I am the Holy Poisoner, the Empress advised me to calm down

Not to mention how the court officials treated Lin Chen, the strategy proposed by this strategist alone was enough to make people terrified.

Lin Chen was almost waiting for good news.

On the way back, people from the Prince's Mansion secretly followed Lin Chen.

There seems to be something to say.

But these people looked at each other and no one moved.

Lin Chen also noticed the changes behind him and was a little at a loss.

Probably the prince's man.

Lin Chen thought secretly.

Were they following him just to see how he would deal with the princess?

It's outrageous. Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had good intentions, he lost his composure in front of a poisonous person like Lin Chen.

There's certainly no good in staring at yourself.

Lin Chen straightened his clothes and casually glanced at the Tsinghua Building with its flags waving on the road ahead.

The sound of stringed instruments and orchestras rose from inside, accompanied by the sweet laughter of women.

It can be said to be a place for pretentiousness.

The laughter that erupted from the crowd also moved to the door, getting closer and closer.

I saw several young men walking out with their female companions as if they were parading through the streets.

After observing for a moment, Lin Chen discovered that the young man was none other than one of the Crown Prince's close associates.

They all came into the brothel casually to play, and Lin Chen became more and more unhappy.

What Lin Chen was unhappy about was that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince pretended to be upright and noble, but he actually played extravagantly in private.

However, it seems that this princess is more suitable to ascend to this high platform and become the emperor.

Why can't the empress take the stage? Instead, it's unnecessary to hand over the world to a stubborn person like the prince.

The young men in the crowd were obviously drunk. When they opened their eyes and saw Lin Chen in a daze, they were stunned for a moment, but they immediately regained some sobriety. "I seem to have seen this person somewhere."

His companion beside him was also a little doubtful when he heard this, "How did you see him before? Didn't he just come here?"

The young man just waved his hand and said, "Never mind, let's go first. Now that I've had some wine, everyone looks like someone I know."

When Lin Chen heard them say this, he felt as if he was the culprit.

Anyone with a little bit of ability knows that before the war begins, these superiors will come out to have fun.

Lin Chen deliberately walked up to the young men and took out a golden hairpin in his hand.

Lin Chen deliberately asked, "I just picked this up on the ground. I wonder if it's yours."

The drunk young man was immediately surprised when he saw Lin Chen coming over with a hairpin.

"I did drop something, but I forgot about it. It turned out to be a hairpin."

Lin Chen handed the item over and said, "How are you going to thank me?"

His words made these young men suddenly understand who Lin Chen was.

"Aren't you the newly appointed retainer of the princess? Why are you here suddenly?"

"I just remembered that you picked up this hairpin. Do you want money for it?" the young man asked. Lin Chen acted nonchalant and said, "Well, my job isn't very lucrative. I can only earn some money and think of a solution."

The young men immediately understood what he meant and gave him a few pieces of gold. "Take this for now. If you need any help in the future, come to the Crown Prince's Mansion. His Royal Highness thinks highly of you. Don't let him down."

As they spoke, their gazes slowly turned towards the sword on Lin Chen's waist. "You have a sword, could it be that you also know martial arts?"

Lin Chen thought about it and forgot to put away the sword. However, it was the sword given by Longdan Zhao Yun. At the critical moment, he still put the sword away and said, "I'm just playing with it. I don't know any martial arts. I'm just a scholar."

These people were instantly disappointed. "You don't know martial arts, yet you carry this sword? How ridiculous!"

The expressions of these confidants suddenly changed. They had been following the prince and had seen a lot of ups and downs. Now that they saw that the prince was so appreciative of this stranger Lin Chen, they felt very dissatisfied.

Several people deliberately provoked him, saying, "You said you could offer a plan, but why don't you just tell us who owns the world?"

They deliberately raised their voices so high that passersby stopped and turned to look at Lin Chen, wanting to see how he would respond. Lin Chen knew this was a clear challenge, but he didn't care. He smiled and said, "People are born good. Good people will always make it to the end."

After saying this, these close associates looked at Lin Chen with disdain and said, "You don't know how to speak anymore, do you? Is there a single key word in what you said?"

Lin Chen was also speechless and said, "Otherwise, you want me to say that you all have opinions about the world, then tell me your opinions and I will comment on them, how about that?"

Lin Chen directly threw the question back, asking them to say for themselves whether the world had changed hands. Of course, Lin Chen knew what they wanted to say, but he was not that stupid.

The prince's confidants looked at each other and laughed. "We knew he was so incompetent. His strategy might just be a flash of inspiration. He can't even answer a question, and yet he's asking us to answer it. How ridiculous."

Lin Chen sighed seriously and pretended to be pitiful, saying, "It's a pity that His Majesty values ​​who has greater achievements, not who is better at speaking."

"The battle for Tianmen Pass has already begun, and you're still enjoying yourself here. Aren't you afraid that these things will get to His Majesty and the Crown Prince, and that you'll get into trouble because of it?"

Lin Chen's words touched their hearts, but Mao Zhong, the leader of these people, snorted coldly and said, "You have only met the Crown Prince once, and he has been kind and righteous to you. Yet you are controlling us like this. Do you think you have the right to do so?"

Lin Chen didn't say anything, but nodded. "I really don't have the right, but if you talk nonsense, people will hear you. After all, walls have ears. So many people can hear that you've been drinking again. Who don't you think would not know?"

When they thought about how ruthless the plan Lin Chen had come up with earlier, the group breathed a sigh of relief.

Thinking that many people had heard it just now, he looked at Lin Chen with resentment, "Just wait and see. Don't think you can get promoted just because you have a little knowledge. There is no one in the world as shameless as you."

They slandered Lin Chen and left in an instant. Lin Chen stood there watching those backs go away, scratching his hair. The people who followed him also dispersed. When he looked back, those who followed him were gone. He probably left together.

I believe that this matter will be reported to the prince. Lin Chen doesn't care what the prince thinks of him, but sooner or later the prince will be dragged into this.

Since he was on the princess's side, he naturally wouldn't intrude into other people's affairs.

But during this period, the war broke out, and the court was also preparing food, and news of a grain tax was also conveyed.