Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 95

Chapter 95: Chapter 94: The Integrity of a Gentleman_1

“Defend Jin Kingdom’s peaceful rivers and seas. Protect the prosperity and peace of the people!” The Eldest Princess gently murmured these words, clenching her fingertips tightly. “You are truly like your grandfather…”

Bai Qingyan lowered her eyes to the long road ahead, feeling melancholy.

No, she was not like her grandfather.

Her grandfather was a true gentleman; she was not.

After being reborn, she did not know when she had also become someone who spoke of benevolence and righteousness but calculated personal gains at heart.

Going to the Southern Border, she was not entirely driven by a heart for the nation and its people. She did indeed pity the people of the border, but mainly, she wanted to find her possibly surviving brother and reintegrate the Bai family’s dissipating military power.

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Bai Qingyan, who had once rarely been part of the military, understood too well what military power meant.

Her grandfather once held the military power of Jin Kingdom but bowed to the current emperor’s commands.

Others said her grandfather was either pedantic or loyally foolish. But she knew deeply that this was the most precious gentleman’s spirit of this era.

But she was not a gentleman.

In chaotic times, the strong ruled.

Be it despicable or hypocritical, even if using underhanded means…protecting the Bai family’s safety, ensuring the people’s peace, allowing the capable to sit on Jin Kingdom’s throne, for this she would be a villain.

After a moment, the Eldest Princess’s voice trembled as she asked, “Did your grandfather truly say the emperor harbored a grand ambition?”

She coldly laughed and countered, “Does Grandmother think the current emperor…seems like it?”

It was merely an overzealous expression earlier; using a part of her grandfather’s words to make the emperor feel guilty on purpose.

If the emperor had any sense of shame, he should reflect on whether he was worthy of the words “grand ambition.”

The Eldest Princess closed her eyes, feeling relieved for…her granddaughter.

Surpassing her master, her granddaughter, whom she had personally raised, was more formidable, adept at observing the situation, adapting to it, weaving truths and lies. She had done excellently, truly excellently!

She clasped her granddaughter’s hand tightly, her lips smiling but her eyes filled with melancholy sadness. “Kid has grown up, even better than Grandmother expected. Now…Grandmother can rest assured to retreat to the monastery, mourning for your grandfather…for the heroic spirits of the Bai family.” Hoping to offset some of the guilt she felt towards her husband, son, and grandson.

As the Eldest Princess of Jin, she had fulfilled her responsibilities…

But as a wife, mother, and grandmother, she always held back a little.

Perhaps only for Su Qiu and Kid, because they were women. Hence, the Eldest Princess had never thought women could threaten the Lin family’s dynasty, and so all her love was poured into her daughter and this granddaughter.

Perhaps fate played a trick too, as Su Qiu’s death led Bai Weiting to decide to take his granddaughter to the battlefield, unexpectedly giving his beloved granddaughter the means to contend with the royal court.

She did not shy away from warfare, sacrificing filial piety for loyalty.

The Eldest Princess thought of the grand and dignified words her granddaughter had spoken earlier in the hall. She vaguely guessed why her granddaughter wanted to go to the Southern Border; it was because the military was the Bai family’s foundation.

She now quietly prayed in her heart that her granddaughter only sought the courage to keep the emperor from daring to touch the Bai family, rather than…the power to overthrow the Lin family’s dynasty.