A few days ago, Huang Xuan was released from prison to solve Su Mu’s poison and then thrown back to prison in the early morning. After half a month of tossing around, he was finally healed and Su Mu’s worries were also eased completely.

At this time, Sun Haoran, who had wiped out all three rebel factions, also came to bid his farewell. According to the agreement, Su Mu gave Sun Haoran the promised cowpox treatment technology and animal-drawn seed plough manufacturing for him to take back to the Wu Kingdom.

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But when Sun Haoran had just left the Qing Kingdom, new trouble came knocking at Su Mu’s door. In the majestic hall, Shen Wei reported to Su Mu with a cold face: “Your Highness, an urgent report came from the Southwest, Jin Kingdom sent 50,000 troops to approach our borders.”

Su Mu immediately sat up straight and asked seriously: “Why did the Jin Kingdom suddenly send troops out towards our Qing Kingdom?”

Shen Wei replied: “Your Highness this matter started because of a peach tree.”

“Peach tree?” Su Mu questioned: “What does this matter have to do with peach trees?”

“Your Highness, it is the peach ripening season. A peach tree grew on the border between Qing and Jin. Half a month ago, a group of children from Qing went to the border to pick peaches and met a group of children from Jin who were picking peaches. The two sides began with a verbal quarrel which escalated into a fist fight. A child from the Jin Kingdom fell from a peach tree and fractured a bone. Then the father of the child rushed to the village on the border of our Qing Kingdom for revenge, killing the father of one of the children involved in the dispute. As a result, the brothers of the child’s father rushed to the border village of Jin to kill the murderer. Afterwards, the entire border village of Jin rushed into our Qing Kingdom and killed all the people in our border village. This village is the ancestral home of a local county official so out of rage, he led troops to the border of Jin Kingdom to slaughter that village. In response, the county official of Jin Kingdom reported this to the Emperor of Jin who then sent fifty thousand troops to our borders.”

To put it simply, the children got injured so the adults went to avenge their children. But what started as a simple squabble among children escalated into the destruction of an entire village, and then further developing into a war between two countries.

The Qing Kingdom’s civil war had just been extinguished and it was really not advantageous to go to war so soon again, but the enemy had already come bullying. It was too late to settle the conflict peacefully. To put it bluntly, it was just that Jin Kingdom wanted to take advantage of this special period and swallow up the Qing Kingdom. Raking revenge was just a bonus.

Su Mu got a headache and asked, “How strong is the Jin Kingdom’s military?”

Shen Wei replied: “Answering Your Highness, the military strength of the two countries is equal, but the current emperor of the Jin Kingdom is very warlike, and the national power of Jin has become weak due to repeated wars against neighboring countries.”

“Repeated wars against neighboring countries.” Su Mu tapped on the armrest of the chair and asked, “How many countries are at war with Jin?”

“There is the Chen Kingdom, Zheng Kingdom, Wu Kingdom, and Yang Kingdom.” Shen Wei responded. (TN: the Wu in this Wu Kingdom is different from the Wu in the Wu Kingdom that lent troops to Su Mu in exchange for technology)

Su Mu asked: “How is the national strength of these four countries?”

Shen Wei: “Chen Kingdom and Wu Kingdom are stronger than our country, Zheng Kingdom’s national strength is equal to our’s, Yang Kingdom comes last.”

Su Mu nodded, having already made the calculations in his mind, and said to Shen Wei: “General Shen, Ben Gong orders you to set off immediately to the southwest to stop the foreign enemies.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

In the council chamber of the Crown Prince’s Hall, Su Mu informed Lin Siyuan and the others about the dispatch of troops from the Jin Kingdom, then glanced at Yun Feiyu, who had just been released from the prison, before asking everyone, “Any thoughts?”

A young man named Hu Yuan stepped forward and said: “Your Highness, it is not advantageous to go to war in the early stages of Qing Kingdom’s newfound peace.”

Another person refuted: “The enemy is already kicking at our door, how can we accept this humiliation?”

Hu Yuan frowned and said: “However, Jin’s military strength is equivalent to that of our country so a war with Jin will eventually lead to both sides suffering which will inevitably allow other countries to take advantage of the situation.”

Lin Siyuan blinked and said, “We can unite with the other countries to attack the Kingdom of Jin.”

Hu Yuan: “Yang is too weak, I am afraid that they will be counterattacked by Jin. Chen and Zheng are also too strong, so what to do if these two countries take the opportunity to destroy our army? The remaining Wu is equal to our country’s national strength but is too far away from our country. None of these countries are good choices for allies.”

Yun Feiyu, who had just been released from prison and only had time for a quick wash, appeared a little sorry-looking, but his elegant demeanor made people ignore any flaws. He quietly listened to the disputes among the people present, and then spoke when everyone finished. “The Emperor of Jin has a taste for beauties, and the Emperor of Zheng has a peerlessly beautiful concubine, whom he treats like a treasure.”

Su Mu looked at Yun Feiyu and said, “Go on.”

Yun Feiyu smiled lightly and looked at Su Mu as he spoke: “The Emperor of Chen loves to collect beautiful jade, while the Emperor of Wu has a hobby of collecting famous or impressive weapons. As for the Emperor of Yang, he loves power.”

“Your meaning?” Su Mu asked.

“The Emperor Jin hides a divinely forged sword and beautiful jade in his palace, and covets Emperor Zheng’s treasured concubine.” Gentle eyes looked at Su Mu, “Chen, Zheng, Wu, Yang, and Jin. These five kingdoms have been coveting each other for a long time, and all that is needed to start a war is an excuse. Your Highness only needs to send people to form an alliance with Yang and Wu to defend against Chen and Zheng.”

Su Mu nodded and said: “Since this is the case, Ben Gong will leave the forming of alliance with Wu to you. If you succeed then Ben Gong will not hold you accountable for the previous matter. If you fail, you can prepare for a stay in prison, forever.”

Yun Feiyu gently said: “This official thanks Your Highness.”

Su Mu turned his head and said to Hu Yuan: “Hu Yuan, you go to the Kingdom of Yang to form an alliance with Emperor Yang. I will have guards protect you, remember, make sure not to leak the slightest news.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

It was protection as well as surveillance. One shouldn’t have the heart to harm others, but one must also be vigilant so as not to be harmed.

