Thursday, 31 October 2024

EN1MP 9




 Chapter 9


"Are you joking?! The potion that can make the mutated beasts and powerful beastmen faint and fall asleep instantly must be at least an A-level sleeping potion! Although the potion below A-level could affect the mutated beasts, it couldn't make the mutated beasts lose resistance instantly!"

Meina looked at Ye Wenya and immediately refuted.

"The only ones who can make A-level potions are senior pharmacists who have obtained the 'A-level pharmacist license'. Our class’s Instructor Liu in the pharmacy department only got the A-level license this year... So, how can you, who always fails the exams in the pharmacy department, make A-level potions?! Are you treating everyone else as a fool?!"

In the Beastman Empire, pharmacist qualification certificates were strictly divided according to the level of potions.

If one wanted to get an A-level pharmacist license, one must be able to make 5 A-level potions in the professional qualification certificate assessment. For a long time, a niche potion like the sleeping potion could only be made by pharmacists who have obtained the A-level license.

Although the Imperial Royal Military Academy was considered the most powerful school in the empire, there were less than 5 sophomores like them in the entire grade who could make E-level potions... The rest were still struggling with the F-level potions taught in the school.

Meina raised her eyebrows and sneered, "What's more, I have never heard of such a thing as paralysis potion before! Ordinary hospitals have anesthetics for ordinary patients during surgery, but even if the mutated beasts drink a large bucket of ordinary anesthetics, they will not have any reaction."

 "The mutated beasts have sufficient energy and blood flow is strong enough. As soon as ordinary anesthetic toxins enter their bodies, it will be decomposed and excreted by the abundant energy and blood flow and  not have any effect at all. Only potions refined by experienced pharmacists can restrain the powerful self-healing power of mutated beasts. Don't tell me that you don't know these things that the instructors taught in class?" Meina said. "Classmate Mei, without investigation, you have no right to speak. The paralysis potion is indeed made by me on planet K-0218."

Grinning, Ye Wenya looked at Meina with her eyes charming. "When leaving school, everyone passed the inspection of the intelligent robot assistant and changed into the new combat uniforms prepared by the school before coming to planet K-0218... Even if I wanted to hide something and bring it into the exam, there would be no such opportunity."

In the past few decades, the reason why no examinee of the Imperial Royal Military Academy brought illegal items during the actual combat assessment was not only because the overall quality of the students was relatively high, but also because the inspection of the military academy was several times stricter than that of other schools.

Song Jiale stood at the side and nodded, her face full of contemplation.

She thought what Meina said was reasonable before, but now after listening to what Ye Wenya said, she felt that what Ye Wenya said was right.

The scene of the strict inspection in the exam was still vivid in her mind. Those who could transform into beast form directly transformed into beast form and re-dressed in another room. Those who could not transform into beast form were personally inspected and supervised by the intelligent assistant and instructor.

"Ye Wenya is right. If illegal items could be casually brought into the examination place during the actual combat assessment, how could there not be such an incident in our school in the past few decades?" Jiang Hao had recovered from the initial weakness. His body was no longer as weak as before where he needed someone’s support. He straightened his collar and chipped seriously.

"I think you are bribed by Ye Wenya. That’s why you keep standing by her side and defending her."

Seeing her teammates start to speak for Ye Wenya again, Meina's face darkened immediately, and she angrily fumed out: "No matter what you say, I must contact the instructor this time and report Ye Wenya's illegally carrying item! No one can stop me!"

"Beep beep! --"

Meina pressed the communicator in her hand heavily to contact the instructor at the headquarters. A virtual light screen instantly lit up from the air.

Ye Wenya looked at the light screen in front of her with interest, her eyes full of curiosity.

The original owner's memory let her know a lot of information about the interstellar world, but this kind of high-tech electronic product was the first time she saw it with her own eyes. As for Meina's threat, she had never done it, so why should she worry. If this Imperial Royal Military Academy slandered her indiscriminately, then there would be no need to stay in such a school.

As a grandmaster of pharmacy in a place full of magical plants, why should she be afraid of threats from others?

"What should we do now?"

Song Jiale pulled Jiang Hao with a worried look on her face. She didn't expect Meina to act so quickly. She was confused now and didn't know who to trust.

What if, what if something happened to Ye Wenya and she was kicked out of school by the teacher...

What should they do then?

Jiang Hao pursed his lips and stared at the screen with a serious face, "If the instructor really wants to expel Ye Wenya, we will help to plead for her later. After all, she saved our lives. It doesn't make sense for us to do nothing and just stand at the side and watch."

"En!" Song Jiale gritted her teeth and nodded. Although she didn't think it was useful to plead for her in front of the strict instructor, she had to repay the favor.

A small black cat squatted on the grass at the side, slowly wagging his tail, not worried that Ye Wenya would be expelled. It watched the other party's potion being made. If the Imperial Royal Military Academy couldn't even find out this little thing, it would be in vain to be the first military academy in the empire.

"Ding ding ding!——"

In less than two seconds, a video call popped up on the transparent light screen. A burly instructor wearing a neat silver military uniform and a military cap appeared on the screen. He had a full beard and a long scar on his left eye. He looked ferocious.

"Number 020546, what do you want?" The instructor's voice was low and his eyes were cold.

Meina stood up straight subconsciously, pointed at Ye Wenya, and responded loudly: "Reportign to the instructor, someone is found carrying illegal items - A-level sleeping potions into the examination and trying to cheat to earn points! I want to report her to you! - Ye Wenya, Class 3, Grade 2, Department of Pharmacy."

"Huh? Carrying illegal items - A-level sleeping potions?"

The instructor frowned, his face was serious, and his sharp eyes swept over Ye Wenya, and immediately reached out to tap the light screen keyboard in the void.

Song Jiale and Jiang Hao immediately held their breath and didn't even dare to breathe. Their hearts were in their throats.

They were afraid that the instructor would be furious in the next second.

However, in just 10 seconds-

The burly instructor's serious face instantly became extremely dark. His sharp eyes were like a hawk, staring straight at Meina.

"No. 020546, this is a serious military academy, not a Starnet forum where you can talk nonsense! Next time you make false accusations and frame others and disrupt the order of the exam, the school will severely punish you!"

"Beep!--"

The virtual light screen made a long sound. Without waiting for Meina to explain, the burly instructor's murderous face instantly disappeared from the screen.

"What?! False accusations and frame-ups? Disrupting the order of the exam?"

Meina's eyes widened and her face full of disbelief. She was completely stunned by the instructor's response!

"Impossible! This is impossible!"

Meina was furious, pointing at Ye Wenya's nose and scolding: "Tell me! Did you do something in the middle?! It was obviously you who used the A-level potion earlier. Why did the instructor say that I’m making false accusations?!"

"Of course, because you are making false accusations!" Not far away, a crisp young man's voice suddenly sounded.

"Are you stupid? Didn't you see that the instructor just applied to extract Ye Wenya's assessment video? With the assessment video as evidence, can it be fake?"

Bai Xia held his dizzy head and walked toward this side from the bushes. He staggered and had to reach out to hold the tree beside him from time to time. It was obvious that the effect of the drug in his body had not completely passed.

"This year, all candidates are equipped with military-grade intelligent neuralink devices. The biggest difference between the military version and the ordinary version is confidentiality and monitoring... We are just ordinary students, not active military personnel. Confidentiality isn’t available to us for the time being, but the instructors can use the monitoring function of the intelligent neuralink to check the performance of all candidates in the exam in the past half month."

"In order to prevent the recurrence of cheating in the actual combat assessment at Garcia University this year, the school had applied to the military for the deployment of this!"

This was like a blow to the head!

Meina was stunned and couldn't come back to her senses for a long time. 

Though it wasn’t allowed to carry illegal items in the actual combat assessment, groups traveling together wasn’t prohibited.

