The little princess' mind was read, and the court and harem were eating melons

Seeing that Li Qingyi's thoughts were a little distracted, the emperor thought she was not interested in this matter and asked, "Yier, why are you here at this time? What do you want to see your father?"

Hearing this, Li Qingyi came back to his senses and focused on his business.

Here, Li Qingyi was trying hard to bring the topic to Zhou Yunchang, trying to find a way to make the emperor pay attention to Zhou Yunchang. Li Qingyi didn't need to say much. As long as the emperor noticed Zhou Yunchang and asked someone to investigate thoroughly, the emperor would know about Zhou Yunchang's sheltering of his clansmen who were doing evil in their ancestral land.

On the other side, Wang Xuan and Chen Qicong also discussed the imperial examination.

Wang Xuan: "The imperial examination will be held next spring. Before that, there should be quite a few candidates rushing to the capital. We can prepare some activities in advance."

Wang Xuan: "This is a good opportunity to earn a reputation."

Chen Qicong was flipping through a picture album. Hearing this, he looked up at Wang Xuan and asked, "Do you want to co-host an event with me?"

Wang Xuan shook her head: "I'm not joining forces with you, I'm inviting you to join the Beijing Chamber of Commerce. I plan to have the merchants who join the Chamber of Commerce join together to hold events to maximize their influence."

Beijing Chamber of Commerce?

Before Chen Qicong came to Beijing, he asked someone to investigate the situation of the Chamber of Commerce. In the eyes of Chen Qicong, who had experienced a lot in just twenty years, the Beijing Chamber of Commerce established by Wang Xuan and others was like a baby compared with similar chambers in other places.

However, in terms of potential, Chen Qicong feels that the Beijing Chamber of Commerce is far ahead.

And the reason... is naturally because the Beijing Chamber of Commerce has a court background, while other chambers of commerce can only be said to be non-governmental organizations.

It doesn’t mean that having a court background means you are definitely better than others, but because you have a court background and it was established by Wang Xuan, your potential is greater than other chambers of commerce.

But joining the Beijing Chamber of Commerce...

Chen Qicong thought about his current situation and looked at Wang Xuan helplessly: "I may not be able to do this."

Wang Xuan was puzzled: "Why? Didn't you say your family is also in business? And if I'm not mistaken, your family is the Chen family, a wealthy merchant in Jiangnan, right?"

There are many people with the surname Chen, but if we add qualifiers, such as Jiangnan, wealthy businessman, and Chen family, then there is only one.

This shows that the Chen family’s business is very big.

Chen Qicong said helplessly: "Yes, you are right, but you should also know that the Chen family is the leader of the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce."

Wang Xuan: "That shouldn't be a big deal. You are you, and your home is your home."

Seeing this, Chen Qicong hesitated for a moment, but finally told the truth: "In front of you, I am just me. But outside, I represent the Chen family."

Wang Xuan: "...What do you mean?"

It's not what she thinks, is it?

Chen Qicong said helplessly: "Sorry, I am actually the current head of the Chen family."

Wang Xuan was surprised: "You? You just... From what I heard before, the head of the Chen family should be in his 50s or 60s this year, right?"

"That's just the news on the surface. In fact, two years ago, most of the Chen family's affairs were handed over to me."

Chen Qicong: "My family's situation is rather special. The person you inquired about before should be my uncle. He was the previous head of the family, and my father was the previous previous head of the family, but he has passed away."

As he spoke, Chen Qicong looked at Wang Xuan's obviously changed expression, and felt a little relieved.

Wang Xuan is now experienced. Although she has only been in Beijing for about half a year, she has actually experienced a lot in this period of time, including many hardships. Apart from anything else, Wang Xuan has already developed the skill of not showing her emotions on her face.

And at this moment, in front of him, Wang Xuan could have such an obvious change in expression, which showed that the other party had a certain degree of trust in him, which allowed Chen Qicong to continue with his next words.

Chen Qicong: "You should have guessed it? I seized the position of the head of the family by seizing power, but I think this is also returning the property to its original owner. After all, the head of the Chen family has always been our branch, and the foundation of the Chen family was also established by my grandfather."

"Back then, my uncle became the head of the Chen family by stealing it from me."

Chen Qicong paused and smiled bitterly, "Sorry, Wang Xuan, I may not be the same as I was in my previous life. In order to survive in the Chen family, I am not so innocent anymore."

Wang Xuan was silent for a moment and looked at him: "Have you killed anyone?"

Chen Qicong shook his head: "No, but there are many people who died indirectly because of me."

Wang Xuan: “…”

The two fell into silence.

As time went by, Wang Xuan didn't say anything, and Chen Qicong's heart slowly sank.

Chen Qicong couldn't explain how complicated his feelings were when he heard the news about the female manager Wang Xuan from Beijing after he finally struggled out of the shadow of the Chen family and took control of his own destiny in the Chen family mansion.

Before going to Beijing, Chen Qicong actually hesitated.

If he had just traveled through time and heard the news, he would probably not hesitate at all and would try his best to come to the capital to meet someone who might be an old acquaintance.

However, after going through so much, and now that he even felt that human life was just like this, Chen Qicong almost backed down.

He had been hesitating whether to tell Wang Xuan what he had done since he came into this world.

What he said just now was not a lie to Wang Xuan, but the truth.

He has never killed anyone, nor has he personally asked others to kill people, but it is true that in the past few years, in order to control their own destiny, many people have indirectly lost their lives because of Chen Qicong's actions.

If we say that Chen Qicong had many bottom lines in the past, now his bottom line is probably only to keep his hands from being stained with blood.

Chen Qicong was actually a little scared. He was afraid that his lover would hate him because of this. He was also afraid...

Wang Xuan: “Is that all?”

Chen Qicong was slightly stunned.

Wang Xuan: "If you say so, I have also indirectly killed people."

Chen Qicong suddenly raised his eyes and looked into Wang Xuan's eyes.

Wang Xuan didn't dodge or evade, and smiled: "There's nothing I can do. If I don't do this, I'll be the one who dies."

"I think you feel the same way."

If possible, none of them wants anyone to leave this world because of them.

After a long pause, Chen Qicong slowly said, "Is that so..."

Wang Xuan shrugged: "However, you just need to tell me about this matter. It's better not to tell the teacher."

Chen Qicong: “…I know.”

Seeing that he seemed to have misunderstood something, Wang Xuan explained: "It's not what you think. The teacher shouldn't think you are a bad person because of what he said. It's just that I don't know if it's because of the physical condition, but I feel that the teacher's mind is more or less affected. Isn't it cute?"

And what Wang Xuan meant by cute can actually be understood as...innocent.

Wang Xuan: "The teacher just wants to protect us. We can handle the other messy things by ourselves."