Bai Qingyan drank a bowl of bitter medicine, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, sat on the bedside and stared at the white jade porcelain vase with red plums in it, lost in thought.
She was obviously dead, but how could she open her eyes and return to the fourteenth day of the twelfth lunar month in the fifteenth year of Xuanjia's reign?
She remembered that on the 15th day of the twelfth lunar month, her younger sister Bai Jinxiu came out of the palace, and the prince of the Zhongyong Hou Mansion arrived half an hour early to welcome her. All the seventeen sons of the Zhenguo Mansion went to the battlefield in southern Xinjiang, and the elders arranged in advance for the incompetent cousins who blocked the door to fight in a remote place in the backyard.
Cricket was gambling, but no one stopped the door, causing Bai Jinxiu to leave an hour early.
It was just an hour in advance that the wedding team met the people who kidnapped and killed King Liang. Bai Jinxiu heard that King Liang was assassinated and tried to protect him, but she was killed by the knife.
Thinking of King Liang...
Bai Qingyan closed her eyes, clenched the sheets tightly, and her breath was unsteady.
Her mind was filled with the indifferent and teasing gaze of Prince Liang before her death, and his frighteningly sharp facial features.
He knelt down in front of Bai Qingyan, who was covered in blood and weak and could not even lift his head, and said a lot.
He talked about how he teamed up with his grandfather, Lieutenant General Liu Huanzhang, to kill all the men of the Bai family, how he used Bai Qingyan to give him his grandfather's handwriting on the military book, and forged letters proving that the Bai family had collaborated with the enemy and treason.
The orphan is forced to die...
In her previous life, she was stupid enough to believe that the King of Liang had unparalleled love for her. She believed that the reason why he ascended to a high position was to overturn the case for the Bai family. She was willing to accompany him on expeditions to earn him unparalleled military honors, fulfill his reputation as the God of War, and help him.
Ascend to the position of prince.
But not only did he kill her grandfather, father, and her brothers, he even spared her sisters. Thinking of the fate of none of her seven sisters at the hands of the King of Liang, Bai Qingyan's blood welled up in her heart and stomach.
I was in agony, wishing I could tear that heartless and unjust beast like the King of Liang alive.
"Big girl..." The eldest girl Chuntao called Bai Qingyan softly, holding the box and whispered, "The medicine prescribed by Mr. Hong is good, but it is too bitter! Big girl, take a candied fruit and give it to your mouth
It’s a change of scenery.”
Bai Qingyan picked up a ginger-juice plum and put it into her bitter mouth. She stared at Chuntao who put a soft pillow behind her back. Chuntao was the daughter of her mother, Dong's wet nurse. She had been working with her since she was a child and was very loyal.
two.
"Second girl, this snowy road is slippery, why did you come here?"
The sound of Mrs. Sasou's cautious and flattering voice came from the courtyard.
In the Nuan Pavilion, Chunyan, who was about to bend down to gather the charcoal fire, put down the fire tongs in her hand, picked up the curtain and went out to salute, saying in a bad tone: "Second Miss."
Bai Jinxiu, the second girl of the Bai family, stepped up the steps, took off her cloak, and asked Chunyan in a soft voice: "Is the eldest sister feeling better?"
"Thanks to the second girl, the eldest girl is fine! The second girl is going to marry to the Zhongyong Hou Mansion tomorrow. A sea of things are waiting for the second girl. If the second girl doesn't prepare quickly, why bother running to our Qinghui Courtyard in the heavy snow?
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Chunyan felt unhappy, and her words contained both gun and stick.
The person who was originally engaged to Prince Zhongyong was obviously the eldest girl in their family. However, because the eldest daughter was injured on the battlefield with the Duke when she was 16 years old and was ill and had difficulty raising children, the person who was engaged to Prince Zhongyong became the second child.
Girl, how can Chunyan be convinced?
Hearing the sound, Chuntao glanced outside the partition, gathered up the brocade quilt for Bai Qingyan, and asked: "Eldest lady, the second lady is here to see you, do you see her?"
Bai Qingyan clenched her fists, remembering that King Liang said in his previous life that the reason why he spared Bai Qingyan's life was because Bai Jinxiu blocked King Liang's knife on the day she came out of the cabinet. Before she died, she begged King Liang to protect Bai Qing well in her life.
I said, don't let her down.
Bai Qingyan felt sour in her heart and ordered in a hoarse voice: "Go and greet the second girl."
Chuntao came out of the main room in response, folded her hands and bowed politely and called the second girl, and then said: "The eldest girl just drank the medicine and her complexion is much better. I have been specially asked to welcome the second girl. Second girl, please come quickly!"
