Xirui already knew the contents of this plan.

He picked up his pen, dipped it in ink, and in a few strokes he wrote the article "Plan for Major Merchants to Jointly Organize Overseas Expansion".

After the ink dried, Xirui folded it and put it away. "Huh~ I've been preparing for so long, and we'll know the result tomorrow."

Merchants of all sizes in Suzhou will gather tomorrow. When it comes to going out to sea, we will know tomorrow who are the enemies and who are the friends.

"Is everything ready on Young Master Xue's side?" Xirui asked.

Ever since they came to Suzhou, Xirui has intended to let Qingque get more involved in their local business.

In the past, those were all led by the Xue family, but now that they are here, they can no longer just sit there and do nothing.

Qingque had been out and about these days, and upon hearing this, he told her everything he knew, "As you instructed, Xue's Company will fully support the voyage, and has already prepared the goods in the near future."

"Two ships of cloth, two ships of porcelain and tea, plus two ships of miscellaneous small items are all ready to go. We just need to wait for the caravan to gather and then we can set out to sea with the east wind." Qingque counted the preparations made by the business company over the past few days.

As a business that Xirui had built up, the orders she issued were naturally of the utmost importance.

Not to mention Xue Jing, even the people under him didn't dare to delay at all.

The cargo for these ships was prepared as quickly as possible.

"That's good." With this, Xirui felt a lot more relieved.

Even if she couldn't unite several merchants to go overseas tomorrow, at least her plan would not be strangled in the cradle.

If no one dares to go out to sea with them, then they can go out and do it on their own.

She just didn't believe that those people would still sit there and wait for them to return successfully from the voyage.

It's just a matter of waiting another year or two.

She is in no hurry.

Xirui stood up with the plan, while Qingque quickly tidied up the desk.

Seeing that the master was completely focused on tomorrow's affairs, she couldn't help but ask, "The day after tomorrow we will leave for the Cao family to celebrate the birthday. Has the master decided what gift to give?"

After all, he was an old noble, and since they had sent an invitation in the name of celebrating his birthday, they had to prepare some gifts.

It's not good to go to someone's door empty-handed.

Qingque didn't dare to make the decision on his own.

Xirui paused as she walked towards the inner room, then she remembered that she still had to prepare gifts.

"Tsk~" The boredom came over him again, and Xirui had no good ideas for a moment.

It is impossible to say that she couldn't come up with anything good as a gift.

But she just didn't want to give anything good to the Cao family to save face.

"Don't be in a hurry, let me think about it carefully." After leaving these words, Xirui went to the inner room.

Of course, this gift must be given, but how to give it, or what to give?

She still needs to think about it carefully.

As soon as he entered the inner room, Xirui threw himself on the bed and immediately opened a communication channel with Kangxi. [What's going on with the emperor's southern tour? Why did the Cao family get the news earlier than us? ]

[Are we your biological children after all? Why are you still so mean? ]

Instead of informing the children of such important news, they heard it from others.

Xirui had been holding his breath for a long time and finally found a chance to vent.

On the other side, Kangxi finally got away from his busy schedule and had time to connect with Xirui.

He didn't expect to be greeted with such a barrage of questioning.

How could he not be confused?

[What nonsense are you talking about? Why am I so biased? ]

And what about the issue of kinship or not? It's so outrageous!

[Who has offended you again? ] Kangxi asked helplessly.

The way he asked this question made it clear that he hadn't listened to what he said carefully. Xirui's breath was stuck in his throat, unable to go up or down, and he finally replied in a suffocating tone, "What do you think?"

Who else could it be?

Now let me add you.

Xirui thought unhappily.

Kangxi came back to his senses and thought about it, then suddenly realized, [Cao family?]

[The emperor is touring the south and will stay at the Cao family villa. Of course, he needs to inform them in advance to prepare. Is there anything wrong with that? ]

Kangxi didn't think it was a big deal. "As for why I didn't tell you in advance, wasn't it because I had something else to do?"

The southern tour is not something that can be done just by talking about it. There is a lot of preparation work to be done in the early stages. Kangxi has been so busy these days that he has not even thought of informing his children who are far away in the south of the Yangtze River.

Of course, this reason is not very convincing to Xirui.

Kangxi knew it very well, and he coughed twice before passing it by, [Ahem~ I was thinking that if I suddenly went there, I could also take a good look at the achievements of your brothers over the years. ]

After the dream he had a few days ago, Kangxi now paid more and more attention to his sons.

Needless to say, the prince was right under his nose and he could see everything, good or bad.

In recent years, he has been highly praised in the court for his contributions to the promotion of improved varieties.

Especially since Yinzhi and others were not in the capital, no one could compete with him.

Kangxi didn't know whether this was good or bad.

But this time he was determined to take Yinreng with him to the south.

By gathering all his sons together, he could observe them more carefully.

This answer aroused Xirui's interest and made her stop sticking to the previous topic.

[So, you finally figured it out?]

Finally decided to give your other sons a chance?

Instead of just treating them as Yinreng's whetstone, completely ignoring what they actually think in their hearts.

Kangxi laughed and scolded, "What do you mean by that? It sounds like I have always been stubborn and unrepentant."

He just valued Yinreng a little more.

But he was the prince he personally appointed. Is there anything wrong with that?

Xirui smiled. Even if Kangxi didn't say the rest of the words, it would not be difficult for her to guess.

But she didn't respond to his words, but suddenly changed the topic and asked, "Second brother has been more and more capable in recent years. Do you want to keep him as regent during this southern tour?"

As the crown prince, Yinreng's biggest threat was never his brothers who competed with him for the position, but Kangxi, who sat in the highest position, watched their fight coldly, and occasionally added fuel to the fire.

As long as the emperor's suspicion persists, Yinreng's position as crown prince will be unstable.

Of course, Xirui's words were also a test.

Trying to test what is Yinreng's current position in Kangxi's heart?

This time, without Yinzhi's jumping around, I wonder if the crown prince can live a more comfortable life?

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