The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 743: go home
Chapter 743 Returning Home
At the beginning, Prince Liang fell into the trap of the Crown Prince and was drugged… so he defiled their princess. This led to the marriage of Prince Liang and Liu Ruofu. Wang Qiulu knew about this.
“I heard that the next day, when Prince Liang sneaked out from the back door of Old Master Wang’s house, do you know who was waiting for him at the back door? It was Princess Zhenguo…” Li Mingrui saw that Wang Qiulu’s face was getting uglier and uglier, and he still spoke in that gentle tone, “Then tell me, who did the prince entrust this matter to, and who lost face at the palace banquet because of the accusations of Liu Ruofu and Prince Xian, and was eager to take revenge on Liu Ruofu?”
What Li Mingrui said were all his guesses about what happened after he learned that Liu Ruofu had personally sent away the baby in her belly. But regardless of whether it was a guess or not, Li Mingrui had to plant a seed of doubt in Wang Qiulu’s heart.
This time, Wang Qiulu did not betray Princess Zhenguo. It is possible that Princess Zhenguo will save Wang Qiulu or even use him.
Given Wang Qiulu’s infatuation with Liu Ruofu, wouldn’t he find a chance to trip up the Princess? It’s hard to say…
“Later, it was the guard Lupin beside the Princess Zhenguo who led the patrol camp to capture Liu Ruofu!” Li Mingrui stopped and looked at Wang Qiulu who was resting with his eyes closed. “But at that time, they only captured Liu Ruofu, and did not capture the secret guards beside her. Later… I heard that they captured a lot of secret guards from Nandu, but there must be a few who slipped through the net! If General Wang is lucky enough to meet them in the future, you must ask them carefully.”
As soon as Li Mingrui finished speaking, he heard footsteps. He turned his head and looked towards the narrow passage of the prison. He saw shadows elongated by the torches in the prison coming in this direction. He pursed his lips and turned to look in the direction of the person coming.
Shen Qingzhu, dressed in a neat suit, walked slowly to the prison door with his hands behind his back. He looked at Li Mingrui with cold and disdainful eyes, and raised his hand to signal the jailer that he could leave.
The jailer saluted and left first, carrying the lamp.
Shen Qingzhu looked at Li Mingrui coldly: “Our eldest daughter of the Bai family asked me to tell you that she will give you two choices. Either you stop playing tricks and live a peaceful life, or all nine members of the Li family will go on the road together. There will be more people and you will have a companion on the road.”
Shen Qingzhu turned his gaze to Wang Qiulu who had already opened his eyes. Seeing that Wang Qiulu had already stood up, he retracted his gaze and said to Li Mingrui, “It seems… there’s no need to ask. You chose to go on the journey because there are more people and it’s easier.”
Li Mingrui’s face turned pale, he clenched his teeth, and stared at Shen Qingzhu with narrowed eyes.
Shen Qingzhu’s expression was so serious that Li Mingrui couldn’t tell whether Shen Qingzhu’s words were sarcastic or not.
“That’s right, it was our eldest lady who sent Lupin to capture Liu Ruofu, but who offered Liu Ruofu as a gift… as a token of sincerity to surrender to our eldest lady?” Shen Qingzhu spoke steadily without any emotion. “I hope that Lord Li’s trick of confusing right and wrong can also work in front of the King of Hell!”
After Shen Qingzhu finished speaking, he turned and left.
Li Mingrui’s expression was tense and his eyes darkened. He spoke only after he could no longer hear the footsteps: “Old man! Stop her!”
Wang Qiulu saw a dark figure leaving and looked at Li Mingrui: “You have someone in prison!”
Before Li Mingrui could answer, he heard the footsteps of the jailers with swords. Li Mingrui tightened his grip, but saw the jailers open the cell door opposite Wang Qiulu and said, “Wang Qiulu… come out, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to see you!”
