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Chapter 166 Shows Calm
The Qiongshu Banquet was a gathering of top nobles, and the people who could be invited to this banquet were very valuable. If the daughter of the Xue family was favored by other nobles, she might be able to help the Xue family in the future and become a big help.

Being able to win relationships with those people, their Xue family can also occupy a place in the court.

Xue Huaidan is a smart person, so naturally he would not state his plan in a foolish manner.

The corner of King Qing's mouth twitched into a sarcasm when he heard this, he naturally saw through Xue Huaidan's careful thoughts.

If Xue Huaitan wanted to send Xue's daughters into the royal family, given the background of Xue's family, they were no more than concubines, so he didn't mind letting them go.

Looking at it now, he is more willing to use those women who have no status and no status to contain the situation and make everyone obediently obey his orders.

As for Xue Huaidan's petty thinking, Prince Qing naturally didn't take it seriously.

"Your Xue family's daughter, this king will naturally arrange it. But Mr. Xue, you should know that Ye Zhaoyan is the key person in this banquet. If your Xue family wants to send your daughter to Jiang's family, you might as well give up this idea as soon as possible." King Qing said faintly said.

Xue Huaitan was startled, and cursed secretly in his heart, Prince Qing is indeed a ruthless and ruthless hero, not even a single possibility is left to him.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will never dare to make such delusions." As he spoke, he took out a bronze token from his pocket and presented it with both hands, "This is the Ye family's military order."

King Qing reached out to take the jade pendant, weighed it in his hand, and said with a smile: "Master Xue's sincerity is enough."

Then he threw it to Xue Huaitan, "Since it belongs to the Ye family, you should keep it well. If the king needs it, I will find you to get it."

Xue Huaidan quickly took the token, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief, "Thank you, my lord."

Ye Fugui finally felt better, the wound on his neck had completely scabbed off, although it still looked shocking.

After careful recuperation and conditioning, her complexion gradually improved, and her body recovered a lot of strength.

In the past few days, she began to carefully prepare the Qiongshu banquet for Ye Zhaoyan,
Not only prepared all kinds of gorgeous clothes for Ye Zhaoyan, but even the head accessories and jewelry were prepared early.

"When you were young, you always played around and ran around the school in men's clothes." Ye Fugui looked at his daughter in the mirror and said with a smile, "At that time your grandfather still hated you for dressing like a boy, but now you wear gorgeous dresses , prettier than my mother was back then."

Ye Fugui said, picked up a jade hairpin from the dressing table, and tied up a beautiful flying fairy bun for Ye Zhaoyan, "Zhaoyan, is this hairpin suitable?"

Ye Zhaoyan looked at the dazzling array of pearl hairpins on the dressing table, and was both moved and worried, "It's so beautiful."

Ye Fugui had been in a coma for many days, and he didn't know that King Qing's banquet was full of evil intentions.

In order not to worry her, Ye Zhengping and the others did not tell her about the twists and turns.

What she is doing now is purely planning for her daughter's future as a mother.

"En." Ye Fugui nodded slightly, and continued to comb Ye Zhaoyan's hair.

The two of them dressed up for a long time before Ye Fugui nodded in satisfaction.

"You won't get married until next year, mother wants to keep you for a few more years." Ye Fugui's smile disappeared from the corner of his eyes, and turned into a trace of sadness.

"Mother, you can stay with Zhaoyan as long as you want." Ye Zhaoyan touched Ye Fugui's soft temples distressedly, "When grandpa comes back, Zhaoyan will accompany you to play around."

Ye Fugui shook his head, sighed lowly: "How long can I stay with you, when the time comes, you will get married."

Ye Zhaoyan felt a little pain in his heart, "Mother, I promise you, no matter what happens, I will be by your side and protect you all the time."

Ye Fugui's nose was sore when he heard the words, he suppressed the tears and said, "What stupid things are you talking about?"