Su Mu was looking through the memorials in the evening, when suddenly a sweet fragrance drifted in. Su Mu raised his head and his eyes fell on a plate of tender and pink peaches. Ye Qingfeng picked up one and brought it up to Su Mu’s lips, saying with a smile: “Darling, try one.”

Su Mu looked at the sweet and plump peaches, and only felt dislike in his heart. He leaned a little bit back and stretched out his hand to take the offered peach before taking a bite. After all, it was not easy to eat fresh fruits during this part of the year in ancient times. If he wanted to eat more, he would have to wait for next year. It was difficult to transport fruit over long distances without refrigeration technology. The extreme east pole, west pole, south pole and north pole of this world were still unexplored and unknown regions. Many common things found on the market in the 21st century were not available here at all, such as peanuts, tomatoes and potatoes.

The sweet juice flowed down his throat. After finishing in a few bites, Su Mu threw away the peach pit in his hand, and asked Ye Qingfeng: “Where is Gu Yunzhou?”

The two had disappeared for more than half a month, and Su Mu was afraid that these two had really seriously fought each other.

After “suffering untold hardships” to bring his sweetheart such a gift, only to be met with his sweetheart asking about another man, Ye Qingfeng immediately asked in a heartbroken manner, “Darling, how come you don’t even ask about me?”

Su Mu glanced at him: “You are neither lacking an arm or a leg, do you think I am very idle.”

Ye Qingfeng gritted his teeth. He snatched the memorial in Su Mu’s hand and threw it on the table before pressing him on the chair: “Just because your husband does not show you my mightiness, you treat me as a sick cat. I will teach you a good lesson today and let you know just what it means to treat your husband as the sky.”

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Su Mu’s expression became exasperated, turning his head to avoid the other’s kiss, and said angrily: “What craziness are you up to now?”

Ye Qingfeng pinched Su Mu’s face and replied just as angrily: “You dare to avoid me, see how I will deal with you.” As he spoke, he pulled off his belt and tied Su Mu’s hands behind his back.

In truth, the both of them knew very well that this piece of cloth would meet its end so long as Su Mu used his internal force.

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In the early hours of the morning, whether it was the sleeping emperor and his concubines or the officials who were currently making their way to the morning assembly on the road, they all suddenly heard a huge sound coming from the Crown Prince’s Palace. After more than a year, this familiar sound showed up again. Instantly, everyone’s hearts trembled.

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Li Gaosheng, who was sitting in the sedan chair, jumped with fright and hurriedly lifted the curtains and said to the people outside: “Quickly go back, this official came down with the cold, go back to the manor!”

In Feiyu Pavilion, both Yun Feiyu and Huang Xuan were immediately frightened awake. They hurriedly got up from bed and in the next moment they were taken away by a group of imperial palace troops with solemn and murderous auras.

The entire Qionghua Pavilion had been razed to the ground. Liu Xi knelt on the ground tremblingly. The Crown Prince sat on a chair that had its armrests broken off, his whole person emitting a bloodthirsty aura. His ice-cold eyes looked at the two people who were brought in.

“Kneel down!” The imperial palace guards behind them pressed down on the shoulders of the two of them. Yun Feiyu and Huang Xuan couldn’t help but kneel down. Until now, the two of them have yet to figure out what the situation was, but from the dark face of the Crown Prince and Liu Xi who was trembling like a quail on the side, it was enough for the two of them to understand the seriousness of the matter.

Su Mu controlled his urge to tear people apart, and said with an extremely chilling smile: “You are all indeed really promising, daring to scheme and plot under the eyes of Ben Gong, do you take me for a dead person?” Su Mu stood up fiercely, the chair behind him immediately bursting into pieces. Every piece of wooden shard turned into powerful hidden weapons that shot every which way. Blood began to soak through the clothes on the three of them little by little. Su Mu walked over to the three of them, eyes sharp as knives: “This time it’s erectile dysfunction medicine but next time will be arsenic, is that right!”

The two who finally understood what was the source of the anger immediately begged for mercy: “Your Highness, please forgive us, Your Highness, this official is wrong…..”

“Shut up!” Su Mu raged.

The two of them fell silent immediately, and Su Mu’s eyes swept across the three of them. The expression in them were both angry and disappointed: “All of you, despite being men, actually committed such stupid things that harem women like to engage in. If the poison in Ben Gong is solved, then you will be spared, all of you will get the fuck out of Qing Kingdom. If it can’t be resolved, I will castrate you one by one, take them away!”

“Yes!” The imperial troops guarding on the side immediately took the three to the imperial prison.

Su Mu angrily went back to the bedroom and said, “Cancel the morning assembly today and call over doctor Hu.”

“Bang!” The sound of the iron lock echoed in the cellar, and the three were pushed into a dank smelling cell. After the guards left, Huang Xuan asked the gray-faced Liu Xi with lingering fear, “What’s going on? How could His Highness be poisoned?”

Liu Xi immediately exploded like a lighted firecracker, and said angrily: “It’s all because of your bad idea. Those two didn’t drink the medicine, it was drunk by His Highness instead.”

“What!” Huang Xuan’s eyes widened and angrily said: “How did you arrange things! How could His Highness drink it!”

Liu Xi rushed over to Huang Xuan and accused angrily: “What do you mean! You want to push everything onto me?!”

“It was originally because you made a mistake in your arrangement!” Huang Xuan did not back down.

Yun Feiyu, who hadn’t spoken the whole time, saw that the two of them had the intention to decide the outcome then and there and hurriedly stopped them. He said: “Don’t quarrel, the most important thing is how to eliminate the anger of His Highness.” He asked Huang Xuan: “Does your medicine have an antidote?”

Huang Xuan immediately replied: “Of course there is!” Then he blushed and said with flickering eyes: “It’s just a little troublesome.”

When the two saw his look, they knew that he was concealing something. Liu Xi glared at him viciously: “Just what kind of medicine did you make!”

