Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 84

Chapter 84: Chapter 83: Clear and Obvious_1

“Wu Zhe!

Her scalp tightened. She grabbed Chun Tao’s hand, looked up at the family members of the Marquis of Dingyong who were still saluting, and stood up on her numb legs, almost falling. _{freeweɓnovel.cѳm}

Bai Jintong quickly caught Bai Qingyan, not daring to exclaim, and asked in a low voice, “Eldest Young Lady?”

She tightly gripped Chun Tao’s hand, “Let’s go!”

Chun Tao lowered her head and supported Bai Qingyan forcefully, quietly retreating from the crowd.

Sensing something was wrong, Bai Jintong leaned close to Bai Jinxiu and whispered, “Second Sister! Please take care of our younger sisters! I’ll go check on Eldest Sister!”

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Bai Jinxiu, also worried about Bai Qingyan’s health, nodded repeatedly. Bai Jintong hurriedly stood up and discreetly followed Bai Qingyan.

Bai Qingyan, with her numb legs, staggered down the steps. As she saw Lu Ping’s serious face approaching, he was about to say something to Bai Qingyan but stopped upon seeing Bai Jintong following closely. He then respectfully cupped his fists in salute, “Eldest Young Lady, Third Young Lady!”

“Where is he?” Her heart churned, and her voice trembled uncontrollably. She feared that the news Ji Tingyu brought was of Shen Qingzhu’s mishap but hoped that Ji Tingyu would tell her that someone from the Bai family survived on the battlefield in South Xinjiang.

“In the back courtyard. It was Yingshuang who found him. Doctor Hong is stopping the bleeding,” Lu Ping said.

“Let’s go…” Bai Qingyan walked briskly, wishing to fly over.

Even though she mentally prepared herself, hearing Ji Tingyu’s muffled groans of pain while biting on a wooden board in the back courtyard frightened her deeply.

Pushing open the door, Doctor Hong pressed a fire-heated blade on Ji Tingyu’s severed limb to stop the bleeding. Ji Tingyu gripped the table edge tightly, biting the wooden board, his face flushed, veins bulging, and beads of sweat and blood continuously rolling down.

“It’s done! It’s done!” Doctor Hong moved the blade away and wiped his sweat with a blood-stained towel.

The smell of burnt flesh filled the air, making one’s heart shudder.

If not for battlefield experience, this sight would make even strong men weak in the knees, let alone sheltered young women.

Bai Jintong widened her eyes, not understanding, Ji Tingyu had gone where he had lost an arm!

“Eldest Young Lady!” Ji Tingyu’s eyes were bloodshot. His body soaked in blood. He knelt on one knee, unsteady due to the missing arm, choking with emotion, “Miss Shen took me and Wei Gao on fast horses to South Xinjiang. On the way, we met General Yue Zhizhou, who entrusted me with three military record bamboo slips from the Third Young Master. But I failed the mission, only bringing one back despite all the struggles! Please punish me, Eldest Young Lady!”

After speaking, Ji Tingyu quickly opened the blood-soaked bundle on his back, tightly wrapping one bamboo slip inside.

She closed her bloodshot eyes, biting her tongue hard to stay awake. Now was not the time to drown in endless sorrow. The Bai family’s pain and tragedy must be known by the world! She had to expose King Xin’s face to everyone! She would force the high and mighty Emperor to kill King Xin with the people’s wrath!

She, Bai Qingyan, would avenge the Bai family’s fate with her life!

Just then, following Mr. Cui Shiyan and Mr. Guan Yongchong’s religious rituals, the nobles of Dadu City had already arrived, the timing was right.

She opened her bloodshot eyes, gazing intensely at Ji Tingyu, “Ji Tingyu, I have a task for you! Can your body handle it?!”

“Eldest Young Lady, command me! Ji Tingyu will do it even if it means death!” Ji Tingyu clenched his jaws tightly.

“Chun Tao, go and fetch the five bamboo slips Wu Zhe brought back from my room!”

“Yes!” Chun Tao ran out quickly.

Seeing Chun Tao leave, she gritted her teeth and solemnly instructed Ji Tingyu, “I want you to enter the Duke’s mansion with the six bamboo slips through the main gate! Present them in the mourning hall with your miserable state!”

“You went to South Xinjiang before the New Year to deliver winter clothes for my grandfather, father, uncles, and brothers! On Chongluan Ridge, you encountered the Tiger Camp’s commander, General Fang Yan, being pursued by assassins. All the guards with you perished to save him. General Fang Yan said Liu Huanzhang betrayed us, colluding with Nanyan and King Xin. King Xin forced my grandfather into battle, causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. As the front line collapsed, General Jifeng Bai Qingyu sacrificed himself to defend and evacuate civilians while King Xin ignored the people’s safety, fleeing with most of the troops! You protected the six bamboo slips with your life, only asking Heaven for justice for the Bai family’s fallen spirits!”

Bai Qingyan organized her words clearly, nine parts truth, one part lie, already arranging the source of the six bamboo slips perfectly.