The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 396: right and wrong place
Chapter 396: A Place of Right and Wrong
Bai Qingyan and Shen Qingzhu rode away from the gate of the Prince’s Mansion. She slowed down and Shen Qingzhu understood and followed.
She lowered her voice and said to Shen Qingzhu, “Qingzhu, I’m afraid you’ll have to take the others to Chunmu Mountain. Perhaps Daliang and Jin will go to war soon, so we have to prepare in advance!”
Shen Qingzhu’s expression was serious: “I will pack up and leave immediately!”
“Bring a few more people.” Bai Qingyan turned his head and looked at Shen Qingzhu.
“yes!”
As soon as Shen Qingzhu finished speaking, Lu Yuanpeng’s voice came from upstairs.
“Sister Bai!”
Bai Qingyan looked up and saw Lu Yuanpeng lying on the redwood railing, waving at her: “Sister Bai, wait for me!”
“Go back and prepare first!” Bai Qingyan said to Shen Qingzhu.
She dismounted and looked at Lu Yuanpeng, who was running out of the restaurant in a hurry and almost tripped over the threshold. She couldn’t help laughing and a smile appeared on her face.
“Sister Bai!” Lu Yuanpeng ran to Bai Qingyan, “I heard that the carriage convoy sent by the Bai family back to Shuoyang was robbed by bandits. Now these bandits are too bold! I thought that Sister Bai would return to Shuoyang on the first day of May, so I will take our Lu family’s guard team to escort Sister Bai back and see how arrogant those little bandits are.”
“No need. If I ask you to send the Bai family back to Shuoyang, I will be worried about you waiting for your return.” Bai Qingyan looked at Lu Yuanpeng and said, “Besides, we may have to recruit soldiers in a while. If you are interested, you can try. But I don’t know if Prime Minister Lu will let you join the army.”
With Lu Xiang’s support behind him, Lu Yuanpeng will surely have smooth sailing in the army without any major danger.
“Conscription? Are we going to fight? And Daliang?”
Lu Yuanpeng is extremely perceptive.
“Not necessarily, but conscription is certain. The Jin State lost too many troops in the battle in Southern Xinjiang. It is time to conscript soldiers.” Bai Qingyan said.
Lu Yuanpeng almost blurted out that he wanted to go to southern Xinjiang to join the Bai family army, but he swallowed it back. This was the first time he planned to join the army without telling anyone and hiding his identity. If he told Sister Bai, she would think he wanted to take care of her!
He wanted to make a name for himself in the Bai family’s army, then stand in front of the Bai family’s elder sister and win the red tassel spear in the Bai family’s elder sister’s hand fairly.
Bai Qingyan climbed onto the horse and said to Lu Yuanpeng, “Take care!”
“I will go to see Sister Bai off on May 1st! It will still be in time to tell her to take care of herself then!” Lu Yuanpeng took a step back and bowed.
Bai Qingyan saw Lu Yuanpeng’s clear and bright eyes smiling, nodded slightly, and rode away.
Lu Yuanpeng watched Bai Qingyan leave, then ran upstairs excitedly and brought a piece of news to the playboys who were having fun with him: Daliang… might be going to war.
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Inside the library, the emperor sat crookedly beneath a bronze crane lamp, looking at the young eunuchs sitting on his left and right as they read the bamboo slips one by one, his brows full of impatience.
Today, the emperor summoned all the literate young eunuchs in the palace and asked them to look through the ancient books in the library for records of rumors about immortality, rejuvenation, and resurrection.
Gao Demao had followed the emperor for many years and knew that the emperor was interested in the resurrection medicine in the hands of the woman who made a scene in front of the Princess Zhenguo’s mansion.
In fact, Gao Demao was more or less tempted. Although he did not dare to dream of immortality, he also hoped that there would be a medicine that could bring the dead back to life and recreate the human body.
As a eunuch, Gao Demao’s greatest pain in life was his broken body.
