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It has been almost a month since Song Jin came to Sheng'an.

During this period, he has been living in the marquis's mansion. There is a lot of gossip outside, but due to Cui Huaiji's power, he dare not say anything openly. He doesn't know how to plot between him and Song Jin behind their backs.

However, Song Jin rushed between the Marquis' Mansion and the Seventh Prince's Mansion every day and had no time to inquire about these things.

Xu Nanheng's injuries were strange. When asked about it, he just stammered and changed the subject, as if he was too embarrassed to speak. However, she knew from Cui Huaiji's tone that his injuries were caused by Cui Huaiji's men.

She just wanted to say,

Well done!

"I heard from Meng Shu that your Highness's injury is almost healed?"

Xu Nanheng drank the medicine silently and nodded: "Well, just take a few more doses and it will be almost done."

Song Jin was visibly delighted.

Very good, Xu Nanheng is well now, so his fiancée doesn't have to come over every day to take care of him.

"Jinjin, it's my birthday in a few days, please accompany me to the palace."

Song Jin was puzzled: "Enter the palace?"

"Well," Xu Nanheng said with a trace of sadness in his eyes, "My biological mother committed a serious crime ten years ago, and my father confined her to the Taichang Palace, where she fasted and worshipped Buddha to atone for her sins."

"The only day I can visit her is on my birthday."

Song Jin was silent.

Xu Nanheng's biological mother was Liangpin, who was once a concubine. If she had not been so greedy and caused such a disaster, she would not have ended up like this.

In his previous life, Xu Nanheng only gave a few brief introduction to his biological mother and never mentioned taking her to visit Concubine Liang.

Song Jin lowered his eyes: "Okay."

*

After coming out of the Seventh Prince's Mansion, Song Jin used the crowd to avoid the people who were following him and came to the Zhaiyue Tower in the east of the city.

Zhaiyue Tower is indeed the most prosperous area in Sheng'an.

Song Jin was amazed.

There is a huge lake at the entrance of Zhaiyue Tower, connected by a series of winding corridors. In summer, the lotus flowers are in full bloom, which is quite interesting.

This corridor alone attracted quite a few people.

Walking through the long corridor, Song Jin followed the crowd downstairs.

The waiter suddenly stopped her and looked at her with a smile: "Young lady, please show me your invitation."

Flower post?

She definitely couldn't produce the flower invitation, Song Jin shook her head and took out the jade token and gave it to him: "I want to see your shopkeeper."

The waiter recognized the Vermillion Bird on the jade token and showed no emotion at all, but his attitude became respectful.

"Just follow him, young lady."

Song Jin looked at the man in black who came out, nodded his chin, and followed him out.

The man in black led her into the Zhaiyue Tower through the side door and asked her to wait for a moment.

The shopkeeper of Zhaiyue Tower is a charming lady. Although she is beautiful, she is actually very ruthless and no one dares to provoke her easily.

When I heard from my subordinates that a young lady with a Suzaku Jade came to my house, I immediately thought that she was that man's daughter.

"Miss Song Jin?"

The visitor accurately revealed her identity, with a charming look in his eyes.

Song Jin was surprised: "The shopkeeper knows me?"

“No.”

The purple clothes are bewitching, and the white hands are holding a round fan.

Qin Wan came over gracefully, the fragrance of her makeup filling her face. "But I know your father. That guy always tells me that he has a very well-behaved daughter. You brought the Suzaku Jade with you, so you must be that guy's daughter."

"The shopkeeper has a good eye."

Qin Wan poured two cups of tea, her sparkling and passionate eyes seducing the heartstrings: "Tell me, what do you want to see me for, young lady?"

Song Jin looked at her, unmoved: "I'll check the bill."

Qin Wan paused and narrowed her eyes dangerously: "Why, Song Tan doesn't trust me?"

