The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 991: Fire Cloud Army
Chapter 991 Fire Cloud Army
The third sister, Jintong, is no longer the little girl who could not answer the teacher’s questions in class and needed Bai Qingqi to cover for her.
Perhaps the younger sister was the one who had schemes in her heart, but she was protected by her brothers and sisters at home, and she was happy to be the one being protected. Later, when the Bai family encountered difficulties, she had to grow up.
For some reason, Bai Qingqi was looking forward to the day when she would meet the fourth daughter, Bai Jinzhi. She wondered… whether Bai Jinzhi had changed her impetuous temper, and whether she had grown up to be a girl of the Bai family who could help her eldest sister like Bai Jintong.
Two days later.
Yunjing, Anshan Inn.
Xiao Ruohai came on horseback at full speed, and he jumped off the horse before it even stopped, and hurried into the inn.
The Queen of Xiliang sent people to monitor the Cui Mansion. For convenience, Bai Qingqi and Xiao Ruohai moved out of the Cui Mansion and lived in an inn temporarily.
Xiao Ruohai, with sweat all over his back and chest, did not dare to delay and ran straight to the yard where Bai Qingqi lived.
Chen Qingsheng had been following the normal business process for the past two days, but he accidentally or coincidentally met the people who managed the business of the eight major families. After some inquiries, he sorted out some useful information and sent someone to pass the message to Xiao Ruohai.
Xiao Ruohai made judgments based on the terrain, the general rules for selecting granaries, the degree of secrecy, and Chen Qingsheng’s information, and found all the granaries of the eight major families within two days.
Hearing that Xiao Ruohai had returned, Bai Qingqi couldn’t sit still and went to the gate of the yard to greet him. When he saw Xiao Ruohai… Bai Qingqi asked someone to prepare tea and snacks for Xiao Ruohai.
“Third Young Master!” Xiao Ruohai bowed to Bai Qingqi, panting.
“Thank you for your hard work. Let’s talk inside!” Bai Qingqi patted Xiao Ruohai’s shoulder armor, turned around and led Xiao Ruohai into the house.
As soon as he entered the room, Xiao Ruohai handed the drawn map to Bai Qingqi: “Third Young Master, these are the places where the eight major families hide their food. I have people waiting in these eight places to prepare and wait for the right opportunity. As long as the Third Young Master gives the order, they can be burned immediately.”
The Bai family guard brought tea to Xiao Ruohai. Xiao Ruohai wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, thanked him, took the cup and drank it all in one gulp.
After reading the detailed map drawn by Xiao Ruohai, Bai Qingqi raised his head and said to Xiao Ruohai calmly, “Today I will enter the palace as an envoy of the Great Zhou to meet the Queen of Xiliang. Since the eight major families have hidden their granaries outside the city, after burning the granaries of the eight major families tonight, you will take your people back to Qiushan Pass first.”
“Yes!” Xiao Ruohai accepted the order.
“Take a good rest and eat something. You will have to take the Bai family guards who have retired from the Bai family army’s Tiger Eagle Camp to the Huoyun Army’s training ground.” Bai Qingqi looked at Xiao Ruohai steadily, “Send someone to set up an ambush on the fastest road leading to the Huoyun Army camp. If anyone wants to report to the Huoyun Army camp after I enter the Xiliang Palace, kill them without mercy! Not a single one will be allowed to pass!”
Xiao Ruohai nodded: “Don’t worry, Third Young Master! Xiao Ruohai will not let anyone pass!”
On that day, the news that the envoys from the Great Zhou had arrived in Yunjing really surprised the Queen of Xiliang and the eight major families.
Right now, what everyone in Xiliang wants most is to sign an alliance with the Great Zhou. There has been no news from Li Zhijie yet, but the envoy from the Great Zhou has arrived, which inevitably caused speculation in the Xiliang court.
