The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 865: Emperor’s heart
Chapter 865: The Heart of Becoming Emperor
But in a moment, Li Mao had already thought of his words, and bowed to King Liang, becoming more respectful to him: “Your Highness, King Liang, now it’s not just me, but also the Minister of Revenue and other ministers, who are all in the same boat with King Liang. We all prosper together and suffer together. Naturally, I am afraid of failure!”
He looked up at King Liang, pretending to be calm: “Just as Bai Jinxiu said, it was I who suggested the Second Prince usurp the throne, because the Second Prince is both talented and virtuous. If he had not rebelled at that time, he would have been implicated by Concubine Tong’s mother’s family and missed the throne. I couldn’t bear it!”
Hearing what Li Mao said, King Liang’s expression improved a lot. He looked at Li Mao deeply, then withdrew his gaze and walked towards Wude Gate. He began to think seriously about Li Mao’s words in his heart.
Seeing that the emperor and Prince Liang and his entourage on the city wall had left, and the prince hanging on the city wall was still howling like a ghost, Bai Jinxiu turned around and asked Ji Tingyu: “Where is my elder sister?”
Ji Tingyu made some calculations based on the information sent back last time and said, “The eighteenth young lady will definitely be here at the latest.”
Bai Jinxiu nodded, turned her head and looked at the crying prince hanging on the city wall, and heard Ji Tingyu ask her: “Second Miss, what if the King of Liang doesn’t kill the emperor and the prince before the eldest lady comes back?”
“The knife is in our hands…” Bai Jinxiu’s eyes were cold, revealing a murderous and decisive spirit. “The winner is determined by people! If King Liang doesn’t take action, we will take action for him and put the blame on him.”
Li Mingrui was far away and didn’t hear these words clearly, but when he looked at Bai Jinxiu, a very bold idea suddenly came to his mind. He looked at the prince who was hanging on the city wall and crying in fear, and then looked at Bai Jinxiu.
Li Mingrui felt that the Bai family, who had such a terrifying spirit, should not be willing to bow down to a useless idiot like the prince who would pee his pants at the slightest fright!
He knew that Prince Liang was defending the imperial city to wait for the Pingyang Army, but why did Bai Jinxiu besiege the city without attacking?
Although Li Mingrui lacked practical experience, he had read military books. Anyone attacking a city sought a quick victory and hated procrastination. Bai Jinxiu was born into a family of generals, had been exposed to military books since childhood, and had fought on the battlefield before. How could she just lay siege without attacking and allow King Liang to delay time?
There is only one reason. Bai Jinxiu wants to delay until Prince Liang can no longer bear it and take action against the emperor and the prince, or even wants to delay until Bai Qingyan comes back…
Why wait for Prince Liang to take action against the emperor and the prince, and then wait for Bai Qingyan to come back?
Replace it with justification!
Li Mingrui’s fingers trembled. The Bai family’s reputation for loyalty and righteousness was known throughout the world, so Li Mingrui had never thought of the Bai family in this direction. He always felt that the Bai family should support the orthodox ascension to the throne.
But he watched coldly from the side and saw that Bai Jinxiu did not show any concern for the prince hanging on the city wall, so he knew that what he thought before was wrong.
The Bai family does not want the credit of following the dragon, but wants the supreme position!
But… all the men in the Bai family are dead! Why would they dare to dream about it?
Li Mingrui couldn’t help but think of the Empress of Xiliang. The Empress of Xiliang was also a woman, but she still ascended the throne…
This means that Bai Qingyan is trying to imitate the Queen of Xiliang and aspires to become emperor.
It must be so!
Things that were unclear in the past gradually became clear in Li Mingrui’s mind.
In the past, Li Mingrui regarded everything Bai Qingyan did as Bai Qingyan’s plan for the prince, and now it became clear, whether it was training troops in Shuoyang, or arranging his own people in the imperial guards, or recruiting these people from all over the place… Bai Qingyan was not planning for the prince at all, it was clearly paving the way for him to ascend to the supreme throne in the future.
The Bai family has great ambitions! Bai Qingyan has great ambitions!
Li Mingrui indeed did not expect that the Bai family had such an ambition, but now that he has thought of it, for the future of the Li family, he must get on board Bai Qingyan’s ship!
Today, the Bai family has great military power, and they have already started planning. Their chances of winning are much greater than the almost corrupt royal family in the palace. It can even be said that they are sure to win.
Moreover, if the Bai family really replaced the Lin family’s imperial power, then… it would be a brand new dynasty. At that time, how could Bai Qingyan still hold on to the fact that his father had instigated the second prince of the previous dynasty to rebel?
Li Mingrui made up his mind, walked towards Bai Jinxiu, and bowed: “Mrs. Qin…”
“Master Li, is there something wrong?”
Bai Jinxiu, wearing armor, has a heroic spirit and murderous aura that he does not have in normal times.
Li Mingrui then spoke up, “If Madam Qin wants to force King Liang to deal with the emperor and the crown prince before the Princess Zhenguo returns, it’s not enough to just besiege the city. She also needs some other incentives, such as spreading rumors… Let King Liang know that Madam Qin has sent people to meet with the Pingyang Army and intends to inform the Pingyang Army… The imperial edict ordering the Pingyang Army to come to Dadu to rescue the king and capture the crown prince was written by King Liang under duress!”
Bai Jinxiu looked at Li Mingrui with a half-smile: “So, King Liang has already sent people to mobilize the Pingyang Army?”
“That’s right. On April 23, after His Majesty asked General Xie Yuchang and General Fu Ruoxi to invite Prince Liang to the palace, he sent someone with a golden order to Pingyang City to mobilize the Pingyang garrison back to Dadu City to rescue the king and capture the traitorous prince! In addition… along with the imperial edict sent to various places to recruit boys and girls aged five to ten, there was also a secret order that prohibited anyone from leading troops to Dadu unless they held an imperial edict or a golden order.”
Li Mingrui looked up at Bai Jinxiu and said truthfully, “So, the Princess Zhenguo will probably face many obstacles on her way back with her troops. She won’t be back too soon. Madam Qin needs to make preparations early.”
Ji Tingyu glanced at Li Mingrui and expressed his doubts about whether Li Mingrui’s words were credible.
“I see. But Lord Li said that he would force Prince Liang to deal with the emperor and the crown prince…” Bai Jinxiu stood with her hands behind her back, pretending to be confused. “I just don’t understand…”
Li Mingrui suddenly surrendered, so Bai Jinxiu was justified in his suspicion. He smiled and bowed, saying, “Although Li Mingrui is not extremely smart, he still knows how to deal with current affairs.”
Now that he already knows who will be the final winner, he has the opportunity to add icing on the cake. Although his behavior is a bit despicable, at least he can preserve the Li family in the huge wave of the change of imperial power.
Compared with the life and honor of Li Mingrui alone, Li Mingrui would choose the entire Li family without any hesitation.
Furthermore, Li Mingrui and King Liang were originally tied together by interests, and the same is true for his choice of Bai Qingyan now.
Bai Jinxiu chuckled and recalled Bai Qingyan’s evaluation of Li Mingrui: he had no great principles… but only small principles.
The third update, I will continue to beg for monthly tickets…
Not everyone is Bai Qingyan. Li Mingrui can be a counselor but not a warrior!