The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 242: Shout out
Chapter 242: Submission of Surrender
“In fact, Mr. Xiao is a distinguished figure, and he is a very distinguished person… I have been on good terms with Mr. Xiao since I was a prince. Although he is a businessman, he is not obsessed with money and has the elegance and bearing of a scholar! The Bai family has no male heirs now. If Mr. Xiao really has feelings for General Bai and is willing to marry into the family… except for his lower status, I actually think he would be a good match!” The prince spoke softly.
If Xiao Rongyan could marry into Bai Qingyan’s family, it might not be a bad thing for him.
In this way, he would not worry about Bai Qingyan marrying someone else. Xiao Rongyan was also on good terms with him, and his knowledge and bearing were first-rate. If he could stay in Jin, he would be the richest businessman in Jin…
The prince narrowed his eyes when he thought of Xiao Rongyan’s lavish spending in the capital city.
The Bai family is already dependent on him. If Xiao Rongyan were to marry into the Bai family, they would certainly hope that he could successfully ascend to the supreme position… If he could gain the merit of following the dragon, it would surely become his money bag, which would make it much more convenient for him to take care of things if he needed to.
Bai Qingyan frowned, as if he was telling the Crown Prince the most difficult thing to say, and he couldn’t save face: “Your Highness, no matter how good Mr. Xiao is, he is not destined to be with Yan. After all… it is difficult for Yan to have children.”
“It’s hard to say about fate…” The prince still didn’t give up the plan in his mind. After he finished smiling and talking to Bai Qingyan, he said to Xiao Ruojiang, “Be more careful in the future. This matter has fallen into my hands. If it reaches the sky, do you know… it will cause big trouble for your eldest daughter?”
Xiao Ruojiang kowtowed quickly: “Your Highness the Crown Prince has taught me this. I will definitely follow your Highness’s teachings in the future, be cautious in everything I do, and not cause any trouble for the young lady!”
“Go!” the prince said to Xiao Ruojiang.
Xiao Ruojiang kowtowed quickly and walked out.
The prince looked at Bai Qingyan who was standing beside him and said, “This time it’s not that I don’t trust you…”
“Yan understands. If the prince didn’t treat Yan as his own, why would he call Yan’s brother over, and why would he scold his brother on Yan’s behalf! The prince’s friendship… Yan understands it in his heart!”
The prince nodded, his face full of smiles: “General Bai, you should also go and have a rest. Tomorrow we will be taking Xiliang Yan Wang Li Zhijie and Xiliang Princess back to Dadu. We need to be alert on the way and don’t let Xiliang, who are harboring evil intentions, take advantage of us.”
“yes!”
Bai Qingyan came out of the big tent, and the other party bowed and said goodbye. When he turned around, he saw Bai Jinzhi and Xiao Ruojiang still waiting at the door.
On the way back to the tent, Xiao Ruojiang lowered his voice and said, “The eldest lady used Mr. Xiao as a shield this time. Considering the relationship between Mr. Xiao and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the matter of the Seventh Young Master is probably…”
“Don’t worry, Xiao Rongyan won’t tell.”
Xiao Rongyan did not conceal his whereabouts when he sent people to deliver the horses and the letter. He must have been afraid that the prince would find out.
Xiao Rongyan was well aware that she was on guard against the Jin royal family, and she was also aware of Xiao Rongyan’s special identity. Both of them had secrets known to the other, so naturally they had to cover up for each other.
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The capital of Southern Yan, Kuangping.
Emperor Murong Pei of Southern Yan held the imperial seal in his arms. He saw the black bird and blue sparrow flags, which symbolized the orthodoxy of Great Yan, approaching from afar. The carriage of Emperor Mingde of Great Yan, pulled by sixteen dark horses, came in with great momentum in the dazzling morning light.
Murong Pei’s hand holding the imperial seal was trembling. He led the royal family and ministers of Southern Yan to kneel in front of the palace gate and raised the imperial seal above his head.
When Queen Ji died, Dayan was in civil strife. Murong Pei took the opportunity to steal the imperial seal and fled back to Dayan’s old capital, Kuangping. He overthrew Queen Ji’s new policies, restored the old order, and gained the support of Dayan’s old nobles. From then on, he established the country of Southern Yan with Tianqu River as the boundary between them.
