The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 612: each according to his ability
Chapter 612: Each one depends on his own ability
Xiao Rongyan smiled faintly: “Besides, you and I said that when we are in opposition, we will not tolerate personal feelings!”
Hearing what Xiao Rongyan said, Bai Qingyan smiled. She said, “I apologize for being so aggressive in front of the prince just now, but our prince…if I were gentle and not aggressive, he wouldn’t understand the importance of this matter. It’s just like when I advised the prince to send troops to help the Rongdi, but my words were too gentle and the prince didn’t take it to heart!”
“I understand…” Xiao Rongyan looked around and saw that no one was around, so he tightened the reins and took a few steps towards Bai Qingyan. His deep and gloomy eyes stared at the fair and beautiful features of the woman in front of him. His dry and powerful hands grasped Bai Qingyan’s slender wrist, stroking her slender wrist with his thumb, and whispered, “A Baoruo really feels that you were too harsh on me just now, can you make up for it?”
Xiao Rongyan’s eyes fell on Bai Qingyan’s injured ear, pulling the defenseless Bai Qingyan to stagger a step. When he came in front of him, Bai Qingyan’s face flushed. He quickly grasped Xiao Rongyan’s arm and stepped back. Fearing that he would be seen, he warned: “Xiao Rongyan!”
“Don’t move…” Xiao Rongyan took a step closer to Bai Qingyan, and rubbed off a layer of powder on Bai Qingyan’s ear to cover the scar with his thumb. His brows tightened slightly, and he let go of Bai Qingyan, took out a small porcelain jar from his sleeve, opened the small porcelain bottle, scooped out a little ointment, and gently rubbed it on Bai Qingyan’s ear.
Bai Qingyan smelled a rich fragrance, which was very pleasant: “What is this?”
“This is the secret medicine of the Great Yan Imperial Court, mermaid fat… It has miraculous effects on scars, but it smelled very bad at first. My mother then modified the mermaid fat into the flavor she liked, and after repeating it hundreds of times, she finally obtained the mermaid fat that did not affect its efficacy… and had a pleasant aroma.” Xiao Rongyan dissolved the cream with his fingertips and gently applied it on Bai Qingyan’s ears.
This was something Xiao Rongyan had specially sent someone on horseback to Dayan to ask for from his royal brother.
When the wind blew, the branches of the tall trees that stretched out from the wall rustled.
“Be careful in everything from now on. I’m very worried about you getting hurt.”
His mellow voice was particularly moving amid the sound of the wind.
Bai Qingyan’s ears were getting hotter and hotter. He didn’t know how to respond, and the corners of his lips curled up unconsciously.
Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes, and his sight was on the exquisitely embroidered jade belt around Xiao Rongyan’s waist. He quickly looked away and responded, “Yeah!”
After Xiao Rongyan applied the medicine, Bai Qingyan handed him the handkerchief. The moment he looked up at Bai Qingyan, his heartbeat suddenly quickened.
“Thank you…” Xiao Rongyan took the handkerchief, closed the lid of the small porcelain jar, and handed it to Bai Qingyan, “Wipe it once in the morning and once in the evening.”
“Thank you…” Bai Qingyan took the small porcelain jar and saw Xiao Rongyan wipe his hands with a handkerchief, folded them and put them into his sleeves. She looked up at Xiao Rongyan.
“Just consider it as Abao’s apology for his aggressive behavior just now.” Xiao Rongyan smiled and pulled the reins, “Let’s go!”
Xiao Rongyan looked at his and Bai Qingyan’s elongated shadows and whispered, “Although I failed to stop the Jin envoys from entering Rongdi from the Crown Prince this time, there are other ways. If I can succeed… Ah Bao, don’t blame me.”
Bai Qingyan nodded. It depends on their own ability.
Xiao Rongyan was walking with Bai Qingyan. Occasionally, someone would pass by on horseback. Xiao Rongyan looked serious again and asked, “Miss Bai, are you here to help me out this time, or are you really short of food?”
