Farm Girl's Manor-Chapter 265 Buying Land to Reclaim and Deceiving Little Flower (2)_1

Taking this risky move was worrisome; to say otherwise would be a lie. First, there was the fear that his motives would be seen through and despised by his eldest sister. Being taken back to the Mo Family, he was also concerned about having to sell himself and his sister into slavery to the Mo Family.

However, instead of being angered and taking them back, the eldest sister not only brought them home but also granted them their freedom, allowing them and their sister to stay at home with dignity. Such a favor, even if repaid for a lifetime, could never be fully repaid.

Watching the child’s receding figure, Mo Yan smiled, picked up Little Fur Ball, which was tugging at her pant leg, and touched its round nose, saying, "If you stay this good and don’t bite me in return, I will always be good to you, understand?"

In response to her, Little Fur Ball let out an ’awoo awoo’ cry...

In the City Prince’s Mansion.

"Hanzhang, this matter needs to wait a bit longer," Chu Heng said, looking at the several pages in his hand, a trace of solemnity on his usually warm and gentle face.

Xiao Ruiyuan furrowed his brows in disagreement, "If we wait any longer, the arrangements at the border might be too late. Once..."

"I know," Chu Heng said somewhat helplessly, "The moldy rice for now only causes diarrhea and vomiting, and has not led to serious consequences, which is not enough to catch my father’s attention. For now, we can only send people to the border urgently, so that we can receive news as soon as there’s any disturbance."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ruiyuan’s frown deepened. He knew that the Crown Prince’s method was the safest, but he couldn’t accept it.

"What about the innocent civilians? Are we to just watch them die?"

If Yanyan’s dreams were correct, those who had been eating the moldy rice for a long time would be the first to suffer. He had secretly had people look into it, and quite a few civilians already showed signs of poisoning, but the doctors treating them didn’t know it was poisoning and treated it as ordinary diarrhea.

"There’s no helping it. If their deaths can attract my father’s attention and stop the private sale of moldy grain once and for all, saving the lives of the soldiers at the border, then their deaths would not be in vain," Chu Heng said with deep helplessness in his eyes, aware that curtailing the danger immediately could minimize the harm, but sometimes many considerations had to be taken into account.

"We must consult with Mr. Zhong and the others to discuss this further, perhaps they have a good strategy for dealing with this matter."

Xiao Ruiyuan, however, worried that the deaths of those civilians would disturb the woman’s dreams; if there were a way, he would do his best to prevent such a thing from happening.

Since returning from the Mo Family, he had people investigate the moldy grain issue in secret. The main granaries in the capital were managed by the Ministry of Household’s Right Minister, and the Minister of the Ministry of Household was one of King Heng’s men.

Tracing back the private sale of moldy grain, it all led back to King Heng as the mastermind, with at least thirty percent of the silver earned from the sale of the moldy grain entering Prince Heng’s Mansion. The moldy grain was indeed allowed to flow into the army camps at the border under King Heng’s consent.

Later, Xiao Ruiyuan also found evidence of the moldy grain being poisonous, and he quickly shared the information with Chu Heng. To protect Mo Yan, he only mentioned that he had suspicions by chance and had it looked into; Chu Heng did not suspect anything.

Chu Heng was unaware of Xiao Ruiyuan’s concerns. He nodded his head and ordered someone to summon several Counselors.

Before long, several Counselors from the Prince’s Mansion arrived.

After hearing the details of the matter, each Counselor shared their views, all agreeing with the Crown Prince’s approach. One even suggested pushing from behind to hasten the deaths of the innocent civilians in order to raise the issue to the surface sooner.

In doing so, they could properly plan and maximize their strike against the Princes who coveted the Crown Prince’s position.

These proposals were all refuted by Xiao Ruiyuan. Eventually, Mr. Zhong, the most intelligent among the Counselors, stood up and proposed a solution.