The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 786: Convinced
Chapter 786 Firmly Believe
The prince made such arrangements with the intention of promoting Fan Yuhuai’s son. Zhang Duanning was mature and prudent enough to properly arrange matters along the way, and Fan Yugan was just accompanying him.
In addition to this, the prince also ordered someone to bring an imperial physician… saying that he wanted the imperial physician to serve Bai Qingyan full-time and take care of Bai Qingyan’s health, and not to make any mistakes, and asked Bai Qingyan to be careful.
At the end of the letter, Bai Jinxiu wrote about the latest war situation between Dayan and Wei. Now Dayan has produced three powerful generals… Dayan’s ninth prince Murong Yan, Dayan’s second prince Murong Ping, and Dayan’s general Xie Xun.
The Ninth Prince Murong Yan led his troops to defend Dayan against Xiliang, while the Second Prince Murong Ping and General Xie Xun divided their troops into two groups and marched steadily towards the Wei capital Changcheng. According to Dayan’s current marching speed, they would be able to successfully capture the Wei capital by the end of the year at the earliest.
Bai Qingyan was silent for a moment after reading the letter, then he moved the lampshade away and lit the letter. After watching the letter burn to ashes, Bai Qingyan looked up at Zhao Ran and said, “Go and tell the messenger to tell the second girl… to be careful with Fan Yuhuai, but don’t alert him. Which old subordinates are Fan Yuhuai close to? Let Fu Ruoxi remember the list and arrange them according to how close Fan Yuhuai is to his old subordinates in the patrol camp and their official positions. When appropriate, you can choose one from each of the ones with higher positions in the patrol camp who are close to Fan Yuhuai… and the ones with lower positions who are distant from Fan Yuhuai… and change their positions to see if Fan Yuhuai’s attitude towards them will change.”
Bai Qingyan paused for a moment and added, “Also… let the second young lady check who recommended Fan Yuhuai’s sons Fan Yugan and Zhang Duanning to escort the grain and supplies.”
“Yes!” Zhao Ran responded with a fist salute, then turned around and went out to pass on the message.
Bai Qingyan had given Fan Yuhuai the list before, also to test him…
From Bai Qingyan’s perspective, Fan Yuhuai’s actions at that time… he wanted to be a loyal minister who didn’t get involved in the struggles between the various parties, but now he started to hang out with his old subordinates in the patrol camp. At the same time, someone recommended Fan Yugan, the son of Fan Yuhuai, who had an unusual relationship with Lu Yuanpeng… and was also a playboy. This was a bit subtle.
Fan Yuhuai’s son Fan Yugan only wanted to live a rich and leisurely life, but as a father he had to plan for his son’s future, which led to Fan Yugan escorting food and supplies to the front line this time.
So, could Fan Yuhuai’s son be Fan Yuhuai’s weak spot? Was Fan Yugan’s future used to win over Fan Yuhuai?
Just as Fu Ruoxi worried, Fan Yuhuai was not a person who liked to eat and drink. On the contrary… Fan Yuhuai did not seem to like to get involved in the banquets where colleagues had fun.
Is he really satisfied with his current position as the commander of the Imperial Guards and feels that it has reached the end, so he has lost his caution, or is there other changes? Bai Qingyan is not sure at the moment.
But… Bai Qingyan can be sure that Fan Yuhuai’s heart has changed from before. Whether this change is good or bad for Bai Qingyan is unknown.
“Sister, this Fan Yuhuai… is the hero who saved the emperor during the Wude Gate Rebellion last time. He has also experienced life and death with you. Can’t he be trusted?” Bai Jinzhi also had doubts in her heart.
Bai Qingyan turned around and smiled at Bai Jinzhi, saying, “In this world, people’s hearts change all the time, whether for profit or for emotion, and we can’t trust them all. Although my grandfather once taught us that in addition to blood relatives, the friendship between brothers and sisters… is the deepest bond in this world, Fan Yuhuai was not the same as us from the beginning, and was not the one who went through life and death with us several times, not to mention that Fan Yuhuai was reserved towards us from the beginning.”
It was precisely because of Fan Yuhuai’s initial reservations that Bai Jinxiu and Fu Ruoxi became wary of Fan Yuhuai.
Bai Jinzhi thought about it and nodded: “I understand. Fan Yuhuai and Fu Ruoxi… were both recommended to the prince by my elder sister, but Fan Yuhuai had reservations about the person my elder sister originally arranged, but Fu Ruoxi wholeheartedly obeyed my elder sister’s instructions, so Fu Ruoxi can be used, Fan Yuhuai can be used… but he must be used with caution.”
Bai Qingyan nodded with satisfaction, and looked at Bai Jinzhi’s facial features, which were darker and thinner than before: “Although he has grown taller, he is much darker and thinner. When we go back, Third Aunt will be worried again when she sees him.”
“It’s okay. After we pacify Daliang… I’ll go back and recuperate, and then I’ll be fine!” Bai Jinzhi didn’t care. He lowered his voice and whispered to Bai Qing, “I heard from the nanny beside my mother that the reason why my mother cares so much about whether I’m white is because she was dark when she was a child! She took so many years to raise her and finally got white. My mother was afraid that I would stay dark and wouldn’t be able to get married, but I don’t care. I just deliberately tanned myself so that my mother would stop arranging a marriage for me!”
“You are really like what Third Aunt said, you are Third Aunt’s little devil star!” Bai Qingyan raised his hand and tapped Bai Jinzhi’s forehead, and then said, “I brought Mr. Cai, who teaches in Shuoyang, with me this time. From now on… let Mr. Cai stay by your side. If you are unsure about anything, you can ask Mr. Cai.”
“Isn’t my elder sister here?” Bai Jinzhi was puzzled. “Isn’t it okay for me to ask my elder sister if I have any questions?”
“After we take over Liuzhou City after some repairs at Qingxi Mountain Pass, I will suggest to General Liu Hong that you, I… General Liu Hong, divide our forces into three groups and march straight to Hancheng, the capital of Daliang!” Bai Qingyan raised his hand and grabbed Bai Jinzhi’s shoulder. “If you want to become the Wolf King, you must demonstrate your strength to make the soldiers submit. If you can be the first to reach Hancheng, Daliang, from now on… no one will dare to look down on you, General Bai.”
Bai Jinzhi looked at her elder sister with her dark and shiny eyes and nodded vigorously: “Xiao Si will remember it!”
She did not forget the teachings of her elder sister after she whipped the evil people who went to make trouble in front of the Bai Mansion without considering the consequences in the capital. She always remembered what her elder sister said… that she should make achievements on this battlefield as a woman, and become the most dazzling female general of the Bai family and even the entire Jin State!
This is also Bai Jinzhi’s biggest goal in life.
Bai Qingyan pinched Bai Jinzhi’s shoulder and had no doubt that Bai Jinzhi could lead the army well.
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Zhao Sheng struggled in pain in the barracks for three days.
During this period, some of Zhao’s soldiers were infected with the disease and were sent to the treatment center, while others took anti-disease drugs from the beginning and their symptoms improved.
However, people entered and died in the treatment center every day. The Liang soldiers who were initially stubborn and unwilling to drink the Jin State’s medicine for treating the epidemic, now watched the corpses of their comrades being carried out of the treatment center every day. Their hearts were shaken, and some of them who were not stubborn enough… even began to lower their posture and beg the Jin army for medicine.
As long as one person takes the lead, more people will lose their pride and kneel down to beg for medicine.