This promise is so hypocritical that even a three-year-old child would not believe it.
But his mother hoped that he would believe it, Ji Rong thought sarcastically in her heart.
However, what came out of his mouth was, "Mother, I am not interested in the position of King Qi, and I cannot sit in this position. I told you before that if I can, I want to leave the royal court and go..."
"Good-for-nothing!" Bai Jingrong interrupted him unhappily and said in a deep voice: "You are my son, Bai Jingrong. There is no position that you cannot occupy, and there is nothing that you cannot obtain!"
Ji Rong shook her head, still not responding.
Bai Jingrong sighed: "I know you are still blaming me. You can do it. Didn't you do it very well before? Rong'er, you and I both know what kind of temper A Zhan has. He will not let you go."
Ji Rong said expressionlessly: "You really just want to use me as a pawn in his game."
Bai Jingrong chuckled and said: "In this world, who is not a chess piece? There are too few people who can be chess players. Since you don't want to be a chess piece, you have to fight for it yourself. If one day, you sit in that high position
, naturally no one will dare to treat you as a pawn anymore."
"What if I don't agree?" Ji Rong asked.
Bai Jingrong looked at him with a smile and said: "Rong'er, do you want to die so much? I will never tolerate a son who disobeys me again. If you don't behave, what you have done secretly these years will appear on your elder brother's table tomorrow.
On the case. When the time comes..."
Ji Rong gritted his teeth and stared at her, saying coldly: "What exactly do you want to do?"
Bai Jingrong patted his face happily and said, "That's good. My mother was not good to you before. It was my fault. I will love you in the future."
In a mansion in the royal court, Qin Yaoer squatted pitifully in the corner and did not dare to speak.
Not far away, Xie Yan was sitting on the main seat, looking at her with cold eyes.
"Don't tell me yet?" Xie Yan said coldly: "You are getting bolder and bolder."
Qin Yao'er tried her best to look pitiful and innocent, but it was of no use.
The shadow next to her gave her a helpless wink, signaling her to explain quickly, otherwise the prince would really get angry.
Seeing Xie Yan's increasingly cold expression, Qin Yao'er could only cautiously step out from the corner and said: "Wang, the princess... has gone to the palace."
Leng Shuang, who was sitting on the side, also looked at Qin Yao'er in surprise when he heard this.
Qin Yao'er must be said to be courageous. When she met the regent, she was like a mouse meeting a cat.
You could say she is timid, but she really dares to do anything.
Qin Yao'er raised her hand and said: "The princess said she didn't do anything, just went into the palace to see the situation, and would not take any risks. Moreover, I am very good at disguising myself, so no one will be able to recognize the princess."
Identity. I, I also gave the princess a lot of powerful poisons, there must be no problem!"
Xie Yan said coldly: "I didn't know that you were such an obedient person and dared to hide it for the princess. If I hadn't asked about it, how many days would you have planned to tell me again?"
Qin Yao'er thought to herself: "Listen to the princess, isn't it right to hide it for the princess? Besides, how could you not know that the princess is missing after a few days?"
"Xi, Xiying was also involved!" Qin Yao'er quickly diverted the trouble, "The identity of the princess is his fault."
"Xiying is not here now." Duiying reminded her.
Even if the prince is angry again, it will be her who will be unlucky now and not Xiying who was ordered to go on an errand.
"..."
Qin Yao'er said wiltedly: "Well...the princess said that she would help me bring the secret medicine stored in the Qi Palace."
Xie Yan snorted lightly and said, "I'll tell you how to punish you when the princess comes back."
Hearing this, Qin Yaoer was overjoyed. When the princess came back, how could the prince remember to punish her?
Will it not be long before the princess begs for mercy again?
Sure enough, following the princess is the right path.
Qin Yaoer jumped up from the ground and went out in a flash.
Leng Shuang and Die Ying looked at each other, and Die Ying asked: "Your Majesty, is this all?"
Xie Yan sneered and said: "Don't worry about her now, wait until the princess comes back. Leng Shuang."
It seems that it can't be forgotten. The prince sometimes holds grudges.
Leng Shuang stood up, raised her hands respectfully and said, "Your Majesty."
Xie Yan raised his eyes and looked at her and said, "How are you preparing for the things I ordered?"
Leng Shuang said respectfully: "Everything has been prepared. We are just waiting for the prince's order."
Xie Yan nodded and said: "Very good, you go ahead and wait for my order."
"Yes, I am resigning."
After Leng Shuang left the door, Duoying said: "Your Majesty, I just received news that King Chaqin secretly arrived at the royal court last night."
Xie Yan nodded and said: "He and Bai Jingrong have exchanged letters. This time he should be here for Bai Jingrong."
Hearing this, Duanying couldn't help but frown, and asked with some worry: "Is he going to do something bad?"
Xie Yan said: "No. This man is very ambitious, and he knows exactly how to choose. It's just that... a stunning beauty who is famous outside the Great Wall is invited, and if he doesn't meet, he will feel disadvantaged. Maybe he wants to take advantage of this,
Negotiate terms with this king."
"Stunning beauty? Bai Jingrong..." Halfway through her words, the overlapping image stopped again.
No matter how old Bai Jingrong is, she has to admit that she is indeed a stunning beauty.
So Duiying could only say: "King Chaqin is too greedy."
