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"Hahaha, young miss, your idea is too great. I'm afraid that Wei Chi is still clueless about it."

The two of them sat in the pavilion and spoke, while Li Er danced in joy, "Miss doesn't know, not only is it the Glazed Temple and the Floral Flower Pavilion, after I spread the news, 'Wolf Claw' will also come to the mansion to beg with the beggars in the morning, noon, and night."

Xiao Qingran smiled and said: "Are they trying to make up for the food they haven't eaten in all these years?"

"Yeah." Riko touched the hot water bottle in Xiao Qing Ran's arms and found that it was still warm. She then poured a cup of hot water for her and placed it in her hands. Every day I come to the Prime Minister's Residence to pick up some porridge and rice, and every few kilometers I run back and forth to train. "

"Yes, it's a good idea." Xiao Qing Qing nodded her head in agreement with this meaningful competition: "Tell the people below to not touch the rice. The more you save, the better. We will have great use for it in the future."

"Don't worry, Miss, they will know even if I don't tell them." Riko chuckled. "They are very obedient to you now."

Xiao Qing's eyelids twitched, as she kept feeling that this was not a good thing to say: "What does that mean? Submission? "What do you mean?"

Riko blinked her eyes, purposely trying to keep him in suspense. "You'll know when Miss comes to take a look in two days."

Xiao Qingyi's brows twitched as she thought about the cold expression on Su Qianhan's face. "Did that man …"

"Miss, a letter was delivered just now."

The servants of the mayor's residence entered a letter and delivered it to the pavilion, interrupting their conversation.

Xiao Qing immediately swallowed her words. "Bring it over."

The servant handed over the envelope and left after bowing. Xiao Qing took out the letter and roughly swept through its contents with her eyes.

"Who is it, Miss?"

"Hua Chengyi." Xiao Qing Ran closed the envelope and read these words. A playful look flashed in her eyes as she continued, "However, in just a few days, only half of the people have gathered. They can be considered quite capable."

Riko's eyes lit up, "Doesn't that mean that we have more people under our command than Wei Chi?"

"How can it be so simple? Those are all old foxes. Who knows how many of those people are sincere?" Xiao Qing then took a sip of the hot water and exhaled some hot air. "Let's wait and see. There's a tough battle to fight tonight."

"Tonight?"

"Hmm, if I'm not wrong, they should be sending us news before dinner." Xiao Qing raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Go and tell Qianhan that I have some matters to attend to tonight."

"Do you want me to tell you exactly what you're doing?"

"No need. We'll talk about it when we get back. It's almost that man's birthday. Just treat it as a gift from me."

"Yes, Riko understands."

Just as Xiao Qing Ran had guessed, the other side had already sent her a message in the evening, asking her to go meet up with them.

When Xiao Qinggran got there, Hua Chengyi and the others had already brought people to wait for him.

"You're here?" Hua Chengyi walked out of the door and looked behind her with interest. "Where is he?"

"I didn't ask him to come." Xiao Qing Qing knew who she was asking.

Hua Cheng Yi was stunned: "You want to take care of yourself today? "Are you sure?"

Those people were not pushovers. Although she knew that the person before her was not a kind person, in the end …

However, Xiao Qingyi smiled indifferently: "Rest assured, I know what I'm doing."

"Alright then …" At this point, Hua Chengyi could only trust her, "I hope that wangfei won't disappoint me. Go in, Zhou Zheng is currently inside fighting those old foxes. I believe you've already figured out their background, so I don't need to say more."

Xiao Qingran nodded and gave her a confident look. The latter half closed her eyes and let out a small sigh of relief. She looked even more nervous than Xiao Qing.

Inside the room, there was a large round table. The five of them sat around the table. As soon as two people entered, they looked over as if they had agreed on something.

Xiao Qing swept her eyes over them and roughly understood what was going on. She pursed her lips into a smile as she greeted the people in front of her as a junior: "Greetings, City Lords."

The few old foxes looked at each other. They had originally thought that it would be the prince who came to the banquet that day. However, they didn't expect that it would be a woman.

"If Su Qianhan doesn't come, why would she send a woman out? What does that mean?" The first sentence was to find fault, "What? Could it be that Duke Han doesn't want us old fellows? "

Xiao Qing Ran's lips curved upwards, but she did not immediately reply. Instead, she calmly walked to the main seat and placed one hand on the chair, her actions alone being extremely magnanimous: "How could that be? City Lord Zhao, you have to blame me for not explaining beforehand. The person who invited all of the City Lords here today was me, not you all."

