The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1217: Thanks for your hard work
Chapter 1217 Thank you for your hard work
Although the mountain of corpses outside Gyantse City was cleaned up overnight, the blood that had seeped into the ground could not be dealt with. The ground outside the city was mixed with blood and mud, and looked like large patches of dark red.
Soon, Liu Pinggao and Du Sanbao led the Great Zhou army and the Yan army and rode back at full speed, facing the dazzling morning light that leaped out from the rolling sea of clouds in the eastern sky. Behind them were the Xiliang captives captured by the Great Zhou army and the Yan army.
The sentinels on the city wall saw the flags of the Great Zhou Army and the Yan Army and shouted, “They are back… The general and the reinforcements are back! They brought prisoners with them!”
The soldiers of the Great Zhou looked into the distance and cheered. They hoped that Liu Pinggao and Du Sanbao could capture General Cui Shanzhong, the chief commander of Xiliang. This would greatly boost morale, and if the news could be passed on to the front lines… it would surely make the soldiers on the front lines fight even more bravely.
The wound on Du Sanbao’s arm was wrapped with torn strips of cloth from his cloak, and there was an arrow with broken feathers stuck in it on the armor on his chest.
Although Du Sanbao was not seriously injured, he had a lot of external injuries. He did not look very happy, with his head hung, looking remorseful.
He originally wanted to capture General Cui Shanzhong alive to redeem himself for his crime, but in the end he failed to capture General Cui. He didn’t know how to explain to His Majesty when he returned.
Liu Pinggao looked back at Du Sanbao who was following behind him, tapped Du Sanbao’s helmet lightly with his whip, and scolded: “That’s enough! Cheer up!”
Du Sanbao, who was staggering on horseback, straightened his helmet which was knocked askew by Liu Pinggao, and ignored what Liu Pinggao said.
This time, Du Sanbao attacked the camp on his own initiative, causing Xiliang to attack the city ahead of schedule. He was really scared, and in the future, even if someone encouraged him to kill first and report later, he would not dare to do so.
It was because when he was under the command of General Wang Xiping, he always acted first and reported later, and he always succeeded by accident. Therefore, General Wang Xiping never punished him. On the contrary, Du Sanbao, a soldier who was brave enough to kill the enemy, was very much loved and respected by him. This is how Du Sanbao developed such a character.
Liu Pinggao pulled the reins to slow down, and walked side by side with Du Sanbao, saying, “Look back, I’ll ask His Majesty for mercy on your behalf and send you to the front line as a pioneer. You should do your best to make up for your crime! From now on… you must never execute someone first and ask for permission later! Do you hear me?”
When Du Sanbao heard that he was being sent to the front line as a pioneer, he immediately responded, “Okay!”
“We are back from a victorious battle, and the soldiers are so happy. Don’t hang your head.” Liu Pinggao was used to seeing Du Sanbao’s smug look, but he was not used to seeing him looking like an eggplant hit by frost. “If someone didn’t know, they would think we had lost the battle!”
Du Sanbao tightly grasped the reins and said, “I will kneel before His Majesty’s residence and plead guilty! General Liu… you must plead for me!”
“Let’s go find a military doctor to bandage your wounds first! His Majesty can’t bear to see our soldiers get hurt!” Liu Pinggao comforted Du Sanbao, “Don’t worry, I will definitely speak well of you!”
The city gate was getting closer and closer. Du Sanbao cheered up and entered the city with Liu Pinggao and the general of Yan State.
The soldiers and the people were all cheering, for they had won the battle and escaped disaster.
Seeing Wang Jin and his men waving at him from the top of Chenglou, Du Sanbao smiled and waved at Wang Jin as well. However, he pulled his wound and grimaced in pain.
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The sun slowly rose, and the sunlight became brighter. The dazzling golden light moved from the shiny dark blue roof tiles to the west courtyard wall. Soon, it coated the red pillars under the eaves of the corridor with a layer of golden light, covering the blue bricks with small rain pits on the floor, and the carved and hollow window frames.
A beam of light shone in from outside, reflecting the floating dust, and slowly moved from the wooden bed with cypress carvings of longevity and good fortune patterns to… the forehead and eyes of the woman who was sleeping on the footstool of the wooden bed and lying on the hidden bag beside the bed.
Sensing the light, Bai Qingyan’s eyelashes trembled. She wanted to open her eyes, but her eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and she couldn’t open them. In her hazy dream, she saw Xiao Rongyan. She suddenly opened her eyes, came to her senses, and quickly stood up to touch Xiao Rongyan’s forehead.
It’s not as hot as it was yesterday. The heat has finally dropped.
Bai Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief, only then did he realize that his legs were very numb after lying like this all night.
She placed her hands on the bed and slowly called out, “Chunzhi…”
Wei Zhong, who was guarding outside the door, came in quickly: “Your Majesty, Miss Chunzhi has been guarding all night and has just gone to bed! What do you want, Your Majesty?”
“My legs are numb, help me up…” Bai Qingyan said.
With a big belly, Bai Qingyan didn’t dare to be careless, for fear of falling if she stood up.
After hearing this, Wei Zhong walked around the screen, opened the curtain with his hand and came in, helped Bai Qingyan up, and said, “Your Majesty, would you like some chicken soup? There is a small fire in the kitchen, and I will feed some to the Ninth Prince.”
Wei Zhong didn’t say anything, but Yue Shi came early this morning and said he wanted to come and serve his master, but Wei Zhong persuaded him to go back. After all, it was now said that the Ninth Prince was recuperating in the next yard, and if Yue Shi stayed here with Bai Qingyan, people might find out his flaws.
Yue Shi felt that what Wei Zhong said was right, so he went back with his head hung.
Bai Qingyan was about to say that she would just give Xiao Rongyan a bowl when she noticed the baby in her belly moving. She lowered her eyes and gently stroked her belly, nodding: “Okay, are General Liu Pinggao and the others back?”
“We just entered the city and captured a lot of prisoners, but we failed to capture General Cui Shanzhong. General Liu said that he would report the specific battle report to Your Majesty after His Majesty wakes up! The Yan army has also been properly settled in the city, Your Majesty, don’t worry.” After Wei Zhong answered truthfully, he said, “Last night, the food from Bailong City was delivered. Your Majesty was asleep, and the guards of the Bai family went to check the food and have received it. Miss Chunzhi has already placed the book on Your Majesty’s desk.”
She nodded. “There is a letter on the table. Send someone to deliver it to Ayu at the front line! Also, give the reward standard for defending the city and the punishment for Du Sanbao’s unauthorized leading of people out of the city to attack the Xiliang military camp at night to General Liu Pinggao. Let him handle it.”
“Yes!” Wei Zhong nodded, “Then I will go down first and have someone bring in hot water for Your Majesty to wash up, and then have the military doctor come over to check the pulse of the Ninth Prince.”
“Yeah!” she responded and turned to look at Xiao Rongyan who had not yet woken up.
Soon, the maids came in one after another, placed hot water and toiletries in the room, and then left, without figuring out why His Majesty did not allow anyone to serve him today.
The military doctor knew that Bai Qingyan was worried about Xiao Rongyan, so he had made preparations early. As soon as Wei Zhong sent someone over, the military doctor came over with the medicine box on his back.
After checking Xiao Rongyan’s pulse and seeing that his fever had subsided, the military doctor breathed a sigh of relief. He bowed to Bai Qingyan and said, “Your Majesty, don’t worry. The high fever has subsided. As long as the Ninth Prince takes the medicine properly, he will be fine.”
Bai Qingyan nodded: “Thank you for your hard work!”
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