The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 796: heroes
Chapter 796 Hero
Emperor Liang opened his eyes wide, and his heart, which had nearly jumped out of his throat, finally calmed down, and his anger became even more uncontrollable…
“Okay! You’re still trying to persuade me to die! I’m not even dead yet! And you want to be the master of Liang? You’re so afraid of Jin, where’s the backbone of you Liang people?!”
Emperor Liang was so angry that he slammed the table and shouted, “Don’t stop him! Let him bump into me! Let him bump into me now! I want to see if he dares to bump into me, to see if he is just trying to gain fame by stepping on my face, or if he is really a loyal minister!”
“Your Majesty, please calm down!” The old prime minister kowtowed again and asked the emperor to calm down.
“A useless idiot who has been a coward for so many years actually dares to die for the sake of remonstrance! Do you want to be a loyal minister seeking fame and reputation… or do you want to replace me?! If you want to replace me, you should just kill me with a sword! Why bother to stage a death-defying remonstrance to win the hearts of the court!”
The blood-stained Third Prince suddenly looked up. He thought that if he died to remonstrate with his father, his blood would awaken his father’s reason, but his father actually said that he was a cowardly idiot! He said that his death to remonstrate with his father was a show… to win people’s hearts!
The third prince’s eyes were filled with tears. He gritted his teeth and said nothing, accepting his father’s groundless accusations against him and closed his eyes in despair.
“Your Majesty, please calm down!”
The ministers in the court knelt down one after another and begged Emperor Liang to calm down.
“The Emperor of Jin built a nine-story platform, and the country will not perish! If I want to avenge Qi Heng, the country will perish?! This is my country! It is not yours!” Emperor Liang pointed at the third prince fiercely, his face changed color with anger, “I can do whatever I want! It is not your turn to make the decision! If you want to make the decision… then wait until I die and you ascend the throne!”
“Your Majesty, please calm down! The Third Prince would never have such an intention! I beg Your Majesty to forgive the Third Prince!” The elderly prime minister of Liang Ting kowtowed his head loudly, begging the emperor for mercy.
“Old Prime Minister, get up!” Emperor Liang’s expression eased slightly, but he was still angry and directed at the Third Prince. “I didn’t want to use Zhao Sheng at first, but you… you used your life to guarantee that Zhao Sheng would lead the Zhao army to the battle! Now… Zhao Sheng led the Zhao army to defect to the State of Jin. This is the good general you recommended!”
Emperor Liang gritted his teeth and threw the memorial at the Third Prince: “If you were not my son, do you think… your head would still be on your shoulders? You’ve already died, and you’re still here to make a death-defying appeal to me!”
Emperor Liang turned away again, and a group of ministers hurriedly helped the third prince up.
The old prime minister looked at the bloody Third Prince, and hurriedly took out a handkerchief to hold the wound on the Third Prince’s head. He said earnestly, “Why did the Third Prince come here? Your Majesty has always been soft-hearted… The Third Prince will only hurt himself if he does this!”
The old prime minister really felt sorry for the third prince. Although the third prince was mediocre and had no great talent, he was truly loyal to the country…
Otherwise, with the Third Prince’s timid personality, how could he dare to do something knowing that he would go against the Emperor’s will, and how could he repeatedly beg the Emperor to think twice for the sake of the people in the court?
The third prince raised his hand to hold the handkerchief and thanked all the court officials, but his eyes were devoid of the usual emotions and were as calm as a pool of stagnant water.
On the second day, the Third Prince took sick leave at home and did not attend the morning court. When some court officials went to visit him, the Third Prince was nowhere to be seen. It seemed that he had made up his mind not to participate in court affairs anymore and stayed at home to recuperate.
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After rescuing Zhao Sheng’s mother, wife and brothers, the Bai family guards split into two groups. One group drove a carriage engraved with the Zhao family emblem and headed straight to the north. After leaving the city, they abandoned the carriages and rode day and night towards Liuzhou City. They finally arrived at the Jin army camp on November 20, bringing with them a handwritten letter and keepsake from Zhao Sheng’s mother.
Before, when Zhao Ran came to Zhao Sheng to ask for a token, saying that the Princess Zhenguo would send people to Hancheng to rescue his family before the news of Zhao Sheng’s surrender to Jin reached the capital of Daliang, Zhao Sheng actually did not have particularly high expectations. Unexpectedly… the Princess Zhenguo’s people actually rescued all his family members.
Cai Ziyuan felt that Bai Qingyan’s move was a brilliant one. It would not only make Zhao Sheng grateful to her, but also allow her to take advantage of Zhao Sheng’s weakness and control him.
He was worried before… If Bai Qingyan rashly used Zhao Sheng, a powerful general from Liang State, he might find it difficult to control him. But if he could control Zhao Sheng’s entire family, then Bai Qingyan wouldn’t have to worry that Zhao Sheng was pretending to surrender and then bit him back.
Zhao Sheng was indeed deeply moved by Bai Qingyan. After solemnly bowing to Bai Qingyan to express his gratitude, Zhao Sheng opened the handwritten letter from Old Lady Zhao in front of Bai Qingyan to show that he was open-minded and truly following Bai Qingyan.
In the letter, Old Lady Zhao said that she would trust her son no matter what decision he made, because she knew that her son cared about the people and would never do anything that was not beneficial to the people, even if he died. She told Zhao Sheng not to worry, and that the Zhao family would never become a burden to him.
There are two meanings in what Old Lady Zhao said. First… She believes Zhao Sheng will not betray the people of Daliang. Second… If one day the Princess Zhenguo uses her entire family to threaten Zhao Sheng, Old Lady Zhao will lead her entire family to a dead end and will never let them become a handle for the Princess Zhenguo to threaten Zhao Sheng.
Cai Ziyuan’s eyebrows jumped. He didn’t expect that Old Lady Zhao would be so strong-willed.
Zhao Sheng was already in tears after reading the letter. Bai Qingyan was also deeply moved by the decisiveness of Old Lady Zhao and said, “Old Lady Zhao is a hero!”
Zhao Sheng choked up and clenched his teeth, bowing to Bai Qingyan: “Zhao Sheng has no second thoughts about the Princess Zhenguo, and is willing to… follow the Princess Zhenguo to create a peaceful and prosperous era!”
“Bai Qingyan will do his best to let General Zhao see this day… during his lifetime!” Bai Qingyan straightened his back and said solemnly.
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Ever since he met Zhao Sheng at the foot of Liuzhou city that day, Yang Wuce has been in great conflict.
He wanted to become a meritorious official who pacified the world, but he didn’t want to be branded as a traitor. Although Yang Wuce’s subordinates expressed their willingness to follow him until death, Yang Wuce was still in a dilemma.
There was continuous news coming from Dayan that they had captured several cities from Wei. There were also rumors that Wei had sent envoys to seek peace, but were rejected by Dayan… They said that it was Wei who had instigated the war, and that in the middle of the war they had dared to drag Xiliang into attacking Yan, causing severe injuries to the Yan emperor. Unless they destroyed Wei… Dayan would not be able to vent its hatred.
It can be seen that Dayan must destroy Wei this time to lay the foundation for unifying the world in the future.
Whenever the battle reports from Dayan and Wei were delivered, Yang Wuce would lose his temper, but he would force himself to calm down, fearing that he could not bear the name of traitor. He was tormented by the conflict between his conscience and his desires.
If the State of Jin attacked and captured Liuzhou City, he would be forced to surrender to the State of Jin… It could be said that God had made the decision for him, but… Almost a month had passed, and the State of Jin had set up camp at the Qingxi Mountain Pass without any plans to attack the city.
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