Chapter 633: Chapter 630: The Sound of Golden Ge_1 Chapter 633: Chapter 630: The Sound of Golden Ge_1 King Liang started to cry as he spoke, wiping his tears with his sleeve. “Father-in-law… I am so scared! Otherwise… let’s just forget it. Ruofu is carrying my child, and I don’t want the child to be without a father before being born! Father-in-law…”
King Xian gritted his teeth, suppressing the urge to shout at King Liang to stop crying. After thinking carefully about what King Liang said, he felt that King Liang had a point.
Although Bai Qingyan currently had no soldiers under her command, who knew if she would sohow bring in the twenty thousand soldiers from Anping Camp. This woman was skilled in military strategies and warfare, as cunning as Bai Weiting and Bai Qishan, and they could not afford to be careless.
To be safe… it’s better to keep the won of the Bai family in hand.
King Xian thought for a mont, then sent five hundred n to capture the won of the Bai family.
When King Liang heard this, he lowered his eyes and retreated to a secluded corner, where no one could see him. His gaze was like… a venomous snake hissing in a dark, damp, and moldy cellar, never seeing the light of day.
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The streets inside the eastern gate, the shop boards and eaves, were all covered with arrows. The ground was still stained with blood mixed with severed limbs, not yet fully cleaned, showing how fierce the recent battle was.
The general defending the eastern gate beca vigilant upon seeing soone approaching. The archers aid at Bai Qingyan.
Upon seeing Bai Qingyan riding a fast horse, the eastern gate general quickly ran down the city wall and bowed deeply. “This subordinate greets the Princess of Zhen!”
When the Crown Prince and Elder Fang arranged to silently kill King Xin’s n and control the eastern gate, they instructed that the gate must be controlled… no one was allowed in or out unless they saw the Princess of Zhen, showing the Crown Prince’s trust in her.
“Did you capture any survivors in the eastern gate battle just now?” Bai Qingyan’s cold and deep voice asked from her high horse.
“We captured twenty-six!” The defense general replied.
Bai Qingyan dismounted, threw her black-gold whip to the Bai family guard, and walked towards the city wall steps. “Have they been interrogated?”
“Not yet…” The general looked up at Bai Qingyan, then quickly followed. “Isn’t the Princess planning to leave the city imdiately to bring in the twenty thousand soldiers from Anping Camp to rescue the Crown Prince?”
King Xian had not acted yet, so Bai Qingyan was not in a hurry.
“Bring the captives up. I have questions for them.” Bai Qingyan glanced back at the general. “I am more concerned about the Crown Prince’s safety than you!”
The general dared not speak further and imdiately ordered the captured twenty-six n to be brought up.
On the city wall, Bai Qingyan glanced towards Anping Camp and then heard the soldiers bringing up the captured soldiers from Nandu.
The Nandu soldiers, escorted to the city tower, saw Bai Qingyan, who had shot through their General Xiao Wang’s shoulder armor with one arrow earlier at the Bai Mansion gate. Rembering Bai Qingyan’s reputation as a God of Slaughter, they imdiately felt their legs go weak.
Bai Qingyan looked at the kneeling Nandu soldiers. “Are you soldiers of Nandu?”
The general was surprised and looked at Bai Qingyan, but saw her face calm and cold. He gripped the sword at his waist tightly.
No one answered. Bai Qingyan looked at the Bai family guard who had co with her. The guard nodded, drew his sword, and beheaded a Nandu soldier with a swift stroke, blood spraying everywhere.
Seeing the head rolling ahead, the remaining Nandu soldiers cried out in despair. The head… was filled with terror, eyes still wide open.
Bai Qingyan’s expression remained unchanged, and she spoke slowly. “I will ask once more, are you soldiers of Nandu or n of King Xin?”
“Nandu soldiers! We are soldiers of Nandu!” one of them cried out. “Please, Princess of Zhen, don’t kill !”
With one of them breaking, the others hurriedly spilled everything they knew in panic.
“We were ordered to disguise ourselves and hide in various parts of Dadu City. We are hidden in an alley in the west of the city, but we don’t know the na of the alley!”
“I know! I know! It seems to be called sothing Huai Alley, we are under General Wang Jianghai of Nandu…”
Bai Qingyan asked again, “How many of you from Nandu military ca?”
“Generally… all of us!”
“Is King Xian planning a rebellion?” Bai Qingyan didn’t expect to get an answer from these soldiers. This was rely to inform the eastern gate general of the Crown Prince’s suspicions.
“We don’t know what King Xian plans. We arrived early but were confined to the alley, not allowed to leave. Everyone speculated. Our general guessed… King Xian might take advantage of the Commandery Princess’s wedding tomorrow to stage a coup and support King Liang’s ascension.”
The eastern gate general imdiately understood King Xian’s intentions. He planned to let the Crown Prince and King Xin weaken each other and then reap the benefits!
Bai Qingyan looked at the panicked Nandu soldiers. “Take them down.”
“Princess, spare my life! Princess, spare my life!”
The soldiers of Nandu were taken from the city tower. After they left, Bai Qingyan looked at the general. “Now… do you still think I should imdiately leave the city to bring in the twenty thousand soldiers from Anping Camp? Coming now… do you want the Nandu soldiers to encircle us?”
“But we can’t leave the Crown Prince unattended!” The general was extrely anxious.
Bai Qingyan frowned, thinking of sothing for the general to do. “The Crown Prince has already entered the palace with the patrol camp. Send so n to guard the four palace gates and outside King Xian’s mansion. If there is any movent from King Xian, report imdiately!”
“But I received orders…”
Bai Qingyan’s sharp eyes fixed on the general. “Do you think you can take over my place and lead the soldiers? Go ahead and summon the twenty thousand soldiers from Anping Camp!”
“This subordinate dares not!” The general, terrified, clasped his hands. “But I did receive orders to let the Princess of Zhen lead the troops for reinforcents!”
Bai Qingyan stepped closer, pressing her thumb on the sword hilt. “My words are military orders! I don’t need you to instruct about the Bai family’s strict military discipline… if you wish to challenge it, I will oblige!”
The general fell silent, took two steps back, and ordered his n to guard outside the palace gates, but inwardly, he sweated for the Crown Prince.
Logically, as a low-ranking gate guard, he didn’t deserve the title of ‘general’ or the courage to argue with the Princess of Zhen, but his entire family’s life was saved by the Crown Prince. He must… be loyal to the Crown Prince!
Soon, the Bai family guard, sent to deliver a ssage to King Xian’s mansion, arrived at the city wall. He reported that King Xian and King Liang had left their mansion, appearing to head towards Wude Gate with their commanders.
Shortly after, the guard dispatched to Liuhuai Alley reported that the Nandu soldiers were moving, seemingly also heading to Wude Gate.
Bai Qingyan nodded thoughtfully, lowering her eyes to contemplate.
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