The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1388: safe return
Chapter 1388 Return to the Capital Safely
“Hmm…” Bai Qingyan nodded. She lowered her eyes to hide the tears that overflowed from her eyes, and supported Dong as they walked towards the city wall.
At the south gate of the capital city, Bai Qingyan, her mother, and her aunts had once welcomed the remains of her grandfather, uncle, and little Seventeen. Now they were standing here again to welcome their younger brothers and sisters who had returned victoriously from Xiliang.
Although my mother and aunts were crying, the tears they shed each time… were different.
Bathed in the dazzling morning light, the smile on Bai Qingyan’s lips became brighter and more charming, especially when he saw that his younger brother no longer wore a mask and showed his true face, not afraid of letting people see the burn on one side of his cheek, which made Bai Qingyan feel relieved.
The fact that she didn’t cover up the visible scars on her body showed that her brother had truly let it go.
The leader Bai Qingyu raised his hand, and the army obeyed the order, and all the horses and shoes stopped.
He looked at his mother who was smiling but with tears in her eyes, and at his elder sister who had a smile on her lips and sparkling eyes, and he turned over and got off the horse.
Bai Qingqi, Bai Jinxiu, Bai Qingjue, Bai Jinzhi, Bai Jinzhao, Bai Jinhua and Bai Jinse followed suit and dismounted.
Bai Qingyun was also helped down by Xiao Ruohai, and she stood leaning against Xiao Ruohai, unwilling to sit in the wheelchair again.
Today, the Bai family returned victoriously. Bai Qingyun wanted his mother, his eldest sister and all the people in the capital to see the sons of the Bai family wearing military uniforms. He wanted to tell his mother and eldest sister that although the elders were gone, the sons of the Bai family would never fall down. Even someone like him with a crippled leg would live standing up.
Bai Qingyu took off his helmet and led the Bai family members towards his mother, aunts and elder sister.
Bai Jinxiu held back her tears, looked at her mother, and then at her eldest sister.
Bai Jinzhi was very happy. When she smiled, her white teeth were exposed. She looked a lot darker and looked like a black boy. How could she be compared with the pretty fourth daughter of the Bai family?
Bai Qingyu and her elder sister looked at each other, and after a while, she knelt on one knee…
Bai Qingqi, Bai Jinxiu, Bai Qingjue, Bai Jinzhi, Bai Jinzhao, Bai Jinhua and Bai Jinse followed suit and knelt down. Bai Qingyun also knelt down with difficulty with the support of Xiao Ruohai.
“Son!” Fourth Madam Wang grabbed her collar tightly, looked at Bai Qingjue with tears streaming down her face, and choked with sobs.
Third Madam Li looked at Bai Qingyun with such heartache that she wished she could rush over and help Bai Qingyun up.
Several people put their helmets at their feet. Bai Qingyu straightened his back with tears in his eyes and spoke first: “The fifth son of the Bai family, Bai Qingyu, the deputy commander of the Bai family army… returned to the capital safely!”
Now that his grandfather and father are gone, Bai Qingyu should have become the chief commander of the Bai Family Army. But in Bai Qingyu’s heart… in the hearts of all the Bai Family Army, his elder sister… their little Bai Shuai, is the chief commander of the Bai Family Army!
“The third son of the Bai family, Bai Qingqi of the Tiger Eagle Army of the Bai family army, has returned to the capital safely!”
“The second daughter of the Bai family, Bai Jinxiu of the Bai family army’s fierce snake army, returned to the capital safely!”
“The seventh son of the Bai family, Bai Qingjue, the leader of the Bai family army’s dragon cavalry, has returned to the capital safely!”
“The fourth daughter of the Bai family, Bai Jinzhi of the Bai family army and Shuoyang army, have returned to the capital safely!”
“The ninth son of the Bai family, Bai Qingyun, the leader of the Bai family army’s dragon cavalry, has returned to the capital safely!”
