Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 379

Chapter 379: Chapter 376: Settling Private Grudges_1

"Yet you, despicable worse-than-pigs-and-dogs, had the audacity to rely on the merit of the Bai Clan’s men who died fighting on the battlefield for the kingdom to bully the Jin citizens. You insulted and killed the citizens whom the Bai Clan regarded as their flesh and blood! Such pigs and dogs... Do they deserve to be called descendants of the Bai Clan? It’s simply a disgrace to the Bai ancestors!"

Bai Qingyan looked at the righteously indignant Bai Jinzhi with immense satisfaction. Although filled with fury, she managed to maintain a sense of rationality, taking advantage of the situation to win the hearts of the Shuoyang people for the Bai family.

Little Four... has grown up.

Bai Qingjie’s mother wanted to say something, but Bai Qingyan’s cold, bone-chilling eyes silenced her immediately.

Bai Jinzhi turned around, cupped her fists, and, with eyes red from anger, said, "Eldest Young Lady, if these worse-than-pigs-and-dogs are not expelled from the clan, I, Bai Jinzhi, will be the first to request to leave the clan! I would rather share a surname with pigs and dogs than be in the same clan as these beasts and scoundrels!"

Seeing the proud and composed Eldest Young Lady Bai, and the righteously indignant Fourth Young Lady Bai, the citizens were deeply moved.

The citizens, crowded at the entrance of the Bai Clan’s ancestral hall, clenched their fists. After listening to Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi, their hearts surged with passionate emotions.

To live as citizens, to die for the kingdom!

Yes, the Duke of Zhen was indeed a man past sixty, yet he took all the sons of the Bai family to the southern frontier. Not even the youngest, who was ten, survived.

They remembered how scholars and merchants from other places spoke about the Bai Clan of Dadu. They recalled those scholars and merchants saying that the Bai Clan of Dadu regarded the citizens as their flesh and blood. Tears filled their eyes as they realized the Bai Clan of Dadu truly protected and loved the people in this way!

If the Bai Clan of Dadu sought only military achievements and did not protect the people, how could they have taken even a ten-year-old child to the frontier?

The citizens were not ignorant. They knew that families who gained titles through military might did not want their offspring to serve in the military and risk their lives on the battlefield for a future.

But the Bai Clan of Dadu was clearly the most illustrious family in the Jin Kingdom. Even if their descendants lived in idleness like those of the Shuoyang Bai Clan, they would still enjoy endless wealth for generations. Yet they went to the battlefield.

In the past, they did not believe in the benevolence and righteousness of the Bai Clan of Dadu! They did not believe the tales of a century-old military family, the Duke of Zhen’s residence, never producing wastrels. They thought it was merely glorification of the powerful by the people.

Now that they had seen it with their own eyes, they were utterly convinced and deeply respectful of the Bai family’s love for the people!

The Princess of Zhen mercilessly and impartially dealt with the Bai Clan members. The Lord of Gaoyi’s tirade against the clan members came from the heart.

Though both are Bai clans, the Bai Clan of Dadu and the Bai Clan of Shuoyang are truly different.

Once, because the Bai Clan of Shuoyang bullied the people, they were blinded by hatred, praying to gods and Buddhas for the downfall and demise of the Bai Clan of Dadu so that the Bai Clan of Shuoyang would have no backing.

But now, the eldest daughter of the Bai Clan of Dadu, the Princess of Zhen, and the Fourth Young Lady, the Lord of Gaoyi, had returned. Their actions and words filled the people with such shame that they wished to pound the ground in remorse, kneel before the gods, retract their previous prayers, and willingly shorten their own lives in exchange for the return of the King of Zhen and the young generals of the Bai Clan of Dadu.

They did not earn merit through deceit, nor did they regard the people as contemptible. Having such a Bai Clan safeguarding the Jin Kingdom was truly the blessing of the Jin people.

Now, all the men of the Bai Clan of Dadu were gone, leaving only the women...

Though it was a pity, they were fortunate that the Bai family still had such staunch, righteous women who commanded deep respect.

The Bai Clan’s ancestral hall courtyard was filled with wails and cries, but outside, the citizens felt immensely satisfied and their blood boiled with fervor. _{ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com}