Chapter 71 The Emperor Only Favors the Prince

That night.

The bandits were taken to the capital jail.

Chen Shaobei went to the palace at night and relayed the results to Mo Lingwei.

At this time, the night was deep, and the prince, who was said to be violent and unreasonable, sat behind the flying crane cloud screen.

There was only one lamp in the palace, and the light and shadow were intertwined. Chen Shaobei could only see Mo Lingwei sitting lazily.

"All caught?" I don't know if it was Chen Shaobei's illusion, Mo Lingwei's voice was a little tired.

"Yes, Your Highness, everything is as you expected. The treasures given down attracted the bandits, but the Sixth Prince was frightened, and Concubine Li was devoted to taking care of him. No one colluded with the bandits, so they were all caught."

Mo Lingwei nodded gently: "Well done."

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure staggered.

Chen Shaobei was startled and hurriedly walked around the screen to support Mo Lingwei.

However, as soon as he passed by, he saw that Mo Lingwei's hair and eyebrows were covered with frost.

His face looked cold and handsome because of the frost.

His eyes were a little tired, obviously he was holding on, waiting for the result of the arrest.

"Your Highness!" Chen Shaobei said hurriedly: "I'll go call the doctor."

"Don't go." Mo Lingwei stopped him: "If you go now, father will focus on me, and he won't see Shen Ningning's contribution."

"Let her be rewarded in a real way. After that, it won't be too late for you to tell father that I won't die from this disease."

Chen Shaobei was in a heavy mood. He hesitated for a moment before nodding: "Okay."

Mo Lingwei closed his eyes, as if he had reached his limit.

"When I'm not awake, you keep an eye on me, don't let anyone take away Shen Ningning's credit."

"But... I just saw Miss Shen in Xiangyun Village. She also said that she would invite your highness to her house with an ice bowl to express her gratitude."

Mo Lingwei smiled slightly with a slight twitch of his lips.

"Don't tell her about my illness. Just say I'll go find her when I'm done."

"Okay..." Chen Shaobei watched Mo Lingwei lie down, covered him with a blanket, and left.

The next day, at the morning court.

Chen Shaobei reported the capture of the rioting bandits.

"It's all thanks to the alert cooperation of the villagers of Xiangyun Village, especially the little girl surnamed Shen, who is even smarter. The wolf pack she raised helped a lot."

"Because the bandits were captured, the relief food that was robbed before was also recovered. Although there is not much left, fortunately there is a result."

The emperor was very happy and repeatedly said he would reward.

"Prime Minister!" He called, wanting the prime minister to reward these villagers on his behalf.

But suddenly he remembered that the prime minister was sick again today.

The emperor then ordered the eunuch: "Open my treasury, pick out jewelry, and reward Shen Ningning!"

At this time, Wei Shangshu stepped forward and said with a bow: "Your Majesty, although the righteous act of this little girl surnamed Shen is worthy of praise, as a citizen of Cangyun Country, she should share your worries. If the reward is too heavy, isn't it inappropriate?"

Chen Shaobei looked at Wei Shangshu with cold eyes.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince personally supervised this matter before. The clues provided by Miss Shen were also the key to catching the bandits. Why is she not worthy of a generous reward?"

The emperor raised his hand: "Okay, my dear ministers have their own opinions, but I have made a decision in my mind."

"This merit must be rewarded. I will not only reward her, but also the entire Xiangyun Village!"

"Come here, prepare pens and ink, I want to personally give Xiangyun Village a name."

The eunuch hurriedly prepared.

Wei Shangshu glanced at Chen Shaobei unwillingly.

The emperor's heart is biased. As long as it concerns the crown prince, he will close his eyes and favor him.

A village, is it worthy of such a generous reward?

When the rewards were given to Xiangyun Village, the villagers jumped together, and their happy laughter soared to the sky!

Shen Ningning sat on the back of the Black Wolf King, with two small pigtails tied up, looking happy and cute.

In fact, it was all because of the good ideas Mo Lingwei gave her!

He first gave rewards to make the bandits believe that there were treasures in the village.

Then he secretly arranged Chen Shaobei's soldiers to pretend to be villagers and lurk in the village houses.

Sure enough, he caught the turtle in the jar.

Shen Ningning ran to Chen Shaobei and asked softly: "Brother, are you free to come today?"

Chen Shaobei remembered Mo Lingwei's instructions, his eyes flashed, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been busy these days. When he is done, he will come to visit Miss Shen."

Shen Ningning was a little disappointed.

But she understood it in an instant.

My brother is the crown prince, of course he is busy!

She smiled sweetly: "Okay, I'll wait for him!"

Chen Shaobei brought people to deliver the reward and left.

The old village chief set off six strings of firecrackers at the entrance of the village!

It was crackling, as festive as the New Year.

He directed the villagers to hang the "Xiangyun Village" plaque inscribed by the emperor above the entrance of the village.

This is a glorious thing for the family, and it can be boasted about three generations later!

"Ningning, thanks to you this time."

"Yes, Ningning is our lucky star. Now even the emperor knows about our small Xiangyun Village!"

Shen Ningning was surrounded by everyone.

When the villagers were happy, they threw the little guy up and caught him again.

The Black Wolf King was so anxious that he howled, fearing that Shen Ningning would be thrown by them.

Finally, the little guy was put down, smiling: "Because we are united, we can have such a good result!"

"And it's not just my credit, but also the wolf and the little monkeys!"

The monkeys informed her, and the wolf brought back the thieves who wanted to escape.

The old village chief nodded with emotion: "Only when everyone works together can we live a prosperous life."

"However, because of Ningning, we can have such glory, so all the treasures awarded by the emperor should be given to Ningning, we can't be greedy!"

After he said that, the villagers carried out two boxes of treasures.

This was the reward from Mo Lingwei last time, and it was originally used as bait.

Shen Ningning didn't expect that the villagers returned the ones they took away.

The old village chief looked at her and sighed: "Ningning, what you brought to our village is peace, which is more important than any amount of wealth!"

If the bandits were allowed to enter the village to burn, kill and loot, their lifelong foundation would be gone.

But Shen Ningning blinked her round eyes, her voice was soft and clear.

"Of course I can't do it alone. My uncles and aunts have also made contributions. Everyone said they wanted to leave before, but there are still people like Uncle Liu and Brother Chen who are willing to stick to it."

"Grandpa Village Chief, I don't want to own these treasures alone. Since we are from the same village, we should be rich together!"

"You are the boss. Divide these treasures. Everyone who stays will have a share!"

After Shen Ningning finished speaking, the villagers smiled brightly.

Aunt Liu raised her voice even higher: "Then I still want that pearl necklace. Don't fight with me!"

The old village chief smiled from ear to ear: "Okay, okay! Since Ningning has spoken, we will listen to her."

After counting, each family can get five or six pieces of jewelry, which are worth three hundred taels in total!

The villagers lined up to receive pearls and gems at the door of the old village chief's house.

How scared they were before, how relieved they are now!

Just when everyone was happy, Aunt Deng's voice came from the entrance of the village-

"Oh! I'm not late!"