“I’m just helping the prince solve his problems!” Bai Qingyan said to Xiao Rongyan with a smile, “In order to avoid this, Mr. Xiao told the prince that all the profits from this time will belong to him, and he only wants to protect his capital. If the prince is tempted by the small profits, it will not benefit the State of Jin.”
Bai Qingyan agreed to take over the grain that Xiao Rongyan had obtained at a high price. On the one hand, it blocked Xiao Rongyan’s excuse to go to the prince again, and on the other hand… it could also solve Ji Tingyu’s urgent problem of food shortage, killing two birds with one stone.
Although it was true that the two of them had feelings for each other, it was not yet the right time to talk openly with Xiao Rongyan about Ji Tingyu’s kidnapping of the new recruits. Bai Qingyan knew the difference between personal feelings… and official matters.
Xiao Rongyan smiled and nodded: “If the young lady had come a little later, the prince would have agreed.”
“So, if Dayan wants to take over the world…it may just lack some luck.” Bai Qing’s tone sounded joking, and he walked towards the Dali Temple Prison with Xiao Rongyan, with his hands behind his back.
This time, Xiao Rongyan was indeed not at an advantage when he clashed with Bai Qingyan in front of the prince. He was always a foreigner in front of the prince. When Bai Qingyan and he spoke at the same time and said diametrically opposed things, the prince would definitely favor Bai Qingyan.
Xiao Rongyan could only pray that before the envoys from Jin State arrived, Xie Xun and the generals of Beirong could seize more land, or at least control most of Rongdi. In this way… most of the natural horse farms would be in the hands of Yan State.
Perhaps because they had agreed beforehand, even though the two had just been at loggerheads, there was no grudge between them at this moment.
“Dayan and Beirong jointly attacked Nanrong. Xie Xun… has he stood up from his pain and wants to avenge Princess Mingcheng?” Bai Qingyan asked.
“On the battlefield, life and death are commonplace. Mingcheng married far away to the Northern Rong, and it was natural for the Southern Rong to be uneasy. Rather than saying that Xie Xun stood up from the pain to seek revenge, it is better to say that… Xie Xun stood up from the pain to raise an army and strengthen the country, to make Dayan so strong that it no longer needs women to marry to seek stability!” Xiao Rongyan’s words were not perfunctory.
Bai Qingyan didn’t expect Xie Xun to be so broad-minded, and couldn’t help but sigh: “Great Yan, with a wise ruler and powerful ministers, there is no need to worry about the country’s decline.”
Hearing this, Xiao Rongyan paused and turned to look at Bai Qingyan: “If Dayan had a capable minister like the Princess Zhenguo who can rule the country with both literary and military skills, no one would be able to defeat her.”
Bai Qingyan shook his head: “Mr. Xiao is too kind.”
As they walked to a more crowded place, Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan tacitly talked about other topics and never mentioned Dayan.
Not far away, Liu Ruofu, who had just gotten off the carriage, covered her face with a round fan and immediately noticed Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan walking side by side. Lu Baohua, who came to Huaying Pavilion with Liu Ruofu to choose jewelry, exclaimed and said with a smile: “Isn’t that… the Princess Zhenguo?”
Huaying Pavilion is a famous jewelry shop in the capital city. Even the women of noble families have to place orders for Huaying Pavilion’s jewelry half a year in advance, otherwise they can only buy Huaying Pavilion’s mass-produced jewelry.
But who among the noble families would want to wear the same head ornaments as others? Look… Liu Ruofu is about to marry Prince Liang, and her grandmother has paid… to have her order some more formal jewelry for her to use in the future, and also to let Liu Ruofu go out and relax.
When Liu Ruofu heard the words “Princess Zhenguo”, she looked sharply in the direction of Bai Qingyan. It was because of Bai Qingyan that she lost face in the first place. She embarrassed such a big person at the state banquet and became the laughing stock of the whole capital city.
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