To get high scores in the assessment, enter the military as soon as possible, and be appreciated by their superiors, two nobles in Garcia University directly bribed other group members to act as their lackey and then the two of them made the final blow and earned a lot of points last year.

This cheating behavior happened to be discovered by the inspector at the time. This led to the replacement of the intelligent neuralink device this year.

The monitoring system of the military intelligent neuralink was not only to screen out other spies for the empire, but also to prevent the occurrence of fake military merits on the battlefield! Handling such a small matter as school assessment couldn’t be any easier.


Wednesday, 30 October 2024

GTFSFR 18.2

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 The frustration of this failure made Xia Yiwen feel irritated. He threw down ‘Continue to investigate.’ and left the car.

The car was still parked in the parking lot near Tianyao Film and Television.

Xia Yiwen adjusted his tie and strode into the coffee shop downstairs of Tianyao Film and Television.

When he was upset, he didn't like others to see him. He just wanted to quietly drink a glass of iced Americano.

In late summer in the capital, the air was filled with lingering heat. Pushing open the door of the coffee shop, the air conditioning rushed over.

Xia Yiwen sat in a seat near the bar, waiting for the waiter to grind coffee.

"By the way, when you went home last night...did the Xia Family make things difficult for you?" Ye Wenqing asked Shi Wei while reading a novel, "Doesn't the Xia Family particularly favor Xia Duoduo? Xia Duoduo has been instigating those heiresses to force you to break off the engagement, right? Knowing what happened last night, the Xia Family will definitely not let you go."

"It's too early. We have to wait at least two more months, right?" Shi Wei leisurely munched a small cake.

"Xia Duoduo is quite meaningful. She knows that you are engaged to Young Master Sheng, but she is still secretly marketing her wealthy household CP. How shameless!" Ye Wenqing had always disliked Xia Duoduo. "If you lose your man, you can just change it. Is it necessary to eagerly send herself?"

...

In the front row, Xia Yiwen heard someone wagging their tongue on his younger sister and his face turned blue with anger.

He stood up at once, turned his head, and saw Ye Wenqing sitting behind him.

- And Shi Wei.

Xia Yiwen was originally full of anger. Seeing this, he was even more unreserved and snorted coldly, "Xia Shiwei, I thought you would learn to behave a little after running away from home. Unexpectedly, you still do these disgraceful things!"

Shi Wei:? ? ?

"Oh? Xia Yiwen? You say I'm disgraceful?" Shi Wei innocently pointed at her face, "But aren't all those things Wenqing and I said true?"

Xia Yiwen's face froze, "How can Duoduo market her and Sheng Jingchen's CP? She lets go after she knows you are engaged to Sheng Jingchen. Why are you framing her!"

Shi Wei casually leaned back on the recliner in the coffee shop, looking up at the man in front of her who was shaking with anger.

"Xia Yiwen, can you guarantee that Xia Duoduo has never done them? Are you the worm in Xia Duoduo's stomach and know her thoughts? If the news about the wealthy CPs on the Internet isn't led by Xia Duoduo, who is it? Me?"

Xia Yiwen choked.

Of course he wasn't the worm in Xia Duoduo's stomach and didn't know what Xia Duoduo was thinking. But he believed that his younger sister, who had been with him for 22 years, would never do those dirty things that Shi Wei said!

And Shi Wei... before she appeared, the Xia Family was united and everything was perfect. Xia Duoduo and Sheng Jingchen were childhood sweethearts and had a stable relationship. But everything changed when Shi Wei appeared. The Xia Family was no longer as harmonious as before because of her and Sheng Jingchen gave up Duoduo and chose her!

Xia Yiwen always disliked Shi Wei. In his eyes, Shi Wei was an unstable factor, competing for the favor the Xia Family holds for Xia Duoduo as well as eroding and dividing the family!

[Dislike value from Xia Yiwen +230...]

Shi Wei was stunned.

Dislike value 100~999, level 2, scorn level.

Unlike Xia Yuanzhou who only favored Xia Duoduo, Xia Yiwen really disliked himself.

"Xia Shiwei, if you hadn't shown up, the Xia Family would be better than it is now!" Xia Yiwen's voice was cold and even carrying disgust for Shi Wei.

Yes, Xia Yiwen never believed that Shi Wei would run away from home. Xia's Group had such a huge industry and Shi Wei was willing to give it up?

"What running away from home? Isn't it just wanting to make the family pay attention to you and welcome you back? Xia Shiwei, you are already this big. Why are you so childish--"

Splash.

Shi Wei grabbed the coffee cup on the table and splashed it on Xia Yiwen without hesitation!

The coffee-colored liquid flowed down from his delicate eyebrows and dripped on the gray suit, leaving a disgusting stain.

Many people in the store looked over and curiously peeked at the two.

Xia Yiwen had never been insulted like this.

He was the eldest son of a wealthy family. He had been the center of attention since little. People around him couldn't wait to butter up to him. Who dared to splash coffee on him?

What's more, the one who splashed him was his younger sister from the countryside whom he had always looked down on!

Xia Yiwen gritted his teeth, veins popping out on the back of his hand.

[Dislike value from Xia Yiwen +490...]

"What? Xia Yiwen, I’m not fawning over you like I used to, so you’re angry?"

Shi Wei sneered and dumped the coffee cup on the table, "You guys are really interesting. I left the Xia Family and you have to misinterpret it as a game of playing hard to get? Can't I just dislike everyone in the Xia Family, have enough of your disgusting charity-like attitude. Can’t I not want to stay in the Xia Family anymore?"

Xia Yiwen froze.

Dislike the Xia Family?

Xia Shiwei? 

Xia Yiwen stared at Shi Wei in disbelief, "Impossible, in the past four years, you clearly..."

"I was clearly too good to you, giving my whole heart and devotion, right?" Shi Wei stood like a pine tree, saying the most heart-wrenching words while her face remained cold and expressionless, "So I've had enough. Xia Yiwen, stop speculating with your malicious intentions that I’m coveting the family asset. I didn't touch the 3% shares of the Xia Family. I don't want it!"

Back then, she came to the Xia Family alone and had nothing.

Now, she was leaving alone with nothing.

Shi Wei picked up her bag and left the coffee shop decisively.

Behind him, Ye Wenqing quickly followed her with the documents.

In the coffee shop, the air conditioner was blowing.

The waiter stepped forward carefully and provided Xia Yiwen with napkins.

Xia Yiwen was still immersed in the shock. When he came to his senses, Shi Wei and Ye Wenqing had disappeared long ago.

He grabbed the napkins handed by the waiter, but the veins on his bony hands were bulging hideously.

Xia Yiwen took a deep breath and slowly wiped the coffee stains on his face.

At that moment, he actually felt sympathy for Shi Wei before!

Shi Wei would never leave the Xia Family. Everything she did must be just to make them feel guilty and want to win her back! Her words just now had nearly pulled him in?

Xia Shiwei was really too cunning!

Yuanzhou was right. Can't let her make trouble outside anymore. She had to be forced home at once.

He could see Shi Wei's thoughts, but his parents and Xia Yuanzhou might not be able to see it. If he really fell into Shi Wei's trap and cared about Shi Wei but ignored Duoduo, it would be terrible!

-

In the next few days, Xia Yiwen was trying to contact Shi Wei and drag her back to the Xia Family. However, Shi Wei blocked all his contact and immersed herself in her IP business.

Xia Yiwen couldn't contact Shi Wei. Since it was difficult to tell his parents about this, he could only ask his assistant to pay attention to Shi Wei's movements and notify him immediately if there was any abnormality.

In this busy period, 'Searching Celestial' started filming.

When the new drama started filming, it was unavoidable for the production crew to buy hot searches. The previous topics related to 'Searching Celestial' were pushed to the Weibo Square by fans.

