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Xia Xue'er frowned slightly, turned her head and asked, "What, what's wrong?" ”

Xianglan raised her head, just met her young lady's inquiring eyes, although the two willow eyebrows were slightly frowned, but there was no trace of unhappiness, she was really just curious, just thought that she had different opinions on this matter, and was willing to listen.

In this way, I don't have to be nervous.

"There is nothing wrong with the young lady's orders, the slave maid just has something unclear."

After rescuing Miss Zihan on the way back to Beijing, in the past two months, although Miss was not enthusiastic, and she didn't say much to Miss Zihan, and seven or eight times out of ten were words of teaching, even if the tone was soft, it was a little less close to Mei Lan Zhuju and the four of them, but she could really feel that Miss was protecting and caring about Miss Zihan.

For more than two months, Miss Zihan has caused many troubles, three or four times that the old lady was angry in public, but which time did the young lady not fight to save her? She was not punished in any way afterwards, and the etiquette rules of the church still instructed the teacher to teach her mother patiently.

But this time, she didn't allow Miss Zihan to have any defense, and she turned a deaf ear to her tears and cries, and was determined to drive her out of the house.

That's it, what is incomprehensible is that she pretended to be indifferent and ruthless on the one hand, and on the other hand, she secretly instructed Cuizhu Haosheng to pack up Miss Zihan's bags, and even quietly stuffed the fox fur she made at the beginning of the month into her box, thinking that the snow fox skin was brought back by the second young master from thousands of miles to give it to her, and she was happy for a few days! Because he was worried that she would be pitiful and cold on a snowy day, he couldn't bear to cut his love without even blinking his eyes.

Dare to ask, what does this not care about?

Xia Xue'er smiled helplessly. The world only knows that she is the daughter of the Hou Mansion and a popular candidate for the princess, but they don't know how tired she is living in this powerless imperial capital, she is far less glamorous than others see. When the mud bodhisattva crosses the river, it is difficult to protect himself, so how can he get the spirit to protect a person who is causing trouble every day? Moreover, for Zihan, following her side can already attract a lot of unwarranted jealousy, in the final analysis, she is her burden.

"It's better for her to leave now than to stay."

At least you don't have to live in the calculations of people with ulterior motives and live in fear.

Xianglan has been by Xia Xue'er's side for ten years, although since she woke up from falling into the water, she has become more and more unable to understand her thoughts, but she can understand it here, so she answered and turned around to do something.

Xia Xue'er turned around, straightened her back, and stood motionless on the edge of the altar, her eyes farther away, but it was still unpredictable what she was looking at.

The altar is more than three feet high, ten square meters wide, and the bottom is supported by six stout carved logs, but it is only surrounded by a half-meter-high railing. It was originally built for the Mid-Autumn Festival and the moon, so it was like the courtyard of the courtyard and was not covered by a roof, and later changed to a viewing platform, and then added a two-foot-wide roof, hanging down the bamboo curtain, the length just reached the forehead of an adult man, Xia Xue'er was not yet fifteen, standing here, naturally the whole body was exposed to the cold wind.

The west wind whistled without warning, making the bamboo curtains around her click, Xia Xue'er couldn't help but feel excited, after all, it was winter, and the wind was more and more biting.

Cuizhu, who had just arrived at the altar, took this scene into her eyes, hurriedly stepped forward, and carefully put on the half-cut small cloak made of beast fur that she was holding in the crook of her arm.

"The slave maid saw that the wind was blowing, and thought that the young lady would inevitably get cold when she stood on this high platform in thin clothes, so she came privately."

Xia Xue'er turned her head and smiled slightly, "You still have a heart." ”

The corner of his eye fell on the small cloak on his body, and the brown fur shone in the skylight, which was indeed warm and impermeable.

This is the fur that was stripped from the blind bear who was rewarded by the six princes in the hunting grounds.

After two more glances, he blinked, and moved his gaze back to the altar as if nothing had happened.

"Has the Sixth Prince arrived?"

On November 18, the six princes were ordered to inspect the seven continents south of the Yangtze River, which was a simple errand on the surface, but in fact it had a deep meaning.

The wealth of Jiangnan can be said to have curbed the economic throat of the entire country. Not only is the amount of tribute paid every year huge, but even the north was affected by the disaster this year, and in addition to the grain allocated by the national treasury, seven or eight out of ten are transported from the south of the Yangtze River, which shows its important position!

Mu Xuanlong's trip was clearly ordered by the Holy Father to inspect the administrative law enforcement situation of various state capitals, but in fact, he had the intention of encircling the powerful and wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan in an attempt to truly control the financial power of Jiangnan.

He did not hide anything from her about this purpose, and she had promised to help him.

Cuizhu pinched his fingers and calculated, the six princes went out on patrol, and they must have taken the official road, and he had to rush back before the year, so he hurried along the way, and now it has been more than ten days, and it must be time to arrive.

"Counting the days, it's just these two days."

Xia Xue'er nodded, and did not continue to speak. Although she is the granddaughter of the Zhao family, she is valued and loved by the Zhao family, but she doesn't think about winning the support of her grandfather's family for Mu Xuanlong.

First, although the Zhao family in Jiangnan is the overlord of one party and the absolute boss in the economy, the Zhao family has not been involved in the affairs of the temple since a hundred years ago, and naturally it will not interfere in the party struggle.

Second, for the heir, the Zhao family is too powerful, although it is a winning factor that cannot be ignored, it is also an existence that has always made His Majesty jealous. If the Zhao family falls to the sixth prince, it is estimated that His Majesty will no longer have any warmth for his son!

The Netherworld Valley has existed for hundreds of years, and it is not impossible to develop its own economy in the rich land of Jiangnan! Among Xia Xue'er's friendship suggestions to Mu Xuanlong this time, there are several famous business houses in the south of the Yangtze River, of course, like Dengxian Tower, the bosses behind them are all Netherworld Valley! It's just that Mu Xuanlong doesn't know.

On the fifth day of December, news came from Jiangnan, using carrier pigeons marked with the sign of Netherworld. This letter came from Tianxia Qianzhuang, saying that he had met with the six princes, and in the next few days, news from other commercial houses came one after another, probably with the same meaning. Xia Xue'er gave unified instructions, asking her to set up some problems appropriately in the process of contacting the Six Princes, so as not to expose flaws!

Although he promised to help Mu Xuanlong win the supreme position, it did not mean that he had to be honest with him. Using the resources of the Netherworld Valley is only a temporary means, but she will definitely not let outsiders know the inside story, especially not by Mu Xuanlong, who may be the future Son of Heaven!

In a nutshell, the name of the "No. 1 Mysterious Gang in the World" in the Netherworld Valley for hundreds of years cannot be broken! (To be continued.) )