Ouchi Taming the Cat, starting with the Ten Tiger Forms!

Chapter 496: Holy Cut
"Ah chirp——"

Li Xuan sneezed suddenly, blowing out a big bubble of snot.

Princess Ankang, who was reading a book, turned around when she heard the sound and saw her own snot-bubble kitten. She couldn't help but giggle.

"Ah Xuan, will you catch a cold too?"

Princess Ankang smiled and took out her handkerchief, first popped Li Xuan's snot bubbles, and then wiped him clean.

Li Xuan sniffed hard, but still felt itchy.

Although he has reached a high level of cultivation now, due to the limitations of his physiological structure, picking his nose has become extremely inconvenient.

Given his current physique, there is no reason for him to catch a cold.

And even though it was winter, they were sitting in the pavilion in the backyard.

Not far away is the hot spring created by the self-heating of the golden pig, which makes the entire backyard like spring all year round.

Many plants that should have withered are still alive and well.

"Someone must be saying bad things about me behind my back!"

Li Xuan wrote with his tail angrily.

Princess Ankang looked at it and nodded, trying not to laugh, and agreed:

"That's right, who knows who has no conscience and speaks ill of the kitten behind its back."

"It's so bad!"

Li Xuan deeply agreed with this.

Just at this moment, Yu'er walked in from outside with something in her hand.

It looks like a letter.

"Your Highness, the eunuch in flowery clothes outside the door just now brought a letter. It seems to have been sent from outside the palace."

Li Xuan and Princess Ankang tilted their heads at the same time.

"I've only heard of letters being sent from the palace to outside the palace."

"I have never heard of anyone outside the palace being able to deliver a letter into the palace."

Li Xuan was a little puzzled.

Generally speaking, most people are there to help deliver messages.

Letters are relatively rare.

Because it was very troublesome to send letters to the palace, and the contents of the letters would be censored, there was no privacy at all.

It's such a thankless task, and I don't know who would do it.

"It can't be Xiao Cui. We agreed on the contact details beforehand." Princess Ankang also wondered.

Although Xiao Cui now knows Princess Ankang's true identity, it was still Princess Ankang who took the initiative to contact Xiao Cui.

If Xiao Cui had urgent matters, she would send a verbal message through Ping An Trading Company to request a meeting, instead of sending a formal letter like she is doing now.

Moreover, although Xiao Cui has been learning to read and write, she has only been learning for a short time and probably cannot write a complete letter.

Princess Ankang took the letter, touched it, and felt it was quite thick, which further confirmed her guess.

"Whose letter is this?"

Princess Ankang looked at the cover of the letter and saw only her as the recipient, with no other information.

The curious Princess Ankang was about to open the letter, but Li Xuan snatched it away.

"Oh, Xuan!"

"Don't worry, I'll open it and show it to you."

Princess Ankang was chasing after him, but she could not catch up with Li Xuan.

Li Xuan climbed directly onto the pavilion and opened the letter himself.

"I've heard that someone poisoned letters before, so you'd better be careful."

Today, Princess Ankang's presence is becoming increasingly stronger, and she can no longer do as she pleases as before.

As the saying goes, you must not have the intention to harm others, and you must not have the intention to guard against others.

At this time, Li Xuan, as the "head" of Jingyang Palace, naturally had to shoulder his responsibilities.

Li Xuan opened the letter and found that it contained only three pages of writing.

He smelled it carefully and sensed it with Yin-Yang Qi, and there seemed to be nothing unusual.

Only then did Li Xuan breathe a sigh of relief.

Although Yin-Yang Qi has the miraculous effect of healing injuries, Li Xuan is not sure whether it can be so effective in treating poisoning.

Therefore, he had to be careful to avoid some unnecessary situations.

Otherwise, if trouble arises, it will be difficult to deal with.

To some people, Princess Ankang is now even more of an eyesore than before.

Two little girls were under the pavilion, looking up at Li Xuan opening the letter.

Princess Ankang put her hands on her hips and challenged with an unconvinced look on her face:

"Ah Xuan, if you have the ability, read the letter to me!"

"If you can't read it, come down here and I promise I won't spank you."

Li Xuan curled his lips and said "Tsk~" silently.

Although he has made some progress in his "ghostly howlings", he is still some distance away from being able to speak fluently.

Ultimately, it’s due to insufficient amount and control of true Qi.

Although Li Xuan could now imitate the sound of speaking, he could only utter them word by word. Moreover, due to insufficient true energy, the sounds he made would begin to become scattered and sound weak, like a patient with kidney deficiency.

Under such circumstances, Li Xuan would naturally not bring disgrace upon himself and create a laughing stock for the two girls.

