Chapter 48 The Powerful Photographer vs. the Weak Substitute Daughter 10

"You probably think it's a problem with my identity. Wait until you have enough favorability before taking the initiative. Don't be impatient!"

Lin Muqing actually found it a bit strange. She felt uneasy that his favorability had reached 50% so quickly. However, her original mission was not to conquer him, but to have a child. Everything else was incidental.

…

The next morning.

Lin Muqing came to the front hall according to what Butler Liu had said.

Xi Chenmu sat at the top.

An old man and a middle-aged woman with a scholarly temperament came to visit.

"I am Xu Lizhong, your Highness, and this is your eldest daughter, Xu Muying."

Xi Chenmu treated them to a cup of tea and said, "Go directly to the side courtyard. The king has to go to court."

Lin Muqing sat aside obediently.

Butler Liu was responsible for leading the way.

Xu Muying was already thirty-five years old. Although she did not understand Lin Muching's identity, she knew that the Regent had been kind to their family, so she taught him with great patience.

In the side yard.

Mr. Xu was grinding ink, and Xu Muying was beside Lin Muqing, saying softly, "Let me teach you how to hold the pen first."

Lin Muqing knew how to do it, but she pretended not to know how to do it. However, she also wanted to appear smart, so when Xu Muying taught her for the third time, she imitated Xu Muying's writing posture.

Seeing that she had talent, Xu Muying naturally taught her with all her heart.

When it was time to cook, she left again and came back when she was done.

Mr. Xu and Xu Muying were having lunch at the dining table in the side courtyard, and they immediately figured out what was going on.

Although Mr. Xu was incorruptible and didn't care about power, he was greedy. "It turns out that Fenghualou was made by Miss Lin."

Lin Muqing smiled and said, "It's embarrassing. Please eat more, teachers."

She continued studying in the afternoon. Even though she tried to keep a low profile, she showed off her photographic memory. Even though she couldn't write well, she could remember it.

At the end of the day, Mr. Xu seemed to have found a good student and competed with Xu Muying to teach him.

After they left at night.

After Lin Mu cleaned his face and washed up, he continued writing. He wrote one page, which was ugly. But after he wrote the tenth page, it started to look better.

So hard!

Slowly transform the fact that you can write.

It was not until midnight that she put down her pen and went to sleep.

…

The study was still brightly lit.

Xi Chenmu had been reviewing memorials all night and suddenly wanted to know how Lin Muqing had done in his studies that day.

Do you have that talent?

"How did she learn on the first day?"

Yun Yi could immediately understand who "she" was referring to. The guards patrolling the palace were managed by him and Yun Qin. He went outside to check with the guards and then came back to report to the prince.

"Your Highness, Miss Lin has been practicing calligraphy in front of the window since 4:00 p.m. and did not rest until 1:00 p.m."

"Also, when Butler Liu saw Mr. Xu off, he said that Mr. Xu was all smiles, and he and Miss Xu praised Miss Lin for her talent."

Xi Chenmu's eyes flickered and he smiled with delight. It seemed that he had learned it well.

So he didn't ask any more questions.

The study was quiet with only the sound of someone reading memorials.

Yun Yi left the study, feeling that the prince's attitude towards Miss Lin was particularly strange. If he liked her, shouldn't he take her into the backyard?

Xi Chenmu finished the remaining work before returning to his bedroom to sleep.

Ever since he became the Regent, he has been extremely busy. Except for going out, he basically spends the whole day in the study.

In addition to managing court affairs, he also had to look after many personal accounts.

But more and more people come to Fenghualou because of its reputation.

He could only assign the account book to trusted subordinates for management. He had a mansion and a shop in every city. A tavern was just the most inconspicuous of the many shops.

He opened Fenghualou on a whim, and did not merge it with Yunguo's famous restaurant Yimanlou to collect information, so he let it run wild.

Two months have passed since Yuan's death, and the prince has not yet woken up.

As the three-month deadline approaches, the Qi family is becoming more and more anxious.

I just didn’t expect to find it on Lin Muqing’s head.

