The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 71: whimsical
Chapter 71 Act on one’s own will
“You are a bunch of disloyal and shameless villains!” Lu Yuanpeng pointed his whip at the greedy people kneeling outside the Duke’s Mansion, and was filled with righteous indignation. “The Bai family of the Duke’s Mansion defended you and others’ peace in this prosperous imperial capital with their blood and lives, but you are not grateful and actually throw dirty water on the loyal and brave for those yellow and white things! Are you still human beings?!”
“And you!” Lv Yuanpeng pointed his whip at the two so-called Jianghu people. “If there is no Bai family to defend the border against bandits, you can talk about Jianghu with your mother’s legs! Jianghu loyalty?! Where do you get the face! The men of the Bai family died on the battlefield for our Great Jin, and you are just for money… Are you going to force the widow of the Bai family to death?!”
The already intensified and mutually infective public anger was further fueled by the words of this playboy, Lu Yuanpeng, and they rolled up their sleeves and started to fight…
“These bastards! Beat them to death!”
There was chaos in front of the Duke’s Mansion, and even Lu Yuanpeng joined the fight waving his horsewhip.
Only Xiao Rongyan, like a hermit, stood alone. After a long while, he turned back and said to the guards, “Go and protect those two people. Don’t let them die.”
The families of the soldiers who came to the Duke’s Mansion to cause trouble, along with the two so-called “gangsters”, were beaten up by the people and taken all the way to the Jingzhao Yin Mansion.
Jingzhao Yin had already foreseen a bad New Year because of the tragic defeat in Nanjiang and the death of all the men in the Duke’s Mansion. Unexpectedly, at noon on the first day of the New Year, the Right Prime Minister’s most beloved young grandson, Lu Yuanpeng, together with the people in the capital, sent him such a big New Year gift.
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In order not to disturb the Grand Princess and the elders who had just rested, Bai Jintong pushed Bai Jinzhi into Bai Qingyan’s Qinghui Courtyard.
Bai Jinzhi knelt on the bluestone bricks of Qinghui Courtyard with her neck stiff. She was not afraid of the family rules, but she refused to obey.
Lupin stood aside holding the family military stick, feeling particularly reluctant. After all, it was someone else who came to the Duke’s Mansion to cause trouble first, and the fourth girl fought with others in order to protect the reputation of the Duke’s Mansion.
The third girl, Bai Jintong, who was standing next to Bai Qingyan, stood with her hands behind her back. She glanced at Bai Jinzhi, who was in tears, and pleaded in a low voice, “Eldest sister, it’s enough for Xiaosi to admit his fault. After all, it was someone else who provoked him first today.”
Seeing Bai Qingyan pursing her lips tightly and looking at Bai Jinzhi with a sharp gaze, Bai Jintong hurriedly said, “Little Four! Apologize to your elder sister!”
Bai Jinxiu, who had just had the medicine on her forehead changed, was supported by Qingshu and hurriedly stepped into the gate of Qinghui Courtyard. She glanced at Bai Jinzhi who was kneeling in the courtyard, walked to Bai Qingyan’s side, bowed and pleaded for Bai Jinzhi: “Eldest sister, Xiao Si was wrong, but there were reasons for it. Xiao Si was also trying to protect the family reputation.”
“My elder sister wants to beat me, Xiao Si will accept it! But Xiao Si refuses to accept it!” Bai Jinzhi gritted her teeth and looked at Bai Qingyan standing in the corridor with tears in her eyes, “Xiao Si is protecting the reputation of my mansion! That’s right!”
Bai Jinzhi glared at Bai Jinxiu: “On the contrary, it was Second Sister…those greedy people slandered our mansion, and Second Sister just watched helplessly without doing anything! Second Sister is a coward! Shame on you, Little Fourth!”
Looking at Bai Jinzhi’s stubborn expression, she could no longer bear the heartache and disappointment, and said, “Uncle Ping, you guys wait outside the courtyard first.”
In the huge Qinghui Courtyard, there were only four sisters left.
