Although the Prince of Jinyang acted arrogantly, he was very self-preserving. After learning that the hundreds of people he sent out had been killed, he immediately sent another hundreds more to surround and capture Su Mu and the others. And because he was afraid that the troops he sent would fail again and those new arrivals would seek revenge on him so he rushed to his own villa outside the city.

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The exquisitely crafted carriage could be seen rushing on the uneven road. Su Mu and Shi Yan landed on the branches of a tree next to the road, appearing as light as birds.

Looking at the carriage that was even more luxurious than his own Crown Prince’s carriage, Su Mu snorted coldly and decisively made his move. The cold wind brought on by his internal force was like a huge wave crashing down. Instantly, the gorgeous carriage turned into dust, and the completely unaware people in the carriage were thrown out like so much dead fish.

A mouthful of blood spurted out, and the Prince of Jinyang’s huge, obese body smashed heavily to the ground.

Su Mu landed in front of the Prince of Jinyang as light as a fallen leaf.

The Prince of Jinyang’s fat body trembled uncontrollably, looking at Su Mu’s figure as if looking at the god of death. He shook so much he almost shook off a layer of fat.

“This this this hero spare me……!”

The shrill screams caused Su Mu to frown, but the movements of his hands did not stop. Soon the sounds of bones being broken was heard. In just a moment, the Prince of Jinyang’s hands and feet were all crippled by Su Mu.

The pain was so great he fainted from it, but unfortunately for him, he was immediately awakened again. Apart from screaming, he couldn’t utter anything else.

Su Mu stood in front of the Prince of Jinyang and said coldly: “Ten thousand people died by your hands. It would not even be enough to cut you a thousand times, ten thousand times. But today, I will spare your life for the time being. If you let me know that you have once again done evil, then, wait for me to send you to hell!”

With a cold sneer, Su Mu disappeared into the woods, leaving only the unconcious guards and the screaming Prince of Jinyang on the ground.

It was not Su Mu’s compassionate heart that caused him to spare his life, but because Jinyang City needed someone to maintain control, otherwise, when Su Mu returned, there would likely be a new rebel city.

Once Su Mu returned after borrowing troops from the Wu Kingdom, the first person to die was likely going to be the Prince of Jinyang.

The border of Qing kingdom.

The setting sun was the scarlet of blood, and miles of mountain hills stretched as far as the eye could see. As Su Mu looked at the magnificent natural scenery in front of him, his mood became somewhat complicated.

Blood stained the kingdom, and the ground was covered with brittle bones. The ambitious and ruthless fight for supremacy, for their names to pass down through the ages.

As for the life and death of the people, few truly cared.

Su Mu looked at the magnificent mountains and rivers in front of him and couldn’t help sighing: “The empire prospers, the people suffer. The empire falls, the people still suffer.”

Yun Feiyu, who had walked up not far behind Su Mu, was taken aback when he heard these words, and looked at Su Mu’s figure in amazement. That the Crown Prince was able to say such a thing made him feel surprised but also felt that it was natural.

He realized that the former Crown Prince and the current Crown Prince in his mind had gradually separated into two completely different people.

If he was not the Crown Prince, and if he had no hatred……

Yun Feiyu smiled and shook his head, throwing out the unrealistic ideas in his mind. He walked up gently to Su Mu, smiled and asked, “Is Your Highness worried about the rebel parties?”

Su Mu nodded, turned his head to look at Yun Feiyu’s perfect profile and said: “The rebels from all sides declared war on Ben Gong at the same time, and now the fight has already started in the south, east and west. Less than a month after I left the imperial city, the news had already spread of my departure. But it should take ten days at the earliest for the rebels from all sides to recieve the news from the imperial city. Tell me, why is this? “

Yun Feiyu met Su Mu’s gaze, looked at his face casted in the red of the setting sun, smiled and said: “There is an enemy on the inside.”

He looked at Su Mu fearlessly, his gaze seemingly open but those gentle eyes concealed everything.

Su Mu let out a sigh and looked at him sincerely as he said, “I hope it won’t be you.”

Yun Feiyu smiled and said, “Thank you, Your Highness, for your favor.”

Su Mu laughed and turned his head, looking at the sunset gradually disappearing behind the mountains. He said: “The Qing kingdom is already weak and can no longer stand the flames of war. I hope you can understand that no matter who wins in the end, it will only profit other kingdoms. In the end, it’s the people of Qing that will suffer. The kingdoms of Shi and Jin regard Qing as their conquest, and if we fight among ourselves, then when the time comes for the two armies of Shi and Jin to attack Qing, wouldn’t it be as easy as entering an unclaimed territory? And the people of Qing trampled on as easily as ants? I know that I have done a lot of wrong things before, but I can promise that it will never happen again. I hope you put the overall situation first and think about the people of the Qing kingdom.”

Yun Feiyu looked into the distance and listened quietly.

Seeing that he did not answer, Su Mu turned around and left him room for him to think about it.

Su Mu returned to the carriage and found a clean place to sit down. Perfect brows remained furrowed slightly in a frown. In fact, Su Mu was truly worried that the kingdom would have already changed hands when he returned.

But if he didn’t go to the kingdom of Wu to borrow troops, the kingdom of Qing would be destroyed sooner or later.

When Liu Xi came back carrying a few pheasants, he saw Su Mu sitting on the rock frowning. He guessed that he must be worried for Qing kingdom.

Although the former Crown Prince was not good to him, the current Crown Prince was his benefactor. Not only did he help him escape the control of Shi kingdom, he also had that group of beasts in Liu Manor get the retribution they deserved. And combined with his decision to follow Su Mu, Liu Xi felt it necessary to show some concern for Su Mu.

“Your Highness, I caught a few pheasants. Look, these males have beautiful feathers.”

