Chapter 345 Sending the Island Overnight

“Mr. Yuan, I’m glad to have come back this time. I was able to stay in the capital for an extra month. I heard that you had come to the grasslands. I was worried that sending a message back and forth would take too much time, so I decided to come by myself.”

Fan Huaiqing's honest face showed an eagerness to take credit, which made Yuan Hongqu a little curious.

What a great achievement it must have been for Fan Huaiqing, who is usually as steady as a mountain, to show such an expression.

"Just say it if it's urgent." Yuan Hongqu didn't bother with formalities with Fan Huaiqing, implying that if it wasn't important, there was no need to speak.

She sat down, poured herself a cup of tea, and was exhausted from her long journey.

This is why she doesn't usually like riding horses. Although riding horses looks cool and dashing, it's actually quite difficult to keep going for one or two hours straight without some stamina.

So she preferred to improve the carriage, making the shock absorption better, so that the ride was less bumpy and much more comfortable than riding a horse.

She had originally planned to go back to her space to catch up on sleep, but Fan Huaiqing's sudden appearance interrupted her plans, hence her less-than-friendly tone.

Fan Huaiqing, a man of such keen insight, seemed oblivious to Yuan Hongqu's fatigue and continued to smile.

"Mr. Yuan, on this trip, I happened to pass through an overseas country. The king of that country was seriously ill and seeking medical treatment, and I saved his life with a bottle of ginseng pills. Originally, I intended to use saving the king's life to promote the ginseng pills. I never expected that treating the king would bring such a great benefit..."

Fan Huaiqing stopped there, leaving the matter unresolved.

"Mr. Yuan, guess what the benefits are?"

Yuan Hongqu had no interest in these things. These external possessions were something you couldn't take with you when you died, and nothing was as good as her personal space.

Therefore, he said rather irritably,

"Fan Huaiqing, if there's nothing else, go out and find someone to arrange accommodation for you. We can talk another day. I have important business to attend to tomorrow and need to rest now."

"Mr. Yuan, the king gave us an island, which is a hundred miles in circumference!"

"Fan Huaiqing, you can manage it yourself. You don't need to tell me about these things." Yuan Hongqu wasn't too excited when she heard this. This isn't modern times. If such a large island were privately owned, it would definitely be world-famous.

In this day and age, there are plenty of deserted islands like this overseas. Which martial arts master doesn't occupy a few deserted islands?

This thing was a complete burden to her.

"Knowing that you have never cared about these material possessions, I took the liberty of putting Princess Lin's name on all the island's land deeds. The island is nameless, so since it's registered under Princess Lin's name, I've named it Crimson Pearl Immortal Island."

Fan Huaiqing quickly said that he knew Mr. Yuan would definitely be interested as long as Princess Lin was mentioned.

Sure enough, Yuan Hongqu wasn't impatient this time. She drank another cup of tea; she needed to drink tea to stay awake, otherwise she was afraid she would yawn in front of Fan Huaiqing.

"Tell me about it. Princess Lin has a small island overseas. Do you think she has too much time on her hands?"

Fan Huaiqing registered the island under Daiyu's name. This island was not even part of the country's territory, and it was unknown whether the Emperor would become suspicious.

Fan Huaiqing wasn't bringing himself good news at all; he was clearly just asking for trouble!

"Mr. Yuan, how could that be? I, Old Fan, would never do things without explanation!" Fan Huaiqing hurriedly said.

“Mr. Yuan, that island has a spring-like climate all year round, and there are some indigenous people on it. We have inquired and found that their ancestors were also from this area. At the beginning of our dynasty, when foreign countries visited, they exchanged the island for a piece of land on the mainland because they thought it was too far from the mainland.”

Fan Huaiqing explained, "Ever since Princess Lin's birthday this year, Mr. Yuan has been thinking about finding a coming-of-age gift for her. What do you think of this gift?"

The coming-of-age gift for Daiyu was an island?

Yuan Hongqu shook her head.

“Princess Lin’s coming-of-age ceremony is still two years away, so we don’t necessarily need to use this island. You should have someone take good care of it and draw up a detailed map.”

Although Yuan Hongqu shook her head, she was already somewhat tempted.

Only after Fan Huaiqing left did Yuan Hongqu breathe a sigh of relief, waved away the people around her, went into the inner room of the tent, turned off the light, and entered the space.

Daiyu is still a long way from coming of age; she'll surely find a more suitable gift by then!

Yuan Hongqu had just finished saying those words to herself when she fell asleep.

After leaving, Fan Huaiqing lost his earlier composure.

He was worried to himself: Yuan Hongqu looked down on such a large island. If he told him that the king had actually ceded a string of small islands to them as well, wouldn't that be humiliating?

Fan Huaiqing felt that he was far inferior to Yuan Hongqu, so he treated this little thing as great news and excitedly ran hundreds of miles to tell Yuan Hongqu.

Little did they know that they didn't take it seriously at all.

Sigh, when will I be able to reach the level of Yuan Hongqu?

Daiyu, who was inside the yurt, hadn't dreamed about the space for a long time. Now she would go in directly or consciously. This time, she dreamed that she was in the space again.

She also clearly heard the conversation between Granny Yuan and Manager Fan.

An island that has its own name on it?

Daiyu wasn't very interested in this either. If the island were in the south, closer to her father, that would be nice, but what use would a small island overseas be?

I slept well all night.

Daiyu knew that Granny Yuan had returned late last night and would definitely need to sleep a little longer, so she instructed the maids and servants to be quiet and not disturb Granny Yuan's rest.

Although she knew that Granny Yuan was definitely sleeping in the space, she could still hear the noises outside from inside the space, and it wouldn't be good if Granny Yuan was disturbed.

She had just given the order when a loud shout, as if struck by thunder, rang out from outside.

"Who let this woman into my brother's tent!"

Judging from the voice, it could only be Liu Qianrou.

"Xueyan, come on, let's go out and see. We shouldn't have been so soft-hearted as to let her pitch her tent near us!" Daiyu frowned slightly and threw down the handkerchief in her hand.

She stood up and walked outside. As soon as she stepped out the door, she saw Liu Qianrou baring her teeth and claws, dragging Wu Zhu, whose hair was disheveled, out of the tent.

He dragged himself along while cursing.

"Are you all dead men? You can't even guard a gate properly! What use are you? What if she gets angry about being my brother's slave and takes advantage of his inability to move to harm him... Three or four grown men can't even guard such a small gate!"

The Liu family guards exchanged bewildered glances. They had indeed been guarding the entrance and hadn't left for a moment, but they really didn't know when Wu Zhu had gone in.

Daiyu came from the direction she was coming from and saw the side of the Liu family's tent, which seemed a bit loose, so she went over to take a look.

"They cut a big hole in the back of the tent, how can you see anything from the front?"