Among them, the most talked-about was the wealthy CP of Xia Duoduo and Sheng Jingchen.

The wealthy family heir spent money for love, and the childhood sweetheart was a new flower in the entertainment industry. This candy was sweet no matter how they fanned over it.

It turned out that topics such as #Sheng Jingchen visit sick Xia Duoduo# and #Searching Celestial, investing for love# could no longer satisfy netizens who were looking for sweetness. Netizens have dug up all kinds of information and even found Sheng Jingchen and Xia Duoduo in various banquet blogs of fair, rich and beautiful Internet celebrities.

Grandmother Sheng and Grandmother Xia were best friends and have a close relationship, so they appear together at many banquets. There were too many pictures of Sheng Jingchen and Xia Duoduo in the same frame.

【Wow, Cheng-Xia’s sugars are truly scrumptious! Childhood sweethearts are really the best! 】

【In the banquet photo posted by Yu Manman, Young Master Sheng’s gaze when looking at our Duoduo is too sweet! When their eyes meet, ahhhhhh! 】

【Ah, Duoduo, why don’t you make your relationship with Young Master Sheng public! I want to see all kinds of sweetness when the wealthy CP in their honeymoon travel! 】

【Elder Brother-in-law isn't putting enough effort. Why hasn’t he given us sugar after so long! 】

【I really want to see Elder Brother-in-law visit the set! Elder Brother-in-law, don't bury your head in work, go to the production crew to see your wife! 】

...

After the Ye Family’s birthday banquet, Xia Duoduo had thought about removing these hot searches.

But the traffic of the wealthy CP was too alluring!

Xia Duoduo watched her fans soaring. It was almost to the level of the popular first-line actresses!

Although Shi Wei and Elder Brother Jingchen have not yet broken off the engagement... Elder Brother Jingchen said that he only likes her and will definitely break off the engagement!

Xia Duoduo simply let those hot searches wildly grow and continue to bring traffic to herself.

...

On the second day of the start of 'Searching Celestial', those entries were once again on the top of the hot searches. This time it was directly tagged as #Wealthy CP#. It helped Xia Duoduo attract a lot of popularity.

Xia Duoduo was still worried whether Shi Wei would suddenly go crazy and expose the identity as her fiancé.

At this time, the director sought Xia Duoduo out of the blue.

"Duoduo, I just received a message from Shengshi that Young Master Sheng is coming to visit the set!" 

Xia Duoduo thought she had heard wrongly, "Director, what did you say?" 

"Just now, Young Master Sheng's assistant, Mr. Lin, contacted me and asked what to prepare for the visit! Doesn't that mean Young Master Sheng is coming to visit your set?" 

Young Master Sheng, your set. 

There was only one Young Master Sheng in the Sheng Family. What’s more, the director's subject and predicate were clear. 

Xia Duoduo's eyes reddened. Elder Brother Jingchen was coming to the production crew to see her! 

Her Elder Brother Jingchen didn't lie to her. 

The person he liked was only her from beginning to end!


LPMM 62




Chapter 62 Undisturbed Dust

Soon after He Xiao left, Luo Jin received news that He Xiao had beheaded the grain transport officer as a sacrifice and grasped the first major victory. Delighted, the emperor held a banquet in the palace to celebrate.

Luo Jin’s heart was finally at ease. It seemed that the war would end earlier than in the plot.

The day after the banquet, Luo Jin was summoned to the Golden Palace. When she came, the eunuch who delivered the order didn’t say what it was. She was a little surprised. But when she saw the charming figure standing in the Golden Palace, she couldn't help but be surprised.

"Princess Feng!"

Feng Lingruo turned around and smiled, "Didn't expect me to come?"

"Didn’t expect."

As there was no such plot in the novel, Luo Jin didn't know that she would come to Dongyuan. She remembered that at this time, Yeyuan Kingdom did send an envoy to discuss the matter of joining forces to resist Hanyuan, but only mentioned it in one sentence and didn’t say that the envoy was the heroine Feng Lingruo.

"My mother sent me to Dongyuan to discuss the matter of the two countries jointly resisting Hanyuan." Feng Lingruo's eyebrows curved, "Thinking how you are here, I asked His Majesty to let you come... I heard that you were framed by the Empress Dowager Su?"

Luo Jin sighed, "I’m fine, but it's a pity that the Prime Minister lost his beloved daughter."

Feng Lingruo frowned, "Sooner or later, kill this evil woman."

The emperor said: "Now that my Dongyuan and Hanyuan are at war, it would be best if Yeyuan Kingdom can help. Yeyuan Kingdom has also suffered from the war with Hanyuan for many years. Dongyuan experienced the same feeling."

Feng Lingruo said: "I want to meet your general and discuss with him the plan of joining forces to resist the enemy. I heard that this general is invincible in hundreds of battles. In fact, I have long wanted to meet him."

The emperor grinned: "Thank you for the compliment. Since the Princess has this intention, I will send someone to escort the Princess to Donglin City. "

Feng Lingruo turned around and looked at Luo Jin, "Can she accompany me? I only know her and can have someone to talk to on the way."

Luo Jin was stunned, "MY Ministry of Imperial Sacrifice... still has official business to do."

Before she finished speaking, the emperor uttered, "Sure. Anyway, there is a Vice Minister in the Ministry of Imperial Sacrifice to help. Minister Luo will go with the Princess and you can stay as long as you want."

Luo Jin: "..."

The emperor almost said that the Ministry of Imperial Sacrifice was the same with her or without her.

She had no choice but to respond, "Yes!"

"Then let's leave tomorrow." The emperor ordered.

Luo Jin and Feng Lingruo left the palace together, "We’re leaving tomorrow. So go to my place to rest? My place is quite big. But there is no one to serve..."

Since Xiangxiang was captured, Luo Jin didn’t hire a maid again. Anyway, there was Xiao Lian. Normally, she could help clean up the house. Since it was only Xiao Lian and her living together, there wasn't much housework to do. Luo Jin and Xiao Lian both had some cooking skills and would go out to buy food most of the time. They didn't need to hire a maid.

Feng Lingruo said, "It's okay. I don't need anyone to serve me. I'm not that delicate."

"Okay, then I'll go buy some food. We have a lot of specialty food in Dongyuan. I'll take you to try it!" Luo Jin said, looking behind him, "Doesn't the Princess bring guards?"

Feng Lingruo’s lips raised, "I'm at the ninth level, why do I need guards?"

Luo Jin was stunned, "Ninth level? So fast?"

Feng Lingruo grinned, "It's not long since I broke through. It's like a dream now. I broke through all of a sudden. I didn't expect it to be so easy."

Luo Jin: "..."

The heroine's halo was strong. She broke through just like that.

Luo Jin took Feng Lingruo to the street to buy some food and packed it up to take back to Moyuan.

Xiao Lian saw the guest and came forward, "Hello, Elder Sister, my name is Xiao Lian, please come in."

She had been more outgoing recently, no longer hiding when seeing strangers and not daring to speak like before.

"Hello! Did you go to Si Tuan last time for her?" Feng Lingruo looked at Xiao Lian, "It seemed that you were right to find. How fortunate."

Xiao Lian nodded, "Divine Doctor Si Tuan cured Xiao Lian and Xiao Lian is now well."

Her hair had also grown out. Although it wasn't long, there was a lot of hair and looked good when tied up.

After dinner, Xiao Lian and Feng Lingruo started to quarrel about who will sleep with Luo Jin.

Xiao Lian didn't want to be outdone, "I sleep with Elder Sister every day. Even if Elder Sister Feng comes, I won't budge!"

Feng Lingruo said, "I am a guest. You have to treat guests with courtesy, right? Besides, I contributed to inviting Si Tuan. So... I am your savior!"

Luo Jin felt helplessly, "There are many empty rooms here. You two aren’t children anymore and still afraid of the dark?"

