The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 953: checks and balances
Chapter 953 Checking the Previous Dynasty
It was as if a huge hand suddenly grabbed her throat and she could hardly hold back her tears.
Ayu… owes her a pigeon blood gem.
Ayu…sent the pigeon blood gem to her.
The Bai family always keeps their word.
The moment Mrs. Dong saw the pigeon blood gem, she was sure that the ghost-faced prince was her A Yu. Before A Yu left, he had told his elder sister that he would give her elder sister the most beautiful pigeon blood gem. She knew it!
Mrs. Dong almost couldn’t hold back her tears. She pretended to smile and lowered her head to wipe the corners of her lips and eyes with her handkerchief: “Indeed, it is a beautiful pigeon blood gem! It looks especially beautiful under the candlelight. Let me see it… People like these festive things when they get older.”
Upon hearing this, Bai Qingyan hurriedly handed the gem to Dong with both hands.
Mrs. Dong looked very pleased. She raised her hand and touched the pigeon blood gem, as if… her son’s body temperature was still on the gem.
Bai Qingyu’s eyes were sore, he could not see his mother clearly. The fire burned half of his face and almost took away one of his eyes. Although Bai Qingyu has adapted to it now, once his other eye was blurred by the mist, there was only a hazy light in front of his eyes.
He made his mother sad.
When the Rongdi envoy saw that the Queen Mother of Great Zhou said that the gem was beautiful, but his own Ghost-faced Prince did not react at all, he hurriedly said, “If the Queen Mother likes it, I will… present a better pigeon blood gem to the Queen Mother of Great Zhou in the future.”
“Rongdi, Xiliang…” Bai Qingyan pointed at the table, looked at Liu Rushi and called out, “Master Liu…”
“I’m here!” Liu Rushi responded.
“After the state banquet, Lord Liu, please have a good talk with the Rongdi envoy and the Xiliang envoy. Tomorrow morning, discuss with all the court officials how to conclude the alliance.”
“Yes!” Liu Rushi took the order.
After talking about Xiliang and Rongdi, the Yan envoy also stood up and bowed to Bai Qingyan with a smile: “The reason why Great Yan came this time is, firstly, to congratulate the establishment of the Great Zhou and the ascension of the empress, and secondly… to establish a friendly alliance with the Great Zhou and the ascension of the new emperor of Great Yan… Before I came, my king had specially reminded me that when he was a hostage in the capital, he had received guidance and answers from the empress. The empress was like a teacher to my king, so I asked me to say congratulations to your majesty and the empress on my behalf!”
Bai Qingyan nodded. She was also impressed by Murong Li.
The masked Ninth Prince of Dayan turned to look at Bai Qingyan and nodded to him, “Your Majesty, now that our king has ascended the throne and the position of queen is vacant, our king and the Ninth Prince intend to form an alliance with the Great Zhou through marriage.”
Fourth Madam Wang tightened her grip. Even though Bai Jinhua and Bai Jinzhao were not her biological children, she had raised them with her own hands. Now that Abao had ascended the throne… the Kingdom of Yan wanted to arrange a marriage in the future. Wasn’t it just for Abao’s unmarried sisters?
“Speaking of marriage…” Dong Qingping knew that Bai Qingyan would never let his sister marry outside the family, so he smiled and glanced at Xiao Rongyan behind the Ninth Prince of Yan. His sight fell on the Ninth Prince of Yan and he deliberately said, “Our Majesty has just ascended the throne, and the position of the Emperor’s husband is vacant. I heard that the Ninth Prince of Yan has not married yet, and the Ninth Prince is the younger brother of the former emperor of Yan. I wonder if he is willing to form an alliance with our Great Zhou?”
Dong Qingping is Bai Qingyan’s uncle. Even General Lu didn’t dare to say this, but he dared to say it.
