The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 268: happy
Chapter 268: Happy Heart
Oh, what future does the fourth prince of the Great Yan Kingdom have?
If something happens to the eldest son of the Emperor of Dayan by accident… and if a playboy returns to Dayan, Dayan will be in great trouble.
The emperor saw that the prince understood what he meant, so he raised his hand and patted the prince’s hand: “My son has really made progress!”
The emperor was becoming more and more satisfied with his son.
“The Emperor of Dayan came here this time with the intention of concluding an alliance with the State of Jin. He wants to ask for a noblewoman from the State of Jin to marry his half brother, the Ninth Prince of Dayan. As for Xiliang… the princess for marriage has been sent to your doorstep, but we still have to choose someone carefully! I’m afraid that the King of Xiliang, Li Zhijie, also has the intention of marrying you, so you have to pay close attention.” The emperor instructed the prince.
The prince’s heart skipped a beat, and for some reason he thought of Bai Qingyan: “Father, do you think…will they ask to marry Bai Qingyan?”
The emperor paused, then smiled and said, “Bai Qingyan has sworn to remain single for life. Even I… can’t force her to marry. If the Ninth Prince of Dayan and the Prince of Xiliang Yan don’t mind marrying into the family, I… would think it would be a good match!”
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In the elm carriage, Mrs. Dong held her daughter’s hand and carefully reminded her: “The day for our family to return to Shuoyang has been set on the first day of May. Everything is suitable on this day. As long as we return to Shuoyang, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, we will not be afraid of anything! So at the palace banquet later… if the emperor mentions the burning and killing of surrendered prisoners, you have to endure it, so as not to make the emperor want to kill again.”
“Don’t worry, mother. Po understands!”
Mrs. Dong looked at her daughter who had outstanding looks and temperament, raised her hand to tuck the loose hair on Bai Qingyan’s temples behind her ears, and she couldn’t wait to take her daughter back to Shuoyang. She was afraid that the emperor would arrange a marriage for her daughter on a whim, and she would have to obey the imperial decree… What should her daughter do then?
She couldn’t help wanting to talk to her daughter about Dong Changyuan again, but she was afraid that her daughter would resist, so she held back.
But when Mrs. Dong touched the calluses on her daughter’s palms and the iron sandbag wrapped around her wrists, she felt a bitter taste in her mouth, thinking that her daughter was suffering too much.
The carriage stopped in front of the palace gate. Bai Qingyan helped her mother Dong get off the carriage. The women of General Zhang Duanrui’s family and Zhen Zeping’s family, who had arrived earlier than them, hurried forward and greeted Dong and the third wife Li very politely, praising Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi for being as brave as men.
As soon as Bai Jinzhi got off the carriage, he came to Bai Qingyan’s side and said in a low voice, “Just got the news that Xiliang Yan Wang Li Zhijie and Princess Pingyang will not come today.”
This was clearly a celebration of Jin’s victory over Xiliang. Why were the people from Xiliang coming here? Li Zhijie was a man with a clear mind.
The girls from the Zhang and Zhen families followed their mothers obediently. They were shocked when they saw Bai Qingyan’s stunning appearance. They never thought that Miss Bai, whom their father praised at home for her unparalleled wisdom, courage and perseverance, actually had such a breathtaking beauty.
Several girls wanted to step forward to greet Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi and make friends with them, but when they remembered that Bai Qingyan was a heartless person who could burn and kill 100,000 people, they were a little hesitant.
It was not until Madam Zhang and Madam Zhen urged their daughters to come forward that they hesitantly bowed and said hello to Bai Qingyan.
Miss Zhang Liu looked at Bai Qingyan who was smiling and returning the greeting, and whispered to Miss Zhen’s Third Sister, “This Miss Bai is really pretty. No matter how you look at her… she doesn’t look like someone who can bear to kill 100,000 people!”
When Bai Qingyan was young, he went out with his grandfather to gain experience. Later, he was injured and returned to Dadu to recuperate. He never left the house, so these noble ladies in Dadu were not familiar with Bai Qingyan’s appearance.
