"Master, are you interested in Miss Xu?"
Seeing that Baili Xuanlang was a little depressed, Duan Yuzhuo finally couldn't help but say it out loud.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Baili Xuanlang frowned and pushed Duan Yuzhuo against the wall. "I am the Third Prince of Xirong. Even if I want to marry, it must be a noble lady from Xirong. Only then will I be worthy of her."
Who was the one who shamelessly sat next to someone just now?
Duan Yuzhuo thought so in his heart, and begged for mercy: "Yes, yes, only a lady from a noble family can be worthy of the master. Please forgive me if I said something wrong."
Baili Xuanlang let go of him and said coldly, "Since you said something wrong, you must atone for it. Go to the dining hall and have your meal immediately. After you finish eating, keep an eye on Miss Xu. I want to know her every move. How dare you give me the cold shoulder? I won't let her go!"
You said you were not interested in me, but now you start staring at me!
"Okay, Master, I'll go right away!"
Returning to Wutong Garden, Baili Xuanlang saw the food on the table still steaming. "Eldest sister, why haven't you eaten yet? Are you waiting for me?"
As Baili Xuanlang spoke, he sat down between Su Ning'an and Baili Mingde, and raised his hand to touch their little heads.
Well, that’s good.
"You're back just in time. The food was just delivered not long ago. Let's eat it while it's hot."
Baili Xuanlang ate a few dishes, put down his chopsticks, and looked sideways at Su Ningan, "Are you Ningan Jun who painted the Hundred Beasts Picture?"
"Uncle, who told you this?" Su Ning'an was surprised. He hadn't told his uncle or nephew yet!
"I've carefully looked through the painting of a hundred beasts. The various expressions of the ferocious beasts are vividly depicted, but there's a hint of Song Linyuan in it."
Even his uncle could see it, no wonder Song Linyuan was so sure that he was his son!
"Uncle, the Hundred Beasts Painting that the princess mother gave them is only my first edition. After the spring comes, it will be an upgraded version of the Hundred Beasts Painting. The painting level will definitely surpass Song Linyuan. There will be no trace of him. I will go practice painting after I finish eating."
After Su Ning'an finished speaking, he began to eat with big mouthfuls, obviously eating much faster than before.
He must surpass Song Linyuan as soon as possible and no longer let people see Song Linyuan's shadow in his paintings.
Baili Qingluan reached out and held him down, saying gently, "Eat slowly. Improving your painting skills is not something that can be done overnight. Take a nap after dinner. If you get tired, your mother will be worried."
Hearing this, Su Ning'an slowed down his eating speed and said, "I won't tire myself out. I'll listen to my mother and get up to paint after my nap."
"Cousin, Ning Anjun can't just be famous in Beiyi, he must also be famous in Xirong!"
Su Ning'an nodded, "Then how about printing a thousand copies of the upgraded version of the Hundred Beasts Picture in various colors and sending them to Xirong for sale?"
"Sending it to Xirong is quite a long way, so it might not fetch a high price. If it were printed directly in Xirong, it would fetch a high price. But I don't know how these color albums were printed in batches."
Baili Mingde was most interested in color printing technology. He had never heard of it before, but Beiyi had actually developed color printing!
He Xirong must master this technology!
"This was developed by my princess' mother, and now we are only cooperating with the Lu family!"
Baili Mingde's face lit up with joy. "So, the Beiyi court hasn't mastered this technology yet?"
Suningan nodded.
"Then can we discuss this with your princess' mother? Our Xirong royal family wants to purchase color printing technology from her?"
After hearing what Baili Mingde said, Su Ning'an thought for a moment and said, "It's better not to discuss this matter with my princess mother."
"Why?"
"The princess' mother didn't even hand it over to the Beiyi court. If we went to discuss this with her, she wouldn't have the heart to refuse and would have sold it to our Xirong royal family. Xirong will popularize color printing technology before Beiyi. If the Beiyi emperor knew about it, he would probably punish her. Now she can't return to the capital to visit her family without an imperial decree."
There are also rare ingredients that he can't tell you about.
We can’t put the princess’ mother in a difficult position.
"Then on the day Princess Xiao hands over the color printing technology to the Beiyi court, we will go and negotiate with her and then sell it to us?"
Baili Mingde doesn't want to give up. Beiyi has a monopoly on this technology. Wouldn't Xirong, Dongjun, and Nankun have to spend a lot of money to buy color picture albums and books from Beiyi?
"Mingde, let's talk about this later."
Baili Xuanlang said as he picked up a large chicken drumstick for Su Ningan, "Brother An, you are a good boy. Then we will not discuss this matter with your princess mother. The upgraded version of the Hundred Beasts Map will be sent from Rongcheng to Xirong."
Su Ning'an thought about living in Rongcheng for half a year every year. Rongcheng needed the Lu family shop, and Xirong also needed it. "My second brother might think of opening the Lu family shop in Xirong..."
After lunch, Baili Qingluan left Baili Xuanlang behind and told the two brothers to take a nap first.
"Langlang, do you like Miss Xu Yulan?"
Hearing this, Baili Xuanlang's heart skipped a beat. "No! Who told you that?"
"Really?" Baili Qingluan looked at him.
Baili Xuanlang felt his scalp tingle under the scrutiny. "Eldest sister, you misunderstood. I stopped her from entering the city yesterday and frightened her. I felt guilty, so I invited her for a cup of tea to apologize!"
"Is that so?" Baili Qingluan still didn't believe it. "If you like Miss Xu, I can help you."
"I really just scared her and felt guilty. If I had a girl I liked, I would have told you the first time."
Baili Qingluan nodded and smiled, "Okay, I'll wait for you to tell me."
Here, Xiao Lingyu, Xu Yulan, and the Lu sisters finished their meal and asked someone to clean up the Fangfei Garden next to the Jianjia Garden, so that the Lu sisters could stay in the Princess's Mansion for a few days.
Simeng was worried about Lu Yuan, so she stayed with him.
"Princess, I will be leaving for Xishui County tomorrow."
"I just got pregnant. How can you not stay with me and go back in a hurry? The Chinese New Year is only half a month away. You can go back after the New Year. I have my word. You must stay with me for the New Year."
Xiao Lingyu didn't need to think about it. The Xu family's second branch had been confiscated, and Xu Yulan was the only one left in the Xu family's first branch. How was he going to spend the New Year? How lonely it was!
Xu Yulan didn't want to leave so soon, but An Ge'er's uncle was still living in the mansion, "Princess, I..."
"Since you know I'm a princess, how dare you disobey me?" Xiao Lingyu pretended to be angry and said domineeringly.
"Okay! I'll stay and spend the New Year with you!"
Xiao Lingyu smiled, his status still having an effect on others, "With you here, this year will definitely be a lively one."
Xu Yulan was touched when she heard this. She hadn't had a lively New Year's celebration for a long time.
She was a little looking forward to it.
"By the way, with so many young masters here today, is there anyone you like?"
Xiao Xier, who was eating melon on the side, suddenly flew into the air and fell into Xu Yulan's arms.
"Princess, I want to prioritize my family business and don't want to get married yet. Let's go back to Jianjia Garden now!"
After saying that, he ran away quickly with Xiao Xier in his arms.
"Mother, big brother's uncle..."
"Xingyi, what is Xiao Xi'er saying? Did you hear it clearly?"
"Let's go back to the house and rest." Su Xingyi put his arm around her shoulders. "Yu Lan is still young after all. It won't be too late to get married in three years or eighteen..."
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