Bai Qingyan went out to meet Wang Jianghai in the prison. She ordered everyone in the household not to leak any information, especially not to let the Eldest Princess and the second madam, Mrs. Liu, know.
Chun Tao helped Bai Qingyan into the carriage. She originally wanted to go along, but the eldest young lady instructed her to find Bai Jinzhi instead. Chun Tao could only repeatedly remind the eldest young lady to be careful, with tears in her eyes as she watched the carriage go far.
Inside the carriage, Bai Qingyan, pale and bloodless, closed her eyes, fingers rubbing her fourth uncle's jade pendant, with red, moist eyes.
She would rather that Wang Jianghai told her that her fourth uncle was still alive, kept by King Xian or imprisoned by Wang Jianghai as a reserve force.
She would rather Wang Jianghai use her fourth uncle to threaten her into doing anything, anything at all!
As long as... her fourth uncle was still alive.
