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Xie Fanjin curled his lips, turned around and went into the inner room.

When the housekeeper came, Xie Fanjin had already finished taking a shower. Her hair was still dripping with water as she came out.

The housekeeper pointed at Xie Fanjin's nose and cursed: "You...you are an exiled pariah, how can you be so unruly? We are already giving you honor by taking you in and arranging accommodation for you..."

Xiao Yanxi's face darkened slightly: "I asked her to stay in my room. If you are dissatisfied, we can leave."

The housekeeper was stunned, his face stiffened, and then he changed his tone: "So it was you, sir, who took the initiative to let her stay. That's another matter. Please do as you please. Sorry to bother you!"

"Wait a minute." Xie Fanjin wiped the water off his hair: "Change the water in the bathtub."

The housekeeper's face was not very good, but he still called the servants over.

After a busy period, the night gradually darkened and someone came to invite everyone to have dinner.

As soon as Xiao Yanxi went out, he saw Qian Yuwan who looked anxious.

Qian Yuwan looked around, then stepped forward and lowered her voice to say to Xiao Yanxi, "Master Xiao, I think someone here wants to harm you, you better be careful!"

Xiao Yanxi didn't expect Qian Yuwan to say this to him, so he said calmly: "Thank you for the reminder."

Qian Yuwan hesitated for a moment. "You must have known that the prefect of Zhongzhou and his subordinates embezzled 300,000 taels of silver from the imperial court for river repairs. If we can find that 300,000 taels and evidence of their corruption, perhaps the emperor will pay attention to you again and restore your position as crown prince..."

Xiao Yanxi looked at Qian Yuwan with a deep gaze, puzzled as to how a woman like Qian Yuwan could know about the affairs of the court.

Hearing Xie Fanjin's footsteps behind her, Qian Yuwan turned around and left without saying anything else.

When everyone entered the dining room, they saw Lord Ren and Cheng Gang already drinking and talking.

Hearing the noise at the door, Lord Ren took a look.

After the girls from the Chen family washed and dressed up, they changed into their most decent clothes, which really made both men take a second look at them.

"Everyone, you've all been traveling so hard. Please take a seat..." Ren Zhizhou glanced at Xiao Yanxi, then said to the housekeeper, "Dinner is ready."

Everyone smelled the delicious food and cast their eyes on the dining table. There were more than a dozen dishes, all looking delicious and fragrant. Although they were not delicacies from land and sea, they were the best meals they had since their exile.

"Mom, there's roast chicken. I want to eat roast chicken!"

Chen Xiaobao shouted excitedly, rushed over, grabbed the roast chicken on the table and started to bite into it.

Mrs. Chen Er and Mr. Chen Er felt ashamed and extremely embarrassed.

Mrs. Chen Er smiled and said embarrassedly: "The child has suffered a lot along the way, please don't blame me, my two adults."

Master Chen bowed and said, "Thank you for your hospitality, Your Excellency the Governor!"

Ren Zhizhou smiled and said, "No problem, no problem. You are welcome. Please take a seat."

There were three large tables for food. According to the rules, men and women should sit separately, but Xie Fanjin happened to sit next to Xiao Yanxi.

Chen Xinyu wanted to scold Xie Fanjin, but due to the occasion, she had to hold it back.

The housekeeper couldn't stand it, and said to Xie Fanjin dissatisfiedly: "Miss, there is a difference between men and women. Why don't you sit at another table with those ladies?"

Xiao Yanxi said, "We are in exile now, and there is no need for the usual etiquette. If you find it annoying, we will leave now."

Ren Zhizhou glanced at Xie Fanjin, something flashed in his eyes, and he gave the housekeeper a look. Although the housekeeper was dissatisfied, he didn't say anything more.

Ren Zhizhou invited Cheng Gang to take a seat, and then said, "Everyone, please start eating."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone couldn't wait to start eating.

Ren Zhizhou smiled brightly and said, "Everyone has come a long way. It is my honor to be your guest. Please don't be so formal. Come, I will offer you a toast."

As Ren Zhizhou spoke, he looked around at everyone present, feeling a surge of emotion in his heart.

A Duke of England's Mansion, an Eastern Palace, and the first imperial merchant in Dongling.

In the past, he, a minor official of the fifth rank, would not have the qualifications to sit at the same table and dine with these people.

Now the situation has really changed, and these people have to rely on his charity.

Ren Zhizhou raised his glass, and everyone hurriedly raised theirs as well, but they saw that Xiao Yanxi's expression remained calm and he did not move.

