The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 932: Drain from the bottom
Chapter 932: Cutting off the Fire
“Hey!” Chuntao stood up quickly and walked outside the door to keep watch.
Qin Lang and Bai Jinxiu knelt on the futon and said, “That day, I accompanied my mother-in-law to burn incense and pray for the safety of the Bai family. When my mother-in-law was chanting, I took Wang Ge’er for a stroll in the back mountain when I saw the Baishui King dressed as an ordinary citizen… I wanted to go over to say hello, but before I got there, I saw Li Zhijie…”
As soon as Qin Lang finished speaking, Bai Jinse, who was lying next to Bai Qingyan, had an unknown dream and suddenly kicked her legs…
Bai Qingyan reached out and patted Bai Jinse’s shoulder, then covered her with the blanket.
She moved her body to block the glaring candlelight for Bai Jinse, lowered her eyes, and thought about what Lu Xiang and the others had said today…that after Li Zhijie came to the capital, he ran around giving gifts everywhere.
Qin Lang glanced at Bai Jinse and lowered his voice: “I was afraid that Wang Ge’er would alarm the two and cause trouble, so I took Wang Ge’er away. When I accompanied my mother-in-law down the mountain… I heard the woodcutter drinking tea in the tea shed say that he was going to go up the mountain to chop wood, but he saw so many soldiers… He was so scared that he didn’t dare to chop wood and hurried down the mountain! So after I went back, I wrote a letter and sent it to Shuoyang. I thought… Miss and Jinxiu had already known about it, but I just mentioned it and found out that the news has not been delivered yet.”
“I was the one who stopped the news!” Bai Qingjue looked at Qin Lang and spoke softly, “When I received the letter, the capital city was still in chaos. My second sister led the troops to rescue my grandmother, and my eldest sister dealt with the chaos in the capital city. I have counted the number of soldiers in the hands of Prince Baishui, and it is at most 10,000. I believe I can still control them.”
“As for King Yan…” Bai Qingjue’s eyes were indifferent, and his tone turned cold, “What kind of waves can he make in the territory of the Great Zhou?”
Ayun’s leg was broken in the hands of the King Yan of Xiliang. This… Bai Qingjue has never forgotten that Li Zhijie’s leg is only temporarily in his body. There will always be a day when Bai Qingjue will get it back with interest.
“Since Ajue is on guard, Prince Baishui is nothing to worry about.” Bai Jinxiu said, turning to look at Bai Qingyan, “Eldest sister, now that we have returned to the capital, how should we deal with the deposed crown prince of the Jin Dynasty?”
“Tomorrow I will go to see the deposed prince in person…” Bai Qingyan said slowly.
If the deposed crown prince of the Jin Dynasty was willing to behave himself, Bai Qingyan would treat him like the third prince of Daliang, grant him a throne, and have the Great Zhou Dynasty support him… Sending him to a beautiful place in Liang State to confine him would also allow their family to reunite.
The deposed prince was kept away from the capital city to prevent him from being used by others.
“The coronation ceremony is over, Ajue…are you willing to lead the Bai family army to Hancheng to help Chen Zhaolu and Lu Yuanqing implement the new policy?” Bai Qingyan looked at Bai Qingjue and asked.
“That’s what the elder sister arranges. No matter what order the elder sister gives, Ajue will obey it!” Bai Qingjue responded.
Originally Bai Jinxiu would have been more suitable, but… Wang Ge’er is too young.
Bai Qingyan hesitated for a long time, but finally decided to let Bai Qingjue go.
It wasn’t long since Fourth Aunt and Ajue were reunited, and Bai Qingyan couldn’t bear to see them separated again so soon.
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Li Zhijie was standing in front of the window, holding a handful of melon seeds in his hand, looking up to feed a giant parrot with blue feathers all over its body and yellow feathers on its neck. Under the flickering lights, the parrot’s feathers were shining and the color was clean and bright, which was very beautiful.
“Just say, long live the Empress of the Great Zhou!” Li Zhijie teased the parrot with melon seeds.
The parrot immediately shouted, “Say, long live the Queen of the Great Zhou!”
Li Zhijie nodded with satisfaction, fed the melon seeds to the parrot, and touched the parrot’s head.
This… is the gift that Li Zhijie will present to Bai Qingyan at the palace banquet after the coronation ceremony tomorrow. Of course… if Bai Qingyan can ascend the throne smoothly.
Li Zhijie is naturally fond of beautiful things, whether people… or pets.
Li Zhijie had gone to great lengths to get this blue and yellow parrot, and he felt a little sad to give it away after only having raised it for a few days. But when he thought about giving it to such a beautiful lady like Bai Qingyan, Li Zhijie didn’t think it was such a pity.
Li Zhijie’s subordinates came in, saluted and said, “Your Highness, Prince Baishui has already made preparations. Among the generals of the imperial guards who were left in the capital by the Jin imperial guards commander Fan Yuhuai, there were many who could not accept a woman ascending the throne. However, Bai Qingyan had a strong army, so they dared not speak out. Prince Baishui was born in the Lin royal family and had military power. He could still have some appeal if he raised his arm!”
“Hmm…” Li Zhijie responded nonchalantly. The main reason was that the Baishui King was already in his 50s or 60s and was not particularly pleasing to the eye. Li Zhijie was really not very interested in his affairs. “What does the Baishui King plan to do?”
“My Lord, Prince Baishui plans to have people ambush the Great Zhou Empress in the palace on the day she ascends the throne, and kill her. As long as she dies, Prince Baishui will ascend the throne on that day. Prince Baishui said… he is originally from the Lin royal family. Although the Great Zhou Empress has changed the country’s name to Zhou, the people alive today… have been Jin people for too long. As long as he does not reduce the power of the vassal kings, at least the remaining four vassal kings will support him to ascend the throne! He also hopes that Prince can go around and advocate for him.”
Li Zhijie chuckled, lowered his eyes and flicked the melon seeds in his hand with his fingers: “Alright… got it! Go ahead!”
For Li Zhijie, he had done almost everything he could in Jin State.
If the White Water King could not accomplish his mission, it would have nothing to do with him. He just came to congratulate the Queen of the Great Zhou on her ascension to the throne, and even prepared a generous gift… for the Queen of the Great Zhou, which was fifteen cities! Of course, Xiliang had something to ask of the Jin State.
Although it is true that there is a request, which country can be so generous and give such a valuable gift?
They were willing to give such a valuable gift, so how could they join the White Water Prince in murdering the Queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty? It was the White Water Prince who wanted to rebel, not Li Zhijie who put a knife on the White Water Prince’s neck and forced him to rebel.
If King Baishui could kill Bai Qingyan, that would be the best…
In this way, His Majesty will not have to offer the fifteen cities that he was asked to bring.
After all, even if King Baishui killed Bai Qingyan, he might not be able to ascend the throne, and it might even cause chaos in the country.
Whether it is called the Great Zhou or the State of Jin, only when there is chaos will Xiliang have a chance to breathe.
Only then can the Ghost-faced Prince of Rongdi and Dayan sign an alliance… The crisis of Rongdi attacking Xiliang and Dayan not being allowed to help or share the spoils can be turned into an opportunity.
The State of Jin is in chaos and cannot spare any effort, Dayan cannot intervene, and Xiliang must concentrate on dealing with Rongdi… It’s not that there is no chance of winning, swallowing up Rongdi is no problem!
If Xiliang could destroy Rongdi, it would have the capital to form a three-way alliance with Jin and Dayan, and perhaps it could even survive in this chaotic world.
First update: I got the second shot of the vaccine today and had a bit of a reaction… I almost had to take a leave!
Asking for monthly ticket…