The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 267: deal with
Chapter 267: Dealing with
The State of Jin would not call this mansion the Hostage Mansion. The State of Jin allowed the Fourth Prince to name his own mansion, which meant that the Fourth Prince was treated as a distinguished guest invited by the State of Jin.
“I’m sorry to trouble you, Your Highness!” Murong Yu smiled and nodded, “This second son of mine has been spoiled since he was young… If he behaves impolitely in the future, I hope Your Highness will help him!”
“Your Majesty, what are you talking about!” The prince said with a smile, “Your Majesty and the Fourth Prince have come from afar, and they must be tired. Your Majesty and the Fourth Prince should have a good rest. I will personally come to welcome you to the palace tomorrow.”
“Thank you, Your Highness!” Murong Li bowed to the prince.
“Feng Yao, please see the prince off for me…” Murong Yu said with a smile.
Before leaving, the prince couldn’t help but look up at the Emperor of Dayan. She was indeed so beautiful that people dared not look at her closely. This shows how beautiful the Queen Ji must have been back then. I guess the only one who can compare with the Queen Ji in terms of beauty now is…
The image of Bai Qingyan suddenly appeared in the prince’s mind.
In fact, to be fair, if Bai Qingyan hadn’t been so murderous in her military uniform, she really… could be called a stunning beauty, much more beautiful than Liu Ruofu, the Princess of Nandu who was known as the most beautiful woman.
But Bai Qingyan has a strong character, and people often ignore her beauty because of her awe-inspiring arrogance.
“Your Highness, please…”
The shrill voice of Feng Yao, the chief eunuch beside the Emperor of Dayan, rang in the prince’s ears. The prince then came to his senses and led his men to bow and leave.
The prince, who was being escorted out by Feng Yao, suddenly thought of Xiao Rongyan. As he walked out, he asked Feng Yao with a smile, “I have a good friend, Xiao Rongyan. I heard that he is familiar with Eunuch Feng…”
Feng Yao was startled, then smiled and said, “We are not familiar with each other. It is because our Ninth Prince is showing me favor. He feels that I have served Empress Ji all my life and Your Majesty too hard, so he allows me to follow Mr. Xiao to earn some pocket money.”
The prince smiled and nodded: “Rong Yan did tell me about his encounter with the Ninth Prince of Dayan. Rong Yan’s name is the same as your Ninth Prince’s, but he didn’t blame him. Your Ninth Prince is a generous man.”
“Our Ninth Prince said that Mr. Xiao is from Wei after all, and his name was given by his parents. It’s no wonder Mr. Xiao got it. This can be considered as the fate between our Ninth Prince and Mr. Xiao.” Feng Yao lowered his head obediently. His respectful posture did not reveal that he was a eunuch who was in power beside the Emperor of Dayan.
As soon as the prince came out of the alley of the hostage house in his carriage, he headed straight for the palace.
Previously, Dayan said that it wanted to send a hostage to Jin, but it never said that it wanted to send the legitimate son. The prince must go to the palace immediately and inform the emperor of this matter.
Because tomorrow is the birthday of the Emperor of Jin, envoys from various countries who came to congratulate him are all in the capital city. When they heard that the Emperor of Yan has arrived, they all went to the place where the Emperor of Yan was staying to present gifts.
Xiao Rongyan had business in Dayan, and also had a business partnership with Feng Yao, the eunuch who was close to the emperor. Naturally, he came to give gifts, and he prepared two gifts, one for the emperor of Dayan, and one for Feng Yao, the eunuch.
When Xiao Rongyan arrived, the envoys from various countries who had come to present gifts to the Emperor of Dayan had not yet left. He waited outside the mansion for more than an hour before Feng Yao slowly came out.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Rongyan hurried forward and bowed: “Xiao Rongyan greets the eunuch.”
Feng Yao held the box and said with a smile, “Mr. Xiao, you’re welcome.” Xiao Rongyan asked Yue Shi to give the small wooden box containing the account books to Feng Yao and asked in a low voice, “Why is it Xiao A Li who came this time?”
