No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 568 Yao Zhong vs Ji Rong
Everyone turned their heads and saw Bai Jingrong walking in from the outside.

Even though everyone present had known Bai Jingrong for many years, and many of them even hated Bai Jingrong, they still couldn't help being shaken when they saw such stunning beauty.

The only person present who was not affected by her was probably Qi Wang Ji Zhan who was sitting on the throne.

Bai Jingrong strolled forward and stood beside King Qi.

King Qi frowned, but he didn't get up.

Bai Jingrong said: "Just now, are you all discussing returning to the royal court?"

"That's right!" A distinguished noble from the Qi clan stood up and said, "This is the place where our ancestors of the Qi clan lived, but it is no longer suitable for the Qi clan to live in. The Yin people are threatening us from the west, and we are starving here. I was harassed by them from time to time. Instead of being forced to death by Dasheng and Yinren here, it is better to fight back and take back the royal court!"

Bai Jingrong chuckled lightly, and said leisurely, "How many people do we have now? Why should we fight against the Central Plains people?"

Without waiting for the other party to answer, Bai Jingrong said: "We have less than 40 soldiers and horses that can go to the battlefield now. Dasheng alone has more than [-] Zhen Guojun stationed in the northwest all the year round and the Dingguo Army that guards the flanks. The general wants to send Has the Qi Clan's last bit of fire been ruined?"

The honorable Qi clan who spoke blushed immediately, and said: "When the ancestors of my Qi clan led the warriors of the clan to the east of the ancestral land, there were not even 1 people, and they also laid a century-old foundation of the Qi clan! "

"The ancestors of the Qi people were brave and unparalleled, but it is a pity that the talents of the Qi people have withered over the years. Don't say that they are heroes like the ancestors, dare to ask the general...Who dares to say that you can fight against Xie Yan Luo Yun? If you have such confidence , I persuade the king to accept you as a general, why not?"

Everyone was silent for a while.

If it was placed ten years ago, they would not be afraid.But just like what Bai Jingrong said, the Qi people's talents have withered over the years, and almost all the famous generals who were able to win were killed on the battlefield by Luo Yun and Xie Yan in those few years.

Remember how powerful the Qi people were when they took advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains and galloped across the Great Wall?Not to mention that all the countries outside the Great Wall have been brought under their command, there is even a hint of a horse stepping into the Central Plains.

However, the civil strife in the Central Plains had just been settled, and Luo Yun and Xie Yan turned around and started to deal with them.

The two sides fought back and forth for several years. From the beginning, we were strong and the enemy was weak, and then the Qi people were forced to move westward.

The change came so quickly, no wonder they still struggled to accept it after several years.

In the end, everyone still broke up unhappy, and only the mother and son were left in the empty hall.

At the beginning, Bai Jingrong told Xie Yan that if she was detained in the Central Plains, Ji Zhan would not care about her life or death.At that time, these words were actually somewhat deliberate to show weakness and deceive Xie Yan.

But Bai Jingrong didn't expect the retribution to come so quickly.

After Ji Zhan came to the throne, before he even had time to fully grasp the power, he already wanted to get rid of her mother.

However, their conflict did not come to light, because they all knew that Bai Jingrong could not do without his son, Ji Zhan, and Ji Zhan also could not do without his mother, Bai Jingrong.

His mother is from the Central Plains, which means that Ji Zhan does not have a reliable mother from the Qi family.Even if he married the daughter of the Qi family's prostitute, it was still difficult to conceal the shortcomings brought about by blood.

However, those former ministers under Bai Jingrong's command only recognized Bai Jingrong as the master.

Ji Zhan had to rely on Bai Jingrong as his mother if he wanted to get their host.

But Ji Zhan wasn't worried either. Those who followed Bai Jingrong back then were already old, and it was time for the younger generation to get up gradually.

These young people are not as loyal to Bai Jingrong as their parents were.They know better how to choose what is best for them, and someone has already made a choice.

Ji Zhan is still very young, he is not in a hurry, the one who is really in a hurry is Bai Jingrong.

"What's going on?" Bai Jingrong looked at his son in front of him and said coldly.

This son is the most like her, and she once valued him the most.

Ji Zhan said: "That's what my mother saw. Many people and animals froze to death last winter, and now it's the dry season again. This small oasis and Gobi can't support so many people at all."

Bai Jingrong said coldly: "Then let them move to another place."

The fact that the royal court of the Qi clan is here does not mean that the Qi clan only has this little territory.

In fact, the Qi tribe is still a powerful tribe outside the Great Wall. The Qi tribe's cavalry can't beat Dasheng's elite soldiers, but it is not a problem to fight those small countries and tribes in the Western Regions.

