Jiang Qianniang smiled bitterly when she heard the words: "We naturally have this idea, but the location of the land is very good, and the other party is useful to buy it, and they are not willing to give it up easily. The Jiang family has invested a lot in these shops, but it is not available for the time being. More money comes to buy the land, so we can only stand in a stalemate like this. It’s just that the other party can afford it, but we can’t.”
Ren Yaoqi smiled, took a sip of tea, and waited for Jiang Qianniang to explain her intentions.
Sure enough, Jiang Qianniang said next: "Actually, we came to see the young lady today because of a ruthless request."
Ren Yaoqi raised his eyebrows slightly.
"The surname is Gao who is competing with our Jiang family." Jiang Qianniang said looking at Ren Yaoqi.
Ren Yaoqi thought for a while: "There doesn't seem to be anyone with the surname Gao in the prestigious family in Shunzhou?"
Jiang Qianniang nodded: "Yes, young lady, let alone you, this Gao family has never even heard of us locals in Shunzhou before, but about a month ago, the Gao family stole a large sum of money from the Han family. Grain and oil business. My father originally wanted to visit the head of the Gao family to negotiate the land, but he didn't see anyone."
Ren Yaoqi smiled apologetically: "I'm afraid I can't help you with your Shunzhou affairs."
Jiang Qianniang hurriedly said: "Young madam, I heard that the Gao family has some relationship with the Lei family, but we sent a few letters to the Lei family before, but the Lei family's head didn't reply. I heard that the Lei family's head was out in Yunyang City recently. , Mrs. Lei also saw no outsiders."
Ren Yaoqi smiled and said, "My sister has been feeling unwell for a while, so she may have brought her two children to live in Zhuangzi."
Jiang Qianniang looked at Ren Yaoqi and asked tentatively, "I wonder if the young lady can help me with a message to the Lei family?"
At this moment, Apple, who had already combed his wife's hair, hurried in from outside, and reported to Ren Yaoqi in a low voice, "Young madam, the princess asked Mammy Xin to ask you about the gift list that Jinzhou sent last month. Not here with you..."
Ren Yaoqi nodded, let Apple retire first, and then said with a smile: "I will ask someone to ask about the thing you just said, I still have some things to deal with, so I'm sorry. Miss Jiang Since you have come to Yunyang City, it is better to stay and play for a few more days. Speaking of which, you still have some fate with this Yunyang City."
Jiang Qianniang and Jiang Shi looked at each other, Jiang Qianniang wanted to say something, but after a pause she swallowed it, got up with Jiang Shi, and said with a smile, "I plan to stay for a few more days, there are many places in Yunyang City. I haven't been there yet. Then thank the young lady, I will go back and wait for your news."
Ren Yaoqi smiled and served tea, and Jiang Qianniang and Jiang Shi resigned and left.
After they left, Ren Yaoqi didn't go to Jiuyang Hall, but returned to Zhaoning Hall. When he entered the threshold, he saw Xiao Jingxi sitting on the soft slump in the East Room and flipping through a book. He heard a voice raising his head towards Ren Yaoqi. He smiled and said, "You're back so soon?"
Ren Yaoqi walked over to him and sat down. Seeing that he was holding a book on flower planting and trimming, he flipped it over and joked, "It's just building a garden, why don't you plan to do it yourself?"
Xiao Jingxi leaned over, hugged Ren Yaoqi's waist, and put his chin on her shoulder: "I did everything in Zhaoning Hall myself, don't you know?"
Ren Yaoqi was stunned when he heard the words, then tilted his head in surprise and said, "So you have to repair the small garden in Zhaoning Hall yourself? Do you still know this?"
The omnipotent Second Young Master Xiao said confidently: "Not yet, am I not studying?"
Ren Yaoqi: "..."
Xiao Jingxi took back the book in Ren Yaoqi's hand and asked her with a smile, "That Miss Jiang Liu just came to you for the Jiang family's business?"
Ren Yaoqi's omniscient knowledge of her husband is no wonder: "Do you know everything about the Jiang family?"
Xiao Jingxi thought about it for a while, then smiled: "I don't know all, I only know that you made the Jiang family have to take the initiative to come to the door, but your intention is not to drink, the real goal is not to be far away. The Jiang family in the state, but the Han family that is related by marriage to the Jiang family?"
Ren Yaoqi sighed, squinted at Xiao Jingxi and said, "Isn't that all you know?"
Xiao Jing smiled, rolled up the book in his hand and tapped Ren Yaoqi's first note: "It's the Yun family, the Jiang family, and the families that have business dealings with the Han family. The disaster of the pond fish, this situation is quite big, do you want to isolate the Han family? I said I don't know everything, because I don't understand that if you want to deal with the Han family, you don't need to be so troublesome. If you want to kill with one hit, don't give the enemy any chance to counterattack, you are still too soft-hearted."
Ren Yaoqi patted Xiao Jingxi's hand away and tidied up his messed up hair: "I'm not merciful, but I don't think it's necessary. I don't have any personal grudges with the Han family, so why not give people a way to live? As for the Han family and any You know what happened to the family's grievances. The Ren family owes a debt and should pay it back. But now it's time for the Han family to stop. I'm just reminding them, and the consequences can't be dealt with. , it's not good for anyone."
