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During the holiday, Mo Ci got to know all of Zhao Yan's shadow guards thoroughly. They were quite capable and loyal enough, so Mo Ci was very confident in handing over the affairs of King Cha Yi to them.

This was naturally the case on the surface. After he returned to the Imperial College, he would go out every night. He did nothing but leave some clues for these shadow guards pointing to the royal children who loved Liu Qingyin.

After all, these shadow guards are Zhao Yan's men after all. It is not easy for Mo Ci to point the finger at people related to Liu Qingyin himself, so he can only do it in secret.

Besides, it should be easy to believe that he would attack his own brother just because of a woman and the throne, right?

No one knew that in this seemingly peaceful city of Luojing, a small hand was quietly fiddling with the invisible threads, bringing them together bit by bit.

Just wait for the right time to uproot it.

The instigator of all this was staying in the Imperial College, studying peacefully. No one could have imagined that Mo Ci was stirring up the water in Luojing City, making it more and more turbid.

The current emperor is in the transition period between middle age and old age. It is also at this time that the emperor himself can feel that he is unable to do anything, but he is unwilling to give up the power in his hands. Naturally, he has begun to keep a closer eye on his son.

So, among this group of sons who were all eyeing the throne under his butt, the deposed King of Qi, Zhao Yan, stood out.

Even Mo Ci, the current King of Qi, who originally had little presence, received the emperor's praise.

So, two years later, Mo Ci entered the palace again under the leadership of Fude. Mo Ci at this time was different from when he first came.

Although he was still young and short, Fude was good at observing people's expressions and could see the natural aura in Mo Ci at a glance.

Fude still remembered the first time he brought Mo Ci into the palace. At that time, Mo Ci seemed to be frightened, with a confused and curious look, and looked petty no matter how he looked at him.

And now, Mo Ci has become the King of Qi, even Fude has to sigh that he is indeed of royal blood.

Arriving all the way to the Yangxin Palace where the emperor was staying, Mo Ci met the emperor and this time performed the proper etiquette.

"Huaiqing greets His Majesty. May Your Majesty be blessed."

"Okay, Huaiqing, come here and let me take a look."

Mo Ci nodded and walked closer to the emperor. At this moment, the emperor had many wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. When he smiled lightly, it was clear that he was old.

However, those eyes were still filled with shrewdness as always. When the emperor saw Mo Ci approaching, he looked at him with loving eyes.

"In the future, when there are no outsiders around, you don't have to call me Your Majesty. People in the community all call me Grandpa, so you can call me that too."

The emperor has countless grandchildren, but Mo Ci is the first one whom he personally told to call grandpa.

Mo Ci looked at the emperor and knew that he had other intentions. However, it just so happened that he also needed some of the emperor's power, so he shouted with a smile.

"Grandpa Huang."

"Hey! Good grandson," the emperor heard Fude say that Moci was very smart, and since Moci was young and would not pose any threat to him at all, he naturally would not refuse to be a good grandfather, and immediately said to Fude.

"Fude, when Huaiqing returns to Prince Qi's mansion, please take the jade horse from my private treasury with you. My dear grandson, how much money do you have?"

The last sentence was asked to Mo Ci. Most of the things that the emperor rewarded to Mo Ci last time were put into his own space. As for how much was left.

He actually didn't spend much, and the Prince Qi's Mansion had its own industries, so it was never short of money. Moreover, Zhuang Xinhan herself had a dowry, so she had to give money to Mo Ci from time to time.

This resulted in Mo Ci never lacking money to spend. Now when the emperor asked about it, Mo Ci just answered.

"Grandpa Emperor, I have plenty of money to spend, so please don't waste it."

Just this one sentence made the emperor laugh. Regardless of Mo Ci's reaction, he waved his hand and gave Mo Ci another 10,000 taels of gold.

It can be said that he is worthy of being the emperor. Not only are the rewards calculated in gold, but they are always tens of thousands of taels. Mo Ci thought about it and still thanked him out loud.

After visiting the palace, Mo Ci cooperated with the emperor in putting on a show of deep affection between grandfather and grandson, and returned to Prince Qi's Mansion with countless rewards.

Mo Ci also placed the jade horse in Zhao Yan's room on the pretext of wanting to show Zhao Yan something new and make him happy.

As for the other things, Mo Ci also gave some to Zhuang Xinhan. He actually wanted to give all the gold to Zhuang Xinhan, but Zhuang Xinhan refused.