Yun Feiyu also looked at him with a serious face. Huang Xuan said uncomfortably: “That is actually a kind of medicine that makes the top become the bottom. Only the side effect is erectile dysfunction. His Highness only needs to…..do it a few times with others and he’ll be fine!”

Yun Feiyu believed himself to be well studied in books and poems and was a well-mannered and cultured person, but at this moment he had the urge to curse out Huang Xuan, let alone the hot-tempered Liu Xi who directly scolded: “Having known you this long, why haven’t I noticed that you are actually such an insidious person? It’s a true waste of that seemingly innocent face. Though, it is a pity that those two didn’t drink it.”

Huang Xuan shrank back in the corner, looking very depressed: “When will we be able to go back, His Highness will definitely not forgive me.”

“His Highness is just driven by his anger at the moment, wait a few days more.” Yun Feiyu comforted.

In the Crown Prince’s Palace, Su Mu sat on a chair with a cloudy expression. There was not even one person in the room, all having been scared away by Su Mu’s powerful aura. Doctor Hu was forcefully pushed in through the door, moving to Su Mu’s side with trembling legs. He stammered: “Your…..Your Highness…..Where are you feeling discomfort?”

Su Mu kept the statue-like posture without saying a word, only stretching out his left hand. Doctor Hu hurriedly reached out to take Su Mu’s pulse, but doctor Hu’s hand shook too much and simply couldn’t take the pulse at all. Su Mu turned his head and shot a murderous look at him, doctor Hu’s body stiffened even more but his hand did stabilize. The only thing was that he had fainted completely. Su Mu’s face became darker and he called out loudly, “Come in!”

A guard walked in and said respectfully: “Your Highness.”

“Carry him out and call Huang Xuan over.” After thinking about it, Su Mu decided to ask Huang Xuan. He really had no face to let more people know about his situation.

After a while, a disheveled and pale looking Huang Xuan was thrown in front of Su Mu. Seeing Su Mu’s beautiful but icy cold face, Huang Xuan couldn’t help shrinking into himself. He knelt on the ground and said pitifully: “Your Highness…..”

Su Mu snorted coldly: “Now you learn to pretend to be pitiful, but you were quite brave when using the medicine.”

Huang Xuan hurriedly said: “The medicine is not a major problem, this official only just wanted to make fun of them.” Of course, he had to pick the good parts to speak.

Su Mu squinted his eyes slightly: “Are you saying that there is an antidote?”

“Yes, yes!” Huang Xuan nodded hurriedly, his face reddening slightly as he said: “If Your Highness does not believe me, this official can immediately heal you.”

“You managed to learn quite some capabilities after just studying for a short period in the imperial medical college.” Su Mu sneered: “You’d better do what you said, otherwise I will have people come in and castrate you right away.”

“Yes, yes, yes. This official will definitely heal Your Highness.” Huang Xuan promised again and again, then secretly glanced at Su Mu, twisting and mincing on the spot: “Your Highness, can we change the location? It’s not very convenient here.”

Su Mu glanced at him and said coldly, “Inconvenient? Could it be that you want Ben Gong to prepare music for you in order to do your work as a doctor.”

Huang Xuan hurriedly waved his hand and said: “There’s no need for music, just a bed is enough.”

“Bed?” Su Mu frowned in confusion: “What do you want a bed for?”

Huang Xuan said in a tiny voice: “Cure the poison!”

Although he said it very quietly, Su Mu still caught it. He instantly slapped the table beside him to pieces, and shouted loudly, “Explain clearly to Ben Gong, just what did you give me!”

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Huang Xuan was so frightened that he trembled all over and he could only obediently explain the effect of the medicine. Su Mu’s face shifted back and forth from blue to white after hearing this, extremely colorful indeed.

But in order to get rid of the poison, he had to give in and walk into the bedroom. Through the screen, he saw Huang Xuan still kneeling on the ground nervously. Su Mu instantly felt a belly full of anger and yelled, “Get in here.”

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Erectile dysfunction medicine!

This was too goddamn vicious. It wasn’t anything fatal to one’s life, but it cut off the root of origin. One might well ask, how could a man complain to his wife that he couldn’t get it up?

Yun Feiyu and Liu Xi, both men, immediately understood the hidden meaning when they heard this. They suddenly felt stiff as if a stray wind had swept across a certain part of their lower body. Huang Xuan’s danger immediately increased several levels in their hearts.

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Huang Xuan, with a tender and young face, was a bright and sunny looking young man. But who knew that he would come up with such a sinister method. He walked up to Liu Xi and handed the bottle over as he said, “You have more people in your palace, you go.”

Liu Xi snorted and took the porcelain bottle, saying with disdain: “You just want to pull me under the water with you.” He then turned to Yun Feiyu and said, “Don’t even think about shaking off all responsibility. This year’s new tea, you have the most so take it out.”

Since those two people must be removed, then everyone should all go into the water together.

Yun Feiyu smiled and nodded: “Fine.”

In the afternoon, in the study room, a serious-looking Su Mu put down the brush in his hand, and then glanced at the two sticky candies in the room with exasperation: “Are you two that idle?” (TN: sticky candy=metaphor for one who is hard to deal with or get rid of)

Ye Qingfeng’s whole body was nestled on the chair next to him, a few empty wine jars laying on the side. With a slightly tipsy expression, he said to Su Mu: “Darling, I have already sent out hero invitation cards. Just wait three months.” Then he picked up another wine jar and swallowed another mouthful before singing sadly: “The pearl-like tears drip onto the beautiful silk fabrics, how often does the young gongzi turn his back on old favors…..”

Su Mu came out from behind the desk and kicked him: “What the hell?”

Ye Qingfeng lay on the chair and looked up at him sadly: “You abandoned me, so what is the point of living any longer. Just let me die, you don’t care about me anyway, woe is me, traveling thousands of miles and leaving far away from my hometown…..”

A “clang” sounded out and a sword shadow flashed past soon after. In the next moment, the hair under Ye Qingfeng’s body crumbled into pieces of wood shards that flew everywhere. Fortunately, Ye Qingfeng reacted very quickly and avoided Gu Yunzhou’s attack. Ye Qingfeng flipped over and landed beside Su Mu, still holding the wine jar. He pointed indignantly at Gu Yunzhou, “Darling, he chopped apart your chair, kick him out.”

