The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 100: to rob
Chapter 100 Robbery
Bai Qingyan waved her hand, signaling them to come closer. After the three sisters gathered together, she said, “I want you to act out a scene.”
Nanny Tong folded her hands in front of her belly and watched the three sisters discuss things, with a look of deep worry between her brows.
After Bai Qingyan finished speaking in detail, Bai Jinzhi’s eyes lit up: “Sister, you know me well. I am never afraid of any reputation! What’s more, we are in the right this time! Sister, don’t worry, Xiao Si will definitely not do anything bad this time and will definitely restrain himself!”
After saying that, Bai Jinzhi rushed into the hall in two steps. After hastily saluting Dong, he turned around and glared, “My Bai family is in mourning. There are more than 20 coffins parked in the courtyard. The widow of the Bai family is having a hard time. As a member of the clan, you not only don’t help, but you take this opportunity to rob money from my Bai family! Do you have any shame?”
“Xiao Si! Back off…”
Bai Qingyan and Bai Jintong walked into the main hall hand in hand and saluted to Mrs. Dong.
The two concubine masters from Shuoyang still felt a little overwhelmed when they saw Bai Qingyan. This eldest daughter of the Duke’s Mansion was so powerful that she even dared to kill the emperor’s son. How could this not frighten people?
“I won’t step down! Who the hell are they to dare to point a finger at my aunt?! In terms of social status…my aunt is a first-rank lady! He is so old and is only a scholar, why is he so arrogant in front of my aunt?! In terms of clan status, huh…” Bai Jinzhi sneered, “My great-grandfather had four legitimate sons. Except for the eldest legitimate son, who is my great-grandfather, all the other legitimate sons died in battle and left no descendants! My great-grandfather felt that since he was in the position of Duke to protect Dajin, he could no longer serve as the clan leader to contribute to the clan, so he registered a bastard son under the name of my great-grandmother as the legitimate son to take the position of clan leader. This bastard son is my cousin’s grandfather! So fundamentally speaking, your family is illegitimate! What qualifications do you have to shout at the legitimate eldest daughter-in-law of the Bai family here?!”
What Bai Qiyun hated most in his life was that someone brought up his grandfather’s status as a bastard. When Bai Qiyun was young, whenever there was a major event in the clan, those so-called fourth uncles and sixth uncles would use their grandfather’s status to pressure him!
Now this little girl, Bai Jinzhi, is also using his grandfather’s identity to make a fuss. How can Bai Qiyun not be angry? “You! Dong… this is the child you raised in the Duke’s Mansion!”
“Even if a concubine’s child is given the title of legitimate wife by the emperor, he was not raised by the mistress since childhood… It can be seen that his upbringing is still lacking in propriety! It’s bad enough that he was not well-behaved, but he will also bring disaster to his descendants!” Bai Jintong said.
The Duke’s Mansion has strict rules for the upbringing of illegitimate children. All illegitimate children must not be mixed with their biological mothers, and must be raised by their respective mothers with wet nurses. Unless it is the New Year’s Day, illegitimate children are not allowed to meet their biological mothers. If a illegitimate child is found to meet with his or her biological mother in private, the concubine’s biological mother will be beaten to death.
The reason why the Duke established this family rule was because he was worried that if his legitimate sons died in battle like the previous generation, his illegitimate sons would not be close to their legitimate mother, and his legitimate mother would have a hard time in her old age. That’s why he established this family rule.
In the Bai family, I am a slave of a higher class. Although I have people to serve me, a slave is a slave, and I will always be a slave no matter what.
The descendants of the Bai family, even those born out of wedlock, are also masters.
Master and slave cannot be spoken of in the same way.
Bai Jintong was born out of wedlock. She was raised by Li since she was born. Although her food, clothing and other expenses were not as good as those of a legitimate daughter, this was reasonable. Moreover, her legitimate mother never treated her harshly, and she never complained.
“Mrs. Dong! Are you just going to watch this little concubine’s daughter from the Duke’s Mansion insult the clan leader?!” Bai Qiyun relied on his status and was unwilling to argue with the two children, so he only attacked Mrs. Dong.
“Do you think you can call me Dong?” Bai Jinzhi subconsciously touched his waist and realized that his whip was not there.
“If my cousin still wants to discuss clan matters, then he should respectfully admit his mistake to my mother and straighten his attitude, and then we can talk about it…” Bai Qingyan sat down in the position where Dong was supposed to start.
The two illegitimate masters picked up their teacups and pretended to drink tea. They didn’t say anything. Only Bai Qiyun looked at Bai Qingyan coldly and said, “How can you, a junior, interfere in the words of your elders?”
“You…” Bai Jinzhi hated to see anyone disrespecting her elder sister.
“I am the eldest daughter of the Duke’s Mansion, and my name is Qing, which is the male rank of the Bai family! I have been on the battlefield, and I have beheaded the heads of enemy generals! I have destroyed the Kingdom of Shu! My grandfather, father, uncle, and brothers all died in the southern border. From today on, the glory of the Duke’s Mansion will be borne by me!” She raised her eyes and looked at Bai Qiyun with a calm and deep gaze, without restraining the terrifying murderous aura on her body. “When it comes to my Duke’s Mansion, there is nothing I can’t say.”
The murderous energy that had returned from the sea of blood and corpses spread silently throughout the hall, making people feel a chill down their spine for no reason.
“Madame Tong, take Bai Jintong and Bai Jinzhi… to the spirits of our grandfather and father to kowtow and apologize. Since our great-uncle was already registered under the name of our great-grandmother, he is the legitimate son. This matter cannot be mentioned again! If you do it again next time… you will be whipped ten times!”
“Eldest sister…” Bai Jinzhi stiffened his neck, “I don’t accept it!”
Bai Jintong frowned and pulled Bai Jinzhi out: “Let’s go! Don’t make elder sister angry!”
Nanny Tong also stood aside and advised, “If the fourth young lady doesn’t leave, the eldest young lady will call Lupin over, and the fourth young lady will not be able to escape the beating.”
Bai Jinzhi’s eyes were red as he was dragged out of the front hall by Bai Jintong. He was still arguing after he left the door: “I don’t accept it! I just don’t accept it! This clan came to rob us just because we are left with only orphans and widows!”
The two concubine masters’ faces turned pale and blue, and they lowered their heads without saying a word.
“Uncle, do you want to continue? If not… my mother and I will go to the mourning hall to keep vigil.” Bai Qingyan said slowly.
This is to force Bai Qiyun to apologize to Dong and admit his mistake.
Dong straightened her clothes and said, “Qingyan, let’s go!”
Bai Qiyun looked embarrassed, turned his head and bowed in the direction of Dong: “Please forgive me, Madam!”
Bai Qingyan then turned sideways towards Dong and spoke, “Mother, matters within the clan are also important. Since my cousin cannot wait to burn incense for my grandfather, father and other uncles, and wants to discuss it, then let’s discuss it! After we’re done… please go burn incense for my grandfather, father and uncles.”
When the two Shuoyang masters heard this, they hurriedly said, “Of course! Of course!”
“Mother, since the three uncles came to our mansion not to offer condolences, but only to get money to repair the ancestral hall, ancestral tombs, and schools, oh… yes, they also want to buy land for the clan! I just heard my uncle say that the materials for the place where the tablets are placed cannot be reduced… Does that mean that the ancestral temple must also be repaired? But what does this mean?”
Mrs. Dong looked at Bai Qingyan, not understanding her daughter’s intention, so she just watched the situation with her lips pursed and said nothing.