The Pastoral Empress Merchant

Chapter 775 The Secret That Is Not a Secret

Mu Jinxi and Ling Muhua discussed for a while about running for the Imperial Merchant. Just like what Ling Muhua himself said, he really didn't know much about skin care products, and the store under his own name didn't involve it. In this regard, the advice he can give is extremely limited, most of the time he is listening to Mu Jinxi, and occasionally interjects a few words and asks some questions.

Before the matter was discussed, someone said that Hao'er seemed to have woken up. I don't know if it was because she was too excited to play just now, and she didn't sleep well. She woke up after a short nap. They coaxed her well It was still useless for a while, so I came to report and asked Mu Jinxi to go and have a look.

As soon as Mu Jinxi heard this, she immediately left Ling Muhua behind, and let him stay in the study by himself for a while, and she would come whenever she went.

Ling Muhua waved his hand and let her do whatever she wanted, Mu Jinxi left the study without thinking too much and rushed to the courtyard where the two brothers lived.

As soon as Mu Jinxi left, the smile on Ling Muhua's face disappeared immediately, he sat motionless on the chair, his eyes were slightly distracted, he didn't know what he was thinking, he looked a little dull.After a while, he closed his eyes, gritted his teeth and stood up. First, he went to the door of the study and listened for a while. After making sure that no one was coming or passing by, he quickly walked back into the study. The former moved quickly to rummage, and while rummaging, he did not forget to put all the things he touched back in place, so that others would not see it.

I searched the bookshelves in the south and found nothing worthy of attention, just some books, various books, and some decorations, all normal, and then there were some official documents that had been reviewed, and he also roughly opened them. After a while, the content and comments on the memorial were all right, so he didn't care.

Then he rummaged through the small boxes and other items placed on a multi-treasure shelf in the west, but found nothing. Finally, he came to the desk and stood behind the desk and looked at the one next to the wall. The bookshelf, this bookshelf is simpler than the one in the south, and there are few things on it, some books are scattered here and there, and there are a few boxes, which seem to contain something, near the corner, the top The box was still covered with dust.

He hesitated for a moment or walked over...

When Mu Jinxi returned to the study, Ling Muhua had already sat back on the armchair, looking bored, which even made Mu Jinxi feel a little embarrassed.It was rare for Brother Mu to come to Mu Wangfu as a guest, but she left her here and ran away by herself. Her master really did her duty.

"Brother Mu, I'm sorry, maybe Hao'er was too excited to sleep today, so I slept a little uncomfortable, I coaxed you to sleep completely, I kept you waiting for a long time." Mu Jinxi hehe said with a smile.

"Come on, we are not strangers, what are you being polite about, we just waited for a while, what is there to care about, when we go out to discuss business on weekdays, sometimes we have tried to wait for several hours, you are just asking me to wait It's...well, it's only been a quarter of an hour."

"Yo, how long can someone keep you waiting, Brother Mu?" Mu Jinxi looked surprised.

Ling Muhua said angrily: "Do you think I'm qualified to let others wait from the beginning? I also made it step by step, just like you, no, it's more difficult than you!"

At the beginning, he suffered countless losses, was humiliated countless times, intentionally made things difficult for countless times, and suffered repeated setbacks before he grew up slowly. It was much more difficult than her growing up, at least she I gave her a hand when I first started, and her luck was much better than myself. I met Xiao Xiao at the beginning, otherwise, if she wanted to climb to where she is today, she would definitely be responsible for all the hardships she put in. unbelievable.

Mu Jinxi blinked her eyes innocently: "I also struggled to get to the present step by step, and I also suffered a lot, Brother Mu."

"I can't say enough about your mouth, okay, do you want to continue the previous discussion?" Ling Muhua waved his hand and asked.

Mu Jinxi also waved her hand and said, "Forget it, it seems that there is nothing to discuss. Let's talk about other things!"

When she was going to coax Hao'er just now, she suddenly remembered what Mo'er had said to her before, since Brother Mu came over today, she thought she might as well take the opportunity to ask and care about him.

Ling Muhua raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you want to say?"

Mu Jinxi sat next to him with a smile, stared at his face and asked: "It was the day you met Mo'er in the west of the city not long ago, what happened to you? Someone saw you go to see the eldest prince, is it the eldest prince?" Are they coming to trouble you again?"

The smile on Ling Muhua's face suddenly froze, the body that was sitting comfortably in the armchair also stiffened slightly, and the expression on his face became uncontrollably sad.

