The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1153: Marriage
Chapter 1153 Marriage
Seeing her daughter’s anxious look, Ye Yinglan patted her daughter’s hand and said, “Don’t worry, mother is not a pushover. If mother’s daughter wants to get married, she will naturally marry the most outstanding man in their royal family! But if it really doesn’t work…you can’t blame mother! This is all for the survival of our family!”
Seeing her daughter biting her lower lip, Ye Yinglan said, “Having both legs disabled has its advantages. A husband like this… you will be the one to control the future!”
“Mother…” Ye Yinglan’s daughter held her mother’s hand, glanced at her father who was standing by her side with an anxious look on his face but did not dare to urge her mother, walked to the side with her mother, and whispered, “Mother, I have an idea…”
“You said…” Ye Yinglan nodded.
“Mother, you have always said that when a woman gets pregnant and gives birth, it is like stepping into the gates of hell. You said… if I could marry the brother of the Great Zhou Emperor, and the Great Zhou Emperor was unable to give birth to the child safely, and if there were really two deaths, mother… who do you think the Great Zhou throne would fall to?”
Ye Yinglan’s daughter whispered to her mother that she knew her grandmother had many such secret methods, otherwise when her grandmother was still alive, it would have been impossible for her to have such a stable position in the Ye family, making her grandfather feel that her grandmother was virtuous and gentle, and always be honored and favored.
Ye Yinglan was startled, then turned to look at her daughter. Seeing that she was still like a little girl, she chuckled, “Mother didn’t realize that you still have such a broad mind!”
She stepped back in panic and bowed to her mother: “I am only saying this for you, for the sake of the lives of our family of four and for our future prosperity. If you think this is not feasible, just think of it as nonsense.”
“Madam, the people who came to invite us have been waiting outside for a long time!” the prefect urged timidly.
Ye Yinglan patted her daughter’s hand, straightened her clothes, picked up the shelf, glanced at her husband with the corner of her eye and said, “Let’s go!”
After all, this is the prefect’s residence, the home of the prefect’s wife. The prefect’s wife believes that she is the key to helping Bai Qingyan capture Yechengguan. Before Bai Qingyan arrived, the prefect’s wife had already sat in the main seat and straightened her sleeves.
The governor wanted his wife to get up, but he didn’t dare to force her. He just stood beside her, pulled her sleeve, and whispered, “Hurry up! The emperor will be here soon. Even if we have a way, it’s so rude. What if we get dragged out and have our heads chopped off?”
Ye Yinglan glared at her useless husband: “Look at how useless you are. We are in our own home! Besides… isn’t she here yet?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Qingyan and Xiao Ruohai had already arrived at the front hall.
The governor didn’t care about being afraid of his wife. He pulled her up and saluted: “Your Majesty!”
Ye Yinglan also smiled and bowed to Bai Qingyan: “Greetings, Your Majesty. Please take a seat!”
Bai Qingyan glanced at the formal and polite governor, then glanced at Ye Yinglan, and sat down in the main seat: “I heard that the governor’s wife is the sister of General Ye Shouguan, the commander of Yecheng Pass?”
“That’s right…” Ye Yinglan responded with a smile and continued, “I have a way to help Your Majesty capture Yecheng Pass.”
After Ye Yinglan finished speaking, she pursed her lips and smiled, as if waiting for Bai Qingyan to ask further questions.
But Bai Qingyan only glanced at her, took the hot tea brought by Wei Zhong, and blew air into the teacup slowly, seemingly not intending to ask further questions. Ye Yinglan tightened her palms, smiled and stepped forward to salute again, and said: “I can also tell your majesty how to seize Yechengguan, but… I just hope that your majesty can give me some mercy.”
“It seems that the favor the governor’s wife wants is not small.” Bai Qing said indifferently.
Ye Yinglan glanced at her husband, and the governor immediately stepped forward, bowed respectfully, and said to Bai Qing: “Your Majesty, you don’t know that my wife is the sister of Ye Shouguan, the guard of Yecheng Pass. The grace my wife is asking for is actually closely related to the capture of Yecheng Pass this time. Yecheng Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there is a granary in the city. Even if the city is not opened, Yecheng Pass will not have a problem holding out for a few months!”
“My daughter calls Ye Shouguan uncle…” The governor secretly glanced at Bai Qingyan, lowered his eyes and continued, “If… Your Majesty can grant me a favor and let my daughter marry your brother, then… the two families will be related by marriage, and then let my wife take my daughter back to Yechengguan to persuade Ye Shouguan to surrender.”
“Do you think that my brothers’ marriages are something that anyone can marry up to?” Bai Qingyan fiddled with the rising and falling tea stems in the clear tea soup. His voice was still as gentle as usual, but when he raised his eyes again, his eyes were as cold as the icicles hanging under the corridor, chilling.
The governor was so frightened that his knees went weak and he fell to his knees.
Bai Qingyan narrowed his eyes and said, “Besides, I heard that General Ye favored his concubine and killed his wife, and that Ye Shouguan and Madam Ling had a deep hatred for each other. You are trying to persuade Ye Shouguan to surrender? I think… you guys are trying to fool me like a fool!”
The governor kowtowed hastily and said anxiously, “Your Majesty, I dare not fool you! If Ye Shouguan is unwilling, with my status as a humble wife and my own connections in the Ye family, I will be able to incite these people to open the gates of Yechengguan and let the Great Zhou army in!”
Upon hearing this, Ye Yinglan also hurriedly stepped forward to pay her respects. “Your Majesty, the Ye family has guarded the Yecheng Pass for generations. When my father was still alive, he loved me the most. Before he passed away, he was worried that I would be bullied and retaliated by Ye Shouguan, so he left me some connections so that if Ye Shouguan dared to retaliate after my father passed away, I would be able to protect myself! I dare to swear to the gods… I will not lie, otherwise my entire family will die! My son will die without descendants, and my daughter will become a prostitute and will never be reborn!”
Bai Qingyan adjusted his sitting position, leaning his back against the chair, and looked coldly at the Xiliang woman who dared to swear to the gods. The people of Xiliang believed in gods, so they would believe in someone who dared to swear by gods, let alone such a poisonous oath with their own children.
Furthermore, what the wife of the prefect said about General Ye leaving her with connections is credible. Her mother was a favorite concubine… and when she was alive, she would naturally be good at making connections. It is reasonable for the mother and daughter to have one or two connections in their hands.
However, even so, the Bai family would never trade their own offspring’s marriage for convenience. But what the prefect’s wife said made Bai Qingyan have other ideas.
“The prefect and his wife are asking us, the Bai family, to exchange our marriage for their love after just a few words.” Bai Qingyan held the teacup in his hand, stroking the edge of the cup with his fingers.
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