Chapter 343: Incident Escalation

"Bamboo girl," General Chang looked at Lin Zhu sitting in the hall, slightly sorry, "Yesterday, someone from the Zhao family came, indicating that the rumors did not spread from his family. After a pause, "Although Zhao Cheng's guy is a little more careful, he said no, then it must be it." ”

"Grandpa, I see." After listening, Lin Zhu nodded, thinking that it was expected, the Zhao family, who wanted to have a good relationship with her and hoped to benefit from it, would not stiffen the relationship between the two parties so easily.

If it weren't for them, it would definitely not be those people in Qingyun County, after all, the rumors first spread from the parties of some ladies and ladies.

Who could that be? Who hates himself so much? Lin Zhu faintly had a few suspicious candidates, but they were all women, and she felt that those people should not have the courage to do so.

If it doesn't make sense here, the purpose of spreading rumors is not easy to find, and the rumors are obviously aimed at themselves. It didn't hurt Mu Qiyue's side, the only inconvenience was that he became the center of the conversation in the capital again.

It seems that it is still necessary to start from Mu Qiyue's side. Mu Qiyue, who is rising in the rising tide, may have caused the peach blossom debt somewhere, so some people will look at themselves unpleasantly. It's also possible.

I have to say that Lin Zhu's speculation is infinitely close to the truth of the matter.

Didn't wait for the General's Mansion to do anything more. There was a movement in King Qing's mansion.

In the name of celebrating the birthday of the princess, the Qingwangfu sent invitations to the wives and ladies of many families in the capital, but the general's mansion, which was not low-status, did not receive this invitation.

The purpose of this practice is self-evident. So one wave of rumors did not subside, and another wave of rumors arose. But this time it's about Lin Zhu alone.

Everyone is rumoring. Qingwangfu did this just to tell everyone that Lin Zhuzhu could not be the candidate for Mu Qiyue's wife, no matter how much scheming she played, it would be in vain.

suddenly pushed Lin Zhu to the center of public opinion, and all kinds of speculations about Mu Qiyue faded out of people's sight.

In this way, Lin Zhu's reputation is basically ruined, even if some people who are interested in her because of the General's Mansion will not have any favor for her.

And everyone also knows that the so-called birthday banquet of Princess Qing is actually choosing a wife for Mu Qiyue. Although many people attended out of personal relationships, more of them went to Mu Qiyue's wife.

It's just that in this way, King Qing's Mansion has completely offended General Chang's Mansion. Because there has been no movement from the General's Mansion. Everyone thought that Lin Zhu was not valued by the General's Mansion. So he ridiculed Lin Zhu even more unscrupulously.

It's just that it didn't take long for those who followed the trend or fell into the well to understand why General Chang didn't move.

But at this point, most of them didn't realize that things were too far from what they thought.

Mu Qiyue stood in his own courtyard of King Qing's Mansion with a blue face. Looking at the people who were busy coming and going, arranging for Princess Qing's birthday from time to time, I felt irritable. Intentionally do not participate. But if he doesn't participate, it will give someone a hand. There will be more people attacking him or Lin Zhu.

So he could only endure for the time being.

But the people in Qingwangfu obviously felt Mu Qiyue's displeasure. However, because Mu Qiyue at this time has changed a lot from him two years ago, he is no longer hanging, and he is no longer hippie and smiling. No more cynicism.

He didn't say anything with a cold face all day long, and he didn't say much, as if he was gagged, if he didn't take the initiative to talk, it was estimated that he wouldn't hear a word from him for a day. Although the masters of the Qingwang Mansion were very uncomfortable with his changes, they could not accept it.

Mu Qiyue's performance couldn't help but make Princess Qing feel a little more troubled in addition to joy. She felt more and more that this son was no longer in her control, and this kind of thing was completely for his pleasure to put on a feast, and he didn't react at all, but was very disgusted.

Princess Qing couldn't help but feel a deep sense of powerlessness in her heart, but she always felt that this was for Mu Qi's better, and he would understand it in the future. stubbornly went on, and didn't ask Mu Qiyue if he liked this.

Things are getting worse and worse, and Mu Qiyue can't contact Lin Zhu anymore, and the letter handed to the general's mansion has never been returned, without any response.

Mu Qiyue gradually felt that he could not suppress the anger in his heart, and his temper became more and more irritable.

"Fourth master, it is inevitable that Miss Lin Zhu has some temper. Whoever is in her situation would have turned over with you a long time ago. But don't you think our cooperation is still going well? She didn't show any signs of breaking the contract there. Lu Mingtao actually didn't know the bottom of his heart. Although there is no change now, it is difficult to ensure that the next time the contract is signed, Lin Zhu will not deliberately embarrass them.

And now there is the Zhao family of Hui'an Hou on the sidelines, if Mu Qiyue can't solve these things satisfactorily, maybe the Zhao family will take advantage of it.

And the relationship between him and Lin Zhu will definitely be affected, and Mu Qiyue felt a nameless fire rushing straight up when he thought of this.

