The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 709: warm color
Chapter 709 Warm Colors
Dong turned around and looked at Bai Qihe, who was sitting on the seat of the clan leader with a pale face, and said, “Today, I, Dong, will make this clear. If anyone dares to take advantage of my daughter and disturb her recovery, I, Dong, will confess my crime to my ancestors and take the orphans and widows of the Bai family to leave the clan! The bad reputation of the Shuoyang Bai clan is known to the world. Even if I take the women of the Dadu Bai family to confess my crime and leave the clan, others will only think that we orphans and widows have suffered a great injustice. Then… I want to see how you plan to continue the glory of the Bai family! Will you still be able to bully others in Shuoyang City!”
“Ms. Dong! Don’t be so arrogant. You are just the daughter-in-law of the Bai family, not their descendant! Your surname is not Bai! What right do you have to talk about being from the same clan or not here!” An elder in the clan was so angry that he slammed his walking stick on the bluestone floor, making a loud clanging sound.
“Just because my sister-in-law is the mother of the Zhenguo Princess, and just because the Zhenguo Princess has never disobeyed my sister-in-law!” Li was so angry that her hands were shaking. Thinking of the clan and monsters that Bai Qingyan and her daughter had to face when they returned, she really wanted to leave the clan immediately. “If you don’t believe me, let’s try! Most of the wives in the Bai family dare to do this… Do you villains dare?!”
As soon as Li said this, some people hurriedly pulled their elders to stop them from speaking any further, in order to avoid the conversation from getting to the point where the Princess Zhenguo would really be exiled from the clan.
Dong said in a cold voice: “There are human natures among animals, but they are separated by their different appearances. There are animal hearts among humans, but few people can truly recognize them. The ancients looked like animals, but they all had great saintly virtues.”
Dong’s eyes swept over the old people in the clan who took advantage of their age and seniority: “Nowadays, people look like humans on the outside, but their hearts are beasts, how can we predict them?”
The ancestral hall was in an uproar because of Dong’s words. The elders stood up and accused Dong of being selfish and not considering the future of the Bai family as the daughter-in-law of the Bai family.
Dong turned around and looked at the fourth wife, Wang, who was holding her two daughters tightly in her arms, and motioned for Wang to go first. Wang hurriedly took her two daughters and walked out of the ancestral hall.
Dong also called the third wife, Li, and the fifth wife, Qi, and the sisters-in-law went out together.
Before the Fifth Madam Qi left, she turned her head to look at the Bai clan members in the ancestral hall who were either shocked or surprised, and said calmly, “The mouse has skin, but the human has no manners! If the human has no manners, why not die? The mouse has teeth, but the human has no self-control! If the human has no self-control, why not die? The mouse has a body, but the human has no manners, the human has no manners! Why don’t you die quickly?”
The elders in the clan were so angry that they almost couldn’t breathe.
Before the ladies of the Bai family in Dadu got on their carriages, they heard a noisy voice in the ancestral hall shouting for a doctor.
After talking about what happened in the ancestral hall, Bai Jinhua frowned and looked at Bai Qingyan: “Eldest sister…why can’t the people of the clan learn their lesson?”
“It’s not that he doesn’t learn his lesson, but someone is instigating him behind the scenes.” Bai Qingyan was not angry after hearing this. The former clan leader Bai Weimei was resentful for losing his son Bai Qiyun. Naturally, he hoped that the Bai family and the clan would fall out so that Bai Qingyan would have no one to use.
Bai Qingyan had dealt with the former clan leader Bai Weimei so many times, and the clan leader must have known Bai Qingyan’s temper very well. He knew that Bai Qingyan would never use the prince’s favor to ask for rewards… to pave the way for the Bai family’s useless younger generations, so he came up with such an idea, thinking that it would be best to let Bai Qingyan fall out with the Bai clan, so that the Bai clan members currently employed by Bai Qingyan could no longer be employed.
