Before Lu Huan bought the house, he carefully checked the information of this world and found that it wasn't as simple as the Yan Dynasty, where one only needed to present money and official documents from the Ministry of Revenue to buy a piece of land and a mansion. It actually required layers of verification and was very cumbersome.

Thus, he started preparing in advance in the middle of last month.

There were two days when he took advantage of Su Xi's afternoon nap and went through the intermediary to look at the house a few times.

The new buildings in this area were all pre-sold houses. If he wanted to buy one, he could only buy a second-hand house.

Originally, Lu Huan didn't like second-hand houses very much, but he didn't expect to find a very clean and brand-new house so smoothly.

It was very close to Su Xi's school, so she could come over for an afternoon nap and didn't need to lie on the table to sleep.

Thinking this, Lu Huan felt that this house was very suitable, so he quickly prepared the money.

If he was underage, he would need a guardian whether he bought a house or opened a bank account. It was very troublesome.

The intermediary who got Lu Huan his ID said that he could place Lu Huan's resume in the city's welfare home for the past ten years. Then, he could also find an old man with the surname Lu for him. As long as he gave him a sum of money, that person could become his guardian.

However, Lu Huan didn't have any relatives in the Yan Dynasty. In this world, he hoped that his household register only had Su Xi.

Thus, when Lu Huan applied for his ID, he simply pushed back his age by a few months and directly made it look like he had just reached adulthood.

This way, it was clean and efficient and saved a lot of trouble.

When the intermediary saw that this young man actually paid the full amount and didn't ask for a loan from the bank, he was stunned.

The previous landlord was afraid that Lu Huan would go back on his word, so he was very cooperative. Thus, the matter was quickly settled.

The process of buying the house didn't take more than half a month.

Before the dust settled, Lu Huan was worried that something unexpected would happen, so he didn't tell Su Xi.

When everything was settled, he wanted to bring Su Xi over tonight to give her a surprise.

Su Xi was indeed surprised. She walked around the apartment and looked at every corner excitedly. Her mind was full of how to decorate this place.

After the previous owner of the apartment moved away, Lu Huan had already skillfully ordered cleaning services from five or six companies in the same city. Therefore, the apartment was now clean and tidy, except for the lack of furniture.

Su Xi walked to the kitchen and opened the fridge to take a look. He said excitedly, "Tomorrow after school, we can go to the supermarket and buy some food to fill the fridge!"

She could already imagine the life of slumped on the sofa with Lu Huan, eating potato chips, browsing Weibo, and playing games!

Lu Huan followed behind her and said, "There's also a bed, a table, a lamp, and other furniture. Let's buy them another day."

"There is more!"

Su Xi turned around abruptly. The floor had just been waxed, so it was very slippery. She leaned back and almost fell. Lu Huan quickly caught her.

Su Xi was so excited that she didn't care about anything else. She looked up and stared at Lu Huan with burning eyes. "Can I raise a cat here?"

Every girl wanted to raise a cute and beautiful kitten. Every time Su Xi went shopping, she couldn't move her feet when she saw the cat cafes and pet shops on the street. However, Su Xi's mother was very obsessed with cleanliness. It was impossible for her to raise a cat. Su Xi had coaxed and pestered her for more than ten years, but to no avail.

However, Su Xi's mother never thought that if she didn't let her daughter raise a cat, someone else would buy a house for her daughter to raise a cat!

Su Xi's heart was surging. She suddenly hugged Lu Huan's waist and wrapped her arms and legs around him. She looked up at him and said, "Lu Huan, let me raise a cat!"

Lu Huan's heart was beating very fast. He couldn't resist at all.

He didn't even think about it. He was about to agree, but the words stopped at the tip of his tongue. If she raised a cat, would she have a new cub?

Would she still be able to spare some attention for him?

Lu Huan was very doubtful.

He always felt that Su Xi's love for him was very unreliable. Was it really the kind of love that a girl had for a boy?

Could it be that she had changed the mentality of raising a cub from a game to raising a cub in reality?

Su Xi pinched his back and asked, "What's wrong with you?

