The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 935: applause
Chapter 935: Applause
Amid the sound of the dripping rain, Xiao Rongyan’s mellow voice was slowly telling Bai Qingyan the secrets of the former Yan State.
“General Tang Yi claimed to the public that he died of a relapse of an old illness, but in fact… At the beginning, Prime Minister Yan and his people were ready to support Tang Yi to take the throne and kill the foolish Emperor Yan and my brother to wipe out the roots. My mother was just a pregnant concubine with no power at the time, so she could only cut off the source of the trouble. General Tang Yi died from a cup of poisoned wine that my mother handed to him personally. For this, my mother suffered pain and guilt all her life…”
“Ning Chuao, the great general of Yan State, is actually my mother’s biological brother. At that time… Emperor Yan woke up from his dementia. General Tang Yi was gone, and the military power of Yan State was in the hands of my uncle. But in order to protect my mother and us, my uncle chose to hand over the military power. But even so… Emperor Yan was still worried that my uncle’s prestige in the army was too high. The ministers who followed Emperor Yan in the court intended to frame my uncle for treason and treason to relieve the emperor’s worries. The subordinates loyal to my uncle wanted to protect my uncle and escape from Yan State, but… for the sake of my mother and for us, before the ministers under the emperor took action, my uncle ordered his subordinates to hand over his head to Emperor Yan in exchange for… our safety!”
“When my uncle’s head was placed in front of Emperor Yan’s desk, my mother was so sad that she wanted to kill herself. But my mother still managed to hold on and used thundering means to kill all those treacherous officials who intended to frame my uncle, and the entire family of those treacherous officials!”
“A Bao, in my opinion… you are a stronger woman than my mother. You have similar personalities and ambitions to my mother! But you did what my mother should have done but never did! You led troops to fight… overthrew the Jin Dynasty, and ascended the throne as emperor! You have become the life that my brother and I wanted our mother to live!”
Xiao Rongyan’s words all came from his heart. Bai Qingyan was never limited by emotions. Once he set a goal, he would not compromise and would achieve it.
He held Bai Qingyan’s hand tightly. “Compared to General Tang Yi who died at the hands of my mother, compared to my uncle who was willing to sacrifice his head to Emperor Yan to protect us, your grandmother… the eldest princess of the Jin Dynasty, she already knew that the demise of the Jin Dynasty was unstoppable. She died of her own choice. She died for the Jin Kingdom of their Lin family. It was not you who forced your grandmother to death! You shouldn’t torture yourself like this.”
Xiao Rongyan looked deeply at Bai Qingyan and saw her nod slightly: “I understand what you said, I understand the reason…but grandma is my grandmother, I will never have a grandmother again…never again.”
As she spoke, her nostrils flared and tears fell from her extremely long eyelashes.
When Murong Yu left, Xiao Rongyan did the same…
He stood up slowly, gently held Bai Qingyan in his arms, and stroked her back. It was okay for her to cry, as crying was a way of venting her emotions.
Bai Qingyan buried her head in Xiao Rongyan’s arms, trying to suppress her emotions, but she couldn’t hold back her tears, and her back trembled slightly.
Murong Yan tightened his arms to block the cool breeze coming in from the window that had never been closed for Bai Qingyan, wanting to warm Bai Qingyan even a little bit.
He lowered his eyes to look at the top of Bai Qingyan’s head, and his heart ached to see that she had gray hair.
How old is she? She already has white hair…
Xiao Rongyan knew that he couldn’t let Bai Qingyan go on like this, so he had to find a way to let Bai Qingyan get a good sleep.
He remained calm, took out the soothing ointment prepared by the imperial physician of Dayan, which was hidden in his sleeve, warmed it in his palms, and gently massaged the temples of Bai Qingyan, who was silently shedding tears.
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Bai Qingyan met Xiao Rongyan last night, and Xiao Rongyan left the Bai Mansion at dawn. Bai Qingjue ordered everyone in the Bai Mansion who knew about the incident to keep their mouths shut. Those who were able to stay in the Bai family were all loyal servants. Knowing that this was a matter concerning the eldest girl’s reputation, they all swore not to reveal a single word.
It was only at this point that Bai Qingjue realized that the relationship between Xiao Rongyan and his eldest sister was probably unusual.
Xiao Rongyan stayed with his elder sister for most of the night. When he left… Bai Qingjue clearly saw tear marks on the fabric around Xiao Rongyan’s waist. Later… his elder sister came out with red eyes. She was helped back to Qinghui Courtyard by Chuntao and fell asleep. She has not woken up until now.
Doctor Hong took the eldest sister’s pulse several times and said that she was just extremely tired and exhausted during this period, so she fell asleep. He ordered that the eldest sister should not be disturbed and should be allowed to sleep until she woke up naturally, so that she could recover some strength.
Lu Ninghua also stayed by Bai Qingyan’s bed in case of emergency… After all, she was a woman, so it was more convenient for her to be there than Doctor Hong.
Bai Qingjue guessed that it was because Xiao Rongyan persuaded his elder sister last night that his elder sister let go after crying. Once the string that had been stretched for so long was loosened, the fatigue came over her like a flood, which was why his elder sister was able to sleep until now.
As long as the elder sister was asleep, Bai Qingjue thought it was a good thing.
Before he came back, his eldest sister had single-handedly pushed the Bai family to where they are today. She was extremely exhausted, and it was time for him to share some of the burden with her.
On June 19th of the first year of Yuanhe, the grandmother of the Empress of the Great Zhou, the Grand Princess of the Jin Dynasty, was buried.
Bai Qingyan was in a coma, and Bai Qingjue begged his aunt and sisters-in-law to let Bai Qingyan sleep a little longer. He would write the eulogy and smash the basin himself.
At the time when King Zhenguo and the sons of the Bai family were buried, very few nobles came, but the entire long street… was filled with common people who knelt down to see them off and were reluctant to leave.
Today, the grandmother of the Empress of the Great Zhou was buried. The houses of the nobles were packed with people. There were some common people who came to watch the fun, but there was no sight of the crying that shook the entire capital city.
The people learned that the funeral of the Grand Princess was so simple and quick because before the Grand Princess was abducted by the bastard King Liang of the Jin Dynasty, she had instructed her personal nanny that if she died… the funeral should be simple, and she only hoped that she could be buried with the King of Zhenguo as soon as possible.
The common people could not help but sigh at the loving relationship between the Grand Princess of the Jin Dynasty and the King of Zhenguo, and could not help but think of the time when the war report from southern Xinjiang came back and reported that twenty-three coffins were placed in the main courtyard of the Bai family.
To this day, people still shed tears when they think of it, but fortunately God has eyes… letting the Bai family’s Qilang come back can be regarded as a reward for good people in the Bai family. All the men, women, and children in the Zhenguo Palace are true gentlemen who are proud and dedicated to protecting their country and their people. Even this time when the Princess Zhenguo rebelled against the Jin Dynasty, it was because the emperor built the Nine-Layered Terrace, was unkind to the people, and even used a thousand boys and girls to refine pills.
They had all heard that the dog emperor of the Jin Dynasty not only used children to refine elixirs, but he even used the orphans of soldiers whose grandfathers, fathers, and uncles had all died on the battlefield in the battle of Southern Xinjiang. Those soldiers sacrificed their lives for their country, but in the end they were to end up with no bones or blood left?
Later, the Jin Dynasty emperor died in Luohong Tower, and the people all applauded.
It’s the 19th, ah… I feel like this is God’s will, he really has to ascend the throne on the 20th!