The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 155: Fuguo Zhengtu
Chapter 155: The Right Path to Assisting the Nation
“Be careful!” Bai Jintong reminded him worriedly.
“I’m afraid I won’t be able to see you off on the 15th. Be careful when you go out!” Bai Jinxiu’s eyes turned red, and she looked at Bai Qingyan, “My elder sister is going to Southern Xinjiang. If Jinxiu can’t go to see her off, my elder sister, please remember to be careful. Jinxiu will be in Dadu…waiting for my elder sister to return with the whole family in glory.”
“I’ll take my second sister back!” Bai Jinzhi stood up and said.
Bai Qingyan said to Bai Jinzhi, “Go to grandmother and ask Nanny Jiang to personally send Jinxiu to the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery’s Mansion, and you and the others will accompany her! So that everyone in the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery’s Mansion will know… Behind Jinxiu stands grandmother, the Grand Princess, and my widow of the Bai family. Let everyone in the capital know that Jinxiu is not someone who can be bullied.”
“Eldest sister, grandmother said yesterday that when second sister returns to the Marquis’ Mansion, Nanny Jiang will accompany her in the Grand Princess’ carriage! We will pave the way for second sister back to the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery’s Mansion as smooth as possible.” Bai Jintong whispered.
Although this was reasonable, Bai Qingyan really didn’t expect her grandmother to take the initiative to do this. She nodded and said, “Okay, then I don’t have to worry about anything.”
Watching her three sisters leave, she said to Chuntao, “Chuntao, change your clothes… send someone to call Xiao Ruohai over.”
Chun Tao saw that Bai Qingyan looked extremely bad. She wanted to persuade him but knew it was useless. She could only bow with tears in her eyes and said, “Yes!”
Before she could fall into a deep sleep, she slept for two days.
I wonder if there has been any unusual movement by Prince Liang in prison in the past two days. I wonder if Gao Sheng, Tong Ji, and Tian Weijun… have been interrogated to find out anything.
When Xiao Ruohai learned that Bai Qingyan had woken up, he had been waiting for Bai Qingyan to call him, so he came very quickly.
“The maid Chunyan, who was by the eldest lady’s side, confessed everything as soon as she was used. She died of excessive blood loss last night. Gao Sheng was a tough guy. I heard that there was an interrogator under the Dali Temple who couldn’t get any information out of him. Tong Ji was tortured in prison, but he didn’t know anything. Only Tian Weijun told everything he knew, but none of them were to the point. However, the Southern Xinjiang Grain Draft must be related to King Liang.”
Xiao Ruohai bent down properly and concisely relayed the news from prison to Bai Qingyan.
“There is one more thing. On the second day of the funeral at the Bai Mansion… the King of Qi came to the Bai Mansion in disguise and handed a token to the Grand Princess, seemingly wanting to see the young lady. But the young lady was not awake at the time. The Grand Princess had a secret conversation with the King of Qi for about half an hour, and then quietly left the mansion. Only the Grand Princess and her wife knew about this.”
Bai Qingyan was not surprised. Without Prince Xin, it was only natural for Prince Qi to be appointed as the crown prince. No one else would be thinking of Prince Qi on the trip to Southern Xinjiang. It was normal for Prince Qi to want to test her before leaving.
As for what her grandmother had said to the King of Qi, she no longer cared.
“Big Miss, the third girl came over suddenly…”
As soon as Chuntao finished speaking, Bai Jintong, who was breathing heavily, had already lifted the curtain and walked in.
“Eldest sister…” Bai Jintong bowed to Bai Qingyan and said, “According to the imperial decree, the King of Qi has been canonized as the Crown Prince. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he will personally lead an expedition to southern Xinjiang. His Majesty has ordered the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue to personally collect food and fodder.”
Bai Jintong rushed over as soon as he got the news.
When the prince goes to war, my eldest sister must accompany him, which means… my eldest sister will also have to leave the capital at the age of fifteen.
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it’s gone so fast.
She gently rubbed the corner of her clothes with her fingers and nodded: “I understand.”
