No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 576 Cooperation?

When Luo Junyao returned to Bai Jingrong's palace, Bai Jingrong sent someone to call him over immediately.

Bai Jingrong obviously didn't want to rest as she said, but sat alone in the garden making flower arrangements.

The royal court of the Qi nationality is a large oasis, and naturally there are all kinds of flowers.Although compared to Central Plains, it is really pitifully few, but 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, and many of them are in the blooming season at this time, so the whole garden can be said to be full of vitality.

If you don't look at the architectural style around you, you almost forget that this is in the desert.

Bai Jingrong fiddled with the flower branches in his hands intently, as if he didn't see Luo Junyao who was standing aside.

I don't know how long it took before she finally chuckled with satisfaction and waved to her, "Come here."

Luo Jun shook and walked over, "Your Majesty."

Bai Jingrong sized her up and asked with a smile, "Did Arong leave you behind?"

Luo Jun shook his head and stopped quickly, lowering his head as if not daring to speak.

Bai Jingrong sighed lightly, and said, "Ah Rong, I used to ignore him a little bit and thought he was a good boy. Only now do I realize that he himself has a lot of little thoughts."

Luo Jun shook his head and looked at her suspiciously.

"Chuchu wants to ask, why did I tell you this?"

Luo Junyao nodded "shyly".

Bai Jingrong said, "Maybe I like Chuchu."

"..." Luo Junyao was speechless, do you think I believe it?

Bai Jingrong sat up straight, pulled Luo Junyao to sit down in front of him, and said, "What I said to Ah Zhan and Ah Rong just now was not joking with them. Chuchu, do you want power?"

Luo Jun shook his eyes and said, "I, I don't know."

Bai Jingrong raised her chin and looked at her carefully for a moment, then said with a smile, "You don't know, it's because you don't know the benefits of power."

Luo Junyao looked at her, shook his head lightly, and said, "I...I don't know, why did your mother choose me? I, I don't know anything, I can only do some rough work, and I can read a few words. When I was at home, I I can't even learn how to embroider..."

Bai Jingrong looked at her with great interest and said, "You are very smart and courageous. You can't do it because no one taught you. In the future... I will teach you well. I hope you don'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 slave house to see how they live?"

After speaking, Bai Jingrong really called Bai Ning and asked her to take Luo Junyao to the slave house.

"After you've read it, you'll know. In this world, how miserable a woman will be without the protection of power." Bai Jingrong looked at her and said meaningfully.

After receiving the order, Bai Ning took Luo Junyao to the slave house for a walk.

The female slave house is behind the palace. Its area is not large, but there are two to three thousand female slaves locked inside.

Some of these people were plundered from the defeated surrounding tribes, some were paid tribute by some tribes, and some were imprisoned because they or their family members committed crimes.

They belong to King Qi's private property, but their usual labor is not just for the palace.

They need to do a lot of heavy labor, some of which are for the people in the palace, such as washing and so on.Others generate income for the royal family, and are even used as a tool for Qi tribe soldiers or civilians to vent their desires.

After coming out of the slave house, Bai Ning looked at her obviously absent-minded, and comforted her: "Don't worry, as long as you don't make mistakes and don't anger your empress, you won't fall to that point no matter what."

Luo Junyao asked: "The people inside, did they all make mistakes?"

Bai Ning smiled and said: "Their family members made mistakes, just like your father, if he hadn't been accidentally killed by thieves, you might still be a rich lady now."

Luo Junyao said in a low voice: "Can't your empress help them?"

Bai Ning seemed to have heard something funny, and asked, "Why did your empress help them?"

"You little girl, you are not very old, but you think a lot." Bai Ning glanced at her sideways, and said, "What you should worry about now is yourself. It is your good fortune that the empress sees you. If it wasn't for this time Among the female slaves, you are the only one who has the blood of the Central Plains, I'm afraid...you should be obedient and don't make your empress angry."

Luo Jun shook his head, "I see, thank you sister Bai Ning for reminding me."

"Your Majesty suddenly said something like that, it's inevitable for you to be afraid."

Bai Ning persuaded 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 Jun shook his face and said: "I understand, I was stupid before, I will listen to your mother's words."

"That's good." Bai Ning said with a satisfied smile.

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 him that had already been drunk. It was obvious that someone had just come and left.

Luo Junyao calculated carefully, and felt that Bai Jingrong was quite busy this day, not at all leisurely.

A person like her who is just getting by, probably can't understand Bai Jingrong's ideals in life when he can retire.

"Back?" Bai Jingrong smiled.

Luo Junyao nodded obediently, and Bai Jingrong looked at her carefully for a while before saying: "It seems that I have figured it out."

Luo Jun shook his head and said: "I was dull before, thank you for your love."