Xiao Jingxi stretched out his hand to pull Ren Yaoqi's hair on the temples, and shook his head: "It's still kind and gentle."
Ren Yaoqi was noncommittal about Xiao Jingxi's evaluation. She and the Han family were really not inexorable. Except for the stubborn Han Dongshan, the rest of the Han family were normal people, and she had no ill feelings.
What's more, if you want to keep the Lei and Lin families, the existence of the Han family is also essential. Without the alliance between the Han family and the Yun family, the Yun family would be completely defeated by the Lei family in a few years, and the Lei family's dominance might not be a good thing at that time.
Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, so it is not a good thing for the long-term development of the Yanbei palace or the Lei family. Yanbei does not need a dominant family, but only needs to achieve a balance between the powers of the family, so that Yanbei can be in long-term stability.
In many cases, the presence of an evenly matched enemy is the best protection. It is a balance for those below and a check and balance for those above.
This truth is understood by King Yanbei and Princess Yanbei, Xiao Jingxi and Ren Yaoqi. Otherwise, just relying on Concubine Yun's face, the Yanbei Palace would not tolerate the Yun family so much. It's just that there is a limit to this tolerance now, so the Lei family can take advantage of the situation and gradually show the momentum to compete with the Yun family.
Ren Yaoqi didn't want the Lei family to face such a situation as the Yun family in the future, so leaving a Han family was considered a precaution.
"Speaking of which, the sixth Miss Jiang family is a smart person." Ren Yaoqi finally sighed.
Xiao Jingxi laughed and joked: "No matter how smart she is, she has to follow the path you gave her, so Madam, are you complimenting yourself?"
Ren Yaoqi rolled his eyes at him and retorted: "No, I'm complimenting you. No matter how I plan, I can't be guessed by you in the end? So I still can't compare to you."
Xiao Jingxi didn't argue with Ren Yaoqi either. Second Young Master Xiao deeply understood a truth that no matter how smart a woman is, many times he can't reason with it, so he asked, "Then what do you do next?"
Ren Yaoqi pursed his lips and smiled: "Guess what?"
Seeing Ren Yaoqi's charming appearance, Xiao Jingxi couldn't help reaching out and pinching her face, and before Ren Yaoqi reacted to resisting, she said to divert her attention: "If I am, I will wait for the Han family to come to the door. Come, anyway, the drunkard's intention is not to drink wine, the Jiang family is just a guiding stone, since they are so acquainted this time, they will naturally benefit from them in the future."
Ren Yaoqi and Xiao Jingxi are here, and there is a dialogue between Jiang Qianniang and Jiang Shi and other carriages after they left the Yanbei Palace.
As soon as the carriage turned into the street, Jiang Qianniang exhaled heavily and relaxed.
Jiang Shi was a little surprised and said: "You were nervous just now? I see that you have been very calm, and I thought..."
Jiang Qianniang shook her head with a wry smile when she heard the words, but didn't speak, she just stretched out her hand and shook Jiang's.
Jiang Shi felt that the palm that he was holding was wet and sweaty, so he couldn't help laughing. He took out the handkerchief and put it in Jiang Qianniang's hand: "Do you think it can be done?"
Jiang Qianniang wiped her hands and said with a smile, "Before I came, I was 40% sure, now... at least 70%."
Jiang Shi couldn't help but be surprised: "That's it?"
Jiang Qianniang thought for a while, but shook her head: "There are still 30% variables."
"Where is the variable?" Jiang Shi asked.
Jiang Qianniang glanced at Jiang Shi and said slowly, "It's from the Han family."
Jiang Shi was stunned.
Jiang Qianniang sighed and smiled bitterly: "Although we are here to ask the young lady for help today, it's actually just a passing scene. I think the reason why the Jiang family encounters this kind of thing is only the disaster of Chiyu. As long as that Once the goal is achieved, the Jiang family's problems will be solved naturally."
Jiang Shi remembered what Jiang Qianniang had said to her before, and was silent for a while before saying, "If that person's target is really the Han family, wouldn't the Han family be very dangerous?"
It wasn't long after Jiang's marriage to the Han family, and she couldn't say how much she had a deep relationship with Mr. Han, but she was also the daughter-in-law of the Han family now, and the life and death of the Han family was also related to her own destiny.
Jiang Qianniang thought for a while, and comforted Jiang: "That's not necessarily true, otherwise it wouldn't make such a big circle. I think as long as the Han family clearly positions themselves, it should be fine. Besides, you went with me today. The Yanbei Palace can be regarded as a statement for yourself, and even if there is something wrong with the Han family in the future, the account will not be counted on your head."
Jiang Shi sighed: "I hope so. But how did you know this?"
Jiang Qianniang paused for a while before sighing: "Actually, after my father went to see the head of the Gao family last time, I met Mrs. Gao by chance when my mother and I went to the temple to burn incense. He said a few inexplicable words to me, but I didn't understand it at the time, but after thinking about it for a long time, I finally figured it out."