The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 863: back to shore
Chapter 863 It’s never too late to turn back
On the tenth day of the fifth month in the eighteenth year of Xuanjia, Prince Liang, the emperor and the crown prince ascended the Wude Gate.
The prince was tied up and pushed to the city gate. When he saw the emperor, he couldn’t help crying. He pushed aside the guards who were escorting him, rushed towards the emperor, knelt down and cried, “Father! Prince Liang, you beast! How could you treat father like this!”
The emperor was supported by Prince Liang and climbed up the city wall. He felt embarrassed and annoyed. He glanced at the crying prince with an icy gaze, and the strong disgust in his eyes shocked the prince.
The prince’s tears seemed to freeze on his face. He never expected that his father would look at him in that way.
The prince didn’t know whether the emperor was blaming him for being useless and not being able to save him and was angry with him.
As soon as the emperor appeared on the city wall, the generals of the Yuanping army led by Bai Jinxiu dismounted and knelt to salute the emperor.
“Bai Jinxiu, who gave you the courage to besiege the imperial city?!” The emperor scolded Bai Jinxiu loudly, “The crown prince has been arrested by the King of Liang for treason, and you still dare to gather troops to cause trouble. Do you still have me, the emperor, in your eyes?!”
Bai Jinxiu glanced at King Liang and clasped her fists, saying, “Your Majesty… Bai Jinxiu knows that Your Majesty must have been threatened by King Liang with the life of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Bai Jinxiu feels guilty towards His Majesty and the Crown Prince! Although His Majesty and the Crown Prince have instructed Bai Jinxiu to capture King Liang at any cost, Bai Jinxiu cannot order an immediate attack on the city! Bai Jinxiu cannot watch this bastard King Liang hurt Your Majesty and the Crown Prince in the slightest! Your Majesty and the Crown Prince, please rest assured that Bai Jinxiu will think of a foolproof method, even if it means death… I will definitely rescue Your Majesty and the Crown Prince first!”
Bai Jinxiu sang the play that Prince Liang had performed at the entrance of Wude Gate to the emperor and Prince Liang.
The emperor had a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat and he almost couldn’t breathe. What was going on?
Prince Liang’s face looked even uglier. He didn’t expect Bai Jinxiu had the ability to imitate others.
But when the bound prince heard this, tears welled up in his eyes. He struggled again to break free from the soldiers who were holding him and rushed forward, shouting to Bai Jinxiu under the city wall: “Madam Qin, don’t worry about me! Please save my father!”
The emperor’s face turned blue with anger. He glared at the prince and shouted, “Who asked you to save us? You must withdraw your troops immediately! Otherwise, all of you will be charged with treason! Where are the generals of the Yuanping garrison?!”
“Your Majesty, the commander of the Yuanping garrison has been killed in the battle!” Bai Jinxiu said, looking up in the direction of the emperor, and said loudly, “Your Highness the Crown Prince gave Bai Jinxiu the imperial edict written by His Majesty himself… to dispatch troops to eliminate the traitor King Liang. Bai Jinxiu was ordered to lead the Yuanping army to defend the king! Now the Shuoyang Bai Family Army has also come to help. Bai Jinxiu and all the Bai Family Army and Yuanping soldiers will not stop until Your Majesty and the Crown Prince are rescued, and the traitor King Liang is killed!”
The emperor opened his eyes wide, Bai Jinxiu was threatening!
And the Bai Family Army?! King Liang calculated the number of Yuanping Army and Shuoyang Bai Family Army that could be mobilized, but… he didn’t know how many Shuoyang Bai Family Army had come.
He gritted his teeth, took a step forward, looked at Bai Jinxiu, and said loudly: “Father has already said that the prince is the traitor who plotted rebellion. Bai Jinxiu, are you still not going to retreat?”
“If the crown prince was the traitor, why didn’t you see the loyal Prime Minister Lu climbing up the city wall with Your Majesty? Why didn’t you see Xie Yuchang, Fu Ruoxi and other generals who were loyally guarding Your Majesty! You only saw the King of Liang! You only saw the traitor Fan Yuhuai! You only saw the left prime minister Li Mao who instigated the second prince to rebel at the beginning and then got involved with you!”
Bai Jinxiu looked at Li Mao and said, “Li Mao! The evidence of the letter in which you instigated the Second Prince to rebel is in my hands. Lord Shoushan and Imperial Preceptor Tan have examined it. Now the whole world knows that it was you who instigated the Second Prince to rebel! Someone… bring the things up!”
Li Mao’s palms tightened and his throat felt tight.
Ji Tingyu received the order and ordered his men to bring up the silk and paper signed by the officials who were still in the capital, confirming the rebellion of Prince Liang and Li Mao, and ordered them to unfold it…
The powerful and vigorous calligraphy of the old imperial teacher Tan was written on the brocade, and he claimed that there was a letter as evidence… Li Mao first instigated the second prince to rebel which failed, and then instigated Prince Liang to rebel. He was actually a traitor to the State of Jin.
Next to the large characters on the brocade were the signatures of officials who were now in the capital city… or who were considered unimportant by King Liang and had not yet been imprisoned.
Li Mao clenched his fists tightly behind his back. With the letter from all officials written by the old imperial tutor Tan, if King Liang could not succeed this time, he would be doomed.
“Li Mao, if you think that the letters authenticated by Lord Shoushan and Imperial Tutor Tan are not enough, then are your son’s letters enough? Li Mingrui was captured in Shuoyang! If he comes forward to testify that you instigated the Second Prince to rebel and are now inciting King Liang, will you admit it?!” Bai Jinxiu asked again.
After Ji Tingyu brought the captured Li Mingrui to Dadu City, Shen Baizhong came back and met Bai Jinxiu once… He wanted to ask Bai Jinxiu to let Li Mingrui go. Shen Baizhong wanted to take Li Mingrui away and away from the right and wrong of Dadu City.
Bai Jinxiu went to see Li Mingrui once. She did not use any threats or inducements, but told Li Mingrui about the personal experience of her husband Qin Lang… At that time, the Loyal and Brave Marquis Qin Dezhao had tampered with the military rations in southern Xinjiang. Qin Lang brought all the evidence to report his father Qin Dezhao, which saved the lives of the Qin family.
After listening to this, Li Mingrui understood what Bai Jinxiu meant. She sacrificed her father’s life and saved the lives of the rest of the Li family for the sake of justice.
Logically speaking, as the eldest son and grandson of the Li family, Li Mingrui has been taught since childhood to put the interests of the entire family first, and when necessary… even sacrifice one person.
This is also what Li Mao often taught Li Mingrui, but Li Mingrui didn’t understand why Bai Jinxiu wanted to say this to him.
It was not until this time that Li Mingrui found out… that the old man who saved his life was actually Bai Qishan’s close friend.
He suddenly understood why Prince Liang suddenly launched a rebellion and Bai Jinxiu was on guard. He was worried about the old man and asked him to go first… But the old man went to inform Bai Jinxiu.
Li Mingrui felt heartbroken by the old man’s betrayal, but at the same time, he felt fortunate.
Because he understood that although it was a crushing defeat for him, it was also an opportunity.
His father stood on the side of King Liang, while he stood on the side of the crown prince. In the end, no matter whether King Liang won or the crown prince won, at least the Li family could be saved because of one person, and the person sacrificed would only be one of him and his father!
Li Mingrui was brought up. He was not tied up and escorted up. He was dressed neatly and cleanly. He walked out from among the soldiers and looked up at his father: “Father! It’s not too late to mend your ways…”
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