He will never speak until the day he can speak fluently!
After Li Xuan confirmed that there was no problem with the letter, he obediently jumped down from the pavilion.

Princess Ankang caught Li Xuan and hugged him tightly in her arms. With a wicked smile, she rubbed the furry and soft cat's butt hard.

"For a naughty kitten like you, it would be strange if no one said bad things about you behind your back!"

Li Xuan meowed loudly in dissatisfaction, looking unwilling but unable to resist, which further aroused Princess Ankang's desire to bully the kitten.

Princess Ankang didn't even bother to read the letter. She just jerked off towards Li Xuan, sucked and sniffed him, and made some strange noises. She was so perverted.

Yu'er on the side thought this was inappropriate.

After all, Princess Ankang is a royal princess, and if anyone saw her in such a foolish state, her reputation would be ruined.

"Sister Yu'er, come too!"

"Ah Xuan's body is so fragrant and soft, she is indeed a cute little kitty!"

Yu'er looked around hesitantly and found that there were only three of them in Jingyang Palace and no outsiders, so she moved forward silently and came over.

"Hey Hey……"

"Hahahaha……"

"Meow!"

Unbearable sounds echoed in the lonely pavilion in the backyard.

On the steamy surface of the hot spring lake, a huge fish head was bubbling slowly. In a pair of dull, dead fish eyes, a look of joy flashed across them, as if saying, "You have come to this day, too!"

But at this moment, a fist-sized ice ball was suddenly thrown out from the pavilion and hit the fish's head with a thud.

A big bump suddenly grew on the huge fish head, and it shrank back into the water a beat slower, leaving traces of it cutting through the waves as it hurriedly fled into the distance.

After a while, the sea became calm again, and no more ice balls were thrown into the water in the pavilion. Only the strange noise continued.

It seemed that the previous calm had been restored, but only Wenquan knew that another drop of burning tears had flowed into him.

Water knows the pain of fish.

……

After an unknown amount of time, Princess Ankang and Yu'er, with disheveled hair and untidy clothes, sat back in the pavilion with a look of satisfaction on their faces.

Next to him was a poor little cat with its pink tongue hanging out and its four legs facing the sky. Its lifeless eyes stared blankly at the sky, silently accusing the tragedy that was happening to itself.

Yu'er tidied Princess Ankang's clothes and fixed her hair.

Princess Ankang began to read the letters.

"Hey, this letter was actually sent by the leader of the Money Gang."

Princess Ankang said in surprise.

While Yu'er was combing Princess Ankang's hair, she was also curiously looking at the contents of the letter from behind her.

When Li Xuan checked the letter just now, he just glanced at it. The sender was indeed Chen Tan, the leader of the Money Gang.

This guy is quite resourceful. He was able to deliver letters to Jingyang Palace in the identity of a commoner.

It seems that the Jinqian Gang also has some connections in the palace.

As for the content of the letter, it was a request from Chen Tan.

Speaking of which, this matter was the trouble that Li Xuan brought to Chen Tan.

Li Xuan and Zhu Shimin had just recently completed the change to mortgage notes as the main transaction entity and made a fortune in the market.

For some reason, the blame was put on the Money Gang.

Haha, in fact, Li Xuan and Zhu Shimin were both pretending to be ignorant even though they knew the truth.

The cover of the Money Gang is too useful, otherwise they would have to spend more time and effort to cover up for Emperor Yongyuan.

The speculation on antiques has not been completely stopped yet, and the fact that Emperor Yongyuan is behind it must not be exposed.

Otherwise, all those big fish wouldn’t have escaped.

Only the wealthy and powerful families are their main targets.

Moreover, just from this mortgage note incident, Li Xuan earned an amount that was unimaginable to him.

According to Zhu Shimin’s statistics yesterday, their profit this time exceeded 50 million taels of silver.

The problem is, the statistics are not complete yet.

Just by changing the transaction subject to mortgage notes, their specific profits would take several days to calculate, and the final amount would definitely be higher than this.

This made Li Xuan very angry!

Because he had asked Emperor Yongyuan last time, the tax revenue of the Daxing treasury was decreasing every year. In recent years, it couldn't even collect 10 million taels of silver, and it was only maintained at more than 5 million taels of silver.

When things are good, it's around eight or nine million, and when things are bad, it's around five million. It's never been significantly lower than this range.

At first, Li Xuan thought that the overall environment in Daxing was not good.

After all, it is a dynasty that has lasted for nearly a thousand years, and it is bound to experience decline.

But damn, it turns out that people are so wealthy.

Only then did Li Xuan know where the money had gone.

The treasury was so empty that it couldn't even support a war.

As a result, people speculated in antiques and spent tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of silver dollars.

Li Xuan had anticipated that the problems in Daxing were very serious, so he always wanted to run away with Princess Ankang and Yu'er.

