At night, Linglong Inn.

"Returning to the young master, everything is ready." A man said.

In the room, the iron-masked man sat on the Taishi chair, with a cold expression, and a pair of cold eyes under the mask seemed to be worthy of his interest in the absence of anything in this world.

"Hmph, the show has just begun." A chuckle.

"Liu Rou has sent back any news from the palace these days." The man in the iron mask asked.

"In the past few days, I heard that the dog emperor handed over these things to his two sons."

"This dog emperor has a lot of thoughts."

"Young master. Next we we..."

Man in the Iron Mask. Picked up the teacup, took a sip lightly, and said unhurriedly, "In the past few days, let the people below stop a little, and now we have got the things in our hands, and we only owe the east wind." “

"Yes." The man responded.

In the Prince's Mansion, Mu Lingxuan gathered a group of people, all of whom were party members in the court who supported him, and several adults gave advice, but Mu Lingxuan, who was the center, didn't listen to a word, thinking that this matter was menacing, the assets of the four wealthy merchants in the capital were enough to control the supply of materials in half of Wuguo, if this matter was not handled well, the national strength of Wuguo would be damaged, which was inevitable, but although these families were openly obedient to the imperial court, they secretly did whatever they wanted.

Mu Lingxuan guessed in his heart that why the emperor handed over this matter to him must not be just what he sees on the surface, and the deep meaning needs to be pondered.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, according to the old man's opinion, several adults here have deep friendships with these families, let's appease them in the name of appeasement first, and then make detailed plans, how about it?"

"Lord Liu, how can I do such a thing, you are always old and have forgotten the way I do things?" Mu Lingxuan's face was full of displeasure, asking him to appease these people, it was a dream, it seemed that maybe the emperor's plan was to let him extinguish the momentum of these people and let them know who was the center of power in this Wu country.

"Yes, yes, the prince is angry, and the old man is confused. Then, I wonder if His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already has a high opinion? “

A meaningful smile appeared on the corner of Mu Lingxuan's mouth.

"I think this is strange, these rich businessmen want to come to all the adults have heard of it, they are all powerful characters, not to mention who did it, there must be a lot of guards in these families alone, and they are definitely some people with strong martial arts, but they can let the thieves into the house unknowingly, and steal the treasures of the family, isn't this a joke, I can't figure it out."

"Later, a few adults reminded me, before the adults said that the old lady Zhao in the West City is a highly respected figure, respected by everyone in the rivers and lakes, so generally speaking, anyone who knows the name of Master Zhao will not easily touch his Zhao family, but someone has done such a thing, which will definitely cause the anger of some swordsmen in the rivers and lakes who have received the kindness of Master Zhao, so the affairs of Master Zhao's family are not in a hurry, naturally someone will investigate, and want to repay Master Zhao." Mu Lingxuan naturally knew about the family history of these wealthy businessmen. Let the people around you completely grasp their movements as long as they pay a little attention.

"The prince is really intelligent, but we are pedantic." After hearing this, one of the ministers echoed with a flattering expression.

"This North Street, South Lane and East District, in fact, there have not been too many contacts over the years, especially Liu Batian of this North Street, he is a reckless man, except for being ruthless and cruel, there is no use at all, fortunately, there is also the second young Qian Zhiyuan of the Qian family in the East District, he is a smart person, if he becomes our person one day..."Mu Lingxuan had seen this young master of the Qian family when he was young, he was extremely tall but resourceful, comparable to Luo Jiuge, the son of Prime Minister Luo in the court today.

But Mu Lingxuan knew that this genius young man had already befriended Mu Qingfeng, so he wouldn't use it for himself at all, but this Young Master Qian was different, although he was high, he was an ambitious person. Some people use friendship to maintain relationships, and some people will use the same purpose to reach a consensus, in Mu Lingxuan's view, only feelings are the most nihilistic things in the world, just like his father is now trying every means to hinder himself from becoming the future prince.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, what should we do with this matter next?" The Prince's personal guard asked.

Mu Lingxuan frowned coldly, and a contemptuous smile appeared on his face, "Send someone to keep an eye on Mu Qingfeng's movements for me, and go to meet this Liu Batian early tomorrow morning." “

"Yes, my subordinates will definitely take care of this."

In the early morning of the next day, Mu Qingfeng took Mu Qing out of the capital, saying that he wanted to go to the outskirts of the city to see the crime scene, and it had been a week since the time of the robbery, so there was no guarantee that there would be clues to keep, but Mu Qingfeng felt that only by starting from the scene of the crime could he sort out the case.

"Third master, will we go to meet Mr. Song of this dart game later?"

"Okay."

The two jumped on horseback and walked away.

After returning to the Shen Mansion, Shen Mei was called to the study by Shen Huainan, originally to educate her, but when she saw Shen Mei limping into the door by Xiao Tao, she was still soft-hearted, after all, she was her own child, as a father, she had no way to keep her by her side to take care of her, and she still felt a little guilty about her mother, and the anger in her heart dissipated a lot.

stepped forward and looked at Shen Mei carefully. "Are you getting better?"

Shen Mei was slightly surprised, expecting that according to Shen Huainan's temper, she would definitely scold herself, she just came back to someone else's house, and stayed for three days, according to the prejudice and constraints of this society against women, of course, it cannot be tolerated.

"I won't pursue the matter of your arrival at King Jing's Mansion, plus the prince sent someone over to say it, and you went to King Jing's Mansion after being rescued by the prince, I should be grateful to King Jing for saving me, I have no reason to blame you."

"Also, Mei'er, you have now reached the age of marriage, although you are staying in the palace now, as long as you want to leave the palace, your second mother and I will definitely do everything possible to ask the emperor to send you out."

Shen Huainan asked Shen Mei's opinion seriously.

Shen Mei thought to herself that if Bai Ying came forward again, her mother's status would only get lower and lower in the future, and now she didn't want to leave the palace like this, who was the person who kidnapped her before, she hadn't yet found out, and if she returned home, she didn't know if it would bring other troubles to the family. I secretly decided to find out this person before making plans.

came back to his senses and looked at Shen Huainan with a smile, "Thank you, father, now Mei'er stays in the palace is the queen's mother's meaning, don't bother with father and Erniang, my daughter already has her own ideas and plans." ”

"I only hope that my father can see that his daughter is not often filial piety by the side of the second elder, and accompany my mother more, my mother is very lonely."

I also hope that Shen Huainan will listen to these words, which can be regarded as Shen Mei's efforts for her mother.