In view of the fact that the dragon bed was dismembered by these two people last night and he had to sleep in the study, Su Mu took a deep breath and gritted out with emphasis on his tone: “I said, no fighting on my territory. Compensate according to the price. If this happens again I will blast you both out.”

Ye Qingfeng spoke in an aggrieved tone: “It’s clearly his fault.”

Gu Yunzhou didn’t even lift his eyelids, as if he was too lazy to even hold any regard for him at all.

At this time, Su Mu’s maid came in from the door carrying a pot of tea. She placed the tea cup in front of Su Mu and filled it with clear tea. The maid’s crisp voice sounded: “Your Highness, please use some tea.”

Su Mu picked up the cup and took a drink before he continued looking at the memorials on the desk. The maid again poured tea for Su Mu, then walked to the left to pour a cup for Gu Yunzhou and then a cup for Ye Qingfeng who was lying on the chair. After finishing, she put down the teapot and stood quietly aside waiting for orders.

Gu Yunzhou had been standing beside Su Mu like a stone statue the whole time, and clearly didn’t have any intention of drinking tea at all. Ye Qingfeng also only cared about drinking his wine. Of course, they were still humans and couldn’t not drink water at all. Huang Xuan and the other two replaced the teacup with a wooden one and found someone to open a small hole in the bottom to fill in the powder and then conceal it back again. In the teacup, a few very subtle holes were concealed within the texture of the wood itself. And then Liu Xi handed the teapot and cups to the maid and told her that the one without poison was the cup to be used by the Crown Prince.

It was already a bit hot in early summer, so Su Mu drank more tea water. Seeing that there was no more tea water in the teapot, the maid took the teapot and went out to add water. After Su Mu finished drinking the tea in his cup, he still didn’t feel his thirst completely quenched, so he picked up Gu Yunzhou’s tea cup and then also took Ye Qingfeng’s cup as well, drinking both before the maid could come back. The three of them had never thought of the possibility that Su Mu didn’t mind that it was other people’s tea cups or that the tea had already gone cold. Although the tea cups weren’t touched at all, most of the upper-class nobles were very particular about this kind of thing, unlike Su Mu who was fine so long as it was drinkable.

The night breeze blew by, and the moon hung high in the sky. Su Mu put down the brush and stood up, stretching his stiff body and walking towards his residence. Gu Yunzhou and Ye Qingfeng were like shadows, neither one willing to give in to the other. However, when he arrived at the entrance of his residence, Su Mu suddenly revealed a cunning smile, flying into the bedroom like a specter and quickly slamming the door behind him. The two immediately followed and kicked Su Mu’s door to pieces at the same time, but when the two rushed in, Su Mu had already disappeared. The two exchanged looks full of hostility and then quickly disappeared from each other’s line of sight.

Outside the palace, Su Mu stood with black lines on his face. He got rid of those two but where could he sleep now? He was penniless and couldn’t even pay for an inn room. He wanted to turn back but was afraid of stumbling into those two again. After thinking about it for a long time, Su Mu decided to sneak back to the palace carefully. The Crown Prince’s Palace was so big that he might not be noticed if he secretly slept over at someone else’s residence. Forced to sneak around like a thief in his own territory, Su Mu began to reflect on the disadvantages of having provoked too many people.

The translucent drapes of Liu Xi’s bedroom in Qionghua Pavilion gently fluttered in the wind. Su Mu’s figure suddenly appeared in the room. Fortunately, no one was present otherwise they would definitely be scared to death by his sudden appearance. Su Mu walked into the room and seeing that the bed was empty of anyone, he decisively took off his outer robes and got onto the bed to sleep.

Half an hour later, the door was opened and the candles lit. The eunuch next to Liu Xi was shocked when he saw someone other than Liu Xi on the bed. After a moment of startlement, Liu Xi’s eyes flashed brightly and hurriedly chased the eunuch away before locking the door. He happily approached Su Mu carefully and watched Su Mu’s sleeping face as he lay on the bed in disregard of any noble Crown Prince image. His heart almost jumped with excitement, and Liu Xi took off his own clothes with light movements and slowly lay on the side next to Su Mu, looking at Su Mu’s face with an expression of adoration. He even cautiously leaned over to drop a kiss on him and then gently embrace him. Su Mu only wrinkled his brows slightly and continued to sleep.

Su Mu was awakened by the heat, feeling his waist tightly hugged and a hard object pressing up against his lower half. Su Mu lifted away the hand on his waist with a black face. But the person behind him slipped his hand into Su Mu’s clothes and kneaded his skin ambiguously.

“Your Highness…..” Liu Xi gently licked the tender skin on the back of Su Mu’s neck, and stroked his hands up the front of Su Mu’s chest.

Su Mu took a deep breath and pressed his hand still: “Don’t move.”

Liu Xi pretended not to have heard, retracting his hands and turned Su Mu over to face him, kissing his lips and other parts of his neck. Soon Su Mu also began to feel aroused, his whole body blushing a layer of red, but for some reason he felt that something was wrong, because there didn’t seem to be any response below. If it had been in the past it would have hardened already.

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Liu Xi also noticed this, but he thought that Su Mu had not been stimulated enough, so he worked even harder to arouse Su Mu. But still there was no movement even after a long time, and the both of them were even beginning to feel a little panicked.

Su Mu looked seriously at his place where there was no response at all. Although this thing did not do its job of spreading seeds when it was on him, as a man, he still valued ​​it as much as any other man.

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Although Madam Shen still had yet to receive an official title, she was already the Crown Prince’s woman for certain, at least in name. Needless to say, those in the harem could not help but gnash their teeth in jealousy.

Ye Qingfeng, who received the news while still far away in jianghu, almost died of anger. He was here working like an ox for that heartless man, while that heartless person in question was surrounded by beauties and now even had a child. Ye Qingfeng angrily kicked the door open and walked out of Xuefeng Villa with a dark face. Seeing that something was wrong, the maid immediately reported the matter to the master, his wife, and Ye Qingfeng’s eldest brother, Ye Qingchen. The three of them quickly came to stop Ye Qingfeng.

