Chapter 149: Is Rong Yang His Child?

He Yan thought that his relationship with Rong Juan was not as good as before and said: "When the Yan Guogong Fu sends gifts, it is always arranged by my mother."

"Everyone gets along quite well," the Xue Heir Apparent reminded.

The gifts prepared by the Yan Guogong Lady and the things reviewed by the Yan Heir Apparent had different levels of importance.

Qin He's meaning was for the two families to prepare gifts and go to the full-month banquet together.

It would be giving the Heir Apparent face, and any unpleasantness would be wiped clean.

For the Yan Heir Apparent, the Xue Heir Apparent, and the Xue Heir Apparent wife to appear together—what kind of face would that be?

He Yan scoffed. Everyone got along well, so why did Rong Juan take advantage of his absence to marry Qin Bi, who had divorced him? He and Rong Juan had known each other since childhood, both serving as powerful heirs assisting the Great Yan Emperor; they were both colleagues and friends.

Rong Juan marrying Qin Bi had caught He Yan off guard.

He had thought that no one would dare to marry Qin Bi after she left him.

If he had known Rong Juan would marry Qin Bi......

The Xue Heir Apparent heard this scoff, turned to look at the Yan Heir Apparent, and said: "We grew up playing together, and our families even opened shops together. It wouldn't look good if the gift for the full-month banquet was too light."

The Xue Heir Apparent recalled the glory of everyone when they first opened the shops and rambled on: "Everyone just had some misunderstandings. It would be fine if the misunderstandings were cleared up. How good it was when we were all together before."

After a cup of tea, the Yan Heir Apparent said: "You make a list, and let the two families prepare the same gifts."

"Alright." The Xue Heir Apparent then drank a cup of tea to moisten his throat. How much breath had he wasted to clear up the misunderstanding between the Rong Heir Apparent and the Yan Heir Apparent? The Xue Heir Apparent said: "I'll find Qin He to make a gift list when I go back."

The Xue Heir Apparent achieved his goal and stood up to leave.

When he returned to the Rong Prince Manor, Qin He hurried to meet him: "How was it?"

The Xue Heir Apparent was a fat man, his peach-blossom eyes filled with kindness, and he smiled: "The Yan Heir Apparent probably still minds that Rong Juan married your concubine-born cousin. At first, he was going to let the Yan Guogong Lady prepare the full-month banquet gift, but after I persuaded him, the Yan Heir Apparent said that we should make a list of what the Xue Prince Manor is sending, and the Yan Guogong Fu will send the same gifts."

Qin He smiled with satisfaction: "As long as the Yan Heir Apparent attends the full-month banquet of the Heir Apparent's legitimate second son, the previous unpleasantness should be forgotten. We two must put in some effort."

"Don't worry," the Xue Heir Apparent took it all upon himself: "The two powerful heirs didn't have any real conflict in the first place, just some misunderstandings."

Qin He let out a long sigh, sat down in the chair, and said: "It's all Qin Bi's fault. Our families were together opening shops, and the relationship was close, but it was because she played tricks that caused the Heir Apparent and the Yan Heir Apparent to be at odds."

It was the first time the Xue Heir Apparent heard this, and he asked: "Your concubine-born cousin played tricks?"

Qin He nodded: "With the Heir Apparent's background, he definitely wouldn't marry a divorced woman. Before, the Heir Apparent didn't have any intention of marrying her at all. The entire Qin Yan Hou Fu, in order to cling to the Rong Prince Manor, tried several times to test the Heir Apparent's intention to marry one of the sisters, but the Heir Apparent declined. Although I don't know why the Heir Apparent suddenly proposed to marry Qin Bi, I can be sure that Qin Bi must have played tricks. Just her—without tricks, how could she be worthy of the Heir Apparent?"

The Xue Heir Apparent believed Qin He, but he couldn't think of what tricks Qin Bi could play.

He He Shizi Apparent and Qin Bi had no interaction; Qin Bi didn't even have a chance to play tricks.

But with Qin He's determined tone, the Xue Heir Apparent admired Qin He and naturally wouldn't doubt her.

