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Tai Mianmian brought tea and felt that the atmosphere around her was a little stagnant. Thinking that her talk was not going well, she started to speak to warm up the atmosphere.

"Dad, have some tea. Jinjin, we agreed to stay the night, so don't be lazy!"

Song Jin took a sip of hot tea and said, "I won't forget it. Sorry to bother you, Master Sikong."

"Stay overnight?" Tai Ling frowned, and then his expression softened immediately after receiving his daughter's threatening look. "Oh, then let the housekeeper know as soon as possible and have him send someone to clean up."

Tai Mianmian withdrew his gaze with satisfaction, sat down between the two of them, and looked at them with his chin in his hand: "Dad, what are you and Jinjin talking about?"

Song Jin looked at him hesitantly.

Tai Ling covered his lips and coughed, but he didn't avoid her. "Father and Miss Song are talking about the Zhaiyue Tower."

"Zhaiyue Tower? Aren't you talking about shipbuilding?"

Song Jin looked at him and continued the conversation, "So what does Lord Sikong mean?"

"This is about the Zhaiyue Tower, so your Majesty needs to make the decision. But in my opinion, your Majesty will lean towards Miss Song."

Song Jin came here this time with the idea of ​​winning. It is impossible for Zhaiyue Tower to dominate forever. Without an indestructible backer, it will eventually fall one day.

If the emperor really agrees, the Zhaiyue Tower will stand tall in Sheng'an for the next hundred years.

Tai Mianmian looked at the two of them in confusion: "What nonsense are you talking about? How come you are still related to Zhaiyue Tower?"

Song Jin smiled but said nothing: "By the way, the boat your majesty wants is not something that ordinary shipbuilders can build. The Song family of Qingzhou is willing to provide funding and I also have a capable person to recommend."

"who?"

Song Jin opened her red lips and slowly uttered a name:

"Good afternoon, Zhao."

*

garden.

Feng Hai ordered the eunuchs to move the ice cubes, and ordered the palace maids to fan them faster. The emperor was afraid of heat, and no one would suffer if they annoyed him.

After hearing the secret guard's message, the emperor was surprised for a moment.

"Miss Song is actually related to Zhaiyue Tower?"

It is not a wise act to take the initiative to expose the trump card of Zhaiyue Tower. He couldn't help feeling a little disappointed with the young lady that Cui Huaiji had his eyes on.

He felt that such a stupid girl was not worthy of him.

Looking at Cui Huaiji again, he was also somewhat surprised.

She felt like it was a gift from God. The more she opened it, the more surprises she discovered.

"I don't know either. As one of the richest merchants in Qingzhou, the Song family must be Mr. Song's connections."

The emperor seemed to be thinking about something. If the Song family paid, he wouldn't have to use the national treasury and could still do business with Zhaiyue Tower. This would be a complete loss with no gain.

Having been in a high position for a long time, he was inevitably sensitive: "You went through so much trouble just to cancel the engagement with the seventh brother?"

Cui Huaiji knew what he was on guard against, and pointed out: "A big tree attracts the wind, and it will always fall. Besides, the crown prince and the seventh prince have both met with Sikong Tailing."

Shipbuilding is not as simple as it seems.

This was a test set by the emperor.

The one who bit the hook has surfaced.

"Is that so?" The emperor responded calmly, but he saw something else. "Fu Ji is very interested in that young lady? He hinted to me in some way to give her a chance."

Cui Huaiji raised the corner of his lips, his eyes clearly showing his possession of Song Jin, "I think she belongs to the Quling Marquis's Mansion."

The emperor couldn't bear to see him looking so lustful.

Where did the unrestrained and uninhibited Qu Linghou go?

"Alright, alright, I'll help you this time, and it won't happen again."

After all, I ruined my son's marriage, and I still feel a little guilty.

Cui Huaiji chuckled: "I will speak well of Your Majesty in front of Sister."

A few days ago, the emperor had offended the Empress Dowager and was being punished by not being allowed to enter the Chaowu Palace.

The emperor's face instantly lit up with joy, and the trace of guilt he had just felt disappeared.

*

Xu Nanheng was busy competing with the prince for court officials and had no idea what was happening in Song Jin.

When the general left the palace, he met the fifth prince who had entered the palace.

Xu Luo stopped his car and drove.

"I heard that Seventh Brother hasn't returned home these days?"

Xu Nanheng didn't understand what was going on, and he gave an elusive smile that made people feel uneasy.

The guards on both sides consciously stood far away.

He looked around and then said, "Seventh brother, I'm afraid you don't know, my future seventh brother's wife is going to cooperate with Lord Sikong, do you know about it?"

Xu Nanheng's expression remained unchanged. He didn't even look at him, turned around and was about to leave: "Don't trouble Fifth Brother."

Xu Luo looked at him with a smile, with a hint of fanning the flames: "It seems that Seventh Brother really doesn't know the truth, and Seventh Brother's wife is not as infatuated as you say!"

Xu Nanheng's face suddenly darkened, he glared at him darkly, and then strode away.

The unbridled laughter behind me was like thunder.

*

"Where is the princess?"

When Xu Nanheng returned to the mansion and did not find Song Jin, he called the eunuch of the mansion to question him.

He always looked down on Song Jin, and didn't care even when Xu Nanheng said he would respect her.

After finally catching her in trouble, how could I let it go and exaggerate it?

"Your Highness, General Dingguo sent someone to tell you that the princess is staying at the general's residence tonight." He frowned and said in a low voice, "The princess is also like that. How can she stay out here? She really doesn't care about Your Highness!"

