The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 550: figure
Chapter 550 Characters
Dong Qingyue looked at Bai Qingyan and said, “I dare not leave the Great Yan and Rongdi people in Dengzhou! We cannot underestimate the Yan and Rongdi people… Especially the Yan State, which has been secretly strengthening itself in recent years, and has produced many talented people. Moreover, it dares to hostage its legitimate son to Jin, so it is definitely not an ordinary person.”
Dong Qingyue could see clearly that Yan State was no longer the Yan State of yesterday. Although Yan State’s financial situation was not exposed, it had managed to get through all the national crises safely. Dong Qingyue did not believe that it was simply because Yan State was lucky.
“Clear an inn and ask the Rongdi people to leave the city and leave the Yan people to stay there. During the period when Princess Mingcheng is recovering from her injuries, she must be accompanied by the Dengzhou army when going in and out, and she cannot move around at will. This can also be one of the conditions for temporarily keeping Princess Mingcheng to recover from her injuries. Tell them that if they agree to the conditions, your uncle will submit a memorial to the emperor for instructions. If they don’t agree, the Yan and Rongdi people will immediately take Princess Mingcheng out of the city! If the Yan and Rongdi people really want to save Princess Mingcheng, they will certainly agree! If they disagree… your uncle will make it clear when he submits a memorial to the emperor.” Bai Qingyan said.
“Yes! They don’t agree to our conditions, and they intend to covet our Jin State. It is reasonable for father not to keep Princess Mingcheng!” Dong Changlan’s eyes were heavy, “Father, the emperor is now incompetent… In order to avoid being affected, this is the only way!”
Those who can sit in the study are all absolutely trustworthy people. The four words “the emperor is stupid”…this is not the first time they have said it in the study.
The two aides also nodded in agreement. The matter was urgent and they could not find a more suitable method than what Bai Qingyan said.
After all, if he used an excuse to make Princess Mingcheng die in Dengzhou at this critical juncture, the emperor would inevitably blame Dong Qingyue.
After a little thought, Dong Qingyue made the decision.
Afterwards, the Rongdi people left the city, and the soldiers led by General Pei of Dayan took off their armor and swords and stayed in the inn arranged by Dong Changlan. Their words and actions were monitored by the Dengzhou Army.
Dong Qingyue felt regretful when he saw Dayan agreed to this without blinking an eye. He never thought… Dayan would be so willing to give up a princess for marriage.
With Dayan’s cooperation, Dong Qingyue also sent people to gather doctors from all over the city and famous doctors from neighboring counties in an effort to save Princess Mingcheng.
Xiao Rongyan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news, and was deeply grateful to Bai Qingyan.
At the same time, Lupin and his men successfully entered the heartland of Nanrong.
The Imperial City of Nanrong was established on the site of the former palace of the King of Rongdi. The palace was surrounded by tents of Nanrong generals in a uniform style, while the tents of ordinary Nanrong people were at the outermost periphery.
Lupin and his group dressed in Rongdi costumes and, inspired by Xiao Rongyan, pretended to be a caravan. They brought goods to exchange for furs with the people of Southern Rong. They were briefly interrogated by the Rongdi people. When the Rongdi people heard that Lupin brought food and wanted to exchange food for furs, they let him go.
Among the people Lupin brought with him, there were those who could speak Rongdi language. When exchanging food, they found out after a little inquiry that the tent of the Ghost-faced General of the Southern Rong was the largest tent closest to the palace.
Not to mention that there are soldiers patrolling here, they cannot get close to the Ghost-faced General’s tent. Even the tents of ordinary generals of the Southern Rong are heavily patrolled and guarded.
The noisy sound of the bone whistle might not be heard during the day, so Lupin used food to exchange with the local people for a place to stay near the tent of the Nanrong general. He just waited for the bone whistle to send a message after dark to find out whether the ghost-faced general of Nanrong… was their young master.
The sky gradually darkened, and the Southern Rong people returned to their tents as soon as the sun set and never came out again. They were unlike the Rongdi that Lupin had seen before.
At that time… even after dark, the Rongdi people would light a bonfire on the grassland, dance around it, drink, and eat meat. Men and women would gather around the bonfire, and when they saw someone they liked, they would go up to them and ask them to dance. If they were attracted to each other… they might become husband and wife that very night. Their style was quite bold and unrestrained.
Lupin heard from the Nanrong people who rented the yurt to them that the night curfew was a new order issued by the Nanrong King, requiring the Nanrong people to rest early and get up early the next day to get enough rest in preparation for collecting winter food the next day.
Lupin was quite surprised. He never thought that the Rongdi people also knew how to make preparations. In the past… the Rongdi people would enjoy themselves while they had wine and food, and when they had none, they would ride their horses to the border of Jin or the border of Daliang to plunder. Now they suddenly knew how to prepare for a rainy day.
It was curfew at night and they were not allowed to leave the tent. Lupin sat in the tent, looking at the red brazier in front of him, thinking carefully. After thinking for a while, he said, “You guys just wait in the tent. I’ll go out quietly for a walk and come back soon.”
The six people nodded: “My Lord, be careful!”
Lupin came out of the tent carefully, avoiding the patrolling Rongdi soldiers, hid behind a tent, and looked at the tent of the Ghost-faced General which was heavily guarded.
As soon as he took out the bone whistle from his neck, he saw the patrolling Nanrong soldiers with swords coming over with torches in their hands. He hurriedly bent over and half-crouched, walking around the tent. When he saw the light of the swaying torches in the patrolmen’s hands going away, he took out the bone whistle and started to blow it.
The Ghost-faced General was sitting in front of the desk. He was not wearing a mask. He was kneeling in his clothes, holding a brush in his hand, revealing half of his hideous face that was burned by fire. The marks of the fire stretched all the way to his neck.
The flickering candlelight outlined the well-defined facial features on the other side of the Ghost-faced General. His deep eyes, long eyelashes, straight nose and thin lips showed what a handsome and stunning figure this Ghost-faced General once was.
The Ghost-faced General, who was drawing a map on sheepskin, heard the bone whistle and looked up suddenly.
“Bai Family Guards, please see the young master.”
The lame attendant beside the Ghost-faced General almost spilled the tea he was serving to the Ghost-faced General when he heard the bone whistle. He managed to steady himself, opened his eyes wide, and knelt beside the Ghost-faced General, looking at him: “General…”
The Ghost-faced General thought back to that day when he had a quick meeting with his elder sister at the border of Jin State, and his eyes suddenly became red.
Even though he looked like this, my sister still recognized him!
That’s his elder sister, how could she not recognize him?
That’s why my sister sent someone here.
The hand holding the pen was trembling slightly, and his wet, red, and tough eyes looked out of the tent, but how could he dare to let his elder sister know about his horrible look? If his elder sister knew… she would be so sad!
When they heard the news of his death, my sister and mother must have been heartbroken. If they knew what he looked like now…
Bai Qingyu’s shaking hands gently covered the half of his face that was burned, and her eyes were burning.
“Sir!” The lame attendant beside Bai Qingyu looked at him nervously, “Sir, do you want me to go out…”
“No!” Bai Qingyu interrupted the attendant, holding the pen and concentrating on drawing the map. A hoarse and unpleasant voice rang out, “No need! Send someone to check tomorrow morning to see if there are any outsiders. If there are, arrest them all and say that I heard a whistle at night and wanted to interrogate outsiders.”
The third update! Okay, the bald author is going to sleep! Good night, my little ancestors!