The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1597: Finale (3)
Chapter 1597 Finale (Part 3)
That was his youngest grandson, who had been fearless since childhood and was the closest to him.
Bai Jinzhi stood at the back and saw Lu Yuanqing and Lu Fenglang, but did not see Lu Yuanpeng. She wondered if Lu Yuanpeng’s injury had not healed yet. She planned to gather with her family and then ask Sima Ping to go to Lu’s house to see him in the evening.
The Dong family scheduled a grand banquet to celebrate the unification of the world on the eighth day of the fifth lunar month, the Grain in Ear Day. Today… the children of the Bai family have returned from the battlefield and have fulfilled their ancestors’ ambition to unify the world. All they want to do is to be happy behind closed doors.
We’ll talk about the national celebration later.
The first day of May seems to be a day for family reunion.
Murong Li has also reunited with the eldest prince of Yan, Murong Ping. Xie Xun’s parents also came to the capital city to reunite with them this time.
At the family dinner, not only the Bai family members were present, but also the two sons-in-law of the Bai family, Xiao Rongyan and Qin Lang…
Qin Lang was so shocked when he saw Xiao Rongyan at the family dinner that he almost slipped.
Now, the world is stable. Xiao Rongyan used to be good friends with Qin Lang, so there is nothing to hide about his identity. He will drink three cups of wine as a punishment to apologize. . .
Qin Lang suddenly realized: “No wonder, I always thought that Brother Xiao was born into a merchant family, but he was full of noble air. It turns out… he is actually the Ninth Prince of Yan State.”
Upon hearing this, Xiao Rongyan raised his glass again: “I’m sorry, Brother Qin…”
“It’s okay! We are a family now!” Qin Lang smiled and picked up the wine glass.
“Oh! You two should drink less, Qin Lang’s stomach has just recovered…” Liu smiled and turned to instruct the nanny, “Change their drinks to plum juice!”
During Bai Jinxiu’s absence, Qin Lang took good care of his second wife Liu, and was closer to her than his own son…
He knew that his mother-in-law was worried that the other branches of the Bai family had children but the second branch did not, so he comforted Liu, saying that he had married Jinxiu… and that if he called Liu mother, he would be her son. Before Liu’s biological child returned, he was willing to take care of Liu on behalf of his elder and younger brothers-in-law. This helped Liu to untie the knot in her heart.
At the family dinner, Xiao Ba and Wang Ge’er grabbed Kang Le and Xi Le, not allowing the two little ones to crawl to find Bai Qingyan.
The family had a lively meal together until it was completely dark, and then they dispersed in a lively manner.
Bai Jintong and Bai Jinzhi sent the tipsy Third Madam Li back to her own bedroom after drinking some plum wine. They were then dragged aside by Li and talked for a long time before they were able to get away.
Bai Jinzhi stretched her arms, smiled and left the bedroom with Bai Jintong, and said, “Oh! That’s great. When you come back, mother won’t just catch me dressing up and urging me to get married! With you in front of me… mother won’t have the energy to torment me!”
Bai Jintong raised his hand and tapped Bai Jinzhi on the head: “Go back and rest early!”
“I have to go out of the palace to see Lu Yuanpeng! Third sister, you should go to bed early!” After saying this, Bai Jinzhi was about to leave.
“Xiao Si!” Bai Jintong called Bai Jinzhi, remembering that her fifth brother asked her to tell Bai Jinzhi about Lu Yuanpeng. She still hadn’t figured out how to tell Bai Jinzhi appropriately.
“Third sister?” Bai Jinzhi raised his hand and waved it in front of Bai Jintong.
Bai Jintong gently grasped Bai Jinzhi’s hand, looked up at her clear eyes, and spoke slowly amid the rustling of leaves in the wind…
Bai Jinzhi’s face also gradually lost color.
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Mrs. Dong summoned Xiao Rongyan to her palace and asked Nanny Qin to take out the clothes that she had ordered to be made for Xiao Rongyan, and try them one by one to see if there was anything that needed to be altered. She had to start sewing quickly.
Bai Qingyu and Bai Qingyan sat at a high table drinking tea under a candlelight.
Bai Qingyu held the teacup and watched Xiao Rongyan cooperate obediently. He let his mother, who was holding Xile, fiddle with her and change whatever she asked. He also thoughtfully asked Mrs. Dong if he wanted to change the jade crown that Mrs. Dong had prepared to match his clothes.
A Yu turned to her elder sister and said, “Sister, Xiao Rongyan is really good at making mother happy!”
