The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 274: Husband’s stagnation
Chapter 274: The Husband’s Weakness
She suppressed her anger, bowed to Xiao Rongyan, and suppressed her anger: “Mr. Xiao has been very kind to the Bai family. Bai Qingyan will never forget it. Mr. Xiao does not need to comfort us.”
After saying this, Bai Qingyan turned to look at Murong Yu and bowed: “If Bai Qingyan has offended you, please forgive me, Emperor Yan.”
Murong Yu’s smile deepened: “Since Emperor Yan is not here today, there is no need for you to be so kind. I have also offended you, so let’s just… tolerate each other!”
Before the atmosphere in the pleasure boat became cheerful, Yue Shi came in and clasped his fists and said, “Master, there is a pleasure boat approaching. They say it is the Dong family’s pleasure boat.”
“In that case, Bai Qingyan will take his leave first.” Bai Qingyan bowed and looked at Dong Changsheng, “Cousin!”
Dong Changsheng smiled awkwardly. Since the atmosphere was already so tense, he might as well leave early. He clasped his fists and bowed to Emperor Yan and Xiao Rongyan: “Then we’ll take our leave first!”
Murong Yu’s eyes darkened, and he nodded and took Murong Li upstairs.
Dong Tingzhen watched Emperor Yan go upstairs, then she took her two concubines to pay their respects and walked out of the pleasure boat. Bai Jinzhi also pursed her lips, clasped her fists to Xiao Rongyan, and walked out.
Dong Changsheng boarded his own pleasure boat first, and then helped his sisters get off Xiao Rongyan’s pleasure boat.
Bai Qingyan nodded to Xiao Rongyan and was about to step out of the houseboat, but Xiao Rongyan grabbed his wrist and pulled him back into the houseboat.
Bai Qingyan felt the pain as her back hit the wooden board but she was not afraid at all. She suppressed her anger and looked at Xiao Rongyan who was very close to her. She knew that Xiao Rongyan had excellent hearing and he must have heard what she said just now threatening the Emperor of Dayan.
She glanced outside and saw Dong Changsheng and Dong Changyuan helping Dong Tingzhen onto the Dong family’s pleasure boat. They didn’t notice them, so she lowered her voice and said, “Mr. Xiao, you know that I, Bai Qingyan, always keep my word. If Emperor Yan dares to set his sights on my fourth sister, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
Xiao Rongyan tightened his grip on Bai Qingyan’s slender wrist, rubbing her wrist bones with his fingers, and said in a mellow voice, “That’s not what I meant.”
“No matter whose intention it is, it’s the same to me! Everyone has a weak spot… You people in Dayan shouldn’t push me too far! I only have the Bai family behind me, but you have the entire Dayan behind you!” Bai Qingyan tried hard to pull his hand back from Xiao Rongyan, but he couldn’t pull it out. His anger grew, “Let go!”
Xiao Rongyan took a step closer to Bai Qingyan. She had no way to retreat, so she gritted her teeth and pressed her hands against Xiao Rongyan’s chest, as he was too close to her.
“Are you angry because my brother has set his sights on the fourth young lady, or… do you think I have set my sights on the fourth young lady?” There was an inexplicable smile in Xiao Rongyan’s eyes.
“Is there a difference?” she asked.
Xiao Rongyan took another step closer, so close that he could hardly hear what was happening. He said in a low, hoarse voice, “There is a difference! A huge difference! Miss Bai is such a smart person, could it be that she is pretending to be stupid with me?”
The cool breath of Xiao Rongyan approached, Bai Qingyan held his breath gently, and his eyelashes trembled.
He was just about to break the window paper.
The former was to protect her sister, and the latter… was because of him.
“Where is my elder sister?” Bai Jinzhi turned around but didn’t see Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan pushed Xiao Rongyan away with a start, straightened her clothes and came out of the houseboat.