Bai Jingrong said with satisfaction: "It's good to understand. Although Ah Zhan is not happy, I will not wrong you. After a while, I will announce your identity to the entire royal court. In recent days, you have studied hard with Bai Ning." .”

After finishing speaking, he ordered Bai Ning: "Help her change a place to live, and all the treatment... will be calculated according to the princess. I have to start learning what should be handed over to her."

Bai Ning said respectfully, "Yes, ma'am."

"Thank you madam."

"Bai Jingrong wants to take over and become a foster daughter?"

When Xie Yan heard the news that Leng Shuang had just reported, he was a little surprised for a while.

Leng Shuang was also full of shock, obviously she hadn't accepted this shocking fact.

Not to mention Dui Ying and Qin Yao'er on the side.

Qin Yao'er held her chin, her face full of admiration, "The princess is so amazing."

Xie Yan pressed the center of his eyebrows with some headache, and asked, "What's going on?"

Leng Shuang quickly narrated what happened in the Qi clan's palace, and the room fell silent for a moment.

After a while, Die Ying hesitated and said: "My lord, why did Bai Jingrong suddenly fall in love with the princess? Could it be that she discovered the identity of the princess?"

Xie Yan shook his head and said, "Probably not. If Bai Jingrong finds out about Yao Yao's identity, I'm afraid he won't be so quiet now."

Xie Yan lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said coldly: "She wants to use Yao Yao to deal with Ji Zhan."

Leng Shuang was puzzled and said, "Use the concubine to deal with Ji Zhan?" How could an ordinary girl, whose family was broken and forced into slavery, deal with the majestic King Qi?
Xie Yan snorted softly and said, "Didn't Bai Jingrong say that? She wants to pass all the power in her hands to Yao Yao. Do you think Ji Zhan will tolerate such a thing?"

"Isn't the princess very dangerous?" Die Ying asked.

Xie Yan lowered his eyes and thought, it is indeed dangerous.After all, he was being targeted by King Qi in a place like the palace, but he knew that Yao Yao could handle it.

only……

He didn't like this feeling, this feeling of knowing that someone would be bad for her but not being able to get rid of the hidden danger in advance.

Before Xie Yan could say anything, there was a sound of footsteps outside.

Everyone couldn't help being stunned, but Xie Yan ordered as usual: "You go down first, the palace only needs to watch, and don't need to intervene."

"Yes, my lord."

"Xie Yan!" The door was pushed open from the outside, and Yao Zhong stood at the door with a cold face.

Xie Yan said calmly: "Run to me at this time, aren't you afraid of revealing your identity?"

Yao Zhong snorted softly, walked into the room and said, "What am I afraid of?"

After everyone retreated, Yao Zhong asked: "Your little concubine, do you want to recognize Bai Jingrong as a foster mother?"

Xie Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, "How did uncle know?"

Yao Zhong sneered and said, "Ji Rong told me that Bai Jingrong wanted to adopt a teenage girl as a foster daughter, and also passed on her skills and power to her. I guess it's your little princess, and others can't handle it." This kind of thing came out. Why? Do you really want to call Bai Jingrong mother-in-law?"

Xie Yan said calmly: "This time it has nothing to do with Yaoyao, even if it wasn't for Yaoyao, Bai Jingrong would probably still do this."

Yao Chong said displeasedly, "Is Bai Jingrong crazy?"

Xie Yan said: "Perhaps, uncle just came to see me for this matter?"

"Of course not." Yao Zhong took a sip of tea, snorted lightly and said, "Ji Zhan seems to want to put Bai Jingrong under house arrest these days. After waiting for her for two days and not seeing anyone, I'm afraid she is a little impatient."

Xie Yan stroked the teacup, and said calmly: "It's not that she can't leave the palace, it's because she doesn't want to leave the palace."

Yao Zhong was taken aback, and quickly realized, "You mean, she deliberately left King Chaqin alone?"

Xie Yan didn't answer, Yao Zhong was silent for a while before he finally sneered and said, "Is she only going to use this trick in her life?"

Xie Yan glanced at Yao Zhong indifferently: If it doesn't work, it will work.

"King Chaqin's temper is not that good, and Bai Jingrong knows in his heart that she will definitely come out of the palace to see him in a few days."

Yao Zhong asked curiously, "What if King Chaqin accepts Bai Jingrong's conditions? Your previous plan will come to naught."

Xie Yan said: "Then you can invite him to die. Beauty Township is a tomb of heroes, and it is right to pay some price for a stunning beauty, isn't it?" For example, his life.

Yao Zhong was stunned for a moment, and finally laughed out loud after a while.

He looked at Xie Yan for a while before saying: "It's really strange that a person like you has no ambition."