Xu Nanheng looked at him without saying anything. He froze for a moment, and his voice became weaker and weaker.

"Go down."

"……yes."

Song Jin's yard is not that remote.

Xu Nanheng originally wanted to arrange for her to live in the main courtyard, but unable to withstand Yang Chaoxue's noise, he arranged for her to live in the side courtyard next to the main courtyard.

He rarely set foot in her yard and was busy with various things after bringing her back. Now thinking about it, he seemed to pay too little attention to Song Jin.

He had deliberately approached Song Jin at the beginning, but what about now...

Xu Nanheng sat in the yard in confusion. Under the starry night, he was like a dead tree, and the tranquility around him seemed cut off from him.

*

After a night, Song Jin got on a carriage and returned to the Seventh Prince's Mansion.

When the eunuch in the main mansion heard the report from his subordinates, he sneered and criticized her in a sarcastic tone for not returning home at night.

Song Jin rolled his eyes when he heard this and asked someone to send him away.

Early in the morning, she felt unlucky.

Unexpectedly, something even more unlucky was happening in her yard.

"Your Highness?"

Song Jin stared blankly at someone sitting in the yard.

There was still a little morning dew on his hair, his face was almost pale, and the dark circles under his eyes would surprise anyone who saw them.

"You... waited for me here all night?"

Xu Nanheng's eyelashes trembled slightly. After sitting there all night, he finally got the answer he wanted in his heart.

After returning from Qingzhou, Song Jin was captured and brought into the mansion by Cui Huaiji, which was a great humiliation for him. The reason why he was so angry was that he was attracted by the young lady in front of him.

Her every frown and smile became clearer as we spent more and more time together.

He thought that he could not use her ruthlessly.

"Now."

He suddenly rushed over and hugged her tightly, his tone full of joy.

"If you're not coming back, send someone to tell me earlier, okay?"

He did not blame her for staying out all night, but instead put himself in a cautious position.

Song Jin was surprised at his change.

She couldn't understand why Xu Nanheng's attitude towards her changed so much in just one night?

If she still had some vague feelings before, now she could feel Xu Nanheng's surging love. This love came so fast that she could hardly resist it.

"Your Highness...what's wrong with you?"

Xu Nanheng let her go, his expression more relaxed than ever before: "Did you go to find Tailing smoothly?"

Is this a test for her?

Song Jin hesitated: "What kind of result does Your Highness hope for?"

"I'm happy for you either way."

Does he really not understand or is he just pretending to be confused?

Song Jin pursed his lips and simply confessed to him: "Your Highness, I cooperated with Lord Sikong, but it was in my personal name, and it has nothing to do with Your Highness."

Xu Nanheng looked at her and smiled, his eyes so gentle that they seemed to be filled with water.

She got goosebumps.

Song Jin broke away his hand and distanced himself from him. Seeing the dim light in his eyes, he became even more confused.

"Your Highness should understand that after this is successful, His Majesty will promise me one thing."

The smile on Xu Nanheng's face completely disappeared.

He vaguely knew what Song Jin was going to say.

But he knew his feelings clearly, how could she bear it...

He looked at her delicate face in a naive way and interrupted her words: "Jinjin, shall we move up the wedding date?"

Song Jin frowned: "Your Highness will understand what I mean."

Xu Nanheng grabbed her arm fiercely, "Jinjin, I love you, I want to marry you, and I will protect you for the rest of my life!"

Song Jin shook off his hand coldly: "From Qingzhou to Sheng'an, I have encountered countless assassinations. If Your Highness could really protect me, why would I retreat? Your Highness, Song Jin is a coward. I cherish my life more than anyone else."

"No!" His voice suddenly rose, and he stared at her anxiously and helplessly, "You are already my fiancée... I can protect you, Jinjin, you love me, right? We once gave each other tokens of love..."

The eyes that were full of affection in my memory suddenly became cold and heartless.

Xu Nanheng suddenly lost his voice, with thousands of words stuck in his throat and he couldn't utter a single word.

Then he realized something.

Song Jin really has no love for him at all.

Song Jin turned and walked into the house, and her ruthless back looked so cold in his eyes.

A dull pain in my chest.

"Thank you for your reminder, Your Highness. I will return the token to Your Highness."

*

"Are you serious? Song Jin is really going to cancel the engagement with Brother Nan Heng?"

Yang Chaoxue was surprised and happy, and could not help but clench her handkerchief. At this moment, her desire to see Xu Nanheng reached its peak.

After being agitated for a while, she told Ningxue, "Quick, prepare the carriage, I want to go see Brother Nanheng!"

Ningxue hesitated, and before she could open her mouth to persuade him, the little palace maid at the palace gate ran in.

She looked at Yang Chaoxue, her eyes full of joy: "My Lady, the Crown Prince has ordered you to sleep with him tonight!"

The Crown Prince had been married for several months, but he had never stayed overnight in the Concubine's Palace. He came more frequently during the day, but at night he would go to the Crown Princess's bedroom.

This was the first time he had slept with her in months.

Everyone in the palace was happy for her, thinking that the concubine would finally get her day.

However, Yang Chaoxue herself couldn't laugh.

She was in no mood to deal with Xu Guanlin at the moment. She just wanted to see Xu Nanheng right away, throw herself into his arms and hug him, tell him that she would never betray him, and comfort her when he was most sad.

In this way, Xu Nanheng's heart will always remain with her.

Ningxue noticed that her face looked amiss, so she immediately dismissed the young palace maid to prevent her from being punished by Yang Chaoxue.

Yang Chaoxue sat down silently, "Brother Nanheng..."