The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 990: contend
Chapter 990 Counterattack
And a while ago… it seemed that the eight major families had suffered a heavy blow, but in fact… the eight major families were just retreating to advance, and joined forces with the businessman Cui Fengnian to disrupt Xiliang.
After the chaos in Xiliang, the eight major families could naturally put all the blame on the head of the Xiliang Empress, saying that it was the disaster brought to Xiliang by the Xiliang Empress’s implementation of the new policy. In this way… they could naturally pull the Empress down from the throne.
But who will the eight major families nominate to ascend the throne?
Yan Wang Li Zhijie?
In the beginning, it was King Yan Li Zhijie who supported the Xiliang Queen to ascend the throne. Li Zhijie did not take advantage of the chaos to ascend the throne then, and he would not do so now.
Bai Jintong suddenly thought of someone: “Third brother, the late emperor of Xiliang… had more than just the Xiliang Empress as his daughter.”
I heard that ever since Li Tianfu was brought back from Jin by Li Zhijie, he has been keeping to himself in Xiliang, staying in the palace and not coming out, staying by the Queen Mother’s side all day, serving her and the Queen of Xiliang…
The only person who could make a figure like the Empress of Xiliang defenseless was probably her sister, who was born of the same mother. Li Tianfu could enter and leave the study of the Empress of Xiliang at will, and could listen in when the Empress discussed new policy measures with important officials in the court, and then send the news to the eight major families.
Although Xiliang was under external threat, for the eight major families… the new policies of the Xiliang Empress still caused great harm to the interests of these aristocratic families. The eight major families opposed the new policies of the Xiliang Empress, so they plunged Xiliang into chaos in this way and took the opportunity to overthrow the Xiliang Empress and seize power.
It is estimated that the eight major families are afraid that Rongdi is going to attack Xiliang and that Great Zhou is eyeing them covetously, so they must want to wait until Li Zhijie signs an alliance with Great Zhou, but before Li Zhijie returns to Yunjing, before taking action.
Bai Qingqi and Bai Jintong looked at each other and understood the key. Bai Jintong said calmly: “Third brother, we have to send a letter back to our eldest sister!”
But now Bai Qingqi is thinking whether he can successfully drag Yan State into the water under this situation.
If we fail to take advantage of this opportunity to eliminate Yan State, the biggest stumbling block on the road to the unification of the Great Zhou, then after we conquer Xiliang and the Great Zhou, we can turn around and deal with Yan State. This war will be difficult to fight.
Bai Qingqi sat down, leaning his elbows on the armrests and thinking quietly: “We must find a way to let the Queen of Xiliang know this news!”
This news could promote the formation of civil unrest in Xiliang.
Bai Jintong knew that she couldn’t say this. If she did, the Queen Mother of Xiliang might think that she had ulterior motives. If the Queen Mother of Xiliang directly revealed that it was she who said this, she would offend the eight major families as well.
“If Li Zhijie were here, as long as I let out a hint without leaving any trace, Li Zhijie would go and tell the Queen of Xiliang. The Queen of Xiliang would still take Li Zhijie’s words seriously, but the same may not be true for me.” Bai Jintong frowned.
Bai Qingqi secretly entered Xiliang. In fact, he still had the Great Zhou envoy’s seal and documents in his hand. Bai Qingqi could enter the Xiliang Palace to remind the Xiliang Empress, but this alone was not enough…
Bai Qingqi looked at Bai Jintong and said, “Do you know where these eight families keep their food reserves?”
“We sent Chen Qingsheng to investigate, and so far, they have only found five granaries…” Bai Jintong said.
Bai Qingqi tapped the small table with his finger: “Let Chen Qingsheng and Xiao Ruohai check together. They must check the other granaries, and they must do it quickly!”
When Xiao Ruohai was in the Bai family army, he was an expert at checking granaries and drawing maps. Even in the Bai family army, there were very few people who could compare with Xiao Ruohai in this aspect.
Chen Qingsheng was a man who could talk to people from all walks of life and servants of the eight major families.
The two of them worked together and found out that the remaining granaries were not a big problem.
After Xiao Ruohai and Chen Qingsheng checked out the granaries, Bai Qingqi entered the palace as an envoy of the Great Zhou Dynasty and gave some advice to the Queen of Xiliang. After the Queen of Xiliang took action, they had people burn the granaries of the eight major families. When Xiliang was completely out of food, Rongdi and the Great Zhou Dynasty would declare war on Xiliang again. Dayan would never sit idly by and watch Xiliang being strangled because of food.
When Rongdi hears that Xiliang has run out of food, they will certainly attack Xiliang as soon as possible. So… as long as Rongdi and Xiliang fight, the pace of the entire war will speed up.
“There is one more thing!” Bai Jintong looked at Bai Qingqi, “The Queen of Xiliang is forming an army similar to the Tiger Eagle Battalion of the Bai Family Army. I once sent people to secretly follow the team that was delivering supplies to investigate. It was a coincidence… Among the Bai Family guards I sent, there was an old soldier who retired from the Tiger Eagle Battalion after being injured. He found that the training method of the Xiliang army called the Fire Cloud Army was based on the training method of our Tiger Eagle Battalion!”
Before leaving, Bai Qingyan told Bai Qingqi about this matter…
Bai Jintong frowned, “I had never found out before. When I came out of the prison that day, I knew that my eldest sister’s foster brother Xiao Ruohai was here, so I asked Xiao Ruohai to investigate first, thinking that if this matter could be found out, I would tell my third brother. But now it is obviously more important to let Xiao Ruohai investigate the granary, but the matter of the Tiger Eagle Camp cannot be relaxed. I do have a new idea, I don’t know if it is suitable, please listen to it, third brother.”
Bai Qingqi looked at Bai Jintong and his palms tightened inevitably. The Tiger Eagle Camp was founded by his father, and the people in the Tiger Eagle Camp were selected by them one by one. The men in the Tiger Eagle Camp would rather die standing than live on their knees. He didn’t believe that there would be traitors in the Tiger Eagle Camp who would teach the enemies who once slaughtered their people just to survive.
He nodded to Bai Jintong: “You said…”
“Let Xiao Ruohai investigate the granary while letting the people around Third Brother investigate the Fire Cloud Army. Don’t be afraid of exposing your tracks. Third Brother is now an envoy of the Great Zhou. Xiliang doesn’t dare to cause trouble for the Great Zhou yet. It would be best if the people around Third Brother can find out what’s going on with the Fire Cloud Army before Xiao Ruohai investigates the granary!”
“If we can’t find out… When Third Brother enters the palace as an envoy of the Great Zhou to meet the Queen of Xiliang, he can ask the Queen of Xiliang whether the person who trained the Fire Cloud Army… is from our Bai family. Third Brother can trick the Queen of Xiliang. If the Queen of Xiliang wants to sign an alliance with the Great Zhou, she won’t dare to refuse to release the person!” Bai Jintong’s eyes were serious. “Because the current Xiliang doesn’t have the capital to compete with the Great Zhou, the Queen of Xiliang can’t afford it…”
Bai Qingqi’s heart moved. This way, he could also conceal the fact that although Bai Qingqi was an envoy of the Great Zhou, he quietly entered Yunjing. He could make the Queen of the Great Zhou think that… Bai Qingqi had just returned to the Great Zhou and came to Yunjing just for the matter of the Fire Cloud Army.
Bai Qingqi turned to look at her younger sister’s clear features, and couldn’t help but sigh in her heart. Her younger sister had grown up…
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