General Mu rolled his eyes and couldn't help but complain in his heart that the emperor never had a good word to say.
But he was still respectful in his words. After all, this was no longer the little brat he could beat around at will.
"Your Majesty, rest assured. Mu Chan is fine. He just sent a letter back a few days ago, saying how much he missed the little princess. He also sent a small gift. This old minister thought of sending it to the palace and visiting the little princess."
Yao Guangyue, the money-loving girl, chirped happily like a bird when she heard that there were gifts to be received.
[Gifts, gifts, I want another gift! I love it! As long as it's valuable, I like it.]
When the three people heard this, they couldn't help but say two words in their hearts: money-grubber!
The emperor also thought that after all, it was a divine beast, and was different from the immortals who were high above and had no desires.
As he spoke, General Mu opened the gift his son had brought back, took out a huge night-shining pearl and placed it on Yao Guangyue's belly.
[Ahhhh, what a huge pearl! It seems to be glowing slightly. Is this a night-shining pearl? This is the first time I've seen one this big. I've only seen it on TV before. Today, I can have one too!]
[I wonder if there are night-shining pearls half a person's height? Those gods and monsters on TV used to say there were night-shining pearls half a person's height. Art comes from life, but I wonder how much higher it is than life!]
Yao Guangyue was sighing like this when the three people around her became very nervous. They couldn't understand some of the words, but they summarized them into one sentence.
I’ve seen gods and monsters, night-shining pearls that are half the height of a person, and mythical beasts before!
Now they seemed to understand why Yao Guangyue was so obsessed with money. She had seen many good things in the Heavenly Palace before, but she couldn't get them, so she was jealous.
Thinking of this, the emperor couldn't help but ask someone to search his private treasury and find some interesting things to please Yao Guangyue.
Finally, it was the Imperial Concubine who broke the awkward atmosphere first. She teased Yao Guangyue and said, "Second brother is really good at choosing gifts. The little princess likes it very much. When second brother comes back, I must let him come to the palace to see it as soon as possible."
The old general grinned and chuckled foolishly. He was scared by the sound of the half-human-high night pearl.
"It's uncertain when your second brother will be back this time. After all, he intends to punish the corrupt officials in the disaster area. His Majesty has issued a special decree to execute them first and report to the emperor later!"
When the old general said this, the emperor nodded slightly, which made Yao Guangyue very happy.
Is the story about fighting against corrupt officials? What's going on? Has the plot been moved forward again? In the original storyline, the heroine once challenged a group of corrupt officials, which resulted in her offending the powerful officials in the court. At that time, the eldest prince was obsessed with love and had been helping the heroine behind the scenes.
[He even lost a leg because of this incident. As a result, all the people forgot the good things about the eldest prince. Instead, they said that the heroine cared about the country. Some even said that she was the daughter of heaven, and whoever married her would gain the world.]
[It was this one piece of nonsense that caused the Yaoguang Nation to be targeted by several neighboring nations, sparking a war. But he took advantage of the chaos and unexpectedly encountered an opportunity with the male protagonist to establish his own nation. What a vampire!]
Yao Guangyue was so angry that she gritted her teeth and started swearing in her heart.
However, the three people who heard these words had their own thoughts.
The emperor knew very well that whoever wins the world must first win the hearts of the people. Qin Xuezhen was smart enough to use her son to protect her from danger, and she got the opportunity to leave her name in history.
The old general and the imperial concubine looked at each other in bewilderment. Qin Xue had offended corrupt officials and was assassinated, but she was protected by the eldest prince. But Mu Chan had no one to protect him!
After much deliberation, the imperial concubine decided to fight for her second brother again, so she proposed, "I am truly worried about my second brother today. I wonder if Your Majesty could allow the Mu family to send the palace soldiers to protect him."
The Mu family's guards are extraordinary. They are not ordinary soldiers who are kept in the imperial city to guard the house.
These people are all those who have actually retreated from the battlefield. They have a fierce aura, although most of them have physical disabilities.
But compared to ordinary assassins, these people are still more powerful.
Some people had previously used these palace soldiers as an excuse to accuse the Mu family of raising assassins.
The emperor was somewhat suspicious at the time, but seeing that most of those people were missing limbs, he did not impose too much control.
Now that I think about it, if I send troops directly there, it will be difficult for those corrupt officials to investigate.
But if the Mu family sent someone themselves, they could conceal the truth.
"I approve. You will dispatch ambush troops to protect Mu Chan, but be careful not to alert the enemy. Since we are investigating corrupt officials, we must root them out in one fell swoop."
The emperor is so ruthless that he wants to thoroughly investigate corrupt officials. This is a great thing that benefits the country and the people.
The old general's blood boiled when he heard this, and Yao Guangyue used all the nice words she could think of to praise the emperor.
[Long live the Emperor, you are truly wise and powerful, with a brilliant mind and incredible intelligence. Oh no! You can’t be that smart, you can’t become bald!]
This sentence made the emperor, who was very happy just now, depressed. He thought about it and realized that he had a lot of hair on his head and it hadn't fallen out much recently. What was this little girl afraid of?
After the emperor came out of the imperial concubine's palace in a depressed mood, he immediately ordered people to prepare Polygonum multiflorum and asked the imperial physician to take care of his hair.
The people below were also confused. Why would the emperor have a conflict with his own hair?
Things are a little more peaceful in the palace now, but the situation in the disaster area is a bit tense.
In order to avoid being hunted down, the Second Prince and Wan Yan could only travel cautiously.
This delayed some time, and the relationship between Wan Yuanzong and the third prince became increasingly awkward.
That day, the third prince thought of taking people to Wanhe Mountain to look for medicinal herbs such as Artemisia annua.
Unexpectedly, before he set off, he was stopped by Wan Yuanzong.
"Third Prince, what do you want to do by bringing so many people to Wanhe Mountain? My sect is on Wanhe Mountain. If people from your court go there, where they shouldn't be, don't blame my sect for being merciless."
These words were too harsh. Even though the Third Prince knew that he was being deceived, he was still a little angry.
"Master Wan, what you said is ridiculous. Now that you can't find the Artemisia annua, are you going to let me go look for it? Are you hiding these herbs and deliberately watching the people suffer?"
Wan Yuanzong glared and reached for the weapon behind his waist.
"What do you mean by that?"
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