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Chapter 1335: Ah? (Part 1335) [Seeking monthly votes]

"My father gets along well with everyone."

As the red-dressed girl said this, a strange color flashed across her eyes, which disappeared in a blink of an eye, as if that little wave was just an illusion after Lin Feng's brief distraction. Because he keenly caught the slight malice in the red-dressed girl's words, Lin Feng remained silent about this.

No reply is appropriate.

Unlike the "deep love" between the master and Wu Xian, which was half real and half fake, the friendship between the master and Zhai Le in their youth was at least half real and half fake. The master, the person involved, recognized this friendship and smiled when he occasionally mentioned it. Lin Feng didn't know what Zhai Le's attitude was, but judging from the fact that there was no conflict of interest between the two at that time, Zhai Le should also be sincere to the master.

Only when both parties are sincere and have similar personalities can they get along well.

The girl in red said that Zhai Le was a good friend to everyone, which not only fundamentally denied their friendship, but also gave people the impression that Zhai Le was scheming and the Lord was innocent. Or was it just her overthinking, and the girl in red didn't mean that? Regardless of whether it was true or not, Lin Feng didn't respond: "When Lord Zhai was young, he was unrestrained and willful. Who can not like such a temperament?"

Compared to a greasy, sinister, venomous snake that can brew venom at any time, people certainly prefer a passionate, lively and cheerful big dog. A dog that is not afraid of strangers can chat with anyone it sees. This is the dog's problem, not the person's.

She murmured, "Uninhibited and unrestrained? Willful and self-willed?"

Lin Feng said calmly, "It was true when he was young. Even cloth clothes and straw sandals could not hide his romantic temperament. Who could not like a young man full of enthusiasm and heroic spirit? But now the world has changed and the status is different. Back then, I could ride alone for thousands of miles for loyalty and righteousness, but now I have the heavy responsibility of my family and country, so I should restrain myself a little."

Man is to heaven and earth as an ant is to mountains and seas.

Even mountains and seas cannot withstand the changes of time, let alone humans?

The girl in red asked back, "Is Lord Shen like this too?"

Lin Feng said: "Of course."

"Your Majesty's words are much more pleasant to the ear than the Master..." The red-dressed girl snorted and sneered as she moved closer to Lin Feng, revealing a bit of the innocent look that was unique to her age. "Your Majesty and I hit it off the moment we met, and I felt sad to see you leave... Your Majesty, please don't change your expression so quickly. I am saying this as a person, not as the daughter of anyone or the crown princess of any country."

Private identity does not involve national interests.

I simply like Lin Feng.

Lin Feng naturally wouldn't easily believe the other party's emotional card, but he didn't mind saying a few nice words to the other party: "It's a blessing for Feng to be liked by His Highness."

Zhai Le's educational method is still reliable. As long as he doesn't go astray, the girl in red will also be a remarkable heir.

This is Lin Feng’s rough assessment of the girl in red.

Although the girl in red is the crown prince, she is not completely ignorant of farming. She is even very familiar with trivial matters of people's livelihood, from the planting process of crops to the harvesting price, from judging the quality of grain varieties to the basic market price. She knows what families with different incomes should look like and understands the sufferings of the people... Before Lin Feng met her, he was worried that the girl in red would be the kind of person who would just sit there and do nothing but eat the meat.

Growing up beside Shen Tang, Lin Feng also learned the latter's habit of not sparing praise. Whether it was her subordinate or a minor official whom she had only met once, Lin Feng would habitually praise her even for her small merits.

I also subconsciously think of this when facing the girl in red.

After I finished praising him, I realized that I had overstepped my bounds. The other person must have heard similar words so many times that his ears are probably calloused.

The girl in red looked at her in surprise, her cheeks slightly red.

Said: "It's not as good as what Lady Lord said."

Lin Feng shook his head and said, "Partial listening leads to ignorance, while listening to both sides leads to enlightenment. This is easy to say, but how difficult is it to do? Your Highness can achieve such success at such a young age. Of course, it is inseparable from the advice and guidance of the people around him, but more importantly, it is due to your own excellence."

The girl in red sighed when she heard this.

There was a hint of trance on his face, which still had a bit of childishness.

Lin Feng did not continue to ask.

From today's contact, she was sure that the girl in red had something on her mind and there was a little conflict between her and Zhai Le, but these were foreign affairs and private affairs, so as an outsider, she should not get involved. Lin Feng just observed the other party quietly.

What to observe?
Of course, it is to gain some experience.

When the Lord has an heir in the future, he can avoid detours in education. The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are only one character apart, but the problems and confusions they face are different. The girl in red is probably the first female heir who is truly trained as an heir, holding power, and growing up as a candidate for the Lord. There are many challenges in her life, so it is always right to learn and observe more.