The man’s sexy voice immediately pulled Su Mu’s thoughts back to the present and he looked at the several colorful pheasants caught in Liu Xi’s hands. He raised an eyebrow and looked at Liu Xi: “Do you know how to cook it?”

Liu Xi answered naturally, “Of course, back then I was……” Suddenly he stopped as if recalling something bad: “Forget it, Your Highness, I will grill it for you.”

Su Mu also did not have the hobby of listening to other’s woes so he pretended not to see Liu Xi’s loss of composure. He nodded and said: “Put less salt.”

By the time Liu Xi had finished with the pheasant and began putting on the seasoning, the sky had already darkened. Su Mu took a branch from Liu Xi’s hand, on which was strung a grilled and tender pheasant.

Su Mu hadn’t ever experienced grilling wild game out in the wilds, so he seemed a little happy. Then Liu Xi took out a jug of wine, and Su Mu, who had practiced his alcohol tolerance at the dinner table back in his previous life, began to guzzle down the big jug of wine……

What occurred next became like this: “The smoke rises, the kingdom looks north, the dragon coils, the horse whinnies, the sword energy like frost. I want nobody, nobody but you, I want nobody, nobody, but you……” (TN: the last part of the song is in English lol)

The first part was okay, but when Su Mu sang the second half he even accompanied it with dance moves. Liu Xi was instantly covered in cold sweat and he hurriedly pressed down at the completely drunk Su Mu and said: “Your Highness, you are drunk, I will help you to rest.”

If the Crown Prince knew that he had seen something he shouldn’t have, he could look forward to his head separating and falling to the ground.

But who was Su Mu? Even Gu Yunzhou couldn’t beat him, let alone Liu Xi. So instead of pressing Su Mu down, Liu Xi was instead pressed under by Su Mu.

With misty eyes, Su Mu pinched Liu Xi’s beautifully defined chin in the manner of a hoodlum molesting a good woman.

“Boy, you are quite good-looking, newcomer? Ask your manager to come out, you’re mine for the month.”

“Your Highness……” Liu Xi couldn’t move away from Su Mu’s evil claws even with all his strength, so he could only use words to persuade him. But before he could finish his words, he was suddenly kissed heavily by Su Mu, who deepened it into a French kiss that was all tongue and teeth.

Then when he finally came back to himself, Su Mu had already left his lips. While pressing down on him, Su Mu revealed a rakish smile and said, “Not a bad taste, eh?”

When Yun Feiyu walked over, he saw the two laying on top of one another, the atmosphere ambiguous. After taking a deep look he prepared to leave, but as soon as he turned around, there was a huge suction force coming from behind him, and then with a “thump” he landed beside Liu Xi.

With the same move, Su Mu pinched and lifted Yun Feiyu’s chin, and said: “Another superb quality. Got an owner yet? How much money?”

Yun Feiyu pulled Su Mu’s hand off with a cold face, but Su Mu’s fingers were like steel, and he could not move them in the slightest.

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Although it was not that he had never served the Crown Prince with others, but the feeling of extreme humiliation it left made his soul hurt just by recalling it.

But unexpectedly, Su Mu did not do anything indecent. He just hugged them to his side left and right, and sang loudly into the middle of the night. Of course, the two of them got their tofu eaten by Su Mu, who practically felt them up all over.

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Shi Yan drove the carriage to a stop at the front of the city gates.

The soldiers felt even more cheered when seeing Shi Yan’s high quality clothes: “Where are you from? Do you have travel documents?”

Shi Yan took out a thin piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to the soldier.

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The soldier took the paper and glanced at it saying: “Fifteen people, two taels each, thirty taels in total.”

Shi Yan looked at him coldly and said: “The law of the Qing kingdom clearly stipulates that the fee for entering the city is ten coins per person.”

The soldier snorted and said: “Our Jinyang City also expressly stipulates that the entrance fee is two taels per person, not one cent less.”

“You are defying the laws of this kingdom.” Shi Yan was also a person born into a poor family so he especially hated this kind of bullying.

The soldiers gathered around laughed and said: “We have only our Prince’s law and no kimgdom’s law. The Prince’s orders are the law. If you want to go in, you have to pay for it, or get out of here, don’t be being an eyesore……”

With a flash of cold light, the sharp blade came out of the sheath, and a blood stain appeared on the necks of each of the soldiers in the blink of an eye.

After realizing what happened, the soldiers hurriedly drew out their sabers in a cold sweat and stood a distance away, pointing and cursing fiercely: “Fuck, you don’t want to live anymore, this is Jinyang City.”

Shi Yan snorted and didn’t even look at them as he drove the carriage into the city.

These soldiers were not completely brainless, at least they did not charge forward towards death, but rushed back to bring more soldiers.

In Jinyang City, Su Mu, Yun Feiyu, Liu Xi and others directly booked an inn.

In the guest room, Liu Xi gracefully brewed tea for Su Mu, and asked: “Your Highness, was it inappropriate for us to enter the city with such a big fanfare.”

“I was just worried about not having a chance to deal with him. That he actively look for death is just perfect for me.” Su Mu said coldly, taking the teacup.

Liu Xi frowned slightly. Now he and Su Mu could be said to be grasshoppers on the same rope (TN: expression meaning in the same boat). More accurately, Su Mu controlled the destiny of him and his family. If anything happened to Su Mu, the people close to the Crown Prince would also not meet with a pleasant ending.

He had to remind the other: “But Your Highness, if the news that you are not in the palace reaches the ears of the rebels, wouldn’t it give them a chance to take advantage of it.”

Su Mu’s eyes were deep, and occasionally a trace of murderous intent leaked out, causing Liu Xi on the side to feel icy cold.

“The rebel parties lost at least one-third of their troops last time during the siege. Before the news of Ben Gong’s departure from the palace is confirmed, the parties would be too afraid to repeat the same mistakes and would not dare to send troops easily. Even if they confirmed that Ben Gong is no longer in Qing kingdom, but so what? The armies that Chen Wei and Qin Kunyu have command of are not just decorations. When Ben Gong has succeeded in botrowing soldiers from the Wu kingdom, it will be the death of those rebels.” The tea cup in his hand was suddenly crushed into powder.

