In an inconspicuous small courtyard in the imperial city, a black-clothed man respectfully reported: “Young master, there is no movement in the imperial palace. After Su Mochi checked our background, there was no other action.” After the report, the man in black disappeared immediately when there was no response.

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Gu Yunzhou opened his dark eyes, his large and powerful hand gripped the sword at his side and rubbed it lightly. That light-colored figure on the lake continued to flash through his mind.

While he left a deep impression on Su Mu, Su Mu also successfully aroused Gu Yunzhou’s interest. The other was just a youth, barely a man, but he could make him feel a sense of danger. More interestingly, according to the information sent by the spies, he was actually his target this time. Gu Yunzhou stared at the direction of the imperial palace, feeling that his blood was gradually beginning to burn, and his whole body was feeling eager. This kind of excitement of finding an opponent had not been felt for a long time.

In the magnificent palace, Su Mu was summoned by the Emperor before he had even finished his government affairs. Su Mu was very disgusted with the Emperor and didn’t want to see him at all, but after all, the other still occupied the Emperor’s throne, and was still the father of this body. Su Mu didn’t want to let this become a matter for gossip and derision.

Once again, he walked into the Emperor’s draped bedroom, and Su Mu smelled not the scent of powder, but the incense mixed with medicinal smell.

“You bunch of usueless trash, I don’t need to take medicine, get out of here! Where is the Crown Prince? Why hasn’t the Crown Prince arrived yet.” The Emperor’s scratchy voice made Su Mu furrow his brows.

The old doctor Hu stood calmly on the side and didn’t mind at all the Emperor shouting in his face and even being covered in flecks of saliva. When he saw Su Mu walk in, he immediately bowed and said, “Chen, pay respects to His Royal Highness.” When the Emperor heard that the Crown Prince had come, he immediately calmed down and his blurry eyes looked at Su Mu with hope: “I heard that the Crown Prince met an expert a few days ago, Crown Prince, invite him into the palace quickly.”

What expert, Su Mu had long forgotten the matter. He had been busy all day that there was no idle time to take care of this trivial thing. Su Mu really wanted to kill this Emperor who had nothing better to do than make more trouble.

Su Mu stood in front of the bed and replied: “Fu Huang (TN: form of address towards the emperor by his children), the expert has a strange temperament and left after seeing er chen (TN: form of self address for royal children when speaking to the emperor and empress). Er chen has already sent many people to look for him.”

“Hai, hai, hai……” The Emperor had a violent cough. Doctor Hu immediately handed the handkerchief and then helped the Emperor regulate his breathing. The Emperor pushed doctor Hu away and cursed: “Go away, you useless thing.”

Doctor Hu tactfully moved aside and pretended to be the background.

The Emperor beckoned to the people next to him: “Bring them in.”

Then Su Mu saw a group of eunuchs leading a group of handsome young men, ranging in age from 14 to 18 years old, kneeling on the ground.

The Emperor looked at Su Mu with a smile on his face and said, “Crown Prince, these people will be rewarded to you. You must find the expert quickly!”

Su Mu looked at the shivering teenage boys kneeling on the ground with a speechless expression. He really wanted to go up and give the Emperor a few big slaps. Su Mu said with an unpleasant expression, “Er chen thank fu huang for your kindness, but er chen don’t need them.”

The Emperor looked at Su Mu with an ambiguous smile on his face and said: “I heard that there have been no newcomers in the harem for a long time, so I sent a few specially. Crown Prince do not need to be modest. These are all trained and will definitely satisfy the Crown Prince.”

In the end, Su Mu could only speechlessly bring the group of trembling teenagers back to the courtyard next to the Crown Prince’s Palace and ordered Yuzhu to make arrangements for then. He then sent Han Yang to find out who was making mischief behind the scenes.

The Emperor usually didn’t care about Su Mochi’s private life, at best he would only persuade him to accept female concubines. The Emperor still had some opinions about the Crown Prince only favoring men, but this time he suddenly gave him several young men.

Su Mu’s expression was cold, no matter who dared to stretch their hand blatantly into his business, they should have the awareness of it being chopped off. Su Mu’s expression suddenly changed, and in the blink of an eye, only air remained in the chair.

Under the dark night, a few sparse stars hung dimly in the sky, and a tall and vague figure appeared in the dark in front of Su Mu.

The cold wind blew Su Mu’s black hair, the golden court robes made him appear even more dignified and extraordinary, and his powerful aura in particular made him a figure not to be underestimated. Su Mu’s eyes narrowed and said, “You demolished my house?”

The visitor didn’t seem to expect that Su Mu’s first sentence was about his house, but he nodded calmly.

“Then, compensate with money.” Su Mu stared fixatedly at the figure in the distance, appearing as if he won’t let the other leave without being paid with money.

The visitor ignored him, and a low and cold voice sounded in Su Mu’s ears: “Hand over Ye Qingfeng.”

“One million taels of gold, I will give him back.” Su Mu said.

A cold gleam flashed in Gu Yunzhou’s eyes, and his murderous aura instantly surged. The gleaming sword left the scabbard and appeared in his hand with a clang, and then appeared in front of Su Mu in the blink of an eye.

Su Mu sneered coldly and met the attack with his bare hands, and in an instant icy cold energy permeated the air. In the blink of an eye, the two had already exchanged blows dozens of times. Under the cover of night, even the afterimage was invisible.

The sword is the gentleman among the weapons, but in Gu Yunzhou’s hands, he couldn’t see the gentleman’s demeanor at all, targeting Su Mu’s key vital points in every move.

Sharp sword energy swept past Su Mu’s neck, Su Mu quickly turned around, aiming with fingers that were wrapped in strong inner energy that could easily cut through fine iron. Gu Yunzhou’s heart was only an inch away from being crushed by Su Mu. The clothes embroidered with exquisite dark patterns were cut open by Su Mu’s fierce inner energy, and the strong bronze chest that emphasized his strong physique was bared to the night air.

