Shangguan Wanning went back to the Mu Mansion every day to take care of Mu Jingrui. Shangguan Yue and his wife knew about it, but they did not stop her and just turned a blind eye.
They also acquiesced to Shangguan Wanning and Mu Jingrui's relationship.
"Are you worried about something?"
After Mu Jingrui made a wrong move for the third time, Shangguan Wanning stopped, put away the chess pieces and put them back.
"If you have something to do, you don't have to accompany me."
Mu Jingrui smiled faintly and held Shangguan Wanning's hand.
"Sorry, I was really thinking about something. That's why I was distracted. Play another round, I promise I will give it my all."
Shangguan Wanning shook her head.
"The joy of playing chess should be to have no distractions. You are so worried that you cannot experience the fun."
Shangguan Wanning was not angry. She happened to see the maid bringing the medicine over, so she took it and tested the temperature.
"Take the medicine. I should go back now."
Mu Jingrui just took a sip, and the bitter taste made him frown.
"Why? General Mu is not afraid of thousands of troops, but he is afraid of drinking this bitter medicine?"
Mu Jingrui ignored Shangguan Wanning's teasing and said, "I'm not afraid of the bitterness of the medicine. I'm afraid you'll leave after I finish drinking it."
Shangguan Wanning's heart moved, and she felt a little nostalgic and reluctant.
"Ning'er, when... can you stay and never leave?" Mu Jingrui could also guess that Shangguan Yue and his wife should no longer object to their marriage.
"I don't know. You... should go ask my parents yourself."
Shangguan Wanning pulled her hand back and lowered her eyes shyly. "I'm leaving now. Remember to drink the medicine. If it gets completely cold, it won't be very effective."
Mu Jingrui wanted to keep him, but when he saw the housekeeper coming in a hurry, he had to suppress the thought.
"Be careful on the road."
He watched Shangguan Wanning's figure completely disappear, and then the housekeeper came over.
"What's up?"
There was no warmth in Mu Jingrui's voice, and the smile on his handsome face completely disappeared.
The butler quietly raised his eyes to look at him, a little dazed for a moment.
Mu Jingrui at this moment was completely different from the person just now.
"Your Excellency, the Crown Prince has sent someone to pass on a message, asking you to go over."
Mu Jingrui immediately went back to his room to change his clothes. After arriving at the Prince's Mansion, he was led into the study by Xiao Yujue's confidant.
He saw him staring at the documents on the desk with a frown on his face.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"No need to be polite." Xiao Yujue was a little listless.
"Your Highness, has something happened?"
Xiao Yujue did not answer, but handed the document to Mu Jingrui.
This is the appointment letter regarding the Vice Minister of Works.
The person who was appointed as the Minister of Works was Ling Ruiying's trusted deputy general.
Although this man was brave in battle, he knew nothing about the affairs that the Ministry of Works had to deal with.
It is obviously unreasonable to place such a person in such an important position.
"Recently, Ling Ruiying seems to have been frantically placing his own people in various positions and departments in the court..."
Mu Jingrui's brows also frowned.
Ling Ruiying's behavior seems a bit unreasonable no matter how you look at it.
Now in the court, the struggle between the Crown Prince and the King of Qin has been decided. There is no doubt that Xiao Yujue is the only one qualified to inherit the throne.
If Ling Ruiying wants to stay in the capital permanently, the best way is naturally to join Xiao Yujue.
But he didn't.
Even after returning for such a long time, he had never extended an olive branch to Xiao Yujue; even when Xiao Yujue took the initiative to show goodwill, he just pretended not to see it.
What on earth is he going to do?
"Jingrui, what do you think?"
Mu Jingrui shook his head thoughtfully.
"Ling Ruiying belongs to the maternal family of the Queen Mother and the Empress. At the beginning, the Queen Mother intended to get close to you, but you refused for Xiaoyan, so the Ling family put the chip on the King of Qin. But now that the King of Qin has lost power, they no longer have anyone to support..."
"There is one thing that I have always found strange." Xiao Yujue frowned, "It seems that the King of Qin was dismissed too easily. If the Queen Mother and the Empress were willing to mediate, it would not be to the point where it cannot be reversed."
"Then there is only one way left."
Mu Jingrui and Xiao Yujue looked at each other.
"Your Highness, no matter whether our guess is right or not, it's always better to be cautious."
"You're right." Xiao Yujue said, "I'll leave this matter to you. Since you can't use him for your own benefit, you have to treat him as an enemy."
"yes."
The two chatted about some specific arrangements, and in the blink of an eye it was dusk.
"Your Highness, the Crown Princess has prepared the meal and asked me to come and ask when you will be there."
Xiao Yujue seemed a little embarrassed and waved at the guards.
The guard immediately went out and sent the maid away.
"Today is the fifteenth day of the lunar month. According to the rules, I should go to Zhenzhen's place..."
Of course Mu Jingrui knew. "Your Highness, Xiaoyan is willful. You need to spend some time to control her. Don't break the rules for her."
"Alas!" Xiao Yujue sighed deeply, "It would be best if you could understand me."
Mu Jingrui heard helplessness in Xiao Yujue's words. It seemed that Mu Jingyan must have done a lot in the matter of vying for favor.
He couldn't help but secretly sigh that he would definitely only marry Shangguan Wanning in the future.
The capital city was quiet for a while, but with the arrival of Yue Lao's birthday, which happens every three years, the streets and alleys became bustling again.
The birthday of Yue Lao is a day that all unmarried men and women look forward to.
On this day, girls, both unmarried and married, can play outside the city all night long at the Yue Lao Festival.
In order to pray for blessings from Yue Lao, every Yue Lao’s birthday, a beautiful and talented woman would be selected to kneel down and offer incense to Yue Lao.
However, no daughter of an official family would let her show her face in public, so Yue Lao's birthday became a time for daughters from merchant families to compete for the limelight.
Everyone hopes to become an oiran on that day, attract the favor of princes and nobles, and achieve a class leap.
"Miss, look, it's so lively here." Lu Tong sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain and looked at the hustle and bustle outside, her face flushed with excitement.
"Hey, sit back down." Shangguan Wanning pulled her back for the third time. "Look at you, it's like you've never been out on the street."
"Well... the streets are usually not so busy, and there aren't so many strange things." Lu Tong rolled her eyes and pleaded, "Miss, while you eat later, can you give me half an hour? I want to go shopping."
After Lu Tong finished speaking, she saw Shangguan Wan Ning's face darken. She was so scared that she stuck out her tongue, lowered her head and dared not speak again.
"You." Shangguan Wanning chuckled and poked her forehead. "Well, it's only half an hour, and you have to let Lao Zhou accompany you. Don't get into trouble, understand?"
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