71 Domineering! (1/2)
“Move! Why are you not walking?” Yun Yang asked curiously from behind him, “Are you going back on your word?”
“No, no, no…” Young Master Qin was pasty white with horror. “How can I… Young Master Yun, after you.”
After inviting Yun Yang in like serving a lord, Young Master Qin had led like a shot rabbit.
He needed to quickly inform his father about this. Any mistake could cost the entire Qin Family…
None of those who had come were people they could afford to offend.
Yun Yang sat drinking tea by himself. He was in no hurry, a warm smile hung by the corners of his lips – he looked like a piece of jade himself. He was elegance and grace personified, with no trace of irritation or impatience.
The palace’s jade was about to be used up and the purchase was today; of course, Yun Yang knew about this.
The jade used for rewarding or other purposes at the residences of the crown prince and the other princes were about depleted as well. Besides, the crown prince and princes were all grounded, they could not go out, so naturally, they would need more things to keep themselves occupied. They could not go out, what could they use to do what they had to? In this world with the community that highly valued jade, it was natural that they needed good jade.
It was today that the crown prince’s residence and the other princes’ residences began purchasing the jade at the same time. Obviously, Yun Yang had been privy to all of this.
If had not known, he would not have come at this time!
He drank his tea quietly, his good looks complemented by an otherworldly aura; he resembled a serene portrait, putting the maids by the side in a trance.
What a quiet, beautiful man!
They had not the slightest clue that this quiet, beautiful man was plotting a series of earth-shattering events. Today, this quiet Young Master Yun was about to set off a humongous wave in this jade farm!
After a short while, Young Master Qin came running with sweat dotting his head. “Sorry, Young Master Yun, I’m sorry. You have waited for too long.”
“It doesn’t matter.” Yun Yang was gentle. “Should we go pick the jade now?”
Young Master Qin’s expression was bitter. “There are men from the palace and the princes are choosing their jade now, Young Master Yun.”
“What you mean is that I should choose the remains of what they’ve picked?” Yun Yang asked with a smile, “In your eyes, do I look like I enjoy eating leftovers?”
“No…. No, no, no…” Young Master Qin’s face began to resemble a bitter gourd. “What I mean is…”
“What you mean is that we should all join in the fun.” Yun Yang stood up and headed outside. “Let me see for myself what is called the royal flair, the descendants of heaven.”
“No, no…” Young Master Qin’s frowns were about to turn into wrinkles on his face. “Father’s meaning is that Young Master Yun need not be impatient. We shall go straight to my family’s secret treasure chamber later. Everything inside is treasured for generations in my house, they are all absolute gems, much better than the so-called special grade outside.”
This was the last resort. Father Qin had reminded him over and over to never mention it unless forced to.
However, just Yun Yang standing up had already coerced Young Master Qin’s into desperate new heights. Yun Yang stroked his chin and looked at Young Master Qin suspiciously, saying slowly, “Really?”
“Really! Truthfully and genuinely real!” Young Master Qin swore.
“Then I shall go over to see. I won’t fight with them, I’ll just watch together with you. This would be alright, wouldn’t it?” Yun Yang said.
“Yes, it’s alright. It’s just that... your status…” Young Master Qin heaved a sigh of relief.
“Just tell them my status. Would it be so scandalous?” Yun Yang looked at Young Master Qin oddly. “I’m here to buy jade and I’m letting them pick first. I’m just looking from the side. I just wish to experience it, can’t I do that?”
“Yes, you can.”
…
Being the top jade farm in the Empire of Yutang, it was only logical that the Qin family’s jade farm was humongous!
It was Yun Yang’s first time here. Along the way, the courtyards around the farm were all functioning workshops, the noise loud in their ears.
“This is the first level warehouse. All the stones that could produce good jade are here. After mining them from the mountain, not one piece would be discarded as long as they were found to be of high quality.”
“This is the second level warehouse. All the unprocessed jade rocks are here.”
“The most inner part is where the displays are.”
Young Master Qin introduced the place as they walked.
Once they entered, Yun Yang could feel Emmie in his subconscious getting excited; its leaves along with its stem and tendrils were all twisting around madly.
A velvety soft and tender thought kept urging Yun Yang on.
“Good stuff!”
“A lot of good stuff!”
“Quick, let me eat them!”
“I want to eat them!”
“There is so much… good stuff!”
…
Its cajoling bothered Yun Yang so much that he hollered out loud with a dark expression, “Shut up!”
On the side, Young Master Qin shut his mouth at once and looked over in fear. ”Young Master Yun, are you alright?”
Yun Yang felt a bead of sweat drop. “I’m not talking to you.”
Young Master Qin was befuddled.
There’s only two of us here… You’re not talking to me, then who is it that you’re talking to?
What did I say wrongly that I’ve made him impatient again?
“Please go on…” Yun Yang looked at him oddly. “Why have you stopped talking?”
…
As Yun Yang entered the foyer, he saw several groups of people there – a total of six groups of people who were clearly divided.
“Why are there six groups?” Yun Yang questioned in his heart. A group from the palace, one from the crown prince, an underage prince… even if the rest of them were included there would only be three groups, how were there so many?
“The last group was sent by the consort who has just given birth to His Majesty’s young prince last year…” Young Master Qin whispered in Yun Yang’s ear.
Yun Yang was speechless.
The prince was not even a year old and the consort had already wanted to build a team of followers for her son? Was this not too early?
A soft feminine voice was speaking, “I’ve come this time with royal orders. It’ll be good for Master Qin to show me anything of better and higher quality. I will take them and leave lest I cause any more disturbance to you.”
On the other side, Young Master Qin’s father was sweating profusely.