The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 887: Health and longevity
Chapter 887 Health and Longevity
Quan Yu folded his hands in front of his abdomen and followed Zhen Ming obediently. The moment he stepped into Qinghui Courtyard, he saw the silhouette of Bai Qingyan writing with his head down reflected on the window, and his eyes became hot.
“Eunuch, please wait a moment. I will go in and report to the eldest lady.” Zhenming bowed to Quanyu.
Quan Yu nodded in thanks and stood rather stiffly under the corridor. He lowered his eyes and saw his disheveled shadow with disheveled hair and untidy clothes. Thinking that he would meet Princess Zhenguo in a while, Quan Yu lowered his eyes to check. He straightened his sleeves, brushed off the dust on his clothes, and combed his hair with his hands… There was no comb or water here, and before he could think of a way to comb his hair so that his hair could not be seen in his shadow, he heard Zhenming invite him in.
Quan Yu thanked Zhen Ming, lowered his head and followed Zhen Ming into the upper room, staring at Zhen Ming’s embroidered shoes. He walked around the screen and came to the couch. He immediately knelt down and saluted: “Quan Yu greets the Princess Zhenguo.”
“No need to be so polite, Eunuch Quanyu.” Bai Qingyan put down her pen and took the refreshing hot tea that Zhenguang brought her, “Zhenming… bring a stool over for Eunuch Quanyu.”
Hearing Bai Qingyan’s attitude towards him as usual, Quan Yu dared to raise his head and look at Bai Qingyan: “Thank you, Princess Zhenguo!”
He saw Bai Qingyan, who had lost a lot of weight but was still tall and straight, and looked at him as usual. Quan Yu’s eyes were filled with tears, and he couldn’t help but ask in a low voice: “I wonder if the Princess Zhenguo is in good health?”
“Thanks to Eunuch Quanyu’s concern. Thanks to Doctor Hong’s care, I have recovered a lot…” Bai Qingyan seemed to be chatting with Quanyu. When she saw Zhenming bringing an embroidered cushion over, she motioned for Quanyu to sit down.
Quan Yu nodded and stood up. As soon as he sat down, Zhen Guang served him tea. Quan Yu hurriedly stood up to thank him, then sat back down and looked at Bai Qingyan and said, “I dare to say that I heard that the Princess Zhenguo wants to ascend the throne. I wonder… is it because the Princess Zhenguo thinks that the Crown Prince is gone, so she wants to ascend the throne?”
Bai Jinse looked at her elder sister, and saw Bai Qingyan looking at Quan Yu seriously, without any perfunctory intention: “That’s not the case. Eunuch Quan Yu has been with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for quite some time, and he should know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very afraid of Your Majesty. He even tried to fulfill the ridiculous request of the Emperor of Jin to build a nine-story platform to please Your Majesty! Now that the Emperor of Jin is not dead yet… If the Crown Prince ascends the throne, Eunuch Quan Yu, based on your understanding of the Crown Prince, can these one thousand innocent boys and girls escape their fate?”
Quan Yu tightened his grip on the teacup. Without even struggling or thinking, he knew… he couldn’t.
“Besides, if the Crown Prince can listen to the advice of the ministers, he can barely be a ruler who maintains the status quo, but he cannot become a wise ruler who expands the territory… and unifies the world.”
So, the Princess Zhenguo is really going to be the emperor…
Quan Yu raised her eyes and looked at Bai Qingyan with wet eyes: “Then… the prince was kidnapped by King Liang, Princess Zhenguo, are you not going to save His Highness? His Highness… has always believed in Princess Zhenguo’s loyalty! Princess Zhenguo, you… can’t just stand by and watch him die!”
Quan Yu was choked with sobs.
“King Liang must have taken the crown prince to Luohong City. Qin Shangzhi is in charge of the canal repair there. He has soldiers and is loyal to the crown prince. If King Liang wants to gather strength to resist, he must hold the crown prince hostage to control Qin Shangzhi. So the crown prince will not be in danger for the time being. Besides… my grandmother, the Grand Princess of the Jin Dynasty, is here. She will not let King Liang kill the crown prince.”
