The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 836: Worries
Chapter 836: Unfounded Worry
“In that case, General Xie and I will act separately. I will go to the Prince’s Mansion to inform His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and General Xie will go to contact his old subordinates. General Fu has also known about this and will be prepared!” Bai Jinxiu was giving instructions to Xie Yuchang, telling him that they and Fu Ruoxi were a family, and they should not fight.
“Understood!” Xie Yuchang stood up and was about to send Bai Jinxiu off.
“General Xie, you don’t have to see me off. Business is more important!”
After leaving Xie’s house, Bai Jinxiu went straight to the Prince’s Mansion to ask to see the Prince.
The prince was sleeping soundly in the hibiscus tent when he suddenly heard someone whisper outside the Quanyu tent that Madam Qin wanted to see him. He didn’t realize which Madam Qin it was and asked impatiently, “Which Madam Qin came to disturb me in the middle of the night?!”
Quan Yu stood outside the exquisitely embroidered light purple bed curtains with lowered eyebrows and whispered, “Your Highness, this is the cousin of the Zhenguo Princess who married Qin Lang. She is as close to the Zhenguo Princess as if they were brothers from the same mother!”
Reminding the prince that Bai Jinxiu and Princess Zhenguo are as close as siblings is to make the prince pay more attention to it.
Inside the tent, Hongmei wrapped her slender white arms around the prince’s neck and grumbled in dissatisfaction: “What’s wrong with the Princess Zhenguo? She asked to see the prince without even checking the time. Does His Royal Highness want to rest? Could it be that she is relying on His Royal Highness’s favor for the Princess Zhenguo and treating His Royal Highness as a slave that she can use at will?!”
“Stop it!”
There was a rustling sound in the hibiscus tent, followed by the Crown Prince taking a breath and sighing comfortably. It was obvious that Hongmei was pestering the Crown Prince. Quan Yu frowned, blaming Hongmei for not knowing the seriousness of the matter and pestering His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Madam Qin must have something very important to tell her when she came here so late at night, but Quan Yu was a servant… and could not overstep the boundaries, so he could only worry.
Not long after, he heard a woman’s soft and charming voice coming from inside the tent. Quan Yu had no choice but to retreat and wait quietly outside.
But tonight, Hongmei seemed determined to stop the prince from seeing Bai Jinxiu. She kept pestering him with all kinds of tricks. The prince happily forgot about Bai Jinxiu and just cared about enjoying himself in the warm tent with her fragrance and softness.
Quan Yu was extremely anxious, but he could only stand outside the door and listen to the embarrassing voices inside.
It was not until the end of the Yin hour that the clouds and rain in the hibiscus tent in the house stopped.
Hearing the prince’s hoarse voice calling Quan Yu, he hurried in with the eunuchs holding toiletries.
Quan Yu placed the whisk on a black lacquered square plate that a little eunuch held above his head, then knelt down, placed the prince’s shoes on the footstool beside the bed, and helped the prince put on his shoes.
The prince put on his shoes, stood up and walked down the step with his eyes closed. Quan Yu hurriedly waved to the eunuchs outside the light gauze curtain, and the eunuchs who served the prince to wash came in quickly, bent over, and served the prince.
Hongmei, who was only wearing a red bellyband with the pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water, opened the bed curtains and leaned against the bedside in a charming manner. Her fair skin was flushed with love and she acted coquettishly: “Your Highness… Why do you always give in to everything when you hear the words ‘Princess Zhenguo’… I’m going to get jealous!”
The prince turned around to look at the fair and slender beauty and said with a smile, “You have long hair but little knowledge. Princess Zhenguo and I are the monarch and subject, and the Crown Princess has never said anything… Look at you, you are so petty!”
Hongmei refused to listen to this and stood up and walked behind the prince. She wrapped her arms around his narrow waist and said, “The princess is virtuous and generous, but Hongmei is narrow-minded and can only allow me to stay in the prince’s heart!”
“You!” The prince pinched Hongmei’s nose, seeming to enjoy it very much. He smiled and told Hongmei to sleep a little longer, then left Hongmei’s yard.
Hongmei, who was wearing a light dress with only a layer of gauze on her body, stood under the corridor and saw the prince walking away in a sedan chair. The smile on her face immediately faded, and she turned her head and ordered, “Go… tell the master that the cousin of the Zhenguo Princess wants to see the prince late at night!”
“Yes!” The maid bowed and left in a hurry.
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Bai Jinxiu sat in the main hall, gazing at the swaying thirty-six twined lanterns with a solemn expression.
She had been waiting for almost two hours…
It had been clearly said that there was something important, but the prince was still not coming. People were sent to urge him many times, but they were all blocked outside the courtyard by the maid who served Hongmei. The eunuchs who went to report did not even see Quan Yu.
Bai Jinxiu frowned, this Hongmei is really resourceful!
She heard that when Hongmei first entered the Prince’s Mansion, she was carried in a sedan chair, with only a maid serving her. All her belongings put together were just a small bag. She didn’t expect that now even the Prince’s Mansion’s nanny could be used by her.
Bai Jinxiu closed her sore eyes. Fan Yuhuai’s son Fan Yugan was escorting grain…that was what Hongmei told His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
On the surface, it was Fan Yuhuai who gave Hongmei a gift, but is this Hongmei actually related to Li Mingrui or King Liang?
Originally, she was hoping to ask the prince to send someone with the seal to Daliang before the city gate was changed, so that her eldest sister could bring the troops back with the prince’s seal.
But who knows…
It seems that even if this prince succeeds to the throne, he will not be a wise ruler.
Just as Bai Jinxiu stood up and prepared to have someone report to the Crown Prince again, she heard a noise coming from outside the main hall of the Crown Prince’s Mansion. Bai Jinxiu hurriedly stood up and saw the Crown Prince helping Quan Yu get off the sedan chair. She took small steps forward and saluted: “Greetings, His Royal Highness!”
“Madam Qin, please get up quickly!” The prince motioned Quan Yu to help Bai Jinxiu up, and then asked, “Madam Qin came to see you late at night, but what happened?”
Bai Jinxiu looked up at the prince and said bluntly, “Your Highness, Prince Liang is colluding with Fan Yuhuai and Li Mingrui, and I’m afraid he’s going to rebel.”
The prince thought he heard a joke and couldn’t help laughing. “Fan Yuhuai… is the hero who saved me and your majesty during the Wude Gate Rebellion! You said Li Mingrui wanted to rebel… I believe it, but if you say Fan Yuhuai wanted to rebel, I can’t agree with it! Is there any misunderstanding here?”
Bai Jinxiu clenched her fists at her side and said to the prince seriously, “Your Highness, have you sent anyone to keep an eye on the Prince of Liang’s mansion? Have any secret guards come back to report that Li Mingrui and Fan Yuhuai entered the Prince of Liang’s mansion tonight?”
“No…” The prince and Bai Jinxiu walked into the main hall with a smile on their faces, but they still felt that Bai Jinxiu was worrying too much.
“Your Highness, my grandmother, the Grand Princess, has a royal secret guard! After the last Wude Gate Rebellion, His Majesty was soft-hearted and did not punish Prince Liang. My grandmother was worried that Prince Liang would cause chaos again, so she let this royal secret guard secretly monitor Prince Liang! Today, the secret guard was going out of the city to report to my grandmother Fan Yuhuai and Li Mingrui entering Prince Liang’s mansion. When they found out that the city gate had been changed, they came to tell me to report to the prince first so that he could be prepared!” Bai Jinxiu spoke steadily.
The prince became serious when he heard this: “But the secret guards of the prince’s mansion did not report back…”
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