"In Xia Xu Rui, I have seen Princess Qixia."

Under the porch of Liu's mansion, Xu Rui bowed with his fists folded, although he was wearing regular clothes, he was as radiant as when they first met.

Princess Qixia is still dressed in men's clothes, and after knowing the identity of her daughter, her slightly heroic face makes people feel more and more playful and cute.

Although he had already learned that Xu Rui was safe and sound, the moment he really saw him, the faint uneasiness in Princess Qixia's heart was completely gone, her two eyes were bent into crescents, and her thick expectations turned into bright smiles, just like the morning sun, bright and vibrant.

"After a long time, is Brother Xu safe and sound?"

Princess Qixia showed her with a man's courtesy, and Xu Rui also returned it with a man's courtesy, and the two looked at each other, as if they had been friends for many years, and couldn't help but smile.

"I'm tired of the princess, everything is fine here, is the princess coming to visit you?"

Xu Rui asked with a smile.

Princess Qixia snorted playfully: "Brother Xu thinks it is more beautiful, this palace just came out to do errands, and he came to Xingshi to ask for guilt!" ”

After speaking, without waiting for Xu Rui to react, he put his hands behind his back, took a step, walked into Liu's mansion by himself, and threw Xu Rui behind him, which looked a little similar to her father Lao Zhao.

"Xingshi asks for sin?"

Xu Rui looked at her slender back, smiled, and slowly followed.

In the middle of June, it was a hot summer day, but the morning was both refreshing and sunny.

The two sat in the pavilion in the garden, chatting about the couplets and poems on the Wentian Pavilion at first, and later talking about the many details of Xu Rui's distress.

Xu Rui is already articulate and has personal experience, so he is naturally eloquent and wonderful.

Princess Qixia held her chin, sometimes nervous, sometimes surprised, a heart with the ups and downs of Xu Rui's story, and when it came to Xu Rui's use of white phosphorus to deceive Lu Kang, she couldn't help but applaud, which was really pitiful.

Before they knew it, a pot of tea had been refilled three times, and the beautiful time of a few hours seemed to pass in an instant, and by the time the two of them reacted, it was already early afternoon.

During this time, except for the subordinates who delivered water, not only did no one disturb the Liu Mansion, but they didn't even call the two for lunch, Xu Rui was secretly grateful to Mrs. Liu for her understanding, but Princess Qixia blushed slightly.

Perhaps also sensing the hint of embarrassment, Xu Rui changed the topic with a smile.

"Didn't the princess say that she was going to come to Xingshi to ask for her guilt?"

Hearing this, seeing Xu Rui with a wicked smile on her face, Princess Qixia suddenly put on a pretty face, and said hatefully: "What about it, you are cunning, you will say some rhetoric as soon as you come up, so that the palace will forget about it, but at this time you are pretending to be a good person." ”

Xu Rui spread his hands and exclaimed: "Princess Mingcha, obviously you must listen to the story." ”

Princess Qixia's face turned even redder, and she said, "If I ask you to say it, you can say it, why don't you see you in the Heavenly Pavilion, how can you be obedient?" Tell you, that day you made this palace wronged, and this palace came to ask for this matter. ”

Xu Rui said with a smile: "There were many offends that day, fortunately, the princess has a lot, and she doesn't care about it, since the princess is benevolent and righteous, she can't be stingy below, how about compensating the princess for one thing?" ”

Princess Qixia also laughed: "I know that you have such a blessed land as Tianbao Pavilion, and there are countless treasures in your hands, but if you want to buy the palace with those mundane things, it is not so easy." ”

Xu Rui said with a smile: "The princess is a nobleman, she has seen a lot since she was a child, and those so-called treasures naturally can't get into your eyes, how can you be so uninteresting?" ”

When he said this, Princess Qixia was really a little interested: "Then what are you going to compensate for this palace?" ”

Xu Rui said: "The princess's name is Xiuying, which means a dazzling gem, and she can be worthy of such a dazzling one, I am afraid that only the clean and flawless white cloud ears in the sky." ”

Princess Qixia quipped: "So, are you planning to take off the white clouds in the sky and give them to the palace?" ”

"Exactly!"

Xu Rui said as a matter of course.

"What?"

Princess Qixia was stunned: "I'm just joking, why should Brother Xu take it seriously?" ”

Xu Rui smiled: "What, the princess doesn't believe that I can pick off the white clouds?" ”

Princess Qixia smiled dumbly: "If this is said from someone else's mouth, I will only think that he is deliberately teasing, you are a saint, this palace will believe you for three points." ”

Xu Rui said with a smile: "Then please ask the princess to prepare in the next few days, and when the time comes, I will definitely take off the white clouds in the sky and send them to you." ”

Princess Qixia looked at Xu Rui, a trace of inexplicable sweetness rose in her eyes, and nodded: "It's a word!" ”

The girl Huaichun is always a poem, this is a naïve and romantic age, who doesn't like someone to do for themselves those things that others can't do?

When time erases the brightness, some memories will become blurred, but every time I think about it, I can still smell the moving fragrance.