“Young Master, you know that the Fourth Prince has always been a very opinionated person. This time, it was the Fourth Prince himself who insisted on coming here for the Second Prince!” Feng Yao still looked superior and said to Xiao Rongyan, who looked neither humble nor overbearing, “Young Master, you don’t have to worry too much. The Fourth Prince has always been smart and wise.”
The matter is done, can Xiao Rongyan still say no?
He pursed his lips and said, “I just saw the envoys from Rongdi coming…”
“Yes, but His Majesty did not see it.”
“Please tell my brother that I can send someone to contact the envoy of Rongdi privately. This time… our Great Yan can use the excuse of helping Rongdi to quell the rebellion to seize the natural horse farm of Rongdi and prepare for a future attack on Jin and a battle with Daliang! Although this is risky, the opportunity is rare. If my brother dares to give it a try, it will benefit our Great Yan.”
After Xiao Rongyan finished speaking, he smiled and bowed to Feng Yao.
Feng Yao nodded with a smile, raised his hand to touch the box containing the accounts, turned around and went back to the mansion with a satisfied look.
Inside the posthouse.
When Xiliang Yan Wang Li Zhijie heard that the Emperor of Dayan had brought his son to Jin, but would not attend the palace banquet at noon today, his thin lips were tightly pursed.
After the clinic changed his medicine and he left the room, Li Zhijie tied his clothes and told Lu Tianzhuo, “Prepare a generous gift and send it to the Emperor of Yan.”
“Yes!” Lu Tianzhuo responded and went out.
Li Zhijie put on his clothes, picked up the teacup and thought for a while, then called someone in and said, “Go tell the princess to have a good rest in the inn today and get enough energy to celebrate the birthday of the Emperor of Jin tomorrow. We don’t have to go to the banquet at noon today.”
The Emperor of Dayan, who has already arrived in Jin, was not invited to today’s banquet. It must be a celebration banquet for the great victory in Southern Xinjiang. If they from Xiliang go along now… they will only be humiliated. It would be better if he said he was seriously injured and the princess said she was not in good spirits, and they didn’t go.
Tomorrow at the birthday banquet of the Great Jin Emperor, Her Royal Highness the Princess will perform a dance and make a stunning debut.
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Because tomorrow is the emperor’s birthday banquet, today’s lunch will be simple. The emperor only invited the heroes of the victory in southern Xinjiang and their families.
When the emperor heard that King Yan of Xiliang and the princess claimed that one had not recovered from her injury and the other was tired from the unfamiliar climate and that they just wanted to get enough rest to attend the emperor’s birthday banquet tomorrow, he thought Xiliang was quite sensible.
He then heard from the crown prince that the Emperor of Dayan brought his second legitimate son. After a moment’s surprise, he felt that the majesty of the Great Jin Dynasty awe-inspiring the world, and that was why the Emperor of Dayan brought his second legitimate son to show goodwill to the Jin Dynasty.
After all, Dayan has now become a poor and weak country. Even if it swallows up Southern Yan again, it will not dare to act rashly in front of Jin!
The emperor was in a better mood than in the morning, and he told the prince: “Since the emperor of Great Yan is so sincere in sending his legitimate son to Jin, we in Jin should not lose our composure. When the fourth prince of Yan is in Dadu, remember to take him with you more often, and say hello to those playboys in Dadu, and don’t provoke the fourth prince.”
“I understand! Don’t worry, father.” The prince respectfully helped the emperor out of the inner room. “On the sixth day of April, the third uncle will host a polo match and invite me to go. At that time… I will bring the fourth prince of Yan with me. I will definitely help the fourth prince of Yan get familiar with the capital city as soon as possible, and let those playboys headed by Lu Yuanpeng in the capital city become friends with the fourth prince!”
Those who keep company with the good will become good, and those who keep company with the bad will become bad.
It’s so hard to ask for a monthly ticket…