Villain, Please Go Easy On Me (English Translation)

51. Prince Regent's Blackmailing

Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Mu Qinghan looked at the arrogant appearance of Su Bei, feeling a bit itchy in his heart.
Especially the moment his peach blossom eyes sweeping over, so heart-itching.
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Su Bei who heard it turned to Mu Qinghan, “So, what do think I should deal with it?”

Mu Qinghan opened his mouth and said with a neither humble nor pushy tone, “Your Majesty, I think that the harvest will be affected, and the civilians will complain. We should allocate the funds and food to appease the people. The damaged bridges are repaired by local officials.”
The old prime minister curled up his beard. Isn’t that what he is asking for?
The local official of Chongzhou was his student, so he could swallow a sum of money for disaster relief.
Mu Qinghan, of course, was intentional. He was testing Su Bei, to see how he would deal with it.
Su Bei folded the memorial and threw it at Mu Qinghan. He thought Mu Qinghan would dodge, so he would dare act so boldly.
Never expected that Mu Qinghan did not move, and the memorial directly hit on his forehead.
The whole court was terribly quiet, and Su Bei was also frightened. But as the emperor, he had to stay poised.
Su Bei pretended to be angry and said, “We have to allocate funds for disaster relief, and road repair. Those people have no arms or legs or what? Why don’t you let them fix it themselves and pay them some money or something? Why spend more when you can spend less?”
And while saying that, he pointed to a person. “Hey you! You go as the chargehand with the appropriation of the court!”
The one Su Bei pointed to was a weirdo. How weird? Just being very stubborn.
He never showed a good face before the prince regent, and he was also hostile to the prime minister.
He had stayed in the court so far only because the regent wanted to keep the prime minister in check.
However, even though Mu Qinghan sheltered him, he still did not changed a bit of his attitude towards Mu Qinghan.
Using a good word, that was-upright!

When the man heard Su Bei say this, he was almost moved to tears, and immediately fell on his knees and said, “I will fulfill my mission, Your Majesty!”
After Su Bei’s rearrangement, the prime minister’s smug calculation, of course his face wouldn’t look good.
He looked at Su Bei gloomily, wondering if he was playing dumb or it was just a coincidence.
If he could stay behaved he could let him be in the position for some more time.
But now whether he was playing dumb or not , he had to get rid of him.
Mu Qinghan wore a smile on his face. The prime minister was probably going to take action, so how was Mu Qinghan going to deal with it?
He was suddenly looking forward to it.
After the court, Mu Qinghan did not leave, but followed Su Bei into the royal study.
As they just went into the royal study, Su Bei was trapped in the chair by Mu Qinghan.
He looked at Su Bei with a fake smile, “Your Majesty really has a good temper.”
Su Bei sincerely looked at Mu Qinghan, “If I say it’s because of my slipping hands, do you believe it?”
Mu Qinghan lowered his body, and moved extremely close to Su Bei, “Do you believe it yourself?”

Su Bei swallowed some saliva, “I certainly believe it. The best horse stumbles. Isn’t it normal I have a hand slippery?”
Mu Qinghan stretched out a hand to rub Su Bei’s chin, “Even if it was hand slippery. I was injured, shouldn’t Your Majesty show some concerns?”
Su Bei took a look at Mu Qinghan’s forehead, which even didn’t turn red, apparently he was not injured, “But you are not injured, are you?”
Mu Qinghan just lied through his teeth, “Internal injury.”
What? Internal injury? Clearly blackmailing!
Su Bei said, “That big ginseng is awarded to you then.”
Mu Qinghan shook his head, “I think, not enough.”
Su Bei didn’t know what to do, “What else do you want?”