The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 749: kind
Chapter 749 Kindness
Even the carved eaves depicting hundreds of children frolicking in spring were coated with a layer of tea-stained color.
A few gray magpies landed on the roof of the pavilion. From afar, Shen Baizhong could only see the black shadows of a few birds against the red and purple glow of the sky, pecking at each other with their beaks and flapping their wings.
Shen Baizhong didn’t know how long he had followed the servants of the Princess Zhenguo Mansion until dusk fell, when the sheepskin lanterns under the corridors and verandas of the Princess Zhenguo Mansion were lit one by one, and then he arrived at the door of Baiqishan’s study.
Several servants were guarding outside the door of Baiqishan’s study, their faces glowing red under the bright light.
Shen Baizhong was not invited in, so he could only stand outside the door and look inside. He always felt that this place… was closely related to his past.
Shen Baizhong stood in the yard… He looked through the open partition into the brightly lit study. On the wall opposite the door hung a picture of winter plum blossoms. Shen Baizhong felt inexplicably familiar with it and was about to go in, but was stopped by the loyal servants of the Bai family.
He stood at the door and stared at the painting of winter plum blossoms in the flickering light.
“I can’t give you this painting of plum blossoms. Although it was painted by Brother Bai Zhong’s wife, this painting of plum blossoms is of… my wife from Bai Qishan! Brother Bai Zhong should ask for something else! How about this… Brother Bai Zhong finally came to Dadu, so stay in Dadu for a few more days. I’ll have someone arrange a place for you to stay. Most of the guards in the mansion are retired from the Bai family army. I’ll have Butler Hao pick a few people to accompany you around Dadu. You can also pick out some fashionable jewelry for your wife. I’ll pay for it and let you take it back to my sister-in-law, so that Brother Bai Zhong’s trip is not in vain.”
A young man with kind features suddenly appeared in Shen Baizhong’s mind. He looked familiar, but he couldn’t remember who he was. He just felt respect for him.
“It’s the busy farming season. My wife is young and not good at managing the farmland. My mother is old, so I have to go back to help her. Besides, I’ve been out for several months, and I don’t know if that little brat Ruohai has taught Qingzhu well…”
Shen Baizhong suddenly covered his chest, remembering the clumsy joy in his wife’s mood when he said this.
lady……
He seemed to have forgotten something extremely important, such as his wife.
“What’s the difference between our status? When have I ever cared about status? So what if you are much older than me? I don’t care! You obviously love me too. I dare to give up wealth and glory for you, so why don’t you dare to marry me?!”
Shen Baizhong suddenly grabbed the vermilion lacquered red pillar, feeling a splitting headache and heartache.
“Master!”
As soon as Shen Qingzhu entered the room, he saw Shen Baizhong leaning against a vermilion red pillar with a look of pain on his face. The servant of the Bai family was supporting Shen Baizhong and shouting for someone to bring a stool over.
Shen Qingzhu lost her temper and rushed over to push away the servant who was supporting Shen Baizhong. She looked at Shen Baizhong, whose hair was already full of silver, with red eyes and tears flowing like a spring: “Master! Master, I am Qingzhu!”
Shen Baizhong raised his head, his eyes filled with bloodshot, looking at Shen Qingzhu, his forehead covered with beads of sweat.
The girl in front of him, Shen Qingzhu, looked exactly like the little girl with a stubborn look and a cold face who practiced sword in the snow when she was a child. Shen Baizhong hummed in response.
Shen Qingzhu knelt down in front of Shen Baizhong and cried like a child. His words were full of sorrow and his nasal tone was heavy: “Master! Master, how did you become like this… Why did your hair become so white! Master…”
The sedan chair carrying Bai Qingyan landed on the ground. Bai Qingyan stood up holding Zhenming’s hand, and walked towards his father’s study holding the hand warmer in one hand.
Shen Baizhong was at a loss as to what to do. He didn’t know whether to reach out and help Shen Qingzhu up, or to turn around and leave immediately. His heart was in a mess.
“Master!” Shen Qingzhu knelt forward, hugged Shen Baizhong’s waist, and cried even more sadly, “Qingzhu is sorry, Master! Qingzhu failed to take good care of Master’s wife. Master’s wife thought that Master was gone… so… she followed him! It was Qingzhu who failed to look after Master’s wife. It was Qingzhu who was sorry for Master! I failed Master’s trust!”
When Shen Baizhong heard this, it was as if he was suddenly struck by lightning. He covered his heart with one hand and his head with the other. His eyes were bloodshot and his heart felt like it was being stabbed by countless sharp blades. It hurt so much that he couldn’t breathe and was about to die.
Seeing this, Bai Qingyan shouted to his servants, “Hold him!”
A fishy and sweet taste rushed up his throat, and Shen Baizhong suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. He opened his eyes wide and fell backwards.
“Master!”
Amid Shen Qingzhu’s exclamation, the Bai family servant supported Shen Baizhong who almost fell to the ground.
“Go and ask Miss Ji and the court physician to come over! Quickly!” Bai Qingyan turned around and instructed Zhen Ming.
“Yes!” Zhenming responded and ran away quickly.
“Help the person to move into the side room first!” Bai Qingyan ordered.
Shen Qingzhu followed and carried Shen Baizhong all the way into the side room, full of anxiety.
Bai Qingyan stood under the bright lights in the corridor, holding the hand warmer in both hands, looking at the gradually darkening sky above Dadu, and asked the steward beside him: “Have the people from the Zuo Xiangfu left?”
“My dear lady, he is still waiting outside…” the steward replied.
“Let the people from the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion go back! Just tell them… I left the person here! Tell them not to worry, I won’t take the old man’s life.”
“Yes!” the steward responded and walked quickly out of the yard.
After the court physician and Ji Langhua came over, one took Shen Baizhong’s pulse and prescribed medicine while the other gave him acupuncture. Soon Shen Baizhong woke up, but his mind was still in a mess.
Shen Qingzhu, kneeling beside the bed, almost cried as she told Shen Baizhong the whole story.
Shen Baizhong looked at the little girl in front of him who always had a cold face in his memory, now with tears on her face. He raised his hand and gently touched the top of Shen Qingzhu’s head. The feeling of familiarity and intimacy could not be faked.
He was not good at speaking and didn’t know how to comfort this sad girl. He could only obey the soft part of his heart and raised his hand to wipe her tears.
Shen Qingzhu cried even harder, holding Shen Baizhong’s hand and crying. It had been so long… She hadn’t had her master tap the top of her head so gently, and she didn’t even have her master’s wife to protect her.
She couldn’t even believe why her master had become such an old man: “Master, do you remember everything? Do you remember?”
Shen Baizhong’s mind was in a mess.
“Qingzhu, let your master have a good rest! I’m afraid your master won’t be able to remember for a while.” Bai Qingyan stood by the bed and looked at Shen Baizhong who was sitting on the bedside, and said, “I will talk to the Li family and let your master stay in the Bai family for a while. You also stay in the capital and take good care of your master.”
Shen Qingzhu turned around and looked at Bai Qingyan to thank her: “Thank you, young lady!”
“You…” Shen Baizhong looked at Bai Qingyan with trembling pupils, and said in a low voice with some uncertainty, “Are you… Miss Suqiu?”
Bai Qingyan tightened his grip on the hand warmer, his expression normal, his eyes calm, “I’m not.”
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