"...Hiss!...Who is Your Highness wary of?" Uncle Lin looked around warily, and only asked Qin Mo in a low voice when he saw that no one was around.
"Forget it, we haven't explicitly forbidden outsiders from entering. If people come to do business, are we going to turn them away?"
Dayuan had always been considered a desolate place by the nobles of Daxia, and few merchants ever came here. However, since Qin Mo was promoted to Prince Heng, several families have sent people to Dayuan to do business. Qin Mo had no choice but to designate a piece of land for them to buy land and build houses, which he called a "protected area".
As for why it's a "protected area," the mountain people there are extremely fierce and cruel, and they like to use skulls as decorations. You outsiders should probably stay away from these areas!
What? You want to help me wipe out the mountain tribe? Are you kidding me? This is my territory, and those are my people. Others may like to raise lions and tigers, but I like to raise people. Is that any of your business?
A few days ago, a brothel opened in the nature reserve. The girls there were all well-educated, beautiful, and talented, and of course, their prices were outrageously high. They sold their art but not their bodies, and they were all very arrogant.
Qin Mo was furious. "Coming to my turf to do this kind of business and daring to act so high and mighty? I'll smash your place up!" Qin Mo stormed into the protected area, and soon emerged with a gloomy face. He hadn't even entered the brothel yet! He saw a familiar face—a top courtesan from the brothel in the capital, whom he'd met before when he went to see Danfengyan.
In the capital city, at the Fengning Palace, Qing Ning, dressed in palace attire, handed Wang Yushi a stack of memorials and then stood aside, waiting for her routine questioning.
"What's been happening over there lately?" Wang Yushi asked lazily, leaning back in her chair, without even looking at the stack of documents.
"Your Majesty, Qin Rui has been in close contact with the sons of several dukes and marquises recently, but they are very vigilant, and I have failed to obtain any important information."
"Oh!...Just a few good-for-nothing playboys...Anything else?"
Before Qin Xiaoren, the Earl of Tongyuan, was stripped of his title and exiled to Qiongzhou, someone secretly met with him.
"Oh!...Is there anything else?"
Qing Ning knew she couldn't pretend to be confused anymore; Wang Yushi wasn't a good-tempered person.
"His Highness Prince Heng built a huge sailing ship called 'Blue Star,' which is his personal ship. The mast is as tall as a ten-story building."
"Hmm? Ten stories high? This guy really knows how to cause trouble." Wang Yushi was clearly intrigued, and her mood had obviously improved a lot.
"The 'Blue Star' ship took that Japanese maid back to her family home in Japan a few days ago. His Highness Prince Heng did not accompany the ship."
Qing Ning quickly took one out of a stack of folded papers and placed it in Wang Yushi's hand.
"Oh!...I'm a little tired today, you may leave now!"
After Qing Ning left, Wang Yushi picked up the document and examined it carefully. The handwriting was delicate and clearly the work of a woman; Qing Ning could not have written such characters.
With a "whoosh," the folding document turned to ashes, accompanied by a soft shout: "Want to marry a Japanese woman? What kind of behavior is this!"
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