C10

Within the Ninth Prince's Palace.

Long Tianze held onto his wine cup, his expression unsettled. Many people knew that the direct daughter of the Shang Shu Clan wanted to marry the Ninth Prince, but now that he had taken the initiative to visit her, the woman had put on a cold expression.

Was she trying to capture him or had she changed her personality?

"Zifeng, what do you think she means?"

She was only a direct descendant of Minister's Mansion, so even if she added the fact that he was the leader of the army, she did not have the qualifications to be compared with him, a prince. Who gave her the guts to speak to him like that!

"Your Highness is overthinking it." Lin Zifeng bowed and said, "Miss Mo must have had a serious illness, so it is normal for her temperament to have changed a little."

Lin Zifeng similarly did not know much about Mo Qingyan, but compared to before, she had indeed changed her personality.

The reason was unknown.

"Being sick can change a person's personality. Every year, there are so many people who drown. This prince has never heard of such a strange thing."

Lin Zifeng's explanation did not satisfy him, there was some unhappiness in the corner of his eyes.

With Lin Zifeng's humble identity, Long Tianze did not expect him to be able to help her analyze the situation with what he had said. She merely wanted to hear a few words of agreement and find comfort in his heart.

On the contrary, his words had some meaning, and he sided with that Miss Mo Family.

As if she knew that her words had displeased him, Lin Zifeng opened his mouth again. "Previously, Lord Shang Shu went to the Grand Hospital to invite an imperial physician, but the imperial physician didn't notice anything wrong with Miss Mo."

"It's not like this prince blamed you." Seeing him explain in a serious tone, Long Tianze lost interest and said, "You are so boring."

Lin Zifeng only lowered his head and did not say another word.

After a long while, Long Tianze opened his mouth again, "Zifeng, who do you think is better than the direct daughter of the Shang Shu Clan and the young daughter of Prime Minister's Mansion?

Lin Zifeng didn't expect him to suddenly ask something like this, and he was clearly a little taken aback.

Thinking about how Mo Qingyan would give him a pleasant surprise every time they met, whether it was his personality or appearance, he seemed to be superior to the daughter of the Residence of General.

"I heard that when the Prime Minister's wife was young, she was a beauty whose name spread throughout the capital. Her daughter was naturally unrivalled."

As for Mo Qingyan, for some reason, Lin Zifeng did not want to say anything more in front of Long Tianze. It was like finding a beautiful piece of jade by chance, and did not want others to see it.

Chu Rou was gentle and magnanimous; she was indeed a rare woman in the capital.

But Mo Qingyan's temperament was completely different from hers.

These few meetings were especially different from the cautious ones from before, giving people a bright feeling.

In an instant, he wasn't able to explain what kind of impression Mo Qingyan had given him.

"Your insight is not bad, but it's a pity about the past, otherwise this prince would have been able to request father to marry you."

With a loud laugh, Long Tianze drank a cup by himself, leaned back in his chair and squinted his eyes.

This sentence sounded like it was for Lin Zifeng's sake, but there was no lack of ridicule within, but it was actually a warning. His current status was no longer suitable for the Prime Minister's Mansion, and he did not have any thoughts of surpassing it.

"His Imperial Highness is joking." Lin Zifeng's face was stiff for a moment, but he regained his calm, no anger could be seen.

Only his hand under his sleeve was tightly clenched, and his fingertip was slightly pale.

Long Tianze was right, now that everyone despised him, not to mention marrying him, any rich or powerful family in the capital would not marry their daughter to him.

Long Tianze thought that Lin Zifeng was sensible.

Even if he was the prince, he had to act like a playboy who had no interest in politics. Only then would the crown prince's men lower their guard and reduce their interest in him.

To form an alliance with the Mo Mansion, he had to do it a little faster. He had to tie the knot with the Northern General as soon as possible, in case he one day fell out with the crown prince.

"Zifeng, it's still early today. How about this prince bring you to the palace?" Thinking about the attitude the others had towards Lin Zifeng, even though he did not suspect this person, he could not completely trust him and would need to think of a way to test it out every now and then.

Of course, Lin Zifeng understood the gist of it, "This official still has some matters to take care of, so I will not enter the palace. If Ninth Prince wants to return to the palace, this official will call a carriage to take you there."

Normally, other than the ceremony in the palace, which required him to enter the palace, he would hide as long as he could from the imperial palace. There were too many people there who didn't want him to live in this world.

If he ever wanted to die, he was going to give it a try.

"Forget it. This prince will go back by himself. Be careful on your way back." Although Long Tianze was not satisfied with his attitude, but he knew that Lin Zifeng was cautious.

Not to mention within the palace, even outside of the palace, there were still plenty of people who couldn't bear to see him alive.

If he was careless, he, this Noble Heir who had survived with great difficulty, would probably die with his head separated from his body, leaving him with no way to turn the situation around.

It was also because of this that Long Tianze had purposely befriended Lin Zifeng, with the aim of paralyzing the crown prince and the others. Incidentally, Lin Zifeng would also be useful to him in the future.

Lin Zifeng bowed and then left.

Returning back to the Noble Heir Mansion, he closed the door to the study.

"Mistress." A figure appeared without a sound and knelt on the ground.

"Get up." Lin Zifeng was expressionless, and after hearing that there were no movements outside, he opened his mouth, "How is the investigation going?"