𝒩𝔬𝑽𝗅xt.𝑪𝐎𝗆
The trip back was very uneventful.
Everything that should have happened had already happened, so there was nothing left to happen.
It didn’t take them long to come back to Dungeon City since this time, Lin Fan and Mu Bao Bao had insisted on traveling at full speed.
They no longer needed to hold back with the fourth prince, so they didn’t play along with him like before.
Before they had been scared of his status and what he would do to them if they had spoken harshly to him. But now that Mu Bao Bao had been revealed as his big sister, there was no need to worry about that.
Once they arrived in the city, Lin Fan had immediately gathered all of the girls and let Mu Bao Bao explain everything.
When she had finished her story, all of them couldn’t help revealing shocked looks.
Then Yue Lan was the first to recover as she fell into a state of deep thought.
This was too much information for her, so she didn’t know what kind of response to have to this.
But with Ming Xin’s help, she was able to come up with a plan of action.
Do nothing.
It might seem like it was very simple, so simple that even a monkey could think of it, but this really was the best solution for their problem. After all, they were just too lacking in information to do anything that was meaningful.
If they tried to do anything now, it would be like walking into the dark forest with traps all around them. It would take no time for them to set off a trap and ruin everything that had been planned.
Emperor Mu had told them that he was already making preparations, so there was no need for them to make a rash move.
For now, all they would do is gather information using the network that Yue Lan had built up and wait to see what plans Emperor Mu had.
In the end, they were just a small speck in this small corner of this world and it wasn’t good for them to stand out too much.
After this meeting was over…Lin Fan was kicked out of the room.
The girls said that they were holding a girls only meeting, so Lin Fan could only leave with a bitter smile on his face.
But he was also happy to see this.
It was clear that the girls of his harem all cared about each other, so he didn’t have to worry that they would fight each other for his affection one day.
Plus, he was happy to see that the girls were taking care of Mu Bao Bao.
They knew how she was feeling after this trip to meet her father, so they wanted to make sure that she was alright with this girls only meeting.
Lin Fan had also seen that Yue Lan and Lala were the ones that had reacted the most during Mu Bao Bao’s story…
As for the reason…they had their own problems with their fathers, so they could understand how she was feeling.
It was fine to leave it all to them.
Lin Fan came out of his manor with a relieved feeling, but that quickly disappeared when he learned that the fourth prince hadn’t left yet. He found that the fourth prince had settled back in the residence that they had prepared for him last time and that he was even giving dinner orders.
After Mu Bao Bao’s identity was revealed, the way that Lin Fan treated the fourth prince had become different. Of course, that was also because the way that the fourth prince treated him and Mu Bao Bao had become different.
So there was no hesitation at all for Lin Fan as he headed to meet the fourth prince.
The fourth prince’s attendants were surprised to see Lin Fan, but they didn’t act the same way towards him as they did in the past. Instead of looking down on him, they even looked a bit afraid of him.
That was because the fourth prince had declared that Lin Fan would be treated the same as him.
Anyone found defying this order would be put to death, no exceptions.
So even if they didn’t understand what had happened between Lin Fan and the fourth prince, they had no choice but to follow his orders.
After all, the fourth prince had given this order in a serious tone that they had never heard from him before.
All of them were afraid that…the fourth prince really would end their lives if they were found breaking this order.
So Lin Fan was able to easily enter the room where the fourth prince was relaxing.
When the fourth prince saw that it was Lin Fan, he jumped up with a smile on his face and said, “Brother in law, what are you doing here? I thought that you would be with big sister.”
Lin Fan narrowed his eyes to look at the fourth prince before asking, “What are you still doing here? Don’t you have your own business to take care of?”
The fourth prince wasn’t offended by this at all and just said with a smile, “I am here on business.”
Lin Fan raised a brow, but he waited for the fourth prince to explain.
The fourth prince didn’t hesitate to pull out a scroll that he handed over to Lin Fan.
Lin Fan doubtfully took it, but when he read what was written, he couldn’t help being taken aback.
This was a royal decree from the emperor and it was a decree that…officially appointed the fourth prince as the governor of the province that their Dungeon City was in.
That meant from now on, the fourth prince was officially Lin Fan’s direct supervisor.
It was impossible for the central government to take care of everything, so the Mu Empire was divided into different provinces. For each of these provinces, there was a governor that would be in charge of the various cities in the provinces.
Then above the governors was the emperor.
In short, the governors were middle managers of the Mu Empire.
But why would the fourth prince suddenly be made the governor of this place?
As far as Lin Fan could remember, the governor of this province wasn’t a job that people wanted. After all, this province was at the very edge of the empire and was near the wasteland, so it wasn’t considered an important place.
At the same time, because it was on the edge of the wasteland, it was attacked many times by the beasts that came out of it.
The governor of this place suffered quite a bit to manage this province each year.
So why would the fourth prince want to become the governor of this place?
Seeing the way that Lin Fan looked at him, the fourth prince could understand what he was thinking.
So the fourth prince said with a smile, “Plain and simple, it’s to help you and big sister. As long as I’m the governor of this province, they won’t be able to do anything to you through official channels since I’ll be there to stop them. I am a prince after all, so they wouldn’t offend me for no reason.”
Lin Fan couldn’t help being surprised when he heard this before revealing a grateful look.
But the fourth prince wasn’t done yet as he said, “Also, I will be your contact with royal father, so anything that he sends this way will come through me.”
At this, Lin Fan knitted his brows.
He had already been thinking about this, but he never expected that it would come so soon.
Since the fourth prince was staying here, could it be that there was something else that he wasn’t telling him. Could it be that Emperor Mu had already given them orders, but the fourth prince hadn’t handed them over yet?
Lin Fan reached his hand out as if he was waiting to receive something, but the fourth prince just looked at it with a strange look.
Finally, the fourth prince revealed a look of understanding and reached his hand out to take Lin Fan’s hand to shake it.
Lin Fan’s face turned dark before he threw the fourth prince’s hand off and raised his other hand in a fist as he said, “Hand over the orders that you have already!”
“Orders?” The fourth prince repeated in a confused voice before saying, “I don’t have anything like that. Royal father said that it would be some time before he contacted me, so there was nothing for me to do right now.”
Lin Fan’s chin dropped when he heard this.
But when he came back to his senses, he asked, “Then what are you doing here? Why are you staying in this town?”
The fourth prince revealed a wide smile as he said, “The food is great here and there’s fun things to do, so why wouldn’t I stay here? Plus, I get to see more of big sister and brother in law if I stay here, so why would I leave?”
Lin Fan’s face turned dark once more as he said, “What about your job as the governor?”
The fourth prince gave a shrug and said, “I can leave that to my subordinates, they are more than capable of handling it.”
Lin Fan’s lips twitched before he gave a sigh and said, “I really feel cheated.”
The fourth prince revealed a confused look before asking, “Cheated? Why?”
“What happened to the fourth prince from before? The calm and dignified fourth prince that I knew when I first met you?” Lin Fan said with a bitter tone in his voice.