The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 744: master
Chapter 744 Master
Shen Qingzhu stood up and hurried out of the side room, covering her arm and bowing to Bai Qingyan who was rushing back… with a gloomy face: “Miss!”
“You injured your arm?” Bai Qingyan turned to ask the court doctor, “Is it serious?”
The court doctor following behind Shen Qingzhu hurriedly said, “It’s just a superficial wound, young lady. It’s nothing serious.”
“Miss, I have something important to report.” Shen Qingzhu said solemnly.
“Go inside first…”
Bai Qingyan helped Shen Qingzhu into the upper room when he heard Shen Qingzhu say, “I saw Master! Master…it seems like he doesn’t recognize me anymore. If I hadn’t recognized Master, I would be dead by now! Master…”
There was a slight tremor in Shen Qingzhu’s voice.
For so many years everyone thought that the master was dead, but unexpectedly, the master was still alive… and in the capital city.
Shen Qingzhu has been blaming Xiao Ruohai for his master’s death for years, but unexpectedly, his master is still alive.
During the fierce battle just now, if she had not been shocked and saw clearly and called out to her master loudly, asking him to stop… I’m afraid that this arm would have been lost.
However, the master looked at Shen Qingzhu with a confused look, but he vaguely remembered Shen Qingzhu. He dropped the sword and ran away with his head covered in agony. Shen Qingzhu was unable to catch up with the master, but only took back the master’s short sword.
“Are you sure you didn’t recognize the wrong person? Is it really Master Shen Baizhong?” Bai Qingyan helped Shen Qingzhu sit down, untied his cloak and asked.
Shen Qingzhu took out the master’s dagger from behind: “Look, young lady, this is the master’s dagger!”
Bai Qingyan picked up the dagger and walked to the window, reflecting the light shining into the room. In his dark eyes, the dagger was completely black, and the texture on the sword was indeed Shen Baizhong’s.
Shen Qingzhu walked behind Bai Qingyan and said, “Master’s identity is secret. No one in the Bai family knows about it except the prince and the eldest daughter. If Master has been unknown in the capital for so many years, it is not impossible! But… I wonder who can instruct or control Master to kill me! I can’t think of anyone else except the Li family.”
Putting aside the master for now, Shen Qingzhu had just encountered Li Mingrui in prison trying to trip up the young lady behind her back, and then someone came to assassinate her. It was obvious who was behind this.
Shen Qingzhu even suspected that her master was ordered by Li Mingrui to kill her. With her master’s skills, it would be easy for him to hide in prison without being discovered. The master came so quickly, unless the order was given by Li Mingrui himself.
“Miss, Master may be controlled by Li Mingrui now, and Master is in the Dali Temple prison, otherwise Master would not come so soon!” Shen Qingzhu clenched his fists, his face full of murderous intent, “I don’t know what the Li family did to Master!”
“Don’t worry, if it’s really Master Shen Baizhong, I will definitely bring him back.” Bai Qingyan patted Shen Qingzhu’s shoulder and promised, “Come on, prepare the car… go to the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion.”
As Bai Jinxiu and Wang Ge’er stepped into the main gate of Qinghui Courtyard, they heard Bai Qingyan saying that they were going to the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion. She quickly turned around and waved her hand to signal Cuibi to take Wang Ge’er to her mother Liu’s courtyard.
“Second Miss…” Zhenming stepped forward and saluted Bai Jinxiu.
Bai Jinxiu nodded, holding the hem of her skirt and stepped onto the steps of the corridor. Zhenming hurriedly opened the curtain for Bai Jinxiu.
“Eldest sister…” Bai Jinxiu walked in and untied her cloak, and asked, “Eldest sister, are you going to the Zuo Xiangfu?”
Bai Qingyan put on his cloak again and nodded: “Shen Qingzhu’s master Shen Baizhong might be in Li Mao’s hands. I have to bring him back!”
“Shen Baizhong? Is he the master of my eldest sister, my foster brother Xiao Ruohai and Miss Shen?” Bai Jinxiu looked at Shen Qingzhu.
Shen Qingzhu nodded.
“I’ll go with my elder sister!” said Bai Jinxiu.
Bai Qingyan shook his head: “It’s better for you to pretend you don’t know some things. Just let Qingzhu go with me.”
Shen Qingzhu nodded and said to Bai Jinxiu: “Don’t worry, Second Miss, I will take good care of the eldest lady.”
Bai Qingyan tied up the fox fur coat and said to Bai Jinxiu, “Take enough guards with you and go to the Crown Prince’s Mansion with Xiao Qi to visit the Crown Princess. Remember to bring generous gifts.”
Li Mansion.
Li Mao had just returned from the palace and received accurate news from the emperor, which assured him that Li Mingrui’s life would not be taken and that he did not care whether Li Mingrui had framed Princess Zhenguo. In order to protect Prince Liang, the emperor had asked the crown prince to deal with the matter quietly.
In other words, Li Mingrui will be released in a few days.
When Li Mao came out of the palace, his legs were weak, but he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Li Mao also felt more clearly what kind of existence imperial power was. A certain desire that had been secretly growing in his heart but had been suppressed by him surged up again.
In fact, even if he really helped the second prince to ascend the throne, he was still a minister… Whether he could become a powerful minister was another matter, as the power of life and death still depended on the emperor’s decision.
In fact, he has always wanted to sit in that position and experience the feeling of being above everyone else, even if only for one day.
What a pity!
Sometimes he envied Bai Weiting for having the brave and battle-hardened Bai Family Army under his command, but he also felt that Bai Weiting was incredibly stupid, holding a large army but not rebelling, and was willing to submit to such a stupid monarch like the Lin family, which was a waste of the Bai Family Army.
As soon as Li Mao’s carriage stopped in front of the Li Mansion, he heard the housekeeper come to report that Princess Zhenguo was here in person.
Li Mao shuddered. Bai Qingyan’s visit must be for no good reason. Li Mao did not dare to delay and lifted the hem of his long gown, stepped into the Li Mansion and headed towards the main hall.
With his weak spot in someone’s hand, how could Li Mao not be cautious towards Bai Qingyan?
Seeing Bai Qingyan drinking tea in the main hall, with a neat and dashing woman in tight clothes holding a sword in her arms standing behind him, Li Mao untied his cloak and handed it to the housekeeper, then walked up to Bai Qingyan with a smile and said, “I wonder what the Princess Zhenguo has to say about your sudden visit.”
Bai Qingyan put down his teacup and looked at Li Mao with a deep and calm gaze: “Today I sent someone close to me to visit the left prime minister’s son in prison, but I didn’t expect that he would be almost killed not long after he came out of the Dali Temple prison…”
As he spoke, Bai Qingyan glanced at Shen Qingzhu as if to signal him to do so.
Shen Qingzhu had a cold face, not afraid of Li Mao at all, and looked at Li Mao.
“Princess Zhenguo came to visit. Do you suspect that it was our Li Mansion who did it?” Li Mao said solemnly, “Princess Zhenguo, you can’t make random guesses.”
“I am seriously injured, and I don’t want to talk to the Left Prime Minister here any more. If I don’t see the old man before sunset today, the Left Prime Minister will bring his whole family to the Crown Prince to explain what it means… Your Majesty doesn’t know that the Second Prince is a hidden dragon, and doesn’t know how to give way to the real dragon, which has ruined the future of our Jin State. I beg the Second Prince to abdicate for the sake of Jin State and the Imperial Concubine’s family!”
Li Mao suddenly clasped the armrests of the chair. He tried his best not to show his shock on his face. This was what he wrote to the second prince that year, word for word exactly!
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