Chapter 149: Secret Meeting
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"Sick? Have you seen a doctor? The doctor please? What prescription was prescribed? Have you seen it to the imperial doctor? ā
Xue Ying couldn't answer this series of questions, so she had to laugh dryly: "It's nothing, it'll be fine after a while." ā
"You can't afford to be sloppy. If you don't go back, I'll tell the third aunt, and ask a good doctor to come and see anyway. There are also medications and diets that must be paid special attention to, otherwise a minor illness will drag on into a major illness, and it will be too late. ā
"No, no, no. Well, I'll tell the third lady when I get back. Xue Ying said casually.
"Third lady?" Xue Yan was very surprised, "You are all ...... Is that what you call your mother? ā
"No, I usually call her mother." Xue Ying hurriedly denied it, and then changed the topic, "By the way, I don't know what gifts to prepare for your wedding, this time I came back and brought a few jars of peach blossom wine made by me, a little careful, don't dislike it." ā
"Hand-brewed wine? That's a rarity. Thank you, third sister. ā
After sending Xue Yan away, Xue Ying breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the non-existent sweat on her forehead.
"The eldest lady doesn't eat people, what kind of expression do you have?" Qiaoya teased.
"Alas, it's too stressful to chat with these young ladies, and it's hard to keep your thinking at one pace."
"What do you mean?"
"It's nothing, I just hope that this day will pass quickly, and then we can go back to Jiuquan Bezhuang before the New Year."
"Just dream." Qiaoya doesn't think so.
"Miss." Dong Xun came in with a letter, and Xue Ying had a headache when she saw that thing, "Who is it this time?" ā
"Second Miss's letter, I heard that you are sick, and I specially wrote to express my condolences. The maid who delivered the letter said, the second lady knows that you are unwell, so she will not come to disturb, I hope you will talk to her when your health improves, and she will take you out to breathe. ā
"Oh." Xue Ying was not interested.
"Miss, I'll take her out to breathe when she's bored, and I don't need anyone else." Qiaoya said.
"You think this Hou Mansion is the courtyard of Jiuquan Villa, and you are messing around? Beware of getting caught. Dong Xun reprimanded with a straight face, "Besides, the second miss is a good idea, if you don't appreciate it, forget it, why are you still sneering." ā
"Did I say anything?" Xue Ying was very wronged, "Besides, Qiaoya just said casually, why are you so angry?" ā
Dong Xun pouted slightly: "Miss, everyone in the house knows about your meeting with the eldest lady, which also shows that your body is fine." In that case, why do you favor one over the other and refuse to see the second miss on the grounds that you are not feeling well? ā
"Dong Xun, it's the first time I've found out that you still have a hard side. Our young lady can do whatever she wants, why do you turn your head and accuse her for a second young lady? Qiaoya was not convinced.
"Don't make any noise." Xue Ying was itchy and painful all over, and she was dizzy from being tossed by these two girls, "I'll go in and lie down for a while, and Qiaoya will come to rub the medicine for me." Dong Xun went to arrange lunch. Also, I didn't see Second Miss because I didn't want to see her, and I don't want to hear anything like that just now in the future, understand? ā
"Yes."
Not long after lying down, Dong Xun came in again, his expression a little gloomy: "Miss, I picked up this note outside just now." ā
Xue Ying opened it and saw that there were only a few numbers, and because the other party didn't want to reveal his identity, he used a very clumsy brushwork: "Hexiangyuan is a story." ā
"This guy ......" Xue Ying muttered, and got up again helplessly, "Qiaoya, go." ā
"Miss." Dong Xun's expression was very embarrassed, "The eldest lady and the young master Lan Gengbiao will soon get married, you ...... It is not in line with the ceremony. ā
"Since he dares to see me here, he is prepared not to be discovered." Xue Ying still has this confidence in Lan Geng. The most important thing is that Lan Geng is about "money", and Xue Ying doesn't want to offend this God of Wealth too much for the time being.
When I arrived at Hexiang Garden, I was really cleared very thoroughly. When Xue Ying saw Lan Geng, the first thing she said was: "This is your teacher's home, are you too arrogant to do these things." ā
"The people in Jian'anhou Mansion have been arranged a long time ago, but they just stayed and didn't move. This re-opening was also a last resort. ā
Lan Geng meant that the Lan family did place people in the courtyard of Jian'an Hou's Mansion, especially Xue Qi's side, but the original purpose was the "Ming Translation", and later the Ming Gong Wen was solved by Xue Ying's hands, and these people also entered a "semi-dormant" state, and were occasionally used by Lan Geng for other purposes, for example, to arrange a meeting with Xue Ying in private.
"You usually use these people when you meet with my eldest sister, right? But I warn you, when you meet my eldest sister, the people of the Xue family can turn a blind eye, but not necessarily when you meet me. The people of the Xue family are not stupid, it is better for you to be cautious. ā
"You don't have to worry about that." Lan Geng replied lightly, "I asked you out today to ask you, do you know that Boss Liang is doing business with the Quanzhou Fujia?" ā
Xue Ying shook her head: "Quanzhou Fujia? What is that? ā
"The maritime clan in the south, our Lan family has received news that the Fu family is inextricably linked with the previous dynasty, and more importantly, the pirate forces of all parties entrenched on the South China Sea route are actually in the hands of the Fu family nine times out of ten."
Xue Ying quickly extracted the key information: "A big family that has connections with the previous dynasty and has semi-military strength?"
"Yes."
"In the past, they were in business, and since the Fu family was one of the big businessmen in the south, it was normal for the Fu family to have business dealings with them in the past, and it didn't necessarily have any other purpose, you thought about it a lot."
"You'd better think about it seriously, is Boss Liang really just a businessman?"
Xue Ying paused. It is true that she is in business, but the purpose of her business is to gain the ability to protect herself, and after all these years of development, I believe that she is not far from her goal. But for a person who has lived in fear created by her enemies for a long time, would she prefer to eliminate her opponents outright if she had the opportunity, rather than just seeking self-preservation?
She also has a vague answer to who her opponent is, so it is not impossible to cooperate with a family with rebellious intentions.
"I see, I'll talk to her later."
"Talk? What's your opinion? Boss Liang has always been very interested in the shipping business, and if you can cooperate with Fujia, the benefits you will get will be unprecedentedly huge. Taking 10,000 steps back, even if you oppose cooperating with Fujia, are you sure to persuade Boss Liang to change his mind? ā