princess teasing concubine

Wal Siqing whipped out a whirling whip, Mu Jin rolled sideways to avoid it, the whip followed closely, she hit back with the wooden sword, and the whip immediately entangled her.

The two saw each other, and Val Siqing's eyes showed admiration, "Yes, you can catch my three moves in just a few days. I really don't believe you have no talent."

Mu Jin smiled, "Thanks for the compliment."

At this moment, Shangguan Yue came in a hurry. Seeing the two of them talking and laughing, she hid her cold eyes, "Jin'er, my father announces you to enter the palace."

"Why did you let me enter the palace suddenly." Mu Jin put down the wooden sword, "I'm going to change clothes."

Shangguan Yue nodded, "This time when you enter the palace, you need to be cautious in your words and deeds. Maybe it's because of your actions these past few days that your father has some opinions."

"it is good."

After Mu Jin left, Shangguan Yue said coldly, "Princess Val, I advise you to keep a little distance from Jin'er. I don't want to embarrass her."

"What's the trouble, you are jealous!"

Shangguan Yue pursed her lips, "When you went south, you sent two waves of assassins. Because of emotion and reason, I should tell Jin'er."

Wal Siqing looked free and easy, "If you tell me, let me tell you, anyway, the deputy king was not killed by us, but by your own people. What Mu Jin should be embarrassed about is that the emperor of He country she is loyal to doesn't seem to remember that there is such a person .”

The corners of Shangguan Yue's lips smoothed out, "You dare say that the assassin you sent didn't intend to kill Vice-General Wang. If no one died in Gudao City, you must have sent a third wave of assassins, right?"

"So what, but the fact is that people are not killed by our Northern Shepherds."

Shangguan Yue sneered, and said to himself: "As long as Vice-General Wang dies, your negotiation in He country will go much smoother, and you also know that your father will not agree to such absurd conditions, but you can't refuse, so... What is your purpose of staying here?"

Wal Siqing turned the whip in her hand, "What purpose can I have, of course it is to play, besides, the more chaos you country has, the better it will be for Beimu."

Shangguan Yue sneered, "This palace kindly reminds you that the battle between the royal family of He Kingdom will only become more and more serious, and no one will care about your identity at that time. You'd better leave as soon as possible. If something happens, there will be no one here Will protect you."

"Don't worry, I'm still the princess of a country. If I have nothing to gain, I will leave. I won't be shameless."

Shangguan Yue said coldly, "That's very good."

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"I pay homage to the Holy Majesty, I don't know why the Holy Majesty Xuan Weichen is here?" Mu Jin secretly observed Shangguan Ling while saluting.

Although Shangguan Ling was full of energy at this moment, his face was pale and his lips were slightly pale, which made him look a bit older and lost some majesty.

"It's not an important thing." Shangguan Ling put down the books in his hand, coughed and said: "I have heard about the academy, and Jin'er has done a good job, but although this academy charges premium class tuition, but One year’s expenses are far from urgent expenses.”

Mu Jin frowned, "The Holy Majesty said this, is it because of a problem with the funds?"

Shangguan Ling nodded, he rubbed the center of his brows, and said in a tired tone: "The south has just been pacified, and now there is a drought, Gu has already ordered the household department to allocate 10 taels of silver to relieve the victims. I am afraid that the college... ·”

This stingy old fox!

Mu Jin smiled, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the academy can last for a while, and we will be able to come up with a perfect plan by then."

Shangguan Ling pointed at Mu Jin and said with a smile, "Well... Jin'er is a lot of thieves, and there is a perfect plan."

"Please speak, Your Majesty."

Shangguan Ling picked up a few pieces of paper and handed them to Mu Jin, "I heard recently that you are very close to the young girl of the Lin family."

"There is such a thing." Mu Jin raised his eyes and glanced at Shangguan Ling, and then looked at the papers. They are all property of the Lin family. There are restaurants and rice shops, but the main thing is to sell salt.

It seemed that Shangguan Ling was despising herself all the time, and she gradually understood why Shangguan Yue showed her affection and affection to her in the first place.

"It's okay for young people to get closer, but how did Gu hear that this young girl from the Lin family is interested in Jin'er?"

It turned out that this was the purpose of announcing her to enter the palace, and it meant something!

Mu Jin put down the paper, "There is no such thing as feelings, it's hard to say clearly."

"If you can't tell clearly, then I won't talk about it." Shangguan Ling pointed at the papers, "Can you see what is written?"

The old fox was jealous, Mu Jin said in a low voice: "Although people's daily necessities of food, rice, oil, and salt are not profitable, they have a large base, which means they can earn a lot of money every day, especially salt, which is low in cost and high in profit."

Shangguan Ling sighed, "He country's financial revenue is single, so it can't make ends meet. Jin'er has always had a lot of tricks, and I don't know if this situation can be improved."

"It's really simple. Once the people are hit by a disaster, the imperial court will not only have to exempt tax, but also allocate funds for disaster relief. But the rich are different. They will basically not be affected, but the tax they pay is not much higher than that of the poor." Mu Jin thought for a while, Asked tentatively: "The Lin family is the richest, the Holy One wants to take the Lin family under the knife?"

"Oh? Why did Jin'er say that?"

"Both rice and oil need people to use the fields to grow them. They are collected as land tax, but salt needs to be boiled with sea water or salty lake water at high temperature. The sea and lake belong to the country of He, but I don't think there is any tax on this salt. What special rules."

