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51. Prince Regent’s Blackmailing

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Mu Qinghan looked at the arrogant appearance of Su Bei, feeling a bit itchy in his heart.

Especially the moment his peach blossom eyes sweeping over, so heart-itching.

748, “Captivating bar increased by 5%. Current progress 49%.”

Su Bei who heard it turned to Mu Qinghan, “So, what do think I should deal with it?”

Mu Qinghan opened his mouth and said with a neither humble nor pushy tone, “Your Majesty, I think that the harvest will be affected, and the civilians will complain. We should allocate the funds and food to appease the people. The damaged bridges are repaired by local officials.”

The old prime minister curled up his beard. Isn’t that what he is asking for?

The local official of Chongzhou was his student, so he could swallow a sum of money for disaster relief.

Mu Qinghan, of course, was intentional. He was testing Su Bei, to see how he would deal with it.

Su Bei folded the memorial and threw it at Mu Qinghan. He thought Mu Qinghan would dodge, so he would dare act so boldly.

Never expected that Mu Qinghan did not move, and the memorial directly hit on his forehead.

The whole court was terribly quiet, and Su Bei was also frightened. But as the emperor, he had to stay poised.

Su Bei pretended to be angry and said, “We have to allocate funds for disaster relief, and road repair. Those people have no arms or legs or what? Why don’t you let them fix it themselves and pay them some money or something? Why spend more when you can spend less?”

And while saying that, he pointed to a person. “Hey you! You go as the chargehand with the appropriation of the court!”

The one Su Bei pointed to was a weirdo. How weird? Just being very stubborn.

He never showed a good face before the prince regent, and he was also hostile to the prime minister.

He had stayed in the court so far only because the regent wanted to keep the prime minister in check.

However, even though Mu Qinghan sheltered him, he still did not changed a bit of his attitude towards Mu Qinghan.

Using a good word, that was-upright!

When the man heard Su Bei say this, he was almost moved to tears, and immediately fell on his knees and said, “I will fulfill my mission, Your Majesty!”

After Su Bei’s rearrangement, the prime minister’s smug calculation, of course his face wouldn’t look good.

He looked at Su Bei gloomily, wondering if he was playing dumb or it was just a coincidence.

If he could stay behaved he could let him be in the position for some more time.

But now whether he was playing dumb or not , he had to get rid of him.

Mu Qinghan wore a smile on his face. The prime minister was probably going to take action, so how was Mu Qinghan going to deal with it?

He was suddenly looking forward to it.

After the court, Mu Qinghan did not leave, but followed Su Bei into the royal study.

As they just went into the royal study, Su Bei was trapped in the chair by Mu Qinghan.

He looked at Su Bei with a fake smile, “Your Majesty really has a good temper.”

Su Bei sincerely looked at Mu Qinghan, “If I say it’s because of my slipping hands, do you believe it?”

Mu Qinghan lowered his body, and moved extremely close to Su Bei, “Do you believe it yourself?”

Su Bei swallowed some saliva, “I certainly believe it. The best horse stumbles. Isn’t it normal I have a hand slippery?”

Mu Qinghan stretched out a hand to rub Su Bei’s chin, “Even if it was hand slippery. I was injured, shouldn’t Your Majesty show some concerns?”

Su Bei took a look at Mu Qinghan’s forehead, which even didn’t turn red, apparently he was not injured, “But you are not injured, are you?”

Mu Qinghan just lied through his teeth, “Internal injury.”

What? Internal injury? Clearly blackmailing!

Su Bei said, “That big ginseng is awarded to you then.”

Mu Qinghan shook his head, “I think, not enough.”

Su Bei didn’t know what to do, “What else do you want?”

52. Ancient Times: I Am a Man of Integrity

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Mu Qinghan said with a hoarse voice, “Your Majesty compensates me personally.”

Su Bei threw dagger eyes at him, “Then you want to have a bloody fight.”

Mu Qinghan twitched his mouth, Su Bei was really a buzzkiller.

He came straight to the point, “Your Majesty has harmed the interests of the prime minister today. He won’t let it go easily.”

Su Bei said, “I know.”

Mu Qinghan blinked, “Isn’t Your Majesty afraid?”

Su Bei shamelessly dragged Mu Qinghan into this, “With you behind my back, there is nothing to be afraid of.”

Mu Qinghan smiled, “What makes you think I will help Your Majesty?”

Su Bei calmly sucked him up, “Because you are a good man, a very good man.”

