The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 712: Yu Ti Kang Ning
Chapter 712: Healthy Body
Bai Weimei threw the handkerchief in her hand on the black lacquered round table, ordered someone to take the food away, and waited for Bai Qihe to come over with the shelf.
Not long after, Bai Qihe and a dozen guards walked into the yard on the snow, scaring the servants and maids who were busy in the yard.
The morning sun cast a layer of golden light on the green bricks and tiles of the courtyard.
Bai Qihe glanced at the upper room and said loudly, “The old master suddenly fell ill last night. From now on, he will rest and recuperate in the courtyard. No one is allowed to disturb him! You dozen people, take care of this courtyard for me. If anyone comes in and disturbs the old master’s recuperation, don’t blame me for being merciless… Sell them if they deserve it, sell them, beat them to death if they deserve it!”
When Bai Weimei in the room heard this, she stood up in shock. Even Bai Weimei’s old wife was shocked.
“This rebellious son wants to put me under house arrest!” Bai Weimei walked out of the door quickly with a cane, and when she tried to open the cotton curtain, she tripped over the threshold.
“Husband!” Bai Weimei’s wife exclaimed and quickly stood up with the help of the maid, “Quick! Help the old man up!”
The room suddenly became a mess. Several maids hurriedly helped Bai Weimei up after she fell outside the door. Fortunately, the bluestone floor had been wiped clean by the servants early this morning, so Bai Weimei didn’t get dust on her body.
Bai Weimei shook off the maid who was supporting him, stood under the corridor with his crutches, and pointed at Bai Qihe with angry eyes: “You rebellious son! Are you going to put your father under house arrest?!”
Bai Weimei’s old wife also came out of the room. She looked at her son and then at her husband, with tears in her eyes. She didn’t know what to do, so she could only yell at her son: “Qihe! What are you doing!”
Bai Qihe’s face was calm and indifferent: “Now the son is the head of the Bai family. Father is old… It’s inevitable that he will be bewitched and do some foolish things, so he should just rest and enjoy his old age. Your son will definitely be filial to you, but please don’t interfere in the affairs of the family! Your son… will never allow your father to interfere again and push our Bai family into the fire pit!”
After saying that, Bai Qihe turned and left.
Saying that Bai Weimei was bewitched was just Bai Qihe’s way of saving face for his father. Bai Qihe knew in his heart…that the others were bewitched by his father.
“Rebellious son! Rebellious son!” Bai Weimei was so angry that her face turned red and her neck became thick. She hurriedly chased after him two steps with the help of a crutch. Her heart ached. She clutched the clothes around her heart, her eyes widened red, and she fell backwards.
Bai Weimei’s wife was so frightened that she rushed towards Bai Weimei without caring about anything else: “Husband! Husband!”
Bai Weimei’s wife rushed over and saw Bai Weimei lying on the ground with a red face. She unbuttoned Bai Weimei’s collar tremblingly and shouted, “Go call a doctor!”
Bai Qihe turned a deaf ear to the exclamations in the yard. He took his men out of the house and got on the carriage, but did not go to the Bai family ancestral hall immediately. Instead, he asked someone to drive the carriage to a remote place and wait.
Bai Qihe, wearing a fur coat and sitting in the carriage with his eyes closed, listened to the sound of icicles dripping into water under the eaves outside the carriage under the sunlight, his face calm.
Soon, a subordinate came running over and reported to Bai Qihe in front of the carriage: “Master, the old master really sent people to visit the homes of several clan elders.”
Bai Qihe understands his father. If Bai Qihe dares to put him under house arrest… he will definitely ask the elders of the clan to put pressure on him by using filial piety.
But it was precisely his father’s act of sending someone to deliver the message that would make other people understand that the clan leader Bai Qihe was not a puppet of Bai Weimei. He even had his own father under house arrest. So the words he was going to say to the clan members next… were not a joke.
“Master, are we going to the ancestral hall now?” the coachman cautiously asked Bai Qihe who was sitting in the carriage.
Bai Qihe didn’t open his eyes, he just said: “Wait a little longer, until those elders who are taking advantage of their age have entered the ancestral hall, it won’t be too late for us to go then.”
The second son who was once ignored wanted to become the real patriarch, but he had to be ruthless…
If you are not ruthless, you won’t be able to hold this position firmly.
Bai Qihe was not greedy for this position, but he could not bear to see the reputation of the Bai family, which was earned by the blood and sacrifice of generations, destroyed. Once upon a time, Bai Qihe was also young and passionate, and wanted to join the army, fight on the battlefield.
However, his father did not allow him to do so, so he followed the filial duty and did not go.
However, the current Bai family…all the male descendants of the orthodox lineage are dead, and the Bai family’s reputation has to be supported by girls, so here…he has to support it too.
At the end of the Chen hour, after all the elders and clan members of the Bai clan had arrived, the clan leader Bai Qihe finally arrived.
Originally, the elders wanted to talk to Bai Qihe about filial piety, but who knew that as soon as Bai Qihe entered the gate of the ancestral hall, he sat down on the seat of the clan leader with a gloomy face, and said without giving others a chance to speak: “From now on, if anyone dares to ask the Princess Zhenguo to recommend the descendants of the Bai family to serve as officials in front of the Crown Prince, I will expel whoever’s name… from the Bai family. Don’t think I’m joking with you! If you really want fame… want to be an official, then go and get it with your own ability!”
Bai Qingping stood aside and turned to look at his father, with a different light shining in his eyes than usual. He had always known that his father was not really a cowardly and incompetent person. On the contrary… his father was more insightful than anyone else.
Now my father is willing to take action to regulate the clan and establish his authority, which is a very good phenomenon.
Bai Qihe picked up the hot tea at hand and used the cup lid to press the tea leaves floating on the clear tea soup. “Of course, if our family really has an outstanding child who will not bring disgrace to our Bai family’s reputation, I, as the clan leader, will ask the Princess Zhenguo to recommend him to the Crown Prince! But if anyone… dares to bypass me, the clan leader, and force the Princess Zhenguo, don’t blame me for being disrespectful! The family rules and regulations of the Bai family, although my father never used them when he was the clan leader, does not mean that I will not use them! If you don’t believe me… you can try it!”
Bai Qihe put the teacup down heavily, showing the majesty of a clan leader. The sound of the porcelain knocking against the black lacquered square table was frightening.
“What the clan leader said… The Princess Zhenguo is seriously injured and won’t live long. If the Princess Zhenguo dies like this, what will happen to the future of our Bai family’s descendants!” asked an elder.
Bai Qihe looked at the elder and sneered, “You also know that the Bai family now relies on the princess to protect the country?”
The elder was speechless, his brows furrowed.
Bai Qihe glanced at the clansmen and said, “Have some dignity! You have brought shame to the Bai clan! You want a future but you don’t know how to earn it yourself, and you make things difficult for a little girl who is now supporting the Bai clan! You still have the nerve to speak here! If you still have a conscience… go back and pray to the gods day and night, praying for the health of the Princess Zhenguo and a long life!”
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