princess teasing concubine

"Have you made any progress in your martial arts practice recently?"

"Of course." Mu Jin hooked his lips, "Why, do you want to compete with me?"

"Don't, you are so weak, if I lose to you, I will lose face." Li Zixu waved his hand, "Speaking of business, the second son-in-law is the servant of the household department after all, and he has to participate in every court meeting. Isn't it wrong to go back and forth to the academy freely like this?" Great?"

"At the beginning, it was also because of the guidance of the second princess' words that I didn't think carefully. Fortunately, there is only the second son-in-law." Mu Jin lowered his eyes and pondered, "Wait, and invite him to leave the academy as soon as he has a chance. None are admitted to the hospital."

A soldier suddenly climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard. Li Zixu looked nervous when he saw this, and just about to shout, the soldier raised his hand and said, "Wait, don't say anything, the villain is from the second staff department of the Privy Council, and it was Princess Hexu who asked him The villain handed over a few things to the son-in-law."

The man handed a small package to Mu Jin. With a shy expression on his face, he said distressedly: "The princess asked the villain to get these things, which really gave the villain a headache."

Mu Jin opened the package, and there were several silver needles in it, which were well preserved. "Are these needles taken from Jia's corpse?"

"Exactly." The man said with a smile: "The villain has been observing for several days and stole it at the risk of being dealt with."

"Thank you!" Mu Jin put away the silver needle, "What's your name?"

The man cupped his hands, "That's true for the villain, Fade Chen."

"Is that Fade Chen?" Seeing the man's smirk, Mu Jin understood in his heart, "Did your Privy Council find anything about those assassins in Gudao City and those missing people?"

"My son-in-law." Fade Chen spoke left and right, "Stealing information in the Privy Council is a serious crime, and it's really not easy to do it!"

Li Zixu snorted coldly, "You stole it once, and it's the same if you steal it a few more times. Anyway, you only have one life."

"Yes... What Li Shilang said is very true." Fade Chen sighed and wept, "I have pity on my old mother, she will die without a child."

"Okay, okay, as long as you don't get caught, you will be safe." Mu Jin handed him a bank note, "Buy some supplements for your old mother."

When Fade Chen saw this, his eyes lit up, he picked it up and looked at it, his smile froze, "Five taels?"

Hearing this, Li Zixu recalled the past, and couldn't help but chuckle, "Do you want it or not?"

"Yes, why don't you." Fade Chen folded it carefully and put it in his cuffs, "My lord, the missing assassins in Gudao City have not been found out yet, and the identities of those assassins are also extremely difficult to find out, but we After checking the gunpowder they used, they were all bought and collected from different places, and they were transported in batches many times. Although it was difficult to check, we still found a clue."

Fade Chen took out another blueprint, pointed to the lines drawn in it and said, "Although they were purchased from various places, you can see that these are basically concentrated in the imperial city."

It seems that it is indeed someone from the royal family.

strange!

Mu Jin turned the drawing around, and saw that although these lines gathered in the imperial city, they would more or less pass through Wufou City. "Can you find out who in the imperial family has contacted these people?"

Fade Chen shook his head, "My son-in-law, buying large quantities of gunpowder privately is a death penalty. The royal family is all smart people, so it is impossible to touch it by yourself."

Mu Jin asked again: "The amount of purchase is so large, it should cost a lot of silver. Among the several princes, who is the richest?"

"Except for the fourth prince who has been locked up in the Hua Palace, everyone else's finances should be similar. There will be subordinates who honor their superiors. Everyone will show their talents!"

"No, you missed a Lin family." Mu Jin frowned, "Do you know which prince the Lin family supports?"

"This...the Privy Council does not have this record, otherwise the Holy Majesty will take action." Fade Chen felt a little embarrassed, "The villain only knows that this Lin An can actually see through, and he will not stand in line easily, but this Lin An Tianyou and the son-in-law are not compatible, everything is hard to say."

"One last question." Mu Jin put away the drawings and handed him a roster, "Take a look to see if there is anything missing from the roster."

When Fade Chen saw the word Ancai, his eyes flickered, and he glanced at Mu Jin quietly when he was looking through, "This roster has never been missed."

"Why, the Privy Council is also investigating Ancai?" Mu Jin always felt that Chen Fei was not telling the truth. "

"No, Princess Hexu ordered the villain to check it privately. As for the roster, the crown prince ordered his cronies and the stewards of the mansion to check it. There should be no fakes."

When Mu Jin heard this, he always felt that something was missing.

Chen Fei cupped his hands, "If the son-in-law has nothing to ask, the villain will leave first. The villain will be noticed by everyone if he has been away from the Privy Council for too long."

"Okay, you go back. By the way, there are a large number of missing people in Gudao City. It is not easy to hide people in the city. You order people to search outside the city, especially in some wilderness areas."

"Yes, Prince Consort."

After the people left, Li Zixu asked just now: "Do you really want to investigate this matter to the end?"

"It's not that I have to investigate." Mu Jin went to the bench in the courtyard and sat down, took out a silver needle and placed it on the table, "From the very beginning, the other party has been targeting me. If I don't investigate, the enemy is in the dark. One day we will It will be impossible to guard against.”

"This doesn't feel right!" Li Zixu sat down, "If the crown prince or the second prince wants to get rid of you, it seems unnecessary, right? Once a flaw is leaked, someone will let you down. With the character of the sage, unless the two of you do it neatly, Otherwise, it is bound to miss the throne."

