SFS Chapter 649 Let's just drag it out!
Chapter 649 Let's just drag it out!
"Anuan, come on, try this, it tastes good." Duanmu Chuze flattered her by picking up a piece of food with his chopsticks and bringing it to her lips.
Mu Xin Nuan glared at him. She was still angry and was thinking of ignoring him, but her stomach was really letting her down; she was truly hungry!
I didn't eat much this morning, and he just kept me up for so long, how could I not be hungry?
The thought that the carriage of Prince Chang Le's mansion had almost circled the entire city of Yanzhou without a single person getting off made Mu Xin Nuan's face turn bright red!
"Duanmu Chuze, if you ever dare to touch me inappropriately outside again, I won't let you sleep in my bed for a month."
Hearing her fierce threat, Duanmu Chuze raised an eyebrow and said with a grin, "Come on, eat up. Aren't you starving?"
She knew that her threat had no effect on him, and that her actions had probably only made him happier.
Mu Xin Nuan angrily took a big bite of the food in her chopsticks, then chewed it vigorously, as if what she was eating was not food, but Duanmu Chu Ze's bone.
Seeing her like this, Duanmu Chuze just smiled good-naturedly.
"Ah Nuan, don't you think what we did outside just now was quite exciting?"
Stimulate?
Mu Xin Nuan rolled her eyes in an extremely inelegant way. Was it him who found it exciting?
Just thinking about how embarrassed I looked back then makes me want to go up to him and bite him a couple of times.
While inside the carriage, she unconsciously groaned, but remembering that she was outside, she naturally dared not shout too loudly and could only subconsciously restrain herself.
But sometimes, these are things that you can't control!
Therefore, she is now somewhat ashamed to go out.
I wonder if I shouted too loudly? Will any passersby hear me?
Actually, Mu Xin Nuan was just overthinking things.
Unless someone is highly skilled, it's virtually impossible for them to hear anything.
Firstly, because it was a bustling street with lots of noise outside, their voices wouldn't attract any attention.
Furthermore, even if the streets are a little quieter, the noise of cars is not to be underestimated; how could anyone possibly hear it?
Most importantly, their carriages were modified and quite different from those used by others.
The carriage body is double-reinforced, which not only keeps it warm in winter and cool in summer, but also provides excellent protection.
Of course, what Duanmu Chuze appreciates most now is its excellent sound insulation.
In other words, he had genuinely fallen in love with the feeling of doing things in a carriage, and secretly began to think about when he would try to abduct her again.
Next time, have someone prepare a thicker blanket in the carriage so that Ah Nuan will be more comfortable lying on it.
Mu Xin Nuan had no idea what he was thinking.
He thought that even if his threat had no effect, at least he knew what restraint meant.
Little did anyone know that Duanmu Chuze not only showed no remorse, but also began to plan his next move.
In the afternoon, Mu Xin Nuan took a nap with the child in the dormitory.
Duanmu Chuze realized he had been a bit too rough with her in the carriage and had tired her out. He touched his nose and went straight to the Council of State.
Although Mr. Liu and others were not specifically in charge of the girls' school, since the emperor had granted them official positions, they, as officials of Yanzhou, naturally could not ignore it.
“Your Highness, this old minister is serving as the head of the public school, while the lady has gone to the girls’ school. I feel that this is not quite right. I think it would be better to resign from this position of head of the public school and find someone more suitable.”
"That's fine then. After all, you have so much to do here. You only need to give a lecture once a month. Do you have anyone you could recommend?"
"Well, not really at the moment. However, I will search for him as soon as possible. I have heard that at the foot of Qishan Mountain, south of the mountain, there lives a reclusive master. I will go and see him tomorrow. Perhaps I can persuade him to come out of the mountains and start teaching."
Duanmu Chuze was excited, but his face remained calm. "Very well, let's do as the old man says."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Wang Zhao and Xu Hai reported on the progress of the second phase of the Chang Le Fang project, and also briefly described the matter of the bank.
"I'm not worried about the matter with the silver shops. After all, Yu County is relatively peaceful. However, we must strengthen patrols in Chang Le Fang. I'm worried that the prosperity of Chang Le Fang will displease some people."
"Yes, Your Highness. I understand."
"Have any messages been sent back from our people in Xingzhou?"
"Your Highness, so far everything is normal. Prince Ming is conducting large-scale training of new soldiers in Xingzhou. Preliminary estimates suggest that his total number exceeds the court's regulations by about 100,000. Otherwise, he wouldn't be in such a hurry to obtain grain."
"Yes, keep a close eye on them. Nothing can happen in Xingzhou."
"Your Highness, it's clear that Prince Ming is unwilling to give up, but now that the Emperor has appeased him like this, what do you think?"
"Brother Ming's hatred for the Crown Prince is not something that has only been going on for a day or two. In fact, I don't understand it either. They are brothers, so why do they have to be like this? In the early years, Brother Ming did not seem very enthusiastic about the throne. As time goes by, people really do change."
Xu Hai raised an eyebrow. "It's reasonable for Prince Ming to change. The Crown Princess's suppression of Princess Ming, including the Xie family's suppression of the Luo family in the capital, are enough to ignite a man's anger."
"Well, we won't go into the specifics here. The struggle for imperial power has always been brutal. Originally, I thought that since all four of us brothers were born to our mother, it wouldn't matter who became emperor."
Duanmu Chuze spoke, his face somewhat gloomy, and shook his head, "But I never expected that we four brothers would come to this. Now, my brother Kang and I are still the ones our father and mother can trust the most. But if my brother Ming can't settle things here, we will have to fight each other sooner or later."
"Your Highness's concerns are not without merit. However, the situation forces us to act in this way."
Xu Hai and Wang Zhao had followed the prince for many years, so they naturally knew what kind of person the prince was.
Although he was ruthless on the battlefield, he always valued family ties.
It would indeed be heartbreaking if one day they were forced to turn against each other with swords.
"No! What we can do now is not just sit and wait for Brother Ming to force the abdication. We can slowly sabotage Brother Ming's plans. I refuse to believe that if we drag this out for another ten or twenty years, he will still be so arrogant."