Just like... if it were a close relative she cared about who arranged for spies around her, she would surely accept it calmly.
At this mont, he sent Yue Shi to deliver a letter to her. Yue Shi didn’t bring back a letter but instead brought back her anger, which is what Empress Dowager Yan wanted to see.
Yue Shi is a child who can’t hide his thoughts. If everything were told to Yue Shi, she feared Yue Shi, in high spirits, would go back and arouse suspicion from the spies placed by Empress Dowager Yan around Xiao Rongyan.
What Empress Dowager Yan wants most is... for her and Xiao Rongyan to fall out, at which point Murong Li would propose the strategy of rging the two countries, and Murong Yan would oppose it superficially. This is the only way Empress Dowager Yan would give the greatest trust to Xiao Rongyan on the matter of rging the two nations.
Although there are officials in the Yan Kingdom court who are against the Zhou, there are not many who would really dare to support fighting against the Zhou, especially when the Zhou has stationed troops on the Yan Kingdom’s border. After all, there is a power disparity between the two countries.
Moreover, this ti, it was the Yan Kingdom’s fault in the first place. While the alliance between the two countries was still in effect, they betrayed the Zhou, which led to significant losses for the Zhou, and resulted in the Emperor’s own brother and sister being captured. The Emperor of Zhou was so enraged that he seed mad, disregarding even his children and health, showing his determination to destroy Xiliang and the Yan Kingdom.
The stronger the determination the Zhou shows to fight the Yan Kingdom, the more the Yan Kingdom’s court will lean towards seeking peace.
Mrs. Dong understood Bai Qingyan’s words and nodded, indicating her comprehension: "But... since this is the case, why truly leave the palace to go to Xiliang? Just spread the news... let Xiliang and the Yan Kingdom think you have gone, and that’s it!"
"There are quite a few spies from Xiliang and the Yan Kingdom in Dadu City." Bai Qingyan gently grasped her mother’s hand, "If you’re going to act, act it out fully, so this daughter must indeed leave the Dadu City. Only this way can the spies in Dadu City be stirred into action!"
"You..."
Mrs. Dong was about to advise her when Bai Qingyan spoke again.
"A Yan’s identity is unknown to others, but you, mother, know!" Bai Qingyan gently spoke Xiao Rongyan’s na, her eyes slightly moist, "When Jiangzi City was besieged, A Yan gave up the chance to attack Yunjing first for the sake of saving , despite sustaining serious injuries and suffering from a high fever day and night. He asked if, during the siege of Jiangzi City, I had ever, for even a mont, thought about my being pregnant with our child. He said that if sothing happened to the child and , he couldn’t live either. I believe him, mother!"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Dong couldn’t help but let her tears fall silently.
She also couldn’t forget... A Yan said she didn’t care for him as much, saying if he and his siblings were besieged at the sa ti and both were in mortal danger, he would want her to save her brother. He said it was his choice and request because... he didn’t want to be the one she abandoned!
"Mother, A Yan is my husband and also my kin. His words broke my heart and made feel deep sorrow! I never knew that such a proud man like A Yan would compromise for my sake to such an extent! From that day, I swore, for A Yan... never to risk my own and our child’s safety!" She looked at her mother, unable to hold back her tears, "So rest assured, mother, I’ll leave Dadu City heading south, and once I reach the next town, I’ll switch carriages and co back to obediently stay in Bai Mansion during my confinent, while Lu Ping and others continue onward with the carriage."
Upon learning that A Yu and Xiao Qi’s fates were uncertain, Bai Qingyan was indeed consud by rage, wanting to rescue A Yu and Xiao Qi, desiring to flatten Xiliang! She even had thoughts of holding down the main force of the Yan Kingdom, to let the Zhou army directly drive to the Yan capital to destroy the Yan Kingdom, but she knew in her heart that this was irrational and not a wise move!
Fighting... is a last resort, used as a final asure, but it can’t be the first choice.
Moreover, even if only Empress Dowager Yan is to bla, both A Yan and Murong Li were trying their best to promote the rger of the two kingdoms, so Bai Qingyan wouldn’t truly hold A Yan and Murong Li accountable.
After reading Xiao Rongyan’s letter, she realized that Bai Qingyu had taken advantage of the situation and was not truly in life-and-death uncertainty, and Little Seven might have been captured in Yunjing, which cald her down. She quickly reacted based on the previous arrangents, taking out her anger on Yue Shi... letting Empress Dowager Yan see what she most wanted to see.
Mrs. Dong hurriedly wiped Bai Qingyan’s tears with a handkerchief: "Alright! Mother understands! Don’t cry anymore! You’ve just given birth! Rest assured... Mother will let Steward Hao make the arrangents, ensuring you can stay ho during your confinent! And don’t worry about A Yu and Xiao Qi, A Qi and Jinxiu, taught by your grandfather and uncles, will surely save A Yu and Xiao Qi!"
Bai Qingyan nodded. She not only trusted A Qi, Jinxiu, Ah Jue, and the others but also believed in her husband, Xiao Rongyan.
A Yan understands the importance of her siblings to her, so she trusts... A Yan will definitely rescue her brother and sister.
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In the second year of Yuan Dynasty, on the tenth of March, the Emperor of Zhou gave birth to royal heirs; when the Prince and Princess were born, auspicious signs filled the sky, with purple clouds and colorful rays.
Upon learning that His Majesty had borne the twin phoenixes, the ministers entered the palace and waited in the front hall, anticipating the Empress Dowager’s announcent of the joyous news.
However, when the ministers entered the palace, they discovered that the Emperor, having just given birth, had fallen into an exhausted sleep, and was only waiting for the departure team to be ready to head to the southern frontier, preparing to go to Xiliang, and were taken aback.
Smart ministers guessed that Bai Qingyan wanted to leave for the southern frontier right after giving birth because of the military report from Xiliang.
The Bai family’s Fifth Young Master and Seventh Young Lady were of uncertain fate, so His Majesty didn’t want to delay a mont longer and imdiately set off for Xiliang.
Upon hearing that Bai Qingyan had given birth and imdiately dispatched soone on a fast horse to Xiliang, due to the incident of falling off a horse and having a premature birth caused by the missing Bai family’s Fifth Young Master and Seventh Lady, and that after giving birth, she was setting off to Xiliang, Lu Jin guessed Bai Qingyan’s intent.
Xiliang captured the Fifth Young Master and Seventh Lady, and the more nervous this Zhou Emperor was about the matter, the more Xiliang would strive to keep these two hostages safe.
Shortly after, Lu Jin learned that Bai Qingyan had ordered troops to the Yan Kingdom’s border and commanded that... if there’s any movent from the Yan Kingdom, they could advance to the Yan capital without waiting for an Imperial Edict, and even chastised the ssenger sent by the Ninth Prince of the Yan Kingdom out of the Imperial Palace.
He sensed sothing strange, rubbing his hands inside his wide-sleeved official robe, feeling that there was sothing peculiar about this matter this ti.
Lu Jin had so understanding of what kind of person their Zhou Emperor was, and she wouldn’t make such a rash decision out of re fury. What deeper aning was behind it?
This Imperial Edict gave an increasingly imminent feeling of impending war with the Yan Kingdom.
Minister of Revenue Wei Bugong beca worried. Standing beside Lu Jin, just like Lu Jin, his hands folded in his sleeves, his brows furrowed as he calculated food supplies and the silver in the national treasury.
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