Under the wide black robe, Chen Muke's mouth curled slightly, but his eyes were full of danger. He said slowly: "It's because you guys are slow in reporting. Last night, we heard from the frontier that the Golden Scale Nation has withdrawn its troops."

There were people who disliked Wen Xiangzhu and couldn't stand seeing someone speaking for him, so they interrupted Chen Muke.

"Even if the Golden Scale Nation withdraws its troops, there is no guarantee that they won't come back later!"

Chen Muke said in a deep voice: "Of course there is reliable information. Jinlin Kingdom will not attack Yunli Kingdom in the short term. It's just that you are not worthy of knowing this. Only I can tell His Highness about this. In this way, Yunli Kingdom has enough financial resources to repair the river. Considering the future, we don't have to find young and strong people. We can select some prisoners from all over the country and keep them under strict supervision."

After he said this, Qi Rui felt hopeful again.

"Are you serious?" Qi Rui waved at him.

"Really?" Chen Muke said firmly, then walked forward and whispered something into Qi Rui's ear.

Although everyone didn't know what they said, they could clearly feel the light in Qi Rui's eyes, as if he had something more important than solving the problem facing Emperor Jing'an.

After Chen Muke finished speaking, he stepped back.

Qi Rui said immediately: "I have thought about it for a while, Ye Hanshan's idea is very good. If others have better ideas, they can tell me tomorrow. Let's go!"

After saying that, they dispersed and left.

Several people who were on good terms with Wen Xiangzhu came forward to congratulate him, but in their hearts they still felt that this was inappropriate.

But his mind had already drifted far away. He expressed his ideas in the hall. Regardless of whether Qi Rui adopted his ideas or not, his purpose was just to stand out.

After all, a fool like Qi Rui wouldn't think too much about the pros and cons.

His purpose was to attract Chen Muke's attention. He had observed for a long time and found that almost all the books Chen Muke had read recently were related to rivers, so he guessed that they had the same idea.

He had to express this idea before Chen Muke. If someone refuted it and Chen Muke did not stand up to speak for him, it would mean that Chen Muke's real idea was not this and he guessed wrong, and he would not lose anything.

He had thought about this matter clearly last night, so the result today was not important to him.

but……

I don’t know what the news from the border that Chen Muke mentioned in the hall just now is. It’s a pity that he fainted last night, otherwise I would have known how he got the news.

Today, he has other things to do, so it's time to go back to the courtyard.

Let Zhao Ji bring Zhou Mei to her place. I guess Zhou Mei has already run away by now. I don’t know if Zhao Ji has found a way for them to go back.

As soon as Wen Xiangzhu came out of the Third Prince's Mansion, he saw Zhao Ji who had been waiting outside the mansion since early morning. Zhao Ji spoke only after they got on the carriage and were three streets away from the Third Prince's Mansion.

"Zhou Mei was released by Shen Jiayu that day, and all the people I sent to follow her... went crazy. Zhou Mei was also lost. I searched the entire alley where she entered but couldn't find her. It was like she disappeared out of thin air, without leaving any trace at all." Zhao Ji still felt a lingering fear when he said it.

No one knew why they went crazy. He sent three people in total. The one who followed closely, the one who stared in the middle, and the one who watched from a distance all went crazy.

There were more than just three people outside the courtyard, but they were the only three who went crazy, and Zhou Mei had disappeared.

"How did he go crazy? Are other people acting strange?" Wen Xiangzhu probably knew why they couldn't find Zhou Mei, but he just couldn't figure out why someone would suddenly go crazy.

Zhao Ji became excited. "This is the weird part. I asked doctors to see them, but none of them could figure out the cause. They just said they might have gone crazy because of the shock. Everyone else is fine, but these three are crazy. They can't even speak now."

The person has gone crazy, which must be related to Zhou Mei's disappearance.

Wen Xiangzhu took a deep breath and continued to ask: "Did Shen Jiayu feel anything unusual after meeting her?"

"The two of them talked in the room for a while. They spoke very quietly and it was difficult to hear clearly. I only knew that Shen Jiayu's hand was injured. There was a very small wound on the index finger, and that was all." Zhao Ji said.

Wen Xiangzhu lowered his eyes, leaned forward, and rested his elbows on his knees, thinking.

Shen Jiayu's hand was injured, Zhou Mei was missing, and the person sent went crazy.

The two of them also whispered something to each other, and it seemed like there must be something going on between them that I didn't know about.

Shen Jiayu didn't tell the truth in the end, which is good!

The carriage wobbled all the way back to the gate of the courtyard, and Zhao Ji helped Wen Xiangzhu down.

When Nianzhu heard that Wen Xiangzhu was coming back, she immediately told Shen Jiayu about it, thinking that it was the emperor who was anxious but the eunuch was.

Shen Jiayu didn't want to go out to greet him, but she couldn't convince Nianzhu, so she had to stand at the gate of the courtyard as a wife-waiting rock.

The sun was shining brightly that day, with a faint golden halo shining through the leaves of the big tree in front of the courtyard gate. When it fell on Shen Jiayu, only gentle light remained, completely devoid of the harsh look of summer.

In the summer, Shen Jiayu liked all colors that looked cooler. She wore a pale blue dress, with only a plain jade hairpin on her head to tie her hair up, and her face was covered with the powder that Rosary insisted on applying to her.

She had not really come out to wait for Wen Xiangzhu, and she was a little distracted when she heard the sound of the carriage stop.

Shen Jiayu slowly turned her head to look at the carriage, and her eyes met with Wen Xiangzhu who was looking in her direction at the same time.

A gust of wind blew by, and Shen Jiayu's pink and blue dress swayed slightly in the wind. The sunlight sprinkled softly on her face, as if it was coated with a layer of light that only a goddess could have.

In an instant, an idea suddenly popped up in Wen Xiangzhu's mind - maybe she really is not from this world.

Perhaps it was because the sun was getting scorching, Wen Xiangzhu suddenly felt a little hot. The shaking of the carriage after sitting for a long time made his heart feel uncomfortable and it kept beating wildly uncontrollably.

Shen Jiayu walked forward and handed him a Supa, "It's hot, next time Zhao Ji comes to pick you up, I'll ask him to prepare some ice, so you won't sweat when you come back, guess what."

This time it was not Rosary who taught her. Shen Jiayu suddenly realized that Wen Xiangzhu had not returned to the courtyard for several days. As soon as she let Zhou Mei go, Wen Xiangzhu came back.

She was afraid that he might come back to settle the score with her, so she had to act nice and try to please him.

Wen Xiangzhu took the Supa, wiped the sweat off his head, and smiled at her gently, "It's a hot summer day, and the sun outside is glaring and scorching. Madam, you don't have to come out to greet me in the future. Just wait at home."

This is Wen Xiangzhu. Even though he might be very unhappy with her in his heart, he can still pretend to be a gentle and handsome man in front of outsiders.

Shen Jiayu returned a gentle smile, which in Nianzhu's eyes was proof of their love.

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