The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 896: superfluous
Chapter 896: Adding More Foot
If Xiliang knew that Rongdi intended to attack Xiliang within three years, and Yan had signed an alliance not to interfere within three years, and now that the Great Zhou was the only powerful country, Xiliang would inevitably turn to the Great Zhou in order to survive.
Murong Yan shook his head. “The Queen of Great Zhou… had a three-year agreement with Yun Poxing. Now that the three-year agreement is only nine months away, the Queen of Great Zhou… is a person who sticks to her word. She gave Yun Poxing three years, and she will attack Xiliang after three years! So even if Xiliang wants to make an alliance with Great Zhou, the Queen of Great Zhou will probably not accept it. Even if she can accept it… I’m afraid she will need Xiliang to send Yun Poxing. The Queen of Xiliang doesn’t seem like someone who would sacrifice important officials in the court for the sake of the country’s survival.”
“So, the best way for Xiliang now is to make an alliance with Rongdi and unite the weak to fight against the strong. It’s a pity… the ghost-faced prince of Rongdi is the descendant of the Bai family and the younger brother of the Empress of the Great Zhou.” Murong Yan spoke very slowly.
“Then…did Uncle Jiu ask someone to inform King Rongdi about this matter?” Murong Ping asked anxiously.
No matter how stupid Murong Ping was, he knew that the Great Zhou had already destroyed Liang. If Rongdi was also in the hands of the Great Zhou… it would be difficult for the State of Yan to compete!
In particular, if the Great Zhou were to take over Xiliang, the State of Yan would be in danger of extinction.
Murong Yan shook his head. After he met the Ghost-faced Prince of Rongdi in Xiangliang, he sent people to Rongdi to try to contact the King of Rongdi. However… the King of Rongdi was completely controlled by the Ghost-faced Prince, and his people had no chance at all.
“This Ghost-faced Prince has extraordinary means. King Rongdi is completely under his control. In my opinion… even if the Ghost-faced Prince kills King Rongdi and replaces him, I’m afraid no one in Rongdi will say anything.” Murong Yan’s gentle and mellow voice slowly said, “After all… the ethos of Rongdi is that the strong are respected, and bloodline is never important.”
Murong Li also became nervous. He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then said, “Uncle Jiu… can you tell Xiliang that the Ghost-faced Prince is the younger brother of the Queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty? Xiliang will be prepared and will secretly turn to the State of Yan for help.”
“The Queen of Xiliang is not a fool. She is smart… so she knows that Yan’s ambition is to unify the world. If they want to unify, they will definitely destroy Xiliang.” Murong Yan’s deep eyes stared at Murong Li, who was about to become the Emperor of Yan. “And smart people are conceited, so… if Yan told Xiliang that the Ghost-faced Prince was the younger brother of the Queen of Zhou, the Queen of Xiliang would probably be suspicious that Yan was trying to provoke her. Be on guard against Yan. Everything has its limits, and the relationship between the two countries is the same… stop when it’s enough, and if you go too far… it’s easy to add unnecessary details.”
Murong Li straightened his back and bowed to Murong Yan: “Ah Li will remember Uncle Jiu’s teachings.”
Murong Ping also hurriedly followed suit and saluted towards Murong Yan: “Ah Ping, remember Uncle Jiu’s teachings as well.”
Speaking of the Empress of the Great Zhou, Murong Li couldn’t help but think of the fact that his uncle was in love with General Bai of the Bai family’s army. Now that the eldest daughter of the Bai family has ascended the throne as the Empress of the Great Zhou, her ambition is also to unify the world, which puts her in opposition to the State of Yan.
Murong Li looked at Murong Yan, “Uncle Nine…can you still marry the eldest daughter of the Bai family?”
“Uncle Jiu…” Murong Li whispered to Murong Yan, “The Queen of the Great Zhou will ascend the throne on June 20th. Envoys from all countries should go to congratulate her. Uncle Jiu thinks… who should be sent?”
