The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 713: Overjoyed
Chapter 713 Overjoyed
Bai Qihe’s eyes became more gloomy: “If anyone is shameless and still dares to take advantage of others, just wait and see where you will put your face after being expelled from the clan!”
After saying that, Bai Qihe stood up and left.
Bai Qingping also followed Bai Qihe and left.
Several members of the Bai family who had followed Bai Qingping in training at the military camp also got up and left one after another.
The remaining members of the Bai family who remained in the ancestral hall sighed, remembering that this morning the former clan leader Bai Weimei sent people to ask the clan elders to force clan leader Bai Qihe to use filial piety. Who would dare to bring it up now?
Bai Qihe even had his own father under house arrest, let alone these people. If Bai Qihe really wanted to expel them from the clan, the clan leader really had the power to do so according to clan rules.
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On the 16th day of the first month of the 17th year of Xuanjia, many people in Qinhuai, Jin State were infected with the epidemic, and the people fled, mostly to Shuoyang.
On the 20th day of the first month of the 17th year of Xuanjia, Liu Hong and Princess Gaoyi led their troops to attack Yaoyang City in Daliang but failed to capture it. The army stopped at Yaoyang. At the same time, Dayan captured three cities of Wei in succession, with unstoppable momentum.
On the 25th day of the first month of the 17th year of Xuanjia, the Southern Rong took advantage of the war between Jin and Daliang and suddenly attacked the Northern Rong. The Northern Rong asked Yan for help, but Yan was focused on attacking Wei and had no time to spare. The Northern Rong also sought help from Jin and Liang but to no avail, so they could only send envoys to ask for help from Xiliang.
On the 29th day of the first month of the 17th year of Xuanjia, Xiliang sent troops to attack Nanrong.
When Bai Qingyan received the news, it was already late at night on February 13th.
The person sent by Dong to Dengzhou to deliver the New Year gift learned about Xiliang’s military deployment, and rode his horse at full speed without stopping to rush back. It was inconvenient for the steward to enter the inner courtyard, but fortunately he was familiar with Lupin, so Lupin personally delivered the news to Boyun Courtyard.
Because Lupin knew that the ghost-faced general in Nanrong was Bai Qingyu, he was extremely anxious, fearing that Bai Qingyu would be attacked from two sides.
Bai Qingyan asked Chuntao to light a lamp, read the letter and burn it, then thought for a moment, told Chuntao to bring the four treasures of the study, and said, “Let Uncle Ping come in.”
Chuntao prepared the four treasures of the study and went out to call Lupin to the upper room. Through the screen, Lupin heard Bai Qingyan’s very steady voice: “Uncle Ping, you go to the capital in person and meet the prince. Tell him… Xiliang sent troops to the southern Rong but did not move them. It is intended to spy on our Jin State. Don’t be careless! You can dispatch the Anping camp garrison and the Dengzhou army to guard against Xiliang, and order the Bai family army stationed on the border of Jin State and Xiliang to wait for action.”
As long as the prince gives this order, when war breaks out… the deployment will be entirely up to my uncle.
“Yes!” Lupin answered yes, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Bai Qingyan.
“Uncle Ping, wait a moment.” Bai Qingyan, who was sitting under the lamp, put down his pen, folded the two letters, and handed them to Chuntao: “Uncle Ping, send a reliable person to personally deliver these two letters to my uncle and General Shen Kunyang.”
Bai Qingyan said that there was nothing else in these two letters, only seven words… Try your best to stop Xiliang from attacking Nanrong.
“Don’t worry, young lady. I will definitely see to it!” Lu Ping bowed, took the letter and hurried out.
The matter of Nanrong concerns the safety of the young master, so Lupin dare not delay for a moment.
After Chuntao sent Lupin away, she returned to her room and warmed herself in front of the brazier. Then she drew aside the curtain and came in. She saw Bai Qingyan still sitting beside the small table with the light on. While she was tidying up her study, she said, “Go take a rest, young lady!”
