The peerless and dark princess

Mu Wange didn't know that Shen Xinyue blamed her for Mu Yucheng's death, but even if she knew, she wouldn't care much. After all, she and Shen Xinyue had always been in a hostile relationship. Even if Mu Yucheng's death was not blamed on her, Mu Wange, the relationship was irreconcilable. So what was the relationship?

On the other side, Qiao Yan pretended as usual to dislike Mu Wange, which made Shen Xinyue feel like provoking a war between her and Wange.

Caiyu naturally saw all of this, but Madam Mu turned a blind eye and no longer cared much about it. The reason was that Qiao Yan had been married for so long without any news of pregnancy, so compared to Mu Ruohan, the second prince's concubine, Shen Xinyue was naturally not as worried as before, even though Mu Ruohan was pregnant before she even reached the age of 15.

At that time, Chen Yunfeng promoted the pregnant Muruohan to concubine. Muruohan sent someone to deliver the news, and everyone in the Mu family knew about it.

As the head of the family, Mu Heng, while outwardly indifferent, secretly allocated a considerable amount to Shen Xinyue and sent money to Mu Ruohan. He knew Crown Prince Chen Yunjie was already suspicious of him, so he needed to cling to Chen Yunfeng's influence. If Chen Yunjie kicked him out, he could still get close to Chen Yunfeng. If it weren't for the fact that his daughters weren't yet of marriageable age, he might have considered trying to get close to the Third Prince, Chen Yunbin. Mu Wange was the natural choice, but as the daughter of Chu Wanran of the Chu family in Prince Yan's mansion, Mu Wange's marriage wasn't decided by her father, so he secretly set his sights on the still-young Mu Lanxin.

"Sister, Father seems to be paying too much attention to me and Auntie these days. I wonder if you..."

"Hmm? Concerned about you and Aunt Zhao?"

"Yes, he also sent a lot of gifts to my aunt. Over the years, my father has never shown such concern for my sister and me, and my aunt, so I feel something is not right. Although he is our father, he has always cared about my eldest brother and second sister since we were young..."

"He probably has some ideas. You know our father, Lan Xin, very well. He will only do something that benefits him in the officialdom or makes him look good... I'm afraid he has some ideas about you and Mu Yuqi, so you better be careful. By the way, these are the restaurant's account books and other matters, which are also under your control."

Mu Wange took out the restaurant's account book and threw it to Mu Lanxin. His nonchalant look made Mu Lanxin feel helpless.

Mu Lanxin had no choice but to take the account book, and then took a look, and was suddenly a little surprised, "Big, big sister, is this Jin Manfu Restaurant yours?"

"Huh? Yeah, what's wrong?"

Mu Lanxin's excitement subsided when she saw Mu Wange's calm expression. "Yeah, Big Sister owns so many shops, how could a mere restaurant excite her?" However, the dishes in that restaurant are so novel, exquisite, and delicious, woooo...

Mu Wange didn't know that this third sister was actually a foodie.

"Is this really under my control?"

"Yes. I'll let you take care of it, but just keep an eye on this. The dishes in this restaurant are quite novel, and I guess it won't be long before others imitate them. So the focus should be on the other shops you own... I'm afraid I'll need some silver these days, so you should calculate what you need as soon as possible..."

"Okay, shall I bring it to you?"

"I'll ask Amei to get it from you. Is tomorrow night okay?"

"Okay. Then Lan Xin won't bother Big Sister anymore. Come visit Lin'er another day."

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"Zuo Qi, how's that going?"

"Sir, it's been done. However, you need to go to the Ministry of Rites during the day, this..."

"It's no problem. As everyone knows, I, your son, am just holding a sinecure in the court. It's normal for me not to show up for a day or two. It just so happens that that person thinks highly of me."

Zuo Ci knew that if he was lazy, Chen Yan would be more comfortable with him, as he would think he was just like that and would be less defensive. So, he decided to deal with those matters secretly tomorrow and, yes, check on that girl Mu Wange while he was at it.

"By the way, Leng Yue has already taken care of that matter. And that Crown Prince actually stationed troops early and secretly made a lot of weapons. However, these seem to be there... Young Master, look?"

"Hold the troops still for now. When the time comes, we can seize all those weapons and use them for ourselves. Where's Chen Yunbin?"

"The Third Prince, who usually keeps a low profile, is actually involved with General Mo from the Northern Frontier. I'm afraid it's..."

"They are truly Chen Yan's good sons. They are lustful, secretly station troops, and conspire with the enemy country. What else can't they do? Really..."

Zuo Ci's voice was a little cold, and he couldn't say anything. Thinking about how his father and mother fought for Dali, and now Chen Yan's sons were going to give the country to another country, he felt that it was not worth it.

"Sir, that's perfect. For the sake of the prince and princess, you naturally can't be merciful to such people. Just kill them. Zuo Qi believes that you will definitely restore peace and prosperity to Dali."

"Forget it, let's keep these people for a while longer. By the way, what's going on at the palace?"

"The Empress Dowager is still thinking about the military command of Prince Yan's Mansion. However, because of her marriage relationship with the Guan family, Chen Yunfeng has always been in the Guan family. Well, Miss Mu's concubine sister has been taken to the palace by the Empress Dowager. That Guan lady is no pushover either... Chen Yunfeng promoted Miss Mu's concubine sister's status. Now Mu Ruohan is already a concubine. If Mu Ruohan gives birth to a baby boy, I'm afraid..."

"Huh? Who said that Chen Yunfeng was the one in Mu Ruohan's belly?"

Zuo Ci looked at Zuo Qi with a half-smile.

"Sir, this... that's confusing the royal bloodline. How dare Muruohan be so bold?"

Zuo Qi didn't know about Muruohan and Zhou Yu, and it was Wange who told Zuo Ci all these things.

"But how did you know this, sir? Zuo Qi is really stupid. Of course, it must have been Miss Mu who told you."

"How's Yan Qing doing?"

"Sir, Master Zhao sent Zhao Yaxin to a secluded village in the suburbs, left her some money, and told her not to go out before leaving. He's currently following Leng Qing. He's the eldest son of the Zhao family, and it's inconvenient for him to handle matters far from the capital. Sir, do you have any instructions?"

"Zuo Qi, you're like this..."

Zuo Ci whispered a few words into Zuo Qi's ear.

"Yes, Zuo Qi will go right away."

Wasn't Chen Yunjie against his sister back then? Then let's get all the secrets out there and see how he cleans things up. However, we have to be careful with that Northern Frontier general, as well as Chen Yunfeng and Chen Yunbin. Well, don't rush, take your time. I could have endured all of this for the past five years, but these few days... huh.