The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1297: I can’t tell
Chapter 1297: Unable to Express Pain
“Sister-in-law…” Xiao Rongyan looked at Queen Mother Yan with an indifferent and calm expression and asked, “Sister-in-law, now that A Yan has quarreled with the Emperor of Great Zhou to this extent, sister-in-law is not afraid that A Yan will go to Great Zhou and may not come back…”
“No!” Queen Mother Yan tried her best to persuade Xiao Rongyan. Her expression and tone were very anxious, and she was not very persuasive. “You are the father of her two children. No matter what, she will never take your life! And you go there as the Ninth Prince of Great Yan. You once led troops to rush to Jiangzi City to save her life! Even if they don’t take personal feelings into consideration, the court officials of the Great Zhou will not condone her to kill you and give the world an excuse to repay kindness with enmity! These sisters-in-law have already thought about it. It is not unreasonable for you to die. You are also my sister-in-law’s relative and my sister-in-law’s brother!”
“Sister-in-law… my two children and I are not that important in the heart of the Great Zhou Emperor, otherwise she wouldn’t…” Xiao Rongyan hesitated to speak. After a long while, he stared at his sister-in-law’s expectant eyes, his heart sinking, and then he said quietly, “Since sister-in-law has made up her mind, then… I will make this trip, but before I leave, I have to make arrangements first. If in the end I cannot convince the Great Zhou Emperor to accept the gamble between our two countries, Yan, to decide the outcome based on national policy, A Yan… If I die in the Great Zhou, Yan must be prepared for a war with the Great Zhou!”
Queen Mother Yan’s heart rose to her throat for a moment. She was afraid that she had guessed wrong. She was afraid that Xiao Rongyan and Bai Qingyan were really incompatible. She was afraid that Bai Qingyan would really kill Xiao Rongyan if he became angry.
“Ayan, even if there is no love between you and the Emperor of Great Zhou, you are the Ninth Prince of Great Yan… and you once led troops to rescue her. She will definitely not harm you out of moral obligation. You must believe in your sister-in-law!” Queen Mother Yan didn’t know whether she was trying to persuade herself or convince herself.
Queen Mother Yan looked at Xiao Rongyan’s expression, fearing that her forcing him to go to the Great Zhou would chill his heart, so she said hastily without waiting for Xiao Rongyan to speak: “It is said that the Bai family is the most moral! Even if I want to protect the Yan Kingdom, I will never ask you to go knowing that your life is in danger! You believe me! I just feel that it is unsafe to leave such a big thing to outsiders!”
“Sister-in-law, since you said… the Emperor of Great Zhou is the most righteous, then why not send a talented and capable person in the Yan court to catch up with Wang Hanbing, and go to Great Zhou with Wang Hanbing, and use the word morality to persuade the Emperor of Great Zhou?”
Xiao Rongyan seemed to be very disappointed with Queen Mother Yan. He gently pushed away the hand that Queen Mother Yan was holding tightly on his arm. “Sister-in-law said that she doesn’t trust outsiders. She just wants me to go to the Great Zhou as an envoy. Even if I can’t use my old relationship with the Emperor of the Great Zhou, at least the Emperor of the Great Zhou can see that the Ninth Prince of Great Yan once led troops to rescue Jiangzi City and agree to Ah Li’s plan of… national policy to determine the outcome and the merger of the two countries. Is that right?”
Queen Mother Yan knew that Xiao Rongyan was intelligent, and she could not hide what she was thinking from Xiao Rongyan.
She didn’t want to argue for herself anymore, she just looked up at Xiao Rongyan: “Ayan, sister-in-law, this is all for the Yan State!”
“Okay, then I’ll make this trip for the sake of Yan State! But sister-in-law… this time, sister-in-law made a huge mistake. In order to appease the dissatisfaction of the court officials with A Li, sister-in-law may not be able to continue to assist in the administration. If sister-in-law has no objection, I will claim to be sick at the court tomorrow morning and rest from now on without interfering in the affairs of state.” After Xiao Rongyan finished speaking, he walked out of the main hall, “Three days later, I will arrange the defense of Yan State and set off…”
“Ayan!” Queen Mother Yan called Xiao Rongyan with tears in her eyes. Seeing Xiao Rongyan chased after her for two steps without even turning back, she stopped and clutched her clothes tightly with both hands. “Ayan, don’t hate your sister-in-law. Your sister-in-law did this all for the Kingdom of Yan!”
When Yue Shi saw his master leaving, he quickly bowed to Queen Mother Yan and followed after his master.
The maidservant beside Queen Mother Yan also hurriedly picked up the hem of her skirt and came in to support the crying Queen Mother Yan: “Queen Mother…”
Queen Mother Yan looked like she had been wronged and had no one to confide in. She turned to look at her maid and said, “I really did this for the Kingdom of Yan!”
“I know! I know!” The maid’s eyes were filled with tears as she nodded repeatedly, “I know the Queen Mother’s painstaking efforts. I believe that it won’t be long before the Ninth Prince will also know the Queen Mother’s good intentions! He will know that the Queen Mother is doing this for the Murong family’s Yan Kingdom! Queen Mother… let’s go back to the palace. You are too tired today! You need to have a good rest!”
Queen Mother Yan looked at the drizzling rain outside the door for a long time, finally nodded, and left the Regent’s Palace with her personal maid.
Yue Shi had been following Xiao Rongyan with a stern face. When he heard the people below report that Queen Mother Yan had left the Regent Palace, Yue Shi hurried in. Unable to contain his excitement, he said to Xiao Rongyan, who was reading the memorial under the glass lamp, “Master… the Queen Mother has returned to the palace!”
“Yeah!” Xiao Rongyan responded lightly.
Yue Shi knelt in front of Xiao Rongyan and whispered to him, “Master, we… can go to Da Zhou. Aren’t you happy? The eldest lady and the two young ladies are all in the capital. Don’t you want to see the two young ladies?”
After all, the master has never seen the two little masters since they were born!
How could Xiao Rongyan not want to go to Da Zhou? He wished he could fly there, but now that he had come this far, he had to be more cautious. If he acted too eager, it would arouse his sister-in-law’s suspicion.
In fact, after talking with his sister-in-law today, Xiao Rongyan felt a little depressed. He regarded his sister-in-law as a family member, but it was his sister-in-law who wanted to sow discord between him and Bai Qingyan! Now it was his sister-in-law who begged him to go to Da Zhou and disregarded his life…
If Xiao Rongyan had not seen the affection between the Bai family in the capital city in the past, he would have thought rationally that his sister-in-law’s decision was not wrong. However, Xiao Rongyan always thought that if this matter happened in the Bai family, perhaps the Bai family would rather fight with the enemy country than let their younger brothers and sisters go to take risks.
If his brother were still alive, and didn’t know the truth like his sister-in-law, he probably wouldn’t allow him to go to Da Zhou to take the risk.
Yue Shi saw that his master was not as happy as he had imagined. As this was in the Regent’s Palace, he did not hide his feelings and asked in a low voice: “Master, are you… unhappy?”
“Not really.” Xiao Rongyan looked away from the memorial in his hand and looked at Yue Shi, “Before everything about Yan State is arranged, don’t let the news leak out, and don’t rush to pack our luggage for the capital city!”
“Yue Shi understands, Master, rest assured!” Yue Shi nodded, “When others ask me about it, I sigh, shake my head, and pretend to be speechless.”