The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 453: gentleman’s agreement
Chapter 453 Gentleman’s Agreement
Xiao Rongyan drank up the osmanthus dew in the cup: “Yan is lucky enough to taste the osmanthus dew brewed by the Crown Princess herself. It is a great honor.”
Bai Qingyan also nodded and smiled in the direction of the Crown Prince: “Your Highness, you are so considerate. I am grateful to you…
“That’s just a polite thing to say. You and I are cousins! We’re a family!” said the prince with a smile.
As there was no singing or dancing to entertain the guests and no wine, the vegetarian banquet ended quickly.
“I’m afraid that my father will send someone to the Princess Zhenguo’s mansion to announce the decree, so I won’t keep the Princess Zhenguo. Rong Yan…you will send the Princess Zhenguo back for me.” The prince said with a smile.
The purpose of letting Bai Qingyan have dinner at the Prince’s Mansion was to give Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan a chance to spend time together.
Qin Shangzhi raised his eyes and looked at Bai Qingyan, then at Xiao Rongyan, and he understood why the prince was like this.
But Qin Shangzhi felt that it was too cruel for the prince to use Bai Qingyan’s lifelong event as a weapon to seize Xiao Rongyan’s money.
With Bai Qingyan’s intelligence, Qin Shangzhi believed that she had already understood the prince’s intentions, and the prince’s actions might make Bai Qingyan feel disheartened.
“Goodbye, Yan!” Bai Qingyan bowed to the prince.
Xiao Rongyan came here on horseback, and did not prepare a carriage…
The prince also pretended to be ignorant and did not ask the prince’s mansion to prepare a carriage for Bai Qingyan. His intentions were obvious.
Xiao Rongyan said to Bai Qingyan: “Fortunately, the road from the Crown Prince’s Mansion to the Zhenguo Princess’s Mansion is lined with green trees, so it’s okay to take a walk. Yan… can also talk to Miss Bai.”
Bai Qingyan tightened his hands hidden in his sleeves and nodded: “Mr. Xiao, please!”
“Miss Bai, please go first!”
Yue Shi, holding a sword, stood not far away with his guards and horses. He smiled secretly and praised the prince of Jin in his heart.
“Yan knows what Mr. Xiao wants to say.” Bai Qingyan walked side by side with Xiao Rongyan with his hands behind his back, slowly moving forward along the tree-lined avenue.
“Yan, you also know what Miss Bai is going to say.” Xiao Rongyan said methodically, “Yan, to Miss Bai, you are a foreigner, and your plans are roughly the same. If you establish a friendship at this time, you will inevitably be burdened by friendship when you need to make a decision.”
Xiao Rongyan understood everything in his heart.
She lowered her eyes and spoke, “If there is no affection, everyone will pursue their own interests, which is natural! If there is an emotional bond, they will have too high expectations of each other! Princess Anle, who was born to the same mother as the Emperor of Jin… married into Shu as a concubine in order to consolidate the position of the Emperor of Jin, who was still the crown prince. In the war to destroy Shu… I personally led the troops to control the harem of Shu. Princess Anle was confident that she was born to the same mother as the Emperor, so she did not flee with her son and daughter, but returned to Dadu with the triumphant army. She thought that the Emperor would spare her son and daughter because they had been dependent on each other since childhood, and she could also return to her hometown, but the Emperor chose to cut the grass and wipe out the roots! Princess Anle hated the Emperor because of this, and was shot to death by arrows when she was plotting to assassinate the Emperor of Jin.”
“Is the emperor wrong in this matter? As the emperor of Jin, he did nothing wrong in killing everyone! Is Princess Anle wrong in assassinating the emperor? She did nothing wrong! What was wrong was the feelings! The emperor could kill all of Princess Anle’s children, but he could not kill his sister who grew up with him… and married into Shu to secure his position as the crown prince, and even lowered herself to the position of consort! Princess Anle was confident in her deep sibling love, and she returned to Jin with the army, but ended up with her children’s heads and bodies separated. It was reasonable for her to choose to assassinate the emperor.”
