Chapter 251 - Duoduo, Are You Thirsty? (1/2)

Such a big jade sculpture!

Everyone knew that Donglin Kingdom was teeming with all kinds of jade, however, this big jade sculpture was extremely rare to be seen, also one can determine that it’s a superb quality fine jade with just a glance, even just a little chunk of it was priceless, even more so with such a big one!

The jade was carved into two mountains joined together, there were trees on both of the mountain, there was also a waterfall between the mountains coming down in torrents as well as a pavilion on top of the mountain, inside the pavilion, there were two people playing chess, each of the carving was so life-like.

The old monarch also felt that it was exceptionally beautiful, he walked straight in front of the jade carving, looking left and right, he gave high praises again and again, “Good, good! The king of Donglin really is observant and considerate!”

Qi Hengqing cupped his fist and said, “These two mountains are closely interdependent, just like Nanyun and our Donglin’s relationship, both countries be as close as lips and teeth, close friends with each other, don’t know what Your Majesty perceive the two people playing chess in the pavilion as?”

The old monarch said a playful ‘oh?’, he promptly got closer and looked it up and down with careful attention, after that, he said with a very pleased countenance, “The two people playing chess inside the pavilion are both young, but are they Us and old Brother Qi?”

Nanyun Kingdom’s old monarch and the now reigning king of Donglin Kingdom had friendly relations when they were young, it’s just that later on they became busy with their own life, their friendly relation little by little wore down. However, recalling the past events, the old monarch’s expression became a lot softer.

Qi Hengqing smiled lightly, “Answering Your Majesty, it is indeed this minister’s father.”

Father?

The old monarch was somewhat astonished, “Young man, could it be that…”

“This minister’s father’s seventh son, Donglin Kingdom’s seventh prince Qi Hengqing.”

The old monarch looked at him up and down, he then laughed out loud, “Haha! We didn’t know why you looked quite familiar, but when we think about it, you look 7 to 8 parts the same as Old Qi when he was young! Good, very good, like father like son, you’re even more outstanding than your dear father.”

Qi Hengqing’s expression changed slightly, if these words were heard by father, wouldn’t he [Qi King] detest him [Qi Hengqing] even more? Such a wretched old fox!

Qi Hengqing was annoyed inside, but he was calm on the outside, “My father is a genius both in literature and military, this minister isn’t even as good as a thousandth of him.”

Later on, other two kingdoms ambassadors also successively submitted their congratulatory gifts, but because of the previous jade sculpture that had seized all the limelight, these things became even less rare in comparison.

The monarch and his subjects smoothly chatted for a while when Qi Hengqing seemingly brought up a subject accidentally, “This minister heard that Nanyun’s State Teacher magic is exceedingly high, even Your Majesty has to give three parts precedence to him, it’s just that this minister doesn’t know why the State Teacher is nowhere to be seen now? Is it that… this minister’s waiting for a few days is still not enough for the State Teacher to be kind enough to descend here?” [T/N: he’s implying that State Teacher was acting like a high and mighty god that he’s not there to welcome those envoys, even though the monarch was there.]

When the old monarch heard this, his hand stopped as he was about to drink wine, he then explained, “It isn’t that State Teacher isn’t giving you face, it’s just that he recently received a new disciple and he’s leading a parade on the street today.”

Qi Hengqing hummed a surprised ‘oh’, “So it’s like this, it’s this minister that blamed the State Teacher wrongly, Lord State Teacher is only fond of parading the street with his disciples, this matter is indeed important, this minister can wait for a few more days to see State Teacher.”

The old monarch placed extreme trust in Gong Moran, he wouldn’t be set against him just because of Qi Hengqing’s one or two sentences, but nevertheless, there’s a little bit of discontent growing in his heart.

It’s okay to parade on the street, but must it be right on this day? Hearing that the new disciple came from a humble background, bringing her to parade on the street, is it really that important?

Qi Hengqing poured a cup of wine and made a gesture to the king, “Your Majesty, this cup of wine is for this minister to respect Your Majesty, wishing Your Majesty happiness as boundless as the eastern seas, live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains. This minister heard that State Teacher posses a technique to live a long life while preserving his youth, with him here, he will definitely be able to let Your Majesty to live to be a hundred.”

After the old monarch drank that one cup, his gaze became even more deeper.

This boy was clearly instigating his and State Teacher’s relationship, if it weren’t for State Teacher’s Replenishing Life Technique previously, afraid that the other person would succeed on sowing discord between them.

However, Qi Hengqing’s words still produced a little bit of resentment within the deep recesses of his heart. Since State Teacher already knew about this kind of secret art from long ago, why wouldn’t he tell him earlier but waited until he was in the brink of death before bringing it out?

He still remembered how he threw his dignity that day to beg him to replenish his life, a kingdom’s ruler was driven to such a low state like that!