Feng Lingruo said, "I don't know why, but I sleep quite well with you. Why don't you quit your job as the Minister of the Ministry of Imperial Sacrifices? I will give you a higher official title. You don't have to do anything, Just sleep with me."

Luo Jin was stunned, "Is there such a good thing?"

But then she shook her head at once, "He Xiao will not agree."

Feng Lingruo was He Xiao's wife. It went without saying that He Xiao was the one who accompanied her.

Feng Lingruo frowned, "That general? What's your relationship with him? Why should he care about you?"

"This..." Luo Jin didn't know how to explain for a moment.

Feng Lingruo was furious, "Then I will meet this He Xiao and fight him. Whoever wins, you be with. How about that?"

Luo Jin: "???"

What kind of plot was this? The female lead wants to fight the male lead... for her?

She hurriedly said, "No, don't fight him because of me..."

After saying that, she felt that this was weird.

Feng Lingruo remained determined, "I haven't found any match since I broke through the ninth level. I will beat He Xiao up when I see him in a few days. He is also ninth level.  Restraining a bit and he can't be killed."

Luo Jin: "..."

The plot was getting so weird. Why was it turning into domestic violence now?

...

The next morning, Luo Jin and Feng Lingruo set out for Donglin City. Originally, they wanted to leave Xiao Lian in Wei City, but she didn't want to stay alone and insisted on following Luo Jin.

"Take me with you, please! Elder Sister..." Xiao Lian latched onto Luo Jin's clothes and refused to let go, "I have already got back to the eighth level, I won't drag you down. I can help with the fighting!"

"Back to the eighth level?" Luo Jin was stunned.

This world was full of geniuses. Previously, Xiao Lian fell back to the seventh level because the Gu was removed. It hadn't been long since she grinded it back.

"Yes, I will work hard and it shouldn't take long for me to reach the previous mid eighth level." Xiao Lian put her hands on her waist, "In the future, I will protect Elder Sister and will never let you be bullied by bad people."

Seeing her firm attitude and Luo Jin didn't want to leave her alone at home, she agreed to let her follow.

The carriages and horses were easily accessible in Dongyuan. The three of them got on the carriage and rushed to Donglin City.

"In fact, I wasn't the initial envoy to be sent by Royal Mother," Feng Lingruo mentioned in a casual chat on the carriage, "I took the initiative to come. Fortunately, I came, otherwise you would have been snatched away by He Xiao. What a close call!"

Luo Jin: "..."

"I've said it before, I have nothing to do with General He."

"Don't speak for him anymore. I'm going to fight him!"

Ten days later, they arrived at Donglin City on the border. This was the northernmost border city in Dongyuan. The city wasn't big and was basically used for military defense. There were not many people living there.

Luo Jin showed the token to the garrison, the city gate opened, and the driver drove into the city.

He Xiao had received the message long ago. As soon as Luo Jin entered the city, he rode out to greet her. When he saw the carriage stopped, he jumped off the horse, and approached the front of the carriage.

Luo Jin got out of the carriage and was about to speak when she heard the sound of metal rubbing next to her.

"He Xiao, right? Let's fight first!" Feng Lingruo drew her sword and slashed.

Startled, He Xiao swiftly jumped away, "Who are you?"

"Feng Lingruo!"

"Princess Yeyuan?"  

Feng Lingruo's moves were fierce. Seeing that she was serious, He Xiao could only draw his sword to resist.

"What does the Princess mean?" He Xiao said while fighting.

"Let's exchange martial arts," Feng Lingruo kept her hands moving, "See what General He is capable of!"

Luo Jin didn't expect Feng Lingruo to fight just like that. She wanted to stop it but couldn't intervene. So she could only watch from the side. These two people were both ninth-level. It was hard to tell who would win the fight. The sword aura was like frost, shaking the tiles of the houses on the street to fall down.

They fought for a long time until both of them were tired and stopped fighting.

He Xiao was a little surprised, "I didn't expect that the Princess of Yeyuan to be so strong. Actually at the ninth level. I admire you!"

Feng Lingruo finally remembered the purpose of coming here, "General He is polite. Now Hanyuan is powerful, it isn't easy for General He to consecutively win battles. My Royal Mother often praises you, saying that you are the best general in Dongyuan."

Luo Jin couldn't understand. These two people suddenly became courteous again.

It was better not to fight. It was great to be in harmony.

He Xiao ordered people to prepare a banquet to entertain Feng Lingruo.

The generals who defended the city gathered and sat on both sides to accompany the guest. The atmosphere of the banquet was harmonious. Luo Jin sat at the lower end and felt that Feng Lingruo's smile was fake. Since she smiled, what else could be asked from her?

After the banquet, Feng Lingruo and He Xiao entered the meeting room and discussed military affairs. Luo Jin knew nothing about this, so she didn't join in the fun. She took Xiao Lian to the place He Xiao arranged for her to rest. She had been traveling for ten days and was already drained.

As she was about to doze off, a horn suddenly sounded outside.

She went out and asked a guard, "What does this mean?"

"The enemy is invading. There will be a war." The guard replied, "Official Luo, rest here. Don't worry."

Luo Jin had never seen an ancient times war and was quite curious and wanted to see it. She asked, "Is it convenient for me to go and watch?"

The guard pondered for a while, "It's okay to stand on the tower and watch. As long as you don't enter the battlefield, it’s fine. If not, others will have to protect you."

Luo Jin nodded repeatedly, "Okay, I won't enter the battlefield. Take me to the tower."

The guard responded and took Luo Jin to the tower.

When they reached the bottom of the tower, Luo Jin saw He Xiao and Feng Lingruo walking out of the city gate together.

Feng Lingruo said as she walked: "Let's see who kills more enemies and we'll listen to that person when it comes to cooperation."

He Xiao replied: "Okay, don't lose with such a big gap."

"Heh, me lose? I will kill them without leaving a single piece of armor! Don't be too surprised when the time comes."

Luo Jin was confused when she heard this.

Why didn't these two people follow the plot? Shouldn't they fall in love at first sight and be affectionate with each other?  Why were they competing with each other?

Where did such a strong desire to win come from!


Monday, 28 October 2024

LPMM 61




Chapter 61: Cold Spring Water


Fei Ru said: "When Official Jie was appointed as the Minister of Justice, he was only 20 years old, the youngest Minister of Justice in Dongyuan. He was born a commoner. To have the current status, guess what he relies on, Prime Minister?"

Prime Minister He was silent. Other positions were easy to say, but the position of the Minister of Justice required a capable person. The Ministry of Justice was of great importance. If the person in charge wasn’t capable, a lot of unjust, false and wrong cases would occur, Dongyuan would lose face, and the citizens wouldn’t agree. The Minister of Justice in the past dynasties had never been an idler. To be promoted before the age of 20 could only meant that this person was capable and deeply appreciated by the emperor.

He was silent for a while before responding: "Then tell me what you think."

Jie Gui said: "First of all, the first question is why did Miss He go to Changfeng Yard alone. She wrote the letter, she made the appointment, and she went alone. As that official said... she wanted to be pushed into the water!"

"You..." Prime Minister He was furious, "She is afraid of water, why would she want to be pushed into the water?"

"That's the problem. If a person who was afraid of water was pushed into the water, what would be the consequences for the person who pushed her into the water? Will everyone think that this person was vicious?" Jie Gui said seriously, "So Miss He's original plan was to trick Minister Luo to the lake and get her to push her into the water... Of course, if she refused to push, she would jump in herself, so that everyone would think that Minister Luo is a vicious person. No, she wanted the second prince to think that Minister Luo is vicious and stay away from her, because she wanted to marry the second prince."

Prime Minister He's face flushed red. Though he wanted to explode, he held back.

