The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 722: reason
Chapter 722 Reason
“Why not let Tingzhen go with Madam? My cousin needs to be alone. I want to go and take care of her…” Dong Tingfang said hurriedly.
“Don’t worry, cousin Tingfang. I’ll take care of my elder sister. We sisters still have some private conversations to share, so I’ll go over there! I won’t bother you, cousin Tingfang.” Bai Jinxiu said with a faint smile. Without giving Dong Tingfang a chance to speak again, she bowed to Liu and said, “Mother, cousin… I’ll go to Qinghui Courtyard first!”
“Go!” Liu gently held Dong Tingzhen and Dong Tingfang’s hands, “I heard that the girls in the Dong family are good at cooking. I plan to stew a blood-replenishing medicinal meal for Abao, but it always has a fishy smell and it’s not cooked well. Come and help me!”
Seeing Bai Jinxiu walking away, Dong Tingfang felt her face burning. Liu and Bai Jinxiu were on guard against her… How could she not know?
She did think that she had a good relationship with Bai Qingyan on weekdays. Now that Bai Qingyan was a high-ranking princess, if Bai Qingyan could speak up, this marriage would definitely be canceled.
Now everyone in the Fu family’s eldest house is keeping an eye on her, hoping that after she marries the eldest son of the eldest house, she will use her relationship with Bai Qingyan to help the eldest house, so they are eager to marry her.
But if after she married, the Fu family found out that even if Bai Qingyan had a good relationship with her, Bai Qingyan would not help the Fu family? Would she be able to have a good ending then?
Besides, the eldest son of the Fu family didn’t even look at her. Last time when they were alone… She wanted to win the heart of the eldest son of the Fu family, but he righteously told her to respect herself and scolded her for using dishonest means to ruin his marriage with his cousin, causing his cousin to cry all day long…
The eldest son of the Fu family only has his scheming cousin in his heart. Will he be able to get any benefit from her if he marries her in the future?
Rather than suffering hardships in the future, it is better to get rid of it now. However, no one in the family listens to her. Her father looks down on illegitimate children, and her mother Song is not her biological mother, so naturally she does not consider her. She is afraid that she will ruin the reputation of the Dong family and affect the marriages of her two biological daughters. She insists that she must get married because she was kidnapped!
When Dong Tingzhen and Prince Liang were having an affair, why didn’t Song worry about Dong Tingzhen bringing trouble to the Dong family’s reputation? Why did she ask Bai Qingyan to take her to Shuoyang… It was because Dong Tingzhen was her child, and she was not.
No one in the family was willing to listen to her, and because… When the nanny next to her aunt said that her dowry was small, she said that she was a concubine’s daughter, and it was normal that her dowry was not as good as others! When this was heard by her mother, Song, she was furious, and the whole family misunderstood her, leaving her speechless.
Dong Tingfang was filled with resentment and dissatisfaction, but she had no choice but to follow Liu to the kitchen.
In Qinghui Courtyard, Bai Qingyan heard Bai Jinxiu’s story about Dong Tingfang, thought for a moment and said, “It’s okay, let’s hear why Tingfang wants to cancel the engagement.”
“From what I heard from my elder sister, are you planning to help Dong Tingfang?” Bai Jinxiu asked.
“The concubine of the Dong family has a very difficult life in the Dong family. It’s not a big mistake for her to plan for herself. As long as she can tell me the truth, I will help her… after all, she is a cousin.” Bai Qingyan also didn’t like the behavior of the eldest lady of the Fu family, “to prevent Ting Fang from doing something unmanageable in order to break off the engagement.”
In Bai Qingyan’s memory, although Dong Tingfang had a narrow mind, she was definitely not a person who ignored family affection, otherwise in the previous life… she would not have worn mourning clothes with her uncle to collect the bodies of the Bai family.
No one is perfect. After all, they are family. Bai Qingyan remembers Dong Tingfang’s kindness and is willing to help if he can.
Bai Qingyan glanced out the window. Dusk was falling and the sky was filled with rosy clouds.
The lights under the corridors of Qinghui Courtyard have been lit, and the rays of light from the sunset glow interweave, painting the gray walls of the side rooms on the east side and the vermilion lacquered red pillars in the corridor into warm colors.
“I don’t know whether the Crown Princess has given birth.” Bai Qingyan said.
When I came out of the Prince’s Mansion today, I heard that it was the Crown Princess who started it.
The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess had always hoped that this baby would be a boy, but they didn’t know if their wish would be fulfilled.
During dinner, Dong Tingzhen and Dong Tingfang came to Qinghui Courtyard together. Dong Tingzhen repeatedly warned Dong Tingfang not to mention the intention to cancel the engagement in front of Bai Qingyan, saying that she would be punished if her father knew about it. Only after Dong Tingfang agreed did Dong Tingzhen dare to bring Dong Tingfang with her.
“Cousin, try this. We made this with the Second Madam. It shouldn’t be fishy anymore.” The maid behind Dong Tingzhen opened the black lacquer and gold-painted food box and took out the soup bowl and placed it on the bedside table in front of Bai Qingyan. “Cousin, you look better now than you did at noon. You looked so pale at noon… It scared me to death!”
“I’ve taken the medicine twice and I feel better!” Bai Qingyan turned to look at Bai Jinxiu who was standing beside her bed, “Jinxiu, go back and take care of Wang Ge’er! Qin Lang will be leaving the examination room the day after tomorrow, and we need your help to clean up.”
“It’s okay. I’ve already told Qin Lang that I’ll stay with my elder sister tonight and go back early tomorrow morning.” Bai Jinxiu leaned over and held Bai Qingyan’s sleeve with one hand to open the soup bowl for him. The hot steam and the aroma came towards her. Bai Jinxiu smiled and said, “It really doesn’t smell fishy anymore. The two cousins of the Dong family are really good cooks!”
Bai Jinxiu picked up the soup spoon: “Eldest sister, let me feed you…”
“Let it dry first, it’s too hot. Please help me get some snacks for Tingzhen and Tingfang. Tingzhen’s white tea is very good, I want to try it.” Bai Qingyan looked towards Dong Tingfang, “Please trouble Tingfang to stay here and take care of me!”
Dong Tingfang was a little surprised and looked towards Bai Qingyan.
Bai Jinxiu knew that Bai Qingyan wanted to ask Dong Tingfang about the whole thing, so she took Dong Tingzhen and left the upper room first.
Hearing Bai Qingyan dismiss the people around her, Dong Tingfang grasped the hem of her skirt with both hands and timidly looked up at Bai Qingyan who was sitting on the head of the bed. She saw her long raven-feather hair draped over her shoulders, and she looked very weak.
The glazed lamp on the high table reflected Bai Qingyan’s delicate and beautiful facial features. Perhaps because of Bai Qingyan’s pale face, his eyes appeared even darker and deeper.
“Ting Fang, tell me the truth, you don’t want to marry the eldest son of the Fu family. Is it because the Fu family is in trouble?” Bai Qingyan’s voice was very soft.
When Dong Tingfang heard this, tears immediately welled up in her eyes. She knew that everyone else thought the same.
Dong Tingfang held up her skirt and knelt down, kowtowed to Bai Qingyan: “Cousin, I, Dong Tingfang, swear to heaven, if you don’t want to marry because you despise the Fu family’s misfortune, let my face, heart, and intestines rot, and I will not die a good death!”
“Ting Fang dare not lie to my cousin. I am good friends with Wen Juan, the cousin of the eldest son of the Fu family. After hearing Wen Juan talk about Fu Anze, the eldest son of the Fu family, I am indeed attracted to him! But I have never crossed the line!”
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