Being stared at by Huo Xi, Mu Yan finally swallowed the smile on his face.
He took her to his side and played with her catkins: "Manager Mi does have some abilities. His hands can sense things that others cannot sense. He has a better chance of winning when betting on stones than others. But he doesn't get it right every time.
Yes, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.”
Huo Xi's eyes widened, he really had a golden finger!
"It doesn't matter if it works sometimes or not. Even if you get one out of ten, you can still make a lot of money, right?"
"One out of ten? What's the use of cutting big materials to make them collapse, and cutting small materials to increase? Besides, he has such ability. If he is exposed to others, he will probably become someone else's tool. It will also be a burden to him. He is pregnant.
Bi Qi's crime, he almost lost his life because of this before. After joining my disciples, he lived a relaxed and happy life for a few years."
Huo Xi was silent. Indeed, with such ability, if he encounters a fight among powerful people, he may not even be able to save his life.
"Then he is the most ineffective today?" Is she so unlucky?
"That's not necessarily the case. The stone is too big. If the green appears in the center of the stone, through such a thick outer skin, no matter how skilled you are, you won't be able to detect it. We wiped it thin today, so it's normal that no green appears. Besides, I
It’s also intentional not to cut it thickly. Let’s fish it first.”
"Fishing?" Who are you fishing for? Huo Xi frowned, "What are you fishing for?"
Mu Yan raised his eyebrows, "Why do you say that?"
"Did I guess it right?" Seeing him raise his eyebrows, Huo Xi felt a little proud.
Although she and her husband have a good reputation, if they cannot stay in Yunnan, they will lose their real power. Why bother to secretly attack her and her husband? Their reputation is more important than their real power.
After a long while, Huo Xi asked him again: "Have you discovered the relationship between Chu Yi and Mu Zhan a long time ago?"
After all, he and his wife had just returned to the house, and they didn't have any feedback. It was normal for the people everywhere not to listen to his and his wife's orders.
"I have met the crown prince!" All the Mu family's staff, officials, and men of the Mu family who were younger than Mu Yan, and even Mu Zhan and Mu Ang stood up and saluted Mu Yan.
I couldn't help but feel distressed. I hugged him and said, "You still have me."
Huo Xi nodded in agreement, "But I don't think Aunt Jun is that stupid to attack us, right? Her eldest brother is dead, and if she wants to avenge him, she won't make such a stupid move, right? Let's give in.
In Yunnan? Even if Mu Zhan can get the crown prince, doesn't he still have to keep the capital? Even if there is still Mu Wang who can be counted on, if you are not afraid that your people will get Mu Wang's hands, she will be beaten in the end? Then Yunnan will give it to San
Got a house? Making wedding clothes for someone?"
"There was something wrong with Chu Yi today. At first, I thought he was just showing his kindness to us, teaching me how to look at ingredients and choosing ingredients, and also helped me pick out several pieces of good ingredients, which made me earn thousands of taels. But then
I think he had intentions, especially since he later encouraged us to buy that piece of aniseed, I feel that everything he did today was premeditated, right?"
"Remember to take more people with you when you go out. Don't be careless even at home."
Huo Xi smiled and nodded, "Thank you for your hard work." She followed Mu Yan and raised her legs to cross the threshold. Hua Xiang, who was following her, gave each of them a handful of reward money.
Early the next morning, while Huo Xi was still sleeping, Mu Yan woke up and went to the central assembly hall to discuss matters.
"Madam, tell us that we have worked hard and give us a reward?"
Mu Yan said nothing and pulled her up the front steps.
"Did you change the coachman?"
"Don't underestimate Jun, and don't think about her with an ordinary person's mind. Don't be careless."
Back at the door of Mu's Mansion, the sky was already dim. Huo Xi was helped out of the carriage, "Hey, there was a different carriage driver?"
According to Huo Xi, if it were her, she wouldn't do such a stupid thing.
