The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 374: see the sun
Chapter 374: Clearing the Clouds and Seeing the Sun
She did not expose Gu Lao. When she heard Gu Lao mention her grandfather, she felt very bitter: “Let’s not stand here in the wind. Gu Lao will accompany me to the ancestral house and tell me which courtyard my mother and aunt are arranged in.”
Gu Lao nodded, and walked a step behind Bai Qingyan with his crutches. He tidied up his appearance and told Bai Qingyan, who was carefully inspecting the ancestral home, what he had done since he came back in the past few days, and what he had completed that needed to be completed by the end of April.
“Gu Gu has made very good arrangements for the ancestral home. Thank you for your hard work.”
“In a while, the matchmakers and human traffickers in Shuoyang City will bring people here. Do you want to see it for yourself, young lady?” Gu Lao asked.
“If we open the ancestral hall at noon, I’m afraid it will be too late. Let the people below take care of it. We will mainly use the people we brought from the Bai family in the capital city. We won’t have to worry so much about them if they are arranged in the outer courtyard.” Bai Qingyan said.
“Of course, I know what’s going on. Let the newly bought ones do some rough work in the outer courtyard first, and then I can slowly select them later…” said Gu Lao.
It was not easy for the Bai family in Dadu to return to Shuoyang. Not to mention all the things the master needed, even the families with children and servants had things that needed to be transported back, so there were these escort trips.
“There is one more thing. Madam originally wanted the eldest young lady to live in Jinfeng Courtyard, but I thought… Although Jinfeng Courtyard is big, it is too remote. Why not move it to Baozhu Courtyard next to Madam? What do you think, eldest young lady?” Gu Lao discussed with Bai Qingyan.
“Let’s live in Jinfeng Courtyard. My daily practice may affect my mother’s rest and make her worry. It would be better if we live in a remote place so as not to disturb others.” Bai Qingyan said.
Bai Qingyan once swore to the soldiers of the Bai Family Army that in three years he would lead them to avenge their brothers, grandfather, father, uncle and younger brothers who had died in the Bai Family Army.
Having made the vow, she dared not slack off for even a moment.
But she also didn’t want her mother to see her practicing, for fear that her mother would feel sad.
Bai Qingyan came out of his mother’s Qinghe Courtyard and said to Gu Lao: “Change the name of Jinfeng Courtyard to…Boyun Courtyard.”
When the clouds are cleared away, the sun will finally appear and the blue sky will appear.
“Okay! I’ll listen to you, young lady.” Gu Lao nodded.
The gatekeeper hurried past the hanging flower gate and headed in the direction of Bai Qingyan and Gu Lao. After bowing, she said, “Miss, there is a gentleman named Xiao outside the gate who wants to see you. He said he is here with the mute girl.”
Last name Xiao?
Xiao Rongyan?
“Please come in…”
“Yes!” The old woman trotted out again.
When Bai Qingyan arrived at the front hall, he saw that Xiao Rongyan had been invited into the main hall and was sitting on a chair, holding the snacks brought by the Bai family’s servants and handing them to the mute woman.
The mute girl in mourning clothes shook her head. She saw Bai Qingyan out of the corner of her eye and gently shook Xiao Rongyan’s arm, motioning him to look outside.
Xiao Rongyan turned around and saw Bai Qingyan telling Gu Gu not to follow him. He stepped into the main hall. He put down the snacks in his hand and saluted to Bai Qingyan: “Miss!”
“Mr. Xiao!” Bai Qingyan returned the greeting. Seeing that Ya Niang was beside Xiao Rongyan, she was relieved. “Why did Mr. Xiao come to Shuoyang?”
“It just so happens that I have something to do near Shuoyang. I remembered that the princess once said that she would come back to deal with clan affairs, so I stayed here for another day. I have a very important business to discuss with the young lady.”