Ever since Queen Ji passed away, no one had bothered to make clothes for Xiao Rongyan. Xiao Rongyan was really happy and touched, and liked the clothes very much. After he put on them, Dong instructed Nanny Qin to take note of the modifications.
“If you can cooperate with me like this, I will be happy too!” Bai Qingyan said with a smile.
“Sister…” Bai Qingyu put down the teacup in her hand and said to her sister, “How do you plan to deal with Xiao Rongyan’s identity? We in the Bai family know that he is the son-in-law of the Bai family, but outsiders only think that the emperor of the Great Zhou has passed away. We must make clear arrangements. Why not let him marry you again as the ninth prince of Yan State? In this way… the two children will have a legitimate father.”
“In a few years, when the new policy is implemented and everything goes smoothly, I plan to go to Baiwo City with A Yan.” Bai Qingyan did not hide it from her brother. She patted Kang Le who was sleeping in her arms and whispered, “So, it doesn’t matter whether we have status or not. A Yan thinks so too!”
Rather than letting him marry her again as the Ninth Prince of Yan, causing people outside to speculate whether he was originally the Emperor of Zhou, and perhaps some people wanting to see his face under the mask, it would be better not to get married and wait until they go to Baiwo City one day.
This is also what Xiao Rongyan meant.
“Sister!” Bai Qingyu sat up straight with a frown on her face.
Bai Qingyan seemed not to hear and smiled as she spoke to Dong: “Mother, you only make clothes for Ayan, not for Ayu… Ayu is jealous.”
“I didn’t!” Bai Qingyu quickly retorted.
The smile on Mrs. Dong’s face deepened: “How old are you? Why are you still fighting for candy like a child? Yes, yes, yes… we have them all, you all have them!”
Xile in Dong’s arms was also babbling, and Dong’s smile deepened: “We have Xile too! We have Kangle too! Grandmother has made clothes for you to wear at the banquet on May 8th, so that all the officials can see how beautiful our little prince and princess are.”
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The state banquet on May 8th was the first state banquet after the unification of the world. It was more grand than any previous state banquet, so preparations began in full swing after Emperor Bai Qingyan returned to the capital.
That day, the sky was clear without any clouds.
The state banquet was held in front of the towering double-eaved Guangming Hall. The white jade steps shone brightly under the sunlight. The emperor sat at the end of the high steps, with blood-red lichen covering both sides of the steps.
Officials sat on the white jade steps according to their official ranks.
On the middle platform, the chime musicians were standing on both sides. Kanna sat alone in the middle, holding a pipa, and opened the show with “Peaceful Sea and Clear River”.
The sound of the piano is sonorous and thunderous, shocking and exciting.
The sound of the chime bells is powerful and heavy, as if one can see… the prosperous era of peace and prosperity after the great war.
Mr. Guan Yongchong and Mr. Min Qianqiu, who were sitting on the left side of the first seat below the emperor with Bai Qingyu and others, were not dissatisfied with Kanna’s identity and were immersed in this grand and magnificent music.
Glancing from afar, beneath these high steps that seem to reach the clouds, in addition to the soldiers, there are also the doctors that Your Majesty brought back from the State of Yan.
Even the doctors were disturbed by the piano music, their emotions fluctuated and their eyes were filled with tears.
The song is over.
The ministers raised their glasses and said, “Congratulations to your Majesty for unifying the country. Long live the Great Zhou! Long live your Majesty!”
Xiao Rongyan and Murong Li, who were sitting at the lower right of Bai Qingyan, also raised their glasses to congratulate Bai Qingyan.
Li Mingrui, who was sitting with Chen Zhaolu, stood up and raised his glass to congratulate Bai Qing: “Your Majesty has unified the country. In just three short years since he ascended the throne, he has created such an unprecedented achievement. You can be called the greatest emperor in history! I… congratulate Your Majesty.”
Chen Zhaolu, who was sitting next to Li Mingrui, raised his eyebrows, put his hands in his sleeves, lowered his eyes and remained expressionless. Li Mingrui was used to saying such flattering words, but their emperor was not the original emperor of Jin… He would never be the kind of person who liked to flatter his ministers.
As expected, Bai Qingyan laughed softly a few times after hearing this, and then spoke slowly: “I have been the emperor for only three years. Although I have made great military achievements and worked hard day and night, the unification of the world was achieved because of the unity of all officials, the bloodshed of soldiers, and the preparations of many parties. How dare I take credit… and call myself the greatest emperor of all time?”
She stood up with the wine glass in hand, and all the ministers and officials also stood up with their glasses raised.