Bai Qingyan was awakened in the middle of the night, but he was no longer sleepy: “What time is it?”
“It’s Yin hour, Miss.” Chun Tao frowned while holding the brush, ink, paper and inkstone in her arms. Ever since her injury got a little better, her daughter has been practicing spear every day from Mao hour, without slacking off for a single day. Chun Tao knew it was already the end of Yin hour, but because she felt sorry for the daughter being woken up, she didn’t say anything, “Miss, sleep a little longer, I’ll wake you up at Mao hour.”
“Forget it. I’m not sleepy anymore. Bring me my iron sandbag. I’m going to practice.” Bai Qingyan stood up.
Chuntao was hesitant to speak, so she had to get Bai Qingyan’s iron sandbag, helped Bai Qingyan wrap the iron sandbag, and accompanied her in the training room of Boyun Courtyard to practice shooting.
Now, Dong has arranged honest and loyal servants to serve in Boyun Courtyard, and not a single rumor about Bai Qingyan can be leaked.
What the people of Shuoyang knew was that Bai Qingyan had been seriously injured while trying to save the prince, and had nearly died twice since the beginning of winter.
Chuntao saw that Bai Qingyan was sweating profusely and his clothes were soaked. She quietly opened the curtain and came out to tell the kitchen to send hot water to the upper room.
When Nanny Tong tested the water temperature and came to the training room to call Bai Qingyan, she saw that Bai Qingyan had already put down his silver spear and was wiping his sweat with a handkerchief from Chuntao.
Nanny Tong brought hot tea into the training room and said with a smile, “Miss, the water is ready!”
Bai Qingyan panted heavily, took a sip of tea from the black lacquer square plate held by Tong Mama, and said, “Mama, from today on, the fire pot and the fire basin don’t need to be burned so vigorously. I feel better day by day, and I always feel a little hot.”
Madam Tong smiled and nodded: “Don’t worry, young lady. I know. I just wanted to make the brazier and the fire hotter because I thought you would take a bath soon.”
Now, Bai Qingyan is taking the secret medicine that Xiao Rongyan sends him every now and then, as well as the medicine that Doctor Hong brings back from the extremely cold region of Dayan, and his cold symptoms are almost cured.
These days, Bai Qingyan has been exercising day and night without missing a single day. His complexion is obviously much better. How could Nanny Tong not be happy?
After taking a bath, Bai Qingyan sat in front of the desk and spread out the Daliang map and the local chronicles of Daliang to read them carefully. He also drew on the map and marked the weather and possible disasters of each month in very small words.
Chun Tao stood behind Bai Qingyan and twisted her hair. Her eyes fell on the map and she asked, “Miss, are you going to give this map to Miss Four?”
“Maybe Xiao Si can use it!” Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes and stared at the map.
When Bai Jinzhi left, Bai Qingyan packed local chronicles and maps for Bai Jinzhi, but if Bai Qingyan was right, the little girl would not be able to translate them, so she had to work harder.
After completing this last bit today, the map is complete.
Bai Qingyan put down his pen, read it carefully, and said to Chuntao, “Ask Chunzhi to call Uncle Liu, and send someone to deliver this map to Xiaosi.”
“Yes!” Chuntao went out with a smile and sent Chunzhi to call Manager Liu.
Just as Bai Qingyan folded the map, she heard Nanny Tong’s cheerful voice coming from outside the door: “Young lady! Young lady, great news!”
She looked up through the nanmu jade screen and saw Nanny Tong lifting the cotton felt curtain and stepping in with her skirt in hand. She quickly walked around the screen and bowed to Bai Qingyan: “Miss! Great news! Doctor Hong has developed a medicine to treat the epidemic. He has gone to wash and change clothes, and asked Xiao Yinshuang to come and tell you!”
It was indeed a happy event. Bai Qingyan’s eyes were full of smiles: “So, Doctor Hong’s method worked? Are all the patients who used the medicine before cured?”