The sword in his hand turned in a blink of an eye and stabbed at the back of Su Mu. Su Mu could even feel that the ice-cold blade had touched his skin. Shifting slightly, the sharp blade swept past Su Mu’s waist leaving a rip on the bright yellow gold court clothes, and revealing Su Mu’s pale and smooth waistline.

The two each occupied a spot on the roof of the palace. Su Mu’s eyes were full of anger, and the killing intent in his heart became more and more intense. The scene of raining blood and flying limbs kept flashing in his mind, causing Su Mu to become uncontrollably excited. The world in front of him gradually became painted in a blood-red color, and his mind was gradually occupied by bloodthirsty killing intent. And Su Mu’s sanity gradually receded. He had only one thought now, which was to kill, to kill to his heart’s content!

Gu Yunzhou looked at Su Mu, whose aura became more and more strong, and a slight expression appeared on his perpetually cold face, his dark eyes filled with mad fighting spirit. They only stopped for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, the two of them became entangled in a fight again.

Under the dark night sky fierce clashes were heard, and a trace of blood sprinkled down from the sky. Huang Xuan looked worriedly at the night sky where only a little blurry shadow could be seen, and said, “Who is it that dares to infringe upon the Forbidden Palace?”

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Qin Ye stared up at the black night sky without saying a word. He really hoped that the Crown Prince would be killed.

Yun Feiyu looked at Huang Xuan, who was visibly worried, and felt a little uncomfortable. But momentarily he suppressed this emotion, and his mind was soon quickly running over several thoughts.

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After being shocked, Yun Feiyu and Lin Siyuan looked at each other, and unexpectedly showed worried expressions.

Why is it not the same as what he had expected? Su Mu looked at the expressions of the two and asked, “Is there something wrong?”

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Yun Feiyu thought for a while, and said: “Your Highness, this is the treasure of the Wu kingdom. It is the secret of the Wu kingdom orally dictated by each Wu Emperor to his most loyal and trusted generals. Your Highness, don’t let others know, otherwise if this gets back to the Emperor of the Wu kingdom it might lead to war.”

F**k!!!

Su Mu’s face was calm and did not reveal any hints to what he was feeling, but in his heart he ruthlessly stuck his middle finger up at the heavens.

Was there a second transmigrater or something? Although after several months of reviewing this world’s history, Su Mu still deeply felt that his common knowledge was extremely lacking at this moment.

Fortunately, he didn’t shamelessly say that it was his original theory. It seemed that he would have to consider everything carefully before introducing it in the future.

Lin Siyuan added: “Your Highness, that expert probably does not have kind intentions. Passing on the military book of the Wu kingdom to Your Highness is probably to provoke a war between the Wu kingdom and Qing kingdom for profit. It might even be someone sent by Shi kingdom or Jin kingdom. Since the other party has left you with the military book, he will definitely send out the news next. Your Highness, you must prepare early. Even if Wu kingdom sends someone to ask questions, you must deny it. Qing kingdom and Wu kingdom’s national strength are not on the same level, Your Highness must be very careful.”

Looking at the solemn expressions of Lin Siyuan and Yun Feiyu, Su Mu was quite speechless. What expert, it was just made up by him.

As for the Wu kingdom, Su Mu knew a little bit about it. Wu kingdom was a warlike country. It often lead soldiers to march on the lands of neighboring countries. If you let them know that they “stole” their military book, could Qing kingdom in its current fragile state stand up against the ravages of Wu kingdom?

Su Mu sighed slightly, why is being this Crown Prince such a troublesome and joyless thing? It would be nice to have transmigrated as the Crown Prince of Wu Kingdom.

Inside the Wu kingdom palace, a handsome man who was examining a battle map suddenly sneezed fiercely.

Yun Feiyu looked at Su Mu who had on a grave face, and warmly said: “Your Highness does not have to be so worried. There are several other small countries between Wu and our country. It is not so easy to send troops to our country from Wu kingdom.”

Su Mu looked at the red leaves that covered the mountains and no longer had the mood to appreciate the scenery, and sighed again: “I hope so!” When it was truly to the point of powerless to change anything, it would not be a big deal. He didn’t have to be this Crown Prince. Besides, having inherited Su Mochi’s martial arts would he be afraid of not being able to escape?

It’s just that what man didn’t have lofty aspirations and ambitions.

The slender body, soft black hair, and perfect but not feminine beautiful face were enough to charm a large group of young girls. Su Mu stood quietly on the bow of the boat, his ordinary light-colored gown looked extravagant and elegant when dressed by him. The lightly furrowed brows gave him a bit of a melancholy air, but it only made him more fascinating.

Lin Siyuan looked at the Crown Prince whose beauty did not appear like a mortal’s, turned his head and smiled at Yun Feiyu, who was next to him, raising his eyebrows, and said silently, “The Crown Prince doesn’t seem that frightning.”

Yun Feiyu gave him a cold look and ignored him. The Crown Prince’s appearance was indeed very charming and caused one to let their guards down, but if you have seen the Crown Prince killing someone, you will not want to see him a second time.

There was no one to punt the boat, so the three of them sat in the boat and let it drift slowly.

It had been half an hour since Su Mu stood at the bow of the ship pretending to be the mast. Neither Yun Feiyu nor Lin Siyuan disturbed him, and they played Go quietly on the ship. Suddenly, the small boat reached a bend, and another small boat slowly approached their direction. The man was dressed in black, which was in contrast to Su Mu’s white, and stood on the bow like a rock.

The man was slender but strong. Even though he was covered in clothes, one can feel the powerful power coiled in his body. He had sharp blade like eyebrows, bright eyes, and was as handsome as the gods. There was no expression on his cold face. His whole person was like a lifelike sculpture without a trace of temperature. Su Mu couldn’t help giving him a second look.

As if feeling Su Mu’s gaze, the man suddenly met Su Mu’s eyes, and it was like a sharp sword that was suddenly unsheathed. Su Mu’s heart trembled, and he was secretly surprised that the man’s eyes were too sharp, almost like a sharp sword hanging over one’s neck, the feeling causing trembles over the body.

