The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 703: Jiuru
Chapter 703 Jiu Ru
“I really can’t produce any evidence to prove it… I lost the bet with the prince, so I was willing to stay in Shuoyang. But after I lost the bet, I forced the prince to hand over my Shen family’s ancestral jade pendant as a promise to him. But now the prince is gone… I don’t know if the jade pendant is still in the Bai family. If it’s not, I really can’t prove it myself.”
At the beginning, Bai Qishan said that he believed in the character of Governor Shen and they had never signed a contract. However, Governor Shen stubbornly stuffed his ancestral jade pendant into Bai Qishan’s hand and left without looking back, holding his breath.
“The Princess Zhenguo should have checked my background… My background is also my true situation. I have said everything I need to say. Now I really want to follow Princess Zhenguo because I see that she has a broad mind. It doesn’t matter if Princess Zhenguo doesn’t believe me, but I will definitely abide by the promise I made to the prince and protect the Bai family.”
After the prefect Shen finished speaking, he bowed to Bai Qingyan and said, “I have finished speaking. If the Princess Zhenguo has no other instructions, I will go back first.”
Bai Qingyan looked at this Governor Shen. Was he just…going to leave after saying that, or was he retreating to advance?
“Okay…you go back first!” Bai Qingyan said to Shen Taishou with a smile, “If you have any instructions, I will let Shen Yan tell you.”
No matter what, Shen Yancong is indeed useful to Bai Qingyan.
Regardless of whether this Governor Shen was just as he said, because he lost the bet… and therefore agreed to stay in Shuoyang with his father to be the Bai family’s back-up plan, or whether he was looking for an excuse to surrender, or whether he wanted to get close to her for some purpose, Bai Qingyan didn’t mind. After all, she was not without someone to use at the moment.
Governor Shen bowed again, raised his eyes and glanced at the pale girl with stunning features and a resolute and calm gaze, and said, “Shen, my name is Tianzhi… and my courtesy name is Jiuru.”
There was a slight ripple in Bai Qingyan’s pupils, Jiuru…
This is also my father’s name, but few people know it.
My father’s calligraphy was taken from “Tian Bao”. Bai Qingyan once heard my grandmother say that my father’s calligraphy…represents my grandfather’s deepest love for him.
Bai Qingyan’s lips moved: “Like a mountain, like a hill, like a river, nothing can stop growing. Like the constancy of the moon, like the rising of the sun, like the longevity of the Nanshan Mountain, never collapsing, like the luxuriant pine and cypress, nothing can stop you. I think… the person who gave Lord Shen the name Jiuru must be the one who loves Lord Shen the most.”
“That’s what the prince said.” After saying this last sentence, Prefect Shen bowed deeply to Bai Qingyan and left the main hall.
Bai Qingyan’s eyes were red and wet, and she closed her eyes…
After all, my father did not live as long as Nanshan.
Nanny Tong saw that Mr. Shen left, and when she entered the room, she saw Bai Qingyan’s eyes were wet and red. Nanny Tong was startled and asked hurriedly: “Miss, are you feeling uncomfortable…”
“Nothing, I just thought of my father.” Bai Qingyan’s throat rolled, and he calmed down with difficulty, and asked, “Is Bai Qingping here?”
“I’m here, waiting outside the door. If the young lady is not feeling well, why don’t we meet another day?” Nanny Tong whispered to Bai Qingyan.
“Bring him in!” Bai Qingyan’s voice was a little tired.
“Then let Chuntao pour the young lady a cup of hot tea.” Nanny Tong felt very distressed.
Bai Qingyan nodded.
Soon, Chuntao brought hot tea to Bai Qingyan, lit a hand warmer, and stuffed it into Bai Qingyan’s hands.
Soon, Bai Qingping brought Cai Ziyuan into the main hall.
Cai Ziyuan was wearing a light blue robe today, which made him look even more like a scholar. Perhaps it was because he had an easy life teaching in Shuoyang these days, so Cai Ziyuan looked a lot fatter.
Cai Ziyuan lowered his head and followed Bai Qingping into the main hall. He kowtowed to Bai Qingyan. After hearing Bai Qingyan ask them to sit down, Cai Ziyuan raised his head and looked at Bai Qingyan.
When he looked up, Cai Ziyuan was stunned.
He didn’t expect that after just two months of not seeing each other, Bai Qingyan had become so thin. His face was paler than before and his lips were bloodless. Although he still had a stunning appearance, he looked weak and sickly, as if he would break at the slightest touch.
“Mr. Cai, please stand up…” Bai Qingyan said again.
Cai Ziyuan finally came back to his senses and quickly stood up and sat down next to Bai Qingping.
“I called Mr. Cai here today because there is something I don’t understand. I hope Mr. Cai can help me solve it.” Bai Qingyan said slowly with a smile on his face.
Cai Ziyuan is not stupid. Princess Bai Qingyan is extremely intelligent and has many capable people under her. If she wants to know something, she needs the help of him, a teacher who has been trapped in Shuoyang for several months… The only one who can help her is the left prime minister Li Mao.
Now that he was under someone’s roof, Cai Ziyuan dared not disobey. He could only say, “Princess Zhenguo, please speak. Cai Ziyuan will tell you everything you know.”
“That’s great…” Bai Qingyan slightly adjusted his sitting posture, leaning completely on the hidden bag, staring at Cai Ziyuan with a deep gaze, “Who is the master of Li Mingrui, the son of the left prime minister Li Mao?”
Cai Ziyuan’s fingers resting on his knees moved slightly.
Bai Qingyan caught it out of the corner of his eye, but still looked at Cai Ziyuan calmly, waiting for Cai Ziyuan’s answer.
After a while, Cai Ziyuan looked up at Bai Qingyan and said, “I think the Princess Zhenguo has already found out. So Cai Ziyuan will not keep her in suspense. The son of the Left Prime Minister Li Mao… was taught by a counselor who was a disciple of the Second Prince. But this counselor is dead now.”
“Du Zhiwei…”
Hearing this name, Cai Ziyuan’s palms tightened involuntarily. He didn’t expect that the Princess Zhenguo would even investigate this matter thoroughly. He nodded: “That’s right!”
“Later, this Mr. Du Zhiwei became a disciple of King Liang and became his counselor.”
Cai Ziyuan shook his head: “Rather than saying he joined the Liang Wang sect, it’s better to say he was taken in by the Liang Wang. The Liang Wang respected the Second Prince very much at the beginning.”
Seeing that Mr. Cai was telling the truth, Bai Qingyan nodded and asked with a smile, “Mr. Cai seems to be doing well teaching in Shuoyang these days.”
“Thanks to the Princess Zhenguo, I eat well and sleep well. I am taught all day long, and Ziyuan… enjoys it.” Cai Ziyuan smiled and thanked Bai Qingyan, “Thank you, Princess Zhenguo, for your care.”
“I wonder if Mr. Cai is willing to join the Bai family?” Bai Qingyan went straight to the point.
Mr. Cai is indeed talented, but it’s a pity to only let him teach in the new military camp…
Cai Ziyuan looked up at Bai Qingyan in astonishment, and after a moment he looked at Bai Qingping. He thought that Bai Qingyan might want him to enter the Bai clan school to teach the descendants of the Bai clan. This could be considered as loyalty to the Bai family. He was overthinking it… The Princess Zhenguo had so many capable people under her command, so how could she let a strategist from the left prime minister Li Mao’s mansion really become a strategist in the Bai mansion.
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