The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 371: The foundation of the clan
Chapter 371 The Foundation of the Clan
Could it be that… it is really as rumored, that the Crown Prince really loves Princess Zhenguo and plans to make her his queen in the future?
Seeing that the prefect had already stepped forward, Lord Zhou did not dare to think too much and quickly came to his senses and stepped forward. The clan leader and his people also followed.
When the governor and Lord Zhou saw Bai Qingyan get off the carriage, they stepped forward and saluted: “Greetings to the Princess Zhenguo.”
“No need to be so polite, my Lords.” Bai Qingyan introduced Quan Yu to the governor and Lord Zhou, “This… is the eunuch Quan Yu who is by the side of the crown prince.”
The prefect and Lord Zhou hurriedly greeted him.
“You two gentlemen are too polite. I am just a servant serving the prince. When the prince heard that the elders of the Bai clan forced your great-aunt to vomit blood, he was worried that the Princess Zhenguo, who was like a sister to him, would have no staff to deal with the affairs of the Bai clan and would be bullied by others because of her age. So he gave me two teams of guards from the prince’s mansion to follow him and obey the princess’ orders.” Quan Yu said to the two gentlemen with a smile.
When the clan leader heard this, his legs almost went weak, his eyes fell on the more than one hundred tall and strong guards of the prince’s mansion, and his face turned pale.
Lord Zhou’s eyebrows jumped, like a sister…
This means that the Crown Prince’s relationship with Princess Zhenguo is not a romantic one.
If there is no affair between the man and the woman, but they are willing to help in this way, it means that they either rely on this person or trust this person very much.
No matter which one it is, Lord Zhou must not neglect Bai Qingyan.
“It’s unfair!” An elder of the clan shouted, “We didn’t force the Grand Princess to vomit blood! It was all because of the Grand Princess…”
The patriarch quickly grabbed the elder’s hand to stop him from speaking any further.
If I continue to say this, I will be slandering the Grand Princess. After all, no one will believe it… that the Grand Princess will vomit blood for a small clan.
“Greetings to the princess, hello!” The clan leader hurriedly bowed to Bai Qingyan and Quan Yu, smiling, “Why didn’t you inform us in advance that the princess was coming home? I can lead the clan members to prepare well and come to welcome the princess and the lord from the prince’s mansion early…”
Bai Qingyan did not answer, but looked at Lord Zhou and asked, “I heard that after I left last time, the descendants of the Bai family caused trouble, threw a young girl into the river, killed the young girl’s mother, and clamored for Lord Zhou to arrest them all. Did Lord Zhou arrest them?”
“He’s caught! Don’t worry, Princess. I will punish him severely according to your instructions. I will never forget it!” Lord Zhou said hurriedly.
Bai Qingyan nodded, and his cold and indifferent eyes swept over the Bai clan members, and asked the clan leader: “Has Bai Qingping, who went to the government office to tell Lord Zhou and settled the young daughter, come today?”
The clan leader didn’t dare to say anything, but Bai Qingping was locked up in the ancestral hall by him, and he is still kneeling there today.
The clan leader had no choice. Bai Qingping was his grandson, and it was irrelevant that Bai Qingping had no way to calm the anger of the clan members.
“At home, at home…” The patriarch lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Bai Qingyan’s dark and gloomy eyes.
Bai Qingyan looked at the clan leader deeply, and then asked Lord Zhou: “Which descendants of the Bai clan… have done things that harmed the people? In the past few days… has Lord Zhou verified them properly and has solid evidence?”
Magistrate Zhou was sweating profusely, and he hurriedly said, “My lord, I just checked everything yesterday, and I was thinking of dealing with them all today!”
“Okay, at noon today… please ask the clan leader to gather the clan members to open the ancestral hall.” Bai Qingyan looked at County Magistrate Zhou, “Please ask Lord Zhou to send people to escort all the descendants of the Bai clan in prison to the Bai clan ancestral hall, and tell all the victims… to come to the Bai clan ancestral hall.”
