I’m the Farmgirl You Can’t Mess With
Chapter 820 - Chapter 820 The Mastermind (3)

Chapter 820: The Mastermind (3) Chapter 820: The Mastermind (3) Editor: Atlas Studios Mu Yangling stood beside Fan Zijin as she watched as Yuan Hu and the others walked further and further away.

She asked, “Are you really going to let them go like this?” “Considering he only has so many subordinates, it’s worth a gamble.

Qin Fang left quite a number of people behind.

Who knows what they will do if they collude with West Xia.

Since Yuan Hu is bent on killing the Qin family, keeping him alive is akin to leaving behind a helper for us, even if he doesn’t quite obey our orders.” Fan Zijin twirled the ring on his thumb and said coldly, “One day, when the Qin family is gone and his mission is completed, he can naturally go and see his master.” Mu Yangling sighed.

“I didn’t expect someone like the Second Prince to have such a loyal subordinate.” “Yuan Hu was an orphan.

When the Second Prince was young, there was once he left the palace and encountered Yuan Hu being beaten up by the staff in the charity hall.

At that time, Yuan Hu was only seven or eight years old, but he was already very brave.

He almost fought with a few adults who were more than ten years older than him without caring about his life.

The Second Prince admired his courage, so he brought him into the palace.” As Fan Zijin was once in charge of the Dark Hall in the capital, he knew this very well.

“Yuan Hu didn’t accompany the Second Prince.

Instead, he was sent to the Second Prince’s head of guards to be trained.

When he grew up, he was sent directly to the army to train.

By the time the Second Prince rebelled, Yuan Hu was already a general.

He was very loyal and had always been the Second Prince’s trusted aide.

Back then, when Haoran surrounded the Second Prince and Qin Fang, the Second Prince committed suicide after poisoning Qin Fang to death.

However, none of the Second Prince’s trusted aides were in the camp.” Fan Zijin chuckled.

“At that time, his subordinates wanted to give chase, but Haoran stopped them.

That kid must have predicted in advance that Yuan Hu wasn’t heading to West Xia to seek refuge with the West Xia royal family, but was instead going to kill Qin Fang’s family.” Mu Yangling thought of the bargaining chip in the Qin family’s hands and said softly, “Where do you think Qin Fang hid the money from the treasury?” Fan Zijin remained silent, but he actually had mixed feelings.

He clearly knew that the money was in the capital, but they just couldn’t find it, and the treasury was so emptyaEUR| The two of them couldn’t help but sigh at Qin Fang’s ability to hide money.

Fan Zijin put away these thoughts and turned around to show Mu Yangling the information he had obtained from the Dark Hall.

After reading the contents, Mu Yangling’s expression immediately turned cold.

Just as Yuan Hu had said, it was impossible for them to openly deal with those gentry who had stolen the grain seeds.

Because there wasn’t a shred of evidence.

The information showed that Gentry Wei and the others had bought the seeds from a merchant in Jiangnan.

That person was Second Master Qin.

Mu Yangling wouldn’t believe that they didn’t know the origins of the seeds, but they didn’t have any concrete evidence to prove that they were aware of Second Master Qin’s identity and the origins of these seeds.

Should they pursue this matter, it would just be deemed an ordinary business dealing.

As long as they pushed all the blame to Second Master Qin, the gentry would come out unscathed.

On the other hand, Jiangnan had started planting Dry Rice No.

1 a year earlier than Lingnan.

If one really wanted to, it would not be difficult to buy the seeds.

At this moment, Mu Yangling had limited the number of grain seeds that each family could buy.

It was only because she did not have enough grain seeds and was unwilling to enrich the wealthy at the expense of the poor farmers.

That was why she had set such a restriction.

In two years, when the number of grain seeds increased, she would naturally not limit it anymore.

In Jiangnan, such restrictions this year were no longer of much use.

This was because after three years of farming, those landowners and rich people had already accumulated a batch of seeds.

As such, it was not impossible for them to sell the seeds here.

Just based on this reason, Mu Yangling could not do anything to those gentry.

She could not help but clench the papers in her hand tightly, her expression icy cold.

