The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 919: tail between legs
Chapter 919: Tail Between Tucks
But he could also see that Lin Kangle was a man of great talent but with great dexterity, and was a good candidate for leading troops in battle. No wonder Lin Kangle, who came from a commoner family, could become General Zhang Duanrui’s deputy general at this age, and was now valued by Bai Qingyan.
Hearing Lin Kangle’s voice coming from outside, Bai Jinxiu, who was kneeling beside the couch, looked up at Bai Qingyan and said in a choked voice: “Eldest sister, grandma is gone. We should escort grandma back to the capital as soon as possible so that she can rest in peace as soon as possible.”
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes, stroked the Grand Princess’s still warm and soft hand, and nodded.
Although her grandmother did not live to see the coronation ceremony, nor could she wait until… the moment to see the surviving descendants of the Bai family, it was she and Bai Jinxiu who sent her grandmother off on her final journey, so she could be considered to have family by her side.
At least before my grandmother passed away, she should have felt comforted knowing that Ayu, Ajue and Ayun were still alive.
Bai Qingyan said in a hoarse voice: “Send someone… to the Bai family to announce the death!”
“Okay!” Bai Jinxiu supported herself on the edge of the couch with both hands and managed to stand up. She felt her legs were numb and she managed to stand up and called out, “Someone come…”
Hearing the voice, Shen Tianzhi and Lin Kangle hurriedly turned around and walked into the big tent.
“His Majesty……”
Lin Kangle and Shen Tianzhi knelt down and saluted Bai Qingyan.
She slowly let go of her grandmother’s hand, put her hand in the blanket, covered her, and then turned around to look at Lin Kangle and Shen Tianzhi: “Get up, you don’t have to be so polite in the army in the future. Luohong City has been captured, and the Jin Dynasty is over. Today we will set off to return to the capital. Shen Tianzhi will stay with 60,000 soldiers and serve as the governor of Luohong City to help the people repair their houses and rebuild Luohong City.”
“Are 60,000 soldiers too many?” Lin Kangle asked honestly.
Lin Kangle didn’t doubt Shen Tianzhi, he just thought that leaving a thousand people would be enough to help the people repair their houses and rebuild Luohong City.
“Yes!” Shen Tianzhi accepted the order.
“General Lin will take the soldiers who are fighting the fire to rest for a day. Tomorrow, he will lead the troops to the fiefdom of the old Jin Dynasty prince in Hedong to pass on the order… to tell their prince to arrive in the capital city on June 20th to attend the coronation ceremony. If he refuses… he will be captured! The troops will surround Hedong… If the Hedong Palace makes any moves without permission, no mercy will be shown.”
Bai Qingyan originally planned to personally visit the three fiefdoms of Hedong, Anxi and Shuofang, but now that his grandmother has passed away… the body needs to be transported back to the capital as soon as possible for funeral preparations, so Bai Qingyan does not plan to visit all three places.
She planned to let Bai Jinxiu escort her grandmother’s body back to the capital first, and she would personally go to Anxi and Shuofang and return to the capital as soon as possible.
“Yes!” Lin Kangle also took the order and looked up at Bai Qingyan, “Your Majesty, there is one more thing… The former deposed crown prince and Mr. Qin Shangzhi surrendered last night. The deposed crown prince was stabbed in the heart, but has been rescued now. I wonder… does Your Majesty want to meet Mr. Qin?”
Bai Qingyan turned around and glanced at his grandmother, wondering… whether his grandmother would be a little relieved to know that the deposed prince was still alive.
After all, they were of the same lineage as my grandmother, so Bai Qingyan did not want to kill them all, so he said, “Take the deposed crown prince and Fan Yuhuai and the others back to the capital. As for Mr. Qin…if he is willing to follow the crown prince, then let him follow the crown prince.”
Bai Qingyan did not say the rest, because she knew in her heart… Qin Shangzhi must be following the deposed prince.
“Then…what should we do with the soldiers and secret guards brought by the deposed prince?” Lin Kangle asked again.
“Hold them temporarily, and deal with them after we return to the capital!” Bai Qingyan said, then looked at Shen Tianzhi, “One more thing, Lord Shen… after helping the people repair their houses, lead the troops to station on the Tianxia Peak Road that Anxi and Shuofang must pass through to the capital. If someone leads troops to the capital, try to annihilate them all on the Tianxia Peak Road, and let a few defeated soldiers pass.”
Only then did Lin Kangle understand what the 60,000 people Bai Qingyan left to Shen Tianzhi were for. It turned out that they were to guard against mutinies in Anxi and Shuofang.
On the tenth day of June in the first year of Yuanhe, the empress of Great Zhou attended the Hongmen Banquet in person. Generals including Bai Jinxiu and Lin Kangle captured Luohong City overnight. The deposed crown prince of Jin surrendered, and the Jin Dynasty was officially declared extinct.
On June 16th of the first year of Yuanhe, envoys from various countries arrived in the capital city one after another to congratulate the Empress of Zhou on her accession to the throne.
When the envoys from various countries arrived, the busiest person was the Minister of the Honglu Temple, Dong Qingping. Fortunately, Bai Qingyan had instructed before going to Luohong City that he could vigorously promote newcomers and common people. This time, Dong Qingping made a big move to recruit newcomers and inject fresh blood into the Honglu Temple.
Perhaps because Dong Qingping was the uncle of Empress Bai Qingyan, none of the nobles dared to say anything.
But these days, the royal relatives of the former dynasty in the capital city have become restless. Originally, they thought that Bai Qingyan was going to ascend the throne and become the emperor, and even if they, the royal relatives of the former dynasty, could barely save their lives, they would have to become commoners.
But who would have known that after Bai Qingyan stabilized the situation in the capital, he did not punish them but rushed to Luohong City to rescue the Grand Princess. He had no intention of making things difficult for these former royal relatives.
The royal relatives were smart and started to think about it. The grandmother of the Great Zhou Empress Bai Qingyan was the Grand Princess of the previous dynasty. So… they were related to the Empress and could be considered royal relatives. I think the Grand Princess would protect them.
Once this idea came into being and word spread… and since Bai Qingyan didn’t send anyone to reprimand them, these royal relatives became bolder, thinking that when the Grand Princess came back, they would persuade Bai Qingyan to keep their titles and salaries unchanged, no matter what.
Unexpectedly, before they waited for the Grand Princess to return, they heard that the Grand Princess had gone to Luohong City, and the royal relatives in the capital city suddenly became uneasy.
Some even speculated that the Grand Princess did not agree with Bai Qingyan’s overthrow of the Jin Dynasty and ascending the throne, so Bai Qingyan killed the Grand Princess.
Once this rumor came out, those who knew Bai Qingyan… naturally said it was nonsense.
But the royal relatives of the Jin Dynasty believed it to be true, and they all behaved very quietly, fearing that Bai Qingyan would kill them all if he was unhappy.
However, those old princes of the Jin Dynasty who already had fiefdoms did not dare to confront Bai Qingyan, for fear that Bai Qingyan would suffer heavy losses when he led his army… They came to the capital city one after another, and after discussions, they held out a glimmer of hope and prepared to bargain with Bai Qingyan, at least to keep their ancestral fiefdoms.
Of course, these old princes with fiefdoms in various places did not come alone. They had already asked their descendants to prepare well. If Bai Qingyan did not agree, they would raise an army…
For these old princes who have fiefs and private soldiers, it is a great honor for them to be able to attend the coronation ceremony this time. If Bai Qingyan really wants to seize the private property passed down from their ancestors, they would rather die than let their descendants lose their ancestral fiefs.
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