Origin System, I have a barren mountain

"Father, why haven't you said a single word to me since you first saw me? Are you blaming your daughter?"

Mu Wanwan asked.

She believed that her daughter had always been a good one, after all, she had been searching for her father ever since she became empress, but her father's current attitude towards her was somewhat incomprehensible.

"Your Majesty, now that you are the Empress, have you truly never considered why you and I have both ended up in this predicament?"

Upon hearing this, a hint of guilt flashed across Mu Wanwan's eyes, and she dared not look her father in the eye.

"Father, now that you've returned safely, why don't you..."

"No."

Prime Minister Mu interrupted his daughter, glancing at the entourage behind her.

Unexpectedly, after his daughter became empress, she was served by a large number of maids and servants, which showed that the emperor respected her greatly.

I never expected that my daughter would be so devoted to the Empress Dowager.

“Father!” Mu Wanwan said coldly.

Even though she is now the Empress, her father should consider the occasion before saying anything. She is the only person present who is her father's biological daughter.

Shouldn't we say these things in private?

"I did not mean to oppose Your Majesty the Empress. It is only because if I leave this desolate mountain, Your Majesty the Empress will kill me. I do not want Your Majesty to bear the reputation of patricide."

what?

What do you mean?

What the Prime Minister said is so terrifying.

Cheng Yunmo was unaware of what had happened and looked blankly at Prime Minister Mu.

Prime Minister Mu looked at everyone and explained, "The Empress Dowager's attitude towards the Empress changed because she used my life to obtain grain."

How could the Empress Dowager not know about such a big event happening outside the palace?

She heard Prime Minister Mu say those words when she arrived. She was both angry and anxious inside, but she didn't show it on her face.

She didn't believe that Prime Minister Mu knew everything.

"Look at this, Prime Minister Mu hasn't seen me for many years, how could he say such slanderous things about me now that he's seen me?"

The Empress Dowager suddenly appeared, leading a large entourage.

The entire group bowed to the Empress Dowager, who kindly said to them, "Rise, all of you."

Prime Minister Mu was the only exception; he did not bow to the Empress Dowager.

Instead, he stood there, coldly staring at the Empress Dowager.

"Father, what are you doing!"

Mu Wanwan never expected that her father would react this way after she had just found him.

She didn't even dare to imagine what would happen to her father if she disrespected the Empress Dowager.

"Your Majesty, I would not dare to slander you so easily. If it weren't for a kind-hearted person close to Your Majesty who told me about this, I would not have known about it."

The Empress Dowager found this matter extremely amusing, as none of the people around her were such traitors.

What evidence do you have to prove it?

Even now, the Empress Dowager still thinks that Prime Minister Mu is joking. What could a dutiful prime minister of Xu possibly know?

However, Prime Minister Mu directly took out something that looked like a mobile phone.

Of everyone present, only the Empress Dowager, the Empress, and Cheng Yunmo seemed unusually surprised.

A cell phone? It's a modern cell phone?

"Hahaha, Liang Yu's mother, I didn't expect you to see this phone today, did I? This phone was given to Prime Minister Mu by me. I told you that you've been sending our country's grain directly to Xu Kingdom via time and space teleportation every day. Don't you know that this can't be kept secret for long?"

The phone suddenly sent out this voice message on its own.

On the screen projected from the void, a middle-aged man with outstretched arms and legs laughed and said,

He seemed to know the Empress Dowager very well and was not afraid of her status.

The Empress Dowager looked at this unfamiliar middle-aged man, whom she did not recognize at all, but she did not expect that he would know so much about her.

Prime Minister Mu stared intently at the Empress Dowager. If she wanted to object, he could find the people she had sent.

Mu Wanwan never expected the Empress Dowager to do this.

She didn't know why, but even though it was the first time she had heard about these things, she didn't seem surprised at all that they had happened.

The Empress Dowager glanced at the Empress subconsciously, and Cheng Yunmo noticed that look as well.

How should I put it? There's a very strange feeling, as if the other party has something on the Empress's hands.

Cheng Yunmo knew that under normal circumstances, she wouldn't have noticed that if she had such a misconception, it was most likely a subtle reminder from Heaven.

The Empress was somewhat afraid, because the Empress Dowager had said that she could make her Empress, but she could also make her lose everything in a short time.

"Father…"

Cheng Yunmo suddenly walked a few steps to the Empress's side and interrupted her from saying what she was about to say.

"Your Majesty, you mustn't deny that Prime Minister Mu is the Empress Dowager in front of everyone. You want him dead."

When Cheng Yunmo suddenly said that, almost everyone present looked at him with the same expression.

Your Majesty, this Lord Cheng speaks so bluntly, showing no respect for the Empress Dowager whatsoever. Is he truly unafraid that the Empress Dowager will send someone to attack her again?

Lord Liu, Lord Cheng, you've forgotten again not to be a scapegoat. After all, you're really not smart. How many times can your head withstand being chopped off? Cutting off contact in the desolate mountains and letting the Empress take the lead—aren't you scared yet?

Everyone else, that's what a warrior is!

The Empress Dowager's face was dark, and she said through gritted teeth, "Cheng Yunmo, don't push your luck! One Prime Minister Mu can be exchanged for a hundred people's lifelong food security. Even if the Empress didn't know about this, she wouldn't refuse!"

When the Empress Dowager said this, everyone else looked at Prime Minister Mu differently.

If what the Empress Dowager said is true, then it means that millions of people will have no worries about food for one or two years. With that time, and given the current mild weather, planting and harvesting grain would be an excellent choice.

Perhaps Xu Guo can get out of his current predicament in a very short time.

Cheng Yunmo felt that the Empress Dowager's words were strange, because the Emperor's expression had been particularly odd since she said those words, as if he was very angry.

What is the Emperor thinking that makes him so angry?

Lord Liu also gestured to her, and now Cheng Yunmo knew that something was definitely wrong.

"So the Empress Dowager says this is a good thing. Then, Empress Dowager, can you tell me why the weather in places where you have ordered the distribution of grain is the same as before?"

The Empress Dowager did not expect that her dispatch of people to handle this matter would still be discovered by someone like Cheng Yunmo.

No, it's Lord Liu!

The Empress Dowager originally thought that Lord Liu was like an unkillable cockroach, but she felt that he was not very capable. Even if the Emperor trusted him, she thought he didn't have much ability. She just accompanied the Emperor and didn't think much of it.