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night.

Tiandou Imperial City, Bai Mansion.

As the night gets darker, the grand birthday dinner is about to begin. The invited guests gather in the garden, chatting and laughing, waiting for everyone to gather.

Outside the Bai Mansion, two teams of armored and spear-wielding guards opened the way and pushed aside the pedestrians passing by the Bai Mansion entrance to make way for a spacious road. Amidst the noise, the carriage with the symbol of the Tiandou royal family came around the corner. Coming from everywhere.

As soon as the carriage emerged from the corner of the street, a servant at the gate of Bai Mansion suddenly woke up and ran into the door. He jogged all the way to the door of the study and shouted: "Master, the royal family is here!"

The closed door of the study room opened, and the protagonist of the birthday party, Duke Bai, came out. He was over fifty years old, and today was his 50th birthday. However, his face did not look old, and there were not many wrinkles. On the surface, he seemed to be just a young man. He is over thirty and is in the prime of life, but he deliberately wears a thick and carefully groomed beard, which highlights his masculinity. His eyes are deep and sharp, like the eyes of an eagle soaring above the nine heavens. There is a hidden attitude of looking down on the world and despising everything.

The White Duke caressed the folds on the priceless, intricately crafted and luxurious jet-black gold-patterned gown, squinting at the servant, with a soul-stirring majesty in his eyes, and asked: "When did you arrive? "

"We just arrived. The carriage should have just stopped at the door." The servant lowered his head and answered honestly.

"Yes." Duke Bai nodded and walked toward the door majestically.

The servant followed closely behind. Before leaving, he glanced into the study. He was originally curious about what was going on inside the Grand Duke's study, but he didn't expect that at this glance, he saw a man sitting on the large desk. , a charming lady who was dressed in a leisurely manner. The servant saw her face clearly. If she remembered correctly, she seemed to be the wife of a marquis, and she received it by herself. Unexpectedly, ...

The servant's heart tightened and he quickly withdrew his eyes and lowered his head. He was deeply shocked. He thought he had discovered some shocking secret, but the fact was that the nobles didn't care at all.

Duke Bai came to the door, and the carriage with the Tiandou royal family logo hanging on the side slowly stopped and stopped precisely at the door of Bai Mansion.

When Duke Bai came out, the coachman just took down the bench. Xue Qinghe, who was as gentle as jade and with a kind smile on his face, walked down and greeted Duke Bai who was walking towards him.

"The Duke is in good health recently. My father specially sent me to bring a heavy gift to congratulate the Duke on his birthday. I'm not too late."

"Haha, my health is very good. How could His Highness be late? Your Highness is the most distinguished guest at the banquet tonight. How dare you open this birthday banquet without a distinguished guest, haha."

"That's good, come and bring the gift."

Xue Qinghe waved his hand, and the guards behind him picked up gift boxes wrapped in red and tied with ribbons, and followed the servants of the Bai Mansion into the house. After the gifts were put in, Duke Bai invited Xue Qinghe to enter the Bai Mansion.

Take him personally to the garden.

The guests who arrived early were chatting and laughing in the garden, waiting for the banquet to begin. When they saw the host arriving with the prince, they hurriedly approached, said hello to the duke and saluted the prince.

After some courtesy, everyone followed the Duke towards the main hall of the banquet. No one noticed that a young man secretly left the group, slipped out of the garden, and walked towards the backyard of the White Mansion in a familiar manner.

The banquet began, singing and dancing began, everyone exchanged glasses, it was so happy.

"Hey, Wang Renyi, why are you just eating today? If you don't drink, you're looking down on our brothers, right?"

Sitting on a seat, Wang Renyi was sweating profusely, stuffing something into his mouth to relieve his nervousness. His acquaintances at the same table looked at his starving look, frowned, and drank to remind him to pay attention to his posture.

Wang Renyi put down his chopsticks and stared at the man. He swallowed a mouthful of food and then looked at the others. The whole table was looking at him, and even people at other tables were looking at him. He realized It seemed that he was too out of character, and he quickly laughed and said: "Sorry, everyone, I am very hungry. After all, I have been looking forward to Duke Bai's birthday since yesterday, so I ate in a hurry. I am out of character."