You still don't want to agree? "

"Put on your clothes," Lu Huan reached out and pulled down the pajamas under Su Xi's loose coat to cover her collarbone.

His Adam's apple moved. He looked away and deliberately showed a hesitant look on his face. "Well, I have to think about this."

"You still have to think about it?" Su Xi was angry. What happened to the promise that he would grant her every request? Did his cub grow wings?!

"Then how can you agree?" Su Xi asked.

Lu Huan said, "First, let the cat sleep in the living room or on the balcony. It can't crawl into your bed."

Su Xi thought, "Isn't the purpose of raising a cat to pull out a soft and cute cub from the quilt? Not letting the cat crawl into your bed is simply heartless!

Lu Huan, you're heartless! "

But who cares? She had to agree first. When the time came, could Lu Huan rush into her room and throw the cat out?

So she smiled and said, "Of course, no problem. I understand. You're afraid that the cat will shed fur. If I dirty the washing machine when I wash the sheets, it will affect your sheets."

Lu Huan, "…"

He thought, "No, you don't understand."

Su Xi asked, "Are there any other conditions?

What about the second and third conditions? "

Lu Huan said confidently, "I haven't thought about the second and third conditions yet. When I think about them, I'll find you to fulfill them."

Su Xi was a little speechless. She suspected that Lu Huan had recently used his new phone to read The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber and learned from Zhou Zhiruo.

But seeing that the kitten was so close, she agreed to both conditions.

Anyway, what else could Lu Huan ask for?

Good or bad, he just wanted her to give him a birthday present and eat the food she cooked herself.

That night, after Su Xi was sent home by Lu Huan, she was excited and expectant. She searched the Internet for a regular cattery in the middle of the night, planning to pick up a soft kitten as soon as possible.

Picking up a cat was a lot of work. She had to buy a cat bed, a cat scratching board, cat food, and so on. So after Su Xi finished browsing the cattery, she immediately went to Taobao and happily added a lot of nutrition products to her shopping cart.

Lu Huan changed into the white silk and white hat he wore. After returning to the prince's residence to rest, he couldn't help but open the screen and look at her.

When he saw that she was still staring at the cat on her phone screen at four in the morning with a silly smile, he was speechless.

Although it was true that a gentleman never went back on his word, Lu Huan really regretted agreeing to this.

Before Lu Huan went to the Imperial Mausoleum, he visited the General of Zhenyuan and the Grand Commandant Of Cloud to discuss with them what to do next.

Now that the Crown Prince was grounded, there was a rift in the Prime Minister's faction and they were scattered. The influence of the relatives was not as strong as before, which was exactly what The Emperor wanted.

The Second Prince had been dormant for a long time, and now his ambition was gradually coming to the surface.

There was bound to be a competition between him and the Fifth Prince.

The capital would not be peaceful, and the situation would only get worse.

Lu Huan stayed in the Imperial Mausoleum for a year. Although it was his own request, outsiders didn't know. They all thought that he was demoted by The Emperor, which made the other princes less vigilant towards him.

This way, when these people were fighting, he could do a lot of other things without being disturbed.

One of them was the unfinished Mission 16, which was to promote the reform of the Yan Dynasty's corvée taxes.

Lu Huan had discussed with the Minister of War. It was almost impossible to reduce the corvée taxes and reduce the pressure on the people in a short time.

If they sent a memorial to the Emperor, it would be thrown back directly.

After all, they had to start from the actual situation. The Yan Dynasty was not a rich land, and the national treasury was not empty.

Although the enemies in the north that had been pushed back would not invade for the time being, the Yan Dynasty still needed to build up its military strength just in case.

All of these required a lot of money.

To do this, the prerequisite was that the Yan Dynasty's national treasury had to be rich first.

As the saying goes, increase income and reduce expenditure.

On one hand, they had to promote the farming techniques of the Yan Dynasty's farmers and increase productivity.

On the other hand, they had to start from the corrupt officials.

