The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 785: wealthy idler
Chapter 785: Rich and Idle People
He was too narrow-minded to ask Bai Qingyan such a foolish question as saying that there would be no war after unification.
“Only if Yan destroys Wei can it be free from worries in the west and south. After destroying Wei, Yan…will destroy Xiliang next!” Bai Qingyan said slowly, “So Jin…must destroy Liang this time and occupy the north. Only when it has no worries in the north can it talk about the great cause of unification.”
Having said this, Bai Qingyan did not push Zhao Sheng too hard. He just pushed the map in front of Zhao Sheng and said, “General Zhao, look at the map and think about what I said. Have a good rest here tonight. If you want, go and persuade the Liang soldiers who refuse to take the medicine. After all, this medicine for curing the epidemic is very precious to the State of Jin. The Liang soldiers have repeatedly spilled the medicine and refused to take it. General Liu might… order not to provide the Liang soldiers with medicine anymore.”
After saying that, Bai Qingyan stood up and walked out.
Bai Jinzhi, who was standing outside the door after a good sleep, saw her elder sister coming out to greet him. She glanced at Zhao Sheng inside the house, took Bai Qingyan’s arm, and deliberately said in a hoarse voice: “If the Liang soldiers don’t want to take the medicine, then forget it. Why not give each of our Jin soldiers a bowl to strengthen their bodies and prevent diseases!”
The footsteps of Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi gradually faded away. Zhao Sheng placed his hands on the map, gritted his teeth, and his eyes turned red…
The more he tried not to think about what Bai Qingyan had just said, the more those words echoed in his mind over and over again.
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Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi returned to the big tent, and Ji Langhua brought them two bowls of hot noodles.
A simple clear soup with an egg on top, sprinkled with a little bit of white and white chopped green onions, and drizzled with a little hot oil, the green onion aroma is fragrant.
Ji Langhua placed two bowls of noodles in front of Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi: “The eldest and fourth girls, please make do with this for now!”
Liu Hong issued an order in the army. From the commander to the soldiers, everyone in the army should eat the same meals every day and at the same time. If the time was too late, even the emperor would not allow the cooks to cook specially.
Ji Langhua told the fireman that Bai Jinzhi and Bai Qingyan had not had time to eat yet, so the fireman allowed Ji Langhua to use the cooking utensils secretly.
Bai Jinzhi wolfed down the hot noodle soup, her tongue numbing from the heat. She heaved a contented sigh and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief: “Langhua’s skill in making noodles is truly unique!”
Bai Qingyan held the bowl of noodles and sipped the hot soup. Before he put the bowl down, Zhao Ran came with a letter from Bai Jinxiu from the direction of Dadu City.
Bai Qingyan put down the bowl and wiped his mouth with a handkerchief: “Zhao Ran, come in!”
Zhao Ran walked quickly to Bai Qingyan, bowed, and handed the letter to Bai Qingyan: “Miss, this is the letter from the second lady!”
Ji Langhua considerately brought a lamp and placed it on the table in front of Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan unfolded the letter…
In the letter, Bai Jinxiu first talked about some family matters, saying that the engagement between Dong Tingfang and the eldest branch of the Fu family was finally cancelled.
Before, when Bai Qingyan was still in Dadu, Bai Jinxiu’s mother Liu personally conveyed Bai Qingyan’s intention to Bai Qingyan’s aunt Song. Aunt Song meant to cancel the engagement and wait until the child from the eldest branch of the Fu family took part in the Spring Examination.
Later, after the spring examination, the child of the eldest branch of the Fu family was not on the list, so the eldest wife of the eldest branch of the Fu family went to the Dong residence to set a date for the wedding of the two children. Song casually mentioned the cancellation of the engagement, but the eldest wife of the eldest branch of the Fu family refused to agree and said that the wedding date could be postponed…
Song was afraid that others would think that the Dong family despised the child of the eldest branch of the Fu family for not doing well in the exam, so she planned to talk about canceling the engagement after some time. Dong Tingfang knelt down and begged Song to allow her to meet with the eldest son of the Fu family to make things clear.
The two families had problems off and on, and it was not until early September that Dong Tingfang finally met the eldest son of the Fu family’s eldest branch. After returning home, the eldest son of the Fu family’s eldest branch knelt down and begged the eldest lady of the Fu family’s eldest branch to cancel the engagement, saying that he wanted to study hard and take imperial examinations. Although the eldest lady of the Fu family’s eldest branch disagreed, Fu Ruoxi’s wife, Luo, got the news and found an opportunity to tell Bai Jinxiu.
Therefore, Bai Qingyan’s aunt, Song, knew that the time had come, and she went to the door openly to cancel the engagement, saying that a forced melon is not sweet, and that their Dong family’s daughter would have no trouble finding a husband. Since the son of the eldest branch of the Fu family was unwilling to marry, the Dong family would not let their daughter marry even if they asked them to become a nun. Therefore, it would be better to cancel the engagement for the sake of the dignity of both families.
After the engagement was cancelled, the Dong family sent Dong Tingfang to Dengzhou in a carriage and placed her under the care of Old Lady Dong.
This could be considered as Dong Tingfang getting what she wanted. Before leaving, she went to Qin’s house specifically and asked Bai Jinxiu to help her thank Bai Qingyan.
The second thing in Bai Jinxiu’s letter was that Fu Ruoxi discovered that Fan Yuhuai had been getting close to his old subordinates in the Patrol Battalion recently. It was not that Fu Ruoxi was now the commander of the Patrol Battalion, so she was unhappy that Fan Yuhuai was always contacting her subordinates, but Fu Ruoxi discovered something unusual.
Although Fan Yuhuai was once the commander of the patrol battalion, and it is said that he likes to interact with his old subordinates out of nostalgia… there is nothing wrong with that. However, Fu Ruoxi checked… Even when Fan Yuhuai was the commander of the patrol battalion, he did not always treat his old subordinates to food and drinks like he does now, which is somewhat inconsistent with Fan Yuhuai’s previous style.
It was probably because Fan Yuhuai lost an eye while rescuing the emperor, and now Fan Yuhuai was a popular figure around the prince, so Fan Yuhuai’s former subordinates in the patrol camp were very supportive.
Fu Ruoxi is just doubtful at the moment and said that she will continue to keep an eye on Fan Yuhuai, telling Bai Qingyan not to take it too seriously and just keep it in mind.
Bai Jinxiu also said that Li Mingrui, who was dismissed from his post for framing Bai Qingyan, did not get the chance to lead the troops to the battle even though he signed the military order, so the left prime minister Li Mao started to think of other ways…
When the prince wanted to send people to escort food, supplies and medicinal materials to the Qingxi Mountain Pass, the left prime minister again pleaded for his son, but the prince thought about it again and again and still did not agree. In the end, the prince listened to someone’s advice and sent Fan Yuhuai’s son Fan Yugan and General Zhang Duanrui’s cousin Zhang Duanning.
Fan Yuhuai’s son Fan Yugan is an uneducated and dissolute young man. He previously followed Lu Yuanpeng to join the army, but later he couldn’t stand it anymore. When the emperor mobilized new soldiers to go to southern Xinjiang, Fan Yuhuai managed to bring him back to Dadu.
It was heard that Fan Yugan was unwilling to escort food, supplies and herbs to the Qingxi Mountain Pass. According to Bai Jinxiu’s investigation, Fan Yugan felt that studying for the imperial examinations was too hard, and after returning from the military camp, he once spread the word… that he wanted to be a rich and idle man in this life.
Bai Jinxiu has also checked General Zhang Duanrui’s cousin Zhang Duanning, and found him to be an honest and mediocre… but steady person.
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