"How many people do you have that you can trust in Feng Ya Pavilion?" Xie Qingrong asked.
"About half. If not for the fact that her methods were too ruthless, many of their sisters would not have dared to say anything. After being slightly persuaded by this subordinate, they all stood under this subordinate. " Leng Tianning replied.
"Well done." After praising Leng Tianning, she took out a land deed from her chest pocket. It was the one Shen Haoxuan had given her previously, and she said: "Now that this land deed is in your hands, bring anyone you think you can trust into the manor and train them.
Secretly, I need you to re-establish an intelligence agency that is like the Feng Ya Pavilion, and I will choose a few people from the profound mechanism to help you. I will only give you two years. After two years, I will come to inspect your results. "
Leng Tianning's expression was solemn, his hands were still trembling slightly as sshe accepted the land deed in Xie Qingrong's hands. Then, he knelt on the ground and said solemnly: "This subordinate will not let Master down."
Xie Qingrong waved her hands, and then she left.
Xie Qingrong picked up the teapot, and poured herself a cup of tea. Lifting it to her nose, she took a whiff, the aroma of the tea was extremely rich, it was truly worthy of Xuanyuan Chen sending him a cup of good tea.
"You must have heard what I said just now."
Hearing that, Shang Zhiqing opened his eyes, a look of shock flashed past his eyes, and she asked: "When did Elder Sister Rong discover this?"
Xie Qingrong said, "Just now, the moment I entered, your breathing became disorderly, even though it was only for a short moment, it could not escape my ears."
Shang Zhiqing got up from the wallow, walked to the opposite of Xie Qingrong and sat down, then went to pour herself a cup of tea. She closed her eyes and took a sip, as if she was enjoying the tea.
"Such sharp senses, it really is the Elder Sister Rong."
Xie Qingrong smiled, but the smile did not reach her eyes. With a cold expression, she said, "Speak, what is your goal?
Shang Zhiqing smirked, and revealed a casual smile, as she said slowly: "I really like Elder Sister Rong, as for what goal do I have? I am sorry I cannot tell you this right now, but Elder Sister Rong only needs to know that I am not harmful to your heart. "
"If you were harming my heart, how would I tolerate you until now?" He took a sip of tea and said, "Since it's not convenient for you to say, then forget it."
Xie Qingrong had never cared about Shang Zhiqing's motives. She did not sense any unusual feelings from Shang Zhiqing, which meant that Shang Zhiqing had no ill intentions towards her. Since that was the case, she did not plan to investigate Shang Zhiqing too deeply.
"Elder Sister Rong is smarter than I thought. However, I have something I don't understand. That Miss Leng was just a small muse just now, and you actually let her handle the information network without worry. You must be thinking too highly of yourself. "
Hearing this, Xie Qingrong only raised her eyebrows, a slight smile could be seen in her cold and indifferent eyes, "From the very beginning, what I fancied was not her talent, but her unyielding fate. Only such a person can break through to the next level. "
Her mind involuntarily recalled the day she saved Leng Tianning.
He was clearly drugged and tied up, but his eyes were unyielding and he wanted to fight back. Even though he knew what his fate would be, he would not easily give up.
And it was because of this that she had been touched, and decided to save her, and re-value her.
"So that's how it is. I never thought that the Elder Sister Rong would have such sharp eyes, to be able to pick out such a person." Shang Zhiqing said, her heart couldn't help but secretly look forward to see how far her Elder Sister Rong would grow.
Xie Qingrong gave a bland grunt, but suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and asked: "What happened between you and Shen Haoxuan? After a few days of not seeing each other, they are even closer than before. "
Shang Zhiqing curled her lips, and with a hint of happiness in her eyes, she laughed: "Previously, when Elder Sister Rong and Prince Chen were controlling the water elementals in the Nanping, I lived in the Prince Chen's Mansion and helped Shen Haoxuan with a lot of things. Thus, Shen Haoxuan is extremely grateful to me."
However, that is not the truth.
Most of the time, Shang Zhiqing would just lie on the table, watching Shen Haoxuan organize the information and files. Other than occasionally giving Shen Haoxuan a few thoughts of his own, she wasn't really of much help to him.
However, in the past few days, the two of them had been guarding Prince Chen's Mansion together, and together, they had forced back wave after wave of assassins. and had Shen Haoxuan become less and less wary of her.
"What are your plans after this?" Xie Qingrong asked.
Shang Zhiqing propped her chin up with her elbow, thought for a while, and replied: "I might be making a trip to Yue Country, and have been delayed in Heavenly Sage Kingdom for a while, and have not completed the task that my elder told me to do."
Xie Qingrong asked, "When are you leaving?"
"We'll leave tomorrow." Shang Zhiqing replied.
Xie Qingrong nodded, she did not want to stay, and said, "Let us stay at the general's mansion for the night. I'll have someone send you there tomorrow morning. "
"Then I won't be disrespectful."
A quarter to nine in the evening.
The main hall of the general's manor was filled with tables and food.
Shang Zhiqing followed Xie Qingrong into the hall. Upon seeing that there were six pairs of chopsticks on the table, she asked curiously, "Do we still have more guests at home?"
Xie Qingrong nodded her head and said: "Xuanyuan Chen and the others want to come over, let's take a seat first."
Not long later, Xuanyuan Chen and the rest arrived.
Seeing this person, Xie Qingrong instructed Nuan Xiang to prepare another pair of tableware.
Other than Xuanyuan Chen, Lin Mu, Zhangsun Wenxuan, Shen Haoxuan, and Shen Haoxuan, there was still another Xuanyuan Changge.
After waiting for the few of them to take their seats, Zhangsun Wenxuan realized that these few of them were seated in a strange position. He could understand why Xuanyuan Chen and Xuanyuan Chen were seated together, after all, the two of them were going to get married soon.
Xuanyuan Changge had been bestowing this marriage to him since childhood, so when the little princess had passed through the puberty, it would be time for her to marry Lin Mu. As for Shen Haoxuan and Shang Zhiqing, there seemed to be a problem no matter how he looked at them.
It seemed like he was the only one left here.
They were all on the same side, so she didn't have any scruples when eating, but Xuanyuan Changge had grown up in the Palace, so even though she knew everyone present, she was restricted by her public interests, and couldn't really do anything about it.
Lin Mu, who was usually silent like a log, was now very considerate and kept preparing dishes for Xuanyuan Changge. Seeing the food in his bowl, Xuanyuan Changge smiled sweetly at Lin Mu, but this time, Lin Mu scratched the back of his head in a daze.
Xie Qingrong took a piece of meat and carefully chewed it. After swallowing it down, she asked Xuanyuan Chen who was sitting at the side, "After you return to the palace to report, what does the emperor say?"
"Father praised this king for a while, and said that in three days, he would hold a celebratory feast for this king. Actually, This King is not interested in these boring banquets at all. " Xuanyuan Chen said indifferently.
Xie Qingrong curled her lips, the lips of the cherry blossom curved into a faint smile, but her deep eyes were still indifferent, "Tomorrow morning at the imperial court, you might have a tough battle to fight."