There are four major merchants in Dongheng who are now the most powerful in China: the Guan family in power in Guanpingdong, the Xuanhuai giant merchant in the coastal region of Dongheng, the Hengshang family in the important town at the junction of the three kingdoms, and the last one is the jade family business known as the thirteen lines of Dongheng.

The Guan family has been in business for generations, and except for a court official who was valued by the emperor during the first emperor's period, no one has been involved in officialdom. Guan Pingdong is Guan Jingtian's father, and he has a younger brother Guan Pingtan, who is Guan Jingru and Qingyun's father. The wealth of the Guan family is accumulated from generation to generation, and the businessmen of the Guan family value virtue and righteousness, and do business with virtue, and have an excellent reputation. With strong financial strength, it operates silver buildings and jewelry in Dongheng China, and establishes Kangtong Money Village in various places. Guan Shang reached its heyday in Guan Jingtian's great-grandfather's generation, and now because of his in-law relationship with the royal King Yingning, he has stabilized his position and become one of the prominent merchants in Dongheng.

The Xuanhuai giant merchants along the coast of Dongheng, they have obtained a lot of profits from the operation of the tea and salt industry, and their power is strong, almost monopolizing the trade of the entire Dongheng tea and salt industry, and they are the dominant business circles in Dongheng.

The Hengshang clan is active in the important town at the junction of the three countries, circulates the goods of the three countries, and has become extremely rich by relying on the business operation and unique geographical location of sitting on the ground to do business.

And the name of the Yu family is a bit legendary in people's mouths. The Yujia business was founded in the capital, is a comprehensive business, the reason why it has the name of Dongheng Thirteen Lines, is because it operates in the field of almost including tea, cotton, grain, cloth, silk, medicinal materials and other industries, thirteen is just a pronoun, if you really count, but there are more than that, but because of this, the owner of the Yu family business, Yu Xinning, has a thirteen masters. In the past 12 years, the Yujia business has continued to expand from the capital area, and finally the business travel has spread all over the country, accumulating huge wealth. It is said that Yu Xinning's assets have reached tens of millions of taels today, and he is one of the big businessmen in Dongheng.

How is it not surprising to turn over the seal of Yu Xinning from Yingning Palace.

Ruoxin stared at the vermilion mark on the facet of the seal, thinking carefully in her heart. In the end, as if a flash of inspiration, a connection jumped.

Is it possible that Yu Xinning is the king of Yingning?

The name of the king of Ying Ning is Ying Ruining. Rui, with jade as the letter also. Ruining, Yu Xinning, now it is in line with it.

But if she wanted her to believe that the cynical and romantic King Ying Ning was the thirteenth master who was admired by everyone among the people and strategized, she really couldn't believe it.

But if so, then why did King Ying Ning hide his identity?

Nowadays, Dongheng is peaceful and peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, there is no risk of natural disasters and turmoil, and outside, the three countries check and balance each other, although it seems to be stiff on the surface, but there is no worry about intrusion for the time being. If King Yingning is really Yu Xinning, he is already a prince who is above 10,000 people under one person, and can cover the sky with one hand, if he is not accumulating so much money for the public, then what is the purpose?

A chill rose in my heart. She seems to have been exposed to an unknowable conspiracy again.

Putting the seal back in its original form, Ruoxin left the study.

Thin clouds gradually began to cover the sky, faintly obscuring the moon, and the light in the courtyard was dim and unclear. When Ruoxin walked outside the hall of the Sorrowful Mirror Xuan, she found that there were still candles lit inside, and it was quiet all around, so the soft voices of the people in the room seemed very clear at night.

Ruoxin didn't expect that Xie Huaiyun hadn't slept yet, so she quietly hid in a hidden corner outside the courtyard and looked in through the blue screen window.

In the hall sat an elegant and beautiful woman, with thin shoulders and a thin neck, and her muscles and bones were smooth. The woman hung her neck slightly, and sewed a child's garment against the silver candle on the table. The light-colored satin on her body, under the light of the candlelight, was soft and elegant, like a soft yellow jasmine,

This person should be Xie Huaiyun, no doubt.

Just thinking about it, an old woman walked out of the inner hall, holding a candlestick in her hand, and lit a silver candle and put it next to Xie Huaiyun's table, and said, "Miss, it's so late, you go to rest first, let the old slave do this sewing work." ”

Xie Huaiyun raised his head and said softly: "I just couldn't sleep, so I found a job to do." Mama, don't accompany me, I'm tired for a day, you go to sleep first, I'll wait. ”

Soft-spoken, slow in tone, listening to the people in the house, Xie Huaiyun is eight or nine points similar to the side princess Guan Jingru back then. Such a person is gentle and comfortable to get along with, but it makes people fall in love.

