Lu Mingyun and Lu Fengning were both stunned for a moment. Wang Ruiyan understood immediately and shook her head. "The possibility of him being the one is too small. Besides, he's not suitable. The twists and turns in the palace would drive him crazy. Plus, his background is a handle. If it really works, I don't know how those ministers will react to this matter."

Li Mofu thought about it and agreed. Although proclaiming himself emperor seemed very cool, Zhao Xu might not be happy about it, as he was such a freedom-loving person.

"......You really are! You can't talk about this kind of thing casually. Don't say it again in the future." Lu Fengning accused.

Li Mofu groaned in response. Lu Mingyun glanced at him with amusement and poured him more tea. "Just keep this matter to yourself. Eat and drink as you please. We can't do anything about it anyway. If father has his own ideas, he'll have his own plans. Let's not discuss them and cause him any trouble."

Wang Ruiyan and Lu Fengning nodded in agreement. However, Li Mofu found Lu Mingyun's words strange.

The four of them chatted for a while and then went about their own business. Li Mofu and Lu Mingyun returned to Jingxiangyuan. Lu Mingyun had just sat down when he changed his clothes and was about to go out again.

"Where are you going?" Li Mofu asked while chewing on preserved fruit.

Lu Mingyun raised his eyebrows. "Why? Are you reluctant to let me go?"

Li Mofu looked Lu Mingyun up and down suspiciously, "You're using rhetoric to evade my questions. There's something wrong with you."

Lu Mingyun paused and walked over to sit next to Li Mofu, "What's wrong with me?"

"..." Li Mofu chewed the preserved fruit, his eyes fixed on Lu Mingyun, "I don't know, but there's definitely something wrong with you. Do you know something?"

Lu Mingyun smiled bitterly, "You think too much, what can I know?"

Li Mofu reached out and pinched Lu Mingyun's chin, turned his face, looked around to see if he was lying, and finally found that he couldn't see anything.

"Have you discovered anything?" Lu Mingyun was in no hurry and let Li Mofu toss him around. He turned his face to the left and it turned left, and he turned his face to the right and it turned right.

"I found out you lied." Li Mofu opened his mouth.

Lu Mingyun grabbed Li Mofu's wrist and rubbed it with his fingertips. "What did I lie about? Did I cheat on you?"

"......" Li Mofu was so greasy that he let go of his hand with a grin.

Lu Mingyun chuckled twice and leaned over to kiss him, but Li Mofu dodged and stuffed a candied fruit into Lu Mingyun's hand.

"Why are you hiding? Come here and give me a hug." Lu Mingyun stood up and chased after Li Mofu.

"Be serious! I'm clearly interrogating you!" Li Mofu said with a frown while holding the preserved fruit.

"Then keep asking and I'll hug you." Lu Mingyun said to the person.

Li Mofu laughed angrily, "You won't tell me when I ask you!"

"Why don't I say anything?" Lu Mingyun said in a naughty manner.

"You must be hiding something from me!" Li Mofu yelled even as he was tied up by the waist. "Mo Yi has been missing for a few days. You must have asked Mo Yi to do something, right?"

"I'm just investigating some rumors. I'll be back in a few days." Lu Mingyun hugged her and kissed her.

Li Mofu exclaimed, "Eh!" and pushed Lu Mingyun away. "Forget it, if you don't want to say it, it doesn't matter to me anyway."

"I'm just going out to meet up with some friends. They know a lot because they are more present. I swear I will never drink or go home late at night, okay?" Lu Mingyun joked with a smile.

Li Mofu rolled his eyes, "Don't you know that a man's oath stinks worse than shit?"

"How can you scold yourself like that?" Lu Mingyun pinched Li Mofu's face and said.

"..." Li Mofu looked at Lu Mingyun in disbelief. Is this the feeling of being choked by oneself?

Lu Mingyun decided to quit while he was ahead. "I won't be back too late. I'll tell you what I've learned, okay?"

Lu Mingyun didn't go out for long that day. It was the time when Li Mofu had lunch and took a nap. Lu Mingyun came back before dinner in the evening. However, Lu Mingyun went out almost every day these days, while Wu'an Hou stayed in his own yard to recuperate.

The disputes in the court became more and more intense. Ever since the prince released those old ministers, the ministers who gave advice became more and more sharp and fierce in their words, as if they wanted to see Zhao Yun lose control of his temper and then get the news that Zhao Yun would blurt out.

Of course, Zhao Yun was not without supporters, but he had asked them to focus their energy on finding the ghost immortal. As a result, Zhao Yun did not like to attend court. If someone asked to see him, he would ask what the matter was, and if there was nothing, he would rush back.

For a time, the court was filled with dissatisfaction with the new emperor. Those who came to court to remonstrate with him were all old troublemakers from the Third Prince's faction. It wasn't that no one spoke up for Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun himself felt guilty and was particularly incensed by their words.

But many people still have problems, and they go to court to report these problems and listen to the emperor's opinions. Now that the emperor no longer attends court, they still have to go to the emperor one by one to ask for an audience, which is so troublesome, time-consuming and inefficient.

Zhao Yun naturally knew this, but he didn't know whether it was because the effect of the medicine was gradually disappearing, or because he was increasingly unable to bear the pressure, Zhao Yun always felt irritable and uneasy recently.

He also wanted to kill people to establish his authority, but that would destroy the image he had worked so hard to build. By then, there would probably be dissatisfied people among his followers, and it would be another problem to appease them.

It’s such a waste of time, and what he lacks most now is time!

It was at this critical juncture that the Second Prince, or should we say the Second Lord, returned to the capital, bringing with him an elite force of a hundred men from the barracks in the suburbs.

On the first day after the Second Prince returned, he met with the new emperor and left this elite force of one hundred men to Zhao Yun, which was like a slap in the face to those ministers who had given him advice and granted him a warning.

The Second Prince has a cold temper and acts decisively and ruthlessly. He is telling those who cause trouble that if they push him too hard, he will kill people, and some of them may die in their sleep.

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