In addition, all civil and military officials can also hear Mu Nanjin’s inner thoughts.

He immediately felt something was wrong. If he allowed her true feelings to be exposed, then her and his secrets would also be revealed.

Gong Xiurong, who originally wanted to use Mu Nanjin's inner voice to amuse himself, had to give up the idea. He called out to Mu Nanjin, "Anzhi..."

This was the name they had agreed upon. Because calling her Mu Nanjin would expose her identity, and calling her Mu Guiren seemed too unfamiliar, they decided to use Anzhi's name.

Mu Nanjin, who was lying on the bed watching a TV series, responded lazily: "Hmm?"

"Did you know..."

Gong Xiurong had just said a few words when he suddenly became unable to utter a single sound, as if someone had pressed a mute point on him.

I can't even pronounce the simple word 'oh'.

His expression changed drastically and he touched his throat.

What's going on? Why can't he speak? Mu Nanjin was so focused on watching the drama that she didn't notice anything unusual about him.

Seeing that he was slow to speak, she asked, "What do you know?"

After asking this, he turned and looked at Gong Xiurong.

At the same time, Eunuch Yu called out from outside: "Your Majesty, it's time to go to court."

In order to understand Mu Nanjin's feelings, Gong Xiurong came to Qiuyue Palace every night. Fortunately, Mu Nanjin not only did not object, but also welcomed him, so he was relieved.

Mu Nanjin's attention was immediately drawn away when he just looked at Gong Xiurong.

She glanced outside the screen door and said, "What do you want to ask? If it's not something important, wait until you come back from court."

"Um."

Gong Xiurong tried to respond, but unexpectedly he could not make a sound.

He frowned and tried to ask the same question again: "Do you know..."

Then, he lost his voice again, just like before.

Gong Xiurong finally realized that he could not tell Mu Nanjin that his true feelings had been exposed. It was unknown whether it was man-made or something else.

Mu Nanjin was puzzled: "Know what?"

"Let's talk about it after I leave the court." Gong Xiurong decided to observe for a while before telling her: "By the way, I have been staying overnight in Yueqiu Palace recently. Everyone will think that you are favored. The Queen Mother and other concubines will definitely find reasons to cause trouble for you. You have to be careful."

Mu Nanjin replied nonchalantly, "Got it."

[It would be better if the queen mother came to me later. I was worried that I had no reason to see her. ]

[How should I deal with her? Oh, she's a person who loves face so much, so I'll let her wear a bellyband and kneel down and kowtow to Xiao Xiurong in front of all the civil and military officials in the hall. This will definitely make her so ashamed that she'll want to hang herself, hehe.]

Gong Xiurong: "..."

He was wrong.

He shouldn't worry about Mu Nanjin.

He should be worried about whether the Queen Mother and the others can survive next year.

[Oh, forget it. We are both women, so women should not embarrass each other.]

Gong Xiu smiled tolerantly, but the little girl still softened her heart.

He walked out from behind the screen and asked the eunuchs to help him change his clothes.

Then, they heard Mu Nanjin say, "Your Majesty, you should be rewarded for staying overnight in my palace, right?"

Eunuchs and palace maids: "..."

Should we say that this noble lady is bold, or should we say that she is spoiled by the emperor's favor? She dares to ask for a reward after only a few days of favor, and she is not afraid that the emperor will turn against her and send her to the cold palace.

[You have stayed here for a few days, but you haven't rewarded me with even a tael of silver. Xiao Xiurong is too stingy. ]

Gong Xiu Renrong couldn't help but ask: "What do you want?"

Mu Nanjin said directly: "I want fifty thousand taels of gold."

"Okay, I'll ask Eunuch Yu to bring it to you."

Gong Xiurong agreed readily.

Eunuch and palace maid: “…”

The emperor dotes on her too much.

[Hehe, I have money to support my people. ]

[However, asking your own people for money to support your own people is not a long-term solution, and it is not pleasant to spend. Only when I spend other people’s money will I not feel heartbroken. But whose money should I make better? I need to think about it carefully.]

Gong Xiurong put on his dragon robe and said to Mu Nanjin, "I am going to court."

"Um."

Mu Nanjin responded lazily.

[After being promoted to noble for many days, I finally waited for Xiao Xiurong to come to court. 】

[Today, all civil and military officials are coming to see Xiao Xiurong, so I will just get to know them.]

Gong Xiurong heard her thoughts and was very curious about how she met the officials when she didn't go to court, and why she wanted to get to know them.

The eunuchs walked quickly and took the emperor to Jiuhua Palace in less than two quarters of an hour.

"The Emperor has arrived."

All the civil and military officials in Jiuhua Palace immediately stepped down and said, "We respectfully welcome our emperor. Long live the emperor."

Gong Xiurong lifted up his dragon robe and sat on the dragon chair: "Stand up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

All the civil and military officials stood up, and Prime Minister Wu stepped out quickly: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Gong Xiurong got a headache whenever he saw Prime Minister Wu. Ever since he inherited the throne, this old guy always disliked him for everything. No matter what he did, he would be the first to jump out to oppose it.

【Who is this old man? 】

Suddenly, a woman's voice exploded in the ears of civil and military officials.

They were stunned. How could there be a woman's voice?

Could there be a woman hiding in Jiuhua Palace? The civil and military officials were furious and wanted to shout at her.

However, let alone opening his mouth to speak, he couldn't even move his eyes.

[The old man standing in front of the team must be a high-ranking official. Could he be Prime Minister Wu? ]

Gong Xiurong asked, "What does the Prime Minister want to report?"

