Li Xuanji was relieved.

He felt something else inside the envelope, and when he emptied it out, he found a handful of shelled raw peanuts.

This is Murong Yue's favorite snack.

Since Ah Hao had nothing else to do, he peeled peanuts for Murong Yue.

Murong Yue carried one with her wherever she went.

Even her pet rabbit and hedgehog love to eat these raw peanuts.

One by one, the purplish-red peanuts lay in his palm.

"Huh? What's this?"

Lan Anting asked curiously, then leaned closer to take a look and became even more curious, "What does 'peanut' mean?"

Li Xuanji put the letter and peanuts back into the envelope.

He felt an indescribable bitterness in his heart.

Despite his age, his eyes welled up with tears.

He and Murong Gan were good brothers, and he was also Lan Yun's senior brother. Although he was not a biological child of the Lan family, strictly speaking, he was Murong Yue's maternal uncle.

When Murong Gan asked him to teach Murong Yue, he clearly positioned himself well.

He shared the same ideal as Murong Gan: to make Daqing better and better.

He was the imperial advisor and a subject.

He treated Murong Yue like his own child.

After Murong Yue ascended the throne, Murong Gan and Lan Yun ran away from home, and gradually, Murong Yue and he became estranged.

It seems that only the relationship between the two remains that of ruler and subject.

After this illness, Murong Yue seemed to have returned to how she was when they were children.

He didn't know how to explain the meaning of these peanuts; all he knew was that his niece, his only student, wanted him to go back.

He stood up and bowed to Lan Tianqi and Mei Wuxiang.

"Master, Mistress, I have been out for three days and have seen all the information I needed to investigate."

"I should return to the capital."

Lan Anting immediately grabbed his sleeve, "Oh dear, you've only just arrived and you're already going back? Why don't you stay a few more days? We haven't even sparred yet!"

Li Xuanji shook his head, "No, Her Majesty's situation is special right now, I'm afraid she might have something to ask me."

"Master and Mistress, please take good care of yourselves."

After saying that, he turned and left, disappearing into the deep night.

well.

After a moment of silence, Lan Anting asked in a low voice, "Father, is Senior Brother really prepared to live like this for the rest of his life?"

Lan Tianqi tilted his head back and drank another glass of wine.

“As long as your eldest brother is the national advisor, he cannot have his own children, cannot start a family, and cannot have any weaknesses.”

"Just like your sister."

"Although I don't know what Yun'er and her husband are after, the reason they're not coming back now is definitely for Yue'er and for Daqing."

Lan Tianqi also misses his daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter.

But he couldn't leave Lanjiabao, and he couldn't go to the capital to visit his family.

Because Lan Family Fortress represents the forces of the martial arts world, and the world is constantly changing, these forces have always remained aloof.

Murong Gan once said that if the Qing Kingdom does not become strong, it will be annexed by other kingdoms sooner or later.

If it becomes powerful, the other countries will be eyeing it covetously and could unite at any time to divide up Qing Kingdom.

Lanjiabao was the retreat route for the Murong family.

Therefore, Lanjiabao should keep a low profile and avoid the world.

He also asked Murong Gan if it would always be like this.

Murong Gan and Lan Yun both gave the same answer: the world will eventually unite after a long period of division, and will eventually divide after a long period of unity. They did not know who would eventually unify the world.

It might be the Kingdom of Qing, or it might be another country.

But it certainly can't be achieved by the two of them.

He had pressed them on why it couldn't be achieved by the two of them, since they were still young.

At that time, Murong Gan said, "There's not enough time..."

Therefore, the mission of Lanjiabao is to ensure that, if the Qing Kingdom is destroyed, at least those whom Murong Gan cares about can live.

Lan Tianqi eventually got drunk.

After sending the letter, Murong Yue put the matter out of her mind.

She grabbed Murong Anle and asked Xiao Yuanshuang what she was doing; she couldn't help it, she was just too bored these past few days.

Murong Anle happily reported what Xiao Yuanshuang had done to His Majesty.

Xiao Yuanshuang had a batch of silver notes in her possession, and the Yong'an Marquis's mansion was also sending her money continuously.

Her days finally became a little easier.

Lord Pi came to discuss what to do with the 300,000 taels of silver worth of grain that she had exported.

She decisively took out 350,000 taels of silver.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand taels of silver were used to purchase grain from the Yue Kingdom."

The Yue Kingdom may not have much else, but it has enough grain. When they told the Qing Kingdom that they didn't have enough grain, that was just the official statement. The majority of the grain was actually supplied by the people.

The major grain merchants in the Yue Kingdom were all backed by members of the royal family.

Therefore, while the Yue Kingdom appeared to be suffering from disaster and food shortages, it was actually quite well-off.

"Don't worry, the price of grain in Qing Kingdom is already higher than in Yue Kingdom. Our 250,000 taels of grain is more than enough."

"Thank you for your hard work, Master Pi, for the remaining 100,000 taels."

"The other adults have also worked hard."

The meaning is clear: the 100,000 taels of silver were partly for running errands and partly for keeping quiet.

Xiao Yuanche will have no chance to return to Yue Kingdom to use her wit and glibness. As long as the envoys don't report to the emperor about her losing the grain, the others can say whatever they want.

That concludes the matter.

Lord Pi could not refuse.

There were other people in the delegation besides him; if he didn't do it, there were plenty of others who could. Besides, he had no need to offend Xiao Yuanshuang.

"Your Highness, rest assured."

Both of them were very satisfied with the result, but their joy was short-lived, as they received a message from their subordinates.

"What? Say that again?"

Xiao Yuanshuang's eyes went black.

The first batch of grain intended for the trade was lost. In order to prolong their stay in Qing Kingdom, she and Xiao Yuanche discussed it and sent several squads of soldiers to help the bandits.

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