Murong Yan’s brows remained calm, but his hands on his knees slowly tightened…
He had promised Abao that he would go to propose marriage after Wei was pacified. Now Wei was pacified, and Abao had even pacified Liang… and had replaced the Lin family’s imperial power in Jin, but his brother was no longer able to go to propose marriage on his behalf.
Besides, A Li is still young and the State of Yan is in a state of disrepair, so he simply cannot spare the time.
And Abao…is also going to ascend the throne as the empress of the Great Zhou Kingdom, so I guess she must be very busy.
Murong Yan thought for a moment, then raised his eyes and said, “I’ll go there myself…”
“But if others were to discover Uncle Jiu’s identity, the Xiao family’s shops all over the world would be in …”
“The eldest daughter of the Bai family has always known my identity. When I was in Jin State… If it weren’t for the eldest daughter of the Bai family’s help, I’m afraid my identity would have been known to others long ago. So… Now, the Xiao family shops that are openly spread across Jin and Liang States are probably all under Jin State’s surveillance, and they have to make other plans.”
Xiao Rongyan looked at the crabapple tree rustling in the wind in the golden light outside the hall and whispered, “This matter cannot be rushed… take your time.”
They all knew in their hearts that the day when Xiliang was destroyed would be the day when Yan and Zhou would be in confrontation.
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On the seventh day of the sixth month in the first year of Yuanhe, King Liang was captured in Luohong City. The deceased emperor of Jin State saw the light of day again, deposed the crown prince, and ordered people to put King Liang and Li Mao and his gang into the Tianlao, to be executed on a chosen day.
On the tenth day of the sixth month in the early years of Yuanhe, the Queen of the Great Zhou, Bai Qingyan, led her troops to Luohong City.
Bai Qingyan had just arrived and was discussing siege strategies with Bai Jinxiu and Lin Kangle.
Lin Kangle told Bai Qingyan that the people guarding Luohong City now are Qin Shangzhi and Yanwo prefect Shen Tianzhi. King Liang arrived in Luohong City to threaten Qin Shangzhi with the crown prince, but unexpectedly, Yanwo prefect showed up on the way. King Liang thought that Yanwo prefect was coming to help, so he opened the gate to let him in. Who knew that Yanwo prefect Shen Tianzhi captured King Liang, Li Mao and others as soon as his troops entered the city.
Now that the Emperor of Jin Dynasty has been able to see the light of day again, he is still concerned about his Nine-Story Tower. He even begins to order the deposed crown prince who has been restored to the throne to forcibly recruit young boys and girls for him. He also intends to use the troops under the command of Qin Shangzhi and Shen Tianzhi to fight back towards the Nine-Story Tower.
Bai Qingyan smiled as soon as he heard Shen Tianzhi’s words. Qin Shangzhi was loyal to the prince…it was true that he would be controlled by King Liang, but Yanwo Governor Shen Tianzhi would not be like that. Moreover, Shen Tianzhi was a very talented person, and it was not unfair for King Liang to fall into Shen Tianzhi’s hands.
Before Bai Qingyan could tell Bai Jinxiu and Lin Kangle about Shen Tianzhi’s identity, they heard a report from outside that there was a person outside the door who claimed to be a eunuch serving the Emperor of Jin and brought a letter from the Grand Princess to Princess Zhenguo. There was also a man wearing a black cloak with a hood and whose appearance could not be seen clearly.
Bai Jinxiu turned to look at Bai Qingyan who was sitting in front of the commander’s desk and said, “Prince Liang always liked to call himself the Emperor of Jin. Since the Emperor saw the light of day again, he has called himself the Emperor of Great Jin. I don’t know what he is trying to do.”
Bai Jinxiu guessed that it was because the emperor knew that his elder sister had proclaimed herself emperor in the capital and that everyone else called her the Empress of the Great Zhou, so he called himself the Emperor of the Great Jin.
“Who cares about the drama? He’s tired of living… I think we can just chop him off and send the head back to the Emperor of Jin and be done with it!” Lin Kangle said gritting his teeth.
Bai Qingyan took off the sword from his waist and placed it on the table, smiling and said, “Let’s see what the person sent by the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty is going to perform today, and bring him in.”
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