The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1228: Safety
Chapter 1228 Security
“That’s natural. Our girl is so good and beautiful. She also helped Master Cui to gain a foothold in our Yandu. Master Cui naturally cares about our girl. It’s a pity that her status is a bit low.” The maid shook her head and also thought that Cui Fengnian was not a good choice.
“Okay, stop talking and get ready! We’ll leave tomorrow morning as soon as the city gate opens!” Meng Zhaorong said.
“Yes!” the maid responded.
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Bai Qingyan slept soundly that night. Perhaps it was because he wrote down the words in his heart and had someone send them to Xiao Rongyan. He also made up his mind to avoid danger in the future as much as possible for the sake of Xiao Rongyan and the child. He felt a little relieved.
Wei Zhong and Chun Zhi saw that Bai Qingyan was sleeping soundly, so they did not call her to wake up. It was not until Wei Zhong heard a slight noise coming from inside that he whispered through the carved partition: “Miss, are you awake? Do you want someone to come in and help her wash up?”
“Hmm…” Bai Qingyan responded.
Chunzhi hurried to prepare and helped Bai Qingyan finish washing up. Only then did Wei Zhong hand the letter sent by Bai Jintong to Bai Qingyan.
“The Third Miss sent someone to deliver it. When the letter was delivered last night, the First Miss was already asleep, so I didn’t wake her up.” Wei Zhong said with a smile, “The one who delivered the letter… was the secret guard that the First Miss sent to protect the Third Miss. He said that he was waiting for the First Miss at Tianmen Pass early on, following the Third Miss’s orders, thinking that the First Miss would have to pass through Tianmen Pass when she returned from the battlefield in Xiliang.”
People in the Bai family have always been smart.
While Chunzhi was still setting the table, Bai Qingyan opened the letter…
In the letter, Bai Jintong said that the Queen Mother Yan sent people secretly to Xiliang through her mother’s family, and no one knew what they were doing. Later, people from Xiliang secretly entered the capital of Yan State and even went to the palace to meet the Queen Mother Yan.
Now that Yan State has formed an alliance with the Great Zhou, it is also ambiguous with Xiliang for unclear purposes, so Bai Qingyan needs to be careful and vigilant. She has already sent secret guards to the front line to deliver a letter to her brother, telling Bai Qingyan not to worry.
Another thing is that the Yan army and the Great Zhou army are now approaching Yunjing, and the destruction of Xiliang is unstoppable. The Yan court is now preparing for the future to divide Xiliang with the Great Zhou, and the court officials are arguing endlessly.
In the letter, Bai Jintong listed the ministers in the Yan court today, and believed that… during the war, the Great Zhou Dynasty distributed most of the spoils to the Yan State, so when it comes to dividing the cities, the Yan State cannot only care about the private interests of the ministers.
He also listed a list of ministers who seemed to have a deep blood feud with the Great Zhou and demanded that the Great Zhou not give in even an inch. He believed that they could repay the Great Zhou with huge profits, but they would not give up even an inch of land.
The ministers in both camps who had influence with Queen Mother Yan were also listed. Bai Jintong thought that since Yunjing had not been taken yet, they should prepare as soon as possible to win over one or two important ministers to the side of Great Zhou with great benefits. He asked Bai Qingyan whether they should start preparing now and take a risk to try to win them over.
There is a second thing. She told Bai Qing that she had become friends with Sima Mingdao, a descendant of Sima Sheng, a hydraulic expert who came from Sihai Pavilion in Luopan Mountain. When she heard that Great Zhou was building Guanghe Canal, Sima Mingdao had already set off for Yanwo in Great Zhou under her persuasion and encouragement. If her elder sister wanted to use this person, she could give a greeting in advance to the person in charge of building Guanghe Canal.
The Guanghe Canal was originally designed and built by Sima Mingdao’s grandfather. During her conversation with Sima Mingdao, she learned that the hydraulic expert Sima Sheng left behind complete drawings for the construction of the Guanghe Canal, which were later improved by Sima Mingdao.
