Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1044

Chapter 1044: Chapter 1039: Family Background

Madam Qi did not mind the saliva on the little girl’s small hands and ate it in one bite. Then, she looked at the little girl’s fair and tender face, covered with pastry crumbs, and laughed as she wiped Bai Wanqing’s mouth with a handkerchief, showering her with love.

Behind Madam Qi sat a plump nanny, approximately in her early fifties, wearing a dark green silk with gold speckles. Although she was smiling while talking to Fifth Madam of the Qi family, she couldn’t help but wipe her tears constantly.

"Alright, nanny! See, I’m doing just fine!" Fifth Madam of the Qi family consoled, "I told them that being injured during the birth of the eighth sister was a ruse, or else they would surely speak evil. Don’t cry, nanny."

"Oh! Oh!" The nanny, with red-rimmed eyes, dabbed at her eyes with a handkerchief, responding repeatedly, "Old lady knows! Knows! I am just happy to see the lady!"

When Bai Qingyan entered without announcing her arrival, Wei Zhong shouted, and the elderly inside Bishui Pavilion had to stand up to salute, considering it was a family banquet... She did not want to cause such a big commotion.

It was Dong Tingzhen who first saw her cousin entering holding Chun Tao’s hand and quickly stood up, saying: "Cousin has arrived!"

Hearing this, the elder madams hurried to support their daughters-in-law to stand up and salute.

"Elders, please do not stand on ceremony, today is a family banquet... Qingyan is the junior." Bai Qingyan smiled, saluting Madam Dong, her mother, and two aunts first, then saluting the other elder madams and their families and aunts, before sitting beside Mrs. Dong in the main seat.

These elder madams were all perceptive individuals, previously considering that since their daughters’ husbands were no longer alive, they wanted to request a letter of release for their daughters, even if they would not remarry. Life under the protection of father and brothers at home would be better than being a widow in the Bai family. But now, seeing Bai Qingyan enthroned as Emperor, truly benefiting their daughters, they not only felt reassured but also grateful to Bai Qingyan.

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The next day, Bai Qingyan had just finished the morning court and came out from the main hall when someone reported... the elephants brought back from Daliang had arrived, not only that... Auxiliary General Bai Jinxiu, upon receiving Bai Qingyan’s request for elephants, had also sent elephant tamers along.

However, they brought several elephants when departing from Daliang, but because the weather near Dadu City was not as warm as Daliang, some fell ill... some died. The elephant tamers tried their best to use blankets and fur stitched together to keep the elephants warm. By the time they reached Dadu City, only nine dying elephants were left, and due to their massive size, they were placed in military camps outside the city.

Bai Qingyan told Wei Zhong to prepare the carriage; after seeing Yue Shi, she would set out to the military camp outside the city to see the giant beasts.

She had just changed clothes and had not yet seen Yue Shi when she received a message from Bai Qingqi from the southern border... where Bai Jintong had mentioned Xiliang had appeared with an Elephant Army from Tianfeng Kingdom, but they had not faced the Bai family army directly, only wandering at the border between the two countries. According to scouts, Tianfeng Kingdom’s elephant army had fur, which seemed to be stitched fur garments.

Bai Qingqi had already ordered the Bai family army to be on full alert and had sent a letter to Dengzhou, requesting Bai Qingyan’s uncle, Governor Dong Qingyue, to come to their aid in case of any unexpected incident.

Holding Bai Qingqi’s letter tightly, since A Qi had already sent the message to her uncle, her uncle would surely find a way to deliver the news to A Yu. By now, A Yu might already be aware of this matter.

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