The masked Yan Jiuwang’s palms tightened, and the Yan envoy hurriedly bowed to Bai Qingyan and Dong Qingping and said, “The Ninth Prince is now the regent of Yan State, in charge of Yan State’s political affairs until our king takes power. Before the death of the previous emperor of Yan State, a marriage was arranged for the Ninth Prince. Please forgive me, Your Majesty and Lord Situ.”
The envoy from Yan reacted very quickly. He was joking… If their regent became the emperor of the Great Zhou, wouldn’t that be a joke?
Even though the engagement was fake, the Empress of Great Zhou was a woman after all, so she wouldn’t ask which daughter of Great Yan the Ninth Prince was engaged to!
Perhaps Great Yan had shown goodwill to Western Liang before, and Li Zhijie also hoped to help Yan to make a marriage contract. If so… Yan could also speak well of Western Liang. Li Zhijie hurriedly said, “I have heard that before the Great Zhou Empress ascended the throne, she seemed to have been engaged to Mr. Xiao Rongyan. If the two countries want to form a marriage alliance, isn’t this a ready-made solution?”
Bai Qingyu was not very happy. He glanced at Xiao Rongyan with a frown. “Sister… is really engaged to the Ninth Prince of Yan State.” He looked at his sister and pursed his thin lips.
Although the news came suddenly, Dong and Bai Qingyan and other aunts and sisters had vaguely heard some rumors before and behaved relatively calmly. However, Bai Qingqi and Bai Qingyun heard about it for the first time. After looking at their eldest sister, their eyes all fell on Xiao Rongyan.
Yang Wuce also clenched his fists, that’s right… Your Majesty and Xiao Rongyan are willing to do this, they have feelings for each other, if they really want to arrange a marriage… then it has to be one that pleases Your Majesty.
Xiao Rongyan gently grasped the robe, nodded calmly towards Li Zhijie, then raised his eyes to look towards Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan knew his identity, knew that A Li was still young… and knew that he could not leave Yan State yet.
A Li is young, and there are some things he cannot do. A Li wants to be a wise ruler in the future, so those things can only be done by him.
When his brother had not yet left and Bai Qingyan was not yet the Empress of the Great Zhou, even if the two of them got married… he could still move around under the pretext of business. But if he really got married to Bai Qingyan, it would not be so easy for him to move around as Xiao Rongyan.
Their eyes met, and Bai Qingyan spoke slowly: “The Great Zhou was just established, and there are so many things to do. My grandmother just passed away, and I decided to observe mourning for her. This matter… let’s talk about it later!”
“That’s right. There’s no need to be so anxious about the Emperor’s husband’s affairs! And my sisters are either older than the new Emperor of Yan, or… Little Seven is still too young. I don’t think my aunt and eldest sister will be willing to let Little Seven leave home at such a young age.” Bai Qingyun’s voice softened.
Xiao Rongyan straightened his back and said, “Your Majesty and the Ninth Young Master are right.”
Dong Qingping didn’t understand. Was Bai Qingyan dissatisfied with Xiao Rongyan? Or did he want to use the position of the emperor’s husband to check and balance the previous dynasty?
The palace banquet had not yet ended, and Bai Qingyan left first, saying that the Queen Mother Dong was not feeling well and wanted to send the Queen Mother back to the palace. Bai Qingqi and Bai Jinxiu realized that their eldest sister seemed to have something to do and wanted to get away, so they asked their aunt to pretend to be unwell and leave first.
The two men also stood up, saying they wanted to see Dong off, and left the table together with Bai Qingyan.
As soon as they left the palace and before they reached Shou’an Palace where Dong lived, Dong squeezed Bai Qingyan’s hand, looked at Bai Qingqi and Bai Jinxiu and said, “I’ll send it here when it’s ready. You can go and do whatever you want… Nanny Qin will be with you, and your aunt is in Xuanming Palace, so you can go without worry!”
Nanny Qin held Dong’s hand, bowed, and left slowly.
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