Chapter 106 Bottom Line
Mu Xianzhi was invited into the East Palace.
Ling Zhuoan untied the golden chain on Ling Qingyan's hand and put it aside.
The bedroom was cleaned very neatly, and nothing could be seen except the protruding gold chain.
But it is the abrupt gold chain that makes people think the most.
Mu Xianzhi, dressed in white, was invited into the East Palace bedroom alone.
He has spies in the palace and is well-informed.
Therefore, Mu Xianzhi knew that Donggong had called for water three times during the night.
Logically, this place should not be accessible to Mu Xianzhi as a minister, but Ling Zhuoan let him in, so he went in.
"Your Majesty the Crown Prince and Princess Tangning." Mu Xianzhi's gaze fell on the girl's neck.
The red kiss mark was so eye-catching, as if telling others what they had done yesterday.
Mu Xianzhi was distracted for a moment, his fingers shrank slightly, and jealousy boiled in his heart.
But he soon adjusted his breathing. After all, he had been pretending to be a good person for so many years and was able to control his emotions well.
"Grandmaster Mu is always thinking about my younger sister's studies. I would like to thank Grandmaster Mu for his care on my younger sister's behalf."
There was no hint of gratitude in the words of thanks.
"You're welcome. It's my job to do what's within my responsibility." Mu Xianzhi said with a faint smile, "Your Highness the Princess is smart and a quick learner. It's my duty to take care of her."
"It's just that it's hard to tell whether what he says is true or false. It would be better if you could be more respectful to your teachers, don't you think so, Your Highness?" Mu Xianzhi's eyes met Ling Qingyan.
Ling Qingyan recalled that day when she kicked him after giving him a drug and it was indeed disrespectful to her teacher. She lowered her head slightly feeling guilty.
"Is Your Highness satisfied with the current result?" Mu Xianzhi's voice was flat and calm, and it was unclear who he was talking to when he said "Your Highness".
"I am naturally in a good mood." Ling Zhuo'an said, "Even though it's Grand Tutor, it's not easy to reach this position at such a young age. Teaching well is better than anything else."
"Right, Imperial sister?" Ling Zhuoan raised his eyebrows.
Ling Qingyan forced a smile, "My husband is right."
No matter how hard Mu Xianzhi tried to pretend, he couldn't maintain a calm expression on his face.
"Tsk." Ling Zhuo'an pretended to be angry and said with a smile, "How can the imperial sister call the imperial brother 'husband' in front of Grand Tutor Mu? This is so unbecoming."
She said it was disrespectful, but she emphasized the word "husband" even more.
Mu Xianzi's face was extremely gloomy.
His tone was cold, almost squeezed out from between his teeth: "Your Highness just said what, I didn't hear clearly."
His gaze was so bold and direct that he even ignored Ling Zhuoan who was standing beside him.
"Master Mu, when did your hearing become so bad? I'll ask the imperial physician to check you out later." Ling Zhuoan's words were not pleasant to the ear.
He smiled and looked at Ling Qingyan, "Imperial sister, the Grand Tutor didn't hear you clearly. Why don't you answer the Grand Tutor? After all, you are my teacher. It's very rude."
He was like a good brother scolding his sister. He provoked the visitor and said Qingyan was impolite.
"Husband." Ling Qingyan felt that Ling Zhuoan was really sick, so she called out again under Ling Zhuoan's smile and Mu Xianzhi's murderous expression.
She thought he should be able to imagine how angry Mu Xianzhi was right now, and he couldn't even pretend anymore.
These two words crushed Mu Xianzhi's nerves like crazy. His face darkened as he said, "Some things should be said, and some things should not be said. Your Highness should have his own bottom line."
How could those two words come out of a young girl's mouth? How could she say them to another man?
The bright and cheerful Master Mu reminded people of the bottom line with a gloomy face, but Ling Qingyan thought of Mu Xianzhi's unscrupulous actions.
Paintings without bottom line.
Be lenient with yourself and strict with others.
Whether there is a bottom line or not, there is a deal.
"What is the bottom line, Master?" Ling Zhuoan's clear voice sounded.
"Anyway, it should be better than forcing your sister." Mu Xianzi replied sharply, almost pointing at Ling Zhuoan's nose and scolding him.
"Really?" Ling Zhuo'an smiled. "Isn't that Master Mu's words wrong? After all, Master Mu is so cruel as to even lay hands on his own students. I don't think Master Mu's moral bottom line is as high as you say."
Ling Zhuoan guessed it right.
According to Ling Qingyan's observation, Mu Xianzhi was just pretending to be good. It wasn't that he had a low moral bottom line, it was that he had no bottom line at all.
She even had no reverence for the imperial power, and her methods were as cruel as her royal brother. The scene of her torturing and killing the fifth prince still lingered in her mind.
But he can pretend, very well.
It is perfectly natural for him to criticize others. Just like now, the Crown Prince's impression of him should be just a selfish beast in human clothing. He never expected that he was the culprit who killed the fifth prince.
"It's just your Highness's random guess. Your Highness has many evil thoughts and thinks everyone is a bad person. This is not the way of a king." Mu Xianzhi said indifferently.
"Your Highness Tang Ning, are you planning to stay in the Eastern Palace forever and not go to Hongwenguan?" Mu Xianzhi turned to look at the girl.
"I..." Ling Qingyan was interrupted.
"My sister won't be going to the Hongwenguan for the time being. I'll find a teacher to teach her what she wants to learn. Otherwise, there will be too many outsiders with bad intentions, which will affect her good mood."
Ling Zhuoan already knew what the man was thinking, so he would no longer offer the meat to him.
Mu Xianzhi, however, seemed to have expected this and said, "Okay, it's good that Your Highness can protect the princess well."
I hope he can keep an eye on it forever.
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After Mu Xianzhi left, Ling Zhuoan did keep his promise and did not restrict Ling Qingyan's freedom anymore.
Ling Qingyan still walked around the palace freely during the day and returned to the East Palace at night.
But after she started having sex, Ling Zhuoan always wanted to torment her.
However, Ling Qingyan refused almost every time.
She was weak and couldn't stand Ling Zhuoan, who was sick.
That day, Pei Wuyou's attendant came to summon her, saying that Pei Wuyou wanted to see her.
He said that he was seriously injured and might not survive, and he had something to say to Ling Qingyan.
Ling Qingyan had seen his injuries, which were indeed very scary, almost fatal.
She did not refuse and went to the new bedroom where Pei Wuyou was arranged.
Pei Wuyou was arranged to move out of Yaohua Palace. The people from Wei State would be entering the capital soon, so he was also arranged to live in a pretty good palace.
There are people to serve him and imperial physicians to see him every day.
When Ling Qingyan stepped into the palace, the little black dog raised by Pei Wuyou seemed to sense Ling Qingyan's breath and ran towards Ling Qingyan with its head shaking.
"Xiaobai, long time no see." Ling Qingyan rubbed the black dog's head. Its eyes were bright. Xiaobai was very smart. He rubbed Ling Qingyan like a spoiled child, as if accusing her of neglecting him.
Then he took Ling Qingyan to Pei Wuyou's palace.
"Sister, you're here." Pei Wuyou leaned back in the chair, his face pale and his body weak, but he was dressed quite neatly. As always, he dressed himself to look particularly pleasing in front of Ling Qingyan.
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