According to Su Yueying's original plan, she would capture the Third Prince of Beiyuan and Xiao Jichen at this banquet today.

However, the reality went against her wishes. Because of the interference of the Saintess of Beiyuan and Su Yunling's stealing of the limelight, she did not gain enough favorability from the two.

Only when their favorability towards her reaches above fifty can her luck value be improved.

The luck she had plundered from Su Yunling before, as well as the luck she had converted from strategies over the years, had all been consumed by more than half today, making it difficult for her to even maintain her health.

And this is just the beginning. If she can't increase her luck value in time, she will become more and more unfortunate.

"System, I think Su Yunling's luck has been restored. Can I plunder him again?"

[Host, you only have one chance to plunder each target.]

Su Yueying was stunned for a moment, "What about my heart disease? It would be best if Su Yunling could give me her heart now. Seeing that the emperor is considering granting her a marriage, I am afraid it will be too late to do it."

The reason why Su Yueying gave Su Yunling to Xiao Nanchuan as a concubine was to make it easier for her to get Su Yunling's heart at any time.

The system had matched them before, and their hearts were a perfect match.

Originally, if her current body had enough luck to maintain it, she would not get sick, especially once she became the empress, her heart disease would heal itself without any medicine.

Keeping Su Yunling is just in case, like now.

It just so happened that she had had enough of Su Yunling, so it would be better for her to die earlier to avoid any more trouble.

[Host, currently the only one in this world who can perform heart transplant surgery is Dr. Mei, but that doctor will not appear in Shangjing within two years.]

"What should I do now? I can't even maintain a healthy body."

[The host can consider plundering the luck of other targets. As long as the relatives who have a favorable impression of the host of 50 or above can become your plunder target. ]

"Then I'll choose that old lady Su. There's no point in keeping her."

【Okay, I will absorb Mrs. Su's luck for the host immediately. The system suggests that the host should start the capture mission as soon as possible after his physical condition improves. Mrs. Su is old and her luck has been consumed by more than half, so she will not be of much help to the host. The third prince of Beiyuan is about to leave Beiyuan, so there is no chance for the time being. However, according to the plot, Xiao Jichen will be left in Shangjing by Emperor Jing Zhao to contain Prince Su, so the host can still consider capturing Xiao Jichen first. 】

"I'm afraid it won't be that fast to capture Xiao Jichen. What if I still get sick after plundering the old woman's luck?"

[Host, rest assured. With the luck you have left, as long as you don't get too excited, you won't have a heart attack, and you won't die even if you do.]

After Emperor Jing Zhao conferred the title of Princess of the County on Su Yunling, he also granted her permission to enter the Imperial Academy under the Imperial College to study with the princes, princesses, crown princes and princesses.

One moment he wants to arrange a blind date for her, the next moment he wants her to go to school...he's almost saying that he dislikes her for being uneducated.

Originally, she was busy making money, so how could she have the time to waste with those princesses and princes who were not doing their jobs?

However, thinking about the plot setting, Xiao Jichen will be detained in Shangjing by Emperor Jing Zhao on the pretext of something, and will also be sent to the Imperial Academy.

In this way, wouldn't the opportunity to get close to Prince Su's Mansion come?

A banquet to welcome envoys was finally coming to an end. Dayin had also prepared a feast of singing and dancing, but just as the hour of Wei arrived, the originally clear sky turned gloomy.

At the same time, strong winds blew from the west, making it difficult for people to stand steadily. It was obvious that a heavy rainstorm was about to come.

Emperor Jing Zhao immediately ordered his carriage to return to the palace.

Xiao Ji Chen looked at Su Yunling who left with the imperial carriage and fell into deep thought.

She actually got it right. How did she know that?

Three days later, Emperor Jing Zhao formally summoned Prince Su and his son. Just as Su Yunling had expected, Emperor Jing Zhao asked Xiao Jichen to stay in Shangjing temporarily on the grounds that the Empress Dowager's health was deteriorating and she hoped to see Xiao Jichen, her once most beloved grandson, more often.

Both the father and the son knew very well what the purpose of Emperor Jing Zhao's doing this was. He was just afraid that Prince Su would build up power in his fiefdom, so he detained his son to restrain him.

