Chapter 1080: Chapter 1074: Jade Cicada
She thought of the child in her eldest sister’s womb and looked at her, with the corners of her eyes and brows softened into a gentle smile as she gazed at Murong Yan. The anger in her heart dissipated instantly by half.
Previously, knowing that Xiao Rongyan was gone, Bai Jinzhi was saddened for a long ti… worrying for her eldest sister and for the child in her womb. Now that Xiao Rongyan is still alive, it is a joyous event, and she should be happy for her eldest sister.
Bai Jinzhi pursed her lips and sat down, still looking puffed-up, and said, “For my eldest sister, it’s one thing for you to deceive , but… you are the Ninth Prince of Yan, my eldest sister is the Empress. When the baby nephew or niece is born, how do you plan to handle this? Are you going to hide the fact that the child’s father is still alive? If my aunt finds out you are the Ninth Prince of Yan… not only will my eldest sister be punished, my aunt could skin you alive!”
Seeing Bai Jinzhi glaring at him, Murong Yan sat down and said, “Rest assured, my mother already knows.”
Bai Jinzhi: “…”
Well then! Even my aunt knows, and all this ti, I was the only one kept in the dark!
She wasted her sorrow over Xiao Rongyan’s death for so long!
“But now, since the two nations have not yet rged, A Yan’s identity should not be disclosed…”
“rge the two nations?” Bai Qingyu looked up at Murong Yan, clenching his fist, his expression cautious and cold, “Elder sister… how would the two nations rge?”
Bai Qingyan explained the previous agreent with Murong Yan to determine the winner by the nation whose policies could enrich and strengthen the country, and then rge into one nation.
This way of deciding the winner was proposed by his elder sister. Bai Qingyu was not surprised; it embodied the Bai family’s enduring legacy of protecting and fostering the people. What surprised him was that Murong Yan actually agreed. He looked at Murong Yan full of inquiry.
Murong Yan knew that there had been a misunderstanding between him and Bai Qingyu back in Xiangliang. Later… it was also because he lost control, thinking Kid would not conceive, and indulged excessively, already consummating the marriage before the ceremony. As Kid’s full-blooded brother, it was natural for him to harbor doubts.
Therefore, Murong Yan lowered his stance: “A unified world is the goal of both nations. Since our two nations are already like family and have generally similar governance directions, only differing in so national policies, there is no need to let the citizens suffer from war anymore, nor for soldiers to shed blood and sacrifice needlessly.”
Although neither Xiao Rongyan nor Bai Qingyan explicitly stated which nation would take the throne after the rger, Bai Qingyu had already considered the child in Bai Qingyan’s womb.
After the two countries rge, the lineage shared by both nations’ imperial families would inherit the throne. This way, neither imperial family would harbor resentnt, and the policies that can enrich the nation would be adopted, which is fair.
The anger in Bai Qingyu’s heart cald considerably, and he understood… the decision made by Murong Yan must have been influenced by having the child with his elder sister.
In this light, the arrival of this child might be a sign from the heavens, also a divine aid, allowing the unification to happen sooner.
After a mont of contemplation, Bai Qingyu looked up to see his elder sister watching him. He nodded lightly to Bai Qingyan to express his agreent.
Bai Qingyan’s lips curved into a smile as she gently caressed her abdon. The rger of the two nations, allowing the child with dual heritage to undertake the responsibilities of a ruler, was more easily accepted than the simple rge into one nation bowing to the other.
Bai Jinzhi visibly brightened at the ntion of the nations’ rger, “Then… the child in the eldest sister’s womb will be the new Monarch! Eldest Sister, don’t worry… once the nephew or niece is born, I will surely impart all my skills without any reservation!”
Bai Qingyu was amused by Bai Jinzhi’s words. He could hardly imagine if the new Monarch had Xiao Si’s boisterous personality; it would be quite sothing.
Bai Qingyan picked up the silver chopsticks, “Co and try, this roasted pork was specially prepared by the Governor’s wife. Don’t let her efforts go to waste.”
After attending the Four-Nation Alliance eting, they didn’t even get to have a al. Bai Jinzhi had been hungry, so she eagerly picked up a piece of pork with her silver chopsticks, placed it in her mouth, and covered her lips with one hand, revealing an expression of astonishnt.
Each piece of at was topped with crispy roasted pork skin, lting upon contact with her lips, with the flavor of plums yet not overshadowing the essence of the pork.
“Eldest Sister! It’s delicious!”
Bai Qingyan used silver chopsticks to hold a piece of pork, thinking that the Governor’s wife had indeed thought through every detail, yet wondering what her motive was.
Before coming here, Chun Zhi had ntioned to Bai Qingyan about the nanny beside the Governor’s wife wanting to communicate through her mouth, and Wei Zhong told Bai Qingyan about the Governor’s wife specially requesting the Imperial Chef to prepare this dish of roasted pork for her.
This was not rely an attempt at currying favor but a clear expression of… wanting an opportunity to et.
Nevertheless, as Xiao Si said, this roasted pork… really was delicious, especially with the hint of plum in the middle, making it extrely tasty.
“Eldest Sister, this shouldn’t have been made by the Imperial Chef brought from the palace, right?”
“Yes, indeed…” Bai Qingyan picked up a jade cup filled with honey syrup, took a sip, “If you like it, I’ll have soone record the recipe for you so that Aunt Hu can make it whenever you want, but don’t let the recipe spread, or else you’d be robbing others of their livelihood.”
“Eldest Sister rest assured! I can control myself on things like this!”
Bai Jinzhi took a small silver plate and sliced a few pieces of roasted pork herself, thinking of bringing them back to Dadu City for her mother and aunties to try.
“Kid, before departure today, Sal Khan, the Monarch of Tianfeng Kingdom, seed to be asking about your jade cicada?”
Bai Qingyan nodded, putting down the silver chopsticks in her hand, “I wanted to ask you about that. The Monarch of Tianfeng Kingdom also had a jade cicada exactly like the one you gave , but I didn’t take a detailed look… not sure if it’s identical. Yet, I’ve had this jade cicada for quite so ti. At first glance… I thought it was the one you gave .”
She took out the jade cicada from her pouch, “These two jade cicadas seem to be from the sa piece of jade, do you know anything more about it?”
Murong Yan rose to Bai Qingyan’s side, knelt beside her, took the jade cicada from her hand, and said, “As far back as I can rember, my mother always wore this jade cicada. Later, in a critical mont, she entrusted it to , saying it would keep safe, but other than that… I know nothing.”
Keep soone safe?
Bai Qingyan stared at the jade cicada in Murong Yan’s hand, all kinds of guesses forming in her mind.
In a previous life, the jade cicada was a symbol of Murong Yan’s identity, which is why Xiao Rongyan handed it to her for escape.
So did Xiao Rongyan not realize the jade cicada’s connection to the Tianfeng Kingdom back then?
Or maybe, only by having both jade cicadas together can the true purpose of the jade cicada be understood?
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