In the study.

Xiao Ling turned his back to the night wind, and a deep voice came: "How is it?" ”

Night Wind's face flashed a little tangled, and it seemed that he was lying to His Highness.............. It's not good, but if you don't lie, Your Highness will be very angry.

So, Night Wind knelt on the ground and replied sincerely and respectfully: "Back to Your Highness, everything is calm on the princess's side." The relationship between the princess and the strange man was nothing more than ordinary friends, and there was no excessive intimacy. ”

Xiao Ling's frowning brows slowly relaxed, and this is fine.

"Night Wind, I'll give you one thing."

"Your Highness, please speak!"

Xiao Ling opened his mouth and wanted to speak. However, Xiao Ling suddenly thought of something, stopped, and turned his head to look at the night breeze on the ground.

Night Wind reacted immediately, immediately stood up, and ran to Xiao Ling's side.

Xiao Ling lowered his voice and whispered in the ear of the night wind: "In the past few days, you have arranged ................."

A trace of consternation flashed in Night Wind's eyes, and then he immediately calmed down and listened carefully to Xiao Ling's arrangement.

After Xiao Ling finished speaking, he looked at the night wind with some worry in his eyes.

"Your Highness, rest assured, Your Highness is so affectionate, the princess will definitely forgive you." Night Wind looked at Xiao Ling's eyes and nodded in agreement.

Xiao Ling was relieved.

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At night, Yan Yu couldn't sleep all the time. Because when he was in the death area before, he slept whenever he wanted, and he did whatever he wanted, and his work and rest time were very irregular.

Moreover, coupled with the fact that Yan Yu lived in a human mansion today, he realized that everything that happened recently was not a dream. It's real, I don't know why, he can't sleep.

However, Yan Yu thought, he couldn't sleep, it must not be because he was too excited.

Yan Yu sat on the roof of the main house of Jinyuan, feeling a lot of hidden aura around him, and the corners of his mouth were smiling, it seems that the owner of this palace has a strong sense of self-help.

Yan Yu remembered that the man who was arguing with Su Lan during the day today, and sneered disdainfully, it seems that the husband of that little human girl is not very good!

Yan Yu looked up at the dark night, a trace of melancholy flashed in his eyes, looking at the moon that was radiating light, as if he was thinking about something.

Suddenly, Yan Yu caught a familiar figure in his eyes, and Yan Yu stared at it carefully, as if it was a girl beside Su Lan today.

However, Yan Yu's gaze immediately moved away, no matter who she was, he didn't care anyway.

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Here, Xia Dong sneakily walked out of his vacation, tiptoed, and gently closed the door, for fear of waking up the sleeping Qingmei.

Xia Dong skillfully groped in the dark, and it seemed that she was familiar with this path.

Xia Dong walked through one path after another in the dark, carefully avoiding the people standing guard in the palace.

Then, Xia Dong sneakily came to a dilapidated wall, and gently knocked on the wall five times, three long and two short.

Xia Dong waited anxiously, although she had done this many times, but today this matter was different, because today was Su Lan's first day back, and Xia Dong was especially afraid that she would be discovered today.

Just when Xia Dong had been waiting for no one to turn around and leave, there was a sudden knocking sound outside the wall, three short and two long.

Xia Dong immediately paused and attached his ear to the wall.

"It's me." A low voice came from outside the wall.

Xia Dong breathed a sigh of relief, pushed aside the grass, revealing a small hole that could only be entered with one hand, Xia Dong held the letter raft in his hand tightly and handed it over.

A strong hand over there took the envelope: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will remember your loyalty." ”

"It is an honor for slaves and maids to be able to do things for His Royal Highness the Prince."

Xia Dong looked at his trembling hands, and his palms were full of sweat.

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"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" A subordinate held it in both hands respectfully. The envelope was handed to the prince.

The prince glanced coldly, and the letter in the hand of his subordinate reached his hand.

The prince opened the envelope, took out the letter from the house, and glanced at it.

A hint of ill intent flashed in his eyes, "Now, King Ling's Mansion is going to be chaotic." ”

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Above the court.

"Enlighten the Emperor! Erchen has discovered a mineral vein in the southern country, and hereby tells his father! The blessing of the father is like the East China Sea, the blessing is extended, and the blessing of the world is all the blessings that God has seen on the posture of the heavenly dragon of the father! The prince loyally knelt on the ground, word by word, and the city center was full of sincerity!

At this time, hearing this, Xiao Ling frowned, it was impossible for the prince to be so stupid, and take the initiative to expose his veins exposed by Taifu Li before.

In this case, wouldn't it be true that Mrs. Li's family had secretly hidden minerals and had ill intentions!

"Oh?" Nanwang obviously doesn't believe it either, heh! Wait until someone reveals it, and then dare to honestly hand over the ore vein!

"Prince! You've finally admitted it! When Mrs. Li heard this, she immediately stood up and accused the prince.

