Chapter 486: The Desert Kingdom is in danger, only the twins can save it
On the second day, wave after wave of Mo Jingsheng's men rushed over to report on the progress of the search, but still found nothing.
"Is Princess Xi back?" Mo Jingsheng suppressed his anger and asked the people around him.
"My Lord, Princess Xi injured her foot after she went to the Crown Prince's Mansion yesterday. The doctor at the Crown Prince's Mansion said she can't move around and needs to rest for a few days before coming back."
The servant who had been ordered to pay attention to Lord Xi's intentions hurried out and knelt down to reply.
"Do you know why you didn't tell me earlier and made me ask in person?"
Upon hearing this, Mo Jingsheng could no longer hold back his anger. He stood up and kicked the man kneeling on the ground.
The man did not dodge or evade, and took the kick without saying a word. He did want to say something before, but the eldest prince was so busy that he did not even have time to interrupt, so naturally he was delayed.
"How could his foot be injured for no reason?" Mo Jingsheng kicked him, and his anger subsided a little before he spoke out in doubt.
"I don't know." The man who had just been kicked replied carefully, enduring the pain.
"What use do I have for you!" Mo Jingsheng shouted sternly upon hearing the servant's answer.
"Why is the eldest prince angry?" A soft female voice came. Mo Jingsheng looked up and saw his concubine Lin Zhi, who was wearing a light purple dress and walking towards him with something in her hand.
"Nothing, you're a woman, you don't need to know so much."
Seeing this, Mo Jingsheng turned around and sat back in his chair, but his brows were furrowed with no sign of relaxation.
"Your Highness, why don't you talk to me, a woman like me? Maybe I, a woman like me, can really help."
Lin Yun placed the thing in her hand on the table next to Mo Jingsheng, stretched out two fingers, walked behind Mo Jingsheng, and slowly massaged Mo Jingsheng's temples.
"You all go down." After taking a few deep breaths, Mo Jingsheng waved to the servants in front of him.
"My Lord, this is the lotus seed soup that I made specially for you. Would you like to try it?"
Seeing that everyone had left, Lin Zhi walked back to the table and opened the lid of the bowl she had just brought.
The fragrance of lotus seeds mixed with the aroma of rice spread from the bowl, and some of it entered Mo Jingsheng's nose.
Seeing Lin Zhi's gentle expression, Mo Jingsheng's anger subsided a lot.
"You are so thoughtful." Mo Jingsheng took the lotus seed soup handed over by Lin Zhi and sighed.
"So, could the eldest prince share my sorrow with me?"
Lin Zhi smiled softly and didn't take Mo Jingsheng's compliment to heart.
“I asked Princess Xi to go to the Prince’s Mansion to see if there was anything unusual or a stranger, but I didn’t expect that when she went there, she injured her foot and couldn’t get out.
I suspect that the Fourth Prince's Mansion was attacked, and all the people imprisoned in the secret room in the Fourth Prince's Mansion disappeared. It was all done by the Crown Prince.
I asked Princess Xi to go over and take a look, just to find a witness so that I would have a reason to search the Crown Prince's Mansion, but I didn't expect that... "
Mo Jingsheng took a mouthful of lotus seed soup and spoke helplessly.
"How difficult is this? The eldest prince seems to have forgotten that the crown prince's new concubine is my sister. Can't I just go and see her under the pretext of visiting my sister?"
When Lin Zhi heard what the eldest prince said, she smiled lightly, obviously not thinking this was a big problem.
"Yes, I forgot about this. Tomorrow, my beloved concubine, please ask Princess Xi if she has seen any abnormal people."
When the eldest prince heard his concubine say this, his frown finally relaxed.
However, although the eldest prince had a good plan, he could not resist the fact that God was deliberately biased towards Mo Jingchen.
That night, it rained heavily. As it was summer, thunder was heard from the sky from time to time, and people were so scared that they dared not go out.
Then there was a loud bang outside the city, so loud that half of the houses of the people in the Mo Kingdom’s imperial city began to buzz, and the people were so scared that they didn’t even dare to stick their heads out.
On the second day, after the rain stopped, a farmer went out of the city to tend his fields. He saw a very large pit not far from his fields. He walked carefully to the pit and saw an extremely ugly stone lying at the bottom of the pit.
