The next morning, as soon as Gu Mu opened his eyes, he saw the sheepskin scroll fluttering in mid-air.
It turns out that the young man in green returned to Hidden City in the middle of the night yesterday, bringing back news.
Because he possessed the token and had taken over the shops in Hidden City, Gu Mu directly upgraded the young man in blue to a citizen of Hidden City.
Gu Mu no longer vetted the official citizens of Hidden City.
After all, no matter what, there are still parchment scrolls guarding the Hidden City. If the official citizens of the Hidden City want to do something, Gu Mu wouldn't mind letting them trade with the parchment scrolls.
As for those holding tokens, Gu Mu still needs to keep an eye on them, because they need to recruit people or are entering the Hidden City for the first time. In any case, Gu Mu needs to know their information.
The parchment scroll received the message late last night and has been waiting quietly by Gu Mu's bedside ever since, waiting for Gu Mu to wake up.
Even though Gu Mu had just woken up, it still obediently waited by his side without rushing to speak.
What if Gu Mu has a bad temper when he wakes up?
What if Gu Mu wants to sleep a little longer?
As a sycophant, you have to be extra considerate and always take care of your master's feelings.
"What is it?" Gu Mu finally spoke, his voice hoarse from just waking up.
The parchment scroll spoke in an extremely soft voice, unbecoming of its character, in a tone that was just loud enough for anyone to hear: "Your Majesty, the young man in the green robe just sent back a message."
Gu Mu glanced at it, signaling it to continue.
The parchment scroll spoke softly again, "Through his efforts, he successfully reconciled with that big fish and received another mission."
"This mission was received by him and Lu Xiaoyao, the master and apprentice."
"The task... is to have Lu Xiaoyao seduce Your Majesty."
"Then, together with the young man in the green robe, we will kill you."
"The young man in green said that he has only received a temporary mission to present Lu Xiaoyao to the Emperor as a dancer. The specific assassination plan has not yet been released. They will act according to the circumstances."
"We will notify you again once a specific assassination plan is finalized."
Gu Mu nodded.
The sheepskin scroll did convey the meaning of the young man in the green robe, but the sound of it was just awkward.
He waved his hand: "Go back to your hidden city."
Although the parchment scroll longed to remain in the human world, it spoke in an even gentler, chilling tone: "Your Majesty has worked hard. This servant obeys the decree."
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A few days later, the palace began to be decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers.
Shen Ling was also extremely busy.
I heard that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and large banquets and events are usually held at this time of year.
Gu Mu knew this all too well; the more people gathered together, the more likely the jealousy and rivalry scenes in female-oriented novels would occur.
But he only has the Empress now, so nothing should happen, right?
When the time comes, that big fish will definitely take the opportunity to offer up Lu Xiaoyao.
But Gu Mu could have refused to accept it and even followed the clues to find the big fish.
With that thought in mind, Gu Mu calmed down and waited for the Mid-Autumn Festival to arrive.
"Your Majesty, the Mid-Autumn Festival is just a few days away." Shen Ling stepped forward and said in a calm tone, "My second brother will also be coming then."
Shen Ling stopped there, waiting for Gu Mu to continue.
As soon as the incident occurred, Gu Mu sent people to investigate the maids who were fumigating the clothes.
But the maids looked innocent and said that the original spices had been sold out and they would not be able to buy them again for another six months.
Because the original spices required a special flower that was very rare, it was common for spice production to be discontinued.
However, because of its pleasant aroma, it has always been used as the royal perfume.
The bracelet that Shen Chao gave to Shen Ling was before the spice production stopped.
Because that day was the first day that Gu Mu used the new spices.
The selection of new spices was based on the fact that they tasted very similar to the original spices and were equally expensive, befitting the emperor's status as a man of immense wealth.
Originally, there were three kinds of spices competing for the same product, but the other two spices encountered unexpected problems. One was that the place of origin of the main flowers suffered from continuous drought and could no longer supply the product. The other was that a ship sank during transportation and it would take a month to be transported to the capital again.
Looking at it this way, the choice of the first spice seems to be a coincidence caused by natural disasters, and it is impeccable.
If Gu Mu were to execute Shen Chao directly because of this matter.
Although he could kill, he would certainly bear a reputation for violence. Moreover, since Shen Chao was Shen Ling's second elder brother, born of the same father and mother, and both were legitimate sons of the Prime Minister's family, he was executed for a bracelet without sufficient evidence.
This will probably make Shen Ling hate herself even more.
She might even leave him.
Although Gu Mu already understood that Shen Ling's favorability rating could not directly determine whether he could become the male lead.
However, the bonus from Shen Ling's favorability will still be a nice bonus in terms of improving the male lead's stats.
If Gu Mu wants to kill Shen Chao, he must do so legitimately and convincingly. Even if Shen Ling blames him for killing Shen Chao, he must stand on the moral high ground.
Therefore, in response to Shen Ling's probing, Gu Mu simply smiled and asked, "Why did the Empress bring this up?"
He is currently investigating whether Shen Chao is the big fish, and if so, he may be assisting other princes in plotting a rebellion.
In that case, the crime of treason should warrant the execution of nine generations of one's family. If Gu Mu only executes Shen Chao alone...
Perhaps, Shen Ling will not only not hate him much, but will even be grateful to him.
Shen Ling was taken aback. The Emperor had never been a great benefactor.
Anyone who offended him has come to a bad end so far.
Now the Emperor has casually picked up the matter of poisoning, and then casually put it down again?
Was it for his own sake? Because Shen Chao was his brother, the emperor decided to let him go?
For a moment, Shen Ling felt a surge of emotion.
She couldn't help but feel fortunate that she hadn't gone too far with the Emperor at the beginning; otherwise, she might have missed out on such a wonderful husband.
She held Gu Mu's hand tightly, her star-like eyes wide open, and said, "Your Majesty, I will avenge us."
"Even if he is my second brother, he cannot harm my husband."
"Just wait and see, at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, I will make him suffer."
Gu Mu looked at Shen Ling's expression and knew that she had clearly misunderstood.
However, the system notification stated: "[Detected that the female lead's affection for you has increased again, male lead value +1. Because you are tied for first place with another candidate, there is no reward (only by increasing the male lead value and being the only one in first place can you receive a system reward)]"
The male lead's stats have improved a bit, it's really good.
Therefore, Gu Mu held Shen Ling's hand and thought: Although you experienced the massacre of your family in your past life, and your brother is destined to die in this life, I will do my best to make sure that you won't hate me too much when the time comes.
Gu Mu knew that Heaven had given Shen Ling a second chance at life, not so that she could enjoy it.
Instead, it's about training her and making her stronger.
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