The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 609: selfish
Chapter 609 Selfishness
“Greetings, Princess Zhenguo. What a coincidence… His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was just about to send a servant to invite Princess Zhenguo when she arrived.” Quan Yu said with a smile.
Bai Qingyan dismounted, threw the black gold whip to the Bai family guards behind him, straightened his sleeves and asked, “Your Highness, do you have any instructions?”
“That’s not the case. Mr. Xiao just arrived at the Crown Prince’s residence, so His Royal Highness sent me to invite Princess Zhenguo to come to his residence.” Quan Yu hunched over and respectfully made a gesture of invitation to Bai Qingyan, “Princess Zhenguo, please…”
Xiao Rongyan suddenly came to Dadu, and Bai Qingyan could roughly guess… it was because Dayan and Rongdi jointly attacked Southern Rong.
Xiao Rongyan is the ninth prince of Dayan, so naturally he puts Dayan’s interests first in everything. It is not difficult to guess his purpose of going to the prince’s mansion at this time. He probably hopes that the prince who is now in charge of Jin can sit on the sidelines and not interfere in Dayan and Rongdi’s attack on Nanrong, so that Dayan can successfully take over Nanrong and sandwich Jin in it, preparing to swallow up Jin in the future.
But unfortunately, Bai Qingyan’s uncle Dong Qingyue has plans and arrangements in Nanrong, not to mention that Ayu is still in Nanrong. This time… Bai Qingyan is afraid that he will not be able to let Xiao Rongyan get his wish.
The two of them had an agreement before, so even though they were in opposition today… Bai Qingyan would never show any mercy.
The Crown Prince and Xiao Rongyan were having a pleasant conversation in the main hall and had never expected that Bai Qingyan would come so soon. When the Crown Prince heard Quan Yu report that Bai Qingyan had arrived, he was full of surprise… and asked him to invite Bai Qingyan in quickly.
As soon as Xiao Rongyan arrived today, the prince asked Quan Yu to invite Bai Qingyan, so that Xiao Rongyan and Bai Qingyan could meet. After dinner, he could also ask Xiao Rongyan to send Bai Qingyan back.
As time went by, Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan came into contact more and more, and some feelings between a man and a woman were bound to develop.
Besides, although Xiao Rongyan is a businessman, he is the richest businessman in the world. He is also talented and suave. He has already expressed his feelings for Bai Qingyan. How could Bai Qingyan not be moved?
The prince always felt that if things continued like this, Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan’s relationship would surely succeed, and then Xiao Rongyan would become his real money bag, instead of just giving him half of the profits as he had done today.
Xiao Rongyan wore a jade crown on his head, an ivory-white narrow-sleeved long gown, a warm jade belt around his waist, and a pair of exquisite deerskin boots that were stained with dust. He had a slender and upright figure, and stood there with the elegance and gentleness of a scholar, and had an extraordinary demeanor.
Hearing that Bai Qingyan had arrived, Xiao Rongyan was slightly surprised. He stood up with a smile and bowed to Bai Qingyan who was just entering the room: “Yan, meet the Princess Zhenguo!”
Bai Qingyan nodded slightly and saluted to the prince: “Greetings, Your Majesty.”
“I just asked Quan Yu to call you, and you’re here…” The prince raised his hand and motioned Bai Qingyan to sit down.
Bai Qingyan sat down and said, “I came to the Prince’s Mansion because I heard that the Minister of Justice Lu was unable to get a confession from Fu Ruoxi yesterday. Today I came to ask His Royal Highness the Prince for permission to let me meet General Fu. If this matter is resolved as soon as possible, I can… return to Shuoyang with peace of mind.”
Bai Qingyan’s words made sense. After he finished speaking, he raised his head and said, “Besides, my uncle’s concubine’s daughter has been engaged to the eldest son of the Fu family’s eldest branch. If this matter is not resolved, the Fu family’s eldest branch will also be in a state of panic.”
