The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 902: traitor
Chapter 902: Traitor
Bai Qingyan remained calm, but he understood Gao Demao’s hint…
Just go up to Luohong Tower to enjoy the scenery, and don’t touch the wine and food.
Gao Demao could make such a suggestion. I think the emperor must have deceived my grandmother. The emperor probably told my grandmother that as long as Bai Qingyan gave up attacking the city and could enter the city to continue to be a vassal of the Lin imperial power, the war would be turned into friendship.
However, in reality, the emperor… wanted to kill Bai Qingyan.
“Thank you, Eunuch Gao, for your advice.” Bai Qingyan said to Gao Demao with a smile, and felt grateful for Gao Demao’s kindness in her heart.
Gao Demao smiled slightly and nodded to Bai Qingyan.
After Qin Shangzhi came back today, Gao Demao returned to the emperor and happened to meet the prince coming out of the emperor, so… Gao Demao knew that the emperor had already made a plan. If Bai Qingyan did not agree to get the thousand boys and girls for the emperor tonight to make the elixir, the emperor would let the little eunuch named Quan Yu give Bai Qingyan poisoned wine.
The emperor took advantage of… the fact that Bai Qingyan had once shown favor to this young eunuch named Quan Yu. He thought that Bai Qingyan would not be too wary of Quan Yu, so he asked Quan Yu to deliver the poisoned wine. Now this young eunuch is being held by the emperor.
Gao Demao was afraid that this young eunuch was brainless, and in order to save his life in front of the emperor, he really delivered the poisoned wine. If Bai Qingyan really drank the wine without being prepared because the young eunuch who delivered the wine was Quan Yu, and something happened… then Bai Jinxiu would definitely attack the city to avenge Bai Qingyan, and the emperor would die… Then the lives of them, the slaves, would be over.
In the past, Gao Demao did not know how powerful Madam Qin was. However, after seeing Bai Jinxiu lead the Yuanping army to break through the capital city and besiege the imperial city, it seemed that everyone realized that it was not only Princess Zhenguo and Princess Gaoyi who were good at fighting in the Bai family. All the descendants of the Bai family, both boys and girls, were good at fighting, but they did not show their abilities in normal times.
Mrs. Qin, Bai Jinxiu, was born into a family of generals who had been in the military for centuries. In her early years, she had fought on the battlefield with the Duke of Zhenguo. Even though she was not as powerful as the Princess Zhenguo, ordinary generals would never be Bai Jinxiu’s match.
Luohong Tower is built on a small hill in the north of Luohong City. It is located at the end of the stone steps in the brightly lit area.
Every ten steps on the stone steps, there was a crane lantern lit. When the wind blew, the flames and the exotic flowers and herbs on both sides of the stone steps swayed. The soft yellow color also swayed continuously, making the road leading to Luo Hong Tower look like a dream.
The high-level area was heavily guarded, and the 100 soldiers accompanying Bai Qingyan were stopped.
Gao Demao smiled and said to Bai Qing: “Princess Zhenguo, I’m afraid the 100 soldiers you brought with you… can’t go in together.”
“What’s the matter, Eunuch Gao, are you afraid that I will harm your grandmother?” Bai Qingyan glanced at Gao Demao.
“That’s not the case. His Majesty is here today, so the soldiers are inevitably more cautious. I would like to ask the soldiers accompanying Princess Zhenguo to wait here. Do you think this is okay?” Gao Demao said with a smile.
The soldiers brought by Bai Qingyan also have their own missions. They are the special forces to help Bai Jinxiu attack the city. Bai Qingyan had never planned to bring these one hundred soldiers in.
She looked at the soldiers guarding Luo Hong Tower and could roughly guess that if there was any change in Luo Hong Tower, the emperor would definitely let these soldiers kill the soldiers she brought with her. So she said, “Since you are not allowed to go in, you don’t have to stay here. Go wherever you want and come back in an hour.”
“yes!”
The one hundred soldiers brought by Bai Qingyan responded in unison, with a terrifying momentum.
Shen Tianzhi was standing in the shadow under the lamp beside Luo Honglou. He saw Bai Qingyan looking towards him from afar. He nodded slightly to Bai Qingyan to reassure him.
In this way, Bai Qingyan had an idea in his mind. It seemed that Shen Tianzhi had already taken control of the area around Luohong Tower.
The general who was guarding the high steps of Luohong Tower raised his eyes and looked at Gao Demao. After all, the order they had received was… if no agreement was reached, all the people brought by Princess Zhenguo must be killed without leaving a single one alive. But if they forced the people brought by Princess Zhenguo to stay here, they were afraid that the talks would end before the emperor even started.
To be honest, the soldiers who were originally sent to build the canal were not as strong as those battle-hardened soldiers, not to mention that these soldiers were under the command of the invincible Bai Qingyan. How could they not be afraid?
How could Gao Demao not know that Bai Qingyan had already seen through the trick here? He nodded calmly to the general, signaling him not to make a big deal out of it and arouse Princess Zhenguo’s suspicion.
“Princess Zhenguo, please…” Gao Demao smiled and made a gesture of invitation to Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan nodded and followed Gao Demao towards the brightly lit Luohong Tower on the high steps.
In Luohong Tower, the eldest princess heard that Bai Qingyan had entered the city. She curled her fingers quietly and gently grasped the hem of her dark blue skirt embroidered with cloud patterns. She looked up at the emperor standing in front of her. Her eyebrows were calm, and she had the condescending and proud attitude of a legitimate princess of the royal family.
“The emperor is saying that if my granddaughter does not agree to help Your Majesty ascend the Nine-Layered Stage and does not agree to gather these 1,000 boys and girls for Your Majesty, the emperor will kill her in this Luohong Tower… in front of me?”
The eldest princess spoke slowly and in a low voice. The flickering candlelight on the high platform made the deep wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, which could not be covered by her powder, more and more clear. She was extremely imposing, and her eyes were as sharp as a knife: “It seems that the Lin family is not important to the emperor. The Nine-Layered Platform is important! Immortality is important!”
At this time, the door was closed, and the emperor and the eldest princess were having a secret conversation behind closed doors.
This was the first time the emperor saw his aunt speaking so harshly. The hand hidden in his sleeve tightened slightly, restraining his murderous aura: “I… am very grateful to my aunt for following King Liang to Luohong City willingly for me and the prince. Now that Bai Qingyan’s army is at the gates of the city, I am also grateful to my aunt for being willing to step forward and stabilize Bai Qingyan, the traitor. I am willing to give Bai Qingyan this opportunity to not drag down the reputation of the Bai family, also for your sake! But aunt, don’t forget… I am the emperor! This Jin State… is my Jin State, and the emperor should have the final say in this country!”
The eldest princess pursed her lips and tried her best to endure, her eyes were full of red bloodshot, and her fingers on the hem of her skirt tightened until her knuckles turned white.
Why was she so foolish that she thought this beast in front of her could be a wise ruler? !
In the huge Luohong Tower, the only sound was the rustling of sand in the hourglass, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
A bronze incense burner half a person’s height was placed in the hall, emitting wisps of smoke, filling the Luohong Tower with a light fragrance.
“My aunt looks quite haggard. If you can’t tell Bai Qing, then… I will tell her myself.”
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