"Dad, did you beat them?" Ye Qianning asked.

"Fight? They're not worthy enough!"

"What is that?"

"I had all the fish they caught dumped back into the sea."

“…”

That’s really mean!

The one who should be scolded now is Beili!

"Li Mu has been very close to Old Prince Feng recently. I guess most of the aquatic products will be sold to Beili in the future. You mentioned the Huo family's Beili merchant ships before. I checked and found that the aquatic products in the Qingzhou area have basically been sold to Beili a few years ago. This is the evidence I have collected, and every transaction is vivid in my mind." Zhan Chi had heard about it before, but after checking, he found out that Nanyuan had broken the contract a few years ago.

Ye Qianning took it and said that the cities around Qingzhou were quite rampant. The government covered up the transportation of aquatic products to Beili, and the accounts recorded it clearly.

Things will be easier with an account book.

"I remember that Gu Shuo had signed a contract before. If he breached the contract, he would have to pay several times the amount of money. If I seize this opportunity, I will make Old Prince Feng bankrupt." Zhan Chi made a rough estimate and it was a sky-high amount of money.

"Dad, no matter what Li Mu does at the Four Nations Conference, don't interfere."

Upon hearing this, Zhan Chi lowered his eyes and clenched his fingers: "If... we had also renounced our nationality back then, you wouldn't be so embarrassed."

"No, Dad, I don't want you to leave your homeland for me." Master, there is always a knot in her heart about the Qian family and Dad losing their nationality.

How could she bear to see them endure being talked about, looked down upon and cursed for having no nationality?

"The current Beili is no longer the Beili of ten years ago. After resigning, many officials were robbed and their entire families were killed on their way back to their hometowns. This happened one after another, so many officials who wanted to resign dared not even mention it." Many things are not understood unless you are involved in them. He understood a lot after joining the military camp.

"Once you become an official, it's so easy to leave. I heard from Master that when they left Beili, they were attacked on the road. If it weren't for the help of an expert, they would not have survived and left Beili." Ye Qianning thought of something: "Dad, do you know the Fu family in Songshan, Beili?"

"The Songshan Fuji family?" Zhan Chi thought for a moment and shook his head slightly: "I've never heard of it. What's the matter?"

"Some time ago, the Fu family in Songshan was wiped out overnight, and only three children escaped. After several twists and turns, these children fled to Dayu City. I investigated the Fu family, and the head of the Fu family was the top secret guard beside the late emperor."

Zhan Chi was shocked: "Weren't all the secret guards around the late emperor buried with him?"

"I don't know what conditions this hidden guard used to exchange for the chance to live. Many years ago, when the Fu family was annihilated, it was Lao Lu who passed by and saved them. Since then, the Fu family has been forced to move away, but many years later, they still couldn't escape the disaster. Dad, when you return to Beili, ask Grandpa Zhan if he remembers the leader of the hidden guards."

The Zhan family has been court officials for generations and has had the most contact with the royal family. They should have seen many of the secret guards around the previous emperor.

"Okay, then what are you going to do with the child?" If someone with this identity were to be taken in, it would be a big trouble if someone found out.

"The Fu family must be hiding some royal secrets, but it's not easy to pry open the children's mouths, so I want them to choose for themselves." The late emperor's secret, if not about some treasure, must be about the next generation.

"Choose it yourself?"

"Well, if they want to live, they have to exchange the secret for it. If they don't want to, there's no reason for me to save them." There's always a price to pay if you want to stay alive.

If she didn't want to, she would never risk being targeted to save others.