Chapter 336 No Personal Grudges
"But the further north we go, the rarer these things become. When we reach Northern Qi, this will be considered a gift."
Hearing this, Mei Cheng'an narrowed his eyes and glanced at the cloth bag.
"Is this... a gift from two countries?"
He knew that the delegation had prepared gifts for Northern Qi, but he did not handle the specific details and only glanced at the list.
Since he didn't look carefully, he had no idea whether fruit was on the list.
"Yes."
"Then you still take it?"
"Oh, Master, there's no count of these things, no one is counting them, and if you take a few less, no one will notice, so don't worry.
You and Master Fan have worked so hard on this journey, so eating a few fruits is nothing, don’t you think? "
Mei Chengan thought to himself, "I'm not working hard at anything, so why am I so tired?"
Pointing at Wang Qinian, Mei Cheng'an shook his head.
"Old Wang, what you said is wrong. It's too small and narrow-minded."
Wang Qinian was stunned and stared at him blankly.
Mei Cheng'an continued speaking slowly.
"As the leader of the delegation, it is my duty to work hard for the delegation. If I think it is natural to take more and seek rewards, then what kind of person would I be?"
After this pompous and dignified speech, Wang Qinian lowered his head in shame, his face flushed with embarrassment.
Hongshu, who was standing by, had his eyes shining. He felt that a sense of righteousness was slowly emanating from the young master, which was intoxicating.
Wang Qinian, who was filled with shame, tormented himself internally for a while before slowly reaching out to the cloth bag and opened it.
"Master, I understand. I will return it..."
Mei Cheng'an interrupted him and suddenly changed the subject.
"but…"
Upon hearing this, Wang Qinian stopped his hand in mid-air and looked up at him.
Mei Chengan smiled slightly.
"Since it is a gift from two countries...there must be no quality problems, otherwise it will damage the reputation of Qing Kingdom. I must check whether the fruit is bad or not. I can tell whether it is good or bad by tasting it."
Wang Qinian: “…”
Good boy, I'm just like that! What's wrong with the young master's brain? Why can't I come up with such an excuse?
sweet potato:"……"
As expected of a young master, he can confuse right and wrong as easily as taking something out of a sack. With a little extra skin on, he immediately seems less shameless.
After being stunned for a moment, Wang Qinian withdrew his hand in a flash, and nodded repeatedly with light in his eyes.
"Ah, yes, yes, yes, that's right, that's right, isn't it? Hey, it's all my fault for being too slow to react. I didn't understand what the young master meant in time and almost delayed the young master's work. I am really ashamed and embarrassed."
Mei Chengan looked at him and said with a smile.
"Don't belittle yourself. I know you think the same way in your heart. Right? Everything is for Qingguo."
A blatant hint that couldn't be more explicit!
Wang Qinian was stunned for a moment, his big eyes rolled around, then he smiled with wrinkles on his face and gave a thumbs up.
"Master, you have a keen eye, and nothing escapes your eyes. I, Wang, do everything for the sake of Qingguo."
Mei Chengan nodded and waved his hand.
"Okay, go ahead."
Wang Qinian uttered a sound.
"Then please take your time to check it out, and call me if you need anything."
After saying this, Wang Qinian stepped out of the window and closed the curtain.
Seeing this, Hongshu stopped pressing his legs, moved to the side of the coffee table, reached out to open the cloth bag, took a look and looked up in surprise.
"Master, it's lychees."
Mei Cheng'an took a quick glance and looked at the sweet potato in surprise.
"Lychees are just lychees. Why are you so excited?"
Sweet potato smiled embarrassedly.
"I don't see it often, and I don't eat much either."
The Mei family did not have a large supply of lychees on a daily basis, but it was not because they were difficult to get. As long as he wanted, he could get a large batch from Jiangnan at any time.
The fundamental reason is that he always feels that lychees taste weird. Although he can't say that he hates them, he can't say that he likes them either.
When the hospital purchased fruits, they naturally bought the ones he liked to eat, so the purchase quota left for lychees was not much, and since lychees were expensive, the quantity was naturally much smaller.
Mei Chengan looked at her with a little surprise.
"Do you like lychees?"
Sweet potato's face turned red and she nodded embarrassedly.
"like."
Mei Chengan smiled.
"Since you like it, when we return to Kyoto, we will ask the government to buy more, and then you can eat as much as you want."
Hongshu was peeling lychees. When she heard this, her eyes lit up, but then she became a little shy and spoke awkwardly.
"This...is not good, Master."
Hearing her insincere words and seeing her so rarely like this, Mei Chengan just laughed out loud.
Mei Chengan said cheerfully with a wave of his hand.
"What's wrong with that? It's okay. Master, I'm not short of money."
Upon hearing this, Hongshu stopped pretending and just laughed.
"Thank you, Master. Come on, Master, eat lychees."
As she spoke, she held the litchi with her slender hand and handed it to Mei Chengan's mouth.
Mei Cheng'an opened his mouth slightly and the lychee slid smoothly into his throat.
Well, you know what, it is sweeter than what he had eaten before. …
In just a cup of tea, the two of them had almost finished all the lychees in the cloth bag, which was not a lot to begin with.
