Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 212

Chapter 212 Reprimand Jing Yan
Yun Xiao was stunned for a moment. Zhou Jingyan had already arrived and cupped his hands to Rong Xun. “So it’s the Crown Prince of Xi Yue. I wonder if I can invite the fourth young lady to speak a few words?”

Rong Xun’s face under the ebony ghost mask was filled with undetectable anger. With a cold snort, he waved his sleeve and left. After taking two steps, he turned around again and said, “Remember, there was only one cup of tea left.”

With this threat, he turned around and left.

The corner of Yun Xiao’s lips curled into a smile as she saluted Rong Xun who had already left.

“How do you know Country of Xiyue of Prince?” Zhou Jingyan stretched out his hand to grab Yun Xiao’s arm, his strength was so great that Yun Xiao frowned.

Yun Xiao snorted coldly. Looking at Zhou Jingyan’s hand on his arm, she frowned. “Please let go of me, Your Highness the Third Prince. Otherwise, I won’t be polite.”

Zhou Jingyan originally didn’t want to let go, but when he looked at the cloak on Yun Xiao’s body, a wisp of red flame surged out of his eyes.

He let go of his hand and removed the cloak from Yun Xiao’s body with his big hand. “You can also randomly take away the things of other men?”

Yun Xiao was speechless. Her warm body was blown away by the cold wind, causing her to tremble. She felt that Zhou Jingyan was too shameless. She snatched the cloak from Zhou Jingyan’s hand and snorted coldly, “Third Highness, what you said is funny. I am not your concubine. Why can’t I take other people’s things?” Furthermore, I believe that His Highness the Third Prince has not forgotten what happened a few days ago, right? If it weren’t for His Highness the Third Prince, how would I know Country of Xiyue Prince? ”

Sure enough, when she said those words, she saw Zhou Jingyan’s gentle expression turn gloomy. He coldly snorted, “The Crown Prince of West Vietnam is wise and mighty. He is also the future Emperor of West Vietnam. How can I refuse such a man’s offer? I don’t want to risk offending the Crown Prince of West Vietnam by throwing away my cape.”

She gritted her teeth, but in fact, she was implying that Zhou Jingyan was being rude. Zhou Jingyan’s face became even gloomier when he heard this. “Is that so? Do you know that you are suspected of collaborating with Xi Yue to betray the country?”

What he said was certain, not suspicion.

Yun Xiao frowned and returned to normal. She looked back at Zhou Jingyan with an unconcealable hatred in her brows. “Third Highness, what you said is funny. I just talked to the Crown Prince of Xi Yue, not the Crown Prince of Xi Yue. Even if I want to marry him, I need him to be willing to marry me. Besides, my Yun Family is innocent and will not betray the country!” “Third Highness, before you speak, please provide evidence.”

His words were scorching, and he was not polite at all!

Zhou Jingyan snorted coldly, his voice carrying a trace of ridicule and confidence, “I said that there is evidence, there is evidence.”

If there was no evidence, then he would create evidence!

She suddenly remembered what Lan Shuya had said in her previous life.

Yun Xiao stared at Zhou Jingyan, anger rising in her heart. In just a moment, she was suppressed. She sneered coldly, “Your Highness the Third Prince really has such a big tone. I’m afraid the Jin Emperor wouldn’t say such words. I didn’t expect that after a few days of absence, His Highness the Third Prince has grown so much that he doesn’t need to look at the Jin Emperor’s expression anymore.”

Zhou Jingyan’s heart ached when he heard Yun Xiao’s words.

‘”Is that so? Only you and I know now. No one else will know.” After Zhou Jingyan finished speaking, his voice softened. “Fourth Young Lady, I believe that you are a smart person. You should know how much benefit you can get by marrying me. Since that’s the case, do you want Yun Clan’s big property to be buried in your hands?”

Yun Xiao was so angry that she sneered. If she married Zhou Jingyan, she would lose her entire estate. “Third Highness, there’s no need to say anything. Third Highness, please tell me why you’re here. The banquet is about to begin. I don’t think Third Highness wants to be late, right?”

Zhou Jingyan raised his hand to help Yun Xiao tie up the tie on the cape, but Yun Xiao dodged it.

She looked at Yun Xiao with a gloomy expression before saying, “Today is the tenth day of the 12th month. Do you know what will happen on the 11th day of the 12th month?”

Yun Xiao knew that Zhou Jingyan had come to look for her because at this moment, a cold smile appeared in her heart. However, there was no fluctuation in Yun Xiao’s calm eyes. “Third Highness is joking. I, Yun Xiao, am neither a fortune teller nor an Imperial Chancellor. How can I know what will happen on the 11th of December?”

Zhou Jingyan stared at Yun Xiao’s eyes for a while, but he did not get the answer he wanted. His expression was gloomy, “You really don’t know?”

Yun Xiao stared into Zhou Jingyan’s eyes, and the corner of her mouth slowly curled into a mocking arc. “Third Highness, if I knew what would happen that day, then I would definitely know what Third Highness wanted to see me about. If I knew earlier, I would definitely not have come.”

“You!” Zhou Jingyan’s heart was stuffy. This Yun Xiao was clever and eloquent. She was slightly different from the Yun Xiao he had investigated before. This was the first woman who dared to make him so angry.

However, he quickly restrained his anger. “If you don’t know what’s going to happen the day after tomorrow, why would you send people to buy so many medicines? As far as I know, the medicines you buy are only the simplest antipyretic and healing ingredients.”

Two days ago, when county princess Hui Ning told him that there would be hail the day after tomorrow, he suspected that if there was such weather, the Imperial Heavenly Chancellor would have told the Jin Emperor so that he could take precautions as soon as possible.

