Chapter 509
Chapter 509
Dong Changlan looked at Xiao Rongyan and was very surprised that Xiao Rongyan would think of the mutual market. He shook his head with a smile and said, "Mr. , is to bow to Rongdi, which will damage the prestige of the Jin State, and also fear that Rongdi's secret agents will sneak in."
Later, Dong Qingyue wanted to secretly send people to Rongdi, and negotiated with Rongdi to let Rongdi bow his head and ask for a mutual market first, but he was persuaded by Dong Qingping, fearing that his younger brother sent people to Rongdi out of good intentions, but would be charged with collaborating with the enemy and treason .
When Bai Jinzhi heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, and returned the dignity of the great country... Could it be that the suffering of the border people and being looted every year would not damage the dignity of the great country?
Doesn't the majesty of a great country prevent the people from suffering from wars, from being plundered by other countries, and from starving the people?
To make Bai Jinzhi say, the emperor should also go to Dengzhou to live for a few years and experience the hardships of the border people, so he will understand what a great power is!
Xiao Rongyan nodded and said no more.
The maidservants from the Baifu Chuanshan filed in one after another, carrying black lacquered and gold-painted food boxes up to the third floor to put on display, and then descended from another staircase.
After lunch was ready upstairs, Nanny Qin came down and invited a group of people to go up to the third floor.
There is a dish for lunch today that Dong Tingzhen personally cooks. Although the Dengzhou-style scones are not as good as the ones in Dengzhou, it may allow Dong to eat the famous Dengzhou scones in his hometown. Dong Tingzhen still Very caring.
"This scone, our lady got up before dawn to toss it. After several pots of tossing, this pot tastes the best!" Dong Tingzhen's personal maid laughed.
"Tingzhen has a heart!" Mrs. Dong shook Dong Tingzhen's little hand.
There is still a screen between the men and women at the banquet, about today Xiao Rongyan started the exchange market, Dong Changlan was discussing this matter with Xiao Rongyan during the meeting, and asked Xiao Rongyan very humbly what kind of scene the Mengcheng exchange market is.
Xiao Rongyan had been to Mengcheng, and happened to be in Mengcheng for a few days during the Mengcheng Mutual Market, and told Dong Changlan everything he saw and heard without any secrets.
Dong Changlan listened very seriously, and seemed to be very interested in this mutual market.
The two talked from the table to the table until dusk, when the lamps in the White Mansion came on one by one, and when Xiao Rongyan got up to say goodbye, Dong Changlan still had something to say, and accompanied Bai Qingyan to send Xiao Rongyan outside the door.
Dong Changlan solemnly extended an invitation to Xiao Rongyan outside the door: "Mr. Xiao, if you have time someday, you must come to Dengzhou to have a look! Changlan is very interested in what Mr. Xiao said, and I think my father will be the same too!"
Xiao Rongyan cupped his hands towards Dong Changlan: "Dengzhou, Yan must go! I will definitely come to disturb you at that time."
When watching Xiao Rongyan leave and walk back with Bai Qingyan, he said: "Cousin, I think this Mr. Xiao seems to be... interested in my cousin."
Dong Changlan hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help reminding Bai Qing.
Dong Changlan is also a man, and he understands what a man's eyes mean when he looks at a woman. Although this Mr. Xiao hides it very well, every time his cousin speaks, this Mr. Xiao will definitely look at his cousin, with joy and a smile on his face. , it cannot be hidden or pretended.
Bai Qingyan's palms tightened, and she glanced at Dong Changlan: "Why did Changlan say that?"
Dong Changlan thought that Bai Qingyan had no intentions for Xiao Rongyan, so she pursed her lips and said in a low voice: "Cousin, originally the intention of my grandmother and my father was to let my cousin marry Changyuan, so that I would not be afraid of my cousin being tortured by her mother-in-law, but cousin I don't care about Changyuan, and the Bai family also needs my cousin to support me, so my grandmother and father are not reluctant, but they don't say anything, but they are still worried about my cousin's lifelong event in their hearts."
Dong Changlan secretly glanced at Bai Qingyan who was walking back along the long corridor with him, seeing that Bai Qingyan showed no sign of anger, he continued: "If you don't dislike this Mr. Xiao's background, you can consider letting him Entering the Bai family, this Mr. Xiao has a broad mind and a unique vision, if he treats his cousin sincerely, he will be a good match."
Bai Qingyan pursed her lips and said nothing, her hands behind her back were slightly tightened, her eyes were half down, and she said after a while, "Wait...after this troubled world is over!"
When will the troubled times end...
What should be said has been said, and Dong Changlan no longer persuades him. Seeing that he is almost at the gate of Junzixuan, Dong Changlan bows to Bai Qingyan: "We will leave for Dengzhou early tomorrow morning. Changlan will definitely follow what my cousin said. Take it to father exactly!"
Bai Qingyan nodded: "Tomorrow I'm going out of the city to suppress the bandits, so I'm sure I won't be able to see you off in time. Be careful on the way, and remember to send a letter to report your safety when you arrive."
"Cousin, don't worry!" Dong Changlan was already returning home at this time, and wanted to bring his cousin's words to his father as soon as possible, so as to prepare for Rongdi's autumn surprise attack as soon as possible.
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At night, Bai Qingyan quietly went to Dong's Qingheyuan, without letting the maids report.
Nanny Qin stood guard at the door of the upper room, her eyes were red, she pointed to Bai Qingyan and pointed to the upper room, signaling that Mrs. Dong was sad at the moment.
In previous years, when her mother was born, she would count Ayu's ideas. I remember that the year before last, Ayu led his brothers to celebrate her mother with a lion dance in the courtyard early in the morning.
The picture of seventeen handsome young men, dressed in lion dance costumes and holding lion heads in their arms, knelt on one knee to congratulate Mrs. Dong on his health.
Ayu stood at the front, looking so high-spirited and arrogant, holding a lion's head in one hand, smiling with eyes filled with the brilliance of the sun.
But this year... None of the seventeenth sons of the Bai family are here.
Early this morning, she remembered that when her father was still there, every year on her mother's birthday, her father would get up early to make longevity noodles for her mother, so she brought her sisters to the small kitchen of Qingheyuan to make trouble.
Bai Qingyan stood at the door of the upper room, and faintly heard her mother's extremely suppressed cries coming from the room. Her eyes were flushed, and the tears came silently. She tilted her head and frowned to wipe away the tears.
In fact, for mother, the best birthday gift should be... father and Ayu's voice, go home safely!
She gritted her teeth tightly, she couldn't blame God for being unfair, God gave her a chance to come back, gave her a chance to protect her mother and aunts and sisters, she was grateful.
What she hated was herself, the years she pampered and wasted after being abandoned.
"Nurse Qin, I still won't go in..." Bai Qingyan's voice was very dull, "I trouble you to take care of mother."
Nanny Qin has been with Dong for so many years, so she knows that Dong certainly doesn't want the eldest girl to see it at this time, so she nodded and said, "Don't worry, old lady, this old slave will take good care of Madam."
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The next day was still dark, and the sky above Shuoyang was full of stars and the moon was bright.
The high braziers erected around the school grounds reflected the place as if it were daytime.
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