The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 589: soldier in wartime
Chapter 589: Being a Soldier in Wartime
Bai Jinxiu looked in the direction of the carriage, her eyes moist. If her elder sister had not arranged for Yin Shuang to be by her side, today… she and Wang Ge’er would have died quietly in the palace. But Yin Shuang…
Thinking of Yinshuang, Bai Jinxiu turned her head and wiped away her tears with a handkerchief. If the elder sister saw that Yinshuang had lost an eye and was sleepy all day, she would not know how sad she would be. Fortunately, the little girl had an open-minded personality. She was content with everything as long as she had food to eat, and was able to take things in a positive way.
The carriage slowly stopped in front of the Princess Zhenguo’s mansion. Bai Jinxiu held Cuibi’s hand and walked down the steps, and saw Chuntao helping Bai Qingyan down first.
Seeing Bai Qingyan in silver armor and looking so heroic, Bai Jinse rushed over and hugged Bai Qingyan’s slender waist like a child: “Elder sister!”
“Miss…” Lu Ninghua nodded to Bai Qingyan. In public, Lu Ninghua was Bai Qingyan’s nominal aunt, so she had to behave herself so that others would not see her flaws.
“Eldest sister!” Bai Jinxiu’s eyes were moist.
In Bai Qingyan’s eyes, as deep as a pool, there was the warmth of sunlight. She gently stroked Bai Jinse’s head, her eyes fell on Bai Jinxiu, who was a new mother, and she bowed and greeted Second Madam Liu and Lu Ninghua.
Doctor Hong stroked his beard, smiled and said, “When we get home later, everything else can be put aside. Let him check Bai Qingyan’s pulse first.”
Amidst the laughter, the eldest princess also helped Nanny Jiang get off the carriage: “Let’s not greet each other outside the door, let’s go home first… let Abao change his clothes!”
Liu hurriedly stepped forward, smiled and greeted the eldest princess, then supported her side: “Mother is right, let’s go inside first! Nanny Luo, go see if the pigeon soup that the kitchen has cooked for Abao is ready. If it is ready, serve a bowl first and let Abao drink the soup, then quickly take a bath, change clothes, and relax!”
“Don’t worry, Madam. When I saw the Grand Princess’ carriage just now, I ordered people to do it!” Nanny Luo folded her hands in front of her belly and smiled brightly.
Seeing that Bai Qingyan was not injured on the journey back, Liu hurriedly urged Bai Qingyan to go back to bathe and change clothes. Lu Ninghua and Bai Jinse accompanied the eldest princess back to Changshouyuan, and Bai Jinxiu sent Bai Qingyan back to Qinghuiyuan.
On the way, the maidservant lowered her head and followed the two sisters ten steps behind them very respectfully, not disturbing their conversation.
Bai Jinxiu took Bai Qingyan’s arm and told him about the left prime minister Li Mao: “Li Mao was implicated by the censor in the Second Prince’s treason case. Later, it was found out that the letter was forged… The emperor had already handed over the government to the prince. I guess it was because Li Mao’s son Li Mingrui had a close relationship with the Liang Palace. The emperor didn’t mention the matter of Li Mao returning to the court… The prince pretended not to know and didn’t ask.”
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes, walked slowly, rubbed his fingers, and shook his head: “With Li Mao’s ability, if this case is solved… if he wants to return to the court, he only needs to signal his disciples to submit a petition. Even if the prince does not approve, he will definitely find a way. Until now, he has not returned to the court. It is only possible that Li Mao is temporarily unwilling to return to the court.”
Bai Jinxiu nodded, “Just as my elder sister said, later on, Master Tan assisted the King of Liang in governing the country. The King of Liang invited Li Mao to return to the court, but Li Mao claimed to be ill and did not attend the court. He said he was not up to the task and submitted a petition to ask for his retirement. Master Tan said that Li Mao should not take advantage of his age in front of him and that all matters should be decided after the Crown Prince returns, so the matter was suppressed.”