Liu Xi was too afraid to look directly at Su Mu’s bloodthirsty eyes, but he was still a little worried.

Were the soldiers of the Wu kingdom that easy to borrow just because he said so? Where did the Crown Prince get such confidence from?

Seeing Liu Xi’s expression, Su Mu knew what he was thinking. After all, he had pulled the other onto his chariot so Su Mu looked at him and smiled, “Don’t worry, even if Ben Gong was in the palace, the rebel parties would still not make less trouble. I have 90% chance of succeeding in borrowing soldiers from the Wu kingdom. And even if we fail, at least we won’t be prisoners of the rebels. As they say, it’s not too late for a gentleman to avenge himself even after ten years. As long as one is alive, why be afraid of there not being a chance to destroy the rebels?”

A heart-warming smile appeared on that handsome face, and the beauty was enough to turn anyone’s head.

Liu Xi knew that he himself was good-looking, because there were many people who were obsessed with his appearance. But after seeing the Crown Prince’s brilliant smile at this moment, he felt that if those people saw this face, they would definitely feel that he was nothing special in comparison.

Dazed momentatily by Su Mu’s flawless beauty, Liu Xi quickly returned to his senses and put on a smiling face. He asked: “Your Highness has to continue traveling on the road tomorrow. Please rest early, chen will take my leave.”

Although Liu Xi had made up his mind to follow Su Mu, he did not intend to continue to be part of the Crown Prince’s harem. The Crown Prince’s bed always left him half-dead every time, and he didn’t want to experience it again.

Liu Xi quickly turned around and opened the door, but suddenly saw Shi Yan rushing over.

“What happened?” Liu Xi asked.

“The inn is surrounded.” Shi Yan said.

Liu Xi frowned, and when he turned around, he saw Su Mu sneering.

“Your Highness, what shall we do?” That Liu Xi would ask this question, it was naturally because he expected Su Mu’s instructions.

From the beginning when Su Mu entered the city without being low-key at all, everyone guessed that the Crown Prince was looking to make trouble for the Prince of Jinyang. But they didn’t expect the Prince of Jinyang to come looking for death so quickly.

In the dark night, each of the burning torches caused the entire inn to be completely visible.

“The thieves in the inn, hurry and come meet your death.” A loud voice was heard clearly in the ears of Su Mu and the others.

“Which dog is this that hasn’t been chained and left to bark everywhere!” Liu Xi walked behind Su Mu and sneered, looking at the yelling person on the horse as if looking at a dead man.

Daring to yell arrogantly in front of the Crown Prince; he had not seen anyone who did the same and survived another night.

The new arrival rode on his horse and was heavily protected by guards. He had a naturally glaring face and did not seem like a good person. He looked at Liu Xi with a lewd smile and said, “The face is not bad! It’s a pity that it’s a male.”

Then he saw Lan Lan who was still inside, and lascivious eyes stared at her incessantly.

Lan Lan hid behind Su Mu in disgust.

Family was Liu Xi’s nilin (TN: from the legend in Han Feizi of a scale under a dragon’s chin that grows backwards and causes the dragon to enter a fit of rage if touched). He could tolerate the humiliation and abuse of the Crown Prince but he couldn’t stand the disrespect of others towards his mother.

Liu Xi walked over and stood in front of Lan Lan, his eyes were cold, and with a raise of his sleeves diamond-shaped darts suddenly shot out.

The person on the horse immediately let out a grunt. He clutched at his chest and glared at Liu Xi, shouting to the surrounding soldiers: “Take this group of rebel thieves down.”

The blood on his shoulder dripped down sluggishly, and the sharp pain from the wound made him furious. He shouted viciously: “Catch them and kill them all for me, but leave that woman.”

Liu Xi was even more angry when he heard those words, and the concealed weapons rained down on the one speaking such disrespect.

He had been a spy for so many years, and it was not in vain. His martial arts were mediocre but he was quite good at using hidden weapons. Against the Crown Prince it was like a mayfly trying to shake a tree, but it was enough to deal with this straw bag (TN: usueless, idiot).

Five or six hundred people charged forward, which seemed to be a lot, but to Su Mu it was no different from there being none at all. He stood there motionless as he looked on coldly. Several hidden guards and Liu Xi solved the problem without him personally having to make a move.

When the leader was thrown at Su Mu’s feet, he still couldn’t see the situation clearly and countinued shouting: “You group of rebel thieves had better let go of this general, or the Prince will surely dismember and chop up your corpses!”

Liu Xi coldly snorted and kicked the leader’s back, saying coldly: “He is nothing.” Then he looked at Su Mu who was sitting on a stool drinking tea leisurely and asked: “Your Highness……”

“It’s up to you.” Liu Xi had yet to ask but Su Mu already knew what he wanted.

Liu Yuanhua’s family was not good to Liu Xi’s mother and her two sons. Later, when the Liu family was seized and executed, Liu Xi not only did not intercede but had the rest of the Liu family also be beheaded.

How could such a vindictive person let go of someone who had bad intentions toward his mother?

Seeing Liu Xi dragging the person into the backyard like one would drag a dead pig, Su Mu knew that this person might not die so easily.

Yun Feiyu sat beside Su Mu, and the fresh and elegant orchid fragrance around him made people feel peaceful. He smiled and asked: “Your Highness, do you want to kill Prince of Jinyang?”

After hearing this, Su Mu said coldly: “This kind of scum, death would not be a pity.”

Yun Feiyu smiled and said nothing.

But Qin Ye looked at Su Mu with a sneer on his face and said: “Your Highness is right. It is better for this kind of scum that kill and harm innocent people to die as soon as possible, so as not to continue harming the people.”

