Family affection? Is it important to have rights?

Chapter 254: Prime Minister smuggling?

Mu Tangxi, who was not very happy, rarely smiled and stared at the ceiling.

She didn't want to move.

So Ji Qichen considerately tried to feed him food.

Mu Tangxi: "..."

But she still ate it. She couldn't treat herself badly.

The more Ji Qichen fed the food, the more addicted he became, and his eyes brightened.

Mu Tangxi glanced at him and happened to see two portraits hanging on the wall behind him.

The expression on her face was stunned for a moment, "Why put the portrait in the room?"

Ji Qichen was stunned at first, then he reacted, "Don't you like to keep it in the house? I just think this room is the safest. If it's placed somewhere else, it will be easily stolen by someone with bad intentions!"

steal?

Mu Tangxi looked at Ji Qichen in confusion. Who would dare to steal the prince's things, and why would he steal the painting?

But before she could say anything, Jinjin appeared from nowhere and jumped on her sore arm.

Mu Tangxi's expression changed unexpectedly, and Ji Qichen quickly picked up Li Nu.

"Tangxi, are you okay?"

Mu Tangxi closed her eyes, and her eyelashes, which were drawn like ink, trembled: "...It's okay."

Ji Qichen placed the raccoon next to Tangxi and said, "How about you pat Jinjin?"

Mu Tangxi turned his face to the side and touched Jinjin's head directly. It was still as soft and smooth as ever. "No need, just touch it and it will be fine."

The hair was scattered on the bed, like a blooming black flower.

Ji Qichen sat on the edge of the bed, watching the scene quietly.

Mu Tangxi raised her eyes and glanced at him. "My muscles are sore, so I'm lying here, but are you okay?"

Ji Qichen: "Ah? I'm fine."

"No, what I mean is," the girl's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness, "you can go exercise."

Ji Qichen: “Ah?”

Mu Tangxi tilted her head and said gently, "Don't you want to protect me? And don't you want to step on the second prince?"

It was as if a flame suddenly ignited behind Ji Qichen, and he left with high morale.

Mu Tangxi quietly enjoyed his time alone.

Oh, Dongzhu is in the room, so I’m not alone.

But after so many years, Mu Tangxi has long been accustomed to Dong Zhu's presence.

But now she is not used to Ji Qichen's presence, especially when he is so close to her.

She didn't sleep well in the past few nights, but she was so tired last night that she slept until dawn.

And when Ji Qichen was staring at her in the room just now, she felt like her safe zone was invaded.

Mu Tangxi refused to admit that she was a little unhappy when she saw that Ji Qichen was fine.

She was still lying in bed, how could Ji Qichen not fall down from exhaustion?

The girl's strong desire for control and her unwillingness to admit defeat made her never speak out her true feelings.

Mu Tangxi touched the obedient Jinjin and began to think about the next order he would give.

"Dongzhu, how is the progress of Lingyi and Shenqiu?"

Dong Zhu took a few steps forward and whispered back, "Ling Yi reported that Qin Mu has frequent contact with the princess and may be on her side."

"Shen Qiu reported that he had only read half of the letters and account books. Currently, he only knew that a few officials were in contact with the Prime Minister, and he said..."

Dong Zhu moved closer to the young lady and spoke more softly, "He said that the Prime Minister secretly traded many weapons and armors with others."

Mu Tangxi was originally carelessly touching the raccoon, but upon hearing the news, he sat up immediately.

Sharp amber eyes looked straight at Dong Zhu, "Who did father trade these with?"

Dong Zhu shook his head. "Shen Qiu hasn't found out yet. We don't know yet."

Mu Tangxi was expressionless, which was rare: "No wonder even when his leg was injured, father didn't collapse like Jinxi did. It turns out he has such confidence."

"Tell Shen Qiu to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible."

Dong Zhu lowered his head: "Yes, Miss."

"Oh, by the way, how is the progress of the people getting close to Shen Qiu?" Mu Tangxi suddenly asked.

Dong Zhu was a little confused, "Ling Er found that Shen Qiu seemed to like innocent and kind girls, so she dressed up like that, and Shen Qiu's attention to her increased instantly."

Mu Tangxi repeated strangely: "Innocent and kind?"

I didn't expect that Shen Qiu actually liked this kind of girl.

Could it be that Shen Qiu had seen too many ugly human hearts when he was gathering intelligence, so he liked people with clean and pure hearts?

However, no matter what appearance you take, as long as it is useful, it's fine.

"Thank you for your hard work, Ling Er." Mu Tangxi felt that it was really difficult for Ling Er to pretend to be innocent to coax Shen Qiu.

Dong Zhu paused and continued, "Shen Qiu also found out that the Prime Minister was suspected of selling illegal salt."

Mu Tangxi: "Selling illegal salt..."

"Shen Qiu said that he saw the Prime Minister selling illegal salt in the account book, but the names of the people he sold it to were all names Shen Qiu had never heard of."

"Moreover, Shen Qiu saw a large amount of gold recorded in another account book."

Mu Tangxi raised his eyebrows, "As expected of a father, you always do things I never expected."

"Let Shen Qiu finish reading the other half of the letter and the account book quickly."

Dong Zhu nodded. No one was worried about whether Shen Qiu would die suddenly.

Shen Qiu suddenly sneezed in the dark room of the restaurant, "A-choo!"

"Who is talking bad about me behind my back?!"

Shen Qiu's eyes were severely bruised, and he no longer looked as relaxed and happy as he was a few days ago.

His face was pale and he opened the door dizzily. He brought in the food that was placed at the door and stuffed it into his mouth mechanically, bite by bite, like a prisoner in prison.

However, after Shen Qiu stuffed the rice into his mouth, he suddenly paused and hesitantly put another bite into his mouth.

This familiar smell...

Ling'er!

Isn't this the craftsmanship of Ling'er, whom he met during his vacation? !

how……

Shen Qiu lowered his head and saw a note in the food box.

[I heard that Aqiu worked in this restaurant and hadn’t been home for a long time. I specially prepared a big meal for you and sent it to the restaurant. It was a pity that I didn’t see you in person.

Stop looking, eat quickly, the food is getting cold! ]

Shen Qiu was suddenly very moved.

He stayed in this dark place for several days, during which time only Zero One came a few times, but he always came to ask about his progress, what information he had, etc.

There is absolutely no emotion at all.

The sudden meal and Ling'er's concern made Shen Qiu feel relieved. He felt like he could even look at a few more account books!

Shen Qiu stuffed rice into his mouth, his eyes curved.

What he didn't know was that at this moment Ling'er, real name Ling Er, was complaining to Ling Yi.

Ling Er was complaining: "You don't know how hard it is to pretend to be this innocent and kind girl!"

"He can't show any flaws at all. He's very sensitive. That's why I'm always on edge every time I meet him!"

Lingyi was processing the information handed over by his subordinates with his head down, and responded casually: "Yeah."

Zero Two continued, "And I have to cook for him! And embroider things for him!"

Zero One: "Yeah."

Zero Two: "@?!￥%#"

Zero One: "Yeah."

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