This time, the Yan general Xie Xun rushed into Kuangping and killed all the old nobles who supported Murong Pei to become king. The people all applauded.
Xie Xun knocked on the main gate of the palace single-handedly, bringing a secret order from Murong Yan, the ninth prince of Dayan, saying that the emperor of Dayan would arrive in Kuangping soon. If Murong Pei did not want the blood of the royal family to stain the city of Kuangping red, he should go out of the palace in person with the jade seal in his hand and kneel to welcome him. In this way… Murong Pei’s entire family could be kept safe.
Murong Pei knew that the situation was hopeless, so how could he let his young children die with him in Kuangping? Moreover, since he returned to the old capital of Dayan and established himself as king to restore the old rule, the old nobles were happy, but the people were boiling with resentment. Which of the people did not secretly curse him as a tyrant?
That’s all! That’s all!
He was originally the illegitimate son of Prince Su, and had been the emperor for so many years. He had enjoyed all the wealth and luxury in the world for more than a dozen years, and had been a puppet of the aristocratic families for more than a decade. As long as he could save the lives of his young sons, he would accept the shame!
After all, I am not orthodox.
On the third day of the third month in the thirteenth year of Mingde in Dayan, Emperor Huiwen of Southern Yan, Murong Pei, knelt outside the imperial palace in Kuangping, the old capital of Dayan, and presented the imperial seal and raised a letter of surrender, ending the nineteen-year division of Dayan.
On the same day, Southern Yan Prime Minister Lin Chongyi hanged himself and died for his country. Murong Pei was named King of Mingdu and moved his family to Mingdu on the border.
Inside the Kuangping Palace.
Accompanied by Xiao Rongyan and the old eunuch Feng Yao, Emperor Mingde of Dayan walked slowly along the palace corridor that he was so familiar with in his childhood, heading towards Lanfeng Pavilion, the bedroom where his mother once lived in Kuangping, under the morning sun.
Feng Yao was an old man who had served Empress Ji in her early years. Before Emperor Mingde Murong Yu and Xiao Rongyan came, Feng Yao sent people to renovate Lanfeng Pavilion according to his previous memory of it.
The thin and tall Emperor Mingde Murong Yu had just walked to the gate of Lanfeng Pavilion when he saw a few crabapple petals blown onto the threshold by the wind. He leaned over to pick them up, but Feng Yao was startled: “Your Majesty! Just tell this old servant what you want to do!”
“I’m fine, don’t panic, uncle.”
Murong Yu stretched out his slender, bony fingers from his cloak, picked up a crabapple petal, slowly stood up, and looked with a smile at the crabapple tree in the yard that was shining brightly in the golden morning sun.
“More than 20 years have passed, and the crabapple tree that my mother planted with her own hands has grown into a towering tree.” Murong Yu and Xiao Rongyan had the same deep eyes, gazing at the crabapple tree with a warm smile.
Emperor Mingde Murong Yu was only 37 years old, in the prime of his life, but he was sickly and weak.
Murong Yu was a well-known handsome man, with facial features exactly like those of Empress Ji, even more stunning and dazzling than a woman, making people dare not look at him closely. If it weren’t for his tall and slender frame and the calm and heavy aura of an emperor, he would definitely be mistaken for a weak beauty dressed as a man.
Xiao Rongyan stood beside Murong Yu, his pupils dark and deep, his fingers rubbing the jade cicada in his sleeves, and he spoke slowly: “I don’t remember much…”
When Queen Ji moved the capital to Dadu City, Xiao Rongyan was only two years old, so he naturally had no memory of the old imperial city.
At this moment, Xiao Rongyan’s mind was filled with the matter of finding a good doctor for Murong Yu.
In order to reduce the losses of Dayan this time, Xiao Rongyan came up with the idea of letting his brother travel a long distance to Kuangping in secret. When the people learned that Emperor Mingde of Dayan was coming in person, they indeed cheered along the streets as Xiao Rongyan expected, and shouted that they hoped that the orthodox Emperor Mingde of Dayan could restore Queen Ji’s new policies.
Xiao Rongyan’s real name is Murong Yan, but for the sake of convenience… the bald author still uses the name Xiao Rongyan when Xiao Rongyan appears.
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