Su Mu raised his head to look at Qin Ye, and then said: “Qin Ye, I find that your head is full of paste. How could Qin Kunyu give birth to something like you?”

With a “bang” the table almost collapsed, and Qin Ye stood up angrily: “Su Mochi!”

Su Mu sat in the chair leisurely and looked up at the angry Qin Ye with a smile: “I think you must have forgotten your IQ when you were born.”

Although Qin Ye didn’t quite understand what Su Mu meant, he also knew that it was nothing complimentary. He stared at Su Mu and questioned: “Does Your Highness think that only others are guilty of a capital crime when they corrupt the law and kill human life, while you can kill the innocent however you like without any repercussions.”

Lan Lan lowered her head and didn’t know what to do. Yun Feiyu had a smile in his eyes but remained silent.

Su Mu suddenly stopped, and the smile on his face gradually dissipated. Su Mochi committing many inhumane acts was a fact, and Su Mu could not deny it.

“Everyone will pay for the mistakes they have made, how do you know I didn’t.” Su Mu said solemnly.

“But you have not lost even a strand of hair, so the price you paid is truly ‘big’.” Qin Ye mocked.

Su Mu raised his head and suddenly smiled again: “How can you conclude that what you see is a certain fact. As for you, how much do you even know.”

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Qin Ye sneered and said: “I don’t know much, but I know that ‘when the royal family breaks the law they must also face the same punishment as the common people.’ This is what your Su family wrote into the laws of the Qing kingdom.”

Su Mu glanced at him mildly, then turned to go upstairs.

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Su Mu got up before dawn. As a modern elite white-collar man who worked 9 to 5, Su Mu now felt that his previous life was practically indolent.

The weeds under the eaves still carried dew. As their arrival coincided with the autumn harvest, the Zhang family could be seen to have already collected a lot of grain from the fields.

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There was still some chill in the morning, but Zhang Datong and his daughters-in-law and sons were sweating profusely. They were surprised to see Su Mu wake up so early: “Why doesn’t Gongzi take some more rest?”

Su Mu smiled and said, “Getting up early and going to bed early is key to being healthy.”

This year there was no harvest in the Xijiang area because of the drought. Although other parts of the Qing kingdom were not as affected, the harvest was still reduced by half. Su Mu saw that the grains Zhang Datong collected back were all plump and had an attractive golden yellow luster. He couldn’t help but wonder, and asked: “Laorenjia, the harvest everywhere is not good this year, but why is the quality of your grain so good?”

Zhang Datong’s second son had thick eyebrows and big eyes. He had a sturdy body and tanned skin. He also had a rather gullible looking face and appeared even more honest when he grinned: “This is a kind of grain my father found in the mountains. The yield is one and a half times higher than ordinary grain. My father spent several years cultivating it before we reached this result.”

Was this, a natural variant of mutagenic seeds?!

Hybrid rice!

Su Mu felt his heart begin to beat quickly, and restraining his excitement, he asked: “How much grain can you harvest per mu of land, laorenjia?” (TN: mu=classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare)

Zhang Datong glared at his son subtly, and said: “This year, one mu of land has probably been harvested for five dan.”

One dan was equal to 150 catties, so 5 dan was 750 catties. Even the best harvest on a mu of land in a good year could not have better results.

“Then what is your highest dan that you collected for a mu of land?” Su Mu asked again.

“Answering Gongzi, more than 6 dan.” Zhang Datong replied calmly.

More than 900 catties!!!

Su Mu felt that his heart was about to jump out.

Su Mu, who realized that he had stumbled on a treasure chest, immediately invited Zhang Datong for a private chat in his room.

On the square table in the main hall, a table of fairly sumptuous dishes had already gone cold.

Yun Feiyu, Liu Xi, Qin Ye, and Lan Lan all sat upright at the table. No one dared to move the chopsticks before the Crown Prince came.

Lan Lan was a little uncomfortable facing the stunning members of the Crown Prince’s harem. Seeing that the atmosphere was dull, she got up and said, “I’m going to heat up the food, Xiao Xi, go and invite the Crown Prince over to eat.”

Liu Xi just wore ordinary black clothes, but he still managed to pull off a seductive beauty. He was tall and slender with long legs, and none of the daughters-in-law of Zhang Datong’s family dared to look directly at him.

As soon as Liu Xi walked near the room where the Crown Prince was, he saw two door gods with expressionless faces standing at guard.

“Is Gongzi still inside?” Liu Xi asked.

Shi Nuo nodded expressionlessly.

Liu Xi said again: “It’s almost past the meal time, so please ask Gongzi if he is ready for the meal.”

Shi Nuo nodded, turned and knocked on the door: “Gongzi, please have your breakfast.”

Inside the room, Su Mu, who was having a great conversation with Zhang Datong, came back to his senses when he heard Shi Nuo’s voice, and found that he was indeed hungry but was too excited to notice.

Su Mu was a little embarrassed and said: “I have been rude.” Then he said to the people outside: “Bring in the food.”

“Yes.” After Shi answered, he went to bring the breakfast over for Su Mu.

Su Mu kept himself and Zhang Datong in the same room for the whole day. If they hadn’t appeared at the table in the evening, suspicions would probably arise that the Crown Prince’s taste had become even more hardcore.

Early the next morning, Su Mu took his attendants and set off again, but he left Shi Nuo behind in the Zhang family village, as well as a few secret guards.

Su Mu’s order to Shi Nuo was to protect Zhang Datong and his family no matter what happened.

This person and these grain, were too important.

In the evening, Su Mu and the others arrived at Jinyang City.

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The dilapidated city walls appeared to have passed a long time since it was last repaired. The soldiers guarding the city oppressed the people with ferocious faces. Suddenly their eyes lit up when they saw several carriages arriving.

A fat sheep had come.

