In danger, he traveled through time to save her, and the black-bellied prince doted on her

Mu Jinan's face was serious: "Let the nanny and the housekeeper set the rules tomorrow. All gifts sent to the mansion in the future will be rejected without the master coming forward."

Meiluo knew she had gotten into trouble, so she knelt down immediately:

"My lady, I'm sorry. I will behave myself in the future."

Mu Jinan nodded: "Get up"

Mei Luo whispered, "My lady, His Royal Highness Prince Liang waited for you for two hours outside the mansion today, and he looked sad when he left."

Mu Jinan looked at the jade seal in his hand, feeling bitter:

“I have been busy with government affairs these days.”

On the second day, in Zhaoyue Palace, Emperor Ming was holding his waist, looking haggard and coughing. Eunuch Gao supported him and slowly walked to the front hall. The room was filled with the rich fragrance of agarwood.

Mu Jinan stood outside the palace and bowed:

"Yu Neiguan, please inform the emperor that I have something to ask."

Yu Neiguan admired Mu Jinan very much and often took care of her. He always smiled when he saw her:

"Minister Mu, please wait a moment."

After a while, Mu Jinan came into the hall. She frowned and bowed again:

"Your Majesty, may you be well."

Emperor Ming dozed off, his eyelids half-closed: "Jin'an, what do you want?"

Mu Jinan said with a loud and clear voice and a smile:

"Last night, someone sent me a treasure. I felt it was inappropriate, so I presented it to Your Majesty."

The high eunuch took it over, and Emperor Ming stared at the jade seal and said in surprise:

“Why is there another one?”

Mu Jinan looked at the two jade seals and found that the one in his hand was the real one.

This An Xuan wants to get himself beheaded.

Last night, Mu Jinan slept with the jade seal in his arms. This jade seal has gone through many dynasties.

It was stained with the blood of many people.

Mu Jinan knew that Concubine Shen was now An Xuan's godmother, and An Xuan was not so easy to deal with. Since An Xuan dared to send her away, it meant that he was ready for the countermeasures that she would tell Emperor Ming.

She chose to use the seal she had obtained for free to exchange for something more important, and to express her loyalty:

"Your Majesty, the person who sent the gift did not leave his name, and I don't know who he was. Perhaps Governor An knows which one is the real one?"

"These treasures naturally belong to Your Majesty. I received them last night and stayed up all night waiting outside the palace gate. I presented them to Your Majesty this morning."

Emperor Ming looked at her with satisfaction:

"You are loyal and polite, good boy."

Seeing Emperor Ming happy, Mu Jinan took the opportunity to speak:

"Your Majesty, I want to forge 10,000 Mo Daos, but I'm afraid the cost will be high, so please allow me."

"In addition, I want to add 10,000 soldiers to the army. They need to be tall and strong, and be trained and selected so that they can go to the battlefield with Mo Dao in hand."

Emperor Ming put down the jade seal in his hand and raised his eyebrows. He used to think she was like Rongde, but after a long time, he felt that she was smarter than Rongde. He sneered:

"I told you that you don't come to me for no reason. Wan Ming, the world is peaceful now, why do we need so much?"

“And the national treasury is not very well-off.”

Mu Jinan thought it would be good to allocate some money, so he took a step back:

"Your Majesty, how much do you think is appropriate?"

Emperor Ming knew that the soldiers who used the Mo Dao had to eat a lot every day, so their salaries must be quite high. He wanted to leave some money for Concubine Shen in the harem, so he said:

"Five thousand"

Mu Jinan glanced at the high eunuch and lowered his head:

"Your Majesty, can you approve 7,000? I will do a good job on this matter and will not let you down."

The high eunuch also echoed:

"Your Majesty, the Mo Dao soldiers are powerful and both the men and horses are destroyed."

Emperor Ming waved his hand, picked up the imperial seal and admired it, then said with a flick of his sleeves:

"For the sake of this imperial seal, seven thousand is seven thousand."

Mu Jinan showed joy on his face, knelt down and bowed his head, saying:

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace."

After Mu Jinan left, he was deep in thought, perfecting his weapons step by step, such as long-range shooting with a cannon, long-range attack with a Mo Dao, shooting arrows through armor, and using a sword at close range.