The background of this envoy from the Great Zhou Dynasty was extraordinary. He was a descendant of the Bai family and a cousin of the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He was a young general of the Tiger Eagle Battalion of the Bai family who had killed countless brave generals from Xiliang in a battle in southern Xinjiang… Bai Qingqi.
The imperial physician had just taken Yun Poxing’s pulse and found that his cough had not healed and his old waist injury had relapsed. The imperial physician warned Yun Poxing to have a good rest. The news then reached the Yun Mansion, and Yun Poxing was greatly surprised. When the Empress of the Great Zhou ascended the throne that day, several surviving young generals of the Bai family army returned to the Great Zhou. Xiliang only knew about it a few days ago. Who knew that Bai Qingqi would arrive right after as an envoy of the Great Zhou.
Why is that?
If it was for the purpose of establishing an alliance, Xiliang had already sent King Yan Li Zhijie to Da Zhou.
Yun Poxing didn’t dare to delay, and supported himself on the edge of the couch with both hands to stand up, but he failed to stand up the first time…
The old servant immediately put down the teapot in his hand and went to help Yun Poxing: “General, just tell me what you want. The imperial physician has told you to rest well!”
Yun Poxing supported the old servant’s hand and stood up with all his strength, saying, “Change clothes, I have to go to the palace!”
“General…” The old servant had a worried look on his face, “You…you haven’t taken the medicine yet. The Second Master is decocting the medicine for you. It will take a while for it to be ready. You can take a rest. It won’t be too late to leave after you drink the medicine!”
“No! Take the official uniform…” Yun Poxing said.
After changing into his official uniform, Yun Poxing was already sweating from coughing. The old servant handed him a cane and said, “General, you will feel more relaxed with a cane.”
Yun Poxing pursed his lips tightly and wiped his forehead with a handkerchief. He didn’t want to admit that he was old, so he pushed away the cane handed to him by the old servant and said, “I’m not old yet!”
He clenched his fists and walked quickly out of the mansion. Just as he was about to get on the carriage, Yun Poxing’s second son chased out with a medicine bowl in his hand. He held the medicine bowl high and handed it to Yun Poxing: “Aye… Aye! Aye… Drink the medicine before you leave!”
Yun Poxing, who had already mounted the horse stool, picked up the medicine bowl, gulped down the medicine, frowned, handed the bowl to his son, then bent down and sat in the carriage.
Yun Poxing sat in the carriage, thinking of his eldest grandson who went to the Great Zhou alone to die. He was happy and sad to learn that Bai Qingyan did not want his grandson’s life…
If my grandson died in the Great Zhou, then the Great Zhou would have no excuse to attack Xiliang.
He could only hope that the Great Zhou envoy Bai Qingqi came to Xiliang to negotiate, even if it meant costing Yun Poxing his life. Xiliang really couldn’t afford to fight!
However, when Yun Poxing drove to the palace to ask for an audience, the eunuch beside the Queen of Xiliang stopped Yun Poxing outside the palace and asked him to wait because the envoy of the Great Zhou wanted to meet the Queen of Xiliang alone.
Knowing that Yun Poxing’s old waist injury had recurred, the eunuch beside the empress had someone bring a chair to Yun Poxing and asked him to sit outside and wait.
But Yun Poxing felt as if he was on pins and needles.
Inside the palace.
As he was still in mourning for his grandmother who had passed away, Bai Qingqi was dressed very simply. He knelt below the Empress of Xiliang, with a proud character, a calm and steady temperament, clear eyebrows, and delicate and upright facial features. Even though he had white hair on his temples, it did not affect his handsome face at all.
He slowly spoke to the Queen of Xiliang about the Fire Cloud Army of Xiliang. As soon as he finished speaking, he turned and looked at the Queen of Xiliang.
The Xiliang Empress’s palms tightened slightly, but her bright eyes were still smiling. She looked at Bai Qingqi calmly: “I heard that your envoy returned to the Great Zhou on the day when the Great Zhou Empress ascended the throne. I guess… you haven’t been in Xiliang for long, so how did you know about the Fire Cloud Army?”
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