Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 605

Chapter 605: Chapter 602: Life and Death Uncertain_1

Kid woke up early every day and had already had breakfast. Bai Jinse wanted to ask Miss Lu about some confusing points from the medical book she read yesterday, so she left with Nied Huan.

The Eldest Princess was not the kind of mother-in-law who liked to discipline her daughters-in-law. Over the years, she never asked any daughter-in-law to serve in front of her during breakfast, so she let Mrs. Liu sit down for breakfast together.

During the meal, Mrs. Liu somehow started talking about Bai Qingyan’s uncle, Dong Qingping, the Vice Minister of Honglu Temple.

"In early September, the illegitimate daughter of the Dong family just got engaged to the eldest son of the Fu family’s main branch. They exchanged the eight characters of birth. I heard from Mrs. Huang that their birth dates matched perfectly. Now that such a big scandal has happened in the Fu family, I wonder if the Dong family will break off this marriage..."

Bai Qingyan had not heard about this yet. If the two families exchanged the eight characters in early September, at that time, due to Bai Qingyan staying with the Crown Prince, she lost contact with Bai Jinxiu. Why didn’t Jinxiu inform her of this yesterday when she returned?

Thinking about the fact that she had just returned yesterday and had no free time, Bai Qingyan assumed it was because Jinxiu cared about her and did not mention some things.

However, Fu Ruoxi’s brother only had one legitimate son. Regardless, he was the main branch’s legitimate eldest grandson. There were precedents in Dadu City of a legitimate second son marrying an illegitimate daughter, but never of a legitimate eldest son marrying an illegitimate daughter, not even after the main wife died.

Seeing Bai Qingyan raise her head with a surprised look in her eyes, Mrs. Liu quickly said, "Kid, you probably didn’t know about this, right? This is not a commendable matter. It’s about the reputation of the girls in the Dong family. Jinxiu probably didn’t mention it to you yesterday."

The Eldest Princess nodded and dabbed her mouth with a napkin, saying to Bai Qingyan, "Your uncle’s illegitimate daughter, Dong Tingfang, fell into the water and was saved by the legitimate son of the Fu family’s main branch. Later... presumably for the young girl’s reputation, the two families got engaged and exchanged the eight characters."

The Eldest Princess’s words were brief, and Bai Qingyan understood what she meant.

Seeing the Eldest Princess bringing up the topic, Mrs. Liu, who had heard some secret news from other madams, couldn’t hold back anymore. She leaned closer to Bai Qingyan and lowered her voice, saying, "Although that’s what they say, I’ve heard from other madams that after returning home, this Dong family girl put a white silk ribbon around her neck immediately. She claimed it was her honor to die for the sake of other Dong family’s girls’ reputations after being held by Fu family’s legitimate son. Later, Mrs. Dong had no choice but to ask Mrs. Shen from the Ministry of War to go to Fu’s house to propose marriage."

The Eldest Princess cleared her throat, but Mrs. Liu was in high spirits.

"Some people also said that the legitimate son of the Fu family’s main branch was already planning to marry his cousin from his mother’s side. But after this incident, there was no way to avoid this close marriage-for-marriage situation! Some say the Dong family’s illegitimate daughter’s scheming was too deep. She deliberately got close to the legitimate son’s cousin and planned the falling into water incident, forcing the legitimate mother to surrender her dignity and propose marriage to the Fu family. However, some say... this illegitimate daughter of the Dong family is virtuous!"

"Nanny Jiang..." Nanny Jiang came forward with a bowl of porridge and smiled. "Madam, if you don’t eat it soon, it will get cold."

Mrs. Liu came back to her senses, carefully glanced at the frowning Eldest Princess, pressed her lips with a napkin, and said awkwardly, "In short... the good words are few, and the bad words are many! Kid, you are not married yet... be more cautious. If you meet that illegitimate girl today, just keep it superficial to avoid being implicated."

"I remember, Aunt. Thank you for the advice," Bai Qingyan nodded to Mrs. Liu.

Mrs. Liu did not dare respond, lowered her eyes to drink porridge, and silently lamented how she always could not control her mouth.

After breakfast, Mrs. Liu changed into plain clothes and made minor adjustments. By mid-morning, she left with Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinse for the Fu Mansion.

From a distance, a servant at the Fu family’s gate saw a green carriage approaching slowly. Recognizing it as the Bai family’s carriage, he quickly sent someone in to report to the master that someone from the Bai family had arrived. _{fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm}