Luo Junyao returned to Bai Jingrong's palace and was immediately summoned by Bai Jingrong.
Bai Jingrong obviously did not want to rest as she said, but instead sat alone in the garden arranging flowers.
The royal court of the Qi people is located in a large oasis, and naturally there are all kinds of flowers. Although it is really pitiful compared to the Central Plains, Bai Jingrong's palace is different.
There are many flowers and plants in the whole garden, many of which are unique to the Central Plains. Many of them are in bloom at this time, so the whole garden can be said to be full of vitality.
If you don't look at the architectural styles around you, you would almost forget that you are in a desert.
Bai Jingrong was playing with the flower branches in her hands intently, as if she didn't see Luo Junyao standing aside.
I don't know how long it took before she finally chuckled with satisfaction and waved to her, "Come here."
Luo Junyao walked over and said, "Mother."
Bai Jingrong looked at her and asked with a smile, "Arong left you?"
Luo Jun shook his head, then stopped quickly, lowering his head as if he did not dare to speak.
Bai Jingrong sighed softly and said, "Ah Rong, I ignored him in the past and thought he was a good boy. Now I know that he also has a lot of little thoughts."
Luo Junyao raised his head and looked at her doubtfully.
"Chu Chu wants to ask, why am I telling you this?"
Luo Junyao nodded "shyly".
Bai Jingrong said, "Maybe it's because I like Chu Chu."
"..." Luo Junyao was speechless, do you think I believe it?
Bai Jingrong sat up straight, pulled Luo Junyao to sit in front of her, and said, "What I said to A Zhan and A Rong just now was not a joke to them. Chu Chu, do you want power?"
Luo Junyao blinked his eyes and said, "I, I don't know."
Bai Jingrong raised her chin and looked at her carefully for a moment, then smiled and said, "You don't know because you don't know the benefits of power yet."
Luo Junyao looked at her, shook his head slightly and said, "I...I don't know, why did you choose me? I don't know anything, I can only do menial work and know a few words. When I was at home, I couldn't even
…I can’t even learn embroidery well.”
Bai Jingrong looked at her with great interest and said, "You are very smart and courageous. It's not because you have no one to teach you. In the future... I will naturally teach you well. I hope you won't let me down."
Seeing what Luo Junyao wanted to say, Bai Jingrong waved his hand and said, "I don't keep useless people here, or do you want to go to the female slaves' institution and see how they live?"
After saying that, Bai Jingrong summoned Bai Ning and asked her to take Luo Junyao for a walk around the female slave yard.
"After you have seen it, you will know how miserable a woman without the protection of power will live in this world." Bai Jingrong looked at her and said meaningfully.
Bai Ning received the order and took Luo Junyao for a walk around the female slave house.
The female slave courtyard is located behind the palace. It is not large in area, but it houses two to three thousand female slaves.
Some of these people were kidnapped from defeated surrounding tribes, some were paid tribute by some tribes, and some were imprisoned because they or their family members committed crimes.
They are the private property of King Qi, but their daily work is not just for the palace.
They need to perform a lot of heavy labor, some of which are for the people in the palace, such as washing and so on. Others are to generate income for the royal family, and are even used as tools for Qi soldiers or civilians to vent their lust.
Coming out of the female slave house, Bai Ning looked at her obviously absent-minded look and comforted her, "Don't worry, as long as you don't make mistakes and don't anger the queen, you won't end up in that situation anyway."
Luo Junyao asked, "Have all the people inside made mistakes?"
Bai Ning smiled and said, "Their families made mistakes, just like your father. If he hadn't accidentally been killed by a thief, you might still be a rich lady now."
Luo Junyao whispered, "Can't the empress help them?"
Bai Ning seemed to have heard something funny and asked, "Why do you want to help them?"
"You're a little girl, you're not old, but you think a lot." Bai Ning glanced at her sideways and said, "What you should be worried about now is yourself. It's your blessing that the empress likes you. If you hadn't come here this time,
You are the only one of the female slaves who has the blood of the Central Plains. I'm afraid... you should be obedient and don't make the queen angry."
Luo Jun shook his head and said, "I understand, thank you sister Bai Ning for reminding me."
"Your Majesty suddenly said something like that, and it's inevitable that you'll feel scared."
Bai Ning advised again, "But what's the use of being afraid? You have also seen the attitude of the king and Prince Ji Rong. Now in this royal court, only the empress can protect you."
Luo Junyao said seriously, "I understand, it was me who was stupid before. I will listen carefully to your Majesty's words."
"That's good." Bai Ning smiled with satisfaction.
When the two returned to the palace, Bai Jingrong was still drinking tea in the garden.
However, there was an extra teacup in front of me that had been drank from. Apparently someone had just come and left.
Luo Junyao calculated carefully and felt that Bai Jingrong was quite busy today and could not be considered leisurely at all.
A person like her who lives her life in a muddled way probably cannot understand Bai Jingrong's life ideals when he can obviously retire.
"Come back?" Bai Jingrong said with a smile.
Luo Junyao nodded obediently, and Bai Jingrong looked at her carefully for a while before saying, "It seems that she has figured it out."
Luo Jun shook his head and said, "I was stupid before. Thank you very much for your love."
Bai Jingrong said with satisfaction, "Just understand. Although A Zhan is not happy, I will not wrong you. In a few days, I will reveal your identity to the entire royal court. In the past few days, you have studied hard with Bai Ning.
"
After that, he told Bai Ning, "Help her find a place to live, and all the treatment... will be according to the princess's calculations. She should also start to learn what she should pay."
Bai Ning said respectfully, "Yes, empress."
"Thank you, ma'am."
"Bai Jingrong wants to adopt Yaoyao as his adopted daughter?"
Xie Yan was a little stunned for a moment when he heard the news that Leng Shuang had just reported.
Leng Shuang's face was also full of shock, obviously she hadn't accepted this shocking fact yet.
Not to mention Duoying and Qin Yaoer on the side.
Qin Yaoer held her chin in her hands, her face full of admiration, "The princess is so amazing."
Xie Yan pressed his eyebrows with a headache and asked, "What's going on?"
Leng Shuang quickly recounted what happened in the Qi clan's palace, and the room was silent for a moment.
After a long while, Duoying hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, why did Bai Jingrong suddenly fall in love with the princess? Could it be that she discovered the princess's identity?"
Xie Yan shook his head and said, "Probably not. If Bai Jingrong discovered Yao Yao's identity, I'm afraid he wouldn't be so quiet now."
Xie Yan lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said coldly, "She wants to use Shake to deal with Ji Zhan."
Leng Shuang wondered, "Use the princess to deal with Ji Zhan?" How could an ordinary girl, a girl whose family was ruined and forced to be a slave, deal with the dignified King Qi?
Xie Yan snorted lightly and said, "Didn't Bai Jingrong say that she would pass all the power in her hands to Yao Yao? Do you think Ji Zhan will tolerate this kind of thing?"
"Isn't the princess very dangerous?" Duiying said.
Xie Yan lowered his eyes and thought, it was indeed dangerous. After all, he was targeted by King Qi in a place like the palace, but he knew that Yaoyao could handle it.
only……
He didn't like this feeling, this feeling of knowing that someone would be harmful to her but not being able to eliminate the hidden danger in advance.
Before Xie Yan could say anything, there was a sound of footsteps outside.
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, but Xie Yan ordered as usual, "You guys go down first, the palace only needs to keep an eye on it, there is no need to interfere yet."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Xie Yan!" The door was pushed open from the outside, and Yao Chong stood at the door with a cold face.
Xie Yan said calmly, "Aren't you afraid of exposing your identity if you run to me at this time?"
Yao Zhong snorted lightly, walked into the room and asked, "What am I afraid of?"
After everyone retreated, Yao Zhong asked, "Your little princess, do you want Bai Jingrong to be your adoptive mother?"
Xie Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, "How did uncle know?"
Yao Zhong sneered and said, "Ji Rong told me that Bai Jingrong wants to adopt a teenage girl as his adopted daughter and pass on his skills and power to her. I guess it's your little princess, no one else can do it."
What about this kind of thing? Do you really want to call Bai Jingrong mother-in-law?"
Xie Yan said calmly, "This time it has nothing to do with Shake. Even if it wasn't Shake, Bai Jingrong would probably still do this."
Yao Zhong said displeasedly, "Is Bai Jingrong crazy?"
Xie Yan said, "Maybe, uncle just came to see me for this matter?"
"Of course not." Yao Zhong took a sip of tea and snorted softly, "Ji Zhan seems to want to put Bai Jingrong under house arrest during this period. Although he didn't say it explicitly, he was watching closely. Bai Jingrong couldn't leave the palace at all. King Cha Qin and others She hasn't seen anyone for two days, so I'm afraid she's a little impatient."
Xie Yan stroked the tea cup and said calmly, "It's not that she can't leave the palace, it's that she doesn't want to leave the palace."
Yao Zhong was startled and quickly realized, "You mean, she deliberately left King Chaqin in the dark?"
Xie Yan didn't answer, and Yao Zhong was silent for a long time before finally sneering and saying, "Is this the only trick she will use in her life?"
Xie Yan glanced at Yao Zhong indifferently, as long as it worked.
"King Chaqin's temper is not that good. Bai Jingrong also knows in her heart that she will definitely come out of the palace to see him in the next two days."
Yao Zhong said curiously, "What if King Chaqin accepts Bai Jingrong's conditions? Your previous plan will fall short."
Xie Yan said, "Then you can ask him to die. Beauty Township is the Tomb of Heroes, and you should pay some price for a stunning beauty, right?" For example, let's take his life.
Yao Zhong was stunned for a while, then finally chuckled.
He looked at Xie Yan for a while and then said, "It's really strange that a person like you has no ambition."
Xie Yan looked at him calmly, and Yao Zhong said lazily, "With your scheming methods, if you have any more ambitions, who in this world can beat you if you don't have everything at your fingertips?"
In fact, this can be seen from Xie Yan's management of the court and the world over the years. This person is not easy to kill, but he is not afraid of killing people. When he really wants to do it, he is never afraid of killing more.
His methods are straightforward and neat, and he doesn't care about court rules or worldly feelings at all.
Many of the unlucky people who died at his hands looked like they were seeking death. But was that really just the case?
Xie Zhang, Ruan Ting, the Queen Mother, Luan Yisi, Cao Mian, the Fang family... they had been very quiet for so many years, why did they suddenly get together and come out to seek death?
"Uncle misunderstood." Xie Yan said, "I am not without ambition."
"oh?"
Xie Yan said, "It's just that my ambition is different from what my uncle thinks."
"Then what is your ambition?" Yao Zhong raised his eyebrows.
Xie Yan smiled lightly and said, "I've got everything I want."
Seeing that he had no intention of saying more, Yao Zhong shook his head and asked no more questions.
He felt that there was nothing wrong with Xie Yan being like this. It was true that not everyone would be interested in that high and mighty position.
King Chaqin is a tall and burly middle-aged man. He is 46 years old and is no longer young.
She has light brown hair braided into two braids, and wears a unique coral agate gemstone headdress of the Yin tribe. The clothes on her body are also those of the Yin tribe.
The costumes of the Yin tribe are not uncommon in the royal court of the Qi tribe. After all, the two tribes are not far apart now. Although there are some frictions with each other, there is no war.
The Chaqin tribe's settlement also has many Qi people coming and going.
"King." A young man from the Yin tribe came in from outside and saluted respectfully, "The Queen Mother of the Qi tribe is here."
King Chaqin did not stand up immediately to greet him. Instead, he sat quietly in his position without moving.
He caressed the huge gemstone ring on his hand and said, "What do you think of the Queen Mother?"
The young man hesitated for a moment and said, "She is indeed... a stunning beauty." Although he said this, there was a look of disapproval on the young man's face.
In his opinion, it was really inappropriate for Wang to come to the Qi royal court alone for such a woman, regardless of his own safety.
So what if the Queen Mother of the Qi tribe is famous beyond the Great Wall and extremely beautiful? Isn’t she also a woman of a lot of age?
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In total, he is several years older than Wang.
There are still some things in this world that can resist the temptation of stunning beauties. For example, the ambition of a man in his prime.
King Chaqin nodded and said, "That's good. It would be a pity not to be able to meet this stunning beauty who has been famous for decades outside the Great Wall of the Central Plains. It would also be a pity if when we meet her, her beauty is no longer there."
"Please come in, Queen Mother of the Qi people."
"yes."
After a while, Bai Jingrong walked in from outside.
She did not dress up because she wanted to see King Chachin, she still dressed in simple and plain clothes.
She stepped into the room, untied her dark green cloak and handed it to the person behind her. Then she looked at King Chaqin and smiled and said, "King Chaqin, nice to meet you."
King Chaqin stared at Bai Jingrong steadily for a while before smiling and saying, "Mrs. Rong, nice to meet you."
Bai Jingrong's eyebrows turned and she smiled sweetly and said, "It's been several years since anyone called me Mrs. Rong."
King Chaqin said, "However, I think this title is more suitable for my wife. If I call her Queen Mother, it would seem too unfamiliar."
Bai Jingrong chuckled lightly and was not angry.
She calmly walked to sit across from King Chaqin and said, "King Chaqin is willing to visit the Qi people in person. He must be very interested in my proposal."
King Chaqin narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at her expression, and said, "I am indeed a little curious about Mrs. Rong's plan, but... I feel even more worried. If the doubts in my heart cannot be solved, I am afraid that I will not dare to talk to her. Madam, please cooperate.”
"What?" Bai Jingrong asked.
King Chaqin said, "King Qi Zhan is Madam's biological son. He has just succeeded to the throne. Why is Madam like this now?"
Bai Jingrong said, "King Chaqin didn't come to the royal court just today. I don't believe you really don't know."
King Chaqin shook his head and said, "No, I mean... Madam, are you really willing to deal with your own son just for this little thing?"
Bai Jingrong laughed out loud, her voice was light and pleasant, but also full of ridicule.
"Such a thing? How often does King Chaqin see such a thing?"
King Chaqin was silent, indeed.
To be able to sit in his current position, King Chachin has experienced a lot.
Let alone Bai Jingrong's reason, even a more ridiculous and trivial reason can make brothers turn against father and son.
He sighed softly and said, "Madam is right, then... what benefits can I get if I cooperate with Madam?"
"Benefits? I thought that King Chaqin would come to the royal court and have already accepted the conditions I proposed." Bai Jingrong seemed to be a little surprised and raised his eyebrows.
Even though she said this, her eyes were downcast but calm.
King Chaqin smiled and shook his head and said, "No, I came here just to admire my wife's name and want to see her grace. As for the conditions, I'm afraid we have to discuss them separately."
Bai Jingrong raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? What does King Chaqin want?"
