The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1053: pre-determined alliance
Chapter 1053: Alliance First
“Moreover, we can also earn a reputation as… the emperor and his court officials who care about the people and the country. Which court official wouldn’t be tempted? You and I… can try our best to guide the court officials and the royal family in this direction!”
She looked at Xiao Rongyan’s confident look and smiled lightly. What he said was right. Taking down another powerful country without bloodshed and gaining a reputation for caring about the people would naturally be exciting!
Xiao Rongyan’s idea was very good and she agreed with it.
“As for Dayan, this matter was raised by the young emperor, A Li. Of course, some courtiers in the Yan court opposed it, while others supported it. Needless to say, those who opposed it naturally came to the young emperor’s mortal enemy, the ninth prince of Dayan, Murong Yan. In this case, the ninth prince Murong Yan naturally agreed and persuaded the courtiers on the grounds that the empress of the Great Zhou was a latecomer and could not compare with the orthodox Great Yan!”
“It just so happens that they can seize power on the pretext that the emperor is young… and the contest between the two countries’ national policies concerns the fate of Great Yan. They can assign important positions in the court to the ministers under the Ninth Prince who oppose the young emperor, and tell them to fight for their place. The fate of Great Yan is in their hands. If they really lose… and Great Yan is lost, they will be sinners for all eternity!”
“In this way… everyone in the Yan court will put aside their past grudges and work towards the same goal, just like you once set a goal of unifying the world for those officials and students, and they will work hard for it, and the details will not be important.” Xiao Rongyan bent his fingers and tapped lightly on the table, “I learned this from Abao, Abao should be my teacher…”
Bai Qingyan was amused by Xiao Rongyan’s words. She looked into Xiao Rongyan’s calm and dark eyes and asked, “You have made a great decision about this matter, right? You compromised because you wavered in your heart, so you told Ah Li what I told you… that the outcome would be determined by the national policies of the two countries?”
She looked down at her belly. “Because of me… and the baby?”
Xiao Rongyan didn’t want to lie to Bai Qingyan. He put his elbow on the hidden table behind Bai Qingyan, gently stroked Bai Qingyan’s back, nodded, and whispered: “Indeed…you and the child are the reasons that made me waver, but in the end, it was Ah Li who made me make up my mind.”
Xiao Rongyan knew how much his sister-in-law cared about A Li’s throne.
The person that the emperor was most worried about before he left was his sister-in-law. Xiao Rongyan knew this as well. At that time, Xiao Rongyan had not agreed to Bai Qingyan… It was out of the selfishness of the Yan royal family in possessing Yan State, and he was also concerned about his sister-in-law and little Ali who had already ascended the throne.
But Murong Li’s reaction was indeed beyond Xiao Rongyan’s expectations. He didn’t expect that Murong Li was more open-minded than him and could understand Xiao Rongyan. He said… if Xiao Rongyan brought up this matter, his mother would probably be mad to death. If Murong Li brought it up… his mother would not think that Murong Yan was trying to seize power from Murong Li.
Murong Li also instructed Murong Yan to find his mother and ask her to persuade Murong Yan to take back his decision. Only in this way would his mother persuade Murong Yan to agree in order to maintain the dignity of the emperor.
“Abao, I was born into the Murong royal family, so on some things… I cannot agree with your ideas.” Xiao Rongyan said in a very low voice.
“But you also admit that this is indeed the best way to avoid a war between the two countries…” Bai Qingyan said with a smile.
Xiao Rongyan nodded: “Putting aside the selfishness of being a member of the Great Yan royal family, to achieve unification… this method is indeed the best for the people and the soldiers!”
She nodded, adjusted a very comfortable posture and leaned on the hidden table: “In the beginning, your brother came to me and asked me…if there were only two countries left in the future, what should I choose, war or peace, I have been thinking about this problem, and later…after annexing Daliang and naming the country Zhou, Dayan also destroyed Wei, I was thinking about how to avoid the suffering of the people and complete the great cause of unification as soon as possible! I am very happy that you and A Li agree with me.”
“Okay, let’s make this a rough outline for now!” Xiao Rongyan smiled and looked at Bai Qingyan, “I will return to Dayan early tomorrow morning and find an opportunity to have A Li bring up this matter, and then send a peace treaty to Da Zhou… Then you can directly tell the officials of Da Zhou that this is an opportunity to take down Dayan without bloodshed, and tell the officials that they should have confidence in your new policy, and then it will not be difficult for you.”
No matter what, things still developed according to the solution Bai Qingyan originally wanted. Bai Qingyan was still very happy. Neither the people would suffer from the war, nor would the soldiers have to make unnecessary bloodshed and sacrifices.
Bai Qingyan thought for a moment and said, “I think this matter should be dealt with as soon as possible! Even if there is no chance to propose a policy contest between the two countries, we must first sign an alliance.”
“Are you worried about… the elephant army of Tianfeng Kingdom?” Xiao Rongyan asked.
Bai Qingyan nodded: “The elephant army of Tianfeng has been lingering in Xiliang for a long time. Now Tianfeng has already regarded Xiliang as its own territory. The next step… must be to test it. My uncle in Dengzhou will never let Tianfeng get involved in Rongdi. Only Yan is left. If the emperors of Yan and Zhou come forward to form an alliance at this time, Tianfeng will definitely tremble for a while.”
Since the two countries have decided that the outcome will be determined by national policy, they should work together to face the external enemy.
The candlelight on the table was dimmed by the wind, then became bright again.
Xiao Rongyan nodded, and said thoughtfully: “So… the matter of the two countries deciding the outcome based on national policies needs to be postponed for a while, let’s sign the alliance first! If we bring this up now, I’m afraid that the officials of the two countries who have ulterior motives would like to see… the Tianfeng Kingdom’s elephant army entangled with one of the countries to weaken the strength of the other country, which is not conducive to forming an alliance against the elephant army.”
Bai Qingyan also had concerns in this regard, so he told Xiao Rongyan that they could form an alliance first.
“Okay, then I will go back to Dayan tomorrow and make an alliance to repel the elephant army! After we repel the elephant army of Tianfeng Kingdom, I will stage a scene with Ah Li… Let’s settle this matter as soon as possible!”
“Okay, after the elephant army retreats and Dayan’s invitation arrives, I will also perform a play with the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty.” Bai Qingyan responded with a smile.
Xiao Rongyan held Bai Qingyan’s hand, gently stroked Bai Qingyan’s wrist, held Bai Qingyan in his arms, and felt guilty: “I’m sorry, I can’t be with you and the child…”
“The child is very well behaved…” Bai Qingyan leaned in Xiao Rongyan’s arms, gently stroked her belly and whispered to him, “I have neither morning sickness nor discomfort while pregnant with this child, and my appetite is also good. Sometimes, if it weren’t for my mother and aunt reminding me tirelessly, I would even forget that I am pregnant. You don’t have to worry too much.”
The first update is coming… It’s the end of the month, I’ll continue to ask for monthly votes…