The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 732: framed
Chapter 732 Framed
Seeing Bai Jinxiu’s face change drastically, the imperial physician said, “Don’t worry, Madam Qin. I will prescribe some medicine for Princess Zhenguo. After taking it, it will slightly relieve Princess Zhenguo’s symptoms. If you want to take good care of her, I’m afraid you need Imperial Physician Huang to treat Princess Zhenguo. However, Imperial Physician Huang is in Huayang City now, so I’m afraid he can’t be there.”
“Thank you, Imperial Physician!” Bai Jinxiu nodded to the Imperial Physician.
The imperial physician came out from the inner room and sat at the small round table under the lamp to write a prescription for Bai Qingyan.
The voice of Li Mingrui’s servant begging for mercy was heard from the courtyard of Qinghuiyuan.
Bai Jinxiu tucked the quilt for Bai Qingyan, sniffed, and whispered, “Don’t worry, elder sister, you can rest assured. When the imperial physician writes a prescription, I will take the servant to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!”
Bai Qingyan nodded, then slowly closed his eyes and rested.
The nanny beside the Crown Princess saw Bai Qingyan’s face was extremely pale and ugly under the candlelight. She tightened her hands folded in front of her belly, thinking that the dying appearance of this Princess Zhenguo would definitely not be like what the Crown Princess’s personal nanny said… to become an obstacle to her own Crown Princess.
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The main hall is brightly lit.
Quan Yu tried several times to tell the prince about Bai Jinxiu’s visit to ask for the appointment of an imperial physician, but he was unable to interrupt because it should not appear too deliberate. Quan Yu could only stand aside and wait for the opportunity.
The prince ordered someone to move the brazier to his feet. He stretched out his hands to warm himself by the fire while listening to Old Fang talking about Wang Qiulu.
The prince was quite shocked to hear that Wang Qiulu was still alive. He remembered… that night Bai Qingyan went to the prison to meet Wang Jianghai. The prince also went there. Bai Qingyan said that Wang Jianghai asked the jailer to bring her fourth uncle’s jade pendant to see her. She hurried to the prison, but it turned out that Wang Jianghai had lied to her. She was very sad.
“You said…Princess Zhenguo saved that Wang Qiulu. I remember…that Wang Qiulu should have been executed!” The prince frowned.
Quan Yu gritted his teeth. This old man was going to frame Princess Zhenguo again.
“That’s right!” Elder Fang bowed. “Princess Zhenguo is very thoughtful and cautious, so she didn’t hire anyone from the Bai Mansion. Instead, she sent people to Shuoyang to find a relative of the jailer of the Dali Temple in Shuoyang, and gave him money to rescue the man! Now I have already sent people to capture that person, and I have also brought the jailer of the Dali Temple here, and of course… there is also Wang Qiulu!”
After saying this, Mr. Fang gestured to Ren Shijie.
Ren Shijie hurriedly picked up the account book and contract on the table beside him and handed them to the prince respectfully: “This is the house that the Shuoyang man bought after returning from Dadu. The transaction record is here! This… is the transaction record of a three-story courtyard in Dadu. The buyer is the jailer.”
The prince frowned and glanced through the transaction records.
Elder Fang lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then deliberately asked, “Did… Princess Zhenguo tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince about saving Wang Qiulu?”
The prince recalled that when he was in prison, Bai Qingyan held the jade pendant in her hand and said to him with tears in her eyes… Wang Jianghai tricked her over just to let her save his son. The prince didn’t know whether Bai Qingyan had told him this.
Seeing the prince’s hesitation, Mr. Fang asked again, “Your Highness, do you want to call a witness?”
“Call them in, I want to hear what they say!” The prince threw the transaction records aside.
Ren Shijie got up and went outside to bring in Wang Qiulu, the jailer and the Shuoyang gambler.
Wang Qiulu clenched his fists, glanced at the Crown Prince, and knelt down in front of him: “I meet… His Highness the Crown Prince!”
“Raise your head!” The prince held the armrest of the chair with one hand, put on his princely airs, and spoke in a very authoritative voice.
Wang Qiulu looked up when she heard this, and was not afraid of the prince’s gaze.
The prince had never met Wang Qiulu, so he just felt that she looked familiar. Thinking about it, Wang Qiulu did look similar to Wang Jianghai. He asked, “Were you rescued by the Princess Zhenguo?”
“Your Highness, I don’t know who rescued me. I only know that after I was rescued from prison, no one cared about me anymore. Later…”
Wang Qiulu suddenly stopped talking and kowtowed to the Crown Prince: “Your Highness, please ask your attendants to leave. Only then will I be willing to tell you everything!”
Mr. Fang was shocked by Wang Qiulu’s words. This was different from what they had agreed on before. Mr. Fang stood up suddenly and said, “What tricks are you going to play?!”
“Your Highness, please ask your attendants to leave!” Wang Qiulu kowtowed heavily again.
“Your Highness! This man is a serious treason criminal! How can he be alone with Your Highness… Please think twice!” Old Fang bowed to the prince.
Ren Shijie’s hands hidden in his sleeves tightened quietly. How could this situation change so suddenly?
Could this be some evil plot of Li Mingrui? No matter what, he should just wait and see!
“Wang Qiulu, you don’t want Mr. Fang and I to be present… or you don’t want anyone to be present?” Ren Shijie asked.
“As long as Mr. Fang leaves with you, it will be fine!” said Wang Qiulu.
Ren Shijie saw this and stood up and tugged at Mr. Fang’s sleeve: “Mr. Fang… since he insists so much, it doesn’t matter if we just wait outside!”
After saying that, Ren Shijie lowered his voice and said, “Can the prince still hide this from you? I will definitely tell you later! Just be patient, otherwise… the prince will think that you are here to frame the Princess Zhenguo, and he dare not let Wang Qiulu speak!”
Elder Fang felt that what Ren Shijie said made sense, so he could only nod his head, glared at Wang Qiulu and said, “Then… Mr. Ren and I will wait outside for His Highness to summon us.”
After saying that, Mr. Fang and Ren Shijie left the main hall and waited under the corridor outside.
Mr. Fang frowned and said, “You said… Could it be that Li Mingrui had planned this to frame you and me?”
Standing under the hexagonal palace lantern, Ren Shijie put his hands in his sleeves, frowned and thought for a while: “I think… not likely, but I think it’s best for Mr. Fang not to take all the credit for this matter. Although Li Mingrui is fair-skinned and handsome, his heart is not so clean. In case Li Mingrui played some tricks and trapped Mr. Fang and me as his pawns, I will tell you the truth. What do you think, Mr. Fang?”
Mr. Fang also nodded and raised his hand to hold his twitching eyelids: “Mr. Ren is right. My eyelids keep twitching. It’s not a good sign. Let’s just tell the truth!”
In the main hall of the Prince’s Mansion.
Wang Qiulu knelt on the shiny floor, kowtowed to the prince and said, “Your Highness, I really didn’t know who saved me at first! Later, that person asked me to go to the Liang Palace and lied to me that Princess Nandu Liu Ruofu’s face and voice were destroyed. I went there, and someone met me at the back corner gate of the Liang Palace. Later, I was taken to see Liu Ruofu, but I am sure that it was definitely not Princess Nandu!”
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