It's like this afternoon, when I think back again after many years, I always feel that there is a layer of gauze curtain hanging in front of me, hazy and moving.

However, after all, Princess Qixia is the daughter of the house who has not left the cabinet, and it is already a violation of the ban to stay in the Liu Mansion for so long, no matter how beautiful it is, it is time to separate.

Xu Rui sent her to the door, and the two of them turned back step by step, but they were a little reluctant.

"I'm gone......"

Princess Qixia looked at Xu Rui, and after saying a last word, she really turned around and walked out of the gate of Liu's Mansion and walked towards an inconspicuous carriage.

Xu Rui looked at the back of her leaving, and felt inexplicably lost.

"Hey!"

Suddenly, Princess Qixia stood on the front of the carriage and shouted at him, Xu Rui suddenly raised his head, only to see her pointing to the clouds in the world and said: "If you really do what you say, from now on, you and your brothers and sisters will be allowed to call me Qingwu together!" ”

After speaking, Princess Qixia's cheeks were crimson, and she escaped into the carriage.

"Qingwu ......"

Xu Rui looked at the carriage that was slowly galloping away, and a faint smile was hooked on the corner of his mouth.

"Young Master......"

I don't know how long it took, An Ge came behind Xu Rui with a box of delicate cakes.

Xu Rui came back to his senses, he was in a good mood, and he picked up a piece from the box and was about to stuff it into his mouth.

"This was sent by Miss Cao earlier."

An Ge said with a wicked smile.

Xu Rui was slightly stunned, but still threw the cake into his mouth, and then knocked it on his head.

"What do you think? At a young age, he pondered some messy things all day long. ”

An Ge rubbed his head aggrievedly, pursed his lips, and followed the young master to the backyard, and said as he walked: "Young master, Li Pengcheng is here, and he has been waiting in the front hall for half an hour, and his face is ugly. ”

"Oh?"

Xu Rui was stunned again, and said with a smile: "I didn't go to him, he came to the door first, interesting, did he say anything?" ”

An Ge shook his head: "This person's nose is about to go to the sky, what will he say to me?" ”

Xu Rui smiled: "It's no wonder, after all, people are the biggest money bag in the Northern Dynasty and the mainstay of the princelings, can they not be proud?" Let's go, I'll meet this guy with the young master. ”

While walking, Xu Rui took out a pile of rusty and gorgeous brocade bags from his arms, found the one embroidered with Li Pengcheng's name, took out the note inside and looked at it carefully.

These tips are all the lives of Li Kuang's Changxing magnates to Xu Rui, and all the information is from Jinyiwei's internal files, which are not only very detailed, but also have secrets that are absolutely impossible to obtain through other channels, which is very important for a comprehensive analysis of a person.

According to intelligence, Li Pengcheng is only 32 years old this year, and he is the youngest son of Li Ge of Wuchang Hou and the nephew of Emperor Hongwei.

He actually controls the largest business in the Great Wei Dynasty, Baiye Commercial Bank.

The magnates of the Great Wei Dynasty were similar to those of the Ming Dynasty, except that because the world had not yet been unified, the status of the military generals was very high, so in addition to the civil official group, the Xungui group (nobles, relatives and royal children with titles), and the eunuch group, there was also an additional military general group.

In the Hongwei Dynasty, among these groups, the Xungui group had the deepest foundation and the greatest power, followed by the military general group, the civil official group again, and the eunuch group at the end.

Due to the defeat of Jingyang, the military general group was almost uprooted by King Wuling and Emperor Hongwei, and the new military general group had not yet been formed, so the power of the Xungui group gradually threw off several other groups and became a dominant family.

If behind the King of Liao is the civil official group, then behind the crown prince is the entire Xungui group.

After all, he is the prince of fifteen years, the so-called title is determined early, intertwined, and in terms of power alone, even with the full support of the cabinet chief assistant and the concubine Yin, the king of Liao is still much weaker than the prince.

However, fortune and misfortune depend on each other, Xu Rui always felt that the reason why Emperor Hongwei suppressed the crown prince was not only because his talent was really weak, but also because of the overly powerful Xungui group behind him.

And this Baiye firm is the money bag of the entire Xungui Group, or the princelings, and Li Pengcheng himself is also the core figure of the younger generation of the Xungui Group.

If that's all there is to it, I'm afraid that Xu Rui will stay away from this kind of person, but the bad thing is that Baiye Commercial House still controls more than ninety percent of the salt and iron monopoly power of the imperial court.

In other words, ninety percent of the salt and iron survey approvals issued by the household department every year are for him, and if Xu Rui wants to get a piece of the pie, he has to cut a piece of cake from him.

Steel is the foundation of industrialization, and the right to monopolize iron tools must not become an obstacle to Xu Rui's series of plans, so even if he is unwilling, he must pull out his teeth, this Li Pengcheng, who is also young and vigorous, he will have to touch it sooner or later.

Xu Rui put away the tips, went through the pre-conceived negotiation chips in his heart, and stepped into the front hall.

"Captain Xu, you have such a big shelf."

He had just entered the door when a dark owl's voice was heard in the antechamber.