The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 451: not long to live
Chapter 451: Life is coming to an end
She frowned and said to the emperor, “Your Majesty, after Aunt Lu examined Yan’s pulse yesterday at the Royal Qing Temple, she told him to rest and not to overwork, otherwise it would hurt his body. Jin Zhi wanted to take over the task of suppressing the bandits from Yan, but Jin Zhi was young and Yan was not confident, so he did not agree. Unexpectedly, this child was so bold that he showed off his cleverness in front of Your Majesty today… He wanted to use Your Majesty’s mouth to take over the task.”
“My elder sister is lying to the emperor! Aunt Lu clearly said… If my elder sister continues to waste her energy, she may not live long!” Bai Jinzhi kowtowed to the emperor and the prince with tears in her eyes, “Uncle Emperor, Cousin Prince! It’s not that Jinzhi is reckless. Grandfather, father, uncles, and all the sons of the Bai family died in the battlefield. Jinzhi doesn’t want to lose my elder sister! I beg uncle emperor to make the decision and hand over the task of suppressing the bandits to Jinzhi! Jinzhi will definitely do a good job! It will definitely not be worse than what my elder sister did. I also ask uncle emperor to give Jinzhi a chance to clear his name!”
The emperor trusts Lu Ninghua’s medical skills…
Is he going to die soon?! The emperor stroked his pillow and thought carefully.
“Jinzhi, it was me who promised the people of Shuoyang to suppress the bandits. You are crying to His Majesty and the Crown Prince like this, which will only make things difficult for them!” Bai Qingyan scolded Bai Jinzhi.
“Princess Gaoyi has good intentions!” The emperor said slowly, “After returning to Shuoyang, Princess Zhenguo must take good care of herself and put her health first! Let Princess Gaoyi take care of the bandit suppression!”
“Thank you, Uncle Emperor!” Bai Jinzhi kowtowed hurriedly, as if afraid that something might happen if he was too late.
In July of the sixteenth year of Xuanjia, Jin State won a great victory in a battle with Daliang.
Princess Zhenguo Bai Qingyan was canonized as Princess Zhenguo and became the only woman in the history of Jin State to be canonized as a princess because of her martial arts.
Bai Jinzhi, the Princess of Gaoyi County, was canonized as Princess Gaoyi.
The commander-in-chief Liu Hong was conferred the title of General of the Fu Army, and the other generals who participated in the battle were all rewarded.
The Crown Prince personally escorted Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi out of the palace and said with a smile, “When the imperial decree comes later today, we will have to change the names to Princess Zhenguo and Princess Gaoyi!”
“Uncle Emperor is so generous! I originally wanted to exchange the title of princess for silver, but I didn’t expect… Uncle Emperor would give me both silver and the title of princess! From now on, I will be able to walk around Shuoyang City with my head held high…” Bai Jinzhi said carelessly.
“Bai Jinzhi…” Bai Qingyan looked at Bai Jinzhi.
Bai Jinzhi quickly laughed dryly: “Just a joke! Just a joke!”
The prince was also amused by Bai Jinzhi: “The imperial edict has not arrived today, and the princess and the county lady may not be able to set off to return to Shuoyang. If the princess is still healthy, why not… go to the prince’s mansion and have a seat. I have something to ask the princess!”
Bai Qingyan nodded, turned to Bai Jinzhi and said, “You go back home first!”
Bai Jinzhi looked at the prince for help: “Cousin Prince, remember to speak well of me in front of my elder sister later, don’t let her scold me!”
The prince’s smile deepened, and he nodded: “Don’t worry, County Master, I will!”
Bai Jinzhi bowed and said goodbye, then got on the carriage.
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As soon as they arrived at the Prince’s Mansion, the Prince ordered Quan Yu to send someone to invite Mr. Xiao. He also specifically instructed Xiao Rongyan to come on horseback and asked the mansion to prepare a vegetarian banquet.
The prince has not given up on being a matchmaker for Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan.
Every time Xiao Rongyan came to Dadu, he would bring some rare treasures to the prince, so the prince would inevitably be greedy.
After all, with such a big money bag placed there, how could the prince not be tempted?
The prince invited Bai Qingyan into the study, and sent someone to call Fang Lao, Qin Shangzhi and Ren Shijie over.
