The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1192: wait for tomorrow
Chapter 1192 Waiting for Tomorrow
Feng Yao came up with the hot tea, and Xiao Rongyan pointed at the table beside him, motioning Feng Yao to put it down.
Xiao Rongyan was not angry with General Song. Instead, he signaled Yue Shi not to say anything more. He just looked at General Song and shook the hem of his clothes, saying, “Since General Song is so loyal to Your Majesty, I think he must be able to think of a way to have the best of both worlds. Otherwise… how can he be considered to be loyal to Your Majesty without reservation and wholeheartedly! Right… General Song!”
General Song was choked by Xiao Rongyan’s words. He was about to retort, but when he met Xiao Rongyan’s eyes, he felt as if someone was strangling his throat.
Xiao Rongyan tapped the table with his fingers: “Then… I will give General Song one incense stick of time. If he can’t figure it out, he will be punished with a military stick. Fifty military sticks is a bargain for General Song!”
After saying this, Xiao Rongyan hid the goose hairpin in his hand, picked up the teacup, ordered someone to light a stick of incense, and slowly blew hot air into the teacup.
Yue Shi felt a little relieved when he saw General Song’s ugly face.
“Your Highness, please calm down!” A general hurriedly pleaded for General Song, kneeling on one knee and clasping his fists, saying, “General Song should have been severely punished for offending Your Highness, but now is the time to use people, and General Song is the most courageous on the battlefield. Your Highness, please consider that General Song was the first to rush into the city this time, and show some leniency and spare General Song this time!”
Xiao Rongyan smiled and said, “How can this be forgiveness? General Song keeps saying that he is loyal to His Majesty. I am just giving General Song a chance. If he can come up with a solution, it will be a great achievement… As for the crime of offending me, I will definitely not let it go! But if General Song can’t come up with it…”
The smile on Xiao Rongyan’s lips became colder, and his eyes were filled with terrifying murderous intent. “In my Yan army, as a general, he pulled the banner of Your Majesty and put the blame on me for something he couldn’t do. I’m fine with that, but if he put the blame on his subordinates…wouldn’t he force my subordinates to death if they couldn’t do it? Such a general is a god of war, and I, Murong Yan, don’t want him. If General Song really can’t think of a way out and survives the fifty military sticks, then get out of here and go back to Yandu!”
General Song was so angry that his face turned red: “Your Majesty, by doing this, it seems that you are trying to undermine your Majesty’s power in the army!”
These words were very serious, and the faces of the generals in the entire war suddenly turned ugly.
“General Song, what are you talking about!” The general who was on good terms with General Song scolded him and knelt down to beg for mercy, “Your Highness, please let General Song go. General Song is just talking nonsense because he is so angry!”
“Why, did I ask you to think that this best of both worlds method you mentioned is to undermine His Majesty’s power in the army, or do you think… you can represent His Majesty in the army?” Xiao Rongyan laughed softly, and his laughter was creepy. “General Song, you should be thankful that I still recognize your loyalty to His Majesty, otherwise… your head would not be on your neck now!”
Soon a stick of incense burned out. General Song looked grim and was dragged out by the soldiers and beaten with fifty military sticks. Yue Shi carried out the execution personally. General Song fainted right after the beating and was carried back to the battlefield by his subordinates.
At this time, Xiao Rongyan had finished the tea in his hand and put the cup aside: “What do you think of a way to have the best of both worlds?”
The generals in the tent looked around and said nothing.
Xiao Rongyan straightened his clothes nonchalantly and said, “If you don’t have any way to have the best of both worlds, then… follow the Great Zhou’s practice and win over the people of Xiliang. Let’s see… how many people of Xiliang we can win for our Great Yan!”
After saying that, Xiao Rongyan stood up and walked out of the tent.
The generals quickly stood up, bowed respectfully in the direction of Xiao Rongyan, and escorted him out of the tent.
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On the first day of February, Bai Qingyan arrived at Gyantse City with his army and refugees.
There were already many refugees outside the city of Gyantse who had come here after hearing the news, but the general guarding the city did not receive orders from above, so he did not dare to let these refugees from Xiliang into the city without authorization. However, because he had received the news from Yecheng Pass, he did not take the initiative to drive them away.
As soon as Bai Qing’s messenger arrived, he immediately ordered people to register the refugees from Xiliang to enter the city, allocate residences and farmland to them, and asked the soldiers to repair the damaged houses to ensure that the people could move in directly.
The people who were allocated houses and food returned to their homes in Gyantse City with their wives and children, and their eyes filled with tears of excitement. From then on, they had a home, and they no longer had to wander around like they had in the previous few months, worrying about starving to death at any time. They also had to guard against robbery by the Tianfeng Kingdom’s army and bandits who could not make a living and lived in fear every day!
Now that I have finally settled down and become a citizen of the Great Zhou, I have food allocated by the imperial court so I won’t starve to death. I have a house to live in and land to farm. Although I owe the government money and food, at least I’m alive.
In times of war, survival is everything to the common people, not to mention that the Great Zhou provides them with this stability.
As soon as Bai Qingyan arrived in Gyantse City and arranged things, Chunzhi took care of him and he went to bed. The battle report sent from the front line was suppressed by Wei Zhong because it was a victory report. Wei Zhong wanted to wait until Bai Qingyan woke up before reporting it.
During this period, Bai Qingyan had not had a good rest. After all, she was pregnant, and Wei Zhong did not have the heart to wake Bai Qingyan up.
Bai Qingyan had slept for three hours and the meal had already been prepared. Chunzhi checked back and forth more than ten times, but Bai Qingyan had not woken up yet. She could only ask the kitchen to simmer the meal and serve it as soon as Bai Qingyan woke up.
It was already midnight when she woke up. The cooks in the kitchen were all on high alert and did not dare to rest. When they heard that His Majesty had woken up, they immediately sent someone to put the food into a black lacquered and gold-painted food box and sent it to where Bai Qingyan was staying. The kitchen also started to get busy preparing the dishes.
Behind the screen and curtain, Bai Qingyan changed her clothes and rinsed her mouth in the inner room. The maids came in one after another carrying food boxes. Wei Zhong personally placed the meal on the round table. After tasting the dishes, the maids left in a flash.
“Your Majesty, it’s time to eat.” Wei Zhong reminded in a low voice behind the screen.
Chunzhi fastened the frosty orchid button for Bai Qingyan, folded her hands in front of her belly, took small steps back to the front of the curtain and lifted it for Bai Qingyan, then came out from the inner room with Bai Qingyan.
“Have any battle reports been delivered?” Bai Qingyan asked after wiping his hands with a hot towel after sitting down.
“It’s a victory report, so I didn’t disturb your majesty.” Wei Zhong took the victory report from the square plate held by the eunuch behind him and handed it to Bai Qingyan, “Deyang City has been captured…”
Bai Qingyan glanced at it roughly. The battle report mentioned whether her brothers and sisters were injured. Bai Qingyan asked Wei Zhong again: “Where are the soldiers who delivered the battle report?”
“I’m resting now. If Your Majesty has anything you want to ask, why not wait until tomorrow?” Wei Zhong said with a smile.
The third update, good night, my little ancestors!
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