The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 135: better than a king
Chapter 135 Better than a King
Bai Jinxiu was in great grief. She stepped forward and pointed at the black lacquer and gold-lettered tablets: “They are the good sons of our Bai family! When they were born in the Zhenguo Mansion, they knew… the responsibilities of being the descendants of the Duke’s Mansion and the children of the Bai family! Even if their ancestors’ merits were greater than the heavens, none of them could rely on their ancestors’ influence to stay in this prosperous capital and enjoy the good life! They all chose to go to the battlefield where they would risk their lives to protect the people! They are the iron-willed and passionate sons of the Bai family!”
After saying that, Bai Jinxiu knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of the Grand Princess: “Grandmother! Even if the Bai family asks to give up the title, we must not let such beasts in human form and cowardly scum disgrace the word “guarding the country”! After the funeral of the heroic spirit of my Bai family today, I beg you, grandmother, to go to the palace and ask to give up the title. Don’t let this unkind, unjust, and worse than a beast, smear the name of my Bai family!”
The eldest princess nodded slowly.
Bai Qingxuan opened his eyes wide in disbelief: “You can’t do this! Are you crazy? Asking for the title… Don’t you want the Bai family’s hundred years of glory?!”
“The Bai family has been glorious for a hundred years because generations have sacrificed their lives for the people! You… don’t deserve it!” Bai Qingyan said loudly, “Uncle Ping! Tie up this bastard and deal with him after the loyal hero of the Bai family is buried!”
Miss Bai’s words “a hundred years of glory, because generations have sacrificed their lives for the people” made the people cry even louder…
The eldest princess spoke slowly, “Your grandfather’s funeral… There must be someone who breaks the mourning basin. Let this beast… break the mourning basin. After the big event, Grandmother will hand him over to Abao for disposal. Is that okay?”
“What right does this unkind, unjust, disloyal, and unfilial bastard have to break the mourning basin for my grandfather! Are all the younger generations of my Bai family extinct?!” Bai Jinzhi was furious and kicked Bai Qingxuan in the heart, knocking him to the ground. “I’m afraid my grandfather and uncle will not be able to rest in peace if the person who raped and killed the wife of my Bai family’s benefactor breaks the mourning basin for me!”
The funeral was about to take place, but suddenly something chaotic happened in the Bai family.
“I’m the one who’s going to break the mourning basin for the spirit of the Bai family! Since ancient times, women were not allowed to break the mourning basin. Isn’t it because people were afraid that women would marry into other families in the future? Today, I, Bai Qingyan, swear in front of the spirits of my grandfather and father that I will be a descendant of the Bai family when I’m alive and a soul of the Bai family when I die. I will never marry in this lifetime! Grandmother, in this case… am I qualified to break this mourning basin?!” Bai Qingyan looked at the eldest princess with burning eyes.
“I fell together with my elder sister! Bai Jintong is determined to become a girl who can support the Bai family, and in this life… she will never marry into another family!” Bai Jintong also said.
The eldest princess looked at Bai Qingyan and Bai Jintong. Bai Jinzhi was also eager to try and stepped forward to swear. She nodded and said, “You sisters, fall together!”
Bai Jinxiu was already married and stood aside without moving forward. Bai Qingyan, Bai Jintong and Bai Jinzhi held the mourning basin.
The military generals who came with Dong Qingyue entered from the side door and replaced the Bai family guards to stand beside each coffin.
The other generals stood on both sides of the gate of the Duke’s Mansion, waiting quietly in the heavy snow for the mourning basin to be broken and the coffin to be lifted.
“The more broken the mourning basin is, the better. We sisters should work together to wish our grandfather, father, uncles and brothers a safe journey!” she said to her two younger sisters.
One, two, three, after shouting, the three sisters smashed the mourning basin together.
Dong Qingyue gritted his teeth and shouted, “Open the coffin!”
“Open the coffin…”
“Open the coffin…”
The general’s voice was as deep as a bell, loud as thunder, and coffins rose from the ground one after another, and came out of the door of the Duke’s Mansion one after another.
The eldest princess stood in front of the main gate, holding a tiger-head staff… and watched the warriors in armor carrying the coffin of the heroic spirit from the Duke’s Mansion on their shoulders.