Chuntao personally tied the curtain for the second girl Bai Jinxiu.
When Bai Jinxiu entered the room, the heater hit her face. She was afraid that the cold would hit Bai Qingyan, so she stood in front of the brazier at the entrance to bake, then walked around the screen and walked towards the inner room: "Sister..."
Seeing Bai Jinxiu's beautiful face again, emotions of shame and guilt surged in Bai Qingyan's heart. It was her rejection of Prince Liang that made Bai Jinxiu think that she was in love with Prince Liang, and she risked her life to protect this man who was forcing the entire Bai family to death.
She is ashamed of Bai Jinxiu and the Bai family.
Chuntao asked the girl to bring Bai Jinxiu a spoon and put it next to the bed. Before Bai Jinxiu could sit down, Bai Qingyan's mouth turned bitter, and she waved to Bai Jinxiu with red eyes: "Jinxiu... come here!"
Bai Jinxiu carried the hem of her coat and skirt and sat down on the edge of Bai Qingyan's bed. She felt that Bai Qingyan was as lifeless as an old man. She held Bai Qingyan's hand with worry in her eyes: "Sister, is it because tomorrow...
…”
Before Bai Jinxiu could finish speaking, Bai Qingyan shook her head and choked with sobs: "Jinxiu, eldest sister, I hope you can promise eldest sister that no matter what situation you encounter in the future, you must protect yourself, do you understand?"
"Eldest sister?" Bai Jinxiu was confused.
"You promise, eldest sister!" Bai Qingyan squeezed Bai Jinxiu's hand tightly.
Seeing that Bai Qingyan's breath was unstable, Bai Jinxiu nodded hastily: "Jinxiu knows, eldest sister!"
Bai Jinxiu will leave the pavilion tomorrow and have a lot of trivial matters. She only sat here for a while and then got up and went back.
After sending Bai Jinxiu away, Bai Qingyan sent all the maids and lay on the bed, thinking about the affairs of Prince Liang and the Bai family back and forth, feeling like a big dream and making his whole body feel cold.
Since the death of the second sister Bai Jinxiu, the Bai family has been gradually pushed into the abyss.
God had the vision to let her return to the day before her second sister came out of the cabinet. No matter what, she could not let Bai Jinxiu and the Bai family be like what they were in the previous life.
When Bai Jinxiu comes out of the cabinet tomorrow, she must be fully prepared. If those incompetent cousins fight with each other, there must be someone who can stand up to her.
There is also the assassination of King Liang on Chang'an Street. When the case was concluded in the previous life, it was said that Nan Yan Xizuo was responsible for the assassination.
But now that I think about it carefully, what is it about Liang Wang, a prince with a reputation for being cowardly and incompetent, that Nan Yan Xizuo, who has gone through all the hardships to sneak into the capital, is worthy of assassinating him?
Furthermore, we have to send reliable people to southern Xinjiang. If there is a chance to save my grandfather, father and others, it would be best. If not... we must first grasp the evidence and not give the King of Liang a chance to frame the Bai family.
Bai Qingyan couldn't hide the fact that the Bai family's son and son were all in trouble in southern Xinjiang, but could not hide it from her grandmother, so she had to prepare her in advance in a gentle way.
In this way... when the battle report from the front reaches the capital city, my grandmother will not be unable to bear the blow and give up.
As long as the Bai family still has grandmother, His Majesty's biological aunt, they will not be as passive as in the previous life.
Bai Qingyan was still weak and had been thinking too much. A wave of tiredness came over her and she was half asleep. She vaguely dreamed of her grandfather, father, and her seventeen brothers.
She dreamed that when her grandmother was dying, she held her and her mother's hands and burst into tears, saying that she was useless... unexpectedly she couldn't hold on and went to find her grandfather first when the Bai family was in the most difficult time! She handed over the responsibility of protecting the Bai family's widow.
She gave words to her mother Dong and Bai Qing, hoping that they would not disobey her instructions.
"Grandma!" Bai Qingyan exclaimed, sitting up suddenly, her chest rising and falling violently.
Seeing that she was still on the bed in Qinghuiyuan, Bai Qingyan's heartbeat almost beat out of her chest before it gradually calmed down.
Her snow-white tunic was soaked with cold sweat, and her embroidered pillow was soaked with tears.
Bai Qingyan closed her eyes, thinking of the scene in her dream just now, she didn't dare to delay any longer...the arrangements that needed to be made had to be made as soon as possible.
She braced herself up, lifted the brocade quilt and called out in a hoarse voice: "Chun Tao..."