Bai Qihe, who arrived in Dadu City with the Bai family group, approached with his wife Mrs. Fang, and respectfully perford the obeisance ceremony before Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qihe felt quite guilty for not being able to restrain the clan mbers, allowing those with delusions to swarm to Dadu City like a flock of birds.
He heard that those clan mbers ca to Dadu City and were receiving bribes under the guise of Imperial Clan, collecting property and real estate given by others... So he ca this ti to apologize to Bai Qingyan and, more importantly, to perfect the clan law, using clan rules to punish these clan mbers.
Clan law couldn’t restrain mbers from coming to Dadu City, but if one truly needed to be expelled from the clan... there were many ways!
Now, as Bai Qingyan is to ascend to the throne, being a mber of Bai Qingyan’s clan would undoubtedly an being kin to royalty. But Bai Qingyan, as a woman ascending to the throne, was already controversial. If the clan mbers were indiscreet, it would provide more grounds for others to criticize Bai Qingyan, which Bai Qihe was unwilling to see.
"Clan Leader, you must be weary from the journey. Please offer incense to Grandmother first!" Bai Qingyan said.
"Bai Qihe dares not accept Your Majesty’s ntion of weariness. I failed to restrain the clan mbers, allowing those who ca early to indulge wantonly under Your Majesty’s na, receiving gifts from others. I ca this ti... to mourn the Eldest Princess and to use clan law and rules to punish the clan mbers; those who must be expelled will not be spared!" Bai Qihe finished speaking and heavily kowtowed to Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qihe’s words were ant for those clan mbers who ca to Dadu City early to take advantage.
Bai Qingyan nodded: "In that case, let Clan Leader investigate and handle the matter now."
"Yes!" Bai Qihe responded.
Upon hearing the word expulsion, Bai Clan mbers were anxious and fearful.
A few ladies from the Bai family entered the Bai Mansion together, offered incense to the Eldest Princess, and kowtowed before Bai Qingjue stepped forward and knelt, bowing his head: "Grandmother, Ah Jue has returned safely!"
"Eldest Princess, the seventh young master has returned safely! If you know this from beyond, do not continue to lant, blaming yourself for not protecting the young masters..." Nanny Jiang knelt beside, crying out loudly, "The seventh young master... has returned! If one can return... two or three can! If you truly feel guilty towards the Bai family, then please bless the Bai descendants from above, let them all return!"
Nanny Jiang’s cries here were not ant for the Bai mansion’s own family but those coming to mourn... the gossip-prone nobles and servants. She wanted them to understand... that even in death, the Eldest Princess felt guilty towards the Bai family.
Bai Qingjue’s eyes welled with tears as he kowtowed again to the Eldest Princess: "Grandmother, your grandson returned late!"
Bai Qingyan looked at Nanny Jiang, who desperately tried to clear her of the accusation of forcing her grandmother to death... even clearing her of the charge of murdering her grandmother, watching Bai Qingjue full of tears, her heart felt sore, wondering if A Yu would make it back before the grandmother’s burial.
"Madam..." Nanny Jiang walked up to Mrs. Dong and saluted, saying, "Before the Eldest Princess left Dadu City, she instructed this old servant that if she couldn’t return alive, the funeral is to be simple..."
"Nanny." Mrs. Dong lifted Nanny Jiang up, "Kid has already told , I understand... I will discuss it with the other sisters and co up with a plan quickly."
"Thank you, madam!" Nanny Jiang bowed to Mrs. Dong again, tears streaming down her face.
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Xiao Rongyan, who had been waiting for Bai Qingyan outside the city gate, suddenly received news that King of Xihuai also ca to Dadu City, and with dead n infiltrated the posthouse, intending to die together with Yan’s Ninth Prince Murong Yan, was severely injured and captured alive, refused treatnt, and claid to see Xiao Rongyan before allowing the official to tend to him.
Upon receiving the news, Xiao Rongyan hurried back to the posthouse. At this ti, King of Xihuai was covered in blood, leaning against the vermilion red pillar inside the house, tightly clutching the bleeding wound on his abdon, looking pale, like soone fished out of water, sweating in pain all over.
The official kept vigil beside, and King of Xihuai was in unbearable pain, both afraid and annoyed that Xiao Rongyan was so slow to arrive, also apprehensively worried that his speculation was true... fearing Yan’s Ninth Prince Murong Yan was indeed Xiao Rongyan.
King of Xihuai endured the pain, craning his neck, eagerly looking outside.
So old nobility from the Wei Kingdom who saw Yan’s Ninth Prince in the Capital said that the Ninth Prince of Yan was indeed Xiao Rongyan, yet King of Xihuai did not believe!
Yan’s Ninth Prince was nad Murong Yan, if he changed his na coming to the Wei Kingdom...called Xiao Rongyan, how foolish must one be to change to such a similar na?
However... if Xiao Rongyan was truly Yan’s Ninth Prince, how exceedingly foolish he must be!
He actually regarded the Ninth Prince of Yan, who destroyed Wei Kingdom, as a friend and brother. He once accepted so many treasures and Silver Coins from Xiao Rongyan, did so many things for Xiao Rongyan, and when Wei Kingdom planned to invade Yan, it was Xiao Rongyan who appeared troubled, and then spoke so much to him that he persuaded the Emperor brother not to rashly send troops.
If Xiao Rongyan was really Yan’s Ninth Prince, had he not beco the greatest accomplice in Yan’s destruction of Wei, how could he face his Emperor brother!
Additionally... emotionally...
Although in the past, King of Xihuai and Xiao Rongyan’s friendship... he admitted there was a reason for coveting treasures from Xiao Rongyan, but later... especially when Xiao Rongyan protected him to Daliang, he truly thought they were brothers.
King of Xihuai, born into royal family, aside from his Emperor brother, no one had treated him so well, at that mont he truly held Xiao Rongyan in his heart, regarded Xiao Rongyan as a true friend!
If after all this ti, this friendship he believed to be genuine turned out to be fake...
Then he’d be the biggest joke, the most laughable jumping clown.
As soon as Xiao Rongyan entered the courtyard, his subordinate went up to him, clasped his fists, and said to Xiao Rongyan: "Master, King of Xihuai infiltrated the posthouse with dead n, injured the ’Ninth Prince’s’ arm, and has been attempting to reveal the ’Ninth Prince’s’ mask. Subsequently, upon realizing one of them was King of Xihuai, our n intervened citing an investigation of the mastermind, rescuing King of Xihuai. Now King of Xihuai refuses treatnt, insisting on seeing the master before speaking of the mastermind behind..."
King of Xihuai was rely using such a small trick to buy ti!
After all, the current Ninth Prince of Yan is indeed Yan’s Regent Prince, very important to Yan, and King of Xihuai thought Yan cared very much about who the mastermind was, hence he believed Yan would not allow him to die before he revealed the mastermind, thus using death as leverage insisting on seeing Xiao Rongyan.
"Where is he hurt?" Xiao Rongyan asked.
"Master, rest assured, we exercised restraint, it’s just a superficial wound... only bled a bit too much."
Xiao Rongyan nodded, walked across the small stone bridge with floating lotuses in the inner courtyard, and proceeded toward the room with the carved flower partition wide open.
Seeing Xiao Rongyan’s figure, King of Xihuai clutched his wound, summoned energy to sit up straight, his heart in his throat, fists clenched, trying to appear happy to see a friend.
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