The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 742: not wronged
Chapter 742 Not Unfair
“Serve the meal!” Bai Jinxiu ordered Cui Yu.
Cuiyu responded and went out to serve the meal.
Today’s breakfast was all prepared by Bai Jinxiu, and all of it was a good omen. The “Top Prize Porridge” and “Top Honors in the Imperial Examination” steamed buns were all made by Bai Jinxiu herself when she got up early.
Qin Lang knew that Bai Jinxiu had good intentions, and he did not avoid Bai Jinxiu’s maidservant. He gently held Bai Jinxiu’s hand as she served him food, and said, “This time, I will definitely do well in the exam and earn a good reputation!”
Bai Jinxiu also held Qin Lang’s hand, her smiling eyes full of warmth: “I believe in my husband!”
Qin Lang shook Bai Jinxiu’s hand vigorously before starting to have breakfast.
A long time ago, the Grand Princess had told Qin Lang that as long as Qin Lang could be in the top two this time, she would ask the Emperor for permission to return the title of Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery to Qin Lang.
Qin Lang must earn back the title of Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery that he had lost at the hands of his father this time!
Bai Qingyan is staying in Princess Guo’s Qinghui Courtyard to “recuperate”. News is continuously sent to Qinghui Courtyard, and orders are issued from Qinghui Courtyard.
Shuoyang’s housekeeper Hao, steward Liu, and Lupin started to get busy again. Bai Qingyan asked the housekeeper of the Bai family to buy a large amount of food. Nominally, it was to be sent to the disaster victims in Yanwo, but in fact half of it was for Ji Tingyu who was far away in Huweiling.
With the excuse of delivering food to the disaster victims in Yanwo, this batch of food can be sent over openly, and the prince has given permission… There will be no obstacles along the way, so Bai Qingyan has nothing to worry about.
However, the eldest princess in Qing’an heard that Bai Qingyan had returned to Dadu, so she sent Bai Jinse and Wei Zhong back to the Princess Zhenguo’s Mansion.
Wei Zhong came back at the right time, and Bai Qingyan was still hoping that Wei Zhong would investigate Wang Qiulu again.
She already knew that Wang Qiulu had not betrayed her in front of the prince, but he just didn’t know anything when asked and said he didn’t know who saved him. But this was enough to make Li Mingrui very upset.
She ordered Wei Zhong to check whether Wang Qiulu said anything he shouldn’t have said after Lu Jin brought Wang Qiulu back to the Dali Temple.
Wei Zhong didn’t ask any questions and just followed the order to investigate.
If Wang Qiulu had not said anything he shouldn’t have said and knew who his master was, Bai Qingyan would have helped Wang Qiulu see the light again, allowed him to become a general again with dignity, and let him lead troops at the border between Jin and Xiliang to display his strengths.
Bai Qingyan thought for a moment, turned his head and looked at Zhenming who was serving tea to Bai Jinse, and said, “Zhenming… go see if Miss Shen is awake. If she is awake, please invite Miss Shen over. I have something to tell her.”
Zhenming placed the hot tea on the small table by the window and went to call Shen Qingzhu with a smile.
Shen Qingzhu slept soundly all night after falling down yesterday. This morning, the eldest girl woke up when she was practicing shooting in the yard. Later, after letting the girl watch Shen Qingzhu eat, the eldest girl urged her to go back and rest.
“Sister, what can I do for you this time?” Bai Jinse raised her eyes and looked at Bai Qingyan.
Through the steam of tea, Bai Qingyan stretched out his hands and warmed them on the copper stove at his feet: “What you need to do is to lie low and not show off. Don’t let others notice your intelligence. Maybe one day, you will become a special soldier of my Bai family.”
Bai Jinse understood that Bai Qingyan meant that she would not order her to do anything for the time being. She clenched her fists at her side, raised her head and said solemnly to Bai Qingyan: “Jinse thinks what elder sister said makes sense. Jinse will listen to elder sister!”
