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Yang Huai looked at the sun outside the window and said, "The master went to send the master to school early in the morning. I think it will take another cup of tea to arrive."

After sending Xun Zhan to the dark room on the fifth floor reserved for personal use, Yang Huai went downstairs calmly, tidied his appearance slightly, and two waiters opened the door of the building.

With a friendly smile on his face, Yang Huai personally struck the gong to open the door: "Shuangxing Tower, open the door to welcome our distinguished guests."

The gong at the Shuangxing Tower is struck every day. Day after day, the people who get up early and queue up to get the morning discount must hear the sound of the gong to feel happy.

Although other shops imitated the practice and put up a gong, for some reason, none of them could achieve the same effect.

Xun Zhan half opened the window and looked at the guests pouring in downstairs, with an interested arc at the corner of his eyes.

Xie Nanxing is really an interesting person.

The door was pushed open from the outside, and Shen Jinmo sat on the stool, holding the cloak that Xie Nanxing wore when he went out in the morning.

Mo Ping refilled the tea for the two of them, and following Shen Jinmo's hint, he left the room and secretly guarded the entrance to the fifth floor.

Knowing that Shen Jinmo was someone who hated roundabout greetings, Xun Zhan came straight to the point and stated his intention: "Shen Jinmo, I think we can cooperate."

"What do you want to do at the East Palace wedding banquet?"

Shen Jinmo is not opposed to traveling with Xun Zhan now, but he does not want to call it cooperation. He, Shen Jinmo, does not need and cannot cooperate with anyone.

To him, any person in Luoan is just a leverage.

Xun Zhan looked up and made eye contact with Shen Jinmo, and announced his decision: "I want my brother to arrange Xie Nanxing and Xia Che to sit at the same table."

Xun Zhan knew in Shen Jinmo's heart why this arrangement was made.

They all knew that Xia Ling had the intention to possess Xie Nanxing.

Shen Jinmo did not say anything. Xun Zhan looked at Shen Jinmo's face, which was not angry, and continued, "I have to tell you if I want to borrow your people. Don't worry, I have no intention of making an enemy of you now."

Xun Zhan, it is impossible for him to become friends with anyone in Luoan.

Shen Jinmo picked up the teacup in his hand and slowly drank a few sips of tea: "Does Xie Nanxing know about this?"

"If you agree, I will definitely find the right person to talk to him."

Xun Zhan saw that Shen Jinmo was silent again, so he had to take the initiative to speak once more: "Shen Jinmo, there can only be two people who will be the final master of the country. Whether it belongs to Xia Che or Xiao Jiu is not decided by you and me."

"Before we reach the end, what you and I have to do is to eliminate other unnecessary options."

"No." Shen Jinmo calmly denied: "I am not interested in your exclusion of dissidents."

Xun Zhan was a little surprised, but he didn't show it on his face: "Then Xia Ling, you always want to kill him, right?"

"Xia Ling doesn't need me to get rid of him." Shen Jinmo tapped the table with his fingertips and generously gave Xun Zhan a surprise: "Li Yuan is the emperor's man."

Xun Zhan's eyes, which were full of unseriousness, suddenly became serious: "He is the emperor's man, but he instigated Xia Ling to kill Xie Nanxing?"

Shen Jinmo felt that the people of Luoan thought too highly of Xia Ling.

Shen Jinmo bluntly revealed the truth: "What the emperor wants is for me to have a grudge against the Eastern Palace. The deeper the better. The death of Xie Nanxing is nothing in his eyes."

"After all, I can't turn back now. Whether Xie Nanxing is there or not, I can only be his dog."

Xun Zhan clasped his hands together in front of his chest on the table, and his fingertips trembled slightly.

All the civil and military officials in the court, as well as the emperor and his nobles, were nothing more than tools in Xia Hong's eyes.

He didn't believe Shen Jinmo, Xun Zhan, or Xia Ling, and even Xia Yu might be a tool he used to restrain the young and unattainable person.

Xun Zhan suddenly realized that if he still limited his sights to the small matter of the fight for the throne, then the future situation of Xia Territory would be nothing more than a toy in Xia Hong's hands.

Just like Xia Ling now.

The person who originally wanted to lobby Shen Jinmo was lobbied by Shen Jinmo instead.

He did not deceive Xun Zhan, he just broke the sky that covered Xun Zhan's head.

"I have no objection to you arranging Xie Nanxing and Xia Che to sit at the same table, but if Xie Nanxing doesn't want to, then you can't do it."

Without any hesitation, Shen Jinmo took Mo Ping away from the Shuangxing Tower.

The door of the darkroom was opened, and all the sunlight shone on Xun Zhan, making him look a little lazy.

The curve of his mouth corners grew higher and higher, and he knew what Shen Jinmo was going to do.

And he was willing to accompany Shen Jinmo on this journey.

For Xunzhan, Xia Che is also Xia Yu's rival.

Sitting from sunrise to sunset, Xun Zhan left the Shuangxing Tower through the secret door and rode aimlessly to the outskirts of Luoan.

Farmers are busy with spring ploughing and don't have the leisure time to go out and play, but the powerful families in Luoan are extremely leisurely and contented.

Xun Zhan randomly found a sparsely populated lotus pond and sat down. Not long after, a woman dressed in men's clothes appeared three feet away from Xun Zhan.

If you just look at this face, you won’t recognize this person at all: “You are here after all.”

Chen Luo responded softly: "Yes, as Master Xun wishes."

A carp was picked up from the lotus pond and bit off a piece of emerald green: "You see, this fish also has to jump out of the pond to eat what others can't eat."

Chen Luo smiled lightly and asked, "Master Xun, do you want my family to eat that unique thing, or do you want the person you want to protect to eat it?"

Dealing with Chen Luo was much easier than dealing with Shen Jinmo or Xia Che, so Xun Zhan chose Chen Luo instead of Xia Che: "No matter who eats it, they have to jump out of the pool first, don't you think?"

Chen Luo turned around and looked at Xun Zhan: "But if you don't jump out of the pool, you won't necessarily die."

"You're wrong." Xun Zhan smiled and shook his head: "There are undercurrents in this water, and it's common for big fish to eat small fish. If someone throws that poison in, they'll be dead."

"Jump a little, what if there is a different situation?"

After a conversation that lasted only a cup of tea, Xun Zhan left first without waiting for Chen Luo's final decision.

He told Chen Luo very frankly that he wanted to kill Xia Che.

Unfortunately, there was a glimmer of hope in this plot.

But how could those who are gambling their lives in the dark not want to take a chance when they see a glimmer of hope?

Xun Zhan is able to call the shots in Luoan City, and he is used to playing his cards so openly.

He has pointed out the way, and the results are clearly laid out before us. Whether you eat it or not, and whether you can eat it or not, all depends on your ability.

In the end, even if you lose or die, you can't blame anyone.

After all, I chose the path I took.