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Chapter 340 Someone is starting to mess with Xia Lin

The two men quickly caught up with Her Royal Highness the Princess.

Who is the princess? She is not one of those pretty little girls swaying in the wind. She is a female spider who was trained on the battlefield. Her spider sense will be activated when people are within ten meters of her. So she turned into an alley. As soon as the two men entered, the princess who was hiding in the dark pointed a dagger at their backs and another dagger at their necks.

"Who are you?"

"Princess, we are one of our own." The two men begged for mercy, and then they stood still: "I am from the family of Duke Dingguo, and I came here specifically to look for Your Highness."

Duke Dingguo, Dou Gong. These are the relatives of the princess' mother, in other words, her uncle's family. The princess put away her weapon and looked the two men up and down.

"Why are you looking for me?"

The two men looked at each other and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, this is not the place to talk."

"Yes." His Highness turned around: "Follow me."

The two of them came to Princess Pingyang's house and happened to see Li Chengqian squatting in the yard fiddling with something. Guanyin, the maid next to them, saw her aunt coming back. She was probably still a little annoyed because of her elbow that day. She just greeted her briefly and took Li Chengqian back to her own yard.

Princess Pingyang shook her head helplessly, and then led the two into the guest hall. After the two sat down, Princess Pingyang sat in the main seat and asked domineeringly, "What do you want from me?"

"Your Highness, the King of Tang and the Duke of Dingguo are ready."

Princess Pingyang's heart skipped a beat, but she said calmly, "What does that have to do with me? I am no longer leading troops."

"Your Highness, Duke Dingguo believes that the Jiangnan Road is the biggest threat to the rebellion of the two families. The Duke knows that Your Highness has a close relationship with Xia Lin, so he wants...he wants Your Highness to go to Xia Lin and persuade him."

"Pillow..." Princess Pingyang was speechless for a moment: "Pillow talk???"

"That's right. If he can agree, Duke Dingguo will be able to lead his troops straight into the city and attack Huang Rong."

The moment the two men opened their mouths, they sounded like lobbyists, and Princess Pingyang probably knew what they were here for.

This is a common thing. Lobbyists make a living by doing this. This profession has existed from the Pre-Qin Dynasty to the present day, but it has gradually declined over the years. In the early years, famous scholars served as lobbyists, and they valued the elegance of their generation.

And now, looking at the appearance of these two country bumpkins, they are probably considered to be low-class people.

"I can't persuade him, let's find someone else." Princess Pingyang waved her hand and said, "No need to see you off."

"Your Highness, please be patient. If this fails, the world will be in chaos for who knows how many years, and the people will not be able to live. Your Highness has become the top priority now. The Jiangnan Road is the granary of the world. If Your Highness can take over the Jiangnan Road, the great cause will be three-quarters successful."

"Yes, Your Highness. Let's give it a try. What if it works? Moreover, I see that Xia Daosheng is very protective of Your Highness. If Your Highness agrees, it will be easy to get him."

How could they...how could they say something so ambiguous? Could it be that the rumors outside have reached this point?
What pillow talk, what care and protection. This is a joke, Xia Lin and I are really innocent, although sometimes that guy does some things that are against etiquette, but generally speaking, we are still well behaved.

How could they be so unbearable outside? She was amused, but the problem was that she couldn't explain it. These were lobbyists from her uncle's family. If they were all like this, she could imagine her reputation...

"Okay, I'll take good care of you." The princess shook her head and laughed, "What if I can't accomplish this?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness. The Duke has other plans for the great cause. Since Xia Daosheng is unwilling to turn from evil to good, the Duke will find a way to accuse him of a crime and order him to leave Jiangnan Road as far as possible. If there is no such thing, everything will be peaceful."

"You? Punish him?"

"That's right, Your Highness."

Princess Pingyang was about to cry. If her family's partners in the uprising were all talented people like her, then their great cause would probably be...

Do they know what imperial privilege is when they convict Xia Lin? Xia Lin has imperial privilege. He has military power. Not only does he have military power, he also has the power over salt and iron, the right to mint and the right to sell. Do you know what this concept means?

In other words, he could become a country of his own. The Wei Dynasty gave him everything it could. Could it be that Duke Dingguo didn't know what he was? He was the pillar of the Wei Dynasty. As long as the current court didn't commit suicide, even if the Li family used all its strength to fight against Xia Lin, they would have to think twice.

Look, look at the comprehensive strength of Jiangnan Road. Not to mention the ability of the Po Lu Army, just the supply capacity, the level of wealth and the population size, which one can be compared with the North?
It's not that we can't win, but if we really do fight, it will take at least three years to fight in Jiangnan. Three years, the opportunity will be gone, and the war will make the North vomit blood, so what great cause can we talk about?

Jiangnan Road is the most precious political legacy left by Emperor Hongbao for the new emperor. Now Guo Da and the prince are in the capital, one civil and one military to guard the capital. The real boss of Jiangnan Road is that guy.

A man who could make the emperor specially cancel the system that prohibited sons-in-law from holding official positions, a man who could single-handedly turn the situation in Fuliang around when he was a teenager, a man who had three thousand heavy cavalry and an unknown number of elite infantry under his command, do you think we should find a reason to punish him?

