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Seventeen looked at Shui Qingyan, who had just walked out of the door laughing, and sighed a breath of relief. In her heart, she couldn't help but guess what exactly was on her that was worth Chu Chen's effort.

"Jade pendant." As Shui Qingyan walked, she stretched out her hand.

Seventeen handed it over to Shui Qingyan.

Shui Qingyan wore it on her neck.

"Will the Seventeen arrange for us to go out? Or should I go out on my own? " Shui Qingyan walked while smiling and asked Seventeen.

"Seventeen sent the young miss away." Seventeen led Shui Qingyan down the stairs: "Be careful Miss, there are steps below your feet."

"Thank you very much." Shui Qingyan smiled and nodded.

Seventeen smiled as he shook his head. Shui Qingyan was the first girl he had ever known who would say the word 'thank you'.

Shui Qingyan descended the stairs under the guidance of the Seventeen. On the other side, it seemed as if Chu Chen had done one thing in the room.

Chu Chen once again placed a cup of water in front of him, and then poured Phoenix Yaoling's water that had been soaked in the purple spider's water into the teapot. After that, he poured a cup of water and placed it opposite of him.

Just as he finished doing all of this, a loud sound was heard.

"That stinking girl, she actually dared to use such a provocative method to test me. How infuriating."

Phoenix Yaoling came back with her usual spice on her body. It gave off a fragrant wind, causing Chu Chen to frown slightly.

"How is it, did she agree to catch the snake for you?" Phoenix Yaoling sat down across from Chu Chen and stared at him as she asked.

"Nope." Chu Chen said calmly.

"I knew it." Phoenix Yaoling was somewhat gloating, "Didn't you say that she was a cooked duck?"

Chu Chen did not speak, and indifferently glanced at Phoenix Yaoling.

Seeing that, Phoenix Yaoling grinned: I probably touched a wall! With that, she drank the cup of water that Chu Chen had just placed in front of her.

Putting down the cup, Phoenix Yaoling frowned: "Why is the taste so astringent, where does this tea come from?"

"The last pot of the white lotus on the mountain." A strange glimmer flashed across Chu Chen's eyes.

After Phoenix Yaoling heard this, she was about to pour herself another cup. Chu Chen placed her palm on the teapot, showing that she did not want to give it to Phoenix Yaoling to drink.

Phoenix Yaoling immediately wrinkled her face into a bun. "I'm your second aunt anyways, can you not be so stingy?"

"According to the way you drink it, you will only waste the good tea that I have specially prepared for you." Chu Chen couldn't help but smile faintly.

Hearing that, Phoenix Yaoling immediately became vigilant, she was not the kind of person who would specially prepare this kind of tea that the palace did not even have a few bags of good tea for her.

Thinking about how Phoenix Yaoling stared at Chu Chen with a dangerous expression, her eyes slightly narrowed. If this brat was being mischievous, she would definitely make an excuse to teach this brat a lesson.

"That water is good." Chu Chen's emotionless eyes flashed with a clear light. As he spoke, he even picked up his own cup and gently sipped.

Phoenix Yaoling stared at Chu Chen's cup of water and squinted her eyes. She felt a sense of danger.

"Do you want to go watch a show?" Chu Chen suddenly turned and smiled as he asked Phoenix Yaoling.

"A play?" Phoenix Yaoling looked at Chu Chen dangerously, "Did something really fall into the cup of water? "Don't even think about asking me to a show just to make up for the crime of teasing your second aunt."

"I don't have a second aunt." Chu Chen stood up, "Are you interested?" After he finished speaking, he had already left with big strides.

Phoenix Yaoling looked at the cup of water which she had drank one last time with suspicion. She thought to herself, even if Chu Chen poisoned her, she wouldn't be afraid of it, there's still no poison that she can't cure.

After thinking it through, Phoenix Yaoling turned around and immediately chased after her. She definitely could not miss a scene that Chu Chen was interested in.

The time drum within the Qingfeng Stronghold had already spread out bit by bit, and it seemed like it was the hour once again.

Coming out from such a noisy environment like Qingfeng Stronghold.

Seventeen and Shui Qingyan were waiting for the coachman who was going to the horse carriage.

Holding the unconscious Yu Niang in her arms, Shui Qingyan tugged at a corner of her clothes.

Hearing the drum sound, Shui Qingyan could not help but ask, "What is this sound?"

"The time announces the Qingfeng Stronghold." Seventeen's tone was as gentle as ever.

The weather was slightly cold. Shui Qingyan blew on her finger that was chilled to the bone and counted the drumbeats in her heart.

Shui Qingyan listened to the drum for twelve times, then calculated that if her journey went well, she would reach the city gate when she opened the city gates, and then return to the Shui family successfully.

Soon, the carriage arrived.

The driver looked at Shui Qingyan who was beside Seventeen and the woman in his arms and could not help but be surprised.

In the Qingfeng Stronghold, he only heard the words of the Seventeen, but every time the Seventeen asked him to send the princess out, he would always be wearing a silkworm dress.

Seventeen first let Yu Niang in, then helped Shui Qingyan get on the carriage, and finally jumped onto the carriage herself.

"Young master." The coachman was slightly surprised. Even the princess had not been sent out by the inconvenient young master. Who was this lady?