What was someone like this doing in the Qing kingdom imperial city? Su Mu watched the man with narrowed eyes, his intuition made him feel a little uneasy, this man was too dangerous. Probably one of the few powerful enemies who could compete with Su Mochi.

The man’s deep eyes reflected Su Mu’s ethereal appearance that brought to mind immortals living up in the heavens, and an undercurrent surged through his eyes. Soon though, he turned his head away.

The two slowly moving small boats carried two peerless people passing by.

Su Mu turned around and returned inside the boat and found that the other had disappeared on the lake. He secretly decided to have Han Yang to check this person carefully after going back.

After Su Mu combined persuasion with a bit of threatening, Lin Siyuan finally agreed to call some scholars to participate in the examination. Su Mu and Yun Feiyu returned to the Crown Prince’s Palace after the sunset was about to disappear.

As soon as he entered the Crown Prince’s Palace, he saw that the newly-renovated main residence was razed to the ground again. There were ruins and debris everywhere. Su Mu, who had been in a good mood, instantly turned black with anger, questioning with fury: “What is this?”

Han Yang, who came in a hurry, knelt down and pleaded: “Your Highness, please forgive me. In the afternoon, a man in black came and led a group of people to find Ye Gongzi, and then destroyed the Crown Prince’s Palace.”

Han Yang knelt on the ground in a cold sweat, he was the Crown Prince’s guard who had seen the Crown Prince get angry many times and was also punished by the Crown Prince several times. Every time he just thought about it, he shuddered. This time Han Yang was also fully prepared before daring to report to Su Mu. But what surprised Han Yang was that although the Crown Prince was also very angry this time, he didn’t mean to fly into a killing spree though.

After gritting his teeth and having Han Yang stand up and tell the story, he looked at the ruins all over the floor and his heart was dripping blood. How much money would it cost to rebuild! The money earned by the Xingluo trading company was just a drop in the bucket. He finally squeezed a small amount of money from the officials but he didn’t want to spend it on building a flashy house. Su Mu clenched his fist fiercely and looked murderously at the ruins on the ground, once he knew who did it, his surname would not be Su unless he crushed that person to pieces.

Su Mu was full of anger and directly occupied another courtyard of the palace. After the evening, Han Yang brought information about the perpetrator.

Yanyu Tower, the underworld organization of jianghu, was hired by the owner of Xuefeng Villa to save his son.

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After a long time, Su Mu finally calmed down his anger. After all, it was the original owner of the body that caused this trouble. Even the son of the candidate leader of Wulin (TN: martial arts circle) Su Mochi had dared to snatch away. Su Mu once again developed the urge to chop up Su Mochi.

The money he had earned with such great difficulty!!!

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Su Mu went out of the city in the same carriage with Yun Feiyu right after morning assembly. He didn’t know if he was too tired recently but Su Mu fell asleep unknowingly to the scent coming from Yun Feiyu.

Looking at the sleeping young man leaning on his shoulder, his slender fingers slowly climbed up Su Mu’s pale neck and stroked ambiguously, as if he could easily snap off the thin neck with a little effort. Feeling the warmth from his fingertips, Yun Feiyu curved the corners of his mouth and smiled. This seemingly delicate young man was the fearsome Crown Prince of Qing kingdom.

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Yun Feiyu had no doubts that as long as he revealed even the slightest murder intent now, the Crown Prince will immediately tear him to pieces. His bright red lips tempted him to approach slowly, and his pale fingers gently rubbed Su Mu’s soft lips.

No matter how much you do, it cannot make up for the mistakes you have committed.

The carriage slowly stopped, Su Mu slowly opened his eyes, and after realizing that he had slept all the way on Yun Feiyu’s shoulder, his face turned red uncomfortably, and he hurriedly lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage.

Yun Feiyu suppressed the slightest throbbing in his heart and followed along.

The reflection of the red leaves over the mountains and plains on the lake surface was like a masterpiece painting, and Su Mu’s mood also improved.

Not far away, Lin Siyuan had been waiting on the boat for a long time. But when Su Mu saw the face of Lin Siyuan, who was known as the second most beautiful man in the imperial capital, the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but twitch. Even the perfect smile on Yun Feiyu’s face, who had always been composed, began to crack, and he truly wished to press that face into the ground.

Curvy willow eyebrows, pink peach cheeks, and autumn pond water-like eyes. If these traits were found on a woman she would be a great beauty. But when placed on a 1.8 meter tall man, Su Mu had only a bad chill running all over his body.

Yun Feiyu turned around to look at the scenery. He definitely didn’t know this guy.

Lin Siyuan, dressed in light blue, stood there with a shy smile, and said: “Caomin pays respects to the Crown Prince.”

Su Mu nodded and sat down, knowing that this was Lin Siyuan’s doing in order to prevent him from taking an interest with him. He was quite depressed. He looked at Lin Siyuan who affected the look of a timid little wife and said, “Lin Gongzi truly possess……good looks.”

Lin Siyuan pursed his lips and said with a smile: “Your Highness, you are too kind.”

Su Mu suddenly shuddered, and couldn’t help but look at Yun Feiyu next to him instead, and at his smooth skin and handsome facial features as well as perfect manners, all of which would leave the guy on the opposite side in the dust.

After the three of them got on the boat and sat down one after another, they took the tea cup handed over by Yun Feiyu. Su Mu gave Yun Feiyu a tender look, and the latter immediately got goosebumps on his body, his hand also shaking slightly. Yun Feiyu hurriedly turned around, thinking to himself, Crown Prince, you really don’t suit this look.

A tiger putting on a cat’s expression, no matter how he looked at it, it was just simply terrifying.

Su Mu didn’t know that his acting skills were so substandard. He looked at Lin Siyuan, who acted even more dainty and coquettish than a woman, and endured the bizarre feeling, saying: “Lin Gongzi has such erudition and scholarship, why not work for the court and benefit the people?”

Lin Siyuan smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and said in a low voice, “There are so many capable and educated people in the court, how can I dare to show my ugliness as a little scholar.” The court was full of corrupt officials, if he were to join the court wouldn’t he just be looking for death?