His thoughts changed quickly, and he immediately decided to speak half-truths and half-false words, because such words are the most convincing. "You know that the First Prince has looked for me? You guessed right, he did come to trouble me for that matter, he wanted to force me to agree to do something for him."

Mu Jinxi frowned, and worry flashed in her eyes, "But it's not a solution if you always avoid it like this. You can avoid it once, twice, three times, but you can't avoid it five or six times, or even more! If the eldest prince can't bear it If so, who knows what he will do."

Ling Muhua twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Don't worry about this matter, I will take care of it."

Mu Jinxi said with a straight face: "How can I not be worried? No matter how capable you are, you are no match for the power of the First Prince? He is the First Prince!"

No matter how much money you get, you can only get beaten!Not to mention that Brother Mu still has that kind of identity.If the Luo family loses that face and reveals the identity of Brother Mu, even if the members of the Luo family have done too much in the past, as long as they pretend to be sympathetic and pitiful, and pretend to regret their mistake, then The world will still stand on the side of the Luo family, who made Brother Mu's biological father belong to the Luo family?

Although Brother Mu's biological father is not the head of the Luo family, but they have not separated and still live together, so the situation is even more difficult to say.If Brother Mu's father came to him and wanted to recognize him, or even begged him to return to the Luo family, what would Brother Mu do?If he really did something to the Luo family, the only one who would end up wrong would be Brother Mu himself!

But the Luo family is also really weird, with invincible thick skins, no wonder the eldest prince is so despicable even with the emperor's blood on his body, it's because the queen is from the Luo family, he has inherited all the bad genes of the Luo family!
"Although I have no power or power, I am not a cat or a dog who can be bullied at will. Don't worry, I will really deal with it. In fact, I have already figured out a way to solve this problem soon. You don't have to worry." Ling Muhua said seriously.

Mu Jinxi stared at him suspiciously, "Really? What do you think of, let me hear."

Ling Muhua pretended to be mysterious, but said in a relaxed tone: "You don't need to worry about this, you will know when the time comes, anyway, you trust me."

Now that he has said that, Mu Jinxi feels that it is not easy for her to continue asking.

The two chatted miscellaneously for a while before Ling Muhua proposed to leave, Mu Jinxi sent him out, and she never found out that the study was searched.

Since the First Prince had asked Ling Muhua to go to the Mu Palace to investigate the news, he would naturally not let him procrastinate. Soon after Ling Muhua had been to the Mu Palace, he had someone "invite" Ling Muhua to the old place.

Ling Muhua seemed to be well prepared this time, and he arrived at the room in the west of the city soon after hearing someone's word, but the look and expression on his face would not be much better. Every time he saw the eldest prince, he would It's this expression.

And the eldest prince also opened his eyes and closed his eyes, turning a blind eye to his cold and disgusted expression. Anyway, he doesn't have any feelings for Ling Muhua, and he just uses him, so it doesn't matter whether he likes him or not, the important thing is that he Did you do what he said!

When Ling Muhua arrived, the eldest prince hadn't arrived yet, so he just curled his lips and sat aside without saying anything.Half a quarter of an hour later the first prince came over, Ling Muhua was still sitting motionless on the chair, he didn't have the slightest intention of getting up to salute, and he didn't even glance at him.

Although the first prince knew that Ling Muhua would not treat him well, but seeing that he ignored his majesty and identity so nakedly, he couldn't help but get angry and wanted to give him a severe lesson.I just thought that although I used his mother's ashes to pinch him now, it was only temporary, who knows when he would rush to jump over the wall and bite himself back.So thinking about it, the eldest prince still held back his anger.

The two of them didn't speak at first, the eldest prince wanted to use this to show his identity, no matter what, he was the eldest prince, and his identity was always superior to him, even if it didn't happen not long ago!What right does he have to put on a face in front of him?
But obviously the eldest prince overestimated himself. In Ling Muhua's heart, he disgusted him more than a dog on the street. He wanted him to respect him. Dream, let's live in the next life!
In the end, the First Prince couldn't hold back and said first, "How is the matter going?"

Ling Muhua pursed his lips and said very simply: "There are no secrets in Juelin's study."

The eldest prince frowned, apparently not believing what he said, his complexion sank, he stared at Ling Muhua coldly and said, "It's because he doesn't have any secrets in his study, or you don't want to see it, or you don't want to tell it when you see it, that's why you don't want to talk about it." Say there is no secret? This prince warns you not to play tricks in front of this prince, and if you annoy this prince, you know what the consequences will be!"

