The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 586: A strong army makes a country strong
Chapter 586: A Strong Army Makes a Strong Country
Xie Xun’s eyes swelled and ached as he looked at Xiao Rongyan, tears hung in the corners of his eyes, and he didn’t dare to blink.
Seeing Xie Xun’s guilty look, Xiao Rongyan’s voice calmed down, and he sighed barely audibly: “This… is what you, Xie Xun, should do as a man and a soldier!”
After saying that, Xiao Rongyan opened the partition and strode out of Huang’s house without looking back.
Xie Xun knelt under the bed and heard the footsteps of Zhang Yan chasing Xiao Rongyan away. He couldn’t hold back the tears in the corners of his eyes, which slipped into his mouth, and were extremely bitter.
Not long after, drizzle came silently, the sound of rain became louder and louder, and a curtain of rain appeared on the eaves.
Xie Xun’s legs were numb and his ears were filled with the sound of rain hitting golden osmanthus leaves. He turned his head to look at the gloomy sky with overlapping dark clouds outside the open window. He stood up weakly, holding on to the edge of the bed, and his eyes inadvertently fell on the Eight Immortals Table where Xiao Rongyan had just sat.
Thinking of Xiao Rongyan’s tapping of the edge of the Eight Immortals Table before he left, he walked to the edge of the Eight Immortals Table with difficulty…
When the purse embroidered by Princess Mingcheng appeared before his eyes, Xie Xun burst into tears and almost fell down.
He stroked the purse gently with trembling fingers, then clenched it tightly in his hand, gritting his teeth, his eyes bloodshot, and all he could hear were Xiao Rongyan’s words before he left.
He, Xie Xun, had to stand up. He wanted to lead the cavalry of Dayan to sweep across all the nations. He wanted Dayan to become a powerful country feared by all the nations, a hegemon that could unify the world, so powerful that there would no longer be a need for Dayan women to travel to foreign countries to marry!
In troubled times, a strong army means a strong country, and a strong country means its people will not fear powerful neighboring enemies.
He, Xie Xun, wanted to become the true god of war of Dayan and make the people of Dayan believe that he, Xie Xun, was capable of leading troops to protect the country of Dayan and ensure that no more women of Dayan would marry far away for the country.
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On September 24, the sixteenth year of Xuanjia, twenty thousand soldiers from the Anping camp escorted the prince back to the capital. They met up with the prince’s carriage, which had suffered two assassination attempts, at Huaibi City on September 27 and headed straight for Dadu.
On September 29th of the sixteenth year of Xuanjia, the crown prince was blocked in Huayang City. The commander of Huayang City claimed that he had received an order from above that only the crown prince’s carriage was allowed to pass through, and the officers and soldiers in Anping Camp were not allowed to leave Anping Camp without the emperor’s order. If they did not return quickly, they would be charged with treason.
Princess Zhenguo held up the emperor’s secret decree to summon the prince back to the capital, saying that if the Huayang commander dared to intercept him, he would be charged with treason and his entire clan would be executed. Upon seeing the imperial edict, the Huayang commander opened the city gate and let him pass.
After receiving the news, the queen became restless in the palace.
Prince Liang has always shown himself to be weak and incompetent, and has only been in charge of government affairs in name only. But now the government is controlled by the old imperial tutor Tan and Prime Minister Lu, and the Queen cannot intervene. The eldest princess in the palace takes the excuse that the Queen is pregnant and the Emperor sympathizes with her hard work… and takes over the affairs of the harem.
Now, even if the empress went to visit the unconscious emperor, the eldest princess would stand by her side. The emperor’s bedroom was surrounded by people, leaving the empress no chance to take any action before the prince returned to the capital.
Bai Qingyan kept the news about Fu Ruoxi secret all the way, and the Queen didn’t know… Was Fu Ruoxi coming for her or for the Crown Prince? She was trembling with fear all day long, and her pregnancy was unstable, so she called Prince Xin back to the palace to accompany him.
