Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress-Chapter 855: Revised - 852: Descendants of the Bai Family

Seeing Bai Jinxiu’s indifferent expression, Ren Shijie added another sentence: "A strategist has the integrity of a strategist. Since I have chosen my master, I will never betray my master! A man can be killed but never humiliated! Mrs. Qin insults me like this, it’s better to kill me!"

Ren Shijie indeed did not lie; he acknowledged the Ninth Prince of Yan, Murong Yan, as his master, and he would never betray his master.

"Right now, I won’t kill you," Bai Jinxiu’s bone-chilling gaze fixed on Ren Shijie, "but you must understand, this is an extraordinary time. If you dare to make any move, the Bai family guards won’t hesitate to kill you rather than let you go!"

As Bai Jinxiu’s words fell, the Imperial Hidden Guard who followed Bai Jinxiu in escaping from Dadu City personally tied Ren Shijie firmly with ropes.

"Take a rest for an hour. After an hour, we continue our journey to Yuanping!" Bai Jinxiu deeply looked at Ren Shijie, pointed at him with a horse whip, "Knock him out, to avoid any trouble!"

"Mrs. Qin!"

Ren Shijie had just shouted when he was knocked out by the Imperial Hidden Guard.

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On the first day of May, Bai Qingyan, Liu Hong, and Lin Kangle led their troops swiftly to the outskirts of Chunmu Mountain and Chunmu City.

Bai Qingyan and Liu Hong had already received news that Prime Minister Lu was imprisoned, the Emperor issued a decree to abolish the position of Prime Minister and establish a cabinet, and King Liang had taken over the Imperial Palace, forcing the Emperor to decree that national affairs be handed over to King Liang, and ordered to capture the Crown Prince. Therefore, their marching speed increased, and the soldiers followed them quickly, drenched in sweat.

The scorching sun hung high in the sky.

Fortunately, on the official road, there was shade on the left side with green willows, and the river on the right side rushing rapidly, driving away the heat from the soldiers who were hurrying along.

Riding at the front, Bai Qingyan saw from a distance an elderly woman leading an eight or nine-year-old boy, and a young woman holding a five or six-year-old girl, running desperately forward. The elderly woman had lost her shoe, her foot bloody but dared not stop, as if chased by a tiger.

Seeing the army not far away, the elderly woman suddenly cried out in despair, holding the panting boy beside her, fell to the ground and wailed in grief.

The young woman holding the little girl hesitated for a moment, her expression resolute, grabbing the boy with one hand while holding the girl, looking warily at the rapidly moving army, and without saying a word, charged towards the rushing river.

Bai Qingyan did not know what had happened, but she could see that if the young woman with the children rushed into the river, even if they could swim, they would be swallowed by the rapid current. She hurriedly turned to Yang Wuce and said, "Go stop them!"

Yang Wuce took the order, leading ten cavalrymen to quickly ride towards the young woman running with the girl and boy towards the river.

The elderly woman seeing this, widened her eyes, cried out and rushed towards the cavalry, spreading her arms to stop Yang Wuce. The young woman looked back in panic at the soldiers charging at them, screaming and speeding up towards the river.

Seeing the elderly woman resolve to meet death by rushing headlong at the speeding horses, Bai Qingyan couldn’t stay still, spurring her horse forward.

"Princess of Zhen!" Liu Hong, worried about Bai Qingyan, hurriedly raised his hand to signal the army to stop marching, seeing Bai Qingyan leap off the fast horse and protect the elderly woman, preventing her from crashing into Yang Wuce’s horse.

Before Liu Hong could hear clearly what curses the elderly woman vented on Bai Qingyan, he saw from a distance civilians with hoes and ropes chasing after them, and government officials with marked swords.

Liu Hong saw Yang Wuce’s cavalry had already stopped the young woman, and two cavalrymen dismounted, holding the two children in their arms. However, the young woman, like a madwoman, clawed at Yang Wuce, and the two children screamed and cried, kicking and biting the soldiers who saved them.

Liu Hong immediately ordered Lin Kangle to have the army rest on the spot for a while, and followed on his fast horse to check.

Bai Qingyan turned her face away, dodging the elderly woman’s grasp, holding her down with one hand.

As soon as Liu Hong dismounted, he heard the elderly woman cursing and crying: "You are all dogs of the Emperor! The dog Emperor wants to sacrifice our children’s lives for his immortality! Why our children! That cursed dog Emperor should die! You should all die!"

Bai Qingyan’s pupils contracted tightly. King Liang’s rebellion had not yet settled, and the Emperor had already begun forcibly drafting children?

Liu Hong’s face turned white, although he still didn’t understand what was happening, his thoughts were aligned with Bai Qingyan’s. With the rebellion unsettled, the Emperor had already begun summoning children?

Yang Wuce, leading the detained young woman, holding the crying children who were calling for their mother, walked towards Bai Qingyan.

Seeing the situation from afar, Lin Kangle couldn’t hold back either and rode over quickly.

The young woman cried miserably, her sweat soaking through her clothes, her hair disheveled, looking pitiful. Seeing Bai Qingyan was a woman, she didn’t wait to approach; she knelt down directly, crawling towards Bai Qingyan, tears streaming down, crying her heart out: "Miss! Miss... I beg you, please spare my two children! I will repay you even if I have to be a beast of burden, miss!"

Yang Wuce clasped his fists toward Bai Qingyan: "Princess of Zhen, General Liu, the people have been stopped!"

"Princess of Zhen!" The young woman widened her eyes upon hearing the title, looking at Bai Qingyan in shock, "You are... the descendant of the Bai family of Zhen? You are the Princess of Zhen who protects the people, Bai Qingyan?!"

Bai Qingyan nodded: "Big sister, please get up first..."

The woman, confirming Bai Qingyan’s identity, burst into tears, tightly grasping the hem of Bai Qingyan’s silver armor, forcefully kowtowing: "Princess of Zhen, I beg you to save my two children! Since I was young, I heard from my grandfather and father that the Bai family... and the Bai family army protect us commoners the most! Now the Emperor issued a decree to capture our children... to use their lives for his alchemy! My father-in-law and my children’s father... both died in the southern border as Jin soldiers! Only these two bloodlines are left in the family!"

Lin Kangle, who had just dismounted, widened his eyes upon hearing this, looking at Bai Qingyan.

Bai Qingyan clenched her palms, anger burning in her chest. The soldiers fought and sacrificed for their country, giving their lives, shedding their blood, only for the cursed Emperor to use the children of these soldiers’ blood to prolong his own miserable life through alchemy!

She recalled again the scene from the New Year’s Eve of the fourteenth year of Xuanjia, when the news of her grandfather, father, uncle, and brothers all dying in battle came back, and King Xin nearly trampled the Bai family’s orphan to death.

The young woman, crying so desperately, continued: "Princess of Zhen, please have mercy on my children! The County Magistrate bought children from others to replace his own blood, and rich households are imitating him..."

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