Mama Xie waved her hand, "The old slave is not sleepy, and the old man sleeps less, if the young lady can't sleep, then the old slave will stay with the young lady." ”

After taking a half-made tiger head shoe from the bamboo weaving, Mama Xie twisted the needle and thread and asked while beating: "Miss is worried about the little prince?" ”

Xie Huaiyun stopped what he was doing and sighed softly, "Now I don't expect anything, I just hope that Ming'er can be safe and sound, and don't get involved in their affairs." ”

"The old slave is really worthless for Miss, his own child, let others raise him. I couldn't get angry, but I couldn't hold this breath. Mama Xie raised her head, glanced at Xie Huaiyun with pity, and said with a slight resentment: "If the prince is really ruthless, but for that unspeakable reason,"

Xie Huaiyun's face condensed slightly, raised his hand to stop Mama Xie's voice, glanced out of the house, and then said softly: "Mama, if you say something like this in the future, you don't have to say more, the wall has ears, if it is listened to by someone with a heart, I can't protect you." ”

Mama Xie was also shocked to realize that she had lost her words, covered her mouth, and responded softly: "Yes, Miss." After a while, he sighed again, "Now in such a remote place, how can there be any ears of the wall, even the prince rarely comes." The prince is not ruthless, he is amorous, over the years, Miss, how many women have been stuffed in the backyard of the palace? Think about it, the old slave is really wronged for the young lady, think about the beginning, how many people wanted to carry the eight-person sedan chair to marry the young lady, and then the prince brought the young lady back, but in just a few years, now you can only nest in this place, being coldly looked down upon. ”

"Mama, you can just talk to me about this in private, I know you feel sorry for me, but he is the prince after all. I still remember that he once said to me that he was first a prince, and then a husband, and I knew what he meant, and I did not hate him for being amorous, but I felt sorry for him. Xie Huaiyun shook his head lightly, with a faint wry smile on his lips, "After eight years in the mansion, I can be favored by the prince for six years, and I am also satisfied." If you want to blame, you can only blame yourself for being too stupid. I forgot the proportions of staying with the prince, I shouldn't look at it, I shouldn't listen, I shouldn't ask, I shouldn't know......"

Looking at Xie Huaiyun, who was slightly distracted, Mama Xie opened her lips, and finally let out a long sigh. Then there was silence again.

Ruoxin outside the window frowned slightly, Xie Huaiyun had something to say, but Ruoxin didn't want to think deeply, she glanced at them again, and saw that the two masters and servants did not have the intention of sleeping, Ruoxin quietly turned around and returned.

Back in the courtyard where she lived, Ruoxin went around to the back of the house, pushed open the long window, and jumped in lightly from the windowsill, silently. Half-squatting, when he raised his head, his eyes were on a gorgeous robe, the robe was dark purple, the fabric was embroidered with a special gold thread into the pattern of the dragon, the dragon-shaped jade ring on the waist, the carving was fine, the pattern was gorgeous, and the identity of the person who came was clearly revealed.

Ruoxin was slightly taken aback, then gathered her thoughts and slowly stood up.

Three steps away, it was King Yingning who stood with his hands in his hands.

The moonlight outside the window, which was obscured by thin clouds, faintly shone into the room, and King Ying Ning was also looking at her with a smile.

After a while, King Ying Ning spoke: "Come on, hold the lamp." ”

"Yes." The people outside the door answered softly, and after a while, the door opened with a "ah", and several maids walked in, and they went to the four corners of the room, uncovered the lampshade, and turned on the candles inside.

The room suddenly lit up, and Ruoxin realized that there was another person in the room, dressed in gray clothes, with a respectful and indifferent expression. Rejuvenation, considered a half-ripened person.

Ruoxin sighed slightly.

Since she was separated from Bai Ruoyin, her perception ability is not as good as before, and she can't even notice that there are other people in the house.

King Ying Ning looked at Ruoxin's unchanged expression, chuckled, glanced at the subordinates who were waiting on the side with their hands down, and said, "You guys go outside and wait." ”

"Yes." The maid blessed her body, and went out one by one, and when she saw the eyes of King Yingning, she also turned around and walked out, gently took the door, and then stood outside the door and listened.

King Ying Ning walked slowly around Ruoxin, and then sat on the Nanmu circle chair, staring at Ruoxin with his eyes inseparable.

Ruoxin stood quietly, without saying a word, let King Yingning look at her. She also expected that there would be a day when her identity would be recognized, and she had already made plans, in fact, it was not entirely a bad thing to meet with King Yingning, a diameter, a winding path, in the final analysis, it was all for a purpose.

King Ying Ning, who was leaning on the circle chair, stopped looking and said lazily: "You are Bai Li?" ”

Ruoxin raised her eyes, looked at King Shangyingning's indescribable gaze, and smiled slightly: "Yes." ”

Looking at the smile on Ruoxin's lips, there seemed to be a cold light in King Yingning's eyes, and he hooked the corners of his lips, "If this king is not mistaken, your name should be Bai Ruoxin?" ”

Ruoxin also replied with a smile: "The old man is no more, the old name has been abandoned, and now the living is only in vain." ”

"Nothing?" King Ying Ning stared straight at Ruoxin, snorted lightly, and continued: "Bai Ruoxin, Bai Ruoyin, Bai Li, what else do you have?" ”

Hearing Bai Ruoyin's name, Ruoxin was slightly shocked, but she didn't expect King Ying Ning to know about her.

Before he could think of anything, he heard King Ying Ning's lazy words with a slight coldness, and said, "Bai Ruoyin, aren't you with the imperial uncle?" What is the purpose of coming to this king's mansion now? Is it to be Mr. Inuko and teach him how to calculate his father? ”