[It is indeed Prime Minister Wu. 】

[A little repair, Prime Minister Wu has good intentions, you should appreciate it. ]

The way Gong Xiurong looked at Prime Minister Wu suddenly changed, and his originally impatient expression turned into a fiery one.

Prime Minister Wu felt embarrassed by Gong Xiurong's 'passionate' stare at him, and was also a little embarrassed that his intentions were exposed. He coughed uncomfortably, and then a look of doubt flashed in his eyes.

Huh? Can you make sounds now?

Prime Minister Wu wanted to scold the woman who was speaking again, but he lost his voice again.

He was really pissed off.

Gong Xiurong carefully scanned everyone's faces and noticed that everyone could hear Mu Nanjin's voice, but once they made an action that made Mu Nanjin realize that they could hear her thoughts, they would become unable to speak or move.

Prime Minister Wu also realized this, so he did not mention the woman who was speaking again: "Your Majesty, the harem is now full, and you cannot miss the important matter of expanding your family because of favoring only one person."

[Oh, you little old man, I just thought you were a nice person, but now you are trying to sow discord between me and Xiao Xiurong. Be careful or I will rush to your house and destroy the little baby you take care of so carefully every day.]

Baby? What baby?

Is it a person or a thing? The civil and military officials became curious.

They were not in the mood to attend court. They were all waiting to hear Mu Nanjin talk more about Prime Minister Wu's little baby.

Prime Minister Wu was so angry that his face turned red.

[If you have the time to mind my affairs and Xiao Xiurong's, you might as well think about how to have your son leave a descendant for your Wu family.]

[You should also stop staring at your son's wife's belly. It's not that your son's wife is not good, but your son. When you go back, find someone to treat your son. If you delay any longer, he will really be extinct.]

【It is so sad to be old-fashioned. If you can't have a baby, you think it is the woman's problem. You don't think about the fact that women have to rely on men to sow the seeds. It is not up to women to decide whether the seeds are good or bad. Whether you have a boy or a girl is also determined by the seeds. Don't blame women for everything just because you are useless.】

Prime Minister Wu: “…”

Everyone: “…”

"I understand. What else do you want to say?"

In the past, Gong Xiurong would have definitely confronted Prime Minister Wu, but after hearing what Mu Nanjin said, he decided not to bother with Prime Minister Wu.

"In reply to the emperor, I have nothing else to report."

Prime Minister Wu returned to his original position.

[Who is the official standing behind Prime Minister Wu? ]

Gong Xiurong called out, "Minister of Personnel, you are the one who usually submits the most memorials. Why don't you have anything to submit today?"

The Minister of Personnel, who had been unable to move, tried to come out and was able to speak: "Your Majesty..."

He had just said four words when he heard the woman speak again.

[So he is the Minister of Personnel. ]

[This person is the Queen Mother's man. He always does things to trick Xiao Xiurong. He makes Xiao Xiurong figure out how to solve problems that he can solve himself.]

[Humph, if everything is left to the emperor, then what's the point of having you as the Minister of Personnel? If I were the emperor, I would have dismissed you long ago and found someone else to take your place.]

[Don't think that without you as the Minister of Personnel, the Dongzhao Kingdom will perish. ]

[But this is exactly the opposite. Without you as a stumbling block, Dongzhao Kingdom will only be better.]

The Minister of Personnel was very excited: "You are nonsense..."

But he only said two words and nothing else.

It’s not that he didn’t want to speak, but he lost his voice again.

Damn, it’s really weird.

Gong Xiurong felt so happy when he saw the Minister of Personnel was so angry that he was half dead.

He had suspected before that the Minister of Personnel was the Empress Dowager's man, but he had no evidence. Now he was finally sure. He had to be wary of the Minister of Personnel in the future and find an opportunity to deal with him.

Gong Xiu smiled tolerantly and asked, "Minister of Personnel, what do you want to report?"

[He had many things to report, even the fact that the people did not have enough manure to irrigate the fields.]

Minister of Personnel: “…”

Civil and military officials tried desperately to hold back their laughter.

The Minister of Personnel suppressed his anger and said, "I have nothing to report."

He was so angry that he threw his sleeves back to his original position.

[Strange, strange, he didn't play today. ]

[There must be something fishy going on when things are out of the ordinary. Are you holding out for some bad intentions to trick Xiao Xiurong? ]

【Let me see what he wants to do next? 】

[Wow, so he was looking for an opportunity to spread rumors that Xiao Xiurong was an unlucky person, so that the officials and the people would drive him out of his position.]

【Tsk tsk, so immoral.】

“!!!!”

The Minister of Personnel was shocked.

Who is this woman, and why does she know his thoughts so clearly? The civil and military officials all looked at the Minister of Personnel with different eyes.

The Minister of Personnel saw that the emperor was looking at him with an extremely cold gaze, and said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, don't listen to her nonsense. I absolutely do not have such an idea."

[Huh? Why is he saying this without any context? Who is talking nonsense? What nonsense is he talking about? ]

Gong Xiurong ignored the Minister of Personnel and turned to look at the other officials: "Who else has something to say?"

Every time an official stands up, his entire body is criticized, inside and out. How could anyone dare to stand up?

When Eunuch Yu saw that no official had come to report, he shouted, "If you have something to report, please do so. If not, please dismiss the court."

The civil and military officials bowed and said, "Farewell, Your Majesty."

【Ah? The court is dismissed? 】

[I just met two officials and I left the court? This is too fast. ]

[Hey, someone has come from the Queen Mother's palace. I have to go to her palace. Xiao Xiurong was right.]

【Hehe, Queen Mother, here I come. 】

Gong Xiurong: "..."

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