Mu Qinghan seemed to hear the funniest joke in the world, he laughed with exaggeration, “I am a good man? Your majesty is such a nice talker.”

Suddenly, his smile became kind of creepy, like a devil crawling out of hell, “Has Your Majesty ever seen a good man who has killed and skinned countless people?”

Su Bei trembled with sincere horror. So he sucked up to the wrong side.

He tried to stay calm and said, “At least in my heart, you are a good man.”

Mu Qinghan’s deep eyes surged a trace darkness, he suddenly stood up, saying lightly, “Your Majesty, you want to assist you, don’t you?”

748, “Captivating bar increased by 5%, current progress 54%.”

Su Bei thought there was no need to hide it now, so he just admitted it, “Yes.”

Mu Qinghan then asked, “Your Majesty, are you so sure I’ gonna help you?”

Su Bei’s OS was “Not sure, of course.’ If he was unwilling to help him, he still could do it himself. What else?

But surely he would not say it that way, “Because you are a good man.”

Mu Qinghan looked at Su Bei, wearing a fake smile, “But I am never a good man, so, Your Majesty, if you want me to help you, what price will you pay?”

Su Bei threw up his hands, “I am just a puppet emperor with nothing. What do you want from me?”

Mu Qinghan hid his feelings, saying ambiguously, “Then use yourself to pay me.”

Su Bei thought for a moment. Mu Qinghan meant to let him sacrifice his own body, then he would help.

But!!! Am I Su Bei such a man without integrity?

No!

He said aggressively, “It seems that we still have some disagreement.”

Mu Qinghan smiled, ignoring his words, “I won’t take back my words temporarily. If Your Majesty thinks it through later, come to me.”

Su Bei turned his head sideways. He was a man of integrity!

After Mu Qinghan left, Su Bei knocked on the table.

On the court it was not all Mu Qinghan and the prime minister’s accomplices, whom he could make use of.

And those who Mu Qinghan appointed after he became the emperor, who were also very capable.

He must take action first before Mu Qinghan!

Right, that was what he should do now.

Su Bei got up, he would like to see the qualifications of that only person.

If qualified, he could bring that person to his side and teach him. If not qualified, he would directly throw him away.

But before he made it to the empress’ palace, he got assassinated.

Su Bei, who had never encountered such a scene, was struck dumb.

But fortunately, his dark guard who often did not listen to his order had super martial arts, who saved his ass.

Sticking to the idea that at least he shouldn’t be a drag if he couldn’t help, Su Bei backed off.

Then with a flash of cold light, an assassin who came from nowhere stabbed at Su Bei.

Su Bei only had time to not let the assassin stab his vital parts, and the thing next was to wait for the incoming pains.

53. Ancient Times: Getting Assassinated

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

However, having waited for a long time, he still did not feel the incoming pain.

He slightly opened his eyes, only seeing that Mu Qinghan was looking at him with a fake smile.

Su Bei blurted out, “Didn’t you leave already?”

Mu Qinghan answered him, “If I left, Your Majesty’s life would not be guaranteed…”

Su Bei nodded, still not forgetting to flatter, “So I said you are a good man.”

In fact, Mu Qinghan also did not know why he wanted to help, clearly he should let Su Bei suffer.

Maybe after he hit the wall, he would come to him himself, but he still did it.

The assassin was quickly taken down, but maybe that was man of sacrifice, who directly killed himself by biting through the poison hidden in his mouth.

Su Bei felt boring, of course it should be the prime minister that old fox.

Suddenly, Su Bei rolled his eyes and covered his shoulders. “Ouch…It hurts! I got injured!”

Then he rolled his eyes, and fell down into Mu Qinghan’s arms.

Mu Qinghan subconsciously stretched out his hands to hold him, immediately smiled, this little fox!

748, “Captivating bar increased by 10%, current progress 64%.”

Since the prime minister is going to do something to assassinate him, the north of jiangsu will give him this chance.

The next day, the news of Su Bei passing out after getting assassinated spread through the whole palace.

After the prime ministers who had lost a lot of his men of sacrifice heard the news, he could no longer sit still.

Since His Majesty had become unconscious, there was no need to wait.

Be it true or false, he still needed to go to the palace to explore the actual situation.

The prime minister who had made up his mind immediately entered the palace, went to see the emperor under the name of visiting a patient.