Although the words were plain, Huo Xi still felt a sense of loneliness, feeling depressed and unable to fly freely.
"Let me buy that piece of material? But is it necessary to lose more than two hundred thousand taels in vain?" Huo Xi was dissatisfied.
"You mean, he is... Mu Zhan's man? Or that he chose to side with Mu Zhan?" Does he look down on her man, the heir apparent?
"Your Majesty, Madam." The two doormen saluted.
"I have lived in the capital for a long time. As long as the Duke of Guizhou survives and is not too old to take care of me anymore, I will continue to stay in the capital as a hostage. I don't know when I will be called back by the emperor. Instead of relying on me, I can't bring anything to the Chu family.
For the prince who has greater interests, it is better to choose Mu Zhan, the eldest son of the Mu family who lives in Yunnan."
Mu Sheng stared at him, thinking that it was his first time to experience such an occasion. There were dozens of people in the hall, so he thought he would show his timidity. Unexpectedly, he looked calm and only slightly raised his hand, making a gesture of support.
He carefully said the word "no courtesy", and walked straight to the position on his right without stopping.
As the crown prince, he would just stay away from Yunnan. This time he returned to Yunnan, and with his status, he naturally had to follow the council.
Mu Yan lightly tapped her on the forehead with his finger, "I told you to follow the plan, but my husband will do a loss-making business?"
After being stunned for a long time, they all shouted to Huo Xi, who had walked far away: "Thank you, madam!"
With the care of the eldest young master of the Mu family, the Chu family's business will grow bigger and smoother.
When the couple returned to the mansion, they didn't know that the two of them had spent nearly 260,000 taels of silver gambling on stones and had broken the news. The news had spread throughout the mansion.
"Why? His family runs a jade business. No matter how big the local family is, no matter how many people are behind it, they shouldn't be stupid enough to offend the Mu family, right?" Don't you want Ansheng to do business?
Mu Yan narrowed his eyes: "He doesn't dare to offend the Mu family, but he dares to offend me."
The two doormen didn't react for a long time. They looked at the coins in their hands and couldn't believe it: "What did you hear just now?"
"Ah?" Is there a difference?
"Of course there is a difference."
When he arrived at the meeting hall, he found that everyone had arrived early, including his own father, and the hall was packed with people.
"No. I just got him away. It's not a good time to alert the enemy now. It's easier to guard against someone who is out there than to pull out the nail, then someone else arranges for someone else, and we have to bother to find it and pull it out again."
Huo Xi's eyes lit up: "That piece of material hasn't been changed?" Mu Yan just smiled and didn't say much.
"I only discovered it in the past two days. People who were watching Mu Zhan came to report that he and Chu Yi had been seeing each other a lot recently, so I asked people to pay attention to Chu Yi. I heard that he was going to collect the aniseed from Huang Bachangkou.
If you replace it with ordinary stones, I will follow your plan."
"My wife is still smart." Mu Yan nodded: "Cui Yi did have a premeditated plan and has been waiting to catch us for a long time."
Mu Yan hugged her tightly, how lucky I am to still have you by my side.
But even if they knew about it, they wouldn't take it to heart. After dinner, the couple took a walk in the house to eat, and then returned to the house.
I couldn't help but secretly praise it in my heart.
"Um."
He is worthy of being the successor chosen by his father and eldest brother. With this kind of bearing, he is a qualified prince, and he will also be an excellent prince in the future.
After Mu Zhan saluted, he sat down and gritted his teeth. In the past, the only person he wanted to see was his father.
"Don't let so many people wait for you next time. You need to be more diligent."
"Am I late?"
Uh... Mu Sheng choked.
Mu Ang hurriedly smiled and smoothed things over: "It's because we came early. Every day we discuss matters at Maozheng, and now we are about to reach Maozheng." He looked at Mu Sheng: "Second brother, since we are all here, why don't we start discussing things?"