The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 948: assassinate
Chapter 948 Assassination
Bai Qingyan was a woman who ascended the throne, and at a time when she was implementing new policies in the country, the most taboo thing was instability in the court.
Yun Tianao’s hands kept shaking as he watched Bai Qingyan remain unmoved by the city. He closed his eyes and thought of the 17th son of the Bai family who was only ten years old when he died. That child was still singing the Bai family army song under such a tragic situation. How could he lose to a ten-year-old child? !
Yun Tianao took a deep breath and stood up…
“Sit down! How can you be so rude in front of the Empress of the Great Zhou!” Li Zhijie’s face changed drastically. He raised his hand and pressed Yun Tianao’s shoulder, pushing him back.
Yun Tianao looked up at Li Zhijie. Li Zhijie looked away, still smiling at Bai Qingyan. He let go of Yun Tianao’s shoulders and said to Bai Qingyan, “On the battlefield, swords have no eyes. General Yun did go too far. But when two countries fight, victory or defeat is determined by the means, not the means. Your Majesty is also a general who has fought and killed many times, so you should understand this principle.”
“Bullshit!” Bai Jinzhao said coldly, “When my Bai family fights, even if we use all means to gain advantage in war, we never use such outrageous means. Every enemy general and opponent is respectable to the Bai family! What Yun Poxing did… He is not even a human being, how can he be called a general? It is such an insult to the word general.”
Bai Qingyan raised his hand to signal Bai Jinzhao to calm down, and then he saw Liu Rushi standing up with the letter of credence, and said with a smile: “If it is to apologize, Your Majesty… I think my Great Zhou can accept these 18 cities! As for the alliance… it depends on Xiliang’s sincerity.”
Liu Rushi held up the Xiliang State Letter in one hand and looked at Li Zhijie with a smile: “I heard that Rongdi seems to be interested in attacking Xiliang, and has signed an alliance with Yan State. Yan State will never interfere in the Xiliang-Rongdi war, and will only watch from the sidelines! Xiliang offered 18 cities when my king ascended the throne, knowing that Rongdi and Yan State had already signed an alliance and would definitely attack Xiliang! It just so happened that the three-year period agreed by my king and Yun Poxing has expired. Xiliang is afraid that when it goes to war with Rongdi, it will be attacked from both sides, so it wants to use 18 cities to get rid of Dazhou, is that right?”
Li Zhijie turned around and faced Liu Rushi, nodding slightly to him.
Li Zhijie hated Liu Rushi so much that his teeth were itching. He felt that Liu Rushi was not as handsome as he had been when he first met him. He had actually become hideous.
“What Lord Liu said is also one of the reasons.” Li Zhijie finished speaking with a smile, then turned to face Bai Qingyan and said submissively, “After the Great Zhou conquered Liang, it has become the undisputed overlord. Xiliang is now a poor and weak country. It lost 100,000 elite soldiers in the battle of Wengshan and really has no spare energy to compete with the Great Zhou! And the Great Zhou experienced the battle to conquer Liang and the chaos in the capital city. It is also the time for the new dynasty to be established and the new laws to be implemented. It also needs to recuperate and stabilize the people and the country! The two countries are allied…both are stable.”
“From what King Yan said, it seems that our Great Zhou is afraid that you, Xiliang, will attack us?” Liu Rushi sneered, “Then why did King Yan kneel down and hand over 18 cities to beg for peace? Just let Yun Poxing lead the troops to attack!”
Yun Tianao suddenly stood up, took two steps forward, and knelt on one knee in the center of the hall. Li Zhijie was caught off guard and couldn’t hold him back.
Bai Qingyan narrowed his eyes and looked at Yun Tianao. He already knew what Yun Tianao was going to do. He turned to look at Wei Zhong…
Wei Zhong nodded and walked silently towards the lower level.
“I am Yun Poxing’s eldest grandson… Yun Tianao. This time I followed King Yan into the capital to offer eighteen cities to the Empress of Great Zhou in order to sign an alliance between the two countries. If the Empress cannot let go of the vengeance of the Seventeenth Son of the Bai Family, then… how my grandfather treated the Seventeenth Son of the Bai Family, today… Yun Tianao will vent his anger for the Empress of Great Zhou in the same way! I only ask that the Empress consider the people of the two countries, take back the cities and sign an alliance! Let the people have a rest and recuperate!”
After saying that, Yun Tianao suddenly pulled out a dagger from his sleeve and stabbed it into his abdomen.
“Zheng——”
Before the dagger in Yun Tianao’s hand touched his abdomen, it was knocked away by a hidden weapon that appeared from nowhere, and he fell to the ground due to the force.
Second Madam Liu, who had been in a trance, was awakened by this sudden change. She subconsciously held Fourth Madam Wang’s hand. Fearing that the gentle Wang would be frightened, Wang patted Liu’s hand with her hand wrapped in Buddhist beads, gently held it, and smiled to signal Liu that she was fine.
Liu came back to her senses and remembered… Now her fourth brother’s wife doesn’t have to be afraid, because Ajue is back!
Liu thought of Sanlang Bai Qingqi who had just knelt in front of his fifth brother’s wife and cried bitterly with her…
I remember Bai Qingyun who forced himself to get out of the wheelchair and kneel in front of my third brother’s wife.
Now one of the children from the third, fourth, and fifth rooms has returned, so what about the second room? And the eldest room? Can they all return?
Liu’s eyes were swollen, and she looked at Dong, who was sitting above her with Bai Qingyan. Seeing Dong’s calm face, Liu also cheered up. The eldest wife’s child hadn’t come back yet, but the eldest sister-in-law had managed to hold on! She had to hold on too!
Liu believed that since Aqi, Ajue and Ayun could all come back, then the other children whose bodies were not seen could all come back! Dasao’s Ayu… her Aqiong, Ayun, Ahui and Afeng could all come back!
Now that Abao has ascended the throne as the empress, the aunts must support Abao and not let those princes who rely on their age and seniority bully Abao!
Before Yun Tianao could pick up the dagger again, he had been captured by Shen Kunyang and pressed down on the shiny floor of the hall.
“King Yan, Xiliang is probably not asking for peace…” Bai Qingyan put his hands on the edge of the table, his expression solemn, “Xiliang wants to embarrass me today!”
This was the first time that Bai Qingyan used the word “I”, and his eyes seemed to be as cold as ice.
Li Zhijie knelt on one knee and said, “Your Majesty, please calm down. Yun Tianao has a kind heart and is eager to protect the country. I hope Your Majesty will tolerate this.”
“Then, King Yan lent the Xiliang assassin to King Baishui, waiting in Qiankun Palace to assassinate me… He must have a kind heart and a strong desire to protect the country!”
Li Zhijie’s palms tightened, and he looked up with a look of horror: “Your Majesty, why do you say that? I am so frightened and at a loss as to what to do!”
“Save your fear… We’ll need it later!” Bai Qingyan ordered Bai Jinxiu, “Bring up Prince Baishui!”
The King of Hedong’s face froze. The King of Baishui was plotting a rebellion and assassinating someone in Qiankun Palace? !
Did Bai Qingyan deliberately frame him to find an excuse to weaken the power of the princes, or did Prince Baishui… want to take advantage of the opportunity to seize the throne when the troops of the five princes gathered outside the capital?
He suddenly remembered the scene when Bai Jinxiu led the Bai family army out of Qiankun. Some of the soldiers had blood on their clothes that they had not yet cleaned.
“If your majesty wants to reduce the power of the princes, you can just say it clearly. We can just sit down and discuss it. Why throw dirty water on King Baishui who is absent due to illness?” King Guang’an said coldly.