The eldest prince's complexion is not good, and Ling Muhua's is not good to see where to go. He said in a very sarcastic manner: "I know what the consequences will be, and there is no need for you to remind me, eldest prince! Because it is all thanks to you, eldest prince! If anything happens to my mother's ashes, even if I risk my life, I will drag you, First Prince, to hell! If you don't believe me, just try it!"

"Ling Muhua!" The eldest prince slapped the table next to him violently angrily, shaking everything on the table.

Ling Muhua sneered and said, "Eldest Prince, Xiaomin's ears are very good, you don't need to be so loud. That's right, I did see a secret in Jue Lin's study, but this secret, Xiaomin, is not sure that the eldest prince, you really want to know!"

secret?

The eldest prince was startled, and immediately forgot his anger, sat down and asked anxiously, "What did you see in Jue Lin's study?"

After asking, she became suspicious again, staring at Ling Muhua suspiciously, "Didn't Mu Jinxi doubt you at all? Just brought you into Juelin's study like this?"

Didn't Mu Jinxi be said to be very smart?Would she be so easily fooled?Bringing a completely irrelevant person into Jue Lin's study unsuspecting?

Ling Muhua's complexion darkened, and his voice turned cold, "Why did the eldest prince insist on asking me to do this? Isn't it because I have a very close relationship with Xiaoxi? She treats me as a friend and a family member! To her, Know how to be on guard, beware that no one will treat your relatives and friends like this! I'm afraid the First Prince will never understand this! Because you have never experienced the feeling of being so trusted by others, so trusting others!"

"It was Xiaoxi who offered to discuss with me the matter of running for the imperial business, so she brought me into the study, and I entered the study without any effort. Except for some official documents and books, the things in the study room are not of any value, and then I found a beautiful painting in a box behind the bookshelf, and only then did I discover a big secret!"

The eldest prince kept staring at Ling Muhua, trying to find traces of lying on his face, but there was nothing, his expression was filled with hatred and helplessness, as if he was remorseful and remorseful for what he had done.

The eldest prince's heart skipped a beat, "What did you see? What was written on that brocade?"

Ling Muhua looked at the eldest prince with strange eyes, curled his lips and said: "Elder prince, you have to think clearly, this secret is not only useless to you, but on the contrary, it will threaten and affect you even more. Are you sure you want to Know? If you listen to it, there will be no retreat, and then don't blame me for not reminding you. "

The eldest prince frowned, thinking that Ling Muhua was just playing tricks, he might have seen some important secret, but he still didn't want to betray Mu Jinxi and Jue Lin, so he purposely said these words to confuse himself, wanting to Take the initiative to say or not to listen.

Hmph, dare he play tricks and think he is a fool?
"My prince asked you to say it, so you just say it! It's my prince's business whether you regret it in the future, so you don't need to worry about it!"

Ling Muhua smiled sarcastically, and looked at the Eldest Prince with pity and sympathy, "Since you said that, Eldest Prince, then Xiaomin has no choice but to obey."

Ling Muhua's eyes full of pity and sympathy made the eldest prince feel uncomfortable all over.

There was a terrifying cold light in the depths of Ling Muhua's eyes, and he said word by word: "The brocade is written with Juelin's life experience! He is not the son of Lord Mu and Princess Mu, but the son of the late emperor and empress! That is to say, Jue Lin is actually your uncle! You are the younger brother of the emperor's mother and compatriots! That's why the emperor has always trusted and favored Jue Lin so much! This is the secret I saw!"

The eldest prince stood up abruptly, his eyes widened, his chest heaved violently, he was panting heavily, his eyes flashed with complex emotions, he was shocked, he was stunned, but he was not as stunned as Ling Muhua imagined. It was hard to accept, as if he actually knew this secret a long time ago, he already knew about Juelin's life experience, that's why he was so calm when he heard such an unexpected thing.

Although he was very surprised, he felt that the surprise was not because of the secret, but because the secret was written on a brocade and hidden in Jue Lin's study. The eldest prince was surprised by this!
So he actually knew about Juelin's background a long time ago?Ling Muhua's eyes were dark and inexplicable, shining with an inexplicable light.

"Eldest Prince, you don't seem very surprised. Did you know about this a long time ago?" Ling Muhua asked pretending to be skeptical.

The eldest prince quickly put away the surprise and surprise on his face, and regained his composure. He neither admitted nor denied Ling Muhua's words, but asked, "Did you really see this beautiful painting in Juelin's study, and the beautiful painting above Did it really write about Jue Lin's life experience?"