Prince Xin entered the palace, dismissed his attendants, knelt under the curtain, and whispered to the queen on the high throne, “Mother, Fu Ruoxi may not be reliable. If father has really seen the book of Fu Ruoxi’s time in and out of the palace, once he wakes up… Mother will be doomed!”
The queen leaned against the hidden bag, her slender hands tightly grasping the Ruyi on her knees, her eyes dark, “I have made it clear in my letter. Fu Ruoxi is not stupid. Wouldn’t he have thought of… recording the time he enters and leaves the palace? If he doesn’t help us, I will definitely drag him out if something happens!”
Prince Xin lowered his eyes and thought quietly. He stood up, holding up his clothes, walked quickly to the queen’s side and knelt down. He lowered his voice and said, “Although the Grand Princess is now in control of the palace, and the old imperial tutor Tan is assisting Prince Liang in managing state affairs, Prince Liang is ours! If my mother can write a letter to my uncle…”
“Mother knows what you are planning! You want mother to contact your uncle… control the imperial guards, and wait for the prince to return to the capital and enter the palace, and then kill him halfway! Right?” The queen looked at Prince Xin with her phoenix eyes, her eyes were gloomy, “Do you think mother hasn’t thought about it? But the eldest princess has been prepared for it. She promoted your uncle in public but demoted him in secret. I’m afraid the imperial guards won’t listen to your uncle! Besides… Prince Liang is also your father’s son, and he is also qualified to compete for the throne.”
Prince Xin was startled. “But Prince Liang imitated the handwriting of that old man Bai Weiting for his son and minister. He wanted to…”
“Do you really think that Prince Liang is a coward and incompetent who only obeys your orders? Naive!” The Queen scolded Prince Xin in a harsh voice. Her abdomen ached. She frowned and covered her abdomen, gritting her teeth and said, “It’s all because your mother protected you too well in the early years, so you didn’t have any guard against others! That Prince Liang… is not as weak and bullied as he appears. On the contrary, your brother is very patient. Anyone who can endure what ordinary people can’t endure is a powerful character and must not be underestimated.”
Prince Xin curled his lips in disapproval: “What kind of waves can he make!”
The Queen stared at Prince Xin, suppressed her anger, and said, “Remember, stay away from Prince Liang! Don’t believe what he says! Leave everything to me, Queen Mother. Your throne… Queen Mother will not let anyone take it away! Now is not the time for us to fight to the death with the Crown Prince… Let Prince Liang gain the advantage, you have to keep your composure! Only those who keep their composure can win!”
“I’ll remember this, son!” Prince Xin nodded, trusting the queen completely.
The queen raised her hand and touched Prince Xin’s head, her voice softened: “Don’t keep those people in your house who know that you sent people to assassinate the prince, lest the prince investigates and finds out something when he returns!”
Prince Xin lowered his eyes and said nothing, feeling extremely disdainful. The Prince of Qi was just a bastard… If he had not been demoted to a commoner, he would never have been able to become the crown prince.
The Queen heard that the Crown Prince had been assassinated twice, and Prince Xin only sent out one group of assassins. Then the other group…if the Queen guessed correctly, it must have been sent by Prince Liang.
After all, Prince Liang is not alone now. Behind him is Prince Nandu Xian who holds military power, so the Queen has to be on guard.
On the second day of October in the sixteenth year of the Xuanjia reign, twenty thousand soldiers from the Anping camp escorted the crown prince to the outskirts of Dadu. Prince Liang, the old imperial tutor Tan, and the eldest princess led all the officials outside the city to welcome the crown prince back to the court.
The prince, who had been frightened all the way, finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel. The heart that had been hanging in his throat finally let go and he breathed a sigh of relief, but he developed a high fever.
Prince Liang, the Grand Princess and Imperial Preceptor Tan stood at the front of all the officials. They watched the guards holding the prince’s banner getting closer and closer. Prince Liang also saw Bai Qingyan riding a white horse and leading the way.
The armor shines silver and its cold light is intimidating.
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