Chapter 286 How about we make a deal?
"Miss Yan, this old woman has been waiting for you for a long time. This way, please."
As soon as Yan Ruxue stepped off the carriage, the manager of Zuixianlou greeted her with a smile and quickly led her to a backyard of Zuixianlou.
The backyard is surrounded by a bamboo fence, where some common fruits and vegetables are grown. In the middle is a bamboo house that looks quite elegant.
"Miss Yan, Her Highness the Princess is already waiting for you in the bamboo house."
The manager of Zuixianlou bowed slightly to Yan Ruxue.
"Thank you for your trouble, shopkeeper."
Yan Ruxue nodded and led her maid Chunyan into the courtyard, heading towards the bamboo house.
Upon reaching the bamboo house, Chunyan knocked on the door on behalf of her young mistress.
Soon, the sound of footsteps could be heard inside the room.
The door opened, and an extremely beautiful woman appeared before Chunyan.
Chunyan was taken aback when she saw the woman.
This was the first time she had ever seen a woman as beautiful as her young mistress.
"This humble girl, Qin Mujiu, greets Miss Yan."
Qin Siyao bowed slightly to Yan Ruxue, appearing extremely respectful and friendly.
It was as if Qin Siyao had known Yan Ruxue for a long time and admired her for a long time, and now she had finally met her.
"Your Highness is too kind."
Yan Ruxue also bowed in return, her every move elegant and dignified.
"It is Ruxue who should pay her respects to Princess Qinyang. The princess has traveled a long way, and as the host, it should be Ruxue who hosts the banquet for her. Instead, the princess is the one who has to pay her respects. If this gets out, people will say that Ruxue is not good at etiquette."
"Sister Ruxue, you're too kind... Please come in, Sister. Muji has prepared the dishes and is just waiting for you."
As she spoke, Qin Siyao affectionately took Yan Ruxue's arm and then gestured for the maid to leave.
Seeing that the other party intended to spend time alone with her, Yan Ruxue nodded to Chunyan.
Chunyan understood her mistress's meaning and could only step outside and close the door.
"Sister Ruxue, please have a seat." Qin Siyao pulled Yan Ruxue to sit on the cushion, and then sat down in front of Yan Ruxue herself. "I have heard of Sister Ruxue's great name in Qin Kingdom."
"Your Highness is too kind. Ruxue has no such reputation." Yan Ruxue bent her sleeves, picked up the teacup, and took a small sip. "But speaking of which, Your Highness, is there anything you wish to discuss with me today?"
"This... is a little difficult to say," Qin Siyao's cheeks flushed slightly, her eyes filled with trepidation. "If Mu Jiu says 'oh,' please don't be angry, Sister Ruxue?"
Yan Ruxue nodded: "Your Highness, please speak freely."
"Then Mu Jiu will speak frankly."
Qin Siyao organized her thoughts and began to speak.
"Two hundred years ago, the ancestors of the Qin state and the Zhou state were close friends. The two states arranged a marriage between their children to maintain good relations for generations to come."
However, after that, both Qin and Zhou encountered some problems, and both countries were too busy to deal with them, so the matter naturally came to an end.
Now, Your Majesty believes we should fulfill this promise; otherwise, if our Qin state is powerful but looks down on the Zhou state, people will gossip about us.
As she spoke, Qin Siyao sighed, her expression filled with guilt: "But Mu Jiu also knows that Sister Ruxue is now engaged to His Majesty, and the two will soon hold their wedding ceremony."
Mu Jiu kept telling her brother, His Majesty, that this wasn't right, but her brother was stubborn, and Mu Jiu couldn't persuade him otherwise, so she had no choice but to come.
Qin Siyao raised her head, her clear eyes filled with sincerity: "So, the reason Mu Jiu invited Sister Ruxue here today is to ask Sister Ruxue not to be angry."
Even in the end, Mu Jiu and Sister Ru Xue entered the palace together to serve His Majesty.
Mu Jiu also wants to recognize Sister Ru Xue as her older sister and will never compete with her for favor.
Sister Ruxue, is this alright?
Hearing Qin Siyao's words, Yan Ruxue's lips curled slightly, her eyes softened, and every move she made exuded the demeanor of a principal wife:
"The agreement between the two countries is not a child's play. Now that the Qin state is becoming more and more powerful, who does not know that?"
