Don't ask where people go

Chapter 370 Business
"Second Miss Fang, please." The servant standing in front of the painting boat saluted respectfully, Fang Zitong glanced at his personal servant girl, and ordered: "You wait for me here, I will go back as soon as I go."

After she finished speaking, she walked in without looking back, but when she saw the people in the painting, her expression changed imperceptibly.

The person waiting in the boat was not Pei Xiaoze, but the Patriarch of the Pei family——Pei Guoqing, Duke of the State of Pei.

"Second Miss Fang is well." Pei Juanqing smiled slightly, and Fang Zitong bowed her body, "Please be well, Your Excellency. I don't know that His Excellency is here. Please forgive me if I am rude."

"Second Miss Fang doesn't know I'm here?" Pei Juanqing smiled even wider, but there was no smile in her eyes, "This is my family's painting boat. If I'm not here, where should I be?"

Fang Zitong looked wary, pursed his lips and said: "Since I made a mistake, then I won't bother Lord Ping..."

"Second Miss Fang wait a moment." Pei Juanqing interrupted her in a low voice, "If Second Miss Fang is looking for my cousin, you might as well give up. He won't come."

"It's you..." Fang Zitong blurted out, but then fell silent again.

"It's me." Pei Juanqing nodded slightly, and said: "I invited Miss Fang to come here in the name of my cousin, because I have a business and want to talk to Miss Fang."

Fang Zitong's expression turned cold, "I'm just a weak girl, I have nothing to talk to Lord Ping."

"Why should Miss Fang refuse in such a hurry? Why don't you listen to what the business I want to discuss before making a decision." Pei Juanqing said while pouring tea: "Even if the business cannot be negotiated, this good tea should not be wasted."

He pushed the teacup to Fang Zitong's direction, as if he expected that she would sit down and discuss the deal with him.

Fang Zitong hesitated for a moment, and finally sat opposite Pei Yuqing, "What business does Lord Sui want to discuss with me?"

Compared with Fang Zitong's restlessness, Pei Juanqing seemed more calm and relaxed.He didn't speak, but motioned her to drink tea first.

Seeing this, Fang Zitong picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then put the teacup back to its original place calmly.

"Miss Fang Er, what do you think of this tea?" Pei Yuqing asked casually, and Fang Zitong said unceremoniously: "This is the Spring Festival tea from Xiguan City, and it can be called a high-quality tea in the border area. But if it is released in the capital, it will not be worth mentioning. "

"As expected of the Second Miss Fang, you will know it once you taste it." Pei Yuqing smiled and said: "Beyond the western border, in the land of Persia, Warners, the only daughter of the Patriarch of the Sasanian family, gave up her marriage to Miss Fang's cousin. In the name of Sasanian..."

He paused as he spoke, "I wonder if Second Miss Fang would give up the name of the Fang family, would Second Miss Fang be willing?"

Fang Zitong's face sank like water, "What exactly is Mr. Jue Guogong trying to say?"

"Miss Fang Er answered my question, and I will tell you my purpose." Pei Juanqing picked up the teapot unhurriedly, and was about to add more tea, but Fang Zitong moved the teacup, "I don't want to."

"Sure enough." Pei Juanqing chuckled, and Fang Zitong said coldly: "I have already answered the question of Duke Gong, now it is my turn to answer my doubts."

"What I want to tell Second Miss Fang is that if you want to enter the Pei family, it is impossible to marry my cousin." Pei Juanqing smiled seriously and said: "But you can consider changing someone, such as me."

Fang Zitong's face was full of astonishment. She had thought about many situations, but she had never thought of this one.

For a moment, she even thought that she had heard it wrong. What did Pei Juanqing say?Want her to marry him as his second wife?

She laughed angrily, "Although the Pei family is good, it's not considered the first in the capital where there are many aristocratic families. Why does Lord Sui think that even if I am the second wife, I must marry into the Pei family?"

"Since the Second Miss Fang is not a must of the Pei family, why have you been entangled with my cousin so far?" Pei Juanqing pretended to be curious and said, "Forgive my stupidity, but I really can't see that my cousin is worthy of the Second Miss Fang giving up everything, including Fang. name."

Hearing that Fang Zitong calmed down a little, what did Pei Juanqing mean by that?What does it mean to give up everything, including Fang's name?Even if she insisted on marrying Pei Xiaoze, it would not be enough for the Fang family to remove her from the family tree.

Thinking of this, she thought about it, looked at Pei Yuqing firmly, and said, "Master Sui Guogong said just now that he wanted to discuss business with me, what exactly does it mean?"

"I got some news about the Fang family a few days ago, and I want to use it as a bargaining chip to discuss a business with Miss Fang." As soon as Pei Juqing finished speaking, Fang Zitong said: "Only based on some rumors, Duke Juan Your lord wants to change my marriage contract, why don't you treat me as a three-year-old child?"

"I will tell Second Miss Fang all the news, without any price." Pei Juanqing calmly said: "After hearing this, Second Miss Fang, it's not too late to discuss business with me."

Fang Zitong vaguely had a bad premonition in her heart. If Pei Juanqing was allowed to finish speaking, she might not be able to leave.

However, before she could respond, Pei Juanqing had already said: "When the great capital opened its dynasty, your father bought a jade mine from the Persians at a price several times higher than ordinary jade mines. However, this jade mine has long been There is not much left after mining, but it was abandoned in a few years. What is interesting is that a few months ago, this jade mine was transferred to the name of Mr. Fang Lihui of the Fang family, and it was sold back to the Persians at a high price."

He paused for a while, and continued: "When I heard about this, I thought that the Fang family had been in business with the Persians for many years, and occasionally there were some fake accounts that could not be revealed. Who knows that the subordinates are free, so I checked down. After checking, I found out that the Persian who bought back the jade mine was not only the original owner of the jade mine, but also didn’t spend a single cent. All the money was paid by your father.”

Fang Zitong's expression froze, and a smile escaped Pei Yuqing's lips, "I just don't know, what's the secret behind your father's effort for a jade mine?"

Fang Zitong clenched her red lips tightly, and her voice seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth, "What's the secret? Cousin Lihui might not be able to raise money and be punished by His Majesty, so he just asked my father for help. My father is inconvenient to come forward directly , so they used a roundabout method, what's wrong?"

Pei Juanqing stared at the person in front of her for a long time before saying, "Second Miss Fang is smart and quick-witted, but unfortunately I have more information than that. All the jade from the jade mine that cost your father a lot of trouble has been made into jade pendants. In the former dynasty, Princess Pingnan, Miss Qin Xuan and other officials and noble ladies all wore them. Later, the Fang family of Miss Fang's generation also had a piece of jade pendant, and the pattern of the jade pendant..."

He didn't go on talking, Fang Zitong's breath was unsteady, subconsciously picked up the teacup at hand, brought it to his lips, and before he took a sip, he heard him say again: "It is said that Fang's family names are strict and have fixed rules. For example, Fang In Miss Er's generation, the girls in the family are all named after the characters of the Five Elements, like the character Tong for Second Miss Fang, and the character Qin for Empress..."

"Shut up!" Fang Zitong placed the teacup heavily on the table, and said with a sharp expression: "The empress's name is not allowed to be called directly?"

　About the business——

　　Fang Zitong: I thought Pei Juanqing wanted to stop me from being with Pei Xiaoze, so she talked about business with me...

　　Fang Zilan: Like giving you 500 million to let you leave Pei Xiaoze?
　　Fang Zitong: ...It doesn't matter which one he is, anyway, he shouldn't be a white wolf with empty gloves!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)