Seeing him talking, other people couldn't stare at him anymore, they just felt disgusted in their hearts.

Some people smiled at each other on the surface, and said sarcastically: "It's okay, if you have enough to eat, why don't you ask the kitchen to make a separate portion for you."

Everyone is a person of status. If he was ridiculed like this in normal times, Wang Renyi would definitely argue with him and reason with him, but now he has something on his mind and doesn't have the time to pay attention to him.

Wang Renyi restrained his movements and glanced around, looking for traces of the young man, but after looking for a long time, there was no sign of him. He changed his target again, and from time to time peeked at Duke Bai, who was sitting at the first table and the main seat, and held his hand. The palms of the chopsticks are sweaty.

"Master Fang only said that he would leave as soon as there was any commotion, but he didn't tell me what kind of commotion he was going to make. How do I judge it? Why don't I toast Duke Bai now and leave directly? That won't work either. , I can’t suppress my fear at all now, if I walk in front of Duke Bai, the secret will probably be exposed directly, and Young Master Fang will probably kill me directly, after all, he is so cruel to his subordinates, oh, it’s a headache!”

When Wang Renyi was troubled, there was another person who was also troubled like him, not knowing how to escape.

That is the Tiandou Empire, the representative of the royal family, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.

As the most noble person at the entire banquet, he naturally sat at the same table as the host, Duke Bai. This was the most colorful place in the entire hall. No matter which table he was at, his every move would be clearly seen by others. , leave quietly, just think about it in your head.

Xue Qinghe had a smile on his face, but in fact he was extremely anxious. Last night he received a letter from Fang Mian reporting that he was safe. At the same time, he explained that he would take action against Duke Bai today and asked him to leave as soon as possible if he attended the birthday party. To prevent accidental injury, he also specifically mentioned that Qianxue should wait for him at the top of Tiandou Imperial City, the top floor of Huangdou Restaurant. He would take Qianxue to see the most beautiful flowers in the world.

Snow...no, it should be Qian Renxue. Qian Renxue doesn't know what he calls the most beautiful flower in the world, but Fang Mian has never let her down. She believes that it will be the same this time and can be praised by Fang Mian. As the most beautiful woman in the world, her expectations have been raised to a very high level.

Although it was still early, Qian Renxue was worried about how to explain to Fang Mian if she missed her date with him because she really had no excuse to escape. Oh, she was not worried that Fang Mian would fail in assassinating Duke Bai.

After a year of contact, she can definitely say that she is one of the people who knows Fang Mian best in the world, and maybe the only one. She heard that Fang Mian was an orphan since he was a child, and even his master died later. How can she be with him? She seemed to be the only one close to him.

She understood Fang Mian that this child was a natural human spirit, even worse than the old foxes she had seen. He was very smart and not reckless. He would not take action unless he was absolutely sure of anything. He would definitely wait until He plans everything out and doesn't even tell anyone else what he has done until it is done.

This time, since Fang Mian is so sure that Duke Bai will die tonight, it proves that he has arranged everything. What does Qian Renxue have to worry about?

Now she just wants to find a chance to escape, nothing else.

Just as she was distressed, Duke Bai came back after walking around. His face was filled with joy. Under the influence of alcohol, his cheeks were red. He sat down directly and said to Xue Qinghe next to him.

"Your Highness, are you not very happy today? Did Mr. Bai fail to entertain you well?"

"Duke Bai is worrying too much. Duke Bai is celebrating his birthday, how could I not be happy?" Xue Qinghe responded with a smile.

"Oh, then His Highness is either unhappy, or quite happy." Duke Bai sat calmly, looking at Xue Qinghe with a half-smile, and said.

At this time, Xue Qinghe already felt something strange. What did the old guy want to say? He nodded vaguely and said nothing, but what happened next was beyond his expectation.

Duke Bai suddenly lost control of his emotions, covered his face and cried softly.

The whole place gradually became quiet, and everyone looked this way.

Xue Qinghe pretended to be shocked and asked: "Duke Bai, why is this happening? Did I say something wrong?"

Duke Bai put down his hand at this time, his face was full of tears, and the corners of his mouth were stiffly raised, and then said: "No, His Highness did not say anything wrong. I just suddenly felt worried and lost control of my emotions. I made Your Highness a joke."

