Xiao Rongyan groped Yu Chan's hand for a moment, then turned his head, his deep eyes were extremely dull, with a trace of unnoticeable surprise: "You mean... the eldest girl of the Bai family?"
"Exactly! Originally, I wanted to get Miss Bai's handwriting for comparison, but it's easy to bribe the servants of the Bai family if you don't fight, and... it's not easy to sneak in." Xiao Rongyan's subordinate knelt down on one knee, "Master, please
Forgive me."
The hanging lantern depicting plum blossoms at the corner of the window was swaying by the midwinter wind and snow. Xiao Rongyan, wearing a sky-blue gown, stood in front of the window with a light cloud, holding the jade cicada tightly with his hands behind his back, and his dark and unpredictable eyes almost disappeared.
In the shadows under the lamp.
He closed his eyes and remembered the way the eldest daughter of the Bai family suddenly looked at him when he got up to follow the maid to change clothes at the Little Palace Banquet, her eyes tightened against hers, and the way her spine relaxed slightly after returning from changing clothes.
Does this white girl know his identity?
"Master, whether it is the note given by the eldest girl of the Bai family or not, your identity is probably in danger of being exposed. I dare to ask the master to retreat from the capital city first, just in case."
The cold air and snowflakes rushed from the window. Xiao Rongyan turned and looked at the red light on the long street, saying: "If the person who handed the note wants to harm me, why bother to send the note to the housekeeper, wait and see."
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The eldest princess and everyone in the Bai family had been standing for an hour in the cold wind of midwinter. The hand stoves in their hands had been replaced, and the hot soup and meat cakes were distributed to the people who came to the gate of the Zhen Guogong Mansion to wait for news.
The eldest princess was teetering on the edge of her tiger-headed cane. Bai Qingyan supported the eldest princess and ordered someone to bring a chair for her.
But the eldest princess shook her head, held Bai Qingyan's hand, and hugged Bai Qingyan's fox fur, and asked: "Abao, you are weak, but can you still hold on?!"
Bai Qingyan has been exercising for a while, and it is no problem to walk on horseback with sandbags tied up for an hour every day, but it is not difficult for her to stand here.
She shook her head: "Grandma, don't worry, A Bao is fine."
The common people who were drinking hot soup saw a flying horse coming from a distance through the steam filled with the fragrance of the mutton soup. They immediately put down their bowls and pointed in the distance: "Here it comes! Here it comes! It seems like someone from the palace is really here this time.
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The eldest princess stiffened and straightened her spine subconsciously. Everyone in the Bai family hurriedly moved forward a few steps, stretched their necks and looked at the end of the long street with red lights.
The eunuch who came galloping saw the people holding lanterns outside the Duke's Mansion from a distance, and his heart skipped a beat. When he got closer, he realized that the eldest princess was actually waiting outside the gate of the Duke's Mansion with the Bai family members.
Not daring to delay, the eunuch immediately dismounted from his horse and rushed up the steps. He knelt down to the eldest princess and said, "Princess, Southern Xinjiang Military Report, the Duke of the State's willful use of the army has led to the disastrous defeat of our army. The Duke of Zhen Guo, the Crown Prince... and Bai
All the men in the family were killed in the battlefield! Five days later, King Xinxin returned home..."
Bai Qingyan raised his head suddenly, with strong anger and murderous intent rolling in his heart. Is the Duke going to use the army stubbornly?!
Shocking news came that the eldest princess was unsteady and almost fell down, but thanks to Bai Qingyan and Aunt Jiang, she was able to hold her up.
Dong Qingping and Dong Qingyue's spines suddenly went numb. They thought that maybe someone from the Bai family died in the battle, but they never thought that it would be all of them...
"You fart your mother!" The fourth girl, Bai Jinzhi, waved her long whip and swung it hard to wrap around the neck of the eunuch who came to report. She took three steps, two steps and two steps, and stepped forward to step on the eunuch's chest.