Su Mu’s stomach twisted, nearly having been caused to vomit nauseously by Lin Siyuan and said, “Lin Gongzi will let the hard work of years of strenuous studying be wasted? Currently the people are in dire straits, Lin Gongzi should save them from it since you are capable, wouldn’t you agree?”

Weren’t these dire straits caused by the incapable rulers of the Su family, why should I go and clean up this mess? Lin Siyuan secretly cursed the eighteen generations of the Su family ancestors, but on the surface he had on a shy smile, and said shyly and timidly: “His Royal Highness sees too highly of me. As a weak scholar how can I be so capable? Writing a few essays is fine. As for the court affairs, I don’t know anything at all and do not dare to embarrass myself!”

Su Mu turned his face away to avoid Lin Siyuan’s effeminate face and manners, and sighed with an appearance of being worried about the country and the people, and said: “Now the strong enemy of the Qing kingdom surround us, and the crisis is everywhere, could Lin Gongzi bear to see the displaced citizens of the Qing kingdom, families torn apart?”

Lin Siyuan also followed with a long sigh, and gently shook his head saying, “So what if I can’t bear it? I’m just a useless scholar who can’t possibly change the skies and destiny.”

This was not said by Lin Siyuan just to reject Su Mu, but really how he felt. Now the Qing kingdom was already rotten inside and outside, and the only reason for not perishing was because the Crown Prince’s powerful martial prowess acting as a deterrent. But how could this be a long-term solution? The Crown Prince was a strong person but he was still mortal. Inner conflict consisted of rebels from all quarters of the kingdom, and outer conflict consisted of the covetuous desires of the Jin kingdom and the Shi kingdom, as well as many other neighboring kingdoms. Lin Siyuan seemed to have foreseen that in the near future, Qing kingdom collapsing, the people displaced and homeless and people like him will be enslaved by other kingdoms.

Thinking of this, Lin Siyuan wished to chop up the Crown Prince in front of him, but he could only think of it. Let’s not mention the Crown Prince’s terrifying martial prowess who could kill him with just one finger. In this current situation, as long as the Crown Prince dies, Qing kingdom will probably be caught up in endless wars immediately.

“It is a matter for your own effort, even the skies and destiny will not be impossible to change.” Su Mu smiled mysteriously and began to put on a con act: “You guys are all curious about why I seem like I changed into a different person in a short time, right?”

When this was mentioned, both Lin Siyuan and Yun Feiyu stopped their movements and looked at Su Mu. Speaking of, there were countless outrageous guesses on why the Crown Prince’s temperament changed drastically during the recent period. Lin Siyuan and Yun Feiyu have also heard a lot of versions. But they didn’t expect the Crown Prince to speak out himself.

Su Mu coldly snorted: “An old man found me and said that my killing sins were too deep. I must save the people of the world and repay the sins that I have committed, otherwise he would kill me.”

No wonder the Crown Prince’s temperament had changed a lot. It turned out to be because of this. It was not that Lin Siyuan and Yun Feiyu completely believed Su Mu with just a few words, it was because this explanation seemed to be more reasonable. If it weren’t for his life being threatened, who would be able to deter a person as undisciplined and out of control as the Crown Prince. But they were even more surprised that there was still someone in this world who had beaten the Crown Prince, and they couldn’t help but feel a little curious about this expert master.

Lin Siyuan lifted an orchid finger (TN: hand gesture in traditional dances in which one joined the thumb and middle finger, with the rest extended, usually a very feminine gesture), as he picked up the teacup and took a sip. And then he took out a strongly scented small handkerchief embroidered with butterflies and wiped his mouth with it, smiling shyly and said: “So, it’s like this, don’t know who this expert master that can convince the Crown Prince.”

“Just a damn old man, if it wasn’t for what he left behind……” Su Mu paused and said disdainfully: “Ben Gong would have already put him to death.” So that was how it turned out!

The Crown Prince did too many bad things, and the hermit master couldn’t stand to watch it anymore but also couldn’t bear to kill. So he taught the Crown Prince to correct his evil ways and return to righteousness, as well as leaving behind things that moved the Crown Prince, causing the Crown Prince to restrain his behavior.

The above was the speculation of Yun Feiyu and Lin Siyuan.

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Su Mu didn’t wait for the two to ask him, and he began to recite: “War is the top priority of the country. It is the key that people live or die. It is the way to determine the survival of the country. It should be seriously studied and investigated. We should analyze from five aspects……” After reciting Sun Tzu’s Art of War, Su Mu was quite proud to see the shocked expressions on Yun Feiyu and Lin Siyuan. This was a treasure that had been passed down in China for thousands of years. Even in another world, it could still bloom with brilliance.

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The clenched fists and cracking of knuckles made a chilling sound, and though Su Mu tried to restrain his anger, the officials still felt unable to breathe.

Taking a deep breath, Su Mu told himself calmly that if he kept getting angry with this country, he will definitely not survive tomorrow.

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With a dangerous glint shining in his eyes, Su Mu asked: “Why are there only 14 people who applied for the examinations?”

Wasn’t it because of your intimidating presence, your Highness. Back then who killed all those who impeached you? And how many people were cut up by you during the examination last year? Who dared to serve a monarch who took pleasure in murder? Wasn’t that just looking for death?

Let’s not talk about the past, just that Zhang Fu’an’s corruption case not long ago, your Highness, you killed more than 100 people who were involved.

But Peng Han dared not say any of this. What if the Crown Prince cut him up in a rage as well?

So he only dared to say: “Your Highness, chen is not clear about this!”

Su Mu said angrily: “Don’t know, don’t know, does the court raise you to just be rice buckets? Postpone the examination for a month.”

With sharp eyes staring at Peng Han, and causing him to feel as if he was sitting on pins and needles, Su Mu said coldly: “After a month, if there are not a thousand candidates, pack up your things and go back to farming (TN: expression for retirement)!”

With a flick of his billowing sleeves, he left the Taihe Hall in anger.