Xue Qinghe frowned and asked, "I don't know what could make Duke Bai worried. If I can help, please tell Duke Bai."

"Really, His Highness is really willing to help Bai?" Duke Bai's eyes sparkled and he said excitedly.

Xue Qinghe felt bad, as he seemed to have fallen into a trap, but he still maintained a calm expression and nodded.

"Great." Duke Bai wiped the tears on his face, sighed, and said with a wry smile: "It's also our fault for not living up to expectations. Your Highness, do you have a grain store named Sun under your banner? "

Xue Qinghe vaguely guessed his purpose, but still nodded calmly.

"Your Highness, you are happy these days. If I am not wrong, it is probably because of this Sun Grain Store. You are happy, but we nobles who sell grain are in misery. Your men are not reasonable at all. Prices lower than normal grain prices have robbed all businesses, large and small, in the city. Nowadays, except for grain from Sun Grain Store, grain from other grain stores cannot be sold. We have also thought about lowering grain prices to compete with them. , but I know that it is the grain store of His Highness the Crown Prince, and we can't win no matter what. Seeing that we nobles can't even pay for the expenses of the house, Your Highness, do you think I should be worried or sad? "

After finishing speaking, Duke Bai's tears flowed even more fiercely.

Tears are a highly contagious weapon. When ordinary people see tears, they can't help but empathize with themselves, and then they can't help but side with the weaker side who is crying.

This was Duke Bai's purpose. At this time, some of the sentimental aristocratic women he had arranged before couldn't help sobbing. Seeing the crying, the birthday banquet was about to turn into a funeral banquet.

Xue Qinghe hurriedly said: "Duke Bai doesn't have to be like this. My subordinates are unreasonable in this matter. After I go back, I will ask him to adjust the food price to the same level as everyone else. You think this is good."

Xue Qinghe is hiding a dirty trick. Although Fang Mian is in charge of the Sun Grain Store, it can bring a lot of money to his prince's palace every month. How could he not know that the Sun Grain Store can rob Tiandou Imperial City? The mystery lies.

The White Duke only talks about the price, not the quality of the food, and has a purely hooligan attitude, so he will just go with the trend. Anyway, the current sun rice will not lack customers even if it is adjusted to double or even triple the normal food price. , because the quality is there.

The reason why the price has not been adjusted yet is because the people in charge of Sun Farm did not dare to act rashly after Fang Mian disappeared.

Duke Bai's face froze for a moment after hearing the prince's words, but he soon thought of a way to counterattack, and said with a grateful expression: "Thank you, Your Highness, for sparing my life."

He winked at the other nobles who were involved in the grain sale, and suddenly, the whole place echoed multiple times at the same time, thanking His Highness the Crown Prince for sparing my life.

But Xue Qinghe was not happy, because he had been tricked again, and now he was held to the highest level of morality. He was now a saint, and saints should be pointed at guns.

Sure enough, Duke Bai has a new recruit.

"Your Highness helps us maintain fairness. We are very grateful. However, our grain stores have not been opened for a long time. The grain has been stagnant for a long time. The newly harvested grain has not yet been collected from their respective fiefs. We were suddenly asked to reopen the grain stores. , we can’t sell grain, so we can’t sell old grain to the people. As nobles, we cannot do such an unreasonable thing in any case.”

"So, for the sake of the people who buy food in the city, and for the sake of our nobles, I implore Your Highness to ask Sun Farm to cooperate with us and sell Sun Rice to us."

"Your Highness, please."

Duke Bai stood up, pushed away the stool, and pretended to kneel down.

Xue Qinghe's eyes narrowed. He couldn't be made to kneel down. If he knelt down, it would probably start spreading throughout the city tomorrow.

"Shocked, the prince actually did such a thing in the White House! ! ! 》

"The birthday boy Duke Bai actually knelt down to the prince at the dinner, and here's the reason! ! ! 》

That would be a devastating blow to his reputation. By then, not only Emperor Xueye might be dissatisfied with him, but there might also be news from Wuhun City.

Xue Qinghe quickly supported Duke Bai and said in a panic: "Duke Bai, you can't do this. You are much older than me. You are the birthday boy tonight. You must not do this!"