When Dong Changyuan saw the smile in Bai Qingyan’s eyes, he stepped forward excitedly and stretched out his hand to Bai Qingyan: “Cousin…”
Bai Qingyan held the hands of Dong Changyuan and Dong Changsheng and stepped from Xiao Rongyan’s houseboat onto the Dong family’s houseboat.
Xiao Rongyan narrowed his eyes, looked at Dong Changyuan’s slightly hostile eyes, and smiled calmly.
Feng Yao stood beside Emperor Yan who was drinking tea and whispered, “Your Majesty, do you want to find a way to deal with Bai Qingyan…”
Feng Yao heard about what happened on the battlefield in southern Xinjiang and was still very wary of Bai Qingyan.
“We came to Jin this time to seek peace, not to make enemies…” Murong Yu carefully pondered the meaning of Bai Qingyan’s words. It seemed that as long as Bai Qingyan’s family was not harmed, Bai Qingyan had no intention of becoming an enemy of Dayan.
Moreover, the method of regaining southern Xinjiang without bloodshed was indeed suggested by Bai Qingyan.
In other words, Bai Qingyan doesn’t care about the interests of Jin State.
Murong Li turned his head to look at the Dong family’s pleasure boat which was getting farther and farther away, and pursed his lips. He had not had time to talk to Xiao Baishuai of the Bai family’s army today.
“Father, is Little Bai Shuai angry because you want to ask for the Fourth Lady to marry you on behalf of Uncle Nine?”
As soon as Murong Li finished speaking, he saw Xiao Rongyan coming up.
“Uncle Nine!” Murong Li stood up with a smile.
After Xiao Rongyan saluted Murong Yu, he said solemnly: “Brother, please don’t match me up with someone else.”
At this moment, if Murong Yu still didn’t know who Murong Yan liked, he would be stupid.
“Brother can’t ask for the Princess Zhenguo’s hand in marriage for you. The Emperor of Jin will never let the Princess Zhenguo marry outside the family.” Murong Yu put down the teacup in his hand and looked at his brother with a warm smile in his eyes.
Seeing Bai Jinzhi’s lively temper just now, Murong Yu was still puzzled as to why Bai Jinzhi would say something like… A small hero draws his sword to help the weak, and a great hero saves all the people.
Later, Bai Qingyan showed his talent because Bai Jinzhi said that it would be beneficial for the people of Southern Yan if Dayan conquered Southern Yan. Murong Yu then began to react and realized that Yue Shi might have made a mistake in identifying the person.
Now when he heard Xiao Rongyan telling him not to match people up randomly, Murong Yu finally understood everything.
“So, Princess Zhenguo knows your identity and has developed feelings for you, which is why she is so angry?” Murong Yu asked.
“Brother, you are the elder brother and she is the elder sister… out of a desire to protect her younger siblings, I thought you could understand her anger.” Xiao Rongyan smiled.
“Ah… Uncle Jiu likes Xiao Baishuai!” Murong Li seemed to have realized something. “Uncle Jiu, will Xiao Baishuai be my Aunt Jiu in the future?”
Murong Yu tapped his fingers on the table, thought for a moment and sighed, “Ayan, if your crush is someone else, I can think of a way for you, but if it’s Bai Qingyan… think about her title, the Princess of the Nation… How can the Emperor of Jin easily let her not marry?”
“I know what’s going on.”
Seeing that Xiao Rongyan seemed to have made up his mind, Murong Yu didn’t want to make his brother unhappy, so he smiled and touched Murong Li’s head: “It seems that I have to find a chance to apologize to your future aunt, so as not to implicate your uncle’s life! Your uncle found you such a powerful aunt, I’m afraid that you will lose your power in the future!”
Having said that, Murong Yu still felt uneasy in his heart. Bai Qingyan had a special identity and extraordinary abilities. His brother’s lifelong event… was afraid that it would not be resolved in a short time.
Feng Yao suddenly realized that… the young master actually liked Bai Qingyan.
Xiao Rongyan sat down and picked up his teacup, then changed the subject and asked, “Brother, have you sent someone to meet the Rongdi envoy?”
Here comes the love line…