The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 731: shocking
Chapter 731 Shocking
“Yes!” After bowing, Zhen Guang hurried out of Qinghui Courtyard.
Bai Qingyan knew that the most crucial thing about this matter was to get the timing right. It couldn’t be too fast… nor could it be too slow. This matter was both simple and difficult to accomplish. It all depended on whether his subordinates were useful.
When Bai Jinxiu left, she left Cuibi and Cuiyu behind. Bai Qingyan told Cuibi, “Cuibi, go and tell a small team of guards to wait for orders around Qinghui Courtyard.”
“Yes! I’ll go right away!” Cui Bi responded and left the upper room of Qinghui Courtyard. Her palms were full of sweat. It was the first time for her to do something for the eldest lady, and she didn’t want to make any mistakes.
Bai Qingyan looked at the maidservant Zhenming who was eager to step forward and said, “Zhenming, go and arrange a few quick gatekeepers to guard the road from the main gate to Qinghui Courtyard. Report to me quickly about where the second young lady has taken her people!”
“Yes!” Zhenming took the order and ran out of the yard.
As soon as Bai Jinxiu entered the Princess Zhenguo’s Mansion with the Prince’s Mansion’s nanny and the imperial physician, news continued to spread to Qinghui Courtyard.
Servants and maids came in and out of Qinghui Courtyard. One moment a maid came to report that the second young lady had arrived at the Chuihua Gate. The next moment a servant said that the second young lady had arrived at the Shishan Hall. The next moment a maid also came hurriedly, panting, saying that the second young lady had passed the Yanyu Pavilion.
Bai Qingyan sat behind the screen, holding a cup of hot tea and waiting until the servant delivered a message saying that Bai Jinxiu had arrived at Lanshan Courtyard. Bai Qingyan put down the teacup and said to Cuiyu, who was holding her hand tightly, “Cuiyu, go tell the guards… You can send a message with Zhenguang and ask her to bring the person to Qinghui Courtyard.”
“Yes!” Cui Yu was suddenly startled when her name was called. She didn’t dare to delay for a moment and ran out.
The eldest girl repeatedly warned and instructed that the most important thing to accomplish this was not to make any mistakes in timing. The second girl was to bring in people from the Prince’s Mansion and the imperial physician as soon as the messenger entered Qinghui Courtyard, so that the imperial physician and the people from the Prince’s Mansion could clearly hear the conversation between the eldest girl and the messenger boy.
This was the first time Cui Yu had done such a thing since she was a child, and her heart felt as if a string was stretched tight.
Not long after, the patrolling guards of the Bai Mansion quietly nodded to Zhen Guang when they passed by Zhen Guang who was circling around Qinghui Courtyard with the servant sent by Li Mingrui.
Zhen Guang turned to Li Mingrui’s servant and said, “This way please…”
Zhen Guang just brought Li Mingrui’s servant into the upper room, and Bai Jinxiu followed him into the main gate of Qinghui Courtyard.
Zhenming, who was standing guard at the corridor, knocked gently on the window frame, signaling the maid in the upper room to lift the curtain and let the servant talk to Bai Qingyan. Then he hurried over and said anxiously, “Second Miss, someone has come to our house… He said he has something important to tell the eldest lady in person. The eldest lady is in such a state… She managed to get up and called the person over! Please try to persuade the eldest lady!”
“Isn’t this nonsense! How can something so important be more important than my elder sister’s health?!” Bai Jinxiu turned around and asked for the imperial physician first, “Imperial physician, please come first and take a look at my elder sister!”
The imperial physician responded repeatedly, carrying the medicine box and walking quickly up the steps of the corridor with Bai Jinxiu, and heard the servant inside say respectfully: “My master asked me to tell the Princess Zhenguo that Wang Qiulu has close contacts with the Liang Palace. Please be careful, Princess Zhenguo!”
When the imperial physician heard this, he paused. This… is the private property of the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion. Wouldn’t he get into trouble if he just went in like that?
When the nanny beside the Crown Princess heard the name “Prince Liang”, she immediately pricked up her ears and listened carefully to the movements inside without making a sound.
After hearing Bai Qingyan’s weak cough, his breathing became rapid, and he asked the servant an angry question like a string of bullets: “Wang Qiulu? Which Wang Qiulu? Could it be… that Wang Qiulu, the traitor who should have been executed?!”
Bai Jinxiu raised her hand to stop Zhen Guang from opening the curtain, and stood outside listening carefully.
The boy said yes.
There were rustling sounds coming from the room. Bai Qingyan’s weak voice was filled with anger: “Wasn’t Wang Qiulu already executed? What do you mean by close contact with King Liang?! Who is your master?! Did your master save this criminal who deserved to die?! Or did King Liang save Wang Qiulu?!”
Hearing the maid’s voice exclaiming “the eldest girl” from inside the house, Bai Jinxiu’s face turned pale and she rushed in with the imperial physician.
Bai Jinxiu looked at the shocked servant kneeling on the ground with murderous eyes and shouted, “Someone! Drag this bastard away!”
The servant felt that Bai Qingyan’s condition seemed bad inside the curtain, and seeing the guards coming to take him away, he was so scared that his whole body trembled. He hurriedly took two steps forward on his knees, banged his head on the ground and cried out loudly: “Princess Zhenguo, please spare me! Princess Zhenguo, please spare me! My master is the eldest son of the Left Prime Minister, Li Mingrui! I am just a servant beside the master, I don’t know anything, I am just here to pass on the message!”
The imperial physician and the maid from the prince’s mansion followed Bai Jinxiu into the curtain and saw that the blood vomited by Bai Qingyan had dyed his clothes on his chest red. His pale and blue face was reflected in the dim candlelight, which was shocking.
“Elder sister! Elder sister!” Bai Jinxiu knew it was fake, but she couldn’t help crying when she saw her elder sister like this, “Elder sister, how are you?! Imperial physician! Imperial physician, come and take a look at my elder sister…”
The imperial physician hurriedly took out a pulse pillow from the medicine box and knelt on the rosewood footstool beside the bed to take Bai Qingyan’s pulse.
“Imperial Physician…” Bai Jinxiu supported Bai Qingyan and asked the imperial physician impatiently with tears in her eyes, “Imperial Physician, how is my elder sister?”
“I’m fine! Jinxiu… you must take this servant to see the prince immediately and tell him that Wang Qiulu, the son of Wang Jianghai, the traitor, might still be alive. He is a very skilled martial artist… Tell the prince to be careful! You must catch Wang Qiulu! Go quickly!”
Bai Qingyan held Bai Jinxiu’s wrist tightly and spoke with rapid breathing.
“Eldest sister! The prince has his own guards to protect him, so you should worry more about your health!” Bai Jinxiu held Bai Qingyan’s hand, tears falling down her face.
“beautiful……”
Seeing Bai Qingyan struggling to get up again, Bai Jinxiu quickly held Bai Qingyan down and said with a sob, “Alright, alright! I got it, elder sister! Don’t worry, after the imperial physician finishes the treatment, I will definitely take the servant to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince…”
The imperial physician who was kneeling beside and taking the prince’s pulse couldn’t help but feel emotional. Princess Zhenguo’s body was in such a state, but she still cared about the prince’s safety. She was truly loyal.
“Imperial Physician, what happened to my eldest sister?” Bai Jinxiu asked with red eyes and sobs.
The old doctor packed up the pulse pillow while looking at Bai Jinxiu and shook his head gently: “My medical skills are shallow, but I can make the princess feel better…”
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