Lin knew how Yu Zhengchou wanted to refuse, so the Prime Minister spoke first, "Your Majesty, the harem should not be empty for too long. Isn't this gift from Prince Rong just in time?"
Lin Zhiyu looked at him with a smile, "It's a very timely gift. What does the Prime Minister think of the two of them?"
Upon hearing this, the Prime Minister looked at the two people carefully several times.
"With outstanding appearance, dignified behavior, and virtuous conduct, according to the opinion of the old minister, she can be made a concubine."
Lin Zhiyu almost laughed when he heard this.
She didn't even agree to let these two people stay in the palace, so the old man began to think about finding a position for them.
"In this case, I will decide to give such an outstanding man to the prime minister."
The unexpected changes made Rong Kui and the prime minister unable to recover.
"Your Majesty, this is a birthday gift given to you by our country. I'm afraid it's not very good to hand it over to others like this, right?" Rong Kui squinted his eyes and looked at Lin Zhiyu with an unkind look.
Everyone in the hall held their breath because of this change and did not dare to breathe out.
Only Lin Zhiyu looked indifferent, raised his glass and took a sip of fruit wine.
"Since it has been given to me, don't I have the right to deal with it? Why, Prince Rong is still reluctant to leave it and wants to keep these two people in Beiyuan?"
Lin Zhiyu's words just added fuel to the fire. Looking at Rong Kui's expression, the ministers all hoped that Lin Zhiyu would say less.
Rong Kui didn't speak for a long time. He looked at Lin Zhiyu. When everyone thought he was angry, he suddenly laughed.
"Since it has been given to His Majesty, it will naturally be handled by His Majesty."
The two men were a little unable to react. They glanced at each other, then walked to the Prime Minister and saluted her.
"Greetings, my lord."
The Prime Minister's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
He originally wanted to cause trouble for Lin Zhiyu, but unexpectedly he got himself into trouble.
But even so, she had to smile and salute Lin Zhiyu, thanking her for the reward.
—
After the banquet is over, the envoys from various countries will not go back immediately, and the task of entertaining the envoys is left to the prime minister and other ministers.
Lin Zhiyu handed over the matter to the prime minister and happily ran into Nanfeng's arms.
"Has it been taken care of?" Nan Feng looked at Lin Zhiyu, who was lying sleepily on his lap, with a smile on his face.
"Well, it's almost done." Lin Zhiyu suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Nanfeng, "If I can win Rong Kui for you, then do you want the crown prince position of Beiyuan?"
Nanfeng saw that she didn't seem to be joking, and said seriously: "Is Your Majesty going to give the title of crown prince to my concubine as a betrothal gift?"
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Lin Zhiyu was stunned for a moment, betrothal gift? Isn't Nanfeng already her concubine
"Did your Majesty forget the concubine's canonization ceremony?" Nan Feng raised his eyebrows.
Lin Zhiyu suddenly realized.
"By the way, today is His Majesty's birthday, and I have prepared a gift."
Nanfeng removed Lin Zhiyu's head from his lap. Then he opened the box on the table.
Several pieces of letter paper were placed in front of Lin Zhiyu.
"What is this?" She took the letter and looked at it carefully.
Seeing her increasingly ugly expression, Nan Feng took the letter out of her hand. "how?"
The Prime Minister has been restless recently, which has caused Lin Zhiyu a lot of headaches. Nanfeng is just doing nothing, so he wants to see if he can find out any clues.
I didn't expect to find it.
This prime minister has close contacts with Rong Kui, the prince of Beiyuan.
Not only did they have close contacts, but they also revealed to Rong Kui the distribution of troops on the Lingqing border, and even the decisions Lin Zhiyu made on weekdays were clearly explained.
Nan Feng was picking his nails out of boredom, and Lin Zhiyu was getting angrier as he watched.
"Where did you get this?"
When Nan Feng heard this, he felt a little nervous for a moment.
After all, he still kept many things hidden from Lin Zhiyu, and the origin of these letters was indeed difficult to tell.
"This..." Nanfeng hesitated.
"Did she set up a secret passage in the mansion?"
Nan Feng's eyes widened when he heard this, "How do you know there is a secret passage in the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Then he realized that he seemed to have exposed something.
Lin Zhiyu looked at him, with a hint of inquiry in her eyes, but she sighed, "I know that everyone has secrets, and I don't want to dig out all your secrets."
"I believe that one day, you will take the initiative to tell me these secrets."
"But you must promise never to betray me."
She rarely looked so serious, and this sentence just suited Nan Feng's mind.
"I think so too."
[Ding! The target person's favorability is +5, and the current favorability is 90!]
The higher the favorability, the more paranoid Nanfeng's love for Lin Zhiyu became.
It seems that all dark personalities have one thing in common - they will not let go of the person they identify with even after death.
Even if Lin Zhiyu refused, they might be willing to take her body with them.
"I like this gift very much." Lin Zhiyu returned the letter to Nan Feng.
"Can you send these back?"
Nan Feng nodded.
Lin Zhiyu lowered his eyes, a chill flashing in his dark eyes.
—
The prime minister led Rong Kui to view flowers in the imperial garden, and unknowingly walked to the rockery.
She looked around and saw that this place was relatively remote. She changed her previous attentive attitude, looked at Rong Kui and asked:
"Prince Rong, what do you mean? I agreed to send the person to His Majesty, but why did he send it to me!"
Rong Kui raised his eyes and looked at her as if he were looking at a clown.
"You question me, I still want to ask you!"
"Your good majesty clearly has no intention of marrying a concubine. Do you want me to give you away, do you want to deliberately embarrass me?"
Rong Kui's expression was cold and stern, which made the Prime Minister feel guilty.
"I don't know either. His Majesty's biggest hobby used to be collecting beauties. When he sent those people out of the palace a few days ago, I thought she was tired of them and wanted to replace them."
The prime minister replied naa naa.
She thought she knew Lin Zhiyu very well and knew that she had never been emotional towards that group of people and only had superficial appreciation for them.
She was caught off guard by Nan Feng's change of attitude, and she couldn't believe that the empress who loved collecting beauties suddenly gave up.
Rong Kui glanced at her but did not speak to her directly.
This Prince Rong had never shown a happy expression on his face, and the Prime Minister could not guess what he was thinking, and he was very nervous for a moment.
"I heard that she fell in love with a man named Nan Feng. After taking him into the palace, she made her a concubine. Have you met that Concubine Nan?"
Rong Kui remembered that she asked him if he had a twin brother, and then thought about the man who suddenly couldn't attend the banquet. He couldn't tell what was wrong.
"Never seen it."
"Do you know who has seen Concubine Nan?"
"Many male concubines from the palace should have met Concubine Nan." The prime minister looked at Rong Kui in confusion, wondering why he asked this.
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Rong Kui smiled and said, "Please make arrangements to find someone who has met Concubine Nan and let me meet him."
The Prime Minister frowned, "His Royal Highness, you are making things difficult for me. I am just a Prime Minister, how can I hide your whereabouts?"
"It's up to you." Rong Kui glanced at the prime minister nonchalantly, "Don't you want me to help you win that position? If you can't do this well, how will you govern the country in the future?"
The Prime Minister gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I promise you, but His Highness the Crown Prince must keep his word."
"It's natural." Rong Kui smiled, and the narrow and upturned corners of his eyes looked like a fox.
(End of chapter)