The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 135 Two Secret Talks
Concubine Zhang first replied, "I'm fine." Then she sighed, "Our house hasn't been this lively for a long time."

Mu Jing answered, "It's all because the son is unfilial and cannot stay with the mother all the time."

Concubine Zhang waved her hand, "What are you talking about, I just said that." Then she glanced at Mu Xu, smiled and asked her son, "Did his mother tell you about Xu'er's engagement?"

"Since you told me, it's up to the mother and wife to decide."

Hearing what he said, Concubine Zhang immediately became dissatisfied, "Why are you a father, you don't care too much about your son's important affairs."

Seeing that his mother was blaming her, Mu Jing hurriedly defended, "I'm not worried about my mother's eyes, and besides, I'm powerless in Liaodong, and there are no big families there, so how can I tell Xu'er there? Marriage? If that's the case, mother can't blame me."

"You, why are there so many fallacies?" Concubine Zhang shook her head and asked again, "How long can you stay in Beijing this time?"

Mu Jing thought about it for a while before explaining rather embarrassingly, "I guess it will be more than a month, at least I can spend New Year's Eve with my mother. No more, it is really hard to leave Liaodong now."

Concubine Zhang understands her son's difficulties, after all he doesn't have an uncle or brother to help him, so naturally he can't leave the fief for too long.She thought for a while, and said, "Then you're free, remember to treat your in-laws to a banquet, so that you won't come back when Xu'er gets married in the future, and make people feel bad."

"Mother is very right. I have this plan." Mu Jing nodded in agreement, and then said, "I heard that Xu's daughter-in-law is Dai Shangong's granddaughter?"

Princess Changning, who was whispering to Mu Tong at the side, heard the words and turned to look at him, "Is there anything wrong?"

"There is nothing wrong with it, I just sighed. When I was young, when I went to the Jurchens on behalf of Shangong, I taught me a lot of military affairs. I have learned a lot from it. I have always remembered this kindness in my heart. Xu'er married His granddaughter is also fine."

Concubine Zhang also sighed, "Both their family and ours are from Jinling, and their relationship has always been good. Jia Daishan and your father also have a good relationship. But now their family, it doesn't matter if we don't talk about it."

"I also heard that there are no successors in their family." When Mu Jing said this, he seemed to think of something, and then asked his son, "I heard that the grandson of Dai Shangong is now working with you. How is he? If he has some ability, If you take care of him a bit more, you will repay his grandfather's kindness for your father."

Mu Xu nodded, "Father, don't worry, I know that well. That Jia Lian is not bad, I will take care of him if there is something to do."

Seeing that it was almost noon, Concubine Zhang told Chuntao, "Go and see how the lunch preparations are going?"

"Yes, servant girl is going now, where is the luncheon?"

Concubine Zhang thought for a while, "Let's put it in the side hall next door, it will be warmer there."

After the family had lunch, Mu Xu followed his father to the study.After the two sat down, Mu Jing asked, "What's the situation in the court now? My father is far away in Liaodong, and I don't know anything about things in Beijing. Tell me."

Mu Xu recounted everything from his entry into Beijing to the recent burial of Emperor Jiading, and also expressed his views on some things.

After listening to him, Mu Jing frowned when he thought about his son saving Emperor Jiading, "You are too ignorant, thanks to your mother's relationship, otherwise if you rush to save the emperor and cause his death, you will definitely be punished in the future." liquidated."

In fact, Mu Xu regretted it many times afterwards. He should not have done such a thing. Now that his father said the same thing, he hastily admitted his mistake. Move and stop acting recklessly."

"Well, you're old too, you have to think twice before doing anything." Mu Jing nodded slightly, and then asked, "Then what do you think the royal family thinks of our family now, do you have the intention of withdrawing?"

Mu Xu just thought for a while before replying, "At the moment, there is no such thing. If the late emperor is still here, there will be intentions to withdraw the domain in the future. But now that Prince Yizhong is by his side, the eyes of the central court are on him. For a while, we can’t take care of foreign feudal clans like us.”

"And even if Tu Yu is pacified, if the imperial court intends to withdraw the feudal domain, it should also attack the Nan'an palace. My father also knows that I am in charge of the embroidery guards, so he knows a lot about the Nan'an king. Their Huo family has been domineering in the fief these years, making troubles. The people complained so much that they almost regarded the fief as their own back garden."

