The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 236: risk one’s life
Chapter 236: Risking one’s life
“Mr. Fang cares about me wholeheartedly, how could I not know that! Mr. Fang has said everything to me…” said the prince.
“Although His Majesty has now appointed Your Highness as the Crown Prince, the current His Majesty is suspicious and fickle. As a son and a minister, it is not wrong for Your Highness to be loyal to His Majesty! But Your Highness is also the crown prince… the future emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, so you cannot be blindly loyal. While being loyal to His Majesty, you must also keep some tricks up your sleeve! Now General Bai has handed over all of the Bai family army to Your Highness. As long as Your Highness keeps the Bai family army in your hands… even if His Majesty has other ideas about the crown prince in the future, His Majesty will have to weigh the pros and cons!” Old Fang lowered his voice and said to the crown prince.
These words were extremely treasonous, but coming from the mouth of Mr. Fang, whom the prince trusted completely, the prince did not seem to blame him at all.
Everyone has selfish desires. The prince asked himself if he could be like the Bai family, who only cared about their country and family… and engraved the word “integrity” in their ancestral teachings and family rules.
Especially when it comes to the supreme throne, who wouldn’t want it as a prince?
Elder Fang’s words hit the nail on the head for the Crown Prince. Before the Crown Prince took that position, his succession to the throne was still uncertain, especially since his father was now in his prime and there might be another prince… Although the other princes were still young, there was no guarantee that his father would not wait until his youngest son grew up and then consider appointing another prince.
He… should still leave some room for himself!
The prince nodded: “Now it seems that there is no need to kill all the Tiger Eagle Camp as my father said!”
Isn’t it stupid to not want the brave and powerful generals who are readily available and can be used right now, but to go through the trouble of training a new group of them?
“That’s right!” Elder Fang nodded. “But it’s better for Your Highness to know about this matter. If His Majesty knew about it, His Majesty would inevitably think that Your Highness has a rebellious heart, which would be disadvantageous to Your Highness!”
Seeing the prince nod, Elder Fang stopped talking about this matter and changed the subject: “Now that the important matter has been decided, Your Highness has sent Ren Shijie to go ahead and prepare for the auspicious sign from heaven.”
On that day, the prince wrote a memorial requesting credit for Bai Qingyan and had it sent back to Dadu by express horse. He thought that when Bai Qingyan returned to Dadu and learned that he, the prince, had submitted the memorial requesting credit for her long ago, she would surely be grateful and obey him from then on.
The happy prince ate some simple chicken soup and millet porridge and fell asleep until the sun was about to set. Shen Liangyu reported that he did not find anything unusual on the bodies of those Jin-dressed death warriors. They all looked like Jin people, but why they were with Xiliang was unknown.
The prince was silent for a long time, asked Shen Liangyu to deal with the body, and said no more.
Shen Liangyu accepted the order and left.
Although the Dong family’s death warriors are not the elite soldiers of the Tiger Eagle Camp, to Shen Liangyu, they are brothers because they have fought in blood and shared life and death with him!
Bai Qingyan, along with Bai Jinzhi and other generals of the Bai family army, buried the remains of the Tiger Eagle Camp warriors and the Dong family’s dead soldiers beside the Jing River.
The afterglow of the setting sun illuminates the vast and magnificent land and mountains, and the majestic and surging sea of clouds is filled with gorgeous colors.
Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times, offering wine to the heroes, thanking them for their selfless dedication to saving Xiaojiu from the tiger’s mouth.
“Shen Liangyu, start a fire, burn some dry wood and branches, and report to the prince when you go back…burn those Jin Dynasty warriors.” Bai Qingyan said.
“Yes!” Shen Liangyu stood up and took people to pick up dead branches.
They were all former soldiers, and they were quick and agile. With a few people working together, they soon piled up the dry branches like a small mountain.
