The shrewd and calculating Feng Qingyun only cared about profit. How could he possibly agree to Mu Beichen's request for such a thankless and laborious task as fundraising for disaster relief? In the end, he simply made up a reason and politely declined.
Although Mu Beichen had anticipated this, his original intention was to use this opportunity to test whether the other party was willing to stand with him. And as it turned out, the Regent was the one Feng Qingyun wanted to side with. Since that was the case, he had nothing to worry about now.
Thinking of this, as Mu Beichen and Feng Jin were about to leave the Prime Minister's residence, he glanced at Mu Feiyu, who was watching his every move not far away, and smiled secretly; the opportunity had come!
As soon as they stepped out the door, Mu Beichen grabbed Feng Jin impatiently, "Let's go to the guesthouse to see the Crown Prince now."
For a moment, Feng Jin thought she had misheard, and turned to him with a look of surprise and doubt: "Didn't you say that I wasn't allowed to see him?"
“We’ll go together this time.” Mu Beichen smiled calmly, but the smile on his handsome face was colder than the cold wind. Feng Jin stared at him blankly for a long time, as if she had discovered some secret in his unusually sharp gaze.
Mu Feiyu observed their unusual behavior. He was only inches away, yet he couldn't hear their conversation clearly. The more this happened, the more suspicious he became that something was amiss.
So, the moment Mu Beichen and Feng Jin walked away, he ordered his men to secretly follow them.
When Su Yu arrived at the inn, he was quite surprised to learn that they had come to visit him so suddenly, and he had everything prepared in advance.
Su Yu sat opposite Mu Beichen and Feng Jin, and before they could speak, she smiled and said, "Prince Jing is truly a rare guest. May I ask what brings you two here?"
"Your Highness, we would like to ask you for a favor..." Mu Beichen looked at the people outside the door, then suddenly hesitated.
"You may all leave." Su Yu seemed to have noticed something in the guards' wary expressions and immediately dismissed the servants guarding the gate.
“If it’s convenient, I would like to ask Your Highness to lend me something, the sooner the better…” Mu Beichen looked at Su Yu and gradually revealed a very strange smile: “If Your Highness is willing to help with this, after it is done, I will promise you that I will do my best to persuade the Emperor to quell the war with Jiang Lan Kingdom and live in peace from now on.”
Seeing that the other party looked very serious and wasn't joking, Su Yu realized that his purpose in coming to Beiyou Kingdom was to negotiate peace, and the offer was too tempting for him.
She looked at Mu Beichen meaningfully and smiled slightly: "Okay, I will do my best."
Feng Jin stared at Mu Beichen with a solemn expression. She felt that this matter was not simple from the beginning, and her intuition told her that from this moment on, she had to assist him without any distractions.
Immediately, the two sides reached an agreement. Mu Beichen left directly, while Feng Jin and Su Yu boarded a carriage and went to the Duke's Mansion and the Grand Tutor's Mansion respectively. In the end, they carried a whole carriage full of heavy, glittering boxes from the Grand Tutor's Mansion.
After bidding farewell to Su Yu, Feng Jin personally led a group to escort the carriage straight to the disaster area. Especially when passing through rugged mountain roads, she always felt that someone was following her, so she quickened her pace and tried to shake them off.
However, just as the carriage reached a pothole ahead, the horse suddenly neighed, causing the carriage to lurch violently and startling everyone.
When Feng Jin looked up again, she saw countless black figures rushing towards the carriage at great speed. The men in black were holding hidden weapons, and several "whoosh whoosh whoosh" sounds rang out. In an instant, the servants were all injured by the hidden weapons and fell down one after another!
At this moment, everything around her was a mess, the wind was howling, the carriage was shaking violently, and the men in black were attacking Feng Jin again.
Her expression tightened, and then she spun around in mid-air, quickly striking back with her sword. Amidst the flashing blades and clashing swords, a strong wind howled, startling the birds perched on the branches.
In an instant, one of the men in black swiftly threw a hidden weapon, striking Feng Jin's arm!
"ah……"
With a scream, Feng Jin's body went limp and she collapsed to the ground.
Immediately afterward, just as the men in black raised their longswords, preparing to deliver the final blow, a white figure suddenly hurled itself through the air, causing chaos around them. Swords and blades clattered to the ground, and the scene was as tumultuous as a misty rain.
"Hua Mancheng!" Feng Jin exclaimed in disbelief as she watched the white figure flying towards her.
Before he could finish speaking, Hua Mancheng picked her up from the ground, and before the men in black could react, they had vanished without a trace.
After escaping danger, Feng Jin struggled to maintain a sliver of consciousness and anxiously said to Hua Mancheng, "The carriage..."
Hua Mancheng saw her lying in his arms, and he was so anxious that he pounded his chest and stamped his feet. A strange look flashed in his eyes, and he quickly comforted her, "His Highness specifically instructed me to only rescue you and not to worry about anything else, so don't worry."
At that very moment, Mu Beichen, who was hiding in the bushes, was quietly watching the men in black carry away the carriage and track them all the way to the Regent's Palace.
Not long after, the Regent's Palace staff quickly parked the carriage in a private spot in the backyard. Mu Feiyu looked smug, and Mu Beichen would have to see if Mu Feiyu agreed to his plan.
Thinking of this, he immediately ordered his servants, "Open the box for me!"
But... when all the boxes on the carriage were opened, he was completely dumbfounded.
"They're all stones?"
Mu Beichen was secretly observing everything when suddenly he couldn't help but let out a cold laugh: "Let's go, let's go catch them red-handed now!"
At his command, hundreds of guards immediately followed Mu Beichen as he broke down the door and entered!
Seeing Mu Feiyu's astonished expression, Mu Beichen's dark eyes flashed with a sharp glint, like a sword piercing into her gaze.
"Uncle, why did the 100,000 taels of silver I raised for disaster relief turn into rotten stones here?" Mu Beichen asked疑惑地问道, "Could it be..."
Mu Feiyu's face darkened, and she immediately flew into a rage: "Mu Beichen, you're asking a question you already know the answer to! Wasn't all of this your plan?!"
It's no wonder Mu Feiyu was furious. Ever since he left the Prime Minister's residence, he had secretly planned everything. Mu Feiyu was always very suspicious, and he had recently clashed with Feng Jin. He had already anticipated that the other party would not let go of the opportunity to follow him. So he decided to play along and deliberately led Mu Feiyu to the inn, making people mistakenly believe that Su Yu had helped him raise disaster relief funds. This was how he successfully turned the tables and won.
"Now that the evidence is incriminating, what else can I say, Imperial Uncle? The emperor is subject to the same laws as the common people. I would be grateful if you would come with me to the Golden Palace!" Mu Beichen raised a beautiful eyebrow, his gaze towards the other party filled with murderous intent.
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