The slightly warm wind swayed the flowers and plants in the courtyard gently, bees and butterflies fluttered among the branches and leaves, and the breath of near summer blew in the courtyard.
Ren Yaoqi paused for a moment when she heard Xiao Jingxi's words, but she quickly spoke up, "The Han family once discussed co-operating with the Ren family on a salt field, but it didn't happen for various reasons. I heard that the Su family and the Yun family are also vying for the Xining salt field. Could the Su family's approach to the Han family this time be because of the salt wells the Han family owns?"
Xiao Jingxi slowly walked up to Ren Yaoqi, looked at her thoughtfully, and suddenly sighed: "Fifth Sister Ren, do you know where the salt wells in the hands of the Han family came from?"
Ren Yaoqi's heart moved when he heard this, and he frowned and said, "Could it be the Yanbei Palace..."
Xiao Jingxi looked at Ren Yaoqi without saying a word.
Ren Yaoqi lowered his eyes, and his fingers stroked the branches and leaves of the wood orchid beside him, pondering in his heart.
After learning about the relationship between the Han family and the Yanbei Palace, she also guessed that the salt field in the hands of the Han family had some connection with the Yanbei Palace.
But now Xiao Jingxi deliberately mentioned this matter to her. Could it be that the salt wells in the hands of the Han family have any other uses?
When she designed to involve the Su family, she wanted to not only disrupt the marriage between the Han family and the Ren family, but also wanted to use the Su family's intervention to explore the way, so as to find out what the Han family's use was to the Yanbei Palace, so as to think of a countermeasure.
"I told the Second Young Master frankly last time that I had some doubts about the Han family, so I was not optimistic about the cooperation between the Han and Ren families." Ren Yaoqi suddenly raised his head and said frankly to Xiao Jingxi.
Xiao Jingxi turned his gaze away from Ren Yaoqi's slender, jade-white fingers reflected among the tender branches and leaves, and met her clear eyes.
"So Fifth Sister Ren Ren plotted against the Su family?" Xiao Jingxi did not hide the admiration in his eyes.
Ren Yaoqi suddenly smiled: "If this incident of mine was just a coincidence and I didn't do anything, I wonder if Second Young Master would believe it?"
Xiao Jingxi chuckled, then shook his head seriously: "I don't believe it."
Ren Yaoqi smiled faintly and said nothing.
Xiao Jingxi sighed, "Fifth Sister Ren has good intentions and good methods. But have you ever considered that your actions might disrupt the plans of the Yanbei Palace?"
Ren Yaoqi frowned in confusion: "What is the Yanbei Palace planning? Is it related to the Su family's interference in the Han family's salt wells?"
Xiao Jingxi pondered for a moment. "Originally, both the Su and Yun families were determined to acquire the Xining salt fields. By letting the Su and Han families cooperate now, you're indirectly helping the Su family and forcing the Yun family out of the game early."
Xiao Jingxi mentioned the Yun family...
Ren Yaoqi's thoughts continued to turn in his mind.
She also knew about the grievances between the Yun and Su families. She believed that creating discord between the Yun family, representing the old aristocratic family, and the Su family, representing the upstarts of the famous family, was a way for the Yanbei Palace to balance the power of both parties. The two old princesses of the Yanbei Palace just happened to make the conflict between the Su and Yun families irreconcilable.
And the Han family, hidden in the shadows by the Yanbei Palace...
Suddenly, Ren Yaoqi had an idea and couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
Could it be that the Yanbei Palace is dissatisfied with the result of the mutual restraint between the Yun family and the Su family, and therefore wants to break this situation, and the Han family is the chess piece that the Yanbei Palace secretly cultivates to break the check and balance relationship between the two families?
Thinking of this, Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. If this was true, the Han family would be of no use to the Yanbei Palace.
But why did the Yanbei Palace suddenly want to break the checks and balances that the old Yanbei Prince had deliberately set up to stabilize the situation in Yanbei?
Ren Yaoqi's thoughts drifted further. She thought about the situation in Yanbei in her previous life, when the eldest son of the Su family married Zeng Yu's niece, and the Su family's attitude towards the Zeng family and the Yanbei Palace began to become ambiguous.
Could it be that the Yanbei Palace has actually noticed the Su family's unusual movements?
Although Ren Yaoqi thought so, it was just a guess. She couldn't be sure that her guess was correct.
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