Chapter 504

Xie Xuanchen got the memo and let her stand up with a smile. Mu Mingtang thought that Xie Xuanchen was going to return to his work after lazing around, but he still lingered and refused to leave, "What account book are you looking at?"

"I found them randomly, including those from the Minister's residences and some from the shops outside."

Xie Xuanchen let out an 'oh' and stopped asking. Mu Mingtang was curious and glanced at him sideways, "Aren't you going to ask me why I'm looking at these?"

"You can do whatever you want. What's the point of getting to the bottom of it?" Xie Xuanchen was very self-aware and knew that this was not his area of expertise, so he left it all to Mu Mingtang, "Now, I still have to rely on you to support me. So, how can I not cooperate with my Princess?"

Mu Mingtang originally wanted to give him a cold reply, but she couldn't help being amused by him, "You come up with the fastest comebacks."

"Did my sweet words deceive the Princess?" Xie Xuanchen couldn't help but feel disgusted when he saw Mu Mingtang still lowering her head to pay attention to the account book. Then, he deliberately stretched out his hand to cover the account book, "Am I or the book better-looking?"

Here we go again. Mu Mingtang pushed Xie Xuanchen's hand away and said without raising her head, "You look better."

It was said in a perfunctory manner without the slightest hint of sincerity, but Xie Xuanchen could really feel it this time. With the person next to her clearly exuding an aura that practically screams, "I'm unhappy now so come and comfort me", Mu Mingtang was so annoyed that she could only put down the account book and speak, "You are a living person, so why should you care about a dead thing? When I look through the accounting books, all I'm thinking about is making profits as soon as possible. Although we have brought a lot of gold, we cannot just sit back and rest."

Speaking of gold, Mu Mingtang thought of the Emperor. She asked, "I didn't pay attention, but 2 months have passed already. Do you think the Emperor discovered our deception? Although I brought the things out under the guise of dowry, the fakes won't hold out for long. Sooner or later, there will be people in the palace who'd find out that the Jiang family's dowry was still in the warehouse. At that time, the Emperor only needs to think about it for a second to realise that we had every intention to go against him since then. If he uses this to say that you have premeditated this chaos and intend to use the pandemonium to instigate a rebellion?"

"Then we have a rebellion," Xie Xuanchen said in an understatement, as if he was stating something as simple as the weather being really nice today, "Emperors take turns to rule anyway, so whoever is the strongest rules all. Plus, the position of the Emperor had always belonged to me."

Mu Mingtang didn't expect that he would say the word 'rebellion' so easily. She was startled and immediately turned around to see if there was anyone outside the window.

"Don't worry," Xie Xuanchen said, "It doesn't matter if someone hears it. At any rate, it is already obvious. Both him and I, along with all the civil servants and military officers along the way— we all know what's coming. The only thing we're waiting for is a suitable opportunity."

After Xie Xuanchen finished speaking, he saw Mu Mingtang's expression and smiled, "Say what you want to. Are you worried about my reaction even now?"