Chapter 914 - 911: Dignity

But Bai Jinxiu understood... Fan Yuhuai did this out of love, wanting to save his own son’s life.

Bai Jinxiu stood in front of Fan Yugan, who was crying and begging her, and bent down to help him up, reaching out to remove the weeds from his head, and said: "Don’t be afraid... The Eldest Young Lady just instructed that you and your father be imprisoned together and sent back to Dadu City. She also told the guards not to make things too difficult for you!"

Fan Yugan’s eyes lit up: "The Bai family sister... doesn’t want my father’s life anymore!"

"The Eldest Young Lady established the Zhou Dynasty, and Fan Yuhuai’s rebellion... was against the Jin Dynasty. Since there has been a change of dynasty, in your favor... The Eldest Young Lady likely won’t pursue it further, just won’t employ him again. Don’t worry... you go with them! I’ll have someone send you some hemostatic medicine soon." Bai Jinxiu patted Fan Yugan’s shoulder.

Upon hearing this, Fan Yugan burst into tears, wiping them away with his dirty sleeve, feeling truly relieved: "Thank you, Bai family sister! Thank you, Mrs. Qin!"

Never had Fan Yugan been so grateful for the Bai family sister’s change of dynasty, as without it, his father would surely be executed, for it was treason!

But with a change of dynasty, indeed, there was room to maneuver and save his father’s life.

Bai Jinxiu lowered her voice and said to Fan Yugan: "Don’t tell your father yet, let him be scared for a few days!"

Fan Yugan looked at Bai Jinxiu’s smiling face, then glanced at his father, who was still cursing hoarsely, and nodded forcefully: "Not telling him, let him be scared for a few days, he was scolding me anyway!"

Bai Jinxiu was amused by Fan Yugan’s reckless words, raised her hand, and patted Fan Yugan’s shoulder: "Go on!"

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Inside Luohong Tower.

Quan Yu had already vomited blood, gripping the doctor’s hand tightly: "My body, hair, and skin are all gifts from my parents. I had no choice as a child and entered the palace castrated. I’m already missing something compared to ordinary people; I can’t lose my legs too!"

Quan Yu sold himself to the palace to treat his mother’s illness as the eldest son of the family... His parents were unwilling, and his father had to send him to the palace for money only after he was castrated.

At that time, Quan Yu was young and didn’t know to preserve his life force, to ensure a complete corpse for burial one day.

Having already lost one part of his body, Quan Yu would rather die than lose a leg.

Bai Qingyan pushed the door open and entered, and Quan Yu’s leg, pierced by the poisoned wine cup, was already bruised and blackened.

Seeing Bai Qingyan, with blood still at the corners of his mouth, Quan Yu looked up: "Princess of Zhen!"

Bai Qingyan quickly walked to the couch, glanced at him, and instructed the doctor: "Save him! Amputate the leg!"

"Princess of Zhen!" Quan Yu’s voice was weak, trembling incessantly, "I don’t want to lose my leg, without it... I might as well die!"

"Foolish! Being alive is the most important!" Bai Qingyan sat next to the couch, "If we delay any longer, you really won’t make it, Quan Yu... You’re still young, and there’s a long life ahead. Someday you will realize how lucky it is to be alive. When the news came back that my younger brothers all perished in Nanjing, I wished they were missing an arm or a leg...as long as they could come back! I don’t know if you have family, but ask them if they prefer you losing a leg and living well, or keeping your legs and dying."

Quan Yu was taken aback, entering the palace when he was young... He couldn’t clearly remember the scene back then; he only remembered his father slapping him in furious anger, and his mother... refusing to live off the money he earned, even to the death.

He thought his parents resented him for damaging the body they gave him, so over these years... he cherished his body very much.

Bai Qingyan held Quan Yu’s shoulders with both hands, turned slightly, and told the doctor: "Do it!"

Quan Yu’s screams in the raging fire seemed to pierce the nine heavens.

Amputation, stop the bleeding...

Every step was a risk, but without risk, Quan Yu couldn’t survive.

Bai Jinxiu quickly cleared the battlefield and then stepped toward the Luohong Tower on the high platform.

Inside the Luohong Tower, the emperor, already restrained, heard that the situation outside had been resolved and that King Liang was dead, and ground his teeth, cursing: "Useless!"

Sitting by the desk, the Eldest Princess looked at the emperor, who dared not move, and sighed longly...

The Jin Dynasty was ultimately defeated by this thing.

Before long, the several grand doors of the Luohong Tower swung open, and Bai Jinxiu, dressed in armor, stepped inside from outside, ignoring the emperor entirely, and bowed toward the Eldest Princess: "Grandmother, the blood outside can’t be cleaned up. The fire in the Luohong Tower is too big, and Jinxiu fears it will soon spread. Although the soldiers have been ordered to extinguish the fire, for Grandmother’s safety... please follow me and leave first."

The Eldest Princess looked somewhat entranced at the heroic Bai Jinxiu; she had almost forgotten before Bai Jinxiu led troops to attack Dadu City... that her granddaughter had once fought alongside her old husband on the battlefield.

Seeing Bai Jinxiu in armor once again, the Eldest Princess inevitably thought of the sons of the Bai family who perished in Nanjing...

But fortunately, Ah Jue is still alive, and A Yun is still alive!

The Eldest Princess slowly stood up with the help of the desk.

Bai Jinxiu stepped forward to support the Eldest Princess, only to see the princess, now showing signs of aging, twirling the Buddha beads in her hand, before saying after a moment: "The Jin Emperor always wanted to ascend to that Nine-Layer Platform set high up, but... this Luohong Tower is not low! Why not let the Jin Emperor make do with treating this place as the Nine-Layer Platform and focus on pursuing his elixir of immortality here!"

The Eldest Princess’s voice was gentle and slow, like a kind old lady from an ordinary family, yet her words were filled with decisive ruthlessness and finality.

Since Bai Qingyan was to ascend the throne as the Emperor, then... this emperor could not remain.

The emperor’s eyes widened upon hearing this: "Aunt! You want me dead!"

"Go on!" The Eldest Princess patted Bai Jinxiu’s hand, smiled gently, and gave her a slight push, "Go on!"

"Grandmother?!" Bai Jinxiu was shocked.

"Your Eldest Young Lady... will be a good emperor! A good emperor who loves the country and the people!" The Eldest Princess’s eyes were filled with tears; her smile deepening the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, "The Bai family army has a saying, ’Live for the people, die for the country,’ Grandmother... is the Eldest Princess of Jin’s dynasty; to live protecting Jin, to die following Jin, it’s all the same!"

"Grandmother!"

"Grandmother has lived to this age; I know my end is near. This... is also Grandmother’s last pride as the Eldest Princess of Jin! At least... let Grandmother leave with a bit of dignity!" The Eldest Princess held back tears, thought of Nanny Jiang, and then reminded Bai Jinxiu, "Nanny Jiang watched over you as you grew up, take good care of her!"

"If Grandmother doesn’t go, Jinxiu won’t either!" Bai Jinxiu was resolute.

Even though Bai Jinxiu could understand the Eldest Princess, she couldn’t allow her grandmother to die before her eyes.