Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 508

Chapter 508: Chapter 505: Shared Joy_1

Bai Qingyan raised her eyes and met Xiao Rongyan’s deep gaze, gently tightening the white-glazed, gold-trimmed teacup in her hand.

His eyes carried a faint smile, calm as still water, as if he had not just said something shocking.

Bai Qingyan lowered her eyes, her smile deepening, her ears reddening. She steadied her mind and put on a serious demeanor, nodding: "Mr. Xiao, you’re very thoughtful."

"I heard that the Emperor plans to send the newly recruited soldiers to the southern border. I congratulate you on achieving your wish."

Bai Qingyan set down the teacup and said to Xiao Rongyan: "Congratulations to you too, Mr. Xiao, on achieving your wish."

The new soldiers sent by the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom would be trained by the Bai family army and might be used by them in the future.

As long as the Jin Kingdom stationed troops on the western border, the danger to Yan would be resolved.

Thus, both Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan would benefit from this, a matter worthy of celebration.

Xiao Rongyan sat just below Bai Qingyan, looking at her delicate, fair features, feeling hot inside. A day without seeing her felt like three years.

Recently, matters in Yan kept him busy. It wasn’t appropriate for him to visit Bai Mansion daily. And sneaking into Bai Qingyan’s chamber at night might have made it hard for her to explain to her mother. He endured these days and used the pretext of bringing a birthday gift for Bai Qingyan’s mother to come see her.

He felt that even just sitting together for tea brought him comfort and peace.

As Xiao Rongyan took a sip of tea, Chun Tao walked in gracefully from outside the main hall, circling the black lacquered, gold-painted pillar to Bai Qingyan’s side. She covered her mouth and whispered into Bai Qingyan’s ear: "Second Miss has sent a letter back, and she has just arrived."

Bai Qingyan nodded and looked in Xiao Rongyan’s direction: "Mr. Xiao, please wait for a moment."

"No rush..." Xiao Rongyan said softly.

Bai Qingyan held Chun Tao’s hand as she stepped out of the main hall. At the entrance of the corridor, a black-clad guard knelt on one knee, presenting a letter with both hands: "First Miss!"

Bai Qingyan took the letter: "Thank you for your effort. Go and rest!"

After the guard retreated, Bai Qingyan opened the letter.

In the letter, Bai Jinxiu told Bai Qingyan about the progress of King Liang’s alchemy.

That day, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess Consort visited King Liang’s residence and found that King Liang was indeed concocting elixirs, using the blood of children. The Crown Prince was so enraged that he fainted on the spot and had to be carried out by the Crown Prince’s Guard.

The Guards also rescued the nearly dead children from King Liang’s residence and took them to the medical hall in front of all the people in Dadu City, causing a huge uproar. Even the Emperor could no longer protect King Liang.

King Liang was imprisoned and confessed to using children’s blood for alchemy, claiming he had been deceived by the Immortal Master. King Liang, being clever, said the children were bought from traffickers. Lu Jin found the children’s indentures in King Liang’s residence.

Later, a trafficker testified that he sold the children to King Liang and had bought them from others.