As soon as Liu Sheng saw Xia Xuejian, he immediately had a bad premonition, so he quickly told Xingmu next to him.

"Young Master Xingmu, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

"Lord Liu." Seeing this, Xia Xue hurriedly chased after him: "Lord Liu, why are you in such a hurry? Is there something important?"

Liu Sheng knew he couldn't hide, so he simply didn't hide. He was a great tutor, so why was he afraid of her?

"Where should I go? Do I need to report to you?"

"You are too kind, Grand Master. I just saw that you were alone and felt a little lonely."

Liu Sheng: ? ?

Is this also a line from the original novel? What kind of idiot wrote this?

You are lonely, and your whole family of a hundred people are lonely.

But Liu Sheng still maintained his proper demeanor as a tutor: "Miss Xia, do you think I should be hugged by people when I come here on business?"

"Lord Liu misunderstood. That's not what I meant. I just think that Master Taifu is in his prime and should have someone close to him."

Liu Sheng was speechless for a moment after listening to these disgusting lines. It doesn't matter if it's not considerate, as long as it's not you.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Xia Xuejian thought she had hit the nail on the head. She smiled and said, "Lord Liu, I know you are still considering it. No matter what you consider, please believe me, I am the one who deserves your cooperation the most."

"Although you are now the Grand Tutor and in charge of the Imperial Guards, to be honest, you don't have much real power. Most of the officials under you, except for those you personally promoted, still obey the orders of the Prime Minister."

"Whether you want to make further progress or hold great power, the Prime Minister is always your obstacle. Only by overthrowing the Prime Minister can you have a chance to climb up. So cooperating with me will only benefit you in every way."

She said a lot, but Liu Sheng didn't listen at all, just thinking she was just talking nonsense.

Then he noticed her buzzing sound and looked up at her: "Are you done?"

"It's over."

"Okay, then I'll see you later." He said and was about to leave.

"Sir." Xia Xuejian opened her arms and blocked his way: "Are you sure you don't want to consider it?"

"Not considering it." Liu Sheng refused bluntly.

"But……"

"Not interested." Liu Sheng directly interrupted her.

"Only I can help you..."

"No need." Liu Sheng once again blocked her words and asked her a question in return: "Does the Ninth Prince know that you have been planning for him so painstakingly?"

Xia Xuejian was stunned by his question. The Ninth Prince really didn't know. But he would understand her painstaking efforts in the future. She would help him remove all the stumbling blocks on his way to the throne.

So Lord Liu was doubting her? Suspecting that she hadn't gotten the support of the Ninth Prince?

Section 54

So that's why. No wonder he hasn't expressed his opinion. This is easy to handle. After she has done a good job on the malaria matter and received a reward from the emperor, she will naturally tell the Ninth Prince everything.

By then, they don't have to worry about Liu Sheng not joining their camp and overthrowing the Prime Minister's Mansion together with them.

Thinking of this, she smiled confidently, turned around and saw Xingmu staring at the sky in a daze, so she walked over and asked him: "Young Master Xingmu, is there anything bothering you?"

Xingmu looked back at her and asked her in confusion: "Let me ask you a question."

"You said, as long as I can help you solve the problem, I will do my best."

"Why are you so annoying? Do you have a trick? Can you teach me?"

Xia Xuejian was confused by his question. What did he mean? He hated me?

But... why? She clearly remembered that she had always been polite to Xingmu. She even offered to help him break up the engagement. Didn't he get along well with her at that time?

Moreover, she had been praised for being a concubine's daughter, but she was well-behaved and sensible, and she was pretty, and she was likable. No one had ever said so bluntly that she was annoying.

Could it be because of the engagement?

"I've already promised you. As long as you're willing to come and help me, I'll definitely help you cancel your engagement with Ning Qingqing when the matter is done."

"Although the Grand Master is difficult to deal with, as long as you ask, I will definitely do as you wish."

Xingmu looked at her without any emotion and praised her coldly: "You are capable. I admire you."

Then he left, leaving Xia Xuejian confused. Is he recognizing me? But why is there no emotion at all?

Puzzled, she came to Xingchen who was busy on the other side and asked her, "Xingchen, what's wrong with Young Master Xingmu today? You always seem absent-minded?"

Xingchen and Xingmu are senior and junior brothers and sisters. This time, they are responsible for sending Mr. Sai Huatuo to the capital. They are also ordered by the sect leader to come and help Xia Xuejian deal with the Prime Minister's Mansion.

She didn't have much contact with Xia Xuejian, but after coming to Beijing, she didn't have many friends, so she had been getting along with Xia Xuejian, and their relationship was pretty good.

"Really?" Xingchen glanced at his eldest senior brother and said with a smile, "Hey, you may have misunderstood. My eldest senior brother has always been like this, cold and indifferent to everyone. Apart from dealing with the affairs of the sect, he is not interested in anything else."

"So he came to the capital just for the matter that the Sect Master had given him?"

This Xingchen really didn't know: "That should be the case, otherwise what else can he come for? Even if there is something else, at my level, the senior brother and the sect master can't tell me."

Xia Xuejian thought for a moment and asked her quietly, "Then do you know about the engagement between Young Master Xingmu and Ning Qingqing?"

Xingchen was simple-minded and could not hear the temptation in her words. He smiled and said, "Of course I know. This marriage was decided when Junior Sister was born. Everyone in the sect knows about it."

"So as the deputy sect leader, he never resisted?"

"Resist?" Xingchen frowned in confusion: "Are you kidding? Most of the people in our sect are orphans without parents, and were picked up by the Grand Master. If it weren't for the sect, we would have starved to death and frozen to death."

"The Grand Master not only gave us life, but also raised us with great care. That's why we are where we are today. Especially our eldest brother. The Grand Master treated him better than his own son. In the end, in order to allow him to smoothly inherit the position of the Master, he even married our youngest sister to him. What else can he resist?"

Xingchen seemed to realize something when he said this, and warned her: "Don't ever think of hitting on my senior brother, or I will be the first one to not let you go, let alone the Grand Master. There are many good men in the world, I advise you to cherish your life."

"What are you talking about? I'm just worried that your senior brother will be unhappy." Xia Xuejian was a little annoyed: "He is your senior brother who grew up with you. Do you want him to marry someone he doesn't like and suffer for the rest of his life?"

Xingchen felt embarrassed for a moment after hearing what she said.

In fact, she could see that the eldest brother really didn't like the youngest sister, because when he was with the youngest sister, he was always cold, gloomy, and even depressed.