Of course, they also know... once they do not admit they were once citizens of Yecheng Pass, after entering the city, their previous homes cannot be reclaimed!
But if they don't enter Yecheng Pass, they may lose their lives!
Since they abandoned their homes when leaving Yecheng Pass, now to survive, if the house is gone, then it's gone!
And the citizens who never left Yecheng Pass, upon seeing their familiar neighbors return, yet dare not claim their own homes for survival, having to give the government an IOU for a new house, feel increasingly at ease, and ever more reassured that staying and choosing to become Zhou citizens was the right choice.
Bai Qingyan and Bai Qingmo both know that among the refugees, there will surely be many who originally left Yecheng Pass, mixed in among them, yet they did not expose them...
Her intention is simply to gather people; there's truly no rationale to turn away the citizens of Yecheng Pass.
