The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 93: fight hard
Chapter 93: Fighting with all your strength
The eldest princess, who had been living in fear in the side hall, finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing these words. Her stiff back leaned softly on the pillow, and two lines of hot tears flowed out uncontrollably even with her eyes closed.
Bai Qingyan’s fierce words and high emotions just now made the emperor want to kill him several times.
But after she said this, her eldest granddaughter’s life was saved.
Fortunately, Bai Qingyan was not blinded by hatred and knew how to leave himself a chance of survival.
The emperor looked at the woman who was kneeling in the center of the hall in plain mourning clothes, neither humble nor arrogant. She looked very much like Bai Su with her proud character.
The tenderest feelings in his heart were touched, and the emperor looked straight at his daughter who was looking at him, like an old monk in meditation.
In this world, it is not difficult to find loyal ministers, but what is difficult to find are capable ministers who are both loyal and righteous. However, capable ministers are often the most likely to be attacked by flatterers… and feared by the emperor.
After a long while, the emperor straightened his spine and spoke slowly, his voice somewhat weak: “Prince Xin… I will demote him to a commoner and confine him in Prince Xin’s palace! As for Liu Huanzhang, all his nine clans will be exterminated! Are you satisfied with this result?”
“Father?! Father!” Prince Xin opened his eyes wide in disbelief, knelt down and cried, “Father’s son is your legitimate son!”
The emperor gritted his teeth, extremely disappointed and annoyed with this legitimate son, and said in a sharp voice: “Drag Prince Xin out, it’s not worthy of you to cry like this!”
I still can’t bear to kill my legitimate son!
It doesn’t matter if the emperor doesn’t kill him, she will kill him anyway, but it will only allow Prince Xin to live a few more days and suffer more.
She kowtowed respectfully to the emperor sitting on the throne: “I hope Your Majesty will thoroughly investigate the bamboo slips…regarding the matter of food and supplies not arriving in Fengcheng, so as to give justice to the heroic spirit of the Bai family!”
Seeing the woman leaning over and her long hair falling from her shoulders, the emperor closed his eyes and completely suppressed his murderous intent.
Forget it, a woman with the same character as Suqiu, let her live for Suqiu.
“The matter of grain and grass involves the loyal and brave Marquis Qin Dezhao. Your second sister just married into the loyal and brave Marquis’s mansion…”
“Your Majesty, Qin Lang has asked to resign and move out of the Loyal and Brave Marquis’ Mansion. He is also the role model of the sons of the noble families praised by Your Majesty. The Bai family only seeks justice and does not want to be implicated.”
“I will investigate the matter of grain and grass!” The emperor passed the table and sat down on the throne with dignity. He stared at Bai Qingyan for a moment and asked, “You just said that the Jin Dynasty asked for peace with Nanyan and Xiliang, and then Rongdi and Daliang dared to rush over to share a piece of the pie. This is very insightful. If they don’t ask for peace… Xiliang and Nanyan are approaching with their troops, and if they ask for peace… Rongdi and Daliang are watching covetously.”
The emperor pursed his lips and remained silent, waiting for Bai Qingyan to speak.
The emperor also wanted to see what the capable general was who had been praised by Duke Zhenguo Bai Weiting.
Originally, Bai Qingyan wanted to go to Southern Xinjiang after everything was settled, but he didn’t expect that the emperor would actually bring this opportunity to him.
She was going to southern Xinjiang, in addition to looking for and supporting the survivors of the Bai family… the most important thing was that the Bai family had its roots in the military!
A centipede is still alive even after death. The army is what the Bai family should focus on. With a wave of their arms, they can command the response of hundreds of people. This is something that no other family in the Great Jin Kingdom can do.
She thought for a moment, then kowtowed and said, “We must not avoid a battle in Southern Xinjiang. We can’t afford to hesitate! We must cede territory, pay compensation, and seek peace. We can make Xiliang and Nanyan withdraw their troops temporarily. Rongdi and Daliang will be just as difficult to deal with if they come. But if we can still win despite this disastrous defeat, all the other nations will know that the prestige of the Jin Dynasty is still inviolable.”
“You are saying this… but you are sure of winning?”