“The fifth daughter of the Bai family, Bai Jinzhao of the Bai family army and Shuoyang army, have returned to the capital safely!”
“The sixth daughter of the Bai family, Bai Jinhua, the Tiger Army of the Bai family, has returned to the capital safely!”
“The seventh daughter of the Bai family, Bai Jinse of the Bai family army’s fierce snake army, returned to the capital safely!”
Hearing the sons of the Bai family shouting “return to the capital safely”, the five ladies of the Bai family burst into tears before they even finished speaking.
When Bai Qingyu opened her mouth, Fourth Madam Wang burst into tears uncontrollably. If Second Madam Liu had not supported her, she would have collapsed to the ground.
To the Bai family, these four words “return to the capital safely” are the most precious and anticipated things in the world. They are more valuable than any treasure.
Bai Qingyan, who was trying hard to hold back her tears, finally couldn’t hold back her tears any longer when she saw her brothers and sisters kneeling on the ground and shouting for their safe return to the capital. She gritted her teeth to hold back her sobs and not cry out loud.
She couldn’t help but think, how nice it would be if Jintong was here too.
When many common people see the sons of the Bai family kneeling on the ground and shouting “Return to the capital safely”, they are reminded of the time when King Bai Weiting of Zhenguo was alive. Whenever the Bai family army returned victoriously, the sons of the Bai family would return to the gate of the capital and shout “Return to the capital safely”.
Although the Bai family has gone through a great disaster, and there are not so many generals of the Bai family kneeling outside the gate of this great capital city and shouting for safe return to the capital, the remaining young generals of the Bai family are still as powerful as ever, making the people feel that… as long as the Bai family is there, as long as the Bai family army is there, there will be eternal peace in their Great Zhou.
Many people also wiped their tears, thinking that it was not easy for the Bai family, who cared about the people of the world and took protecting the people as their responsibility, to go from suffering a great disaster to where they are today.
After hearing that the children had returned safely, Fourth Madam Wang could no longer hold back and rushed over to hug Bai Qingjue, Bai Jinzhao, and Bai Jinhua in her arms: “Are you injured anywhere? If you are, don’t hide it!”
The third wife, Mrs. Li, also hugged Bai Jinzhi and Bai Qingyun in her arms, raised her head and cried bitterly…
“Mother…” Bai Jin called her mother with red eyes.
The third wife, Madam Li, looked down at Bai Jinzhi, who had become even darker. She didn’t know whether to cry or laugh. She stroked Bai Jinzhi’s little face with one hand and choked up as she spoke, “How come you’ve become so much darker? Your face is as rough as tree bark…”
“Mom, why do you always complain that I’m too dark!” Bai Jinzhi cried and laughed.
Li’s tears flowed even more violently, and she hugged her daughter in her arms, holding her tightly.
Fifth Madam Qi walked up to Bai Qingqi, raised her hand and touched her son’s head, then hugged her son in her arms, and choked up as she closed her eyes and said, “If your father knew that you had taken up the banner of the Tiger Eagle Army, he would definitely be happy!”
Second Madam Liu also hugged her daughter, with a lot to say but unable to speak. Seeing that other houses had children coming back, why… their second house had no news at all? If she said that Second Madam Liu was not sad, she would be lying.
Before Bai Qingyan ascended the throne, at that time… Ayu had not returned yet. Second Madam Liu thought that she and her eldest sister-in-law Dong would support each other and wait for the child to come back, and they would definitely be able to wait. But now even Ayu has returned, and there is still no movement from their second house. Liu couldn’t help but feel anxious.
“Mother…” Bai Jinxiu, who was kneeling on the ground, looked up at Liu. She knew the pain in her mother’s heart and hugged her tighter. She thought of her brother who had been beheaded by Lu Tianzhuo and could not bear to tell her mother. She choked up and said, “Mother, you still have your daughter. I also believe that there are still sons of my Bai family who are alive, but there is no way to come back at the moment!”