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Ye Haolin looked at his young son whose eyes were practically spitting flames in anger, and asked in confusion: “What’s wrong?”

Madam Ye looked at Ye Qingfeng with worried eyes and asked with concern: “What happened, my son?”

Looking at Ye Qingfeng, whose face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, Ye Qingchen probably guessed that it should be the one in the imperial city who once again did something to his little brother. Ye Qingchen was very dissatisfied with this. Although that person was the Crown Prince, he was cruel and lustful. Though recently he had shown big changes, it couldn’t be ignored the fact that he still had a harem of men. Why should his little brother, handsome and suave with high martial arts, be such a man’s male pet?

Ye Qingchen opened his mouth and said: “Such a dissolute person is not worthy of your cherishment. Moreover, the emperor is heartless, no matter how much you do for him, you will not be able to compare with his imperial power and empire in the end.”

Originally, Ye Haolin had thought that Ye Qingfeng involving in jianghu affairs was because he had decided to sever his relations with the Crown Prince only to now find out that was not the case. He was so furious he scolded: “You…..you are a grown man and yet you throw yourself at another man over and over again, do you have any shame? Because of you, your old man doesn’t even have any face left to show the people of jianghu! Even if you like men, you should find someone more reliable. What is so good about that Crown Prince that you insist on following him so loyally, you…..you are angering me to death! You stay at home and don’t you dare go anywhere.”

Ye Qingfeng kept his face calm and didn’t speak. Taking advantage of his father’s emotional state, he jumped onto the wall and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Ye Haolin was so angry that he pointed in the direction where Ye Qingfeng had disappeared and yelled: “Don’t you think of coming back, ever!”

Madam Ye hurriedly consoled Ye Haolin, and then looked at the direction of Ye Qingfeng’s disappearance with a worried look. She didn’t know what went wrong when Ye Qingfeng was born. Her eldest son and youngest daughter were clearly so well behaved, so why did she raise such an oddball like Ye Qingfeng.

On the other side, Gu Yunzhou, who received the news at the same time, looked silently at the sunrise that painted the sea of ​​clouds golden. There was no expression on his face, but Xiao Yi, who reported the news to him, had already broken out in a cold sweat. He edged back silently and subtly, praying that the boss would not vent his anger out on him.

However, a cracking sound immediately caused the hair on Xiao Yi’s whole body to stand on end. He looked down at the ground where spider web cracks spread out on the hard rock surface with Gu Yunzhou at its center. The cracking sound stopped. Xiao Yi raised his head and looked upward to see that Gu Yunzhou had long since disappeared. Xiao Yi wiped away his cold sweat and murmured with lingering fears: “This Crown Prince is too incredible. He actually dared to have an affair with someone behind the boss’s back. I hope he won’t be taught a lesson too badly, otherwise there won’t be anymore interesting shows to see.”

And Su Mu, who was discussing political affairs with Yun Feiyu, Lin Siyuan and the others in the Crown Prince’s Palace, looked up and saw Ye Qingfeng, who appeared at the door with a black face. He decisively dismissed the crowd. 

Yun Feiyu casted a mild glance at the other when he passed by Ye Qingfeng before he quickly evacuated with the others.

Soon, only Su Mu and Ye Qingfeng at the door were left. Su Mu looked at him strangely: “Why are you here?”

Ye Qingfeng’s face turned darker and stepped into the room before closing the door. With an expression of one being cuckolded by his wife, he accused: “What’s up with that Madam Shen?”

Su Mu said: “I need an heir.”

Ye Qingfeng’s eyes went red and he clenched his fists tightly, but he didn’t know what to say. He was the Crown Prince and he really did need an heir, but this fact only caused Ye Qingfeng to be even more angry in his heart, wishing nothing more than to choke his neck and kill him.

Su Mu saw that he was so angry that he wanted to tear him apart and finally understood where Ye Qingfeng’s anger was coming from. He explained: “I haven’t touched her. That child is my brother or sister.”

He originally planned to find a way to control this heartless thing in his grasp even if he was resented by the other, but suddenly a light appeared at the end of the tunnel. Ye Qingfeng felt his eyes brighten but he still asked in disbelief: “Really?”

Su Mu glanced at him contemptuously: “If I wanted to find a woman to give birth for me would I have waited till now.”

The anger dissipated and Ye Qingfeng instantly regained his usual self. He approached Su Mu with a roguish smirk on his face, and said, “Darling, this husband has wronged you. To make up for the mistakes I made, I have decided to spend the whole night making it up to you.”

Just as Ye Qingfeng’s claws were about to reach Su Mu, he suddenly felt a murderous aura, and then in the next moment a huge sound rang out. The valuable hard wooden door instantly shattered into pieces, and Gu Yunzhou appeared murderously in front of Su Mu. Su Mu rubbed his forehead while thinking about the possibility of making Gu Yunzhou pay compensation, and said: “Madam Shen is my father’s woman, and the child in her belly is also my father’s. But I needed an heir so I snatched mother and child over.”

Only then did Gu Yunzhou’s expression look much better. He glanced at Ye Qingfeng, who stood with a hostile face by Su Mu’s side, and commanded domineeringly: “Get out.”

Of course, Ye Qingfeng would not pay attention to him, but rather stabbed back in a cold voice: “What do you think you are, don’t think I really can’t do anything to you!”

Gu Yunzhou just looked at him, come and fight then!

Upon seeing this, Su Mu immediately interrupted the two who were about to duel, and said with a headache: “You are not allowed to fight here. I am very busy now and have no time to entertain you both, so go and play by yourselves.”

After speaking, he picked up the memorial and looked over it pretentiously. He really didn’t know how to deal with these two people. Ye Qingfeng couldn’t be caught. Gu Yunzhou couldn’t be defeated. The both of them also couldn’t beat each other. So in the end, they could only accompany Su Mu like this.

Gu Yunzhou stood in front of Su Mu silently, as if he was a piece of wood without any intention to move at all. Ye Qingfeng glared at him in vexation but was completely ignored. After an hour, Ye Qingfeng proposed a bad idea that he had been conflicted over for a long time. He said to Gu Yunzhou angrily: “I stay today, and you stay tomorrow, how about it?”

