The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 904: follow the trend
Chapter 904 Go with the Flow
The eldest princess nodded, but she didn’t seem to care. She just smiled and waved at Bai Qingyan: “Come…”
Upon hearing this, Bai Qingyan walked towards the direction of the Grand Princess and knelt down beside her obediently.
When Gao Demao saw the maid bringing hot tea, he stepped forward to take it, raised his eyes and looked at the maid carefully. After making sure that there was no problem, he took small steps forward and personally delivered it to the table in front of Bai Qingyan, then stepped aside.
The eldest princess endured the sourness in her nose and looked her granddaughter up and down with a smile. She raised her hand and touched Bai Qingyan’s long hair, and then reached out to touch Bai Qingyan’s delicate little face. Just like she did in the Bai Mansion before, she smiled and talked to Bai Qingyan: “You’ve become thinner!”
“Marching and fighting is hard, don’t worry, Grandma… I will recover in a few days.”
The emperor, who was sitting behind the screen, was a little impatient listening to the gossip of the grandfather and grandson, but when he thought of his own Nine-story Platform, he waited patiently.
“A Bao, you came here even though you knew you were going to the Hongmen Banquet…” The Grand Princess gently held Bai Qingyan’s hand, speaking kindly and compassionately, “A Bao, are you going to accept grandma’s advice and show your utmost sincerity to become a powerful official?”
But it would be great if her granddaughter didn’t come, if Abao didn’t come… Although she would inevitably feel lonely, she wouldn’t feel so guilty.
Bai Qingyan looked at her grandmother’s smiling eyes and shook her head. “I came here… because I have to give an explanation to my grandmother. Grandmother is my grandmother, and she is also the eldest princess of the Jin Dynasty. There is no difference between how she protects the Lin family’s imperial power and how we sisters protect the Bai family.”
She stared deeply at the white-haired old woman in front of her who hid her sadness in her eyes and smiled: “Grandma and I should have been the closest people in the world, but now because of our different positions… we are going in opposite directions, and it feels like a blunt knife cutting my flesh, so… your granddaughter must come, so that you know that no matter how different our positions are, the blood relationship between you and me cannot be faked.”
When the Grand Princess heard Bai Qingyan’s words, her tears suddenly broke out like a broken string. No matter how high her ambitions were or how proud she was… they could not outweigh the words of her granddaughter.
Salty tears flowed into her mouth, and she swallowed back her deep regret for her granddaughter. She raised her withered hand, gently stroked Bai Qingyan’s head, and then fell on Bai Qingyan’s shoulder armor: “A Bao, if you really rebel and declare yourself the Queen of the Great Zhou, you will be a traitor in the history books in the future.”
“Grandmother, to be fair, I think that whether it is the current emperor or the current prince, if you do not ask them to be a king who expands the territory and unifies the world, and has great ambitions, and just ask them to guard the huge family business of Jin, can they do it?” Bai Qingyan said to the eldest princess frankly, “Grandmother… those who care about the people can rule the world! But is this monarch such a king? Yan has already destroyed the southern border of Wei, and the next step is to embark on the road to unifying the world. Grandmother, how long do you think the emperor and the prince of Jin can hold on? How many generations can they persist?”
“The reason why the royal family is so high and mighty and can be supported by the people is because the people expect the royal family to be able to take on the responsibility of protecting the people. But has the royal family of today really protected and loved the people? They forcibly took children to the Nine-Story Terrace to make elixirs for the emperor. If the children were not sent, the neighbors would be implicated. They forced the people to reach the Nine-Story Terrace within a certain period of time, otherwise they would be killed! They imposed tyranny for their own selfish desires, causing rebellions in many places.”
“Grandmother… the Lin family’s imperial power has come to an end. Even if it wasn’t Bai Qingyan… there would have been Li Qingyan, Wang Qingyan, and Zhao Qingyan who would have revolted. The army is weak outside and the politics is chaotic inside. This is the root cause of the country’s demise. Your granddaughter is just going with the flow!”
Seeing the eldest princess humming, Bai Qingyan continued, “Grandmother might say that the Bai family can do their utmost to support the monarch of the Lin family, but grandmother… didn’t grandfather do his utmost to support the emperor of the Jin Kingdom? But what happened to our Bai family? The monarch has no ambition, and the ministers are too ambitious. It will inevitably lead to the point where the monarch doubts the ministers and the ministers must die! Therefore… only by holding great power can we be free from constraints and threats and realize the ambition of the Bai family to unify the world for generations.”
“My grandmother once said that there is no such thing as justice in this world. People are born with different social status. This is indeed the case in today’s world, but Abao is willing to do his best to give the people a peaceful and fair world!”
Bai Qingyan, who was sitting under the lamp, had clear and firm eyes, as if he would never be defeated, with a strong and steady aura: “As a monarch… you are supported by the people, so you must take the responsibility of controlling the decision-making of a country and promoting its development. As officials in the court are supported by the people’s taxes, you must take the responsibility of planning the people’s livelihood and ensuring their safety. As soldiers are supported by the people, you must guard the border and protect the people from the chaos of war. As generals are supported by the people, you must take the responsibility of not letting the soldiers die in vain! A Bao wants this world… no matter whether they are scholars, farmers, workers, or merchants, everyone can live and work in peace, and everyone can seek justice. This is something that the Lin imperial power cannot give!”
The emperor behind the screen was burning with rage, but because he had no confidence… he seemed uneasy and felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.
How can a little girl like her have such a big heart when she wants to unify the world?
If Bai Qingyan was really so determined, then he would not keep Bai Qingyan.
“The Bai family has been loyal and righteous for generations, respected by all nations. Can you bear to let the Bai family’s century-old reputation be tarnished like this?” The eldest princess said this without any confidence.
Her granddaughter inherited the ambition and character of the Bai family, and the compassion of the Bai family for the world. In Abao… the Grand Princess saw the courage and ambition of a king, which is exactly what the current Jin royal family lacks.
“The Bai family has lived up to the monarch and the people for generations, and we are not afraid of the details in history books.” She looked at her grandmother with a frank expression, “And if we can really bring peace to the people of the world, then what does it matter if we are branded as traitors and left a bad reputation for eternity? Grandmother and grandfather have been married for decades, and they should understand grandpa. If grandpa were still alive… he would definitely make the same choice as A-Bao. In grandpa’s eyes… the honor and disgrace of one person, the honor and disgrace of the Bai family, are nothing compared to the lives and peaceful days of thousands of people.”
yes……
If her husband Bai Weiting were still alive, and the State of Jin had come to this point today, with an emperor who only sought immortality and even used all the children in the country to make elixirs, and a spineless prince who begged for mercy from the King of Liang, Bai Weiting would definitely not let it go and would definitely… lead the Bai Family Army to rebel to protect the people.
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