Why is Lin Feng so confident?

Because she discovered that the officials around the girl in red were not simple.

From these subordinates, we can also see how determined Zhai Le is about this successor and he does not consider any second candidate at all.

[… Although Zhai Xiaofang succeeded to the throne early, the women in Qu State were able to practice cultivation later than in the country. The officials in the Princess Wang’s Princess’s Mansion include not only important civil and military officials in the court, but also female officials and their wives who have close relationships with these important officials… There are no ordinary people… How can the four words ‘carefully selected’ describe them?] There are quite a few female officials accompanying them this time. Lin Feng glanced at their waists and found that they were basically scholars of literary talent. Judging from their clothes and conversation, he could guess that they were from wealthy families.

It's just that the female guards are limited by their training time, so their aura is not very strong, but their presence shows that Zhai Le is training these people as his daughter's future team. If he is unlucky enough to have an accident, this team can be seamlessly connected.

Lin Feng silently noted the key points in his heart.

The female officials were much older than the girl in red.

The oldest one is about the same age as Lin Feng.

Judging from his position, words, behavior and official rank, he should be the one the red-dressed girl trusts the most. When Lin Feng saw her, she bowed and thanked him, "...Thank you, Lady, for enlightening Your Highness."

Lin Feng scanned the last line of inventory quantities.

I added and subtracted a lot in my mind, and finally put a check mark on the account.

Today's mission was also successfully completed.

"Enlightenment? Where did you get that from?"

The female official said, "Your Highness has been in a bad mood recently. After a long conversation with the lady, he finally smiled a little."

Lin Feng did not take any credit for the work.

He just said: "Your Highness is clear-minded."

He came to terms with it on his own, it wasn't her who persuaded him to do so.

Knowing that Lin Feng was cautious, the female official did not continue the topic, but asked someone to bring the food up. On the food table were two plates of hot, white, plump rice balls, with some salty ingredients and some shredded, refreshing cucumbers.

Female official: "If you don't see it with your own eyes, it's hard to believe that you can have such a good harvest in just one day. Your Highness just got excited and rushed to the field to harvest half an acre of rice. We asked people to remove the husks, wash and cook them. We made a lot of rice and wanted to show you how good you are."

There was too little time to grind it, so she simply added ingredients and kneaded it into a ball. She didn't have much cooking skills, so it wasn't very delicious, but it wasn't very unpalatable either. That's what Lin Feng thought at first, until she took a bite and tasted the salty taste.

"what is this?"

She almost vomited it out.

There was a small ball of smooth and soft stuff between the cucumber shreds and the dried fish floss. The taste was hard to describe, a little sour and a little pungent. I took another bite and found that this rice ball didn't have a strange taste, but there was dried fish inside.

Still a big flavor of dried fish.

"...Ahem, the taste in the southeast is too weird..."

It wasn't poisonous nor was the food rotten, so there was no reason to waste it. Lin Feng frowned and chewed twice before swallowing.

He thought that the girl in red was deliberately tormenting him, but when he turned around, he saw a group of girls standing on the ridge of a field in the distance. Her hands were covered with stains, her sleeves were rolled up, her trouser legs were tied at her knees, and she stood in the wind, laughing softly as she approached the rice ball in the female official's hand.

With his excellent eyesight, Lin Feng was sure that the rice balls in his hand and his own were made by the same person, and the recipe was the same. Tsk, what else could she complain about?

Lin Feng could only smile bitterly and finish the rest.

Fortunately, the new rice is soft, glutinous and delicate, and has a sweet fragrance.

After chewing and chewing, he finished the five rice balls on the plate and gradually got used to the strange taste, but it was not completely unacceptable. Lin Feng enjoyed the coolness of the evening breeze, and in his mind he estimated the extent of the decline in grain production due to the fertility of the land. If he wanted to deliver on schedule, he would either have to ask Zhai Le to allocate national power to ensure the fertility of the land, or change a batch of land for cultivation. At present, these fields would be almost useless if they were planted for two or three more rounds.

It will take a long time to restore fertility through ordinary means.

Lin Feng also didn't want to cause misunderstandings in Quguo, saying that she deliberately destroyed Quguo's fertile land. During the cooperation between the two families, they still had to maintain harmony on the surface, and the fewer conflicts, the less. She was lost in thought, and suddenly felt that the wind blowing on her face was smaller, and was blocked by someone.

Oh, it’s Gong Xichou who has been missing for several days.

The other party looked a little depressed, and his face was not as rosy as before.

If he usually looked like someone owed him five hundred taels, now even the passing dogs owed him fifty thousand taels. Lin Feng glanced up and down, saw no bandage marks, and didn't smell blood, so he guessed that he was not injured. Should it be a failure?

