Chapter 290: Chapter 290

Xiaoyao tidied up and rode Mao Mao through the checkpoint. Regarding the goods being messed up, he felt this was normal, inspections always caused this. Besides, he didn't care about the goods' condition since they were just a cover anyway.

After entering the Heavenly Wind Kingdom, Xiaoyao headed straight toward Qingyun Province. This time he didn't sightsee because he already knew about the Heavenly Wind Kingdom's affairs, there was nothing worth stopping for.

Nothing particularly noteworthy happened along the way until he encountered a convoy. At that time, he learned what had happened in the Heavenly Wind Kingdom, several empires were conducting a military exchange conference in the Heavenly Wind Kingdom.

This convoy was from one of those empires, which also let Xiaoyao know another thing, this conference was being held in Qingyun City.

This made Xiaoyao feel somewhat strange. How could they choose a small place like Qingyun City? Who chose this location? Really no standards.

Far away in the Great Tang Empire's palace, Ning Zhiyuan suddenly sneezed.

"Your Majesty, are you unwell? Are you overworked? You should rest early." a minister said with concern.

"I'm fine. It feels like someone was speaking ill of me behind my back. By the way, have those two girls caused any incidents?" Ning Zhiyuan said.

"No." The minister knew who Ning Zhiyuan was referring to, the two Female War Gods in the Heavenly Wind Kingdom, the Young Miss and Nangong Suxin.

"The Heavenly Wind Kingdom is their home anyway. Even if something happened, the Heavenly Wind Kingdom's king would help. No need to worry. I specifically chose Qingyun City to prevent them from causing trouble in other people's territory. Sigh, if only these two girls were like that other little girl from the Nangong family, well-educated and courteous." Ning Zhiyuan said with some emotion. The other little girl naturally referred to Third Miss Nangong Su.

If Xiaoyao were here, he would understand that it was Ning Zhiyuan who had such poor standards in choosing Qingyun City. However, he was also considering the two Young Misses, which was quite normal. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ n0velfire.net

Holding this conference anywhere would be the same, there wasn't much difference. They would all proceed the same way, so why not choose here?

"Actually, General Nangong is still well-educated and courteous, she's just influenced by General Mo Yu. But they still have some sense of propriety. This isn't much. Some other generals are even worse. We only feel they should be more gentle because they're girls," the minister replied, giving a very objective assessment.

"That's not wrong. Actually, they've already solved many troubles for me. Comparatively, another person is somewhat troublesome. He previously appeared at Medicine Immortal Ridge and caused a scene, then disappeared somewhere unknown. The Eldest Princess keeps wanting to find him and asks me for news about him every day. I'm getting headaches." Ning Zhiyuan naturally thought of Xiaoyao, this was very normal. Thinking from the Young Miss and her companion to Xiaoyao was many people's reaction.

Behind the success of the two Young Misses was Xiaoyao's existence. Without Xiaoyao's guidance, without Xiaoyao's pills, without Xiaoyao's military treatises, without...

So many "withouts", in short, without Xiaoyao, they wouldn't have today's achievements. However, not many people knew this. Even Ning Zhiyuan only learned later, he didn't know initially.

"Your Majesty is speaking of the Young Prince, right? We received an unconfirmed message saying he once appeared at the Fang family, and..." The minister stopped speaking here. With the Great Tang Empire's information network, plus the Fang family not deliberately concealing it, news of Xiaoyao's appearance there could still be obtained.

Of course, this was also because the Great Tang Empire deliberately collected information about Xiaoyao. For others who didn't pay attention to Xiaoyao, they would only treat this as unimportant news and ignore it.

"The Fang family? Which Fang family?" Ning Zhiyuan frowned. Although sometimes mentioning the Fang family often referred to only that one family, there were quite a few Fang families after all. Also, he couldn't understand why Xiaoyao would appear at that family head, there was no reason.

"The world's foremost family, the Fang family," the minister answered.

"Strange, how would he get involved with the Fang family? You just said 'and' something, finish your words," Ning Zhiyuan said.

"Well, reportedly his background is related to the Fang family. We don't know the specifics," the minister only knew this much, or rather, what the Fang family allowed others to know was this much. Other matters weren't mentioned by anyone, only the few people present at the time knew.

"How could his background be related to the Fang family? Could it be that Jiang Donglai was from the Fang family?" Ning Zhiyuan was very puzzled. At this moment, he actually considered Xiaoyao to be Princess Zhuyue's son, so naturally he thought of Jiang Donglai.