Rebellion? Or what?
With such power, even if he rushed to the palace now and slept with all the princesses in the palace, Emperor Hongbao would still praise him for his good health.

"Duke Dingguo is really..." Princess Pingyang looked up at the beams: "Oh... it's difficult, difficult."

"Your Highness, please think twice. We will come back tomorrow."

The princess didn't say anything, just sat there quietly waiting for them to leave. After a long time, she got up. In fact, she had been hesitating whether to tell Xia Lin about this matter, but now it seemed that she had to tell him, otherwise he would definitely come and laugh at her. So she went straight to the government office. It was almost dark now, and Xia Lin's production expansion meeting had also ended the first day's agenda. He was walking out with a pile of information and ran into His Highness head-on.

"Are you hungry?" Xia Lin was still busy sorting out the documents, without even raising his head: "Come on, let's eat."

"Do you know who I am? You didn't even look at me."

"You smell like ointment. I'm very familiar with it." Xia Lin raised his head at this moment: "Huh? Why do you look so worried?"

"Come to my place for dinner."

"Can you cook?"

The princess was stunned for a moment, then she said, "I'll ask someone to go to the restaurant and order some."

The two of them came to His Highness's small house. This was Xia Lin's first time here. After he walked in, he sat there and said with a smile: "Oh, a man and a woman alone, if someone saw us, they wouldn't know how inseparable we are."

"Does it really need to be seen by others?" The princess also sighed: "This evil wind has blown to the northern desert."

Xia Lin keenly caught Princess Pingyang's expression at this moment: "What? What happened?"

"Today, a lobbyist came and asked me to persuade you to come over. Will you come over or not?"

"Wow, you asked so directly? Are you just whispering in my ear?" Xia Lin didn't forget to tease him even at this moment: "After all, if you want to use the beauty trap, you should prepare the beauty for me first. You don't have anything yet."

"Can't I?"

"A general is a general. He speaks directly, which is quite good." Xia Lin gave the princess a thumbs up: "That's good. Then I'm going to take a shower now?"

Princess Pingyang smiled and hit him: "Alright, stop it. If your plan doesn't work, then I'll be at a disadvantage, right?"

"You really know me well." Xia Lin poured himself a cup of tea: "Why? You said that if this plan fails, someone will come to get me, right?"

"I don't know, but they will definitely find a way." Princess Pingyang sighed deeply: "Ah...you should be careful."

"Okay, no problem. Assassination, poisoning, seduction, false accusation, whatever you want, I'll take them all." Xia Lin nodded and pointed at His Highness and said, "But let me make it clear first, seduction can only be done by you, I won't allow anyone else."

Princess Pingyang laughed unhappily: "You are such a villain."

"So are you going to seduce me or not? If not, then eat first. I'm hungry."

"Eat, eat, eat..."

Princess Pingyang saw his expression and knew that her worries were unnecessary. However, she still asked curiously during the meal: "Don't you want to know who it is?"

"Don't ask. What's the point of asking? The ones who can find you must be your relatives. Let me think about your relatives. The Li family is your main family, your mother's Dou family, Erfeng's relatives are the Changsun family, and Li Jiancheng's relatives are the Zheng family. The Zheng family is the Duke of Zheng, the Dou family is the Duke of Ding, and the Changsun family is Gao Shilian. It can't be Gao Shilian. It's impossible for the Duke of Zheng to find you, so he has to find Li Jiancheng. So the only one who can find you is your uncle's family, the Duke of Ding."

Princess Pingyang's face changed several times, she held her chin and sighed, "It would be better if you were not so smart."

"I plan to lead my troops to wipe out Duke Dingguo tomorrow, unless you seduce me tonight."

"Go, go, go." Princess Pingyang was amused by him again: "Are you really not worried?"

"Don't worry. I have no other leverage except the fact that I have a lot of troops under my command. If there is any leverage, it must be that I have something to do with you."

"Who has done something dirty to you?"

"It's well known to everyone. I'm also a victim, okay?" Xia Lin shook his head and said, "But the problem is that I have my own army and it has nothing to do with me."

After saying that, he began to take out his pockets: "Emerald goldfish, black jade tiger talisman, regent jade pendant, general's order, good general's treasure bag... Look what they gave me."

Princess Pingyang looked at the table full of odds and ends and burst out laughing: "You really are in a high position of power."

"Let's not talk about that. I just want to ask you if you are going to seduce me today. If not, I have to go back after dinner. I have to prepare materials for a meeting tomorrow morning."

"Someone will seduce you." Princess Pingyang sighed, "You are such a pervert, you will definitely be fooled."

Xia Lin waved her hand and said, "Little princess, you are so ridiculous. You think that the beauty trap is played by the officials. The real beauty trap is when someone holds their chin in the flickering candlelight and says to you with a worried look on their face, "Life is difficult, so be careful."

The princess would not change her expression even if the sky was falling, but now her face turned red: "Nonsense... Eat quickly, and leave quickly after eating!"

(End of this chapter)