Su Mu was not a stupid person. After thinking about it, he could understand why there were only 14 people participating in the imperial examination. In ancient China, there were still masters who left to live as hermits in the mountains because there was no capable rulers! What’s more, with Su Mochi the “tyrant” in power, should he thank his fortune that at least 14 people ended up attending?

After Su Mu returned to the Crown Prince’s Palace, his hair was almost all lost thinking of this incident. He picked up the cup of hot tea that Yuzhu handed over, but then slammed it down again with a bang.

To be honest, Su Mu really wanted to send someone to tie the scholars up and bring them to the examination room, but he could only think about it.

Su Mu sighed and thought privately, even if he managed a few multinational companies before, compared to being this Crown Prince it was much easier. Could he please just transmigrate back!

Yuzhu, who was standing behind and fanning Su Mu, watched Su Mu’s gloomy expressions for a long time. After struggling for a while, she finally made up her mind to speak: “Your Highness, are you still worried about the examination?”

Su Mu instantly couldn’t help complaining: “Such a big kingdom but they’re telling me that there are only 14 people participating in the imperial examination? If it was spread to other countries, will my Qing kingdom still have any face left to hang out among the other countries……”

Although Yuzhu didn’t understand some of Su Mu’s words, she could still guess the general meaning. She lowered her head and opened her mouth several times before saying in a very low voice: “There is a way that this slave knows, don’t know if it will help……”

Although Yuzhu said it very quietly, but what kind of hearing did Su Mu have? Even a mosquito buzzing outside the door could be heard.

Hearing what Yuzhu said, Su Mu’s eyes lit up, and he rushed to Yuzhu and asked: “What is your method, tell me quickly.”

Seeing the Crown Prince who suddenly appeared in front of her, Yuzhu took a few steps back in shock, and quickly replied: “Your Highness, Yun Gongzi used to be the model and number one person among the scholars in the imperial city, and has a lot of prestige among them. Now the leader of the scholars in the capital city is Lin Siyuan who is Yun Gongzi’s close friend. Your Highness might as well go talk to Yun Gongzi and let Yun Gongzi persuade Lin Gongzi and other scholars.”

Truly, the heavens will never cut off one’s path!

“Good girl, you are so smart, wait for Ben Gong to reward you when I come back.”

Su Mu speed walked to Feiyu Pavilion, and he heard an elegant qin sound come from inside, causing him to slow down involuntarily and signal everyone else behind him to leave.

The blue green figure was playing the guqin under a copse of green bamboos. Su Mu didn’t understand the guqin, at best he only thought it sounded good. But the person in front of him couldn’t help but cause him to approach closer unconciously.

When Su Mu walked to his side, he just finished playing a tune.

Slender fingers gently stroked the strings, as if treating their most beloved person.

He raised his head, and Su Mu’s figure was reflected in his gentle eyes, and he said with a small smile: “How come your Royal Highness is free to come to me today?”

Su Mu didn’t know how to bring it up, after all, Yun Feiyu was snatched by Su Mochi, and then toremented by him for so long.

Although he was embarrassed to speak up, Su Mu still had to say what he was here for.

“I heard that you have a good relationship with Lin Siyuan?” Su Mu asked.

“Your Highness came here for this year’s imperial examination?” Though it was a question, his tone was certain.

Su Mu nodded, and then said: “I hope you will persuade Lin Siyuan to let him participate, and ask him to persuade some scholars to participate in the exam as well.”

Yun Feiyu gently shook his head and said, “I’m afraid it won’t work?”

“Why?” Su Mu wondered.

Yun Feiyu smiled at Su Mu and said, “Because Lin Siyuan is a well-known beautiful man in the imperial city.”

“What does this have to do with anything?” Su Mu asked without thinking it over. What does being good-looking have to do with attending the examination?

Yun Feiyu did not speak, but looked at him.

In an instant, Su Mu immediately understood. Lin Siyuan was afraid that the Crown Prince would snatch him when he saw his beauty!

The corners of Su Mu’s mouth twitched and he thought to himself, just how frightning are you, Su Mochi, that others were so scared that they didn’t even dare to participate in the examination.

However, what Su Mu didn’t know was that since Su Mochi became the Crown Prince, those who dared to participate in the examination had already put aside the question of life and death.

Because at the last examination, don’t know what kind of madness had struck Su Mochi but he killed more than half of the scholars in the test room, so that was why this year’s examination was so deserted.

And Lin Siyuan had even more reason not to participate in the test. Everyone in Qing kingdom knew that the Crown Prince liked beautiful men! If Lin Siyuan participated in the examination, it would practically be a lamb to the slaugter!

Yun Feiyu saw that Su Mu’s face took turns turning blue and black, and felt a little amused, and said: “Your Highness has to tell him about this personally. He may not believe what I say.”

Su Mu frowned and said, “I say it and he’ll believe it?”

“Your Highness is the Crown Prince of this kingdom, whose one word is worth nine sacred tripods (TN: expression for words of enormous weight) so why wouldn’t he dare not believe it.” Yun Feiyu smiled.

Was this a suggestion to use his power to suppress others? Su Mu shook his head. Lin Siyuan was talented, and if Su Mu planned to use power to suppress him then it would only make him feel dissatisfied and not fully invested in the tasks assigned to him in the future.

After thinking about it for a while, Su Mu said, “You give Lin Siyuan an invitation, and the day after tomorrow we will go to Yuping Lake to enjoy the red leaves together.”

Speaking of, the red leaves in the lower reaches of Yuping Lake were one of the most beautiful scenery in the imperial city.

Seeing Lin Siyuan but also have him accompany along? Yun Feiyu raised his eyebrows and smiled, understanding Su Mu’s intentions, and said: “Your Highness, please rest assured, this caomin will fulfill his mission.”

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After receiving the invitation, Lin Siyuan sat in a chair and said nothing.

Seeing that her son hadn’t spoken for a long time, Madam Lin on the side said with some worry: “Yuan’er, didn’t Feiyu invite you to boating in the lake? Why do you have a troubled look?”

