Chapter 989 Is this good news?
A pigeon circled in the air for a while, then it spotted the territory of Prince Ning's Mansion and slowly landed.
A hand reached out from under the eaves and caught the pigeon.
It was Zhai Yun.
Holding the pigeon, he turned back to the study and placed the paper roll he had taken from the pigeon's leg ring in front of Zhu Xuan who was sitting at the table reading a letter.
"Your Highness, this is a letter from Shi Yiru sent by carrier pigeon."
"oh?"
Zhu Xuan's eyes lit up.
He hurriedly took it, and before he even opened it, he murmured with excitement, "Looks like it's done."
When I opened it, a little smile appeared on my face.
Zhai Yun asked, "Is it really done?"
"Um,"
Zhu Xuan nodded in satisfaction, and placed the paper roll over the candle flame. It immediately caught fire with a puff. He waited until the flame was about to burn his fingertips before letting go. The last bit of flame swayed and fell to the ground, turning into a handful of dust.
Zhai Yun asked, "Has the emperor really agreed to come here?"
"Yes, and we should be on our way now."
"So soon?"
This surprised Zhai Yun a bit. "Shouldn't His Majesty be preparing a lot before he goes on tour? Shouldn't he even send someone to Prince Ning's mansion to notify us and make preparations?"
"This point is a little strange to me."
Zhu Xuan said, "However, judging by the tone of Shi Yiru's letter, it seems that the enthronement ceremony was not going smoothly, which made my brother, the emperor, very angry."
“…”
"And he seems to be very eager to come to my fiefdom, looking for something."
"Looking for what?"
Zhai Yun frowned. "What are you looking for? Could it be—the Imperial Concubine?"
Zhu Xuan glanced at him, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.
Zhai Yun added, "But they should be here soon, right?"
"Even if Shi Yiru rode as fast as he could, it still took him two full days. Since the emperor was in full regalia, it's possible that it would take him half a month."
"That's perfect. This period of time is just right for us to prepare."
"Yes, there are also Jian Ruocheng and the others," Zhu Xuan said, "This period of time is enough for them to have a clear discussion with that person at sea."
When Jian Ruocheng was mentioned, Zhai Yun said, "Oh, Your Highness, I heard from my father's men that they were monitoring the nearby seas and discovered that in addition to Jian Ruocheng's ship approaching that ship, there was another ship that also approached that ship."
"oh?"
"I suspect there may be other buyers over there."
"In other words, Jian Ruocheng still needs to fight with others before he can possibly close this deal?"
"good."
Zhu Xuan snorted coldly and said, "Then, it depends on his ability. Anyway, I cannot keep people I don't trust around me, and I certainly cannot keep useless people around me."
A cold light flashed in Zhai Yun's eyes.
At this time, should we hope that everything goes well for His Royal Highness Prince Ning, or should we hope that Jian Ruocheng will fail this time and completely get rid of this thorn in our side?
Just as he was thinking, Zhu Xuan stood up and walked out, calling a guard over: "Immediately send out orders to conduct a thorough search on the official roads, the river, and even in Changqing City. We must find a young woman with a one-year-old baby girl."
Zhai Yun stepped forward: "Your Highness? Why is this?"
Zhu Xuan didn't say anything, but just waved to the guard. The guard took the order and immediately went down to pass on the message.
Zhu Xuan stood under the eaves, looking at the blue sky above his head.
Is this also good news?
Ran Xiaoyu is coming.
When I thought of that cold face that never treated me well, for some reason, a faint smile appeared on my face involuntarily.
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Early in the morning, Jian Ruocheng came to Nan Yan's room.
Although they usually have to consider the differences between men and women, but now they are at sea, and yesterday, the mysterious master directly called out Nan Yan's name, which made him even more uneasy, so these taboos can only be temporarily put aside.
Fortunately, Nan Yan also got up early.
After washing up, she let Jian Ruocheng into her room.
"Did you sleep well last night?"
As Jian Ruocheng spoke, he looked at her face and found that she looked a little haggard.
Nan Yan said, "Not bad."
In fact, she slept well, but had a lot of random dreams all night. One moment she dreamed that Zhu Feng was holding Qin Ruolan in his arms, and the two of them were very sweet. He walked past her without looking at her, and refused to look back even if she screamed at the top of her lungs. The next moment, she dreamed of Xiao Xinping, who was crying in her arms until his voice was hoarse, but he refused to stop no matter how she coaxed him.
Therefore, she was still very exhausted.
Jian Ruocheng said softly, "Are you okay?"
Nan Yan forced a smile and said, "It's okay. Aren't we going to discuss business with that person today? You don't have to worry about me. Just focus on dealing with our opponent."
“…”
Jian Ruocheng glanced down at her.
That look made Nan Yan feel a little uncomfortable. She smiled and said, "What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"
Jian Ruocheng said, "Shouldn't you want me to succeed?"
“…”
"Why do you want me to focus on dealing with my opponent now?"
“…”
Nan Yan was silent for a moment, then subconsciously looked out the window.
Today, the weather is very nice.
But the sea was not calm. The waves were rising and falling, constantly hitting the hull. Even though it could be felt that this was a huge ship, it was still as small as a leaf in the vast ocean.
She smiled faintly and said nothing.
After a while, a servant came in and said, "Dear guests, the master invites you in."
The two of them followed the attendant out.
Just like yesterday's path, we walked along the long and somewhat dark corridor and soon arrived at the big room we were in yesterday.
This time, the door was open.
The windows in the room were also open, and the salty sea breeze blew in, blowing up the gauze curtains inside.
The screen still stood in the center.
However, there were two more bamboo curtains than yesterday, hanging in front of the seats on both sides, which could just cover them.
This is--
The attendant said, "Please come in, both of you."
Nan Yan asked first: "What's going on?"
The attendant said, "My two distinguished guests, the other party does not want their appearance to be seen. The master made this arrangement for the sake of safety and fairness."
"oh?"
Jian Ruocheng and Nan Yan looked at each other, followed him in, and sat behind the bamboo curtain.
As soon as they sat down, they heard footsteps coming from the opposite side. Looking up, they saw a messy figure appearing behind the bamboo curtain.
Someone walked behind the bamboo curtain and sat down.
Then, the figure from yesterday appeared behind the screen.
It seems that the three groups of people came in from different doors, so they did not meet each other. With the screen and bamboo curtain blocking their view, they really could not see each other's appearance.
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