Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress-Chapter 81 - 80: Bewildered Young Child_1
Chapter 81: Chapter 80: Bewildered Young Child_1
With just one word, “without support,” her heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys were shredded. The spicy, bitter, and desperate sorrow surged up, almost making her cry out loud, and her tears flowed like a torrent.
She bit her teeth and said, “I can support it!”
“Fourth Aunt, we sisters will support Little Seventeen together. We can definitely do it!” She clutched her fox fur with all her might, the veins on the back of her hand bulging, and shouted, “Bai Jinxiu! Bai Jintong!”
Bai Jinxiu and Bai Jintong, who were already in tears, hurried over and knelt beside Bai Qingyan. Bai Jinzhi even broke free from her personal maid and limped toward Little Seventeen.
“Today, the three of us sisters will… hold Little Seventeen’s body and support Little Seventeen’s head! We will bring our family’s hero of the Jin Kingdom, Little Seventeen, home!”
The ten-year-old boy’s body in armor was already stiff. Bai Qingyan supported Little Seventeen’s back from the arms of the fourth lady, Mrs. Wang. Bai Jintong supported Little Seventeen’s head, and Bai Jinxiu held Little Seventeen’s legs.
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“And me!” Bai Jinzhi gritted her teeth, lifted Little Seventeen’s waist with both hands, tears streaming down her face as she shouted, “Little Seventeen! Sister is taking you home!”
“Support the fourth lady!” Mrs. Dong suppressed her sobs and shouted, “Home!”
Paper money floated in the air, and the matriarch of the Duke of Zhen’s Mansion, Mrs. Dong, walked in front, scattering paper money to guide the soul.
Dong Qingyue lifted the wooden support beam and shouted, “Lift the coffin!”
Except for the already shattered small coffin, three wooden coffins were lifted one by one and carried into the southern gate of Dadu City under the escort of the Bai family’s guards.
Bai Qingxuan, who had been crying loudly, hurriedly knelt to the side, his heart filled with unease.
The soldiers guarding the southern gate saw the grieving citizens kneeling in sorrow; they also bowed their heads, clasped their fists, and struck their chests, saluting the slowly entering loyal bones.
Bai Qingyan tightly embraced her youngest brother, Little Seventeen. Bai Jintong steadily supported Little Seventeen’s head and neck, following behind the three coffins, walking steadily towards the Duke of Zhen’s Mansion.
Bai Jinzhi saw the citizens kneeling and crying along the way, wishing she could immediately grab a whip and rush to the frontier to kill all those who harmed her Bai family’s men… those who harmed Little Seventeen.
“King Xin’s attitude towards our Bai family is the attitude of the imperial family towards us. Little Fourth, today you saw with your own eyes how they treated Little Seventeen, how they treated our grandfather, uncles, and younger brother. What kind of coffin did they use, and how did they treat our Bai family! Do you understand? The Bai family is no longer the Bai family you thought it was. The Bai family is now in a precarious situation, and there is no time for you to grow up slowly! Little Fourth, you must grow up!”
Bai Qingyan looked straight ahead, her eyes aching, and spoke word by word to Bai Jinzhi, who lifted Little Seventeen’s waist beside her.
Bai Jinzhi couldn’t hold back her tears and nodded, choking, “Little Fourth understands!”
Xiao Rongyan stood with his hands behind his back, tightly holding a jade cicada that had been nurtured until it was entirely transparent, his gaze fixed on the pale Bai Qingyan, only feeling that the sharpness in her eyes was about to burst forth.
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Lu Yuanpeng, filled with tears, followed the citizens on foot towards the Duke’s Mansion. But before he could reach the gate of the Duke’s Mansion, he was forcefully brought back by the guards of the Prime Minister’s Mansion.
The citizens cried all the way to the gate of the Duke’s Mansion. The Eldest Princess had already brought the young women of the Bai family to wait at the gate. She had also heard what King Xin had done at the southern gate of the city. Seeing her four granddaughters holding Little Seventeen’s body, the Eldest Princess stared at her grandson’s corpse, unwilling to touch it, and burst into tears, hating as fiercely as old vinegar.
