The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1336: reverse black and white
Chapter 1336 Confusion of right and wrong
The Minister of Finance of Yan State withdrew his gaze from Lu Jin, bowed to Bai Qingyan, and said sincerely and respectfully: “Your Majesty, since the assassination of Minister Liu of your country, Lord Zhong has been crying out for injustice. As a colleague… I don’t believe that Lord Zhong would do such a foolish thing! Please give Yan State a chance to investigate in detail!”
“I, Lü Jin, have tried countless cases. Every person who has committed a crime will cry out for injustice and ask for a chance to live, even if he knows he is about to die…” Lü Jin smiled at the Minister of Finance of Yan State, “There is nothing strange about this.”
Xiao Rongyan looked at Bai Qingyan, whose smile was not visible, with his deep, dark eyes. After a while, he said, “I wonder why the Emperor of the Great Zhou and Minister Lu are holding on to a corpse like this?”
“If the Regent says so, I am also very curious! Since he is not a righteous man from your Yan State…” Bai Qingyan picked up the teacup at hand, “Why is the Regent holding on to a corpse and insisting on taking it back? Is it really as our Minister Lu said, that he wants to take it back for a grand burial?”
After saying that, Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes and took a sip of tea slowly. His noble demeanor was natural, and he was also born with fair and delicate skin, so beautiful that it was beyond description.
The dazzling golden light from outside the hall shone in, reflecting on the shiny bluestone floor, making the hall look even more magnificent. Behind the golden desk was a beautiful woman with extremely fair and translucent skin and only wearing a goose hairpin. She was the only soft and bright color in this magnificent hall. Her fair cheeks seemed to be illuminated by the golden light in the hall. Her beauty was so pure and noble that people dared not despise her.
“My country’s Minister of Finance said it very clearly. Lord Zhong has never admitted to the assassination attempt. I am also worried that some scoundrel tried to sabotage the two negotiations on gambling on the country, so I want to investigate it more clearly and give an explanation to the Great Zhou and also to our King of Yan.” Xiao Rongyan spoke slowly and calmly as always.
“What the Regent meant is that Lord Lu, the Minister of Justice of our Great Zhou, is actually a loser who was easily fooled by an assassin and killed the only clue in the case before the case was fully investigated?” Bai Qingyan chuckled and looked at Lu Jin, “Since Lord Lu is like this, I think you don’t need to be the Minister of Justice anymore…”
How could Lu Jin not know what his emperor meant? He just smiled and said, “Your Majesty is right. When Yan is incorporated into our Great Zhou, I will definitely give up the position of Minister of Justice to the Ninth Prince of Yan! I hope that the Ninth Prince of Yan will not disappoint Your Majesty and give me more advice.”
On the surface, it was understandable that Bai Qingyan was making things difficult for Xiao Rongyan.
The envoys from the State of Yan were indignant, but could not say anything.
Only Xiao Rongyan chuckled and said, “It’s still uncertain who will win. If Great Zhou is annexed by Yan State, since the Emperor of Great Zhou values Lord Lu so much, I will definitely keep the position of Minister of Justice for Lord Lu!”
The lips of the Minister of Finance of Yan State moved slightly. He felt that it was not worth it to break up with the Emperor of Zhou at this time, but he did not dare to persuade him.
“Since the Emperor of Great Zhou is unwilling to hand over the body to our Yan State for detailed investigation, then… I also hope that Great Zhou will not hold on to the assassination incident to control our Yan State. Otherwise, if the news gets out, people who don’t know… will think that our Yan State envoys have come to the territory of Great Zhou to negotiate, and the Emperor of Great Zhou will take the opportunity to take revenge and control Yan State!” After Xiao Rongyan finished speaking, he bowed to Bai Qingyan and said, “Goodbye…”
When the Minister of Finance of Yan State saw his own regent leaving in a huff, he hurriedly led the Yan State officials to bow and say goodbye: “Foreign officials take their leave.”
Seeing that the envoys from Yan had already left, Lu Jin straightened his sleeves with a gloomy face and turned to look at Bai Qingyan: “If the assassin had not died, and Yan really wanted to take him back, I’m afraid that in the end… it would be spread that we in the Great Zhou were unwilling to gamble with the country for the lives of the people and soldiers, and the thief cried thief and turned black into white, deliberately making such a scene, so as to have an excuse to attack Yan.”
Bai Qingyan picked up the teacup and said, “Now that Lord Liu is ‘seriously injured and unconscious’, who do you think should preside over this negotiation?”
Lu Jin thought about it seriously and said, “Since the one coming from Yan State is the regent, why not let Taiwei Lu take charge? Taiwei Lu has always been smooth and tactful. Let the officials below handle the rest of the quarrels. No matter what, Yan State must bow down this time. As long as the request made by our Great Zhou is not too excessive, Yan State will probably agree to it.”
“I’m sorry to trouble General Lu.” Bai Qingyan said with a smile.
In fact, if Bai Qingyun were here, it would be most appropriate to let Bai Qingyun discuss this matter. If Bai Qingyun took it seriously… he has a very powerful mouth.
Bai Qingyan also knew who Liu Rushi had recommended, so let Fan Yugan, who was making unreasonable trouble, do it.
The peace talks would be very exciting, but she had to spend more energy on the new laws now. There was no precedent for the new laws she wanted to promote, so she could only rely on Bai Qingyan to explore them bit by bit.
After Lu Jin and the Dali Temple Minister withdrew, Bai Qingyan sent a letter to Nanjiang. She couldn’t help but send the news of her second uncle’s deputy general Gao Yuxing’s return to the Bai family army. She even hoped in her heart… Since her second uncle’s deputy general could come back, could her brother who had not yet returned home also escape death and come back?
The battle in Southern Xinjiang was the biggest pain in Bai Qingyan’s heart. After everyone had left, Bai Qingyan calmed down for a long while and calmed himself down before picking up the bamboo slips left by Queen Ji and studying them carefully.
Bai Qingyan had just read a few lines when Wei Zhong hurried in again, bringing in the news from the post station.
“Your Majesty… There was news from the posthouse that the uncle of the King of Yan, Zhong Xingxiao, had escaped under the protection of his guards…”
Upon hearing this, Bai Qingyan put down the bamboo slips in his hand, with a cold expression and a hint of sneer in his eyes.
Originally, it was thought that the assassination attempt on Liu Rushi could come to an end for the time being, but unexpectedly, the cowardly Zhong Xingxiao would make such a stupid move.
Bai Qingyan couldn’t help but feel sorry for Xiao Rongyan. It was really hard for Xiao Rongyan to be surrounded by idiots and to manage the huge Yan State.
The Yan court is different from the current Zhou court. The Yan court is a mixture of aristocratic families and various forces. Although it is not like the eight major families in Xiliang, which are like the heel of Xiliang, each party will arrange their own people to enter the court, and each has their own little thoughts, which will inevitably hinder Xiao Rongyan.
On the other hand, in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, because it was a new dynasty, although Bai Qingyan had court officials he relied on, they were probably all clear-headed and would never cause trouble for Bai Qingyan.