He felt that his daughter was indeed such a person. If He Wanying did such a thing, he, as a father, wouldn't find it strange at all.

As a father, he still wanted to know the truth about his daughter's death.

Jie Gui continued, "If we follow this logic, then Miss He will definitely find someone to save her. She was afraid of water. Someone must rescue her as soon as she falls into the water. If a person who was afraid of water was willing to jump into the lake, then the person who had been agreed in advance must be someone she trusts."

"Despite going alone yesterday, she wasn't alone. The person she trusted was already waiting for her there. But the problem was that Minister Luo didn’t receive the letter at all. She won’t come, so why did Miss He jump into the water?"

When he said this, Prime Minister He immediately thought of it. His voice trembled, "The person she trusted... pushed her into the water?"

Jie Gui nodded, "Yes, secretly placing the note was the first step. Pushing her into the water was the second step. This person didn’t want to help Miss He frame Minister Luo and accuse her of pushing someone into the water. Instead, that person planned to kill Miss He and frame Minister Luo from the beginning, so that she would bear the responsibility of murder. Changfeng Yard is so big and there are few servants. It isn't difficult to climb over the wall and sneak in. "

"Then the question is, who will benefit from this?"

"If Miss He dies, who can benefit?"

"Prime Minister He shook his head, "No one can benefit. Maybe my political enemies will be happy... I only have this one daughter. No one competes with her for the family property. If she dies, it is uncertain who will get my family property. My nephews and nieces will not kill people for this uncertain possibility."

Jie Gui said: "Indeed, Miss He was just a girl who knew nothing. Even if she was a little bit willful, she won’t make people hate her to the point of wanting her to die. Then there is only one possibility left... The murderer killed her purely to frame Minister Luo. The question is, who can benefit from it?"

"As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Jin immediately cast her eyes on Zhu Rui.

Zhu Rui took a step back, "Why are you looking at me?"

Luo Jin's voice was ice cold, "Why did you go arrest me in the middle of the night? If you captured me at that time, where did you want to take me? The person who wants me to die the most in this world is that person..."

Zhu Rui subconsciously took another step back, "I don't understand what you are saying. I found a body in the middle of the night, so of course I would catch you in the middle of the night."

Luo Jin's internal voice was even colder, "Your master wants you to harm me, but did she tell you why she didn't do it herself? Is it because she didn’t want to... or  can't do it?"

Zhu Rui stuttered, "She... wait, what nonsense are you talking about? My master is of course His Majesty. Are you crazy?"

Luo Jin turned her head to look at He Xiao and winked at him.

He Xiao stepped forward at once and stretched out his hand to grab Zhu Rui's arm. Just as Zhu Rui wanted to struggle, he took advantage of the situation to grab the other arm and tied his hands behind his back.

"You...how actually dare..." Zhu Rui shouted, "Your Majesty, they dare to use lynching in this court! What evidence do you have to dare to do this to me?"

Luo Jin walked forward slowly, stretched out a finger, and tapped Zhu Rui's forehead.

The next moment, Zhu Rui abruptly screamed loudly. The scream was shrill, as if he was in great pain.

The emperor was stunned, "What's going on? What did you do, Minister Luo?"

Luo Jin hesitated, "Your Majesty, I will report this matter privately. Unrelated people should not know."

The emperor nodded, "Then come to the study with me."

He Xiao carried Zhu Rui into the imperial study. Luo Jin and Prime Minister He, who had not yet figured out the situation, were behind. Jie Gui and Fei Ru also followed in.

After closing the door, Jie Gui had figured it out. He said, "There is a kind of Gu in this man's body, which was made by Empress Dowager Zhou of Hanyuan. This Gu can control people and also greatly increase people's power. I saw this Gu before during the dwarf slave case. Minister Luo controlled the Gu insect in his body to make him restless. So he was in unbearable pain. Your Majesty, this Gu insect is the evidence. He is a spy of Hanyuan and the murderer of Miss He."

Although Prime Minister He had guessed it now, he was surprised to hear this conclusion with his own ears. Still in disbelief, he pointed at Zhu Rui with a trembling hand, "Really... it's you? She had always respected you and believed in you. How could you..."

Zhu Rui struggled, "I didn't! It was Official Luo who tortured me with her internal force just now. That’s why, I felt so much pain. It's not a Gu at all! She's talking nonsense!"

Luo Jin snorted coldly, "Empress Dowager Zhou told you to harm me. Did she not tell you why?"

She suddenly swung her sword and cut a wound on the back of Zhu Rui's head and put her hand on his neck. Not long after, a bug crawled out of the wound and fell to the ground and didn't move.

Prime Minister He's pupils shrank. Afterward, he pounced on Zhu Rui like crazy, "You beast! I have always supported you and treated you so well... She also respected you so much! Why did you do that! Why!"

Zhu Rui had no strength in his body. He collapsed to the ground after being pounced on. Prime Minister He waved his fist and smashed it on him like raindrops.

He Xiao watched from the side, not stopping him. Since the emperor didn’t speak, he didn’t move. After a long time, the emperor spoke out, "Okay, Prime Minister, go back and rest first. don't get angry and harm your health."

He Xiao pulled Prime Minister He up.

Although Prime Minister He was old, he fiercely punched Zhu Rui with all his strength. Zhu Rui was beaten black and blue, lying on the ground and couldn't get up at all.

The emperor sighed deeply, "Jie Gui, take Zhu Rui back to the Ministry of Justice and interrogate him carefully to see if you can find out anything useful."

Jie Gui said, "Yes."

He took Zhu Rui away.

The emperor said: "Official Luo, today’s matter had made you aggrieved. Fortunately, Shangshu Jie is a god at solving cases. I didn't expect that everyone around me could be controlled by Hanyuan. Recently, Hanyuan's soldiers have been restless. I'm afraid that the days of peace will not last long."

Luo Jin said: "Dongyuan has General He, no need to be afraid of Hanyuan." 

She remembered following this was the main plot. He Xiao was going to fight Hanyuan. During this period, Feng Lingruo would join in. The male lead and female lead officially met and their feelings warmed up in the joint battle. Finally, after a great victory, the two confirmed their relationship. Afterward, there was a happy ending.

As long as they enter the main plot, things will go according to the plot. There was nothing to worry about. With the blessing of the protagonist's halo, the male lead and female lead were invincible. The two of them together were even more BUG-level existence, can kill gods and Buddhas.

The emperor glanced at Fei Ru, "Did this old guy tell you something about the great astrologer? Astrology is useless, the great astrologer was useful, etc."

Luo Jin smiled, "Your Majesty is wise."

The emperor snorted, "He always thinks that the astrologers in Dongyuan are trash, and the astrologers in the whole continent are all trash. Only the great astrologer is a god. Even the great astrologer observes the stars to predict the future? What's the difference?"

Luo Jin mentally answered that she was the author and didn't need to observe the stars.

"Enough," said the emperor, "You can help him investigate it if you want, but you can't delay your job."

Luo Jin said: "En."

Looking at the emperor's reluctance, it was obvious that he and Fei Ru have different opinions in this regard.

……

A few days later, Prime Minister He proposed to retire and return to his hometown, no longer serving as Prime Minister. The emperor didn’t object, rewarded him with some money, and allowed him to return to his hometown to live in retirement.

He seemed to have aged ten years these days. His initially gray hair turned into white hair. The loss of his only daughter was a big blow to him. Fighting in the officialdom all his life, he now felt it was meaningless.

Luo Jin went back and ordered her men to find all the information about Luo Xin. However, the sea of ​​books was vast and there was no clue for a while.

A month later, Hanyuan attacked Dongyuan's northern garrison Donglin City. The two countries finally fought. After resting for a while, He Xiao was finally sent to the battlefield again.

The day before He Xiao went on the expedition, he came to Moyuan to find Luo Jin.

In fact, even if he didn't come to find her, she would go find him.