, her eyes were bloodshot and red, and her anger burned out all her reason, "My grandfather taught us that caution is the most important thing! My grandfather has been cautious all his life! How can you say that you are stubborn in military affairs?!"
Bai Qingyan's hands clenched loudly, he was so stubborn in the military! The emperor and the empress' legitimate son Xin Wang was mediocre and unfit for the big task, so they forced his grandfather to take the initiative to get military glory, but in the end he turned out to be a stubborn soldier?!
Putting all the blame on the loyal and brave minister who devoted his whole life to the Jin Dynasty, spilled blood on the battlefield, and was buried in horse leather, isn't King Xin afraid that the heroes of the Bai family will come back to him in his midnight dream to demand his life?!
She almost couldn't help but take out the marching records now to clear her grandfather and Bai Jiazheng's innocence, but... it was not the time yet. Make a plan before taking action. You need to accumulate a lot of resources before you can make the best use of them to win by surprise.
She, Bai Qingyan, remembered all these blood debts and deep hatreds!
The overwhelming anger rushed up, and she gritted her teeth, swallowed the sweetness that came to her heart, and shouted: "Bai Jinzhi! Get back! Before my grandmother finished speaking, she asked who allowed you to take action!"
Bai Jinzhi almost couldn't help but burst into tears. She put away the whip and couldn't bear the tears that were bursting from the dam.
The eunuch who came to summon him was almost strangled to death. After coughing violently, he hurriedly knelt and crawled at the feet of the eldest princess to seek shelter.
The eldest princess's face was pale, her lips were trembling, and with the last glimmer of hope, she asked: "All?! Did I hear wrongly! My ten-year-old grandson also went to southern Xinjiang, he is only ten years old...
"
The fourth lady Wang, who had always been weak, stumbled forward and knelt on the ground because her legs were weak. She grabbed the eunuch's clothes and burst into tears: "Seventeen...my little Seventeen is gone?! My little Seventeen is so small."
Only ten years old! Ten years old! How could he die?! He just went to see... How could he die! You lied to me! You lied to me!"
"Eldest Princess! The Seventeenth Young Master will never come back!" The eunuch cried and kowtowed heavily.
"Impossible! Erlang promised me that he would protect our son!" The second lady Liu's cries shook the sky, and she grabbed the collar of the eunuch who reported the news, "You are talking nonsense! You are talking nonsense!"
In an instant, a pot exploded at the door of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, which had been quiet just now, and it turned into a mess, with cries shaking the sky.
"My son! Sanlang... you are so cruel! How could you take all your sons away! How can you let me live!" The third wife, Mrs. Li, beat the ground and cried bitterly.
The two twins cried around their mother, the Fourth Lady, who was unable to stand up with the help of two maids. They gritted their teeth and begged their mother to hold on.
The fifth lady, Mrs. Qi, bit her lip and clutched her abdomen... her vision went dark, and she fell straight backwards.
"Fifth Madam! Fifth Madam!" Dong Qingyue quickly caught the fainted Fifth Madam with quick eyes and hands.
"Fifth Aunt!" Bai Jintong took the Fifth Madam from Dong Qingyue and hugged her tightly, "Fifth Aunt, wake up!"
The common people were so moved by the grief-stricken emotions of the female members of the Bai family that they all knelt down in tears and called "Mr. Bai" and "General Bai", and their wails shook the capital city.
"Quick! Doctor Hong, please!" Bai Jinxiu urged with tears in her eyes, "Housekeeper Hao, hurry up and carry Fifth Aunt in."
Bai Qingyan turned around and looked at Ms. Dong, who was standing stiffly and with a pale face. He stepped forward to support his mother and shouted with a choked voice: "Mother?!"
Mrs. Dong came back to her senses, her tears seemed to be broken. She gritted her teeth and turned to face the main entrance of Zhenguo Duke's Mansion...