Just like how they found out that the Crown Prince of the East Palace had amassed a lot of wealth, who knew how many greedy people there were in the imperial court. Investigating them one by one would take some time, and they couldn't alert the enemy.

Lu Huan went to the Imperial Mausoleum and used this one year to secretly send his subordinates to do these things.

As for Mission 17, after The Emperor adopted the idea of a curfew and let the various provinces try it out, Lu Huan had already sent out a congratulatory message: [Congratulations on completing Mission 17: Investigate the murder case in the capital, reduce the crime rate, and push it to the various provinces!

Reward of gold coins + 3000, reward of points + 15.]

Su Xi and Lu Huan both realized that the missions after 200 points all became very difficult. Almost all of them had to do with improving the policies of the entire Yan Dynasty.

No wonder when Su Xi started doing missions to help Lu Huan gain the Old Madam's appreciation, the System said that the difficulty was only a few stars. Later on, when he was promoted to Rank 4, the difficulty was only around 20 stars!

So the difficulty was at the back!

The current Mission 17 already had a difficulty of 45 stars!

Not to mention Mission 16, which was reducing taxes and promoting reforms, had a difficulty of 65 stars.

That was not even full.

Su Xi was very suspicious of how perverted a mission with a difficulty of 100 stars was.

After completing Mission 17, the total points reached 215. Due to the increase in difficulty, the progress started to slow down.

Lu Huan continued to make the System quickly send out Mission 18.

Mission 18: [The Yan Dynasty has never been organized in terms of foreign trade and diplomatic relations. Please reorganize the western region's Hu merchants and set up a foreign trade monitoring organization.

The reward of gold coins is 4000, and the reward of points is 18.]

The Yan Dynasty had not grown much these years. The Emperor could not be considered muddle-headed, but he was indeed unable to take care of the Yan Dynasty's economy, people's livelihood, military, and other aspects.

As a result, many merchants from other countries bought many rare woods and herbs from the Yan Dynasty at very low prices. In exchange, they were some beautiful but actually useless gems.

Even many officials were tricked and bought the gems back, only to find that they shattered upon landing.

The foreign trade market was very chaotic. Because the Yan Dynasty took away large amounts of herbs from other countries, they had no choice but to buy them from other countries when they wanted to replenish their national treasury.

In the long run, the Yan Dynasty naturally became poorer, while the other countries gradually became richer.

In Su Xi's words, they needed to reverse the Yan Dynasty's situation and turn it into a trade surplus to strengthen the people's livelihood.

Lu Huan accepted Mission 18, but this mission was also a long-term one. He still needed to send some officials to The Emperor to submit a memorial.

He could not rush it for now.

The Zhenyuan General and the others originally thought that Lu Huan was going to guard the imperial mausoleum because he had been demoted by The Emperor, but after Lu Huan's explanation, they understood.

Lu Huan's decision was indeed correct.

Currently, the princes in the capital all wanted the throne. Originally, these ambitions could be slightly suppressed, but after Lu Huan returned to the capital as the Ninth Prince, the Second Prince and the Fifth Prince could not hold themselves back.

If Lu Huan stayed in the capital, he would definitely have to take on their open and covert attacks.

Lu Huan felt that there was nothing to be afraid of. He would just deal with whatever came his way. But if things continued like this, he would not be able to free himself to do other things.

Compared to fighting with them for the position of the Emperor, it was better to spend time on things that would benefit the common people.

They wanted to climb to the throne. This ambition was not wrong, but even if they defeated their opponents one by one and became the Emperor, the people of the Yan Dynasty would still be in danger.

The people's hearts would not surrender.

The seven-day funeral in the capital had passed, and the city was covered in white silk.

After the heavy rain stopped, the Imperial Palace sent two columns of Imperial Guards to Lu Huan as a reward, escorting him all the way to the imperial mausoleum.

After all, he was a prince. Guarding the imperial mausoleum could not really be that cold. On the contrary, Lu Huan lived in the Taishan Palace. It was not much different from the princes' residences in the capital, but it was a bit more desolate. Apart from the Imperial Guards stationed there and some Yulin Guards he had brought from the Northern Region, there were no other bustling streets of the capital.

