The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 700: burden
Chapter 700 Burden
The lights under the corridor were on, and the bright yellow light was reflected on the bluestone floor, making the moss climbing on the corners of the wall look warm.
Chuntao, holding an empty medicine bowl in her hand, pushed aside the bamboo green curtain with thin cotton embroidered with auspicious clouds, and came out, and saw Bai Jinzhi standing alone at the door, kicking the cobblestones on the floor with her toes.
“Fourth Miss!” Chun Tao handed the black lacquer square plate with the empty medicine bowl in her hand to the maid guarding the door, walked to Bai Jinzhi and bowed, “Why don’t you go in, Fourth Miss?”
“Eldest sister… haven’t you rested yet?” Bai Jinzhi glanced into Boyun Courtyard.
“No! The eldest lady said that the fourth lady might come… and is waiting for you!” Chun Tao smiled and turned sideways, making a gesture of invitation to Bai Jinzhi, “Fourth lady, please…”
“Eldest sister expected that I would come!” Bai Jinzhi smiled awkwardly, and followed Chuntao into Boyun Courtyard.
When Bai Qingyan heard Bai Jinzhi coming in, he raised his eyes from the ancient book and looked at Bai Jinzhi: “Sit down! Let Chuntao prepare a bowl of yogurt for you?”
“Yeah!” Bai Jinzhi nodded, unexpectedly silent, and sat down next to Bai Qingyan.
“I’ll go prepare something for the fourth young lady…” Chuntao bowed and walked out.
Only the two sisters were left in the huge upper room. Bai Qingyan put down the ancient book in his hand, and the sound of rolling up the bamboo slips rang in Bai Jinzhi’s ears. She turned her head to look at Bai Qingyan: “Eldest sister… I’m leaving tomorrow!”
“Well, my elder sister has something to entrust to you. It’s a very important thing!” Bai Qingyan sat upright, looked at Bai Jinzhi with a calm gaze, and put the ancient bamboo slips aside.
Bai Jinzhi rarely saw her elder sister being so serious with her. Her heart was in her throat. “Elder sister, you say…”
“When you go to Anping Camp this time, you must always pay attention to Dayan’s situation. If Dayan’s war with Wei this time… is aimed at destroying Wei, then… no matter if you are looking for trouble or the war between Jin and Daliang has already begun, you must seize this opportunity and destroy Liang in one fell swoop!”
Bai Jinzhi blinked a few times after hearing this: “Eldest sister…are you really going to destroy Liang?”
“If Dayan destroys Wei, my Jin must destroy Liang without any hesitation. Otherwise, in the future… my Jin will lose the advantage in competing with Dayan for the world!” Bai Qingyan spoke very bluntly to Bai Jinzhi.
Bai Jinzhi clenched his fists, “Don’t worry, elder sister. I have an idea! If this time… Daliang and our Jin State go to war, I will ask the prince to allow me to rush to help. At that time, I will definitely try to take down Liang State as quickly as possible! If there is no war… I will also try to make the prince think that Liang State has other intentions. In short, fighting Daliang with all our strength will not fail.”
Bai Qingyan nodded: “This matter… I leave it entirely to you. I believe you will do a good job. Even if there are any mistakes, it doesn’t matter. Just try to make up for it. If you are really unsure, you can send someone to send a letter back!”
Bai Jinzhi nodded: “Xiao Si understands!”
Bai Qingyan suddenly placed a heavy burden on Bai Jinzhi, but Bai Jinzhi’s heart inexplicably calmed down.
“Little Four has grown up, and has become a big girl that my elder sister can rely on! If my third uncle knew… he would definitely be pleased!” Bai Qingyan smiled and said to Bai Jinzhi, then he took out a mahogany box from his back and handed it to Bai Jinzhi, “Inside is the sword tassel that my third uncle gave me. The jade on it was a reward from my grandfather when my third uncle returned from the battlefield after his first meritorious service. Now I give this sword tassel to you, and I hope you can live up to the expectations of your father and elder sister.”