"No worries, I'll send them out of Ma Ji Town. You can drive." Seventeen smiled as he looked at the carriage driver, "I'll be troubling you on this journey."

The driver who was called Uncle Pingnan did not say anything, and swung his horsewhip.

Inside the carriage, beside Shui Qingyan were two sets of black parcels, inside the parcels were Red Flower and Cui Hua's heads.

Yu Niang was lying on the only bed.

Seventeen sat near the door.

Seventeen took out a package wrapped in silk and handed it over to Shui Qingyan. "Miss, this is four hundred thousand silver.

Shui Qingyan had completely forgotten that she was being profitable, she was reminded of this by Seventeen and smiled: "Give me 5,000 silver, take the rest."

Seventeen shook his head: "Miss might not know what this four hundred thousand can do."

Shui Qingyan recalled the memories in her mind: "There seems to really be quite a lot of them."

"That's right, if young miss does not take it, it would be too easy for Seventeen." Seventeen teased.

Shui Qingyan smiled slightly: "A man's wealth is his own sin. Rather than letting the thieves on the way get away with it, I might as well give it to you."

The Seventeen was a little confused, as he did not understand why Shui Qingyan did not believe in Qingfeng Stronghold's strength that much. "Miss, you might not know, no one dares to steal Qingfeng Stronghold's carriage, so Miss, no need to worry."

Shui Qingyan shook her head: "No one can predict what will happen in the future.

The Seventeen asked again: "Does Miss not want to believe anyone?"

"It can't be said that they didn't believe me." Shui Qingyan was very calm.

Seventeen continued: "Then I will leave this money here with you. What if you don't recognize it in the future?"

"I didn't say I'd leave it with you. I said I'd give it to you." Shui Qingyan was gloomy, she never thought that Seventeen would have so many questions.

The Seventeen shook his head: "Young miss is joking, Qingfeng Stronghold has its rules, even if it is to take a tip, the Seventeen will only take less than 100 gold, if there is more, we will be bribed to leak the information, and we will be arrested and investigated."

"Shui Qingyan frowned, the rules of Qingfeng Stronghold are still not ordinary at all.

Seventeen opened his mouth again: "On the official road, there won't be any thieves robbing little miss. This little miss is quite skilled, as he is also a person of Qingfeng Stronghold, he naturally won't have any bad intentions towards little miss, little miss can rest assured."

Shui Qingyan scratched her chin and thought for a moment: "Give me five thousand, you can keep the rest for me first."

Seeing Shui Qingyan rubbing her chin, Seventeen could not help but find it funny. She seemed to not want to carry the four hundred thousand taels with his, so he nodded at him: "Then Seventeen will help Miss store it first."

"Mm, you can use it to invest in something like that. If you earn money, we can split it 50/50, but if you're done paying off, that's fine." Shui Qingyan nodded, and then cautiously patted Seventeen's shoulders: "I believe that you won't be that wasteful. If you lose four hundred thousand gold both, then you will have wasted your time at Qingfeng Stronghold."

When Seventeen saw that Shui Qingyan was so blind that she could accurately pat her own shoulder, she couldn't help but to size up Shui Qingyan two more times. There was no inner strength, there was a strange skill that she could not see, but he could feel her own position.

Even though he was thinking of this in his heart, Seventeen still teased him: "If you don't have four hundred thousand, you still have to take away five thousand for Young Miss. That would be a total of three hundred and ninety-five thousand.

Hearing that, Shui Qingyan smiled slightly.

In an instant, only Shui Qingyan's pair of smiling eyes remained in Seventeen's eyes. At this time, the pair of eyes was clear and black and white. Although they did not have pupils, they still possessed a sunny feeling, causing Seventeen's heart to feel an inexplicable sense of warmth.

"Talking to you is very easy, there is no feeling of depression." Shui Qingyan said indifferently.

Seventeen understood the meaning behind Shui Qingyan's words. Seventeen was also a person who understood the situation well, he could also feel that Shui Qingyan's self-defense mode would reach its maximum level in front of Chu Chen.

"Talking to the young miss, Seventeen doesn't have any pressure." Seventeen smiled as he looked at Shui Qingyan.

Shui Qingyan smiled slightly. Seventeen was a male slave of the Qingfeng Stronghold, so she had to be cautious in her speech. In front of guests, he could only always be respectful and humble, even if she was treated unfairly.

Thinking of this, Shui Qingyan opened her mouth: "Seventeen, you guys should be able to come out, right? How much? How about I redeem you and you become my housekeeper in the future? "

Uncle Pingnan almost stumbled down from the carriage when he heard this.

Hearing that, Seventeen was startled, then smiled faintly, looking at Shui Qingyan raise her eyebrow, normal people would want to redeem him out as a man's pet, but she actually wanted to redeem him out to be a butler.

Seventeen smiled as he looked at Shui Qingyan: "Once Miss becomes the person with the richest Yun Chao, she will be able to redeem Seventeen's wealth and send him to the butler."

Shui Qingyan replied with a long 'oh' after hearing this. "This is too expensive."

Seventeen smiled faintly but did not say a word. If not for the price, he would have been taken away by some arrogant princess long ago.

After a while, Shui Qingyan let out a sigh: "Your Qingfeng Stronghold's boss is too bad."

Seventeen nodded his head: "Yes, it is very bad."