"The shopkeeper has misunderstood," Song Jin smiled and looked at her without any fear, "Father doesn't distrust the shopkeeper. He asked me to check the accounts just to train me. After all, the future business of the Song family will be handed over to me."

Qin Wan observed her silently.

I didn't expect such a young girl would know how to remind her indirectly.

But what she said was indeed right. The Song family's huge business would eventually be handed over to her.

"Young lady, what you said is true," Qin Wan slowly raised the round fan in her hand, "In the future, we will have many dealings with young lady. It's just a matter of checking the accounts. Young lady, feel free to check the accounts of Zhaiyue Tower!"

The smile on Song Jin's face was genuine: "May I know the name of the shopkeeper?"

"Qin Wan."

*

In the Zhaiyue Tower, you can look out the window and overlook the street opposite.

Song Jin glanced casually and saw someone familiar.

"What are you looking at, young lady?"

Song Jin pointed at the person on the ground and asked her, "Who is that person? He looks a little pitiful."

Qin Wan took a quick look and laughed, "Oh, he is just a poor scholar who came to Sheng'an to take the exam but unfortunately his money was stolen. Looking at his miserable state, he must have been tricked into eating a free meal at the restaurant across the street. He has to bear it."

She looked at Song Jin with a smile, and didn't think she would mention someone for no reason.

With her eyes rolling, she smiled tentatively: "Young lady, do you think he is useful?"

If you lend a helping hand to a scholar who is rushing to take an exam in times of crisis, he will become a valuable assistant in time.

Song Jin's thoughts are on things in his past life.

She remembered that this poor scholar was appointed prime minister after Xu Nanheng ascended the throne and became very popular. She never expected that he had experienced such an experience before that.

Anyone who can be appointed as prime minister by Xu Nanheng must be his man.

A gleam flashed in her almond-shaped eyes.

She calmly watched the man being beaten and ordered in a low voice: "Boss Qin, I need you to rescue someone."

Qin Wan covered her lips and said, "I understand, little lady."

Half an hour later, she led the bruised man up, not hiding the disgust on her face at all.

The man's name was Zhao Wuan. Just as Qin Wan said, his wallet was stolen on the first day he came to Sheng'an. He was also tricked into having a free meal and was severely beaten. If Qin Wan had not arrived in time, he would have been beaten to death.

Zhao Wuan clasped his fists and pulled the wound on his face, and immediately grimaced.

Qin Wan kept shaking her head as she watched, her disgust clearly evident.

"Thank you for your help, young lady..."

Song Jin looked at him and asked, "What's your name?"

Zhao Wuan was stunned for a moment, then replied: "I am Zhao Wuan, a scholar from Poer Village who is taking the exam."

Song Jin stared at him for a long while, then winked at Qin Wan, "I also saw what happened just now. Since Mr. Zhao wants to take the exam, I will get straight to the point."

"I am willing to help you in the imperial examination and help you win the third place."

The embarrassment on Zhao Wuan's face was replaced by astonishment when he heard that she wanted to help him. He pointed at himself unconfidently and said, "Young lady, you just said that you want to help me?"

He pursed his lips, feeling both shy and happy, and his bruised face looked extremely funny.

"I, I... There are so many scholars taking the imperial examination in Sheng'an, why did you choose me?"

Not everyone can have a chance to have a piece of cake.

Zhao Wuan is still rational.

"Of course I have my reasons." Qin Wan threw a bag of silver into his arms. Song Jin watched him frantically catch the silver, his eyebrows slightly curved, "Mr. Zhao can see that I am a businessman, and businessmen never do business at a loss. I see Mr. Zhao's face, he must be someone who can win the third place."

"The money I give you today is to help you solve your current predicament, and the money I give you later will help you navigate the officialdom. In exchange, if I run into trouble in the future, you must stand by my side unconditionally."

Seeing his hesitation, Song Jin added, "Don't worry, it's definitely not murder or arson."