She said that this was all private money for Mo Ci, and he should just keep it for himself, without worrying about whether Mo Ci would spend it lavishly.

Less than three days after Mo Ci entered and left the palace, he finally got news about the actions he had ordered the shadow guards to take against Zhao Zhe.

Zhao Zhe was the King of Yi, and he was able to come to the cruise ship where they were when they were touring the lake in a domineering manner and say such harsh words, which meant that he was destined to be arrogant and not innocent.

Dealing with Zhao Zhe would also be much easier.

Mo Ci asked the shadow guards to find evidence of Zhao Zhe's guilt and then hand it over to several other princes and nobles. Although these people didn't know where the things came from, they would kill a competitor first if they could.

However, they were still cautious and did not take immediate action after getting the things. Instead, they sent their own people to investigate the authenticity of the matter.

This was why a lot of time was wasted. Then, on the same day, several people, without prior agreement, asked the officials they had bribed to report Zhao Zhe.

With so many officials coming out to sue Zhao Zhe, the emperor had no choice but to deal with it even if he didn't want to, so Zhao Zhe became unlucky.

What's more, the emperor originally wanted to make an example of someone to scare his sons so that they would be quieter, but then Zhao Zhe ran into him. The emperor looked at Zhao Zhe with helplessness and disappointment, and listened to the officials telling him his crimes.

The emperor originally wanted to get rid of Zhao Zhe directly, but looking at Zhao Zhe's appearance, he suddenly thought of something. He could let this son reduce the power of other sons, which could be regarded as doing something for his father.

In the end, Zhao Zhe was dismissed from his duties and was forced to reflect on his mistakes at home.

Zhao Zhe was suddenly sued by so many people. He knew that someone was trying to frame him and was planning to kill him.

He was definitely unwilling to accept this, so during the period of reflection, he asked his people to investigate the officials involved in this incident and find out who was related to them. Mo Ci also took the opportunity to leave him some clues.

Zhao Zhe's men quickly found the people behind the people involved in this incident. When Zhao Zhe saw that they were all his good brothers and sisters, he became even more angry. He decided to go all out and started to let people release the bad things done by other princes and nobles.

Mo Ci also contributed his part here, trying to make them distrust each other and fight with each other. After all, the emperor also wanted to see such a situation, and Mo Ci didn't mind making it bigger.

Moreover, because of Mo Ci's actions, the shadow guards Zhao Yan gave him gradually found out that Zhao Yan's affairs were directly related to Liu Qingyin.

Mo Ci, who had laid the clues early on, got the news from the shadow guards and immediately went to see Zhao Yan. Zhao Yan had been awake less and less recently, and it seemed that his end was near.

When Mo Ci came, Zhao Yan happened to be awake, so Mo Ci speculated that Zhao Yan's current situation was probably caused by Liu Qingyin, and also presented evidence.

Zhao Yan saw it. He liked Liu Qingyin, so he concluded that this had nothing to do with Liu Qingyin. But for other people who also liked Liu Qingyin, he couldn't believe that there was no connection.

Therefore, he quickly approved of Mo Ci's plan to investigate several other royal family members who also admired Liu Qingyin, and once again made those shadow guards obey Mo Ci's orders.

After such a long time, 80% of those shadow guards have completely defected to Mo Ci, so Mo Ci is not in a hurry at all. As for the remaining 20%, they will naturally be loyal to him, and only him, after Zhao Yan dies.

After finding a way out with Zhao Yan, Mo Ci was finally able to let the shadow guards investigate other princes and nobles, and his plan took a step forward.

At the same time, Mo Ci sent someone to check on Liu Qingyin, and the shadow guard he sent out happened to be the one who made him feel a little weird.

When the shadow guard heard that Mo Ci wanted him to go see Liu Qingyin, he did not respond immediately, but asked another question.

"Young Master, why do you want your subordinate to go see Miss Liu?"

Ok?

This was the first one among so many shadow guards who did not obey orders directly but asked him questions instead. Mo Ci looked at this shadow guard with a probing look in his eyes, but he soon spoke.

"I know that my father likes Miss Liu, and his illness is very likely related to someone else who admires Miss Liu. For my father, I naturally cannot let any suspicious person go."

"If anything happens to her, you must protect her. After all, she is the one my father loves. Also, I don't want you to tell my father about this. Do you understand?"

