The banquet was carried out in an orderly manner under Wang Xuannian's arrangement, and under Zhong Xuanlan's hype, almost everyone in Kyoto City knew the news that the late eldest lord of Zhong Mansion wanted to recognize a son.

For a while, this matter became a topic of conversation after dinner, and it also left many suspicions for the merchants who were participating in the election of the president of the Chamber of Commerce.

In the Chu family's study, the Chu family and his four sons were discussing the matter.

Chu Dashao was puzzled by the rumors outside, and asked, "Dad, what do you mean by this?" So Zhong Xuanlan really wants to admit that a righteous cousin can't succeed, so he is not afraid that someone will compete with her for the family business? ”

With a "click", the teacup was put down heavily, and the master of Chu frowned and said, "Judging from yesterday's banquet, that person obviously hopes that Zhong Yatou will succeed to the position of president.

And the girl of the Zhong family seems to be a little reluctant, but it is also possible that she is cooperating with acting. ”

Chu Feng thought of the news he received a few days ago, maybe it was related to this matter, and said, "Dad, the Zhong family has sold a lot of shops in Suzhou, and there are plans to withdraw from Suzhou. ”

Master Chu squinted his eyes, the essence in his eyes flashed, Zhong Xuanlan's news has always been better than them, what is going to happen in Suzhou?

instructed: "Feng'er, send someone to Suzhou to inquire carefully." ”

"Yes, father." Chu Feng's eyes flashed with smugness, and he smiled at his brothers.

Chu Ershao smiled back, looked at Chu Da and said, "Dad, yesterday Qiushui Villa was surrounded and suppressed by officers and soldiers. ”

When the master of Chu heard this, he suddenly looked at the head of Chu Ershao, wanting to determine the truth of this matter, and seeing his serious expression, he already believed it in his heart.

instructed: "Eldest son, second son, you two hurry up and withdraw our cooperation with Qiushui Villa immediately, no matter how big the loss is, don't let people grab the handle, especially the girl of the Zhong family, don't let her find out that we are cooperating with Qiushui Villa and suppressing the Zhong family." ”

"Yes." The two of them commanded.

Master Chu said majestically: "Si'er, I have been staring at the election of the president of the Chamber of Commerce recently. The four of you deal with the matter at hand, and make mistakes elsewhere, otherwise the family law will deal with it. ”

Four: "Yes." The son promised that he would complete the task. ”

The Chu family is in charge of the management of the Chu family, and the brothers work together to complete things. The Liu family is the opposite.

In the Liu family's study, the Liu family's father and son sat at the small coffee table by the window, talking about things.

Liu Ershao said: "Dad, Qiushui Villa has been surrounded and suppressed. ”

Liu Da frowned slightly, when the steward of Qiushui Villa asked him to cooperate, he refused, he felt that this villa was very restless, not only involving rivers and lakes and courts, but also constantly opening shops, looting money and expanding power.

Retracting his thoughts, he inadvertently saw that Liu Ershao's face was a little wrong, but he didn't think much about it, and said: "Well, if the Zhong family takes over the shop in Qiushui Villa, we will also take over some, if the Zhong family doesn't move, we won't move either." ”

Liu Yuan put down the teacup, glanced at his cousin, and said with a serious face: "Dad, it's important that we still find a way to get rid of Qiushui Villa." ”

Master Liu was slightly angry in his heart, looked at Liu Yuan sharply, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Liu Yuandao: "Dad, when you let the second brother take over the shop in Kyoto City, the second brother began to cooperate with Qiushui Villa, the son thought that his father agreed to this matter, and did not intervene in the management of this matter, and he never thought that his father did not agree." ”

Liu Da said: "Er'er don't go to the business bank from today on, Da'er will deal with this matter immediately, and don't let people grab the handle." ”

"Yes."

Liu Yuan looked at Liu Ershao as the master, hooked the corners of his lips and smiled, the Liu family is his, and a little concubine dares to argue with him.

Liu Yuan knew about this from the beginning, because he made a push.