Shen Liangyu specially picked out some wet branches. Such branches would produce a lot of smoke when burned, and it would be best if they could be seen by Youhua Road, so that he could complete the task.
After lighting the fire, Bai Qingyan stood beside the fire with his horse, looking at the flames and black smoke that were flying up and down in the wind, and said to Shen Liangyu beside him: “Today I say to the prince, you are arrogant and will not allow others to interfere in the matter of military training… Let the prince listen to you, but let his direct descendants suppress you in other matters, so that he can control you.”
Shen Liangyu knew what Bai Qingyan meant as soon as she heard it. Only if Bai Qingyan said this would the prince feel that she was truly thinking about him. Only then would the prince listen to Bai Qingyan and not let others interfere in the military training.
Shen Liangyu nodded: “I understand that there is gain only when there is sacrifice! Let the prince’s direct descendants take charge of other matters, and the prince’s people cannot interfere in the matter of military training.”
Bai Qingyan turned his head and looked at Shen Liangyu, with a smile in his eyes: “Then you will have to behave in a rebellious manner, so as not to be exposed…”
“I understand!” Shen Liangyu nodded.
Now the Bai Family Army is in a difficult situation, and the 10,000 remaining Bai Family Army soldiers are the spark of the Bai Family Army! Therefore, Bai Qingyan has done her best to make the best arrangements. The old guys of the Bai Family Army have to help Xiao Bai Shuai and not cause trouble.
So, today Xiao Baishuai said that he was unruly, even if he was a timid and cowardly person… he had to pretend to be unruly in front of the prince.
When the bonfire burned out, night had fallen and the bright moon hung over the other side of the Jing River.
Bai Qingyan jumped onto the horse.
Tomorrow, Bai Qingyan will follow the prince back to the capital city. Everything has been arranged properly, and Bai Qingyan has nothing to worry about anymore.
“Miss Bai! Miss Bai!”
Bai Qingyan, who was already on his horse, turned around and looked towards the source of the sound…
In the moonlight, Xiao Rongyan’s guards came galloping on their horses.
When the guard was about to approach, Bai Qingyan could see clearly that guard Xiao Rongyan was holding a dark BMW in his hand.
Xiao Rongyan’s guard reined in his horse and jumped off, clasping his fists and bowing to Bai Qingyan: “Miss Bai, I am here on the orders of my master… to deliver a letter and a horse to Miss Bai!”
After saying that, Yue Shi took out a letter from his chest, raised his hands above his head and handed it respectfully to Bai Qingyan.
When Yue Shi was ordered to deliver the horse and the letter, the Great Yan army led by Xie Xun was about to capture the capital of Southern Yan.
The master said that it was Miss Bai’s words that made him understand the vastness of the people’s will, and it was also because of Miss Bai’s words… that this time, their Great Yan was able to recover Southern Yan at such a fast speed, and they won the hearts of the people under the banner of restoring the orthodox rule of Great Yan. The other countries were reluctant to act and could only watch Great Yan recover its homeland.
Yue Shi was so impressed by Miss Bai that he could not express it in words and became even more respectful.
Bai Qingyan looked at the letter handed to her by Yue Shi for a long time without moving. Bai Jinzhi gently stepped forward and tugged at Bai Qingyan’s sleeve: “Eldest sister! A letter from Mr. Xiao!”
Bai Qingyan took the letter and opened it…
There was nothing special in the letter. It just told Bai Qingyan that this BMW was presented to her by the horseman of Kuntian City. He felt that although this horse was not as strong as the previous one, it was also a rare good horse. He specially gave it to Bai Qingyan in the hope that this horse could help her on the battlefield. He hoped that she would accept it.
The third update is finished… the bald author is going to save up more updates for the little ancestors!
Xiao Rongyan: A big update…will there be a role for me?
Bald author: It’s hard to say…
Xiao Rongyan: Xiao Si!
Bai Jinzhi: Here it comes! My brother-in-law’s whip is coming!