Poison Genius Consort

s about to laugh again, he muffled her mouth and turned her aside so she couldn’t see his expression.
Treasurer Cao witnessed this and finally understood one thing: to please and befriend Sir Ye, you had to treat Sir Han well first!

This was truly “catering to one’s likes!”

—

Xie Yujun’s trio finally drove away the male pets and quieted everything down.
By the time they returned, Treasurer Cao was bowing and apologizing to Long Feiye and Han Yunxi.
The three of them hastened to do the same, but were stopped by Han Yunxi.

“Aren’t you guys annoying? Are we still going to talk business?” Han Yunxi feigned impatience and told Long Feiye, “This is boring! If we’re not going to talk then let’s just leave!”

“We’ll talk, we’ll talk!” Treasurer Cao hurried over.
“Sir Ye, we weren’t finished just then.
Let’s continue.”

Long Feiye didn’t respond, but Treasurer Cao volunteered the rival smuggler’s name freely.
“That person is named Ning Le,[1] a Wintercrow Country native.
He left a deposit for some goods but has yet to come for discussions or mentioned when he’d return.
He wanted 300 carts.
Sir Ye, I’ll tell you frankly: Changning’s salt mines can only smuggle out about 300 carts or so in the next few months.
If I give the deal to you, you’ll have to wait until next year to get the full shipment.
But once we settle on the price, I’m willing to give you face and only do your business.
I promise I’ll deliver the goods into Wintercrow Country territory.”

Ning Le?

Long Feiye had doubts.
There weren’t many people with the Ning surname in Great Qin, but Wintercrow Country had them too? He didn’t question Treasurer Cao, but happily gave out a price.
“Just do Ning Le’s price plus 20%.”

Treasurer Cao had misrepresented Ning Le’s price to start, but was overjoyed to hear this news.
He agreed immediately and Long Feiye generously forked over a hug deposit fee.
He said, “Send 300 carts to Northern Li first.
Have them arrive within two months.”

“Yes, of course!” Treasurer Cao was full of confidence.

Long Feiye accepted his receipt and didn’t stay long, but left with Han Yunxi.
They’d hardly returned to their rooms when Han Yunxi hastily bowed ands aid, with full respect and timidity, “Your Majesty, chenqie will definitely keep my mouth shut about today’s male pets.
May Your Majesty spare chenqie’s life!”

Today was probably the biggest embarrassment of Long Feiye’s life.
If anyone else found out, he might even silence them with death.
Seeing Han Yunxi acting so naughty, he felt both amused yet helpless.
Putting on an emperor’s air, he loftily replied, “For the sake of the crown prince, Zhen will spare your life.
Hehe, but even without the death penalty, you cannot escape punishment.
Serve the bed tonight.”

“Long Feiye, you…” Han Yunxi wanted to cry.
This was his fatal kill shot!

—

After Long Feiye and Han Yunxi departed, Xie Yujun’s trio came over to ask for their compensation fee from Treasurer Cao, who happily agreed.
That very night, Treasurer Cao spent the entire time figuring out the fastest, most cost-saving route before reporting it to the true people in charge from the three great clans.
Treasurer Cao was in charge of designing the itinerary, while customs and border control were left to the three clans and their various united forces.
All three clans deeply trusted Treasurer Cao’s ability.
Moreover, the name of East Origin Hall’s young master lowered their suspicion for the massive order.
They only asked a few questions before proceeding to make arrangements.

Long Feiye and Han Yunxi didn’t stay long at Changning.
Two to three days later, they left the city.
Long Feiye had already sent people to investigate the person who reported the salt mine smuggling on the night he concluded negotiations with Treasurer Cao.
The main reason was that “Ning Le” had aroused speculations in the couple.

A few days later, Xu Donglin delivered the whistleblower to their hands.
It was all thanks to this man’s report that the ombudsman of Changning’s salt mines was quick to offer up his records.

“How did you know someone was secretly smuggling salt to Wintercrow Country?” Long Feiye asked.

The whistleblower didn’t know Long Feiye and Han Yunxi’s true identities but still felt fear.
He quickly answered, “Someone else told me to do this.
He gave me 500 taels and some evidence so I could report it.”

“Who was that person?” Long Feiye pressed.

“I don’t know,” the whistleblower thought, then added, “His face was covered, but he looked like some kind of retainer.”

Long Feiye asked a couple more questions before letting the man go.
Han Yunxi said, “Ning Le has to be a pseudonym! I’ve already looked into it, there are no surnamed Nings in Wintercrow Country.
There is an important person surnamed Le who’s exclusively in charge of the slave trade.
Most of their business is sold to the Mysterious Continent.
The slave trade is much more profitable than salt, so there’s no need for them to dip their toes here.”

“If it’s a pseudonym, why use Ning? And Le?” Long Feiye asked.

1.
Ning Le (宁乐) – Le means “joy.” Yes, the Ning is the same character as Ning Jing and Ning Cheng.

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