This means that Bai Qingyan also had selfish motives in going to see Fu Ruoxi. He wanted to settle the matter as soon as possible and not to implicate the Fu family’s eldest son… her future cousin-in-law.
The prince nodded, and told Bai Qingyan about how Old Lady Fu died by hitting her head against the wall in prison yesterday. He sighed and said, “Old Lady Fu was a heroine. In order to prevent the queen from threatening her son with her body, she actually hit her head against the wall and died. The coroner also examined Old Lady Fu’s body and found that she was indeed poisoned by a chronic poison.”
“Later, after I left, Lord Lu wanted to strike while the iron was hot and get a testimony from Fu Ruoxi, but Fu Ruoxi refused to speak because she was too sad or wanted to protect the queen. If the Princess Zhenguo can make Fu Ruoxi speak, that would be great. I will let Quan Yu accompany you later.”
“Thank you, Your Highness!” Bai Qingyan stood up and bowed. After sitting down, he took the initiative to look at Xiao Rongyan, “Mr. Xiao, have you just arrived in the capital city?”
Xiao Rongyan looked at Bai Qingyan with a smile and nodded: “That’s right…”
“Oh?” Bai Qingyan looked directly at Xiao Rongyan, smiling, and nodded to Quan Yu who brought her tea. She picked up the teacup and said, “Mr. Xiao, do you have any urgent business? You came to the prince in a dusty state after arriving in the capital.”
As he spoke, Bai Qingyan looked towards Xiao Rongyan’s deerskin boots.
The prince followed Bai Qingyan’s line of sight and saw that there was dust on Xiao Rongyan’s deerskin boots, which was quite different from Xiao Rongyan’s usual neat and tidy appearance.
After receiving the news from Ren Shijie, Xiao Rongyan rushed back to Dadu without stopping, hoping to use huge benefits to stop the prince from sending envoys to Rongdi. Even if he could not stop the Jin Dynasty from sending envoys, he could perhaps delay it for half a month.
In about half a month… He didn’t dare to say that he had the confidence to let Xie Xun take over Nanrong, but he could get most of it.
The prince couldn’t help laughing and teased Xiao Rongyan: “Just for a little business matter, are you so anxious? Can I run away from this prince’s mansion?”
Out of trust in Bai Qingyan, the prince was not on guard in front of Bai Qingyan and spoke freely about business matters.
“Business?” Bai Qingyan put down the teacup in his hand and looked at Xiao Rongyan with great interest. “I wonder what business Mr. Xiao wants to discuss with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? I wonder if you can give Bai Qingyan a chance? Right now, money is tight for Shuoyang’s bandit suppression and military training. If I can do a business with the richest businessman in the world, I think it will be enough to pay the new soldiers in Shuoyang for a while.”
The smile disappeared from Xiao Rongyan’s eyes. He knew very well that Bai Qingyan was not a person who cared about business. The fact that he was suddenly so aggressive might mean that he knew his intention and was here to stop him.
Yes, that ghost-faced general might be the young master of the Bai family. Bai Qingyan must want the young master of the Bai family to control the Southern Rong, so as to form an opposition with Dayan. With Bai Qingyan’s intelligence… she will definitely not let Jin be involved with Dayan.
If today’s event is to be accomplished, Xiao Rongyan needs to be extremely alert if he wants to achieve his goal. After all, they had agreed before that they would be in opposition… and not have any personal feelings.
“It’s not a big business. If Princess Zhenguo is short of money, just tell me the amount… Yan will definitely give it to you in full.” Xiao Rongyan smiled at Bai Qingyan, his tone very sincere.
The prince, who was drinking tea, suddenly felt anxious, and felt that if he could bring Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan together, his purse would be secure.
“I don’t deserve a reward without merit. I cannot accept Mr. Xiao’s generous gift! I am quite interested in Mr. Xiao’s business… If Mr. Xiao doesn’t take it too seriously, you might as well talk to me…” Bai Qingyan smiled faintly, but his eyes were firm and he would not give in.
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