"Admit it? What did Hongu admit? The prince turned his head to look at Mrs. Li, with a look of displeasure.

"Admit that you are secretly hiding the mineral vein, with ill intentions, and intending to rebel!" Mrs. Li was righteous, complaining affectionately to the prince.

"Oh? I have a vein in my possession!? Where does this begin? ”

"Prince! Don't pretend to be foolish anymore! Mrs. Li was furious.

"Oh~~~" The prince seemed to have just reacted: "Oh~~ The palace remembered that it was a few days ago that Mrs. Li slandered the palace for secretly hiding iron ore in the court!" ”

"Humph! That's it! ”

"Father!" The crown prince bowed deeply to the king of the south, with a sincere and loyal face: "There is no such thing as the private possession of iron ore!" ”

"And what vein are you talking about today?" King Nan looked at everyone in the audience majestically.

"Naturally, it is the most valuable thing in the south, oil mines!!" The prince confidently announced.

"Oil Mine!!" Nanwang / was shocked, and his hands tightly grasped the armrests on the dragon chair.

"What!"

"Oil Mine!"

"It's an oil mine!"

"The prince really lived up to expectations! I actually dug an oil mine! ”

"Yes, yes!"

As soon as the prince said this, the audience immediately exchanged heads and discussions.

"Oil mines? Prince, what you say is true? King Nan steadied himself and looked at the crown prince calmly.

Burning oil is something that is urgently needed in the south, and the south cannot produce it itself, so every year the south has to spend a huge amount of money to buy fire oil at a high price in other countries.

In this way, the treasury of the southern kingdom was never sufficient, because oil had always been a necessity in the army, and it was necessary to spend a great deal of silver on it to strengthen the barracks.

But if Nanguo dug out the oil mines himself, then in the next few decades, Nanwang would be able to store a lot of silver taels.

"Father!" The crown prince was affectionate: "If it weren't for the fact that it has been determined and the veins dug up by his subordinates are oil mines, then the ministers would never dare to bother their father!" ”

"Good! Good! Good! King Nan stood up from the dragon chair excitedly and said three good words in a row, which shows how satisfied he is with the prince's actions.

Xiao Ling looked at all this coldly, the excitement of the king of the south, the pride of the prince, and the discussion of the ministers, all of which pushed him farther and farther away from that position!

The prince's actions directly made his father Long Yan happy, even if the prince did hide the iron ore veins privately, and the prince did abuse the refugees, the father would turn a blind eye, after all, now the father will not, more precisely, he doesn't want to tear his face with the prince.

Moreover, among the many princes in the southern kingdom, only he and the crown prince are extremely capable and stand in the court, if the father wants to settle the accounts with the prince one by one, then he will also be the crown prince.

However, Xiao Ling knew that his father was afraid of him, because he left the royal city since he was a child, and he was not trusted and favored by his father. Compared with him, the children that his father has watched grow up since childhood, he understands better and is easier to control.

"Father, the ministers must do their best to dig and extract fire oil to add a big boost to my southern country!"

"Very good............ Nanwang's voice gradually regained calm, and he looked at the prince and said with concern: "The prince has a lot of affairs on weekdays, and he has shared a lot for me, but it is really tiring, and let Li Ran, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, handle the matter of digging and extracting fire oil!" ”

"Father's ............."

The crown prince was a little anxious, he didn't expect his father to be so decisive, he thought that even if his father knew that he had hidden iron ore and had a lot of lives under his command, he would report the oil mine today, and at most his father, Li Ran, the commander of the Gray Wave Whale Guard, would deal with the oil mine with him!

He didn't expect it!

Father didn't believe him so much!

"Father, the emperor .............," the prince said, and wanted to keep it.

"That's it! This matter has been decided, and there is no need to discuss it again! With a wave of Nanwang's hand, the matter was over.

The crown prince looked at King Nan and wanted to say something, but the light in his eyes slowly dimmed.

The oil mine was hastily and directly arranged, and this matter was certain.

"Your Majesty! The old minister has something to say! "The matter of the oil mine must be serious, Mrs. Li immediately stood up, glanced at the prince, and brought up the old things again.

"That's it! I'm tired! I'll talk about it later! The king of the south stopped, stood up directly, and turned to go down.

"Retreat from the dynasty———" the old eunuch beside King Nan announced in a sharp voice.

The ministers bowed: "Congratulations to Your Majesty—"

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King Ling's Mansion, in the study.

"The father is so indulgent to the crown prince!" Xiao Ling was full of anger, slammed the table with one fist, and said through gritted teeth.

"Your Highness........... In fact, it is not a bad thing for King Nan to indulge the prince so much. Nightwind said.

Xiao Ling glanced at the night breeze and understood what he meant.

Of course he knew it wasn't a bad thing! The more the father indulges the crown prince, the greater the prince's mistakes will be, and the bigger the mistakes he makes, the easier it will be to pull him down from that position.