The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 345: intervene
Chapter 345 Intervention
Bai Qingyan thought of the Great Wei Kingdom, which was adjacent to the Great Yan Kingdom. The King of the Great Wei Kingdom… was a person who would feel extremely sad if he didn’t take advantage of an opportunity.
Xiliang is now unable to take care of itself. If Wei knew that the main force of Dayan is in Rongdi, and Jin and Daliang are entangled with them, would they think of seizing Dayan’s land?
She looked up at Xiao Rongyan and said, “Mr. Xiao, you haven’t been back to your motherland for a long time. I wonder what the Great Wei will do if Daliang and Jin really fight. The territory of the Great Wei borders on Xiliang and Dayan, and the monarch of the Great Wei… is not one who is content with the status quo.”
Xiao Rongyan nodded: “That’s right. Although the monarch of our Great Wei does not have the intention to unify the world, he does have the intention to dominate the nations, so he may take some action.”
Therefore, Xiao Rongyan had already sent people back to Wei to make arrangements and report to him as soon as there was any news.
Soon, after Bai Qingyan returned to Shuoyang, Xiao Rongyan was also going to leave Dadu.
Xiao Rongyan thought of what Bai Qingyan said that day. She was struggling in Jin State, and Dayan was stumbling among the nations. They were all walking on thin ice. Love… was indeed not suitable for them at this moment, but it was not unsuitable for them in the future.
“Young Miss, Fourth Miss…” After entering the room and paying his respects, Butler Hao looked at Xiao Rongyan and nodded, “Madam Jiang, who is beside the Grand Princess, has invited the clan leader and the elders to the Changshou Courtyard.”
Because Xiao Rongyan was there, Butler Hao spoke in a reserved manner.
In fact, the patriarch of the Shuoyang clan brought the elders to make trouble this morning, and it was that incident that alarmed the Grand Princess.
Just now, Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi invited Xiao Rongyan into the mansion when the clan members came to cause trouble again.
The Grand Princess must have received the news, because Nanny Jiang came quickly and said that the Grand Princess had ordered the clan leaders and elders to go to the Changshouyuan.
She looked up at Butler Hao.
So, grandma is going to intervene in this matter?
Xiao Rongyan stood up and bowed to Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi: “Since there is something going on at the Princess’s residence, Xiao Rongyan will not stay for long.”
“Butler Hao, send Mr. Xiao off.”
“Yes!” Butler Hao smiled at Xiao Rongyan and said, “Mr. Xiao, please.”
Bai Jinzhi stood up and sent Xiao Rongyan to the main hall door, then hurried back and frowned and asked Bai Qingyan: “Eldest sister, should we go over and take a look?”
Regarding the clan disturbance, Bai Qingyan’s mother, Dong, intended to leave the clan, and the matter has been reported to the Grand Princess.
At this time, the grandmother called the clan members over. Was she talking about leaving the clan, or was she trying to pressure the clan members to maintain the status quo?
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes, gently stroked the edge of the table with his fingers, stood up after a long time and said: “Let’s go and take a look…”
Inside the Changshouyuan.
Because of the difference in status, the clan leader and elders all sat outside the screen.
The furnishings in the upper room of the Grand Princess’s Longevity Courtyard are precious.
The bead curtain made of white jade and red agate, the jade vase with extremely transparent and moist color, any one of them can be regarded as a treasure handed down from generation to generation.
The clan leader’s heart was filled with emotions. Although Bai Weiting was gone, the Bai family’s heritage in the capital city was still there.
Some elders thought of the silver that was robbed from the clan leader’s son Bai Qiyun, and they felt a toothache. It seemed that Bai Qiyun was fooled by the Bai family in Dadu. The last time the Bai family sold off their property, it did not affect the Bai family in Dadu at all.
Through the coral nanmu screen inlaid with jade and pearls, one can vaguely see the eldest princess sitting in the inner room, fiddling with the Buddhist beads wrapped around her wrist. On a small agarwood table next to her is a three-legged gilded auspicious beast incense burner, from which a wisp of thin white smoke rises, and the room is filled with the thick, deep scent of sandalwood.
“You can’t write two Bai characters with one stroke. Although the princess is a princess, she is also a descendant of the Bai family. How can you not hope for the best for our Bai family, but instead ask Lord Zhou to put the cousins in jail?! Even if those children like Ajie offended the princess without knowing the depth of the matter, the princess should forgive them for the sake of being her own family! Why must it come to this?”
The clan leader was still complaining to the eldest princess, but the eldest princess was like an old monk in meditation and did not say a word.
“As the daughter-in-law of the Bai family, Dong is asking to be expelled from the family as soon as she opens her mouth. Is this child’s play? Now most of the Bai family are orphans and widows. Even if Dong wants to be expelled, how can the family bear to let them be expelled? If they are really expelled, won’t the people of the world break the backbone of the Bai family?”
The eldest princess paused while fiddling with the Buddhist beads, picked up the cup on the small table and took a sip of tea.
The clan leader was also talking until his mouth was dry and he wanted to drink some tea, but then he realized that the Grand Princess had not asked anyone to serve them tea.
The eldest princess put down the blue and white teacup with gold sprinkled on it and spoke gently, “Does the Bai family in Dadu… owe the clan money?”
The patriarch looked stunned.
“I am still the eldest princess of Jin State, and I am not dead yet! You… dare to bully my daughter-in-law and granddaughter. If I die in the future, won’t you swallow up all my children?”
The eldest princess’s expression did not change, and even her voice was calm because of her long period of vegetarianism and Buddhist practice.
The sound of the beads being plucked came along with the voice of the Grand Princess, shocking the clan leader so much that he immediately knelt down with the help of his cane: “Grand Princess, please understand, our clan has absolutely no such intention!”
The elders of the clan also hurriedly followed the clan leader and knelt down to apologize to the Grand Princess.
“The clan knows in their hearts how much they have gained by relying on the power of the Dadu Bai family over the years. They also know that without the Dadu Bai family… the Shuoyang Bai family will have a difficult road ahead. So please don’t play tricks in front of an old woman like me, or say nice things to fool me. I may be old, but I’m still not confused.”
“Grand Princess, we have absolutely no such intention!”
The eldest princess closed her eyes, still looking calm and composed: “I allowed you to cause trouble twice outside the Zhenguo Princess’s residence, and then asked my personal nanny to respectfully invite you in. Do you know… why?”
The clan leader was looking inside behind a screen. The eldest princess had her silver hair combed meticulously. She was dignified and serious, and her royal majesty was very compelling.
The clan leader bowed and said hurriedly: “The eldest princess has a heart as broad as the sea, so naturally…she hopes that the clan will be harmonious!”
The eldest princess shook her head and said, “I am a woman, and my mind is… very narrow! The clan members are making a scene outside the residence of the Princess Zhenguo, isn’t it just to let the whole city and even the world know that the Princess Zhenguo is an unkind and unjust person who won’t lend a hand to the Bai clan? The Princess Zhenguo is a member of the Bai family, but my surname is not Bai.”
“If today… I, the eldest princess, the aunt of the current emperor, was angered by you and caused any harm, and the Princess of the Nation, out of filial piety… was furious and accused her ancestors of crimes and expelled herself from the clan, would anyone say anything? Others would probably only say that the clan didn’t even take a princess like me seriously, let alone a princess.”
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