The soldiers exchanged looks and thought tacitly.

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When Su Mu woke up, he found himself entangled with another naked person, but his body was feeling clean and refreshed. When looking for a lover, he always preferred the other to be willing, so when he saw Yun Feiyu’s quiet sleeping face, he felt a bit guilty.

Carefully, he pulled away the hand that Yun Feiyu had placed on his waist, and lifted the quilt as gently as possible to get up.

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Dawn had yet to break. Su Mu casually put on the single robe that he wore yesterday, and summoned the servants outside the door to serve him in washing and dressing. As early as when she heard that the Crown Prince was staying at Feiyu Pavilion, Yuzhu had his court clothes prepared and waiting in Feiyu Pavilion.

After Su Mu left, Yun Feiyu slowly opened his eyes. This person was completely different from what he remembered. Even Yun Feiyu almost believed that they were completely different people, but the Crown Prince’s bare body was completely exposed to him and he could tell clearly that this was indeed the same person.

The passionate scenes from last night appeared in his mind, and he once again stifled the budding emotions in his heart.

Su Mu sat on the icy chair and looked down on the officials, saying: “Ben Gong is unwell. During this period of two months, the six Ministries will jointly discuss the affairs of the government. When making major decisions, more than half must agree……”

After Su Mu had explained everything, the officials underneath were all shocked and confused. The Crown Prince wanted to suspend morning assembly for two months. What was the Crown Prince planning to do?

Unwell? The Crown Prince had been poisoned so many times in assassination attempts and yet was still alive and kicking. That he would feel ill, who would believe this completely unreliable excuse!

An old official came out, and it was the Shangshu of the Ministry of Appointments, Yun Jing: “If Your Highness is unwell, then certainly there is a need to call the imperial doctor. But the imperial court can’t be without Your Highness!”

Other officials also spoke up in agreement. The Crown Prince had just moved towards a change for the better so naturally, some people wanted him to keep it up. But there were more flattering sycophants with bad intentions.

“His Royal Highness is unwell, and just wanted to take a break. What intentions are you people harboring for not allowing His Highness to rest? Could you be trying to plot and bring harm to His Highness?”

“You! Making deceptive remarks to delude the public, according to this crime you should be put to death. Your Highness, chen implore you to see clearly.”

Su Mu looked at the chaotic hall that resembled a vegetable market, and his face darkened. Suddenly he shouted, “Shut up.”

As if the pause button was pressed, everyone in the hall fell silent immediately.

A sharp gaze swept over the officials with their heads bowed and saying nothing, and said: “What do you take this place for, look at yourselves and see whether you are any different from the market shrews.”

After a pause, Su Mu said: “If Ben Gong must do everything personally, what is the use of feeding you? Ben Gong has set up a supervisory department that will be operating unseen, and if you know what’s best, all of you should avoid making any trouble.”

After Su Mu dealt with all matters, he took his attendants and departed the city overnight.

The sweet singing of birds accompanied by the fragrance of flowers awakened Su Mu. He lifted the curtain and asked Shi Nuo who was driving the carriage: “Where are we?”

“Answering Your Highness, we are already close to Jinyang City, and it is expected that we’ll arrive at noon.”

Su Mu nodded. He returned to the carriage and closed his eyes to rest, a simple world map appearing in his mind.

Suddenly the carriage stopped without warning, Su Mu poked out his head and asked, “What happened?”

Shi Nuo’s whole body was on complete guard and said: “Answering Your Highness, several corpses have appeared in the front of the road, seeming to have starved to death.”

Although he had ordered the distribution of food and disaster relief, but with the pitiful savings in the treasury of Qing kingdom, it was only a drop in the bucket. Traveling the whole way and being witness to the situation of the people, Su Mu felt both chilled and horrified.

No matter how much skills he had, he had just been a young man living in a peaceful world. He had never seen so many deaths in front of him, and these people were his citizens.

Su Mu took a deep breath and said, “Cremate them.”

Towards corpses found on the road, Su Mu passed the order for corpses that were left unhandled to be cremated.

Su Mu didn’t want the people to face a plague as well when they were already tormented by hunger.

After a while, Shi Yan appeared in front of Su Mu, with a serious expression: “Your Highness, there is a large number of refugees’ bodies in the woods. There are probably thousands of them, and there are also many corpses piled up in several places deep in the woods.”

Su Mu’s face darkened and he said, “Go and find out what’s going on.”

It was definitely not just because of hunger that so many corpses were all concentrated here. Su Mu ordered to continue onwards and to meet in the next village.

The golden sun was high up in the sky, shining down on the old leafless trees in front of the village. A few naughty children could be seen throwing mud under the trees.

A child covered in mud suddenly stopped and pointed at the village entrance: “What is that?”

Hearing this, the other children followed where he pointed.

A chubby child exclaimed: “It’s a carriage!”

The small village was right next to the official road and often there would be travelers staying the night. The children were not afraid of strangers and several pairs of bright eyes stared at the carriage curiously.

Su Mu’s refined and flawless face appeared in the eyes of this group of mud children. But in the eyes of a group of children, Su Mu was only slightly different from other people. They were more concerned about the amount of mud on their companions.

“Children, are your parents here?” Su Mu asked with a genial smile.

A sturdy, dark-skinned child replied loudly: “Yes, I will call the village head.”

After finishing talking, he disappeared in front of Su Mu like a gust of wind, and the other children also ran into the village.

Su Mu watched the group of children rushing away, and couldn’t help but think of his childhood. He was once just as innocent. It’s just that people cannot avoid experiencing misfortunes along with the blessings. He wondered if anyone was still going to sweep the graves of his parents.

Yun Feiyu, Liu Xi, and Qin Ye also got out of the carriage one after another. When they saw Su Mu’s pleasant behavior to a group of children their reactions were all different.

