What’s up?
The Emperor personally issued the decree regarding the reception of envoys from Xuan Guo by the Prince of Beijang.
Yet, he remains emperor. Mo Yunjing hasn’t escorted Mo Yunchen out of the capital city yet, so at this very moment, he isn’t defying the imperial edict in front of all the civil and military officials.
The emperor knew Mo Yunjing’s temper, and right now there was no way to make him take the imperial decree willingly. Anyway, once he issued the decree, Mo Yunjing would have to accept it even if he didn’t want to.
After the court session, all civil and military officials walked out. Mo Yunjing also slowly walked out. As soon as he left the hall, Mo Yunze stopped him, a smile in his eyes, “Fifth brother, let’s have a chat?”
Mo Yunjing merely glanced at him lightly, her tone flat as if she were speaking to a stranger, “What’s the matter?”
“! ”
Mo Yunze twitched the corner of his mouth. He hated this kind of Mo Yunjing the most. Obviously, he was older by a few months, but every time he was in front of Mo Yunjing, he seemed like the younger brother.
Mo Yunze came back to his senses, “Fifth brother, don’t you want to know why the Fourth Brother let the Beijiang Wangfu receive the envoys from Xuan Country?”
Mo Yunjing’s clear and cold eyebrows didn’t change at all. “Is that all you have to say?”
“Heh.”
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Speaking of which, Mo Yunze didn’t know what he was thinking. A hint of schadenfreude appeared on his face as he continued, “Brother Four, I heard that your wife is very jealous and has publicly said she doesn’t want you to take concubines or let other women near you. If she knew who this visitor from the Xuan Kingdom is, how would you explain it to her?”
Mo Yunjing’s eyes sank, and he gave him a cold glance. “Finished?”
Mo Yunze chuckled softly, “Well, that’s all.”
“My personal matters with my wife are none of your concern, Fourth Brother. You have time to waste on this? Perhaps you should spend it investigating how your sister-in-law truly died.”
Hearing Mo Yunjing suddenly mention that woman who couldn’t be mentioned, Mo Yunze’s expression changed drastically. More shockingly, what Mo Yunjing said was, “What do you mean?”
Mo Yunjing’s gaze, deep and meaningful, swept over him. “Fourth Brother is a smart man, there’s no need for this king to repeat himself.”
After that, he walked forward two more steps with an emotionless face and coldly spat out two words, “Move.”
Mo Yunze clenched his fists, looking quite gritted-teeth, but he still stepped aside to let Mo Yunjing pass. After regaining his composure, he turned back to look at Mo Yunjing’s back and suddenly added:
“Fifth brother, don’t blame fourth brother for not reminding you, this cup of strong liquor is not something everyone can enjoy. In fact, fourth brother thinks I’m more suited to drink this than you. If you don’t believe me, let’s just wait and see.”
Yunliu, who was beside Moyunjing, couldn’t control her expression when she heard Moyunzhe’s words and directly rolled her eyes.
Even he, with all his foolishness, could hear it: the Fourth Prince actually had the audacity to covet the Northern Border Princess from under their prince’s nose?
He’s utterly overreaching, digging his own grave!
But Mo Yunjing didn’t pay attention to Mo Yunze’s words at all. He didn’t even look back and left straight away.
Watching Mo Yunjing walk away, Mo Yunze’s anger caused his nails to dig into his flesh. His eyes turned cold, and he then looked at the attendant beside him, “You go back to the manor first and imprison all the servants who used to take care of the princess.”
The attendant immediately bowed. “Yes,”
Upon returning to the Beijang Wangfu, Mo Yunjing did not immediately go back to Jingtang Garden. Instead, he went to another study.
After sitting down, he looked at Yunliu with cold eyes, “Can you find out who spread the rumors in the capital?”
“Yun Liu bowed respectfully and said, ‘My Lord, the information came from An Shi Lang’s residence. However, my subordinate found that a maidservant from Fourth Prince’s mansion had visited the head gardener of An Shi Lang’s backyard.'”
Mo Yunjing narrowed his eyes slightly, his thumb unconsciously grinding against his index finger. An Shilang…An Nánlin, Tangtang’s so-called biological father, turned out to be the one behind the schemes in his own house.
Mo Yunjing’s impression of An Nalin was merely the sight of him trembling with fear in the hall that day.
He wouldn’t think this was Annan Lin’s doing, after all, given Annan Lin’s cowardly nature, he wouldn’t dare to act against An Xue Tang rashly. After all, An Xue Tang is now the Princess of Beijiang, a status that Annan Lin can’t afford to provoke.
The only possible scenario is that An Nalin’s wife, Liu Yaner, was the one Mo Yunze used to carry out this deed through her.
Yun Liu had been silent, watching the scene unfold. After a moment’s pause, he continued, “Your Highness, should we tell the Princess about this? She doesn’t know what the people think of her, and they have all misunderstood her.”
Mo Yunjing shook his head slightly, “In the next few days, this king will personally tell her.”
These past two days, Tangtang is to accompany her elder brother’s arm. It’s best not to bother her with such trivial matters.
“Shall I go to An Shi Lang’s mansion first and teach those people who don’t know their place a lesson?”
Mo Yunjing narrowed his eyes slightly, “Don’t kill her. Your princess might want to take this revenge personally.”
Yunliu instantly smiled and excitedly bowed, “Yes, my subordinate understands.”
The prince’s idea of “not killing” is just to leave them half-dead, right? Of course he understands that. He’s not interested in anything else, he just loves this kind of cruelty towards animals!
Mo Yunjing had just returned to the palace when the emperor’s decree arrived. As the princess of Beijang, An Xuetang still put on a show and went to the door to receive it.
Hearing that the envoy from Xuan Kingdom was coming to Tianba Kingdom, and during their time in the capital, they would need Beijang王府 to arrange their food, lodging, and transportation, An Xuetang frowned in displeasure.
Mo Yunjing was just about to tell her not to worry, that he would have someone else arrange a residence for those envoys, when An Xuetang suddenly called out to the eunuch who delivered the imperial decree:
“Your Majesty, the king only instructed us in the Beijang Royal Court to receive the envoys, but he didn’t provide any funds.”
Mo Yunjing :“……”
He paused for a moment, then a faint smile curved his lips.
His little girl Tangtang is a real little money-lover.
The eunuch who delivered the imperial decree was unfamiliar with the word “funds.” He cautiously clasped his hands and asked, “This servant doesn’t know what ‘funds’ refer to for the Princess of Beijang?”
“Oh, what this concubine means is that the Emperor has asked our Beijiang Palace to entertain the envoys. But our Beijiang Palace doesn’t have extra funds. Our lord’s meager salary isn’t even enough for daily expenses, so there’s simply no extra money to properly entertain the envoys.”
“…”
The eunuch’s lips twitched. Could the Beijang Prince’s Manor possibly be running out of money?
At this moment, An Xue Tang suddenly shoved the imperial decree into the eunuch’s arms. “This will do. Father wants us to entertain them, but we need to clarify how the expenses incurred by the Beijang王府 during this period will be calculated. Take this imperial decree back first. This concubine believes that Father will know what to do.”
Anshe Tang smirked, “I hope next time when my father-in-law comes with a decree, he’ll bring a large retinue instead of this meager group.”