The last time Bai Qingyan saw Qin Shangzhi was before he left Dadu. At that time, Qin Shangzhi didn’t look very good. This time when they met again… he had lost weight. On the other hand, although Mr. Fang was old, he looked full of energy and looked strong.
Seeing Bai Qingyan, Qin Shangzhi and Ren Shijie hurriedly bowed to Bai Qingyan: “Greetings, Princess!”
“You are too polite, gentlemen!” Bai Qingyan nodded, his eyes fell on Mr. Fang, and he nodded slightly to Mr. Fang, “Mr. Fang…”
Only then did Mr. Fang bow to Bai Qingyan slowly and call out, “Princess!”
“Please sit down!” The prince sat down first.
Quan Yu brought the maid to serve tea, and personally brought a cup of rose tea to Bai Qingyan, and whispered: “The princess is weak, it is better for her to drink some flower tea.”
“Thank you, Eunuch Quanyu.” Bai Qingyan nodded to Quanyu to express his gratitude.
Quan Yu was very worried when he saw Bai Qingyan’s pale and thin face, so he went outside the door and waited obediently.
“The envoy of Wei State secretly entered Jin State, met with the emperor, and presented the letter of credence, saying… Great Yan is humble, but has ulterior motives. In recent years, it has been secretly strengthening itself without revealing its status. It immediately annexed Southern Yan State and helped the Rongdi State to fight against the Southern Rong State, intending to covet the natural pastures of the Rongdi State. Its wolfish ambition to seize the world is obvious. If we continue to indulge Yan State, I am afraid that in the future, its army will be strong and the other countries will be in danger! In today’s world, the only countries that can destroy Yan State are Wei State and Jin State. Wei State intends to… form an alliance with Jin State to destroy Yan State and divide Yan State together! What do you think?”
Bai Qingyan picked up the teacup calmly and said, “Da Wei… has capable people who can see through Dayan’s plan at a glance.”
Qin Shangzhi did not express his true feelings to the prince as frankly as he had done before. Instead, he sat there silently drinking tea just like Ren Shijie.
“What does your majesty say?” asked Mr. Fang.
“My father seems to want to train me. He told me to think carefully about this matter and tell my father within three days what I want to do…” The prince frowned, quite worried, afraid that his answer would be different from what the emperor expected and he would be scolded by the emperor.
Bai Qingyan lowered her eyes and looked at the rose bud in the cup that was rising and falling. She didn’t think that the emperor was training the prince, but she felt that the emperor’s mind was probably no longer on state affairs.
Elder Fang stroked his goatee, half-closed his eyes and pretended to think deeply for a moment before saying, “Your Highness, I think that our Jin State has just experienced the war in the southern border and the war with Daliang in the north. It is really not appropriate to fight again. It is better to rest and recuperate! Wei State deployed troops on the border of Dayan a few days ago, but has been hesitant to go to war with Dayan. Now it has sent envoys to Jin… just to gather people and boost courage.”
The prince nodded, turned his head to look at Mr. Fang and listened carefully.
“Join forces to destroy Yan and divide Yan! It sounds good, but how to divide it? The entire Great Yan… the most fertile land is all in the south! Southern Yan is adjacent to Wei. If we really destroy Yan and divide Yan, Southern Yan will definitely belong to Wei! And the land to the north of Yan is barren and the people are poor. There are disasters every winter. What does my Jin want this half of Yan’s land for? Is it to allocate silver every year for disaster relief… to damage my Jin’s national strength? If we really join forces with Wei to destroy Yan and divide Yan this time, we will end up making wedding clothes for others and help Wei get the fertile land of Southern Yan that it has been coveting for a long time.”
The prince suddenly realized, nodded and looked at Bai Qingyan: “What do you think, Princess?”
Bai Qingyan put down the teacup and spoke slowly: “What Mr. Fang said makes sense, but… it’s a little small!”
The third update! Don’t blame the bald author for being long-winded! Last month, I said that I would update more in early October before the monthly votes, but at the end of the month… I was actually out of the top 20 in the monthly votes! Isn’t that scary?
We are finally in fourth place. Of course, if we can stay in the top four, we will update more! But if we can stay in the top three… we will update more! We are just a little bit short, my dears!