Xie Yan looked at him calmly, and Yao Zhong lazily said: "If you have a scheming strategy like yours, if you have three points of ambition, the world is still at your fingertips. Who can beat you?"

In fact, this can be seen from Xie Yan's rectification of the court and the Jianghu in these years. This person is not easy to kill, but he is not afraid of killing. When he really wants to do something, he is never afraid of killing too much.

The methods are straightforward and neat, and they don't care about court rules and worldly sophistication at all.

Many unlucky people who died in his hands looked like they wanted their own death.But is it really all that?
Xie Zhang, Ruan Ting, Empress Dowager, Luan Yisi, Cao Mian, the Fang family... They were very quiet for so many years ago, 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 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 didn't intend to say more, Yao Zhong shook his head and didn't ask any more questions.

He felt that there was nothing wrong with Xie Yan being like this now, and indeed not everyone would be interested in that superior position.

King Chachin is a tall and burly middle-aged man. He is in his forties this year, and he is no longer young.

His light brown hair is braided into two braids, and he wears the unique coral agate headdress of the Yin people, and the clothes on his body are also the clothes of the Yin people.

It is not uncommon for the people of the Yin tribe to dress up in the royal court of the Qi tribe. After all, the distance between the two tribes is not too far, although there is some friction with each other, there is no war.

There are also many Qi people coming and going in the settlements of the Chaqin tribe.

"King." A young man from the Yin tribe came in from the outside, and saluted respectfully: "The Queen Mother of the Qi tribe is here."

King Chachin didn't immediately stand up to greet him, but instead sat in his seat without moving.

He caressed the huge gemstone ring on his hand, and said, "What do you think of that queen mother?"

The young man hesitated for a moment, and said: "It is indeed... a beautiful woman." Even though he said so, the young man's face showed a bit of disapproval.

In his opinion, it was inappropriate for Wang to come to the royal court of the Qi clan alone for such a woman, regardless of his own safety.

So what if the empress dowager of the Qi nationality is famous outside the Great Wall and beautiful?Isn't she also a woman of a lot of age?
Counting it, he was several years older than Wang.

In this world, there are still some things that can resist the temptation of a stunning beauty.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 see the stunning beauty who has been famous for decades outside the Great Wall. It would be a pity if the beauty was gone by the time I saw her. "

"Please come in, Queen Mother of the Qi Clan."

"Yes."

After a while, Bai Jingrong walked in from the outside.

She didn't dress up because she wanted to meet King Chachin, she was still dressed in the usual simple and plain clothes.

She stepped into the room, untied the dark blue cloak on her body and handed it to the person behind her, before she looked at King Chachin and said with a smile, "King Chachin, it's a pleasure to meet you."

King Chaqin stared fixedly at Bai Jingrong, and after a while he smiled and said, "Mrs. Rong, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Bai Jingrong frowned, and said with a sweet smile: "Madam Rong, it's been several years since no one called me that."

King Chaqin said: "However, this king thinks that this title is more suitable for Madam. If it is called Queen Mother, it would seem too unfamiliar."

Bai Jingrong chuckled lightly, but was not angry.

She calmly walked to sit down opposite King Chaqin, and said, "King Chaqin is willing to visit the Qi tribe in person, and he must be very interested in my proposal."

King Chaqin narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at her expression, and said in his mouth: "I am indeed a little curious about Madam Rong's plan, but... I feel more worried. If I can't solve the doubts in my heart, I'm afraid I won't dare Cooperate with Mrs."

"What?" Bai Jingrong asked.

King Chaqin said, "Prince Qi, Ji Zhan, is Madam's own son. He has just succeeded to the throne. Why is Madam doing this now?"

Bai Jingrong said: "King Chaqin didn't come to the court just today, I don't believe you really don't know."

King Chaqin shook his head and said, "No, what I mean is...Madam is really willing to deal with her son just for this matter?"

Bai Jingrong laughed out loud, her voice was light and pleasant, but also full of sarcasm.

"This little thing? Is it rare for King Chaqin to see such a thing?"

King Chaqin is silent, indeed.

To be able to sit in this position, King Chachin has experienced a lot.

Let alone Bai Jingrong's reason, even a more absurd and insignificant reason than this can turn brothers against father and son.

He sighed softly and said: "Madam is right, then... If this king cooperates with Madam, what benefits can I get?"

"Advantages? I thought that King Chaqin would come to the court, because he had already accepted my conditions." Bai Jingrong raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Even though she said so, her eyes were lowered but calm.

King Chaqin shook his head with a smile and said, "No, I'm just admiring Madam Jiu's name, and I want to see Madam's style. As for the conditions, I'm afraid we have to discuss it separately."

Bai Jingrong raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? Then what does King Chaqin want?"

(End of this chapter)