However, the King of Qin still did not look down on the State of Zhou and did not forget the agreement made by his ancestors, which earned him the respect of the people of the world.
Now that we two are going to the palace together to serve His Majesty, what's wrong with that?
As for the distinction between sisters, Ru Xue didn't care; she would obey His Majesty in everything.
"Thank you for your understanding, Sister Ruxue. Mujiu will never be presumptuous. If I enter the palace, I will listen to you in everything." Qin Siyao seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and quickly raised the wine cup on the table. "Mujiu toasts you, Sister."
"Sister Mujiu, you flatter me."
Yan Ruxue also raised her glass in return.
The two wine glasses clinked together, creating shallow ripples.
Qin Siyao seemed to really like Yan Ruxue, constantly telling her about interesting things that happened in the Qin Kingdom, and even remembering every poem and song by Yan Ruxue clearly, just like a little fangirl.
But Yan Ruxue simply nodded gently and smiled faintly at all of this.
Half an hour later, Yan Ruxue and Qin Siyao took their leave.
Qin Siyao saw Yan Ruxue off to the carriage, waved goodbye, and only looked away when the carriage disappeared into the distance, showing her utmost respect.
Inside the carriage, just as Xiaochun was organizing her thoughts, wanting to ask her young mistress what she had said to the Qin princess,
Xiaochun felt her eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and finally she fell to the side and fell asleep peacefully.
At the same time, a slender figure in cyan flew into the carriage: "Sister."
"Yes." Yan Ruxue nodded, then asked her younger sister, "She must be the ruler of Qin, right?"
"Yes."
Xiaoqing responded that she had been secretly listening in the courtyard while Yan Ruxue was talking to the so-called Princess of Qin.
"Qin Siyao's other identity is Princess Qin Mujiu."
But what exactly does the King of Qin want to do?
Is she really willing to be a concubine?
No! Even if she becomes a concubine, it's not acceptable!
Even my sister disagrees!
"Who knows?" Yan Ruxue smiled and shook her head. "This woman is indeed quite interesting."
Xiaoqing's eyes narrowed, revealing murderous intent: "Sister, let me go and kill her!"
"Silly girl" Yan Ruxue stretched out her slender hand and gently touched her younger sister's brow with her soft fingertips. "The world is not just about fighting and killing. Besides, you can't kill her."
"Huh?" Xiao Qing was stunned. She was a celestial being, and she couldn't kill the ruler of this mortal kingdom?
Yan Ruxue didn't explain to her sister, but simply smiled slightly, remaining calm and composed throughout.
"No rush. Let's have some fun with this Qin sister and see what this legendary Tonggu Sacred Body is up to."
After Yan Ruxue left, Qin Siyao did not immediately return to the envoy's residence.
She returned to the bamboo house in the courtyard and had her maid stand guard outside the door.
Qin Siyao poured herself a glass of wine and said to the empty room, "Since the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect has come, why don't you sit down and have a drink?"
As soon as Qin Siyao finished speaking, a woman in a long dress sat by the window of the bamboo house, holding a long sword in her arms.
"To be able to discover me, the legendary ruler of Qin is indeed extraordinary," Jiang Qingyi said coldly.
Qin Siyao smiled slightly: "Sect Master, you flatter me. But I didn't expect that the Sect Master of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect would personally serve as the Imperial Advisor in the Zhou Kingdom and even live in the harem. It's really strange."
"This is none of your business." Jiang Qingyi's cold sword intent seemed ready to be unsheathed at any moment.
"Indeed, what the Sect Master has done is his business, but can the Sect Master alone really deal with the Lord of the Four Seas?"
"What do you mean?" Jiang Qingyi narrowed her eyes.
Qin Siyao simply smiled, filled a clean wine glass on the table, and looked at the woman at the window:
"How about we make a deal?"
I've been discharged from the hospital, and it went quite smoothly. My stomach is a bit sore now, though, since I had an incision made.
Sigh, I'll learn from this experience. Once I recover, I'm going to lose weight and exercise properly.
Health is truly the foundation for success.
(End of this chapter)
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