"Uncle Nine Emperors, can we discuss your matter later?"
Xia Tan'er turned to look at Dong Lingjiu behind her. Her face, which had been dark just now, immediately softened. Nan Lingmu was amazed by the rapid change. He had never seen it on Dong Lingjiu's face before. The word gentle.
At this moment, Nan Lingmu's admiration for Xia Tan'er was like the surging river at the full moon.
"Can."
"Then please wait for a moment in my room, Uncle Nine Emperors."
Um? In the room? Let a grown man like Dong Lingjiu wait in a woman's boudoir? Even if Xia Tan'er was already married and pregnant, she wouldn't be able to let her go like this... Besides, how could someone like Dong Lingjiu agree?
Just when he denied it, reality slapped him twice.
"good."
Dong Lingjiu answered in a voice that was neither humble nor arrogant but also had a little tenderness. It was an eye-opener for Nan Lingmu. Was Dong Lingjiu still the ascetic prince who was not close to women?
Watching Dong Lingjiu walk towards the house and walking through the path leading to Xia Tan'er's boudoir in a familiar manner, Nan Lingmu was completely shocked and stood there stupidly for a long time without regaining consciousness. .
"Hey, hey, His Highness the Second Prince!"
Xia Tan'er stretched out her hand and waved it in front of his eyes several times before Nan Lingmu retracted his eyes and looked at Xia Tan'er suspiciously.
"Tan'er, are you the same as the Nine Emperors Uncle?"
"I have nothing to do with Uncle Nine Emperors. I just have more important things to discuss. In other places, I am afraid that the walls have ears."
"Ang! That's it."
Nan Lingmu suddenly realized that this could explain why they chose Xia Tan'er's room. It seemed that he was thinking too much. Also, how could a person like Dong Lingjiu who was not close to fireworks fall in love with Xia Tan'er? A warm sun.
In Nan Lingmu's heart, Xia Tan'er was already comparable to the sun, not for anything else but because Xia Tan'er gave him the possibility of living when he was at his most desperate.
"So, His Highness the Second Prince, what happened?"
"Something happened to the trade channel between Nanling and Dongling. Some time ago, a group of horse bandits who came from nowhere set up a checkpoint at the intersection of this channel. The goods carried by merchants traveling between Nanling and Dongling were all blocked. They robbed and even killed people, because it was at the handover point, so neither Nanling nor Dongling could send troops to expel them."
"This incident has a great impact. Now no merchants are driving away from this road. They would rather take a long way to sell their goods to Xiling and Beiling than risk their lives and property."
"This has had a great impact on the business of the three of us for a long time. Xiao Wang and I have no military power in Dongling. Song Lingcheng is a merchant, and even the border officials can't do anything to them, so Xiao Wang can only Can I come over and ask if you have any ideas?"
"This is really not a trivial matter. If these horse bandits are not solved early, I'm afraid other bandits will follow suit and set up checkpoints at the borders of the four countries to rob."
More importantly, the geographical location of Dongling is exactly in the middle of the Four Kingdoms. Nanling has no border with Xiling and Beiling. There is only one road leading to Dongling.
Goods cannot come in or out, and Nanling cannot make a living from the sea for a long time. In this way, the country will be destroyed.
When the time comes, those horse bandits will occupy Nanling with the supplies they robbed, and Xia Tan'er won't dare to think about the consequences.