Bai Jinse is precocious, perhaps because she has been with Bai Qingyan since she was a child.
After Shen Qingzhu arrived, Bai Qingyan did not ask Bai Jinse to leave. He said to Shen Qingzhu in front of Bai Jinse: “Qingzhu, thank you for your hard work in going to the Dali Temple Prison. When you meet Li Mingrui, tell him that I will give him two choices. Either stop playing tricks and live a peaceful life, or the nine members of the Li family will go on the road together. There will be more people and a companion on the road.”
Hearing Bai Qingyan say this, Shen Qingzhu glanced at Bai Jinse, as if afraid of scaring the child, but saw Bai Jinse holding the teacup and drinking tea calmly, which made her seem like she was making a fuss out of nothing. Shen Qingzhu responded by saying yes and left Qinghui Courtyard.
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In prison, Li Mingrui sat cross-legged on the straw. After a long night, Li Mingrui finally figured it out. This Wang Qiulu… might have already surrendered to the Princess Zhenguo, so she tricked him at the critical moment.
Perhaps, when Princess Zhenguo arranged Wang Qiulu to stay with her, she intended to test him.
Oh, that’s not entirely true. Maybe she also wanted him to test Wang Qiulu for her.
Now, he had found out on behalf of Princess Zhenguo that Wang Qiulu was a loyal person. However, because he was afraid that Princess Zhenguo had handwritten letters from his father and the second prince in her hands, he had to kneel down and admit everything.
The Princess Zhenguo was more skilled, so he admitted defeat.
He thought too highly of himself and thought he had figured out the Princess Zhenguo’s ways of doing things, but he didn’t know that the Princess Zhenguo’s ways of doing things were completely irregular.
It seemed that ever since the Princess Zhenguo angrily rebuked the Marquis of Zhongyong in his mansion, every time the Princess Zhenguo made a move, it would always be shocking.
Li Mingrui’s loss this time was not unfair.
Li Mingrui looked at Wang Qiulu, who was sitting in the prison opposite him, leaning against the wall with his eyes closed. He smiled and stood up, brushing off the straw on his body. He walked to the prison door, looked at Wang Qiulu and asked, “Wang Qiulu… You already knew that I didn’t really surrender to the Princess Zhenguo, so you have been on guard against me!”
Wang Qiulu opened his eyes and looked at Li Mingrui: “What did Lord Li say? I don’t understand.”
Li Mingrui chuckled, opened his arms and looked around: “Why do you have to be so cautious? There is no one else here except us.”
“It’s not that I’m suspicious, it’s just that Wang Qiulu really doesn’t understand what Lord Li said.” After Wang Qiulu finished speaking, he closed his eyes again, as if he didn’t want to talk to Li Mingrui anymore.
“Tell the prince that the Princess Nandu in Prince Liang’s mansion is a fake and she did it to save Liu Ruofu’s life?” Li Mingrui deliberately lied to Wang Qiulu.
Wang Qiulu closed his eyes and leaned against the moldy wall. After a while, he said, “I have admired the princess for many years. Even if the person you found imitates the princess, I can tell after just a little contact that it is not our Nandu’s proud little princess.”
“What a pity. If I had known, I would have spared Liu Ruofu’s life to restrain you.” Li Mingrui smiled and deliberately said something to anger Wang Qiulu.
Wang Qiulu clenched his fists tightly, closed his eyes and said nothing.
Li Mingrui realized that Wang Qiulu was indeed a lovesick man, and it seemed that he was really deeply in love with Princess Nandu Liu Ruofu.
“There is one more thing you may not know…” Li Mingrui turned around and paced in the prison, observing Wang Qiulu, “The child in Liu Ruofu’s belly is not the King of Liang’s. Liu Ruofu fell into a trap… and was picked up by the secret guards. The King of Liang was just thrown into the residence of the Minister of Rites, Mr. Wang, by the prince’s people to take the blame!”
Wang Qiulu gritted her teeth but remained calm.
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