RPAGF Chapter 582: The moon-white robe makes his shoulders look broad and his waist narrow
Chapter 582: The moon-white robe makes his shoulders look broad and his waist narrow
Bai Run, as the Fox Lord of the East Wasteland, had only one son. According to the rules of the fox clan, he could not inherit the position of Fox Lord of the East Wasteland. In addition, he had not taken good care of Bai Ling over the years, and he felt guilty about it. So he took the initiative to give up his right to rule the East Wasteland and let Bai Ling succeed him.
This is not only the compensation from Fox Emperor and Bai Run for Bai Ling's years of wandering, but also Bai Run's self-redemption as an older brother.
He knew very well that if he had paid more attention to his younger sister's situation back then, Bai Jian's conspiracy when he went to the First Continent might have been exposed long ago, instead of letting Bai Ling struggle alone in that vortex of power for many years.
He had verified all the information that his son, Bai Qin, brought back from the First Continent.
The clues about Bai Jian secretly nurturing the tentacles of the Ke clan and forging the Fox Emperor's handwritten letter eventually became the sword that exposed Bai Jian's lies this year.
On the way back, Bai Run suddenly remembered the scene when Bai Qin was held in the lap of the Fox Emperor when he was a child.
As the eldest grandson of the Fox Emperor, Bai Qin was once the most favored young master in Qingqiu. If he had been able to persist a little more with this favor, Bai Jian might have revealed his true colors in front of his father long ago.
Now that Bai Run had taken off the Fox Lord's seal, he felt a lot lighter on his shoulders.
The fox clan has always respected bloodlines and military achievements. As the former fox lord who expanded the territory, no one dares to look down on him even though he has retreated behind the scenes.
What's more, he has a son like Bai Qin who is so promising and capable, and he can help his sister Bai Ling to protect the foundation of Donghuang.
Thinking of this, he seemed to see his wife and her maid drying plum preserves in the courtyard on his way back. When the sunlight fell on the silver fox hairpin in her hair, it would surely reflect fine light, making her even more charming.
Let’s get back to Bai Ling.
She still stood at the windowsill, but the fox tail that had appeared behind her at some point reflected her current mood. The fluffy fur swayed gently, brushing against the moonstone paperweight, revealing a faint image on the stone surface.
When she was young, she chased Bai Run through the plum forest. There was still half a plum blossom curled on her brother's fox tail. The smile in his eyes when he looked back reminded her that her brother had never given up and brought her back from the first continent.
She sighed softly and raised her hand to stroke the newly engraved seal of the Fox Lord of the Eastern Wasteland on the desk. The nine-tailed fox totem on the seal button was emitting a warm light, like the remaining warmth in her brother's palm, gently ironing the old scars on her heart.
"Mother~ When my uncle just left, he left me a coronation gift--" Before the person arrived, the voice had already spread two miles away. The person must be Bai Xin.
She appeared in a scarlet skirt, holding a vermilion lacquered wooden box, and the silver bells of the imperial jade hairpin in her hair jingled with her steps.
But when she turned the corner of the corridor and saw the moon-white figure, she suddenly stopped as if the pause button had been pressed.
Bai Qin was leaning against a vermilion stone pillar, wiping his sword. The afternoon sun shone through the carved window lattices, casting a soft shadow on his serious brow. When he glanced at her, a mischievous smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
Since returning to the Ninth Heaven, Xin's memories before going to the First Continent have been restored as the seal has been lifted. Looking at Bai Qin in front of her, she suddenly remembered...
When she was a child, she used to hold this cousin's neck and grind her teeth. Her saliva soaked his collar. The young boy just smiled and let her do whatever she wanted, scratching her nose with his fingertips: "The little guy's bite really hurts."
But she just kept grinding her teeth and mumbling incoherently: "Brother's face is soft...", in return, she got Bai Qin's helpless and indulgent sigh.
At this moment, this memory was like a butterfly that had just emerged from its cocoon, flying so fast that her ears felt hot!
"What are you daydreaming about, Axin?" Bai Qin sheathed his sword. His half-rolled-up sleeves revealed the fox clan's heart-protecting pattern on his arm. That was the life-saving mark bestowed by the Fox Emperor on every child.
"Father said that this box contains the alliance between Qingqiu and Donghuang, as well as a reply to the gods and beasts who have now awakened in the Nine Heavens." He lowered his eyes to look at the taller girl, her eyelashes casting tiny shadows under her eyes. A smile curled the corners of his mouth. "Do you want me to help you open it?"
Bai Xin suddenly came back to her senses and the wooden box almost slipped out of her arms!
She instantly recalled the morning before yesterday when Bai Run abdicated and Bai Qin took over the East Wasteland Protective Seal in front of the East Wasteland Palace - the young man's back was straight, and his moon-white robe made his shoulders broad and his waist narrow. How could he be the cousin in her memory who let her rub his face?
“No… no need!” She took several steps back, trying to escape the scene, but the little girl fiddled with the lock on the edge of the wooden box in her hand in a panic, “I can do it myself!”
There was a slight "click" sound, and the lid of the box suddenly popped open. Flying out flew the bound letter of alliance, the reply, and a jade hairpin carved with a nine-tailed fox.
Bai Xin was suddenly stunned. She saw a crooked "Qin" character engraved on the top of the hairpin. It was the character she spent two days carving out after secretly inquiring about Bai Qin's birthday when she met him on the first continent.
"So it's here." Bai Qin tucked the jade hairpin into her hair with a smile and chuckled. "A few years ago, I suddenly lost it. I searched all the warehouses in Qingqiu Wuhuang and thought I had lost it. I didn't expect that my father had kept it."
The young man suddenly chuckled, lowering his voice. He glanced at Bai Ling who was packing up her things in the hall, "Actually, when we were little... I still have the scarf you drew for me."
Bai Xin's face suddenly flushed, and she recalled the scene when she was younger -
When it snowed heavily that year, Bai Qin used a fox tail to wrap the newly born girl and made a snowman with her. He then rubbed a candied haws on her tail, biting it. When he finally climbed onto her, he stuffed the last candied haws in his hand into his mouth, rubbing the syrup... His face and scarf were covered with sugar residue.
Later, she found out her brother's scarf was dirty, so when she used her spiritual power to clean it, she suddenly got naughty and drew a crooked fox paw print on the scarf. Bai Qin tapped her nose and chuckled, "You little girl, you still leave a mark?"
At this moment, Bai Qin was smiling as she took out the scarf from her space ring. On the slightly yellowed brocade, the fox paw print she had drawn was carefully outlined with gold thread embroidered by Bai Qin stitch by stitch, and fine plum blossom patterns were embroidered around it.
"I didn't dare tell you because I was afraid you'd be embarrassed." He reached out and stroked the embroidery, a faint blush etched on the tip of his ear. "After all, some little fool once cried and said this was a gift for his 'most beloved brother Qin.'"
Suddenly a breeze blew outside the corridor, blowing a few fallen white plum petals away with the wind.
Bai Xin looked at the blush on the boy's ears and suddenly felt that the scene before her was warmer than the snowy day in her memory.
"Your Highness, it's time to try on the court dress." The maid's voice came from inside the hall, breaking Bai Xin's embarrassment. She hurriedly closed the wooden box and walked inside, but as she walked with her head down awkwardly, she bumped into an unfamiliar pillar and stumbled into Bai Qin's arms.