The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1400: rest assured
Chapter 1400 Don’t worry
The prince of Great Yan was so humble and apologized on behalf of the Queen Mother Yan. Even if it was just for the soldiers of Great Zhou to see, they would have no excuse to attack the State of Yan.
Bai Qingyan finished reading Xiao Rongyan’s letter and said to Wei Zhong, “Then let’s let the eldest prince of Yan come! Otherwise, people outside will think that we in the Great Zhou don’t like these three Yan hostages and treat them badly.”
“Your Majesty, the Prince Fuguo is outside seeking to see you.” The young eunuch walked in and reported in a low voice.
“Please come in!” Bai Qingyan put the pen in his hand on the inkstone and changed it for a memorial.
Bai Jinxiu entered the palace, saluted with Bai Qingyan, and then knelt down beside Bai Qingyan: “When I entered the palace, I saw the Great Yan Prince, the Second Prince, and General Xie Xun waiting at the palace gate. I think they must have heard about General Cheng’s request to send troops to Yan State, so they came to ask to see my elder sister.”
“Go ahead and tell Ah Qi and Ah Jue that if there’s nothing else to do… you can invite the First and Second Princes of Yan, as well as General Xie Xun, to our Bai Mansion for a visit. This will be a way of showing our stance to the outside world. Especially since the First Prince of Yan is born timid, if he is treated coldly in the Great Zhou, he might think it was my idea.”
“How did you know that the eldest prince of Yan is timid?” Bai Jinxiu smiled and nodded slightly to Chuntao who was serving her tea, then said with a smile, “I think the eldest prince of Yan is quite courageous. Hostages from other countries would hide quietly and dare not show up, but he dares to come to the palace to ask to see you, eldest sister.”
Bai Qingyan smiled and said, “This… is what my elder sister admires about this prince of Great Yan. He is obviously timid and fearful, but for the sake of his country, he dares to bite the bullet and go ahead. He is truly brave, and he is worthy of being the heir of Murong Yu.”
Both the letter from Bai Jinzhi and the letter from Xiao Rongyan said that the eldest prince of Dayan had a soft temper. However, people with a soft temper dared to do things that others dared not do, and dared to sacrifice their dignity and apologize. This is not something that everyone can do.
Calculating the date, Jintong should have received her letter…
The second prince Murong Ping had previously discussed business with “Cui Fengnian”, and this time he would probably be taken over by Xiao Rongyan. Xiao Rongyan had met Bai Jintong before, so Bai Qingyan told Bai Jintong clearly about Xiao Rongyan’s identity and asked Bai Jintong to find ways to avoid him to prevent his identity from being exposed.
Of course, this is just something Bai Qingyan is worried about, and it is also possible… Yan State’s statement about “Cui Fengnian” was originally a business with the Second Prince. Next, Yan State can only contact “Cui Fengnian” through the Second Prince Murong Ping’s people. Xiao Rongyan will only make preparations behind the scenes and will not meet with “Cui Fengnian”.
However, it is still necessary to tell Bai Jintong about Xiao Rongyan’s clone. After all, Bai Jintong is in Yan State now.
However, I think Jintong would be very surprised after knowing Xiao Rongyan’s identity. But when the two countries compete, private friendship will have to be put aside. Bai Jintong always knows what is important and will definitely handle the affairs of Yan State well.
“Early this morning, Xiao Si brought the wound medicine prepared by Doctor Hong and went from General Cheng to each of them… to comfort the elder sister.” Bai Jinxiu took a sip of the hot tea from the teacup, then put it down and said, “However, I came to see the elder sister today because of Xiao Qi…”
“Jinse?” Bai Qingyan looked away from the memorial and towards Bai Jinxiu. He was not too worried and just smiled and said, “Xiaoqi has always been a sensible child. Why would he ask you to leave Xiaowang behind and come to the palace?”
“Before, Xiao Qi was kidnapped by refugees in Xiliang. He escaped with a boy of seven or eight years old. Do you remember this, elder sister?” Bai Jinxiu moved closer to Bai Qingyan and whispered to Bai Qingyan, “After Xiao Qi came back, this child has been following Xiao Qi and is inseparable from her. But he is not without measure. Third brother and A Yu have been paying close attention to this child. This child… pretended to be illiterate and even deliberately held the book upside down in front of us to pretend that he was illiterate, but… his behavior is not like that of an ordinary citizen.”
Bai Qingyan became interested when he heard this. He took the hot towel from Chuntao and wiped his hands. He picked up the teacup and thought carefully: “Seven or eight years old…”
“He doesn’t talk much, but by chance… Ajue figured out that the etiquette that the child used during meals was almost exposed, which was the etiquette of the Wei royal family!” Bai Jinxiu said in a very low voice, “It was only exposed that once. This child is cautious.”
But the child is just a child after all, and it is inevitable that he will make mistakes sometimes. Especially in a place like the Bai family…it is easy for people to notice that he is unusual.
“Wei State…” Bai Qingyan stroked the edge of the teacup with his fingers. “In the twelfth month of the seventeenth year of Xuanjia, the six-year-old prince of Wei State was supported by the Queen Mother to succeed to the throne and became the new emperor of Wei State… If you look at his age, he should be nine years old! If… the child is growing up, he may not eat well and get enough nutrients, so he may be thin. It can’t be… such a coincidence!”
“I heard from Xiao Qi that this child seems to be very hostile to the people of Yan.” Bai Jinxiu said here, and then smiled and said to Bai Qing, “This child is not so wary in front of Xiao Qi. I think it’s because the two of them have experienced life and death together. The child trusts Xiao Qi very much, and Xiao Qi does too! Xiao Qi also noticed something unusual, so he came to me to talk about it, but Xiao Qi’s original intention was to protect the child.”
Bai Qingyan was silent for a long while before he spoke slowly: “No matter what this child’s previous identity was, since he has entered our Bai Mansion, we should treat him as a friend who has experienced life and death with Xiao Qi! When you go back, let Xiao Qi ask this child… whether he wants to stay in Bai Mansion or leave. If he wants to leave, our Bai Mansion will give him a BMW for travel expenses. If he wants to stay, let the Bai Mansion guards teach him boxing and let him stay by Xiao Qi’s side as a guard.”
She lowered her eyes to look at the clear tea in the cup, paused for a moment and then said, “But we still need to send someone to watch him secretly to prevent him from doing anything. As long as he wants to live his life in peace, everything will be fine.”
Regardless of whether this boy was the former emperor of Wei, the Wei Kingdom has now perished, so there is no emperor of Wei either. If he can let it go, he can live his life in peace. But I am afraid that he still has the thought of restoring his country in his heart, and if he meets those old people of Wei who are also determined to restore their country, it will be difficult for him to live a peaceful life.
Furthermore, now that unification is imminent and they have all paid too much for unification, Bai Qingyan does not want any trouble to occur at this critical juncture. She would feel more at ease if she kept the person under her nose and had someone watch him.