After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

Lu Yuan frowned in confusion: "How many times are you going to use this trick? Find a father for Tan Er, and you have to find one for me?"

Meng Qianqian said with reason: "This is called one trick to catch everything! Cast a wide net, catch more fish, and choose the best ones!"

"Humph."

Lu Yuan snorted lightly.

Yu Zichuan: “I think it’s feasible.”

Lu Yuan said coldly: "Children should not interrupt when adults are talking."

Yu Zichuan looked at Meng Qianqian and said, "She is also a child."

The last sentence, "You're just old," was finally swallowed by Lu Yuan's glare, but his stubborn little eyes could not deceive anyone.

Lu Yuan: It's another day when I want to beat up Yu Zichuan.

"If I go to the prince's mansion to claim my relationship with him, will he believe me?"

"Don't you have a token in your hand?"

"What token?"

Meng Qianqian glanced at the brocade bag hanging around his waist.

Lu Yuan frowned: "You mean... the safety lock?"

"That's right." Meng Qianqian smiled, "I suspect that the emperor had this idea from the beginning. He knew that we would accompany Chen Long to seek revenge on Qianji Pavilion. On the surface, he asked you to find the old King Qin, but in fact he wanted to give you an identity."

When it comes to dealing with Qianji Pavilion, their goals are the same as those of the retired emperor.

"If that's the case, why doesn't he just say it?"

"Are you still willing to come?"

Lu Yuan was speechless.

Naturally, he was extremely reluctant to recognize a wild father.

Although it is just a guess, it makes sense if you think about it carefully.

The emperor has always been a cunning old fox, and he might really set a trap for me.

He clearly wanted to kill Qianji Pavilion and the ten great princes, but he chose not to say it out loud and only provided them with help in secret.

In this way, if they succeeded, the emperor would avenge the shame on the border, avenge the merchants and thousands of soldiers, and solve a major problem.

If they failed, the emperor could easily deny all responsibility and say that it was the Governor's Office that acted on its own initiative.

"Old fox!"

Lu Yuan couldn't help but curse out loud.

Meng Qianqian couldn't help but curl up the corners of her lips and said, "So it's settled then?"

Lu Yuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Just now you said that the emperor didn't tell me because he thought I would refuse to be someone's son. But is there a possibility that he himself is not sure whether the token is real?"

Meng Qianqian woke up as if from a dream: "It's not impossible, so let's take a long-term view..."

Lu Yuan said calmly: "No, I just like gambling."

Things without risks are boring, but the uncertainty and danger involved actually piqued his interest.

Your Majesty, have you understood my thoughts?

Lu Yuan spent a thousand gold coins to reveal the imperial edict.

The guard who took the gold from Meng Qianqian winked at her and used lip language to remind her that he was Deputy Manager Liu.

Meng Qianqian nodded gratefully.

The three returned to the alley.

Lai Fu looked at the imperial edict in Yu Zichuan's hand and said with a smile: "The imperial edict was revealed so quickly. I thought it would take a while longer!"

"What restaurant?"

Yu Zichuan forgot and turned to look at Meng Qianqian.

Lai Fu smiled and said, "I know! Lin Yue Restaurant was originally Lin Yue Inn. It was renamed after the initial selection of the imperial list was made there."

Most likely they are people with connections, either from the Prince’s Mansion or the Thousand Machines Pavilion.

The three of them entered the inn.

Meng Qianqian wanted to go find the waiter to ask for help, but Lu Yuan stopped her and said to Yu Zichuan, "You go."

Yu Zichuan didn't want to go.

He is not good at dealing with people, and in the past, all the negotiation work was done by Shangguan Ling.

"Let me go."

Meng Qianqian said.

Lu Yuan glanced at Yu Zichuan and said, "If he can't even find someone, what's the use of him?"

Yu Zichuan left with a deep hatred and deep resentment.

Meng Qianqian looked at his resentful back, shook her head in amusement, and said to Lu Yuan, "Can't you just speak nicely? It's obviously for his own good, to train him so that he can be independent one day, why do you have to say such unpleasant things?"

Lu Yuan said coldly, "So you are admitting that you have always been trying to curry favor with me?"

Meng Qianqian was stunned.

How did she get involved?

Forget it, even if I had ten mouths, I couldn’t beat him.

Soon, Yu Zichuan came downstairs: "We found the person, upstairs."

The two followed him to the accounting office on the third floor.

As soon as they entered the door, they saw a middle-aged man who was tied up, with a cloth gagged in his mouth and veins bulging.

Yu Zichuan introduced: "Deputy Manager Liu."

Meng Qianqian: “…”

Lu Yuan clenched his fist: "I asked you to find someone, not to arrest him!"

Yu Zichuan said: "But he refused to see us, and you insisted on looking for him."