Wang Qiulu clenched his fists, brushed off the straw on his body, walked out of the cell, glanced at Li Mingrui, and left with the jailer.
Wang Qiulu took heavy steps. He didn’t know whether the Princess Zhenguo would keep her promise to save him. He also didn’t know whether the Crown Prince had summoned him this time to ask more questions or to… kill him.
But what Wang Qiulu didn’t expect was that after he left the Dali Temple Prison and followed the people from the Prince’s Mansion to the main hall outside the Prince’s Mansion, he actually saw Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan was wrapped in a snow-white fox fur cloak, with a blazing charcoal fire under her feet. When she heard the eunuch report that Wang Qiulu had arrived, she turned her head and looked at Wang Qiulu.
Obviously, Bai Qingyan was still sick. She was pale and thin. The snow-white fox fur cloak made her face look even more bloodless. The fur on the fox fur cloak swayed gently with her breathing.
Wang Qiulu entered the room and bowed to the prince and Bai Qingyan.
The prince glanced at Wang Qiulu and said, “You are a lucky person. The Princess Zhenguo pleaded for you. I cannot but give her this favor. I will send you to Southern Xinjiang to guard the border with the Bai Family Army. You will be punished for your crimes and make meritorious contributions. Are you willing?”
Wang Qiulu’s palms tightened, and he looked up at Bai Qingyan. Seeing that Bai Qingyan’s eyes were clear and calm, he kowtowed heavily: “Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Princess Zhenguo! I am willing!”
He wants to live a good life just like his father said!
The prince waved his hand to signal the guards of the prince’s mansion to take Wang Qiulu out. After seeing Wang Qiulu leave, the prince said, “You too, his father Wang Jianghai used General Bai’s jade pendant to trick you into working hard, and you saved his son!”
“If it weren’t for the Crown Prince saying that His Majesty wanted to quietly settle the matter, Bai Qingyan would not have dared to plead with His Majesty.” Bai Qingyan nodded slightly to the Crown Prince and wrapped his cloak tighter. “Originally, I was deceived by Wang Jianghai, and I was indeed angry. But after all, Wang Jianghai saved my fourth uncle once, so I will take it as my fourth uncle’s repayment. I also want to thank His Majesty for your help.”
“Why do you have to be so polite to me?” The prince said to Bai Qing, “If you have any problems in the future, just send someone to tell me. You are not in good health, so you don’t have to come here in person!”
“The reason I came here in person this time is actually to say goodbye to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! It was only when I suddenly heard His Royal Highness mention that he didn’t want to make a big deal out of this matter, that I pleaded for Wang Qiulu!” Bai Qingyan said with a smile.
The prince was about to say something to keep Bai Qingyan, but when he remembered what the emperor said to Bai Qingyan in the palace, he pursed his lips and nodded, “Alright! There are so many disputes in the capital… Only by returning to Shuoyang can you recover from your injuries! I’ll ask Quan Yu to open the warehouse to bring you some precious tonics. After you use them up, I’ll send someone to send them to Shuoyang. Don’t be stingy, your health is important!”
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes and nodded to the Crown Prince: “Thank you for your concern, Your Highness.”
After coming out of the Prince’s Mansion, Bai Qingyan had not yet returned home when he received a report from someone in the mansion saying that Shen Qingzhu had returned home injured and was anxious to see Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan’s hand that was lifting the curtain tightened, his expression solemn, and he said in a deep voice: “Return home!”
Shen Qingzhu was in Qinghui Courtyard at this time. Her face was pale and blood was oozing out of her arm. The maid was trying to help Shen Qingzhu stop the bleeding and kept asking why the court doctor had not arrived yet.
Shen Qingzhu’s eyes were dull, and he didn’t care about his bleeding wound at all. All he could think about was the old man he had just seen with a head full of silver hair, wearing a dark gray robe and black cloth shoes.
Just as the court physician finished bandaging Shen Qingzhu, the voice of the young lady from Qinghui Courtyard came.