The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 357: take advantage of the situation
Chapter 357 Taking Advantage
The Grand Princess paused with the Buddhist beads in her hand, opened her eyes and looked at Bai Qingyan: “As for Li Mao, don’t worry… With grandma here, you can go back to Shuoyang and deal with the clan affairs without any worries.”
The most important thing is that the Grand Princess determined that Li Mao did not have the courage or ability to take direct and ruthless action against the Bai family, catching them off guard and killing them.
Li Mao is cautious by nature and will test the waters before taking action. But if Li Mao wants to test the waters, he probably won’t choose to do so when Bai Qingyan is not around. After all… it was Bai Qingyan who went to find Li Mao, not someone else.
“But this time, let Wei Zhong stay with you!” The Grand Princess looked at Bai Qingyan solemnly, “Wei Zhong is a man from the palace. If he stays with you, the people of the clan will be wary.”
“Let Wei Zhong stay with Grandmother!” Bai Qingyan refused decisively. “If Li Mao takes action, Grandmother will only need Nanny Jiang and Wei Zhong. If Wei Zhong follows me back to Shuoyang, I will not be at ease here in Dadu.”
Seeing that the eldest princess was about to say something, Bai Qingyan said first: “Don’t worry, grandma, you don’t have to worry about dealing with the people of the Shuoyang clan! If the clan members are unwilling to expel those… inhumane and arrogant people from the clan, and are unwilling to replace the clan leader, then I can only apologize to my ancestors and expel them from the clan! The Shuoyang Bai clan still needs to rely on the Dadu Bai family, and they will not disobey.”
The eldest princess nodded and said, “Tell your mother to get ready and go! The sooner the better. You should leave today.”
“I’m afraid I can’t leave today. My granddaughter plans to go to the prince’s mansion later and tell the prince.” Bai Qingyan said softly.
Since the whole world now thinks that Bai Qingyan is the prince’s person, why can’t she use the prince’s power?
Previously, the prince’s advisers sent people to spread the news that she burned and killed the surrendered prisoners. Wasn’t it just to make the prince lend a helping hand to her when she was despised by everyone, so as to… make her grateful and loyal to the prince from then on?
Now she has presented the opportunity to lend a helping hand to the prince, showing her trust in him and not hiding her family’s dirty laundry. How could the prince not help her?
If she told the prince that the clan members accused her of having an affair with the prince and that they were bullying and murdering people in Shuoyang by relying on the prince’s power, and that she had to use thundering means to deal with the clan members reluctantly and not to tarnish the prince’s reputation, wouldn’t Mr. Fang, who was by the prince’s side, suggest that the prince send someone to go with her and take the opportunity to earn a good reputation for the prince among the people of Shuoyang?
The reason why she chose to leave on the 24th was to give the Crown Prince and his staff enough time to discuss and verify.
Most importantly, Bai Qingyan still hopes that the prince will see the miserable state of the Bai family in Shuoyang, and let the prince tell it to the emperor, so that the emperor will know… It will be difficult for Bai Qingyan to return to Shuoyang. He cannot get whatever he wants in Shuoyang. He needs to let the prince and the emperor know what the Bai family in Shuoyang has done over the years and how bad their reputation is among the people.
In this way, when “bandit problems” occurred frequently and the court was unable to cope with them, Bai Qingyan began to use civilians as soldiers, train troops and suppress bandits. The emperor and the prince would then think that Bai Qingyan was doing this to restore the Bai family’s reputation among the people of Shuoyang, and even let the prince think… Bai Qingyan was trying to restore the prince’s reputation.
Moreover, if the local officials of Shuoyang saw that the prince was so concerned about the private affairs of the Bai family, how could they oppose her in the future?
The Grand Princess understood Bai Qingyan’s meaning and nodded. If someone arranged by the Crown Prince followed, Bai Qingyan could use the Crown Prince’s influence, and this trip would be very smooth. However, the Grand Princess never thought that Bai Qingyan had already set his sights on training troops in the future.
After leaving the Grand Princess’s Longevity Residence, Bai Qingyan took Lupin to the Prince’s Mansion.
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The Crown Prince was drinking tea and discussing matters with Old Fang in the study. Old Fang meant that this time Prince Liang was in charge of the disaster relief in Yanwo, and the Crown Prince should not let Prince Liang do it so smoothly.
If the disaster relief in Yanwo goes smoothly and Prince Liang is able to handle it, then the Crown Prince’s intention of recommending Prince Liang for disaster relief will be lost, and Prince Liang will be able to show off… In the future, Prince Liang may even want to compete with the Crown Prince for the throne.
“Your Majesty is old after all, and when people get old, they like to reminisce about the past… Especially since Prince Liang is your Majesty’s son! Your Majesty has been particularly displeased with Prince Liang because he has been raised by Concubine Tong and because he is timid by nature! But… what if Prince Liang does a good job in this disaster relief?”
Elder Fang reminded the Crown Prince: “Your Highness, please do not forget that last time, the King of Liang was so bold as to use the excuse of a love affair to frame the Duke of Zhenguo for treason. This shows that the King of Liang… is definitely not as cowardly and incompetent as he usually appears to be.”
After hearing what Mr. Fang said, the prince’s heart skipped a beat and he nodded.
Yes, bribe Bai Qingyan’s personal maid and promise her the position of concubine in order to break into the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion.
If Prince Liang really just wanted to save Prince Xin, why would he have sold out the maidservant around Bai Qingyan so early, and let the maid slip the letter into the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion under the pretext of wanting to marry Bai Qingyan?
It can be seen that King Liang is not without scheming in his heart.
The prince narrowed his eyes and said, “If it weren’t for Elder Fang’s reminder, I would have ignored this matter.”
“Your Highness is very busy, so it is natural that we, the staff, should take care of such trivial matters for His Highness.” Elder Fang nodded slightly to the Crown Prince, “This matter is not difficult to handle. The disaster in Yanwo affected several cities, and it is very difficult to completely quell it. We just need to send people to do some tricks to stimulate the people’s rebellion. By then… Prince Liang will not be able to finish it, which will definitely anger Your Majesty.”
The prince lowered his eyes and stroked the teacup in his hand, thinking carefully: “But if it triggers a popular uprising, and the King of Liang can’t handle it, what if the emperor sends me? Can I handle it?”
“Your Highness…if a civil uprising occurs, we will need to send strong troops to suppress it! Your Highness values the Princess who guards the country, are you afraid that no one will use her?” Old Fang said with a smile.
The prince’s brows relaxed. Yes… If a civil uprising was triggered, the victims would become rioters. The Princess Zhenguo would lead a strong army to suppress them. The name of the God of Death would be enough to intimidate the rioters. I think no one would dare to cause trouble again.
In this way, the credit for alleviating the disaster in Yanwo will be his.
“Your Highness, Princess Zhenguo requests to see you.” Quan Yu said softly outside the study door.
The prince looked up and was delighted when he heard the words “Zhenguo Princess”. “Just when I was talking about Zhenguo Princess, she’s here! Please invite her in!”
Soon, Bai Qingyan followed Quan Yu to the study and saluted to the prince: “Yan, meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”
She stood up and saw Mr. Fang. She nodded slightly to him and Mr. Fang also nodded in return.
“Why are you here at this time, Princess? Is there something?” The prince smiled and pointed to a seat beside Bai Qingyan, motioning Bai Qingyan to sit down.
Quan Yu personally brought up hot tea, served it to Bai Qingyan, and then left the study.
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Thanks to my little ancestors for their concern, I feel much better today, the fever has gone down! Apart from a little bit of joint pain, I am fine now!