When Bai Jinzhi mentioned her father, her eyes turned red again. She took the mahogany box with both hands, opened it, took a look, and closed it again: “Don’t worry, elder sister! Xiao Si will live up to your trust!”
Bai Qingyan nodded: “Don’t worry about everything at home. Aunt San is taken care of by me and mother, so you don’t have to worry.”
Bai Jinzhi nodded, looked at Bai Qingyan and said, “Eldest sister, Xiao Si is not here, you have to take good care of yourself. Our Bai family…can’t live without eldest sister!”
Hearing Bai Jinzhi say this, Bai Qingyan smiled and nodded: “Well, don’t worry, my elder sister will take good care of herself. She also has to see our little four get married!”
“Eldest sister!” Bai Jinzhi’s ears turned red, “Eldest sister, why are you saying these things! I don’t want to get married! I want to be a girl of the Bai family for the rest of my life! Unless eldest sister doesn’t want me!”
“You are still young now, and you haven’t met the person you like yet. In the future… you won’t think like this anymore!”
As soon as Bai Qingyan finished speaking, Chuntao came in with a small silver cup filled with yogurt. Bai Jinzhi stopped talking and after drinking the cup of yogurt with Bai Qingyan, she said goodbye and left with the small wooden box that Bai Qingyan had given her.
Originally, Bai Jinzhi wanted to go back to her own yard, but after thinking about it, she changed her route and went to her mother’s yard. She wanted to sleep with her mother, Li, tonight.
Dong Tingzhen also stayed at Dong’s house tonight. Tomorrow, Bai Jinzhi will leave for Anping Camp and will first go to Dadu to meet the prince. Dong Tingzhen, who has been staying in Shuoyang for so many days, also misses home and wants to go back to Dadu with Bai Jinzhi tomorrow.
Dong Tingzhen chatted with Mrs. Dong until dawn, and then she rested in Mrs. Dong’s warm room.
On the second morning, everyone in the Bai family got up early. Lingzhi and Lingcui, who were beside Bai Jinzhi, cried uncontrollably and begged Bai Jinzhi to take one of them to serve her. However, Bai Jinzhi refused and told them to stay at home and take good care of her mother and elder sister for her.
Bai Jinzhi knew that military life was extremely hard, but she definitely couldn’t have two delicate maids serving her. What if something happened… what if she couldn’t bring them back?
Lingcui and Lingzhi grew up with Bai Jinzhi, and she would never let anything happen to them.
Besides, when Bai Jinzhi went to the Anping camp, as a general he should have shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. What’s the point of bringing a maid to serve him?
It is already difficult for a woman to establish her authority in the army, and if she brings a maid with her, she will definitely be looked down upon and people will think that she, as a princess, cannot endure hardship.
Bai Jinzhi and Dong Tingzhen, dressed in armor and military uniforms, first went to Boyun Courtyard to bid farewell to their eldest sister, and then bid farewell to their mother Li and all the aunts and cousins in the front hall. Then, under the attention of everyone in the Bai family, they jumped onto Ping’an’s back.
With red eyes, Dong Tingzhen bowed to Mrs. Dong and the other cousin ladies of the Bai family.
“When Tingzhen arrives in the capital, you must send someone to deliver a letter back! Do you understand?” Mrs. Dong held Dong Tingzhen’s hand and reminded her.
“I understand, aunt!” Dong Tingzhen held Dong’s hand tightly, “My cousin was seriously injured and is not in good health. Aunt, please take good care of her!”
“Go!” Mrs. Dong patted Dong Tingzhen’s hand.
Dong Tingzhen bowed again, turned around and got into the carriage with the help of Nanny Qin. As soon as she sat in the carriage, she opened the carriage curtain, stuck her head out and waved to everyone in the Bai family.
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