"Zhaoyan doesn't say anything stupid, Zhaoyan does what he says." Ye Zhaoyan solemnly promised.

While the two were talking, an anxious and respectful voice suddenly sounded outside the door, "Miss!"

"Come in!"

Ye Fugui and Ye Zhaoyan turned their heads to look at the door, and saw Ying'er trotting into the room, "Miss, Mrs. Liu is looking for you, saying that she has something urgent to ask for!"

Ye Zhaoyan was taken aback, Mrs. Liu?
Could it be because of Ji Sinian?

Mrs. Liu entered the door very quickly. She was wearing a pink jacket and skirt embroidered with golden thread patterns, and her long black hair was tied up in a ponytail. As soon as she entered the door, she knelt down and kowtowed, "I beg the eldest lady to save my young man!"

Ye Zhaoyan was startled, and quickly stood up.

"Madam Liu, what happened? You can talk after you get up." Ye Fugui hurriedly stepped forward to help her up.

Mrs. Liu stood up, her face was pale, her eyes were bloodshot, "Ma'am, my Xiaonian was called away by Mr. Xue, and there was no news after a day and a night!"

Called away by Xue Huaidan?
Ye Zhaoyan frowned, thinking to himself, how could Xue Huaidan call Ji Sinian away?
The Xue family had already lost control of Mrs. Liu, and the medicinal materials used for the blackmail were also supplied by Ye Fu. The restraint between the two has been broken, how can they still be in control?

Ye Zhaoyan thought for a while, and said to Mrs. Liu, "Madam, please explain what's going on slowly."

Mrs. Liu wiped away the tears on her cheeks, and described the matter of Ji Sinian and Xue Huaitan in detail.

It turns out that Xue Huaitan has been sending people to ambush on the only way Yefu travels these few days, waiting for Ji Sinian to appear, and wants to meet him.

Ji Sinian is not a very human being, and he dodges obstacles encountered along the way.

Xue Huaidan was unsuccessful for a long time, so he had to send a message to Ji Sinian, asking him to go to a roadside tea shop for a chat, and finally made an appointment with Ji Sinian.

"Ma'am, do you know the content of the message?" Ye Zhaoyan asked in a deep voice.

Mrs. Liu shook her head slightly, her eyes were red, "Xiao Nian never mentioned it. However, he reminded me to take my medicine on time that day, and he said in a daze that the Ye family is about to storm."

Hearing Mrs. Liu's words, Ye Fugui and Ye Zhaoyan were both shocked.

Ye Fugui asked suspiciously, "Why did Ji Sinian say that?"

Now that Ye Zhengping is guarding the city gate, the power of the Xue family has weakened, and the Ye Mansion is finally at peace, where is the wind and rain?
Ye Zhaoyan's face was a little pale, "Ma'am, don't worry, I will take someone to find out the truth before making any plans."

After she finished speaking, she turned and left.

Looking at Ye Zhaoyan's leaving back, Ye Fugui felt uneasy, "What's wrong with Zhaoyan? Why did his face become so ugly?"

After Ye Zhaoyan left, he immediately summoned the Ye family army stationed in Ye Mansion, and ordered them to investigate Ji Sinian's trace as soon as possible, and dispatched a team to secretly investigate the movements of Xue's family, and report to her if there was any change.

After learning of Xue Qinshou's whereabouts, Ye Zhaoyan's heart moved, and he rushed to the Cuijin Building with a few secret guards to sneak in quietly, grabbed Xue Qinshou who was preparing jewelry for Xue Youling, tied her up, and dragged her to a secluded place .

"Ye, Ye Zhaoyan?! You, what are you doing?" Seeing a group of masked men in black suddenly appearing in front of him, Xue Qinshou panicked and shouted.

Ye Zhaoyan exerted force on his wrist, and a dagger flew out and plunged into the wall behind Xue Qinshou, "Shut up."

(End of this chapter)