"Girl Zhu," General Chang looked at Lin Zhu sitting in the hall, a little apologetic, "Yesterday someone from the Zhao family showed that the rumors did not spread from his family." After a pause, "Although that guy Zhao Cheng is very cautious.
There are a few more children, but he said there aren’t any, so that must be the case.”
"Grandpa, I understand." After listening, Lin Zhu nodded. Thinking about it, it was expected. The Zhao family, who wanted to have a good relationship with her and hoped to benefit from it, would not put the relationship between them so easily.
Stiff.
If it wasn't them, it certainly wasn't those people from Qingyun County. After all, the rumors first spread from a gathering of ladies and ladies.
Who could it be? Who hates her so much? Lin Zhu has a few vaguely suspicious candidates, but they are all women. She feels that those people should not have the courage.
It doesn't make sense here, so the purpose of spreading rumors is hard to find, and the rumors are obviously aimed at himself. It doesn't hurt Mu Qiyue at all. The only inconvenience is that he has become the center of the conversation in the capital.
It seems that we still need to investigate from Mu Qiyue's side. Mu Qiyue, who is rising, may have incurred a peach blossom debt somewhere, so some people will dislike him. This is also possible.
It has to be said that Lin Zhu's guess is infinitely close to the truth of the matter.
Before there was any further action from the General's Mansion, there was movement from Prince Qing's Mansion.
In the name of Princess Qing's birthday, Prince Qing's Mansion sent invitations to ladies and ladies from many families in the capital, but the General's Mansion, which had a high status, did not receive the invitations.
The purpose of this approach is self-evident. So one wave of rumors did not subside, and another wave of rumors started again. But this time it was about Lin Zhu himself.
Everyone is spreading rumors. What Prince Qing's Mansion did was simply telling everyone that Lin Zhuduan could not be Mu Qiyue's wife, and no matter how many tricks she played, it would be in vain.
Lin Zhu was suddenly pushed to the center of public opinion, while all the speculations about Mu Qiyue faded out of people's sight.
As a result, Lin Zhu's reputation was basically ruined. Even some people who were interested in her because of the General's Mansion would no longer show any favor to her.
And everyone also knows that the so-called birthday banquet of Princess Qing is actually to choose a wife for Mu Qiyue. Although many people attended it out of personal relationships, most of them were interested in choosing Mu Qiyue's wife.
Go.
But in this way, Prince Qing's Mansion completely offended General Chang's Mansion. Because there had been no news from the General's Mansion, everyone thought that Lin Zhu was not taken seriously by the General's Mansion, so they mocked Lin Zhu unscrupulously.
But it didn't take long for those who followed the trend or added insult to injury to understand why General Chang didn't take any action.
But at this time, most of them didn't realize that things were far from what they thought.
Mu Qiyue stood in the courtyard of Prince Qing's Mansion with a livid face. Looking at the busy servants coming and going, making arrangements for Princess Qing's birthday from time to time, he felt irritated. He wanted not to participate. But if he didn't participate, he would
If you give someone a handle, more people will attack him or Lin Zhu.
So he could only endure it temporarily.
But the people in Prince Qing's Mansion clearly sensed Mu Qiyue's displeasure, but this was because Mu Qiyue at this time had changed a lot from the one he had two years ago. He was no longer carefree, no longer playful, no longer cynical.
He kept a cold face all day long and didn't say much, as if his mouth was blocked. If he hadn't taken the initiative to talk, you probably wouldn't have heard a word from him for a whole day. Although the masters of Prince Qing's Mansion were very unhappy with his change.
Adapt, but not accept.
Mu Qiyue's performance inevitably made Princess Qing feel more troubled than happy. She felt more and more that this son was no longer under her control. This kind of banquet was purely for his own good. He
There was no reaction at all, but she was very disgusted.
Princess Qing couldn't help but feel a deep sense of powerlessness in her heart. But she always felt that this was for the betterment of Mu Qi, and he would understand later. She stubbornly went on without asking Mu Qiyue if he liked this.
Things were getting worse and worse, and Mu Qiyue could no longer contact Lin Zhu. The letter he sent to the General's Mansion was never returned, without any response.
Mu Qiyue gradually felt that he could not suppress the anger in his heart, and his temper became increasingly violent.
"Fourth Master, it is inevitable for Miss Lin Zhu to have a temper. Anyone else in her situation would have fallen out with you a long time ago. But look, isn't our cooperation still going very well? She also
There is no sign of breaking the contract at all." Lu Mingtao actually felt unsure. Although there is no change yet, there is no guarantee that Lin Zhu will not deliberately embarrass them when they sign the contract next time.
Moreover, the Zhao family of the Marquis of Hui'an is watching eagerly from the sidelines. If Mu Qiyue cannot resolve these matters satisfactorily, the Zhao family may take advantage.
Moreover, the relationship between him and Lin Zhu would definitely be affected. Mu Qiyue felt an unknown fire rushing upwards when he thought of this.