But he never imagined it would be so serious.

Honestly, it's a mess.

If Li Xuan was Emperor Yongyuan, he would have abdicated and given way to Prince Zheng long ago, just to see how well his uncle could do.

Of course, it is not certain whether Prince Zheng will let Emperor Yongyuan go at that time.

From an economic perspective alone, the wealthy families in the capital are far richer than the country.

Where does all this money come from?
it goes without saying!

I'm getting off topic. Chen Tan wrote this letter because of this matter.

He can't afford to take such a big blame.

None of those who lost money to Li Xuan are easy to deal with.

Otherwise, these people would not be able to afford to lose so much money to Li Xuan.

The content of Chen Tan's letter was also very tactful. After asking about Princess Ankang's well-being, he went on to ask how the Jinqian Gang's business, which Princess Ankang had taken over, was running and whether they needed any help.

As for his real needs, they were written at the end.

Chen Tan believed that since the businesses of the Jinqian Gang had new owners, they should also have a new name. Otherwise, it would be a great disrespect to the royal family to let such a noble person as Princess Ankang be mentioned in the same breath with a name like the Jinqian Gang. Such a sin made Chen Tan extremely panicked.

Therefore, Chen Tan's request was very simple. He just asked for a sacred separation between the businesses under Princess Ankang and the Money Gang.

Especially for the Sihai Casino, it is imperative to let the world know that it has nothing to do with the Money Gang.

After reading the letter, Princess Ankang asked Li Xuan and Yu'er:
"Are you asking me to set up a new organization?"

"Boss Chen invited me to join the underworld?"

Princess Ankang didn't know that Li Xuan had made another huge profit in the market, so she asked in confusion.

Princess Ankang thought Chen Tan's request was too reckless.

There is no reason to ask a royal princess to set up an underground gang.

But she had met Chen Tan and knew that he was not a brainless person and there must be other intentions behind him.

Princess Ankang couldn't help but turn her gaze to Li Xuan who was lying on the side pretending to be dead.

She reached out and pulled a strand of Li Xuan's beard, telling him not to play dead:

"Tell me, was this a good thing you did?"

Li Xuan's mouth was pulled open to make one side of it grin, like the Dragon King's smile.

He bit Princess Ankang's hand in response, but Princess Ankang refused to let go.

Li Xuan's eyes narrowed, and he changed from biting to licking, which immediately made Princess Ankang surrender.

"Haha, stinky Ah Xuan, I'm so itchy!"

Li Xuan broke free from Princess Ankang's attack of pulling his beard, then he climbed up and explained what had happened recently.

"Oh~"

"So Boss Chen is taking the blame for you."

"He will definitely curse you to death behind your back for taking such a huge blame."

Princess Ankang gloated.

Yes, other people don’t know what’s going on, but Chen Tan should be the one who knows best.

After all, it was he who handed over the Sihai Casino to Princess Ankang.

Now, with such a big game on the market, I’m afraid only Chen Tan, an outsider, can see it most clearly.

"But this kid is still not honest."

"You've been pushed to this point, and you still don't tell me why you gave Ankang Industry away in the first place?"

In the letter, Chen Tan only asked Princess Ankang to perform the sacred cutting and did not mention this matter at all.

When Chen Tan first proposed giving away his property, Li Xuan realized that there must be something wrong.

But now, after so long, the problem still has not emerged, and Chen Tan has not asked for any benefits from them.

This is really too abnormal.

Li Xuan couldn't help feeling uneasy until he figured out this problem.

This time, they intentionally or unintentionally borrowed the name of the Money Gang, and were also constantly testing.

It was not until the matter had become completely out of hand that Chen Tan sent this letter.

"You're really able to keep your composure."

Chen Tan is far from being as simple as he seems.

Moreover, this person is the founder of the Money Gang. If possible, Li Xuan still hopes to become friends with him rather than his enemy.

"Ah Xuan, how do you think I should respond to Boss Chen?"

Princess Ankang asked Li Xuan.

She felt that it would be difficult to handle whether she agreed or refused.

If he agrees, it may affect the important events of Emperor Yongyuan.

If I don't agree, it would be a bit too much.

After all, Chen Tan had helped them keep it secret until now, so he had been very kind to them.

Otherwise, just telling the truth would be enough for him to take the blame.

"No hurry. This matter requires long-term consideration. I have to discuss it with your father before I reply to Chen Tan."

"I'll ask the two stewards later if your father has time to see you today?"

Li Xuan's words made Princess Ankang a little nervous.

"Ah? Do you need to see Father for such a small matter?"

It is not difficult to hear from her tone that Princess Ankang seems to be somewhat resistant to meeting Emperor Yongyuan.

(End of this chapter)