Several other families, such as the Hua family, the medical saint, might have been a family of immortal cultivators who had long ago taken the path of medicine.
The Ji family, the weapon master, is a family of weapon refiners. The Mo family, the mechanical master, specializes in puppetry.
This also explains why these families have been secluded from the world. Because the secular world is polluted and there is almost no spiritual energy, only those deep mountains and rivers still retain a small amount of spiritual energy. Only by staying in such places can they continue the family heritage.
Just like the spiritual beasts living in the other world.
As for the glory and wealth in the secular world, they are nothing but passing clouds to them. Only the Tao is their eternal pursuit.
Of course, all of this is just Xue Huan's own speculation. Further information needs to be collected to verify the specific details.
Xue Huan discussed the possibility of this speculation with Pei Ji and asked him to help collect information about the five major families.
Pei Ji naturally responded.
As the two were talking, Manager Su came over. He was no longer surprised by the intimate behavior between Pei Ji and Xue Huan.
"Your Highness, Prince Ning requests an audience."
"Bring him here."
Xue Huan knew that Prince Ning was the fifth among the princes and was born to Concubine Li, who was the daughter of the Ye family.
Speaking of which, she has a close relationship with King Ning.
I don’t know if it was because of the influence of his in-laws, but King Ning was also quite good at business, and his business was thriving.
Although the court officials had some complaints about him, they did not hold him to a high position because he generated a large amount of tax revenue for the national treasury every year.
As a prince, Prince Ning can be said to be extremely idle.
Before Prince Ning arrived, Xue Huan got up from Pei Ji's body and transformed into a man.
She didn't want to reveal her relationship with Pei Ji yet. Firstly, she was afraid of becoming Pei Ji's weakness, and secondly, she was worried that his enemies would attack her family.
Although she was confident that she could deal with those people and protect her family, she was not omnipotent and there were always omissions. She could avoid these troubles by simply hiding her identity, so why not do it?
Pei Ji also agreed with her approach, but secretly sped up his actions.
He wanted to be with his Huanhuan openly, and do everything without having to hide it from others, instead of hiding it like now, as if their relationship was shameful.
Prince Ning Pei Qian came over with General Manager Su. When he saw Pei Ji, he smiled and saluted, "Third Brother."
Among the princes, Pei Ji had a relatively good relationship with Pei Qian. He nodded slightly and said, "Sit down."
Pei Qian didn't hesitate and walked into the open pavilion and sat down. When he saw Xue Huan, he was stunned for a moment, "Third brother, who is this?"
Pei Ji: "My best friend, Zhao Yu."
A close friend? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. He had never seen Third Brother be so close to anyone before. It seemed that many things had happened to him during the year that Third Brother had been missing that he didn't know about.
"It's Brother Zhao. Nice to meet you!" Pei Qian approached him with a familiar manner. "Brother Zhao is truly a handsome man. I've met so many people, but none as elegant and handsome as you. Where are you from, Brother Zhao? How old are you? Are you married?"
Asked a series of questions.
Pei Ji glanced over coldly and warned: "Fifth brother, Ayu is shy, don't bother her."
Pei Qian touched his nose and sat back down in disappointment.
Xue Huan thought that King Ning was quite interesting.
"What are you here for this time?" Pei Ji asked.
"Oh, I almost forgot, Third Brother, I opened a winery with everything from food and drink to entertainment. I was planning to invite some people over to liven things up, so here I am, sending you an invitation."
Pei Qian took out a beautiful piece of incense-stamped and gilded paper from his bosom and handed it over.
"Brother Zhao, please come and show your support when the time comes."
After the post was delivered, Pei Qian chatted for a few more words and then said goodbye and left.
In fact, deep down, he didn't want to invite Pei Ji. After all, Pei Ji was the prince. He was not the same kind of person as him, a royal playboy who focused on eating, drinking and having fun and had no big ambitions. They couldn't usually play together.
However, he was scared by what happened to Pei Heng before.
Before Pei Heng's crimes were exposed, Pei Qian and Pei Heng were good brothers who were inseparable. They could be described as a pair of playboy brothers in the royal family.
Although the two men had different reasons for being dissolute, Pei Heng was fond of women and had collected countless beauties in his house. He was also the protagonist of various romantic scandals and love affairs.
Pei Qian preferred to eat, drink, and play exciting games, such as polo and animal fighting.
But the two of them are usually together most of the time.
In the eyes of court officials and even the other brothers, both of them were the kind of useless people who were destined to be idle princes their whole lives. Let them forget about competing for the throne.
Even Pei Qian himself thought so.
Who would have known that Pei Heng would betray him silently and secretly do something big? Perhaps, Pei Heng was never a playboy, and being romantic and lustful was just a character he created for himself. In fact, he was an ambitious politician.
Ever since Pei Heng was imprisoned in the clan residence, Pei Qian has been very worried, fearing that others (mainly Pei Ji) would think he was also pretending.
In fact, he is really just a playboy. He only wants to be an idle prince in his life. Making money makes him happy. He is really not interested in anything else.
There was actually no need for him to be present in person for something like delivering the invitation, but he wanted to use the opportunity to test Pei Ji's attitude towards him.
Fortunately, the third brother's attitude towards him remained the same.
Of course, even if the third brother was acting, he wouldn't be able to tell.
In the open pavilion, Pei Ji handed the invitation to Xue Huan, "Han Huan, do you want to go out and have some fun?"
Xue Huan read the post. The winery was at the foot of Yanshan Mountain on the outskirts of the city, and the date was the day after tomorrow. "Are you going?"
Pei Ji never played with Pei Qian before, but this time—
"If you go, I'll go."
"Won't it delay official business?"
"Won't."
"Then let's go have some fun."
At the foot of Yanshan Mountain, Pingquan Villa.
Pei Qian stood at the door to greet his friends.
He deals with many people in business, and he doesn't have the arrogant airs of a prince, so he has many friends from all walks of life. These people are very supportive and are willing to add to his popularity.
When he saw Pei Ji and Zhao Yu coming over, his scalp went numb. He thought his third brother wouldn't come. He had sent him invitations many times before, but had he ever agreed? Why this time...
No matter how unexpected it was, since people were already there, he still had to go forward to receive them warmly and happily.
"Third brother, you're here? Brother Zhao, we meet again! Come on, I'll take you in myself."
As they walked in, Pei Qian introduced the entertainment activities available in the villa.
The villa covers a vast area and has a racecourse, a polo field, a lake for boat rides, a courtyard for living, various pavilions, towers, rockery, streams and other landscape buildings, making it comparable to a large amusement park.
People who come here for the first time are likely to get lost.
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