"You?" Zhengtian sneered, his tone full of contempt, "What qualifications do you have to talk to us? Since you're here to cooperate, then this city lord wishes for King Han to come up with a cooperative attitude. Otherwise, this city lord won't have the time to play this game."

Xiao Qinggran naturally knew why these people were so resistant to him. To put it bluntly, it was the feudal thoughts of ancient times that valued men more than women. They did not feel that they were someone who could make decisions in the first place.

The other city lord didn't look too pleased either. From beginning to end, he stood at a high vantage point as he looked down at Xiao Qingran: "It's not that we're underestimating you. After all, this is not a small matter. How much do you know about the situation here? We know Wei Chi's methods very well. If there really comes a day when we put in a lot of effort to help, we won't need to let you all enjoy the benefits, right? "

"That's right, we've been united for so many years, and we can be considered to have a good appetite in this area." That's right, we've been united for so many years, and we can be considered to be free in this area.

These words that emphasized on benefits immediately resonated with the others. At first, they were only thinking different thoughts, but now, they were all united against each other.

Seeing that the situation was getting out of hand, Hua Chengyi immediately stood up, wanting to smooth things over for Xiao Qing.

But before she could say anything, the City Lord of Zhengtian city stopped her first, "Girl, it's not that I don't want to help you, but we are powerless to do so. Honestly speaking, we only sat here because of your father, even though we were friends back then, but now that things have changed, the people who are still alive can only do what is right in front of our eyes."

"That's right. The price that we have to pay for this is really too big. I think it's better that we think twice before acting." The other city lord added, "And even though we have to cooperate, look at them, they don't even have the slightest bit of sincerity. How can we be at ease cooperating with them?"

As Xiao Qing listened to their complaints, she didn't say anything. She only looked at them with a faint smile as she fiddled with a jade pendant in her hands.

Her attitude made the several City Lords even more dissatisfied.

"What do you mean? You asked someone to invite us over, and now that we've come over, you ignore us? Is this because you look down on us? If that's really the case, please forgive me for not being able to accompany you. " He had played with his temper all day, so he threw out an excuse and was about to leave.

The others also stood up and followed him out.

The situation was a little chaotic for a while, and Hua Chengyi couldn't help but cast his gaze towards Xiao Qing.

She and Zhou Zheng had spent a long time to persuade these old fellows to come out and meet up with them. If they could not succeed in this deal, then it would be impossible for them to meet again.

"Xiao Qing Ran, what in the world are you trying to do?" Hua Chengyi gritted his teeth and lowered his voice, "Say something!"

Xiao Qing gave a laugh as she glanced at her. She tossed the jade pendant up and down in a beautiful arc before catching it in her hand.

The person at the front had already opened the door and was about to leave.

Suddenly, Xiao Qing`er's cold voice rang out: "City Lord Zhengtian, you don't have a concubine but a loving wife. It's just that the poor wife died young and only had a daughter who wasn't even eight years old.

Her sudden words caused Zhengtian to stop in his tracks. The latter's face turned ugly and she spoke in a hushed tone, "So what if I am? What does this mayor's family affairs have to do with the matter of cooperation today? "

"Hehe, even if you feel like you're not qualified, it's actually related. Some people would use any means possible in order to maintain their position." Xiao Qing's hand that was on the table tapped on the table, making a 'snap' sound.

He frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Xiao Qingran did not directly answer with a smile on her face, but continued to look through their family history: "Mayor Yang, if I remember correctly, you do have a son, but that young master of yours, who has been sickly since he was young, is now in his early teens, and is still in his early forties. Although you've looked for many doctors over the years, but the child's condition has not improved at all, right?"

City Lord Yang who was called out suddenly stiffened, his eyes filled with rage. "It really is hard for you to uncover the family history of us old fellows!"

Xiao Qingran did not care about their anger and said with a raise of her eyebrows: "Of the other two City Lords, one is suffering from an illness and is unable to give birth to a child. As for the other one …" Every time a concubine is pregnant, they would either give birth naturally or encounter some kind of accident. In short, there would always be no one capable of succeeding. "

Hua Chengyi frowned. Although he didn't know what she wanted to do, he had the feeling that she was playing with fire.

Who didn't know that their lifeline was the same as the bad thoughts in their family? They would be furious if anyone mentioned that to them in private, but now, they were not angry if they were pointed out to their faces.