his company stores grain for the Northern Border army every year, serving as our granary."Ah, I see.An Xuetang also roughly understood that this Cang Hai Merchant Firm was indeed Jing's private enterp...At this moment, images of Shuai Shuai's eyes, resembling those of a queen, flashed through my mind. His movements noticeably slowed.

Just as he was stunned, the lantern suddenly attacked him with a rush. He didn't notice and allowed the lantern to successfully spread its poison dust. To avoid inhaling it, he could only dodge first.

Ke Ming's light left swiftly after sprinkling the poison powder. When Yun Si finally recovered, Ke Ming was nowhere to be seen. Even if he chased now, he wouldn't catch up.

His profound eyes followed the departing figure of Ming Deng, then after a moment's contemplation, he turned and headed back to his estate.

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Although An Xuetang went to bed early that night, she didn't sleep well at all.

Fuzzy and groggy, with a dull ache in my stomach. I woke up drenched in sweat.on and returned to An Xuetang and the others.After he returned, An Xuetang put down her chopsticks and looked at him, "You don't have to follow us into the capital this month. You are responsible for...