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“It’s not a bad choice either. Dunyu is closer to the front lines, and the roads around it are better,” the Marquis of Songyang mused. “However, Songyang Mansion doesn’t have any local connections there, so I’ll have to trouble Lord He to help me find a good plot of land.”
He Chunhua readily agreed, “A small matter.”
The two soon began talking about the current situation in the realm.
He Lingchuan stood off to the side, drinking tea and nibbling on pastries, watching the scene unfold. The Marquis of Songyang had bright eyes and fine features, her bearing elegant and unhurried. Whoever she looked at, she made them feel as if spring sunlight had broken through the clouds and shone solely on them.
He Yue, caught under that gaze, could hardly lift his head.
She was no older than twenty, yet beneath her gentle grace was an air of confidence and command. When she discussed court affairs with He Chunhua, she spoke with insight and conviction; more than once, her views aligned perfectly with his.
He Chunhua was a man of grand ambition, but rarely did he find someone outside his circle with whom he could talk so freely. Once the conversation began, time slipped away unnoticed, and they had already spoken for over an hour before he realized it.
Madame Ying had to cough several times in warning before He Chunhua...
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