The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 723: to punish
Chapter 723 Punishment
“Later, Wen Juan fell in love with someone else… She lied to me and said she wanted me to accompany her to talk things out with Fu Anze, but she actually set me up with Fu Anze. I… thought I was being tricked and just went with the flow! I thought I had earned a good match for myself and fulfilled my wish to love Fu Anze…”
Dong Tingfang choked up and started crying softly, “Who knew Wenjuan was such a two-faced person. On the one hand, she was entangled with others, and on the other hand, she told Fu Anze that I was scheming against them so that she could have a reputation as a virtuous woman! Fu Anze looked smart, but in fact he was blind and blind. He believed in Wenjuan and thought that I was a concubine who wanted to climb up the Fu family’s ladder. I was a villain who ruined his marriage, and he just didn’t like me!”
As a concubine’s daughter, she was originally not worthy of the eldest son of the Fu family. However, because her father was the Minister of Dali Temple and had a cousin relationship with the Bai family in the capital, the Fu family was willing to accept her reluctantly. Later, Bai Qingyan was named Princess Zhenguo, and the Fu family was satisfied with the marriage.
“Fu Anze’s mother, thinking that my cousin is the Princess Zhenguo…she wants me to help mediate and find a future for the children of the Fu family’s eldest branch. I, Dong Tingfang, am only a concubine of the Dong family. Let’s not talk about it for now…I am not as close to my cousin as Tingzhen. Even if I am as close to my cousin as Tingzhen, I don’t want to be used by my mother-in-law! I am even more afraid that after I get married…the wife of the Fu family’s eldest branch will find out that I can’t find a future for her children. My life will be difficult! If Tingfang has to live like this for the rest of her life, I would rather marry a farmer!”
Everything Dong Tingfang said today came from her heart. She had these words stuck in her stomach, but she couldn’t tell her aunt who could only shed tears, and she couldn’t tell her father who could only scold her. Naturally… she wouldn’t tell her stepmother who was so high and mighty either.
In fact, she knew… it might be more difficult for a concubine’s daughter from another family to make a living under her stepmother than under her mother, Song!
But if she had not seen how the Bai family’s illegitimate sons and daughters lived, it would have been fine. But after seeing that the Bai family’s illegitimate sons and daughters were also valued by their families, how could she not be envious?
Bai Qingyan nodded: “Get up, I understand! But this marriage must be cancelled without damaging the Dong family’s reputation, I’m afraid you will suffer some injustice.”
Dong Tingfang didn’t expect that Bai Qingyan would be willing to help her. No one in the Dong family was willing to listen to what Dong Tingfang said, and no one was willing to bother with her as a concubine’s daughter.
She couldn’t help but kowtow to Bai Qingyan: “It doesn’t matter if I suffer grievances for a while, but what Ting Fang is afraid of is that I will suffer grievances for a lifetime! Originally… I was really blinded by love and was willing to be used as a gun by others. Now I have come to my senses and I deserve this grievance!”
“Good, you admit your mistakes and correct them. You are still a good girl from the Dong family!” Bai Qingyan smiled, “I will ask my aunt to come over to discuss, and then call the eldest lady of the Fu family to come and discuss the cancellation of the engagement. It doesn’t matter. If you don’t want to stay in the capital after the engagement is cancelled, you can go to Shuoyang with me, and then let my mother find a marriage for you in Shuoyang.”
“Cousin…” Dong Tingfang’s face was suddenly filled with tears. She thought that this cousin was close to Dong Tingzhen and looked down on her as a concubine of the Dong family. Unexpectedly… her cousin had the same feelings towards her. She also guessed that her cousin was unwilling to help her out of a mean mind. She was thinking whether she should kneel down and force her cousin. Unexpectedly, before she could open her mouth, her cousin spoke first.
From now on, she would never speculate about her cousin like that again.