Lan Lan pulled at her eldest son and signalled at him. Liu Xi felt rather awkward but then remembered what Lan Lan had said before departing so he walked towards Su Mu.

Lan Lan looked at her son’s slender and straight back and smiled bitterly. How could she not want her son to start a family, marry a wife and have children. But in their situation, having completely offended the powerful figures of Shi kingdom and Wu kingdom, who else could they rely on but the Crown Prince?

However, the most important thing was that the Crown Prince’s martial prowess was formidably strong and his methods cruel and vicious. It was likely that Liu Xi would not be able to escape the Crown Prince’s “devilish claws” in this life, so Lan Lan could only make such a decision.

The bright smiling face was like a coquettish flower. Liu Xi looked at the beautiful scenery of the village and said, “Is Your Highness thirsty? Would you like to drink some water?”

Su Mu shook his head and said: “No need.”

Qin Ye stood by Yun Feiyu and looked at Liu Xi trying to please Su Mu and let out a disdainful snort, immediately looking away.

Yun Feiyu didn’t have any other expressions from beginning to end. He still had that calm smile, as if nothing could shake his heart.

After a while, a group of children led an old man over fifty to Su Mu.

Although the old man was small and thin, he was full of vigor, and his dim eyes occasionally hinted at shrewdness.

“This old man Zhang Datong pays his respects to Gongzi.”

Su Mu smiled and said: “Laorenjia, please, rise. I am Su Mu and want to spend the night after passing by this area. I ask laorenjia for the convenience.” (TN: laorenjia=polite term for an old woman or man)

The surnames of the people in this village were all Zhang and belonged to the same clan. The old man was the head of the clan and after he invited the newcomers into his home, the old man took out all his provisions to entertain the guests.

In the simple wooden house, Su Mu sat at the main seat and made polite talk with the old patriarch. Thinking of the corpses not too far away from here on the way, he asked: “Laorenjia, when we passed by a mountain forest earlier, we saw many people who died in tragic circumstances. What is going on?”

The old man’s complexion changed and he frowned: “This old man doesn’t know exactly what’s going on, but it’s rumored to be the work of bandits.”

Su Mu frowned and said: “Bandits?” Bandits generally ransacked villages and towns. Why did they deliberately throw those bodies into the woods?

Late at night, Shi Yan, covered in dust, returned to Su Mu.

Su Mu, who just woke up, put on an outer robe at random and asked: “Did you find out?”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Even the usual non-expressive Shi Yan showed a look of anger: “Those people were killed by Prince Su Nian of Jinyang. For this year’s drought, Your Highness gave orders to open a warehouse for disaster relief, but the Prince of Jinyang did not comply to Your Highness’s will. Jinyang City did not produce a grain of rice to help the disaster, but killed the disaster victims who tried to rob the food instead.”

Tens of thousands of disaster victims, thousands of unjust deaths, Prince of Jinyang, you are quite capable!

Su Mu sat on the edge of the bed with a dark expression and clenched his fists.

“Shi Yan, go convey Ben Gong’s will, order the Prince of Jinyang to open a warehouse for disaster relief, otherwise Ben Gong will kill him!”

“Yes, Your Highness!” Shi Yan’s figure disappeared from the cabin in a blink of an eye.

Su Nian was the son of Taishang Huang, Su Mochi’s grandfather. So he was the uncle of Su Mochi and was granted lands and the title Prince of Jinyang before Su Mochi was born. This was actually Su Mu’s own diligent supplementing of his knowledge, as for the idiot Su Mochi, he didn’t even know that Su Nian existed. (TN: Tsishang Huang=father of the reigning emperor)

When Shi Yan brought Su Mu’s will to Su Nian, the Prince who had always done whatever he pleased in his own lands threw away Su Mu’s decree on the spot, glaring and angrily saying: “It’s just a bunch of lowlifes, as inconsequential as grass, what’s the big deal if they are dead. This Prince is the Prince of Jinyang personally proclaimed by Taishang Huang, and a younger generation dares to be disrespectful to this Prince……”

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Shi Yan calmly looked at the furious Prince of Jinyang: “My Prince, the will of His Highness has been delivered, please consider carefully……”

“What do you think you are, this Prince will have you executed now!” When Su Nian drew his sword, Shi Yan had already disappeared without a trace.

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Su Mu was lying on the big bed in the dark, but his eyes were wide open.

Although the kingdom of Wu was warlike, it was not like a brainless brute, especially now that the Crown Prince of Wu had made great military achievements as early as seventeen.

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“Hu……” Su Mu let out a breath.

The soft veil fluttered gently, and a well-built figure appeared suddenly by Su Mu’s bed.

“My dear, you are truly naughty, even I was deceived by you.” Ye Qingfeng’s low voice sounded in the darkness.

Pitch black eyes looked at Su Mu, who was lying on the bed and completely ignoring him, and suddenly an anger rose in his heart.

How ironic that he had rushed back to Xuefeng Villa non-stop to get the medicine, and was even beaten up by his father only to later discover that Su Mu had been deceiving everyone. In the end he had been sternly taught a lesson to by his father.

Ye Qingfeng shamelessly climbed onto Su Mu’s bed.

“Get out.” Su Mu’s cold voice sounded in the dark.

Ye Qingfeng didn’t dare to get too close to Su Mu, otherwise he would definitely be slapped across the room.

He lay on his side beside Su Mu, holding Su Mu’s soft black hair and constantly twirling a strand between his fingers, saying with devious intent: “I have been running ragged for you for more than half a month, so shouldn’t you give me a reward.”

Su Mu was too lazy to pay attention to him, and closed his eyes to sleep.

Ye Qingfeng smiled and raised an eyebrow. There was a sound of cloth rubbing on the bed, and then a candle in the room was lit. A special fragrance entered Su Mu’s nasal cavity, causing him to open his eyes immediately.

