The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1018: decide
Chapter 1018: Decision
Chuntao was also happy that Bai Jintong came back.
Bai Qingyan stood in the corridor of the side hall for a while and called out to Wei Zhong.
Wei Zhong stepped forward quickly: “Young lady…”
“Send someone to Hancheng as fast as possible to check for elephants…what are you afraid of?” Bai Qingyan thought for a moment and said, “It would be best if you could bring back a few elephants.”
Even though elephants are huge and seem fearless, they are still animals after all, and animals have weaknesses and things they fear. It is always better to be prepared and we should learn more about them.
Bai Qingyan was about to return to the palace when she saw Doctor Hong and Yin Shuang standing by the side waiting for her. When they saw her turn around, they stepped forward and saluted Bai Qingyan: “Miss!”
Yin Shuang, whose face was still stained with snack crumbs, also saluted Bai Qingyan in a proper manner and called out obediently, “Big Miss!”
“Doctor Hong…” Bai Qingyan saw the smile in Yinshuang’s eyes, handed the handkerchief to Yinshuang, and pointed at the corner of Yinshuang’s mouth.
Seeing Doctor Hong turning his head to look at her, Yin Shuang quickly patted the snack crumbs at the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief: “I didn’t eat it secretly!”
Doctor Hong sighed, turned around and said to Yin Shuang, “Go and eat! Eat!”
When Yinshuang heard this, her eyes lit up, she responded happily, and ran away as if she was afraid that the delicious snack would slip away.
“Miss…” Doctor Hong said to Bai Qing, “Miss, you have been married for a month. It is time for you to show some signs of pregnancy so that we can announce the pregnancy to the public. It would be best if you do it when General Lu and the others are here.”
Doctor Hong meant that today was the most appropriate time to announce that Bai Qingyan was pregnant, so that Bai Qingyan could pretend… or at least show that she was pregnant.
Since she became pregnant, Bai Qingyan’s body has not had any special reactions, such as nausea, vomiting, or drowsiness, which are common reactions during pregnancy. She has none of them, and has no chance to summon Doctor Hong in front of the court officials.
“Okay… I know, don’t worry, Doctor Hong.” Bai Qingyan said.
When they returned to the hall, General Lu and several others were already discussing state affairs. When they saw Bai Qingyan coming in, they hurriedly stood up and saluted.
“Please take a seat, sirs…” Bai Qingyan waved his hand.
Now the Great Zhou is already preparing for a war with Xiliang in the future. Originally, General Lu, Sikong Shen, Situ Dong and the six ministers did not agree to go to war with Xiliang at this time, but Bai Qingyan analyzed the current situation in the world with them, and they also understood that in order to unify the country in the future, Xiliang must be taken.
After all, the people of Xiliang have always been submissive when they were frightened by a beating, but they always like to forget the pain after the wound has healed, and they love war and killing… As a result, the people of the surrounding areas are mortal enemies of the Xiliang people.
The people of the former Wei, Jin, Yan…which country had not suffered the massacres of Xiliang, the killings and the destruction of cities, their crimes…are too numerous to list.
Even though it is still early for Bai Qingyan to go to war with Xiliang, several adults have already begun to make preparations.
The deployment of food and fodder, troops, and defense against the State of Yan all needed to be planned in detail.
Bai Qingyan also told several adults that Xiliang was going to form an alliance with the Tianfeng Kingdom, and that the Great Zhou needed to take precautions early.
When discussing state affairs with the other gentlemen, Bai Qingyan forgot what Doctor Hong said again. Doctor Hong thought that he had made an agreement with Bai Qingyan, so he waited outside from dawn to dusk…but Wei Zhong never sent anyone to summon him into the hall to check Bai Qingyan’s pulse. Even Yin Shuang fell asleep on the table.
Doctor Hong sighed, and had to carry the medicine box on his back, walked to the front of the hall, and said to Wei Zhong: “Eunuch Wei, please inform the eldest lady. I am here on the orders of the eldest lady to take care of her health. I should have checked her pulse after lunch, but it has been delayed until now. It can’t be delayed any longer.”
