Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 709

Chapter 709: Chapter 706: Ranting_1

Knowing this information, Bai Qingyan felt both irritated and reminded of the great epidemic in Jiaozhou back in those days.

During the great epidemic in Jiaozhou, the Emperor first sealed off the city. When the epidemic became uncontrollable, those court officials, who lived off the people’s taxes, also came up with the idea to kill all the infected people in Jiaozhou, cutting off the epidemic completely.

If it weren’t for her aunt, Bai Suqiu, feeling compassionate and volunteering to enter Jiaozhou, and her father personally leading the Bai family army to escort her aunt into the city, the people of Jiaozhou would have been killed and burned to the ground long ago.

Though the people of Jiaozhou were saved, her aunt never made it out alive.

Bai Qingyan closed her eyes, just hoping that an official would come up with a prescription to cure the epidemic soon.

"On this ancestral worship day, have Mother and Aunt returned?" Bai Qingyan asked again.

"No, Eldest Young Lady, they haven’t."

Bai Qingyan had been claiming to be ill and refrained from seeing any guests. Given her severe injuries, attending the ancestral worship was naturally out of the question.

The ritual of ancestral worship was complex. Mother and Aunt must be weary upon their return.

"Have the kitchen prepare food so that Mother, Aunt, and the Fifth and Sixth Young Ladies can eat as soon as they get back." Bai Qingyan closed the book in her hand, picked up the medicine bowl, and drank it all with a frown.

Chun Tao took the medicine bowl with a smile and said to Bai Qingyan, "Don’t worry, Eldest Young Lady, the kitchen is already prepared."

"Since Mr. Min Qianqiu is staying in our Bai Mansion and today is Little New Year, let the kitchen prepare more Wei Kingdom dishes for him and his disciples." Bai Qingyan’s gaze fell on Nanny Tong. "Nanny Tong, please go personally and apologize to Mr. Min for me. Grandfather, Father, Uncle, and my brothers just passed away last year. We are still in mourning and cannot host banquets! My health is poor, and I cannot entertain him myself. It’s unfair to Mr. Min."

"Oh! This old servant will go right away!" Nanny Tong said with a smile.

Now that Grandfather, Father, Uncle, and my brothers had passed the small mourning period, Mother decided to have bright garments made for the family. This kept the Bai Mansion lively, as it had been a year, and those who were alive still needed to move forward.

Mother knew A Yu was still alive, Fourth Aunt found out Ah Jue was alive, and for the rest of their lives, they only wished for their children to be healthy and meet again someday, with no other desires. _{freēwēbηovel.c૦m}

As Bai Qingyan rinsed her mouth with honey water, Bai Jinzhao and Bai Jinhua, who had returned from the ancestral worship, entered Meixiang Pavilion. They quickly ran under the veranda, brushing the snow off their heads and clothes.

"Oh dear, Fifth Young Lady and Sixth Young Lady!" Nanny Tong hurriedly put down her work and greeted them from the warm pavilion. She brushed the snow off Bai Jinzhao and Bai Jinhua’s clothes. "How could you not bring a maid or at least an umbrella?"