Look at the armored generals who are coming one after another, holding swords in their hands, and spontaneously guarding both sides of the coffins of her husband Bai Weiting and the sons of the Bai family!
The long street was filled with people holding lanterns and in mourning. Wherever the coffin went, the people knelt and shouted, “Farewell to the King, the Duke and the young generals!” They cried with genuine emotion.
Liu was crying so hard that she could not stand, and was supported by Nanny Luo and Bai Jinxiu to stand behind the Grand Princess.
Li hugged Bai Jinzhi in despair, lost her voice and burst into tears.
The Grand Princess had never seen such a funeral in her entire life.
The sky is full of heavy snow and paper money, making it difficult to see the road ahead, but the crying can lead people…
She didn’t know whether the emperor in the deep palace heard the heart-shaking cries of the people in the capital city at this moment. If he heard it… she didn’t know what he felt. Would he regret it, regret that his suspicion had ruined the loyal and brave man of the Bai family?
“The Grand Princess…” Butler Hao stepped forward and called softly.
The eldest princess looked at the Bai family guards who were ready to go, took a deep breath of the winter cold, and said, “Let’s go!”
Bai Qingyan turned her head and told Nanny Tong: “The affairs of the mansion are handed over to Nanny Qin and Nanny Tong!”
Nanny Qin and Nanny Tong bowed with red eyes and said yes.
Bai Qingyan followed his mother Dong and walked down the high steps of the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion…his eyes accidentally met Xiao Rongyan’s deep and unfathomable gaze.
Across the heavy snow, she nodded gently to Xiao Rongyan, thanking him for coming to see off the hero of the Bai family.
Xiao Rongyan also nodded in return.
The eldest princess went ahead, bringing the widow of the Bai family, and walked towards the cemetery in the snow, following the coffin. She never waited for Abao to join her.
Xiao Rongyan brought only one guard and two horses, and followed the funeral procession slowly, holding the reins. He saw the people kneeling on both sides of the long street stand up and follow the Bai family guards, holding lanterns and supporting each other as they followed. He was suddenly filled with emotion.
He had never seen such a funeral in his life. It was not that of a king… but better than that of a king.
The funeral procession left from the south gate of Dadu City.
The guard at the South Gate stood on the high wall, looking out at the endless snow and the dark night. The entire long street was filled with people standing on both sides with lanterns. The warm light from the lanterns illuminated the more than 20 coffins, making them particularly eye-catching in the dark night.
Moved by the people’s deafening cries, Nanmen Shouzheng’s chest was filled with surging emotions and tears welled up.
He walked down the city wall with the soldiers guarding the city gate, holding the sword at his waist, and asked people to call out the soldiers who were taking turns to rest in the barracks.
Seeing the coffins lined up in a row slowly approaching, the South Gate Guard standing outside the city gate and hundreds of soldiers guarding the city gate knelt on one knee in salute and punched their chests.
“Farewell to the King, the Duke and the generals!”
Hundreds of soldiers performed the same actions, and their loud voices were in unison, creating an aura of bloodshed on the battlefield.
The journey was extremely long and we finally arrived just as daybreak was about to break.
Bury, bury, kowtow…
Bai Qingyan stood in front of the tombstone, watching the coffins disappear from his sight with tears in his eyes, feeling extremely sad.
From then on, there was no more upright Duke Zhenguo in the world, and no more… the seventeen sons of the Bai family whose talents and martial arts amazed the city.
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“She’s on His Mind” / Misia
One-sentence introduction: Letao slept with the male god Yan Xu, but didn’t want to take responsibility, and then was slept with by Yan Xu!
Introduction:
When she was young, Letao helped her best friend Jiang Yixiao to send a love letter and confession for a bag of spicy noodles.
“Yan Xu, I like you.”
Yan Xu rejected her mercilessly: I advise you not to like me.
When she grew up, Letao was dragged by her uncle to go on a blind date with Yan Xu for a big lobster.
As a result, she didn’t like him, but he liked her.
Letao also rejected him mercilessly: I advise you not to like me.
Yan Xu was certain: You said you liked me when you were a child, so you can only like me in this life!
Le Tao was furious: Why!
Yan Xu calmly said: Because I like you!
In a word, this is a rural love story of “a soft and adorable office worker director vs. a noble and scheming scientific research elite”.