The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 594: Not without reason
Chapter 594 It makes sense
The prince waved his hand, looking nonchalant. “No, it was Dayan and Northern Rong who jointly attacked Southern Rong. This is understandable. The Southern Rong ambushed and killed Dayan’s princess… Northern Rong’s new queen. How could Dayan and Northern Rong swallow this? Naturally, they have to attack Southern Rong! Well… Southern Rong just plundered my Jin’s Dengzhou City, so they should learn a lesson.”
The prince obviously did not take this matter to heart.
“Your Highness!” Bai Qingyan suddenly stood up with a serious expression and bowed to the prince. “Dayan and Beirong are attacking Nanrong. This matter…we in Jin cannot ignore it and let it happen!”
The Crown Prince did not understand Bai Qingyan’s words and frowned: “What do you mean by this, Princess Zhenguo? Do you think that Jin should take this opportunity to wipe out the Southern Rong?”
Bai Qingyan’s eyes fell on the territorial map hanging in the prince’s study. He stood up and walked towards the map, and the prince hurriedly followed.
“Your Highness, look…” Bai Qingyan pointed to Dayan, which is located to the west of Jin. “Dayan is located to the west of Jin, and now controls Beirong, which is located to the east of Jin. If this war… Beirong swallows Nanrong, Dayan and Rongdi will have a close relationship, and will be able to trap our Jin! Your Highness… If Nanrong is still there, it will entangle with Beirong and Dayan, which will make Jin safe!”
The prince looked at Dayan at the bottom of the territory map, then looked at Rongdi at the top, and clenched his fists: “The Southern Rong just plundered Dengzhou. Do we have to help the Southern Rong? I can’t get over this!”
“Your Highness, only by being vigilant in times of peace and suppressing your anger and focusing on the overall situation can you gain the world! For the sake of peace in our State of Jin, Bai Qingyan asks the Crown Prince to send an envoy to the Northern Rong Kingdom, Dayan, to give a warning, and send someone to tell his uncle to have the Anping camp and the Dengzhou army ready for battle at any time!” Bai Qingyan bowed to the Crown Prince.
In terms of military affairs, the prince has always trusted Bai Qingyan. After all, he had doubts about Bai Qingyan in the battle of Southern Xinjiang, which resulted in heavy losses.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stared at the territorial map and clenched his fists: “But my father hasn’t woken up yet, this matter…”
“Your Highness, you will ascend the throne sooner or later. His Majesty is now in a coma and has handed over the government to your Highness. You must do something so that His Majesty can trust you to entrust the country of Jin to you! As long as Your Highness thinks it is for the good of Jin, you can give the order! Of course… If Your Highness is unsure about this matter, you can immediately invite the Minister of War and the old Imperial Master Tan to discuss it! His Majesty has entrusted the old Imperial Master Tan to assist in the administration, and the old Imperial Master’s opinion is still very important!”
After all is said and done, the prince is still afraid of taking responsibility. Bai Qingyan understands the prince’s thoughts, so he proposes to discuss the matter with the old imperial tutor Tan, and act after obtaining the approval of the imperial tutor and the Minister of War. Then the prince will feel that… even if he makes a mistake, his responsibility is not that great.
Sure enough, the prince nodded, and ordered Quan Yu to summon the Minister of War and the old imperial tutor Tan to come to the prince’s mansion as soon as possible.
For the State of Jin, the more divided the surrounding states are, the more beneficial it is to the State of Jin. Bai Qingyan understands this truth, and so do the old Imperial Preceptor Tan and the Minister of War.
Regardless of whether Beirong and Dayan’s attack on Nanrong is to avenge Princess Mingcheng of Dayan or to plan for the future, Bai Qingyan must protect Nanrong!
The reason was that, in addition to the fact that there was indeed no future for the Southern Rong to harm the State of Jin, Bai Qingyan also had to protect Ayu and his uncle An Ran had to train his own cavalry in the Southern Rong.
“Don’t worry about this. After discussing with the old imperial tutor and the Minister of War, I will immediately send envoys to Dayan and Beirong! Go back and have a good rest. You have worked hard during this period.”
The prince also ordered Quan Yu to open the storehouse and sent Bai Qingyan a lot of high-quality tonics. He also sent people to deliver gold and silver, saying that they were for Bai Qingyan to use for training troops in Shuoyang to suppress bandits, but in fact they were just rewards to Bai Qingyan in order to sell her a good deal.
Not long after Bai Qingyan left the house, Old Fang hurried to the study.
The prince had already changed his clothes and was leaning on the couch, applying an ice towel to his head. When he heard Quan Yu say that Master Fang had arrived, he took off the towel from his head and sat up, pointing to the cushion next to the couch and said, “Master Fang, please sit down first!”
Elder Fang held up the hem of his clothes and knelt down on the mat. The young eunuch took small steps forward to serve Elder Fang tea and then withdrew. The prince looked at Elder Fang and said, “There is one thing that I want Elder Fang to investigate privately! But quickly!”
Elder Fang bowed in the direction of the Crown Prince and said, “Your Highness, just give your orders!”
“Go check where the servants of the Fu family and the Queen’s mother’s family were sold to when our father married the Queen as the Crown Princess. Ask a few people if Fu Ruoxi and the Queen had an engagement!” The Crown Prince looked at Elder Fang with a solemn look in his eyes and solemnly instructed, “This matter concerns the reputation of the royal family, so I will only tell Elder Fang. Be careful when you check.”
When Elder Fang heard this, he only told him about this matter. Seeing that the Crown Prince did not call Qin Shangzhi and Ren Shijie, he knelt straight and saluted the Crown Prince and said, “Your Highness, rest assured, I will definitely take care of this matter! Your Highness…are you suspecting the relationship between the Queen and Fu Ruoxi?”
The prince nodded and said, “Since the queen became pregnant, she has only allowed Doctor Hu to diagnose her pulse. I remembered that the queen’s personal maid sent Fu Ruoxi out of the palace. I suspect… the child in the queen’s belly is not my father’s! If this is true, then the queen and Prince Xin will be doomed, and no one will threaten my position anymore!”
Elder Fang quickly went through the information given by the Crown Prince, and suddenly raised his head to look at the Crown Prince: “If you want to put the Queen and Prince Xin in an irretrievable situation, I have remembered something…”
The prince threw the ice towel into the basin of water: “Mr. Fang speaks frankly.”
“Your Highness, do you remember that when the Queen entered the Prince’s Mansion, she learned that Concubine Yu had given birth to Your Highness, and she made things difficult for Concubine Yu. Later, the Queen was pregnant… Prince Xin was not full-term, and Concubine Yu and the Queen had a dispute, which led to Prince Xin’s premature birth! At that time… the Queen claimed that Concubine Yu pushed her. If it weren’t for the fact that Lady Shoushan came back and said that the Queen tripped and Concubine Yu talked to her at the time and hurried over to help the Queen, I’m afraid Concubine Yu’s life would have been in danger at that time!” Old Fang’s eyes were heavy, “Now that I think about it, doesn’t Your Highness think that maybe the Queen’s pregnancy was over, and she wanted to use this to frame Concubine Yu?”
When the prince heard this, he suddenly raised his eyes, with murderous intent in his eyes.
Because of this incident, my mother was beaten with fifty sticks by my father and almost died. Later, my mother’s health gradually recovered, but because of the fifty sticks, she lost her child and could never get pregnant again. He was also bullied by those servants who looked down on him, and those days were very difficult.
“What Elder Fang said… makes sense!”
The prince suddenly became angry. If it was really the queen who framed him, then the prince would never let the queen go.
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