"Mr. Lu, I heard that there have been more and more people chewing their tongues recently, let them restrain themselves, I don't mind if you do something 'intense'." Mu Qiyue's face was cold and hard, and he walked out.

Lu Mingtao sat alone in the room, shook his head and smiled helplessly, this is Mu Qiyue's true nature, those who underestimated him don't know if Lu Dao will regret what he did before.

So Lu Mingtao began to move.

Inadvertently, there are some inns and restaurants in the capital one after another, and there are rumors of eating dirty things inside, which makes the stewards of these places very headaches. It's not just one or two times, it's like five or six people in each family for many days in a row.

Although they all insisted that there was no problem with their stores, the facts were in front of them, and the credibility of these inns and restaurants instantly fell to the bottom, and their business plummeted.

Food, clothing, housing and transportation, there are always a few particularly unlucky companies in various industries, and similar things emerge in endlessly.

The proprietor behind these people is also confused, and feels that this is not an accident, but is aimed at them, otherwise where is the problem all their shops?

But when they just wanted to find out who was dealing with them. No matter how many grades they have achieved in their official positions, they have been caught and shaken out to varying degrees, and most of them have been denounced by Cao, and they are shocked to realize that they may have offended people who should not be offended.

I don't know why, but there is no way to ask for help, the capital is really too lively.

"The fourth child's pen is really bigger, it can be regarded as a red face when he is angry at the crown, and it will also be a good story in the future. Haha In the palace, the emperor sat in the palace of Concubine Lan, drinking special sake, and teasing.

"Didn't the emperor persuade the fourth prince Mu?" Concubine Lan saw that the emperor was not angry because of this.

"Hehe, it's good to warn those people. Save some people from being dishonest and want to jump around. The emperor's eyes narrowed, revealing a dangerous light.

When Concubine Lan saw him like this, she didn't speak with interest, served him gently, and prepared some side dishes for him from time to time.

Concubine Lan did not reject Lin Zhu, and because of her, the Chang family would not have no successors, so Lin Zhu was slandered, and she was also very angry in her heart. If General Chang hadn't told her that she didn't need to do anything, she would have taught some self-righteous people a lesson.

Therefore, when she learned from the emperor that the people who met the trouble were all people who had slandered Lin Zhu, and it was also Mu Qiyue who made a move, she was also very happy in her heart.

"You've offended a lot of people, haven't you?" Prince Qi Mu Qingqi and Mu Qi sat in the Drunken Immortal Tower, and the two sat opposite each other, "Brother Huang must have a headache." ”

"Brother Qi, is this fooling me?" Mu Qiyue glanced at Mu Qingqi, although after a series of actions, his anger subsided a little, but the cause of the incident, the person who spread the rumors had not yet found out, and he still had some residual anger. "The emperor also intends to teach some people a lesson, so he will let it go. Brother Qi must also know this, right? ”

Receiving Mu Qiyue's cold eyes, Mu Qingqi laughed twice, of course he knew about it, although he didn't participate in the government, it didn't mean that he didn't know anything.

Recently, the court situation has been unstable, and some people want to take the opportunity to make trouble, which makes the emperor a little angry, so Mu Qiyue's actions can be regarded as a warning to them.

After all, the officials who were belittled were all ironclad evidence, and no matter how much they tried to save them, they couldn't get out of it.

"The emperor is not dissatisfied with you doing this." Mu Qingqi said comfortingly. Looking at Mu Qiyue's natural look, Mu Qingqi suddenly felt that those who didn't know how to offend him were pitiful.

Even the opponent didn't know who was hacked like this, and what's more, the camp that originally wanted to cooperate was also in vain, and they wondered if the other party had leaked the news of their own side, which would lead to so much trouble.

The most important thing is that it is inconvenient for the emperor to make a move against these people, after all, there must always be a force to contain each other in the court. And Mu Qiyue's move was much more convenient, and more importantly, no one found out that he did these things.

"Don't let anyone know about this." Mu Qiyue glanced at Mu Qingqi and reminded.

Mu Qingqi looked at him in surprise, and understood who he was referring to from his eyes. But I have some doubts in my heart, why is he still so repulsive about the people he has accepted?

However, seeing Mu Qiyue's solemn appearance, Mu Qingqi still nodded, "Don't worry, I know the importance of the Dao." ”

After talking about business, Mu Qingqi looked at Mu Qiyue with the rest of his eyes while drinking.

"Brother Qi, please say it directly." Mu Qingqi was a little impatient.

"Hehe, I'm just curious why you have so much hostility towards Concubine Yue, as far as I know, every time you go to my mansion, she treats her very well, and there is nothing rude." Although Mu Qingqi was not angry, he felt a little bad in his heart, so he asked.

"Nothing." Mu Qiyue shook his head, knowing that now was not the right time to explain everything to him, so he wanted to perfunctory it.

But Mu Qingqi is not a fool, the more he is like this, the more it means that there must be something inside. However, looking at Mu Qiyue's appearance, he knew that he would definitely not tell the reason.

Mu Qingqi also sighed slightly, and could only find an opportunity to ask the reason again.

There will be a second update. (To be continued......)