Xu Luo was alone in the room, pondering for a long time.

"Don't get too close to a few princes......"

Xu Luo muttered softly, raised his eyebrows, and said secretly in his heart: Could it be that the water in the imperial capital has been muddy recently, so that several princes have seen the opportunity?

The corners of Xu Luo's mouth flashed with a sneer, and he said in his heart: It is estimated that the one who dances the most happily should be the one of the six princes, right?

On the surface, he is diligent and gentle, but behind the scenes, he uses all kinds of means.

In contrast, the crown prince is the most calm one, but the emperor doesn't seem to like the prince very much.

Xu Luo shook his head slightly, and said in his heart: The royal affairs have nothing to do with me at all, how they are willing to toss is their business, what does it matter to me?

Of the entire royal man, Xu Luo only recognized the eldest prince, and the eldest prince was precisely the one who had the least chance to compete for the throne.

Therefore, Xu Luo didn't take Dean Zhou Liang's words to heart.

Back at home, although the lights were shining up and down the Xu Mansion, the joy on people's faces was not strong.

The old man Xu Ji and the eldest son Xu Su are both on the front line, and the lady has returned to the division, and now there are only two masters left in the Xu family, Xu Luo and Ripple, so the entire Xu family is a little deserted, far less lively than those other big families.

When Xu Luo saw the ripples, he saw that she was facing a notebook and was worried.

"Sister, what are you worried about?" Xu Luo walked over with a smile.

Ripple raised his head, saw Xu Luo, showed a gentle smile, and shook his head slightly: "It's okay, I'm just worried about what to give this New Year's gift...... Huh, where did you get this kitten, it's so beautiful!"

As he spoke, he happened to see a kitten's head sticking out of Xu Luo's pocket, and a pair of blue eyes looked extremely deep and cute.

"Uh...... I picked it up on the street, I liked it very much, so I brought it back......" Xu Luo pressed Meow's head back, and said with a smile.

"Ahhh

"The power of the stars!" Xu Luo has now learned to use the sound transmission to communicate with Meow Meow, and he didn't say much, and he defeated the irascible cat master with only four words.

"Hehe, the little guy is really sensible. Ripple didn't come out again after seeing Xu Luo press the kitten's head back, and didn't think much about it, so he said with a smile.

"Damn it...... The cat master is the devouring beaver!It is the devouring beaver!It is the powerful ninth-order spirit beast...... Ahh

Uncle Meow Meow said angrily: "What's so beautiful about this little girl's skin? It's not as good as a female devouring bea!"

"......" Xu Luo was full of black lines, too lazy to pay attention to this guy.

smiled and said to Ripples: "New Year's gifts, you don't need to give too valuable things, as long as you express your heart." By the way, what did you send to your future sister-in-law?"

The future sister-in-law in Xu Luo's mouth is a family affair set by his brother Xu Su since he was a child, and there were once people in the woman's family who were officials in the court, and they were prominent for a while, and they were also considered to be a noble family in the court.

The Xu family's surname is Xia, and they have been mainly engaged in business for generations, and the family is also far away in Hongcheng in the south.

Speaking of this family business, it is still Xu Luo's grandfather, the old general Xu Dingcheng!

Xu Dingcheng and Xia Dade, the old head of the Xia family, are sworn brothers and have friends of life and death.

Xia Dade also served in the army when he was young, and once blocked a cold arrow for Xu Dingcheng in a battle and was almost shot to death.

It was precisely because of this arrow that Xia Dade, who also had a bright future, had to retire from the army and return to the family to take over as the head of the family and take charge of the family's business.

The old man Xu Dingcheng felt guilty for many years because of this incident, and later when Xu Su was born and Xia Dade came to congratulate, he expressed his intention to marry the Xu family.

The life and death brothers in the army back then, who did not hesitate to sacrifice themselves for their comrades-in-arms, this kind of affection is too big and too heavy!

Now, because there is no one in the family in the court, in order for the family to continue to prosper, I have to put on a thick face and say bluntly to my old comrades-in-arms: I want to marry your family and bless my children and grandchildren.

Let me ask, in this case, can the old man refuse? Will he refuse?

Although Luo Xinlan can understand, she is still a little depressed in her heart, and often tells her husband Xu Ji that the old man is too domineering.

It wasn't until I saw the daughter of the Xia family that I stopped nagging.

That girl, although she was not born in a national beauty, is knowledgeable, noble, and gentle and lovely. Although he came from a business family, he didn't smell of copper.

The most important thing is that such a girl from a southern water town has an extraordinary talent in business!

At the age of sixteen, he took over almost half of the family's business, ran it well, and now he has almost completely taken over the family business.

Such a woman who can be called a strong woman never appears in public, so there are not many people who know that she is the head of the Xia family!

In Xu Luo's eyes, this future sister-in-law has the feeling of "strategizing and winning thousands of miles".

Therefore, for this future sister-in-law, although Xu Luo has only seen it once, he likes it very much, the gifts of previous years are all prepared by his mother, and this year, his mother is not there, and Xu Luo is also afraid that the ripples will be missed.

