The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 806: Cooperate
Chapter 806 Cooperation
Amid the flickering candlelight and the crackling of charcoal fire, there is a strange and uncontrollable emotion that is about to burst out.
She unconsciously tightened her arms around Xiao Rongyan’s neck.
“Why is there no one guarding the door of Princess Zhenguo’s tent? Where is the person?”
“Let’s go in and take a look!”
The rough voices of Zhao Sheng and Yang Wuce, belonging to military generals, came from outside the door.
She panicked and tried to push Xiao Rongyan away, but Xiao Rongyan pursed his thin lips and refused to cooperate.
Xiao Rongyan just felt his blood boiling and he didn’t notice anyone approaching the tent. He couldn’t help feeling unhappy when his romantic affairs were suddenly interrupted.
“Is the Princess Zhenguo not here?”
Hearing that Yang Wuce and Zhao Sheng had already stepped into the big tent, Bai Qingyan pressed his palm on Xiao Rongyan’s wound in panic, causing Xiao Rongyan to groan in pain, holding his chest.
Yang Wuce and Zhao Sheng heard the man’s voice coming from behind the screen, and they were stunned at the door of the tent. They looked at each other, carefully pressed the swords at their waists, and pressed their thumbs against the blades, with a cold light flashing.
Behind the screen, Bai Qingyan no longer cared about Xiao Rongyan. The red on her face had not yet faded, so she straightened her clothes and came out from behind the screen. She endured the heartbeat that was about to jump out of her throat, put on a serious look, bowed to Yang Wuce and Zhao Sheng, and asked, “Is there something that has brought you here, generals?”
When Yang Wuce and Zhao Sheng saw Bai Qingyan coming out from behind the screen, they quickly retracted their swords that were about to be unsheathed and bowed to Bai Qingyan: “Greetings, Princess Zhenguo!”
Zhao Sheng noticed that there was someone behind the screen. With the help of the candlelight, he could vaguely see a tall man standing inside, buttoning his clothes.
Yang Wuce was very happy and said to Bai Qing: “Princess Zhenguo, the city guard general of Daming Prefecture…”
Zhao Sheng’s old face suddenly flushed with anger and he lowered his head quickly. He felt that he and Yang Wuce had arrived at the wrong time, so he quickly pulled Yang Wuce.
He interrupted Yang Wuce who was about to report to Bai Qingyan that Cao Renyi, the general defending Daming Prefecture, wanted to lead his troops to surrender and only asked Princess Zhenguo to give him medicine to save the people.
“If Princess Zhenguo still has something to do, the two of us will withdraw first! We will come back to report to Princess Zhenguo tomorrow morning!”
As he said that, Zhao Sheng pulled Yang Wuce away…
“I haven’t finished my words. How can we wait until tomorrow for such a big event as Daming Prefecture’s surrender without fighting?” Yang Wuce shook off Zhao Sheng’s hand. He was anxious to tell Bai Qingyan about this, but he couldn’t wait until tomorrow.
Seeing Zhao Sheng gritting his teeth and signaling Yang Wuce to look behind the screen, Bai Qingyan tightened her hands behind her back. If she couldn’t explain this clearly… she was afraid that Zhao Sheng and Yang Wuce would think she was a lewd person.
She cleared her throat and before Yang Wuce, who was looking at the screen, could come back to his senses, she said, “The person behind the screen is Mr. Xiao, the righteous merchant of Wei who once did a favor to my Bai family.”
To avoid further misunderstandings, she clenched her sweaty palms and added, thinking she had made up for it, “Mr. Xiao was injured… I was changing the bandages for Mr. Xiao when you two came.”
After saying this, Bai Qingyan realized that his words were making things worse.
Isn’t there a military doctor in the army? Why does she, a woman, have to apply medicine to men in person?
Zhao Sheng was very cooperative and nodded with a sincere look.
After hearing Bai Qingyan introduce him to Zhao Sheng and Yang Wuce, Xiao Rongyan buttoned his clothes and calmly walked out from behind the screen. He smiled and nodded to Yang Wuce and Zhao Sheng. He was full of dignity and calmness: “Rongyan… Meet the two generals.”
