Chapter 258 Negotiated Conditions

“Wow!”

Before Qin Xiangnuan could finish her words, she suddenly heard Qin Xiangning crying.

"Hey, stop crying!" The official was startled by the sudden sound and then made a louder noise.

It was obvious that his movement not only did not reduce the crying, but instead increased the crying.

"Why don't you stop them from crying? This is so disgraceful!" The official frowned. He could choose to treat the adults harshly to scare them.

But, kid, he really can't control it.

Qin Xiangnuan saw that almost all the family members had gathered around the two children, so she turned and walked a few steps towards the official.

"Sir, I didn't mean to offend you just now." Qin Xiangnuan looked sincere and looked directly into the official's eyes.

Officials' thinking ability is limited to a certain extent in a noisy environment.

After Qin Xiangnuan finished speaking, he just glanced at her, without the anger he had just shown.

"You don't need to say more. What you just asked is what almost everyone who comes here asks." The official said patiently, "I won't hide it from you. I have seen you all exiled all the way..."

The official looked at their clothes as he spoke. Qin Xiangnuan lowered her head and understood what he meant.

"I know you can't make a living in the fields, but now that you've been exiled here, do you have any choice?" The official seemed to be laughing at her naiveté.

Qin Xiangnuan thought for a moment and asked the official, "If I can double the yield of the land here, will you let us go free?"

Before the official's brows knitted even tighter, Qin Xiangnuan added, "Of course, we won't leave here casually. We'll just do our own business."

The official relaxed and leaned back in the armchair, a mocking expression on his face. "How dare you, a young lady who has lived in the boudoir for a long time, speak so arrogantly?"

"Sir, you can't make any rash statements before you see the results." Qin Xiangnuan saw that things were turning around and pressed on. "You only need to give me three months, but during these three months, we must still be free."

The official leaned back from the chair at this time. He just thought that Qin Xiangnuan's words seemed to be very confident. If it could really work out, it would undoubtedly be a good thing for him.

It would be fine to give them freedom when the time comes, and it would not be a loss for him.

But the conditions Qin Xiangnuan proposed at this time were a bit too much.

"Are you trying to play a trick on me?" the official said in a low voice. "You have no right to make demands on me. Whether you like it or not, I can make you go to hell."

"I understand." Qin Xiangnuan was neither humble nor arrogant, and continued to look at the official with an unchanged expression.

"I am willing to sign a written agreement with you," Qin Xiangnuan said. "If there is no result after three months, I am willing to use money to make up for the loss."

Hearing this, the official felt even more that he had been fooled. Although the harvest of each piece of land in the entire border area was not high, the area was vast. Even if there was only a little in each place, it was not something that Qin Xiangnuan could buy alone.

But when the official raised the gavel again, he saw the object in Qin Xiangnuan's hand and stopped.

"What is this?" The official had never seen it before, but as soon as he saw the jade pendant, he knew it was an item from the capital, and not something that ordinary dignitaries would have.

Qin Xiangnuan placed the things closer, and the official vaguely guessed that they were things from the imperial city.

"This was given to me by the Seventh Prince." Qin Xiangnuan said this with an ambiguous tone and shy expression, which made people imagine.

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They had just coaxed the child and were in a quiet place when they heard Qin Xiangnuan's words clearly, and they were sure that they had not heard wrongly.

But they all tacitly kept silent and watched Qin Xiangnuan continue to lie with her eyes open.

"The Seventh Prince?" The official had vaguely heard that General Qin's third daughter had a close relationship with the Seventh Prince. Could the rumor be true?

The border is really too far away from the imperial city. No matter what news it is, it has become vague by word of mouth when it reaches here. Qin Xiangnuan is in trouble, so no one should be able to gossip about her and Gu Mingqi in letters.

So when the official asked her again, Qin Xiangnuan nodded shyly, "Yes, he gave it to me. The journey was so smooth, thanks to this jade pendant, otherwise..."

The official understood instantly what was not fully said. Qin Guang and his family arrived here safely, which meant there was no accident.

"I understand this. You can go ahead and get the document..." the official said hesitantly.

Qin Xiangnuan quickly retracted the jade pendant and said sternly, "I will sign the agreement. I told you that I am the Seventh Prince just to make you believe that I will not default on my debt."

"Okay, okay, then let's do as you say." The official finally relented.

After the family was completely freed from the control of handcuffs, they all felt extremely relieved.

"Nuannuan, you are amazing!" Qin Feng praised her sincerely. If Qin Xiangnuan had not almost hated Gu Mingqi to death, he would have been deceived by her performance.

"You're welcome, cousin." Qin Xiangnuan curled the corners of her mouth.

Qin Xiangnuan then took a few steps back and stood on the same level as Qin Guang. "Dad, I'm afraid the inn management we discussed earlier needs to be changed."

Qin Guang nodded without any doubt, "You have the final say."

Qin Xiangnuan opened her mouth, but then gave up. It was not easy to get Qin Guang to completely accept her as the shopkeeper.

"Miss San, you guys are finally out!"

"Undercurrent?" Qin Xiangnuan blinked. It was really Undercurrent, being supported by Ying Niang and standing there.

Qin Xiangnuan couldn't help but look back, but she didn't see the person she was expecting, and there was a subtle disappointment on her face.

Anliu didn't see them and walked straight towards them, still muttering: "You guys have been in there for so long. If you don't come out, I'll go in and rob you."

"Haha." Qin Feng smiled and pressed on Anliu's shoulder, saying, "Fortunately, we are fine. Otherwise, with your broken body, you don't know what will happen..."

"Who are you looking down on?" Anliu shook his shoulders, trying to shake the man's hand off.

He just lost a little blood, why did he become a mutilated body?

"Be careful!"

Anliu's movements were a little bigger, so Ying Niang frowned and patted Anliu lightly.

"Okay." Anliu actually calmed down and let Qin Feng's hand rest on his shoulder.

Now, there was no need for undercurrent, and Qin Feng slowly withdrew his hand with a little discomfort.

Qin Xiangnuan couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. In just one day, the progress between them was extremely rapid, and it seemed that the undercurrent had been settled by Ying Niang.

"Third Miss." Perhaps Qin Xiangnuan's teasing look was too substantial, and Anliu had to meet Qin Xiangnuan's gaze.

Qin Xiangnuan responded with a smile, without asking why he came here, nor did she mention whether Jiang Lin had any instructions.

"We've dealt with things here." Qin Xiangnuan said, "Let's go find Nuanyang and the others to make peace."