"This... could this be a rock falling from the sky? No wonder the noise was so loud last night!" At this time, another "civilian" gathered around, took a look, and started shouting.
When the middle-aged farmer heard what the person next to him said, he turned his eyes around and ran towards the imperial city of the Mo Kingdom to report to the police.
When such a big thing happened, he was the first one to report it to the authorities. If there was any benefit, it would all be his.
When the "common people" saw the farmers running so fast, they smiled meaningfully.
Soon, the officials in the city were brought over by this man, and they all worked together to move the stone out. Because it rained heavily last night, the soil was soft and slippery, and it took a lot of effort to move the stinky stone out.
When many people heard the rumor of falling rocks from the sky, they came over with their families, gathered not far away, and stretched their heads to look inside.
As the ugly stone turned over, the leading official saw that there were several large characters written in a flamboyant style on the stone. After carefully identifying them, his face changed drastically, and then he crawled towards the Mo Kingdom Palace.
"There seem to be words on this stone?" A man's voice came from the crowd, and then everyone stretched their heads to see what the words were engraved on.
"Hey, can't you read? What's written on it?" A peasant woman pulled the sleeve of the man next to her and asked in a low voice.
"Let me take a closer look. It's a bit far away." After the man said this, he stretched out half of his body and looked at the stone carefully.
Then the man's face changed drastically and he sat on the ground in fear.
"What does the stone say? Why do you react like this?" The peasant woman asked hurriedly when she saw the man suddenly sitting on the slippery mud.
"The Mo Kingdom is in great trouble. Only twins from the royal family can save the Mo Kingdom. Otherwise, the Mo Kingdom will be destroyed!"
The man pointed at the stone and cried out in fear, and then all the people's faces changed drastically.
Then the news that the ugly stone fell from the sky and pointed the way to the destiny of the Mo Kingdom spread quickly in the Mo Kingdom.
In the Golden Palace, the peasant who was the first to see the falling stone was kneeling on the ground and trembling. Right above him was the emperor with a majestic look on his face.
The Emperor of Mo Kingdom did not look at the man kneeling on the ground, but looked at the stone transported from outside the city, staring at the words on the stone with an obscure look in his eyes.
"The country of Mo is in danger, and only the twins can save it." The emperor chewed over the words on the stone carefully again.
The eldest prince standing by looked at the stone in front of him, his face so dark that water seemed to be dripping out of it.
Twins, common people don’t know about it, but those in the royal family are all clear about it. Isn’t this equivalent to specifically pointing out that it is the prince’s younger brother?
Thinking of this, the eldest prince glanced at Mo Jingchen who was standing not far from him, with doubt in his eyes.
Logically speaking, the one who would benefit the most from the appearance of this stone would definitely be the prince, so is this stone related to Mo Jingchen?
As for the so-called prophecy of falling stones from the sky, the eldest prince didn't believe it at all.
Perhaps noticing the eldest prince's gaze, Mo Jingchen turned his head and looked at the eldest prince expressionlessly, then looked at the man kneeling on the ground in front of the hall.
"Were you the first one to discover this stone?" The emperor asked the man kneeling on the ground after a while.
"Yes, I found it." The man was already nervous, and was frightened by the emperor's sudden question. He trembled all over, and then his head almost touched the ground before he answered tremblingly.
"Your Majesty, I just sent someone to check on this person. His ancestors have been farmers for generations, and there is nothing unusual."
A minister heard the emperor finish asking the man a question, so he spoke up at the right time.
"Okay, I understand. Let him step down and reward him with 100 taels of silver." The emperor looked at the man kneeling on the ground and trembling like a sieve, and said in a cold voice.
When the man heard this, he kowtowed desperately to express his gratitude, then retreated with his head lowered. From beginning to end, he did not dare to even look at what the current emperor looked like.
"Watch carefully for any unusual movements." The emperor ordered as he looked at the man who left with many thanks.
Mo Jingchen, who was standing by, broke out in a cold sweat when he heard what the emperor said. Fortunately, he listened to Su Yue's advice and let an unrelated person discover the stone early in the morning. Otherwise, if his father was watching it like this, he would definitely be exposed.
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