Chapter 101: Flattery (4)
The regent, who had always kept strangers away and was not allowed to get too close to them even after they had served him for many years, actually took the initiative to grab the crown prince's hand?
If she wasn't seeing things, then something must have happened!
"Your Highness, please take the medicine." Chanjuan reacted, quickly adjusted her mood, and slowly walked over with the medicine.
Wei Ning quickly pulled her hand away. Where was her moral integrity if she continued to be touched like this ?
The moment her little hand left, Mu Zihan was stunned for a moment, but with his deep emotion, he naturally did not show it at all. He calmly picked up the medicine bowl and took a sip.
"Qingning, why are you here?" He asked in a calm tone, as if nothing had happened just now.
Wei Ning also pretended to be confused, scratched the back of his head and said, "I brought a gift for the emperor's uncle."
As she spoke, she turned around, picked up the brocade box on the table, held it in front of him, and opened it like a treasure. "This is jade from Suzaku. It is warm, moist, and clear. It is the best quality. Only a noble person like the emperor's uncle can match it."
Mu Zihan glanced at her calmly, then took out the uncut jade from the brocade box. It was indeed top-quality jade. Only a layer of the surface had been cut open, but the top-quality jade quality could already be seen.
"Good jade." He said these two words lightly, and it was unclear whether he was happy or unhappy.
Wei Ning was a little unsure for a moment, but she didn't intend to make the Regent happy with a piece of unpolished jade.
"The Suzaku Kingdom is rich in beautiful jade, and it really lives up to its reputation." Qin Feng suddenly said, "Your Highness, this piece of unpolished jade is of top quality, and its price is probably no less than 10 million, right?"
Wei Ning immediately figured out the hidden meaning in Qin Feng's words. Ten million gold coins was not a small amount of money. The prince's situation was something everyone knew. Spending so much money to buy a piece of jade all at once was suspicious.
Besides, the jade produced in Zhuque, especially the jade of this quality and texture, cannot be bought with money.
Qin Feng is the Regent's confidant, so the Regent doesn't need to say many things, he will naturally do them for him.
But she had to act out the whole thing. It was not that Wei Ning had not thought about it before she came. With Duanmu Lei's IQ, trying to plot against the Regent was simply asking for humiliation. Therefore, she just responded vaguely, neither admitting nor denying it.
Mu Zihan's eyes darkened, but his tone remained calm, without any change, "Qingning, who asked you to deliver it?"
"I gave it to you myself." Wei Ning insisted.
But Mu Zihan said: "Someone from the Duanmu family?"
It's easy to talk to smart people. Wei Ning admired him secretly, but hesitated for a moment and stammered, "Can you pretend you don't know, uncle?"
Mu Zihan was silent for a moment, put down the unpolished jade, and sighed softly: "Qingning, you are the prince, the king, and they are the ministers, do you understand?"
Wei Ning shook her head, but immediately nodded, as if she understood but not quite, and she didn't know whether she understood or not.
Qin Feng couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that the prince was really afraid of the Duanmu family as the rumors said.
The Duanmu family is also one of the largest families in the Qinglong Empire. It is extremely powerful and should not be underestimated.
"Uncle , just think of it as a gift from me, okay?" Wei Ning asked immediately, her eyes flashing with eager expectation, as watery as a little deer.
Mu Zihan glanced at her, with a faint smile on his face, "Okay."
Mo Wuji: You can't forget about me, I'll be out tomorrow! We can't let that kid named Mu get too arrogant!
