Family affection? Is it important to have rights?

Ji Qichen was checking the accounts in the restaurant as usual. His father didn't mind that he went out of the palace every day. After all, his father had known that he had bought a restaurant.

I knew it earlier than my eldest and second brothers.

At this time, the waiter Qingfeng knocked on the door, walked quickly to the boss's ear and whispered, "Boss, several officials from Jingyang Houyue are already waiting in the private room."

Ji Qichen sighed when he thought about having to talk to those officials for a long time.

"Okay, I know."

"By the way, has that Master Pan come recently?"

Qingfeng looked at the boss in surprise and replied, "Master Pan comes here every day, often sitting in the same private room, looking at something through the window."

Yes, Pan Qingkong was missing Mu Lianxue.

Qingfeng had already learned the news from the intelligence that was disclosed among them.

Ji Qichen twitched his lips. Ever since he learned that Master Pan had a crush on Tangxi's half-sister Mu Lianxue, he has been speechless.

Master Pan met Mu Lianxue twice in total. Once, they chatted in a private room in a restaurant for a whole day, and another time, he went directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find Mu Lianxue.

It really is getting more abstract each time!

But it’s also good this way, doesn’t it? Doesn’t this reveal the weakness of the Minister of War Pan Mo?

What would be the prince's expression if he knew that Pan Mo's son liked the second lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion?

You know, now the Crown Prince has almost assigned the Prime Minister's Mansion to his faction, the Third Prince.

Ji Qichen is quite looking forward to it.

It would have been even better if he was there when Big Brother found out!

Ji Qichen stood up and went to talk to those officials. Now that they were willing to come, it proved that they were inclined to choose him.

So just be polite and promise a few benefits.

At this time, Mu Jinrong was worried about one thing: where to get the sleeping pills and the dagger?

But he immediately figured it out. Since he wanted Mu Lianxue to make the knife, he would do it to the end!

Miss Mu said that Mu Lianxue still had the drugs in her hand, so all he had to do was sneak into Mu Lianxue's room to take the drugs, and then go to the kitchen to get a knife!

Mu Jinrong did whatever he thought of. Like a cautious little lion who had just started to hunt prey, he observed Mu Lianxue's movements for several days.

He discovered that Mu Lianxue was woken up by the servants in the morning to learn etiquette, practiced the piano after lunch, learned calligraphy in the afternoon, and read some women's rules in the evening.

It was so full, so full that Mu Jinrong couldn't even find a moment to sneak into Mu Lianxue's room!

Fortunately, when Mu Lianxue was tired, she would take the initiative to talk to the servants about going to the lady to have a rest.

This also gave Mu Jinrong an opportunity.

Mu Jinrong had learned his lesson from being discovered by the servants last time, so he was extra cautious this time and observed his surroundings with every step he took.

After arriving at Mu Lianxue's room, Mu Jinrong began to search through the drawers for the drugs.

While searching for the drug, Mu Jinrong discovered many strange things.

Whip, stick, and... dagger!

Mu Jinrong's eyes lit up. This way he wouldn't have to go to the kitchen to steal the kitchen knife anymore!

Finally, Mu Jinrong found a medicine bag in the gap between the cabinets. Although Mu Jinrong didn't know what the drug looked like, this was the only kind of powder he found in Mu Lianxue's room.

How about finding someone to try it out first? Anyway, it looks like there are still a lot of them!

After Mu Jinrong took the dagger and the medicine powder, he left without being discovered.

At the same time, Mu Lianxue was in her mother's yard.

Xu Jingshu held a teacup in her hand, glanced at Mu Lianxue and asked, "How long have you been learning etiquette?"

Mu Lianxue didn't know what her mother meant, so she could only tell the truth, "More than a month."

This was in addition to the time her father had previously locked her up in the house to learn etiquette.

After hearing this, Xu Jingshu looked Mu Lianxue up and down and asked another question, "Have you decided what kind of person you want to marry in the future?"

Mu Lianxue was stunned, not understanding why her mother brought up this matter, "I haven't thought about it yet."

Xu Jingshu put down the teacup in her hand, and the bottom of the cup made a loud noise when it hit the table.

"Have you not thought about it?"

"Tangxi has been married to the Third Prince by His Majesty. Do you want to be worse than her?!"

Of course Mu Lianxue didn't want to, but how could she marry better than Mu Tangxi?

"Who should I marry then? No matter who I marry, my status will not be higher than that of the Third Prince."

Xu Jingshu looked at her biological daughter with a look of dismay, "Why are you so inflexible?"

"It just so happens that the second prince's concubine has passed away due to illness."

Xu Jingshu gave Mu Lianxue a look.

Mu Lianxue looked up at her mother in disbelief, "But the second prince's wife is still alive?"

"The Second Prince's wife is still alive, which does not affect your becoming his concubine."

Xu Jingshu's eyes were full of calculation and ambition, without any trace of mother-daughter affection.

Mu Lianxue was unhappy, "Why can Mu Tangxi marry the Third Prince as his principal wife, but I have to marry the Second Prince as his concubine?!"

Xu Jingshu really felt a little disgusted with her daughter who didn't understand the situation in the court, but she still explained, "How can the Third Prince compare to the Second Prince?"

"The Third Prince has no support from his mother's family, nor is he favored by the emperor. He also has no close confidants around him, and he has never been close to any official in the court."

Mu Lianxue still couldn't accept it, "But the Third Prince only has Mu Tangxi as his wife, no other concubines or maids!"

Xu Jingshu was a little impatient. "The Third Prince is so beautiful that no woman in the capital is willing to marry him, and no official wants to place a stake on him!"

"Don't you understand? The Third Prince has no chance of becoming the Emperor, and he might even be eliminated by the next Emperor in the future! There is absolutely no way he can become the Emperor's prince!"

"Even the Fourth Prince, who is much younger than the Third Prince, has a better chance of ascending the throne than the Third Prince!"

Mu Lianxue was silent and raised a question, "Is it possible that the Third Prince is hiding his abilities?"

Xu Jingshu was simply amused, "Hiding his incompetence? If he is really hiding his incompetence, then the Third Prince is about to hide himself to death!"

"Do you know? There are roughly three factions in the court now. The Crown Prince's faction, the Second Prince's faction, and the neutral faction headed by the old master. The Fourth Prince has his mother's family backing him up and speaking well of him."

"Only the Third Prince has no officials to take care of him!"

"And do you know how the Third Prince behaved during the court session? He watched other officials perform under the Emperor's nose! He didn't care what the Emperor thought of him at all, he had already given up on himself!"

"So be obedient and choose the second prince, okay?"

Xu Jingshu's last words were spoken with exceptional gentleness.

The more Mu Lianxue listened, the more she felt that the Third Prince was very special, but the Third Prince had pushed himself into a dead end.

He seemed like he really didn't want to live anymore.