Mo Ci's words were just an excuse. His main purpose was to ask the shadow guard to protect Liu Qingyin. At least before he knew her origins from Liu Qingyin, Liu Qingyin could not die.

Besides, she was the key to uprooting that group of people herself, so nothing could go wrong.

After hearing what Mo Ci said and looking at Mo Ci's expression, the shadow guard really thought that Mo Ci was thinking about Zhao Yan. For a moment, the expression on his face became more complicated. It was because his face was mostly covered, otherwise Mo Ci would definitely see clearly what he was thinking.

But now, the shadow guard knelt down and said respectfully, "I understand."

The next second, he left under Mo Ci's gaze to protect Liu Qingyin, or to monitor Liu Qingyin.

Mo Ci looked at the direction where the shadow guard left, wondering whether he should also form a force of his own. It would be much more convenient to do things then, and he wouldn't have to do it all himself.

With this idea in mind, Mo Ci began to think about how to develop his own power, and then learned that King Qi also had his own fiefdom, but King Qi's fiefdom was a bit far from Luojing City.

This round trip would take a whole year.

In addition, Zhao Yan's health is getting worse and worse, and Mo Ci cannot take a child to the fiefdom alone, so this matter can only be put on hold for the time being.

However, Mo Ci did not give up on finding people to develop his own power, but planned to start with those beggars.

Even in this prosperous Luojing City, there are many beggars, not to mention places outside Luojing City.

Mo Ci didn't have any big ambitions, he just wanted to build a force that would facilitate his actions, and these beggars were the easiest to control, so he set his sights on these beggars.

But there is one thing now. Mo Ci is not even eight years old. At this age, he lacks a sense of trust when doing anything big, so he has to find someone he can trust to be the one to take the lead.

This trustworthy person... Mo Ci racked his brains but couldn't think of one, so he had no choice but to take it slow.

However, Mo Ci's whereabouts have changed from a straight line between the Prince of Qi's Mansion and the Imperial College to now, where he occasionally goes out for a walk and observes the beggars on the street.

Most of these beggars are older, and there are not many young beggars.

Mo Ci thought about it and felt that it was better that there were not many little beggars. He would take in a few of them and train them first. If there were fewer of them, they would not attract the attention of others.

So, Mo Ci put on a play, which was to show his overflowing compassion, and then brought the little beggars back to Prince Qi's palace to be his servants.

No matter who brings up this matter, it is not wrong. At most, they can say that Mo Ci is a soft-hearted child.

And this is exactly the result Mo Ci wanted.

After bringing the five little beggars back to Prince Qi's mansion, Mo Ci had them washed thoroughly and changed into clean clothes.

He went to Zhuang Xinhan first and told her that he had taken in a few beggars as servants today.

After Mo Ci took over Zhao Yan's power, Zhuang Xinhan knew that her child was extremely intelligent, so she would not get involved in many things.

Now, hearing Mo Ci's words, he just looked at Mo Ci lovingly and said.

"Qing'er, you can make your own decision. But you have to protect yourself and not get hurt. Got it?"

"Don't worry, mother. I know what I'm doing."

Mo Ci responded with a smile. He felt that there was nothing wrong with being reborn. Last time, he experienced the love of his father, and in this life, he experienced the love of his mother.

This is extremely precious to him.

As he spoke, Mo Ci fished out a hairpin from his bosom, held it up with both hands, and handed it to Zhuang Xinhan, "Mom, I saw this while shopping today. This daylily flower suits you very well, so I bought it. Mom, do you like it?"

This hairpin was actually very ordinary, carved out of wood, and was not as good as any of Zhuang Xinhan's jewelry. But when Zhuang Xinhan took it, her face was full of joy.

"I like it, I like it very much. How could I not like something Qing'er gave me? You are so thoughtful."

As she spoke, Zhuang Xinhan held the hairpin and looked at it over and over again, as if she couldn't see enough of it. Mo Ci smiled when he saw this.

The mother and son talked for a long time before Mo Ci left the yard and came to his own yard. At this time, the little beggars had all washed themselves.

He looks much better now, but he is too thin, just skin and bones.

Those little beggars seemed to know very well what would happen to them now. It all depended on how Mo Ci would deal with them, so they looked at Mo Ci with curiosity and desire.

After a while, Mo Ci finally spoke, "Are you willing to stay by my side and obey my orders?"