“Is your second sister a coward? If she was a coward, she would have saved your third brother and almost had her arm chopped off, but she still killed the enemy’s vanguard with her own hands?! From childhood to adulthood, your second sister has taken the blame for you and has been beaten with at least two hundred military sticks. Is she a coward?! Just now, at the main gate of the Duke’s Mansion, if your second sister hadn’t cried at the right time, how do you think you could have inspired the people to forget about your whipping and support my Bai family? Even in the Qin family of the Loyal and Brave Marquis’ Mansion, your second sister didn’t take action, but when she did… she forced Qin Lang to take a desperate move and move out of the Loyal and Brave Marquis’ Mansion! Your second sister is a coward, but you are a hero just because you hurt people and act violently at every turn?!”
Bai Jinzhi turned his head away, still unwilling to accept.
“When your second sister stopped you, did she tell you that the group of people who were surrounding the Duke’s Mansion to cause trouble had some ulterior motives and that you should not act rashly?!” She asked harshly, “Waving whips in front of the Duke’s Mansion and shouting about killing people! How impressive! If Lu Yuanpeng hadn’t captured the two thieves alive today and came to the Duke’s Mansion to tell them about their plot, have you thought about the consequences?!”
Bai Jinzhi remembered what Lu Yuanpeng said, that the two men wanted to silence the soldiers’ families and then frame the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion. He felt uneasy, but stubbornly refused to admit his mistake.
Bai Qingyan pointed in the direction of the main gate of the Duke’s Mansion: “If those people are all silenced after returning, the Jingzhao Yin Mansion will probably come to our Duke’s Mansion to arrest you first!”
She shuddered at the thought that this incident would destroy the Bai family’s good reputation and the people’s support. The situation and the people’s support were the only weapons she could rely on to save the Bai family.
“I am innocent and have nothing to fear! I am not afraid of being caught even if I have to! At worst I will go to jail, but Jingzhao Yin will investigate it thoroughly and clear my name!” Bai Jinzhi looked tough and ready to die.
She looked at her conceited and competitive sister with eyes as bright as torches, and immediately became furious: “Naive! This matter was carefully planned and set up by someone. Do you think you can be innocent after entering the Jingzhao Yin Mansion?! Only by convicting them of a crime and detaining them to death can they destroy the people’s hearts towards my Bai family! Destroy the situation that protects my Bai family! But you…you didn’t listen to your second sister’s warning, but insisted on getting involved, and even fought with your second sister!”
“What happened today… If Lu Yuanpeng hadn’t come to capture the thieves, the families of those soldiers would have been executed. The crime of killing the families of the soldiers out of venting anger alone… would have been enough to destroy the Bai family’s hundreds of years of achievements! Have you learned the principle that a hundred good deeds are not as good as one bad deed?! Once you are imprisoned, the people behind this will incite and spread rumors, and then use the situation to frame the Bai family for the crime of genocide. All the men of the Bai family died in the war. We have no one in the court, and it is already difficult to move forward. If we lose the support of the people, then there will be no recovery! This… is the end that the people behind this matter want to see for my Bai family!”
Bai Jinzhi clutched the clothes at her side tightly, covered in cold sweat, gritted her teeth and said nothing, lowering her eyes and not daring to look directly into Bai Qingyan’s clear eyes.
She was so disappointed that her voice could not help but rise: “Whether you are a person or a worker, you can be aggressive, but the premise is that you must have the ability and cunning to control the situation! But look at you… You are competing with a shrew! You are arguing with a profit-seeking person! You ignore the overall situation, and you are stubborn and unruly to vent your own anger. You are so happy that you whip the whip and you are confused and have no tricks!”
Seeing Bai Jinzhi crying after being severely reprimanded by Bai Qingyan, Bai Jinxiu felt distressed and whispered to her, “Eldest sister… Xiao Si is still young and straightforward. He acted impulsively this time for the reputation of the Duke of Huguo’s Mansion. As long as Xiao Si knows his mistake and has been taught a lesson, it’s fine!”
In fact, the bald author had written the outline of this article a long time ago, but he just didn’t start writing it because he foresaw that it would be very difficult to write.
Because when it comes to this kind of family and country sentiment, the murder of loyal ministers is always very sad! It is particularly sad, but the bald author wants to tell you that don’t be afraid… It is sad but it is definitely not a tragedy.