“Does this mean that Lord Zhou should release the descendants of our clan? But why do we still want the victims to go to our Bai clan ancestral hall?” A member of the Bai clan lowered his voice and asked the people around him.
“Princess, the ancestral hall cannot be opened easily except for important festivals and major events.” The clan leader tested cautiously.
Hearing this, Bai Qingyan sneered and looked at the clan leader with a half-smile: “Today, either someone in the Bai clan will be expelled from the clan, or most of the Bai family will report their ancestors and expel them from the clan. Is this a big deal?”
The clan leader’s face turned pale, and the clan members were filled with panic.
“Could it be that the princess wants to enter the ancestral hall?” Bai Qiyun frowned, not daring to look at Bai Qingyan, and only said to the clan leader, “Dad, women have not been allowed to enter the ancestral hall since ancient times.”
The patriarch raised his head and looked towards Bai Qingyan cautiously.
Bai Jinzhi gritted his teeth and was about to step forward, but was stopped by Bai Qingyan, whose face was as calm as water.
To the surprise of the clan leader, Bai Qingyan nodded without getting angry or annoyed. His tone was calm and a little condescending: “Well, my Dadu Bai family now only has an orphan girl and a widowed mother. Since we are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, I would like to trouble Grandpa Quanyu, the governor, and County Magistrate Zhou to be witnesses. Today, Bai Qingyan can only confess his crime to the ancestors and leave the Dadu Bai family to set up his own family.”
“Don’t be upset, Princess. Women have been forbidden to enter the ancestral hall since ancient times. This is because men have always been in charge of the outside world and women have always been in charge of the inside world in our Jin State. The ancestral hall is where the clan discusses important matters. Women only care about their own little bit of land and it is difficult for them to make choices for the overall situation. That’s why women are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall. But Princess is the descendant of my Bai family, and she has the ability to lead troops. People who can lead troops can certainly plan for the overall situation. Princess can enter the ancestral hall.”
When Bai Jinzhi heard the clan leader’s unhurried words, he raised his eyebrows and sneered, thinking that it was hard for him to think so much about his elder sister’s entry into the ancestral hall.
Now that the clan leader has said so, what else can the clan elders and clan members dare to say?
“That’s the case. Clan leader, go back and prepare. I have things to do. I will go directly to the ancestral hall after I finish them.” Bai Qingyan did not give the clan leader a chance to speak and called out, “Shen Qingzhu…”
“I’m here!” Shen Qingzhu stepped forward and clasped his fists.
“You take the others, accompany Xiao Si and Eunuch Quan Yu, and go to the government office with Lord Zhou first, take all the files with you, and rush to the Bai family ancestral hall at noon.” Bai Qingyan said.
Bai Jinzhi stepped forward and responded: “Yes!”
The clan leader and his people saw Bai Qingyan getting on the carriage again, and Bai Jinzhi also went to the government office with Lord Zhou and his party. They were all very nervous and gathered in front of the clan leader, asking questions at once.
“Clan leader, what does the princess mean by this? Is she still going to punish our clan’s descendants?”
“Are we really going to expel all the children from the clan? But the children are the foundation of the clan! If all the children are expelled from the clan, and only we old people are left, what will happen to the clan’s future? Can we really rely on those women from the Bai family?”
The tribesmen nodded one after another, and an elder stepped forward and said solemnly: “Chief, if a woman enters the ancestral hall, our entire tribe will be in big trouble! We can’t let her enter the ancestral hall!”
The clan leader’s face turned pale, and he knocked the ground with his cane: “That’s enough! Stop arguing! If we don’t let her enter the ancestral hall… our clan will be in big trouble now! Let’s go back and prepare!”
Bai Qingyan brought ten guards from the Bai family and ten guards from the Prince’s Mansion and went into the city to pick up Ya Niang.
The first update is here! There are two more updates. I suggest you get up early in the morning to read them, because you may not be able to catch up with the update. TT, I haven’t recovered from my fever and cold yet, and I’m coughing again.