You must drink this tea.

Yelan reached out to grab the tea cup and drank it all in one final gulp.

The astringent taste of tea that she always liked made her a little nauseous now. She wiped the water stains left on her mouth, then swept her hand away, and the teacup fell to the ground and shattered.

Yelan said: "Can we talk now?"

Shen Yan smiled, "Of course."

He could even see the scarlet color in the corners of Yelan's eyes. The feeling of humiliating her did make him feel good, but it was not appropriate to press too hard. After all, it would be interesting to play slowly in the future.

"The troops stationed around the border are unwilling to borrow food. Is it your fault?"

Ye Lan gets straight to the point.

"Yes, but... I only played a small role. All the credit goes to the emerging faction. It's the Queen who doesn't let you have an easy time. Don't blame me."

"Ha...really? It turns out to be the queen."

Yelan has a close relationship with Concubine De Gui. If the aristocratic family faction woos the Ye family, it will be a big blow to the emerging faction. The queen does not want Concubine De Gui and the Ye family to join forces, so it does seem very reasonable to want to kill the Ye family.

But Yelan sneered, "Even if I join forces with Concubine De Gui, the queen will at most destroy our relationship. There is no need to kill our Ye family. Is it you who did something?"

Ye Lan was very smart and immediately thought of the key point. Shen Yan had nothing to hide and replied with a smile: "It does have something to do with me. I promised the Queen that I will make an offer to the Emerging Sect that she will never refuse. "

"Those shops in my hands?"

Shen Yan leaned on the stone table and took a sip of tea. He seemed to be a gentle and elegant young man, but his tone of voice was like a poisonous snake, "Yes, Yelan. I have forced you into a desperate situation. The Ministry of Household's grain requisition policy is not right." There will be changes, and your father is in urgent need of food at the border, and the Qiao Kingdom is about to be destroyed... You can't sell your shop now. When the border is broken, how will you quell the public's anger? You will be responsible for your father's defeat. How to solve?"

What he said was right, Ye Lan seemed to be in a desperate situation now.

But Yelan didn't bow because of this, "Shen Yan, don't be too happy too early. How did you know that I had no chance to make a comeback?"

Come back?

Shen Yan couldn't help but smile and shake his head, slamming the teacup on the table, spilling tea all over the table, "If you are talking about the shady deeds you did in secret...then I advise you to go ahead. Save it, Ye Lan, I’ve known about you selling illegal salt for a long time, do you think I have any evidence in my hand now?”

Private salt!

Yunzhu and Aunt Hualan, who were standing aside, both changed their expressions. It seemed they didn't expect to be discovered by Shen Yan, and they all looked at Ye Lan.

Yelan was calmer than them, and his expression did not change at all.

But Shen Yan curled his lips contemptuously. He clearly saw that Ye Lan's body was trembling slightly when he heard the word "private salt", and he was obviously moved.

He knew that letters from the border and unsold shops were not Ye Lan's weaknesses, but private salt could defeat the enemy with one blow.

If the illegal sale of salt is discovered, Yelan and Dingguohou's family will be destroyed.

"Shizi Shen, there is no need to scare me by saying such things. If you want anything, you might as well just say it."

Ye Lan still looked calm, but in Shen Yan's view, this was just a pretense.

Shen Yan was used to seeing Ye Lan's cold and noble appearance, but now that he saw Ye Lan's defense being broken down step by step, Shen Yan really felt that there was something special about him.

"You know what I want."

Ye Lan tightened his fingers and took a breath, seemingly unwilling and angry: "I will transfer all the property in my hands to you. Are you satisfied? This is what you have always coveted, Shen Yan, you are so superficial!"

"Am I superficial?" Shen Yan seemed to find her words interesting, "Yelan, this is all you can say. Now the initiative is in my hands. I want your shops, and I want everything else too!"

Yelan's face darkened slightly, "I've given it to you, what else do you want?"

Shen Yan sneered and said, "Have you forgotten that you are still selling private salt now? Yelan, I'm afraid your mother relied on secretly selling private salt to promote the Su family, right? Since I want If I want to steal your things, of course I have to grab the most useful ones!"

"Don't bully others too much!" Ye Lan suddenly lifted the tea on the stone table.

Shen Yan hid quickly without any contamination on his body, but now his face turned cold, "Ye Lan, figure out your identity, do you think you are still the eldest daughter of the Ye family? What if I sell you for private sales? If you expose the matter... you know the consequences!"

As expected, these words of warning made Ye Lan calm down. She glanced at Shen Yan and finally calmed down all her anger, "Okay, I'll give you whatever you want."

"Give me your salt-making house outside the city, too."

Take measures!

Yelan's body was obviously stiff, but she had no right to refuse, "Whatever you want, I'll give it to you, okay?"

Forced here, Shen Yan's goal has almost been achieved. He glanced at Yelan with a smile on his lips, "Yelan, why bother? You went through all the trouble to break off the engagement with me, but in the end, you couldn't keep everything in your hands. However, If you regret it, how about I let you in?"

The eldest daughter of the Yelan family, Shen Yan wanted to take her in, but the implication was that he would make Yelan his concubine.

Several maids around her looked at Shen Yan angrily.

Ye Lan was not annoyed, and looked extremely calm, "Shen Yan, I advise you, don't be happy too early."

He didn't take Yelan's words to heart at all, they were just useless harsh words. What kind of trouble can Yelan afford now?

"Young lady, if you are willing to tell me this, why not hand over the things quickly so that your father who is far away at the border can tide over the difficulties." Shen Yan looked at Ye Lan with a smile, admiring Ye Lan who was pretending to be calm at this time.

Ye Lan took a deep look at Shen Yan, turned to Aunt Hua Lan and said, "Aunt, give all the things to Shen Shizi."

Aunt Hualan turned around and left the pavilion. After a while, she walked in with a box and handed it to Shen Yan.

"Everything is here, Shen Yan. Once you get the things, you'd better solve the food and grass issue immediately, otherwise... I will never let the Shen family go."

Shen Yan snatched the box, opened it in front of Ye Lan, and said, "Then you have to let me see if everything is complete before I can do as you say."

After he took inventory, even the methods for making salt were placed inside. Ye Lan probably didn't do anything small.

He put the box away and said, "The lives of many soldiers at the border are in your hands. Don't worry, I won't dare to do anything."

Thinking that these heavy assets have become his own, Shen Yan couldn't help but raise his lips.

"Since Shen Shizi has got what he wants, I forgive Yelan for not being able to entertain him. Yunzhu, see you off!" Yelan didn't even want to look at Shen Yan for a second, and immediately issued an eviction order.

Seeing Ye Lan's appearance, Shen Yan felt relieved and stepped out of the pavilion first.

Lan Yu on the side looked at Yunzhu and was about to send Shen Yan off, but Shen Yan didn't ask Ye Lan for his permission and immediately stopped in front of them in a panic.

"Your Majesty! I have done so much for you, you can't abandon me!"

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