The eldest prince was a little skeptical, because Jue Lin's life experience itself was a secret, it was impossible for it to be written on a brocade, and it was hidden in Jue Lin's study room. Was it too much of a coincidence that Ling Muhua saw it so easily? ?If it is true, it means that Jue Lin already knew the secret of his life experience a long time ago. He knew that he was a child of the Yan family and the younger brother of his father!

If this is the case, then many things can be explained clearly. Jue Lin knew the secret of his life experience early on. Can he accept that he has changed from a decent prince to a prince of the opposite sex?The prince of the opposite sex and the prince of the Yan family are two different things!The status and power obtained are different. The world of Great Chu is the world of the Yan family. If he belongs to the Yan family, he will have his share in this world, but if he is not from the Yan family, then there will be no great Chu country without him. What's the matter!He is at best a courtier, not a master!
Can Jue Lin accept this change calmly?Could it be that there is only a little lump in his heart, and no resentment at all?He doesn't believe it!If this is the case, why did he come to compete with himself for the favor of the emperor?He must want to take back what belongs to him, to take back the surname Yan, he must want to be part of the Yan family!

The eldest prince quickly made a conclusion in his heart.But he still doubted that Ling Muhua knew the source of this news, how could such an important secret be seen by him, an outsider, so easily?Even if Juelin is no better, I believe that Mu Jinxi would not be able to place such important things casually in a place where people can easily find them in the study. After all, they would put them in a secret room or something, otherwise they would have to use a box Lock it up!

But if not, how can it be explained clearly? It can't be a trap, right?He was sure that Ling Muhua would not tell Mu Jinxi and Jue Lin about their relationship, so it would be unreasonable to say it was a trap...

Hearing the eldest prince's question, the suspicion in his tone made him laugh, "Eldest prince, if I didn't see it in the study, how would I know such an important secret? No one has ever thought about Jue Lin It's not the blood of Prince Mu's mansion, but the blood of your Yan family, right? Do you think it's a trivial matter, that I, a person with no power and power, can know it casually? You think highly of me too. Little Xi has been kept in the dark!"

After he knew this secret, he was stunned beyond measure. He never thought that Jue Lin would be the second son of the former emperor and empress, and the younger brother of the current emperor's mother!
The impact of this secret on him was not less than that day when he saw his mother's ashes in the hands of the eldest prince, because it was so unexpected. If someone told him, he would definitely sneer, saying that Man-made rumors, but... the actual situation is not as good as he can't believe, Jue Lin actually has such a bizarre life experience, he is actually a member of the Yan family, an upright prince!

But he was adopted to Prince Mu's Mansion right after he was born, became a child of Prince Mu's Mansion, and was forced to give up his own honor.No wonder the emperor is very kind to him, because the emperor also knows this secret, probably from the very beginning, so the emperor loves his younger brother and feels that he owes this younger brother. If Jue Lin was born earlier, even a month, half a month , so that he won't be adopted into Prince Mu's mansion, become a prince of the opposite sex, and suffer the envy of his nephew.

If Jue Lin hadn't been adopted, then the eldest prince would respectfully call him uncle when he saw him today!Instead of secretly trying to get rid of him.

When he knew this secret, he was shocked for a long time before he came back to his senses, and it took him a long time to digest this shocking secret. He had to admit that this was the one that had the greatest impact on him over the years. It's over.Even thinking about it now, he still feels a little unbelievable, even suspicious, because it is really too bizarre and unbelievable.

Ling Muhua's words made the eldest prince silent, because what he said was indeed the truth. So far, only a few people know about this secret. If he hadn't accidentally heard what his mother said at the beginning, he would not have known this secret. , I'm afraid I still foolishly think that Jue Lin is the young prince of Mu Wangfu!

In this way, Ling Muhua really saw it in Jue Lin's study... He was not surprised by this secret, but rather surprised that Jue Lin also knew this secret. Before today, he always thought he didn't know it... It seems that he His concerns were indeed correct, Jue Lin couldn't stay anymore, who knew what he would do in the future.

Moreover, and this matter can not let the father know, if the father knows that Jue Lin knows the secret.I don't know if my father will simply make Jue Lin the crown prince!

I don't know what came to mind, the eldest prince frowned, his eyes flashed with doubts, the father probably didn't tell Jue Lin about his identity, right?

