The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 941: king’s road
Chapter 941 The Road to the Emperor
The imperial guards in splendid armors marched into the main gate… and went straight to the two sides of the red carpet on the high steps of the hall to welcome Bai Qingyan’s carriage.
Wherever the carriage went, the soldiers knelt on one knee to greet it, their armors made a neat sound, and the momentum was extremely powerful.
When Lu Xiang and other ministers of the court, who were standing on both sides of the red carpet under the high steps of the hall, heard the sound of ceremonial music, they straightened their court clothes and followed Lu Xiang, taking a few steps forward, facing the direction of Wude Gate, ready to welcome the Empress of the Great Zhou.
Inside the Wude Gate, the sounds of drums and trumpets were shaking people’s hearts and lungs. Standing behind the big drums were the Bai family soldiers holding high the black sail and white python flag. The soldiers had solemn expressions and murderous aura, and they were truly fierce and brave lions.
Envoys from various countries stood on both sides of the red carpet with ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, standing in the bright golden morning light, watching the carriage that Bai Qingyan was riding in slowly enter from the Wude Gate, and watching Bai Qingyan, dressed in a black fur crown, step down from the carriage condescendingly.
“Long live His Majesty! Long live the Great Zhou!”
“Long live His Majesty! Long live the Great Zhou!”
“Long live His Majesty! Long live the Great Zhou!”
Facing the wind and golden light, under the fluttering black sails and white python flags, the soldiers of the Bai family army knelt on the ground in unison to greet them, shouting “Long live the emperor” three times. Amid the sound of drums and howls, the soldiers’ shouts became more powerful and imposing, shaking the heavens and the earth, resounding throughout Dadu, making people’s hearts tremble.
Prime Minister Lu led all the officials to kowtow to Bai Qingyan: “Congratulations, Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty! Long live the Great Zhou!”
Among the envoys from various countries… those with noble status, such as the Ninth Prince of Dayan, Prince Li Zhijie of Yan, and the Ghost-faced Prince of Rongdi, simply followed the etiquette of their own countries, either clasping their chests and nodding, or bowing to the ground to salute.
Bai Qingyan held Bai Qingjue’s hand and got off the carriage. His eyes fell on Bai Qingyu, who was dressed in Rongdi attire, wearing a mask and nodding in greeting. His eyes then moved quietly to the masked Ninth Prince of Dayan, and then to Xiao Rongyan, who was standing behind him.
Their eyes met, Xiao Rongyan looked at Bai Qingyan with his deep and smiling eyes and nodded slightly to her.
Li Zhijie, who was as shrewd as a human, looked at the magnificent and majestic double-eaved hall with glazed tiles shining with golden light on the white jade steps. He didn’t know… what preparations King Baishui had made in the hall.
Inside the main hall.
Hearing the sound of horns and drums outside the hall, Bai Jinxiu, who was in military uniform and carrying a sword, had a heavy look in his eyes. He sheathed the cold and threatening Qingfeng sword in his hand, wiped the blood from his face calmly, and looked full of hostility.
The imperial guards and the Bai family army had already killed all the assassins that King Baishui had arranged to enter the hall.
At this moment, the Bai family army and the imperial guards were dragging the killer’s body out of the hall and cleaning the bloodstains in the hall.
King Baishui, wearing a crown and robes, had been tied up tightly, with a rag stuffed in his mouth and a knife at his neck, which kept shaking.
He had never expected this to be the outcome. He had clearly been fully prepared, but he didn’t expect… that he would be betrayed by the Imperial Guards!
However, he has not lost completely yet. The armies of the five princes must have arrived outside the capital city. He still has a chance!
Even though he thought so, King Baishui was still afraid…
How could so many highly skilled Xiliang killers and the Jianghu killers he hired with money be killed so easily by the Bai family army?
Are these Bai family soldiers all from the Bai family army’s Tiger Eagle Battalion?
