Chapter 15: I’ve Seen It All

Mrs. Wang couldn’t hold back her tears as she thought about how much her daughter must have suffered these past days.

“What are you pretending to be dead for? Where is the man who sent you back? Have you been with that man all these days? Why didn’t you come back sooner if you were alive?” Wang Yinchuan, seeing that she was being ignored, asked a series of questions aggressively.

“Yes, if it weren’t for Mr. Bai’s rescue, I wouldn’t be alive here now.” Wang Baochuan deliberately smiled shyly, completely ignoring her second sister’s anger.

Wang Yinchuan felt like she was punching cotton, and she was even angrier.

Prime Minister Wang walked to the gate, “What are you doing standing outside? Come in!”

“Father~” Wang Baochuan wanted to go forward and act cute, but Wang Yun directly flicked his sleeve and walked quickly in front.

Mrs. Wang accompanied her, asking in a low voice, “Did your Mr. Bai send you back?”

“Yes.” She nodded.

“Since you’re here, why don’t you come in and sit for a while, so that your father and I can thank him properly.”

Wang Baochuan said in a low voice, “Mr. Bai said he doesn’t like to associate with high-ranking officials, so he left first.”

Study.

“Kneel!” Wang Yun slammed his hand on the table angrily.

The three daughters knelt down obediently.

He motioned for Jinchuan to get up, “Jinchuan, you accompany your mother back to the room to rest.”

“Father, Third Sister…”

Wang Yun gave her a cold look, and she dared not say anything more, so she could only accompany her mother to leave.

“Father, it’s Third Sister who’s been entangled with a man outside, why did you make me kneel with her?” Wang Yinchuan was dissatisfied.

“You have the nerve to say that! You were yelling on the street outside the gate, were you afraid that the whole city wouldn’t hear you?” Wang Yun was furious, how could he have so many troublesome children!

“And you! Since you’re safe and sound, why didn’t you send someone back to send a message, so that the mansion could send someone to pick you up?” He looked at Wang Baochuan with disappointment, “It’s fine if you didn’t send a message, but you let a strange man send you back so openly! Are you tired of living?”

Wang Baochuan cried in grievance, seeing his daughter crying like this, his tone softened a little.

“Forget it, I’m old, I can’t control you anymore.”

“You must have suffered a lot outside, go back to your room and rest.”

Wang Yinchuan stood up straight, wanting to continue stirring the pot, but Wang Yun stopped her with a look.

She left angrily.

Wang Baochuan stood up and offered to massage his shoulders and back, “Father, is Xiaolian okay?”

“Those Xiliang assassins were targeting you, Xiaolian is fine, she was just scared.” Wang Yun said.

“That’s good.” At that critical moment, she had also seen the Xiliang’s intentions, so she had instructed Xiaolian to run separately from her.

“Father, don’t be angry, I told you, I deliberately had Mr. Bai send me back.”

Wang Yun was even angrier when he heard her say this, “Nonsense!”

“Father, think about it, if I hadn’t done this, those who wanted to propose marriage would have gone to the Emperor if you hadn’t agreed, wouldn’t they?”

Wang Yun thought about it and realized she was right.

“They are all old officials in the court, once they go to the Emperor, the Emperor can’t be partial, he might order me to throw an embroidered ball to choose a husband, what if I throw it to an old, weak, and sick man, would I marry him or not?”

“That’s a fallacy!” Not just anyone could get close to the scene of the embroidered ball lottery, Wang Baochuan’s two sentences couldn’t fool him.

Wang Baochuan sighed, “Okay, Father, I’ll tell you the truth, don’t be scared.”

She told him about catching the Xiliang princess in the back garden, saying it was a prophetic dream she had.  She said that she had been having dreams for three months, dreams about things that would happen in the future.  At first, she thought it was just a dream, but then many small things happened one after another, and she was both scared and surprised.

“You mean, you dreamed that the Xiliang princess would escape into our back garden?” Wang Yun obviously didn’t believe such a ridiculous explanation.

“Father, it’s true, if you don’t believe me, then I’ll tell you, three days later, the Chengqing Palace will catch fire.”

“What?” Wang Yun was so startled that he stood up.