The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 753: Gaining momentum
Chapter 753: Gaining momentum
The Bai family’s secret guard, who looked two or three years older than Yue Shi, saw Yue Shi holding the teacup, pressing the tea leaves with the cup lid, and drinking tea in a very awkward posture. He frowned, pushed aside the peanuts, rubbed off the red peanut coating on them, and said, “Is your waist injured?”
Yue Shi held the teacup in his hand, shook his head, and answered politely, “No.”
“If you’re not injured, then why are you always crouching?” The Bai family’s secret guard took a sip of tea from the tea bowl. “When you were leading us around in circles, you didn’t look so timid.”
“Puff…” Yue Shi spat out the tea he had just drunk and looked at the Bai family’s secret guard with wide eyes.
The Bai family’s secret guard handed a handkerchief to Yue Shi with disgust, and the other Bai family’s secret guards also looked at Yue Shi with disgust.
“I’m sorry!” Yue Shi wiped his mouth with a handkerchief and said hurriedly, “These are all orders from my master. I was forced to do so. I didn’t mean to lead you around in circles. I’m sorry!”
“Look at this kid’s guilty look!” The Bai family’s secret guard suddenly laughed out loud, “You don’t really think that your martial arts skills are so high that you can take us brothers wandering around the city by yourself? We brothers are from the Bai family army, we are not fools! If you are not ordered, how can you come and go freely in our Bai Mansion?”
“Your martial arts skills are good… but we also have to be careful about luring the tiger away from the mountain.” Another Bai family secret guard said.
Yue Shiyi thought that his martial arts skills were quite good, even to the point of perfection, so he could lead the Bai family’s secret guards around in circles. After all this fuss, it turned out that they were following him on orders.
Yue Shi’s brain reacts very quickly, so does that mean… Miss Bai is also in love with their master?
“Is this what Miss Bai meant?” Yue Shi couldn’t hide the joy in his eyes.
“The first time, you led them away, but I was still here. However, your master is good at Qinggong. When I found out, your master had already reached our eldest daughter’s window. I saw that our eldest daughter had no intention of taking action, so I asked Miss Chuntao to send him out. I also recognized that he was the benefactor of the Bai family, so I did not stop your master from leaving!” The dark guard peeled the flower again, rubbed the flower’s red clothes and put it into his mouth. “Later, of course, it was our eldest daughter who explained!”
Xiao Rongyan was indebted to the Bai family, and it was rumored outside that this world’s richest businessman had deep feelings for their eldest daughter. Later… during the Wude Gate Incident, Xiao Rongyan risked his life to protect the Bai family’s safety. The Bai family guards were not unaware of this.
In their minds, Xiao Rongyan was already the son-in-law who was about to marry into their Bai family, and was one of their own.
“Hey…” Yue Shi put the teacup on the table, unbending his waist, and stood up, smiling, “If I had known, I wouldn’t have bothered to lead you in circles. Next time, I’ll prepare good wine and food and treat you all to a meal, which will also be my apology.”
“No, no, we in the Bai family have strict rules. We are not allowed to drink alcohol while on duty. Please forgive me, brother!” The guard of the Bai family bowed to Yue Shi.
Yue Shi immediately followed suit: “I was negligent. So… I’ll prepare some tea and snacks!”
“Okay! Anyway, we don’t know when you will come, but you know it in your heart…” said the Bai family guard with a smile.
Early the next morning, Bai Qingyan was about to set off back to Shuoyang. Xiao Rongyan rode a horse to accompany Bai Qingyan for a while.
In the morning light, Xiao Rongyan dismounted and said goodbye to Bai Qingyan who was sitting in the carriage. He stood in front of the carriage window and said to Bai Qingyan: “I will pacify the Wei Kingdom as soon as possible. Wait for me…”
Bai Qingyan’s ears turned red, and she looked at Xiao Rongyan with eyes full of spring water and nodded: “Okay…”
This time when Bai Qingyan returned to Shuoyang, the news was deliberately kept secret, and no one came to the gate of Shuoyang City to greet him.
However, the prefect Shen Tianzhi, who had already received the transfer order, paid a visit to Bai Qingyan on the night he learned that Bai Qingyan had returned to Shuoyang.
Bai Qingyan knew why Shen Tianzhi came, so he went to the front hall to meet Shen Tianzhi.
“Yanwo is the granary of our Jin State and a fertile land…Now the prince has sent people there to repair and expand the canal. I believe that it won’t be long before Yanwo, under the governance of Governor Shen, will be even better than before.” Bai Qingyan spoke slowly, holding a teacup.
“I hope Princess Zhenguo can tell me clearly, is it because you don’t trust me that you assigned me to such a far place, or… because of something else?” Shen Tianzhi looked at Bai Qingyan with burning eyes, neither humble nor arrogant, just asking for clarification.
“Since Lord Shen said that this is the escape route my father left for the Bai family! I believe it!” Bai Qingyan put down the teacup and stared at Shen Tianzhi, “I handed over a country’s granary to Lord Shen. The reason… Lord Shen is smart and will be able to guess my intention.”
Shen Tianzhi’s heart trembled. He had guessed it… After guessing it, he felt excited, but also a little scared.
If it was just a guess before, Shen Tianzhi can now be sure what Bai Qingyan is planning.
This daughter of Bai Qishan is really too ambitious…
She is really preparing to swallow up the State of Jin and rebel in the future!
Shen Tianzhi is not a pedantic scholar who is only loyal to the king. Shen Tianzhi knows exactly what the royal family is like now.
Shen Tianzhi was unwilling to serve the State of Jin at the beginning, let alone now!
There are some things that Shen Tianzhi has never said to Bai Qingyan. He once suggested to Bai Qishan… that he could let the Zhenguo Mansion replace the Lin family’s imperial power, but Bai Qishan said that the Bai family and the Bai family army… have always been the backbone and barrier of the Jin State. They should be the backbone of the Jin State, and never be traitors.
Shen Tianzhi admired Bai Qishan, but also felt that Bai Qishan was pedantic.
Now, Bai Qishan’s daughter is doing everything to prepare for the future conquest of the Jin Kingdom. How can Shen Tianzhi not be excited? If the great country of Jin is handed over to the hands of truly capable people, it will be better and stronger than under the foolish rule of the Lin family!
Moreover, the emperor is now obsessed with elixirs and has built a nine-story platform in the name of praying for blessings, but in fact he is pursuing immortality…
As history has shown, if a monarch begins to pursue immortality, then the country’s fortunes will probably come to an end.
Shen Tianzhi stood up, lifted the hem of his shirt, knelt on one knee, and bowed to Bai Qingyan: “Shen Tianzhi… is willing to obey the orders of the Princess Zhenguo, and will… guard the Jin State granary for the Princess Zhenguo!”
Bai Qingyan did not act arrogantly. He stood up and bowed, looking very heroic and there was no sign of weakness at all.
“I’ll leave it to Lord Shen.”
There is no need to state the word “treason” explicitly. As long as Bai Qingyan is not intentionally hiding it, smart people will always be able to see something about it.
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On February 23, the 17th year of Xuanjia, Wei asked Jin for help but was rejected.
On February 26, the 17th year of Xuanjia, Xiliang ignored the warnings from Jin and launched a strong attack on Nanrong, seizing several horse farms of Nanrong and gaining momentum.
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