Lu Yuan's eyes gleamed: "Are you still feeling wronged?"

What's going on recently?

Yu Zichuan is becoming more and more infuriating.

Lu Yuan said coldly: "What are you standing there for? Why don't you untie Manager Liu?"

His title changed from Deputy Manager Liu to Manager Liu.

Meng Qianqian glanced at the other person calmly. The other person was very angry at the moment and could not be calmed down by a name.

Yu Zichuan untied the other person.

Deputy Manager Liu was about to call for help.

Lu Yuan took out a stack of banknotes and said, "My guards were ignorant and made Manager Liu feel wronged. This is just a small token of my gratitude. Please accept it."

"laugh."

Deputy Manager Liu angrily swung his sleeves and said, "What do you think Linyue Restaurant is? You can come as you please, arrest as you please, and release as you please? Who do you think you are—"

Lu Yuan presented a piece of blood-jeweled jade.

Deputy Manager Liu's cursing stopped abruptly and he took a deep breath.

Meng Qianqian smiled and said, "Manager Liu, we are from outside the city. We are new to your precious place and don't know the rules. Please forgive us."

Deputy Manager Liu cleared his throat and with difficulty moved his eyes away from the blood jade, but could not help but glance at it several times.

Lu Yuan stuffed the blood jade and the silver bill into the other person's sleeve.

Deputy Manager Liu coughed a few more times and said seriously, "Our inn is working for the Prince's Mansion. There are so many personal guards of the Prince's Mansion watching us inside and outside. This is just me. I don't want to make a big deal out of it. If it were someone else, you would have been shot into hedgehogs by the personal guards' arrows after shouting."

Meng Qianqian smiled and said, "How can we say that we are blessed? It is our good fortune to meet you. I have another piece of this blood jade at home. We were supposed to make a pair, but I was in a hurry to go out today and left the other one at home."

We are all smart people, so how could we not understand the hidden meaning behind Meng Qianqian's words?

"This matter...is difficult to handle."

Deputy Manager Liu sighed, "It's not up to me alone to decide."

Meng Qianqian handed him another heavy purse and said, "Please trouble Shopkeeper Liu to treat everyone to a drink."

Deputy Manager Liu put the money bag on the table, covered it with a cloth, and asked in a pretentious tone, "Did you bring the wine?"

Meng Qianqian hurriedly said: "Oh, it's in the carriage. I didn't know if I could see you before. I didn't bring it into the restaurant. I'll ask someone to get it now."

Deputy Manager Liu said, "No need, just follow me!"

Meng Qianqian was startled: "Leave?"

Deputy Manager Liu said calmly, "Yes, aren't you going to the Prince's Mansion to recognize your relatives? I just happened to be going there, so I'll give you a ride."

Meng Qianqian blinked: "Wait, how do you know——"

Deputy Manager Liu laughed sarcastically, "You are from outside the area. You came here not to win in the end, but to enter the Prince's Mansion. You are the thirteenth one to say so. The previous twelve all claimed to be the Prince's flesh and blood who were exiled from the people."

Meng Qianqian's mouth twitched.

Lu Yuan curled the corners of his lips.

Meng Qianqian looked at him seriously: "Did you guess it a long time ago?"

Lu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "Yes."

Meng Qianqian blushed: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Lu Yuan curled his lips and said, "This Governor wants to see you make a fool of yourself."

Seeing a joke?

Real money was invested!

Meng Qianqian gritted her teeth secretly. She had found the reason why Yu Zichuan was so evil!

Deputy Manager Liu had already walked out of the room. Seeing that the others had not followed him, he chattered about something in the room. He brushed his sleeves and asked, "Are you guys still leaving? Let me make it clear first, the money you have received will not be returned."

Lu Yuan said to Meng Qianqian: "Let's go."

Meng Qianqian's expression became serious: "Are you really going? With so many people coming to recognize their relatives, the possibility of us meeting the prince is very small. We might be chased out before we even enter the house."

Lu Yuan smiled meaningfully: "Who said that you have to enter the prince's mansion to see the prince?"

Meng Qianqian looked at him strangely: "What do you mean?"

Lu Yuan held it in both hands with a cynical smile on his face. Without the status of Grand Commander, he finally didn't have to be a treacherous minister anymore, but it seemed that he didn't intend to be a good person either.

He walked backwards to the window.

Meng Qianqian's eyes moved: "What do you want to do?"

Lu Yuan curled his lips: "Nothing, just find a father for yourself."

He leaned his back against the windowsill, pushed open the window with his backhand, leaned backwards and fell down.

"land--"

Meng Qianqian almost blurted out his name, but stopped herself just before the last word came out.

She rushed to the window quickly, but was a step too late.

Lu Yuan had "fallen" into a royal carriage that looked simple, but was actually secretly escorted by eight palace masters.