The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 781: The country is disturbed
Chapter 781: The Country is in Trouble
Lin Kangle nodded and said, “Perhaps it’s because Princess Zhenguo knew that General Liu fought this battle just to clear his reputation of being a coward, so Princess Zhenguo didn’t want to compete with General Liu for credit. After all… Princess Zhenguo is not a person who is greedy for credit! Otherwise, why would she be willing to hide her identity and disguise herself as a man to go to the battlefield in the Battle of Wengshan? Later… if the prince hadn’t pushed Princess Zhenguo out because he didn’t dare to bear the reputation of burning 100,000 surrendered soldiers in Wengshan, who would have known that the great victory over Xiliang was fought by Princess Zhenguo!”
Wang Xiping nudged Lin Kangle with his elbow, indicating that there were people around him: “Why do you say everything? You are so careless! Aren’t you afraid that others will report you to the prince?”
Lin Kangle looked around guiltily and chuckled, “What are you afraid of? I’ve said this before! If the prince should have known, he would have known it long ago!”
“It’s better to be safe than sorry!” Wang Xiping said to Lin Kangle, and then he bowed to Lin Kangle, “General Liu just ordered me to go to the prisoner-of-war camp, I’m going first… You can do whatever you want!”
Lin Kangle also bowed to Wang Xiping.
Inside the commander’s tent, Liu Hong rested his hands on the edge of the table and looked at Bai Qingyan. After thinking for a while, he asked, “The Princess Zhenguo didn’t let me mention you in the report. Is it because…she knew that I wanted to wash away the reputation of being a coward in this battle, so she gave the credit to me?”
“General Liu, you worry too much.” Bai Qing said calmly, picked up the hot tea at hand, and said to Liu Hong, “This battle was indeed not planned by me. Bai Qingyan dare not take credit for it.”
Liu Hong tightened his hands on the edge of the table, and then asked, “So… does the Princess Zhenguo not want His Majesty, the Crown Prince, or even everyone in Jin to know… that the soldiers trained by the Princess Zhenguo in Shuoyang are not a mob as others have speculated, but… rare special forces in the world? The Princess Zhenguo is afraid that His Majesty and the Crown Prince will know that the Princess has such a special force, but has not been able to clear the mountain bandits until now, which will make His Majesty and the Crown Prince speculate… that the Princess Zhenguo has a rebellious heart?”
Liu Hong finally asked what he wanted to ask.
When attacking the city at dawn, the bravery of the soldiers led by Bai Qingyan was really shocking. That was the most important pass in the world… The elite soldiers led by Bai Qingyan actually climbed up head-on to meet the enemy head-on.
What kind of tough guys were these brave warriors facing that they couldn’t even wipe them out? Liu Hong thought… There shouldn’t be such powerful bandits in the world.
If there are, they must be Bai Qingyan’s own soldiers!
Or maybe Bai Qingyan was unwilling to eliminate the banditry because she needed to rely on the banditry to support her army without being suspected by His Majesty and the Crown Prince.
Liu Hong felt a chill in his heart, fearing that Princess Zhenguo had rebelled because of the death of her grandfather, father and brothers.
If Bai Qingyan, who is good at making strange plans, has a superior mind, and can train the people into a general with extraordinary talents, really has the intention of rebelling, the capital city will be in danger.
“Yes…” Bai Qingyan nodded and answered promptly without hiding anything from Liu Hong. He then placed the teacup in his hand on the table in front of him and turned to face Liu Hong. “Your Majesty is very wary of the Bai family. General Liu must know this better than anyone else! Bai Qingyan just doesn’t want Your Majesty to know, not that he doesn’t want the Crown Prince to know!”
Liu Hong was a little confused: “Please tell me clearly, Princess Zhenguo.”
“They say that the money for Shuoyang’s military training was paid by my Bai family, but… the one who actually escorted the money to Shuoyang was the crown prince. It can be said that most of the military funds for Shuoyang’s military training came from the hands of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Is what Bai Qingyan said false?” Bai Qingyan looked at Liu Hong.
Liu Hong nodded. Before Bai Qingyan was injured while blocking an arrow for him, the Crown Prince had sent people to Shuoyang every now and then to send money to Bai Qingyan for training. Liu Hong thought for a moment, “So, the Crown Prince knew that there were such elite soldiers in Shuoyang, and it was the Crown Prince who instructed the Princess Zhenguo to train the troops in Shuoyang?”
“A crown prince of a country… a prince of a country, His Majesty is still here… He holds a large army, what is he going to do? So even if the prince knows about this, he cannot know about it, let alone report it in the military report and let His Majesty know!” Bai Qing spoke slowly, “General Liu, by the Jing River in southern Xinjiang… I once asked the prince what his ambition was in life, and the prince replied… My ambition is to let all people live in a peaceful and prosperous world.”
Liu Hong was stunned. He had known the prince for more than a day or two. Did the prince really have such an ambition?
“The reason why I ask this, Prince, is because the current emperor once told my grandfather that he wanted to rule the world, and my grandfather was loyal to the emperor, so… I planned for the emperor’s ambition and brought the sons of the Bai family to the battlefield for training, in preparation for the emperor’s future conquest of other countries!” Bai Qingyan said in a clear and loud voice, “But, to be honest, your majesty has betrayed the loyalty of the Bai family! So I will definitely ask the prince about his ambition. If he wants to unify the world, I can’t just plan to defend the country, so as to avoid the emperor and his subjects not knowing each other, and the tragedy of the Bai family losing their lives again!”
Liu Hong understood what Bai Qingyan said, and even believed it… With Bai Qingyan’s courage, he dared to say these words before swearing allegiance to the prince.
“So, I train special forces for the purpose of unifying the world in the future!” Bai Qingyan looked at Liu Hong solemnly, “What Bai Qingyan said is true.”
Indeed, not a single word of what Bai Qingyan said today was false, but… she was only very selective in telling Liu Hong the facts, guiding Liu Hong to think of things as he thought.
“Prince… do you really have the ambition to conquer the world?” Liu Hong still had some doubts.
“General Liu can write to the prince and ask him what he said beside the Jing River!” Bai Qingyan raised his hand to make a gesture of asking for permission, and then continued, “But the matter of the Shuoyang surprise force cannot be recorded in bamboo slips or military reports. Your Majesty is suspicious to begin with, and now he is even more obsessed with elixirs and seeking immortality in his later years! After the Wude Gate Rebellion, he has become even more cautious! If General Liu reports this matter… Either I, Bai Qingyan, will die, or… the prince’s position may be lost, and the capital will be in chaos again.”
Liu Hong slowly sat back at the desk, stroking the edge of the table with his fingers, and carefully thought about Bai Qingyan’s words.
If the prince really has such ambitions, he would be a wise leader. Besides… among the princes who have already grown up, there is no other more suitable candidate than the prince. Oh… by the way, there is also the Prince of Liang!
But King Liang…
Liu Hong thought it would be better not to mention it.
Princess Zhenguo was right about one thing. If His Majesty knew that the Crown Prince secretly asked Bai Qingyan to train troops, he would probably become suspicious. The monarch and the crown prince are both monarchs… If there is a rift between the monarch and the crown prince, it will definitely cause instability in the court of Dadu. If the court is unstable… then the country will not be at peace.
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