The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 716: Can’t hold on
Chapter 716 Can’t Hold On
Yes, he issued a secret order and did not discuss it with senior ministers such as Lu Xiang because he was afraid of being obstructed. How did Bai Qingyan know about it?
Seeing the Crown Prince’s expression, Elder Fang knew that it was not the Crown Prince who sent someone to tell Bai Qingyan: “If it was not His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who sent someone to tell Princess Zhenguo about this, I would dare to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to ask Princess Zhenguo about it and see how she explains it.”
The prince tightened his grip: “Master Fang, what you mean is that the Princess Zhenguo has arranged someone around me?”
“I dare not speculate…” Mr. Fang has learned his lesson now. He dare not say that Bai Qingyan is wrong in front of the prince. He only points it out and lets the prince think about it himself. “But it is indeed too strange that the Princess Zhenguo knows about this!”
The main hall was extremely quiet; so quiet that the only sound that could be heard was the rustling of sand from an hourglass nearby.
The prince narrowed his eyes and thought carefully about everyone around him, trying to guess which one would be the person Bai Qingyan arranged to be by his side.
The prince thought about it and realized that there were so many people around him.
Seeing the prince lower his eyes and think carefully, without saying anything for a long time, Mr. Fang continued, “Your Highness, let’s not talk about whether the Zhenguo Princess has arranged people around your Highness! But… since the Zhenguo Princess already has a prescription for curing the epidemic, why doesn’t she bring this prescription to your Highness! Instead, let the guards of the Bai Mansion take the prescription to Huayang and Qinhuai first?”
“What do you mean, Master Fang?” The prince frowned.
“Your Highness, think about it… Finding a way to cure the disease and saving the people from disaster is a huge achievement. It’s enough to be remembered for all eternity! Princess Zhenguo could have sent the Bai family guards to Huayang and Qinhuai to stop Your Highness from ordering the extermination of all the plague victims. She could have sent someone to deliver the prescription to Your Highness, and let Your Highness claim the credit! As the crown prince, Your Highness needs such merits before he ascends the throne, so that the people know that Your Highness is destined to be the crown prince and can save them from disaster! However, Princess Zhenguo only thought about leaving a name for their Bai family in history, and didn’t think about Your Highness…”
As soon as Mr. Fang finished speaking, Bai Qingyan, who was wearing a white fox fur cloak, had a pale face and covered his chest. He supported Quan Yushou and stepped into the threshold of the main hall: “At the end of the 15th year of Qingde, Jiaozhou was hit by a major epidemic. The whole country was in panic and the people fled! The epidemic spread rapidly, and nine out of ten doctors died. Everyone avoided it! The court sealed the city, and Jiaozhou was full of graves and bones! It was my aunt Bai Suqiu who signed a military order and asked to enter Pengcheng, Jiaozhou, to save the people with her medical skills! My father led a battalion of the Bai family army to escort my aunt into the city and did not leave for 96 days! Eliminate the epidemic and save the people of the world! Isn’t such an achievement enough to be recorded in history?! The Bai family is famous all over the world. Do I need to earn a chance to leave a name for the Bai family at this time?! Mr. Fang is too narrow-minded.”
After saying this, Bai Qingyan covered his chest with his hands, hunched over and started coughing violently.
“Princess Zhenguo!” Quan Yu held Bai Qingyan with a worried look on his face, his eyes red.
Just now Quan Yu was going to lead people out of the city to welcome Princess Zhenguo, but before he even reached the front yard, he saw the servants bringing Princess Zhenguo into the Prince’s Mansion, and hurriedly helped Princess Zhenguo in.
In the past few months, Quan Yu followed the Crown Prince, so he naturally knew about Shuoyang… Princess Zhenguo had almost died twice since the beginning of winter. When he saw Princess Zhenguo again… she had become so thin, Quan Yu’s heart was like a knife. He didn’t expect that when he came in with Princess Zhenguo, he heard Old Fang flattering Princess Zhenguo in front of the Crown Prince.
“Princess Zhenguo!” The prince was quite surprised that Bai Qingyan would come so quickly.
Bai Qingyan let go of Quan Yu’s hand and bowed to the Crown Prince with difficulty: “Bai Qingyan, I greet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince…”
The prince hurriedly came out from behind the desk and supported Bai Qingyan: “How can you perform formalities in your current state? Come… sit down first!”
The prince personally helped Bai Qingyan sit down beside him, his eyes full of worry: “Quick! Bring some hot water to the Princess!”
Feeling the chill all over Bai Qingyan’s body, the prince remembered that Bai Qingyan was suffering from a cold, and hurriedly said, “Quanyu, bring a few more charcoal basins! Bring my hand warmer to the Princess!”
Quan Yu took out the hidden bag and placed it behind Bai Qingyan’s back, who was breathing rapidly, and stuffed the prince’s hand warmer into Bai Qingyan’s hand.
Bai Qingyan’s breathing calmed down a little, and he nodded to thank the prince: “Thank you, Your Highness!”
When Old Fang saw that the prince saw Bai Qingyan, who had a pale face and a thin and weak body, there was no suspicion and questioning in his eyes, only worry, and he felt depressed and unhappy.
Elder Fang stood up and bowed to Bai Qingyan, saying, “Princess Zhenguo, it’s not that I’m narrow-minded, but now that we are all disciples of the Crown Prince, we should consider His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in everything. Not to mention that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not yet ascended the throne and needs fame, even if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ascends the throne… we should also plan for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to leave a name for eternity after he ascends the throne!”
Bai Qingyan raised his eyes and looked at Mr. Fang: “Bai Qingyan just learned that the prescription for curing the epidemic developed by Doctor Hong was successfully tested. Before he could ask Doctor Hong in detail, the person sent by His Highness to tell Bai Qingyan that he wanted to pass on a secret order to kill the plague victims in Huayang and Qinhuai arrived. If Mr. Fang doesn’t believe it… you can call the person who passed the message out to ask if it is true! Bai Qingyan is planning for the reputation of the prince, so he ordered people to take the prescription and rush to Huayang and Qinhuai to stop the killing! Otherwise… without the prescription, how can the guards of the Bai Mansion stop the prince’s secret order?!”
The prince and Mr. Fang looked at each other, and Bai Qingyan said… Did the prince send someone to tell Bai Qingyan about his secret order? !
Bai Qingyan was breathing rapidly. “Now it is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is ruling on behalf of His Majesty. The people infected in the two cities were massacred. Wouldn’t anyone guess that it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who ordered it? A hundred years later… all the blame will be borne by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! How could Elder Fang, such a prudent and intelligent man, not even understand this?!”
Bai Qingyan started coughing violently again. She took out a handkerchief and covered her lips. Her face became paler as she coughed. She moved the handkerchief away… it was scarlet, and then she saw that Bai Qingyan’s lips were purple.
Quan Yu was shocked when he saw the scarlet on the handkerchief. He knelt down quickly and kowtowed to the prince with red eyes, saying, “Your Highness…Princess Zhenguo came all the way from Shuoyang on horseback to stop Your Highness in time! It was such a bumpy ride…I can’t stand it anymore!”
“Quick! Quickly call the imperial physician!” The prince looked at the blood on Bai Qingyan’s white handkerchief and shouted in shock.
“Your Highness…” Bai Qingyan seemed to be afraid that the prince would see it, so he quickly hid the handkerchief and grabbed the prince’s wrist, breathing weakly, “Your Highness… I’m fine! Bai Qingyan took the initiative to send someone with the prescription to stop the prince’s order. He knew he was committing a capital crime, but even if Bai Qingyan died, he would never watch the prince bear the name of slaughtering the people of the two cities…”
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