He just entered the palace, and saw the imperial physicians go in and out of the emperor’s bedroom, and smelled a taste of medicinal herbs from a long distance.

The prime minister was a little convinced. He didn’t think the weakling Su Bei had any brains.

When he saw another imperial physician come out, he stopped him and asked, “How is His Majesty?”

The imperial physician just shook his head and his face didn’t look so good.

Still worried, the prime minister still personally went into Su Bei’s chamber.

When he saw Su Bei lying on the bed, pale, blood still oozing through the gauze on his chest, he believed it this time.

A determined smile crawled over his face.

But he did not hurry out of the palace, but went to the empress’ chamber.

When he arrived, the empress was teaching the prince how to write.

Seeing that the prime minister was here, the empress asked her servants to take her son away.

She asked the prime minister, “Was it your man last night?”

The prime minister stroked his beard. “Of course. His Majesty is becoming more and more not so well-behaved. Your son is almost there. Why don’t we change the master of that position?”

The empress frowned a little, obviously he considered more. “The man of sacrifice was taken down by the regent, who seems to be on very good terms with His Majesty recently.”

Prime minister said with disdain, “Even if His Majesty is seeking help from Mu Qinghan, so what? He is just asking a tiger for its skin. You think Mu Qinghan doesn’t have his own plan?”

The empress gave a little thought. “So, father, what are you planning to do?”

The prime minister said calmly, “An’er is His Majesty’s only son. If anything happens to His Majesty, of course An’er should share His Majesty’s worries.”

“First let An’er play the role of a filial son. As for His Majesty, since he is in a coma, it is better he never wakes up.”

The empress said, “I will take care of it.”

The prime minister got up to leave. “As for Mu Qinghan, I will take care of him. Don’t worry.”

After making sure that no one would come, Su Bei finally woke up from his coma.

He knew that if anything happened to him, the old fox prime minister would not sit still.

54. Ancient Times: Abnormal Lu Jinyao

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Su Bei was eating the food sent by Yaoyao, and asked her, “How was that Lu Jinyao’s performance?”

Yaoyao replied, “She seems to have followed the eunuchs and maid to do chores without complaint.”

Su Bei smiled, if Lu Jinyao really was so stupid as she performed, she was not inclined to do things with those eunuchs and maids.

The more she could hold her equanimity, the scarier she was.

Lu Jinyao may not be so silly as she seemed, who might be plotting something behind his back.

Su Bei said to Yaoyao, “Go on watching her.”

He didn’t know what was happening. As he just talked about Lu Jinyao,

Lu Jinyao came. Su Bei was a bit startled. He had not even finished his meal!

But he had no other choice but went on pretending to be unconscious.

So Su Bei quickly lay back on the bed, to make a dying appearance.

Yaoyao also did a great acting job.

Lu Jinyao came in, wearing the clothes of the maids but still difficult to hide her noble feeling.

She first bowed to Yaoyao politely, “Mu greetings.”

Yaoyao said faintly “Save the act.”

Lu Jinyao then explained the purpose of the visit, “I heard that His Majesty got assassinated, so I specially came to pay His Majesty a visit.”

Then she scanned around with a trace and said plaintively, “I wonder how His Majesty is feeling now.”

Yaoyao smiled coldly. “Isn’t His Majesty lying in bed? Can’t you see it yourself?”

Lu Jinyao wore a bitter face, “His Majesty is really in coma, don’t know what I can do.”

Yaoyao asked backed, “What would you like to do?”

Lu Jinyao bit her lip, “What about I take care of His Majesty? After all, you have been served here for a whole day.”

Lying in bed, Su Bei really wanted to say, ‘Say yes. Put her under my eyes, then I can notice if there’s something abnormal.’

Yaoyao really had a tacit understanding with him, and she said, “Thank you then. You should take good care of his Majesty. If anything goes wrong with His Majesty, you will be responsible.”

Yaoyao yawned, pretending to be tired. “I will go back to rest. You will be serving at His Majesty’s bedside. If there’s anything emergent, just let me know.”

Lu Jinye said yes obediently.

After Yaoyao left, Lu Jinyao stood at the bedside, with her eyes scanning around sneakily.

Pretending to be unconscious, Su Bei could only hear faint breathing, did not know what was happening.

Having waited for too long, Su Bei became a bit sleepy, but dare not sleep, only afraid he might accidentally give the show away.

After a long time, Su Bei heard Lu Jinyao move, coming near the bed.

