Chapter 926: Return, presented with a command token (2/2)

Thank goodness that they’d salvaged the danger at the auction halls. Once that was set, Myriad Merchant Hall wouldn’t need to fear taking risks again. They could afford to gamble! The other elders all exchanged looks, their expressions filled with joy. Finally, they all turned towards Han Yunxi, at a loss for how to express their gratitude.

Han Yunxi silently exhaled. She was happy too! She smiled and said, “Everyone should rest early today. Have a good night’s sleep!”

She knew the five elders had to be suffering incredible pressure. Tonight, they might finally sleep without worries. Her words led to more smiles.

“That’s right, did anyone find the troublemakers at the gambling house?” Han Yunxi asked.

“We’re still looking. We’ll report as soon as we find news,” the head elder hastened to say.

Han Yunxi nodded and had everyone disperse. She was planning to visit Ning Jing next, but suddenly remembered someone else and changed her mind. It had only been two days and a night since she’d seen him, but why did it feel like ages? It was as if she hadn’t seen Long Feiye for the entire season.

Was he already waiting for her in her room?

When she recalled the minutes of their last night together, Han Yunxi felt the tips of her ears grow hot. Although she’d vowed multiple times to torment Long Feiye once, the reality proved that she didn’t preside over the conclusion at all. In the end, it was Long Feiye that ate her thoroughly. She quickly returned to her room and dismissed all of the servant girls inside and around the chambers. Sitting in her wheelchair, she scanned the premises but saw that it was empty. There was no sign of his familiar form.

Where is he?

She hadn’t noticed him the last few times, either, but he’d appeared silently nonetheless.

Where could he be hiding?

Her lips quirked in a grin, Han Yunxi steeled her heart to hunt him down. But right before she began, a servant girl appeared. “Your Royal Highness, the head elder begs for an audience. He says he needs to disturb you for something.”

Coming to her room this late at night really was a disturbance. Han Yunxi intentionally remained silent, waiting for Long Feiye to show himself and tell her to refuse. Yet after a long while had passed, the room remained quite and still.

Did Long Feiye not come?

If he was here, he should have revealed himself long ago to glare at her so she could refuse the head elder. As things stood, Han Yunxi felt like someone had poured cold water over her fun. Disappointed, she replied, “Have the head elder wait in the side room, I’ll come over right now.”

Before leaving, she cast a final glance around her bedroom with disappointment.

Han Yunxi had hardly entered the side room when the head elder strode over and fell on his knees, offering up a comman token respectfully with both hands. It was made of golden-threaded nanmu wood and attached to a key as well as a strip of golden-threaded silk. A single “Di” character was carved into the wood. Han Yunxi had been expecting this command token for awhile now. She didn’t feign surprise or refuse the offer, but simply remained silent.

“Your Royal Highness, Master Ning is missing. May you preside over the conclusion for the Di Clan!” the head elder entreated sincerely.

“Preside over the conclusion for the Di Clan?” Han Yunxi echoed with interested. She was about to probe when the head elder amended his words.

“Myriad Merchant Hall will listen to all that the princess orders.”

Han Yunxi took the command token with a faint smile. “Head Elder, aren’t you afraid that I’m still having an affair with Long Feiye and trying to dissipate the Di Clan’s wealth?”

The head elder broke into a brilliant smile. “If that’s what the princess really wants, then who can stop you?”

Han Yunxi suddenly thought of Ning Cheng. He was still young, yet lacked the head elder’s open-mindedness and ability to see the bigger picture.

That’s right!

If she really wanted to betray her duties to West Qin, who could stop her? Why did she have to work so hard bustling about to save Myriad Merchant Hall? Why did she have to fight for the sake of some so-called “righteousness” and waste all that energy? Han Yunxi returned the Council of Elders’ command token to the head elder.

“If the Council of Elders trusts me, then they just have to agree to one request! Ning Cheng isn’t here, so you and the Council of Elders should still work together to deal with Myriad Merchant Hall’s matters. I only offered a few suggestions, that’s all.”

The head elder was rather taken aback. This command token was like a free gift of silver, a symbol of power and might. No one in the Di Clan would dare to look down on anyone in possession of the item. Who would dare to suspect her if she held it in her hands?

But she’d actually refused it?

“May Your Royal Highness please share any requests you may have,” the head elder replied.

“Then I ask that elder uses the name of Myriad Merchant Hall’s Council of Elders to tell Cloud Realm Trade Consortium’s Council of Elders that the Ning Clan’s various generals and deputy generals of West Qin are to ally with East Qin’s forces to capture Bai Yanqing together, then save Gu Beiyue…”

Before Han Yunxi could finish, the head elder’s expression had already blanched. He exclaimed, “Princess wants to work with East Qin?”