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The carriage slowly stopped in front of the Mu residence's entrance, but Mu Qianxue didn't enter the carriage for a long time, she only looked at the nearby Prince Rui's mansion. Xia Yue knew that she wanted to see Dongfang Zhi, so she said slowly, "Princess, this time Prince Rui has raised thirty thousand taels of silver in just two hours, he has done quite well.

Mu Qianxue hesitated for a moment, but she still nodded in the end. She held Xia Yue's hand and arrived at King Rui's Mansion. Under Cai Yuan's lead, they arrived at the South Pavilion.

Cai Yuan received the tea brewed by the servant and passed it to Mu Qianxue. He smiled and said, "Princess, please wait for a moment. Your highness will be here shortly."

"Thank you." After drinking half of the tea, Dongfang Yi walked in, her expression as indifferent as ever. After he sat down, Mu Qianxue drew up her train and bowed, saying gratefully, "Qianxue thanks Duke for helping me with the preparations today."

"This King helped himself, so there is no need for Princess to thank me." As he spoke, his gaze shifted onto Mu Qianxue as he coldly said, "Looking at the princess' expression, she should have obtained the military strategy diagram."

"Nope." Mu Qianxue's answer stunned Dongfang Qing. In the next moment, two thick eyebrows were already frowning together as she said in disbelief, "Even fifty thousand taels of silver isn't enough to purchase the military strategy diagram?"

He knew that the items auctioned by the pavilion were all rare treasures, but according to his knowledge, the most expensive item in the pavilion over the years was only worth forty thousand taels of silver. The total amount of silver that he and Dongfang Ze had prepared was about fifty-two thousand taels of silver, which should be enough no matter what.

Mu Qianxue recounted what had happened in the pavilion. When she heard that Zhang Qiling had lent the battle map to Mu Qianxue for three days, she was greatly shocked. "Where did this person come from?"

"I sent nineteen to investigate. There should be news soon." As she spoke, she took the thirty-seven thousand silvers from Xia Yue's hands and gave it to Dongfang Zhi, then said: "I ask that Your Highness give Qianxue three days time, she will definitely help Your Highness complete the Three-forced Array."

"This King said before that This King will think of a way to lead the army by himself. There's no need for Princess to worry." He was clearly worried that Mu Qianxue would work too hard and burn her body, but his words made her bone chilling cold.

After listening to Xia Yue, who had finally made a change in her opinion of him because of the matter of raising money, she became angry and interrupted, "The princess also wants to help the prince, why would the prince refuse to help people from a thousand miles away?"

Dong Fang Zhi said sarcastically, "Princess, you can't be clearer whether you should help this king or yourself." With that, he stood up and said expressionlessly, "This King still has matters to attend to. Princess, please go back."

Mu Qianxue bit her pale lower lip. "Three days later, Qianxue will deliver the Three-forced Array blueprint to Your Highness. Your Highness will decide whether to use it or not!"

Dongfang Yi only released his tightly clenched hands after Mu Qianxue had left him. In such a short period of time, several deep red armor marks that were like cinnabar had been left on both sides of his palms.

Thousand Snow … I promise you, even if you turn your back on everything, even if you become someone I loathe, I will definitely help you stamp over the West Chu and rebuild South Zhao!

After Mu Qianxue stepped out of the manor, a figure that was hidden in a dark corner quietly left …

In the early spring night, although the thick darkness of the winter night had been stripped away, it was still cold. Every breath turned into a faint white mist.

A'Zi walked in the night, and suddenly a little coldness fell on her face, causing her to pause. She raised her head to look at the dark night sky, then quickly walked back to the east yard before the rain began to fall.

Just as she stepped into the parlour, Shen Xijun, who was waiting inside, impatiently asked, "Where's the Prince, have you come?"

Ah Zi bowed, lowering her eyes to look at the tip of her shoes. "To reply to the wangfei, the prince said he …" There are still many official matters that you haven't read through. I'll let you eat first, so you don't have to wait for him. After a few days when he's free, I'll accompany you to eat again. "

Shen Xijun's meticulously drawn face turned pale. She stared at Ah Zi for a moment before saying with a slightly trembling voice, "Did he go to the West Branch again?"

Ah Zi's gaze trembled. The next moment, she smiled and said, "How could that be? Don't think too much about it, Zong Ji." Before he could finish his words, he saw Shen Xijun walking out. He couldn't even stop her as he hurriedly said, "Zong Ji, where are you going? It's raining outside." Even though Shen Xijun was currently Prince Rui's consort, Ah Zi and the others who accompanied her were still used to calling her Zong Ji.

Shen Xijun pushed her away and coldly said, "Since you're not willing to tell me, I can only go to the South Pavilion and ask the Prince!"

"Zong Ji, don't go!" Ah Zi once again stopped her. Seeing that she couldn't hide it from him, she truthfully said, "When this servant went, I was just in time to invite His Highness. His Highness … He went to the Consort's place! "

"Zhao Pingqing!" Shen Xijun's face turned ashen as she squeezed out these three words. Ever since she stepped into King Rui's mansion, this slut had been fighting with her over things. She always wanted to step on her head. How hateful!

Alan comforted her in a low voice, "Don't be angry, Concubine Zong. Your highness was just fooled by an ordinary concubine. In time, he'll understand that your highness is someone worthy of him treating sincerely."

Shen Xijun coldly snorted, clenched her teeth, and said, "I'm afraid that the prince is too dazed by her and is unable to differentiate between sincerity and falsehood."

"How could that be? As long as the wangfei convinces His Majesty and the prince leads the troops, the prince will naturally understand your painstaking efforts, Zong Ji." The 'Princess' that Lan was referring to was the 'Princess Princess Pingyang'.

He returned to his chair and sat down. Alain hurriedly followed him and politely scooped up a bowl of creamy white carp soup and handed it to her. "This servant knows that Zong Ji does not like the fishy smell of the fish and purposely put some more ginger in the kitchen. If you smell it, there isn't any fishy smell at all."

Shen Xijun did not even look at him and coldly said, "Just leave it, I have no appetite!" She knew she had the cards in her hands, but she was angry at the thought of Zhao Pingqing and Dongfang Wenqing kissing each other. She didn't feel like eating at all.

"Yes." Lan put down the bowl of fish soup and looked at Zi hesitating. He frowned as he asked, "What? Is there something you need?"

Ah Zi glanced at Shen Xijun and hesitantly said, "Actually … When this servant came back, I also heard about a matter that I don't know if it's true or not. "

"What is it?"

"I've heard that nineteen years ago, right after the prince left for the morning assembly, he came to the palace."

"Nineteen?" Shen Xijun knitted her brows and asked, "Didn't she leave the King's Manor with Mu Qianxue? What is she here for?"

"At that time, Prince sent all the servants out, so no one knew what she said to him. All they knew was that after he was done, he called Manager Cai in and told him to clear the estate of all the remaining money."

"All of them?" Shen Xijun was stunned, "What does the Prince want so much silver for no reason at all?"

"It's not that I want it, it's that I want it, because all the silver notes are in nineteen hands."