Because my grandmother probably still held out a glimmer of hope, hoping that she could support the prince to ascend the throne.
“Eunuch Quanyu, there is something I have always wanted to ask…” Bai Qingyan looked at Quanyu seriously, “When my fourth sister Bai Jinzhi was investigating the military rations case, she received advice from Eunuch Quanyu. After careful consideration, I found that Eunuch Quanyu seemed to be taking extra care of the Bai family. I wonder if there is a reason for this?”
Hearing this, Quan Yu also looked up at Bai Qingyan seriously, and said with red eyes: “I reminded the fourth lady… because I didn’t want her to be reckless. If she disturbed the little prince in the Crown Princess’s belly, I was afraid that the Crown Prince would be angry with the Princess Zhenguo. As for… taking extra care of the Bai family, it was also because of the Princess Zhenguo.”
Bai Qingyan looked at Quanyu quietly, waiting for his next words.
Quan Yu’s throat rolled over, and after a long while, he spoke in a hoarse voice: “Because, the way the Princess Zhenguo looks at me is like looking at a normal person, not like… looking at a toy, and not like those people who beg me for favors, flattering me in public but calling me a eunuch behind my back! Only when the Princess Zhenguo looks at me, I feel… that I am a human being.”
Bai Qingyan suddenly understood.
It turned out that neither the Bai family nor she had ever given anything to this eunuch Quan Yu, but it was her lack of contempt that made Quan Yu willing to take care of the Bai family.
As he spoke, Quan Yu’s tears fell. He lowered his head and wiped them with his sleeve. He then put the hot tea in his hand aside and kowtowed to Bai Qingyan in a proper manner: “I dare to ask the Princess Zhenguo… to save the life of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!”
“Don’t worry, my second sister has already led the troops to Luohong City.” Bai Qingyan said to Quanyu, and then asked, “Quanyu, are you willing to stay with me?”
Quan Yu didn’t expect that Bai Qingyan would let him stay by his side and serve him, as he was the personal eunuch of the crown prince of the previous dynasty!
Quan Yu was shocked, but his eyes showed joy, but the warm joy soon cooled down. With sadness in his eyes, he kowtowed to Bai Qingyan and said, “Thanks to the favor of the Princess Zhenguo, Quan Yu… I really want to serve the Princess Zhenguo, but… Quan Yu can’t abandon the prince! Quan Yu followed the prince in his childhood, and it was the prince who gave Quan Yu dignity… He kept Quan Yu from being bullied, and kept Quan Yu well fed and clothed! The prince was so kind to Quan Yu! Although… in the eyes of the prince, Quan Yu is just a servant who can serve him comfortably, but the servant cannot forget the prince’s kindness!”
Quan Yu said with a heavy nasal voice: “Now that the Crown Prince is in trouble, I cannot leave him. Now I am alone in the capital city, and I don’t have money to buy a horse. I shamelessly beg the Princess Zhenguo to give me a horse so that I can go to Luohong City.”
Bai Qingyan looked at Quan Yu who was bowing to her, and after a while she said, “Eunuch Quan Yu’s loyalty is admirable. Zhen Ming… go and tell someone to escort Eunuch Quan Yu to Luo Hong City.”
“Thank you, Princess Zhenguo!” Quan Yu kowtowed to Bai Qingyan again with great gratitude, then looked up at Bai Qingyan, “May Princess Zhenguo live a safe, healthy and long life in the future.”
This is Quan Yu’s most sincere blessing to Bai Qingyan, and it is also the only thing he can give to Bai Qingyan now.
Bai Qingyan nodded to Quan Yu and thanked him: “Take care on your journey, Eunuch Quan Yu.”
Quan Yu’s tears flowed like a broken string. She kowtowed to Bai Qingyan again, stood up, folded her hands in front of her belly, bent over and walked out of the upper room of Qinghui Courtyard in a proper manner.
First update, continue to ask for monthly votes!