The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 92: never doubt
Chapter 92 Never Doubt
The emperor stood up suddenly, walked around the table, and threw the bamboo slips in his hand fiercely in front of Bai Qingyan.
“What are you talking about?! If you don’t quickly present the bamboo slips with the march records, the people of the capital will hear what is written on them before me. You swear an oath in front of the spirit, and you are blocking the gate of Wude with the emotional and angry people. You are just short of forcing the emperor to abdicate, and you still dare to say what are you talking about?! Do you really think that I am so old that I can’t see the dirty tricks of the Bai family?!”
She bent down to pick up the bamboo slips on the ground and wiped them with her plain white sleeves. She could see the handwriting on the bottom line… Deputy Commander Bai Qishan had been trapped in Fengcheng for five days without food. The Southern Yan army captured the five sons of the Bai family alive, stripped them of their clothes and cut off their flesh to humiliate them in front of the battle, in an attempt to force Bai Qishan to surrender.
Bai Qingyan’s rage boiled like hot oil in his chest, and he finally couldn’t hold it back anymore. He gritted his teeth and said, “The Bai family’s tricks to seek justice and protect themselves are dirty. Your Majesty sent a idiot to supervise the army… Isn’t it dirty to give the golden medal to a idiot?”
“How dare you!” The emperor’s eyes were bloodshot.
“Xiliang and Nanyan are eyeing us covetously, and Daliang and Rongdi have ulterior motives. The elite warriors of our country fought to the death with the armies of Xiliang and Nanyan who coveted Dajin. They were not afraid of dying on horseback, being torn to pieces, or being buried in the world. They shed their blood and fought for their families and their country, vowing to never retreat! But when the war in southern Xinjiang was so intense, Your Majesty was afraid that his ministers would surpass him in merit, and ordered the prince who had never been on the battlefield and was not familiar with military tactics to supervise the army with a golden medal and arrow to steal the credit. Isn’t this extremely dirty?!”
“The fool used a golden order to force us! Now that the men of the Bai family are all dead, Jin no longer has a Duke who could deter Daliang and Rongdi from invading for ten years, and the court no longer has a brave and skilled general! Hundreds of thousands of troops have perished… Jin can be said to have cut off its own arm!”
Seeing the emperor’s ferocious expression, she couldn’t help but sneer: “When the Great Jin Dynasty kneels down and asks for peace with Southern Yan and Western Liang, Rongdi and Daliang will dare to pounce on it and take a piece of the pie. Is your majesty satisfied with this situation?!”
The emperor gritted his teeth and his eyes were red. What Bai Qingyan said hit the nail on the head. This was why the emperor was furious and regretted his decision after seeing the bamboo slips.
“Your Majesty, it’s fine if you kill the Bai family! Just take it as a reminder to the people of the world. Even if you want to be loyal to the country, don’t be so devoted that you leave yourself a way out! Otherwise, all the men in the family will be wiped out… Even when the coffin is brought back, it can only be carried in a paper-thin coffin that ordinary people don’t use. Even a ten-year-old child can’t be allowed to have an intact body!”
Before the emperor could speak, Prince Xin shouted angrily, “You, the Bai family, are nothing more than the watchdogs of my royal family! Your grandfather and your father, those two old bastards, are just raising troops to take care of themselves. Do you, the Bai family, still care about my father, the emperor, and the imperial power of my Lin family?! How can the Lin family allow a watchdog to interfere in the affairs of the country?! That old man, Bai Weiting, keeps talking about the people of the world, pretending to be a man of the country and the people! Do you dare to say… that your Bai family didn’t pave the way against my father in order to steal the country of my Lin family?!”
“My father was in Fengcheng and had no food or water, but he still fought to the death. Was he rebelling?!” She stood up and spread out the bamboo slips in her hand. Her bloodshot eyes were filled with tears, and the bamboo slips in her hand trembled. “My five brothers were captured alive. In order to prevent the Xiliang people from insulting the descendants of the Bai family and shaking the morale of the army, my father shot my five brothers with tears in his eyes. Was he rebelling?!”