Xiao Rongyan finished his words slowly and took a look at the mute girl. He then continued, “It just so happened that Riyueshi encountered someone who wanted to murder the mute girl. I saved her and placed her in the newly opened shop and asked the shopkeeper to adopt her as his adopted daughter. I just heard that the princess was looking for her, so I brought her here. When Miss Bai is done with the affairs of the Bai family, I will discuss business matters with her.”
What kind of important business couldn’t be negotiated in Dadu, so he had to wait for her in Shuoyang? In front of the mute girl, she didn’t ask any more questions and nodded.
The mute girl looked at Bai Qingyan, tears streaming down her face. She thought that no one in the world would look for her except her mother. She and this beautiful sister and brother had only met once. One of them was looking for her, and the other saved her.
Bai Qingyan didn’t expect that Xiao Rongyan had already made proper arrangements for the mute mother. She looked at the mute mother and felt guilty towards her. The one who caused her to lose her mother was… the descendant of the Bai clan who relied on the power of the Bai family in Dadu.
Bai Qingyan said to the mute lady, “When the Bai family opens the ancestral hall, I will definitely give your mother justice.”
Ya Niang nodded and gestured to Bai Qingyan that she also wanted to go. She wanted to see for herself the fate of the man who pushed her into the river and caused her to lose her mother.
Bai Qingyan was silent for a long time, then nodded: “Okay!”
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Princess Zhenguo returned to Shuoyang and wanted to open an ancestral hall. She first punished the Bai family clan members who had committed crimes in Shuoyang and bullied the people in the village according to family rules, and then handed them over to County Magistrate Zhou to punish them severely according to the law. The news had spread throughout Shuoyang City.
The people who had suffered from the oppression of the Shuoyang Bai clan said one after another that they planned to wait outside the Bai family’s ancestral hall to see if the princess who guards the country would really give them justice.
Afterwards, Princess Zhenguo wanted to look for the mute girl who was thrown into the river by the son of the Bai clan, causing her mother to drown.
It is said that Princess Zhenguo first went to the neighbor’s house of the Mute Girl to look for her, only to find out that she was missing.
Upon hearing the news, the aunts and uncles who used to set up stalls with Ya Niang’s mother also spontaneously started looking for Ya Niang everywhere, and the matter became a huge commotion.
The madams of brothels all asked their men to check to see if there were any newly bought maids who could not speak, for fear that if one was accidentally bought into their home, they would offend the Princess Zhenguo who was about to return to Shuoyang and would lose their business.
Princess Zhenguo… She was the one who burned and killed 100,000 surrendered prisoners from Xiliang in southern Xinjiang!
Moreover, everyone in Shuoyang City knew that even the crown prince had sent his personal guards back to support Princess Zhenguo. Who would dare to offend such a ruthless person with a strong background?
Not to mention, among the newly bought girls in a brothel, there was really one who couldn’t speak. The mother of the brothel, adhering to the principle of rather missing out than letting go, packed up her things and personally took the little girl to the Bai family ancestral hall in a carriage.
It was not even noon yet, but the Bai Family Ancestral Hall was already surrounded by people in three layers inside and outside. Some of the young and brave ones had already climbed up several tall trees in front of the hall and stretched their necks to look inside the hall.
The Bai Family Ancestral Hall is arguably the most prominent building in the entire Shuoyang City, with its green tiles, red eaves, carved beams and painted buildings, and is both gorgeous and majestic.
Outside the Bai Family Ancestral Hall, there are large trees with lush branches and leaves that have been transplanted for hundreds of years, symbolizing the prosperity and prosperity of the Bai Family.
The clan leader sat on the clan leader’s seat, leaning on a cane, his face livid. The clan elders sat on their seats with solemn expressions.
The descendants of each Bai family stood behind their elders, all with worried brows.
The clan leader’s younger brother, the fifth master, sat below the clan leader, his elbows resting on the armrests of the chair, playing with a string of Bodhi Buddhist beads in his hands, his eyes fixed on the seat next to the clan leader.
First update! Love is always there despite all the mountains and rivers. Can you vote for me? TT
In addition to chasing his wife, Xiao Rongyan came here because he really had something to do!