She looked at the officials and soldiers of the Great Zhou, at the doctor in white, her mentor, and Mr. Min Qianqiu, and said in a high voice: “Today, I should toast with this wine! To all the soldiers who dared to fight bravely for our Great Zhou and died heroically! It is because of their blood that we have today’s prosperity! This wine… is for my grandfather Bai Weiting, my father, uncles, and brothers, the King of Hancheng, General Zhang Duanrui, General Fang Yan, and General Yue Zhizhou! To Lv Yuanpeng…”
When Bai Jinzhi heard this, he tightened his hands on his knees and his eyes suddenly turned red.
Lu Yuanpeng…died saving her.
Bai Jintong remained calm and reached out to pat Bai Jinzhi’s hand.
“I also want to toast King Yanshan and King Yanxiang…” Bai Qingyan turned and raised her glass towards Murong Li and Xiao Rongyan. She didn’t want Murong Li to bear the reputation of a king who lost his country. She wanted to clear Murong Li’s name. “I want to toast King Yanshan and King Yanxiang for their broad-mindedness. They had already made a promise to gamble with the country when Yan and Zhou made an alliance to destroy Xiliang. They said…the two countries would decide the outcome based on their national politics and national policies. Whoever’s national politics can make the people rich and strong, whoever unifies the world, will use whose law…to rule a country, rather than Yan being forced to survive. Even if the gambling with the country was not carried out due to many reasons, King Yanshan and King Yanxiang put the people first, and valued the people more than the throne. I admire their broad-mindedness!”
Murong Li’s throat was churning. He didn’t expect Bai Qingyan to clear his name at such a grand state banquet.
Unifying the country, such a great achievement, if it was concentrated on Bai Qingyan alone, it would make it easier for her to rule the ministers and the people, but she chose to clear his name.
Murong Li’s eyes were red as he said, “There are many deficiencies in Yan’s politics. Although I have not been in power for long, I can see a little bit. The national policies of the Great Zhou are beneficial to the people. I am willing to submit to the Great Zhou! I only hope that the people can enjoy peace from now on, and there will be no more wars in the world!”
Bai Qingyan nodded, and he and Murong Li drank up the wine in the bronze wine jar.
Chuntao walked forward with the wine jug in her hand, added more wine for Bai Qingyan, and then stepped aside.
“This glass of wine is for the soldiers who returned safely!” Bai Qingyan raised the glass, turned to Doctor Hong and raised her glass to signal him to drink. She then looked at the doctors she had invited into the capital city, “I also toast to the doctors who followed me into the epidemic city to treat the people! You are heroes!”
The doctor who had returned from the State of Yan and had thought of escaping felt ashamed and stepped out of the line and said loudly: “We…practice medicine and save lives, which is our duty. It is not like the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the unity of the country. I dare to be called a hero with the generals and soldiers. Your Majesty is honoring me!”
“Sir, I don’t agree with what you said!” Bai Qingyan smiled and waved his hand, saying solemnly, “The soldiers who went to the battlefield… are heroes, they are protecting their homes and their country, protecting the lives of the people and the peace of the border! The doctors who dared to go to the city of the epidemic are even more heroes, they practice medicine to save the world, cure diseases and save lives, and they are also protecting the lives and peace of the people! This glass of wine… is for you, and also for the heroism of every citizen of my Great Zhou! A hundred years later, we will all turn into a handful of yellow earth, but the heroism of our Great Zhou people will be immortal!”
Upon hearing this, the doctor wiped his tears with his sleeves, choked up and shouted: “The Great Zhou will live forever!”
“The Great Zhou will live forever!”
“The Great Zhou will live forever!”
The cheers of court officials and soldiers in front of the hall were earth-shaking and deafening, making people’s hearts surge and their blood boil.
Xiao Rongyan’s deep eyes were fixed on the woman in the imperial robe, who seemed to be standing in the clouds, standing under the scorching sun, with a golden glow all over her body, holding a golden bronze wine jar in her hand, looking at him with a smile on her face.
This peace was hard-won, and Bai Qingyan and he naturally hoped that it would last forever…
But just as Bai Qingyan once told him, merits and virtues can be great or small, duration and quality can be short or long, times have their middle and end, and the laws of nature have their ups and downs. They only hope that this prosperous era of peace and unity can last longer… much longer.
He raised his glass gently to signal Bai Qingyan, and spoke slowly: “Cheers to the past times of war, and to the future times of peace and prosperity.”
