The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1375: respectfully
Chapter 1375 Respect
When the officials of the Zhou Dynasty and the Yan State exchanged glances, they heard the eunuch outside announcing: “The King of the Tianfeng State has arrived…”
Xiao Rongyan, who was sitting below Bai Qingyan, leaned against the hidden table and turned to look towards the entrance of the hall.
Sar Khan, dressed in the attire of the king of Tianfeng Kingdom, walked in with a group of ministers from Tianfeng Kingdom, stepping on the bluestone floor paved with golden sunshine, with a faint smile on his face.
As the king of a country, he was unable to appear in the hall on an equal footing with Bai Qingyan, but was summoned in. He seemed to turn a blind eye to such humiliation.
Sar Khan looked at Bai Qingyan who was sitting on the high platform. She had changed out of her court dress and was wearing a water green dress with dark silver patterns. Her long raven-feather-like hair was tied up, and she only wore a white jade goose hairpin. Her ears were adorned with a pair of teardrop-like earrings, which made her facial features even more beautiful.
Even though Bai Qingyan was dressed so simply and plainly, she still couldn’t hide the calm and reserved look in her eyes. Her aura was deep and powerful, and combined with her beautiful and delicate facial features, she presented an extraordinary aura that was extremely difficult to describe in words.
Bai Qingyan stood up and walked forward with a smile, and all the court officials of the Great Zhou also stood up.
Seeing Sar Khan saluting to her, she returned the salute.
“It’s been a long time since we last met. I didn’t expect that the king of Tianfeng Kingdom would quietly come to the capital city!” Bai Qingyan made a gesture of invitation to Sar Khan. “However, because Da Zhou and Yan Kingdom need to sign an alliance, and we need to send someone to verify the identity of the king of Tianfeng Kingdom, we have been delayed for some time. I hope Khan will forgive us.”
Sar Khan stood in front of Bai Qingyan, smiling elegantly, and nodded to Bai Qingyan: “We came here uninvited and caused trouble to the Great Zhou. We should thank the Empress for not blaming us.”
As he spoke, Sar Khan saw Xiao Rongyan and nodded to him: “Regent, long time no see…”
Xiao Rongyan did not change his posture of leaning against the hidden desk, but only nodded slightly, as if he did not take Sar Khan seriously. This made the officials of Tianfeng Kingdom standing below the high platform extremely dissatisfied.
After sitting down, Sar Khan smiled and said, “I heard that the Queen of Xiliang… no, Princess Yunjing is also in the capital. Why is Princess Yunjing not here at the banquet today?”
“As soon as the King of Tianfeng Kingdom arrived, he was anxious to find Princess Yunjing. I wonder why?” Xiao Rongyan spoke slowly.
Sar Khan looked at Xiao Rongyan, his brown eyes darkened for a moment, then he smiled: “Today at the Great Zhou State Banquet, I saw the Empress and the Regent, and I remembered that Princess Yunjing was also there when the Four Kingdoms met, so I asked, don’t worry, Regent!”
After saying that, Sar Khan looked at Bai Qingyan and asked, “I heard that your majesty gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix, and the Tianfeng Kingdom prepared gifts for the little prince and princess. I wonder if you will have the honor to meet the little prince and princess today.”
“I thought Sar Khan would ask about the wizard captured by your country in Hanwen Mountain.” Bai Qingyan looked at Sar Khan with a smile, and said calmly, “It seems… Sar Khan doesn’t care.”
The great wizard who had already taken a seat with the envoy from Tianfeng Kingdom raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Bai Qingyan. It happened that Bai Qingyan’s deep gaze was looking at him, which made the great wizard of Tianfeng Kingdom feel inexplicably nervous in his heart. He quickly lowered his head and made a respectful gesture.
“Since our Great Wizard’s disciple has surrendered, and the Tianfeng Kingdom has also been defeated and withdrawn from Xiliang, according to your Majesty’s character, you will definitely not make things difficult for a child…” Sar Khan smiled and picked up the wine glass in front of him, “I still believe your Majesty very much on this point.”
“Then… I dare not drink this wine. I am afraid that I will disappoint the king of Tianfeng.” Bai Qingyan leaned against the pillow embroidered with coiled dragons. Among the balls of fire-like colors, she was the only one with a light color, but it was so light and dazzling that people could not ignore it. She smiled lightly, like those high and mighty kings in the past, with an arc at the corner of her lips. “In order to interrogate something from this great witch disciple, I did use some means. I am afraid that this great witch disciple cannot recover as before.”
Sar Khan tightened his grip on the wine glass, but didn’t show it on his face. He smiled and said, “As long as you are still alive, it’s good. So many soldiers lost their lives in that war. It is a blessing from God that the disciple of the Great Wizard can survive.”
After he finished speaking, Sar Khan and the envoys from the Tianfeng Kingdom all showed respect to the gods.
Liu Rushi looked at Sar Khan, who was sitting below Bai Qingyan, and said, “I heard that the king of Tianfeng came here in person to ask for peace. I’m sorry that I don’t understand. Since Tianfeng was driven out of Xiliang, our Great Zhou has no plans to march into Tianfeng. I wonder what kind of peace the king of Tianfeng is asking for?”
Liu Rushi had just finished the peace talks with the State of Yan, and had made Yan suffer such a great loss. He was in a good mood and full of energy. He wanted to hear why the Tianfeng Kingdom came.
“This time I came to the Great Zhou with the intention of establishing friendly relations with the Great Zhou…” The great witch of Tianfeng Kingdom said with a smile.
“I wonder if Tianfeng Country knows…” Liu Rushi smiled and said, “Our Majesty once said that his sisters would never marry far away from home. At the beginning, Yan Country wanted to marry our Great Zhou Majesty’s sister as the Queen, but was rejected. The Regent King and the Envoy of Yan are all here. If you don’t believe it… the King of Tianfeng Country can ask.”
“Of course. Our Majesty’s brothers will marry the women they like. His Majesty once said… that he would never let the marriages of his brothers and sisters become political means.” After saying this, Liu Rushi saluted respectfully towards Bai Qingyan.
“Just as Lord Liu said, if the king of Tianfeng Kingdom came here for a marriage alliance, I’m afraid he will be disappointed.” Bai Qingyan nodded and smiled.
Sar Khan slowly lowered his hand that had been holding the wine glass high, but he did not let go of the glass. He looked at Bai Qingyan with his brown eyes and said, “We will discuss this matter with the empress later. Today is to celebrate the alliance between the Great Zhou and the State of Yan. This cup… is for the Great Zhou and the State of Yan!”
Sar Khan raised his glass towards Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan, and drank the wine in his glass first, regardless of whether the two were willing to drink with him.
The more Sar Khan lowered his posture, the more alert Bai Qingyan became. She glanced at Xiao Rongyan without leaving a trace. When their eyes met, they both knew what was going on. When they saw the singing and dancing begin, Bai Qingyan picked up the teacup and smiled as she greeted Sar Khan to express her gratitude. She then said to Wei Zhong, “Return the jade cicada of the king of Tianfeng Kingdom…”
“Yes!” Wei Zhong turned around and took the tray held by the eunuch behind him, and walked towards Sar Khan with a smile, “Your Majesty, this is your jade cicada… Please keep it well.”
Sar Khan’s eyes fell on the jade cicada. He originally guessed that Bai Qingyan might have given him a fake jade cicada, but this jade cicada followed him day and night, so he naturally would not make a mistake. It was indeed his own jade cicada.