Prince Su and Xiao Jichen had obviously anticipated this and did not react too strongly to it.

On the day when Prince Su left the capital to return to his fiefdom, Su Yunling also watched from the city wall for a while. When the father and son said goodbye, the imperial guards of the Imperial City Bureau were all very alert, as if they were afraid that Xiao Jichen would run away.

Su Yunling watched the excitement for a while, then immediately went to see her own county lady's mansion.

This four-courtyard house behind Yongning Street is deep and elegant, with magnificent gardens inside. It is worthy of being a reward from the emperor and is very impressive.

"Miss, this house was given by the Emperor. Can we move in?"

"It's certainly possible for her to come and live here occasionally, but it's not possible for a female household to become an independent household for the time being."

According to the Household Law of the Yin Dynasty, if a woman wanted to set up her own household, she had to meet one condition, that is, there was no male heir in the family.

Unless Su Zhaohong and the three stupid brothers are all dead.

If a married woman wants to set up her own household, she is either abandoned or her husband, son, or grandson has died... In short, as long as there are men in the family, it is impossible for a woman to set up her own household.

Su Yunling wanted to live in this county lady's mansion forever, unless she was divorced after getting married, or she moved in with her husband.

But at least she had one more mansion. Together with the three houses she got back from Su Yueying, four shops, and two farms, she was now a person with some assets.

She instructed Linglan to have someone come and clean the main courtyard carefully, and to buy a few security guards. She would occasionally come and stay for a few days.

When leaving the County Lady's Mansion and about to get on the carriage, he looked up and saw a moon-white figure standing in the wind.

It’s Xiao Jichen.

This was the first time Su Yunling observed this man so closely. He was tall and slender, with waist-length black hair that glowed with moonlight, and he had a noble and elegant temperament.

His face had eyebrows like distant mountains, eyes like bright stars, a high nose bridge... His thin lips were curved in a faint arc, and his emotions could not be seen.

"County Lady Hemin, you're welcome." Xiao Ji Chen nodded slightly towards Su Yunling, his voice low and lazy, seeming to carry a hint of temptation.

Su Yunling bowed and greeted him, "Greetings, Prince Su."

[I didn't expect Xiao Jichen to be so tall when he looked closer, and his physique didn't look thin at all. I thought he was very skinny before.]

The curve of Xiao Ji Chen's lips unconsciously deepened. He took a quick look at the woman in front of him. She had slender eyes, a waist as thin as a string, and a delicate face covered by a white veil.

"Why is the prince here?" Su Yunling asked.

Xiao Jichen raised his hand and pointed to the [You Ran Residence] behind him, saying: "This is where we live."

Su Yunling was surprised for a moment. What a coincidence! Xiao Jichen was actually her neighbor.

"My county lady's residence is right next to the prince's. Please take good care of me in the future."

"Okay, goodbye." Xiao Ji Chen responded, turned around and left with two bodyguards.

[Isn't this guy pretending to be a dandy in order to deceive Emperor Jing Zhao? Why can't I sense it? He is clearly very cold. ]

Xiao Jichen, who had already walked to the door, suddenly stopped, turned around to look at Su Yunling and said, "Hemin County Lady, why don't you go into the mansion and have a chat?"

Su Yunling was startled and waved her hands quickly, "No need, I have other important things to do, goodbye..."

Xiao Jichen saw Su Yunling getting on the carriage, and then he instructed his personal bodyguard Fei Peng: "Find someone to follow this county lady all day, and... investigate everything about her. I want to know as soon as possible."

Fei Peng took the order and left, wondering in his heart: "Could it be that the prince has taken a fancy to that county lady?"

Su Yunling was now "famous", so it was not difficult to find out more about her. Within half a day, Fei Peng had found out everything related to Su Yunling.

"Your Highness, this Princess Hemin is a famous person in the capital. Not only did she run a large-scale pharmacy, but she was also engaged to the Prince of Rui Palace. However... because Princess Hemin was unfaithful to her husband and disobeyed her elders, the Rui Palace broke off the engagement."

When Fei Peng said this, he looked at Xiao Jichen with an anxious look, "Prince, please be more careful. You can't have a woman like this!"

Xiao Jichen's eyes were dark, "She is actually related to Xiao Nanchuan, interesting..."

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