When An Xuan learned that Mu Jinan had given the real jade seal to His Majesty, he hurried to the palace to meet his godmother, Concubine Shen, to plead for him and gave Concubine Shen the poems and music composed by Mr. Li.

Emperor Ming forgave An Xuan so easily.

Not long after Mu Jinan left, Jiang Yin, Xiao Hechuan and Cui Hengling went to meet Emperor Ming. Emperor Ming felt like he had just woken up and wondered why they were so nosy. He walked around the hall, holding his waist.

Seeing that Emperor Ming looked unhappy, Jiang Yin presented his confession and said cautiously:

"Your Majesty, we have found out that when Mu Jingyi was in Nanzhao, he did have correspondence with the King of Liang, and the King of Liang knew all the news from the front line."

“His heart is unclear”

Emperor Ming was shocked when he saw the testimony. Previously, Crown Prince Li Xu had been implicated in border control and had been punished. Now, Li Huaijin had also colluded with military commanders:

"Mu Jingyi, Li Huaijin"

Cui Hengling understood Emperor Ming's character and knew that he had become suspicious, so he took the opportunity to make a suggestion:

"Your Majesty, General Mu has a large army under his command, and his daughter has close ties with King Liang. I wonder what his intentions are."

Xiao Hechuan played to his strengths:

"Your Majesty, General Mu is a relative of mine. Previously in the palace, I heard him complain about how Your Majesty reprimanded him for losing the battle. He said...he said..."

He deliberately hesitated to anger Emperor Ming.

Emperor Ming looked unhappy and asked him anxiously:

"what did he say?"

Xiao Hechuan deliberately said slowly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for my innocence. This is too presumptuous. I dare not say it."

Emperor Ming pointed at him and said: "Speak quickly."

Xiao Hechuan bowed down and kowtowed:

"Mu Chen once said that Your Majesty is a tyrant who only stays in the Daming Palace in Chang'an to enjoy himself, does not care about the hard work of the soldiers, and values ​​civil officials over military officials. He will probably be infamous for eternity in the future."

Xiao Hechuan took a deep breath, mustered up the courage to say these words, and his whole body was shaking.

Emperor Ming was so angry that he covered his heart with his hands, his fingers trembling:

"This is true"

Xiao Hechuan kowtowed again: "I dare not deceive the king"

Emperor Ming threw the teacup to the ground and drew his sword. The men were so frightened that they dared not move. He gnashed his teeth and cursed:

"This Mu Chen, who married my daughter and Xiao, suffered a defeat and still dared to speak disrespectfully."

"No wonder Mu Jinan dared to refuse the marriage in the court. It was all his instigation."

He glanced at Xiao Hechuan, knowing that Xiao Wan was dead, and remained somewhat calm:

"Xiao Hechuan, since you knew this, why didn't you say it earlier?"

Xiao Hechuan had already thought of how to answer, because they had already had several conversations in the palace to prepare for Emperor Ming's question:

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. He is my brother-in-law and a military commander. I am afraid he will kill me. He even dares to criticize Your Majesty, how can he be afraid of me?"

"Your Majesty, I am thinking of you. The Mu family is now very powerful and has made friends with court officials and King Liang. Your Majesty must be on guard."

He Qiushan, who was standing by, saw that the time had come and knelt down as well:

"Your Majesty, we are your subjects, not the Mu family. If you have any orders, we will go through fire and water to fulfill them."

Cui Hengling was worried that Emperor Ming would suspect them, so he wanted to strike the target right away and continued to fan the flames:

"Your Majesty, this matter needs to be carefully considered. Do not alert the enemy, especially Minister Mu, who has deceived Prince Liang into killing Prince Rui."

"If one day, the King of Liang rebels and becomes the emperor, there is no guarantee that he will not give the country to Minister Mu."

"Have you forgotten Empress Zetian, and Princess Taiping, these women?"

Emperor Ming hunched his back and closed his eyes. He was old and no longer able to do things, yet he was full of suspicion. Today he heard that An Xuan was going to rebel, and tomorrow he heard that the Mu family was going to rebel, and his own grandson was also going to rebel.

He gritted his teeth. Was it really because he was old that these people were ready to make a move? He wasn't dead yet.

He did not allow any challenge to the imperial power:

"This Mu Jinan is indeed a nuisance. Either send her to marry a foreign prince or eliminate her."