“I still… I still have a mean mind! I originally wanted to kneel down and force my cousin to save me, but my cousin… Tingfang doesn’t deserve my cousin to be so nice to me!” Dong Tingfang choked with sobs.
“Okay, get up!” Bai Qingyan said with a smile, “The soup should be cold now.”
“I’ll feed my cousin!” Dong Tingfang quickly stood up.
“How can you be so delicate? Please help me put a hidden bag behind my back so that I can lean on it more comfortably.”
Dong Tingfang didn’t bother to wipe her tears. She responded and hurriedly put the hidden bag behind Bai Qingyan. She handed the spoon to Bai Qingyan and said, “If cousin likes it, Tingfang will cook medicinal food for her every day!”
“Thank you for your hard work…” Bai Qingyan curled his lips slightly at Dong Tingfang, lowered his head, scooped a spoonful with a spoon and brought it to his mouth to taste it. It tasted indeed good.
Not long after, Bai Jinxiu came in and said to Dong Tingfang with a smile, “Cousin Tingfang, please go and have a rest. I and the maids will serve you here. Tingzhen is already waiting for you.”
Dong Tingfang saw that Bai Jinxiu wanted to say something to Bai Qingyan and wanted her to leave, so she nodded and saluted towards Bai Qingyan: “Cousin, if you have anything to say, send someone to call me.”
Bai Qingyan nodded: “Go and have a rest.”
After watching Dong Tingfang leave, Bai Jinxiu lifted her skirt and sat down on the yellow rosewood stepping stone beside Bai Qingyan’s bed. She lowered her voice and said, “Sister, General Fu Ruoxi came quietly and asked to see you at the corner gate.”
Bai Qingyan, who was eating herbal medicine, did not raise his head: “Why did he come here at this time? Did he say if there was something urgent?”
“General Fu said he wanted to see my elder sister for an important matter and didn’t say anything else.” Bai Jinxiu saw Bai Qingyan put down the soup spoon in his hand and handed the handkerchief to her.
Bai Qingyan took the handkerchief and wiped the corner of his lips: “Go and ask General Fu to come over in person, and we can talk through the screen.”
“Okay!” Bai Jinxiu stood up again, holding up her skirt, and went to invite General Fu in person.
As soon as Bai Jinxiu left, Bai Qingyan called the maid from outside in and removed the soup pots and small table. She heard the movement of the secret guards, stood up and walked to the window frame, raised her hand and pushed the window frame open a crack.
“Greetings, master!” When the secret guard saw Bai Qingyan push open the window, he knelt down and kowtowed hurriedly.
Bai Qingyan had never seen this secret guard before. She asked, “What’s the matter?”
“Master, a man sneaked into the Prince Liang’s mansion today. I don’t know his identity, so I followed him to investigate. I didn’t expect that he was very skilled in martial arts. I followed him for an hour, but he led me around in circles. In the end, I accidentally lost him. But before that… I saw General Fu Ruoxi following him. Please punish me, Master!”
Bai Qingyan’s brows tightened, thinking… Fu Ruoxi came here just for this matter.
But who could make the secret guards with such good lightness skills lose him, but let Fu Ruoxi with a broken arm follow him? This… is a bit intriguing.
“I got it. You’ll be careful watching over Prince Liang’s Mansion in the future! Now is the time when we need people, so I’ll save the punishment for you first. Go!” Bai Qingyan said.
The secret guard responded and disappeared into the corridor.
Soon, Bai Jinxiu brought Fu Ruoxi, who was wearing a black cloak and a hood, into Qinghui Courtyard.
Qinghui Courtyard was filled with loyal old servants who were left behind by the Bai family before they returned to Shuoyang. Bai Jinxiu did not avoid them and directly led them into the upper room of Qinghui Courtyard.
As soon as Fu Ruoxi, who was full of coldness, entered the room, she knelt on one knee behind the screen and saluted: “Greetings, Princess Zhenguo!”
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