After the emperor asked this question, he tsked his tongue lightly. At the celebration banquet after defeating Shu, the Duke of Zhenguo Bai Weiting said that his granddaughter was a natural general. He just smiled and said nothing. He thought that Bai Weiting was exaggerating. Although the girl in the boudoir had the reputation of killing the Shu general Pang Pingguo, she must have been helped by others.
And now, he was actually discussing the war on the front line, the national war and strategy with this girl whom he once despised.
Somehow, the emperor thought of the general again… Bai Qingyan said that the Duke of Zhenguo Bai Weiting said that he had great ambitions.
He also couldn’t help but recall that he once said to the Duke…I would entrust the military power to you for the rest of my life and I would never doubt you.
The emperor suddenly felt guilty and closed his eyes.
He regrets… He regrets losing his loyal and brave minister!
He said he had no regrets… Even though his several generations of meritorious service surpassed their master’s, their power had collapsed and no one could threaten his imperial power anymore, he still had no regrets.
The slight torment in my heart is nothing more than the inevitable feeling of loss.
“That depends on who is going to fight.” Bai Qingyan heard the emperor’s hidden meaning and looked up at the man in a high position. “The courage of a soldier is easy to find, but the talent of a general is hard to find.”
The emperor leaned back on the golden pillow and tightened his fingers.
“I will not shy away from war and will sacrifice my filial piety for loyalty! If Your Majesty still trusts my Bai family, Bai Qingyan is willing to swear on the Bai family’s hundred-year honor that I will not stop until I kill those who offend my Jin State! If Your Majesty no longer wants to trust the Bai family…”
The emperor’s eyes were like torches: “If I don’t want to believe it, what should I do?”
“Then please, Your Majesty…be patient for the sake of the people of Jin. Even if you send a prince to accompany you, the Bai family doesn’t want the military merit! After this victory, I’m sure the other countries will be even more afraid of Jin. Then the Great Jin will have plenty of time to train successor generals. I will return to my hometown in Shuoyang to mourn for my grandfather, father, uncle, and brothers.”
The emperor paused while groping for the corners of the soft pillow. What Bai Qing meant by that… was he offering his military merits to the accompanying prince? !
The emperor pursed his lips and said, “Military merit for free? Are you willing to accept that?”
“Your Majesty, I thought… I have made it very clear at the palace banquet that the Bai family has never wanted any military merit. For generations, the Bai family has risked their lives to protect the peace and prosperity of the Great Jin! The spirit of the Bai family army is to destroy the bandits who invade the people of Jin and never return until they die!”
The emperor’s grip suddenly tightened.
I will never return until I kill the bandits who invaded our Jin people!
If he was a talented general, all the men in the Bai family of the Zhenguo Mansion would have died, and the emperor would have mourned but not regretted. His mood is completely different at this moment.
His heart felt as if it had been stung by a poisonous scorpion.
Once, he promised never to doubt anyone, but he still doubted the Duke of Zhenguo.
But he cannot regret it, because the Duke of Zhenguo’s achievements are too great and surpass his master. The Lin family’s empire in the Jin Dynasty cannot be in chaos in his hands, otherwise he would be sorry for the ancestors of the Lin family.
He would rather kill someone wrongly than let him go. He is right! He must be right because he is the emperor!
The emperor’s fingers trembled slightly, and after a long while, he said in a hoarse voice: “Go to the side hall and help your grandmother back. I will think about it…”
Bai Qingyan kowtowed and walked out of the main hall, only to see her grandmother waiting for her at the door.
The grandfather and grandson looked at each other with red eyes, supported each other and walked out of the palace without saying a word.
“You are… trying your best to advocate war and ask to go to Southern Xinjiang in order to force His Majesty to kill Prince Xin?” The Grand Princess’ fingertips were cold.
“I am not advocating war, but we have to fight. What my granddaughter said to Your Majesty today was not alarmist.”
Xiao Rongyan: I heard from the bald author that the king will have a big role tomorrow!
Bald author: Probably… probably… maybe…
Xiao Rongyan: (smiling) Xiao Si, let me lend you my whip.
You little ancestors really believed that the Duke was blind and actually believed that the emperor had some ambitions, which was actually not the case…