The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 201: care is chaos
Chapter 201: Concern and confusion
The young man nodded slightly, neither humble nor arrogant, giving people a sense of calmness, and his voice was extremely gentle and polite: “Please lead the way.”
With such a dignified demeanor at such a young age, Wang Jiuzhou guessed that the boy might be a young man from an aristocratic family with excellent character and education, so he treated the boy with even more humility and respect.
After leading the young man into Xiao Rongyan’s study, Wang Jiuzhou withdrew.
Xiao Rongyan was sitting in front of the stove, holding a chess piece in one hand and a book in the other. He lowered his eyes to study the chessboard in front of him, without even looking at the young man.
The young man was also able to keep his composure and stood quietly at the door, examining Xiao Rongyan openly, with a somewhat arrogant attitude typical of a young master from an aristocratic family.
This young man was none other than the seventh son of the Bai family in the Duke’s Mansion, and the elder brother of Little Seventeen… Bai Qingjue.
The water in the teapot on the stove was boiling and some of it was poured onto the charcoal fire, making a popping sound.
Xiao Rongyan then closed the book in his hand and placed it on the small table beside him. He used a handkerchief as a cushion and picked up the teapot to pour two cups of tea. He asked, “Can you play chess?”
“I know a thing or two.” Bai Qingjue answered calmly.
The sons of the Bai family are all outstanding people. Even if they are displaced and ragged, it cannot hide the arrogance and pride in their bones.
Xiao Rongyan raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the young man, raised his hand and pointed to the position opposite the chessboard, and said with a smile: “Sit…”
Bai Qingjue didn’t hesitate, she lifted up her skirt and knelt elegantly opposite Xiao Rongyan.
Xiao Rongyan poured a cup of tea for Bai Qingjue, who was watching the chess game with his eyes lowered. He smelled a faint scent of blood coming from the young man and guessed that the young man might have some injuries, but he couldn’t see any sign at all just now.
“Young Master, are you from Dajin?” Xiao Rongyan asked with a smile.
Bai Qingjue raised his eyes from the chessboard and looked at the graceful and elegant Xiao Rongyan, nodded and told the truth: “Yes…”
“Young master from a noble family?” Xiao Rongyan asked again.
“I followed my father to the battlefield for experience, but I never expected that the Jin army would be defeated… I was lucky enough to be saved by a slave trader.” Bai Qingjue answered very straightforwardly, but he did not intend to tell the truth about his name.
Xiao Rongyan nodded, put the teapot back on the stove, and carefully observed the boy’s expression: “I am Xiao Rongyan, a merchant from Wei. Not long ago, I followed the crown prince of Jin who led 50,000 reinforcements to the southern border… and arrived in Wanping City together.”
“Prince?” Bai Qingjue looked up with some doubt in his eyes.
“It’s His Royal Highness the Prince of Qi from before!” Xiao Rongyan explained patiently.
I guess after this young man was injured and rescued, he had no way of knowing the news from the State of Jin, so it was reasonable for him not to know that the King of Qi had already appointed a crown prince.
Xiao Rongyan looked at Bai Qingjue’s eyes that were very similar to Bai Qingyan’s, lowered his eyes and said, “My lord, I’m afraid you don’t know that Prince Xin, who forced the King of Zhenguo to go to war with a golden order, has been demoted to a commoner.”
Bai Qingjue’s eyes were calm as he looked at Xiao Rongyan quietly, with a refined and elegant demeanor.
“The Duke of Zhenguo has been posthumously named the King of Zhenguo. Prince Xin falsely accused the King of Zhenguo of being stubborn in his use of the army. Who would have thought that the loyal servant of the Bai family actually returned the bamboo slips with the march records. The eldest daughter of the Bai family brought the bamboo slips and beat the drum to report… Using the people’s sentiments and grievances, they forced the Emperor of Jin to give the Bai family justice.”
When Bai Qingjue heard Xiao Rongyan talking about his elder sister, his eyes darkened. He suppressed the surging emotions in his heart and tried his best to control his expression so as not to show anything strange.
