The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 141: Imperial Power
Chapter 141 Imperial Power
Dong bowed solemnly to the Grand Princess and said, “I will go with my mother!”
Now that the Bai family’s major event has been resolved, Dong no longer needs to stay in the mansion. If we want to seek justice for the Bai family…how can we do without her? !
“I will go with the Grand Princess and my elder sister!” Dong Qingyue also said.
“I’m going too!” Bai Jinzhi shouted loudly, “I’m going with grandma!”
Fifth Madam Qi protected her belly as she was helped up the stairs by the maid beside her. Her eyes were red as she spoke firmly, “I will go with my mother as well. The hero of the Bai family has just been buried, but he has been framed and slandered by people with ulterior motives and ruthless hearts. This is intolerable! We, the widows of the Bai family… will never let the loyal soul be wronged even if we die!”
The pregnant Fifth Lady’s choked voice was full of tenacity, and her determination to seek justice for the heroes of the Bai family infected everyone, and the people responded one after another.
“Yes! We can’t let the loyal souls of the Bai family suffer injustice!” a righteous man shouted.
“You can’t all go.” The eldest princess gently patted Dong’s hand and stopped her, “We are going to ask His Majesty for help, not to force Him! You just wait for me to come back at home!”
“Since grandma won’t let me go, then we will… wait outside the Wude Gate!” Bai Qingyan’s elegant face was solemn, and his pair of black eyes were like ice crystals condensed in the cold night of midwinter, so stunning that people dared not look at them directly. “If His Majesty summons us for a confrontation, I would like to trouble you all to be witnesses for my Bai family!”
The eldest princess tightened her grip on the tiger-head stick and looked at her eldest granddaughter with a deep gaze. A Bao didn’t believe her. They were really alienated from each other!
I’m afraid her granddaughter has made up her mind to protect the Bai family with the will of the people. She would rather use the situation to force the emperor than rely on her grandmother. She would rather trust the people who have nothing to do with her than trust her grandmother.
The eldest princess’ body swayed slightly, and her heart sank.
The pain of losing her husband, son and grandson, plus the pain of her granddaughter’s separation… the eldest princess almost couldn’t hold on.
But now, in public, it is not a good time to talk about their relationship as a grandparent and grandchild.
Without waiting for the Grand Princess to speak again, Bai Jinzhi had already clasped his fists and bowed to the people, “Please wait with me outside the Wude Gate. If Your Majesty wishes to confront me, please be witnesses for the Bai family!”
“Fourth Miss, there is no need to do this! Even if Fourth Miss didn’t say it… we would definitely follow the widow of the Bai family to Wude Gate!”
“Yes! We will go together with the widow of the Bai family! If His Majesty favors us, we will report the matter to the emperor! We will never let the heroes of the Bai family be wronged! Let’s go!”
Without waiting for the widow of the Bai family to move, the common people were already arguing excitedly and walking in groups towards the Wude Gate.
“Eldest sister! Let’s go too!” Bai Jinzhi looked at Bai Qingyan with flames in her eyes.
“Grandma, she should be able to ride in a carriage faster than us! We are just outside the Wude Gate…waiting for good news from grandma.” Bai Qingyan bowed slightly to the eldest princess, his voice calm and composed.
“A Bao…” The Grand Princess called out to Bai Qingyan, “If you are afraid that Grandma will favor Prince Liang, then come with Grandma into the palace!”
Going to Wude Gate to appeal for justice was exactly the same as beating the drum on the seventh day of the first lunar month to force the emperor to report.
We can’t let Bai Qingyan lead the people to Wude Gate again. Last time, the emperor was already angry with Bai Qingyan because he led people to beat the drum… and was forced to deal with Prince Xin. If Bai Qingyan followed these people this time, even if Bai Qingyan didn’t stand up, the emperor would blame Bai Qingyan for the people surrounding Wude Gate again.
The imperial power and majesty cannot be challenged.
The eldest princess was afraid that the emperor would not dare to do anything to Bai Qingyan openly due to public opinion, so she secretly tried to kill Bai Qingyan.
“Sister, I think you should go to the palace with grandmother… to prevent His Majesty from believing the excuses given by the King of Liang. If this man really disguises himself as weak and incompetent… then his scheming is extremely deep, and we must be on guard!” Bai Jinxiu whispered to Bai Qing, “Outside the palace, there are my aunt and others. Inside the palace… I’ll leave it to you, sister.”
Bai Jinxiu felt that it would be safer for Bai Qingyan to go to the palace to confront Prince Liang, so that Prince Liang wouldn’t pretend to be submissive and shirk the responsibility of the matter and then take advantage of the situation to ask the emperor for marriage. Once the imperial edict was issued, the elder sister would have no room to turn back.
“Eldest sister! Don’t worry, we are here outside the palace!” Bai Jintong also said.
Dong felt distressed when she thought about the last time Bai Qingyan was hit with a stick in front of Wude Gate. She was not an ignorant woman who only cared about the one and a half acres of land in the back house. She also knew that Bai Qingyan could not take the lead in going to Wude Gate this time.
A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.
If one’s conduct is superior to others, people will certainly criticize him.
The lesson of the Bai family in the Zhenguo Mansion is right in front of us, and Mrs. Dong cannot let her daughter follow in their footsteps.
“Abao, follow your grandmother into the palace!” Mrs. Dong said slowly, “The palace is yours, and your mother is outside the palace!”
How could she not know that this time her mother and sisters did not want her to be the first to force the emperor to do so?
Bai Jinxiu was right. Prince Liang was cunning, and my grandmother had always been concerned about the royal family. If she was soft-hearted for a moment, or reached some agreement with the emperor to make the matter smaller, all her efforts would be in vain.
However, Bai Qingyan was not completely unprepared. If her grandmother was still loyal to the royal family this time, then she would use the stupidest and simplest method: killing people and setting fire to them!
After killing King Liang, they set fire to his palace.
But she must not use this method unless it is absolutely necessary. Not only does King Liang have Gao Sheng, who has unfathomable martial arts skills, by his side, but using this method… will definitely leave traces. She is not completely sure that she can kill King Liang with one blow. If her own family members are captured alive by King Liang’s men, the century-old reputation of the Bai family will be ruined.
More importantly, she was not completely sure of the consequences of Prince Liang’s death.
Those following Prince Liang now were all former subordinates of the Second Prince. The Second Prince had many talented people around him back then. Later, Bai Qingyan met many of them when he followed Prince Liang to the battlefield. Du Zhiwei was one of them.
The one who planned for Prince Liang, made Prince Liang pretend to be stupid and openly follow Prince Xin’s lead… secretly lay dormant and accumulated military merits, and waited for Prince Xin and Prince Qi to fight and both suffered losses… Prince Liang could return with military merits and enter the emperor’s eyes. It was Du Zhiwei.
Bai Qingyan was very wary of Du Zhiwei.
Not to mention, if the real soldier took a risky move and killed someone, the loyal servants of the Bai family would have to sacrifice their lives, and even innocent people would be implicated!
This is the worst option when there is no other choice.
She leaned close to Bai Jinxiu’s ear and gave her careful instructions. Bai Jinxiu’s eyes lit up and she nodded, “Don’t worry, elder sister! Jinxiu understands!”
The emperor wanted to be a wiser and more benevolent monarch than the previous emperor and leave his name in history, so he naturally cared about his reputation. This was the emperor’s biggest weakness.