The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 832: parental care
Chapter 832 Fatherly Love
As she spoke, she dug out a piece of sheepskin, picked up a pen and dipped it in ink, lowered her eyes and thought for a while before writing a letter to Xiao Rongyan.
After writing, Bai Qingyan put the letter into the mailbox, sealed it with wax and handed it to Zhao Ran.
Zhao Ran took the mailbox with both hands and left in a hurry, fearing that there would be something important in the letter in Bai Qingyan’s hand that would delay him.
When Bai Qingyan saw Zhao Ran leave, he hung the brush back on the pen holder. He felt a little uneasy and sat quietly for a while before writing a military report and sending it to Dadu.
On the same day, Bai Qingyan’s report on the capture of Jiangdu on the 20th of last month was finally delivered to the prince’s desk.
Upon learning that the Princess Zhenguo had captured Datong, the Crown Prince was overjoyed: “The Princess Zhenguo captured Yingdu on the twelfth day of the first lunar month and Datong on the twentieth day of the second lunar month. If we calculate the dates…she may have already captured Jiangdu.”
The prince’s prediction was correct. The news that Bai Qingyan had captured Jiangdu on March 19 was on the way to the capital, and the news that Yangjiang had been captured today had just been sent out from Bai Qingyan’s tent.
Upon hearing this, Mr. Fang couldn’t help but become alert.
“Your Highness, isn’t the Princess already in poor health? How can she be so ferocious… She is marching at the speed of capturing a city a month. The generals sent by Daliang are all famous generals…” After saying this, Old Fang saw that the Crown Prince looked unhappy, and hurriedly said against his will, “I am just worried that the Princess is holding on.”
The prince nodded, thinking of what Zhang Duan Ning had said when he came back to report to the imperial physician. He was delighted but also felt a little guilty: “I… regret telling the Princess Zhenguo that I wanted to rule the world. If not, the Princess Zhenguo wouldn’t have to risk her life so much and would have been well taken care of in Shuoyang.”
Quan Yu glanced at Mr. Fang, and when he heard what the prince said, he remained silent.
Qin Shangzhi had gone to repair the canal, and now the only ones left on the Crown Prince’s staff were Ren Shijie and Old Fang. The two came out of the Crown Prince’s study together. Old Fang put his hands in his sleeves, walked forward in the dazzling sunlight on the corridor, and said in deep thought after a while, “I always feel that the health of the Princess Zhenguo is strange!”
Ren Shijie followed the old man, walking with his hands behind his back, and echoed, “Yes, this bravery in capturing the city is much greater than that of General Liu Hong! But the Zhenguo Princess’s body… the imperial physician has examined her, and the imperial physician can’t be wrong, right?”
“Don’t forget that the Princess Zhenguo has a doctor named Hong who is extremely skilled in medicine. Even the chief physician Huang from the Imperial Hospital cannot compare to him!” Old Fang narrowed his eyes and said, “If this doctor Hong did something to the Princess Zhenguo’s pulse, it is still unknown!”
“Although Mr. Fang’s suspicion is reasonable, but… after all, the Princess Zhenguo risked her life to save His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!” Ren Shijie said with a smile, “It’s possible that the Princess Zhenguo’s body is really failing, but it’s possible that she is holding on because of her loyalty to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!”
“Speaking of the Princess Zhenguo risking her life to save His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I now increasingly suspect that it was just a setup! Moreover, loyalty cannot help the Princess Zhenguo to be so brave and capture so many cities in Daliang at such a fast speed. You know… the Princess Zhenguo brought the surrendered soldiers of the two countries, and Liang State sent a large number of troops to deal with the Princess Zhenguo!”
Old Fang walked slowly, lowering his eyes to stare at the shadows of the corridor eaves on the ground, and suddenly stopped: “The Jin soldiers around the Zhenguo Princess are only the motley group of soldiers from Shuoyang that she brought from Shuoyang to Daliang!”
“Mr. Fang, have you thought of anything?” Ren Shijie looked at Mr. Fang’s serious expression and asked.
“Princess Zhenguo dared to use hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers from Daliang with only the mob of people from Shuoyang. I think there must be something fishy about the soldiers from Shuoyang who were suppressing the bandits! Otherwise… wouldn’t Princess Zhenguo be afraid of being attacked by these hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers from Daliang? How could she be invincible with the surrendered soldiers? It must be that… these surrendered soldiers are afraid of Princess Zhenguo! No… they are not afraid of Princess Zhenguo, but they are afraid of the soldiers around Princess Zhenguo! That’s why they dare not rebel easily! Otherwise, how could the surrendered soldiers from Liang be so obedient!”
As Mr. Fang finished his speech, he became more and more certain of his idea. He wanted to turn around and go back to the study to find the prince and tell him about this matter, but he was afraid that the prince would think he was still trying to instigate him.
“Even if that’s the case, we have no real evidence, and I’m afraid the prince won’t believe it!” Ren Shijie said.
“Yes!” Old Fang gritted his teeth. A life-saving favor made the prince completely turn to Bai Qingyan. How hateful!
After a while, Mr. Fang made up his mind, turned to look at Ren Shijie and said, “I plan to leave for Shuoyang today. It will take about ten days to go back and forth. Thank you for accompanying His Royal Highness the Crown Prince during this period of time!”
“Mr. Fang?!” Ren Shijie was quite surprised. “Are you going to Shuoyang to check on the soldiers gathered to suppress the bandits?”
Mr. Fang nodded: “I originally wanted you to go, but I was afraid that you would not notice the things you should pay attention to. So I’d better go there myself! You should cover up for me in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Don’t let His Royal Highness know that I went to Shuoyang!”
Ren Shijie nodded and bowed to Mr. Fang: “Don’t worry, Mr. Fang, I will definitely try to keep it a secret until you come back.”
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The news that Princess Zhenguo has captured Daliang and Datong and is approaching the capital of Liang was sent back to Dadu, and the people applauded. Previously, Jin State only asked Daliang to hand over the city that it promised to cede, but Daliang refused. Now… Why did they suffer such a bad defeat?
The people were happy, but some people in the capital city could not sit still. On the night when the news came back, Li Mingrui put on a black cloak under the cover of darkness and came to the gate of Prince Liang’s mansion alone regardless of the risk.
Li Mingrui looked around and saw that there was no one around. He was about to knock on the corner door of Prince Liang’s mansion, but his raised wrist was grabbed by someone.
Li Mingrui turned around and saw Shen Baizhong, who had silver hair and was dressed in black. He was surprised and looked around and lowered his voice: “Old man?! Didn’t you leave the capital? Why are you back?”
Shen Baizhong didn’t say anything. He looked around cautiously, pulled Li Mingrui behind a tree, and said, “Sir, it’s better for you to have less contact with the King of Liang.”
“Old man… you don’t need to take care of my affairs anymore. You should leave the capital city as soon as possible. The capital city is going to be in chaos!” Li Mingrui took off his hood and lowered his voice to Shen Baizhong, “Is it because the money I gave you last time was not enough?”
Li Mingrui hurriedly took out a banknote from his sleeve and stuffed it into Shen Baizhong’s palm: “This is all I have with me, but it should be enough for the old man to live for a while. When the situation in Dadu stabilizes, I will definitely try to bring you back!”
If there is still a trace of kindness in the heart of a person like Li Mingrui, then all his last kindness was given to the old man. This may be related to the fact that the old man was his savior, or perhaps… it is because the old man made up for the paternal love that he once lacked.
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