It would be good if the body could be buried intact.
Outside the library, a young eunuch lowered his head, stepped into the library, took small steps along the red lacquered pillars and quietly walked to Gao Demao’s side. He covered his lips with one hand and said in a low voice: “Eunuch Gao, the Crown Prince is here and is waiting outside the palace.”
The emperor heard the noise and opened his eyes and said, “Let the prince in.”
“yes!”
Soon, the prince came in, saluted the emperor, and then talked about the Chunmu Mountain military report and asked for the emperor’s opinion.
The emperor stroked the edge of the pillow with his fingers, remained silent, and looked at his son with an inquiring look, guessing that this idea was not his own.
The prince calmed down and said, “I think that Liang’s soldiers entering our Jin territory may be a test from Daliang. If we don’t fight back, Daliang may think that we, Jin, are afraid of them.”
After a while, the emperor said, “This time, Daliang’s commander, Xun Tianzhang, is a person who has always advocated war in the Liang court…”
The prince knelt beside the emperor, quietly waiting for the emperor’s next words. The emperor picked up a pair of bamboo slips and knocked them on the table in front of him, saying: “But, not killing those Liang soldiers will indeed damage the prestige of Jin.”
“So what Father meant was…”
“Just do as you say and let Zhang Duanrui deliver the heads of those Liang soldiers!” the emperor said calmly.
The emperor did not mention sending troops, and the prince did not dare to ask any more questions, and said that he would withdraw from the library.
“Your Majesty, are you not planning to send troops to Chunmu Mountain? What if Xun Tianzhang of Daliang really attacks Jin?” Gao Demao asked softly, “Your Majesty, are you going to use the Princess who guards the country?”
The emperor half-closed his eyes and spoke slowly, “If Daliang really dared to use troops, it would not have waited until today. Even if it really dared to fight my Jin State, then… send Princess Gaoyi. Bai Qingyan… I will never use her again unless it is absolutely necessary.”
Bai Qingyan had established his prestige in the hearts of the generals in the court after the battle in Southern Xinjiang, and he was unwilling to give Bai Qingyan another chance.
On the other hand, Bai Jinzhi, the fourth daughter of the Bai family, is also a daughter of the Bai family who has learned military tactics since childhood. Although she should not be comparable to Bai Qingyan, she is at least a descendant of the Bai family and must not be bad. More importantly, she is simple-minded and easier to control.
When Qin Shangzhi received the news and saw that the emperor’s decision was exactly the same as Bai Qingyan had said, he remained silent for a long time.
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When Ji Langhua was invited to Chunhui Garden by Chuntao, Bai Qingyan had just finished practicing with the silver spear.
Seeing Ji Langhua coming over, Bai Qingyan put the silver spear back into the rack, wiped the sweat off his face with a handkerchief, and asked Ji Langhua to sit down.
Ji Langhua bowed and said, “Little Baishuai, there is no need to persuade me any more. Langhua really hopes that Little Baishuai can take my cousin away from this place of trouble. It is enough for the emperor to have Langhua alone.”
Seeing Ji Langhua’s stubborn expression, Bai Qingyan untied the iron sandbag wrapped around her forearm, placed it on the stone table, and sat down: “Killing the emperor and letting the prince take the throne… may not be much better than the current emperor.”
Chuntao went forward to pour tea for Bai Qingyan and Ji Langhua.
Bai Qingyan picked up the teacup and spoke in a calm and gentle tone: “Now that the great threat to Xiliang has just been resolved, the war with Daliang is imminent. If the emperor dies at this time… it would be good if the prince can succeed to the throne smoothly. If not, Jin will be in civil strife like Xiliang, and Xiliang will certainly take the opportunity to counterattack. Now Jin’s national strength is not enough to fight against the two countries. Only the people on the border will suffer, not the imperial court in Dadu. You killed the emperor… You are not doing your best for Jin, but causing trouble.”
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