He laid his cards on the table!
Anyway, Xia Qi had laid his cards on the table with Brother Zheng!
For now, the result was still acceptable. He gave Brother Zheng a heads-up in advance. If there was really no father-son relationship, Brother Zheng probably wouldn't kill him to vent his anger.
Return to the palace!
Classes were held under Fu Su's guidance!
However, before class, Zhao Gao had sent over a jade pendant. It was the one on Brother Zheng's waist.
The material of the jade pendant was very good, and it was definitely valuable. Xia Qi roughly understood what Brother Zheng meant. Brother Zheng was doing this to make him feel at ease.
From the looks of it, even if there was a problem with his identity, Brother Zheng would most likely not target him. It seemed that giving up the salt and iron was definitely a wise move.
He could still do business.
There was nothing better than this!
As usual, the dozen princes went to class in a big group!
Chunyu Yue was still in charge of teaching today!
On the way, Young Master Gao told Xia Qi that Li Si was supposed to be the teacher, but Li Si had been busy with government affairs recently, so Chunyu Yue had been teaching on his behalf.
It was understandable!
Li Si was a very busy man now!
Putting aside whether Great Qin would be dominated by laws or Confucianism in the future, Li Si was in charge of things like sharing the same culture.
Today, they were talking about the Book of Songs. The other princes were listening with great interest. Only Xia Qi was not interested. He was thinking about whether something had happened to Zhao Man.
After Chun Yuyue's lecture ended, Xia Qi missed Zhao Man so much that he didn't even care about Young Master Gao's invitation to eat with him. He left the palace alone and headed straight for Fengyue Brothel.
Fengyue Brothel was Xia Qi's business, so there were naturally people that Xia Qi trusted to run it.
Now that there was no news of Zhao Man, Xia Qi planned to use his energy to find her.
However, before Xia Qi could start searching, the manager of Fengyue Brothel brought over a bamboo tube when he heard that they were here for this matter.
"The mountains have no edges, the heavens and the earth are united.”
Xia Qi only needed a glance to know that this bamboo tube must have been sent over by Zhao Man.
"How is that possible?" Xia Qi found it hard to believe.
These words were clearly the words he said to tease Zhao Man.
The mountain has no edge, heaven and earth meet, dare to break off with you!
However, the meaning behind Zhao Man's words was obvious!
She wanted to leave him?
How could this be?
Xia Qi knew Zhao Man well enough. He really did not believe that Zhao Man would fall in love with someone else.
"Could it be because there's an engagement at home? Or are you being forced by your parents?" Xia Qi frowned.
His previous identity in front of Zhao Man was just a little beggar, a homeless person!
If it was because of her lowly status, it was not impossible for Zhao Man's family to force her to marry someone else.
"No, no! How did she know that Fengyue Brothel was my property!”Xia Qi suddenly realized something.
Zhao Man knew his identity. Otherwise, this bamboo tube would not have been sent to Fengyue Brothel!
Zhao Man must have already known that he was the number one wealthy businessman in the world, Xia Qi!
Then there was no way that there was any family forcing him to get married!
Although Brother Zheng was hostile to merchants these days, the social status of merchants was still not low. With Xia Qifu's wealth that could rival an entire country, even the nobles would cling to him.
Moreover, when Xia Qi was dealing with the six states, more than one monarch had hinted at marriage alliances with Xia Qi, but they were all rejected by Xia Qi.
Unless Zhao Man was forced to marry Brother Zheng?
Otherwise, Xia Qi really couldn't think of anyone who had a background greater than his, the world's richest businessman!
However, Zhao Man had sent over such a bamboo tube without any other information. Xia Qi really did not know what was going on.
However, that girl had already taken up residence in his heart. How could he let her go so easily?
"Could it be that my family has a grudge against me?" Xia Qi muttered softly, but he really could not think of any other reason. The only thing he could not believe was that Zhao Man had fallen in love with someone else.
She must have other reasons for doing this!
No matter what, he had to make things clear in person.
Even if there was no news from him, what kind of logic was this?
"Can you still contact the person who sent the bamboo tube?”Xia Qi asked in a low voice as he held the bamboo tube.
"There's no trace of them. We can't find them even if we investigate. This is Xianyang after all. With the Black Ice Platform watching, we don't dare to act rashly!”The manager said in a low voice.
"Find him! No matter what method I use, I must find Zhao Man. I'll take care of the Black Ice Platform!”Xia Qi said after a moment of silence.
He had to find Zhao Man!
If he couldn't find his own strength, then he would ask Brother Zheng!
He had been in business for so many years, it was not that he did not have any capital!
He still had the paper making technique, he still had the Qu Yuan Li, these things were all in his mind and he had not taken them out!
And a few years ago, he had sent people out to sea to search for sweet potato seeds!
If he couldn't find it, then he would beg Brother Zheng!
At most, he would just give away all his wealth. No matter the final outcome, there had to be an explanation!
"Young Master," the manager was silent for a moment.
"The lady who gave you the bamboo tube said that you don't have to look for it."
"Bah! I'm the head of the family, and he said he won't look for her?”Xia Qi cursed!
"How can she make her own decisions?”
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