Chapter 289 Grief
Chapter 289 Grief
Mother Jiang quickly stepped forward and helped the Eldest Princess up.
"Hasn't Ah Bao arrived yet?" The Eldest Princess asked with kind eyes.
Mother Jiang is as careful as dust, so how can she not detect the anxiety in the eldest princess's voice, she smiled and said in a brisk tone: "It should be soon! The old slave came back and told the eldest princess that the eldest sister is going to Nanjiang. After a trip, it has become quite tough, the eldest princess still doesn't believe it, and when the elder sister comes... the eldest princess will know that the old servant is not lying."
The Eldest Princess smiled, although she has been very powerful over the years, she has a gentle face and a very distressed voice: "I just don't know how much Abao has suffered, that child has been the most tolerant among all brothers and sisters since he was a child. "
"Now that Nanjiang is back, His Majesty has named the Eldest Sister Princess, and life will definitely get better and better in the future!" Mother Jiang helped the Eldest Princess out of the house.
Wei Zhong hadn't had time to greet the eldest princess when he saw Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi approaching slowly, surrounded by women and maids, outside the open courtyard door.
"Eldest princess, the elder girl is here!" Wei Zhong said.
The eldest princess's hands hidden in her sleeves tightened slightly, and she grabbed the Buddhist beads on her wrists. She turned her head to look towards the door, her eyes turned red, and she told Wei Zhong, "Go and call Miss Lu over."
Wei Zhong said he walked away with his head bowed.
As soon as Bai Qingyan brought Bai Jinzhi into the door, she saw the eldest princess standing on the corridor looking at her and Bai Jinzhi smiling.
I hadn't seen her for several months, and my grandmother looked thinner and haggard than before. Although her dignity had not changed, the plain and luxurious clothes on her body could no longer conceal her increasingly stooped figure.
This is the dying years of Jiazi, and she has experienced the loss of her husband... the pain of losing her children and grandchildren. Even a dignified, prudent and excellent grandmother will inevitably show tiredness and oldness after experiencing great grief.
Bai Qingyan brought Bai Jinzhi into the door and saluted the Eldest Princess: "Grandmother, we are back safely."
"Well, it's good to be safe..." The eldest princess's voice was as usual, and there seemed to be tears hidden in the crevices of her eyes. She said kindly, "Come in, it's a bit cold outside."
"Eldest sister, fourth sister, hurry up and enter the house! Early this morning, the old slave made someone boil red dates and milk tea, and the eldest sister and fourth sister drank a cup to warm up."
Bai Jinzhi followed Bai Qingyan in a regular manner, looking up at Bai Qingyan as if waiting for Bai Qingyan's order.
The former eldest princess never imagined that she and her granddaughter who had been in pain since she was a child have come to this point. She took the lead in turning around and entering the room with the hand of Mammy Jiang, and sat on the turmeric cushion with passionflower pattern.
As soon as they entered the door, Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi were about to kneel, and Mother Jiang hurriedly ordered someone to bring a futon.
Seeing the two granddaughters kneeling and bowing their heads solemnly three times, the Eldest Princess' eyes were red, and she smiled and asked Mother Jiang to help the two children up and sit down: "Ah Bao looks really tough, Xiao Si went out this trip How did you become a black charcoal kid?"
Bai Jinzhi was always reserved in front of the Eldest Princess, and she felt a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "Yes! I also feel strange, obviously I and Eldest Sister both ride horses, why Eldest Sister is still white and tender, and I am the only one who gets tanned. so dark."
Mammy Jiang covered her lips with a handkerchief and smiled straight. Seeing Miss Lu coming in with red dates and milk tea, she ordered the maidservants to stand down and let Wei Zhong stand guard outside.
Although Madam Jiang hadn't introduced her yet, Bai Qingyan already knew that the woman serving her red dates and milk tea with low eyebrows was Ms. Lu, so she quietly looked at her from the corner of her eye.
The eldest princess took off the Buddhist beads from her wrist and put them on the small black lacquered square table, took a small sip of red dates and milk tea: "This is Miss Lu, after grandma accepts her adoptive daughter, you have to call me to help you according to your seniority." She called her little sister."
Bai Qingyan looked at Miss Lu seriously at this moment, and saw the woman standing beside the eldest princess, neither humble nor overbearing, she asked, "Do you look like it?"
Bai Suqiu's aunt passed away too early, Bai Qingyan was still young at that time, and had little impression of her aunt, but being her aunt's biological mother was different, her grandmother must be the one who knew and understood her aunt the most.
"Six or seven points in appearance, and the remaining three or four points can be made up for by dressing and demeanor." The eldest princess put down the blue and sweet glazed porcelain tea cup, "Jiangma is training these few days, although time is tight Safety also needs to come first.”
The Bai family has been prosperous for more than a hundred years, and now all the children and grandchildren are dead, leaving only a group of female relatives. The emperor is still worried, and the king of Liang still has plans, so the eldest princess must be safe and cautious, step by step.
Holding milk tea in his hand, Bai Jinzhi looked at Miss Lu curiously, not quite understanding what the elder sister and grandmother were playing dumb.
"Are you good at medicine?" Bai Qingyan asked Miss Lu.
Miss Lu was a little surprised, Fushen said after paying respects to Bai Qing: "Back to the princess, Minnv's mother was a medical student in her ancestors, so Minnv also knows a thing or two."
No wonder grandma chose this Miss Lu.
If it was not a last resort, even my grandmother would not take this step.
"The granddaughter thinks that if His Majesty allows the grandmother to accept Miss Lu as a foster daughter, she will let Miss Lu take care of her daily life by her grandmother's side. The third sister... can come back to Shuoyang with me on the first day of May." Bai Qing said.
It is said that a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as stealing, and stealing is not as good as not being able to steal...
With such a "reincarnated Bai Suqiu" instructed by Mother Jiang and the Eldest Princess, the emperor's heart will always be here, and the noble Qiu in the palace will definitely fall out of favor.
Naturally, after "Bai Jintong" returned to Shuoyang, he had to complain to the outside world.
"For the time being, your fifth aunt should also start..." The eldest princess thought of the child in the womb of the fifth wife Qi. She had high hopes for that child, and hoped that the fifth wife Qi would give birth to another child for the Bai family. At least leave a boy for the Bai family, so... Ah Bao doesn't have to do his best to support the family.
"Mother has already prepared the midwife and the delivery room. Dr. Hong is also waiting at home. Aunt Wu, the nanny, picked two of them herself and then discussed with the mother to feed the children herself," Bai Qingyan said.
She could understand Fifth Aunt's desire to feed it herself. It was Fifth Uncle's posthumous son, and it was Fifth Aunt's only flesh and blood.
The eldest princess couldn't hide her grief, and she seemed to nod her head: "Five aunts!"
Mother Jiang originally wanted to stay with Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi for lunch, but Bai Qingyan said, "No, I have to go to Zhuangzi to see Ji Tingyu. After seeing Ji Tingyu, Xiaosi wants to go to the temple fair in Guping Town to eat treasures from Baoxianglou." Fragrant duck..."
When it was mentioned that Princess Ji Tingyu's lips moved, it was because of her handling of Ji Tingyu's affairs that really made her granddaughter separate from her.
She fiddled with the prayer beads wrapped around her hand, nodded with squinting eyes, and told Madam Jiang: "Go and get the five hundred taels of silver note to A Bao, and ask A Bao to bring it to Ji Tingyu."