The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 644: win people’s hearts
Chapter 644 Winning People’s Hearts
The soldiers of the patrol camp immediately picked up Prince Liang, who was crying breathlessly in the rain, and dragged him away from the high steps of the emperor’s bedroom.
“Father! Father, please spare me! I am just afraid of death! But even if I die, I have never thought of harming you and my brother the Crown Prince!” Prince Liang kicked his legs and cried hysterically towards the direction of the Emperor’s bedroom.
Bai Qingyan thought, perhaps the reason why King Liang could live so long was because he had no sense of dignity and integrity in his heart, so his knees could break so quickly at any time and place.
King Liang is no longer a big deal…
Since King Liang was lucky enough to survive this chaotic battle, Bai Qingyan felt that it would be better to let King Liang watch helplessly as he could not get what he wanted, and let him never get rid of this cowardly and incompetent skin, rather than risk killing him now.
Bai Qingyan stared at the panicked and crying King Liang. For a moment… he could not even remember how high-spirited King Liang was in his previous life.
In the previous life, King Liang had Du Zhiwei by his side. With her, he gradually got rid of the reputation of being a coward and became a god of war. How majestic she was.
She took the umbrella from Nanny Jiang, held it over the Grand Princess’s head, and said to her, “Grandma, I’ll take you to the carriage.”
“You really won’t go back to Bai Mansion with me? Aren’t you concerned about your own health and the Bai Mansion?” The eldest princess held Bai Qingyan’s hand.
There has been no news from the Bai Mansion. In Bai Qingyan’s opinion… no news is good news.
Bai Qingyan had experienced Xiao Rongyan’s abilities in her previous life. As long as Xiao Rongyan said in person that he would defend the Bai Mansion, he would definitely defend it, so she was not worried.
Moreover, she couldn’t leave at this moment. At least half of the imperial guards followed King Zhong Shaozhongxin in rebellion, and they suffered many casualties after fighting against the Nandu Army and the soldiers of Anping Camp. It seemed like a mess to others, but Bai Qingyan felt that this was a good opportunity to place her own people in and win people’s hearts.
If Bai Qingyan left at this time, he would miss this opportunity in vain.
What’s more, Bai Qingyan has shown his edge too clearly this time. At this moment… the emperor and the prince will not think too much about it because they are grateful to Bai Qingyan for coming to the palace to save him. However, when they think about it in the future, they may become wary of the Bai family and may keep Bai Qingyan under their noses to control him.
Now the emperor has not issued an edict to reward her according to her merits. Who knows if he will arrange a marriage for her and send her to the prince’s mansion? This is not what she wants.
Bai Qingyan has already instructed Xiao Rongyan’s secret guards to act out a scene in which he is assassinated… and is about to die, so that he can return to Shuoyang safely to recuperate.
If my grandmother was present when someone attempted to “assassinate” her, she would probably be hurt, which was not what Bai Qingyan wanted to see.
After sending the eldest princess away, Doctor Huang examined Bai Qingyan’s arm and said that although Bai Qingyan’s arm did not have any bone injuries, his tendons were injured and he would need to be well cared for to recover.
After expressing his gratitude, Bai Qingyan changed into clean clothes sent by Gao Demao in a warm room in a remote palace.
Through the carved partition, the guard of the Bai family lowered his voice and said to Bai Qing, “Miss, General Liu Hong has arrived. He ordered his men to disarm and escort the rebel Nandu Army and the Imperial Guard out of the imperial city. It seems that apart from Prince Liang and a few important generals who will be put to death by lingchi, the emperor will not leave the rest of the soldiers alive and will strangle them all.”
Bai Qingyan found it very inconvenient to dress with one hand. He paused when he heard this and asked, “How many people are there in total?”
“Miss, there are at least 18,000 people.” said the Bai family guards.
Eighteen thousand people, all strangled?!
Although the rebels deserved to be killed, many of them were just ordinary soldiers following the orders of their generals and had no choice!
It’s not that Bai Qingyan is too soft-hearted, but in the past, when the emperor encountered such things, in order to show his generosity and righteousness, he would only kill the chicken to scare the monkey, severely punish the ringleader and lightly punish the followers…
Bai Qingyan gritted his teeth and put on his clothes. He opened the door with one hand and came out. He stared at the rain curtain under the corridor and asked, “Where is General Liu Hong now? Where are you taking him?”
“My dear young lady, when I just came to report, General Liu Hong had already led his troops and seemed to be leaving from the east gate…”
East Gate? Yongding Gate!
If Bai Qingyan guessed correctly, the emperor wanted Liu Hong to shoot all these rebels at Yongding Gate!
Bai Qingyan’s heart tightened, and he rushed into the rain curtain: “Hurry to Yongding Gate!”
“Miss, are you going to save someone?” The guard hurriedly caught up.
Bai Qingyan’s eyes were dark and sharp, and he said: “It’s to save people, but also to win people’s hearts…”
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It rained heavily all night, and not only did the rain not stop, it was getting heavier.
Prime Minister Lu, dressed in official uniform, bent over and came out of the carriage. His attendant hurriedly came forward with an umbrella and took Prime Minister Lu from the carriage.
Prime Minister Lu lowered his eyes and saw the red blood immediately soaking his official boots. He then looked at the Dengwen Drum that had fallen to the ground and the Wude Gate that had been knocked crooked. He could already feel in his heart how fierce the bloody battle at the Wude Gate was.
Soon, the carriage of Dali Temple Minister Dong Qingping also arrived at the Wude Gate. He got out of the carriage and saw Lu Xiang first. He supported the carriage of the guards and walked towards Lu Xiang, bowing and saying, “Lu Xiang!”
“Master Dong!” Prime Minister Lu nodded to Dong Qingping.
Afterwards, the Minister of War Shen Jingzhong and the Minister of Revenue Chu Zhongxing also arrived. They saluted to Prime Minister Lu in the rain and inquired about the situation.
This morning, before all the court officials got up, they heard the deafening shouts of killing coming from Wude Gate. They all sent their guards to Wude Gate to investigate the situation. First, they received news that the imperial guard Bi Heng led his troops to besiege Wude Gate. Later, they heard that the crown prince and old imperial tutor Tan led the patrol battalion into the palace to protect the emperor. Then… Prince Xian and Prince Liang, with the Nando Army that appeared out of nowhere, also said they would enter the palace to rescue the emperor.
All the court officials changed into their official uniforms and sat at home. One after another, servants were sent out to gather information. Some even went directly to Prime Minister Lu’s residence to ask him for a decision.
Prime Minister Lu was the first to receive the news that Princess Bai Qingyan had gone to the east gate of the capital city. After some thought, he asked all the officials gathered in Lu’s mansion to go home and wait for news and guard the mansion.
With Bai Qingyan around, Prime Minister Lu believed that this chaos would be quelled soon.
Sure enough, just half an hour ago, the secret guards in Prime Minister Lu’s mansion returned to report to Prime Minister Lu that no shouting and killing could be heard in the palace.
Prime Minister Lu thought that the situation must be irreversible, so he told his family to guard the gate and set off for Wude Gate.
Of course, other officials also came upon hearing the news.
Even Li Mao, who had been claiming to be ill and recuperating at home, came to Wude Gate this time.
However, the Wude Gate was heavily guarded, and there was no intention of letting officials into the palace.
Not long after, the Wude Gate suddenly opened…
When Prime Minister Lu saw the Grand Princess’s carriage coming out of Wude Gate, he hurriedly stepped aside to make way and bowed to the Grand Princess’s carriage.
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