Lin Ruan was busy in the kitchen, Lin Zhong ran in, and saw that there was no place for him to stand in the kitchen, so he drove out the mother-in-law who was burning the fire and sat down in front of the stove by himself.

Lin Ruan smiled and asked, "Dad, why don't you talk to the prince?" ”

Lin Zhong shook his head again and again: "I'm just a farmer, where can I be qualified to talk to the prince." As soon as I saw the prince, my heart fluttered so hard that it was really unproductive. In order not to embarrass you, I'd better stay away. ”

Lin Ruan said with a smile while busy working: "Although I have only met him once or twice, His Royal Highness the Prince, I feel that he is not bad, Jing Chen also said that he is a very good person, Dad don't worry, even if he really says something wrong, His Highness will not blame him." ”

Lin Zhong still shook his head, he knew in his heart that he had a few catties and taels, and it was already good to be able to do not have stage fright in front of a character like Chen Zhizhou. As for the crown prince, he really can't.

Lin Ruan didn't say much when he saw him like this, and quickly stir-fried the vegetables in the pot in his hands.

There is a maiden woman who helps wash and chop vegetables to prepare condiments, and it doesn't take much effort to make a meal.

Half an hour later, the meal was served.

The prince and the Shen brothers and Chen Zhizhou of He were at a table, Lin Zhong sat at a table with Qin County Ling and several agricultural officials, and Lin Ruan took Xiuxiu to eat in the room.

After the meal, the prince proposed to go to the gold mine behind Shenwu Mountain to have a look.

Lin Ruan and the Shen family brothers, Lord He, and Chen Zhizhou followed, while Qin County Ling was not qualified to follow.

Starting from Linjia Village to the gold mine, in fact, the road is not close, Shenwu Mountain covers a large area, and it takes dozens of miles to walk down in a circle. Fortunately, because of the gold mines, the imperial court allocated silver to build a special road, and it was convenient to ride a horse to get there.

The group set off with the escort and walked for more than half an hour before arriving at the foot of the mountain.

The prince stood at the foot of the mountain and looked up, and couldn't help but sigh: "The terrain here is really dangerous, who would have thought that such a place used to hide a dark pavilion full of evil, and there are such treasures of minerals underneath this ground." ”

Speaking of the Dark Pavilion, the crown prince glanced sideways at Lin Ruan: "A few days ago, the county lord was frightened, and my father was very angry when he received the news that you had been taken captive. Lone has been remembering the sweet potato thing just now, but he forgot to ask you, have you ever been injured? ”

Lin Ruan smiled politely: "Thank you Your Highness for your concern, the courtiers are fine, Prince Xiao and my grandfather arrived in time, I have nothing to do except for being a little frightened." ”

The prince nodded: "That's fine." The county lord has been here before, so it's up to you to lead the way. ”

Lin Ruan answered, took a few steps forward, and stood a little behind the prince's side.

Unexpectedly, the crown prince took a step back and remained parallel to Lin Ruan.

Lin Ruan couldn't retreat anymore, because behind her were Lord He and Chen Zhizhou, behind the two were the Shen family brothers, and behind them were the guards of the Hula group, she had no way to retreat, so she had to stand in place.

When the prince saw her standing still, he looked sideways at her: "Why don't you leave?" ”

Lin Ruan smiled, suppressed the weirdness in his heart, and walked parallel to the crown prince.

General Zhou had already received the news in advance and rushed to greet the crown prince.

After greeting him, Lin Ruan gave the job of leading the way to General Zhou, and prepared to retreat to the back without a trace. But the prince turned his head and said: "County Lord, Lone heard from my father that you discovered this gold mine in the first place, so let you lead the way in, just let Lone see the location where you found the mechanism at the beginning." ”

Lin Ruan had no choice but to smile and nod his head, smile apologetically at General Zhou, and lead the prince to the cave.

Today's cave has completely lost the slightest trace of the dark pavilion, the stone chamber used to house several killers in the past is all used to pile ore and tools, the remaining two rooms are inhabited by defenders, and the cave in the opposite Mochizuki Mountain is used to house miners.

Lin Ruan took the prince directly to the big room connected to the mine, and there was no longer the arrogant furnishings when Lin Ruan came in, and the large and small ore piles were everywhere, and the original switch could not be found at all.

The prince bent down and picked up a piece of ore and looked at it, the golden ore was heavy, which made people feel dazzling.

So he turned to Lin Ruan and said, "The county lord was able to dedicate this gold mine to the imperial court without hesitation, which is really admirable. ”

Such a big gold mine, to be honest, if he got it, he might not be willing to take it out.

Lin Ruan smiled and said very officially: "The whole world is not the king's land, this gold mine belongs to the imperial court, and the courtiers handed it over are just doing what a son and daughter of the Great Zhou should do." ”

The prince's appreciation for Lin Ruan was even heavier, "The person who can do the county lord in the whole world, I dare to say that I haven't found the second one yet." ”

People are selfish, Lin Ruan will not hand over this gold mine, and no one dares to say that she has done something wrong.

Lin Ruan smiled: "Your Highness has said it, at least the courtiers know that there is still one person who can do it." ”

The prince asked curiously, "What did the county lord say?" ”

"Lord Xiao." When Lin Ruan talked about Xiao Jingchen, his eyes immediately became different.

"Prince Xiao is really selfless, as far as the courtiers know, most of the income from all the properties under the name of Prince Xiao is donated to the imperial court, which the courtiers think they can't do. This gold mine was discovered by the courtier's daughter, and the courtier's daughter never owned it, so when she gave it up, there was not much reluctance. But Prince Xiao is different, those are his private property, the inheritance left to him by the eldest princess and the general of Zhenguo, and no one in this world has the right to ask him to hand over these things. Xiao Wangye's method is even more admirable. ”

When he first knew this, Lin Ruan really didn't know what to say to Xiao Jingchen.

Which prince is not a rich person, as a result, Xiao Jingchen has a lot of property in his hands, but in fact, he really doesn't have much silver in his small treasury, not even as much as him.

According to him, he had never planned to start a family before, so the money was enough for him. Instead of letting those coins lie in the treasury and get moldy, it is better to take them out and do something useful.

It can be said that Xiao Jingchen is very concerned about the court and the emperor, and he has no selfishness.

The prince is definitely aware of this matter. The reason why Lin Ruan mentioned it was because she always felt that the prince's attitude towards her was not quite right.

It's not that she is narcissistic, but as a woman, her sixth sense told her that the purpose of the prince's visit to Linjia Village was definitely not just sweet potatoes. And her current identity is not ordinary, and it is difficult to guarantee that the prince will not have the same idea as the third prince in order to secure his position.

Whether it is or not, anyway, there is always no problem with pulling Xiao Jingchen out at this time and saying.

After all, what she said was all the truth.