“My brother Bai Qingyu was left behind. He could have escaped under the pretext of protecting Prince Xin, but he still died fighting on the Bailing front. No trace of his body was left. Was he planning a rebellion?! My seventeenth brother was only ten years old. He was trapped in Fengcheng and starved of food for five days. After his death, the Xiliang bandits dug out his heart and liver… and his stomach was filled with dirt and tree roots! Was he planning a rebellion?!”
Her high-pitched voice, filled with murderous intent, echoed thrillingly in the hall.
“My seventeenth brother is only ten years old! His life has not even begun yet! But his loyalty is deep in his bones, and his iron will has been passed down from generation to generation. Even though he knows he will die, he still wants to raise his sword and kill the enemy! Who else in the world can be so loyal except for my Bai family?!”
“The Great Jin Dynasty has dominated the world for decades, but there are very few military generals who can show off their talents! In order to train successors for the Great Jin Dynasty who can shock the other countries, my grandfather and father took all the men of the Bai family to the front line, leaving no room for the family, and no way out for the Bai family. Your Majesty turned a blind eye to such loyalty! My entire Bai family swore to be loyal to death, and several generations of people were beheaded and killed, but what did we get in return?! It was the frame-up of the treacherous officials in the court! It was your Majesty’s suspicion! Your Majesty’s suspicion! And your Majesty’s fear!” She was in great pain, and she looked at Prince Xin while enduring the pain of being torn by a knife, “If the Bai family wants to rebel… The golden medal in your hand is just a piece of scrap iron, how can it command my grandfather?! How can you survive and return to Dadu?!”
The eunuch knelt on the ground and trembled like a sieve. The emperor’s anger made people panic.
Prince Xin pursed his lips, and the emperor pursed his lips tightly.
In the magnificent hall, it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Holding the bamboo slips in her hand, she slowly knelt down and whispered with sobs, “Your Majesty, do you still remember what he said to my grandfather when he was first appointed as the crown prince in the red brick and green tile East Palace? Your Majesty said… my uncle is ten years older than me. Since I was young, I have regarded my uncle as my father and brother, not as a court official. My uncle cares about the people of the world and seeks peace and prosperity for the people of the world. I do the same. I have me in the court and my uncle on the battlefield. For the rest of my life, I will entrust the military power to you and never doubt you.”
The emperor clenched his fists at his side, and his thoughts seemed to be pulled back to the snowy winter of that year. Bai Weiting’s extremely majestic features were solemn, his eyes were red, and he bowed deeply, saying in a sonorous voice: “I will live up to the expectations of the prince.”
Those words… were just a plan of an unpopular prince who had just ascended to that position and wanted to find a backer for himself!
Bai Weiting…did he take it seriously?!
The emperor was in a trance.
“This is why my grandfather and his entire family pledged allegiance to the Bai family, leaving no room for retreat… and why he took all the men of the Bai family to Southern Xinjiang!”
Seeing the emperor’s expression, she continued, “Grandfather said that since ancient times, military generals have been the most feared by kings, but grandfather has the trust of your majesty and is not afraid of anything! Grandfather said that your majesty has great ambitions, and what he wants is to dominate the world, and what he wants is peace in the world. If his ambition cannot be achieved during his lifetime, the descendants of the Bai family should take this as their goal! If one day, the world is unified and peaceful, the descendants of the Bai family must take the initiative to return the military power promised by the emperor to the royal family. Because weakening powerful ministers and returning power to the central government is what every emperor will… and should do after pacifying the world. As long as the Bai family is loyal and upright in their work, and does not cling to power, no matter who sits on the throne of the nine tripods in the royal family, they will protect the safety of the Bai family in the most gentle way.”
The emperor hummed his lips. He had no idea that the Duke of Zhenguo, Bai Weiting… actually thought so highly of him.
She looked up at the emperor who was quietly holding the agarwood table with his hands: “Your Majesty, Grandfather trusts you so much, but Your Majesty… have you managed to never doubt me?”
In fact, Xiao Rongyan’s mother is also a very powerful person. I wonder if you little ancestors can see that?