Shangguan Ling nodded, "That's right, so Gu plans to set up a salt official order and send people to supervise it. If he wants to sell salt in the future, he must obtain the approval of the court."

Sure enough, Shangguan Ling set his sights on the Lin family's salt, but Mu Jin didn't understand, there was no sign of this matter, how could he suddenly mention it, it didn't seem like a sudden intention, "What does the Holy One mean, only official salt can be sold? "

"Yes, does Jin'er think it's possible?"

Mu Jin nodded and praised without hesitation, "Your Majesty is a truly amazing person. This method is naturally feasible, and it can also solve problems such as the emptiness of the national treasury. It's just that the Lin family is the largest salt merchant. Can General Lin be willing?"

"Isn't Jin'er on good terms with the young girl of the Lin family? If Jin'er goes to persuade her, Lin An will understand."

Mu Jin secretly rolled her eyes, she also wanted to say, there is a Lin family daughter in your harem, why don't you go talk to your wife.

On the contrary, with a few words, he created a problem for himself. When he thought of the Lin family, Mu Jin thought of Lin Tianyou, a bastard, and he would definitely obstruct him.

"My servant will do his best."

"Well, let's go down if you have nothing else to do!"

"Yes."

When Mu Jin left the study, his depressed heart suddenly relaxed. At this moment, a young eunuch came up to him and said, "Young Lord Mu, the prince invites you to go to the prince's residence tomorrow to have a talk."

Mu Jin was puzzled: "Eunuch, you know, what is the prince looking for me for?"

"That's what the prince said." The little eunuch imitated: "I was grounded, and I hope the emperor's brother-in-law can come to the house to explain. I also know that you are not to blame for what happened to the academy last time. , Bengong will inform the college of the real culprit of the murder."

real murderer?

Mu Jin thought for a while, "You go back first, tell the prince, I will go when I am free."

"Yes, the slave will leave."

Mu Jin shook his head, "It's really annoying."

But when she thought of Shangguan Ling wanting to control Yan, her eyebrows frowned even deeper, "Forget it, I'd better ask Shangguan Yue."

In Mu Jin's world, in ancient times, there was indeed an official salt, and the profits were huge, but the world over there is different from the world here. The salt is not controlled, and no one controls any country. If the country suddenly controls it , will definitely be opposed by everyone, including businessmen from other countries.

Maybe, someone will pay a lot of money to hire an assassin to kill her, Shangguan Ling is really good at planning, maybe Shangguan Ling is also starting to guard against himself.

Back at the Princess Mansion, I saw Shangguan Yue painting in the study, and the painting of the faceless woman had already been painted with a face.

Mu Jin didn't care to look at the painting, and told Shangguan Yue the whole story, "What should I do?"

Shangguan Yue did not raise her head, and drew seriously, "It's okay, you can go to the Lin family tomorrow, but you don't have to be tough, just tell the Holy One what you think."

"Oh, it's procrastinating!" Mu Jin suddenly realized, "The Holy Majesty didn't say it clearly in the court meeting, but only told me. Firstly, he wanted to warn me, and secondly, he wanted to use my hand to suppress the Lin family. If I lose, That's how you beat me down."

Shangguan Yue pursed her lips, "Forget it, since the father didn't say it clearly, then this errand is unfair, you can just deal with it perfunctorily, if the father really wants to control the salt, he will definitely wait for the opportunity, not in a hurry Busy let you lobby."

"When is the right time?"

Shangguan Yue explained patiently, "The Lin family has been kind to my father and has contributed a lot. As long as the Lin family doesn't make a big mistake, my father can't touch the Lin family, otherwise I will lose people's tongue. My father is a person who cares about face. When the Lin family makes a mistake by themselves, they will not touch the Lin family. Or when the new emperor ascends the throne, the new emperor will not care about the kindness of the Lin family."

"The new emperor ascends the throne?" Mu Jin nodded, "So, the Lin family will definitely support a prince! Then we are no different from the Lin family, don't we also have to support a prince, so the fourth prince is our best candidate .”

Shangguan Yue's eyes showed admiration, "Yes."

Mu Jin touched his nose in embarrassment, "I thought you wanted to be a queen at first!"

Shangguan Yue put down her pen when she heard the words, and took a serious look at Mu Jin, "What kind of person does Jin'er think I am?"

"When we first met, I felt cold, but now...it feels... still cold!" Mu Jin answered truthfully, but what she wanted to say was that she couldn't figure it out.

Shangguan Yue smiled helplessly, and started to paint again, "It's cold when it's cold, at least Jin'er won't say that I'm heartless and ungrateful."

"Eh!" Mu Jin smiled awkwardly, "You still remember the past!"

"This palace holds grudges very much!"

Mu Jin was in a good mood, so he looked at the painting seriously, and felt that the people in the painting seemed familiar, "You...can you tell me about your childhood?"

Shangguan Yue's pen tip paused, "There was nothing to say when you were young. If you have nothing to do, you should practice martial arts more. Martial arts is not a day's work, so don't slack off."

"understood."

She forced a smile, and pretended not to care much about Shangguan Yue's avoidance.When Mu Jin turned to leave, he asked again: "I seem to have seen you somewhere in the painting... Could it be that I met your mother by fate in the previous life?"

Shangguan Yue pursed her lips, squeezed the penholder in her hand tightly, restrained her emotions as much as possible, and said in a low voice: "Get lost!"

"Just kidding." Hearing this, Mu Jin slipped away, "I get angry all the time, for no reason, be careful that you have reached menopause early."

Shangguan Yue sighed, looked at the familiar figure, "This idiot."