Bai Qingyan’s smile deepened, and he raised his glass high: “Cheers to the past times of war, and to the future times of peace and prosperity! Everyone… peace is hard-won, and in the future… we will have to work together to help the Great Zhou Dynasty prosper for thousands of years!”
“Let’s work together to make the Great Zhou Dynasty last for thousands of years!”
“Let’s work together to make the Great Zhou Dynasty last for ten thousand years!”
“Let’s work together to make the Great Zhou Dynasty last for ten thousand years!”
Old Mr. Min Qianqiu looked at the soldiers who were cheering under the white jade platform, at the ministers who were holding up their wine glasses with excitement on their faces, and his gaze fell on the emperor on the platform. He had never attended such an exciting state banquet.
He originally wrote a book about the Bai family because of the King of Zheng State, Bai Weiting…
Then, I found that I couldn’t stop writing because of… the Emperor of the Great Zhou.
He thought that he might not be able to complete the task of writing a book for the Bai family in this lifetime. The Great Zhou Emperor Bai Qingyan, who unified the world today, might do more unexpected things in the future.
Just like when the Bai family encountered difficulties, everyone thought that the Bai family would be ruined. No one had ever thought that, after a sudden turn of events, the eldest daughter of the Bai family would ascend the throne and unify the world.
That night, Mr. Min Qianqiu returned to where he was staying and asked his disciples to light candles.
With my clothes loose and my hair tied together, I sit under the lamp, moistening my brush with ink, hoping to record today’s grand occasion in writing.
Outside the window, the breeze was blowing, the copper bells on the eaves were ringing, the summer insects were chirping, and moths were fluttering on the hanging bamboo curtains.
Mr. Min Qianqiu did not put pen to paper for a long time. In his mind was the words of Murong Yan, King Xiang of Yan… Respect the times of war in the past, and also respect the peaceful and prosperous times in the future.
Coming back to his senses, Mr. Min Qianqiu discovered that there were only two words “Taiping” on the paper.
When Mr. Min Qianqiu’s disciple saw his teacher put down his pen, he put down the silver needle that was holding up the wick, covered the lamp with the shade and asked in a low voice, “Master, are we going to stop writing the Bai family biography today?”
Old Mr. Min Qianqiu shook his head, his kind and gentle features were illuminated by the bright lights, making him look even more calm and peaceful…
At this moment, he seemed to have a new understanding of the Bai family’s ambition to protect the people and ensure their safety, and a new understanding of the original intention of establishing the Bai family army.
He asked: “Do you remember… how the Bai family army sang the military song?”
The disciple nodded and hummed softly: “Wearing the armor that protects me, I share the same enemy and hatred with you. Holding the long sword that kills the enemy, I live and die with you…”
Wear my armor and share the same enemy and hatred with you.
Hold the long sword to kill the enemy, live and die with you
Defend the mountains and rivers, protect the people, and be a fearless and brave warrior.
Never die in battle, never take off your armor, be a good man for your country…
My little cuties, my little ancestors, today the eldest daughter will complete the serialization!
Thank you, little cuties, for your company along the way!
Don’t feel sorry for the end of today, my dears, we will meet again in a new story.
Qianqian’s new article “The Great Prime Minister” will begin serialization in mid-February. I hope that my little cuties will continue to support Qianqian as always.
Attached is the introduction of “The Great Prime Minister”:
Xie Yunchu was forced to jump off a cliff and died tragically, but was reborn as the second eldest grandson of the Xie family in the enemy country.
A woman dressed as a man will be hated by her father and will not live long!
Fortunately, the mother felt guilty and took good care of me.
The eldest sister cares about her younger brother and always responds to his requests.
She had never been favored and pampered like this in her previous life, so she should repay him well.
She retaliated against those who bullied the second branch of the Xie family, and the other party actually followed the lead of the second branch from then on?
She stepped on the people who looked down on the second branch of the Xie family, and yet they started to obey the orders of the second branch?
The days went by better and better, and Xie Yunchu originally thought that this life would have no intersection with his previous life.
But her husband in her previous life, who had amazed the world and had a clean character, turned out to be her mentor.
He gently stroked the top of the child’s head and smiled gently: “I have an old friend, also called Yunchu. She is the kindest person in the world. I hope you can be as upright as she is. In the future, you can either become an official or a writer. I hope you can find your own way.”
There were many people who owed her in her previous life, but Ji Jingci was the bright moon in her heart.
Once he entered the officialdom, he held the highest position as Prime Minister.
God allowed her to live again, wearing a dragon robe, and her destiny was… to restore order and correct the monarch.