Matriarch's New Lead

After night fell, Xia Fan settled down at the Villa.

Although he had often stayed overnight at the Villa before because of official business, after the princess awakened, she had allotted him half the sleeping palace compound on the mountainside. With both rooms and courtyard totaling nearly a thousand mu, he had gone from lodging there temporarily to putting down roots.

Xia Fan chose a two-story building as both his study and master bedroom, leaving the rest largely unchanged—after all, a house of around three hundred square meters was more than spacious enough for living.

As he repeatedly studied the Skywell scrolls drawn by Luo Qingqing and the others, a maid knocked on the door outside. "Sir, the person in charge of Ninghua Bank wishes to see you."

"Oh?" Xia Fan thought for a moment before realizing who she meant. "Show him in."

"Yes." Not long after the maid left, two sets of footsteps sounded in the hallway.

When the door opened, the first to enter the study was none other than Mr. Three-Eyes, Feleton. Behind him followed a veiled woman in a purple robe.

Xia Fan understood at once. The person who truly wished to see him was clearly the latter.

"Her Highness the Princess, I wonder whether life in Jinxia has been to your satisfaction?" he asked with a smile.

"Other than the food being rather different from Natating's, I can find no fault with it." Hualin removed her veil and sat across from Xia Fan. "And compared with life under imprisonment, this place is far freer. To be honest, I like it very much."

"I'm glad you're satisfied." Xia Fan rose and poured her a cup of the green tea he drank himself. Since ships from the Western Pole were arriving in greater numbers these days, Princess