Hearing this, Bai Qingyan remembered what Bai Jinxiu had mentioned in the letter before, saying that Li Mingrui had been visiting the Prince of Liang’s Mansion again. She paused her caressing fingers, looked at the sparkling lake on the side of the corridor, and said, “Perhaps it’s because Li Mao is in a high position and has great power. Li Mingrui realized in advance that the Prince of Liang wanted to use Li Mao’s power as the left prime minister to do something for him. Li Mao couldn’t refuse or shirk his responsibility, so he simply claimed to be sick and didn’t return to the court!”
“I have sent people to guard the Prince of Liang and the Left Prime Minister’s Mansion. If there is any movement, I will inform my elder sister immediately!” Bai Jinxiu said, “Recently, a strange thing happened. Because of the two major wars in the southern and northern borders this year, our country’s military strength has been severely depleted. In late July, the emperor transferred the newly recruited soldiers sent to the northern border to the border of Xiliang… to deter Xiliang from joining forces with Wei to attack Yan! Jin State has insufficient reserve troops, and the Ministry of War is anxious to recruit soldiers. As a result, the soldiers recruited in Baiwo and Huayang disappeared! I heard from the local people that the recruiting general took the recruits on the mountain road and may have encountered a ghost wall and couldn’t get out.”
When Bai Qingyan heard the news, he chuckled instead.
“Why is elder sister laughing?” Bai Jinxiu was quite puzzled.
Seeing that they had arrived at Qinghui Courtyard, Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinxiu entered the upper room and sat down. After the maid served tea and left, Bai Qingyan picked up the teacup and said, “Bai Wo and Huayang’s new recruits should have been taken away by Ji Tingyu!”
Bai Qingyan did not hide this matter from Bai Jinxiu, as she had something else that she needed Bai Jinxiu to do.
“Ji Tingyu has soldiers, so he must have food and supplies. In the future, these new soldiers… work as farmers in normal times and serve as soldiers in wartime, but food in the first year is very important! In the next few days, I will arrange for people to pretend to be merchants who are about to enter Yan and come to buy food in batches. You can try to negotiate. It doesn’t matter if the price is a little high, but you must not lack food for the new soldiers.”
“Don’t worry, elder sister. Leave this matter to me!” Bai Jinxiu looked calm.
“Now that we’ve talked about business, let’s talk about you…” Bai Qingyan put down the sweet porcelain gold-painted teacup in his hand and looked at Bai Jinxiu, “Why did you give birth prematurely? Grandmother said that you should tell me this in person.”
When Bai Jinxiu heard this, she gently clenched the handkerchief in her hand, put down the teacup and said, “This incident is not aimed at me, but at Aunt Lu!”
Bai Qingyan’s dark pupils were calm. She stared at Bai Jinxiu with murderous intent in her eyes: “Queen?”
“The Emperor was delighted with the Queen’s pregnancy and held a banquet in the palace! Aunt Lu happened to be in the palace that day to give the Emperor acupuncture, so she was also present at the banquet. During the banquet, the Queen had severe abdominal pain for some reason, so the Emperor ordered Aunt Lu to diagnose the Queen’s pulse. The Queen refused at first… saying she didn’t trust Aunt Lu. Later, the Emperor ordered Aunt Lu to diagnose the Queen’s pulse and give her acupuncture, alleviating the Queen’s abdominal pain. She said the Queen’s pregnancy was not looking good and she needed to stay in bed and rest.”
As she spoke, Bai Jinxiu glanced out the window, and after making sure that no one was around, she approached Bai Qingyan and said, “Aunt Lu found out that the Queen’s period is not right…”
Although it was unexpected, we already knew that the Queen and Fu Ruoxi had a deep friendship, and we also knew that Fu Ruoxi had a secret meeting with the Queen, so it was also reasonable.
No wonder Fu Ruoxi was so panicked when she was in the Anping camp and wanted to kill the prince like a madman.
Seeing Bai Qingyan remained silent and solemn, Bai Jinxiu continued, “The Queen left the banquet due to abdominal pain. The Emperor was worried that the dragon fetus in the Queen’s belly had followed her…”
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