Even when the dandies in the capital city later spread the rumor that Bai Qingyan, the eldest daughter of the Bai family, was a beauty from heaven, the noble ladies all curled their lips and thought it was an exaggeration. No matter how beautiful Bai Qingyan was, could she be prettier than Liu Ruofu, the Princess of Nandu?
After seeing each other today, the girls from the Zhang and Zhen families realized that those dandies were not exaggerating at all. The appearance of Bai Qingyan, the eldest daughter of the Bai family, was far better than that of Liu Ruofu. She was exquisite and charming in every way.
But its aura is like a flower on a high mountain, which makes people dare not approach it easily.
“Don’t judge a person by appearance. Those who have been to the battlefield… have even chopped off people’s heads. What else can’t they be ruthless about?” The third daughter of the Zhen family lowered her voice very low, her eyes sparkling, “But my father said that if we don’t kill those Xiliang soldiers, it will be our Jin soldiers who will die! My father also said that those ignorant people would say that burning and killing surrendered prisoners is cruel. On the battlefield, even children are enemies as long as they pick up a blade. It’s either you die or I live. How can we be so soft-hearted!”
Miss Zhang Liu was still young and didn’t understand much of what she heard, but she understood the words “common people” said by the Third Miss of the Zhen family. She didn’t want to be regarded as a common person by the Third Miss of the Zhen family, so she pretended to understand and nodded.
However, the eldest daughter of the Zhang family curled her lips and looked up and down at this “God of Death” with her eyes openly.
Feeling an unfriendly gaze, Bai Qingyan looked over, his eyes were calm and unperturbed, as deep and deep as an ancient well…
The eldest daughter of the Zhang family felt her palms tighten and her heart skipped a beat for no reason. She frowned, looked away, and pressed her handkerchief to her chest, feeling that Bai Qingyan was too violent and aggressive, so she should stay away from her in the future.
The Queen did not attend the palace banquet. She had been ill ever since the accident with the Prince. All matters in the harem were managed by the Crown Prince’s biological mother, Imperial Concubine Yu. Today, Imperial Concubine Yu and the newly appointed Imperial Concubine Qiu accompanied the Emperor to the banquet.
Perhaps because her son had elevated her status as a mother, Imperial Concubine Yu had changed from her usual reserved self. She wore a phoenix hairpin and gorgeous clothes, looking quite dignified, quite different from the reserved self that Bai Qingyan had seen at the previous palace banquet.
Inside the hall, the dancer was holding a wooden sword, wearing armor, and dancing with a sword.
The music had a strong murderous aura, but the dancers held their wooden swords weakly and cared more about the beauty of their postures, without any murderous intent at all.
Bai Qingyan was not in the mood for singing and dancing as her eyes fell on Concubine Qiu who was standing beside the emperor. Concubine Qiu was extremely beautiful. Bai Qingyan had no impression of her aunt Bai Suqiu, but this Concubine Qiu had a pair of bright and lively smiling eyes… She really looked like the aunt in the painting.
Concubine Qiu turned her gaze to Bai Qingyan, and gave him a very bright smile, then raised her wine glass and toasted to him from a distance.
Bai Qingyan did not dare to be negligent and picked up the wine glass and took a sip.
The emperor saw Concubine Qiu’s actions from the corner of his eye, and glanced at Bai Qingyan. He approached Concubine Qiu very intimately and whispered, “Do you like Bai Qingyan?”
“Yes!” Concubine Qiu smiled brightly, “I don’t know why, but I feel very close to Miss Bai the moment I see her!”
The emperor held Concubine Qiu’s hand and stroked it gently. He remembered that when Bai Qingyan was born, Bai Suqiu liked her very much. He thought… this Concubine Qiu must be Suqiu’s reincarnation, otherwise why would she be so happy when she saw Bai Qingyan.
Xiao Rongyan: I want to see my wife…
Lu Yuanpeng: Brother-in-law, I went to meet Bai’s sister on your behalf.
Xiao Rongyan: Brother-in-law?
Lu Yuanpeng: Sister Bai is my sister, and sister Bai’s husband is my brother-in-law, right?
Xiao Rongyan: …