"No, reportedly a Fang family woman might be the Young Prince's mother. She was called Fang Chunxue, also a famous genius over twenty years ago," the minister said somewhat weakly. This news was saying that Xiaoyao wasn't Princess Zhuyue's child, which might make Ning Zhiyuan unhappy.

"Is this news confirmed?" Ning Zhiyuan frowned. He currently felt Xiaoyao's existence was very beneficial to the Great Tang Empire. If this connection was lost, he didn't know if Xiaoyao would still favor the Great Tang Empire.

Since Xiaoyao's appearance, he had brought many things to the Great Tang Empire. Guxing, Mo Yu, and Nangong Suxin were the greatest benefits. If Xiaoyao and the Great Tang Empire made them choose, they would definitely stand on Xiaoyao's side without hesitation.

The current Great Tang Empire not only had the Eldest Princess, this peerless expert, but also these three with unlimited potential from the new generation. They were already Emperor Level martial artists now and might very well become peerless experts like the Eldest Princess in the future. In that case, the Great Tang Empire's strength would exceed any force, even the Demon Cult wouldn't be a concern.

This also showed the importance of these three people and simultaneously showed Xiaoyao's importance. Therefore, Ning Zhiyuan was unwilling to see this connection with Xiaoyao disappear.

If Xiaoyao really was a Fang family descendant, he would still reserve the Young Prince position for Xiaoyao while having the Eldest Princess bring him over to stand on the Great Tang Empire's side. As for blood relations, these weren't very important.

For people at this level, blood relations and such weren't very important. Everyone would choose more important benefits.

"It's not very certain yet, just hearsay," the minister shook his head. All news about Xiaoyao was just "reportedly" without confirmation. This was also why the minister hadn't reported it, they still needed to clarify this matter.

"Go investigate clearly. Also, even if Xiaoyao isn't Zhuyue's son, treat him as Zhuyue's son, my nephew. This doesn't need questioning." Ning Zhiyuan said.

"We ministers understand."

Xiaoyao, although I really want you to find your background, I'm also afraid you'll find something I don't want. This is truly contradictory. However, what I want or don't want isn't actually the problem, ultimately it depends on the facts.

"Sigh... let nature take its course." Ning Zhiyuan sighed, then returned his thoughts to his palace hall, continuing to discuss previous matters.

Back to the Heavenly Wind Kingdom side. After encountering that convoy, Xiaoyao didn't travel with them. This wasn't because he wanted to travel alone, but because they completely ignored him. Even though they were on the same route, they didn't plan to travel together.

This was understandable, they were high-level empire officials while Xiaoyao looked like just a small merchant. Except for Mao Mao attracting attention, he had nothing else notable.

This was best, Xiaoyao didn't want to attract others' attention. Traveling with these people, it would be strange if he wasn't noticed. Better to travel alone.

Just , Xiaoyao rode Mao Mao alone to Qingyun City. The current Qingyun City seemed somewhat lively, which was good for Xiaoyao, he could sell off his goods and get a good price too.

"Silk. Premium Wu Kingdom silk. Beautiful ladies passing by, don't miss out."

Xiaoyao's first task upon arriving in Qingyun City wasn't visiting the Mo family but coming to the market to sell those goods. Both were things he needed to do anyway, whether selling these goods or asking the Mo family head, both tasks needed doing without prioritizing either.

Soon, Xiaoyao's hawking attracted some people. In Qingyun City, Wu Kingdom silk was a bestseller, and premium Wu Kingdom silk was especially desired by many young ladies and madams.

However, in this market, there seemed to be very few of those young ladies and madams. Most were common women, this was a very ordinary commoner's market.

So although Xiaoyao's hawking could attract others, no one bought anything. There weren't even people inquiring about prices, they just gathered to watch.

Since no one took initiative, he'd take initiative himself.

Xiaoyao spoke to the surrounding people, "Everyone, this is premium Wu Kingdom silk. I've verified that all this silk is beautifully crafted, the best among premium quality. Would you like to buy a few bolts?"

"This... how much does this cost?" Someone finally asked, but their tone seemed very weak. This was a girl only about ten years old, sometimes such first inquiries were completed by children.

"You name a price. If I like it, I'll sell," Xiaoyao said very casually.

"Ah?. What do you mean?" The little girl didn't understand, looking at Xiaoyao with innocent eyes.

"You give a price. If I like it, I'll sell." Xiaoyao said with a smile. Sometimes he sold things this casually, only considering whether he liked it, not the price.

"I only have thirteen copper coins. I want to buy enough to make a new dress," the little girl took out her money, all of it.

"Good. Since you've taken out all your possessions, it's a deal. What color do you want?" Under everyone's gaze, Xiaoyao nodded in agreement, which surprised and amazed everyone.