The study door was tightly closed, not even a breath of wind could get in.
The moment Qin Songmo pushed open the door, the two people who were originally sitting in the study playing chess and drinking tea immediately turned their heads and looked at the door.
As soon as he saw that it was him, Meng Jiuan's facial features immediately wrinkled up, "Yuan Qing, you came at the right time. Come and see, how did I cheat?!"
The man sitting opposite Meng Jiuan laughed softly when he heard that he couldn't beat him at chess and wanted to get others to speak for him.
When Qin Songmo approached, he saw that there were more black pieces than white pieces on the chessboard, and most of the black pieces were in groups of four, surrounded by white pieces.
He found a chair and sat down, "Changxiao, let's just forget it."
Shen Wangchen had a gentle smile on his lips. After listening to what Qin Songmo said, he immediately nodded.
"Yeah, it's been so many years since you beat me at Gobang that time. I really don't know how you managed to take the enemy's head and successfully capture that city back then."
When Meng Jiuan saw that he was making fun of his poor chess skills and even mocking his record in the past, he was immediately furious.
The corners of his lips were tense, and he snorted coldly, "Just wait, one day I will definitely defeat you!"
Shen Wangchen's ears were almost callused by hearing this.
He nodded and dropped the white piece into the chess box. "Prime Minister, why have you come here to look for Wang Chen?"
The topic changed, and Meng Jiuan no longer focused on his chess skills.
Instead, he sat quietly aside, put away the black and white pieces on the chessboard, and then picked up the black piece and placed it on the chessboard.
Qin Songmo and the others didn't take his little action seriously.
This is how the three of them have always gotten along.
Meng Jiuan is very skilled, but his brain is not as good as Qin Songmo and the others. Usually, he will feel his presence only when the two of them have discussed something and he is asked to take action.
But this time is different from the previous times.
Qin Songmo's eyes fell on the famous paintings hanging in the study. After a while, he said in a deep voice, "How has the Second Prince been doing lately?"
When Shen Wangchen heard him mention the Second Prince's movements, he immediately said, "It's still the same. On the surface, he walks the birds, feeds the fish, and grows the flowers, but behind the scenes he colludes with Yun Bixian."
"I heard that Lord Yun recently opened a restaurant, and business is booming."
Meng Jiuan was originally fiddling with chess pieces on the chessboard to make a pig's head, but after hearing what Shen Wangchen said, he immediately sneered, "The locust plague in the northwest, he really has the leisure to do it."
Shen Wangchen raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and did not comment on his remarks.
Qin Songmo placed his fingers on the armrest of the chair and tapped lightly, "Let's check the restaurant."
"And Concubine Su's movements..."
As soon as Su Jinrou's name came out, Meng Jiuan no longer had the heart to play with the chess pieces.
He raised his head and looked at Qin Songmo. Seeing the latter's eyes on him, he pursed his lips and whispered, "She is just a woman. She can't do anything."
Qin Songmo didn't say much. He turned his gaze to Shen Wangchen, who nodded slightly and said, "I'll pay attention."
"I heard that the Prime Minister recently spent a large sum of money to buy rice and flour, preparing to send it to the northwest. What is the Prime Minister doing..."
In Shen Wangchen's opinion, Qin Songmo is not a very kind person.
Otherwise, given his official position, if he was too kind, someone would definitely kick him out.
Just to keep his official hat, he cannot show too much kindness.
Qin Songmo was not capable of doing something like using money from someone's treasury to buy rice and flour for disaster relief.
Just as Shen Wangchen finished speaking, Meng Jiuan, who was sitting next to him, spoke.
"If he could buy rice and noodles for the people of Northwest China, I would crawl handstand through the streets and alleys of the capital."
"This is his newly adopted daughter doing good deeds for him. The abbot of Huguo Temple said that if he kills again, he will eventually become a short-lived ghost."
Meng Jiuan's blunt words did not displease Qin Songmo.
The latter looked indifferent as he took a sip of the tea beside him and said, "Wangchen, I have something I want to ask you to do."
"Yun Zimu exploited Yun Bixian's identity to abduct women, burn, kill, and plunder, committing all sorts of atrocities. The people, hampered by his father's status, dared not speak out."
"Gather me the evidence of Yun Zimu's evil deeds, and quickly."
When Shen Wangchen heard this, a look of astonishment appeared on his warm face.
He blinked and turned his head to look at Meng Jiuan beside him, "Why is this?"
You should know that Qin Songmo and Yun Bixin's official positions are neither high nor low, but Qin Songmo is apparently superior to Yun Bixin.
One of them stood on the side of the crown prince, and the other stood behind the second prince.
Although the two had fought several times openly and secretly, Qin Songmo did not take action because of the other party's identity.
Why are they going to attack the Yun family out of the blue this time?
The Daughter's Day Osmanthus Appreciation Banquet is just around the corner.
Seeing the puzzled look on Shen Wangchen's face, Meng Jiuan immediately said, "What else could it be? Today on the street, that kid from the Yun family bumped into his obedient adopted daughter."
"It's only been a few days, Qin Songmo, you've been too kind to your adopted daughter, almost too much."
"If she becomes your weakness, you will cry in the future."
What Meng Jiuan said was absolutely right.
People like Qin Songmo are most afraid of having weaknesses.
Now he has adopted a child according to the abbot of Huguo Temple. It would be fine if he neglected the child. After all, raising a child can be considered a good deed.
But he was so good to the child that everyone in the capital knew that he had a child.
There is a soft spot.
Shen Wangchen knew that Qin Songmo had adopted a child.
I also knew that Qin Songmo was good to the child, but I didn't expect him to be so good.
He was so good that he was willing to stand up for her and offend the Yun family.
A hint of hesitation appeared on his face, and Shen Wangchen whispered, "Prime Minister, if you are doing this for the child, there is no need..."
The words "offend the Yun family" had not yet been uttered.
The two people in the study saw the man in front of them open his thin lips and say, "It's not out of kindness. You just need to get this done. No need to say anything else."
Qin Songmo had already said this, so it was useless for Shen Wangchen to persuade him any more.
Nodding, after drinking tea with Qin Songmo and the other two, Shen Wangchen did not leave the house directly as usual.
Instead, he turned around and walked towards the depths of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The Prime Minister's Mansion has been established for many years. Shen Wangchen has been working behind Qin Songmo since he was 16 years old. It has been more than four years now.
He knew the Prime Minister's Mansion better than his own residence, so he stopped at Shuiyunju.
Hearing the girls' laughter coming from the yard, he lowered his head and straightened his clothes.
When I looked up again, I saw a thin little girl in a light blue dress standing at the gate of the yard with a Cuju in her arms.
"Are you here to see my father?"
"He's in the front hall right now. Are you lost? If you are lost, I'll let Lu Xing lead you. I've only been here for a short time, so I don't know the house very well yet."
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