She remembered that He Xiao's army would encounter some troubles in the plot and wanted to remind him.

He Xiao handed a big gold chain to Luo Jin, "The emperor gave it to me. It's too heavy and is a burden... I'll give it to you."

Luo Jin was stunned for a moment before her eyes curved into a squint, "I like this kind of burden!"

She thought for a while, "As the saying goes, the food are good before the troops move. If there is a problem with the food, it will not bad... General must be careful."

He Xiao acknowledged with an ‘en’.

[Don't know if he understood. ]

[His grain transport officer is a corrupt official who fed the soldiers moldy rice. They are collectively food poisoned and missed the opportunity to fight. ]

[Because of him, He Xiao fell into a passive position for a long time. Fortunately, the female lead came to save the situation. ]

[If this corrupt official is eliminated earlier, it would avoid a lot of trouble. ]

[It would be good if he understood. If not... I would hint to the Crown Prince again? ]

He Xiao smiled faintly, "Take care, Minister Luo. I'm leaving."

Luo Jin smiled back, "I wish General victory!"


GTFSFR 18.1




 Chapter 18 The 18th day of getting disliked


"So, Sheng Jingchen does have a past with Xia Duoduo, right?"

On the way to Tianyao Film and Television Company, Shi Wei closed her eyes to nap and asked the system in her mind.

Last night, after Sheng Jingchen expressed his loyalty to her and said that he had nothing to do with Xia Duoduo, Shi Wei didn't believe it in her heart. Still, she went back and read the novel again.

The novel clearly said that the two had a relationship. It was absolutely correct.

"That’s right. After all, the villain is one of the male leads and holds the script of chasing wife to the crematorium!" The system replied to Shi Wei.

The novel Shi Wei was in was essentially a stock buying text with 1 woman and many men.

Her fiancé Sheng Jingchen had the script of chasing wife to the crematorium; her brother Xia Yiwen had the script of romantic bond between siblings not related by blood; even Shi Wei's younger brother Xia Yuanzhou was one of the male leads and had the script of elder female and younger male love.

In addition, countless men have appeared in Xia Duoduo's life, vying to be her servants and doting on her in every possible way.

However, these men were just stepping stones for the real male lead to rise to the top.

After all, Lujiang novel required a 1v1 ending~

Xia Duoduo went through thousands of grasses, but in the end she chose the brother from her childhood and had mutually saved each other then - Ye Tingyue, the eldest son of the Ye Group.

This time, she got the script of white moonlight's saving script.

Almost no one knew. Even Xia Duoduo herself had almost forgotten it. In the past, she had encouraged Ye Tingyue. It made Ye Tingyue dare to break apart from the Ye Family to pursue his dream in film and television. After that, Xia Duoduo was abused by Sheng Jingchen. It was Ye Tingyue who silently stood by her side.

Ye Yu happened to be one of the villains who kept stirring up things in their relationship and snatched Ye Tingyue of the Ye Family's property.

And Ye Wenqing was an obstacle for Xia Duoduo in marrying into the Ye Family in the novel. She had always disliked Xia Duoduo. Ye Wenqing's ending in the novel wasn't much better than Shi Wei.

As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy was my friend. Shi Wei chose not to expose Ye Yu last night to protect the stock price of Ye Group as well as with the intention of helping Ye Wenqing.

Ye Wenqing was capable. In the novel, Sheng Jingchen once commented that she was a woman who could lead Ye Group to glory. It was a pity that Old Mister Ye was biased toward boys and favored grandsons. Even an illegitimate son like Ye Yu was favored more than Ye Wenqing. Ye Wenqing had made the most contributions in the Ye Family, but each steps was of great difficulty.

Shi Wei wanted to open a film and television company and would need a suitable CEO.

Ye Wenqing was the best candidate.

-

Tianyao Film and Television Company Meeting Room

Ye Wenqing represented Ye's Group and had reached the final step of the acquisition contract with Tianyao Film and Television.

As the former leading company in the entertainment industry, Tianyao Film and Television had been operating worse and worse in recent years. After six consecutive high-investment flopping, Tianyao Film and Television could no longer make ends meet.

All the artists under its name were sold and the copyrighted works could only be sold to Shengshi Group. Now Tianyao Film and Television was only an empty shell.

No company in the market wanted to take over the Tianyao Film and Television mess. After all, the artists were gone and the old works that were once popular have been sold to Shengshi. What value did Tianyao have?

But what Ye Wenqing was interested in was the filming team and special effects team of Tianyao Film and Television. It was a veteran film and television company. They were the first group of special effects artists to learn special effects from Hollywood and even have the largest special effects material library in the country.

Ye Wenqing was convinced that as long as Tianyao could have a good script, the company could regain its former glory.

But... the senior executives of Ye Group didn’t believe so.

"Miss Ye, 300 million, this is my bottom line." Huo Ze, the president of Tianyao Film and Television, stared at Ye Wenqing, "I won't budge for even a penny less."

Huo Ze owed a lot of money for investing in film and television before and he needed to use the money from selling Tianyao to pay off his debts.

Ye Wenqing's ten fingers tightly grasped the edge of the table as her eyes darkened.

She and Huo Ze had already agreed on cooperation, but the directors of the Ye Group's board of directors suddenly changed their minds and refused to acquire Tianyao Films.

Old Mister Ye believed that it was better to hand over the family business to a male heir.

He had never considered Ye Wenqing.

"President Huo, besides me, who else is willing to take over Tianyao?" Ye Wenqing unyieldingly persuaded, "I can think of another way to get this money. President Huo, you——"

"Miss Ye, Ye Group may not be the only one who wants to acquire Tianyao, right?"

A young man's voice suddenly came from behind. Ye Wenqing turned around and saw a young man in a neat gray suit walking into the conference room.

His voice was gentle, but his tone was as domineering as a king.

——Xia Yiwen.

Many people say that Sheng Jingchen was a silent lion in the financial circle of the capital. Once he roars, the sky will collapse and the earth will crack. But Xia Yiwen was a gentle venomous snake, gentle and sneaky. Who knows if he will suddenly bite you under that gentle facade!

"Xia Yiwen, Tianyao caught your eyes?" Ye Wenqing was a little surprised, but the next moment, her brows tightened. She realized something instantly, "No, you probably set your eyes on Tianyao a long time ago, right? You didn't make a move before and calculated that I couldn't come up with 300 million and wanted to pick my peach?"

Out of the three top wealthy families in the capital. Shengshi had already divided up a large part of the film and television market. The Xia Family and the Ye Family were just in the initial stage. They both needed Tianyao as a springboard.

"Duoduo is about to graduate," Xia Yiwen said gently, "To gain a foothold in the entertainment industry, a lot of resources are needed. Buying a film and television company will be much more convenient than building a new one."

Ye Wenqing was speechless.

So Xia Yiwen wanted to buy Tianyao just to feed resources to Xia Duoduo? Did Xia Duoduo feed Xia Yiwen some kind of magic potion? Make him willing to take 300 million to pave the way for her?

Though Ye Wenqing was irked, she still appeared frigid and gentle. She turned her head and asked Huo Ze, "Xia Yiwen has a playful nature. The Xia Family is mainly engaged in real estate, not film and television. President Huo, do you really want to sell Tianyao to Xia Yiwen?"

Huo Ze appeared on the spot, "I want to sell it to you, Miss Ye, but the 300 million... If you can pay 300 million, of course I will give priority to you!" 

Huo Ze raised his hand and looked at the time, "My flight is at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Miss Ye, this deal must be finalized before I get on the plane."

It was noon now, just two hours away from 2 o'clock.

How could Ye Wenqing persuade the people of Ye Group to take out 300 million in two hours?

She herself had money, but it was all real estate and stocks. The liquid cash was at most 100 million.