Bai Qingyan knew the news when he just came back from being seriously injured, but he suppressed his anger in order to see how Bai Qihe would deal with it. If Bai Qihe could stand up, this would be an opportunity for him to establish his authority.
“It’s not a big deal. Let them make a fuss. Someone will handle it. If someone can’t handle it, we in the Bai Mansion will take action.” Bai Qingyan obviously didn’t take the matter to heart. Seeing Chuntao coming in with hot snacks and yogurt, he smiled and asked his two sisters to have some first.
Although this matter is not important, Bai Qingyan still has to comfort his mother at night. He thinks his mother is very angry because of the incident of the Bai clan.
Bai Qingyan was watching her two sisters enjoying snacks when Aunt Tong came in, lifting the cotton curtain. After paying her respects, she said to Bai Qingyan, “Miss, Lupin is back and said that everything is fine at the infirmary. After he sent the meat and vegetables, the refugees were very grateful for your kindness and knelt down to kowtow to thank you!”
Bai Qingyan nodded, as long as everything was fine.
“Lupin also said that when he came back, he saw the patriarch standing outside the White House, saying that he wanted to apologize.”
Bai Qihe arrived quickly. Bai Qingyan picked up the book beside him, lowered his eyes and said calmly, “Mammy, tell the clan leader that he is the clan leader. How to balance the relationship between the clan members, how to make the clan members work together and not hurt themselves, this is the clan leader’s responsibility. What he should do now is not to apologize, but to calm the grievances of the clan members and the Bai family in Dadu, how to establish his authority among the clan members… so that the clan members will no longer dare to act or speak in a way that exceeds the words and deeds of the clan leader.”
Tong Ma Ma replied, “I will ask Lupin to pass on the message.”
“Thank you for going there in person and telling the clan leader… this is what I meant.” Bai Qingyan raised her eyes and smiled faintly at Nanny Tong.
Nanny Tong is the most capable nanny around Bai Qingyan. Only when Bai Qihe sees Nanny Tong does he know that Bai Qingyan wants him to let go and do it. He also understands that if he doesn’t handle it well, Bai Qingyan will take action.
“Okay!” Nanny Tong told Chuntao to take good care of Bai Qingyan, and then she went out, holding an umbrella and going to the front yard with Lupin in the snow.
“Eat less snacks, as we’ll be having dinner soon. Tonight is New Year’s Eve, and I heard the kitchen has prepared something very rich.” Bai Qingyan said to his two sisters with a smile.
For the New Year’s Eve dinner, Mrs. Dong decided to have it at Meixiang Pavilion. Bai Qingyan had nothing to do at home, so he came early to prepare.
The round table outside had been set up. Bai Qingyan also asked Chuntao to pick a few red plum blossoms, put them in a white jade tall-necked vase and placed them on the high table. The bright red clusters of flowers looked extremely beautiful.
Soon, Mrs. Dong, the third lady Mrs. Li, the fourth lady Mrs. Wang, and the fifth lady Mrs. Qi, who was holding the eighth girl Bai Wanqing in her arms, all changed into their casual clothes and came to Meixiang Pavilion.
As Fifth Madam Qi, holding Bai Wanqing, stepped into the gate of Meixiang Pavilion, they saw a dense row of hexagonal sheepskin lanterns hung around the corridors. The bright yellow halos reflected the red plum blossoms in the garden of Meixiang Pavilion clearly, the fiery red plum blossoms, the white snow, and the bright yellow lights.
There were also maids standing in order under the dimly lit corridors, holding black lacquered and gold-painted food boxes, pointing at Hongmei and talking and laughing, which made people feel the festive atmosphere of the New Year inexplicably.
Qi heard the cheerful voices of Bai Jinhua and Bai Jinzhao making Dong, the third wife Li, and the fourth wife Wang laugh from inside the room. Looking at the figures reflected on the window lattice, her eyebrows and eyes were tinged with a layer of warmth.
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