Bai Jinxiu turned her head and looked at King Baishui with a cold gaze. She saw that King Baishui was trembling all over, but he still looked at Bai Jinxiu with an expression that showed he refused to admit defeat and was not afraid of death.
The hall has been cleaned up, but the strong smell of blood has not yet dissipated.
Bai Jinxiu turned around and shouted, “Open the palace door!”
The imperial guards guarding the gate immediately opened all six doors of the Qiankun Hall. The moment Bai Jinxiu led fifty elite soldiers from the Tiger Eagle Battalion out of the hall, Li Zhijie knew… King Baishui was defeated.
Bai Jinxiu, wearing silver armor, came quickly from the white jade high steps on the left with the soldiers of the Tiger Eagle Camp, and stood behind Bai Qingyan with the soldiers of the Tiger Eagle Camp to guard him.
Bai Qingyan held the hilt of the Emperor’s sword at his waist, looking at the white jade steps that seemed to reach straight into the sky, with steady steps.
Eunuchs holding feather fans and precious banners followed behind Bai Qingyan, and Bai Jinxiu, Bai Qingjue, Bai Jinzhao and Bai Jinhua led the Bai family army and followed closely. Under the leadership of Prime Minister Lu, all the officials lined up on both sides to accompany them. In the bright morning light and the sound of drums and music, they walked towards the magnificent hall with glazed tiles shining with golden light.
She looked at the dazzling golden palace at the end of the high steps, and remembered the kind and smiling look on her grandfather’s face when he gave her the name “Mingshan”.
My grandfather said, “When the Zhou Dynasty was rising, the cuckoo was singing in Mount Qishan.” This was the nickname my grandfather gave her.
Grandfather said that as long as she was not confined to the harem in the future, she would be able to fight for supremacy in this chaotic world, become famous on the battlefield as a woman, become a general respected by future generations like the ancestors of the Bai family, and become the most dazzling woman in the Duke’s Mansion and even the Great Jin Kingdom!
Today, she named her country Zhou and embarked on the road to becoming an emperor. She didn’t know if she had become the most dazzling woman. She only hoped to be the granddaughter who would not disappoint her grandfather.
My grandfather once said that the daughter of the Bai family must have a heart that embraces the people of the world in order to realize her ambition of unifying the world.
She was taught by her grandfather since she was young. Although her grandfather never taught her what the way of an emperor was, he taught her subtly… to have the heart of an emperor.
Only those who can care about the people of the world can rule the world.
The seas are calm and the rivers are clear, and there is peace everywhere.
This… is the Bai family’s wish for generations.
Unifying the world has been the ambition of the Bai family for generations.
Assist wise rulers, expand territory, enrich the people and strengthen the army, so that… the world will be united.
This was what the Bai family had been doing for generations, but now… she no longer bowed her head in submission.
She wants to carry the Bai family’s ambitions and aspirations passed down from generation to generation, ascend to the supreme throne, protect the Bai family’s sons, and accomplish… what the Bai family has been doing for generations but has never been able to succeed.
No matter how muddy and difficult the journey is, she vowed to complete this great cause of unification.
I only pray for the blessings of the Bai family’s ancestors, grandfather, father and uncles, so that today… more Bai family members and Bai family soldiers can come back to witness this moment together!
From now on, the road to unifying the world under the Great Zhou Dynasty will begin in a completely new way.
As Bai Qingyan continued to walk up the steps, the guards standing on both sides of the steps knelt down one after another to welcome the Empress of the Great Zhou.
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes and stepped onto the last high step covered with red felt. He slowly turned around and faced the officials and soldiers…
The rising sun in the early morning has risen high, slowly dispersing the long shadows of the palace walls. The golden light covers the green tiles and red roofs, and the layers of buildings in Dadu, as if making the colors of the entire Dadu come alive, as if it were reborn and shining.
All the officials and soldiers of the Bai family army looked at Bai Qingyan, who was standing at the highest point and was covered with a layer of golden light. At the eunuch’s singing, they knelt on the ground in unison and shouted “Long live Bai Qingyan” three times, shaking the capital.
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