Fan Zijin said, “Although we can’t do anything to them on the surface, surely the Prince’s estate and the Duke’s estate aren’t afraid of them in private?” “If you go too far, it won’t be good for your reputation.” Fan Zijin snorted and said, “When have you ever seen me care about my reputation?

Leave this matter to me and don’t interfere.” Mu Yangling frowned.

She couldn’t just leave everything to him, right?

However, seeing that Fan Zijin had already coolly walked away with his back facing her, she could only shrug her shoulders and return to the backyard.

When she saw Mu Yangling, the worried Little Madam Xia hurriedly held her hand and asked, “What was going on in front?” “It’s fine, it’s fine.

It’s just that an old friend came to visit.” Mu Yangling patted her hand comfortingly and went forward to look at the children sleeping on the brick bed.

Seeing that Little An was sleeping with his butt raised, she couldn’t help but laugh.

“This child usually has a straight face and doesn’t act like a child at all.

He’s only like a child when he’s sleeping.” Little Madam Xia couldn’t help but smile, too.

“He learnt that from his father.

He sees that his father always has a straight face, so he usually keeps a straight face, too.

He also often instructs others to do things because he thinks he’s smart.

However, what does a one-year-old really know?

He even wets the bed at night.” Mu Yangling couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

She said to her in a low voice, “Children should play more.

What’s the point of always pulling a long face?

When you see Zijin later, tell him to play with Little An.

Since Little An likes to learn from his father, he’ll naturally play whatever his father plays.” Looking a little dejected, Little Madam Xia said enviously, “How can the Duke have the time when he’s so busy all the time?

Furthermore, he’s not as young at heart like His Highness, who often brings his child up the mountains and to the lakes.” “Why not?” Mu Yangling said, “Doesn’t he have a stable schedule now and go home every day?

How much time does it take to play with a child?

He has to accompany the child to develop a close relationship with him.

Otherwise, when father and son meet in the future, other than bowing and greeting each other, they will only talk about serious matters.

What’s the point?” Little Madam Xia was silent.

Actually, she was also envious of Qi Haoran for being able to interact with his children like that.

However, perhaps because of Fan Zijin’s prestige, Little Madam Xia never dared to make such a request.

Besides, she felt that Fan Zijin had already done well enough.

At least, he would carry the child and take him for a walk in the garden.

This was already a hundred times better than Little Madam Xia’s father.

In the past, Little Madam Xia’s father would only meet her older brothers at dinner and ask them a few questions.

Then, he would quiz them on their homework.

Not to mention carrying them, he had never even strolled in the garden with them.

In the past, when they were in the capital, she felt that Little An was very doted on and was afraid that this child would be spoiled in the future.

However, when the two families lived together again, she realized that if the children in Prince’s Residence hadn’t turned out spoiled, then her Little An would not turn out spoiled either.

After all, Qi Haoran doted on his three children to the heavens, right?

Little Madam Xia glanced at her son, who was sleeping soundly with his butt sticking out.

Nodding, she said in a low voice, “I’ll speak with Master about this.” Because the Qin family and West Xia people had infiltrated into Lingnan, even Little Bear was made to stay at home.

This child was very naughty and would feel uncomfortable if he did not go out for a day.

Mu Yangling was afraid that he would run out, so she asked someone to clear an empty space in the garden and tested Little Bear’s martial arts on the spot.

The garden was covered by trees, and there were flowers and grass all around.

Not far away was a small pool.

Beside the pool was a large rockery, and in the middle was an empty space.

Mu Yangling got someone to lay mats on the grass under the trees.

The three children sat on them and looked up at Brother Little Bear.

Seeing that he had gotten into the horse stance and was boxing while making noises, they also started to snort.

Little An even ran to Little Bear’s side excitedly and made boxing moves.

Little Bear had started practicing martial arts at the age of three.

Mostly, he had been practicing the horse stance, but he had also learned a set of simple fist techniques.

At this moment, he was practicing vigorously with an intimidating expression.

Shocked by his aura, Little Madam Xia sighed.

“As expected of the Prince’s son.

He’s already so impressive at such a young age.”