Chapter 39: Plots After Plots (1/2)

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

Hearing this, Haya was suddenly stunned. The servant girl at her side was also furious and asked harshly with her hands on her hips, “Who are you on earth?”

Princess Anyang was also shocked at his words. She did see the characters on the silk, Mount Baer, but she had never expected that the man would mention Mount Tianshan at the very beginning. It was the lifeline of Dongyi Kingdom; how could they exchange their lifeline with peonies?

Feeling the tensions among them, Princess Anyang couldn't help looking at An Rushuang, only to find her sitting calmly beside without any surprise as if the man was not talking about Mount Tianshan but an anonymous hill. Perhaps An Rushuang did not know how important Mount Tianshan was to Dongyi Kingdom?

But Princess Anyang quickly discarded the unreasonable assumption.

An Rushuang’s elder brother was in the army; how could she not know Mount Tianshan?

At the same time, a middle-aged man was standing behind the apparently solid sapphire wall and everyone was exposed in front of his eyes as if the wall was invisible like a transparent mirror.

Looking at what was happening, the man slightly raised his eyebrows and asked in a low voice, “Who is she?”

“Your Majesty, she is the daughter of the Royal Inspector,” replied the imperial guard.

After a while, the man said, “She does pass on her father’s traits.”

The guard kept saying, “It is said that both Princess Mingxi and Princess Anyang held the flower banquet today. Almost all ladies went to the palace except her. Princess Mingxi is so angry about this…”

“Oh, brave enough…”

Opposite the wall, that “brave” An Rushuang slightly smiled and said in a soft voice, “Princess Haya, calm down. Perhaps Mister Zhu was just saying that he admires the grand snow mountain. Mister Zhu, don’t make Princess Haya misunderstand you.”

Frowning, Princess Haya looked at Mister Zhu vigilantly without saying a word.

Coughing, Mister Zhu laughed and said, “Cough… I heard that people from Dongyi Kingdom are very bold and forthright… I was just joking…I beg your pardon, Your Grace. Please forgive me.”

Saying so, he stood up and bowed to Princess Haya.

Then he said sincerely, “Although… cough… I am not intended for Mount Tianshan, I do want a small mountain at the end of the snow mountain, called Mount Baer. I assume that Mount Baer was just an insignificant mountain to Dongyi Kingdom. This is what I want exactly.”