Zhao Wuan came to Sheng'an because the whole village had worked together to send him here. The rope on his body was the hope of the whole village. Now that the rope was stolen, it would be very difficult for him to wait until the day of the imperial examination. The road that Song Jin laid out in front of him seemed bright and limitless, but he would have to work for her from now on.

It is clear at a glance which of the two is more important.

Zhao Wuan exhaled heavily, his eyes firm: "Young lady is willing to help me, Wuan is very grateful, and I will definitely not let you down!"

Song Jin nodded in satisfaction: "My name is Song Jin. It is not convenient to contact you on weekdays. You can come directly to Zhaiyue Tower to find Qin the shopkeeper."

Qin Wan nodded to him.

The moment he heard her name, Zhao Wuan's eyes narrowed slightly and he immediately concealed his surprise.

Is she the seventh prince's fiancée?

*

The Seventh Prince’s Mansion.

After hearing the news brought back by Meng Shu, Xu Nanheng was so angry that he opened the wound on his body and immediately took a breath of cold air.

He forbearingly asked, "Who took Zhao Wuan away?"

Meng Fan looked at his sinister and twisted face, and his heart was shaken for a moment: "It seems that he is the owner of Zhaiyue Tower."

"Zhaiyue Tower?"

The business of Zhaiyue Tower is extremely complicated, even involving the imperial merchants, and cannot be easily touched.

However, Zhaiyue Tower has always only been doing its own business, so when did it get involved in these matters?

He gritted his teeth secretly: "How is Zhao Wuan now?"

"It should be that the owner of Zhaiyue Tower helped him. I think there won't be any trouble in the future scientific expeditions."

With the help of Zhaiyue Tower, who would dare to get themselves into trouble?

Xu Nanheng was very aware of this, which was why he was so angry that smoke came out of his head.

He had been eyeing Zhao Wuan since early in the morning, and specially arranged for someone to steal the food when he was not paying attention, and then prepared a free meal for him to put him in a desperate situation. After that, he would take action again. Was he afraid that Zhao Wuan would not be grateful to him?

But now all the plans have been disrupted by Zhaiyue Tower!

Since it can’t be used by him, that’s it!

Meng Shu knew nothing about these plans. He only knew that Xu Nanheng valued this scholar very much and wanted to recruit him under his command.

But looking at his current expression, he was suppressing his anger, and there was a flash of murderous intent.

Even if Meng Shu was dull, he should have noticed it.

He lowered his eyes, still with that indifferent look: "There are so many scholars taking the imperial examination. Since Zhao Wuan is not destined to be with Your Highness, you might as well choose someone else."

Xu Nanheng looked at him, hesitant to speak, "Forget it, you go back first."

Meng Shu bowed and retreated. When he was about to reach the door, he suddenly heard his warm voice.

"Meng Shu, what happened to Song Jin being assassinated in Qingzhou?"

He was talking about the assassination attempt on Song Jin in his name.

It's really unworthy of me to bring this up after more than a month. As Song Jin's fiancé, I'm really unqualified.

Something is stirring deep in my heart.

Meng Fan said expressionlessly, "That day, I received a message from His Highness. Because it was a secret message, I gave it to Miss Song without any doubt. The handwriting on it was indeed His Highness's, so Miss Song thought that His Highness had murderous intentions towards her."

Xu Nanheng looked at the person in front of him who was bowing his head, and his eyes narrowed: "So, Song Jin followed Cui Huaiji to Sheng'an this time, intending to cancel the engagement?"

"yes."

It is true!

No wonder Song Jin's attitude towards him became cold. It seemed that someone was using him to harm Song Jin and force her to break off the engagement with him.

Cui Huaiji must be hoping that they would cancel their engagement!

Xu Nanheng fell into deep thought. There were only a handful of people who knew the secret transmission method and could forge his handwriting.

Miaoling's figure flashed before my eyes.

He suddenly became gloomy.

...Chao Xue?