Chun Tao, who was standing outside the courtyard, saw Nanny Qin, who was beside Dong, walking quickly towards her and bowed, “Nanny Qin…”
“Is the eldest girl awake?”
“He is awake and talking to the third young lady. I will go and report it to her right away.”
Just as Chun Tao was about to lift the curtain and enter the room, she heard Nanny Qin say, “The Crown Prince has come down and wants to see the eldest lady in the front hall. Madam is drinking tea with the Crown Prince.”
Chuntao was startled and hurried into the room.
Bai Qingyan had heard it, she stood up and told Chuntao: “Bring the fox fur!”
The expedition will start on the fifteenth day. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may want to ask Bai Qingyan for advice on how to deal with the combined forces of Southern Yan and Western Liang. This is reasonable. After all, this military achievement belongs to the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince hopes to win this battle more than anyone else, so as to establish his unshakable position as the crown prince with this military achievement.
She followed Nanny Qin to the front hall, where Dong was drinking tea with the Crown Prince. From the corner of her eye, she saw the thin woman in plain white clothes holding the hand of a maid and stepping into the main hall. The Crown Prince put down his teacup and stood up: “Miss Bai.”
“Greetings, His Royal Highness.” Bai Qingyan bowed his head and said, “I was ill, and I did not congratulate His Royal Highness on his move into the East Palace. I hope Your Highness will forgive me.”
The woman in front of him looked pale and weak, but her stunning beauty could not be concealed.
The prince had no intention of disrespecting him, but returned the greeting respectfully: “I know that your virtue is not worthy of your position. I only hope that I can work together with the talented and virtuous people of the Great Jin to support the Great Jin and help me on the right path of assisting the country.”
Bai Qingyan slightly turned aside to avoid the prince’s greeting and asked softly, “Your Highness, are you here for the fifteenth expedition?”
“The young lady has just recovered from a serious illness. I wonder if she has the strength to travel such a long distance?”
The prince had no intention of avoiding Dong, so Dong did not retreat.
Bai Qingyan raised her head and glanced at the Crown Prince, knowing full well that the Crown Prince came today to see whether she had woken up and whether Fifteen could go to the war with him, and secondly, he just wanted to find out how… or to be more precise, in what capacity she was prepared to go to the war with him so that she could give him the military merit coefficient, that was all.
“Don’t worry, Your Highness. I can handle it. But this time when we go to the southern border… I have many inconveniences as a girl. I want to dress up as a man and follow Your Highness as an aide. Do you think it’s appropriate?”
“Miss Bai, you are very thoughtful.” The prince was no longer worried after receiving the confirmation. He smiled and said, “In that case, Miss Bai, take good care of yourself. I have specially ordered someone to bring the best supplements, hoping that they can help Miss Bai recover a little.”
The prince doesn’t even ask about the war in southern Xinjiang?
She lowered her eyes, her gaze fell on the deerskin boots of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and spoke slowly: “Today my second sister Jinxiu wants to return to the Loyal and Brave Marquis’s Mansion to share the fate with Qin Lang, and no one in the Bai family can persuade her. Now that the Bai family has no male heirs, I dare to call His Royal Highness the Crown Prince my cousin. I wonder if you can send my second sister back to the Loyal and Brave Marquis’s Mansion to help Jinxiu’s reputation, and also let the two girls in the Loyal and Brave Marquis’s Mansion know that although the Bai family’s male heirs have passed away, Jinxiu still has her cousin to protect her. They will be afraid in their hearts and will definitely not hurt Jinxiu’s life again.”
If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants military merit from her, she can give it to him, but the Crown Prince should also give some benefits to the Bai family in return.
She lowered her attitude and expressed her love for each other… asking for Bai Jinxiu’s protection and safety. He could not refuse out of emotion or reason.
As expected, the prince agreed immediately: “I and the Bai family are relatives. The male of the Bai family has passed away, so I am the elder brother of the girls of the Bai family! It’s just a small favor, how can I not agree? Don’t worry, the eldest girl, as long as I am here, I will never let the second girl be humiliated.”
Bai Qingyan had just woken up and was still weak, so he only sent Bai Jinxiu to the gate of the mansion.
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