Ji Zhan nodded and said, "That's what I mean too, but everyone thinks that this place is not suitable for a royal court. After living outside for a long time...it's better to have a city."

"Where did you see it?"

Ji Zhan said: "Wumo, there is an important traffic route in the Western Regions. It borders the vast sea in the south and the Quya Grassland in the east. There are small countries in the Western Regions to the west and north. It can not only strengthen the control of the countries in the Western Regions, but also hold the great prosperity leading to the Western Regions. the way."

Bai Jingrong sneered, "I thought they really wanted to confront Xie Yan head-on, but it turned out that it was just for show. It's really good to move to Wumo. You can avoid the Dayin people and don't have to fight with Dasheng. It's just...you just Aren't you afraid that the Dayin people will take the opportunity to occupy the Qi clan's ancestral land?"

Ji Zhan said: "Naturally, we will send troops to stay behind."

"Wumo surrendered to the Qi tribe in the early years, what are you going to do?" Bai Jingrong asked.

Ji Zhan slightly curled his lips and said, "King Wumo is disrespectful in serving King Qi, kill him."

"Although Wumo is a small country, once it is destroyed, the countries in the Western Regions will be terrified." Bai Jingrong said coldly, "The Qi people are no longer the Qi people they used to be. Be careful not to play it off."

The small countries in the Western Regions are tall, the people are small, and the people are weak. Some even have a city that is a country.Once they destroy Umo, other countries will be terrified.

"So, mother agrees?" Ji Zhan asked.

Bai Jingrong sneered and said, "Is there room for me to disagree? Didn't Your Majesty tell me after making a decision?"

Ji Zhan smiled and said: "If mother disagrees, you can stay in the royal court. It happens that father is here, so he must also be reluctant to part with mother. I don't need mother to worry about going to the small country of Wumo Na."

"You!" Bai Jingrong's face was very ugly, she stared fixedly at the handsome young man in front of her, "Ji Zhan, you are really my good son."

There was no shame on Ji Zhan's face. On the contrary, he said calmly: "Father is not bad to mother, how mother treats father, the child is watching, how dare you not be careful all the time."

Ji Zhan didn't feel guilty about meeting his mother.

He used to be naive, thinking that his mother was an outsider, so how difficult it would be to protect their brothers growing up in the Qi tribe?Therefore, he obeyed his mother and vowed to protect her when he grew up.

It wasn't until he grew up that he realized that his mother was never weak, she was stronger than most people in this world, and also more ruthless than most people.

In order to achieve her goal, she can sacrifice everything, including herself.

Brothers, husbands, children, and subordinates are all just tools in her eyes.If the tool is useless or in the way, it can only die.

There was a time when he was extremely frightened, afraid that he would become a useless existence in the eyes of his mother, just like the young Ji Rong.

He can only work hard all the time and wholeheartedly be the son that his mother is satisfied with.

The moment he ascended the throne, the happiest thing in his heart was not that he had the power of the entire Qi clan, but that he no longer had to be afraid of being abandoned by his mother.

Actually, I was still afraid.

For example, what happened to his father, the king.

Therefore, he must firmly grasp the power in his hands, and he does not need a queen mother who is pressing on his head.

Bai Jingrong was speechless for a long while at Ji Zhan's words, and finally just took a deep look at him, turned and left.

Ji Rong's residence was on the northwest corner of the royal court, and most of the people living nearby were not noble families, but ordinary people of the Qi nationality.

The dignified prince living together with ordinary people will naturally attract a lot of discussion, but Ji Rong obviously doesn't care.

In addition, Ji Rong was weak since he was a child, and he was sent to Dasheng as a hostage before, so the nobles in the royal court of the Qi clan didn't take him seriously.He has lived here for a long time, except for Bai Jingrong who said it a few times, no one cares.

This is not a big stone house. Although the area is not big, it is enough for Ji Rong to live alone.

Surrounding the house were tents of various sizes, and all the servants under Ji Rong's command lived in these tents.

Ji Rong pushed the door open and walked in. There was a person sitting in a dark room, drinking tea with his head down.

Ji Rong frowned slightly, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Don't make these things here, be careful not to be noticed."

The man raised his head and said with a smile, "It's just a cup of tea."

The man looked like he was in his early forties, and he was wearing Qi nationality costumes, but his appearance was indeed a pure Central Plains person.A pair of bright and deep eyes, with a slight smile, has a certain demeanor of a celebrity in the Central Plains.

Ji Rong walked to the wall, raised his hand and rolled up half of the felt cloth covering the window, and the room became brighter and brighter.The faint sunlight shone in, and on that person's face, it showed his handsome and graceful face even though he was already middle-aged.