Gu Yunzhou glanced at him but still didn’t have any intentions of leaving, but Su Mu was so shocked he choked. With a face that was slightly red, he gave Ye Qingfeng a fierce look. When night came, Su Mu planned to ignore the two stalkers and prepare to go to sleep. Only to be deeply shocked by Ye Qingfeng’s shamelessness. He actually stripped off his clothes in front of him and Gu Yunzhou, and looked at Gu Yunzhou with provocation as he said, “Your daddy, I, will sleep naked sleep here tonight! If you have the balls then do the same!”

“Clang.” Gu Yunzhou’s iron sword was unsheathed. Although Su Mu also wanted to beat up Ye Qingfeng, he immediately moved to Gu Yunzhou’s side and pushed the iron sword back. Glaring at him he said, “If you demolish my house again I won’t be done with you.”

Even an easy going person could become angry. Seeing Su Mu “protecting” Ye Qingfeng, Gu Yunzhou was immediately ignited with anger, but he didn’t show any signs of it on his face. He glanced at the triumphant Ye Qingfeng and quickly caught Su Mu by his slender waist, and then threw Su Mu and himself onto the bed. In the next moment, the bed drapes were lowered, and Su Mu’s angry yet tempting voice suddenly came from inside.

“Ah Gu Yunzhou, let me go…..don’t…..”

Ye Qingfeng was dumbfounded and words couldn’t describe the shock in his heart.

@#￥% even more roguish than him! No, this was a beast! But beasts have meat to eat! Ye Qingfeng gritted his teeth and rushed into the bed drapes.

The next day, Liu Xi, who received the news, smashed everything in his room angrily, cleaned it up, and then walked out the door.

Inside the Feiyu Pavilion, Liu Xi, dressed in flamboyant, gorgeous robes, charged into everyone’s field of vision domineeringly. He walked into the main room and met Yun Feiyu who came out of the inner room. Liu Xi raised his brows and turned on his taunting skills: “Doesn’t Yun Gongzi usually have contempt for us male pets? Why are you still staying here? This is the place where only the Crown Prince’s concubines can live, that is, only male pets can live. Isn’t an outsider like you who has separated from the Crown Prince living here not afraid of criticism? You are the leader of all the scholars in the imperial city. You have to respect yourself!”

Yun Feiyu looked at him and said mildly: “You are in the way.”

The fist having landed on cotton, Liu Xi’s beautiful eyes flashed with anger, and he warned: “If you know your place, move out from the Crown Prince’s Palace quickly. Don’t shamelessly refuse to leave, or I’ll show you just how wrong you are.”

Yun Feiyu said: “It is not up to you to decide whether I move out or not. Instead of targeting me, it seems that Ye Qingfeng and Gu Yunzhou are your biggest opponents.”

Although on the surface it seemed that he was no match for either of them, Liu Xi still gritted his teeth and said viciously: “Don’t treat me like a fool. They are opponents but aren’t you as well? Don’t tell me you are a friend instead!”

Yun Feiyu smiled gently and said, “We can cooperate without being friends.”

“Cooperation?” Liu Xi looked at him like he was looking at a fool and said: “You and me? In what capacity are you cooperating with me?”

“It doesn’t matter what capacity, the important thing is that we don’t want these two people to appear next to the Crown Prince.” Yun Feiyu said.

“Count me in.” Huang Xuan’s voice sounded outside the door. He put down the medicine box in his hand and said to the two in the main room: “There is no need for unnecessary people to appear next to the Crown Prince.”

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Liu Xi sneered and let out a snort. He was very disdainful of Huang Xuan’s habit of pretending to be pure and innocent in front of the Crown Prince. However, there were currently two more powerful competitors in front of him. In any case, there was plenty of time to deal with him.

Liu Xi asked him: “What can you do?”

Huang Xuan opened the medicine box and took out an exquisite porcelain bottle. He looked at the two and said, “This is what I made…..erectile dysfunction medicine.”

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Yuzhu was a very clever girl. She was obedient and capable and never spoke out of turn in front of Su Mu. And in front of the servants, she was kind but dignified, able to keep in line all of the palace maids. In front of the obviously frightened Madam Shen, she was like a gentle and caring friend. Of course, she would also make sure to never step out of bounds. Yuzhu changed the wooden face she presented in front of Su Mu to a kind and amiable face as shr brought over the ginseng soup to Madam Shen. She said: “Madam, please be at ease. With His Highness’s protection, there will definitely not be any trouble that will find you. Doctor Hu specially asked me to cook this ginseng soup for you, which will be good for you and your child.”

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Madam Shen took the ginseng soup carefully, and seeing that Yuzhu was about the same age as herself and had a kind smile on her face, her fluctuating mood suddenly calmed down a lot. She obediently drank all of the ginseng soup in the bowl before putting it down. Hesitatingly she asked: “My…..my Lady…..His Highness…..why…..”

Yuzhu picked up the bowl on the table and handed it to the maid next to her. She smiled and said: “You are now the wife of His Highness, and the child in your stomach is the child of His Highness. It is natural for you to live in the Crown Prince’s Palace.”

Madam Shen shut up, but she was still very uneasy. She was a person with normal IQ, and she naturally understood that the Crown Prince wanted the child in her stomach. But she was afraid that if it was a girl child in her stomach, would the Crown Prince still want the child? What if the Crown Prince was displeased with the outcome and killed both her and her child? It was frightening just thinking about it.

Yuzhu did not miss any of the expressions on Madam Shen’s face and comforted her until she fell asleep. She then carefully walked out of the room and towards the Crown Prince’s study.

The officials who had been following the news in the imperial palace were immediately awakened by this huge piece of news. And despite it being the middle of the night, they all rushed to the side hall of the Taihe Hall early to wait for the morning assembly, completely unable to sleep anymore.

Li Gaosheng of the Ministry of Industry walked up to Yuan Fulu, who looked like a corpse with two thick dark circles under his eyes, and asked in a low voice, “Lord Yuan, did you also get the news?”

Yuan Fulu said in a bad tone: “The Crown Prince did not intend to conceal it at all, otherwise we could not have heard anything. It has been a night, and I am afraid that most of the imperial city already knows this. The son taking the father’s woman, such a thing can only be done by our Crown Prince! And he did it so blatantly! This is simply…..ai!”