Looking at Xiao Rongyan who walked to Bai Qingyan’s side, the man had handsome and resolute facial features. He had both the masculine spirit of a man and the elegant bearing of a scholar. He had the majesty of a person in a high position, a sense of pressure that could even be compared to that of the Princess Zhenguo. He had none of the fawning and flattering attitude that a businessman should have.
Zhao Sheng originally thought that Bai Qingyan had taken a fancy to a certain soldier in the military camp and summoned him over on New Year’s Eve, but he did not expect that it turned out to be the famous Wei businessman Xiao Rongyan.
Zhao Sheng was surprised and felt a chill down his spine. When and how did Xiao Rongyan sneak into the military camp without anyone noticing!
Or… Xiao Rongyan had been in the military camp early in the morning, but he just didn’t know?
Zhao Sheng looked towards Bai Qingyan, as if he wanted to ask for confirmation.
Bai Qingyan spoke calmly, “To be honest with you two generals, Mr. Xiao and I…were introduced by the Crown Prince, and we are already engaged. Today is New Year’s Eve…Mr. Xiao specially rode here to meet me, and I had him brought to the camp. Mr. Xiao had some minor injuries, and today is New Year’s Eve…I can’t trouble the military doctor, so I just gave him a rough treatment.”
Zhao Sheng and Yang Wuce were suddenly enlightened. Zhao Sheng hurriedly bowed to Xiao Rongyan more respectfully: “Mr. Xiao, I am sorry for the offense.”
“It’s okay…” Xiao Rongyan’s smile deepened because Bai Qingyan said to others that they were already an engaged couple. The murderous aura around him was completely concealed by the gentle smile.
“Mr. Xiao!” Yang Wuce also hurriedly saluted Xiao Rongyan, but he couldn’t help feeling confused. Xiao Rongyan was a Wei citizen. Could it be that he came to ask Princess Zhenguo to save his motherland? After all, Wei was now helplessly beaten by Yan.
“General Zhao and General Yang, please take a seat and tell me in detail about the general guarding Daming Prefecture’s willingness to surrender.” Bai Qingyan calmly made a gesture of invitation to Yang Wuce and Zhao Sheng.
“yes!”
Zhao Sheng and Yang Wuce clasped their fists and said yes.
Since Xiao Rongyan was already Bai Qingyan’s fiancé, he did not avoid her and sat down next to her.
Yang Wuce exchanged greetings with Bai Qingyan and said, “Cao Renyi and my father had a good relationship, so after taking Yong’an City, I discussed with General Zhao whether I could go to Daming Prefecture to persuade Cao Renyi to surrender first. However, General Zhao was worried that it would be dangerous for me to go to Daming Prefecture rashly, so he asked me to try to send a letter first! There has been no movement in Daming Prefecture these days, and I thought it would take some effort to take Daming Prefecture this time.”
Xiao Rongyan, who was sitting next to Bai Qingyan, looked at the pile of bamboo slips on Bai Qingyan’s desk, and then looked at the half-open bamboo slips in front of Bai Qingyan… Unexpectedly, it was “Shangzi”.
“Shangzi” written by Shang Yang was banned by various countries. Only Dayan had the complete version. It is also known as the Book of Emperors. It describes the art of governing the people.
Xiao Rongyan looked towards Bai Qingyan who was listening carefully to what Yang Wuce said…
Now that he saw Bai Qingyan reading this book, Xiao Rongyan understood that Bai Qingyan indeed had the ambition to become emperor.
Xiao Rongyan was even more surprised when he picked up the bamboo slips on the table on the right that Bai Qingyan had not finished writing.
Bai Qingyan was actually writing the Art of War. He hadn’t finished yet, so Xiao Rongyan took the bamboo slips and glanced through them.
In the art of war that Bai Qingyan has currently completed, the first chapter… is about taking the people’s hearts and the army’s hearts as the basis, and emphasizes that winning hearts and minds is the most important thing, not only for the enemy but also for one’s own soldiers, so morale is extremely important.
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