Recalling this moment again, Xi Chenmu felt filled with regret.

…

Five days later.

15:00.

Lin Muqing came out of the bookstore alone, holding a book and raising his arms to shield himself from the sun.

The weather was hot, and the scorching sun cast dark shadows on the people on the street, moving on the ground.

She saw someone selling umbrellas nearby, so she walked over and picked up a green bamboo oil-paper umbrella.

"Uncle, I want an umbrella, how much is it?"

The old man smiled and pointed to the number five, "Five hundred coins."

Lin Muqing paid the copper money, picked up his umbrella and left.

She prepared to return home along her usual route.

However, not long after she walked, the crowd became increasingly dense and she was bumped into by a man on the road.

A little white powder splashed on her face and she lost consciousness.

Before she lost consciousness, the system was still calling in her mind. She spoke to calm the system: "Calm down. If I'm not mistaken, these people are connected to the man in black last time."

She had already noticed that there was something wrong with the people on the road.

After she fainted, her two secret guards Yun Ke and Yun Feng rushed out immediately.

Yun Ke drew out his sword, pointed it at the man who wanted to drag Lin Muqing away, and said coldly: "Let her go!"

However, the people around who had originally turned a blind eye to Lin Muqing's dazed behavior suddenly drew their knives and started fighting with swords.

It turns out that the common people were all pretending to be the other side.

Yun Feng saw that it was a trap and fired arrows into the sky.

"You dare to touch the people in the Regent Palace? You are tired of living!"

But the criminals were obviously well prepared. A horse-drawn carriage rushed out from the side road, Lin Muching was thrown on it, and the coachman quickly left the scene.

Even though Yun Ke and Yun Feng were highly skilled in martial arts, they were outnumbered. There were only two of them, and they were held back by dozens of assassins, so they couldn't catch up at all.

Even though Xi Chenmu's men nearby saw the Mingdi and rushed over quickly, they were still too late.

Yun Feng led his men to capture the remaining assassins and let out a long sigh: "Hurry up and inform the prince."

…

And at this time.

The Regent Palace.

Xi Chenmu was discussing drought relief with the Right Prime Minister and others in the study.

When Yun Qin got the news, he immediately sent people out to look for him. At this time, he was hesitating at the door of the study, and occasionally he could hear the sound of discussion inside.

He sent out two teams of secret guards. Let's wait until the prince finishes his discussion.

Xi Chenmujing sat at the head of the table, listening to the proposal of the right prime minister. He suddenly felt uneasy. His fingers kept tapping the golden nanmu table top, and he felt inexplicably restless.

"... divert water from Lishui County to the river..." The Right Prime Minister finished speaking, looked up and saw that the prince was irritated, and his heart tightened, "Does the prince think that my suggestion is objectionable?"

"According to the Right Prime Minister's wishes, I will allocate another 50,000 taels of silver to resolve the people's hunger before winter."

As soon as Xi Chenmu said this, more than a dozen important officials were slightly surprised.

Fifty thousand taels of silver. The national treasury has long been empty. Where would so much money come from?

"But if I find out there is corruption..."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty!" The Right Prime Minister immediately promised solemnly, "I guarantee it with my life!"

Even if you want to be greedy, you dare not covet the prince's money.

Xi Chenmu knew all about the corrupt officials in the cities and towns of Yun Kingdom. Some of them had been removed from office, while some were still there. Now that he was in power, those corrupt officials naturally would not be in office for long. At this moment, he only wanted to solve the difficult plight of the people as soon as possible.

The officials saluted and said, "I will take my leave."

"Um."

After everyone left, Yun Qin walked in, knelt on one knee, and placed the sword in front of his forehead with both hands.

"Your Highness, Miss Lin was captured by criminals on her way back home!"

The annoyance in Xi Chenmu's eyes suddenly turned into fierceness, and his heart skipped a beat, as if he had fallen into an ancient well and couldn't reach the bottom.

He stood up with a cold face, and walked down. His extremely cold aura made Yun Qin regret his own presumptuous decision.

"When did it happen?"

The man's deep voice could not conceal his coldness and anxiety.