The meeting took place in the bedroom.

It's just that when Shangguan Cai walked into the room, Xia Fan almost didn't recognize the other party.

She seems to have completely changed as a person, and her facial features are no longer the same as before, but much more delicate and small, making her age seem to be reduced by one or two years. It can be seen that the freckles and bulging cheekbones on her face before were all camouflaged. The only thing that remained unchanged was the pair of willow eyebrows and upturned eyes—or rather, after the change in appearance, her eyebrows were more divine than before.

But it feels ...... It's also shorter.

However, thinking of her identity and those performances on the back mountain, Xia Fan decided to keep these thoughts in his heart.

"How's that, my dormitory is quite comfortable, right?" Shangguan Cai spread his hands, "Especially that bed, I've tried, and it's not worse than the one in the palace." ”

This opening statement made him twitch the corners of his mouth, "...... That's your bed?"

"Don't worry, I have more than one bed, so it's okay for you to lie down. ”

"Are you really a princess?"

"Bold!" rebuked the maid who walked in with her, "how dare you speak to Her Highness the Princess like this—"

It's just that before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shangguan Cai's cold gaze.

"So...... Should I get up and salute first?" Xia Fan sighed.

"No, you're hurt, and I can tell you don't like red tape. Shangguan Cai sat down across from him, "As for your question - that's right, I am indeed the third princess of Qiguo, and Shangguan Cai is also a pseudonym." How's it going, am I pretending to be a monk?"

“...... Impeccable. ”

"Thanks for the compliment. My real name is Ning Wanjun, but you can continue to call Shangguan by the name when there are no outsiders. To be honest, I quite like the identity of the Eight Rank Fangshi. ”

Xia Fan has heard of the surname of the royal family today, and ordinary people dare not call themselves this surname.

"Why did His Highness pretend to be a monk and even disguise his appearance?" he asked puzzledly, "I don't think it's possible that he came here specifically for the sake of Gaoshan County, right?"

Of course, he won't take the other party's politeness seriously, no matter what, it will never be wrong to call His Highness.

"Of course not, I didn't know anything about Gaoshan County until you investigated this. I'm here for a simple reason – it's my fiefdom. ”

Fief...... Or is it for the princess?

Xia Fan was surprised in his heart.

"The canonized executive order should have reached the boundary of Shenzhou, and I just sneaked out of Gyeonggi a month in advance. The princess said lightly, "There is a lot of news in the palace, so there are only a handful of people who know my whereabouts." ”

"Your Highness!" the maid reminded in a low voice.

"If you're so idle, why don't you go make us a cup of tea?" she waved her hand.

The latter could only bow his head helplessly, "Yes." ”

"The purpose of sneaking away is to make a private visit to Weifu and inspect the true appearance of his territory?" Xia Fan's curiosity also came up.

"What's so nice about that, from a personal point of view, it's also a blind eye, like an ant peeping, not much better than being fooled. Shangguan Cai, or Ning Wanjun, shook his head and said, "If you want to truly understand a place, you can only completely dominate it." I don't have that much time to waste, so before coming to Jinxia, I went to Qingshan Town. ”

Xia Fan was stunned, "Qingshan Town?"

"I observed a taxi examination and selected a priest to be my acting agent in the Privy Council. She stretched out a finger and pointed at Xia Fan, "And that person is you." ”

"I know you want to ask why you—it's not that complicated. Your performance is outstanding enough, and you are from a scattered family, and you have little to do with the family, and your origin is innocent, which is the basic condition. ”

Ning Wanjun didn't wait for him to speak, then said to himself, "But that's not enough, if a person is content with the status quo, or even willing to enjoy the convenience and rights brought by the status quo, then sooner or later he will stand on the side of the Privy Council." So I've taken the place of a new alchemist and watched your words and deeds up close—a part that no one can do for me, I just believe what I see. ”

"And yours is what I expected. ”

At this time, the maid also brought the brewed tea.

Xia Fan took the lead in picking up a cup of tea, and also ate a hidden glance from the maid.

"Is it good or bad?"

"If it's bad, to my surprise, you've already died in the county mansion of the high mountain. Ning Wanjun raised the corners of her mouth, "You are really bold, and your temperament is extraordinary." ”

Xia Fan's afterglow glanced at Li on the side, and nodded with him.

"I appreciate what you've done, not everyone has the courage to stand up to the Privy Council. I must also thank you, after all, not long after you came to Jinxia, you removed an ugly scourge from my territory. If you were in the Privy Council, I would undoubtedly be much more relieved in the future. ”

Xia Fan couldn't help frowning, thinking about it now, wasn't it those words she said at that time...... Are they all tests in disguise?

"You can't have arranged this, right?"

"Since decades ago, I don't have the ability to predict the future. It's just that as a royal family, there are more channels to understand the Privy Council, so naturally I think further. ”

This statement coincides with Lai's words - "I don't know the situation in Goshan County, but I know the Privy Council. 」

The princess paused, "Don't doubt your role, Xia Fan. If I had found out about this after I had officially arrived in Jinxia City, I am afraid it would have lasted for many years. Because I can't get the alchemists to obey me directly. ”

"Even if you can go to the taxi exam in advance to choose someone?"

"That's right, I can't let the second- and third-grade Fang Shi return to the local privy council from Gyeonggi, not to mention that those people's every move will be watched by many eyes, and it is the limit to adjust the ranking a little and choose a new one for me. ”

In other words, his ranking was not Ding at the beginning.

"You want to take control of the Privy Council?" Xia Fan asked.

"I want to be in control of everything in my territory. She didn't shy away from saying, "You just mentioned the true appearance of the territory, and only then can you really know." As you can see, Jinxia City is not a rich place, and I can only bring a handful of people, and with the containment of the Privy Council, if I don't do this, I will only be an empty shell for a long time, and I will be left to the real rulers to play with it. ”

After all, the East is not like the West, and its fiefdoms are comparable to China. Staying away from the court means staying away from the center of power, finding a remote place at random, and enjoying the rest of your life with peace of mind, which is the state that the recipient should be.

Why did she want to really take the fief for herself?

The specific reason Xia Fan doesn't know yet, but there is one thing that Xia Fan knows very well, that is, the other party is ambitious.

It's normal for someone from the royal family to have ambitions, but it's not a good thing for him.

This level of struggle for power and profit is often fought by immortals, and in this era, he doesn't want any human rights protection, he doesn't want to be a victim of political struggle at all.

"Thank you, Your Royal Highness, for your love, but I think I'm embarrassed—"

"Don't be in a hurry to refuse, you haven't listened to the payment yet, have you?"

Xia Fan was unmoved, and the reward was nothing more than a high-ranking official, but the premise was that he had the life to enjoy it.

Ning Wanjun took a sip of tea unhurriedly, "What if I let you do whatever you want?"

He couldn't hold back for a moment, and a mouthful of water foamed out.

Li also raised his tail.