Gu Mu didn't know,
After all, he is still in the realm of female-oriented fiction.
The typical romantic development pattern in female-oriented novels usually involves misunderstandings, resolving misunderstandings, more misunderstandings, and resolving misunderstandings again.
Therefore, although he has broken off his relationship with the female lead at this moment, in terms of the overall development of the female-oriented novel, it may actually be in a stage of "misunderstanding".
So at this time, his male lead value increased, and it increased by three points at once, which was more than the increase in the female lead's favorability value.
This further illustrates that while the female lead's affection is important for becoming the male lead, it is not the decisive factor.
Gu Mu's palace was burned down, so he had to spend the night in the imperial study.
After dismissing the palace maids from the Imperial Study, Gu Mu went to an open space in the back garden and took out the magical excavator.
In an instant, the magical excavator was placed from the system inventory onto the open ground in front of them.
The strange excavator's design is identical to the excavator Gu Mu had in his previous life.
Gu Mu discovered that the rewards given by the system were all on par with the technological level of his previous life, or at least things that Gu Mu had seen in his previous life.
Then, after systematic improvements, it appears in this world with even better quality.
Gu Mu sat on the excavator, performed a few simple operations, and soon, he leveled a rockery in the garden to the ground.
Moreover, what makes this amazing excavator different from ordinary excavators is that it does not consume oil as its power source, but instead relies on solar energy.
It started with full energy, and as Gu Mu operated it, it consumed a little bit, but the difference was almost imperceptible. Gu Mu estimated that this amazing excavator could be used continuously for a week without any problems.
However, it is unknown how long it will take to fully charge.
But it was nighttime, and the amazing excavator had plenty of energy, so Gu Mu decided to try it again another time.
As the saying goes, "To get rich, build roads first." Gu Mu is currently sending people to build a trade route, but in this era, everything relies on manpower, so progress is very slow.
With this amazing excavator, even though there's only one, the Southern Country isn't very big, so its role in the Southern Country is still significant.
Gu Mu put the amazing excavator away. After all, the sudden appearance of such a huge machine in the Imperial Study was quite suspicious.
Gu Mu planned to use the name of Hidden City to deliver this amazing excavator to the Trade Corridor Construction Office.
and……
Shen Ling seems to hate him now.
Then it's time for him to put his previous plans regarding the Hidden City Lord to use.
Kunning Palace
After returning to her room, Shen Ling did not go to sleep immediately. Instead, she changed into a set of night clothes, wrapped herself in a loose black robe, and put on a bamboo hat, covering her entire body completely so that it was impossible to tell whether she was male or female.
After that, she quietly opened the window and ran out.
Dressed in black, Shen Ling flew through the air, stepping on the city walls, and flew out of the palace.
The entire city is now under martial law, with countless soldiers patrolling the streets. The people have all kept their doors tightly shut, and you can feel their fear and anxiety, just like during the great battle of the Empress Dowager's coup.
Even if no one leaks the information,
But the people of the capital also guessed that something big must have happened in the palace, and it was something extraordinary.
Shen Ling was very familiar with the capital and the routes under martial law. She avoided the patrol routes of the guards and flew into the Prime Minister's residence.
If it weren't for the unexpected incident at this banquet, she would have presented this appetizer of a grand gift to her second brother at the banquet.
But it's not too late now.
Countless insects, densely packed, slid down from Shen Ling's black robe, spreading out from her feet and crawling towards her second brother's room.
They all squeezed through the crack in the door.
Finally, there were no more poisonous insects outside Shen Ci's room; they had all gone inside.
Shen Ci was awakened by a rustling sound.
He opened his eyes and realized that the sound was the crawling of insects, but why was it so loud?
This isn't the sound made by just one or two insects crawling; there must have been at least hundreds or thousands.
Shen Ci realized something was wrong and wanted to turn back.
But the insects are so venomous that even without getting close, the scent they emit is enough to numb a person's senses.
Besides, there are so many insects.
For a moment, Shen Ci felt that he couldn't move his neck at all.
Even raising my hand is difficult.
How could there be... so many bugs?
He had no idea about Shen Ling's self-defense methods, which is why Shen Ling dared to use these insects to deal with him.
After all, some things are considered trump cards only if others don't know them.
Once others find out, they will develop countermeasures, at which point its effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
Her master taught her this principle from a young age, and also taught her never to trust people too much, and to always be wary of everyone and her own trump cards.
Therefore, even if her family sent her to study under a master and she returned after completing her studies, they would only assume that she knew some light-body skills and martial arts moves.
Little did they know, her greatest strengths were not those at all.
Dressed in black, Shen Ling stood outside, quietly observing the scene inside through a door.
...
Shen Ci had no idea who could sneak into the Prime Minister's residence without a sound and who had the ability to control so many insects to deal with him.
He tried to move his fingers to get rid of the bugs, but it was no use.
He squinted as he watched the insects crawl onto his bed and touch his skin.
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