She had wanted to develop the film and television sector for Ye Group, so that Old Mister Ye could see her ability and girls weren’t necessarily inferior to boys. If Ye Group was handed over to her, she could do well.

She put so much effort into acquiring Tianyao.

In the end, it was all in vain.

"Miss Ye, since you can't come up with this money, then our Xia company will accept it." Xia Yiwen clapped his hands. The assistant behind him came with the latest contract documents. Huo Ze knew the drill and immediately pulled the lawyer to check the documents.

Xia Yiwen had already foreseen that Ye Wenqing was probably halted by the funding and had contacted Huo Ze privately. The lawyer read the documents quickly.

Just as the two parties were about to sign the contract, Ye Wenqing suddenly received a call.

"Miss Ye, I have money. I am willing to invest 200 million to acquire Tianyao with you."

Ye Wenqing thought she had heard it wrong, but she looked at the WeChat call screen and saw that it was Shi Wei's contact information.

"You want to help Ye Group?" Ye Wenqing was a little confused. 

"Nope, I won't help Ye Group," Shi Wei uttered word by word, "I'm helping you. Forget about Ye Group or Xia Group, we'll take over Tianyao together."

Ye Wenqing thought Shi Wei must be crazy.

While Shi Wei was talking, Ye Wenqing’s phone received a text message.

Xia Shiwei remitted: 200,000,000 yuan.

Two hundred million! Eight zeros! Ye Wenqing counted twice before she was sure.

Wonderful! It wasn’t Shi Wei who was going crazy now.

She was going crazy.

-

Coffee shop downstairs of Tianyao Film and Television

Ye Wenqing pushed a contract to Shi Wei’s front.

Half an hour ago, she spent all her savings, plus the two hundred million invested by Shi Wei, to buy Tianyao Film and Television.

Ye Wenqing's head was still in a daze.

A company worth three hundred million! She bought it just like that!

Acquiring a company was nothing to Ye Wenqing before, but that was all in the name of Ye Group. This time it was in her personal name.

Three hundred million!

When Shi Wei said, ‘We’ll take over Tianyao together,’ Ye Wenqing felt a burst of emotion. If it weren't for the obstruction of those old stubborn people in Ye Group, Ye Wenqing was confident that she could bring the company to another level!

On an impulse, she agreed to Shi Wei’s suggestion.

Ye Wenqing thought of something and looked up and asked Shi Wei, "How do you have so much money? Did you sell Ye's shares?"

0.5% of the shares may not seem like much, but selling them was a figure of more than 200 million. It would cause Ye's stock price to plummet.

"No," Shi Wei leisurely sipped her coffee, "I sold it to Sheng Jingchen."

Ye Wenqing: "..."

Shengshi and Ye Group have always been secretly competing with each other. This move was even more ruthless.

"I didn't expect that you would come to help me after selling your stocks." Ye Wenqing sighed.

"How can that be, Miss Ye? I'm helping myself," Shi Wei grinned, "I really want to try the film and television industry."

Ye Wenqing doubted Shi Wei's determination. In her opinion, Shi Wei seemed to do it out of anger. Xia Yiwen wanted to buy a film and television company to build momentum for Xia Duoduo and Xia Shiwei refused to let him!

But when Shi Wei told her all about her IP plan, Ye Wenqing slowly widened her eyes.

Tianyao was quite strong and had suffered losses repeatedly because of its bad planning department. But as long as there are good enough projects, Tianyao will definitely turn losses into profits.

And Shi Wei just happened to have a good project!

Shi Wei specially brought the several IPs that will be popular in the future to give to Ye Wenqing. Many of them were online novels that Ye Wenqing had read when she was in school. The stories in them were tortuous and some had ups and downs. It was in line with the current trend!

When Ye Wenqing imagined those moving words turning into magnificent images, she felt her blood pumping and suddenly realized that this company was feasible!

While Shi Wei and Ye Wenqing were chatting about the future IP adaptation, Xia Yiwen was solemn.

Just when Ye Wenqing excitedly came back, stopped Xia Yiwen's pen, and declared that she had got 300 million, Xia Yiwen's face changed at once.

Just one step away from success. The key was that Huo Ze chose Ye Wenqing without hesitation after knowing that Ye Wenqing had enough funds.

He didn't give Xia Yiwen any face at all.

Xia Yiwen's expression was ugly.

"Have you found out who sent the money to Ye Wenqing?" Xia Yiwen asked.

Assistant Chen, who had been investigating the source of Ye Wenqing's remittance, trembled slightly, "There is no news of large-scale transactions within Ye Group. And there were none from other companies..."

Ye Wenqing had at most 100 million yuan in her hands. It meant that a third party had provided her with 200 million yuan in funds. Such a large amount of capital flow was unlikely to be a personal transaction. It was most likely a company transaction, but Xia Yiwen couldn't find anything.

Xia Yiwen frowned and his eyebrows were squeezed into a "ĺ·ť" shape.

Initially thinking that Duoduo would graduate smoothly, he could buy her a film and television company. It wouldn't only expand the territory of Xia's Group, but help Duoduo get further. Unexpectedly, something cropped up!

Who was the person behind Ye Wenqing?

Did he want to acquire Tianyao, or was he deliberately going against Xia Group?

Except for Sheng Jingchen, Xia Yiwen had never stumbled in company affairs. As the eldest son of a top wealthy family, losing to Young Master Sheng was fine. But how could he lose to this guy whose origin was unknown?


Saturday, 26 October 2024

LPMM 60




 Chapter 60: Cold Spring Water


Before dawn, numerous people had gathered in the Golden Palace of Dongyuan. The ministers who came to the morning court had come early. But when they arrived, they saw the group who came earlier than them.

Chai Qi and Chai Heng normally came to the court, so it wasn't unusual. What was strange was that Chai Jing and He Xiao, who usually didn’t come to the morning court, was present.

Some well-informed people were already quietly spreading gossip, "I heard that Minister Luo  got into a jealous feud with Prime Minister He's daughter and pushed her into the water and drowned her just like that!"

“That’s too much. How could she..." At this time, the minister who spread the gossip suddenly covered his mouth. He caught sight of the three siblings of the Chai family staring at him with murderous eyes, as if they were going to rush up and strangle him to death in the next second. H... how scary... 

The minister was about to be scared to tears. 

At this time, Jie Gui and Zhu Rui simultaneously walked into the Golden Palace. 

There was nothing strange about the appearance of these two people, but the person behind stunned everyone. 

Fei Ru also came! Following him was Luo Jin. The heads of the three judicial departments appeared at the same time and the rumored murderer tailed them. This surprised everyone. They still remembered that the last time the three judicial departments appeared at the same time was an extremely brutal family massacre ten years ago. The victim was a second-rank official at the time. The whole household of more than a hundred servants in the Manor were all killed. Even the babies weren't spared. This incident shocked the court and the public and the emperor ordered the three judicial departments to jointly handle the case. Finally, the real murderer was caught within ten days.

"Because the deceased was the daughter of the prime minister, right? That's why the three judicial departments were alerted."

"Truly giving the prime minister face..."

"The three judicial departments will work together to handle the case. The case can be closed today."

"Why is Minister Luo not locked up? Strange, for her to actually walk up like it’s all fine..."

Chai Jing’s fierce gaze shot to that person, gritting through her teeth, "Why don't you lock yourself up? You dog thing!"

"..."The man shrank back and hid into the crowd.

While they were talking, the emperor finally came to court.

The ministers consciously took their position on both sides, waiting for the emperor to speak.

The emperor looked at the people below and said loudly: "I have already heard about it. On the case of He Wanying's death, the three judicial departments disagreed. I received the request from the three judicial officials to conduct an imperial trial overnight and didn’t sleep all night. I will conduct an imperial trial this morning. "

Fei Ru said: "Your Majesty, I don’t disagree with Official Jie, but Official Zhu and us two disagreed. Minister Luo was in the prison of the Ministry of Justice last night and I personally kept watch over her. There is definitely no colluding. Your Majesty can rest assured to conduct the trial."