"It's freshly baked, want to try it?"

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Lin Feng handed over the plate.

Gong Xichou picked up a ball and stuffed it into his mouth without even looking at it. The next second, he turned his head and spit it out, his facial features distorted: "...Pah, what's that weird smell? Did you stuff a corpse in there, or poison it?"

Lin Feng flicked his finger and turned it into a ball of fire, sending the poor rice ball back to the earth, and said with a smile: "Every grain of rice is hard-earned, don't waste it."

Gong Xichou ate the remaining half of the ball with a sour face.

His comment was: "It's worse than swill."

Lin Feng: "..."

That's a really harsh comment.

She asked, "General, have you gained anything in the past few days?"

Gong Xiqiu said coldly: "Let's not talk about it, it's bad luck!"

Lin Feng thought about it and handed him a hot rice cake, which was freshly made in the kitchen and had some red bean paste in it. If it wasn't sweet enough, he could add some brown sugar. Gong Xichou finished one in two bites, chewing it hard, as if the rice cake was his enemy.

He whispered, "…The seal is gone."

Lin Feng knew the past of the Gongxi clan, and also knew what Gongxi Chou was investigating. He had a bad feeling when he heard this.

“…Is it really that person?”

Is Che Hou who is next to Zhai Xiaofang the one?
"I'm afraid the matter is not that simple. What disappeared was not only the sealed person, but also the seal that suppressed this person..." Gong Xichou paused for a long time and frowned, "...I am worried that a traitor has appeared..."

Lin Feng was shocked: "How is this possible?"

“…I hope not.”

"Did you encounter any obstacles when you went to investigate?"

Gong Xichou said: "Yes, we were ambushed."

The two sides only fought briefly, not to the death, so the specific skills and trump cards of the ambushers were not clear. Gong Xichou did not want to make it public, and the other party was also worried about something and was deliberately restraining himself.

Lin Feng's mood was visibly depressed.

The fact that Gong Xichou dared to attack directly and was able to retreat unscathed means that his opponent is not weak. Could this person be Che Hou who is beside Zhai Le? Lin Feng said, "I am going to discuss the matter of national destiny and fertility with Lord Zhai tomorrow. Are you going too?"

See if the breath is a person?

Gong Xiqiu said: "Yeah."

Then he pointed at the girl in red and asked, "Who is she?"

Lin Feng looked in the direction she pointed, and happened to see the girl in red squinting her peach blossom eyes and laughing at the female official. The others also had different expressions, each with their own merits. It must be said that it was a beautiful scene that could be put into a painting.

"The daughter of Lord Zhai, the crown princess of Kingdom Qu."

Gong Xichou uttered a short "Really?"

"What's there to fake about this?"

Gong Xichou turned his head and muttered something.

"...You can't even raise a daughter properly, what a waste."

Lin Feng tilted his head, puzzled: "Huh?"

Gong Xichou finished seven or eight rice cakes by himself, and the Red Bean Special Edition didn't even have one left. Lin Feng: "...You didn't see...Oh, you didn't see...How old is his daughter?"

"…in nominal years…twelve or thirteen?"

The way age is calculated in the Southeast is quite different from that in the Northwest.

"...At this age, and a warrior... well, it's about the same." Gong Xichou didn't know what he was estimating, but just a few words made Lin Feng's scalp numb, "...Thinking back then, that useless son of Tang Guo..."

"You—be careful with your words!"

Lin Feng subconsciously interrupted Gong Xichou's words.

He looked away from the girl in red, opened and closed his mouth several times, and said after a while: "Impossible, she - although we haven't had much contact, I can see that she is like her father, she is not a person who will suffer in silence. Tell me, who dares to touch her?"

Not to mention that the daring man will die without a burial place, even the earthworms next to the Nine Clans will be chopped vertically by Zhai Le!

Gong Xichou was surprised and said, "You misunderstood."

How could it be possible that these were what Lin Feng was thinking?

"Zhai Xiaofang himself is a brave warrior who pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger. He can tell whether the people close to him have a perfect body by observing their aura..." Gong Xichou's words made Lin Feng slightly relieved, but he raised it again the next second, "No one can touch her."

Lin Feng pondered over this and hesitated for a while.

"Are you...hiding something in your words?"

"Yes, no one can touch her."

Lin Feng swallowed a few times and chose to end the topic.

Gong Xichou was not surprised: "Mama Lin would be surprised by such a thing? The last thing that is lacking among politicians is the transaction of money, power and sex. I have seen everything when I was with Tang Guo."

Should we say that Kangguo's government was clean and honest? Or was there something fishy going on? Or was it that Mama and Chu Wuhui protected her too well?