The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1358: explain
Chapter 1358 Account
Xiao Rongyan was led by Bai Qingyan into the inner room. There were several paintings by famous artists hanging in front of the thin gauze curtain. When he saw the one in the middle, he paused.
In the painting, his mother, Queen Ji, has her hair in a homely bun, a white peony and jade hairpin on her head, a tea-white top, and a marigold skirt embroidered with white butterflies, her belly slightly exposed, and a jade cicada around her waist. She is surrounded by his brothers and sisters, and they are in the Qiuhua Pavilion, which is decorated with wisteria curtains everywhere.
Xiao Rongyan’s eyes were hot and the smile on the corners of his lips deepened. He raised his hand to lift the veil and involuntarily quickened his pace to walk towards the direction of the painting, as if he was looking at his mother standing at the end of the heavy veil hanging from the agarwood beam, smiling at him.
He finally stood in front of the scroll, staring intently at the person in the painting. The swaying thirty-six lotus lanterns reflected the slightly faded scroll.
When this picture was painted, Xiao Rongyan was not yet born, but his brother and sister were all there. Looking at the smiles of her mother and brothers and sisters in the painting, she saw joy and happiness from the bottom of their hearts. This made the outline of her mother’s smile gradually become clear in the mind of Xiao Rongyan, who had no impression of her mother’s smile since she could remember.
“During the Jin Dynasty, the scroll was thrown into the depths of a warehouse and was affected by moisture, but fortunately the pigments used were of excellent quality, so the original colors can still be seen.” Bai Qingyan stood beside Xiao Rongyan, “There is no signature on the painting, and it is so clean that there is not even a seal. It doesn’t look like a painting by a famous artist, but it should be because it appeared in the palace… That’s why the royal servants who entered the palace during the Jin Dynasty threw it in the corner of the warehouse. Nanny Qin beside my mother found this painting and said it was good. I originally wanted to let my mother see which famous artist it was from. I happened to be at my mother’s place, and I saw that Yuchan guessed the identity of Queen Ji, so I asked my mother for the painting.”
“Thank you…” Xiao Rongyan stared at the painting, as if he could imagine the happy times his brother talked about.
I heard that this painting was painted for his mother and his family when his father, the Emperor of Yan… was not yet awake. His mother was undoubtedly happy at that time. Before his father was still awake, his mother loved him wholeheartedly, and his father also loved his mother wholeheartedly.
The various unbearable things about his mother that were rumored by the outside world were actually just as Bai Qingyan had said at the palace banquet…either she was a tyrant with a vicious heart or a seductive woman who seduced her master, his mother was just a small concubine who had no power in the palace and no influence in the previous dynasty. She had to survive in the turbulent times with the foolish emperor!
In the beginning, her mother prayed for her and her father to survive, and later she pushed Dayan to the dominant position. She was mentally strong… She was definitely not a witch queen who abused her charm to gain power as the outside world said.
Bai Qingyan smiled and held Xiao Rongyan’s hand. Standing next to him, he whispered, “There’s no need to thank each other, but the legends of the world are true. Queen Ji is not only talented but also beautiful.”
“Beauty lies in bones, not skin…” Xiao Rongyan gently grasped Bai Qingyan’s hand and said, “When mother was alive, she often said… this is bones, it is the bones of character. I think… mother and Abao are rare in the world in terms of both appearance and character!”
“Do you want me to ask a painter to restore this painting before letting you take it back?” Bai Qingyan asked.
“Abao, don’t worry about it. I’ll do it myself…” Xiao Rongyan turned his head and looked at Bai Qingyan, “After the gambling between the two countries is settled, I’ll take a day… I want to paint a portrait of Abao and the two children. Can Abao spare the time?”
“Of course that’s good!” Bai Qingyan turned to look at Xiao Rongyan, and could roughly guess who painted this picture. She took a step closer to Xiao Rongyan and whispered, “Everyone says that my painting skills are not very good. I think Ayan’s paintings must be good. When Ayu and the others come back, I will push Ayan out to compete with them. Let’s see who dares to complain about my poor painting skills.”
Xiao Rongyan stared at Bai Qingyan’s peaceful smile and beautiful eyes, and replied in a serious tone: “We are husband and wife as one, and as a husband, I should fight for my wife to get her revenge.”
“Thank you very much, my husband.” Bai Qingyan laughed softly.
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Because Fan Yugan was beaten by the Minister of Revenue of Yan State in the Yan State envoy delegation, the eloquent Minister of Revenue in the Yan State envoy delegation was not allowed to go to the Honglu Temple again.
Everyone had guessed that this time the Great Zhou would definitely take advantage of the gambling issue, but no one had expected that… Wang Hanbing, who was only an envoy in the Yan State delegation and did not hold a position in the Yan State court, was actually a more difficult person than the Yan State’s Minister of Revenue.
But despite this, the Great Zhou still required the State of Yan to hostage the Regent Murong Yan, the Second Prince Murong Li and the General Xie Xun to the Great Zhou.
In the Honglu Temple, the envoys from the Great Zhou and the State of Yan argued back and forth over this matter and could not reach an agreement after several days of discussion.
Wang Hanbing knelt in front of the table and looked at the envoy of the Great Zhou who spoke slowly: “My Yan Kingdom can offer all the cities we have conquered in Xiliang to the Great Zhou with both hands, but we must not hostage our regent to the Great Zhou, let alone our generals. If the Great Zhou is worried, we are willing to hostage our second prince to the Great Zhou, to give the Great Zhou peace of mind and let the Great Zhou see our Yan Kingdom’s sincerity…”
“The greatest sincerity of Yan State is to hostage your regent and general like the second prince to Da Zhou! Only in this way can it be considered that you, Yan State, are sincerely betting the country with our Da Zhou, and not trying to delay time so that the main force can return to defend and kill us Da Zhou by surprise!” said an official of Da Zhou.
“After all…” Lu Fenglang, who was dressed in an official uniform and had a slender figure, put his hands in his sleeves and spoke slowly, “There is no need to mention the Second Prince, nor General Xie Xun. The Regent of Yan State… In addition to being the Regent of your Yan State, he is also a brave general who is good at fighting. Our Great Zhou has experienced this in the battle of Xiliang! Moreover, we have suffered the heart-wrenching pain of being stabbed by Yan State before. Now Yan State hopes that our Great Zhou will let down its guard, and it is hiding a general that the Great Zhou really fears and is unwilling to show sincerity. We can’t let your Yan State take all the good things in the world!”
Lu Fenglang’s round eyes, which resembled Lu Yuanpeng’s, were filled with a bit of murderous aura: “Don’t forget, Yan State, this time… Yan State came not only to discuss gambling with the country, but also to give our Great Zhou an explanation for the Queen Mother of Yan State stabbing us in the back!”
“That’s what Lord Lu said!” Wang Hanbing’s smile deepened when he heard Lu Fenglang say that. He nodded and said, “Then let’s talk about this matter in two parts. Our Yan State stabbed the Great Zhou in the back first, so let’s talk about this matter first.”
The other two will be updated later, don’t stay up late, go to bed early, and read before 12 noon tomorrow! Love you guys…