That day, he found that the steward of Qiushui Villa had asked his father to discuss cooperation, but it was not successful, so he asked someone to talk to his second brother about it, and said that Qiushui Villa had great potential and was very suitable for cooperation.

Liu Ershao, who was eager to show himself, secretly got up to talk to the steward of Qiushui Villa about cooperation.

Liu Ershao looked at Liu Yuan gloomily, and his eyes signaled: Let's go and see, see who has the last laugh!

Liu Yuan smiled, tilted his head indifferently, looked at Liu Da and said, "Dad, the Queen Mother agrees to let An Zichen, a young man, be her brother's son?" ”

Master Liu shook his head slightly, he was also very puzzled about this matter. guessed: "The Zhong Mansion is very strong, the one who wants to insert people in it, and wants to make a sum of money." ”

Liu Yuan frowned slightly, that one was really insatiable, Zhong Xuanlan was not a good stubble. Changing the subject, he said: "His birthday banquet is coming, the princess asked me to prepare a birthday gift, and the queen hinted that it was better to send some money." ”

Master Liu nodded and said, "It seems that the treasury is really empty!" Taking advantage of the incident of Qiushui Villa, we withdrew our business in Suzhou. ”

Liu Yuandao: "Dad, what happened?" ”

Liu Da said: "Our family follows the little fox of the Zhong family. ”

The little fox of the Zhong family, who was talked about, was welcoming an unexpected visitor.

When Wang Xuannian heard the news, he hurried back from the mansion next door, and there was no good excuse to find someone, so he sat in the small hall of the Qingyou Courtyard and waited with a gloomy face.

Yang'er came back with Wang Xuannian, and when she saw Wang Xuannian with an ugly face, she was a little scared, so she ran to the study to find Zhong Xuanlan.

Wang Xuannian heard where Yang Er was going to report on the spring solstice, hooked his lips and smiled, went to the kitchen to bring two cups of tea, and also walked into the study.

Wang Xuannian walked into the study, saw Yang'er sitting in Zhong Xuanlan's arms, her face darkened, she glared at him, and then put the tea on the coffee table, and said with a smile: "Ye Gongzi, please drink tea." ”

After speaking, he sat next to Zhong Xuanlan and hugged Yang'er into his arms.

Ye Zi'an said: "Thank you." ”

Then he picked up the teacup and drank tea, took a sip of tea, put down the teacup, and Ye Zi'an said: "It's really good tea!" ”

Zhong Xuanlan looked at the red dates and wolfberry tea in the teacup twitching out of the corner of his eyes, and heard Wang Xuannian say: "Then Ye Gongzi drink more, there are still many in the kitchen, and it is not enough for me to order someone to serve it." ”

Ye Zi'an said: "One cup is enough." "Something so sweet that it's greasy, he's not a fool, looking for guilt.

Here, Yang'er saw Zhong Xuanlan lift the tea lid, and was very curious when she saw the red dates and wolfberries inside, so she took a sip of Zhong Xuanlan's teacup while people weren't paying attention, and said, "This is so sweet, Yang'er likes it very much, brother, Yang'er still wants a cup." ”

Wang Xuannian glared at Yang'er, he found that although Zhong Xuanlan was not a picky eater, she rarely ate sweets, because she didn't like sweets, so she deliberately put three spoonfuls of brown sugar.

Zhong Xuanlan glanced at Wang Xuannian with a smile in his eyes, and then looked at Ye Zi'an and said: "Ye Gongzi, I can't do anything about Qiushui Villa, you still have to find someone else!" As he spoke, he picked up the teacup and drank the tea, intending to send off the guests.

After Ye Zi'an lowered his eyes to hide his dark emotions, he said, "Xuanlan, that person is not a good person, why should he be so loyal?" ”

Zhong Xuanlan said coldly: "The birds are all gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooked." Because the ancestors of my Zhong family always kept this in mind, there is today's Zhong family. Besides, I'm just a businessman, and I only do business, and the Zhong family won't be involved in officialdom. ”

Ye Zi'an said: "I know." With that, he got up and left.