Bai Chong's eyes bulged with anger, and he pointed at Bai Yan with his finger: "Fine, fine!"
"I'd like to see what you have on me that would allow you to ruin your sister's future!"
Bai Yan's red lips curved slightly as she looked at Bai Chong: "Sister, I don't think so, do I?"
Bai Yan held up Bai Ruier's name card for entering the palace, always striking at the heart of the matter, "Back then, you were afraid of losing face, so you said Bai Ruier was the Third Miss, but why didn't you try to hide it when you entered the palace?"
"Bai Ruier was born half a year before me, before my mother even passed away. How could she possibly be the legitimate daughter?" Bai Yan sneered at Bai Chong. "It's one thing for a daughter born to a legitimate concubine to enter the palace for the imperial concubine selection, but look at the birth date on her name card..."
Officials in the court were not allowed to take concubines as wives; this was a law. Qian entered the family as a concubine, but she was not included in the family genealogy. After the two sisters' mother died, Bai Chong directly married her as his second wife.
Such things are usually ignored by officials unless the people complain, and no one knows about things that happen in one's own inner quarters unless they are told... But why did they insist on sending people to the palace?
Bai Yan laughed: "I'm afraid she can only be considered an illegitimate mistress?"
"What 'illegitimate daughter'!" Bai Ruier stepped forward angrily, "My mother is the mistress of the Bai family, and my father brought her home with great pomp and circumstance! You think I'm afraid of you if you go around telling others like that?!"
Bai Ruier said, "Who in the whole capital doesn't know that my mother is the legal wife! You're just jealous of me because I was able to enter the palace while you couldn't!"
Bai Ruier was foolish, but Madam Qian was not; she knew that this matter could really cause problems if things were taken too seriously.
The person most affected was his own biological daughter, who was about to enter the palace.
She immediately shook Bai Chong's arm, "Master, let me tell you, it's not that I don't care about the Second Miss, but look at her like this, how can I control her! She's going to ruin our whole family!"
"You dare to do such a treasonous thing?" Bai Chong looked at Bai Yan coldly.
“If the father is not kind, the daughter will not be filial.” Bai Yan smiled coldly. “Besides, I didn’t make any unreasonable demands. I just want my mother’s dowry, the dowry that belongs to my sister and me.”
A sinister glint flashed in Bai Chong's eyes.
Bai Yan noticed this and a slight smile appeared on her lips: "Lord Bai, I advise you not to think that my sister and I are alone. My Ninth Uncle's maid is still here."
“If you, as a father, don’t protect me and my older sister, there will always be other elders to protect us.”
Bai Chong was unaware of the matter of Ninth Uncle. Seeing this, Madam Qian whispered in his ear, "He is a relative of their birth mother, so he must be related to the royal family."
No wonder, my once obedient second daughter has turned into a completely different person today.
But not knowing what kind of person this Ninth Uncle she mentioned was, Bai Qing didn't dare to make a decision easily.
Bai Chong lowered his eyes and pondered for a while... He couldn't afford to ruin the reputation he had painstakingly built in the capital. If this wretched girl really exposed it, it would definitely be a stain on his career.
She turned back to look at Madam Qian: "Did Rui'er take something from her again? Hurry up and return it to her. Give her whatever she wants! Are you really going to make a big fuss and cause unrest in the household?"
The words were addressed to Bai Ruier and Madam Qian, but the gaze was fixed on Bai Yan.
Bai Ruier reluctantly returned the glass jade pendant she had taken from Bai Yan's room the day before to Bai Yan.
Bai Yan reached out and took it.
Bai Ruier glared at her fiercely: "You shallow-minded thing, I bet you've never seen anything good before!"
Bai Yan accepted the jade pendant. "I will also take back everything that Qian Shi and Bai Ruier took from me before."
Bai Ruier's eyes widened, and she was about to get angry when Qian Shi tugged at her sleeve and winked at her.
"It was just the sisters playing around. Since it was borrowed, of course we have to return it."
Madam Qian smiled at Bai Yan again: "But we have to give her some time. Rui'er is a bit restless, and her room is messy too. We need to tidy it up. I'll have a maid bring it to your room later."
"However, you are an unmarried woman, how can you live outside?" Madam Qian said with a look of concern for her: "Second Miss, don't ruin your reputation because of your sisters' quarrels."
Bai Yan chuckled: "No need for stepmother to worry, I will go and stay at Uncle Jiu's house."
“His place is spacious enough to accommodate me.”
Bai Yan didn't say anything more, then turned to look at Bai Ruifeng, who was standing to the side: "Sister, let's go back first."
"Oh, okay." Bai Ruifeng nodded.
After the two sisters left, Bai Ruier stomped her foot and said, "What are you doing? Why should I give in to her?"
She always had the final say in the household, and Bai Yan was just a toy she played with. Why should she give up her own possessions and return them to Bai Yan?
Madam Qian said softly, "Rui'er, be good and stop making a fuss. Nothing is more important than your entry into the palace right now."
She wanted to see what kind of person her Ninth Uncle was. She'd never heard of him in the capital; he was unassuming and unassuming, probably just a leisurely member of the imperial family... She needed to settle this matter first. Dealing with a little girl was nothing; she had plenty of ways to handle her.
...
Meanwhile, Bai Ruifeng and Bai Yan returned to their room.
This time, however, Bai Ruifeng's gaze towards Bai Yan was noticeably strange. "Xiao Yan, you seem a little different than usual..."
My younger sister used to be gentle and would just endure it even if Bai Ruier bullied her. How could she be like today, holding onto their weaknesses and refusing to let go?
Bai Yan knew what she suspected, so she looked at Bai Ruifeng and said, "Sister, I have actually died once already."
Bai Ruifeng's eyes lit up: "What?"
Bai Yan lowered her eyes slightly and sighed softly, "I knew you wouldn't believe me. This sounds like a fantasy, but sister, I really did die once..."
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