When Sima Sheng came out of Sihai Pavilion, he became famous all over the world because of his Guanghe Canal. Now Sima Mingdao is willing to complete the drawings left by his grandfather and build the real Guanghe Canal to make the Sima family famous again.
In addition, Bai Jintong also said in the letter that the Queen Mother of Great Yan was determined to arrange a marriage for the Ninth Prince Murong Yan with the daughter of Minister Meng and the most beautiful woman in Yan State, Meng Zhaorong. According to Meng Zhaorong, the Queen Mother had evidence against her father and planned to force her to marry the Ninth Prince in order to win him over with her beauty, or even force her to become the Queen Mother’s spy.
Meng Zhaorong was unwilling, and Madam Meng also did not want her daughter to marry the Ninth Prince and be controlled by the Queen Mother, so she wanted to arrange for Meng Zhaorong to escape. She found her and gave her a lot of silver, asking her to help use the business route to send Meng Zhaorong out of Yan State without anyone knowing.
She felt that it was not easy for a woman to deal with the world, so she refused the money and helped send Meng Zhaorong out of Yan State and settle in Feng County. She arranged a shop for her to make a living in the future, and had someone keep her under strict supervision.
More importantly… she planned to pin the blame of Meng Zhaorong’s disappearance on the Ninth Prince Murong Yan, in order to arouse the Queen Mother’s stronger vigilance against the Ninth Prince of Yan and make the Yan court more divided. The instability of the Yan court would be a good thing for the Great Zhou.
At the end of the letter, Bai Jintong kept nagging Bai Qingyan to take care of her health. She felt that it was very rash for Bai Qingyan to lead soldiers into battle while she was pregnant, and asked her to think more about the baby in her belly and not to worry her.
Seeing that Bai Qingyan had finished reading the letter and folded it up, Wei Zhong smiled and said, “The third lady also sent a box of toys for the children. She said it was for the future nephews and nieces. I have asked someone to load it on the car.”
“Okay…” Bai Qingyan nodded with a smile, thought for a moment, stood up and walked to the table to write back to Bai Jintong.
In the letter, she asked Bai Jintong to keep his troops on hold for the time being, and she would send a letter to ask the Zhou envoy in Yan to handle the matter.
Bai Qingyan hesitated, and finally did not tell Bai Jintong that the discord between the Emperor of Yan and the Ninth Prince of Yan was just an illusion. She only told Bai Jintong not to act rashly. She had reached an agreement with the Emperor of Yan and the Ninth Prince. This time, no matter which country, Yan or Great Zhou, took Yunjing, the Emperor of Yan would take action. She told Bai Jintong to protect her own safety and not to act rashly.
Furthermore, Xiliang Li Tianjiao already knew Bai Jintong’s identity. According to Li Tianjiao’s personality, he would either sell Bai Jintong’s identity as a spy of the Great Zhou to the State of Yan, or he would hope that Bai Jintong, a spy of the Great Zhou, would cause trouble for the Great Yan and keep silent about Bai Jintong’s identity.
But no matter what, Bai Jintong must be prepared for Dayan to know her identity, keep a backup plan, and sell the shop in advance if necessary. Her safety comes first.
After asking Wei Zhong to deliver the letter, Bai Qingyan took the hot towel handed to him by Chunzhi and wiped his hands before having breakfast.
She kept thinking about what Bai Jintong had said in the letter, that Empress Dowager Yan wanted to arrange a marriage between Xiao Rongyan and Meng Zhaorong, and she couldn’t help but think of what Empress Dowager Yan had said to her when she first came to her.
This time, Xiao Rongyan gave up Yunjing and led his troops to rescue her. If the news were to get back to the capital of Yan State, it is likely that the Queen Mother of Yan would cause trouble for Xiao Rongyan again.
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