Wei Zhong turned his head and glanced into the brightly lit hall. Several officials were discussing something and their voices were very loud. “Doctor Hong, please wait a moment. I will go in and report to His Majesty.”
Wei Zhong stepped into the hall, walked along the back of the sandalwood lacquer pillar, and walked lightly to Bai Qingyan’s side and said, “Your Majesty, Doctor Hong is here to take care of Your Majesty’s health under the order of the Queen Mother. It’s time to diagnose your pulse, but Your Majesty has been busy. Doctor Hong is still waiting outside the hall.”
Bai Qingyan finally realized that she had forgotten about the pulse diagnosis and the announcement of the pregnancy. She cleared her throat uncomfortably, pretending to be calm as she glanced at Liu Rushi and Shen Tianzhi who were still arguing, and said, “Please ask Doctor Hong to come in…”
Soon, Doctor Hong came in with Wei Zhong, carrying a medicine box on his back. He put the medicine box aside very flexibly, sat down on the cushion that the young eunuch had laid next to Bai Qingyan, took out the pulse pillow, and took Bai Qingyan’s pulse.
Seeing this, Liu Rushi lowered his voice when arguing with Shen Tianzhi.
Doctor Hong felt the patient’s pulse for a long time, then suddenly straightened his back, bowed to Bai Qingyan, and said loudly: “Congratulations, Your Majesty! Your Majesty is pregnant!”
When General Lu heard this, he was extremely surprised and bowed to Bai Qingyan: “Congratulations, Your Majesty!”
Dong Qingping was so overjoyed that he couldn’t help laughing out loud, and he also bowed to Bai Qingyan: “Congratulations, Your Majesty! If that’s the case… let’s not argue here, Your Majesty, let Your Majesty have a good rest, and we will discuss the remaining matters and come up with a plan, report it to Your Majesty, and let Your Majesty decide.”
This way, Bai Qingyan can have more time to rest.
Liu Rushi’s palms tightened, and his heart… was weighed down. He couldn’t help but worry about Bai Qingyan’s health, but he didn’t notice anything unusual about Bai Qingyan. He remembered that when a woman is pregnant… she would seem to feel nauseous and vomit.
Bai Qingyan nodded: “It’s just that we need to hurry up and prepare military rations. Now that Xiliang is asking for help from Tianfeng Country, we need to be cautious!”
“Don’t worry, Your Majesty!” General Lu bowed and signaled Shen Jingzhong and others to pack up and leave first.
Soon, the news that the Empress of Great Zhou was pregnant spread throughout Great Zhou. Officials and common people who had been worried about the Empress because of the death of her husband were all delighted to hear the news, thinking that even if the Empress of Great Zhou was sad because of the death of her husband, she would definitely cheer up for the sake of her child.
Bai Jintong woke up after sleeping for a day and a night, and found that the whole palace was filled with the news that the empress was pregnant. She thought she had not woken up yet. As soon as she came back yesterday, she went to see her elder sister, and had no idea that her elder sister was pregnant.
For a moment, Bai Jintong didn’t know whether to be happy or sad.
After greeting Mrs. Dong and his mother Mrs. Li, Bai Jintong hurried to the main hall to seek an audience.
Bai Qingyan had already told Bai Jintong that if she came over after waking up, there was no need to inform her and she could just come in. So when Bai Jintong entered the room, she saw her eldest sister sitting among piles of memorials. Chuntao and Chunzhi were kneeling on both sides of Bai Qingyan, one was fanning Bai Qingyan and the other was grinding ink for her eldest sister.
“Third Miss!” Chuntao hurriedly saluted Bai Jintong.
Chunzhi also quickly put down the fan in her hand and saluted politely: “Third Miss.”
The second update…and the third update will be a little later, so you can go to sleep first and read it tomorrow morning!