The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 361: Suddenly
Chapter 361 Suddenly
Lupin stood at the gate of Princess Zhenguo’s mansion, looking at Xiao Rongyan and his servant who were leaving in the distance, feeling somewhat sorry in his heart. Xiao Rongyan’s dignified and calm demeanor made him look nothing like a businessman. Instead, he looked like a well-read scholar with an elegant and graceful temperament.
If Xiao Rongyan wasn’t just a businessman, he would be a good match for their eldest daughter.
Just now, the two of them were walking side by side. He looked at them from behind and they looked like a pair of golden boy and jade girl. They were really beautiful.
Lupin retracted his gaze and followed Bai Qingyan into the mansion. He whispered to Bai Qingyan, “Miss, do you want to check on that waiter?”
“No need…it must have been an accident. After all, no one knew in advance that we would take that road, and I happened to stop in front of that restaurant. It was just a coincidence.” Bai Qingyan said.
Lupin nodded and clasped his fists: “I will arrange for someone to spread the news that the eldest lady will return to Shuoyang the day after tomorrow.”
Bai Qingyan nodded.
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The left prime minister Li Mao received news at his house that Bai Qingyan would return to Shuoyang the day after tomorrow, so he called two aides to discuss the matter. One of the aides thought that it would be best to take this opportunity to eliminate Bai Qingyan completely.
But the other person thought that Bai Qingyan would not be stupid enough to carry the letter with him, and that the Bai family in the capital city had the eldest princess in it, so it would not be easy to get in.
Li Mao sat under the flickering candlelight, listening to the endless arguments of his staff. He raised his hand and knocked on the table in front of him: “We can’t act rashly. Even up to now, we don’t know whether Bai Qingyan really has those letters in his hand. We should give it a try first, and we should try it while Bai Qingyan is still in Dadu.”
The older aide in blue said, “Left Prime Minister, I have a plan.”
“Tell me about it.” Li Mao looked at the aide in green.
“Since we can’t get anything out of Wen Zhenkang’s wife, and she said that she kept the other letters… in the hands of a reliable person, but this person is not the Princess Zhenguo! And we don’t know whether the Princess Zhenguo really holds those letters! Why not… turn the potential enemy, the Princess Zhenguo, into a relative.” said the green-shirted strategist.
Li Mao frowned and waved his hand: “Princess Zhenguo has vowed not to marry in this life. She also used this as an excuse to reject the prince of Daliang, so she will not marry into the Li family.”
“Left Prime Minister, I am not talking about the Princess Zhenguo, but… the Princess Gaoyi!” The green-shirted aide spoke slowly.
Li Mao’s brows tightened, and he looked down at the table in a daze, as if thinking about something.
“County Princess Gaoyi has reached the age of marriage this year, and the left prime minister’s youngest son is three years older than County Princess Gaoyi and is not yet engaged. In this way… the left prime minister and County Princess Zhenguo have become in-laws. I think County Princess Zhenguo will not act rashly even if she has these letters in her hands.” said the green-shirted aide.
“What if the Grand Princess and Bai Qingyan don’t want to?” Li Mao lowered his eyes. Although his youngest son was not a famous playboy like Lu Yuanpeng, he was not outstanding either. Would the Grand Princess and Bai Qingyan want to?
“The Left Prime Minister can directly ask His Majesty for an imperial decree.” The blue-shirted aide smiled. “In this way, even if the Grand Princess and the Princess Zhenguo are unwilling, it is already a done deal. The Bai family will not disobey the decree. By then, the two families will become in-laws. First stabilize the Bai family, and then slowly test whether the letters are in their hands.”
The white-shirted aide shook his head and said, “What if the Princess Zhenguo and the Grand Princess disagree with this marriage, and if this angers the Grand Princess and the Princess Zhenguo, what if they hand the letter directly to His Majesty or the Crown Prince?”
Hearing what the white-shirted staff said, the blue-shirted staff’s eyes lit up and looked at Li Mao: “Left Prime Minister, maybe you can ask your wife to go to the palace to ask the Crown Prince’s biological mother, Concubine Yu, to be the matchmaker, so that the two children can be engaged first, and then the marriage can be held after Princess Gaoyi is out of mourning! If the Zhenguo Princess and the Grand Princess disagree with this marriage, at least there is room for compromise, so that the Zhenguo Princess and the Grand Princess will not be too ruthless!”
The blue-shirted aide’s eyes lit up as he spoke: “I’m sure that Princess Zhenguo will come and threaten the Left Prime Minister to find a way to cancel the engagement. At that time… the Prime Minister has proposed to see the letter before he is willing to cancel the engagement, and he guarantees that the reputation of Princess Gaoyi will not be damaged. This way, we can also test whether the letter is in the hands of Princess Zhenguo. If it is really in her hands, and Princess Zhenguo only wants to live in peace, then we should not provoke Princess Zhenguo for the sake of King Liang, so as not to bring trouble upon ourselves.”
The white-shirted counselor also nodded and agreed, “Even if the letter is not in the hands of the Zhenguo Princess by then, it is not a loss for the son of the left prime minister to be engaged to the Gaoyi Princess.”
Li Mao squinted his eyes and stared at the glass lampshade on the table. After thinking for a while, he nodded: “This… is also a solution!”
“Now we have to see how to tell His Majesty this so that he can agree to this marriage.”
While the two aides were thinking hard, Li Mao had another idea: “In fact, there is no need to really ask His Majesty for permission. Let the news that I am going to His Majesty to ask for the marriage of my youngest son to Princess Gaoyi be spread. If the Grand Princess and the Zhenguo Princess disagree, they will definitely come to me…”
The blue-shirted counselor disagreed: “But what if the Grand Princess heard the rumors and promised Princess Gaoyi to someone else in advance?”
When Li Mao heard this, he smiled. He stared at the flames rising up in the glass lampshade in front of him and said with a calm smile: “This proves… that the Princess Zhenguo does not have those letters in her hands!”
The blue-shirted aide suddenly understood.
Yes, if Princess Zhenguo was holding those letters, once she heard the news, she would naturally come to the Left Prime Minister to warn him, and would never rush to arrange a marriage for Princess Gaoyi!
If the Grand Princess and the Princess Zhenguo really took this path, it would prove that the Bai family did not have those letters in their hands. The Princess Zhenguo just knew about the existence of these letters from somewhere and used them to scare the Left Prime Minister.
But Li Mao didn’t think that Bai Qingyan was just doing nothing and was just trying to scare him. What Li Mao was afraid of was that… Bai Qingyan, who didn’t have those letters in his hands, was using those letters to threaten him, and there must be a bigger purpose behind it.
For example, she wanted to wait until he really believed that the letters were in her hands and then threaten him to do something.
If Bai Qingyan really held those letters in his hands, Li Maocai would believe Bai Qingyan in order to live in peace. As long as he did not provoke the Bai family for King Liang, there would be no loss.
The blue-shirted aide stood up and bowed in the direction of the Left Prime Minister: “The Left Prime Minister’s methods are brilliant, and I admire you very much.”
Li Mao tapped the table with his fingers and said, “The Princess Zhenguo will be returning to Shuoyang on the 22nd. Let’s spread the news tonight and make sure it reaches the Princess Zhenguo’s residence before tomorrow morning. Only when this matter is cleared up early can I feel at ease.”
The white-shirted counselor clasped his fists and said, “Don’t worry, Left Prime Minister. The news will definitely be delivered to the Zhenguo Princess’s Mansion before tomorrow morning.”
Li Mao nodded and picked up the teacup in front of him: “Go and arrange it!”