The eldest prince remembered the emperor's attitude towards Jue Lin all the time, and suddenly became suspicious in his heart. Could it be that the father and Jue Lin knew each other's secret a long time ago?Are they tacit?Or in private, Jue Lin is actually the emperor's elder brother who called him father?
Thinking of this possibility, the first prince felt even more uneasy.

"Do you think Jue Lin knew this secret a long time ago? If he knew this secret, would he act as if he didn't know anything?" The eldest prince asked, regardless of who the other party was.

"The things are in the study. Juelin must have seen them a long time ago. As for when, I don't know. It's just possible that Juelin didn't know, because when I found the box, it was covered with dust. It has been placed there for a long time and no one has touched it. It is very likely that the old concubine placed it there, but Juelin does not know."

The eldest prince frowned, thought for a while, shook his head and said, "It's impossible. It's impossible for Jue Lin to have seen the things in the study. There is a lot of dust on them. It may be that Jue Lin has read them a long time ago. pass……"

Ling Muhua shrugged, "Maybe."

"You moved that box, are you sure you won't make Mu Jinxi or Juelin suspicious? The prince asked you to test the news, but I never thought of exposing you. If you dare to let Mu Jinxi or Juelin notice something, When the time comes, don't blame me for being ruthless!" the eldest prince threatened.

Ling Muhua's face darkened, "Thank you, First Prince, for your reminder! I'm sure I didn't show any weakness in front of them! Since I promised you, I will naturally do it, and I hope that you, First Prince, will do what you say!"

"As long as you obediently help my prince, I will naturally not treat you badly." The eldest prince said while looking at Ling Muhua with a smile.

But to Ling Muhua, the smile on his face is a kind of smug smile, which makes him feel sick!

"Apart from this secret, have you discovered anything else?" the eldest prince asked, no longer entangled in the matter of Jue Lin's life experience.

Ling Muhua shook his head and said: "I haven't found it yet. Jue Lin's study is very normal. It's just an ordinary study, and there is no secret room. There is nothing strange about it. I searched roughly, except for the Apart from the splendid box in which he wrote about his life experience, there is nothing else worthy of attention."

What Ling Muhua said was the truth, he really didn't find anything of value in Juelin's study, whether it was from his own point of view or from the point of view of the eldest prince, it wasn't that he deliberately said that he wanted to Trick the eldest prince.

But the eldest prince didn't believe it. Leaving aside Jue Lin's current status as the young prince of the Mu Palace, since he has been an official in the court for so many years, it is impossible for him to have no secrets!Even if he didn't take bribes and break the law, even if he didn't form a party for personal gain, he still has his own secrets, right?If you say that he is clean and his hands are clean, he will never believe it!
The eldest prince stared at Ling Muhua with burning eyes and said: "That means you didn't look for it seriously. It is impossible for an official's study to have no secrets! If the study you went to really has no secrets, then it can only be said that it is not Jue Lin's. The study room is just Mu Jinxi’s! Or Jue Lin has other places to store things in Mu Wang’s Mansion! You, you have to go to Mu Wang’s Mansion from time to time in the future, and search carefully in that study room. Check here to see if there is another place to store important items!"

He didn't believe that Jue Lin really didn't have any secrets that he could handle!
Ling Muhua couldn't help but clenched his hands holding the handle of the chair, clenched his teeth, and gritted them bitterly, before he managed to force out his voice, "I, will, do my best!"

Hearing his answer, the First Prince wrinkled in dissatisfaction, but seeing his forbearance, he knew that if he was in a hurry, it might not be of any benefit, so after thinking about it, he held back and didn't say anything more, anyway Now let Ling Muhua's bones soften slowly before doing anything else!

Ling Muhua's eyes flickered, and he asked, "Eldest Prince, what are you going to do?"

"What are you going to do?" The eldest prince didn't seem to understand what Ling Muhua meant.

"You know this secret, don't you? It's not an ordinary secret. Don't you think you don't know, First Prince?" Ling Muhua asked mockingly.

The eldest prince narrowed his eyes, glanced at him, and said softly: "I have my own opinion on this matter, it's not something you have to worry about, you just need to find out about the affairs of Prince Mu's mansion!"

Is this blaming him for meddling?Ling Muhua sneered, stood up and said: "Since that's the case, there's nothing I have to do here, I have to go first!"

After finishing speaking, he didn't care about the reaction of the eldest prince and left directly, which made the eldest prince's face black for a while, and secretly cursed in his heart, when his value was gone, he would definitely make him regret treating him like this today Attitude!

(End of this chapter)