The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 719: overly defensive
Chapter 719 Overly defensive
“Why are you getting up? Lie down quickly!” Liu quickly came over to help Bai Qingyan.
She wiped the pale color off her lips with a handkerchief and said to Liu with a smile, “It’s just for others to see! Second Aunt, don’t worry.”
Liu was almost frightened to tears. She took the handkerchief from Bai Qingyan’s hand, rubbed it with her hand on the white greasy substance, and then realized that Bai Qingyan had smeared something on his mouth: “You…you almost scared Second Aunt to death!”
Liu sneered at Bai Qingyan, but she also knew that Bai Qingyan would never use this method unless it was absolutely necessary…
“Why didn’t you send someone back to say hello in advance so that I could make arrangements in advance! You are afraid of the cold, so send someone back to tell me earlier, and I will definitely have someone turn on the floor heating!” Liu said as she tucked in the corner of the quilt for Bai Qingyan.
“It happened suddenly, please forgive me, Aunt. Next time if Abao comes back… I will definitely send someone to notify you in advance.” Bai Qingyan said to Liu with a smile, “I will need you to bear more responsibility for me in front of others!”
“Second Aunt understands! Second Aunt understands!” Liu patted Bai Qingyan’s hand, “Just stay at home and recuperate. The servants you left in Qinghui Courtyard are all loyal servants, and this matter will not be spread outside.”
“Thank you for your hard work, Second Aunt!” Bai Qingyan said to Liu.
“What are you talking about? Second Aunt is just doing her bit… The burden of our Bai family is on you! You have to take good care of yourself!” Liu squeezed Bai Qingyan’s hand hard.
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Bai Jinxiu, who got the news at Qin’s house, heard that Bai Qingyan vomited blood in the Prince’s house, and guessed that it was probably the eldest sister’s plan. However, she still couldn’t keep her cool and stuffed Wang Ge’er into the arms of Qin Lang, who was going to take the imperial examination the day after tomorrow… and ordered people to immediately harness the carriage and return to the Princess Zhenguo’s house.
Qin Lang was also very worried. He carried Wang Ge’er to the door and told Bai Jinxiu: “If your elder sister is not in good condition, it’s okay for you not to come back tonight. I will take good care of Wang Ge’er!”
Wangger guessed that his mother was getting on the carriage, and stretched out his little fleshy hand with a pair of longevity bracelets towards Bai Jinxiu. Seeing that his mother held Cuibi’s hand and got on the carriage without taking him, little Wangger pouted and cried loudly.
Bai Jinxiu raised her hand to open the curtain, looking at Wang Ge’er who was twisting, struggling and crying in Qin Lang’s arms, her eyes moistened and she said, “Be good, Wang Ge’er, mother will be back soon…”
After saying this, Bai Jinxiu couldn’t bear to see her brother crying anymore, so she let go of the curtain and told the coachman to go quickly.
As soon as Bai Jinxiu arrived at Princess Zhenguo’s door, she saw Nanny Luo, the personal nanny of Second Madam Liu, greeting her at the door.
“The second lady guessed that the second sister would come back!” Nanny Luo came forward, and when she saw Wang Ge’er was nowhere to be seen, she asked, “Why didn’t the sister bring Wang Ge’er back with her?”
Bai Jinxiu held up her skirt and walked towards the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion: “I hope Qin Lang is watching over my brother, it’s okay. What’s wrong with my elder sister?”
“Don’t panic, sister. Just go to Qinghui Courtyard and you’ll know.” Nanny Luo helped Bai Jinxiu walk through the main gate and said in a low voice.
Bai Jinxiu walked quickly and entered the main door of the upper house in Qinghui Courtyard. She saw her eldest sister sitting beside the small table in the clinic drinking milk. Bai Jinxiu breathed a sigh of relief, untied her cloak, warmed it in front of the brazier, and then walked in through the curtain: “Eldest sister…”
“Sit down!” Bai Qingyan wiped the corner of his lips with a handkerchief, “I know you will come back after hearing the news. Did you bring Wang Ge’er with you?”
Seeing her elder sister’s smiling face, Bai Jinxiu understood that her elder sister had vomited blood in the Prince’s Mansion on purpose.
“I’ll leave Wang Ge to Qin Lang.” Bai Jinxiu put her elbows on the small table and leaned close to Bai Qingyan to ask in a low voice, “Eldest sister, are you in a hurry to rush back to the capital because the prince wants to massacre the plague victims in the two cities?”
Bai Qingyan nodded: “In addition to this matter, it is also to let the prince know that I was shot through the chest while trying to save him, and I really will not live long. He does not need to be overly defensive.”
“Jinxiu understands!” Bai Jinxiu nodded, and then lowered her voice to Bai Qingyan, “I have carefully inquired about the people on the list that my elder sister gave to Fan Yuhuai. Fan Yuhuai arranged two of them to relatively important positions, and the rest to unimportant positions. On the contrary, the remaining six people on the list were promoted according to their merits… Four of them are in important positions. So it is hard to say whether Fan Yuhuai is completely loyal to the prince but cautious, or has other plans.”
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes and smiled: “Fan Yuhuai is really smart. He put the two in critical positions. Even if I ask, you can say… It’s not easy to arrange everyone in a short time. We need to take our time.”
“What I mean, elder sister, is that Fan Yuhuai might not be truly loyal to the prince?” Bai Jinxiu reacted quickly.
“We just experienced a palace coup, and many positions in the Imperial Guards are vacant. It’s a good time for all parties to place people. I nominated Fan Yuhuai as the commander of the Imperial Guards and gave him a list of seven people… but he only arranged two! On the contrary, four of the six people who were not given a list were promoted. Isn’t the meaning obvious?”
Bai Qingyan slowly leaned on the hidden bag, fiddling with the tassels with his fingers, and said with a smile: “If my guess is correct, there should be many high-ranking and powerful people in the court who want to place their own people in the imperial guards like our family. Fan Yuhuai doesn’t want to offend anyone, so he will promote one or two people as appropriate! As for the six people we put in the dark… Fan Yuhuai promoted four at a time, which should be Fan Yuhuai’s intention to cultivate his own people.”
“Fan Yuhuai is now the commander of the imperial guards, so it makes sense for him to cultivate his own people.” Bai Jinxiu looked at Bai Qingyan, “Thanks to my elder sister for her foresight, she only asked Uncle Ping to send a list of seven people.”
“By the way, when my eldest sister was shot in the chest while trying to save the prince, the prince said that he would find out the murderer. As a result, they caught a group of assassins who escorted Liu Ruofu. Those assassins refused to admit that they had assassinated the prince. Later, the matter was left unresolved, and the crime was still pinned on Liu Ruofu.” Bai Jinxiu said again.
Bai Qingyan picked up the hot tea at hand and blew the hot air into the cup slowly: “Prince Xian and Prince Liang forced the emperor to rebel. The old saying is that Prince Xian wants the prince’s life the most. The prince has already determined that it was the Liu family who did it. It doesn’t matter to the prince what the result is. Someone can put the case to rest and close the case as soon as possible…Placing the emperor’s favor is more important to the prince than the truth.”
“Crown Prince…” Bai Jinxiu pursed her lips, feeling a little embarrassed to speak, “Ever since the emperor focused on recuperating and handed over the government affairs to the crown prince, the crown prince has been diligent, but six days ago someone saw the crown prince go to a brothel at night, and just yesterday… a sedan chair entered the crown prince’s mansion from that brothel. I heard that because of this… the crown princess was so angry that she almost lost her pregnancy.”
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