“How dare King Xin! How dare he do this to the sons of the Bai family! I will enter the palace to see the emperor! I will…” The Eldest Princess, suppressing her agony, uttered a cry and fainted.
“Eldest Princess! Eldest Princess!” Nanny Jiang was so frightened that her face turned pale.
The scene in front of the Bai Mansion was chaotic. Mrs. Dong stood firmly at the main gate of the Duke of Zhen’s Mansion, ordering people to send the Eldest Princess back to Changshou Courtyard. She arranged for the bodies of the Duke, the fifth lord of the mansion, and the sixth and seventeenth lords to be cleaned and re-coffined, while the other Bai family men who couldn’t return were to be buried in their attire.
The tragic state of the Bai family indicated that the situation at the front lines must have been hellish.
Inside the spacious, canopied courtyard of the Duke of Zhen’s Mansion, more than twenty coffins lay in a mournful row.
The crying citizens were mourning not only for the Duke of Zhen’s Mansion but also for the Jin Kingdom. With the Xiliang and Nanyan allied forces invading the Jin Kingdom, the men of the Duke’s Mansion had all perished. Who would now protect the territory and its people?
Bai Qingyan came out of the Eldest Princess’s Changshou Courtyard, looking at the grim sky. Her eyes, sore and weary, couldn’t hold back the tears that streamed down her face as she closed them.
“Eldest Young Lady…”
Hearing her seventh sister, Bai Jinse’s choked voice, she quickly turned her head to wipe away the tears, then turned back and looked at her half-sister Bai Jinse, who tugged at her dress.
She restrained her emotions, held Bai Jinse’s cold little hand, bent down to meet her eyes, and asked hoarsely, “Little Seven, why are you here? Where is your wet nurse?”
Bai Jinse’s eyes were red and puffy. She gritted her teeth and asked, “Eldest Sister, were grandfather, father, uncles, and brother harmed by someone?”
Before she could respond, Bai Jinse continued, “Eldest Sister, Little Seven is no longer a clueless child. I am nine years old now! I’ve also read military books with you and studied the sage’s writings with the tutor! I’m not stupid! If it weren’t for someone conspiring against us, how could our Bai family’s men all perish? They didn’t even spare Seventeen Brother. Isn’t this extermination, cutting weeds and eliminating the roots?!”
Looking at the clarity and innocence in Bai Jinse’s eyes now replaced by a mature steadiness uncharacteristic of a child, Bai Qingyan pursed her lips, feeling an unbearable sorrow. She raised her hand to touch Bai Jinse’s head but couldn’t find the words to say.
Obviously, she should have been a carefree, innocent child, but with the sudden loss of her grandfather, father, and brothers, she seemed to have grown up overnight. Bai Qingyan did not know whether to feel gratified or saddened.
“Little Seven…” Bai Qingyan bent down, using her index finger to wipe away Bai Jinse’s tears, and said softly, “Mother, grandmother, and the aunts, as well as many sisters, we will seek justice for the Bai family and ensure that Little Seven grows up safely! The road ahead is long, and the future of the Bai family lies in the hands of us sisters. There is a saying, ‘Do not underestimate a poor young man!’ When you grow up, Eldest Sister will show you who truly controls Jin Kingdom!”
Bai Jinse nodded earnestly, seemingly understanding, “Little Seven understands!”
Out of the corner of her eye, Bai Qingyan saw Nanny Qin entering Changshou Courtyard with Mrs. Dong. She stood up straight, looking at Nanny Qin, and called, “Nanny…”
After saluting Bai Qingyan, Nanny Qin said, “Eldest Miss, Seventh Miss, the people from Shuoyang have arrived! The princely heir’s wife asked me to inform the Eldest Princess that if she is unwell, the wife will find an excuse to have them come to pay their respects another day. Steward Hao will arrange for their accommodation.”