"What's the matter? Prince Ji Rong is in a bad mood?" The man raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"Yao Zhong." Ji Rong frowned, and said to the man with a warning face.

This person is none other than Master Mingguang of the Huguo Temple who left the Central Plains a few years ago, the former eldest son of the Yao family, and Xie Yan's uncle—Yao Zhong.

Yao Zhong put down his teacup lazily, and said, "Prince Ji Rong's temper is not very good recently, is it because of Bai Jingrong asking you to marry a wife? There are no less than ten wives and concubines under King Qi's tent, and all of them are not from the noble family of the Qi clan. She is the daughter of a general under Bai Jingrong's command. Since she wants you to compete with King Qi, she naturally wants you to marry more wives and concubines."

Ji Rong said coldly: "I won't marry."

"Why?" Yao Zhong raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't you want to learn from my nephew?"

Yao Zhong's attitude obviously angered Ji Rong, he sneered and said, "Can't you?"

Yao Zhong thought for a moment, and said: "It's not impossible, it's just...you don't have that condition. You know that he is the regent of Dasheng, and everyone in the court obeys him. He is the only one who makes trouble for others. Who dares to provoke him?" Him? What's more, the little girl in his family has a strong backing, so it's fine for the two of them to harm each other. Who is willing to intervene in their affairs? But you... Could it be possible that His Royal Highness Ji Rong is with a girl from some incredible family? Are you right? No, the Qi clan doesn’t seem to be such a powerful family anymore.”

If there were such a powerful family, how could Bai Jingrong, mother and son fight each other peacefully now.

Ji Rong glanced at him coldly, and said, "I won't use marriage to achieve my goal."

Yao Zhong was silent for a moment, and then said after a long time: "If that's the case, it's not easy for you to fight against your elder brother alone. In the past few years, you should have felt it too? Without external force, it is almost impossible for you to win .How? Consider my offer."

Ji Rong was silent.

Yao Zhong sighed, "Actually, we've known each other for two years. I probably guessed what you want to do."

Seeing Ji Rong raised his eyes to look at him, there seemed to be murderous intent in those eyes.

Yao Zhong leaned back slightly, and said: "Don't be nervous, we are not enemies. When A Yan let you back, you couldn't have said nothing, right?"

Ji Rong said coldly: "Mr. Yao, you are just an ordinary citizen or a dead person. These are not things you should care about. For the sake of the regent king, I didn't expose you. You should know, Luo In my mother's hands, what will happen to you?"

Yao Zhong smiled and said, "It's been so long, and you only asked me this question, isn't it too late? If Bai Jingrong knew, what would she do to you if you kept dating me for two years without telling her?"

Ji Rong lowered her eyes and remained silent, before whispering after a while: "Second brother is dead."

"What?" Yao Cong was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't react for a while.

Ji Rong raised her eyes and said slowly, "I said, my second brother is dead."

Yao Zhong raised his eyebrows, "So what? I remember you have a bad relationship with him, right?" The second son of Bai Jingrong and the late Qi King Ji Sui, was once a well-known warrior of the Qi tribe.

Compared to the handsome Ji Zhan and the somewhat weak Ji Rong, this second son is more like a real Qi people.It's a pity that since he was injured by Dasheng and became disabled, he was given up by Bai Jingrong.

After withdrawing here with the army, he was even more unknown. If Ji Rong didn't say anything, he really didn't know that he was dead.

Ji Rong said in a deep voice, "Do you know what mother said?"

"say what?"

Ji Rongdao: "My mother said that if you die, you will die. A little setback will make you decadent. It's useless not to die."

Yao Zhong was silent for a while, looked at Ji Rong hesitantly and said, "Compared to your mother, your second brother is quite fragile."

Ji Rong sneered, "Young Master Yao still speaks kindly about her, isn't it because he is unforgettable about her old relationship? Then let me tell you another news, she hooked up with Dayin people, maybe when... it will become King Dayin's concubine."

Yao Zhong said with a half-smile, "It's just telling the truth. Besides... First, I have no old relationship with her. Second, congratulations to Your Highness for having a new father."

Ji Rong couldn't help breaking his defense, and stared at Yao Zhong fiercely.

Although Ji Rong thinks that the city is quite deep, it is extremely difficult for outsiders to really offend him.

But Yao Zhong lived more than 20 years longer than him, and he was also not a good opponent. The confrontation between the two often ended with Ji Rong's failure.

After a long while, Ji Rong sneered and said, "If I were you, don't chat with me here. People in Dasheng don't know about this news. If the Qi people form an alliance with the Yin people, what do you think will happen?"

Yao Zhong thought for a moment, then murmured, "How do you know they don't know?"

(End of this chapter)