The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 980: return
Chapter 980 Back
“Mother, your feelings are too obvious.” Bai Qingyan whispered.
Seeing that the palace maids and eunuchs had already left the hall, the hall was empty, and Dong put the chopsticks back, wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, her eyes red, and she said back without admitting, “It’s just that Ajue, Xiaowu, Xiaoliu, and Xiaoqi are about to go to Southern Xinjiang, I just can’t bear to leave them, how can I have any emotions?”
“In that case, Abao brought you such a beautiful parrot, please at least take a look at it…” Bai Qingyan glanced at the parrot hanging under the corridor. He saw the parrot flapping its wings, its feathers shining brightly in the sun, attracting the attention of the little palace maids and eunuchs.
Bai Qingyan glanced outside again, and seeing that there were no people inside or outside the palace, she whispered to Mrs. Dong: “Mother, although you can see her, you can’t show your emotions too much. The maids and eunuchs in the palace are all very smart. For Ayu’s safety, you still have to restrain yourself. As long as you can see Ayu and know that Ayu is healthy, it’s enough. Even Madam Qin…you can’t reveal Ayu’s identity!”
Dong immediately perked up. Since it concerned her son’s safety, she had to control her emotions no matter what, just like the day of the palace banquet.
“Mother is already very satisfied that she can see A-Yu!” Mrs. Dong held back her tears and said to Bai Qing with a smile, “Mother will control her emotions and make sure that even Nanny Qin… won’t notice anything.”
Bai Qingyan held Dong’s hand and said, “Abao, trust me, mother! Please eat something first! I got up early this morning to attend court, and I am already very hungry. If I don’t move my chopsticks, I will not dare to move.”
Dong was amused by Bai Qingyan. She raised her hand and poked Bai Qingyan’s forehead. She stood up and personally served Bai Qingyan a bowl of porridge: “Madame Qin made it this morning. She said she was worried that you would be tired from going to court, so she added some ground Gastrodia elata. Drink more.”
“Okay…” She nodded with a smile and took the bowl of porridge from A Niang.
Before he had finished his bowl of porridge, someone came in to report that the Ghost-faced Prince had been brought in.
Bai Qingyan glanced at the bowl of porridge in his hand and said to Wei Zhong, “My mother and I haven’t finished our breakfast yet. Go ask the ghost-faced prince of Rongdi if he wants to come in and have some.”
Wei Zhong was quite surprised. He looked up at Dong and saw that Dong was smiling and did not object. He immediately went out and asked the Ghost-faced Prince to come in.
Bai Qingyu clutched the clothes at her side tightly, turned her head and told Apur to wait outside the palace, then stepped over the threshold of Shouhe Palace.
“Please come this way…” Wei Zhong made a gesture of invitation to Bai Qingyu and led Bai Qingyu into the hall.
“A foreign minister greets the Queen Mother of the Great Zhou and Your Majesty!” Bai Qingyu’s hoarse and unpleasant voice sounded, startling the bright blue parrot under the corridor, which flapped its wings and screamed in surprise.
“Madame Qin, take this beast away…” Dong lost her temper and tried to hide her heartache.
Nanny Qin quickly responded and ordered two young eunuchs to carry the parrot that Li Zhijie had sent away.
Dong clutched the hem of her clothes tightly and looked at Bai Qingyu, trying her best to control her emotions.
“Your Highness, please take a seat!” Bai Qingyan made a gesture of invitation to Bai Qingyu.
Bai Qingyu lowered her eyes, not daring to look at her mother, and sat down at the round table.
Under the round table, Bai Qingyan held Dong’s shaking hand and said to Bai Qingyu, “I wonder if the prince has had breakfast yet? If you don’t mind, can we share some?”
“Thank you, Your Majesty. I have used it before.” Bai Qingyu did not dare to take off the mask in front of his mother and elder sister. He did not dare to let them see his face.
Mrs. Dong thought that Bai Qingyu was trying to hide her identity, so she nodded and said, “Since the prince has used it, there is no need to force it.”
“Your Highness, you are here to discuss the alliance between the two countries…” Bai Qingyan asked in a serious tone.
“That’s right. When I heard that Xiliang Yan Wang Li Zhijie came to visit me early this morning, I couldn’t sit still any longer.” Bai Qingyu said.
Bai Qingyan wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and said to Wei Zhong, “Remove all of these and lead the people to retreat.”
Wei Zhong understood that Bai Qingyan wanted to have a private conversation, so he took the palace maids and eunuchs to take away the breakfast, and everyone else went out of the hall and waited.
As soon as the door of the hall was closed, Dong could no longer hold back her tears and stared at Bai Qingyu.
Bai Qingyan held her mother’s hand tightly, and Dong then covered her lips with a handkerchief, not daring to cry out loud.
When their eyes met, Bai Qingyan’s eyes were also red. Seeing that Ayu’s hands were clenched tightly on her legs, she gently patted Ayu’s clenched hands, and then gently clenched them again. Everything was self-evident. It was good enough to be alive… and to meet each other.
“Mother, sister…” Bai Qingyu’s already hoarse voice became even deeper.
The word “mother” was like a thousand knives that crushed Dong’s internal organs and made her heartbroken, but she didn’t even dare to cry…
Her son was such a fresh and handsome boy, and his voice was originally so pleasant, how could he become like this? But while she was sad, Mrs. Dong couldn’t help but thank God for letting Ayu live and let Ayu come back…
Bai Qingyan’s tears fell like broken strings. She tightly clenched Ayu’s hand and forced a smile. She was grateful to the Bai family’s ancestors in heaven for protecting the Bai family’s sons, and she was grateful to God… for letting Ayu come back!
She wanted to touch Ayu’s face, but his face was covered by a mask.
Bai Qingyu took Bai Qingyan’s hand and squeezed it tightly. She stood up with tears in her eyes, bowed deeply to her mother and elder sister, then lifted the hem of her clothes, knelt down, and kowtowed heavily.
Bai Qingyu, the fifth son of the Bai family, returned to the capital safely…
These are the words Bai Qingyu wants to say the most, and also what the Bai family wants to hear the most.
But at this time…
Bai Qingyu couldn’t say it.
He could only kowtow three times to his mother and sister.
Dong couldn’t hold it in any longer, she stood up and rushed to Bai Qingyu’s side, her face clearly in tears but she bit her lower lip tightly to prevent herself from crying. She stretched out her trembling hands, wanting to touch her son’s face, but she didn’t dare to take off his mask, fearing that someone would come in and see her. She could only hold her son tightly in her arms! She was afraid that her son would disappear again, afraid that this was just a dream like before, and when she woke up, there would be nothing but her.
Bai Qingyu gritted her teeth and hugged her mother…
When he left home, his mother wanted to hug him, but he felt that he had grown up and was impatient for his mother to hug him.
But later, when he was in Rongdi, he would always dream of his mother’s arms and his sister’s smiling face in his dreams at midnight.
Today, he finally came back, but now is not the time to return to the capital safely.
He would use Rongdi and Xiliang as gifts for his sister’s ascension to the throne. When the world is unified, that day… he would come back and kneel before his mother, sister and the Bai family with dignity, and say… I have returned to the capital safely.
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