Chapter 250

After Nan Xun ate and drank to her fullest, she began to chat with big boss.

“My Lord, can you not call me ‘girl’ anymore? I have a name oh.” Nan Xun said.

Gong Moran paused for a bit, “Shijiu?”

Nan Xun immediately corrected him, “Not Shijiu, it’s Li Yunduo, can you call me by my original name? You can call me Yunduo or Duoduo.”

Thinking of something, she explained, “My Lord, it’s not that I don’t like the name that you gave me, but when you call me by my original name, it feels more intimate. My parents often called me Duoduo, my Lord, I miss them.”

Little Eight showed his confusion about Nan Xun’s piety, “What are you doing, making big boss as a close relative like your parents ah? If this is the case, then won’t big boss treat you as his daughter later on?”

Nan Xun didn’t reply to Little Eight.

Gong Moran frowned slightly, “If this Lord calls you Duoduo, won’t it instead make you often think of your parents and make you sad in the end?”

Nan Xun thought for a bit, then shook her head, “My parents are already gone, they’re forever in the depth of my heart, but my Lord isn’t the same ah, my Lord is alive, there will only be my Lord alone in my eyes and heart in the future, you will be my closest person.”

These words erased the little discomfort that had just occurred in Gong Moran’s heart, he nodded slightly, “I’ll call you Duoduo in the future.”

“Holy f*ck!” Little Eight suddenly roared, “Big boss evil value suddenly dropped by 5 points just after he called out your nickname, and now his evil value has become 78! We’re reaping big profits today aaaaaaa!!”

The excited Little Eight took the initiative to admit his mistake, “Dear da, I just made a mistake, I shouldn’t question you. Although it feels unbelievable, big boss’ evil value really dropped a lot today, hehehe…”

Nan Xun: …

She didn’t think about this before, but now she found out that Little Eight was actually the one who changes his face the fastest.

Because Nanyun Kingdom’s annual sacrifice and blessing ceremony was about to arrive, things obviously changed on the streets. The atmosphere had become more solemn, the people’s attitude had become more and more pious, and the calling cries from shops had lessened.

Nan Xun and Gong Shiba (18) disguised themselves and went out to purchase some medicinal materials. Although there were enough medicinal materials in Imperial Palace’s pharmacy, but Moran Hall needed fresh ones.

Gong Moran was afraid that his little disciple would feel bored, so he sent Gong Shiba to go out with her to purchase these medicinal materials.

Gong Shiba was pleased with himself as he said, “Shiqi really wanted to go out, but the Lord chose me in the end, hehe, Shijiu, say, do you think that the Lord feels optimistic about me ah?”

Nan Xun didn’t answer his question as she heard uniform footsteps, which came from those of well-trained soldiers.

When the sound was near, Nan Xun really saw a group of them.

Gong Shiba followed her gaze and said indifferently, “The envoys from the three kingdoms have arrived one after another in the past two days. Envoys from Beiwu Kingdom and Ximo Kingdom have arrived, the last group coming now must be from Donglin Kingdom.”

Saying to here, Gong Shiba suddenly sighed, “Strange, the two kingdoms’ envoys came in carriages, why can’t I see even one carriage from Donglin Kingdom’s group? Could it be… the envoy this time is that young general?”

Envoys usually were all civil servants, because the kingdom need someone who can speak well, while military generals were mostly outspoken and rough in behavior, so they weren’t suitable to be a diplomatic envoy.

But the envoy team in front of them was clearly made with cavalry in front and infantry in the back which totaled to around two hundred troops. They were all well-trained soldiers, but no envoy carriage was seen within them.

Nan Xun saw Qi Hengqing at the head of the troops at one glance.

Haven’t seen him for a few months and this person seemed to have changed a lot.

When she first saw him, Nan Xun clearly remembered him as a handsome man with elegant manner, but she didn’t expect that he would have this cold temperament around him now. A pair of thick eyebrows like unsheathed cold sabre, two lips tightly pressed into a line like a thin piece of ice.

The current Qi Hengqing was the same like an ice sculpture that had been soaked in the coldest pool for a long time and the words ‘don’t get close’ were written all over his body.

Nan Xun twisted her eyebrows and asked Little Eight, “What happened with Donglin Kingdom during this period?”

Little Eight wowed and said, “You can see it? Aiya, fated child ah, isn’t there a saying ‘the sharp point of a sword hardened from coming out of the bitter cold of plum flowers’, these experiences are all for the sake of making him succeed later on.”

Nan Xun interrupted him, “Just say the main point.”

Little Eight sighed, “Three months ago, the fated child came back to Donglin Kingdom, his mother concubine died, framed by his rival, fourth prince’s mother, Chen Guifei.”

Nan Xun nodded, “So it’s like that.”

Little Eight said, “This grandpa hasn’t finished talking yet. His mother concubine died, his fiancée broke of the engagement, some of his friends avoided seeing him when he was in his most difficult time. He got to be this time’s ambassador only because he had planned this for a long time, and he met three waves of assassins along his way here, they all wanted to kill him on the road but he avoided them all.”

Speaking until here, Little Eight sighed with emotion, “Tsk~ he’s worthy to be called the child of fate.”

Nan Xun didn’t ask Little Eight anymore, she looked away from Qi Hengqing after a few glances and then said to Gong Shiba, “Shiba, let’s go, there’s nothing good to see here.”

Just as the two turned around and left, the man sitting on the tall horse suddenly looked at her.

A flash of unusual light appeared on his eyes when he saw Nan Xun’s silhouette, but it was really quick as it changed to a normal one in the next second.

The arrival of envoys from the three kingdoms didn’t seem to attract people’s attention because they had become accustomed to this, this was the pride of a big kingdom, because their kingdom was powerful, so once the old monarch recovered from his illness, each kingdom’s envoy will take the initiative to congratulate him.

Of course, congratulation and celebration were a pretend, and spying was the truth.

The old monarch’s long-term illness was something that the three kingdoms knew of, everyone was waiting for the old king to die and a new emperor to ascend the throne. That time would be when the government was the most unstable so they would be able to prepare many plans for their own gain.

But who would have thought that the old monarch who already had one of his feet on the coffin would be cured just like that? The hopes of the three kingdoms who were waiting to watch a good show fell through.

They wanted to see with their own eyes whether Nanyun Kingdom’s old monarch really recovered from his serious illness.

On the second day after all envoys arrived, the old monarch hosted a banquet in honor of them, but the mysterious State Teacher still didn’t show up.

Not talking about how they hadn’t seen that mysterious State Teacher, but they all now had seen how energetic the old monarch was with their own eyes, leading to them having their own different thoughts inside.

Qi Hengqing took the lead to congratulate the old monarch, his attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, “Our king has always been worried about Your Majesty’s body, but the kingdom is busy right now so he’s unable to come personally for a visit. Hearing that Your Majesty has recovered, our king let this minister to come and bring a present to congratulate this happy event.”

After saying this, Qi Hengqing let his entourage to lift a box up, and when the box was opened, everyone was surprised by what was exposed inside.