With an expression of bitter sorrow Lin Siyuan said, “My mother! Does Yun Feiyu still need to hand in invitations to go sightseeing with me? Besides, the Crown Prince’s Palace is not a place Yun Feiyu can come and go as he pleased.”

Madam Lin was startled, and a terrifying answer appeared in her mind, and her voice trembled: “Then this, this invitation?”

Lin Siyuan said with a bitter face: “This invitation must be given by the Crown Prince, mother! The Crown Prince must have taken a fancy to your son’s beauty.”

Madam Lin fell on the chair and said in disbelief: “This, how can this be……”

Thinking of the men in the palace who had been played to death by the Crown Prince, Madam Lin felt that the sky was about to collapse. Large tears kept rolling down: “Yuan’er, my Yuan’er……”

Lin Siyuan suddenly panicked when he saw Madam Lin crying and wiping tears. He hurriedly supported Madam Lin and comforted her: “Mother, don’t cry anymore, I’m joking with you! The Crown Prince just invited me because of the matter of the imperial examination. You haven’t heard that the Crown Prince changed a lot recently? It’s almost completely different from before. Okay, don’t cry, what I said is true.”

Madam Lin took the handkerchief to dry her tears, and pinched Lin Siyuan violently, yelling: “You little bastard, only knowing how to bully your mother.”

Lin Siyuan let out a wolf howl of pain and complained bitterly: “I knew I was definitely not your son.”

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“Yes, you were born out of a stone!” Madam Lin scolded with a smile.

Lin Siyuan grinned as he sat on the chair and said: “Mother, although the Crown Prince is looking for me for business, we can’t help but prevent any sudden situation as well. Mother, is there any way to keep your son from being so handsome?”

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Early the next morning, everyone knew that Su Mu stayed overnight in Huang Xuan’s room. This was the second time the Crown Prince had let Huang Xuan shi qin in more than a month, and no one else had been summoned during this period.

No matter how you look at this matter, it was quite intriguing. After Huang Xuan woke up, Qin Ye pulled him aside and interrogated him.

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Qin Ye frowned and asked, “The Crown Prince did not bully you?”

Huang Xuan blushed and shook his head, the look in his eyes were clean and bright.

Qin Ye thought of the rumors about the Crown Prince. The more he thought about it, the more things felt not right, it was as if he had completely changed into another person.

Attend morning assembly, order disaster relief, and constructing weaponry plant, none of these were things that the Crown Prince would do.

“Could it be someone is impersonating the Crown Prince?” Qin Ye thought about it, only this situation was the most likely.

Yun Feiyu glanced at him and said, “Who would pretend to be the Crown Prince and yet change the nature of the Crown Prince this much.”

Su Mochi’s personality changed abruptly. It was not that no one had ever doubted him, but he seemed to be confident and unafraid, not putting others’ doubts in his eyes (TN: expression for not placing importance).

Qin Ye recalled the rumors from the outside, and wondered: “Could it be that he had truly been enlightened by an expert, and changed his evil ways and returned to the right?”

“Do you believe that?” Yun Feiyu asked.

Of course Qin Ye didn’t believe it, could anyone just come and be able to enlighten the Crown Prince? The Crown Prince corrupting them was more likely. He asked Huang Xuan again: “Do you think the Crown Prince is different from usual?”

Huang Xuan thought about it and blushed: “Nowhere is the same.”

“Sure enough, this Crown Prince must be a fake!” Qin Ye said affirmatively.

“No, he is indeed the Crown Prince, at least, the body belongs to the Crown Prince.” Yun Feiyu looked at the withered lotus leaf outside the window, and a young man bathed in brilliant starlight appeared in his mind. Watching Huang Xuan becoming uncomfortable from being questioned by Qin Ye, an undercurrent emerged in his eyes.

Qin Ye and Huang Xuan were shocked, looking at Yun Feiyu together, they said, “You don’t mean to say that the Crown Prince was possessed by a spirit?”

Yun Feiyu turned his head and smiled, suddenly bringing to mind an orchid blooming natural and charming, he said: “Maybe it is a god?”

Qin Ye looked contemptuous and said with disdain: “What would the gods see in him?”

At this time, Huang Xuan said anxiously, “Isn’t it good that the Crown Prince has become better?”

Yun Feiyu looked at Huang Xuan’s anxious look, a dark shadow flitted through his eyes, and said: “He suddenly appeared, then he may suddenly disappear.”

Huang Xuan’s breathing stopped, if, if the Crown Prince disappear then what will he do? What if the Crown Prince from before came back? No, it cannot be like this, the Crown Prince cannot disappear.

Huang Xuan struggled for a while, then suddenly stood up from his chair and hurriedly said, “Big brother Yun, I’ll leave first.”

Before Yun Feiyu could answer, he had already run out.

Qin Ye watched Huang Xuan disappear out the door with confusion, and asked, “Where is he going?”

Yun Feiyu said with deep eyes: “Going to find us the answer.”

On this side, Su Mu was looking at the news from Qingye Villa. As Su Mu expected, toilet paper and soap were in short supply. But production couldn’t keep up, causing Su Mu to almost rip out a wad of hair.

Not because of anything else, but at this time people mainly raised cattle, sheep, horses and donkeys that can be used as animal power. Very few people raised pigs, and they were black pigs that have not been bred especially and have very little fat.

Su Mu had no choice but to hire some people to breed high-quality pigs.

Immediately after Su Mu finished writing the letter, he heard Yuzhu say that Huang Xuan would like to see him. Su Mu put down his brush and said, “Let him come in.”

“Paying respect to Your Highness.”

Su Mu said: “You may stand, is something the matter?”

Huang Xuan looked down at the floor and didn’t know how to start. He just ran over all hotheaded and sudden, having not thought it out before. Besides, he was the Crown Prince, while he was nothing, what right did he have to ask.

The more Huang Xuan thought about it, the less emboldened he became, bowing his head and unable to say anything.

Seeing his aggrieved appearance, Su Mu raised an eyebrow and asked: “Why, did someone bully you?”

Huang Xuan raised his head and glanced at Su Mu, then lowered his head and said, “No.”

