Chapter 887: Owe me, yousll have the right someday (1/2)

Using a private passageway, Long Feiye and Han Yunxi smoothly entered the very heart of the Three-Way Black Market and its most prosperous district. Han Yunxi sensed that Long Feiye must have power here. When she saw the words “East Origin Hall,” she couldn’t help but mutter under her breath, “Purple vapor from the east…”

She was sitting in her wheelchair as she looked back to catch Long Feiye’s face. He brushed her hairs aside and said nothing as he pushed her into the building. Very soon, Han Yunxi saw that the inside was lined with servants on both sides. All of them bowed in absolute respect, afraid to raise their heads. If Han Yunxi couldn’t tell the truth by now, she would be an idiot. Now she finally had an answer to one of her questions.

Long Feiye had never taken money from the Tianning imperial family or enjoyed an official royal salary. Moreover, his rewards had been few and far between after the previous emperor passed away. How could he ever have so many estates and properties in the richest and most prosperous jiangnan regions? Why did he have so many gold cards with no spending limits? Why were all of his gifts to her so extravagant and expensive?

As it turned out, the East Origin Hall was to blame.

Ever since the incident with buying grain at Tianning’s black markets,[1] Han Yunxi had taken time to learn about the Three-Way Black Market. Of course, she’d heard about the East Origin Hall’s impressive name then. Its power and wealth here had long surpassed that of the age old Myriad Merchant Hall to become its most outstanding member. Yet she never would have guessed that Long Feiye was its master.[2]

Whether it came to private or public riches, it was now obvious that Long Feiye was the wealthiest one!

Han Yunxi couldn’t help but look up at him again.

“What are you looking at?” Long Feiye asked.

“Why didn’t you tell me you were so well off?” Han Yunxi asked with a smile.

“I forgot.”

Long Feiye’s answer left Han Yunxi speechless.

“Were you afraid I’d only covet your money instead of loving you?” Han Yunxi joked.

Only Long Feiye would stay logical after a question like that. He asked, “Then do you covet it?”

“I do!” Han Yunxi nodded instantly.

Without a word, Long Feiye took out a key from his sleeve and handed it to Han Yunxi. “For you.”

Both Xu Donglin and Baili Mingxiang grew stunned from the sidelines. Although they both understood His Highness doted on the princess, they never thought it’d be so limitless! That key unlocked East Origin Hall’s largest warehouse. Before the East Qin Dynasty’s revived, that warehouse was akin to its national treasury! Over the past few years, it had supplemented the payments of the Tianning imperial court to support the Baili Navy’s limited allowance, as well as all other expenses.

Xu Donglin immediately thought of Tang Zijin, Aunt Ru, and General Baili’s stern faces. If they knew His Highness had done this, what would their expressions look like now?! Baili Mingxiang only peered at His Highness’s tall back with a complicated look. She had never expected his cold and chilly personality to love any woman without boundaries.

In the meantime, Long Feiye had long pushed Han Yunxi away from the duo. Han Yunxi studied the key before asking in a low voice, “Is this for the accountant’s office?”

“It’s for the warehouse. Keep it safe,” Long Feiye said breezily as if they were having small talk.

Han Yunxi had a fright. She quickly returned the key to him. “I don’t want it. Those are East Qin’s assets.”

She was already scared enough to have custody over the East Qin imperial seal, much less the key to its warehouse of wealth. If anything happened to the warehouse, the old officials from East Qin w ould have it on her head.

“Weren’t you coveting it?” Long Feiye arched a brow.

“Even coveting has its boundaries. I can’t take this, you keep it safe,” Han Yunxi said seriously. The East Qin imperial seal was in her hands until they dealt with the Wind Clan. She could return that to him then, but the key to the warehouse was different. So what if she had it? None of the things inside were hers, so this was an illegitimate conferral.

Han Yunxi grew serious. “Long Feiye, I can accept any personal item of yours, no matter how precious it is. But I don’t have the right to take East Qin’s things.”

Long Feiye didn’t think of all those details. If Han Yunxi liked it, she could have it. It had turned into a habit, but he knew what she meant as soon as she said those words. East Qin had left East Origin Hall in his hands as part of his assets. Under his command, its funds had grown to ten times that of the original. As long as he wanted, he could turn all of its public assets into private ones for personal use within a few days. But in truth, neither public nor private funds made a different in his case. Seeing Han Yunxi object, he didn’t explain much beyond accepting the key.

“You’ll have the right someday,” he said simply. “For now, just owe me.”