Chapter 861 - 858: Together with Wei Shuoyang
"Yang Wuce, heed my command!" Bai Qingyan’s eyes were steadfast. "You and General Liu Hong, along with twenty thousand soldiers, will make your way through Puwen City, Longyang City, Youhua City, Tianlan Mountain, and Yushan Pass, to reach the Capital City. You are strictly forbidden to enforce child conscription! Any violation... will be executed without mercy!"
"I accept the order!" Yang Wuce responded loudly, clasping his fists.
Bai Qingyan turned to the silent, tight-lipped Liu Hong. "General Liu, do you have any questions?"
Liu Hong... Bai Qingyan did not wish to oppose him, so she let him see for himself what the Emperor had done... to see if this Emperor was worth his loyalty unto death, hoping Liu Hong would awaken.
Liu Hong trembled all over, knowing that the tide had turned in Bai Qingyan’s favor.
Although he was the Commander in the war against Daliang, all strategies were devised by Bai Qingyan. And now that Daliang’s battles were over, in terms of rank... he had to heed Bai Qingyan, in terms of power... he also had to heed Bai Qingyan.
After contemplating for a moment, he looked up at Bai Qingyan.
"I, Liu, have but one question for the Princess of Zhen..." Liu Hong’s eyes were red as he solemnly looked at Bai Qingyan, finally daring to ask, "Princess of Zhen, are you rebelling?"
Seeing Bai Qingyan’s unhurried and stoic demeanor, Liu Hong’s eyes grew hot. Without waiting for Bai Qingyan’s reply, he shouted, "In Longyang City, the Princess of Zhen once told me, the loyalty and righteousness of the Bai family are known throughout the kingdoms. The border people of the Jin Kingdom have been fiercely protected by the Bai family’s grandfather, father, and generations of Bai family soldiers! So the Bai family would never rebel! They would never seek personal gain when the nation is in peril! But why does the Princess of Zhen now show no respect for imperial authority?! Why?!"