Without the endless stream of officials coming to his door, Lu Huan sent people out, leaving only a trusted servant at his side to take care of him. He began to leisurely seclude himself in seclusion. According to the rules of guarding the imperial mausoleum, he began to copy some scriptures.

On the other side, Su Xi had three days to register for school. She might as well wait until Lu Huan arrived at the Taishan Palace, then wait for him to start school together.

After all, there were many things that Lu Huan was still unclear about, and he had not been to her school. Su Xi was afraid that he would get lost.

At around six o 'clock in the morning, Lu Huan came over. After Su Xi waited for him to change his clothes, she pulled him out of the door to do the first thing they had to do before school started.

Cut his hair!

Lu Huan's hair was so long that he would definitely not be able to enter the school gates. The Head of Teaching would definitely stop him.

"Are you sure you want to cut it short?"

Su Xi reached out and touched Lu Huan's long black hair. Seeing his calm and composed appearance, she felt more distressed than him. She asked, "Then what about your side?

The men of the Yan Dynasty all had jade crowns and long hair. If they found out that your hair was so short, wouldn't it be strange? "

Lu Huan said, "The Taishan Palace is cold and cheerless. Almost no one goes there. I am surrounded by my trusted subordinates. If I want to go down the mountain, I can just wear a light gauze hat.

By the time I return to the capital next year, my hair should have grown long. "

Su Xi was still reluctant to part with him. He asked Lu Huan to walk further away and took a few photos of him with long hair. He saved the photos in his phone before bringing him to an online celebrity shop that he had booked in advance.

The two of them entered the shop. It was around eight o 'clock in the morning, and the shop had just opened. There were no other customers except for the stylist.

When Teacher Tony saw Lu Huan, he was shocked. His expression was very exaggerated. "Handsome, what kind of haircut do you want?"

Lu Huan said, "Ask her."

Su Xi searched for a photo of her favorite young idol on her phone and asked the stylist to cut it accordingly. "Can this be cut?"

Teacher Tony hurriedly said, "Of course, and your friend's haircut should look much better than this person in the photo!"

Lu Huan also looked at the photo in Su Xi's phone. A jar of jealousy overflowed in his heart. He said coldly, "I don't want to be compared to this person. Just give me a crew cut."

Su Xi burst out laughing and pressed him down on the chair. "You're more handsome than him!"

Lu Huan's expression softened slightly.

Teacher Tony began to cut Lu Huan's hair. Su Xi took the opportunity to go out and eat a bowl of wontons.

After eating and walking around, Lu Huan happened to take off the apron covering his body and stood up as soon as he walked in.

Su Xi's gaze fell on his face and was stunned.

Lu Huan was already handsome enough when he had long hair. His every movement carried an ancient aura.

But after getting a clean cut, it seemed like a completely different feeling.

His eyes were dark and piercingly cold. The moment he stood up, he was as tall and straight as a white poplar in the wind.

After losing some of the temperament of a thousand years, he looked like a clean big boy who always stood out from the crowd in all the schools.

However, compared to all the good-looking people, he added a cold and straight temperament.

Su Xi suspected that as soon as he entered the school, he would be posted on all the major school forums and become the city's most handsome man.

If it was even more exaggerated, someone might even submit it to WeChat's most handsome bot.

Su Xi began to want to hide him.

Lu Huan felt a chill on his neck. He was very unaccustomed to not having his hair draped over his shoulders. He couldn't help but touch his hedgehog head.

He walked towards Su Xi and asked, "Do I look like someone from here now?"

His long legs took a step towards her. Su Xi was about to faint.

Su Xi didn't have time to answer him. Seeing that even Teacher Tony couldn't help but stare at Lu Huan, she hurriedly grabbed Lu Huan's hand and left the online celebrity shop.

After cutting his hair short, the two returned downstairs. Lu Huan was waiting downstairs. Su Xi sneaked up and packed Lu Huan's clothes and other things in a box. She took it downstairs and gave it to him.

