Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 759

Chapter 759: Chapter 756: Lingering Illness Bed_1

"大 Young Lady!" Chun Tao bit her lower lip in embarrassment, pretending to be annoyed as she picked up the black lacquer tray on the small table, and fled from the main room of Boyun Courtyard.

Returning to her room, Chun Tao took out the Jade Pendant and carefully examined it, her eyes moist and red.

In fact, Chun Tao did not really want some rare Jade Pendant. To her, a letter of peace from her cousin was more reassuring.

She knew her cousin had followed the Third Young Lady to handle important matters. She dared not hope for her cousin to return soon, only that the Third Young Lady and her cousin would be safe and smooth outside.

It was already mid-August. Bai Qingyan could not use ice in the summer. So, the fifth and sixth younger sisters often took the eighth sister, Bai Wanqing, to invite Bai Qingyan to Shaohua Court to escape the heat.

Shaohua Court had tall trees and drooping willows, fragrant famous flowers, and herbs. Years of lush branches, creating a densely shaded garden.

The entire Shaohua Hall was surrounded by deep green and light blue. The soft light penetrated through the layers of high tree branches, swaying and falling on the open window sills.

The breeze that blew through the gauze curtain brought the sweet fragrance of blooming flowers, accompanied by the light sounds of the glided copper hooks and bells hanging on the bamboo curtains under the corridor, mixed with the cicadas’ song in the high trees, making people deeply feel that midsummer had arrived.

The war reports from Daliang arrived at Bai Qingyan’s side every few days. As the war progressed... the Jin Kingdom fought increasingly difficult battles. Capturing cities was no longer as smooth as at the beginning. Every time a city was taken, it was a tragic victory, costing too much manpower, material resources, and time.

The news from Bai Jinxiu in Dadu was delivered. Bai Qingyan knew that the court officials, including the Crown Prince, had started to criticize Liu Hong and Bai Jinzhi for the slowing pace in capturing cities. The latest military report even made the Crown Prince furious, saying that the war’s cost was too high. However, to dispatch envoys to negotiate peace again would be a huge loss of face, putting the Crown Prince in a very awkward position.

Bai Qingyan leaned on the soft couch, holding a bamboo fan embroidered with butterflies, fanning herself idly. The tiny fragments of golden light penetrating through the layers of green leaves fell onto her eyelids. She lowered her eyes to see Bai Jinzhao and Bai Jinhua kneeling on the ivory mat on the soft couch, playing with the little eighth sister, Bai Wanqing, who had two little buns on top of her head.

A very slight smile appeared in Bai Qingyan’s eyes.

After entering summer, her mother had ordered white gauze curtains with the Five Blessings tassels to be hung on both sides of the corridors and long corridors to prevent mosquito bites. Fortunately, this effort was not in vain. Little Ba had not been bitten by mosquitoes all summer.

Bai Qingyan’s gaze fell on the painting next to the landscape-patterned sandalwood screen hanging in Shaohua Hall. The painting of the Bai sisters had been done by a palace painter summoned by her grandmother the day before Jinxiu got married. Bai Qingyan had not been present that day, so she was not included in the painting.

Her gaze fell on Bai Jinzhi, who had his hands behind his back and a clear and clean smile on his face. She lowered her eyes and picked up the jade cup, taking a sip of the milk within, and pondered deeply...

Nowadays, the difficulty on the Daliang battlefield was mainly due to the death of the Daliang Fourth Prince, which had aroused the blood and determination of the Daliang soldiers and people.

Generally speaking, wars like this would be quite challenging, unless there was a way to deal a decisive blow to extinguish Daliang’s will to fight completely.

She needed to think of a way...

Before Bai Qingyan could delve deeper into her thoughts, Nanny Tong stepped into Shaohua Court with small steps. Maids quickly lifted the gauze curtain for her, and watched as Nanny Tong climbed the steps of the corridor before letting the curtain fall again, fearing that mosquitoes might sneak in and bite their young misses. If they accidentally got bitten on their faces, that would be really bad.