The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 247: Mercy
Chapter 247 Compassion
The prince was extremely angry. He sneered and raised his voice: “I forgot…what kind of military token does she need to command the Bai family army? The Bai family army obeys her orders!”
Soon, Quan Yu’s trembling voice came from outside the door: “Your Highness, the people sent to Youhua Road by express horseback last night are back!”
“Let him in!” The prince stood there with a stern face.
Soon, two guards in plain clothes came back, saluted the prince and said, “Your Highness, I was ordered to go to Youhua Road last night. Before I reached Jinghe, I met a messenger who was delivering a letter to Your Highness…”
The messenger knelt down and kowtowed before speaking, “Your Highness, Lord Lu has sent a subordinate to report to the Crown Prince that Xiao Ruojiang, who was recuperating in Youhua Road, is missing!”
The prince’s expression became even uglier, and the feeling of being fooled became stronger and stronger: “Good! Very good!”
He even went so far as to plead his case to his father the Emperor to protect Bai Qingyan, saying that he could control Bai Qingyan, and even asked for merit to confer the title of princess on Bai Qingyan!
He has lost face in front of his father. If his father knew about this, he would definitely scold him to death!
The prince swept the dishes on the table off the table, and the delicate porcelain shattered to the ground, scaring the eunuchs outside the door so much that they knelt down.
“Prince, don’t let King Yan of Xiliang hear it! And let’s wait until General Bai comes back, and then Your Highness can ask her in person and ask her to give Your Highness an explanation! If she can’t give an explanation, it won’t be too late for Your Highness to punish her! After all, these are all our speculations. Maybe… General Bai didn’t burn those Jin pretending to be dead because he felt sorry for them because they were from Jin?”
“You tell me that a person who burned alive 100,000 surrendered soldiers has a compassionate heart?” The prince stood up and threw the handkerchief on the messy black lacquer table.
Qin Shangzhi was stunned: “Your Highness, in the Battle of Wengshan, the enemy outnumbered us. If we had not killed those surrendered soldiers and released them… Xiliang would have counterattacked, and how could our Great Jin have won such a great victory? Your Highness… You led the troops to fight in Southern Xinjiang this time, and you must have known better than anyone how critical the situation was. Saying this will chill General Bai’s heart!”
“A general who doesn’t care about me, I’m afraid of disappointing her!” The prince seemed to have heard a big joke, and was probably very angry. He clenched his fists, and his eyes were filled with anger and unwillingness. After a moment of silence, he suddenly said, “Go call Zhang Duanrui over! I… want to follow Bai Qingyan in person to see what she is going to do!”
Qin Shangzhi was a little incredulous: “Your Highness, do you mean that the army will stop at Tianmen Pass today?”
“The army will march as normal, and let Zhang Duanrui bring more people!” said the prince.
“But Your Highness, this may be unsafe!” Qin Shangzhi did not dare to let the prince take risks.
“Who can do anything to me in the territory of Jin?” the prince made the final decision.
Qin Shangzhi looked at the anger in the prince’s eyes and knew that he was still angry and it was inconvenient to persuade him any further. He looked out the window with great concern.
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Feng County, which also suffered the baptism of war, was not much better off than Fengcheng. Fortunately, the people of Feng County were still motivated. Even children joined the team to rebuild Feng County. Since they could not do heavy work, they helped to serve tea and water to the adults.
For convenience, Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi took off their armor and changed into ordinary men’s clothes.
However, the two men riding into the city on horseback still attracted a lot of people’s attention.
The general guarding the city knew that the visitor was Bai’s general, who came to Fengxian to pay tribute to his brother, so he hurriedly called the general guarding the city. The general guarding the city was named Zhou, and he was very polite to Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi. He originally wanted to accompany the two to pay tribute, but when he heard that the two had already burned paper outside the city, General Zhou invited them to have dinner at his house.
After Bai Qingyan declined General Zhou’s offer, he suddenly turned around and looked at Ji Langhua who was getting off the carriage and said, “Miss Ji, you must have worked very hard to bandage the wounded at the front line this time! In the future in Feng County… I hope General Zhou will take good care of you!”
General Zhou was a sensible man and immediately made a promise.
Bai Qingyan saw Ji Langhua, who had already gotten off the car, bowed to her and nodded. She had already noticed the people who followed them into the city in plain clothes.
He clasped his fists to General Zhou and said, “I still need to take a look at Feng County. General Zhou is busy with military affairs, so there is no need to accompany me!”
General Zhou nodded repeatedly: “Yes, yes, yes!”
Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi entered a restaurant with slow business, and followed the waiter into the private room on the second floor. Bai Jinzhi casually threw a piece of silver to the waiter as a tip, asking him to serve the best food in their restaurant, and specifically told him to hurry up because they had to hurry on their way after eating.
After closing the door of the private room, Bai Jinzhi’s heart beat very fast. She walked quickly to the window and moved her sight from the thatched tea shed outside to the direction of the city gate entrance: “Eldest sister…someone has indeed caught up with us! Those people arrived in Feng County before us! They were sitting downstairs just now, and they came in when we entered this restaurant! There are people behind…”
Bai Qingyan poured Bai Jinzhi a cup of tea: “Xiao Si, come and have some tea.”
Bai Jinzhi, whose palms were sweating from nervousness, returned to Bai Qingyan and said, “Eldest sister, can we really see Brother Nine when the prince has sent people to follow us? Brother Nine’s legs…what if they are discovered?”
Bai Jinzhi was worried that Bai Qingyun would have difficulty moving. If he was caught by the prince’s men, Ninth Brother would probably not survive.
“Don’t be afraid!” She looked at the nervous Bai Jinzhi and smiled calmly and gently. She raised her hand to tuck the loose hair behind Bai Jinzhi’s ears. “It won’t be dangerous. You have to believe in me… I won’t put you in danger!”
During the memorial ceremony for his father in Fengcheng, Bai Qingyan had a brief meeting with Xiao Ruohai, which made him boldly make a risky… but absolutely sure decision.
Qin Shangzhi had been holding back from looking for her for these days, probably because he hadn’t figured out what she was doing with those assassins and the Tiger Eagle Battalion at Qiushan Pass. Smart people are conceited, and he probably wanted to figure it out before talking to her.
But several days have passed, and Qin Shangzhi should have been unable to hold back. Even if he could hold back and think carefully, she could still go find him before leaving for Fengxian.
From the time she was reborn to now, even though Bai Qingyan temporarily protected the Bai family and defeated Xiliang Yun Poxing, she never breathed a sigh of relief. She always kept herself alert and sober.
Hatred is the raging fire that never goes out in her chest, and her grandfather’s will is the boiling oil in her heart, reminding her all the time… She must cherish this chance to start over, and not let down the mercy of God for letting her come back. She must be cautious, safe, and not take risks or act rashly.
She couldn’t put her family, whom she had to protect with her life, in danger.
She pinched Bai Jinzhi’s tanned face and said, “Eat well later!”
Perhaps it was because the eldest sister’s gentle and peaceful voice was so reassuring, Bai Jinzhi, whose palms were originally sweating, gradually calmed down.