Qin He got the word back from the Xue Heir Apparent and paid even more attention to preparing the full-month gift, personally going to a jewelry shop to have gold spirit beasts, small bracelets with the "fortune" character, small jade pendants, and various small trinkets made.

Even the maternal family wouldn't necessarily prepare such valuable gifts.

Qin He was a little rich woman and didn't care at all how much silver she spent. Qin Bi was just a concubine-born daughter of the fourth branch of the Qin Yan Hou Fu. So what if she became the Rong Heir Apparent wife and gave birth to two legitimate sons? Qin He would definitely take this opportunity to make Qin Bi recognize reality.

The only one who could stand shoulder to shoulder with the powerful heir was her, Qin He.

Qin He made another copy of the same gift list and sent someone to deliver it to the Yan Heir Apparent.

He Yan hadn't left the palace yet when Rong Yang wobbled into the palace and found the outside of the Imperial Study. He Yan had finished reviewing his stack of memorials and was just about to leave the palace when the child found him.

He Yan saw the little bun and paused his steps. Rong Yang walked over: "My younger brother is almost a full month old."

He Yan said: "The Yan Guogong Fu has prepared gifts."

"What gifts were prepared?" Rong Yang asked hurriedly.

"The gift list is at the manor," He Yan lowered his eyes to look at the child: "Are you going to the Yan Guogong Fu?"

"Yes," the little fellow wobbled to follow.

He Yan was startled and looked at the child a few more times. There was no abnormality; he shouldn't have been neglected at the Rong Prince Manor. He Yan bent down and scooped up the child. Rong Yang babbled about how good his younger brother was.

The Prime Minister and the Minister of Revenue saw this and stared at He Yan as he left.

"Did the Heir Apparent and the Yan Heir Apparent make up?" the Minister of Revenue asked.

"Should be," the Prime Minister said: "Otherwise, it's because they have no children, so they feel close when they see the child."

Before the Yan Heir Apparent and the concubine-born daughter of the Qin Yan Hou Fu divorced, the two powerful heirs assisted the Great Yan Emperor together—one stayed by the Great Yan Emperor's side, and one guarded the border. Great Yan was harmonious.

Ever since the Heir Apparent married the wife the Yan Heir Apparent had divorced, the two powerful heirs had not been the same.

Now looking at this posture, the relationship seemed to have eased.

He Yan returned to the manor and ordered a servant to find the Yan Guogong Lady to get the gift list Qin He had provided. The servant brought the gift list back. He Yan drank a cup of tea, and Rong Yang sat at the desk in the courtyard eating melon seeds.

The servant gave the gift list to the little bun. The child looked at it and was dissatisfied: "Father waited a long time to have this younger brother. Perhaps Father will only have this one child in his life. These gifts are not good enough. There are only two gold spirit beasts, and very few small bracelets and small jade pendants."

The child's milky words made He Yan's heart pound. What did it mean that Rong Juan would only have this one child? He Yan stared at Rong Yang. If Rong Juan only had one child, was Rong Yang his child?

Someone with a wife-killing and childless fate dared not have expectations, because once it wasn't true, He Yan couldn't bear it.

Raising Qin He's child was fine; that wasn't his child, so he didn't need to spend effort, just sending something casual to dismiss it. But if Rong Yang was his child, He Yan's heart tightened.

"How do you want me to send the gifts?" He Yan stared at the child and asked.

"Spirit rabbits, spirit birds, all kinds of small spirit beasts, all must be sent to my younger brother, don't send crafted spirit beasts," Rong Yang babbled: "Father raised me, shouldn't you give my younger brother the most valuable full-month gift?"

Rong Yang stood up, pinched his little arms, looked up at He Yan, and said: "Father raised me so big, and raised me so well."

He Yan looked at the child. The child was short and jade-like. He Yan remained silent, but after a moment, he nodded in agreement: "Good, I will go to the Beast Realm small space, and I will definitely catch live small spirit beasts for you." ===== CHAPTER 150 =====