The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1151: appease
Chapter 1151 Comfort
Lu Ninghua liked the little girl Lechen in her heart, but if this little girl wanted to harm the Bai family, she would not let this little girl succeed even if she risked her life!
Otherwise, how could she be worthy of the kindness shown to her by the Grand Princess, and how could she be worthy of the kindness shown to her by the Bai family and the eldest lady in saving her cousin!
“Aunt Lu…” Bai Qingyan turned to look at Lu Ninghua and Lu Liaochen, “Don’t make it difficult for Liaochen. I like this child very much…”
If there really was something wrong with Liaochen, Aqi would not have been kept in the dark. Aqi must have checked this girl named Lu Liaochen and knew that she had a clean background, so she kept her by her side. Bai Qingyan still had some confidence in her brother. When she had free time… she would ask Aqi about the girl’s background and why Aqi kept her in the military camp.
What if Aqi really likes this girl, and she rashly drives her away now? Wouldn’t Aqi be sad?
Bai Qingqi glanced at her elder sister, but didn’t say anything, and pushed Bai Qingyun into the door.
This official residence in Xiliang was built according to the old standards of the State of Yan. It has a black lacquered gate with gold nails. Upon entering, you will see landscape paintings, white walls, green tiles, red pillars and carved rafters, and carved eaves depicting hundreds of children playing in the spring. If you didn’t know better, you would have thought you were entering the residence of an official of the State of Yan.
The slaves who had served in this mansion knelt on the ground trembling. They were slaves that the master could beat, scold, or buy at will, and the master did not take them with him when he fled…
Those who took advantage of the chaos to steal their master’s property and fled were captured by Zhou’s army, and their lives or deaths are still unknown. Those who did not have the chance to escape were even more panicked and at a loss.
Now the mansion is full of soldiers with swords, and they are afraid of being chopped if they are not careful.
After sending Bai Qingyan and his party to a warm room with a floor heating system, Wei Zhong took the cloak Chunzhi had taken from Bai Qingyan and said with a smile, “Your Majesty and the generals are going to discuss important military and political matters, so I will go to the kitchen to prepare dinner for Your Majesty. The mutton in Xiliang is good, so why not have mutton soup for dinner today? What do you think, Your Majesty?”
“Then please trouble Eunuch Wei to have people prepare it. Tonight, our brothers and sisters and General Wei will have mutton soup.” Bai Qingyan smiled and asked Wei Zhaonian, “What do you think, General Wei?”
“Everything is arranged by General Xiaobai, it’s all good!” Wei Zhaonian, who only had one eye left, said with a smile.
Bai Qingyun, sitting in front of the map, stared at the direction of Yecheng Pass: “The governor has already escaped last night. I think it won’t be long before General Ye of Yecheng Pass will receive the news that Suining City has been breached. He will definitely strengthen the defense. Abandoning the two sides of Yecheng Pass and detouring will probably consume more manpower and material resources than attacking Yecheng Pass!”
“The most important thing…is morale!” Bai Qingqi turned to look at his elder sister. “My elder sister wants to capture Yecheng Pass because Ye Shouguan is a general that almost everyone in Xiliang knows, except for Yun Poxing. He was also an undefeated general in his early years. However, because he offended the previous emperor of Xiliang, Ye Shouguan was sent back to Yecheng Pass to guard the city.”
Bai Qingyan nodded: “If Ye Chengguan is still there, and Li Tianjiao returns to Yunjing and raises his arm, there may still be passionate people in Xiliang who will fight to the death! But… after Yun Poxing and Ye Shouguan were defeated one after another, I dare not say that everyone in Xiliang will be afraid of Da Zhou, at least most people dare not fight Da Zhou head-on!”
The sound of a maid crying could be heard faintly from outside the partition. Bai Qingyan glanced outside the partition and said, “Are there any civilians or servants in the city who have not escaped in time…”
She turned to look at Shen Qingzhu and said, “Have people re-register the population. Once we conquer a city, we will implement our Great Zhou’s new policies in that city. We will treat the people of Xiliang as our own people and tell them that they will be exempted from taxes for three years. The court will also send people to deliver food, as long as they are content to become citizens of the Great Zhou.”
“But Xiliang is different from us and Yan State. Xiliang is a foreign race. When the world was not yet divided, Xiliang often caused trouble. It may be very difficult to integrate with them…” Wei Zhaonian was quite worried.
“The people just want to live a good life! Although… the people of Xiliang are different from us in appearance, but after so many years, we have the same writing system and the same wheel gauge. Our current unification is easier than the path our ancestors took. We are walking on the road they have already paved for us. As long as we use both hardness and softness, we will surely bring peace to this area.”
Wei Zhaonian nodded after listening and clasped his fists to Bai Qingyan: “Little Bai Shuai’s thoughts are more appropriate than mine!”
“General Wei was once a think tank under my fourth uncle. I regard General Wei as one of my own. Let’s not say these empty flattering words.”
As soon as Bai Qingyan finished speaking with a smile, Bai Qingjue came with Bai Jinzhao and Bai Jinhua.
“Eldest sister…”
The three of them saluted towards Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan, who was standing in front of the map, nodded and waved for the three people to come over. He took the tea handed by Chunzhi and sat down aside: “Look at the topographic map of Yecheng Pass. Let’s get together and think about how to take down Yecheng Pass as quickly as possible. The faster we take down Yecheng Pass, the faster Xiliang’s morale will fall!”
As soon as Bai Qingyan finished speaking, he heard someone from outside reporting that Xiao Ruohai wanted to see him for something important.
“Isn’t the eldest sister’s foster brother following the fourth sister?” Bai Jinzhao tensed up, “Did something happen to the fourth sister?”
“No, if something happened to Fourth Sister, Eldest Sister’s foster brother would definitely come in by now. How could our Bai Family Army not know Xiao Ruohai…” Bai Jinse comforted Bai Jinzhao, who had a nervous expression.
Bai Qingjue rubbed Bai Jinzhao’s head and ordered: “Please come in quickly…”
Soon, Xiao Ruohai, dressed as a Xiliang man, walked in. He had a big Xiliang beard and looked quite like a Xiliang man, except that he was covered in dust and his eyes were bloodshot. One could tell at a glance that he must have been traveling day and night without taking any time to rest.
“Isn’t Brother Ru following Xiao Si?” Bai Qingyan asked, “But is there any news from General Shen and Xiao Si that Brother Ru can send to me?”
“After the eldest lady left, the fourth lady said that her subordinates would not be able to play a greater role if they stayed by her side. The commanders of the cities she was going to attack were not famous generals, so she sent her subordinates to Yecheng Pass and asked them to draw a detailed map of Yecheng Pass to ensure that the eldest lady could find a way to attack Yecheng Pass from the detailed map…”
As he spoke, Xiao Ruohai took out the map of Yechengguan from his arms, handed it to Bai Qingyan, and took two steps back.
In addition to his outstanding martial arts, Xiao Ruohai’s greatest skill is drawing detailed maps and finding out the locations of enemy grain depots and weapons depots…
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