The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 928: glory
Chapter 928: Glory Returns to the Capital
Liu’s whole body was shaking. Her originally dead heart was rekindled with hope because Bai Qingjue came back.
She remembered that Xiliang Yan Wang Li Zhijie once deceived Abao and Xiaosi with news about Aqiong. Was it true… that Aqiong was really alive?
Liu suddenly remembered the imperial edict that Bai Qing had issued… asking the Bai family members and soldiers who were still alive during the Xuanjia period to come back to witness the coronation ceremony. She firmly believed… that if Aqiong and the others were still alive, they would definitely come back!
Their eldest sister ascended the throne and changed the world… In the current Zhou Dynasty, no one can harm the Bai family anymore, and they can all come back with dignity!
Liu didn’t know why, but at this moment she couldn’t help but burst into tears.
When the news came back that year that all the men in the Bai family had died in southern Xinjiang, she never imagined that the Bai family would end up like this…
Liu looked at Bai Qingyan, whose back was straight, and felt deeply moved. How much effort and determination it took to gain the Bai family’s current glory. She felt exhausted just thinking about it. How did she manage to do it with such a fragile body like Abao?
Liu remembered that Bai Jinxiu had secretly persuaded her to return to Shuoyang with her elder sister-in-law Dong, saying that one day… her elder sister would definitely let everyone in the Bai family return to the capital with glory.
Liu’s eyes fell on the imperial guards standing on both sides of the long street with their gleaming armor, and also on the cavalry escorted by the army slowly approaching in the distance.
Now the Bai family has truly returned to the capital with glory, and it is a glory that cannot be added to.
Speaking of oaths, Liu suddenly thought of her husband Bai Qiying. When her father-in-law wanted to take all the children to the battlefield, Liu disagreed… At that time, her husband said to her… The Bai family honors their promises and will fulfill all their promises. Even on the battlefield, he will risk his life to protect the children’s safe return.
That was probably the only time her husband broke his promise to her, and this time…they were separated by life and death.
In the moment when Liu was distracted, she saw that the convoy had arrived. She suppressed the urge to burst into tears, and her sweaty hands squeezed Nanny Luo’s fingers until they turned white.
Bai Jinse couldn’t help but yelled, “Seventh Brother!”
Riding on a tall horse, Bai Qingjue saw his eldest sister and second sister… saw his second aunt, and saw his seventh sister whose smile was uglier than crying, and he dismounted.
“Eldest sister…” Bai Jinhua dismounted from the horse, dressed in military uniform, looking heroic.
Bai Jinzhao was also full of youthful vigor and he clasped his fists towards Bai Qingyan: “Elder sister…”
In the blink of an eye, even Xiaowu and Xiaoliu have grown up and can wear armor… and lead troops in Shuoyang City to resist the invading enemy.
Bai Qingjue raised his eyes to look at the black lacquer and gold-painted plaque hanging in the Bai Mansion, knelt on one knee, and saluted Liu, Bai Qingyan, and Bai Jinxiu: “Second aunt, eldest sister… Second sister, Bai Qingjue, the seventh son of the Bai family… returned to the capital safely!”
The sour feeling immediately hit Bai Qingyan’s heart, making her eyes well up with tears.
“Return to the capital safely” is what the Bai family wants to hear most.
Liu finally couldn’t hold back her emotions anymore and she clutched her clothes tightly and cried. She was happy… very happy, but she would be even happier if her children could come back. She was willing to shorten her life by twenty years in exchange for her children… returning to the capital safely.
Bai Jinse also cried out loud, and Bai Jinxiu couldn’t hold back her tears. Little Wangge didn’t know what was going on, but when he saw his mother crying, his little mouth pouted and he started crying too.
Nanny Jiang couldn’t stop crying. If the Grand Princess could see the Seventh Young Master come back, she would be so happy!