After hearing this, several people were satisfied. Cui Hengling changed his strategy and continued:

"Your Majesty, it is better to make plans early. Rebellion will only take a few hours or a day."

He Qiushan glanced at Emperor Ming's face and saw that his dark pupils were filled with murderous intent:

"Your Majesty, please do not be merciful."

Emperor Ming turned his back and clenched his fists. He was determined to get rid of these people from the Mu family one by one, either by killing them, imprisoning them, or sending them to marry foreign tribes:

"I know, I will summon you to the palace again"

There was a cool breeze and a few birds occasionally flew over the palace walls in the blue sky.

Inside the Chaoying Palace, Mu Jinan was looking at the account book of the Ministry of Revenue. The expenditure of the harem was only increasing, and the number of palace maids in the harem from 20,000 had increased to 30,000.

There is no money to give to the Qique and Qixuan tribes, so it may not be easy to appease them with gold and silver.

Mu Jinan was frowning because the land was not distributed equally among the people, their lives were difficult, and taxes were reduced.

Jiang Yanqing saw her holding her head and sighing, picked up the account book on the ground and handed it to her:

"Balancing the land and expanding the imperial examinations are also important things at the moment."

Mu Jinan knew that both of these things required the order of Emperor Ming, especially the reduction of nobles' land distribution. Once implemented, there would be countless enemies.

All the dignitaries and nobles in Chang'an City will be offended.

This is also a legacy problem of Emperor Ming's implementation of the equal-field system. At that time, court officials implemented the equal-field system while trying to please the powerful.

As time went on, the people who had originally been allocated land lost control of the land again, and the fertile land returned to the hands of the powerful.

Mu Jinan sighed and said, "I want to give up."

Jiang Yanqing smiled and asked her: "What does it mean to be bad?"

Mu Jinan flipped through the account book:

“It just means I don’t want to do it anymore.”

She looked at the money spent by the Ministry of Revenue in recent months, and saw that the Ministry of Works had spent a lot on mineral surveys in recent months:

"Minister of Works Cai Tong, has he been visiting the Ministry of Revenue recently?"

Jiang Yanqing looked at the account book details and pointed to that page:

"Your Majesty asked him to find the largest gold mine in each county of Shengguo."

"The Ministry of Works will come to collect money today or tomorrow."

Mu Jinan felt uneasy. Why would Emperor Ming suddenly want to find a gold mine? He remembered that Li Heng used the Kuazhou gold mine in Dongdao, Jiangnan to return to Sheng State, and used the Nanzhao gold mine to provoke war.

Could it be that he is really still alive, hiding in the dark?

Mu Jinan told Jiang Yanqing: "Keep a close eye on the Minister of Industry Cai Tong and see who he is interacting with privately. This gold mine matter is definitely not that simple."

Jiang Yanqing was stunned. After Mu Jinan recovered his memory, he kept his distance from Li Huaijin. He wanted to bring them together:

"For something like spying on someone, shouldn't you ask Huai Jin? He has so many secret agents."

Mu Jinan raised his eyes to glance at Jiang Yanqing, closed his open mouth, looked dim, and continued to flip through the account book.

Jiang Yanqing emphasized one more sentence:

"Don't treat him like this all the time. You can be happy with him today, but you can be unhappy and cold tomorrow. He is a flesh-and-blood person. Don't you think he won't be sad?"

"There is still poison in his body, he has not slept all night, and the house is full of wine jars"

Mu Jinan didn't want to alienate him, but was trying to make him return to Germany willingly and not take the risk of hearing that he was poisoned.

Her heart suddenly trembled. She thought she had heard it wrongly and confirmed it again:

"poison?"

"What poison? I've never heard him mention it."

Jiang Yanqing took a small bed and sat down:

"It seems that you really don't care about him and don't notice it at all."

Mu Jinan was extremely anxious, wondering how Li Huaijin could be poisoned:

"Say it quickly"

Jiang Yanqing looked gloomy and said slowly:

"After the death of King Wei, Huai Jin was poisoned. Although he was saved, the poison penetrated deep into his bones and he could not be cured for many years."

"In the previous battle with Yu He, you knocked him off the ring and he vomited blood. After you returned to the Mu Mansion, he fell ill for a while. If the poison is not removed, his life may be in danger."