“The what’s wrong? Just to come here to look at the floor?” Su Mu asked.

“That’s not it.” Huang Xuan plucked up the courage to raise his head, his clear eyes were like mountain streams, but looking at Su Mu he felt hesitant and afraid, asking uneasily: “Your Highness……?”

“Hnn.” Su Mu waited for him to speak.

“Your Highness……will you always be here?” Huang Xuan finally finished speaking in one breath, looking at Su Mu with some anxiety, for fear of getting a negative answer.

Su Mu nodded and said: “Yes.” Most of the people who transmigrated never went back, so he should likely stay here forever.

Su Mu thought this in an indifferent manner. In any case, it was the same anywhere.

“Really? That’s wonderful!” Huang Xuan’s eyes became brighter, and Su Mu’s heart felt slightly itchy. He thought to himself, he was a good young man who grew up under the five-star red banner, how was he reduced to this situation of ravaging minors?

After half a second of silent mourning for the integrity that he didn’t know where he had left it, he said to Huang Xuan, “Come here.”

Huang Xuan paused, and then obediently walked to Su Mu.

Su Mu pulled Huang Xuan down to sit on his lap, and then under the other’s shocked gaze, kissed him on the lips.

How could the innocent young boys of ancient times be Su Mu’s opponent? Not even a while later, Huang Xuan became intoxicated with Su Mu’s kisses.

Because of Su Mu’s indulgence in bed, Huang Xuan’s courage gradually grew, from sitting on Su Mu’s legs to pressing on him, his hands eagerly reaching into Su Mu’s clothes.

Huang Xuan began to shift the battlefield, his soft lips sucked on Su Mu’s delicate neck, the hot and humid breaths blowing against it and his shoulders. He asked with unsteady breaths: “Your Highness……”

Su Mu lay on the chair with eyes misted over, and said, “Continue.”

Huang Xuan, who got the answer, was like a child who was allowed to open a gift, and he eagerly tore open Su Mu’s clothes.

As for outside, Yuzhu had already sent everyone away with a blushing face just when Su Mu told Huang Xuan to come to him.

Otherwise, no matter how thick-skinned Su Mu was, he would not be able to perform the live version in front of so many audiences. Fortunately, his servants were clever enough.

It was already dark by the time the two finished messing around, but then they just went straight to the bed to continue messing around.

In Feiyu Pavilion, after waiting for a long time only to see that no one showed up, even a fool would know what happened. Qin Ye’s expression was dark and Yun Feiyu’s expression was indecipherable, pondering on unknown thoughts.

The next day Su Mu went to the morning assembly in a happy mood. Everyone loves to listen to praises, not to mention the one giving it was someone he had a close skin relationship with. Su Mu did not expect that when Huang Xuan, who look innocent and honest, sweet talk it could practically drown people.

Today the officials of the court suddenly discovered that the prince was in a good mood! The mood of the officials below also became raised and not by just one level.

Chen Xurong of the Ministry of Justice took advantage of the Crown Prince’s good mood and stepped forward to say: “Your Royal Highness, chen has something to report.”

“Speak.”

Chen Xurong said: “Your Royal Highness, the assassins’ comrades have all been arrested, but no matter what they won’t say who is behind the scenes.”

The happy smile turned into a sneer, and Su Mu said: “If they won’t say it, then kill them.”

The hearts of all the officials skipped a beat, thinking that although it was true that the Crown Prince’s temper had improved, he was still not the least bit reluctant or merciful about killing. After think this, immediately the next thought was please don’t let them ever become an irksome presence in the Crown Prince’s eyes.

Then Su Mu asked again: “Ministry of Rites, how many scholars will participate in the test this year?”

Peng Han privately cursed, but he had no choice but to brace himself and replied: “Answering Your Highness, the total number of candidates who will participate in the examination this year, this year……”

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Su Mu narrowed his eyes dangerously and said, “How many are there?”

“Fourteen people.” As soon as Peng Han finished speaking, he felt that the atmosphere in the Taihe Hall suddenly became extremely oppressive, and he even had difficulty breathing.

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Su Mu stretched out his stiff neck, took a sip of the hot tea that Yuzhu handed over, and missed the days when there was air conditioning and refrigerator.

Looking at the pile of unapproved memorials on the table, Su Mu rubbed his temples and didn’t plan to look at them any longer. He didn’t want to die from overworking.

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Su Mu originally wanted to set up a cabinet to handle part of the government affairs, but after thinking about it, there were not many talents available. Su Mu looked forward to the coming official examination and hoped to select more talents.

Back in the Crown Prince’s Palace, Su Mu did not rest. There was a message from Han Yi that Chen Wei had already established a foothold in Bailu County, and that Tian Guohai, the Southeast Army, and the Southwest Army all handed Chen Wei a letter of alliance, hoping that they could ally and attack the imperial city on four fronts.

“Attacking the imperial city? Hmmph!” Su Mu said with a cold light in his eyes: “If you want to die, then come!”

Su Mu wrote: “Agree, delay.”

After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, Su Mu had already figured out how to respond.

“Shi Nuo.” Su Mu called.

The young man hidden in the darkness immediately appeared in front of Su Mu and respectfully said: “Your Highness, your command?”

There was a cold light in Su Mu’s eyes, saying: “Go to the imperial guard camp and select thirty-two reliable and clever people with high martial arts skills, and come see me immediately.”

There were only a thousand people in the imperial guard camp, but every one of them was an elite, and 100 of them in particular were confidants trained personally by Su Mochi, their families in Su Mochi’s control.

After Shi Nuo left silently, Su Mochi tapped his fingers on the table lost in his thoughts.

After a while, including Shi Nuo, a total of 33 people, arrived at the study, respectfully waiting for Su Mu to speak.

Su Mu looked at this group of javelin-like guards and nodded in satisfaction: “I want you to divide into three groups, each to go to the east, southeast, and southwest rebel camp, and survey the terrain along the way. After they march for a day, you will continuously create turmoil.