Seeing that Liu couldn’t hold back her tears, Bai Qingyan walked down the stairs with a faint smile in her tearful eyes and helped Bai Qingjue up…
“Eldest sister, Jue is back late!”
Bai Qingjue was taller now than the last time Bai Qingyan saw her. Seeing that the carriage had slowly stopped, she shook her head and said with a smile: “Go and help Fourth Aunt get off the carriage! Go burn incense for Grandmother first… Let Grandmother know that you are back safely!”
Bai Qingjue nodded.
The ladies of the Bai family had already changed into mourning clothes in the carriage. Dong, holding Nanny Qin’s hand, just got out of the carriage and saw Bai Qingyan had walked to the side of the carriage. He stretched out his hand to help her get off the carriage.
Chuntao and Nanny Tong, who were following Dong’s carriage, had tears in their eyes when they saw Bai Qingyan.
“Miss!” Chuntao bowed quickly. Seeing that her daughter had become thinner again, tears kept falling down her face.
Mrs. Dong’s eyes were red as she held her daughter’s hand and stepped out of the carriage. She only heard her daughter speak…
“Mother, the Ministry of Rites originally wanted to intervene in Grandmother’s funeral, but Grandmother asked Madam Jiang to tell her that the funeral should be kept simple and that she only wanted to be buried with Grandfather as soon as possible. So Abao did not let the Ministry of Rites intervene. Mother, you have been traveling a long way, and you should have let Mother have a good rest after offering incense to Grandmother, but now it seems that this is not possible. Grandmother’s funeral still needs to be handled by you, Mother.”
“Mother is your grandmother’s daughter-in-law, so it is her duty to take care of your grandmother’s funeral!” After saying this, Mrs. Dong held her daughter’s hand tightly and whispered, “Your grandmother is gone… because she was the eldest princess of the Jin Dynasty and the legitimate daughter of Emperor Wuxuan of Jin! Mother doesn’t want you to dwell on this…”
No one knows a daughter better than her mother. How could Dong not understand how deep Bai Qingyan’s feelings for the Grand Princess are?
My daughter is sentimental, and the fact that the eldest princess came at this critical juncture when my daughter is about to ascend the throne will inevitably make my daughter think a lot.
“Abao knows! Don’t worry, mother… Grandmother has her own pride, Abao understands it all!” Bai Qingyan helped Dong walk up the high steps of the Bai Mansion.
Mrs. Dong patted her daughter’s hand without saying anything else, only hoping that her daughter truly understood in her heart.
“Sister-in-law…” Second Madam Liu came down the steps to greet Dong. After bowing to Dong, she held Dong’s hand, feeling guilty. “I’m sorry, sister-in-law. I wasn’t with you and my brothers and sisters when Shuoyang was in trouble!”
“What are you talking about!” Mrs. Dong patted Mrs. Liu’s hand, “As long as we are all safe!”
The third wife, Mrs. Li, the fourth wife, Mrs. Wang, and the fifth wife, Mrs. Qi, brought the eighth girl of the Bai family, Bai Wanqing, down from the carriage.
Bai Wanqing was only two years and two months old. She was still young, but she could speak very fluently, but her pronunciation was not very clear. The little girl was held in the arms of Madam Zhai. Her eyes, like black grapes, rolled around. When she saw Wangger being held in the arms of her wet nurse, she pointed at Wangger and said, “Brother!”
Fifth Madam Qi took Bai Wanqing from Madam Zhai’s arms, put her down, and said to her with tears in her eyes, “Xiao Ba, give your regards to your elder and second sisters.”
Bai Wanqing heard her mother and her fifth and sixth sisters talk about her eldest, second and fourth sisters leading troops to fight almost every day. Although… Bai Wanqing was too young to remember when Bai Qingyan left, and Bai Jinxiu had never returned to Shuoyang, but now that she saw Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinxiu, the blood relationship made Bai Wanqing feel close.
Sister Yan has never forgotten the oath she made, and she will do as she promised… to restore the glory of the Bai family to the capital!