"Go to the storehouse and pick out some finer things. Then find two reliable stewards to go over and help."
Though he was unhappy, Feng Han still couldn't help wanting to send her a gift.
"Yes."
Yuan Liu was not surprised in the slightest.
In this smokeless war, his master had always been at a disadvantage.
At first, he had still felt sorry for him. But now...?
He only wanted to say one thing: his master had brought this on himself.
*
At the same time, back in Willow Tree Village, Su Qiao had returned home. The whole family was gathered in the main room, discussing something.
Since today was a day off, even Su Yichen and Su Yihe, who attended the private school, were home.
"Partner up?"
Everyone was stunned.
"This... This... Are we really going to open a bookstore in partnership with that lord?"
The old master frowned as well. "Qiao'er, didn't you say we weren't going to curry favor with him? You..."
After that lord left, the old master had gradually let his guard down.
He had thought that as long as enough time passed, nothing would happen again.
Now his granddaughter had taken the initiative to contact that lord, which left him rather displeased.
"Grandpa, the issue now is that we aren't trying to curry favor with him, but clearly, he doesn't see it that way. Imperial Guards in plainclothes watch around the shop in town every day. Those who come to cause trouble at the shop are taken away by them before they can even do anything."
In fact, aside from going to Coal Mountain, Yuan Wu spent nearly all his other time wandering around her.
Su Qiao figured that everything happening on her side was being reported to the capital.
The old master sighed,