Li Gaosheng leaned in towards Yuan Fulu’s ear and continued: “That woman is pregnant and the Crown Prince says it is his. Are you saying this is true?”

Yuan Fulu said: “The Crown Prince hasn’t touched a woman for so many years, how can he be suddenly charmed by such an inconspicuous woman.”

A gasp sounded. Although he had some suspicions, Li Gaosheng still couldn’t believe that the Crown Prince would be so bold. “Then…..that child…..”

Sun Wei, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue next to them, saw that these two people were discussing with such gusto, and couldn’t help but remind them: “If you don’t want the Crown Prince to use you to sharpen his blade, then shut your mouth tightly. In any case, this kingdom still belongs to the Su family. What are you worried about?”

Peng Han of the Ministry of Rites walked over with deep worries: “Recently, the Crown Prince has been very close to the newly appointed officials, and various imperial orders have even been sent out to the whole country without going through the six ministries. Is the Crown Prince planning to dismiss us all?”

Li Gaosheng said with some uncertainty: “The Crown Prince still goes to court to discuss politics with us every day, and he doesn’t show any intention of promoting those brats. We haven’t made any mistakes lately, so the Crown Prince would not do anything to us…..I think.”

Peng Han glanced at Yun Jing, who was sitting on a stool with his eyes closed, and said: “Let us ask Lord Yun.”

The three nodded and followed Peng Han over to Yun Jing.

Yun Jing noticed that someone came and slowly opened his eyes and said, “Is there something the matter?”

Li Gaosheng smiled and said: “Lord Yun, you are well informed. I wonder if you have received any important news from the palace recently.”

Yun Jing wondered: “Didn’t you all learn of the news yesterday?”

They also didn’t hold out all that much hope to get any important information from Yun Jing, it was just to maintain their friendship through chatting. He was not only a colleague but also an opponent. The buzzing and noise in the side hall continued until the Crown Prince arrived. Instantly, everyone closed their mouths neatly and uniformly as if the pause button had been pressed.

Su Mu sat on the golden dragon chair in magnificent court robes. He glanced around and said, “If there is nothing then submit your reports.”

The officials underneath especially wanted to point at Su Mu’s nose and yell “You say, as the Crown Prince of a country, how can you take your father’s woman for yourself? Who knows  whose seed it is in that woman’s belly. The entire royal family’s face is shamed by you, and us officials also feel ashamed to see people! Don’t you have any sense of shame…..”

However, the submissive officials who had been suppressed into obedient sheep by Su Mu only dared to yell in their hearts. They didn’t even dare to look at Su Mu, fearing that the Crown Prince would discover their dissatisfaction and thus murdee them on the spot as a way of venting his anger. Although the Crown Prince did not seem to have killed innocent people indiscriminately in a year. However, no one dared to be the early bird due to the Crown Prince’s long held prestige.

But there were still some smart people. A gray-haired old official slowly walked out of the queue, holding a piece of yellowed paper in his hand. He bowed towards Su Mu and said, “Your Highness, this was written by a scholar from the imperial city pinned on the streets. While walking by, this official saw this and feeling the importance of this matter, this official brought it along to present to Your Highness.”

Upon seeing this, the eunuch on the side immediately went over and brought it over to Su Mu.

Su Mu took over the slightly worn paper and glanced over it. He then slapped the paper to the ground, and said furiously: “A bunch of nonsense. This person must be tired of living. Madam Shen had always been Ben Gong’s woman, and the child in her stomach is also of Ben Gong’s blood. Whoever wants to say another word, Ben Gong will exterminate his nine clans as punishment. You all take a salary and yet don’t do any real business, instead showing interest in such nonsense. Have you finished digging a canal in the Xijiang River and building a reservoir for water storage? Have you re-categorize and counted the various kinds of taxation? Have you made preparations for the autumn harvest? Don’t think that Ben Gong doesn’t know your thoughts, you all take the people’s salary and don’t work hard for the people, but you are all quite interested in criticizing the family affairs of Ben Gong! The way Ben Gong sees it, you have eaten too much and have too much energy! From now on this matter will not be mentioned again, otherwise, don’t blame Ben Gong for being ruthless!”

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Seeing Su Mu’s anger, all the officials immediately knelt down, “This official is guilty.” The official who presented the paper was scolded to death by the others in their hearts, all of them vowing to teach the old guy a lesson afterwards. After following the Crown Prince for so long, why didn’t some people know that whatever good deeds the Crown Prince had already done did not tolerate any say from others? This person was really looking for trouble!

Su Mu stood up, harrumphed and turned to leave.

The officials below remained kneeling tremblingly until it was confirmed that Su Mu had gone far away before getting up and wiping the cold sweat on their foreheads.

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Originally, what Su Mu wanted to find was just a fraud who could fool people. After all, people with knowledge in this world, where civilized thinking was not all that prominent, were not so easy to find. Su Mu’s original plan had to be adjusted. The mainstream culture of the world now emphasized that the weak being the prey of the strong was justified, and the ethical order was not developed. The existence of this kind of philosopher who talked of benevolence was somewhat beyond Su Mu’s expectations. It was no wonder that he was so destitute as advocating “benevolent integrity” in a world where strength was respected was simply not popular to the public.

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Su Mu said: “Mister’s profound knowledge is beyond the reach of this world. Ben Gong can’t bear the pearl being covered by dust, so I want to invite Mister to give lectures in our Qing kingdom. I hope that Mister will not refuse.”

Although Jiang Rende was a proud man, he was not a fool. He had been to many countries and seen many princes and nobles, but who among them didn’t throw him out and call him a fool? He had long heard of this Crown Prince of the Qing kingdom, and the rumors of him being brutal, bloodthirsty, greedy and lustful caused him to have no desire to meet him at all. But now he was forcibly kidnapped over by this Crown Prince just so that he could give lectures in the Qing kingdom? Although Jiang Rende was a bit moved, he still noticed that there was something tricky in this matter. However, his complexion was much better than before and he asked: “This old one has traveled around and seen many princes and nobles. As such, I do possess self-awareness about myself. In this world, power and strength is the norm and to be respected, so why does the Crown Prince want to promote ‘benevolent integrity’?”

