The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 701: tenacity
Chapter 701: Tenacity
Ping’an’s breath exhaled hot air, and his horse’s hooves kicked, as if he couldn’t wait to gallop away.
The morning light is dim, breaking through the clouds.
The golden color outlined the edge of the sea of clouds in the sky, then slowly broke through the clouds, illuminating half of Shuoyang City.
Bai Jinzhi turned around, looking at her sisters who were wiping tears with red eyes, and her gaze fell on Li. She choked up and said, “Mom, don’t worry, I will write to my family often and be careful on the battlefield!”
Li clutched her handkerchief tightly, suppressed her emotions and nodded to Bai Jinzhi. She couldn’t help but let her tears fall, and waved her hand to signal Bai Jinzhi to leave quickly.
Bai Jinzhi bowed to his aunt and aunts, kicked his horse, and galloped towards the city gate followed by the Bai family guards.
Bai Jinzhi looked straight ahead, with a tenacity in his eyes that transcended his age.
The second sister Bai Jinxiu is in the capital city, delivering news from the court to her eldest sister to ensure that the Bai family will not be completely blind.
The third sister Bai Jintong is independent and goes out to do business to find a way out for the Bai family.
Seventh brother Bai Qingjue is now in southern Xinjiang, working hard to ensure that the Bai family will have available soldiers in the future.
Ninth Brother lost his legs, but he did not lose the backbone and ambition of the Bai family. He is working hard to return to the Bai family one day.
She now also has to rush to the Anping camp to lay the foundation for the future unification of the world by the State of Jin… and capture Daliang!
Since her elder sister trusts her, she cannot let her elder sister down.
Even if outsiders say that all the men of the Bai family have died in Southern Xinjiang, and the glory of the century-old military family is about to fall, so what? !
The ambition that several generations of the Bai family have sacrificed their lives for… the unification that several generations have worked together to achieve, even the women of the Bai family can resist it!
She wanted everyone to open their eyes and watch how the daughter of the Bai family supported the glory of the Bai family and how she unified the world!
Bai Jinzhi gritted his teeth and looked up at the rising sun that finally jumped out of the sea of clouds…
Everyone thought that the Bai family was on the decline, but Bai Jinzhi knew that the Bai family was the rising sun. Even if it was not shining brightly now, it would surely be bright and glorious in the future.
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Bai Qingyan stood in the Boyun Courtyard, looking at the dazzling morning light in the sky, and whispered to Tong Ma beside him: “Xiao Si and Ting Zhen, they should have set off already!”
“The fourth young lady and the cousin said goodbye to the eldest young lady, went to the front hall to say goodbye to all the ladies, and then set off.” said Nanny Tong.
Bai Qingyan nodded, hoping that Bai Jinzhi would be safe on this trip.
“Don’t worry, eldest lady. Fourth lady will be safe and sound.” Chuntao took out a cloak and draped it over Bai Qingyan’s shoulders, saying with a smile.
Bai Qingyan nodded.
She remembered that the birthday gift Bai Jinzhi gave her was placed in an extremely valuable box, saying that there were several books inside, and she was repeatedly asked to read them.
“Chun Tao, go and open the box that Xiao Si gave me. I want to see what kind of extraordinary book Xiao Si gave me that he had to put it in the box that Third Aunt brought as a dowry.” Bai Qingyan held Nanny Tong’s hand and walked upstairs.
Chun Tao hurriedly opened the curtain and responded: “Hey, I’ll get it right away!”
Soon, Chuntao brought over the books that Bai Jinzhi had given to Bai Qingyan.
Those books were quite valuable. They were bound with paper and covered with sheepskin, but there was no writing or drawing on the outside, so it was impossible to tell what the contents were.
Chuntao put the books on the small table and went to pour tea for Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan picked up a book and opened it…
It started with a nonsensical little poem, but when Bai Qingyan saw that it began with the words “saying”, she almost laughed out of anger. She thought it was some kind of rare and famous book, and after all the fuss…it turned out to be a storybook.
According to Bai Jinzhi’s eccentric personality, these storybooks are naturally treasures compared to the rare copies of ancient books. Bai Qingyan flipped through a few pages.
When Chuntao came back with the hot tea, she saw that Bai Qingyan had put the book aside and was quite surprised: “Why don’t you read it, young lady?”
Normally, when the eldest daughter in their family reads a book, she will never put it down for more than an hour.
“Put it away! Wait for Xiaosi to come back and then return it to him!” Bai Qingyan had a faint smile between his eyebrows.
Last night she talked about marriage with Bai Jinzhi, but Bai Jinzhi was not very happy about it. She secretly read this kind of book about love between men and women behind her back. Isn’t this because she is aroused?
Bai Qingyan suddenly thought of her cousin Dong Changqing from the Dong family. Dong Changqing was always at a loss when he saw Bai Jinzhi. It seemed that he liked her fourth sister, but… Bai Jinzhi didn’t seem to have any such thoughts about Dong Changqing at all.
Bai Qingyan looked through the window that was not closed tightly at the dead leaves scattered on the ground in the yard, and carefully thought about what kind of person would be a good match for Xiao Si with his personality.
The gatekeeper walked quickly to the outside of Boyun Courtyard, bowed and said to Madam Tong, “Madam, the governor came in person. He originally wanted to see the fourth young lady off. When he heard that the fourth young lady had already left the city on horseback, he said he wanted to see the eldest young lady. What do you think…”
Nanny Tong nodded: “I’ll go ask the eldest lady.”
“Hey!” The gatekeeper smiled and nodded.
Nanny Tong came in and saw Bai Qingyan staring at the fallen leaves in the yard in a daze. She smiled and said, “Miss, the governor is here to ask for an audience. Do you want to see him?”
Knowing why the prefect came, Bai Qingyan wanted to see him. Bai Qingping was exposed when he was investigating the prefect’s family background. Bai Qingyan was waiting for the prefect to come and explain his background.
“Mammy, help me change my clothes and go to the front yard to meet the governor.” Bai Qingyan instructed Chuntao again, “Chuntao, ask Uncle Ping to go to the military camp and ask Bai Qingping to bring the teacher Cai Ziyuan here. I have something to ask.”
“Yes!” Chuntao responded and retreated from the upper room.
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The prefect came to visit today, without even a single attendant with him, just so that he could have a good conversation with Bai Qing.
He had already drunk two cups of tea while sitting in the main hall of the Bai family. He was feeling quite anxious. He was going to talk to Bai Qingyan in a while, but he had no evidence to prove his point, and he didn’t know whether Bai Qingyan would believe him or not.
Soon, the governor saw a sedan chair parked outside the main hall. He stood up and took two steps toward the door. He saw Tong Mama helping Bai Qingyan get off the sedan chair. The governor lifted the hem of his clothes, stepped out of the door, and knelt down to Bai Qingyan: “Greetings, Princess Zhenguo.”
“Please stand up, sir, and let’s talk inside.” Bai Qingyan’s voice was flat, indifferent and distant, and the sir felt even heavier in his heart.
He did not stand up until he heard Bai Qingyan step into the main hall. Then he stood up, followed her in, and knelt in front of Bai Qingyan: “Princess Zhenguo, please ask the attendants to leave. I have something to say to you.”
Bai Qingyan glanced at the kneeling Shen Taishou with a half-smile, and ordered Tong Mama who was padding her waist: “Tong Mama, you wait outside, don’t let others get close to the main hall.”
Before Nanny Tong could respond, Governor Shen kowtowed first and said, “Thank you, Princess Zhenguo, for trusting me.”
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