The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1231: decide
Chapter 1231 Decision
Before the Bai family guards could answer, Yue Shi raised his voice again and shouted, “Is there something wrong with the young lady? Is the young lady about to give birth?”
Yue Shi made random guesses.
Xiao Rongyan thought of premature birth and was so shocked that he almost stood up. He clenched his fists tightly and asked calmly, “What happened to the eldest girl?”
“Thank you for your concern, Ninth Prince. The young lady and her unborn child are both safe and sound. Please rest assured.” The Bai family guard replied calmly, “We came here because the young lady went to Feng County to investigate the people’s sentiments on her way back to the capital. She happened to meet the daughter of Minister Meng of Yan State, the future princess of the Ninth Prince of Yan…”
Yue Shi’s eyes widened. Princess-to-be? When did this happen? How come he didn’t know!
The Bai family guard raised his head to glance at Xiao Rongyan’s expression, then lowered his eyes and said, “So, Eunuch Wei sent me here to talk to the Ninth Prince about this matter, and by the way…”
The guard of the Bai family took out a storybook from his chest and motioned Yue Shi to give it to Xiao Rongyan.
Yue Shi hurriedly stepped forward and took the notebook. Just as he was about to look at the name on the notebook, he saw the Bai family guard signaling him to hand over the notebook. Yue Shi hurriedly handed the notebook to his master respectfully.
“This is a booklet given by the Ninth Prince’s future princess, Meng Zhaorong, from a clothing store in Feng County. When our eldest daughter was strolling outside the clothing store, she heard the waiter inside talking about the love-hate relationship between the Ninth Prince of Yan and his future princess, so she went in to listen…”
The Bai family guards saw Xiao Rongyan flipping through the notebook very quickly and told him everything that happened after Bai Qingyan arrived in Feng County. They also told Xiao Rongyan that when they came out of the clothing shop, someone followed them to the outside of Tianmen Pass, and then the next morning Meng Zhao came to ask to see the eldest lady in the capacity of the Ninth Prince’s future princess.
Naturally, the Bai family guards also told Xiao Rongyan the news that Meng Zhaorong was imprisoned in Tianmen Pass Prison as a spy.
After listening to this, Xiao Rongyan roughly skimmed through this messy book. This book did not avoid his name or Meng Zhaorong’s name at all. It seemed that this story had not spread in Yan State.
Can……
“You said that Meng Zhaorong… went to seek an audience with the Emperor of the Great Zhou in the capacity of the Ninth Prince of Yan’s future princess consort?” Xiao Rongyan’s voice was indifferent and mellow, with a nonchalant coldness.
“That’s right. When she was taken away by the patrolling soldiers of Tianmen Pass, she was still shouting that she was the future princess of the Ninth Prince of Yan. It must be correct.” The guards of the Bai family were very honest, so they naturally told the truth.
Xiao Rongyan casually threw the notebook in his hand on the table and said to the Bai family guard, “Thank you for coming here to tell me about this. Yue Shi… take this guard down to have a rest and eat something! You will have to take the letter back to the eldest lady later.”
“Yes!” the Bai family guard responded.
Yue Shi glanced at her master, who had just said that he would not write a letter to the young lady, but now he was eager to write a letter.
Xiao Rongyan glanced at the notebook and was about to throw it into the brazier and then write a letter to Bai Qingyan, but after thinking for a while, he put the notebook down again.
After he finished writing and sealing the letter, he put it aside, tapped the envelope with his fingers, and shouted, “Send Wang Jiuzhou over!”
Soon, Wang Jiuzhou came forward following orders.
Xiao Rongyan raised his eyes and looked at Wang Jiuzhou: “You go back to the capital and tell the Empress Sister-in-law… just say that I heard from the general who came to deliver food today that the Empress Sister-in-law wants to marry Miss Meng from Minister Meng’s family to me. If the Empress Sister-in-law really cares about my lifelong event, after the victory in Yunjing… you can find a name to hold a banquet. If I really like a girl at that time, the elder sister-in-law is like a mother… I will ask the Empress Sister-in-law to grant me marriage, but… this Meng Zhaorong, the most beautiful woman in Dayan, will never do it.”
Xiao Rongyan pushed the storybook towards Wang Jiuzhou: “This king, I don’t like to become the topic of conversation after dinner!”
The reason why Xiao Rongyan asked Wang Jiuzhou to go back and report this to Queen Mother Yan was to give his sister-in-law some peace of mind.
After all, he had abandoned Yunjing… and led his troops to Jiangzi City to rescue Bai Qingyan. His sister-in-law would inevitably suspect that he would abandon Yan State for Bai Qingyan in the future. Only if he promised his sister-in-law that he was willing to discuss marriage after returning, would his sister-in-law feel at ease.
Secondly, those people were instigating his sister-in-law, who was easily influenced by his influence, all day long. Only when he made his attitude clear would his sister-in-law know that he had never thought of standing against her and A Li. He didn’t want Meng Zhaorong, but he didn’t mean to use Meng Zhaorong to slap his sister-in-law in the face.
It can be said that the storybook sent by Abao was delivered at a very timely moment…
He believed that there must be one in Yan State as well, but the version circulated in Yan State would not write the name so clearly.
“Yes!” Wang Jiuzhou took the order, stepped forward and took the storybook, glanced at the letter sent by Bai Qingyu of the Great Zhou, and left the tent.
Soon, Yue Shi and the Bai family guards came back, took the letter from Xiao Rongyan to Bai Qingyan, and set off on horseback to deliver the letter to Bai Qingyan.
Yue Shi put his hands behind his back, looking at the Bai family guards riding away on horseback, his eyes and brows full of smiles. In the past, he was the one who did the job of delivering letters, and now there was finally someone to serve as a messenger for the young lady and the master on his behalf.
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Wei Zhong and the Bai family guards escorted Bai Qingyan all the way back. When passing Yanwo, Bai Qingyan stopped again.
After not seeing each other for a few months, Qin Shangzhi had lost a lot of weight. When he heard that Bai Qingyan was coming, he hurried to meet Bai Qingyan. He was still sick. Although he tried hard to hold back a cough, he couldn’t help it. He coughed from time to time when he spoke, and his face turned red.
Bai Qingyan asked the accompanying doctor to check Qin Shangzhi’s pulse and prescribe medicine for him to boil. He also asked Wei Zhong to get a thick cloak for Qin Shangzhi. Only then did he let Qin Shangzhi accompany him to walk around the embankment and talk about the canal repair.
“The progress of canal construction is within my plan, but there is one thing that requires Your Majesty’s decision!” Qin Shangzhi turned around while holding back a cough.
The subordinate who had been following Qin Shangzhi hurriedly came forward with the sheepskin blueprint. Qin Shangzhi took the blueprint and said to Bai Qingyan: “Your Majesty, there is a rest shed not far ahead. Please move there. I will tell your Majesty in detail…”
Bai Qingyan nodded and walked with Qin Shangzhi to a shed that could provide some shelter from the cold wind.
Qin Shangzhi unfolded the blueprint on the peeling paint table and respectfully invited Bai Qingyan to come forward and take a look: “Your Majesty, this is the blueprint for building the Guanghe Canal sent by Sima Mingdao, the grandson of the hydraulic expert Sima Sheng. I heard that it was left by Mr. Sima Sheng, and then Sima Mingdao added some changes to Mr. Sima Sheng’s blueprint!”
Bai Qingyan looked at Sima Mingdao’s drawings and said with a smile, “It seems that there is not much difference between this and the drawings that Mr. Qin showed me.”
The third update! Good night, my dears, I will continue to ask for your monthly votes!