Ye Qingfeng’s naked muscular body broke into Su Mu’s line of vision, an extremely impertinent smile on his handsome face: “This is the imcense that Your Highness used to use the most. How is the scent? I specially found someone to make it.”

A thin layer of blush appeared on Su Mu’s flawless cheeks, inciting people to think about obscene thoughts, but the eyes staring at Ye Qingfeng were full of anger.

His breathing gradually became heavy, but Su Mu’s voice was still calm: “The antidote, or I will kill you.”

Ye Qingfeng stared at Su Mu’s alluring reaction, feeling a little dry in the mouth: “This is an aphrodisiac not a poison, where would there be an antidote. But this humble one can relieve Your Highness, no need to be too grateful.”

Su Mu directly swung out with a palm, and the cold sinister power obliterated the veil in front of him. The door facing Su Mu also met a similar miserable fate.

Ye Qingfeng’s figure swayed swiftly, appearing behind Su Mu in the blink of an eye. He said with a light smile: “Your Highness, don’t be angry, haven’t I served and made Your Highness feel good……”

This only got another of Su Mu’s unrelenting attacks as a response.

Immediately afterwards, there was a continuous sound of banging in the room, but none of the guards and maids who were guarding outside the room dared to enter. All pretended to be deaf and dumb, as if they had not heard anything.

The fire in his body was burning more and more fiercely. Su Mu was panting uncomfortably, and Ye Qingfeng continued to tease him, making him more uncomfortable.

His attacks gradually lost their accuracy.

Ye Qingfeng caught an opportunity, and leaped like a tiger, pressing Su Mu under his body heavily as well as Su Mu’s attacking hands with lightning speed.

Su Mu’s face was flushed with heat, and his eyes were misted over. He wanted to use his internal force to shake Ye Qingfeng away, but his body did not feel threatened. Instead, it felt the fierce desire of the other. For an instant, his body’s sensations actually defeated reason.

Without hesitation Ye Qingfeng kissed Su Mu’s tender lips. It felt so good that he almost let Su Mu escape from his hands that had slacken slightly with the pleasure.

Squeezing Su Mu’s restless hands in one of his own, his other hand slipped under Su Mu’s thin clothes.

The large heated palm made contact with Su Mu’s smooth and tender skin, causing him to shake uncontrollably.

Su Mu kept breathing heavily. He gritted his teeth and cursed: “Fuck it, let go of me now.”

A face that usually smiled constantly, but at this moment only desire remained. The callused palms became more and more audacious, gradually moving downwards……

However, at this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded: “Ye Qingfeng, return to Xuefeng Villa.”

As soon as Ye Qingfeng heard this voice, his face went as dark as the bottom of a pot. Suppressing the displeasure in his heart, he gritted out the words: “Gu Yunzhou, you are looking for death! How much money did my father give you, I’ll give you double. Piss off now!”

In the darkness, heavy tempting breaths continued to sound, and two overlapping figures could be vaguely seen. Gu Yunzhou looked at the two people on the bed calmly, neither looking away nor embarrassed, let alone getting angry at Ye Qingfeng’s words.

“Ye Qingfeng, return to Xuefeng Villa.” Gu Yunzhou repeated calmly again only for Ye Qingfeng to pretend not to hear it.

He drew his sword and swung it out.

The fierce sword energy made Su Mu’s hair stand upright, and he instantly woke up from the desire driven haze. While kicking Ye Qingfeng away, he evaded Gu Yunzhou’s sword energy clumsily.

Ye Qingfeng cut an even more of a sorry figure than Su Mu. He was only superior in qinggong. In terms of internal force, he was worse than Su Mu and Gu Yunzhou by more than a margin. So when Gu Yunzhou caught up with him, he could only run away.

Su Mu stood up from the ground panting, watching the two people jumping up and down the Crown Prince’s Palace without any consideration, and gritted his teeth. He vowed in his heart that there would come a day when he would have these two people at his mercy.

But after his body felt that any threats had disappeared, the overwhelming desire once again submerged Su Mu.

Nails left deep marks on the thick pillars.

Su Mu cursed, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

In Feiyu Pavilion, Yun Feiyu who was reading at night by the lamp was suddenly slammed to the ground, his green robe instantly torn to pieces.

Su Mu rudely threw the person on the bed and followed after.

Yun Feiyu kept his face calm, but secretly clenched his hands, waiting for the pain to come.

But what happened next was completely different from what he thought.

Su Mu frowned slightly with a flushed face. His body was filled fully, but he couldn’t feel satisfied. So he pressed down on Yun Feiyu’s waist and began to move on his own.

The smile on his face had long since disappeared, and his face that always had a contemplating expression now looked completely engrossed. The faint candlelight casted a dim light in the room and he could see the person on him with an expression of enjoyment and of pain. An inexplicable feeling suddenly rose in his heart.

He fisted his hands tightly to resist the turbulent desire in his body. The various scars all over his body reminded him that it was best to lie down obediently and let the Crown Prince have his way.

Su Mu panted heavily and stopped his movements. The thing going even deeper made him feel both satisfaction but also a sensation of emptiness. He said angrily: “Don’t you know how to move! Hurry up!”

The movements were gentle but still it could reach to the deepest point. The red candle burned out but the movements in the room still continued.

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It took until the middle of the night before Su Mu fell asleep. His innocent sleeping face made people unable to raise up even the slightest of defenses. But so long as one was aware of his identity, lying next to him could definitely be considered a test.

Although very sleepy, Yun Feiyu couldn’t fall asleep. He quietly looked at the Crown Prince’s beautiful sleeping face with an unpredictable expression.

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In the small courtyard, the fire red maple leaves slowly fell on the water surface, setting off circles of ripples.

A beautiful woman was standing quietly by the lake, her eyebrows slightly knitted. Truly, all those whose eyes lay upon her would feel tenderness, wishing to suffer the sadness on her behalf.

