The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1164: cautious
Chapter 1164 Caution
The royal family of a country is the cohesive force of that country.
Ye Shouguan lowered his eyes and looked at Sima Ruodan who was still crying. After a while, he turned his head and said to his attendant: “Go, take her away first and keep her under strict supervision!”
“Yes!” Ye Shouguan’s attendant walked up to Sima Ruodan and said, “Cousin, please come in!”
Sima Ruodan responded, kowtowed to Ye Shouguan again, and choked with sobs as he repeatedly asked Ye Shouguan to rescue his parents and brother as soon as possible. Then he left the study with the chief attendant.
The attendant took Sima Ruodan along the Nine-Curve Corridor and asked about her mother’s situation.
When Sima Ruodan heard this, she paused. She glanced at the sword-wielding soldiers following her, remembered Bai Qingyan’s words, and calculated that it should be almost the end of the Chou hour now.
She whispered, “Could you please lend me a hand to talk?”
The attendant was slightly startled, then glanced at the soldiers with swords behind him and said with a smile, “Miss, if you need anything, just tell me directly. I will do whatever I can for you. After all, you are the general’s niece.”
Sima Ruodan shook his teeth, holding the jade pendant on his waist, and asked tearfully: “Do you… know the origin of my mother’s jade pendant?”
Chang Sui tightened his palms, smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Sima Ruodan: “I have been in the Ye Mansion since I was a child, so I naturally know…”
Sima Ruodan walked with tears in her eyes, lowering her voice and saying, “My mother asked me to bring the jade pendant to you, saying that you are the only person in the world I can trust, and I beg you to save my mother! My uncle and mother have a deep grudge against each other, and he will never be willing to save my mother! Now I can only rely on you! I should kneel down and beg, but there are so many people here, and I am afraid of causing trouble to you, so I can only say this to you!”
Chang Sui’s throat was churning. He didn’t expect that his young lady would actually tell her daughter that he was the only person in the world she could trust.
Sima Ruodan knew that the soldiers of the Bai family army had not entered the city, so he said boldly: “When I was escaping with my brother, I was actually caught by the Emperor of the Great Zhou. The Emperor of the Great Zhou detained my brother and sent me here so that I could steal my uncle’s token and open the city gate when they came to attack the city! Otherwise… the Emperor of the Great Zhou would kill my parents, my brother, and your majesty!”
The attendant felt his head buzzing, turned around and glanced at the sword-carrying soldiers following behind him, and suppressed the disbelief in his heart and said, “Cousin, do you know what you are saying?”
“I dare not tell anyone except you. They have chopped off one of my father’s hands. I was afraid they would hurt my mother, so I agreed to come here quickly. My mother asked me to find you. You are the only person I can trust. Please… help me! I must… save my mother, father and brother! Please!” Sima Ruodan cried out of breath. “The Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty promised that once the city gates are opened, the people will not be harmed, nor will my uncle! Please save my mother for the sake of her having missed you all her life!”
When the long-servant heard this, tears welled up in his eyes. He had missed him all his life…
He still remembered that before the girl got married, she said to him cruelly that she wanted to break up with him. Later, he accidentally heard the girl say to her personal maid that she would rather he hate her than think about her all his life and stay single for her.
Just because of what the girl said, he never married in his life. In fact, he was just hoping to hold on… hoping that one day he could outlast the prefect, so that he and the girl could live together.
However, the girl is now on the verge of life and death. If she doesn’t help the girl’s daughter, not only will they not be able to live together, but the girl will also lose her life!
The attendant walked steadily and said, “I understand! I’ll take care of it! Cousin, rest assured!”
“Thank you! Thank you! The lives of my parents and brother depend on you!”
Sima Ruodan was accommodated in the guest room and was guarded by guards with swords, so he couldn’t leave the house at all.
At this time, Ye Shouguan’s deputy general was still kneeling and begging Ye Shouguan to let him lead his troops to Suining City to rescue Li Tianfu.
Listening to Vice General Zhao’s repeated requests, Ye Shouguan sat in front of the brazier in silence for a long while before speaking: “Let’s not talk about the fact that the Great Zhou Emperor is in Suining City. The Great Zhou must have a large number of troops. The Great Zhou Emperor Bai Qingyan, who led the troops, is an expert in leading troops. He was once praised by Bai Weiting for his talent as a general. Even General Yun is not a match for this Bai Qingyan! Ye Yinglan’s daughter escaped from Suining City. Could it be that the people she sent to chase Ye Yinglan’s daughter… couldn’t see that Ye Yinglan came to Yechengguan? Who knows, Bai Qingyan might be waiting for us to lead troops to rescue His Majesty, and he has already sent troops to ambush us halfway!”
Ye Shouguan has studied Bai Qingyan’s fighting methods. It seems that this man is not good at battle formations and prefers to set ambushes and cheat.
But on the battlefield, all is fair in warfare, and winning… is the bottom line.
Deputy General Zhao thought about it and it seemed to be true.
“Besides, the third son of the Bai family… Bai Qingqi, although he is not very old, he is also a powerful figure after several battles!” Ye Shouguan shook his head, “So we should be more cautious!”
“But aren’t we going to save His Majesty? General… He is the emperor of our Xiliang! If we don’t save him, the Great Zhou will really hang His Majesty in front of their army to block the arrows. How will the soldiers and people of Xiliang… look at our soldiers in Yechengguan?” Deputy General Zhao clasped his fists again, “I am willing to risk my life to go to Suining City and rescue His Majesty! Please grant me permission, General!”
Ye Shouguan raised his eyes to look at his deputy general and said, “Get up! I know you are loyal to Xiliang… to His Majesty! But the more urgent the situation is, the more we must keep our composure and not fall into other people’s traps! Yechengguan is different from other cities. It is the most important city besides Yunjing, the most important gateway. Now Xiliang is facing internal and external troubles, and there are wolves all around. If we lose Yechengguan… Xiliang’s morale will be lost!”
More importantly, Ye Shouguan vaguely felt that there was something strange about this matter. If the Great Zhou really had their Xiliang Emperor in its hands, shouldn’t it send envoys to negotiate terms with him now?
Moreover, how could Ye Yinglan’s daughter escape from the heavily guarded Suining City? Ye Shouguan still had doubts in his heart.
“General!” Deputy General Zhao’s throat rolled and his eyes were red. He was worried about the Xiliang Emperor being in the hands of the Great Zhou, and also worried about Ye Yinglan’s life. Now General Ye Shouguan has even ignored His Majesty in order to defend Yecheng Pass, let alone Ye Yinglan’s life. “Now the soldiers guarding the city know that His Majesty has been captured by the Great Zhou! I guess it has spread everywhere by now. If we don’t go to rescue him, the whole army will definitely speculate!”
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