Chapter Eighty-six: The Crisis in the Dark

  The shopkeeper of the Golden Phoenix Building was enthusiastically excessive, even the great general beside him couldn't help but slightly frown and glance at Liu Rong. However, when he saw Liu Rong's expression, it was the general's turn to be surprised. Even when he had just arrived in the military and encountered unfamiliar situations, he would feel uneasy, yet Liu Rong, who was only a concubine-born daughter of the Wen Ding Hou Fu, remained so calm in this strange situation.

  The Golden Phoenix Building shopkeeper, on the other hand, felt differently as he escorted the group upstairs. He thought that although the young lady walking with the Yongcheng County Princess was dressed plainly, she had an air of elegance and nobility about her, which further convinced him that his guess was correct.

  After leading the group into the best private room, he even personally moved a chair for Liu Rong and politely asked her to sit down before calling over a waiter and retreating three steps to leave the room.

  But it turned out that Liu Rong was not calm at all, she simply didn't notice the situation around her. After being awakened by the princess of Yongcheng, she had been thinking about what preparations she needed to make in order to prevent Zhang Xueshi from refusing Liu Yun's marriage proposal. She thought it would be better to discuss with Princess Yongcheng and the others, so they could help her prepare.

  If General Taisho and the owner of Golden Phoenix Tower were to find out, this girl was actually expressionless when thinking about problems, but they themselves had imagined such a result, it's unknown what kind of reaction they would have.

  It's probably shameful to death! However, when the waiter entered the private room, he didn't present a menu as Liu Rong had imagined. Instead, he simply rattled off a string of dish names. It was only then that Liu Rong realized that in ancient times, there were no menus at all - all the dish names relied on the waiter's mouth.

  Only to see the little waiter's mouth opening and closing, he had already reported thirty or forty dish names. Liu Rong was stunned, such a person in ancient times could only be a little waiter. If placed in modern times, this is absolutely a talent on stage, and it will definitely be popular on a talent show. On the side, Zuo Tingxuan noticed Liu Rong's expression at this time and couldn't help but find it funny.

  A girl who can remain calm in the face of a family siege, yet remains unruffled by the enthusiastic and somewhat over-the-top welcome from the owner of the Golden Phoenix Pavilion, but is left speechless by the sight of the most ordinary dish on the menu. It's really unknown how the Wen Ding Hou Fu raised such an interesting person like Liu Rong.

  No wonder the usually arrogant brother would treat Miss Liu differently, if he had met her first, he might have thought she was interesting and curious and would have been willing to interact with her more. "You little scoundrel, your snot is about to fall off, hurry up and wipe it away, how embarrassing, if people find out that I sat at the same table as you for dinner, how can I still be the boss of the border in the future!" The stinky brat sitting next to Liu Rong followed Left Tianyu's gaze and saw Liu Rong's appearance. He couldn't help but shout loudly. Liu Rong rolled her eyes and casually gave the stinky brat a slap on the head.

  The stinky kid covered his head, staring at Liu Rong: "You... you dare to hit me!" Liu Rong casually gave the stinky kid another one, looking at him coldly: "I did hit you, what are you going to do about it?" The stinky kid pouted: "I won't fight with a girl!" He shook his head and suddenly had an expression of disdain, ignoring Liu Rong.

  Liu Rong was left speechless, having been looked down upon by this child again. At this moment, Zuo Tingxuan had already ordered the dishes and sent the waiter away, waiting for the door to be completely closed before looking at Liu Rong and asking: "I know you already have a way to deal with the rumors, but as for Zhang Xueshi's withdrawal of the marriage proposal, have you thought about how to respond? This Zhang Xueshi is not easy to deal with!"

  He said, rarely looking at Liu Rong seriously: "I and Zhang Xueshi are officials of the same dynasty. This Zhang Xueshi is notorious for being stubborn and loves his reputation. It's hard to let him not back down from this marriage proposal that would tarnish his reputation, unless he never had such thoughts in the first place. Otherwise, you probably won't have a chance to leave Wending Houfu this time."

  "So this time, I need your help!"

  Liu Rong took over Zuo Tingxuan's words and looked at everyone seriously: "I need you to help me investigate Zhang Xueshi's information."

  "I want to know Zhang Xueshi's preferences, daily habits, personality, and general approach to dealing with things. The more detailed the better. Even his attitude towards trivial matters in everyday life can be told to me."

  "Also, I want to know when the marriage between Liu Yun and Zhang Xue's family was settled. Was it before or after the Zhong family incident? And who exactly played matchmaker?"

  The princess of Yongcheng was somewhat puzzled: "What's the use of these trivial things? It's better for us to join forces and put pressure on Zhang Xueshi's mansion. With us around, no matter how stubborn Zhang Xueshi is, he wouldn't dare to arbitrarily cancel the engagement!"

  "No way, if I really did that, it would probably be just what my grandfather wanted!" Liu Rong quickly refused.

  Jing Yong City's lord looked at herself with a puzzled expression, Liu Rong let out a soft sigh: "Although I don't want to speak ill of my grandfather, but he would say in front of you that this matter is the condition for me leaving Wen Ding Hou, I'm afraid his purpose is not whether I can solve it or not, but rather he has decided that you will help me."

  After hearing Liu Rong's words, Yongcheng Junzhu became even more puzzled: "This is naturally a certainty, your grandfather didn't guess wrong."

  Shangguan Yu's eyes flickered slightly.

  "So for this reason, I also cannot rely on him to get what I want. I have to use my own abilities to resolve this matter, rather than relying on your family background to resolve it!" Liu Rong said firmly to the Yongcheng County Princess.

  This is not just what she said to Yongcheng County Master, but also what she said to herself.

  "What you said is all right, I will give you all the information you want within three days." Zuo Tingxuan said to Liu Rong.

  Liu Rong shook her head: "Just relying on you alone to investigate will probably take some time. This time, we need to divide the work and split the things that need to be investigated into several aspects. Each of you will be in charge of one part, which will also speed up the process. Who knows, maybe I'll have more time left over."

  Although she spoke very logically, but for all this, she was not very confident either, can only say, try to do her best.

  The people in the room looked slightly unnatural and were silent for a moment without responding to Liu Rong's words.

  Liu Rong looked puzzled: "Is there something wrong?"

  Shangguan Chen smiled slightly: "No problem, you just divide the work."

  This time, however, it was Zuo Tingxuan and his group who were shocked. They had not expected that Shangguan Chen would attach such importance to Liu Rong's attitude.

  Zuo Tingxuan and Shangguan Wu exchanged a glance, also nodding towards Liu Rong.

  Liu Rong felt a bit strange, but didn't think much of it. How could she have known that Shangguan Chen and Shangguan Ye had been at odds since childhood, and if not for her, they wouldn't even be sitting at the same table?

  "Seductress!" Next door, Chen Er Miss Chen Yue was eavesdropping on the wall, gritting her teeth in hatred.

  A woman standing beside her, dressed in a noble attire and apparently from a better background than Miss Chen Er, was also frowning, seemingly lost in thought.

  It wasn't until a while later that he spoke up to Miss Chen, "What's the use of gritting your teeth in anger like this? They're not investigating Zhang Xueshi's case, are they? Let's just add some oil and vinegar to these things!"

  ps：

  This chapter was written very slowly, and after revising it many times, I'm still not very satisfied with it. Fortunately, after writing for three hours, I finally finished it. If I can make it tonight, I'll update another chapter; if not, I'll have to wait until tomorrow morning to update. By the way, please vote for pink tickets, as they're about to drop off the new book monthly ticket chart - hope everyone will support me a bit.

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