Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1225

Chapter 1225: Chapter 1219: Inside Tianmen Pass

Saying this, Bai Qingyan put down the cup in her hand, stood up, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Ji, for informing me of these matters. I plan to take a stroll around Feng County, so I won’t disturb you further."

Doctor Ji quickly nodded, making way by the door, and couldn’t help but remind, "Counting the days, His Majesty the Emperor is due to give birth in another two or three months. The journey back to Dadu City... must not be too jarring or tiring. Please take good care."

"Alright, I will remember!" Bai Qingyan held onto Chun Zhi’s hand and stepped outside, "Mr. Ji, no need to see me off."

Doctor Ji personally escorted them out through the back gate of the Ji Mansion. Watching Bai Qingyan and her entourage leave, Doctor Ji bowed deeply to Bai Qingyan’s departing figure once more. As he straightened up, he couldn’t help but reflect inwardly that he had never seen an Emperor like Bai Qingyan, who carried no airs and was pregnant yet still came to Feng County to inquire about new policies.

He recalled the letter Ji Langhua wrote shortly after Bai Qingyan ascended to the throne... She said the eldest daughter of the Bai family would surely be a good Emperor, and now Doctor Ji believed it.

Doctor Ji thought, if future emperors of the Zhou Kingdom were like Bai Qingyan, how could the Zhou decline? How could the Zhou Kingdom not thrive and endure forever?

After Chun Zhi helped Bai Qingyan into the carriage, she noticed Doctor Ji still standing at the door and asked Bai Qingyan in a low voice, "Why didn’t you ask Doctor Ji’s family to return to Dadu City? If Doctor Ji were to work at the Imperial Medical Bureau, then Miss Ji’s family could reunite in Dadu City, and they would surely serve you better."

Bai Qingyan leaned against the side of the carriage and said softly, "Miss Ji’s family played a critical role during the case of Imperial Censor Jian Congwen. If we were to now have them return to Dadu City and Doctor Ji to work at the Imperial Medical Bureau, and their family history were exposed, how could they live there? What would people think? A loyal and upright minister like Jian Congwen had his entire clan executed, and yet descendants of those who betrayed the loyal could re-enter the Imperial Medical Bureau, wouldn’t that chill the hearts of the people..."

"Moreover, Doctor Ji is highly skilled in medicine. Staying in a remote place like Feng County to practice and save lives is more meaningful than entering the Imperial Medical Bureau! I believe... when they chose to settle in Feng County, it was also to atone for their ancestors’ mistakes." Bai Qingyan smiled with her eyes downcast.

Chun Zhi nodded, "You’re absolutely right, ma’am!"

Bai Qingyan raised her eyes and teasingly said, "If the eldest daughter sold you, that would also be right?"

Chun Zhi thought for a moment and earnestly replied, "If the eldest daughter sold me, it must be because she faced some difficulty, and she would only sell me for my own good, not to burden me. Sister Chun Tao has said... the eldest daughter is such a good person!"

She was amused by Chun Zhi, "Just look how Chun Tao has taught you, turning you into another silly Chun Tao!"

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Bai Qingyan strolled around Feng County, noticing that the people’s lives seemed to have improved compared to before. As for seeing real results from the new policies, that would have to wait two more years.

Initially, the Feng County residents sent their kids to school because they couldn’t afford the old tuition. Now that it’s free, they felt like it was a benefit for them. However, realizing the loss of labor at home, they called the children back to help with farm work.

It was only after Mr. Cai visited Feng County and persuaded the residents that letting their children study was the path to change their generations-old fate of toiling away on the fields.

Who hasn’t dreamt of becoming a top scholar at night? In the past, they couldn’t afford tuition, but if they now begrudge the little bit of labor and call the kids back to work, they would truly be holding back the whole family’s future.

"Aunt Gu, our Erhu is finishing school, I have to go make dinner! I’m off!" A woman stood up with her winnowing basket and bid farewell to the old lady, nodding shyly to Bai Qingyan before leaving with a red face. Goodness... she had never met such a kind lady, as if a fairy had descended, without any airs.

After conversing mostly with the residents of Feng County, Bai Qingyan stood up and excused herself, saying she wanted to stroll around Feng County further.

"How peculiar, it’s a Yan Kingdom shop..." Bai Qingyan remarked upon seeing a store’s sign on the long street bearing the character for Yan, "Why would the Yan Kingdom open a shop in Feng County?"

Logically, Yan merchants entering Zhou, especially for shops selling clothes, should be in prosperous cities, or at least within Tianmen Pass.