The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1236: must not be mistaken
Chapter 1236 No Mistakes
He assured Bai Qingyan not to worry and that he would do his best to find Bai Qingyu and Xiaoqi Bai Jinse.
Life or death unknown…
At this moment, Bai Qingyan’s mind was filled with the dream in which Ayu was shot with several arrows and covered in blood, calling her… begging her to save him! In her mind, she could see Xiaoqi Bai Jinse looking up at her and smiling.
She should have been on guard!
Her rebirth was a gift from God. This time, God gave her a warning in a dream, but she just thought it was a dream!
The four words “life or death unknown” made her feel heartbroken.
Bai Qingyan pursed her lips tightly, her whole body was soaked with sweat due to the pain. She tightly grasped the military newspaper, not wanting her mother to see it and not wanting her mother to worry.
Yan State…
Is it really the State of Yan?
Is it Xiao Rongyan?
If it was Xiao Rongyan…
The pain came so intensely that Bai Qingyan almost fainted, but he managed to hold back a sound and not cry out.
No, not Xiao Rongyan!
Could it be… Queen Dowager Yan?
Bai Qingyan recalled what Bai Jintong had written in the letter, saying that the Queen Mother Yan seemed to have secretly sent people to Xiliang, and someone from Xiliang also secretly entered the Yan Palace.
So, was it because Xiao Rongyan told Queen Mother Yan about the tactics agreed upon by Da Zhou and Yan State in order to reassure his sister-in-law that caused the Bai family army… and Ayu and Xiaoqi to suffer this misfortune?
Before Bai Qingyan’s chaotic mind could figure out the matter, she had already been sent to the delivery room that had been prepared long ago… in a side hall of the bedroom.
Mrs. Dong sat beside the bed, wiping Bai Qingyan’s sweat with a handkerchief. Bai Qingyan’s aunts were also there. After all, they had all given birth to children and had experience. They could still be used before the midwife came.
Liu asked Nanny Luo to take Wang’er back and arranged for someone to make a thick ginseng soup for Bai Qingyan to use when necessary.
Li whispered to Bai Qingyan, “Abao, this pain… must come in waves. When it doesn’t hurt, just drink a few sips of water and don’t cry… Keep your strength. When the midwife comes, push hard when she tells you to! Don’t push too early. It will hurt yourself!”
After saying this, Li felt that she had said something nonsense. Abao was the most intolerant person. No matter how badly he was injured, he always kept silent.
Before the eighth girl Bai Wanqing could get close to Bai Qingyan’s bedroom, she was stopped by Nanny Zhai who was by the side of the fifth lady Qi.
Soon, Bai Qingyan received a report from the Xiliang Army, and the news of the accidental fall of the carriage spread.
General Lu, Minister Shen, and Minister Dong had already learned of the battle report from Xiliang, and they did not dare to delay and immediately entered the palace.
When General Lu went out, the Minister of Revenue Wei Bugong, the Minister of Punishment Lu Jin, and the Minister of War Zhang Duanning heard the news and came to General Lu’s residence at the same time, blocking General Lu who was about to enter the palace.
“General Lu, do you think we should go to the palace together?” Wei Bu asked General Lu respectfully, “According to the regulations, if His Majesty is unwell, ministers of our rank must go to the palace! But we have never met a female emperor, and we don’t know whether the emperor will have to go to the palace when he gives birth to a child!”
When Bai Qingyan gave birth to a child, it was like stepping into the gates of hell. It was a matter of life and death. Ministers like them should enter the palace when the emperor’s life and death was at stake.
“Yes! The Minister of Rites, Lord Liu, went to Dong Situ’s place! The Minister of Works, Lord Shen, went to Shen Sikong’s residence.” The Minister of Punishment, Lv Jin, followed suit and bowed to the Grand Marshal Lv, “Please give me your instructions, Grand Marshal Lv!”
“I did not let Jinxian into the palace because I was worried that it would be too chaotic! So… several ministers, please go to Lu’s mansion first and wait a while. I will go to the palace to ask the Queen Mother for her decision!” General Lu bowed to the three ministers, picked up the official robes, got on the carriage and left.
Following behind General Lu, Lu Jinxian made a gesture of invitation to the ministers: “Please come in, my lords!”
Wei Bugong was still hesitating when he saw Lv Jin and Lv Jinxian returning the greeting: “Thank you for bothering me!”
The first to arrive was Si Tu Dong Qingping, followed by Taiwei Lu and Sikong Shen. However, none of them could go to Bai Qingyan’s bedroom and could only wait in the front hall.
General Lu could not help but scold Fu Ruoxi, “How can you be so reckless! You should at least wait until His Majesty arrives at the palace before submitting the battle report! Don’t you know that His Majesty is pregnant? Even if His Majesty is not pregnant, His Majesty’s brother and sister are missing from the military report, you…”
“It’s my fault!” Fu Ruoxi lowered his head. He was regretting it to death now.
Seeing Fu Ruoxi admitting her mistake, General Lu was so angry that he didn’t know who to vent his anger on.
Because Bai Qingyan always attached great importance to the military report, he was in a hurry to send the report over. If he had known that Bai Qingyan would fall off the carriage after reading the military report, he would not have been so anxious to send the report over even if it meant chopping off his head!
The imperial physician had already gone to Bai Qingyan’s bedroom, and General Lu was extremely anxious.
He looked up at the sky, silently praying to God to bless Bai Qingyan to give birth to a child safely. After all… it was too rare for such a big country to have a wise and virtuous ruler like Bai Qingyan!
After Bai Qingyan ascended the throne, he finally saw the clear and bright court he had longed for, and finally saw the hope of a unified world.
He didn’t want anything to happen to Bai Qingyan at this time!
Even if… it shortens his life by ten or twenty years! Even if it takes his life right now! He still hopes that God will protect Bai Qingyan!
Having served as an official for a lifetime, Taiwei Lu knew very well that a good emperor could play a more important role in a country than ten, a hundred, or even a thousand or ten thousand Taiwei. The emperor of a dynasty is the source of a country.
In Bai Qingyan’s bedroom, the imperial physician prescribed a medicine to boost Bai Qingyan’s strength and asked Nanny Tong to personally prepare a thick medicine for Bai Qingyan to take.
Dong’s sleeves were tied up with her shoulders as she stayed by her daughter’s bed. Seeing her daughter in great pain but gritting her teeth and not making a sound, she felt heartbroken.
“Wei Zhong!” Bai Qingyan shouted loudly.
Wei Zhong hurried forward and responded through the screen: “Your Majesty!”
“Immediately send Fu Ruoxi with a military token to the Anping camp, and transfer 20,000 Anping troops to Xiliang. Set off immediately!” Bai Qingyan’s teeth chattered in pain, her mind went blank for a while, and her pale cheeks were covered with beads of sweat. She half-propped herself up with her elbows, her breathing was disordered, and her messy hair all stuck to her slender neck with obvious bumps between her breaths. She also gave orders in a clear and orderly manner, “Order Taiwei Lu to immediately convey the order to transfer the Hancheng garrison to the border of Yan State. General Shi Panshan and General Zhen Zeping will lead their troops to station in Guangling at the junction of Zhou and Yan. If there is any unusual movement in Yan State, they can go directly to Yandu without reporting! General Jiang Ruhai will go to Pingyang City to prepare for the war against Yan State. There must be no mistakes!”
Bai Qingyan is willing to believe that it was not Xiao Rongyan who betrayed the Great Zhou, but that does not mean that Bai Qingyan can trust Queen Mother Yan.