These things were placed in Su Xi's room. She always felt like a ticking time bomb. She was afraid that her mother, who was cleaning, would find them one day. Now that she let Lu Huan take them to the apartment over there, she finally felt relieved.

Next, the two of them split up.

Lu Huan went to deal with the school transfer procedures. Su Xi went home to pack her things. Her mother sent her to the dormitory in the afternoon.

Su Xi thought that she would be able to see Lu Huan in school in the future. She might even be able to ask the teacher to arrange for them to be deskmates. She was unusually excited. She only felt that the weather was bright and beautiful, and her footsteps were very light. Her mother helped her pack her things. Seeing that she was still humming, she felt incredulous. Su Xi was always depressed when school started. Why was she so excited today?

Her mother asked, "What are you so happy about?"

Su Xi replied without blushing or skipping a beat, "I'm so excited when I think about how I'll be able to immerse myself in my third year of high school and forget to eat and sleep!"

Her mother was speechless.

She was very pleased and rewarded Su Xi with an extra drumstick at noon. In the afternoon, she asked her father to come back and drive them to school.

Cars weren't allowed in school. Her father had something to do, so he left first.

Her mother and Su Xi went to the classroom to register. After hearing a few words of praise from the head teacher, they got their keys and dragged their suitcases to the dormitory building.

Before leaving, Su Xi secretly glanced at the head teacher's registration form. However, she didn't see Lu Huan's name. She wanted to flip the page to take a look, but the head teacher put down her teacup and turned around. She quickly put down the registration form with a guilty conscience.

There were several dormitory buildings in total. They were divided into the female dormitory and the male dormitory.

There were parents and students coming and going. It was a little chaotic because it was hard to tell who was who at a glance.

Her mother pulled her suitcase while Su Xi carried her schoolbag. They walked to the dormitory building. However, when they reached the ground floor, her mother looked at the stairs and was dumbfounded. "Which floor is your dormitory on?"

Su Xi looked at the key plate number. "506 … fifth floor."

She quickly stepped forward and took her suitcase. "Let me do it. Mom, your waist isn't good. Take it easy."

"Let me do it. Let me do it. Xixi, put it down."

Her mother felt sorry for her daughter and said unhappily, "Why is your dormitory on such a high floor? Won't it be tiring to climb up and down?

Put it down. Don't torture yourself. Let me do it. "

Her mother wanted to take her suitcase, but Su Xi had already lifted it with both hands and moved it up a few steps.

At this moment, her mother suddenly heard a clear and pleasant boy's voice coming from behind her. "Su Xi, let me help you."

Before she could react, she saw a tall and handsome boy striding over. He was so tall and handsome that all the aunties in the community stopped dancing. He carried Su Xi's suitcase with one hand and looked very relaxed. After glancing at the schoolbag on Su Xi's back, he casually took off Su Xi's schoolbag.

He raised his head and looked at her. He smiled gently and politely. "Hello, are you … Su Xi's older sister?

I'm her classmate. "

Su Xi was speechless.

Drama queen!

She cursed in her heart and turned around to look at her mother. She saw that her mother was grinning from ear to ear. Her mother tucked her hair behind her ear. "Why are you so obedient? How am I your older sister? I'm Xixi's mother."

Lu Huan seemed to have offended her and immediately became a little uneasy. "Hello, aunty. I'm sorry."

Before she could finish, her mother said with understanding and tolerance, "It's okay. I do look younger. Then, I'll leave it to you. Thank you so much. What's your name?"

Lu Huan looked at Su Xi. There was a hint of a triumphant smile in his dark eyes that only Su Xi could understand. "Lu Huan."

He carried Su Xi's suitcase and walked up the stairs. He walked very easily, but out of courtesy, he was always a few steps ahead of Su Xi and her mother. From time to time, he would stop and wait for her.

Her mother watched from behind and suddenly poked Su Xi's arm. "It seems that I'm really young. Do I look younger with my recently styled hair?

But your classmate seems to have good grades. When he's free, let him come to our house as a guest. "

Su Xi was speechless.

Mother, where are your principles?