The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 632: Golden Gesheng
Chapter 632: The Sound of Swords
As he spoke, the King of Liang began to cry and wiped his tears with his sleeves: “Father-in-law… I’m so scared! Otherwise… otherwise forget it, Ruofu is pregnant with my child, I don’t want the child to be without a father before it is born! Father-in-law…”
Prince Xian gritted his teeth and resisted the urge to yell at Prince Liang to stop crying. After carefully thinking about Prince Liang’s words, he felt that what he said made sense.
Although Bai Qingyan has no soldiers under his command now, who knows whether Bai Qingyan will try to transfer 20,000 soldiers from Anping Camp. This woman is a good marcher and fighter, and like Bai Weiting and Bai Qishan, she is scheming and must be guarded against.
Just in case…it’s better to keep the women of the Bai family in your hands.
Prince Xian thought about it and sent another 500 people to the Bai family to capture the women of the Bai family.
When King Liang heard this, he lowered his eyes and retreated to a remote corner where no one could see him. The look in his eyes was like… a poisonous snake that hissed and spit out its tongue in a dark, moldy cellar that never saw sunlight all day.
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The street inside the East Gate, the shop doors and the eaves were all covered with arrows. The blood mixed with broken limbs and corpses on the ground had not yet been cleaned up, which showed how brutal the battle had just been.
When the general guarding the east gate saw someone heading towards the east gate, he immediately became alert and the archer pointed his arrow at Bai Qingyan.
When he saw clearly that the person riding the fast horse was Bai Qingyan, the general guarding the east gate hurriedly trotted down the city wall and bowed to Bai Qingyan: “This humble general greets the Princess!”
When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Old Fang arranged for him to kill Prince Xin’s men silently and make sure to control the East Gate, they had also instructed him to control the East Gate… No one could enter or leave unless they met the Princess Zhenguo. This shows how much the Crown Prince trusts the Princess Zhenguo.
“Did you capture anyone alive in the battle at the East Gate just now?” Bai Qingyan asked in a cold voice as he sat on a tall horse.
“Princess Zhenguo, we captured twenty-six of them!” said the general guarding the city.
Bai Qingyan dismounted, threw the black gold whip in his hand to the Bai family guards, and walked up the steps of the city wall: “Have you interrogated?”
“Not yet…” The general guarding the city looked up at Bai Qingyan and immediately followed, “Shouldn’t the Princess Zhenguo leave the city immediately and bring the 20,000 soldiers from the Anping camp to rescue the emperor?”
Prince Xian hadn’t moved yet, so Bai Qingyan wasn’t in a hurry.
“Bring the person up here. I have something to ask.” Bai Qingyan turned around and glanced at the general guarding the city. “I care more about the safety of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince than you do!”
The general guarding the city dared not say anything more. He immediately responded and ordered his men to bring up the twenty-six captured people alive.
On the city wall, Bai Qingyan looked in the direction of the Anping camp in the distance, and heard the soldiers defending the city bringing up the captured Nandu soldiers.
The Nandu Army was taken to the city wall. When they saw Bai Qingyan, who had shot an arrow through the shoulder armor of their General Xiao Wang in front of the Bai Mansion today, they remembered Bai Qingyan’s reputation as the God of Death and their legs suddenly became weak.
Bai Qingyan looked at the Nandu soldiers who were forced to kneel in front of him and asked, “Are you from the Nandu Army?”
The general guarding the city looked at Bai Qingyan in surprise, but saw that Bai Qingyan’s face was cold and calm, and he tightly gripped the sword at his waist.
Several people were silent. Bai Qingyan looked at the Bai family guards who followed her. The Bai family guards nodded, drew the sword from their waist, and slashed with the sword… blood mist splashed, and a Nandu soldier’s head fell to the ground.
The rest of the Nandu soldiers saw the head rolling in front of them and screamed in despair. The head… had a face full of fear and its eyes were not closed.
Bai Qingyan’s eyes were calm, and he spoke slowly: “Let me ask again, are you from the Nandu Army, or Prince Xin’s men?”
“Nandu Army! We are the Nandu Army!” Some Nandu soldiers cried out, “Please, Princess Zhenguo, don’t kill me!”
Once a breach was made, the other Nandu soldiers panicked and poured out everything they knew.
“We were ordered to enter the capital in disguise and hide in various places in the city. We hid in an alley in the west of the city, but we don’t even know what the alley is called!”
“I know! I know! It seems to be called Huaixiang. We are under the command of General Jianghaiwang, the King of Nandu…”
Bai Qingyan asked again: “How many people from your Nandu Army have come?”
“Replying to Princess Zhenguo, the soldiers from Nandu… should have arrived!”
“Is Prince Xian planning a rebellion?” Bai Qingyan did not expect to hear the answer from these soldiers. He only said this to the generals sent by the prince from the east of the city to defend the city.
“We don’t know what Prince Xian is going to do. We arrived early, but were not allowed to enter or leave the alley. Everyone was speculating. Our general speculated that Prince Xian might take advantage of the wedding of Prince Liang and Princess Liang tomorrow to launch an attack and support Prince Liang to ascend the throne.”
The general defending the city immediately understood what Prince Xian was trying to do. It was obvious that Prince Xian wanted to make both the Crown Prince and Prince Xin suffer heavy losses so that the fisherman could gain the advantage!
Bai Qingyan looked at the Nandu soldier who was speaking anxiously and said, “Take him away!”
“Princess, please spare me! Princess, please spare me!”
After the Nandu Army was escorted down the tower and their cries for mercy faded away, Bai Qingyan looked at the general guarding the city: “So… General, do you still think that I should leave the city immediately and lead the Anping camp into the city? Coming in at this time… Could it be that I want the Nandu Army to make dumplings for me?”
“But we can’t just leave His Highness alone!” The general was very anxious.
Bai Qingyan frowned, and planned to find something for the general guarding the city to do: “The prince has brought the patrol battalion into the palace. Send a few people to guard the four palace gates and Prince Xian’s mansion. If Prince Xian makes any movement, report immediately!”
“But the order I received…”
Bai Qingyan looked at the general guarding the city with sharp eyes, and said calmly: “Do you think you can defeat me and lead troops to rescue me? You can go and inform the 20,000 soldiers in the Anping camp!”
“I dare not!” The general guarding the city was terrified and clasped his fists. “But I did receive an order for the Princess Zhenguo to lead the Anping camp troops out of the city to provide assistance!”
Bai Qingyan took a step towards the general guarding the city, and put his thumb on the handle of his sword, with a cold light flashing: “My words are military orders! I don’t need you to teach me. The Bai family is strict in military discipline… If you want to learn from me, I will help you!”
The general guarding the city fell silent, took two steps back and ordered his men to guard outside the palace gate, but in his heart he was worried about the prince.
Logically speaking, he was just a low-ranking official guarding the city, and others called him a general. He had no right to argue with the Princess Zhenguo, but his entire family’s lives were saved by the prince unintentionally, so he had to… be loyal to the prince!
Soon, the guards sent by Bai Qingyan to deliver a message to Prince Xian’s mansion arrived at the city tower first, saying that Prince Xian and Prince Liang had already come out of the mansion, and seemed to be heading towards the Wude Gate of the Imperial Palace with their generals.
Following closely behind were the guards of the Bai family who went to Liuhuai Lane to deliver a message, saying that the Nandu Army in Liuhuai Lane had moved, and it looked like they were heading towards Wude Gate.
Bai Qingyan nodded upon hearing this and lowered his eyes to think carefully.
The third update! I continue to ask for monthly tickets la la la la…