Chapter 802 - 799: Beguilement
Bai Qingyan looked up and smiled at Shen Qingzhu, only to see Shen Qingzhu nodding her head.
Inside the large tent, the brazier burned brightly. Shen Qingzhu used a pair of copper tongs to stir the red-hot coals, and her entire body was bathed in a warm glow.
Bai Qingyan smiled, lowered her eyes to gaze at the letter from her mother, and slowly began to speak: "At that time, I had a team of female guards by my side, and behind me were my grandfather, father, and uncles, and my younger brothers. Naturally, I had no worries and could charge forward recklessly. But now... I can no longer act so wantonly."
She still had to protect the Bai family, and she had to fulfill the long-cherished ambition passed down through the Bai family for generations. How could she let herself die?
Shen Qingzhu looked at Bai Qingyan, who had lost even more weight recently, and felt deeply guilty. As Bai Qingyan’s personal guard, she should have followed her to the battlefield. Instead, she stayed in the peaceful Dadu City, letting Bai Qingyan face danger alone. It was truly inexcusable.
Mrs. Dong mentioned in the letter that everything in Shuoyang was fine and told Bai Qingyan not to worry. In a subtle way, she informed Bai Qingyan that Steward Liu and the others were acting prudently and had taken care of everything she had entrusted to them.
"What did Madam say?" Shen Qingzhu couldn’t help asking out of curiosity.
"Mother said in her letter that Clan Leader Bai Qihe of the Bai Clan in Shuoyang knew I needed medicinal herbs from Daliang, so he led the clan members in a unified effort. They didn’t just buy a lot of medicinal herbs to support the army attacking Daliang; they also donated money and goods as a collective effort... and purchased a batch of grain, which they sent along with us. Even though it might be a drop in the bucket, it’s a token of the clan’s intentions."
Bai Qingyan flipped the letter to another page, "The rest of the letter consists of some trivial instructions."