The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 768: moody
Chapter 768: No Expression of Happiness or Anger
As soon as the prince walked out of the courtyard, Quan Yu immediately knelt in front of him.
Quan Yu kowtowed heavily to the Crown Prince and cried, “Your Highness, it’s all my fault. When I left, His Highness told me to make sure that the Princess Zhenguo understood… Your Highness replaced Princess Gaoyi not because he doubted the loyalty of the Bai family, but because he was forced by the court officials to do so. In addition, the Left Prime Minister had signed a military order for his son, so he had to order Princess Gaoyi to come back! I exaggerated the difficulties the Crown Prince had suffered. When Princess Zhenguo heard that His Highness was accused by the court officials of believing in the Bai family, he actually led the soldiers trained in Shuoyang to fight bandits… to help General Liu Hong and Princess Gaoyi!”
Quan Yu raised her head, tears welling up in her eyes. “The Zhenguo Princess said… that she would personally take back the cities and lands lost to the Bai family, and she would never let the Crown Prince be embarrassed by the court officials because of the Bai family! Quan Yu really didn’t expect that the Zhenguo Princess would be so loyal to His Highness, and she couldn’t tolerate His Highness being wronged in the slightest, and actually dragged her body like that… and led the troops to Daliang! Quan Yu… Quan Yu has gotten into big trouble this time!”
The prince’s head was buzzing with excitement because of Quan Yu’s crying. He asked, “What did you say? The Zhenguo Princess took the motley crowd from Shuoyang to Daliang?!”
“It’s all my fault, Your Highness! It’s all my fault… I spoke too harshly of Your Highness’s grievances, and Princess Zhenguo lost her temper! When I left… Princess Zhenguo had already assembled the troops and was ready to go! But Princess Zhenguo’s body… was in that state because she was shielding Your Highness from arrows! Princess Zhenguo is Your Highness’s lifesaver! If Princess Zhenguo’s trip to Daliang this time has any consequences, Quan Yu will be too ashamed to face Your Highness!”
Quan Yu cried and kowtowed again: “Quan Yu messed up the task entrusted to me by Your Highness! Not only did I fail to appease the Princess Zhenguo and tell her not to get angry and take good care of herself, but I provoked her to lead the army to the war. The Princess Zhenguo said that she didn’t want to cause trouble for Your Highness… Now we are conquering Daliang, two cities have been infected with epidemics, and we have to build the Nine-Layered Terrace. The treasury is tight, and she is willing to sell her property for military funds and lead the Shuoyang bandit-suppression troops to Daliang, so that the court officials will not have the slightest chance to talk to Your Highness! Quan Yu couldn’t persuade the Princess Zhenguo… It’s all Quan Yu’s fault! Please punish me, Your Highness.”
The lights in the stone pavilion in the alley outside the courtyard gate, which were more than a person tall, flickered in the wind. The prince’s mood at this moment was indescribably subtle.
Because Bai Qingyan insisted on leading Shuoyang’s motley crowd to the battle, they thought Bai Qingyan was being ridiculous.
He also felt moved by Bai Qingyan’s loyalty to him.
“Get up!” The prince said to Quan Yu in a calm voice, “Immediately send someone to summon the Minister of War and the Minister of Revenue to me, as well as the commander of the Imperial Guards, Fan Yuhuai… also to me! Go quickly!”
At the prince’s word “quickly”, Quan Yu immediately got up and rushed out to pass on the order.
Taking advantage of the short period of time before the morning court session, the Crown Prince wanted to meet the Minister of War, the Minister of Revenue and the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guards, so he had to be quick.
The prince rubbed his hands and walked quickly towards the study, saying, “Go, send someone to invite Mr. Fang and Mr. Ren! Quick!”
The young eunuch who was following the prince quickly answered yes and trotted over to call for help.
The prince wrapped his cloak tightly and walked quickly all the way. All he could think about were the words that Bai Qingyan had said to him after he was shot by an arrow, and the arrangements for his future.
As expected, Bai Qingyan was very loyal to him, but he really didn’t expect Bai Qingyan to be so loyal that he couldn’t bear to see him being wronged in front of court officials, so he directly took the inferior army trained by Shuoyang to suppress bandits to Daliang.
Bai Qing said that if you throw him a peach wood, he will repay you with a jade.
Now that Bai Qingyan has led his troops to set off, what he, as the crown prince, has to do is to keep her safe.
There is an epidemic in Daliang now. If Bai Qingyan is infected, he will probably die. The army cannot be short of herbs and food. And there is also the mob of people in Shuoyang… They are not as useful as the regular army!
Bai Jinzhi led half of the Anping army to Daliang, and the remaining half… was temporarily under the command of Dengzhou governor Dong Qingyue, in order to guard against Rongdi. However, with the brave and combative Dengzhou army, it should be feasible to transfer the remaining Anping army to Daliang!
It’s just… that plague!
Now the prince is in a dilemma. He was the one who ordered people to send the plague to Daliang, but now he has to prevent his own soldiers from being infected. In addition to preparing food and fodder, he also has to prepare sufficient herbs.
Time is running out, so these need to be prepared as soon as possible!
Reckless! Bai Qingyan was so reckless! How could he lose his temper when he heard that he was criticized by court officials? !
Although he felt blame in his heart, there was actually joy in the prince’s eyes. Anyone… would be overjoyed to be followed so loyally!
But he is the prince, he should be steady and not show his emotions.
Suppressing his joy, the prince finally waited for Mr. Fang and Ren Shijie.
When Old Fang and Ren Shijie heard that Bai Qingyan was leading the bandit-suppression troops from Shuoyang to Daliang, they looked at each other in shock for a moment.
“The last time the imperial physician examined Princess Zhenguo, he said that Princess Zhenguo’s body would not last much longer. How could Princess Zhenguo dare to take the risk and go to the battlefield in Daliang? There… there is an epidemic now!” Ren Shijie said.
The prince was a little proud, and sighed, “Originally, the left prime minister had issued a military order. I wanted to send Li Mingrui to Daliang to replace Princess Gaoyi, but I was worried about hurting the Bai family, so I asked Quan Yu to go and inform the Princess Zhenguo about this. Quan Yu had good intentions… He told the Princess Zhenguo how I was troubled by the court officials because of Princess Gaoyi’s loss of the city and land. He was a little too much. The Princess Zhenguo didn’t want to see me being troubled by the court officials, so she took the Shuoyang bandit-suppression soldiers and went to Daliang!”
Even Ren Shijie, a spy from an enemy country, admired the princess’s loyalty to the prince. She first sacrificed herself to block an arrow… and then, because the prince was troubled by court officials, she led a group of unorthodox soldiers to Daliang. He felt that the princess was too loyal.
The fingers on Mr. Fang’s legs jumped, he looked up at the prince’s expression and knew that the prince was actually very happy. If he mentioned to the prince at this time that Princess Zhenguo led the troops to war without orders, it was a contempt for the royal authority, the prince would probably not listen and would think that he was making things difficult for Princess Zhenguo again.
“Now that the Princess Zhenguo has led her troops to set off, what is the Crown Prince’s plan? Send someone to recall the Princess Zhenguo?” Old Fang cleared his throat and asked.
The prince shook his head: “The Zhenguo Princess is stubborn. I’m afraid she won’t give up until she gets back the city and land she lost from Princess Gaoyi! But there is an epidemic in Daliang now… We can’t run out of herbs. We have to send them to the Zhenguo Princess!”
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