The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1321: repent
Chapter 1321 Regret
“It doesn’t matter. Although you were not by my side when the child was born, when the world is settled in the future, you can stay with me and the child every day to compensate the three of us, mother and child.” Bai Qingyan said with a smile.
Xiao Rongyan took a few steps closer to Bai Qingyan, bent down, and put his forehead against Bai Qingyan’s. He said seriously, “When the world is at peace, I will accompany Abao and the children every day. If you break this oath, you will be struck by lightning and die without a burial place!”
Bai Qingyan’s smile deepened. He stood on tiptoe and kissed the corner of Xiao Rongyan’s lips. He whispered, “I plan to leave you, the regent of Yan, as a hostage in Dadu, and the prince Murong Ping who has not yet been crowned as the king of Yan… General Xie Xun, all in Dazhou, so as to convince the officials of Dazhou to accept this gambling strategy that sounds like it has no benefit for our Dazhou now.”
Xiao Rongyan was stunned. Bai Qingyan saw Xiao Rongyan’s expression and laughed softly, “Yan’s strategy of gambling the country… benefits Yan but harms our Great Zhou. Do you really think that our Great Zhou will agree to it so readily? If I really agree to it so readily, I’m afraid the court officials will all suspect that I, the emperor of Great Zhou, have been drugged by you, the Ninth Prince of Great Yan.”
“You want to use this opportunity to keep me in the Great Zhou…” Xiao Rongyan tightened his hold on his daughter’s hand slightly, then lowered his eyes to look at the children in their arms.
“You are worried about the Kingdom of Yan?” Bai Qingyan knew the significance of the Kingdom of Yan to Xiao Rongyan, “Or… are you worried about Murong Li?”
“I am worried about Yan State, and I am also worried about A Li!” Xiao Rongyan frowned, “Yan State is the hard work of my mother. Before she passed away, my mother entrusted it to my brother, and before she passed away, my brother entrusted it to me. As for A Li… If I am not here, only my sister-in-law will be respected in the court. A Li has always been filial, and even if he is precocious, I am afraid he will find it difficult to deal with it!”
“Besides, Abao… I really want to compete with you once, either on the battlefield or in state affairs!” Xiao Rongyan said, staring at Bai Qingyan, “Abao, before the world is settled, I am afraid… I can only let you and the child down.”
Originally, for safety reasons… the bet between the two countries was supposed to last for five years, but Xiao Rongyan was too anxious and wanted to be with Bai Qingyan and the child as soon as possible, so he set a three-year period.
“I understand!” Bai Qingyan said to Xiao Rongyan in a low voice with a faint smile between his eyebrows, “But making this request is just to embarrass the State of Yan and you. Let your sister-in-law know that even if you come to the Great Zhou… it will be difficult to promote the gambling country!”
“Abao…” Xiao Rongyan’s eyes were slightly red. He and Abao both understood how difficult it was for Xiao Rongyan in the Great Zhou. In the future, his sister-in-law… Queen Mother Yan would trust him more, and when he was handling state affairs in Yan State, his sister-in-law would not hinder him too much.
A Bao had actually thought of it for him a long time ago, and had even done it for him…
It was suggested that he be held hostage in Da Zhou, but A Bao actually did not really think of detaining him in Da Zhou.
“But, I will definitely detain Murong Ping and Xie Xun in the Great Zhou!” Bai Qingyan said in a low voice, “I don’t trust your sister-in-law. I’m afraid that if Yan loses, your sister-in-law will think that Yan has passed the most difficult time and wants to fight to the death with our Great Zhou.”
Xiao Rongyan nodded and said, “Since Yan State has sent a hostage, in order to show sincerity… Da Zhou should also send a hostage!”
The two of them stood facing each other with their children in their arms. It was an extremely intimate scene, but they were standing in different positions to talk about the matter.
“Great Zhou can… use Yunjing as a gift as a token of its sincerity in agreeing to the gambling, but it will never be a hostage!” Bai Qingyan said seriously to Xiao Rongyan, “Great Zhou can swallow up Yan right now, but since Yan proposed the gambling strategy, in order to show its sincerity and not to regret it in the future, it will naturally send its capable and skilled generals as hostages to Great Zhou!”
Xiao Rongyan asked Bai Qingyan in return: “If we hostage our Yan generals to the Great Zhou, how can we guarantee that the Great Zhou will not go back on our word?”
“Ninth Prince, when the two countries formed an alliance… it was not the Great Zhou that was sentenced to secretly bite the ally, but the Yan State…” Bai Qingyan smiled, “When the two countries formed an alliance, our Great Zhou did everything an ally could do to the Yan State, and took good care of it! There is a precedent… If Great Yan wants the Great Zhou to agree, it has no choice but to hostage its best generals to the Great Zhou. There is no room for negotiation!”
Xiao Rongyan was suddenly speechless. Bai Qingyan was right. During the alliance…it was an indisputable fact that Yan State betrayed the Great Zhou that had taken good care of Yan State.
Even if he made amends later, betrayal is betrayal, and this is an indisputable fact.
“So, what the Ninth Prince should think about now is what Yan State can use to exchange you, the regent, for him…” Bai Qingyan’s smile deepened, “Of course, in Guoyan State, since the Ninth Prince has come, it will not be so easy for the Great Zhou to let him go. It depends on… what price your Yan State Emperor and Queen Mother are willing to pay.”
Bai Qingyan had a cunning look on her face, as if it would be very much to her liking if the Emperor and the Queen Mother of Yan were unwilling to redeem Xiao Rongyan.
Xiao Rongyan looked at Bai Qingyan’s expression, and his dark eyes seemed to be dyed with a layer of yellow warmth by the candlelight. He wanted to reach out and hold Bai Qingyan in his arms, but was afraid that he couldn’t hold his daughter with one hand, so he lowered his head and gently touched her nose, kissed her lips, and couldn’t help but take another half step towards Bai Qingyan.
The joy in Bai Qingyan’s arms suddenly moved and cried loudly…
Xiao Rongyan thought he had squeezed the child, so he quickly took two steps back and looked at Xile in Bai Qingyan’s arms with a nervous expression. Unexpectedly, Kang Le in his arms also cried loudly along with his brother.
Xiao Rongyan looked at the child at a loss, then looked at Bai Qingyan as if asking for help.
Bai Qingyan held the child in one hand with skillful movements, put his finger on the child’s lips and smiled, “It looks like he is hungry.”
“Chun Tao…” Bai Qingyan called out to the outside.
Chun Tao followed Chun Zhi into the room, walked to Bai Qing Yan’s side in small steps, and said with a smile: “The little prince and princess should be hungry by now. I will take them to find the nurse first.”
“Okay…” Bai Qingyan handed the child in his arms to Chuntao.
Chunzhi also stood in front of Xiao Rongyan and stretched out her hand to take Xiao Kangle: “Sir, please hand the young master over to me.”
Xiao Rongyan was a little reluctant, but he couldn’t bear to watch the child cry like this, so he could only carefully hand the child to Chunzhi’s arms and whispered: “Be careful!”
“Don’t worry, son-in-law!” Chunzhi couldn’t help but smile when she saw Xiao Rongyan, who looked nervous as he became a father for the first time.