"Mr. Lu, I heard that there are more and more people chewing their tongues recently. Let them restrain themselves. I don't mind if you do it more 'violently'." Mu Qiyue said with a cold face and walked out.
Lu Mingtao sat alone in the room, shaking his head and smiling helplessly. This was Mu Qiyue's true nature. Those who underestimated him wondered whether they would regret what they had done before.
So Lu Mingtao started to take action.
Inadvertently, there were reports of people eating dirty food in some inns and restaurants in the capital, which caused a lot of headaches for the stewards of these places. This did not happen once or twice by chance, but happened at every house for many days in a row at the same time.
Five or six people were all like this.
Although they all insisted that there were no problems with their stores, the facts were before their eyes. The reputation of these inns and restaurants fell to the bottom in an instant, and their business plummeted.
In terms of food, clothing, housing, and transportation, there are always a few companies in every industry that are particularly unlucky, and similar things happen one after another.
The bosses behind these people were also confused, and felt that this was not an accident, but was aimed at them. Otherwise, why would the problem be caused by their shops?
However, when they were just about to find connections to find out who was dealing with them, no matter how high their official positions were, they were all caught and exposed to varying degrees, and most of them were reprimanded. Only then did they
I was shocked to realize that I might have offended someone I shouldn't have offended.
I don’t know the reason, but I have no way to ask for help. The capital is really too lively.
"The Fourth Brother's act is really grand. It can be said that he got angry and became a beauty. It will be a good story in the future. Hahahaha." In the palace, the emperor was sitting in the palace of Concubine Lan, drinking special sake.
, while jokingly saying.
"Won't Your Majesty advise Fourth Young Master Mu?" Concubine Lan saw that the Emperor was not angry because of this.
"Haha, it would be good to give those people a warning. This will prevent some people from being dishonest and wanting to jump around." The emperor's eyes narrowed, revealing a dangerous light.
Seeing that he was like this, Concubine Lan kept her mouth shut and served him tenderly, serving him some side dishes from time to time.
Concubine Lan did not reject Lin Zhu, and because she prevented the Chang family from having no heirs, she was very angry when Lin Zhu was slandered. If General Chang hadn't told her not to take any action, she would have
I have already taken action to teach some self-righteous people a lesson.
Therefore, when she learned from the emperor that the people in trouble were those who had slandered Lin Zhu, and it was Mu Qiyue who took action, she was very happy.
"Have you offended a lot of people?" Prince Qi Mu Qingqi and Mu Qi were sitting opposite each other in Zuixian Tower. "Brother Huang must have a very big headache."
"Brother Qi, are you fooling me?" Mu Qiyue glanced at Mu Qingqi. Although his anger had subsided after a series of actions, the cause of the matter and the person who spread the rumors had not been found out yet.
He was still a little angry. "The emperor also intended to teach certain people a lesson before letting them go. Brother Qi must also know this, right?"
After receiving Mu Qiyue's cold eyes, Mu Qingqi chuckled twice. Of course he knew about this matter. Although he did not participate in government affairs, it did not mean that he knew nothing about it.
The situation in the court has been unstable recently, and some people want to take the opportunity to cause trouble, which makes the emperor a little angry, so Mu Qiyue's actions can be regarded as a warning to them.
After all, the officials who were reprimanded had solid evidence, and no matter how much they tried to save them, they could not escape unscathed.
"The Emperor is not dissatisfied with what you did." Mu Qingqi said comfortingly. Seeing Mu Qiyue's natural look, Mu Qingqi suddenly felt pitiful for those who didn't know how to offend him.
Even the opponents didn't know who they were and were hacked like this. What's more, the camps that originally wanted to cooperate were all in vain. They were wondering if the other party had leaked information about their side, which led to so many people.
trouble.
The most important thing is that it is not convenient for the emperor to take action against these people. After all, there must be forces to restrain each other in the court. But it is much easier for Mu Qiyue to take action. More importantly, no one realizes that he did these things.
.
"Don't let others know about this." Mu Qiyue glanced at Mu Qingqi and reminded.
Mu Qingqi looked at him in surprise, and understood who he was referring to from his eyes. However, he was a little confused, why was he so repulsive to someone he had already accepted?
But seeing Mu Qiyue's solemn look, Mu Qingqi still nodded, "Don't worry, I know the importance."
After talking about the business, Mu Qingqi drank and looked at Mu Qiyue from the corner of his eyes.
"Brother Qi, please say it directly." Mu Qingqi looked a little impatient.
"Haha, I'm just curious why you are so hostile to Concubine Yue. As far as I know, every time you go to my house, she treats you very well and there is nothing rude." Although Mu Qingqi was not angry.
, but I felt somewhat uncomfortable, so I asked.
"Nothing." Mu Qiyue shook his head, knowing that now was not the right time to explain everything to him, so he wanted to deal with it.
But Mu Qingqi is not a fool. The more he behaves like this, the more he indicates that there must be something inside. But looking at Mu Qiyue's look, you know that he will definitely not tell the reason.
Mu Qingqi also sighed slightly, and could only find an opportunity to ask the reason again.
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