The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 870: gentleman
Chapter 870 Gentleman
“I would like to hear…Princess Zhenguo’s advice!” Wang Meng bowed to Bai Qingyan again.
Bai Qingyan looked at Wang Meng with a calm and deep gaze: “I led the army all the way back, and the soldiers under my command saw many officials robbing children. They hated the Lin Dynasty that treated the people as livestock. The Pingyang army must have seen a lot on the way here. Aren’t the soldiers under General Wang Meng disappointed with the Lin Dynasty? The soldiers I led fought for the people, but the Pingyang army led by General Wang Meng has already wavered in their determination to protect the Lin Dynasty! The victory or defeat… has been decided long ago!”
Wang Meng opened his eyes wide. He thought… Princess Zhenguo wanted to support the crown prince to ascend the throne, but what she meant was… was she trying to rebel?
“What Princess Zhenguo said…” Wang Meng stopped talking. Was there anything wrong with what Princess Zhenguo said?
What the Pingyang army saw on their way to the capital was simply hell on earth. Children aged five to ten were in great demand among human traffickers, and families who lost their children were everywhere. There was even a case of an official ordering yamen runners to rob children from the people.
Doesn’t Wang Meng feel heartbroken after seeing this?
“General Wang Meng, do you want to surrender or fight to the death for your country? It’s all up to you…”
After Bai Qingyan finished talking to Wang Meng, he turned to look at Du Sanbao and said, “I’ll leave it to you!”
“Princess Zhenguo, don’t worry! I will take good care of General Wang Meng!” Du Sanbao clasped his fists and stared at Wang Meng in disbelief with a wolf-like gaze.
Bai Qingyan jumped onto his horse and took the red-tasseled silver spear thrown by Ji Tingyu. He was full of vigor and triumph, and shouted, “Leave a small team to follow General Du Sanbao to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of you will follow me into the palace. The first one to break through the door… will be rewarded with a hundred gold coins!”
The soldiers were excited and followed Bai Qingyan to rush into the palace.
When Du Sanbao heard Bai Qingyan call her General, the corners of her lips curled up… revealing a mouthful of big white teeth, and she felt extremely excited.
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At this time, Prince Liang was holding the “deceased” emperor, the crown prince, and the eldest princess hostage, squeezing into a carriage and jolting southward, leaving the sounds of killing in the capital city far behind.
The emperor was tied up and had a rag stuffed in his mouth. He sat in a bumpy carriage with a grim look on his face.
The prince had fainted, with tears in the corners of his eyes and blood at the corners of his mouth.
Prince Liang bit his back teeth and used a handkerchief to press the base of his palm where the prince had bitten off a piece of flesh.
Before leaving the capital, Prince Liang ordered people to kill the Crown Princess and the little grandson. The Crown Prince was horrified when he heard this, and seeing that his plea was useless… he wanted to fight Prince Liang to the death. If he had not been knocked unconscious by Fan Yuhuai in time, Prince Liang’s trick would have been wasted.
The elderly eldest princess sat upright in the carriage with her hands folded on her legs. She knew… King Liang forced her to follow him out of the city just to use her to restrain her granddaughters.
Originally, when Bai Jinxiu broke through the capital city, Prince Liang did not have time to bring the eldest princess into the palace. After all, the guards of the Princess Zhenguo’s Mansion were very fierce, and Prince Liang was too late to force the eldest princess into the palace at that time.
But today, the Grand Princess walked out of the Princess Zhenguo Mansion, which was heavily guarded by Bai Jinxiu’s troops, and got on Prince Liang’s carriage, because the Grand Princess still wanted to save the Prince.
Prince Liang sent someone to convey a message that if the eldest princess refused to get on the carriage, he would kill the crown prince and the “deceased” emperor.
The Emperor…the Grand Princess no longer cared.
The Grand Princess was also aware that the Prince was still the life-saving talisman for the King of Liang, and he would never kill the Prince so easily.
The eldest princess didn’t know how to face Bai Qingyan, the granddaughter of Lin, who was about to rebel.
So she chose to leave Bai Jinse and Nanny Jiang behind and got on Prince Liang’s carriage alone.
She still wanted to struggle for the Lin family’s imperial power and make one last effort. She hoped that no matter where she went, she could protect the prince. She hoped that Bai Qingyan could support the prince to ascend the throne, or even… support the little grandson to ascend the throne, and become a powerful minister who controlled the court, rather than… a traitor who plotted rebellion.
Otherwise, a hundred years later, she would have failed to protect the Bai family’s descendants and the Lin family’s empire. She would not be able to face her husband Bai Weiting, let alone her father.
She was greedy and originally hoped to have the best of both worlds, but she couldn’t.
Now, since there is no one who can protect her children and grandchildren, she wants to do her best for the Lin family.
When they were leaving, Bai Jinse and Nanny Jiang insisted on going with them, and the Grand Princess didn’t take anyone with her…
She was willing to sacrifice her life to do her last bit for the Lin imperial power because she was the eldest princess of Jin State, but her young and ignorant granddaughter Bai Jinse should not follow her and become the handle for King Liang to threaten Abao.
And she also understood that the reason why she could do her best for the Lin imperial power was because she was the daughter-in-law of the Bai family… the grandmother of Princess Bai Qingyan.
The eldest princess knew that her health was deteriorating day by day. If she could die before Abao overthrew the Lin royal power, it would be in accordance with God’s will. If not… she agreed with her Abao’s decision to ascend to the supreme throne as a woman. In terms of character… in terms of talent for governing the country, and decisiveness in killing, Abao was just as good!
But if Abao ascends the throne, she may not be a good emperor.
A Bao inherited the spirit of the Bai family’s ancestors. He is a gentleman who is unyielding and upright with great love and ambition. However, the more unpolished a gentleman is, the less likely he is to be the emperor of a country.
Once, A Bao asked her if the most loyal, brave and righteous people in this world are less likely to survive, and asked her if those who are kind, righteous and have a bottom line in their hearts are destined to die a bad death.
She couldn’t answer A Bao at that time, because the kindness, loyalty, righteousness and bottom line mentioned by A Bao are the foundation of being a human being… a gentleman, a minister. But if you want to become a king, an emperor! Even a great leader… How can you get these three things?
To be able to accomplish great things and become a king… one can hide so much filth and dirt in one’s heart, and one must be flexible in the means used.
Gentlemen like the Seven Sages of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, Yan Hui and Zengzi, who are as noble as mountains and as upright as jade, will not tolerate filth or corruption in their hearts. But the eldest princess was born in an imperial family and grew up by her father’s side. She knows… The heart of an emperor is not comparable to that of a gentleman or a sage. It can tolerate great righteousness and love in the world, but it can also tolerate filth and the most despicable filth in the world.
It is recorded in Zuo Zhuan that mountains and swamps hide diseases, rivers and marshes collect filth, and Jin Yu conceals evil.
Mountains hide their defects, which makes them big. Rivers and lakes absorb dirt, which makes them deep. Beautiful jade contains flaws, which makes it unique.
But the Bai family is too upright and too loyal. If they were faced with something that would require them to sacrifice righteousness for profit… such as abandoning her as their grandmother to build a kingdom, Abao might not be able to do it. But as an emperor, she has to do it!
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