Chapter 899 Do you think the Empress knows you like her?
Jiang Fenghua chuckled, "Perhaps there are greater interests attracting your father. The Bai family has been in business for generations to achieve its current success and scale. However, there is a saying that wealth does not last three generations and poverty does not last three generations. Is your Bai family now on the decline?"
Bai Yuhan was stunned. "How did Your Majesty know? There are many internal conflicts in our Bai family right now. Everyone is scheming against each other to fight for the family property. Even Father, as the head of the Bai family, sometimes can't control everyone."
Just like when Uncle and Aunt Wu opened a branch in Shengjing City, they misappropriated the Bai family's goods and money. Shengjing City is such a big market, but the Bai family still has to subsidize it every year. They only said that they had to bribe officials and give gifts. Business was not good and they lost money every year. But after Father came, he realized that business in Shengjing City was very good. So now Father is preparing to take back Uncle and Aunt Wu's power and keep them in Shengjing City to manage the Bai family's business himself.
However, my uncles and aunts will definitely be unhappy. The Bai family is currently splitting up, and my third uncle, fourth uncle, other cousins, brothers, and cousins are all causing me trouble.
Jiang Fenghua had long anticipated Bai He's intentions. If he hadn't gotten involved with the Northern Xiao Kingdom, he might have arranged for Bai's daughter to marry into a wealthy family or become a concubine of the emperor in the palace. By getting involved with the royal family, he could have changed the Bai family's bloodline.
Now he has colluded with the Northern Xiao Kingdom. Can he still rely on the Northern Xiao Kingdom to invade the Great Zhou in a few decades to change his bloodline? By then, Bai He will be too old to walk, and the Bai family will have already fallen long ago if it was going to decline.
Therefore, his thoughts may be the same as Xiao Shang's, wanting to use the secret techniques of Yinchuan Kingdom to change the family's fortune in advance.
Jiang Fenghua said, "Just do exactly what Lord Xiao instructed you to do!"
Bai Yuhan said, "As long as Her Majesty the Empress continues to treat Yuhan as a friend, Yuhan will be very happy."
Jiang Fenghua was stunned. She had never considered Bai Yuhan a friend. In fact, she had never considered anyone a friend, even though they treated her as one. Her relationships with people were based solely on mutual benefit. If they got along, it was because of mutual benefit; if they didn't, they were strangers, or even enemies. She would never mistreat others, much less herself.
She had always considered herself an egoist, but now Bai Yuhan treated her as a friend, Gao Qingtong treated her as a friend, and Lu Xuefei also thought she was a very good person.
Is she kind? She doesn't know if she's kind or not, but she knows she's not a good person. She's true to herself and has a clear conscience towards others.
Before leaving, Bai Yuhan repeatedly assured her that she would not allow the Bai family to betray the Great Zhou Dynasty, nor would she allow the enemy's iron cavalry to trample the Central Plains, giving the impression that she was about to die a heroic death.
Jiang Fenghua smiled slightly and said calmly, "I believe you."
The two seemed to have reached some kind of consensus, a consensus to jointly safeguard the peaceful lives of the people of the Great Zhou.
Jiang Fenghua kept thinking about what Bai Yuhan had said to her...
Bai Yuhan said, "In her heart, Empress Jiang is a righteous person. She is the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Empress will do her best to protect the people. She also wants to become a righteous person like the Empress."
Jiang Fenghua asked herself, was she really such a selfish person just trying to seize the throne?
Now that she is the Empress, will she really stop at nothing just to hold onto her position?
Xie Shang is the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and his responsibility is to protect the Great Zhou. She is the empress of the Great Zhou, and she should also assist him in protecting the people of the Great Zhou.
Jiang Fenghua was unaware that she had also quietly changed. She thought that she had long since abandoned kindness and become a selfish person. In fact, her kindness was ingrained in her bones. She would work with Xie Shang to protect the people with her life and would never allow the iron cavalry of the Northern Xiao Kingdom to set foot on the land of the Great Zhou.
She wasn't protecting her own throne as empress; she was protecting the homes of all the people. In her dream, the Great Zhou Dynasty was shattered, the country destroyed, and families ruined. In this life, she would never allow such a scene to happen again.
Xiao Yu came to the Shang residence to deliver a gift and happened to meet Jiang Fenghua. He respectfully bowed and said, "Your humble servant greets Your Majesty the Empress."
Jiang Fenghua said, "Lord Xiao, you may dispense with the formalities."
After saying that, she left without lingering, holding Hongxiu's hand.
Xiao Yu stared at her retreating figure, unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
Qin Yunyan's voice rang in his ears: "Empress has already gone far away, Lord Xiao, are you still reluctant to part with her!"
Xiao Yu frowned, feeling a burst of hot air on his face. He quickly looked away, saying, "It's you."
Qin Yunyan was dressed very beautifully today. She knew that no matter how beautiful she was, she couldn't arouse Xiao Yu's interest. He wouldn't even bother to glance at her. She said, "Lord Xiao knew I would come..."
Before Xiao Yu could finish speaking, he was about to leave when Qin Yunyan suddenly blocked his way, saying, "If you dare to leave, I'll scream for help."
Xiao Yu found it unbelievable; if he had known she would still be like this, he wouldn't have helped her in the first place.
He continued to walk away, but Qin Yunyan said again, "If you dare to leave, I will tell Xiao Yu that he likes the Empress."
Xiao Yu stopped abruptly and said in a deep voice, "Miss Bai, please speak."
Qin Yunyan was surprised that he would call her "Miss Bai". She wasn't jealous of the Empress, because it was only Xiao Yu's unrequited love. She teased him, "Do you think Her Majesty the Empress knows that you like her?"
"Qin Yunyan, don't think that just because you've become a daughter of the Bai family, you've escaped your status as a slave in the Qin clan. The more glorious you were just now, the more pathetic you'll be next. Do you believe me?" Xiao Yu was angry.
Qin Yunyan's smile faded, and she said very seriously, "Xiao Yu, I remember your kindness. If you ever need my help in the future, please don't hesitate to ask."
“No need,” he said coldly.
Qin Yunyan liked him. She thought that with her beauty, all men would like her, but Xiao Yu didn't.
She pretended to be nonchalant: "You'll need it. My word always stands."
Qin Yunyan swayed her slender waist and slowly walked away. Xiao Yu felt that there was something hidden in her words. What did she want to say? What gave her the right to say that he needed her help?
Xiao Yu presented the gift and left the Shang residence.
Xiao Shang changed his clothes and emerged from the shadows. He stared at Xiao Yu's back and thought to himself, "It seems that Xiao Yu needs to make this move ahead of time. As a fellow member of the Xiao clan, he should have served the Xiao family long ago."
In his previous life, Xiao Yu made great contributions to the Northern Xiao Kingdom, and in this life, he should serve the Northern Xiao Kingdom in the same way.
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Jiang Fenghua got into the carriage as soon as she left the Shang residence, but she got off the carriage quietly and got into an inconspicuous horse-drawn carriage that had been prepared in advance.
She thought: Xiao Shang should come to such a lively occasion!
A moment later, Xiao Yu also left the shop. Jiang Fenghua glanced at him but didn't think much of it before lowering the curtain.
Hongxiu said, "It is Lord Xiao."
Ao Xue also looked through the carriage curtain and said, "Your Highness, someone is following Lord Xiao."
Jiang Fenghua sat up straight and looked outside again. She saw a richly dressed young man following Xiao Yu. She said, "Prince Xiao, you think I don't recognize him just because you changed your face? Have someone inform Lin Feng, and we'll follow him."
Ao Xue instructed the driver to follow slowly.
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