After listening to his son's analysis, Mu Jing said with relief, "Well, you are right, and you think about the same as your father. It is precisely because of this that I only brought two hundred guards to Beijing this time. You can win the trust of the royal family."

"Father is very thoughtful. Besides, our mother is with us, so we can sit back and relax, but the king of Nan'an and the king of Xining are different. I got a tip that the king of Nan'an brought a full [-] troops to Beijing, and the king of Xining also Not to give too much away, bringing two thousand people, this is on the surface, I reckon that there must be more than these people in private."

"I know Jin Sheng well. He is cautious and sophisticated. He must be able to see the current situation of the court clearly, so he should really bring two thousand people to Beijing. As for Huo Huan." Mu Jing said disdainfully. ,

"This guy was violent when he was young, and he has no eyes. After he inherits the throne, he must not be much better. He has done a lot of bad things, and he must have brought people secretly."

After hearing his father's words, Mu Xu asked curiously, "Did the king of Nan'an offend his father? But when I got engaged, my grandmother asked Concubine Nan'an to be a matchmaker. I thought our two families had a good relationship."

"It's all old stuff, so it's not worth mentioning. As for the matter of asking Concubine Nan'an to be a matchmaker, what's so strange about it? Our four kings and eight princes have been in the same breath since the founding of the country, and among them, the four of us went to the palace. Recently, they have always been watching and helping each other, the reason is that the father doesn't tell you, you should understand."

Of course Mu Xu understood the reason. It was nothing more than holding a group to keep warm. After all, since ancient times, kings with different surnames have been thorns in the eyes of the Tian family, let alone kings with different surnames who have fiefs and private soldiers.Thinking of what King Nan'an did, he worried, "Then if the court wants to liquidate the Nan'an Palace in the future, what attitude will our family take? My father also knows that I have a very speculative relationship with the new emperor, and he will definitely ask the child for advice. "

"Well..." Mu Jing hesitated for a while before deciding, "You don't have to worry about anything, just follow your own ideas. If their family rebels openly, you just sit on the sidelines. If not, you can suggest to the emperor Just follow the example of the Beijing Palace and give their family a title and place it in the capital."

Mu Xu thought about it, and felt that what his father said was right, otherwise, if the King of Nan'an made trouble in the future, wouldn't his family still have to raise troops to respond?
The father and son talked again, Mu Xu saw that his father looked tired, so he got up and said goodbye, "Father should go back and have a rest. If there is anything to teach the child, it will not be too late to talk about it later."

"It's okay, it's really tiring to travel all the way for my father."

When Mu Xu and his son were talking, the grandparents of the Tian family in Longshou Palace also mentioned four kings with different surnames.Since the Iron Net Mountain incident, the Supreme Emperor's health has deteriorated day by day, and now his greatest wish is to teach a qualified successor before he dies.

"Remember, Huairou is still the main priority for several kings with different surnames. If a minister writes to you asking you to do something when they return to Beijing, you must not listen to his words..."

Before he finished speaking, he coughed violently. Dai Quan who was beside him hurriedly gave him a golden pill and swallowed it with honey water. It took a while for his pale complexion to turn better.

Seeing this, Tu Zhen said very worriedly, "Grandfather, why are you still taking Jindan? This medicine is poisonous!"

The Supreme Emperor waved his hand, "It's okay, grandfather knows it well. Do you remember what I just told you?"

After seeing Tu Zhen nodded, he continued, "Now there are still three Wangli families with different surnames who are enfeoffed. The Dongping Palace is located in Liaodong, where the land is sparsely populated, the weather is bitter and cold, and it is always facing foreign rebellions. It's not easy, and besides, with your aunt's relationship, you and Xu'er are also very close, and their family has little influence on my disciple's family."

"But the other two are not. The Xining Palace guards the Yumen Pass and controls the commercial roads in the Western Regions. Although the Jin family seems to be honest at present, they must take back their fiefs in the future, or their family will grow bigger sooner or later."

"What I am most worried about now is the Nan'an Palace. Their family has been a little lawless in Yunnan these years, and it seems to be a country within a country. I have received secret reports several times that Huo Huan has privately expanded his military strength. At present, he may have no less than [-] troops. People and horses, we have to guard against it."

(End of this chapter)