The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1002: I think so too
Chapter 1002: That’s what I meant
After raising his head, Li Zhijie spoke slowly: “In this case, I will wait until Envoy Zhou returns to the capital before bidding farewell to Your Majesty!”
She smiled and nodded: “Okay…”
Chuntao looked at Li Zhijie’s back, rubbing her hands constantly, looking a little anxious.
It was not until Li Zhijie stepped out of the hall and disappeared from sight that Bai Qingyan asked, “What happened?”
Chun Tao hurriedly said to Bai Qing, “Miss, Mr. Xiao is here and wants to see you.”
In Chuntao’s opinion, although Xiao Rongyan had helped the Bai family several times when they were in trouble, he was too reckless and was a scoundrel who could do such a thing as breaking into the boudoir of their girl.
But Chuntao heard that the eldest girl seemed to have been engaged to Mr. Xiao, but she didn’t know whether it was true or not. She had been behaving well in the academy these days and had never asked the eldest girl.
Chuntao was a little anxious. Now that the eldest daughter had ascended the throne, if she really had feelings for Mr. Xiao, she should get married as soon as possible. That way, she would not have to worry about other people gossiping about her.
Bai Qingyan hesitated for a moment, nodded, sat up straight, straightened his sleeves and said, “Please come in, Mr. Xiao.”
Xiao Rongyan was invited into the palace by Chuntao. Chuntao was about to follow him in, but Wei Zhong stopped her with his hand: “Miss Chuntao, we servants should not go in.”
When Chuntao first arrived at the palace, Nanny Tong reminded her that she was not familiar with the palace rules and asked her to serve the eldest lady and obey Wei Zhong in everything. Seeing the palace door being closed by four eunuchs, although Chuntao was anxious, she nodded and stayed outside the door with Wei Zhong.
Inside the main hall.
Bai Qingyan sat upright, and saw Xiao Rongyan, who was wearing a frosty straight gown and a white jade belt, walking in from the inside and outside of the hall. He bowed to her respectfully, picked up the teacup and said, “Sit down!”
“Have you reached an agreement with Li Zhijie? Is Li Zhijie willing to submit to the Great Zhou or the Great Yan?” Xiao Rongyan held up the hem of his clothes and walked towards Bai Qingyan.
“He should want to negotiate with the Rongdi and unite with them to resist the Great Zhou and the Yan Kingdom.” Bai Qingyan put down the teacup.
Xiao Rongyan revealed the fact that the Ghost-faced Prince of Rongdi was a member of the Bai family, but before Xiao Rongyan was about to expose the matter with Li Zhijie, he sent Yue Shi into the palace to deliver the letter to Bai Qingyan.
At that time, Xiao Rongyan was already doing it.
Bai Qingyan was annoyed for a moment, then quickly calmed herself down. Being angry was the most unhelpful thing to do. She had to think of countermeasures and back-up plans as soon as possible, calm down and think about how to turn the situation around and turn this matter into a situation that would be beneficial to the Great Zhou.
Afterwards, Bai Qingyan sent Lupin to meet Ayu in person to inform her of the matter.
For Bai Qingyan, Ayu is now in the capital. Even if the identity of Ayu as a member of the Bai family is really spread back to Rongdi, the worst that can happen is that the Great Zhou will send troops to seize Rongdi.
Moreover, the Rong and Di people have always respected the strong, so if the Ghost-faced Prince raises his arm, he will surely have many followers.
Now that Dayan cannot attack Xiliang due to its alliance with Rongdi, it is natural that it will try its best to find some trouble for Dayzhou, preferably within these three years… to let Dayzhou and Rongdi fight against each other. This way, Xiliang will have a chance to catch its breath, and after three years of resistance, Dayan can take action against Xiliang.
As the ninth prince of Dayan, there is nothing wrong with Xiao Rongyan doing this.
She could understand Xiao Rongyan, but this also made Bai Qingyan wary of Xiao Rongyan. During this period of time, Xiao Rongyan asked to see her many times, but she had not seen him yet. It was because she was too busy with the implementation of the new law and school affairs, and also because Bai Qingyan wanted to reorganize the strategy towards Yan.
Bai Qingyan once felt that wars cost the lives of soldiers and made the people displaced. Many of her new policies came from Queen Ji, but some of her ideas were different from those of Queen Ji. In addition, because of Xiao Rongyan, her feelings towards the State of Yan were also different.
She originally wanted to compare the policies of the two countries for a five-year period. Whichever country’s policy could better enrich the country and strengthen the people would be respected when the two countries merged into one. This would benefit the people and avoid the unnecessary deaths of soldiers.
But… she forgot that the Murong family had been the ruler of Yan State for generations, and their ambition was to unify the world. The Murong family’s efforts to benefit the people were based on the premise that the Murong family had supreme rule.
Bai Qingyan was once naive. This was because Bai Qingyan was born in the Bai family and was taught to protect the people and put the people first. Xiao Rongyan was born in the royal family and was educated on how to consolidate the imperial power and how to balance the court affairs and how to control the people.
Bai Qingyan is not afraid that the strategy for unifying Yan State is wrong. The most important thing is to detect the mistake and make corrections in time. This time it is a wake-up call for Bai Qingyan, which will enable her to correct the strategy towards Yan in time. She should bring this issue to the surface and have a deep talk with Murong Yan, the Ninth Prince of Yan, as the Empress of Great Zhou.
Even if Murong Yan, the Ninth Prince of Yan, is confident that he can defeat her, finalize her plan, and formally sign an alliance, Da Zhou must be prepared for a battle with Yan.
Xiao Rongyan took out the medicine for Bai Qingyan from his chest, put it on the table in front of Bai Qingyan, stood beside Bai Qingyan and said: “Abao, you and I once said… If you encounter a big event, don’t measure it with feelings. I am the ninth prince of Dayan, and I value the interests of Yan State. Revealing that this ghost-faced prince is a member of the Bai family is beneficial to Yan State, so I did it!”
“But ask yourself… I have considered the safety of this Ghost-faced Prince!” Xiao Rongyan thought that Bai Qingyan was angry because he didn’t see him these days. “Now the Ghost-faced Prince has taken control of the entire Rongdi. Who the King of Rongdi can see… Who he can hear is all under the control of this Ghost-faced Prince. You are too worried because you are too concerned. You should believe in the ability of the Bai family.”
“Also, tell this to Xiliang Yan Wang Li Zhijie. Either… force Xiliang to be a vassal of Yan State, or force Xiliang to be a vassal of Zhou. This will speed up the pace of world unification. Even if it fails… it can be regarded as an attempt. It’s not too late to fight again.” Xiao Rongyan said calmly.
Bai Qingyan put down the teacup in her hand: “I haven’t seen you these few days, not because I’m angry. As the Ninth Prince of Yan State, you are doing things that are beneficial to Yan State, which is understandable! As the Queen of Great Zhou, I naturally have to calm down and change my strategy towards Yan State, and think about what kind of strategy towards Yan State is beneficial to my Great Zhou! You sit down first… Let’s talk, as the Queen of Great Zhou State and the Ninth Prince of Great Yan State.”
Xiao Rongyan saw that Bai Qingyan’s black and white eyes were calm and peaceful, and there was no emotion towards him in her eyes.
Bai Qingyan always kept his word, and Xiao Rongyan also felt that this matter needed to be discussed with Bai Qingyan, so he nodded: “That’s what I was thinking…”
“Then please take a seat first, Your Majesty the Ninth Prince, and we will talk in detail.” Bai Qingyan said.
Xiao Rongyan nodded with a smile, then sat down below Bai Qingyan.
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