The grass in the factory should be plucked

Nangong Qinghe returned to Prince Jin's Mansion and locked himself in the study.

He set up a secret room in his study that only he could enter.

Nangong Qinghe pressed the mechanism on the bookshelf, the door of the secret room opened, and he walked in with joy.

In the middle of the secret room was the old desk that he had used in the prince's residence - the table that A'li had crawled through.

There are two paintings hanging on the wall.

One photo showed him and Jiang Li sitting on a tree in the dense forest of the hunting ground, smiling at each other.

The other photo shows the scene when he and Jiang Li first met: a pretty girl with disheveled hair was taking care of a little eunuch with a high fever.

He planned to draw every detail of his acquaintance and friendship with Jiang Li, and give it as a surprise to his sweetheart later.

Nangong Qinghe spread out a piece of rice paper on the old desk, thought for a moment, and began to paint.

This time he painted the scene where Jiang Li invited him to dinner in the cold palace.

She was still the same dishevelled girl, with a small piece of black ash from the bottom of the pot on her face, but her smile was so bright and cheerful.

He sat opposite her and ate the bacon rice she made herself.

Nangong Qinghe stared at the girl in the painting in a daze, recalling her every word and action that day, and he was fascinated.

Ever since that brief encounter at the hunting ground, he never had the chance to see Jiang Li again. Although they kept in touch from time to time, he was extremely eager to see her.

Thinking of her smiling face, Nangong Qinghe murmured: "Ali, wait a little longer, the day when we can meet openly will soon."

The next time they meet, he must say those words in one go.

Seeing that the fight for the throne was becoming more and more intense, Jiang Li began to worry about Aunt Lian who lived in the civilian area of ​​the outer city. She wanted to buy a house in the inner city.

The inner city is basically the residences of princes, nobles, officials or wealthy businessmen, and is much safer than the outer city.

Jiang Li went to Xie Changan for help again.

"Brother Changan, do you know where there are houses in the inner city that are for sale?"

Xie Changan smiled slightly: "Our Jiang Da family is going to buy a house?"

"Well, I want to move Aunt Lian, Manager Liu and the others to the inner city, where it will be relatively safer."

"Okay, I'll help you find out."

After Xie Changan returned home, he called the old steward over.

"Uncle Zhou, go ask the neighbors tomorrow if they want to sell their house. I can offer double the price."

"Ah?" The old steward was stunned.

But since the Lord has given such an order, there must be a reason for it.

The old steward knew that one should not ask too many questions about adults' affairs, so he did as he was told.

Next door is a house with three entrances and three exits. It is occupied by a tutor in the Hanlin Academy. He has a wife, two concubines, and several young children.

He was also trembling with fear when living next door to Xie Changan, fearing that the children at home would make noise and upset him. Fortunately, this evil star did not come back often.

When he heard that Xie Changan was willing to buy the house at double the price, he was overjoyed and agreed immediately.

After Xie Changan bought the house, he asked the old steward to contact Steward Liu of Longmen Trading Company and sold the house to Jiang Li at a price 20% lower than the market price.

When Jiang Li heard Manager Liu's report, she couldn't believe that things were going so smoothly.

She excitedly went to find Xie Changan: "Brother Changan, thank you so much, Manager Liu has already bought the house, and I heard it's 20% lower than the market price! Thanks to you, I was able to find such a suitable house!"

Xie Changan smiled and said, "It's just a coincidence."

Jiang Li asked hesitantly, "Brother Changan, can I go see the new house?"

Xie Changan thought for a moment and said, "Come out early tomorrow and I'll take you there."

The next day, Jiang Li arrived at the yamen early, and Xie's carriage was waiting outside.

Jiang Li followed Xie Changan into the carriage. Xie Changan saw that she was very excited and wanted to tease her.

"I have helped you so much, how do you plan to thank me?"

"What do you want this time?"

Jiang Li's face suddenly drooped. Would she be asked to be a purse again?

Unexpectedly, he went even further: "When will you make me a lingerie?"

Jiang Li blushed: "Aunt Lian said that it was made for my husband! You are not!"

"Didn't you say you wouldn't regret it?"

"So what?" Jiang Li pouted, "Not now anyway!"

"Is it not possible to advance the payment?" Xie Changan smiled wickedly.

"How can there be an advance payment?"

Jiang Li blushed and glared at him, "You have no sense of shame! Isn't this what you always say?"

Xie Changan looked at her coquettish look and couldn't help but feel moved.

At this moment, the carriage jolted, and Jiang Li was caught off guard and fell into his arms.

The driver said, "I'm sorry, sir, there's a pothole on the road. Are you okay?"

Xie Changan said: "Nothing."

The carriage moved on.

Jiang Li struggled to sit up from his arms, but he held her tightly.

"Don't move, just let me hold you for a while." He said in a hoarse voice.

Jiang Li blushed: "You said it yourself, don't do this again!"

"I changed my mind." He chuckled.

Jiang Li's face flushed as she pressed against his solid chest, both of their hearts beating violently.

"Brother Changan," she whispered, "If I hide something from you, will you be angry with me?"

Xie Changan's eyes were deep: "You have hidden a lot of things from me, right?"

Jiang Li stood up from his arms and lowered her head: "I didn't mean to hide it from you, it's just... I can't tell you now..."

"When the time comes, will you tell me everything?" He looked at her deeply, "I can wait."

"I will!" Jiang Li looked up happily, "I just hope you won't be angry with me..."

"Ok, I will wait for you."

Looking at the joyful light in her eyes, he couldn't help but slowly lower his head and wanted to place a kiss on her forehead.

The carriage stopped.

"Sir, here we are."

Xie Changan let her go with a bit of regret.

Jiang Li jumped off the carriage behind him and looked up at the surrounding environment.

Suddenly, she found that this place seemed familiar?

Looking again, it’s Xie Mansion?

"Isn't this your home?" Jiang Li asked in surprise.

Did he sell his mansion to me? And at such a low price!

"What are you thinking about?" Xie Changan was both angry and amused, pointing at the house next door, "That's it."

Jiang Li looked up and saw that he was pointing at a house next to his mansion, with a plaque with the words "Jiang's House" hung in front of the door.

She asked shyly: "Are we neighbors now?"

The walls of the two houses were close together, and just over the wall was his home.

"When you asked me to find out, the house next door happened to be for sale, so I got it without any effort."

Jiang Li looked at him suspiciously. How could this be such a coincidence?

"Come in and take a look. Do you like it?" Xie Changan said with a smile.

Jiang Li pushed the door open and walked in with joy. Manager Liu was directing several servants to clean up the house.

"Thank you, sir!"

Manager Liu immediately spotted Xie Changan, who was wearing a Feiyu suit and was tall and slender.

Just when I was about to ask him why he was here, I looked again and saw a petite person in black clothes and a mask following him.

"Boss, you are here too!"

Manager Liu came forward with surprise.