The Young Matriarch

Chapter 329: Chapter 329 Pure Gold Genealogy
 

The Bai Family’s genealogy is recorded in volumes, with one volume for every hundred years.

She carefully took out the latest volume, knowing that if she damaged the genealogy, Grandpa could kill her.

Upon unfolding it for a look, at the very end, it read: the second branch, Bai Hongguang, wife Liu Man, daughter Bai Yinyin.

She was the youngest child in the current generation of the Bai Family.

Bai Yinyin sneered to herself, “Bai Chuwei, you also want to be included in our Bai Family genealogy?”

As she carefully turned the pages of this volume, each member of the Bai Family was recorded in clear detail, including dates of birth, times of death, and for some, thorough biographies.

The first volume was not there, so she looked through the second volume.

Bai Yinyin could not help but admire that indeed, her Bai Family was full of capable people, some of whom were government officials and merchants, and several had appeared in history books.

Further back were the times of the feudal society of the Bai Family.

The Bai Family’s genealogy was very detailed compared to other families, including men and women, wives and concubines alike.

You must know that in ancient times, it was not permissible for girls to be recorded in the genealogy, not to mention daughters-in-law, who were outsiders and could not be written down; their Bai Family was indeed different from the rest.

Slipping through volume after volume.

The sneer on Bai Yinyin’s face became more pronounced as she chuckled sarcastically, “Isn’t she supposed to be our Bai Family’s esteemed ancestress? I’ve flipped through four or five books already, so why haven’t I seen the three characters ‘Bai Chuwei’?”

The further she got, the less Bai Yinyin expected Bai Chuwei’s name to actually appear; she began to flip through the genealogy as if it were a storybook.

She found it quite enjoyable, muttering to herself, “I never expected my Bai Family’s ancestors to be so impressive, even women daring to aspire to be female officials…”

The more she read, the more Bai Yinyin sighed. It seemed that the Bai Family in ancient times must have been a household of great wealth and prestige, many were the Emperor’s disciples, high-ranking officials in the court; now, they really had declined.

Bai Yinyin never imagined the genealogy could be so detailed, but it seemed there were omissions, the key point being… the further back the dates were pushed, the more they reached a thousand years ago…

How strange!

Bai Yinyin scratched her head, feeling something peculiar about the Bai Family; she decided to start with the very first genealogy book.

Upon seeing that first genealogy record, Bai Yinyin couldn’t help but blurt out, “Damn!”

Having sworn unconsciously, Bai Yinyin was so frightened that she quickly patted her mouth and knelt down in front of the rows of spirit tablets, bowing her head and saying, “Honored ancestors, do not blame me, Yinyin didn’t mean to swear, please don’t hold it against me.”

After kowtowing three times, she got up from the mat, hurried back to where the genealogies were kept, and looked at the first bound in red silk with shock.

She tapped it with her hand, exclaiming in astonishment, “This… this is pure gold, isn’t it?”

A genealogy made of gold, no wonder it was preserved for so long; Bai Yinyin was quite startled.

Among the many volumes of the genealogy, only the first was crafted from pure gold; the rest were mostly books, or bamboo slips and silk.

How many names could a gold genealogy record?

Bai Yinyin’s curiosity was piqued to the extreme; she carefully unraveled the gold silk envelope around the pure gold genealogy, revealing only two names.

The writing was in ancient script, but she still managed to make out the characters with some effort.

Bai Yinyin immediately looked and her pupils suddenly constricted, her entire body went limp with shock, and she fell to the ground.

At that moment, her mind went blank.

One of the names engraved on the golden plate was—Bai Chuwei.