The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 758: lingering bed
Chapter 758: Lingering on the Sickbed
“Young lady!” Chuntao bit her lower lip shyly, pretended to be annoyed, picked up the black lacquered square plate on the small table, and fled out of the upper room of Boyun Courtyard.
Once back in her room, Chuntao took out the jade pendant and examined it carefully, her eyes moist and red…
In fact, Chuntao didn’t want any rare jade pendant. For her, a rare jade pendant was not as reassuring as a letter from her cousin that she was safe.
She knew that her cousin had gone with the third girl to do something important. She didn’t dare to ask her cousin to come back soon, but only hoped that the third girl and her cousin would be safe and sound while they were away.
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It was already mid-August, and Bai Qingyan could not use ice in the summer, so Xiaowu and Xiaoliu always brought Xiaoba Bai Wanqing to invite Bai Qingyan to Shaohuayuan to escape the summer heat.
Shaohua Courtyard is dotted with tall trees and weeping willows, famous flowers and fragrant herbs. Over the years, the branches have grown thickly and the shade covers the entire garden.
The entire building of Shaohua Hall was surrounded by dark green and light blue. The faint light penetrated through the layers of tall tree branches and leaves, swaying and falling on the open window frames.
The breeze penetrating the gauze curtains brings with it the sweet fragrance of blooming flowers, accompanied by the light ringing of the gilded bronze hooks and bronze bells that hook the Xiangfei bamboo curtains under the corridors, and the chirping of cicadas in the tall trees, making people feel that midsummer has arrived.
The battle reports from Daliang would be delivered to Bai Qingyan every few days. The later the battle progressed… the harder it became for Jin State to fight. Capturing cities was no longer as smooth as at the beginning. Every time a city was captured, it was a tragic victory, and it consumed too much manpower, material resources and time.
The news from Bai Jinxiu in Dadu was delivered. Bai Qingyan knew that the court officials, including the prince, had complained about the slowdown in the pace of Liu Hong and Bai Jinzhi’s capture of cities. The latest military report made the prince even more furious, saying that the losses in this battle were too great, but he felt it was a loss of face to send envoys to negotiate peace again. The prince was very annoyed as he was in a dilemma.
Bai Qingyan leaned on the couch, fanning herself with a butterfly-embroidered bamboo fan in her hand. Fine golden light penetrated the green branches and fell on her eyelids. She lowered her eyes to look at Bai Jinzhao and Bai Jinhua, who had taken off their shoes and were kneeling on the ivory couch. They were teasing the little Bai Wanqing, who had two small buns on her head, with a jade bell.
There was a faint smile in Bai Qingyan’s eyes.
After the summer came, the mother ordered people to hang white gauze curtains decorated with five-blessing tassels on the corridors and both sides of the long hallway to block out mosquitoes. Fortunately, the effort was not in vain, and Xiaoba was not bitten by mosquitoes all summer.
Bai Qingyan’s eyes fell on a painting hanging next to a sandalwood screen depicting mountains and rivers in Shaohua Hall. The painting of the Bai sisters was painted by the palace painter invited by his grandmother the day before his second sister Bai Jinxiu got married. However, Bai Qingyan was not there that day, so there was no picture of him in the painting.
Her eyes fell on Bai Jinzhi, who had her hands behind her back and a clear and clean smile. She lowered her eyes, picked up the jade cup, drank a sip of the yogurt in the jade cup, and lowered her eyes to think carefully…
The situation on the battlefield in Daliang is difficult now, simply because the death of the fourth prince of Daliang has aroused the bloodiness of the soldiers and people of Daliang.
Generally speaking, such battles would be very difficult, unless there was a bloody battle that could crush Daliang to the greatest extent.
We have to find a way…
Before Bai Qingyan could think more, Nanny Tong strode into Shaohua Courtyard in small steps. The maid hurriedly lifted the gauze curtain for Nanny Tong, and then hurriedly lowered the gauze curtain after watching Nanny Tong step onto the steps of the corridor, for fear that mosquitoes would fly in and bite their girl. It would be a real sin if they were bitten on the face by accident.