The nerves of Su Bei became high-strung

Lu Jinyao lifted the quilt, and then touched the chest of Su Bei.

Then there was a pause, a soft touch moving toward the heart.

Su Bei thought he was so screwed for his heart was beating fast now.

Suddenly, a bleak voice said, “What are you doing?”

Then Su Bei felt the hand on his body shrink back, and she said pitifully, “Mu greetings, prince regent.”

The hands Mu Qinghan was holding behind were clenching tightly. Just as he came in, as he saw the little maid’s hand was touching Su Bei’s body, he really had the spur to kill her.

748, “Captivating bar increased by 5%, current progress 69%.”

Su Bei was so happy that he nearly opened his eyes.

Lying down there and he could still increase his captivating bar. Perfect!

Lu Jinyao also slightly tightened the palms. She did not expect Mu Qinghan would come.

55. Ancient Times: Jealous

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Mu Qinghan said coldly, “Get out!”

Lu Jinyao argued back, “It was Concubine Yaoyao who asked me to wait on His Majesty here.”

Mu Qinghan tossed his sleeve, and Lu Jinyao was thrown onto the wall, and fell to the ground, the corner of her mouth was bleeding.

Though Su Bei could not see, he still could feel how painful Lu Jinyao was.

Mu Qinghan repeated, “Get out.”

This time he showed killing intention, so Lu Jinyao endured the pain and hurried out.

Mu Qinghan walked to the bed, “Your Majesty, you so lucky!”

Su Bei hurriedly opened his eyes, giving a fawning smile, “Thanks to the regent, or I would be exposed.”

Mu Qinghan looked at the flattering face of Su Bei, anger subsiding a little. He coldly hummed, saying nothing.

Su Bei rolled over and got off bed, saying, “I really think Lu Jjinyao has a problem.”

“The body of Qingyan still has not been found.”

Mu Qinghan looked at Su Bei, feeling himself ridiculous. Why did he help him again?

He said indifferently, “Isn’t it time for Your Majesty to make a decision? If Your Majesty still does not make a decision, I’m gonna spread the news that you are pretending to be in a coma.”

Su Bei, who was about to sit on the bench, staggered. He blinked and looked at Mu Qinghan. “Do you really need to be so cruel?”

Mu Qinghan leaned close to Su Bei, “I told you I am never a good person.”

Su Bei was silent for a while. It seemed that flattery and tricks did not work on Mu Qinghan. What to do?

The radian of Mu Qinghan’s mouth expanded a bit, smile growing colder. he would like to see, Su Bei could sacrifice to what extension for this position.

Su Bei was also very tangled. He did not want to make that bullshit deal with Mu Qinghan, but the problem was if he did not do it, he felt that he would be so dead.

He understood, as long as the captivating bar did not hit 100, he could not let his captivating target help him unconditionally.

In the end, Su Bei bit his teeth and made up his mind. Being pushed over by one was better that being pushed over by three!

He said unflinchingly, “OK! I promise you.”

Mu Qinghan heard Su Bei promised, but he didn’t know he was not feeling cheered at all.

Maybe for the throne, Su Bei could sacrifice anything.

Even if the target was not him, Su Bei would still agree.

This idea let Mu Qinghan kind of possessed. He pinched Su Bei’s chin, saying coldly, “Kiss me.”

Su Bei swallowed some saliva. This Mu Qinghan was really a big villain!

Letting him to kiss him? So embarrassing!

My Qinghan’s eyes went a bit cold, “What? You don’t want to kiss me? Didn’t Your Majesty make the bargain yourself?”

He deliberately stressed the word bargain.

Su Bei did a bit of mental construction, feeling that in order to do the task, he became a man without integrity more and more.

He closed his eyes, kissed on him, and was ready to leave.

But Mu Qinghan pressed the back of Su Bei’s head, changing from passive to active, kissing Su Bei like crazy.

Mu Qinghan then let go of his hand, as if there was a beast in his deep eyes that was jumping out of the cage.

He never thought he liked men, but Su Bei let him bewitched, who could easily arouse his desire.

Mu Qinghan also suspected, trying to sleep with women to prove he was wrong. But looking at those women, the only thing he had was impatience.

No other feeling at all.

Su Bei slightly gasped, feeling his tongue a bit numb. He couldn’t help being making fun of him, “You are really sophisticated on this!”

Mu Qinghan would never tell Su Bei that he was self-taught. Before Su Bei, he never touched anyone.