"But there is always one thing to do in a hundred secrets, how can it be done cleanly, and the mind of the Holy One is also unpredictable." Mu Jinjin frowned, "This is also what I can't figure out."

"There is another possibility." Li Zixu touched his chin, "You forgot the gunpowder, maybe one of them wants to use extraordinary means to seize the throne, then you will be an obstacle."

"Yes, if that's the case, then I have to inform the Holy Majesty about it." Mu Jin slapped the table and stood up.

"Wait, since the Privy Council was able to find out, the Holy Majesty should know about it, but he didn't say anything, either because he wanted to give the other party a chance, or the Privy Council didn't find out more information. You should take this matter for a while, besides you There's no proof either."

"That's right." Mu Jin sat down disappointed again, looking at the silver needles in a daze, "Then I'll check it out in secret!"

"Don't worry, I will help you." Li Zixu patted his chest and promised.

"Thank you." Mu Jin smiled, and his mood improved a lot. "Is there anyone who can extract the poison from the silver needle? Or cure the poison?"

"There is a person you also know."

"Who?"

"Your sister Mu Qing!"

Mu Jin was taken aback for a moment, she almost forgot that her sister knew medicine and was Luo Shui Rong's apprentice, even if Mu Qing didn't know, Luo Shui Rong would somehow figure it out.

"Okay!" Mu Jin clapped his hands immediately, wrapped the silver needle and handed it to Li Zixu, "Then please, find a reliable person to give to my sister, and give her the silver needle from the Prince's Mansion. "

"No problem." Li Zixu took it.

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"Is this not good?"

In the kitchen of the princess mansion, Xiao Taozhi retreated to the servants, and lit a fire to cook vegetables alone. The hot oily smoke gradually covered the kitchen, and after a while, a plate of delicious green vegetables came out of the pot.

Immediately afterwards, Xiaotao raised a knife to cut open the fish, removed the fish scales and washed it, and stuffed the fish's stomach with peppers. Seeing this, Xiaoyuan pulled her wrist, "Xiaotao, how can you say that Princess Val is a guest? OK."

"What's the deal?" Xiaotao's heart skipped a beat for no reason, and she avoided Xiaoyuan, "You didn't see this vixen, and now he's seducing your young master again. If things go on like this, it's fine. I'm being polite."

Xiaoyuan looked at the delicious food on the table with a frowning face, which showed that Xiaotao obviously didn't want to listen to it.

She sighed helplessly, and finally said a word of persuasion: "This is detrimental to His Highness's reputation."

"What's the harm? You think our Highness is a gentleman, but I can tell you that our Highness is very insidious." Xiao Tao moved her hands very quickly, and the fish was cooked in a short while, "Don't worry, even if His Highness knows Yes, just scold on the surface, but in private, His Highness may be secretly delighted!"

Xiao Tao began to sing proudly. The smell of oily smoke mixed with the pungent chili smell made Xiao Yuan choke so much that she had to leave the kitchen first. Seeing Shangguan Yue standing quietly by the side, she was inexplicably worried.

Fortunately, Shangguan Yue just smiled and left.

Xiaoyuan was stunned for a moment, a little at a loss, she turned back to the kitchen, endured the choking spicy smell, and patted Xiaotao on the shoulder.

As soon as Xiaotao turned around, Xiaoyuan couldn't help but snort, at this moment, Xiaotao's eyes and nose were red, and there was still a trace of tears hanging from the corners of her eyes, and she continued to sneeze.

"Ah!"

"Ahche... I knew it earlier... I wouldn't put so many peppers...Ache..."

Xiaoyuan pursed her lips, thought for a while, and decided not to tell her that Shangguan Yue was at the door just now, so as not to frighten her.

"It's all worth the hard work, let's go!" Xiaotao looked at these dishes and was extremely satisfied. She picked them up and headed for Val Siqing's courtyard.

Xiaotao laughed all the way, Xiaoyuan reminded: "Your so attentive smile, anyone would think there is something wrong with it."

Xiaotao put away her smile, raised her ugly face, "How about this?"

"Well, it's good." Xiaoyuan stopped, "If you keep at it, I won't go in."

"Why?" Xiaotao turned her head and said again: "Forget it, I can go alone, even if I get punished, it is my business alone."

"You speak like that, making me seem like a wolf." Xiaoyuan looked helplessly, "Forget it, let's go together!"

"It's time to eat!"

As soon as Xiaotao entered the courtyard, she yelled loudly, "Princess Val, come out to eat quickly, so as not to say that we don't treat guests well."

Upon hearing this, Val Siqing raised her hand to signal the man in the room to leave, she stood up and opened the door, "Put it on the table!"

Xiaotao didn't leave after putting it down, and Wal Siqing was puzzled, "You can leave now."

Xiaoyuan said softly: "Princess Val, let's eat first, I will clean up later, so I don't have to run around."

Xiaotao gave Xiaoyuan a "great" look.

Wal Siqing had no choice but to sit down and eat. She was the first to pick up the spicy fish. Under Xiao Tao's expectant eyes, she praised: "Not bad, it's delicious!"

"... I like it..." Xiao Tao pointed to the green vegetables beside her, "Princess Val, why don't you try this."

Seeing her courteous appearance, and seeing that the green vegetables and clear soup lack water, Wal Siqing smiled and said: "No need, I really love this fish, this is enough."

Xiaotao pursed her mouth, she miscalculated.