The Song and Zhang families, who were related by blood, broke up.

This is not a secret among the inner circle of Beijing.

However, except for the confidants Xu Yongnian, Zhang Zhiyuan and Xiong Jianlin, the other officials in the capital did not know the details.

Song Xi and Yu Yalan kept the marriage secret, and at the same time informed everyone about Emperor Longhe's intention to tax.

Everyone's attention has been diverted to the struggle between the north and the south, so naturally no one will delve into the grudges between the Song and Zhang families.

This move is not out of consideration for Zhang's family, but just because he doesn't want to cause unnecessary trouble.

Once the incident is exposed, Zhang Ruoyun's reputation will be damaged. Will the other party use this as an excuse to demand responsibility?

Song Xi's family didn't want to become someone else's gossip, so they simply cut off the source of the problem completely.

The eunuchs and envoys who announced the decree were disappointed but not surprised when they learned that Weiyuan Hou Mansion failed to propose marriage.

Because they were afraid of Song Xi's power, they decided to set off back to Jinling early the next morning.

The Weiyuan Marquis Mansion did not stop him, and the Zhang family, immersed in the heavy blow, did not care about others at all.

Meng Hexuan, who had been watching silently in the capital for some time, was now preparing to go to Song Garden to visit Song Xi and his wife.

Meng Hexuan has been in the capital since before the product promotion meeting, and he has been enjoying shopping these days.

Although praising the enemy somewhat undermines his own prestige, Meng Hexuan had to admit that Beidi was indeed well managed by Song Xi and his wife.

As the noble son of the Marquis of Huayang, he also owns countless rare treasures and has seen many anecdotes in the world.

But what he saw and heard after entering Beijing still deeply shocked him, and even refreshed his fixed understanding of the past twenty years.

Meng Hexuan was very interested in all the novel objects at the product promotion meeting.

He had tried to order these things in large quantities, but Song's shop only agreed to sell him two of each kind.

The shopkeeper also revealed his identity and warned him in a calm tone: "Master Meng, it would be polite to sell these things to you without increasing the price. Don't think about more. If you have any problems, just go and discuss with the prince.

Don’t embarrass the villain here.”

Meng Hexuan did not feel dissatisfied, nor was he surprised that the Song family knew his identity and purpose.

He was able to enter Beijing through formal channels, and the main purpose of his trip was not to find trouble.

They have long coveted the Song family's high-yielding grain seeds and fertilizers, and he also wants to see the legendary mysterious weapons that shake the world.

Unfortunately, the control of this in the north is very strict. If it is a small amount of one or two kilograms of grain, it is easy to sneak into the country, but if it is too much, it is impossible to leave the north, let alone high-yield grain seeds and fertilizers with higher value.

Meng Hexuan knew that the fundamental reason why the Song family banned trade between the North and Shu was because of the assassination in Yanzhou many years ago.

At that time, his father was bewitched by the King of Zhennan and sent people to sneak into Qinxi using Li Daitao's method. He also assassinated several students from Guangming Academy in order to create chaos in Yanzhou and look for opportunities to kidnap the pregnant Liujia.

Yu Yalan.

The Song family was very angry about this, and after dealing with the assassins, they issued a decree banning trade with Shu.

Since then, the Huayang Marquis Mansion has lost the opportunity to obtain high-yield grain seeds and chemical fertilizers, and has just watched helplessly as the Song family grew and expanded step by step, and then conquered the entire north.

Huayang Hou and his son were very jealous of Song Xi and his wife, but the yield per mu of high-yielding grains was really eye-catching.

Meng Hexuan's trip was to repair the relationship with the Song family, see if there was any chance to restore trade between the North and Shu, and trade a batch of high-yielding grains with Song Xi and his wife.

Meng Hexuan's visit to Prince Wu's Mansion went smoothly, and he encountered almost no interrogation or obstruction along the way.

On the afternoon when the emperor's envoys left Beijing, he met Song Xi in the flower hall of Song Garden.

The two exchanged polite greetings, and then immediately got down to business.

Meng Hexuan explained the assassination of the student in Yanzhou and attributed it to a misunderstanding.

He also frankly revealed the instigation and design of the Xiao family, and apologized to Song Xi very sincerely.

"Normally, when a man acts, he shouldn't attack women and children, but those secret guards are used to doing things easily when they are out, so they assassinated the academy students on their own initiative, and even tried to kidnap Princess Yu to claim credit. My father and I have always disagreed.

They acted like this, and since then they have put more control over the secret guards at home. We are also deeply sorry for the harm caused to Princess Yu. If Prince Song and Princess need compensation, we are also willing to take the responsibility."

There is nothing wrong with this. It is a common apology among powerful people.

Anyway, if there is a conflict, it must be a misunderstanding. It is all the subordinates who are at fault. The master is just deceived and has to clean up the mess for his subordinates who made their own decisions.

Even though everyone knew what was going on, they still had to take the family's face into consideration.

If the injured party has not suffered too much loss and wants to continue to maintain a peaceful situation, most of them will not open up and pursue it to the end.

The next common approach is for both parties to reconcile, and then everyone happily begins to discuss cooperation or transactions.

But Song Xi only felt bored.

After living in the northwest for so many years and working with military generals on a daily basis, he has long been accustomed to speaking and doing things straightforwardly.

Anyway, there are no elders or imperial powers suppressing him, and the emperor of Jinling can't control him. Who will pay attention to the roundabout talk of powerful people?

He was very dissatisfied with the Meng family's argument of shirking responsibility, as if all the blame lay with the disobedient secret guards and the Xiao family with ulterior motives.

But if the Meng family was really innocent, why would they send people all the way to infiltrate Qinxi?

Song Xi picked up the tea cup and moistened his throat, and said in a cold tone: "I have accepted the apology from the Meng family. Let's talk about everything else together. I have something to do later and it is not convenient to entertain Prince Meng."

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Meng Hexuan was a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect Song Xi to start chasing guests so quickly.

They were supposed to be on equal terms with each other, so why did it seem like a superior was urging his subordinates to report the situation?

Meng Hexuan endured the discomfort in his heart and quickly stated the main purpose of his trip: "I heard that there are several high-yielding grain varieties in the North, which can achieve a harvest of one thousand kilograms per mu, and there is also something called chemical fertilizer, which can also be used by everyone.

In order to increase the production of my fields, I wonder if Prince Song can sell me a batch of grain seeds and fertilizers? The price can be easily negotiated."

With that said, he asked his accompanying men to bring in all the specialties from Shu.

More than a dozen people carrying gifts filled the flower hall to the brim. As far as the eye could see, they were filled with Shu brocade, Shu embroidery, Jiannan royal wine, carved bamboo products, and Mengding famous tea.
Chapter completed!