Two-thirds of it went into Mei Cheng'an's stomach, and he gave the remaining one-third to sweet potatoes, leaving nothing for Wang Qinian.
What’s funny is that what they ate were just the leftovers after Wang Qinian had picked them out.
After checking the fruits, Hongshu got off the carriage with the peels. Everyone in the delegation had rested enough and it was time to set off again.
Mei Cheng'an asked Wang Qinian to inform Fan Xian in front, and Fan Xian gave the order to Gao Da, and the delegation soon set off.
In the slightly swaying carriage, Mei Cheng'an propped up one leg, ate snacks and sipped tea, sometimes lowered his head to read, and sometimes looked up to admire the scenery receding outside the window. He seemed relaxed and comfortable.
An hour later, the delegation stopped to rest again.
Don't complain about the frequent stops. The diplomatic mission is not an army, and only a few have vehicles, while most people walk.
After walking for more than ten miles in one breath under the scorching sun, we were exhausted and had to rest.
Of course, this is one reason. The second reason is that the delegation has already advanced twenty miles, and the city patrol officer can only escort them for twenty miles, so it is time for them to return.
After Mei Cheng'an and Fan Xian thanked and said goodbye to the leader of the City Patrol, they stood side by side and watched them leave.
"If we go further north, we'll have to rely on ourselves."
Fan Xian suddenly sighed.
Mei Cheng'an put his hands behind his back and smiled slightly.
"Not entirely. At least before leaving Kyoto, there are Kyoto garrison divisions along the way to provide support."
Fan Xian let out a cry of fear, then he suddenly remembered something, turned his head to look at him, and asked curiously.
"By the way, what were you whispering about with the patrol leader just now? Did you two know each other before?"
The use of the word "steal" is clever!
Mei Cheng'an smiled and then shook his head slightly.
"No, but he knows my dad. He said they have a pretty good relationship, so he gave me a reminder before he left."
"What wake up?"
Mei Chengan shrugged.
"Nothing, he just reminded me that our escort of Sean back to Qi had made some generals in the military who knew the details feel very uncomfortable.
Let's try not to let Sean show up in front of them to avoid any accidents. Anyway, we won't let Sean off the carriage, so just know this reminder and don't worry about it."
Fan Xian couldn't figure out the logical relationship here for a moment.
"What does our sending Sean back to Qi have to do with the military? Why are they unhappy?"
Mei Chengan looked at him with a little surprise.
"Isn't it obvious?"
Fan Xian thought about it again but still had no clue, so he was very puzzled.
"How is this obvious?"
Mei Cheng'an shook his head helplessly and turned to look at Gundam standing behind the two of them.
"Gundam."
Upon hearing this, Gundam immediately bowed.
"What are your orders, sir?"
Mei Chengan smiled and waved his hand.
"It's not an order. No need to be so serious. Since your Lord Xiao Fan can't figure it out, then you can analyze the reason for him from a soldier's perspective."
The guards are one of the emperor's personal troops. Although they do not go to the battlefield, they are also in the military sequence and have some things in common.
Upon hearing this, Fan Xian also turned his head and looked at Gundam.
"Yes!"
Gundam didn't know the reason either. After responding, he lowered his head slightly, frowned, and began to think from a soldier's perspective.
Mei Cheng'an and Fan Xian were not in a hurry either. They just watched him quietly without urging him or disturbing him.
After thinking for a while, Gundam seemed to have an idea, his brows relaxed a little, and after a while, he raised his head.
"From a military perspective, I think it would be a shame to send Sean back to Northern Qi."
Mei Cheng'an curled the corners of his mouth, while Fan Xian raised his eyebrows.
"why?"
Gundam explained.
"In the past ten years, our current emperor has led the Qing army to conquer the east and the west several times and has never been defeated.
Our Qing army has long developed an invincible will to fight and a proud spirit of victory. The border conflict half a month ago ended with a great victory for our Qing.
However, as the victorious party, we were forced to make a huge concession of personally returning Sean to Northern Qi because of Chang... that ridiculous thing. This is undoubtedly..."
Fan Xian raised his hand to interrupt him.
"Okay, got it."
I don’t know if it’s because he is a time traveler and doesn’t have a strong sense of immersion in this world and Qing Kingdom, or because he is a member of the negotiation team and knew the result after it was finalized.
In short, when he overheard what the eldest princess did in the palace that night, he was very angry, but he did not feel much humiliation. He was angry because the eldest princess was too crazy. He did not expect that the eldest princess would be so crazy to deal with him.
What he felt more was not anger, but shock and excitement. Not to mention the shock, the excitement was because he had grasped the fatal handle of the eldest princess and he could "defeat" her.
Compared with those people in the military who take their country and family as their own responsibility, he seems to be too concerned about personal gains and losses and too selfish.
Fan Xian felt somewhat ashamed of himself when he thought about it, but after listening to what Gundam said, he did not gain nothing.
At the very least, he felt that his sense of empathy for the Kingdom of Qing had become stronger, because when he listened to him, he truly felt a sense of humiliation and resentment towards the eldest princess.
This time, it's not about personal vendettas.
……
(End of this chapter)
