Mineral veins are one of the lifelines of the country. The emperor has absolute jurisdiction over them. Without his order, who would dare to touch them?
"It's just a jade vein and a copper vein. I will mine it." Lu Zhichen said calmly.
Even Old Master Lin, who was sitting in the first seat, was shocked by his attitude. "The Lin family fully supports you. Even the wealth of heaven and earth is not enough for you?"
Factional strife is one thing, but illegally mining a vein is like seizing power! How could the emperor tolerate this?
"Full support?" At this point, Lu Zhichen no longer bothered to pretend. He even stood up and stared at Old Master Lin without hesitation. "Can I make the decision on military power myself? Do the people in charge of the treasury in my palace listen to me? Or is it that the chief secretary beside me won't report my whereabouts to you? I am a prince! But I am worse than a blind man!"
Lin Zong and Old Master Lin had never thought that Lu Zhichen had so much resentment in his heart. Old Master Lin pointed at Lu Zhichen and was speechless. "You——"
"If it weren't for the Lin Mansion paving the way for you, do you think you could be worthy of this prince?" Lin Zong snorted coldly. Moreover, they had already given Lu Zhichen a lot of power. Did they really want the Lin Mansion to let go completely? They were kidding!
"Yes, I will never be as good as that blind man." Lu Zhichen sneered, "But so what? Can that blind man help you continue the Lin Mansion's immense wealth? I'm not afraid to make it clear. I'm your lord, not a dog of the Lin Mansion!"
Old Master Lin looked at Lu Zhichen grimly, "Do you really think the Lin Mansion will be in trouble without you? If we can support you, we can support others as well!"
"Then I will kill them all! Anyone who stands in my way must die!" Lu Zhichen showed no sign of weakness. "I know you only have that blind man in your heart and only respect that blind man, but so what? You want to kill him! If I tell the truth, do you think that blind man will still let the Lin family survive in this world?"
Lu Zhixing and Lu Zhichen have essentially the same personalities. They are both proud people. Now that things have come to this, the Lin family will never be in Lu Zhixing's eyes again.
Lin Zong and Old Master Lin looked at each other, and a strange thought flashed through their minds, but they no longer had time to think about it.
"Lu Zhichen, what on earth do you want to do?!" Lin Zong gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence.
Lu Zhichen shrugged. "Don't worry, I don't want to do anything. I'm the one who will ascend to that position in the future. You will be the ones who will rely on me, not me! Just take care of this matter for me."
After saying that, Lu Zhichen dusted off his clothes and walked away.
"This ungrateful thing!" Old Master Lin's chest kept rising and falling. Their Lin family had put so much effort into building up this mediocre thing! But this was the end they got!
Lin Zong hurried forward to comfort Old Master Lin. The old man's health was getting worse day by day. Although he had taken away Old Master Lin's power, he still respected his father. "Dad, at this point, we can only protect that wolf cub."
There is no room for negotiation on the illegal mining of mineral veins, and it must be stopped immediately. However, Lu Zhichen will not listen. His desires and ambitions are growing, and he has gradually gotten out of the control of the Lin family.
Old Master Lin grabbed Lin Zong's hand and said, "We must keep a way out for the Lin family. Go and find out the connection between Pu'er's blindness and Lu Zhichen, and hand it to Pu'er at the critical moment."
Lin Zong's mind suddenly exploded, his eyes widened, and he shook Old Master Lin's hand again, "Dad, you, you mean..."
"Back then, we suspected everyone except this beast." The Lin family had given up on Lu Zhixing the moment he became blind, yet they acted as if they had done something for him. "Find out the truth about this, and if necessary, have Pu'er protect the Lin family!"
In fact, it means that the two brothers Lu Zhichen and Lu Zhixing will kill each other, and the Lin family will benefit from it.
Lin Zong nodded heavily, "Son, I understand."
"It doesn't matter if Lu Zhichen disobeys, but the power in his hands should be tightened. Don't give him any more." Old Master Lin snorted coldly, "He really thinks he's a big shot. What a joke!"
The candles in the Lin Mansion and the Wenchang Marquis Mansion remained lit all night, while the Song Mansion and the Jingwang Mansion spent the night in silence.
After Song Yushu woke up, Liu An immediately helped her wash up. "Master, after you fell asleep last night, the people from the villa sent a sachet."
A little maid immediately brought up a sachet. After Song Yushu took it, she retreated quietly.
Song Yushu forced himself to open one eye, opened his purse and took a look, then he recognized that this was the censor's token of the Supervisory Yuan.
This Jiang Siyuan is really a model student. He is so nervous when doing bad things that he still leaves some traces of the beginning and the end.
"Master, are you having your meal at the Prince's Mansion or in the mansion?" As one of Song Yushu's confidants, Liu An was already very accustomed to the fact that the Song Mansion and Prince Jing's Mansion were actually one and the same.
"Let's go to the palace." Song Yushu stretched lazily, turned around and walked towards the study.
Passing through the secret passage of the study, Song Yushu came to Lu Zhixing's study. He had already prepared breakfast and was sitting on a chair, reading a book while waiting for Song Yushu.
After seeing Song Yushu, he stood up and went to a small space specially separated from the study. They had been eating like this since Song Yushu left the palace.
"Last night, Prince Yu was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall and had an argument with his grandfather Lin Zong. However, my people didn't dare to get too close and couldn't hear the details." Lu Zhixing made a bowl of porridge for Song Yushu, and Song Chun beside him brought a basin of water sprinkled with chrysanthemums. Lu Zhixing personally soaked his handkerchief to wipe Song Yushu's hands.
Song Yushu was a person who didn't care about details. If Lu Zhixing hadn't been watching her, she wouldn't have remembered to wash her hands again.
"I guess they have fallen out. Prince Yu dared to do this because he had already estimated that the Lin family would not dare to really abandon him." Song Yushu wiped Lu Zhixing's hands obediently.
She looked at Lu Zhixing's drooping eyelashes, feeling deeply moved. The scene of herself serving Lu Zhixing and being bullied by him seemed like it was just yesterday.
I was served by Lu Zhixing today. Fortunately, I am not a complete ancient person, otherwise how could I be at ease to let a prince serve me?
Noticing that Song Yushu was a little absent-minded, Lu Zhixing looked up at her, wiped his hands, and then handed the handkerchief to Song Chun, "What are you thinking about?"
"Thinking back to the past—" Before Song Yushu could finish his words, Lu Zhixing blocked his mouth with an exquisite bun.
Lu Zhixing knew that Song Yushu was not bringing up the past, but he also didn't like hearing her bring up the past. He would have a heart attack every time he thought about it.
But if he could go back to the past, he would make the same choice as before, so he felt uncomfortable.
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