roccoschili Chapter 214 The Eldest Princess
Chapter 214 The Eldest Princess
Bai Yiling had no other choice at this moment. She could only leave first and look for the clinic to see if there was any hundred-year-old ginseng.
Just as she turned to leave, a luxurious carriage drove out from the palace gate. The guards on both sides immediately made way. Princess Ronghua lifted the pearl curtain and saw the back of a woman in purple hurriedly leaving.
Princess Ronghua curiously poked her head in and asked the guards nearby: "Who is that woman? She's making so much noise at the palace gate?"
A Yu Lin guard bowed and said: "My Lady, that woman is the daughter of General Bai. She said that her brother is ill and needs to see the emperor to ask the imperial physician for treatment. However, the palace rules prohibit meeting without summons, so I can only block her at the door."
Princess Ronghua said: "So that's how it is."
At this moment, a lazy and pleasant voice was heard, "Madam Gao, take this princess's badge and quickly follow the Yulin Guards to the palace to invite a skilled doctor to go to the general's mansion for treatment."
Grandma Gao quickly responded respectfully: "Yes, Your Highness, I obey your command," her voice full of awe.
The Yulin guards outside also responded in unison: "Yes, Princess."
Immediately afterwards, Grandma Gao got off the carriage with great dignity. After she got off, the coachman raised his whip and drove straight out of the palace gate. The wheels rolled forward and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.
Princess Ronghua, who was sitting in the carriage, lowered the pearl curtain and her eyes fell on her mother, who was sitting opposite her in gorgeous clothes and looked elegant and graceful.
She blinked her big watery eyes and asked with a puzzled look on her face: "Mother, why did you help her? She almost hit Sister Maner last time?" Her words revealed her dissatisfaction with Bai Yiling.
The eldest princess gazed at her precious daughter earnestly with her phoenix eyes. She said earnestly, "My daughter, I know that you have always had a close relationship with Chen Manli from the Minister of Revenue's family, and you have no good feelings towards Miss Bai Wu."
She paused and continued, "But General Bai has been guarding the northern border for many years. He has devoted all his energy and energy to protecting the peace of our dynasty's territory. Now he is the only child left in his family, but unfortunately he has fallen ill. Since I accidentally learned about this, how can I stand by and watch and ignore it?"
After saying that, the eldest princess sighed softly, with a hint of pity in her eyes.
Princess Ronghua then looked as if she understood, and nodded in agreement. She said: "That's right, General Bai is a loyal minister, and we cannot let a loyal minister's heart be chilled."
She is not such a cold-blooded person, but this Miss Bai Wu always likes to make trouble for Sister Maner, so she has always disliked her.
Princess Ronghua was not interested in these things. She asked again: "Mother, where did the Empress Dowager go?"
The eldest princess said helplessly: "Didn't your uncle the emperor say that he went to the Taoist temple to practice meditation?" After saying that, the eldest princess closed her eyes and dozed off.
Princess Ronghua expressed her disbelief. She felt that the Emperor's expression just now was a little strange...
On the other side, Bai Yiling didn't know that someone had already invited an imperial physician for her. She first ran to the largest pharmacy in the capital to look for ginseng. As soon as she stepped through the threshold, she hurriedly asked the old doctor sitting in the hall: "Doctor, do you have any hundred-year-old ginseng here?"
The old doctor who was seeing patients looked at the anxious little girl in front of him, and he stroked his beard and said, "Miss, that hundred-year-old ginseng is a rare treasure. A customer sold one to our shop not long ago, but it was unfortunately bought by a merchant from another place a long time ago."
Bai Yiling asked again: "Who sold it?"
The old doctor said: "I don't know about this, I just remember that it was a young man who came to sell it."
Bai Yiling then asked, "Doctor, do you know where these merchants came from?"
Seeing that the little girl in front of him looked very anxious, the old doctor didn't keep her in suspense. He said: "I don't know either. After all, these merchants travel all over the country and don't have a fixed place."
So Bai Yiling had to go to another pharmacy and ask again, but the answer was still the same. It was said that hundred-year-old ginseng was precious and hard to come by. She went to one pharmacy after another, but all she got was disappointment.
In the end, she had no choice but to ask a doctor to go back and stabilize her brother's condition first.
Meanwhile, in the military camp on the other side, the atmosphere was extremely solemn. Bai Mufan's face was gloomy, and his eyes were fixed on the soldiers kneeling and begging for mercy. His angry voice seemed to shatter the air around him: "You bunch of useless people! How can you not even take care of a mere woman like the Fifth Miss?"
The soldier's body trembled slightly, his head lowered even lower. He explained tremblingly, "Fourth Young Master, Fifth Young Lady... her Qinggong skills are truly remarkable. Our subordinates tried their best to catch up, but we were still far behind!"
Bai Mufan frowned, a trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes, and then he asked again: "Then do you know where the fifth young lady went?"
The soldier didn't dare hesitate any longer and quickly replied, "Judging from the direction the Fifth Miss left, it seems...it seems she was heading towards the Imperial Palace."
Hearing this, Bai Mufan was shocked and his face turned pale. The palace? Could it be that Yi Ling had gone to the emperor to complain?
Thinking of this, a nameless fire surged in his heart, and he could no longer suppress his inner anger. He kicked the kneeling soldier hard.
The soldier was caught off guard and had no time to dodge. With a dull thud, he flew backwards like a kite with a broken string, and fell heavily to the ground. The soldier curled up in pain, with blood trickling from his mouth from time to time.
Bai Mufan looked coldly at the disheveled soldier in front of him, and he said sternly: "What a bunch of useless things! What's the point of keeping you?" At this moment, his expression was extremely cold, and his whole body exuded a chilling aura that made people shudder.
The soldier was terrified. He ignored the pain in his body and kowtowed again, begging for mercy. His forehead hit the ground with a thud, and he kept crying out, "Fourth Master, please spare my life! Please spare my life! I really didn't mean to do that. Please have mercy and let me live!"
At this moment, they did not know that Eunuch Jingde had already brought the young eunuch to the military camp to announce the imperial decree.
As soon as the eunuch driving the carriage outside showed the token from the palace, the guards of the military camp immediately made way and let the carriage pass.