Bai Qingyan paused, turned around, and looked at Xiao Rongyan with his clear black and white pupils: “In this world, everything has a reason, but feelings cannot be measured by reason. People’s hearts are like this, who can be an exception?”
Feelings… are indeed the most unreasonable things in this world.
When the wind blows, the branches and leaves sway and rustle.
A cool breeze swept across the hem of Bai Qingyan’s long sleeves. She bowed slightly to Xiao Rongyan and said, “Mr. Xiao, please stay. The road ahead… I will walk alone.”
Bai Qingyan stood up and tried to leave, but Xiao Rongyan grabbed his wrist.
Yue Shi and the guards, who were following Xiao Rongyan and Bai Qingyan with their horses, quickly turned around and dared not look.
“Mr. Xiao!” Bai Qingyan looked around. The people living nearby were all noble families. Ordinary people would not come here unless they had something to do. It was too hot at noon, and it was time for a nap, so there was no one on the street.
Xiao Rongyan’s fingers were long and thin, with distinct and strong joints.
He gently pulled Bai Qingyan towards him, and stared at Bai Qingyan’s fair and delicate face with his deep eyes.
The distance between the two was very close, so close that Bai Qingyan could clearly see Xiao Rongyan’s extremely long eyelashes.
“I understand what you said! My mother, a woman with a mind that is a hundred times more intelligent than men, also fell for love. At that time, my mother and father still belonged to the same country, but they still ended up like that. I understand your concerns!” Xiao Rongyan said calmly, “I won’t force you, just make a gentleman’s agreement! When the world is unified, you and I will be husband and wife!”
Bai Qingyan wanted to retreat, but Xiao Rongyan took another step forward, his tall body almost touching her, one hand tightly grasping her thin wrist, the other hand grasping her thin shoulder, and lowering his voice and saying: “This agreement is not for the purpose of confirming our relationship, but for… there will be no one else between you and me except each other! If you, Bai Qingyan, have a husband, that person must be Murong Yan, and if I have a wife, that person must be Bai Qingyan.”
Xiao Rongyan’s deep eyes were serious and affectionate: “Do you dare to answer?”
Bai Qingyan tightened his grip.
The hot wind rushed into Bai Qingyan’s neck, making her ears burn.
This is such a far-fetched argument. They have already secretly decided to spend their lives together, but that doesn’t count as an engagement?
“I was injured a few years ago, and I have no hope of having an heir.” Bai Qingyan also lowered his voice, “You are the ninth prince of Dayan, and you have no legitimate son… I’m afraid your brother will not agree.”
“There are women in the world who can give birth to children. Bai Qingyan only has one. Yan is looking for a wife… not a child!”
Xiao Rongyan was very close to her and his voice was very low. When he spoke, his hot breath swept across her eyelashes, causing them to tremble uncontrollably.
“If I hadn’t thought it through, I wouldn’t have rashly told you all this! The prince once told me that if I married into the Bai family, even if Miss Bai had little luck with having children, as a son-in-law, I would definitely be blocked from taking a concubine! I told the prince…Yan chooses a wife based on whether the two can know each other for a lifetime, and seeks a confidant, not for the sake of having children and inheritance!”
After Xiao Rongyan finished speaking, he let go of Bai Qingyan a little, looked at her and said: “For the rest of my life, all I want is Bai Qingyan to be with me!”
Xiao Rongyan’s words carried so much weight that Bai Qingyan didn’t dare to respond. It felt as if his throat was being strangled.
He stroked Bai Qingyan’s slender wrist and spoke slowly: “When the world is unified, you and I will be husband and wife! Before that…you and I will benefit each other, get along for the sake of profit, and when the profit is gone, we will part ways. We will not talk about friendship. Do you dare to make such a gentleman’s agreement?”
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