The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 916: try my best
Chapter 916 Try Your Best
Bai Qingyan tried his best to calm himself down, his eyes, which used to be calm and clear, showed impatience: “How is Doctor Hong?”
“It’s too late…” Doctor Hong shook his head. “The Grand Princess must have taken a day’s sleep yesterday, and has gradually increased the dosage today. The poison has already penetrated deep into her internal organs, and no medicine can help!”
Doctor Hong didn’t say anything about trying your best, which means there is really no hope…
Bai Qingyan tightened his palms, lowered his eyes to look at the eldest princess lying on the long soft couch, and suddenly remembered his grandmother’s words.
Perhaps my grandmother had anticipated that this day would come.
It was precisely because of what his grandmother said that Bai Qingyan became defensive and had a premonition… that perhaps there would be such a day.
But her grandmother had clearly said so much to her in Luo Hong Tower. She thought… her grandmother couldn’t stand the corruption of the Lin imperial power, so she told her… about ascending the throne to become emperor. She didn’t expect that her grandmother would choose to take this path today.
“Eldest sister…” Bai Jinxiu stood beside Bai Qingyan and gently held Bai Qingyan’s hand. “Perhaps this is the best destination for grandma! Grandma is the eldest princess of Jin State. Grandma’s surname is Lin. It is reasonable for her not to see her most beloved granddaughter overthrow the Lin family.”
Bai Jinxiu tried to persuade Bai Qingyan in a low voice, but she didn’t know how much effect it would have. After all, Shen Tianzhi had not been able to completely persuade her just now.
At this time, Bai Jinxiu regretted that she should not have forcibly taken her grandmother out of Luo Honglou, and should not have let her eldest sister know that her grandmother was beyond medical help… She should not have let her eldest sister watch her grandmother pass away with her own eyes.
Perhaps the best destination for grandma is for her to stay in Luohong Building forever.
Even if the eldest sister knew that her grandmother chose to stay there, the wound would always heal after the severe pain.
But now, when they brought their grandmother to the eldest sister, and saw that she was still breathing, all of them were helpless. As time went by… the eldest sister would feel more and more pain, and hate herself more and more for being powerless. It was like a knife sawing back and forth in her heart, causing her unbearable pain.
“Eldest sister… we tried our best!” Bai Jinxiu held Bai Qingyan’s hand tightly, her voice choking with sobs, “Everyone has their own choices for the future. We chose to overthrow the Jin Dynasty, and grandma chose to die for the Jin Dynasty…”
Shen Tianzhi was afraid that Bai Qingyan would not cry and remain silent.
The more grief-stricken one is, the more dull one becomes. This… Shen Tianzhi knows.
“Rather than forcing the Grand Princess to live, where she has to struggle between responsibility and family affection every day, this may not be the best outcome for the Grand Princess.” Shen Tianzhi stepped forward and whispered to Bai Qingyan, “If the Grand Princess lives, she will be tortured every day. The pain of torture is far greater than life and death! Your Majesty should understand this better than anyone else.”
I understand. How could Bai Qingyan not understand?
But she also had selfish motives. That was her grandmother… When she was young, she was raised by her grandparents, and she was the eldest daughter… Although her grandmother was strict with her, she also held her in her hands and cherished her.
She took her first steps holding her grandmother’s hand.
When she was young, she learned to trace Chinese characters by her grandmother, who held her hand and taught her how to do it.
Her grandmother would take great pains to write stories and tell them to her every day, teach her how to play chess, and teach her… everything her grandmother could teach her.
When she was sick, even her mother couldn’t get close to her bedside, and her grandmother stayed by her day and night.
When she returned from the battlefield seriously injured that year, my grandmother, who was not a big believer in Buddhism, knelt in front of the Buddha for three days and three nights, praying for her life.
My grandfather is gone, my father is gone, my uncles are gone, and now the only brothers left alive are Ayu, Ajue, and Ayun…
The pain left in Bai Qingyan’s heart by the battle in Southern Xinjiang has not yet healed, and now… even her grandmother is leaving. How can she not be heartbroken?
“Miss, I really have no other options!” Doctor Hong whispered to Bai Qing, “But… although this day-sleeping poison is extremely toxic, it is a very mild poison that can cause a person to die in a coma.”
Doctor Hong glanced at the Grand Princess, whose eyes were tightly closed, and continued, “So even at this time, the Grand Princess still looks peaceful.”
Doctor Hong couldn’t think of any words to comfort Bai Qingyan, so he said in a low voice, “I have followed King Zhenguo for so many years, and I understand the relationship between the Grand Princess and King Zhenguo. If… when the Bai family was in trouble, the Grand Princess had not protected the orphans and widows of the Bai family, I’m afraid she would have followed King Zhenguo long ago! Now that the eldest lady has become emperor, the Grand Princess can feel relieved about the Bai family and has no worries! This… is a good thing, the eldest lady must not get stuck in a rut, and don’t think that the Grand Princess is unwilling for the eldest lady to become emperor!”
It wasn’t easy for Bai Qingyan to get to where he is today…
Doctor Hong knew that Bai Qingyan and the Grand Princess had a deep relationship, and he was afraid that Bai Qingyan would think that the Grand Princess was unwilling for Bai Qingyan to become emperor and end his life. Bai Qingyan was as loyal and righteous as King Zhenguo Bai Weiting. If she really thought so, and was unwilling to ascend the throne again for the sake of the Grand Princess, then the future of the Great Zhou would be worrying.
Grandma survived to protect them, she knew…
In the previous life, my grandmother fell ill after hearing the news and passed away not long after.
In this life, Bai Qingyan is already very happy that his grandmother can live to this day.
However, she would have been happier if her grandmother could have died of old age instead of dying for the State of Jin in this way.
The pain grew slowly in her body along the vines of guilt and gathered in her chest. Bai Qingyan felt as if something in her chest was hit by a heavy hammer, and a sticky and fishy substance kept rushing up, but she swallowed it back.
After a long silence, Bai Qingyan finally spoke: “I know…”
Her voice was hoarse and her throat was sore and swollen. “You guys go out… Jinxiu and I will accompany grandma for the last time.”
Doctor Hong looked at Bai Jinxiu and saw Bai Jinxiu nod slightly. Then he carried his medicine box and left the tent with Shen Tianzhi and the others.
The flickering candlelight reflected the wrinkles on the Grand Princess’s face. Bai Qingyan sat down beside her and gently held her withered hand. If you looked closely, you could see tears in the corners of her eyes, and traces of tears were hidden in her deep wrinkles.
Just as Doctor Hong said, the eldest princess looked quite peaceful.
Bai Jinxiu knelt beside the bed and glanced at the eldest princess, then raised her hand and held Bai Qingyan’s hand: “Eldest sister, this is grandma’s choice, no one can blame!”
She didn’t know if her grandmother could still hear her at this moment, so she suppressed her emotions, lowered her eyes and gently stroked the eldest princess’s hand, saying softly: “Grandmother, Abao knows…you have never blamed Abao.”
Bai Jinxiu hurriedly nodded, and looking at her elder sister’s red eyes, her tears suddenly broke out.
Fortunately… the eldest sister did not dwell on the issue and did not blame herself entirely for grandmother’s death!
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