Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress-Chapter 130 - 129: Precious_1
Chapter 130: Chapter 129: Precious_1
Now that she went to the spirit hall, there were no more than two possibilities…
One was that the illegitimate son was in the spirit hall. Then perhaps this matter was not caused by her grandmother. It might have been the illegitimate son’s birth mother or Jade Lotus’s father, the manor steward, who feared that Ji Tingyu would know his new wife had died. So they bribed the Duke of Zhen’s servants to do this. She would then end that beast’s life with one strike and then the lives of his mother and that steward.
If the illegitimate son were not in the spirit hall, then it meant that her grandmother knew when she made people investigate who brought the doctor into the house and moved the illegitimate son away in advance. Then, all these series of events would be very clear. Her grandmother wanted Ji Tingyu’s life.
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Her heart surged with immense anger. There was also a chilling sadness and the deepest, most heartbreaking disappointment in her grandmother. But she absolutely could not lose her sanity and become chaotic. She had been extremely cautious with every step since her rebirth. The situation had not yet been determined. It was not yet time for her to lose her composure!
Bai Qingyan patted Bai Jintong’s hand, tightly gripping the long knife and strode toward the front hall, stepping into the spirit hall.
The illegitimate son was indeed not there.
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But she did not expect to be greeted by the tear-filled eyes of the Eldest Princess and Nanny Jiang.
Her heart sank lower and lower.
“Eldest Daughter…” Nanny Jiang called out and then burst into tears.
Until the moment she saw the Eldest Princess, even though the illegitimate son was already not in the spirit hall, she still held onto a sliver of hope in her heart… Perhaps the matter of wanting Ji Tingyu’s life was not her grandmother’s doing, and her grandmother was just covering for the illegitimate son and his mother!
Her hand, holding the knife, trembled uncontrollably. Coldness rose from the depths of her heart. She herself did not realize her eyes were already red.
She brought the knife in with great fanfare to show the Eldest Princess her resolve to kill the illegitimate son to protect Ji Tingyu.
The Eldest Princess was waiting for her in the spirit hall, intending to show her determination to protect the illegitimate son.
“Grandmother!”
“Eldest Princess!”
Bai Jintong and Lu Ping saluted the Eldest Princess.
The Eldest Princess looked at the shining knife in Bai Qingyan’s hand with a calm and serene face, still appearing kind and compassionate. She spoke, “All of you leave the spirit hall. Stay far away… I have words to say to Kid!”
“Yes!”
As Bai Jintong, Nanny Jiang, and Lu Ping left, the Eldest Princess took out three incense sticks. Her hands trembled, unable to align them with the flame. She paused to calm herself before finally lighting the three sticks, her eyes misty with tears. “Kid, Grandmother has let you down…”
“Disappointed… Grandmother used that word too lightly!” She tightly gripped the long knife in her hand, quietly looking at her grandmother. Disappointment had taken over, making her eerily calm. It was as if she were soaked in ice-cold water, so cold that her entire body felt numb. “If Ji Tingyu had not risked his life to protect the bamboo slip, Grandfather would die with the unjust reputation of obstinately using the army. The Bai family’s loyalty and valor would be unsettled! He is a loyal warrior who has done the Bai family a great favor! And you, Grandmother… To cover up for an illegitimate son who is worse than a beast, you sheltered him after he forced Ji Tingyu’s wife to death and desecrated her corpse, a deed that angers both heaven and men, and you wanted Ji Tingyu’s life! In this world, who would bite the hand that feeds them and be so heartless and ungrateful?!”
The Eldest Princess’s body stiffened as she slowly inserted the incense into the burner.
“Grandmother has spent her whole life indebted to others. For the Imperial Family, she owed your grandfather, owed my son, owed my grandchildren. For the Bai family’s lineage, she owed Ji Tingyu, who has done the Bai family a great favor…” The Eldest Princess choked, “Robbing Peter to pay Paul! Grandmother is also very miserable…”
The Eldest Princess turned around, her silver hair by her temples particularly clear under the candlelight. She did not hide her tired and old state, her voice hoarse, “Kid, Grandmother did not want you to see this most unseemly side of her, nor did she want you to see her hands stained with blood! But to Grandmother… the Bai family’s bloodline is more honorable than a loyal servant. Grandmother could only abandon the loyal servant to choose this illegitimate son.”
Honorable?!
When she heard those two words, the fury she had suppressed in her heart surged to her temples.
She raised her head, looking at the Eldest Princess with cold, murderous eyes, “The Bai family’s honor has never been in its bloodline. It lies in the aristocratic family’s integrity, passed down through the generations… with hearts loyal to the country! Honor rooted in sacrificing oneself to protect the people! What qualifications does that illegitimate son have to be called a Bai family member?! Ji Tingyu was a loyal and righteous man who risked his life for justice for my Bai family! That is true honor! What has that illegitimate son ever done for the Bai family?! Just because he carries the Bai family’s blood, just because his surname is Bai, his life is more precious than others?!”
“Then… what do you want?” The Eldest Princess gradually straightened her back, her imposing demeanor silently pressing toward Bai Qingyan, “Now that Ji Tingyu’s new wife is dead, do you really intend to destroy the last bloodline of the Bai family for an ordinary citizen?”
She did not fear the Eldest Princess in the slightest. She stepped forward tightly clenching her fists, her eyes illuminated by the flickering candles, blazing, “The last bloodline of the Bai family? Isn’t Aunt’s child in her belly also of Bai blood?! Am I not of Bai blood?! Bai Jinxiu, Bai Jintong, Bai Jinzhi, Bai Jinzhao, Bai Jinhua, Bai Jinse, which one of them is not of Bai blood?!”
The Eldest Princess raised her voice, “But you are all women. In the future, you will marry into other families. How will you inherit the family’s business?! How will you carry on your grandfather’s legacy?!”
“Are you afraid the Bai surname will be lost? Can’t you recruit a married man?!” She asked sharply, “Do your granddaughters… have less Bai family blood than that illegitimate son?!”
The Eldest Princess had taught her countless times, telling her that this world was harsh on women, that women were born into hardships. But in the Duke’s manor… they never judged heroes based on gender. Yet in the Eldest Princess’s heart, there was still a difference between grandsons and granddaughters!
The Eldest Princess was speechless, staring at Bai Qingyan, furious and ashamed, “Kid, what do you want to do?!”
She threw down the long knife in her hand and spoke loudly and firmly, “I want justice! Justice for the Bai family’s loyal servant Ji Tingyu! Justice for Mrs. Ji Liu!”
There was a long silence in the spirit hall. The Eldest Princess sighed softly, “Kid, there is no such thing as absolute fairness in this world! You are all the grandchildren of the Eldest Princess of Jin Kingdom, the bloodline of the Duke of Zhen. This means you are different from ordinary people! You have enjoyed fine clothes and good food since childhood… while some people cannot even fill their stomachs, and a casual ornament in your house might be worth a decade’s living expenses for an ordinary six-member family. Is that fair… is that justice? Life is inherently unequal. That illegitimate son may be a great villain, but he is your second uncle’s flesh and blood, which makes him more precious than others!”