Zhu Rui frowned and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I have evidence to prove that Official Luo is the murderer of Miss He. This is Miss He's handwritten letter to Official Luo. It was written by Miss He. Please review it."

A eunuch came over, took the evidence presented by Zhu Rui, and handed it to the emperor.

The emperor took a look, "Is this written by He Wanying herself? I will get someone to check. According to what is written, He Wanying asked Minister Luo to go to the lake, right? "

Zhu Rui said: "It's like that. After Official Luo went to the lake, she had an argument with Miss He. With her martial arts skills, she pushed Miss He into the lake in a fit of rage. The He Family searched for her everywhere and it wasn't until midnight that they found out that she went to Changfeng Yard, where her body was fished out. "

As soon as he finished speaking, Chai Jing stepped forward, "Father, there are doubts about this matter! As far as I know, He Wanying is afraid of water. Luo Jin is also afraid of water. Two people who are afraid of water agreed to meet by the lake... This is quite suspicious, right?"

Zhu Rui said: "This note was indeed found in Official Luo's house. "

As they were arguing, someone came up and handed over a note.

The emperor read the note, "I sent a coroner to perform an autopsy. He Wanying died around 3 p.m. yesterday. The cause of death was drowning. There were no signs of drugging or fighting. The mud under her feet was consistent with that near the lake. In other words, she walked to the lake by herself and was pushed into the water. Who were you with at 3 p.m. yesterday, Minister Luo? Who can prove your whereabouts?"

As soon as the words fell, a few voices were heard saying almost at the same time: "I can!"

At the same time, a few took a step forward at the same time.

Chai Jing walked the fastest, almost without hesitation, "I was with her! I can prove that she didn't go to the lake to murder!"

Chai Heng also piped in: "Eldest Brother and I are the same. We were all playing together and didn't go to the lake at all."

He Xiao, who had been silent all this time, also spoke: "I can also prove that Minister Luo didn't kill anyone."

Even someone from the Palace Guard at the door stepped out. The guard head Liu Zishu said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I can also prove it."

Liu Zishu's father was similar to He Wanying’s, the prime minister of the dynasty. One on the left and the other on the right. On most days, they had many different opinions. Although he didn't understand what happened, when he saw Luo Jin involved in the murder case, his first thought was that she must be wronged. That Zhu Rui wanted to fabricate evidence to put her to death, so he naturally wanted to help her.

Prime Minister Liu glanced back at his son. Although he wasn't on good terms with Prime Minister He, he had no intention of interfering in this matter. He didn't understand why his son suddenly spoke up.

But since his son had done this, he didn't refute anything even when he knew that Liu Zishu had been at home since 3pm yesterday.

Luo Jin didn't expect these people to suddenly appear to testify for her. She was a little touched. If this was exposed, they would definitely be punished.

[I understand everyone's intentions and I didn't kill the person. ]

[I was watching monkeys fighting in the backyard of Changfeng Yard for an hour...]

[I am inherently afraid of water. If there is no trusted person following me, I will not go to the lake. The note was secretly placed in my room by the maid Xiangxiang and I didn't see it at all. ]

[Even if I saw it, I wouldn't go to the water with He Wanying. ]

[At that time, Xiao Lian was the only one by my side, but Xiao Lian's testimony is useless. ]

The emperor said: "In this case, you all write down where you were at that time and see if you can match."

He ordered the eunuch to bring out paper and pen and give them to the group.

Luo Jin took the paper and pen. She could only write truthfully: "Watching monkeys fighting in the back garden of Changfeng Yard."

She thought that the group from the Chai family might know that she was in Changfeng Yard, but they might not know her exact location. Changfeng Yard had only a dozen serving servants. The garden was so big that she never saw those people from beginning to end. Only Xiao Lian was with her all the time.

After the group finished writing, they handed it to the eunuch to present.

The eunuch picked up the note and his eyes popped out at once.

"That... Minister Luo said she was watching monkeys fighting in the backyard of Changfeng Yard."

"Princess Chai Jing said... she dressed up as a monkey and fought in the backyard of Changfeng Yard."

"The second prince said that he... he also dressed up as a monkey and fought in the backyard of Changfeng Yard."

"The... the Crown Prince was the same."

"General He and Head Guard Liu... the same."

The ministers: "..."

Was playing the game of pretending to be monkeys and fighting now trending? How come they haven't heard of it?

Luo Jin was stunned, "Were those monkeys from yesterday... you?"

Of course she knew that those monkeys were real, but they actually told such a ridiculous lie for her. She was touched in her heart.

[Everyone was like this... I'm feeling a little shy. ]

[Crown Prince, your image...]

[General He, you are two meters tall, how can there be such a tall monkey? ]

[There are many unreasonable spots from the beginning. There are loopholes in this case. Where are the loopholes... By the way, the body was found in the middle of the night. Why was it found in the middle of the night? Was there no one following a young miss when she went out? How strange...]

Jie Gui's heart trembled. He had been looking for evidence before, but didn't carefully consider it from this aspect.

He thought for a while and stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there are doubts about this matter. Why didn't Miss He enter Changfeng Yard without her servants? I asked the guards at the door before. She did enter Changfeng Yard alone. This is strange. She dared to ask Minister Luo to go to the lake when she knew that the other party could fight? And she went to the appointment alone?"

As soon as these words came out, the ministers nodded repeatedly.

"Indeed, it doesn't make sense."

"Too weird, illogical."

"Could it be that she originally wanted to be pushed into the water?"

A trembling voice suddenly sounded outside, "You people... she’s already dead and actually speaks bad of her. As ministers in the same court, how can you be so vicious?"

Prime Minister He walked in from outside the palace. Although he was wearing an official uniform, he had a white cloth tied on his arm. As the court uniform was dark black, the white cloth was extremely dazzling.

The emperor frowned slightly.

According to the rules of Dongyuan, unless it was a national funeral for the emperor's family, funeral items were not allowed to be brought into the Golden Palace. Not to mention that Prime Minister He's daughter died, even if he died, no one was allowed to enter the Golden Palace wearing funeral items. The white cloth tied by Prime Minister He was obviously a taboo.

The emperor didn't say anything. Such an old minister had lost his beloved daughter. On top of, it was his only child. He understood his heartache and didn't be petty with him.

Prime Minister He then stared at Luo Jin with a resentful look, knelt down, and said: "Your Majesty, please kill this evil woman for me and avenge my daughter! I only have this one child. I am heartbroken to lose my daughter in my old age!"

Luo Jin glanced at him and stated: "I didn't kill your daughter. Are you here to vent your anger or to seek revenge? If you want revenge, go find the real murderer. Anyway, I am not the real murderer."

"Who else can it be if not you?" Prime Minister He stood up and rushed toward Luo Jin, waving his hands to strangle her neck.

Fei Ru hurriedly stopped him and advised: "Isn't the trial in progress? There are many doubts about this case. Minister Luo may not be the murderer. Don't talk nonsense and delay the trial. Do you not want to find the real murderer?"

Jie Gui said: "The junior has some ideas in mind. Is Prime Minister He willing to listen?"

Prime Minister He glanced at Jie Gui, with obvious disdain in the corner of his eyes, "How old are you? What can you understand?"

Jie Gui was only in his twenties this year, quite young, but he could become the Minister of the Ministry of Justice not by relying on the protection of his ancestors. On the contrary, he was born in a humble family. Without power and influence, he obtained his current position entirely by his own ability. But in the court, many people would belittle him out of jealousy for people like him who were born in a low family and promoted quickly. People like Prime Minister He, who come from a prominent family, most likely looked down on him.