Tong Ma Ma walked in holding her skirt, greeted the girls, and said to Bai Qing, “Young lady, Doctor Hong is back. He is outside Shaohua Courtyard right now and seems to have something to say to you. Oh… and the young man named Yue Shi who brought Doctor Hong back is waiting in the front hall and wants to see you.”
Doctor Hong is back, and Emperor Yan should be much better now. Bai Qingyan nodded and stood up from the turmeric-yellow sac embroidered with albizzia flowers. Chuntao hurried forward to help Bai Qingyan put on his shoes.
“Madam, please send someone to invite Yue Shi to the Immortal Pavilion. I’ll be there right away.”
Bai Qingyan put on her shoes and stood up. She looked at her three sisters sitting on the ivory mat, straightened her sleeves and said with a smile, “Little Five, Little Six, you stay here and play with Little Eight for a while. I’ll be back soon.”
“Don’t worry, elder sister. We will take good care of Xiaoba!” Bai Jinzhao said with a smile.
Bai Qingyan nodded slightly, holding Chuntao’s hand and stepped out of Shaohua Hall, walked out of the white gauze curtain opened by the maid, and walked towards Doctor Hong who was standing outside the door and bowed to her: “Doctor Hong, you have worked hard on the way.”
Doctor Hong looks a lot thinner. It seems that he must have been exhausted from taking care of Emperor Yan these days.
Doctor Hong stood up and walked out with Bai Qingyan, saying, “I am fine, but Emperor Yan’s condition is not very good…”
Bai Qingyan nodded and asked, “Doctor Hong is also unable to save the patient?”
Doctor Hong nodded. “The poison has penetrated into the bones of the Emperor of Yan. When I treated him, I said… if he took good care of himself, he might be able to ask God for another ten years of life. But the Emperor of Yan has been toiling hard these days, and the arrow shot has greatly damaged his vitality. Even if the Emperor of Yan puts down his political affairs and recuperates, he can only… have one year at most! Not to mention that when the Emperor of Yan was seriously injured, he still couldn’t let go of the affairs of Yan State.”
“Rather than resting, Emperor Yan might wish to devote his remaining energy to the affairs of the State of Yan!” Bai Qingyan whispered.
Emperor Yan was a good emperor, but unfortunately… Jin State, Bai Family and Bai Family Army did not meet such an emperor. If the Bai Family had met such a monarch, with the monarch and his subjects being of one mind, there would be no worry that the world could not be unified.
Doctor Hong nodded in agreement: “By the way, Yue Shi is here too, following the order of Emperor Yan… Please have a chat with the young lady.”
Bai Qingyan paused and turned to look at Doctor Hong: “The Emperor of Yan is here?”
“That’s right. The Emperor of Yan is in casual clothes, waiting by the Ying Lake outside Shuoyang City.” Doctor Hong said.
“I understand! Doctor Hong has been traveling so hard, so he should go back and have a rest. The little girl Yinshuang misses Doctor Hong. She came to me two days ago and asked me where Mr. Hong was and why he hadn’t brought her back some delicious plum sticks.” Bai Qingyan’s voice was full of tenderness when he mentioned Yinshuang.
Xiao Yinshuang not only asked about Doctor Hong, but also about Shen Qingzhu.
However, Shen Qingzhu’s master, Shen Baizhong, only remembered part of the things and has not yet remembered all the past. He is also very worried about Li Mingrui. Shen Qingzhu is afraid that his master will be used by Li Mingrui, so he has to stay in the capital to take care of Shen Baizhong.
Doctor Hong also smiled: “Just remember to eat, little fool!”
After saying this, Doctor Hong bowed deeply to Bai Qingyan, watched Bai Qingyan leave, and then hurried to his own yard.
If she wanted to go out of the city to see Emperor Yan, she would be too conspicuous if she went out in women’s clothing. After all, she was claiming to be sick… Outsiders would only think that Bai Qingyan was bedridden and unable to get up.
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