He discussed with county princess Hui Ning and told her to inform the Jin Emperor that the Jin Emperor was also hesitant to believe county princess Hui Ning’s words.

However, just yesterday, he suddenly received and disappeared. He learned that Yun Xiao had purchased a large number of medicinal herbs from other places. These medicinal herbs were only simple wind chills and injury medicines.

If there really were hail the day after tomorrow, the weather would definitely change abruptly. At that time, how many people would be affected by the wind and cold? How many people will get hurt?

Yun Xiao’s actions confirmed county princess Hui Ning’s words.

That’s why we have today’s invitation.

Yun Xiao’s expression was momentarily embarrassed. She did not expect that Zhou Jingyan would send someone to investigate her. “Third Prince, what you said is funny. Today, I did a business with Young Master Rong in medicinal ingredients. The Yun Family is the imperial merchant. In addition, the competition for imperial merchants will begin in the next few days. The Yun Family naturally needs to buy more things, including medicinal ingredients. What is the Third Prince dissatisfied with?”

Recently, Yun Maozhe had bought a lot of things in order to compete for the Emperor Merchants, including medicinal ingredients. Now, she had only increased the amount.

Zhou Jingyan frowned tightly. This was not the only question he had come to ask Yun Xiao.

“You’re lying, Fourth Young Lady. These medicinal ingredients were bought in your own name, not from the Yun Clan.” In order to be able to fight back against Yun Xiao, he had put in a lot of effort.

Normally, she had always been by Zhou Jingxu’s side. Zhou Jingxu avoided him when he saw him, and he had no chance to meet him. Therefore, he could only use this opportunity to ask Yun Xiao here.

Yun Xiao’s eyes were cold. It seemed that she had done something close to her. Such a thing could be clearly seen. It must be related to the person in charge of buying the medicinal ingredients this time. It seemed that she needed to tidy up her internal affairs properly. This kind of feeling of being stared at was not good.

“I didn’t expect His Highness the Third Prince to know so much about me. Those who don’t know would think that His Highness the Third Prince wants to do business with me. I’ve already said that I’m doing business with Young Master Rong in medicinal ingredients. This medicinal ingredient was bought by Young Master Rong and me. With the help of my merchant ship in Yun Clan, I wonder if His Highness the Third Prince has any questions?”

Seeing that Zhou Jingyan was silent, Yun Xiao bowed and turned to leave.

However, when she had just descended the stairs, she heard Zhou Jingyan behind her say, “Yunxiao, I hope that what you said to me today was not a lie!”

Yun Xiao only snorted coldly and paused slightly before turning around to leave.

Not long after he walked out of the pavilion, he met Rong Xun wearing a scarlet black robe. He stood under a tree in a black robe and flew up. He brought up the hair behind him. The ebony ghost mask shone brightly under the sunlight, like an exiled immortal that had fallen into the mortal world.

Just as she walked in, she heard a cold voice beside her, “What do you have to talk to that hypocritical man about?”

Yun Xiao endured the smile on her lips. She clearly heard Rong Xun’s sneer.

‘”There’s nothing to talk about. It’s just to solve some problems. When are you leaving?”

“We will leave in these two days. Little girl, do you really care if we leave?” Rong Xun chased after him, pretending to be indifferent, but under the ebony ghost mask, his eyes were already slightly cold and fierce.

“I don’t care,” Yun Xiao’s heart shook as she raised her lips and spat out these three words.

The two of them walked forward one after another until they entered the gates of the Gaotang Palace. Only then did Yun Xiao stop. She waited for Rong Xun to walk in front before respectfully saying, “Some of the Crown Princes will send the maids back.”

Rong Xun only glanced at her and exchanged glances with Rong Jin, who was sitting at the end of the hall. He then turned around and returned to his seat.

Yun Xiao didn’t care either. Across the spacious hall, Yun Xiao sat down. Only then did she realize that she raised her eyes and looked back at Rong Jin.

He nodded to Rong Jin and discovered that his eyes were on his shoulders. Only then did he know that this cloak was a gift from him.

Right at this moment, a shrill voice sounded from outside, “Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your Majesty!”

Everyone in the hall stood up and saluted.

The Jin Emperor walked at the front. The Empress and Hua Fei followed closely behind. Hua Fei wore a long jade-colored dress and dragged on the ground. As she passed by Yun Xiao, her eyes narrowed dangerously.

When Yun Xiao saw this, she lightly moved her small hand and just happened to take out the jade hairpin. She was explicitly telling Imperial Concubine Hua that this jade hairpin was with her. The person who hit her that day was herself.

Although Yun Xiao could still feel the anger coming from Concubine Hua from a distance of ten zhang, she did not take it to heart.

The Empress and Hua Fei were the closest to each other, so they naturally noticed Hua Fei’s small movements. A trace of ridicule flashed across her well-maintained face, “What’s wrong with little sister? Staring at a chef? Could it be that she’s thinking about how to cook a table of food for His Majesty?”

Imperial Concubine Hua’s hand used to carry a sword. It was only half a year before she entered the palace that it was properly maintained. Now, her slender fingers had long forgotten the feeling of holding a sword, and she had never cooked before.

She looked coldly at the Empress, “Sister said, as if she had already cooked for His Majesty.”

The Empress snorted coldly and said loudly, “For the sake of His Majesty, Sister Hua Fei wants to compete with the women from the ministers’ families in cooking today? This is really excellent.”

Before the two of them, the Jin Emperor heard this and smiled, “Since Concubine Hua has such intentions, I will wait for Concubine Hua’s good cooking.”