Chapter 228 Things are becoming more and more confusing!

Seeing this, Mudan quickly grabbed the knife with her delicate white hands to prevent it from piercing her body. Otherwise, with the force of the knife, she would surely die.

Her parents and family will never have a chance to appeal and escape punishment in this lifetime.

She has to save herself.

Even if you are disabled or useless, you must save yourself.

The blade was sharp, and Mudan's hand holding the knife was bleeding.

She was trembling with pain, her face was pale, and her forehead was covered with cold sweat. But she did not back down. She held the knife tightly and refused to let go, believing that it didn't matter if her hands were broken.

Emperor Zhaoning wanted to stab him, but Mudan spoke up hastily, "Your Majesty, there is a gold mine in Fuyang Mushan. My father discovered the gold mine and wanted to report it, but he was stopped by the fourth prince of the dynasty. He was dismissed and exiled on the charge of stealing the gold mine. Please help my family!"

【Gold mine in Fuyang Mushan? 】

【Oh my god, what did I hear? 】

Jiujiu's heart trembled.

[Isn't this mine in the book owned by the Southern Kingdom? With this mine, the Southern Kingdom reversed the situation of being sluggish at the beginning, produced many powerful weapons, improved the situation of insufficient reserve resources, reversed the situation of national strength decline, and was beaten by neighboring countries! It became a powerful country. ]

[But now it seems that the gold mine should belong to Western Chu, not to the Southern Kingdom.]

[In the book, could it be that the Southern Kingdom took away my Xi Chu's mine? That's why it became the Southern Kingdom's mine? ]

[Father, you must investigate this mine carefully! ]

[If it is truly ours, it cannot be taken away by others. ]

[Western Chu is short of weapons, and needs this mine to exchange for money to make better weapons.]

Jiujiu wanted to tell Emperor Zhaoning, but was stopped by Fuan, who covered her eyes so she couldn't speak.

She is so anxious.

【Father, Father, please don't kill her.】

【Listen to her talk about this mine! 】

【Now is a great opportunity to get this mine. 】

[There's no such opportunity in the book. ]

[It is estimated that the appearance of Jiujiu has brought some turning points to this matter. 】

[Because Jiujiu is a lucky doll that can bring good luck, hahaha. ]

Jiujiu laughed arrogantly.

The laughter was brisk and full of joy, which was out of place in this serious yet murderous atmosphere, and sounded very abrupt.

Many people looked at Jiujiu strangely.

Why is the little princess laughing suddenly?

Jiujiu had her eyes covered so she didn't see anyone's looks.

Otherwise, you will inevitably die.

Only Emperor Zhaoning knew why the little girl laughed like that. The little girl's cheerful laughter also soothed a lot of the anger in his heart.

He pulled the knife out of Mudan's hand and said to her, "Can you tell me more about the gold mine in Mushan, Fuyang?"

In the past two years, Xi Chu has been manufacturing new weapons, and its weapons business has also been thriving, recruiting many skilled craftsmen.

Jiang Wu did a great job.

However, the weapons business has a disadvantage, which is that it is very expensive and requires a large amount of silver investment.

However, Nan Guo has not repaid its debts this year, and the two sides are still in a stalemate.

Emperor Zhaoning is currently unable to allocate a large sum of money to Jiang Wu's armory, and Jiang Wu has been anxious.

It would be great if a gold mine was discovered.

All problems are no longer problems and can be solved.

Mudan's hands were bloody and she gasped in pain several times. She said, "The gold mine in Fuyang Mushan was discovered by my father half a year ago."

"When he was about to report it, he was stopped by the Fourth Prince and the government officials. The Fourth Prince also framed my father with a false charge and exiled him to a bitter cold land. As for me, the Fourth Prince wanted to take me for himself because I was beautiful. I had no choice but to go to a brothel and pretend to be available to anyone to protect myself."

"Your Majesty, can you please help my father?"

"Does your father know the exact location of the gold mine? Where is it in Mushan, Fuyang?" asked Emperor Zhaoning.

"Know."

"Then do you know?"

"I don't know. Only my father knows. That place is too remote and there are wolves, tigers and leopards everywhere. We dare not go there."

After listening to this, Emperor Zhaoning asked for the name of Mudan's father, and then sent the royal top secret guards to secretly go to the place of exile to pick up Mudan's father as quickly as possible.

Emperor Zhaoning looked at Mudan again and said, "You should stay in the palace these days and wait for your father to be brought in to verify the matter of the gold mine!"

"If there is no gold mine, I will punish you for all your crimes. I will never let you off easily."

Emperor Zhaoning made some harsh remarks.

Mudan said, "Your Majesty, I guarantee this with my life! I absolutely did not lie!"

Just as he finished speaking, the Fourth Prince arrived.

The Fourth Prince has a very low presence in normal times. He rarely shows up on important occasions and doesn't often interact with his brothers and sisters. He is very mysterious.

Jiujiu has barely seen him a few times.

Today is the first time we meet.

[Is this the Fourth Prince? ]

[He never appears in the book! I don't know what he does every day. ]

[He is more mysterious than the elusive mosquito. ]

After hearing this, Emperor Zhaoning wanted to laugh, but he held it back.

The fourth prince looked for the source of the voice suspiciously. Where did the voice come from? It sounded like a little girl.

But he didn’t see which little girl was talking?

Could it be that he was hallucinating?

"The fourth one greets the father!"

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor!"

The fourth prince knelt down and saluted to Emperor Zhaoning.

The Fourth Prince is often on business outside and seldom returns to the palace. Emperor Zhaoning has not seen his son for a long time and almost doesn't recognize him.

He hummed and looked at the Fourth Prince.

He looks good and looks like him, so he must be his offspring, there is no doubt about it.

But I don't know what his personality is like.

"Father, I am here to report to the palace today. I heard that a woman has slandered me and framed her family. I hope Your Majesty will take a closer look."

The fourth prince said, looking at Mudan, "This woman, her name is Mudan, she is from the south."

"She must be a spy from the South."

"She deliberately ran into my Xi Chu Palace with the intention of sowing discord and plotting something bad. You can't believe a word she says. I hope that Father will be able to see through everything and kill this woman."

"Southerners?"

Emperor Zhaoning held his forehead with his hand.

Things are becoming more and more confusing!

Peony is actually a southerner.

The Southern Kingdom and Western Chu were destined to be in opposition.

So, can we really trust her words? Does the gold mine really exist? Is it fake? Is Jiujiu mistaken?

Emperor Zhaoning questioned and looked at Jiujiu.

Jiujiu, are you still thinking about this? Does the gold mine in Fuyang Mushan really exist?

Although Fuyang Mushan was part of Western Chu, it was almost abandoned by Western Chu in recent years.

Because that piece of land is very barren and infested with wild beasts, there is no point in keeping it.

But if there is a gold mine, it would be different.

That piece of land must be taken back.

The unreasonable Fourth Prince should also be held accountable.

Jiujiu, tell me if you have it or not. Father will listen to you and trust you only.

Emperor Zhaoning looked at Jiujiu expectantly.

But Jiujiu was busy at the moment, very busy, and had no time to mutter to herself.

What is Jiujiu busy with?