Liu Qin glanced at her daughter, who was deliberately being mischievous, and then at her son, who had unwittingly become an accomplice. She couldn't help but laugh: "Sister Bao is just taking advantage of Ning An's good temper."
Yan Shujin smiled, but did not deny it.
Han Jing touched his nose somewhat embarrassedly, wanting to say that Yan Shujin hadn't bullied him, but it was Princess Xuan who was speaking, so should he admit it? However, Han Jing really didn't feel that Yan Shujin had bullied him, so he could only smile and say nothing.
Actually, Liu Qin came to see Yan Shujin with a serious matter. After the Pang family split up, Pang Bin's father no longer needed to hide things like before. He used to have to secretly put a shop under his wife's name. Now he could just let the family steward manage it.
The second master of the Pang family did not think that making money was a vulgar thing. He knew that Princess Xuan was also doing business with others, and he proposed the idea of cooperation.
Yan Shujin needed someone to help her sell the flowers and plants, so Liu Qin came to tell Yan Shujin about it.
Ultimately, in Liu Qin's view, these are all Yan Shujin's own businesses, and Yan Shujin needs to make the decisions, rather than Liu Qin being able to replace Yan Shujin in cooperating with others simply because she thinks it's appropriate.
After listening, Han Jing also felt that the Pang family was a good choice for cooperation. After all, judging from the past events, it could be seen that the second master of the Pang family was a shrewd businessman. Their family also understood the aristocratic families better and knew which families were truly wealthy and which were just empty shells.
Seeing her mother leading her younger brother ahead, giving them a chance to talk, Yan Shujin smiled and said, "Next time you want to give me something, remember to do it secretly."
Han Jing's eyes darted around as he said, "I didn't expect so many people to be here."
Yan Shujin said, "How about we find an opportunity to come out just the two of us?"
Han Jing smiled and said, "Okay."
Yan Shujin felt that Han Jing was really easy to coax.
Han Jing said, "I'm afraid we'll have to wait until next year."
After all, Han Jing was about to go to the Northwest with Yan Zhili.
Yan Shujin had also thought of that, and according to the information she received from Jiang Jian, the situation in the Northwest was probably even more severe than they knew. She said, "You should stay by my father's side and keep a low profile."
"Princess, rest assured." Han Jing could not guarantee anything else, but he could absolutely guarantee this: "I am afraid of pain and hardship. I think being by Your Highness's side is the most blissful thing. Even if Your Highness drives me away, I will not leave."
After Han Jing finished speaking, he asked with some concern, "Princess, is the Prince the kind of person who leads from the front and suffers hardship himself?"
"Then I don't know." Yan Shujin teased Han Jing deliberately, saying, "Why don't you ask my father later?"
Han Jing dared not do it at all, and could only sigh helplessly: "Then there is no other way. If Your Highness suffers, I can only suffer with you. I can't leave a bad impression on Your Highness."
Yan Shujin raised an eyebrow.
Han Jing's ears turned red as he said, "After all, Your Highness is my future father-in-law."
Yan Shujin kept laughing.
Yan Qiyu turned to look at Han Jing and Yan Shujin with some curiosity and said, "Mother, my sister and Brother Han are acting strangely."
Liu Qin patted her son's head: "You'll understand when you grow up."
Yan Qiyu simply said "oh" and didn't ask anything further.
Yan Zhili was discussing something with Mr. Du, which meant there was one more person eating barbecue. Fortunately, Han Jing had prepared a lot, and none of them were hungry, so they only had a little bit.
Yan Shujin told Yan Zhili and Mr. Du about the news she learned from Jiang Jian. After all, Jiang Jian didn't hide anything when sending messages to the Prince's Mansion, and Yan Zhili knew that someone outside was helping her daughter with things.
Mr. Du frowned and said, "In that case, does it mean they're going to station troops here?"
Yan Shujin said, "But the price of grain has risen, which is not good for them either. Merchants are well-informed. If they didn't feel it was dangerous, they wouldn't be in such a hurry to buy land in the capital. Even if the northwest is not peaceful, they can choose places like Jiangnan."
Yan Zhili remained silent for a long time before saying, "There's only one reason: they feel the capital is safe."
Mr. Du's expression changed, and he said, "Could those people be crazy? Doing business with them? Selling grain to them?"
Those people?
Yan Shujin looked at Mr. Du with some doubt.
Yan Zhili said coldly, "I can't think of any other possibility."
Han Jing hesitated for a moment before asking, "Could it be that they are doing business with the barbarians?"
Yan Shujin gasped, speechless. If this was the case, what difference was there between it and inviting wolves into the house? Moreover, those barbarians were worse than animals. How many Han people had died at their hands? Did those people really have no conscience?
Liu Qin immediately said, "Husband, you take the people back first, and we will return to the manor tomorrow."
This matter cannot be delayed. Liu Qin understands the importance of the matter and has already sent people to prepare horses.
Yan Zhili knew this too, and said, "I will leave all the guards behind."
Han Jing said, "Your Highness, rest assured, I will send the Princess and the others back."
Yan Zhili nodded and looked at Mr. Du, asking, "Sir, shall we return together or leave tomorrow?"
“I’ll go back with you. I need to go back to the Prince’s Mansion to find some information,” Mr. Du said through gritted teeth. “A bunch of beasts.”
The two of them decided not to waste any more time and immediately went back to their room to change their clothes.
Liu Qin led the children to see Yan Zhili off.
Yan Shujin felt her heart pounding. Luckily, she hadn't thought of hiding it and had told her father. Otherwise, she might have made a big mistake.
However, Yan Shujin also realized her shortcomings. When she learned of this news, she only thought about the severity of the situation in the Northwest, without considering other aspects.
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