Lou Yuxue naturally had no idea that Chen Yi was hiding nearby and eavesdropping.
Yet Chen Yi was indeed on her mind at that moment.
More precisely, "Liu Wu."
Of course, Lou Yuxue was not wondering why "Liu Wu" had killed Lü Jiunan and delayed the meeting between Lord General Star and King Landu.
She was considering the deal they had discussed earlier.
"Since the Pavilion Master still decided to recruit him after learning that he killed Lü Jiunan, then my cooperation with him can continue."
"It's just... why did it have to be at a time like this..."
In fact, after receiving that deposit, Lou Yuxue had already used Bright Moon Tower's channels to contact grain merchants in Jingzhou, Youzhou, Yanzhou, and other places.
She had tentatively secured fifty thousand shi of grain.
But there was still an enormous gap between that and the three hundred thousand shi of grain "Liu Wu" wanted.
It was not that Lou Yuxue could not find more, but that she knew the culprit behind Shuzhou's rising grain prices was the "Jizhou Trading Company."
Fifty thousand shi was already the limit of what she could purchase through her channels.
If she bought any more, the news would likely reach the ears of those people from the Jizhou Trading Company.
By then, even if she was the person in charge of Bright Moon Tower, even if she used making a little money as an excuse, she would have no way to bypass the Jizhou Trading Company.
They would not even need to show themselves. So long as a single order came from Bright Moon Tower's leader, she would have to obediently hand over that grain.
Or else cooperate with the Jizhou Trading Company in its affairs in Shuzhou.
After all, Bright Moon Tower itself was