Cheng Gang said in a stern voice, "Why doesn't Mr. Xiao raise his glass? Is it because he doesn't want to give face to Mr. Ren?"

Cheng Gang felt that Ren Zhizhou invited these exiles to his house as guests out of respect for him, but Xiao Yanxi was so ignorant of etiquette, which was also a loss of face for him.

Xie Fanjin took a bite of the chicken leg and said in a calm tone, "You also know that he was injured by an assassin before and has not recovered yet, so he should not drink."

Cheng Gang's face turned grim. "It's been a while, his injuries have healed long ago. Is Master Xiao trying to act like a prince to us?"

Xiao Yanxi's eyes fell on Ren Zhizhou: "Master Ren, do you think this glass of wine of mine is worth drinking?"

This question was asked directly to the master, and it stands to reason that Ren Zhizhou would definitely be angry, or even furious.

Ren Zhizhou's expression was indeed grim, but he only chuckled: "Since Master Xiao is injured, please feel free to drink tea instead of wine."

As he spoke, the butler quickly brought Xiao Yanxi a cup of tea.

Xiao Yanxi still didn't move.

Cheng Gang was annoyed: "Xiao Yanxi, what do you mean? Do you think this is your East Palace?"

Seeing this, Old Master Chen had no choice but to persuade Xiao Yanxi: "Alright, we've already ended up in this situation, why are we still putting on airs? Prefect Ren invited us to be his guests out of kindness, you can't be so rude."

Xiao Yanxi remained indifferent, as if he hadn't heard what Mr. Chen said. Mr. Chen's face turned purple.

The housekeeper was furious when he saw this and slammed the table. "Xiao Yanxi, you're just an exiled deposed prince. Our master invited you to dinner out of respect, and you're actually putting on airs. Who the hell do you think you are?"

The atmosphere was a bit depressing. Xie Fanjin picked up the tea in front of Xiao Yanxi and sniffed it. Then, with an intoxicated look on his face, he said, "It would be a waste not to drink such good tea..."

Everyone thought that Xie Fanjin was trying to persuade Xiao Yanxi to drink, or that she was drinking it herself.

But what no one expected was that Xie Fanjin suddenly stood up, pinched the butler's cheek, and forcefully forced the butler to drink the glass of wine.

The butler looked horrified. As a grown man, he should have been able to resist Xie Fanjin, a woman, but he couldn't move!

After drinking a cup of tea, the butler fell to the ground and died with blood gushing out of all his orifices.

Everyone was frightened and panicked, and Cheng Gang looked at Ren Zhizhou with an ugly expression.

Xie Fanjin said to Ren Zhizhou with a half-smile, "Sir, if you want to silence us, at least wait until we've almost finished eating. There's a table full of delicious food, and we haven't even touched it yet. Wouldn't it be a shame to waste it?"

Ren Zhizhou was a little unsteady and sat down with a plop: "It's a misunderstanding, absolutely a misunderstanding, someone come and check for me, what is going on!"

He did want to frame Xiao Yanxi, but he didn't intend to kill him now. He had to at least provide some evidence of Xiao Yanxi's corruption and abuse of power, and then wait for a suitable opportunity to kill him.

By then, even if Xiao Yanxi died, it would be faked as suicide. Everyone would only think that he deserved it and committed suicide because he knew his crime was unforgivable. No one would trace it back to him.

But now, someone was trying to poison Xiao Yanxi in public, without his knowledge, and Ren Zhizhou felt that the situation was out of his control.

No matter how panicked others were, Xie Fanjin remained calm as he ate and drank as he pleased, and did not forget to greet Xiao Yanxi.

"Eat! You're so hungry! If you don't eat, it will get cold."

Xiao Yanxi's expression relaxed and he started to eat.

The others were so frightened when they saw the housekeeper lying on the ground with blood coming out of all his orifices. Chen Xiaobao was so scared that he burst into tears. Mrs. Chen Er covered his mouth in horror.

The timid ones were trembling and almost fainted.

After a while, a servant came to report: "Sir, I have asked someone to check. No one knows what happened, and no one saw any unusual behavior from the servants."

Ren Zhizhou waited for a long time, but nothing came out of the other side. He was so angry that he wanted to flip the table immediately: "Idiots, you are all idiots, what's the point of me keeping you!"

Judging from the look on Ren Zhizhou's face, it seemed that he was unaware of the poisoning of Xiao Yanxi.

Everyone was even more confused as to what was going on.

Xie Fanjin burped and said to the furious Ren Zhizhou, "Calm down, we haven't finished eating yet. Why are you so anxious? The culprit will come to us soon."