Su Mu smiled and said: “The respect towards strength does not conflict with ‘benevolent integrity’. Force is hard power to conquer the human body, culture is soft power to conquer the human heart, and thus only using both soft and hard power together is the right way. From ancient times till now, countless warfare among kingdoms has continued. Among them, there are kingdoms powerful enough to unite most of the world, but still no regime has persisted for more than a hundred years. This is because none of them had conquered the hearts of the people.”

This Crown Prince seemed to be a little different from the rumors. As this thought flashed past in his mind, he soon felt greatly shaken in his heart. What the other meant was that his beliefs were a form of soft power which could conquer the world. Jiang Rende could feel the flow of blood accelerating in his veins. No one in this world could be indifferent to power, but what he advocated was benevolent integrity after all. Power was a derogatory term in his eyes. After calming down, he looked at Su Mu with contempt and said: “This old one advocates benevolent integrity and what I hope for is that the people of this world will treat others with generosity, humility, and kindness, rather than consolidate power for influential people like you.”

Su Mu patiently said: “Why can’t the consolidation of political power and ‘benevolent integrity’ coexist? Only when the government is stable and without internal and external strife can the people live and work in peace and develop respect for benevolence and virtue.”

Jiang Rende was a person who possessed wisdom and convincing him was not an easy thing. After talking for a long time, until he was dry in the mouth, he finally convinced Jiang Rende.

Fortunately, the world where Su Mu lived had thousands of years of cultural accumulation. Although he only scratched the surface, it was enough for Jiang Rende to think about for a lifetime. After all, it was the essence of a world, and what had been passed down for thousands of years were all priceless treasures.

Su Mu watched the old man sitting motionless on the stool, completely immersed in thinking and not the least bit disturbed by the outside surroundings. He picked up the cup of ginseng tea that Yuzhu brought over to moisten his throat. But before he could even put down the teacup, he saw Huang Xuan and Liu Xi walking in with solemn faces, and even the usual courtesy was just hurriedly performed.

“What’s wrong? Looking so panicked.” Su Mu put down his teacup and asked.

The two looked at each other, and Huang Xuan turned his head to look at Su Mu and said: “Your Highness, Madam Shen is pregnant?”

Su Mu frowned. He didn’t know of any Madam Shen, but when looking at the wary expressions on their faces, Su Mu instantly guessed the identity of this “Madam Shen”. She must be the woman of this body’s father. The emperor’s women were collectively called “Madam” whether they had any titles or not, and it seemed that this woman was not very favored. Su Mu immediately got up from the stool and said to the two of them: “Lead the way.”

Su Yuan was only fifty or so, but it had been ten years since he began taking various medicines and the palace had no news of any concubines falling pregnant this whole time. Following Su Mu as he hurried to the harem, Huang Xuan and Liu Xi were a little puzzled. Whether the Crown Prince wanted to get rid of the baby or not, it was not necessary for him to go in person.

At the moment, Madam Shen, who lived in a more remote part of the palace, shrunk back in the quilts with a look of despair. She had entered the palace at the age of fourteen and was now eighteen. She was one of the few women who managed to survive in the palace for such a long time, so she knew very well of the horrors in the harem. Let us not mention those imperial concubines who deliberately scheme to prevent others from giving birth to imperial heirs, just the person living in the Crown Prince’s Palace and his people were enough to send her to the abyss. From the moment she was diagnosed with pregnancy, the outside of her residence was completely surrounded by troops and forbidden entrance by anyone. The only thing she could do now was choose whether to die early or late.

But survival was a human instinct. She still lacked the courage to take her own life. Of course, she didn’t know that even if she wanted to die, she would not be allowed, because the Crown Prince had already given orders that all pregnant imperial concubines were not allowed to come into contact with anyone or have any accidents.

“His Royal Highness is here!”

The eunuch’s shrill voice sounded outside like a death call, and Madam Shen wiped her tears and lifted the quilts. The door was opened as soon as she got down from the bed. This was the first time facing this notorious god of death in person and Madam Shen was so scared that she trembled all over. She knelt down on the hard stone slab while trembling and said with fright: “Paying…..paying respects to…..Your Royal…..Highness.”

“You should protect yourself when you are pregnant, so don’t kneel anymore.” Su Mu stood at the door and glanced at Yuzhu.

Yuzhu immediately walked to Madam Shen and helped the completely limp Madam Shen up.

The Crown Prince’s move caused everyone present to be very puzzled, but no one dared to say anything. However, Su Mu’s next words nearly scared everyone present to death.

“The child in Madam Shen’s belly is mine. From now on, she shall live in the Fufeng Tower of the Crown Prince’s Palace.”

Before Su Mu’s words even finished, everyone looked at him as if they were looking at a madman, including Liu Xi and Huang Xuan. As for Madam Shen, she was completely struck senseless by this thunderbolt, leaving her brain blank and completely unable to reason. Even as she was helped to stand by someone, her whole person was still dumbfounded.

This child was of course not Su Mu’s. Madam Shen had no power or influence, and it was even more unlikely that she would have illicit relations with others. This child was undoubtedly Su Yuan’s. Su Mu preventing Liu Xi and Huang Xuan from doing anything to the emperor back then was exactly for this reason. Although the chance was not big, there was nothing wrong in trying. And it turned out that Su Yuan was still a bit useful after all. Su Mu knew that his decision was crazy and unbelievable, but so what? He would send anyone who dared to gossip about this down to hell.

It’s just that another stroke would be added to the various black history of the Crown Prince.

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Su Mu personally took her to Fufeng Tower and had his most trusted maid Yuzhu to serve Madam Shen. Huang Xuan and Doctor Hu were appointed to check Madam Shen’s physical condition on a regular basis. The number of guards outside Fufeng Tower were even more than those in any other parts of the palace. The importance that the Crown Prince exhibited towards this was enough to attract everyone’s attention. No matter the origins of this child, he/she was now the Crown Prince’s and he/she was given enough importance that no one dared to regard this child lightly.

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