Don’t let them sleep well at night or eat well during the day. I don’t need you to cause much casualties to the enemy, I only want you to create chaos, such as pouring a bag of sand in their meals, digging traps on the road they will march through, dirty their water drinking source, and light their tents on fire when they sleep……”

“Remember that I want you to create turmoil, so the more chaotic the better, make sure that they are exhausted before they are even halfway.”

After Shi Nuo led the people away, Su Mu called Han Yang again, saying: “Send people to spread rumors around the country, saying that Tian Guohai is colluding with Shi kingdom and intend to invade the Qing kingdom, and then send people to smear the Emperor of Shi’s reputation.”

No matter how bad your country was, it was still your own country’s business. Once it involved other countries, then it became treason.

What’s more, Emperor Shi was not a benevolent monarch. In any place occupied by the Emperor of the Shi Kingdom, as long as there was a voice of opposition, the only response was one word, kill!

In the eyes of the Qing people, the Shi Emperor was more terrifying than the Crown Prince. After all, the Crown Prince spend most of his time in the imperial city. As long as one does not come in close proximity of the Crown Prince, there was no danger.

But Emperor of Shi was different, from a small kingdom that was about to be annihilated to one of the hegemonic kingdoms, Gu Ran had more lives on his hands than Su Mochi.

Moreover, the kingdom of Qing was adjacent to the kingdom of Shi, and it was quite likely that the current state of affairs in Qing could also be blamed partially on the schemes of the Emperor of Shi, so it was not wrong to place the blame on him.

Su Mu paused and said again: “In addition, spread rumors that the Crown Prince had been instructed by an expert, and now thoroughly abandoned the evil and return to the right, and has become diligent and loving towards the people……”

After Su Mu’s arrangements were made, it was almost one o’clock in the morning. Su Mu lay on the bed with exhaustion, thinking of other things in his mind. He didn’t really fall asleep until two o’clock in the morning, and was getting up again at five o’clock for the morning assembly, and this was just the normal state of things for a long time.

The next morning, Su Mu was still bandaged with cloth strips. After the routine morning, suddenly a little eunuch came over and reported that the Emperor had fainted.

Su Mu, who was going to the Imperial Study Room, had to change his route to the Emperor’s palace.

Su Yuan was an out-and-out incapable monarch. When he was in power, he spoiled his concubines letting them get involved with court affairs, persecuted the loyal, placed importance on eunuchs, and taxed aggressively. He had almost all the characteristics that an incapable monarch should have.

Su Mu did not have any affection for the Emperor at all. When he saw the Emperor’s bedroom filled with the scent of makeup powder and a flashy woman who stroked coquettishly at her hair, he was even more disdainful.

Su Yuan, who was lying on the bed, was thin and had sunken eyes. A fifty-year-old man but he ruined himself to look like a seventy-year-old man instead.

Su Mu frowned and asked, “How is the Emperor?”

Dressed in an exposed robe, the imperial concubine looked at Su Mu with seductive fox eyes, pretending to be sad: “The royal doctor said that the Emperor is feeling weak and needs to rest.”

After finishing talking, she looked at Su Mu with tears in her eyes, as if she was as pitiful as a pear flower covered in dewdrops.

It was a pity that the imperial concubine seemed to have a bad brain, didn’t she know that the Crown Prince’s harem was all men?

Sure enough, Su Mu immediately said angrily after hearing this: “Knowing that the Emperor needs to rest, why have you not left?!”

The imperial concubine’s face turned pale, and a pair of beautiful eyes looked at Su Mu aggrievedly, and said: “Your Highness, I……”

“Can’t you understand what people say? Get out of here!”

The imperial concubine unwillingly gripped at her handkerchief and gave Su Mu a hateful look before leaving.

Su Mu could naturally feel her malice, but Su Mu had no time for her. It was just a matter of minutes to get rid of a concubine with no background.

Su Mu was now filled with irritation and anger, looking at the Emperor lying on the dragon bed, he could see clearly that he was not suffering from physical weakness, but simply hollowed out from indulgence.

What was the reason why he was so busy every day? It was all due to the mess left by this incapable king and his son. Su Mu really wanted to slap this Emperor to death.

After the royal doctor stuck the Emperor with a few acupuncture needles, the Emperor slowly opened eyes that were beginning to blur with age, and it took a long time for him to see Su Mu standing there.

Lying on the bed weakly he said: “Crown Prince, I am sick, you quickly call the world’s experts to treat me, and I will have many rewards.”

Su Mu took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and said: “You are only weak and need peace and recuperation. There are many imperial doctors in this palace. Aren’t they better than those liars?”

The imperial physician who had been pretending to be the air on the side was silently moved. Speaking of, the royal doctors had been disdained by the Emperor for so many years, and the Crown Prince’s words were like spring rain that moistened his dry heart.

But the Emperor didn’t feel this way. He immediately became angry: “What is the use of a bunch of useless waste! Even this little illness can’t be cured, and he still talk nonsense about weakness. How am I feeling weak?”

The aggrieved imperial physician thought privately, you are not sick at all. Just simply hollowed out by excessive indulgence. What can I do if you don’t rest?

Although Su Mu really wanted to beat someone up, he still replied: “Okay, I’ll go find an expert master, but before that, you should listen to the imperial doctor.”

The Emperor lay on his bed, his old face instantly bloomed with a smile, saying repetitively only the Crown Prince understands his heart best.

Then Su Mu was immediately driven away by the Emperor to find an expert master. Su Mu thought moodily, where would he go to find an expert master?

The doctor Hu who also exited the Emperor’s room had heard that the Crown Prince had a better temper recently, so he toughened his skin and approached Su Mu to say: “Your Highness, the tricks of those swindlers are very harmful, you must not let them torment the Emperor, otherwise the Emperor’s state of health will become even more worrying!”

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Su Mu nodded and said: “Ben Gong knows, thank you, Doctor Hu.”

Su Mu had already left far into the distance, but Doctor Hu was still stunned, with an expression of being struck by lightning.

His Roy-roy-royal Highness actually thanked him! Doctor Hu felt a little ill.

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