The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 111: high-sounding
Chapter 111: High-sounding
I just don’t know which prince the emperor will let go with her. If it’s the Prince of Qi, it’s fine, but if it’s the Prince of Liang…
Bai Qingyan looked at the flickering candlelight in the mourning hall with murderous intent in her eyes. She could still present the military merit to King Liang, but King Liang’s life would have to remain in southern Xinjiang.
However, if King Liang stayed in Dadu, Bai Qingyan would not be able to leave with peace of mind.
Then we have to think of a solution. Either kill King Liang in Dadu, or take his life to southern Xinjiang.
“Although His Majesty has conferred the title of King Zhenguo posthumously, the deceased is gone… Let’s keep the funeral ceremony simple!” The eldest princess held the imperial edict in her hand, looked at the coffins in the yard, closed her eyes and burst into tears, “Let the heroes of our Duke’s Mansion rest in peace as soon as possible!”
The eldest princess walked to the mourning hall and looked at the tablet of the Duke of Zhenguo’s mansion, her heart filled with guilt.
If she had mobilized the royal guards to secretly follow and protect her husband when he went to war, perhaps she could have saved even one person!
“Buyu, His Majesty has not forgotten your contribution! The people have not forgotten your kindness! You can go with peace of mind! I will protect the Bai family for you! Protect… protect…”
Before she could finish her words, the pale-faced princess seemed unable to hold on and staggered back a step.
“grandmother!”
“Mother!”
“The Grand Princess!”
“Quick! Call the doctor!”
The mourning hall was in chaos because the eldest princess suddenly fainted, and the people who came to the Duke’s Mansion to pay their respects to the Duke of Zhenguo and his family were worried again.
No one can afford to get into any more trouble in the Duke’s Mansion!
Only Qin Lang was left to look after the mourning hall. Qin Lang was in a state of confusion, worried about his father, Qin Dezhao, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, and also worried about the Grand Princess. His face looked very unhappy.
The Changshouyuan was packed with people.
It was not until the imperial physician and Doctor Hong diagnosed that the Grand Princess was just overly worried and had not had enough rest in the past few days that everyone in the room felt relieved.
“Madam Crown Prince, don’t worry. I will prescribe some medicine and let the Grand Princess rest.” The imperial physician said to Mrs. Dong very respectfully.
“Thank you, doctor!” Mrs. Dong nodded with red eyes.
“Since mother is fine, let the children go to the mourning hall in front and keep watch first! It’s not appropriate for the second uncle to be alone here now…” Third Madam Li pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief and discussed with Dong.
“Madame Qin, go tell the children that their mother is fine. Let them go to the front and don’t stay here!” Dong said to Madame Qin.
Nanny Qin responded and left the main room, hurried to the warm room in the side room of Changshou Courtyard, and told the girls what the imperial physician had said.
Bai Qingyan nodded: “That’s good. Please tell mother that my sisters and I are in the mourning hall in front. Let mother and aunt serve grandmother well. Now grandmother is the backbone of our Duke’s Mansion and must not fall.”
She held Chuntao’s hand and stood up. Looking at the three younger sisters who were pale from the cold and had not recovered yet, she said, “Xiaowu, Xiaoliu, and Xiaoqi, rest here for an hour. Have someone give them a bowl of hot goat milk and some snacks to fill their stomachs. They can’t be hungry during their growth period!”
Nanny Qin, who was wiping her tears with a handkerchief, nodded repeatedly: “Okay, don’t worry, big sister.”
Coming out of Changshouyuan, Bai Jinxiu, who was walking beside Bai Qingyan, frowned and said, “Eldest sister, the punishment for Prince Xin in this decree is different from what you said when you came back. After I carefully considered the decree, I always felt that the emperor had some plan, but I couldn’t figure out what it was after thinking about it over and over again…”
“Now that Southern Xinjiang has been badly defeated, the emperor has sent people to seek peace and stabilize the situation. But yesterday, he met with the Minister of Revenue in front of the palace gate. I’m afraid he is secretly preparing for a tough battle.”
Bai Jinxiu opened her eyes wide: “Could it be…”
She nodded: “That day in the palace, I told the emperor that I was willing to go to Southern Xinjiang and give the military merits to the emperor’s prince…”
“Elder sister!” Bai Jinxiu’s heart was lifted and she held Bai Qingyan’s hand tightly.
“Why?” Fourth Miss Bai Jinzhi lost her temper and rushed to Bai Qingyan and shouted, “Why should my eldest sister give the military merit to the prince?”
“What are you yelling about!” Bai Jintong grabbed Bai Jinzhi and said, “Keep your voice down!”
Bai Jintong knew clearly that the eldest sister from Southern Xinjiang was going to go, no matter what the method.
Bai Qingyan curled his lips and patted Bai Jinxiu’s hand: “I have lost all my martial arts now. Even if I go, I can only give advice. Don’t be afraid! This time the emperor severely punished Prince Xin to show goodwill to the Bai family.”
Wasn’t the reason why the emperor sent Prince Xin to supervise the army so that his prince could gain military merit? Her concession… just hit the emperor’s itch, and the emperor would not disagree.
“But why?!” Bai Jinzhi bit her lips tightly, her eyes reddened, “Eldest sister, your health is not good to begin with. Why should the military merits you earned be given to that son of the dog emperor?”
Bai Qingyan looked at Bai Jinzhi’s angry expression but remained calm.
In front of the emperor, she gave a high-sounding excuse for going to southern Xinjiang…she said that she was going to defend the mountains and rivers that the Bai family had defended with their lives for generations, so she could give away her military merits without hesitation.
But in fact, she went to Southern Xinjiang… to build up the foundation of the Bai family, to tell the Bai family army and the soldiers of the Great Jin that no matter when, the Bai family will share life and death with them.
“When the dust settles, after I come back from Southern Xinjiang, I will use my military merits to exchange for some benefits from the emperor, and let your second sister become the first super-first-rank imperial consort in this capital city! I’m sure the emperor will agree, so we won’t lose out!”
“Eldest sister?!” Bai Jinxiu looked surprised.
Bai Jinzhi’s frowning brows relaxed, and he was quite surprised.
The second sister became a super first-class imperial lady, then Qin Lang…
Bai Jintong was always perceptive. She lowered her voice and asked, “Eldest sister, do you want to get the position of Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery for my second brother-in-law?”
“Qin Dezhao dared to tamper with the grain and grass in southern Xinjiang. Who can say that he was not colluding with Liu Huanzhang, who had already betrayed the country? After all, Liu Huanzhang deceived my grandfather by saying that the grain and grass were trapped in Fengcheng. The marching records also recorded that Liu Huanzhang told the Fugu officials of Fengcheng that the grain and grass had gone straight into the camp! Who would believe that they had no contact?”
“That’s right!” Bai Jinzhi’s eyes lit up. “How did Liu Huanzhang know that there was a problem with the grain? That can only mean that Qin Dezhao had colluded with Liu Huanzhang and knew the inside story a long time ago!”
Bai Qingyan smiled and looked at Bai Jinzhi: “Look… Xiao Si can figure it out! Why can’t others figure it out?”
“But…if this is true, will it implicate my second sister?!” Bai Jinzhi asked again.
“Although Qin Dezhao is not extremely smart, he is definitely not hopelessly stupid. He will not let the Loyal and Brave Marquis Mansion fall into such a situation!”
“Miss, the carriage is ready.” Nanny Tong stepped forward and bowed, holding a black cloak in her hand.
“Eldest sister is going out? Where are you going?” Bai Jinxiu asked.
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