The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1154: keep one hand
Chapter 1154: Keep a Hand
She looked at Ye Yinglan and smiled, “If my guess is correct… the governor’s wife and the governor will probably ask for my brother to marry your daughter first, and then you will be willing to help the Great Zhou take over Yecheng Pass, right?”
Ye Yinglan took two steps on her knees and was about to move forward when she was stopped by Xiao Ruohai, who had a stern face…
Ye Yinglan glared at Xiao Ruohai fiercely, and then said to Bai Qing: “If Your Majesty does not trust us, you can first issue an imperial decree to arrange the marriage between my daughter and your Majesty’s younger brother, the fifth master of the Bai family, and announce it to the world. After we capture Yecheng Pass, we can let the two hold the wedding. Your Majesty… We just want to seek peace of mind! Using a marriage to save the lives of the soldiers is as cost-effective as marrying a princess!”
Bai Qingyan put the teacup heavily on the table, his brows cold, his voice even colder: “You are a stray dog, even saving your life is a problem, and you still have the guts to want to marry your daughter into the royal family of my Great Zhou! Even if the Princess of Xiliang and the Princess wanted to marry into the royal family of the Great Zhou, I would have to consider it. But she is the daughter of a governor of an enemy country who abandoned the city and fled, and her mother is a concubine, you… are worthy?”
“Your Majesty, please spare my life! Your Majesty, please spare my life!” The prefect kowtowed quickly.
Ye Yinglan was also worried, but having come this far, was he going to give up halfway?
She suppressed her fear and kowtowed, saying, “As your majesty said, we can’t even save our lives, so we need your majesty’s decree to save our lives. I admit… I am greedy. In addition to wanting to save the lives of my entire family, I also want to save the honor of our family. Only by letting my daughter marry your majesty’s brother can we feel at ease!”
Seeing Bai Qingyan’s gaze, Xiao Ruohai understood and said, “Now the imperial edict has been given to you. If you fail to take Yecheng Pass in the future and our Great Zhou breaks in, do you want our Majesty’s brother to marry the daughter of a governor who fled from the enemy country? Tell me… what are your bargaining chips!”
Ye Yinglan looked up at Xiao Ruohai in confusion.
Xiao Ruohai said to her, “I have been with your team for a while. The reason I happened to run into you is that I just came back from Yecheng Pass. The defense of Yecheng Pass is extremely strict. Ordinary generals can’t control the opening and closing of the gates, especially after the war between the two countries. Now, opening and closing the gates requires the token of General Ye Shouguan. Who in Yecheng Pass can get the token from General Ye Shouguan to open the gate?”
Ye Yinglan understood that Xiao Ruohai meant that if he wanted the imperial edict, he would have to reveal his trump card to Da Zhou.
This was as it should be. She raised her head and looked in the direction of Bai Qingyan: “Your Majesty, Ye Shouguan’s deputy general is my biggest bargaining chip! Not only does he have Ye Shouguan’s deputy general, but he also has Ye Shouguan’s concubine, who is also my woman. Ye Shouguan’s deputy general and his father once swore to the gods before my father passed away that they would protect me in this life!”
“If I let my daughter enter the city on the pretext that my wife and husband were captured and she is seeking refuge with her uncle, and if I let Ye Shouguan’s concubine steal the token and hand it to Ye Shouguan’s deputy general, and tell him that the Emperor of Great Zhou will only spare my life if the city gate is opened at the time chosen by him, then… the city gate will definitely be opened!” Ye Yinglan was very confident.
“Madam, what you said is not true. I have been in Yechengguan for so long, but I have never heard that General Ye Shouguan has any extraordinary concubines! General Ye Shouguan’s wife is the daughter of the Zhai family, one of the eight major families. He only has two concubines… One was Madam Ye’s dowry, and the other was his former concubine. But I haven’t heard that they are favored!” Xiao Ruohai still had that faint smile on his face. “After all, General Ye favored his concubine and killed his wife, causing General Ye Shouguan’s mother to die of resentment. Anyone can have a favorite concubine, but General Ye Shouguan… will never do that!”
Ye Yinglan was very surprised. She didn’t expect Xiao Ruohai to know so much about Ye Shouguan’s situation. She originally wanted to keep some tricks up her sleeve, but she didn’t expect to be exposed so easily.
Bai Qingyan stood up, and Xiao Ruohai quickly followed suit, bowing in Bai Qingyan’s direction and saying, “I’m not interested in wasting time here, listening to other people talking nonsense!”
“Farewell, Your Majesty…” Xiao Ruohai bowed again.
The prefect was so frightened that he could not move. Ye Yinglan followed on his knees and tried to grab Bai Qingyan’s clothes, but Wei Zhong swept his hand away with his whisk. His hand suddenly felt a piercing pain.
“Your Majesty! Your Majesty!” Ye Yinglan covered his wrist and shouted at Bai Qingyan’s back, “Your Majesty, would you rather let your Great Zhou soldiers sacrifice their lives than let your brother marry my daughter? Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of soldiers die, and marry a girl from Xiliang, can’t Your Majesty figure out what is the most cost-effective way?”
Bai Qingyan didn’t answer, nor did he stop. Ye Yinglan became more and more panicked, and his voice became louder and louder: “Your Majesty! If you do this… Aren’t you afraid that it will make the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty feel disappointed? In the heart of the Great Zhou Emperor, the lives of these soldiers are not as important as his own brother’s marriage!”
Xiao Ruohai stood up and said, “Madam, you should tell me the truth, so that I can report to His Majesty. Otherwise… let alone the wealth and glory that you, Madam, want to keep, even the lives of your family… I’m afraid you won’t be able to save them!”
Seeing that Bai Qingyan had left, the governor turned around and called his wife. Ye Yinglan was already a little panicked. She was still thinking about it when she heard Xiao Ruohai shouting outside: “Someone, go and bring the governor’s son and daughter!”
When Ye Yinglan heard that even her son was going to be brought along, she was startled and straightened her back: “What are you going to do!”
Xiao Ruohai sat down on the chair holding the hem of his clothes and said, “Madam, please rest assured. Please come over and sit down with me. As long as you tell me honestly, who did you go through to get the token of General Ye Shouguan, and who you have available in Yechengguan, and how you use them! Otherwise, I can’t guarantee the safety of you and your daughter!”
Ye Yinglan suddenly straightened his back and shouted loudly: “How dare you! The worst that can happen is that both sides will die! I will go and tell your soldiers of the Great Zhou that their emperor does not want his brother to marry my daughter, so let them bleed… and die! Let’s see if your soldiers of the Great Zhou are still willing to serve such an emperor who does not care about the lives of the soldiers!”
Xiao Ruohai nodded, looking like he believed in the governor’s wife very much: “Of course I believe that the governor’s wife dares to fight to the death, but why is the governor’s wife so confident? Today… I will let you leave this governor’s mansion? It’s just a Yecheng Pass. At worst, we can take it down!”
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