"It doesn't matter." Xie Yan said: "If he is not greedy, how can I easily persuade him? Now Dayin has vaguely formed the power of the east and west. If he can annex the Qi people and control the entire Western Region, the people of Dayin may not be able to stop him.
Only the Chaqin tribe will follow, and he will change his direction and plot the Central Plains again. If he cannot do this and the Qi people gradually become stronger and stronger, the Chaqin tribe will be unable to support itself, and they will be forced to move westward to Xiyin and become ministers."
Dasheng has a blood feud with the Qi people, but he doesn't have a good impression of the Yin people either. After all, they are all people who once wanted to plot against the Central Plains.
"The people of Dayin are so ambitious that they still miss the land of the Central Plains after hundreds of years. The prince is driving tigers and devouring wolves, so he doesn't have to worry..." Die Ying couldn't help but ask.
Xie Yan looked indifferent, "Therefore, King Chaqin has no intention of getting involved in the royal court of the Qi tribe or even the entire Western Region. Go and send a message to King Chaqin that I want to see him."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty, there is Mr. Yao outside the door asking to see you." Outside the door, the guard whispered.
Xie Yan looked calmly and said: "Invite him in."
After a while, Yao Zhong strolled in. Duiying respectfully excused himself, leaving a separate space to his uncle and nephew, whom he had not seen for a long time.
Yao Zhong glanced around the whole room and asked curiously: "Where is your little princess? Is it possible that you didn't bring her with you?"
Xie Yan said: "You came to see me just to talk about this?"
Yao Zhong sighed and said: "We haven't seen each other for several years, and now we finally meet in a foreign country. I just don't ask for greetings and say hello, but I still look so cold. Zhifei, uncle is so sad."
Xie Yan calmly took a sip of tea, raised his eyebrows and said, "We haven't seen each other for a few years. You are better at singing, chanting, playing and studying outside than at Shangyong."
Yao Zhong twitched the corner of his mouth helplessly, walked to sit opposite Xie Yan and sat down.
Xie Yan personally poured a cup of tea and put it in front of him, "I haven't seen you for a few years. How are you doing, uncle?"
"That's pretty much it."
Yao Zhong picked up the tea and took a sip, feeling slightly satisfied and said: "As expected, the tea from the Central Plains is still delicious."
Xie Yan refilled the water for him and said, "Since I think the tea from Zhongyuan is delicious, I'll go back early when it's ready."
Yao Zhong looked at him for a while and then said: "Don't you ask how they are doing?"
Xie Yan asked calmly: "Do I have to ask?"
Yao Zhong raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Not necessarily, just forget it if you don't want to know. It seems that you have lived a good life in the past few years, and that little girl from the Luo family is indeed very suitable for you."
When Luo Junyao was mentioned, the expression on Xie Yan's face became a little gentler, making Yao Zhong laugh meaningfully.
"Where is your little princess? She didn't come to meet my uncle, either?" Yao Zhong looked around, but still didn't see Luo Junyao, and asked curiously.
He didn't believe that Xie Yan would go out for several months without taking the little girl with him.
Xie Yan said: "I went out to play. Come back to see my uncle later."
Yao Zhong didn't care, nodded and said: "Forget it, this Qi Clan Royal Court is not a good place. Let's wait until we return to the Central Plains to talk about these things."
Xie Yan said: "It seems that uncle has been doing well in the past two years."
"oh?"
Xie Yan said: "My mood seems to be much better than when I was in Shangyong."
Yao Zhong supported his forehead with one hand and leaned on the table in front of him and said leisurely: "When you leave a familiar place, your views on many things will become different. I have done everything I should do and shouldn't do. In the days to come, Let it be what it is."
"Just think about it." Xie Yan didn't say much.
Yao Zhong asked: "King Chaqin has arrived in the royal city. Bai Jingrong seems to be planning to join forces with King Chaqin and the Qi nobles to seize Ji Zhan's power. What are your plans?"
Xie Yan said: "If Ji Zhan falls, the Qi nobles and the Qi royal family may not be able to tolerate Bai Jingrong."
"That's why she needs King Chaqin." Yao Zhong said.
Xie Yan said calmly: "What a coincidence, I also like the chess piece of King Chaqin."
Hearing this, Yao Zhong asked with great interest: "What? You are also in contact with King Chaqin? That's right. It is said that you should have arrived at the royal court a few days earlier. It turned out that you went to the Chaqin Department a few days late?"
Xie Yan asked: "Did Ji Rong tell you this news?"
Yao Dian nodded and looked at Xie Yan with some trouble: "I'm always a little worried about this kid Ji Rong. Are you sure there's nothing wrong with him?"
Xie Yan raised his eyebrows and looked at him.
Yao Zhong said: "I can't see through him. I always feel that... what he thinks in his heart is different from what he shows."
"Is it true that my uncle is someone whose words and deeds match his words?"
Yao Zhong was stunned and couldn't help but laugh: "You are right."
Xie Yan said: "Don't worry, Ji Rong does have selfish motives, but he will not harm us."
Yao Dian nodded, "You have always had a good eye for people. Now that you say that, it seems that I am overthinking it."
Xie Yan shook his head and said nothing.
It's not that Yao Zhong thinks too much, it's just that people like Yao Zhong really can't understand Ji Rong's thoughts.