My eldest sister is so weak, how can she beat the drum to report the incident?
But that is indeed what my eldest sister would do, but… I don’t know how she is doing now.
Xiao Rongyan rubbed the edge of the teacup, looking at the calm Bai Qingjue with interest, and felt admiration in his heart… The descendants of the Bai family are indeed extraordinary people. They are only fifteen or sixteen years old, but they have the demeanor of not changing their expression even when facing a mountain collapse. They are so calm and composed, which really does not disgrace his family name.
“Speaking of Miss Bai, she is truly a heroine who is as brave as any man.” Xiao Rongyan said slowly, “This time Miss Bai followed the Crown Prince to the battle. She walked with the army wrapped in iron sandbags and even picked up the Sun-shooting Bow! The battle at Wengshan… she only had 50,000 Jin troops to kill more than 100,000 Xiliang troops in the Wengshan Valley! I wonder if you can see the flames rising from the direction of Wengshan. The corpses of the Xiliang troops were burning there.”
Bai Qingjue clenched his teeth unconsciously, his mind trembling, he felt the blood rushing to his head, why did his elder sister come to southern Xinjiang? ! And she was walking with the army with iron sandbags wrapped around her?
He grabbed the hem of her clothes tightly. Is this the dog emperor forcing his eldest sister?
No… With the eldest sister’s intelligence, the dog emperor cannot force her if she doesn’t want to.
But how could my elder sister fight in that body?! Didn’t my grandmother and aunt stop my elder sister?
Bai Qingjue was in a state of confusion, his slightly rapid breathing still betrayed his emotions. His hands on his knees clenched and then slowly loosened. His emotions had stabilized. It was still unknown whether the news was true or false, and he was confused because of his concern.
Looking at the elegant and handsome Xiao Rongyan who was sitting opposite him with a smile in his eyes, he found it hard to believe that such a man with a refined and elegant demeanor of a scholar could be a businessman obsessed with money, so at this time Bai Qingjue did not fully believe Xiao Rongyan’s identity.
Xiao Rongyan put down his teacup and said, “I forgot to ask, you protected that girl today, is that girl acquainted with you?”
“We don’t know each other, but we are both from Jin. I just can’t bear to see her being humiliated.” Bai Qingjue looked deeply at Xiao Rongyan, “Sir, why did you buy me?”
“I am a businessman, so I will have to deal with the noble families of Jin in the future. Seeing that you have an extraordinary temperament and outstanding skills, I think you must be a child of a noble family. I want to make a good relationship with you, so… I invited you to come.” Xiao Rongyan used very polite words, and used “invite” instead of “buy”. “I wonder if you can tell me which family you are from, so that I can arrange someone to send you back to Jin. Of course… if you are not convenient to reveal your family background, I will not ask. If we meet again in the future, I hope you will not despise my merchant background and drink a glass of wine with me.”
Xiao Rongyan didn’t mention anyone else’s family, but specifically mentioned his grandfather and the Duke of Zhenguo’s Mansion… and his elder sister. Bai Qingjue understood in his heart that Xiao Rongyan might have known that he was a descendant of the Bai family.
Bai Qingjue is a smart man, how could he not understand what Xiao Rongyan meant?
Bai Qingjue picked up the teacup in front of him, raised it to Xiao Rongyan and said, “I owe you a favor, sir. I will repay it myself. I dare not drag my family into this. I hope you will understand.”
Since Xiao Rongyan didn’t point out his identity, he didn’t plan to tell it directly, but the Bai family has always been grateful for what they have done. The slave trader saved him, so he didn’t run away and let the slave trader sell him…
Originally, he planned that if someone bought it, as long as the buyer didn’t ask him to do anything dirty, he would repay the favor and leave.
Unexpectedly, he was rescued by Xiao Rongyan, a wealthy businessman from the Wei State. The name Xiao Rongyan is well-known… Bai Qingjue has heard of it before.
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