The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 320: How dare you be distracted
Chapter 320 How Dare to Be Distracted
The way Xiao Rongyan looked at Bai Qingyan this time was different from the last time in Wanping… It was full of temptation and uncertainty.
His overly passionate gaze seemed to indicate that he was determined to win Bai Qingyan over, regardless of whether Bai Qingyan liked him or not.
Now that the window paper has been broken, Bai Qingyan might as well take the opportunity to speak out.
“Mr. Xiao, I understood what you said last time on the boat.” She placed Xiao Rongyan’s jade cicada on the stone table and said calmly, “But neither you nor I are suitable for romantic conversations.”
“I have my mother, aunt, and sisters to protect, and you have the Great Yan that needs to be rebuilt. I want to protect the Bai family’s glory, and you want to revive the glory of the Great Yan when Queen Ji was alive… and even want to conquer the world.”
The smile in Xiao Rongyan’s eyes gradually faded, and he gazed deeply at the woman with delicate features and cold and indifferent expression under the bright moonlight.
“I’m struggling in Jin, and Dayan is also struggling among the nations.” Bai Qingyan said softly, “The road ahead is difficult, and we are all walking on thin ice. How dare we be distracted? How can we tolerate the weight of love?”
Xiao Rongyan’s eyes fell on the jade cicada. He took two steps forward, picked up the jade cicada with his bony fingers, and looked up at Bai Qingyan, who was only one step away from him: “So, you don’t dare to be tempted?”
Bai Qingyan looked at the deep eye sockets under Xiao Rongyan’s high eyebrows, tightened his hands slightly, and said frankly: “The future of the Bai family is uncertain and precarious, so I dare not be tempted.”
Xiao Rongyan grabbed Yuchan and took a step almost to her. Bai Qingyan wanted to retreat but Xiao Rongyan grabbed her wrist.
He pulled the person in front of him, stared at Bai Qingyan deeply, lowered his voice and asked: “Bai Qingyan, as long as you don’t hate me, I will have a chance. I said… we have a long way to go!”
Bai Qingyan’s extremely long eyelashes trembled slightly, and Xiao Rongyan stuffed the jade cicada into his palm again.
She wanted to refuse, but Xiao Rongyan held her hand tightly: “Just think of it as a blessing of peace, stay by your side to keep you safe. My mother’s life… very few people can understand, you are her confidant.”
After saying that, Xiao Rongyan smiled at Bai Qingyan and said, “Have a good rest. If you need my help, just let me know.”
Watching Xiao Rongyan leave this quaint and elegant courtyard, Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes and looked at the jade cicada in his hand, which was shining with a cool luster under the moonlight.
How could Xiao Rongyan understand that she no longer had the affection for her little girl in her heart.
In her mind was the tragic situation of the Bai family in the previous life, the ending of her flesh and blood relatives in the previous life, and even the sight of the Bai family members covered in blood whenever she closed her eyes.
Her greatest wish in this life was to protect the Bai family and inherit her grandfather’s legacy, never leaving any room for romantic matters.
Manager Liu, who had been staying at the gate of the courtyard, came in immediately after seeing Xiao Rongyan leave: “Young lady…”
Bai Qingyan put the jade cicada into his purse and said to Manager Liu, “I will take Xiao Si back to the clan tomorrow morning. Uncle Liu, please find a way to involve more people in the clan in the matter of Tianxiang Tower!”
She turned her head and looked at Manager Liu: “Find a way to tell the local officials that I returned to Shuoyang but did not stay in the Bai family’s ancestral home before tomorrow morning.”
Since everyone in the world knows that Princess Zhenguo Bai Qingyan is already the prince’s person, then she will borrow the prince’s reputation. When those local officials know that she, the prince’s confidant, has suddenly returned to Shuoyang, won’t they rush to curry favor with her?
She is not her grandfather. No matter how angry she is with the Bai family, she will not let others laugh at her.
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The next morning.
Before daybreak, two sedan chairs were parked outside the VIP Inn. The governor, who was in casual clothes, had just stepped down from the sedan chair when he saw the county magistrate, who was eating breakfast with his subordinates at a breakfast stand opposite the VIP Inn.
When the county magistrate saw that it was the governor, he quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks, wiped his mouth with his hand, ran to the governor, and bowed to the ground: “Sir!”
The governor looked at the county magistrate with a half-smile and said, “I didn’t expect that County Magistrate Zhou was so well-informed that he even knew that the princess was back…”
“I just got the news this morning. So… I rushed here without even having breakfast. I thought the princess might not have gotten up yet, so I had something to eat first. Would you like to join us, sir?” The county magistrate turned a deaf ear to the prefect’s sarcasm.
The county magistrate thought to himself, we are all here to please the prince by trying to please the princess, why are we being so arrogant?
The governor waved his hand with a half-smile: “No! County Magistrate Zhou should use it himself!”
As he said this, the prefect turned around and motioned for the people around him to go into the inn to hand over the letter of greeting to Bai Qingyan.
Unexpectedly, before the prefect’s men entered, Bai Qingyan had already brought Bai Jinzhi out of the main entrance of the inn, followed by a team of guards.
The prefect saw Manager Liu who was following Bai Qingyan at a glance. The prefect had seen Manager Liu at the Bai family’s longevity banquet half a month ago. He heard from the son of the head of the Bai family that it was Manager Liu. However, Manager Liu came and went in a hurry. The prefect only met him once and never spoke to him.
The governor stepped forward and glanced at Bai Jinzhi, who had a fiery red whip on her waist. He immediately knew the identities of the two people and bowed in the direction of Bai Qingyan: “Your humble servant greets the princess and the county lady.”
County Magistrate Zhou also hurried forward, smiling in a flattering and tactful manner, and bowed with great ceremony: “Your humble servant pays respect to the Princess and the County Master.”
Bai Qingyan didn’t put on airs at all: “You two adults are too polite.”
Bai Jinzhi stood behind Bai Qingyan, raised his eyebrows and said nothing, looking like a proud young man.
“Why did the princess and the county lady return to Shuoyang early? The news I received was on the first day of May!” the prefect asked with a smile.
“Yes, why didn’t you inform us when the princess and the county lady came back? Last time, during the birthday banquet of the Bai family leader, I discussed with the Bai family leader… When the princess returns to Shuoyang, I will arrange a welcoming party for her!” County Magistrate Zhou was not willing to be left behind and hurriedly expressed that he had a closer relationship with the Bai family.
Bai Jinzhi sneered: “I was counting on that old man to welcome my elder sister… He must be trying to piss my elder sister off to death!”
“Xiao Si!” Bai Qingyan scolded Bai Jinzhi in a low voice, glanced at County Magistrate Zhou, sighed, and said with a look of confusion, “Xiao Si and I are just going back to the tribe to deal with some things. If everything goes well, we will leave at noon, so we will not alarm the two adults.”
An old man? County Magistrate Zhou’s eyes twitched and his heart skipped a beat.
Hearing the tone of Gaoyi County Lady’s voice when she mentioned the clan leader, and then hearing Zhenguo County Lady say that she was going back to the clan to deal with things…
County Magistrate Zhou felt that something didn’t sound right.
“Is there anything I can do for you?” The prefect remained calm and asked Bai Qingyan calmly.
“Family disgrace should not be made public, so I won’t bother you two adults…” Bai Qingyan forced a smile, “If it really gets to the point where it alarms you two adults, then Bai Qingyan will inform you.”
It’s the beginning of the month! Yes… Bald author Jun is here to ask for monthly tickets again!