Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress-Chapter 716 - 713: Building Momentum_1

"Yes..." Steward Hao responded, saluted, and took a step forward to make arrangements.

Bai Qingyan had just arrived at the front hall when the guard brought the first prescription written by Doctor Hong. She had not yet mounted her horse when she heard Mr. Min Qianqiu calling her.

"Princess of Zhen..."

Bai Qingyan turned her head and saw Mr. Min Qianqiu draped in a cloak, lifting the hem of his long robe as he walked up the steps. She hurriedly saluted him, "Sir."

Bai Qingyan still looked frail, with pale lips and face devoid of blood, her body thin.

Mr. Min Qianqiu glanced at the twenty guards outside the Bai Mansion, all ready to depart, each wearing a cloak, clearly set for a long journey.

Mr. Min Qianqiu saluted Bai Qingyan. When he raised his head, he saw Bai Qingyan’s frail appearance, his brow furrowing tightly. "Is the Princess of Zhen going to Dadu City to persuade the Crown Prince of Jin not to kill the plague victims in Huayang City and Qinhuai City?"

Bai Qingyan nodded. "Indeed. Doctor Hong has already developed a prescription to treat the plague. I have already dispatched people to rush the prescription to Huayang City and Qinhuai City. But in this matter, I have acted on my own initiative... I still need to personally go to the Crown Prince’s mansion to persuade and explain."

Mr. Min Qianqiu nodded and watched as Bai Qingyan was helped onto her horse.

Mr. Min Qianqiu had been staying at the Bai Mansion to write a biography for the Bai family for a long time. He knew that Bai Qingyan had almost died twice since the winter began.

Seeing that even the simple action of being helped onto the horse caused Bai Qingyan’s chest to heave violently, her hand clutching her chest in discomfort, yet she gritted her teeth and rode out quickly.

Mr. Min Qianqiu felt an indescribable sensation in his heart.

In order to save the people of two cities, this girl, not even as old as his granddaughter, disregarded her health, not even daring to ride in a carriage, wanting to rush to Dadu City on horseback.

Once, Mr. Min Qianqiu had read a eulogy Bai Qingyan wrote for the Bai family’s heroic spirits.

In it, there was a passage...

Although born at different times, there is a distinction between elder and younger. If one were to ask about lifetime aspirations, the answer would surely be... a world of peace and stability, a land of tranquility!

Mr. Min Qianqiu gently stroked his beard. "The Bai family truly knows how to teach their children! The Bai family of the Duke of Zhen, a hundred-year-old military family of the Jin Kingdom, indeed lives up to the name of Zhen."

That afternoon, it spread throughout Shuoyang City that the Princess of Zhen, Bai Qingyan, was dragging her "dying body" to Dadu City to save the people of Huayang City and Qinhuai City.

Some claimed to have seen the Princess of Zhen being supported as she left the Bai Mansion and again as she mounted her horse, her face completely bloodless, her entire being emaciated.

The rumors grew more and more exaggerated, with some even saying that Bai Qingyan was hanging on to life just to save the people of the two cities.

But no matter how wild the rumors became, the four words "Princess of Zhen" held immense importance in the hearts of the people of Shuoyang and the refugees at the treatment centers outside the city.

It was not because she was the God of Slaughter or because she was invincible, but because, despite her full honors, she disregarded her own well-being and ran around for the people’s lives.

Mrs. Dong sat upright in the main hall, listening to the continuous reports about the Princess of Zhen’s efforts to save the people, and gradually found peace in her heart.

Since her daughter insisted on going to Dadu City herself, she, as a mother, could only use this opportunity to make her daughter famous. Just like in Dadu City, when her daughter deliberately pushed the Bai family’s reputation to the peak, making the Emperor wary and not daring to harm the Bai family’s widows and orphans!

Now, Mrs. Dong also wanted to use this method to make the Crown Prince dare not harm her daughter.

Mrs. Dong was not stupid. The Crown Prince’s order to massacre the people of the two cities would certainly not be an open decree but a secret order. But how did her daughter learn of this secret order... Would the Crown Prince not think more about it? Even if the Crown Prince trusted her daughter again, wouldn’t the counselors around him be suspicious?

Although Bai Qingyan was very wise, as a mother, Mrs. Dong had to do everything she could to protect her daughter’s safety.

Mrs. Dong had a vague feeling in her heart that her daughter... would not willingly submit to someone as mediocre as the Crown Prince. The training of troops in Shuoyang, ostensibly to suppress bandits, was actually her daughter’s way of grasping military power.

Mrs. Dong rested her elbow on the armrest of the chair. If one day her daughter truly harbored such thoughts, today’s use of Huayang City and Qinhuai City to build her daughter’s reputation might win hearts.

"Steward Hao, it’s not enough just in Shuoyang City..." Mrs. Dong looked steadily at Steward Hao. "Send people to spread the news! The wider the better..."

Steward Hao clasped his hands in salute and went out to make arrangements.

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Bai Qingyan rushed all the way and, to keep up appearances, sent the Bai family guards ahead of her to the Crown Prince’s mansion to inform the Crown Prince that she had already sent Doctor Hong’s prescription for the plague to Huayang City and Qinhuai City. She herself was hurrying to Dadu City to plead with the Crown Prince to show mercy to the plague victims of the two cities.

Crown Prince’s mansion.

The Crown Prince was momentarily stunned after hearing from the Bai family guards that Bai Qingyan had sent people to Huayang and Qinhuai Cities ahead of time to stop the Crown Prince’s order to kill the plague victims. He still asked the kneeling Bai family guard, "Where is the Princess of Zhen now?"

Old Fang’s hand on his knee tightened, gripping his robe tightly, as he looked at the Crown Prince, who did not notice anything unusual...

The order to kill the plague victims in Huayang City and Qinhuai City was a secret order from the Crown Prince, with only a few knowing about it. How did Bai Qingyan find out?

"Your Royal Highness, she should be near Dadu City by now... Our eldest lady has been riding without rest all the way, barely holding on to get to your Royal Highness as quickly as possible. If her body weren’t failing her, she would have arrived with me!" the Bai family guard said.

Quan Yu’s heart jumped to his throat upon hearing this. With the current condition of the Princess of Zhen... riding in the snow, wasn’t she risking her life!

"Quan Yu!" The Crown Prince turned to Quan Yu. "Take men out of the city immediately to welcome the Princess of Zhen!"

"Yes!" Quan Yu responded promptly, striding out of the Crown Prince’s mansion, calling for a carriage to go with him to welcome the Princess of Zhen.

The Crown Prince looked at the Bai family guard kneeling in the middle of the hall and asked again, "Can Doctor Hong’s prescription truly cure the plague?"

"Your Royal Highness, I dare not deceive you. Doctor Hong has already used this prescription to save many plague-stricken civilians. That is why our eldest lady urgently sent the prescription over..." the Bai family guard said.

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince nodded. "Alright, you have worked hard. Go and rest!"

"Your servant takes his leave..."

Old Fang squinted his eyes and watched as the Bai family guard left. He then turned to the Crown Prince, "Your Highness doesn’t find this matter rather odd? Your Royal Highness issued a secret order to kill the plague victims, and the Princess of Zhen, far away in Shuoyang, found out without your command. Doesn’t Your Highness find it strange?"

Old Fang’s words left the Crown Prince stunned. He suddenly looked at Old Fang...