to the eldest sister and punish you by not allowing you to eat snacks for ten days!” Bai Jinzhi pretended to be angry and reached out to tickle Bai Jinse’s itch.
Bai Jinse was the most ticklish. She hid around the stone table in the pavilion while begging for mercy with a smile: “Fourth sister, please forgive me, oh! Fourth sister! Hahahaha… Isn’t it enough for me to apologize to you!”
The little girl’s sweet laughter was like the sound of silver bells blowing in the wind, making those who heard it happy. The Bai family had not heard such a sweet laughter for a long time.
The two of them were sweating from playing so much, and the maids and servants brought them fruits, snacks and hot tea, then retreated to stand guard outside the pavilion.
Bai Jinse handed the handkerchief to Bai Jinzhi to wipe her sweat. She saw Wei Zhong following the maid of Qinghui Courtyard to Qinghui Courtyard from the corner of her eye. She smiled and motioned Bai Jinzhi to look under the rockery: “Look, fourth sister, that’s Wei Zhong… He was brought by the little maid of Qinghui Courtyard, eldest sister. I think… he is going to Qinghui Courtyard!”
Bai Jinzhi glanced at the foot of the rockery and nodded: “It should be.”
“Fourth sister, when I hire people… I always use their strengths. For example, this Wei Zhong, I used him to investigate things a few times before. He did a very thorough and beautiful job, but apart from letting Wei Zhong get to the bottom of things, I never used him for anything else!”
“And Uncle Ping… has been loyal to our family over the years. I will leave matters concerning the survival of the Bai family to Uncle Ping!”
Bai Jinzhi looked at her seventh sister and listened to her carefully.
“Then there is Manager Liu. Manager Liu has been in charge of our family’s business all these years. So if it involves our family’s business… my elder sister will send Manager Liu to do it!” Bai Jinse picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Bai Jinzhi. “If my elder sister does all these things herself, then she will be too busy even if she has three heads and six arms!”
Bai Jinse put down the teapot, pushed the teacup in front of Bai Jinzhi, and said, “So, Fourth Sister, instead of thinking about what you should do here, you should think about… how you should use the people around you to achieve your desired goal.”
Bai Jinzhi looked at her younger sister and suddenly felt that… her younger sister had grown up suddenly and looked even more stable than Xiaowu and Xiaoliu.
Bai Jinse is the concubine’s daughter of the Bai family’s eldest son. Ever since Bai Qingyan came back from injury, Bai Jinse has been by Bai Qingyan’s side almost all day long. Naturally, she has become more mature as a result of being influenced by him.
“You said all these…are you just thinking about it?” Bai Jinzhi suddenly felt ashamed and felt that he was not even as good as his own sister.
Bai Jinse shook her head: “I heard my elder sister and elder brother talk about it when I was a child. I was too young to understand the meaning at that time, but now I understand it.”
The “big brother” that Bai Jinse mentioned is Bai Qingluo, the eldest son of the Bai family and Bai Jinzhi’s half-sister.
Thinking of his brother, Bai Jinzhi’s eyes suddenly turned red. He lowered his head in sorrow, then suddenly raised his head, stood up as if he had figured something out, and slapped himself on the forehead: “Yes! Why didn’t I think of that?”
Bai Jinse was holding up her silver chopsticks to pick up some snacks for Bai Jinzhi, and was startled when she saw Bai Jinzhi suddenly stand up and slap her head: “Fourth sister?”
Bai Jinzhi grabbed the horse whip on the stone bench and said to Bai Jinse as he walked out, “Have some snacks yourself. Fourth sister is going to do some work.”
Just now, when Bai Jinse reminded him to use the people around him… Bai Jinzhi immediately thought of the prince!
What could be more justified than taking orders directly from the prince to investigate?
Bai Jinse saw her fourth sister running away with a smile on her face, and she knew that she must have known what was going on. She was also happy, with a smile on her face. She tasted the newly made snack and thought it tasted good. She told the maid to send a box to Qinghui Courtyard, and specifically reminded her: “Just give the snacks to Sister Chuntao quietly, don’t disturb the eldest sister!”
Since my eldest sister was injured, she said she was bedridden to recover, but she has never been idle.
Just now, the eldest sister sent someone to call Wei Zhong to Qinghui Courtyard. I guess she wants to ask Wei Zhong to investigate something again.
Bai Jinse turned her head and stared at the ginkgo tree that Bai Jinzhi had just looked at, hoping that she could grow up quickly. As long as she grew up, she could help her elder sister and she wouldn’t have to work so hard.
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Bai Jinzhi rode his horse straight to the Prince’s Mansion.
Ever since the two princes forced the emperor to abdicate at Wude Gate, the emperor handed over all government affairs to the crown prince… After he even stopped attending the morning court to concentrate on recuperating from his injuries, the crown prince moved all government affairs to the crown prince’s residence for processing. When Bai Jinzhi went there, a group of court officials had just come out of the crown prince’s residence.
Although Liu Ruofu’s maternal grandfather, the Minister of Rites, Old Lord Wang, did not participate in the rebellion this time, he was the father-in-law of Prince Xian and Liu Ruofu’s maternal grandfather. He submitted a petition to pray for his death on the grounds of old age and lack of energy. The prince did not even care about the dignity between the monarch and his subjects and was too lazy to save face, so he agreed without any attempt to persuade him to stay.
Just now, a group of court officials were discussing the candidate for the Minister of Rites with the prince. They argued till they were dry-mouthed, but in the end, no conclusion was reached. The prince was feeling upset at the moment, and when he heard that Bai Jinzhi had arrived, he hurriedly asked Quan Yu to call Bai Jinzhi in.
“Bai Jinzhi greets his cousin the Crown Prince!” Bai Jinzhi bowed to the Crown Prince.
The prince liked Bai Jinzhi’s straightforward personality, and he also liked the Bai family being close to him. He smiled and ordered Quan Yu: “Go and bring the snacks that the Crown Princess just sent over for Princess Gaoyi to try!”
“Oh! The snacks made by the Crown Princess’s sister-in-law! I’m in for a treat!” Bai Jinzhi was not shy with the Crown Prince. He sat down beside them without hiding anything and stated his intention directly. “Crown Prince, I’m not here to eat and drink for free today! I wonder if you have heard… about those playboys in our capital city who are making trouble in the northern border to join the army?”
Mentioning this prince made me want to laugh. I casually put the cup aside, tapped on the table, and said with a smile: “How could I not know? This is just nonsense! What kind of names did they give to each of them… Yu San, Ma San, Lu San! They were afraid that others would not know that they were fake names, but after only a short time, they couldn’t stand it anymore and begged their families to find a way to bring them back!”
“I heard from them that the training was hard, but the main problem was that the food they ate was unclean… There were several grains of sand and gravel in a mouthful of rice, and the rice was so rough that it was hard to swallow and scratched my throat!” Bai Jinzhi frowned, “My cousin the Crown Prince knows that. I was born in a military family, and I also went to the war in the southern border with His Highness. I also went to the war in the northern border. Fighting is so hard… These adults who sleep on high beds and soft pillows in the capital don’t know, but people like my cousin the Crown Prince and I… We have been to the battlefield, fought in wars, and suffered hardships, so we understand it best!”
When the prince heard Bai Jinzhi mention this, he lowered his eyes, touched his nose, and said nothing…
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