Duke Bai grabbed his arm, burst into tears, and said aggrievedly: "For the thousands of people in my White House to have a full meal, for the nobles to open grain shops again and earn a small amount of money to supplement their families, for The people in the whole city can eat affordable and fair Sun Rice, let alone kneel down, even if I have to go up mountains of swords and seas of fire, I will do it without any hesitation."

He exerted a little force and bent his knees, but it seemed that he didn't exert any force, and his body was hanging on Xue Qinghe.

He smelled of alcohol, which made Xue Qinghe's face change in shock. Xue Qinghe thought fiercely in his heart: "You old guy, you are going to die tonight anyway, so why not promise you."

Xue Qinghe nodded quickly and said: "No, no, Duke Bai, please get up quickly. I promise you. After I get back, I will immediately ask Sun Farm to come to you to discuss cooperation. You can't kneel down!"

"Your Majesty...Does His Majesty really agree?" Duke Bai asked uncertainly.

"Really, really, get up quickly." Xue Qinghe said with a bitter smile. He really wanted to kick this old guy out now. Not only was he smelling of alcohol, but there was also a strange smell that made him want to vomit.

Duke Bai was overjoyed after hearing this. He stood up straight and took a few steps back. He said to the others: "Let us thank His Highness for your kindness and give us a way out."

He took the initiative to bow and shouted: "Thank you, Your Highness."

The others hurriedly responded: "Thank you, Your Highness."

Xue Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief, and after taking several breaths of clean air, hearing his joyful words, her teeth itched with hatred, and she secretly said in her heart: "Just wait."

"No farewell, get up quickly, everyone, please get up. Today is Duke Bai's birthday banquet. Let's celebrate Duke Bai's birthday together and have a drink."

Under Xue Qinghe's greeting, all the guests raised their wine glasses and paid tribute to Duke Bai.

Duke Bai was sitting in his seat, smiling broadly. The color on his face was either wine red or smile red.

After drinking the glass, Xue Qinghe put down the glass and said, "I have other things to do, Duke Bai, so I'll leave first."

Duke Bai did not keep him, he nodded with a naive smile and said: "Since Your Highness has something to do, I won't stay. Your Highness, please go slowly. I have to entertain them now, so I won't see you off personally."

"It's okay, you go do your business first, I'm leaving."

After saying that, Xue Qinghe flicked his sleeves and walked straight towards the door. Duke Bai could see a hint of anger clearly and subtly on his cheeks.

Duke Bai narrowed his eyes into the shape of a crescent moon, picked up the wine glass, and after Xue Qinghe left, shouted: "Let us give a drink to our newborn Prince."

Everyone agrees.

However, after walking out of the gate, Xue Qinghe did not have the angry look on his face as Duke Bai had imagined. He looked calm, got on the carriage, and simply said to the groom: "Go back home!"

And at the banquet, Wang Renyi was holding the wine glass blankly, looking at the reflection in the glass, his mind full of questions.

"Isn't this Sun Farm owned by Mr. Fang? Why did it become the prince's again? Whose is it? Since the prince has agreed to cooperate with us dukes, what is Mr. Fang's attitude? Will he still take action? Probably not Okay, then if I asked him to cooperate directly before, wouldn’t it be unnecessary?”

"Alas, the intelligence network is not wide enough. It was not discovered that Sun Farm still has such a relationship with the prince."

Wang Renyi slapped his head in complaint. Now he felt remorseful, but at peace, because he guessed that Fang Mian was hiding somewhere before, preparing for an assassination. Now he heard that the prince agreed that Sun Farm would cooperate with the nobles. First The thing should be to go to the prince to discuss the matter of Sun Farm, then there is no need to worry about any accidents.

Wang Renyi breathed out, picked up the wine glass, and said boldly: "Come, let's do it..."

boom!

Just when Wang Renyi opened his mind and prepared to drink, a violent roar came from the backyard of Bai Mansion. The ground shook slightly. Everyone looked up and looked in the direction of the sound. A bunch of black and gray smoke slowly came out. Rising towards the sky.

Wang Renyi's arm trembled, and the drink poured out. He held back the words he had just spoken, and his pupils showed deep shock. At this time, a subtle female voice floated into his ears, and he heard it clearly.

"time to go."