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“Mother, don’t worry, older brother will be fine.” The young boy’s clear voice sounded. Although he was only 13 or 14 years old, he deeply resembled Liu Xi. When he grew up, he would definitely be another beautiful figure that could incite calamity.

Liu Rui helped Lan Lan sit down in the pavilion by the lake.

Lan Lan sighed worriedly: “Don’t know how your father and the others are doing. Why did the Crown Prince suddenly seize and confiscate the Liu Manor.”

Liu Rui narrowed his eyebrows, and his fair face was covered with an angry blush as he said vehemently: “Mother, you are still worried about him! Have you forgotten what kind of days we spent in Liu Manor?”

“I……” Lan Lan was about to speak when she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure appearing not far away. She stood up in surprise, the sadness on her face disappeared instantly, and her already beautiful face looked even more captivating.

“Xiao Xi.” Lan Lan cried out in surprise.

Liu Xi hurriedly rushed to support Lan Lan, who seemed unable to stand in her excitement, and looked at his haggard mother. There was a layer of water vapor in his eyes and his nose tingled a bit from suppressed tears: “Mother, you have suffered!”

Lan Lan shook her head: “As long as you are fine, mother will also be fine.”

She gently wiped away the tear marks on her own face, only to notice that there was a young man with extraordinary bearing behind Liu Xi.

“Xiao Xi, this is?” Lan Lan looked at Su Mu who had been standing on the side the whole time, her eyes were inquisitive, not at all as weak as just now.

Just now because of his worry about his mother, he had lost his composure and rushed past Su Mu, leaving the other behind. At this time, he realized that he had offended the Crown Prince, so he hurriedly said: “Chen has overstepped, Your Highness please forgive me!”

Lan Lan was startled, having never expected that the handsome youth in front of her would be the fearsome Crown Prince.

She also hurriedly followed Liu Xi and pleaded guilty: “Please forgive us, Your Highness.” In her heart, she was very worried about why the Crown Prince would also appear here.

“Rise!”

There was no expectant brutality. The Crown Prince’s person was as charismatic and dazzling as his looks, but Lan Lan dared not take things lightly. The Crown Prince’s fierce name had spread far and wide, who knew if he would suddenly turn hostile in a moment of caprice.

Su Mu looked at Lan Lan, who was standing cautiously in front of him, and did not force them to sit down.

“I heard that madam is from the kingdom of Wu.” Su Mu had no intention of going around in circles, and asked directly.

Lan Lan didn’t know what Su Mu wanted to do, but because of Su Mu’s past reputation, she did not dare to speak untruthfully.

“Yes, Your Highness, this humble woman was originally the daughter of a merchant in the Wu kingdom, but later escaped and came to Qing kingdom because of offending the dignitaries of Wu……” Lan Lan explained her experience in detail, without any concealment. Not only because of the Crown Prince’s notoriety, but also because the lives of her and her two sons were now in the hands of the Crown Prince.

Su Mu admired Lan Lan’s tact and understanding of her situation, and nodded with satisfaction: “Do you know, or can you establish a connection with Wu kingdom’s officials through someone.”

“This……” Lan Lan hesitated: “This humble woman is just an ordinary commoner, and also a woman. How can this humble woman know important officials of the Wu kingdom’s court.”

Su Mu didn’t really expect an ancient woman who spent her time in the inner chambers to help much, but he was still a little disappointed.

“But……” Lan Lan didn’t know what Su Mu intended, but she hoped that her son would be treated better at the Crown Prince’s side.

When Su Mu heard this, he knew that there might still be some hope, so he asked: “Yes……?”

Lan Lan said: “This humble woman used to be friends with Princess Rong of Wu, maybe…..”

“Prince Rong……” Su Mu frowned. He had already learned about the Wu kingdom in detail. Prince Rong and the current Emperor of Wu were born from the same mother. It was precisely because of his support that the current Emperor of Wu was able to ascend the throne.

This was a powerful figure. Su Mu felt that it might be a bit tricky, but if he could obtain Prince Rong’s approval, then his plan had an 80% chance of success. There was a sharp and determined light in Su Mu’s eyes. Wu kingdom……

In the Crown Prince’s Palace, in the bedroom, sandalwood incense rose slowly and emitted a fragrance that permeated the room. Su Mu leaned on the recliner and closed his eyes to rest, but his smooth forehead was slightly wrinkled. Liu Xi’s pale and slender fingers gently kneaded Su Mu’s shoulders, and he asked softly: “Your Highness, you want to send an envoy to Wu kingdom?”

The Qing kingdom was weak and had a lot of internal and external troubles. It was impossible to recover just from using its own strength. The only solution for the present was to rely on a powerful kingdom with strong national strength. Liu Xi thought of this, but in his heart he was not optimistic about the Crown Prince’s approach. Wu and Qing were separated by several countries. Qing was poor and weak, and Wu could not get any benefits at all. Why should they help Qing kingdom?

Su Mu said with his eyes closed, “No, I will go personally.”

Liu Xi was shocked, his beautiful phoenix eyes widened in surprise and even the hand on Su Mu’s shoulder forgot to move.

“Your Highness, you are going to Wu kingdom!”

“Hnn.” Su Mu responded mildly.

Liu Xi frowned: “But Your Highness, you are the Crown Prince of a kingdom, how can you take risks at will.”

Su Mu opened his eyes and said: “The kingdom is about to collapse, so what is the point in speaking of royal titles and such?”

Liu Xi did not speak, but he was trying to figure out the Crown Prince’s thought process.

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Going to the Wu kingdom was definitely for the motive of borrowing troops. Liu Xi never thought that the Crown Prince would try to run away. Whether it was the former or the current Crown Prince, it was not in his style.

But why should Wu kingdom lend its troops to Qing kingdom? This was the problem Su Mu was worried about now. Su Mu sighed, waved away Liu Xi, and paced about in the room.

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