"I'm also having a headache about this, you see, in comparison, the Xia family is actually much richer than ours, so it's difficult to give this gift...... Every year, my mother also worries about this, and this year it is my turn. ”

Ripple said with some distress: "You said that you gave those famous jewelry rouge gouaches to the imperial capital? Let's send celebrity calligraphy and paintings...... Recently, there has been such a thing as a book in the imperial capital, and almost all calligraphy and painting shops have been affected......"

When Xu Luo heard this, he couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, the impact of the bookpost incident was too great, and it had already spread to the outside, and even the business of those calligraphy and painting shops had been affected.

Some calligraphers don't even dare to write, for fear that someone will suspect them.

That's the way it is, even if the heads of the big clans who received the book post knew what was going on, they couldn't directly target Wei Xiang, who was in power.

And those subordinates who speculate on Shangyi will naturally focus on those famous calligraphers and painters...... Those who overtly and covertly visit also take the opportunity to suppress political opponents and dissidents, causing panic among the people.

After all, these famous calligraphers and painters also have an inextricable relationship with the upper echelons, and they are also guests of major wealthy families on weekdays.

"Sister, if it's not like this, you wait, I'll go get something and come over, you can see if it's okay." Xu Luo said, turned around and walked out.

There was a little doubt in Ripple's eyes, and she didn't know what good things Xu Luo could come up with.

After a while, Xu Luo came back with two wooden boxes, handed them to Ripples, and said: "Inside these two wooden boxes, one is an old medicine, although Grandpa Xia's arrow wound was healed, but it fell to the root of the disease, this medicine should be able to completely remove the root of Grandpa Xia's disease;

Xu Luo said, and added: "By the way, these things are said to be sent by the eldest brother......

Ripple glanced at Xu Luo a little strangely, and said in his heart: When did my young master become so enlightened, not only knowing how to give girls jewelry, but also knowing how to think about his brother?

"Ahh......h Where did this come from? It's so beautiful!"

A phoenix hairpin carved from the best red jadeite, the phoenix on it is lifelike, the feathers are bright, and the wings are ready to fly.

The red jadeite is crystal clear, the carving is extremely fine, and it is from everyone's hands at a glance, and there is no sale on the market at all!

Its value can be imagined!

A necklace of black pearls, each bead is round and shiny, the size is the same, exuding a cold atmosphere, obviously not an ordinary pearl.

A white metal necklace with a sapphire pendant hanging underneath, Ripples looked at it for a long time before it realized that this chain was expensive white rainbow pure gold, which would emit a colorful dreamlike light in the sun.

And the blue gem underneath is deep and transparent, shimmering like a star.

There is also a string of superb green jade bracelets, crystal clear, exuding natural greenery, incomparably moisturizing!

These four pieces of jewelry, don't say that they are given to the Xia family, even if they are given to the royal family, they will be treated as treasures!

If ordinary people get one of them, they will immediately hide it as a heirloom, an absolute heirloom!

Then, Ripple opened another wooden box, looked at the old medicine in Xu Luo's mouth, Sakura's lips opened slightly, and she looked at it blankly for a long time, and then closed the wooden box with a snap.

"Xiao Luo...... A while ago, several family treasury houses in the imperial capital were ransacked......"

The corners of Xu Luo's mouth couldn't help but show a wry smile, and he knew that as long as he took these things out, Ripples would definitely think of something.

But...... This matter has nothing to do with him.

"I didn't do it. Xu Luo shook his head firmly.

"It's the cat! It's the meow uncle......! This is all the cat's ahahahahhh

Ripple glanced at Xu Luo with a puzzled face, but didn't ask more, closed the wooden box, and said, "With these gifts, I believe that our family can finally have the upper hand this year!"

"Uh......" Xu Luo glanced at the ripples, and said in his heart: Competition is really everywhere!

This is true even if it is a world friend, between families with good families.

Every year when the New Year is approaching, the Xia family will always send a large number of gifts, all of which are dozens of cars.

From jewels and jade, to silk and satin, you can find it all!

In comparison, there are really not so many things that the Xu family can handle.

So every year in the gift, he will be pressed by the Xia family.

This is actually very understandable, in terms of political status, the Xu family is much higher than the Xia family, in order to let their daughter marry into the Xu family in the future and not be discriminated against, the Xia family can only use money to smash it...... Don't want to smash and stun, just want to have a good fate.

In the final analysis, the Xia family has taken great pains to do this daughter's family affairs.

At this time, Ripple came back to his senses, stared at Xu Luo, and didn't speak, just looked like this, his eyes were resentful.

Xu Luo was still a little puzzled before, but then he finally understood that he gave such a good jewelry to his future sister-in-law, and the closest ripples around him...... But I forgot!

It's dark under the lights...... Xu Luo swore that he never meant it.

After that, I had to bite the bullet and say, "This ...... That one...... Ahem, sister, I still have a few pieces of jewelry, I'm sure you'll like it......"

With that, Xu Luo fled.

Behind her, the girl's bright eyes were radiant, and a flower-like smile slowly bloomed on her delicate face.