The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 1098 - 250: I’m Willing to Spoil

Chapter 1098: Chapter 250: I’m Willing to Spoil

All the chancellors thought that the woman depicted in the painting, stunning as a startling swan, must be the real Rong Clan Princess, and the two beautiful Rong Clan Princesses before them were impostors.

In history, this sort of thing often happened: an Emperor, unwilling to send his own daughter to marry, would call a noble lady or a chancellor’s daughter to be named Princess and sent off in a marriage alliance.

Vice Admiral Tamu of the Rong Clan immediately became anxious, "General Pei! Although the two princesses are not born of The Princess, they are indeed our Khan’s own flesh and blood. How can there be any talk of impostors?!"

Pei Qin raised an eyebrow at him.

Vice Admiral Tamu then pointed to the woman in the drawing, "The woman in this painting is indeed beautiful, but she is not our Rong Clan Princess! Princess An Ji and Princess Xiang Nage are the most outstanding and beautiful women among all the princesses of our Rong Clan! They’re also the most beautiful women in the entire grasslands! General Pei’s integrity is revered by our Rong Clan. Please do not slander us!"

Pei Qin handed the painting to a little eunuch to hold, then turned to An Ji and Xiang Nage, "May I borrow a moment to speak with the two princesses?"

"What does General Pei intend to do with our princesses?" Tamu immediately stepped forward to intercede, "Our princesses are still unable to speak much Han language; anything you have to say can be discussed directly with Tamu!"

Pei Qin rolled her eyes heavenward. She didn’t want to show off in front of everyone, yet he was giving her exactly this opportunity!

An Ji and Xiang Nage, seeing the piercing sharpness in her eyes, became nervous.

Having had much contact with them in her past life, Pei Qin had learned some Russian. Even if it had evolved, she could still generally understand. She switched to Russian to ask them, "Which tribe are you from? Are your parents and family in Ji Le’s hands, or did you come here voluntarily to meet death?"

The two widened their eyes in disbelief, "You can actually speak our language?"

Indeed, they weren’t from the southern region. Both of them came from northern tribes, their languages differing from that of the Rong Clan.

Tamu and the other envoys were also filled with surprise and suspicion.

Emperor Yongle watched Pei Qin with a steady face, his eyes deep and swirling.

There were chancellors who were adept at foreign languages, but Pei Hansan? He was just an upstart who had risen recently. If he didn’t even know how to be a proper official, how could he understand the Rong Clan’s language!?

Pei Qin curved her lips, her interest piqued as she sneered, "Ji Le that old rat dares to deceive us, even calling them Rong Clan Princesses as if we are fools!?"

The Rong Clan envoys’ faces turned ugly in an instant, "Princess An Ji and Princess Xiang Nage truly are Khan-born princesses, we would never deceive the Emperor or General Pei!"

An Ji and Xiang Nage also quickly said they were indeed Ji Le’s own daughters. It’s just that the Rong Clan consisted of many tribes with some variance in language.

Pei Qin tapped the painting, "If we have to flatten the entire Rong Clan, this beauty can still be found! If the two beauties wish to save their lives, they can stay in the palace. Once I’ve subdued the Wa Ci of the Rong Clan, I will then present two true beauties to the Emperor!" She bowed her hand, "I must return to my duties at the Manufacturing Bureau, so I shall take my leave!" Let those shameless matters be handled by the shameless chancellors!

Emperor Yongle waved his hand in assent.

Pei Qin had the little eunuch present the painting to Emperor Yongle and elegantly turned to leave.

Shen Bi and a few others called out but could not keep her. It was her who decided to start a war because the Rong Clan sent ugly princesses. She even took the Rong Clan’s money to pay for the military expedition against them. How shameless could she be, and now she’s making her exit, leaving the mess for them to handle!?

Moreover, seeing the Emperor on the Dragon Throne, Shen Bi and the rest could only brazen it out, finding righteous-sounding excuses to make trouble, inwardly cursing Pei Hansan as a scoundrel! Their campaign against the Rong Clan was a justified reclamation of Liaodong; yet, he insisted on using the enemy’s funds for warfare! And now they have to abandon a rightful cause and use the excuse of counterfeit marriage alliance princesses to wage war... It’s as if the whole thing were a farce!

Pei Qin had already cleanly pushed off all responsibility to Emperor Yongle, "I’ve said it before. Don’t listen to me. I’m just a woman! Long hair, short insight! That’s why I never meddle in court affairs, and just mind my homestead to not mess up the Imperial Court’s protocols and ruin things! With so many literary and martial chancellors in the Imperial Court, each one picked for their excellence, they’re certainly stronger than one woman. I’m just short-sighted!"

The assembly of far-sighted literary and martial chancellors, after giving each other stupefied looks, then played to their strengths, trying their best to appear more dignified in their shameless actions.

The Rong Clan envoys, furious to the extreme, cursed the Chu People as ruffians.