The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 169 Changes
After Mu Xu personally sent his mother to the Dragon Head Palace, when he learned that his daughter had arrived, the Supreme Emperor dragged his sick body to meet her in person. The father and daughter spent more than an hour alone before Princess Changning came out with red eyes.

On the way back, she called Mu Xu into the carriage and talked about the conversation between father and daughter just now, "Your grandfather knew his destiny so much that he kept mentioning your second uncle in his words. I think he regretted it. And let me take care of his descendants in the future."

Mu Xu frowned, "Did mother agree, don't you forget about Prince Yizhong?"

Princess Changning shook her head, "You misunderstood, Tu Yu did such a rebellious thing, and now your grandfather hates him very much. He told Wei Niang that he had already made an agreement with the emperor, and in the future, he only needs to give your second uncle It’s good to keep a bloodline in that line, what he told me today is the daughter left by the second brother in the folk.”

"Grandfather didn't care about my cousin before, why did he suddenly think of her again?"

Princess Changning hesitated for a moment before explaining the reason, "I just found out that Qin's biological mother was secretly sent by your grandfather to deal with it."

"What, this is wrong. When I revealed the identity of my cousin earlier, the imperial grandfather clearly didn't know about her existence." Mu Xu was puzzled.

"This is also a muddled account. According to your grandfather, the person he sent to deal with the matter came back and did not mention that the woman gave birth to a daughter. Now that time has passed, it is impossible to find out the truth. If your grandfather had Knowing the existence of the Qin family, how could you ignore it for many years and allow him to marry into the Jia family?"

Mu Xu thought the same thing, for the Supreme Emperor, it would be easy to cover up Qin Keqing's identity, the worst would be to change her mother, how could she be allowed to be fostered in the Qin family.

"I think you are quite familiar with that Qin family, why don't you tell me about her personality."

Mu Xu organized his words in his mind, and told Qin Keqing's story from the beginning to the end. After hearing what happened to her, Princess Changning hated Jia Zhen too much. She said that her death was too cheap, and finally said, "I haven't seen her yet. You can make a post for her some other day and invite her to come to our house. I want to meet her in person."

Mu Xu naturally agreed, and after returning home, he sent his mother back to the main courtyard, and then sent someone to send an invitation to Qin Keqing, and remembered that he had promised Xue Baoqin to ask for a marriage certificate for her yesterday, so he wanted to go to Mei's house by himself. But after thinking about it, it seems that this is not necessary at all.So he wrote a letter, called Yang An, told him a few words, and let him go to Mei's house.

Sure enough, within half an hour, Yang An came back, took a look at the marriage certificate in his hand, Mu Xu asked, "Then Mei Hanlin made things difficult for you?"

Yang An replied with a smile, "I don't dare to borrow his courage. I went to his house to talk about my intentions. After he knew that it was the prince's intention, he simply handed over Miss Xue's marriage and asked me to tell the prince. Sorry."

"Hmph, count him as acquainted!" Mu Xu sneered and sent Yang An away. He picked up the marriage certificate and walked towards Baochai.When he arrived, he found that only Baochai's master and servant were there. After asking, he found out that Xue Baoqin had gone to compose poems with Yinglian.

In the next few days, Mu Xu personally escorted his mother into the palace every day to greet the Supreme Emperor, but the Supreme Emperor was already depressed because of the change of Iron Net Mountain, and he had eaten a lot of golden pills before, so he returned home after all. The sky is exhausted, and she passed away on the tenth day after Princess Changning came back.

Less than two years later, there was another plain in the city of Shenjing, and the continuous bells rang again. In addition to comforting the crying mother, Mu Xu also had to go to the palace to cry every day, so he was so busy. More than three months.

On the second day after the Supreme Emperor's burial, before Mu Xu had a good rest at home, an eunuch came to pass him into the palace. As soon as he arrived in the palace, he found that the atmosphere of Qinzheng Palace was particularly dignified. There are Qi Bin, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Shi Ding, Minister of the Ministry of War.When he met Li, Tu Zhen didn't talk nonsense, and handed him a memorial with a serious face.

He took a look and found that it was a note from the magistrate of Xinzhou, and he played on it that in the second month after the Supreme Emperor died, Ping'an Prefecture sent a large number of troops to Yanmen Pass, which seemed to have the intention of going south.

Mu Xu's heart tightened, and he quickly asked, "When did this note happen?"

After learning from Qi Bin that this document was written three days ago, Mu Xu immediately said, "The most urgent thing is to confirm whether those traitors are still at Yanmen Pass, so that the court can make further plans."

Shi Ding also nodded in agreement with Mu Xu's statement, and suggested, "Besides, His Majesty should send an edict to Taiyuan to remind them to be more vigilant, lest the enemy steal the city."

Tu Zhen was a little puzzled, "Shouldn't those rebels go straight to the capital? Why did they let Taiyuan take precautions?"

Mu Xu explained for Shi Ding, "Master Shi is right, because Yanmen Pass is blocked by the Taihang Mountains to the capital, and there are many passes along the way. If the imperial court is prepared, Lu Fang will not dare to ride lightly like before, otherwise He will be completely wiped out.”

"And if they want to go south from Yanmen Pass, they have to conquer Xinzhou first. Xinzhou has no danger to defend. Judging from the time when they sent troops, I think Xinzhou is no longer safe, but the same reason, they can't defend Xinzhou either. Otherwise, Taiyuan is an important town in Hedong. It has always been rich and easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is located not far to the west of Xinzhou. Thieves get bigger and endanger the entire River East."

After hearing Mu Xu's explanation, Tu Zhen suddenly realized, and immediately made a decree, ordering people to send him to Taiyuan quickly.Then he said his plan, "I plan to mobilize an army to counter the rebellion, how about the love?"

Qi Bin cupped his hands towards Tuzhen and said, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely unacceptable. You forgot that the Supreme Emperor was buried only yesterday. Since ancient times, there has never been anyone who sent troops during the filial period of the former emperor. This is very unfilial."

"But didn't that traitor Tu Yu also send troops?"

"He saw that it was inconvenient for the imperial court to send troops, so he dared to do so. Although Ping'an Prefecture is a large state outside the pass, it is no better than the mainland. It can raise up to [-] horses. As long as the imperial court strictly guards them, they will only be defeated sooner or later. Your Majesty does not need to worry. Shi Ding also began to persuade.

Hearing what they all said, Tu Zhen had no choice but to look at Mu Xu again. Seeing that Mu Xu also nodded slightly, he said unwillingly, "Let's do this for now. You step back first. The son of Dongping Prince stays. Something to say."

When both of them had left, Tu Zhen asked puzzled, "Why does my cousin agree with their words?"

Mu Xu replied, "I still don't know the specific situation of the traitor, so don't act rashly. Besides, Lord Qi's words are not unreasonable. Your Majesty has not long succeeded to the throne, and the foundation is not stable. If you raise troops during the emperor's filial piety period, you can't say that you have a heart." I will make a fuss about this matter, so I have to pay for it?"

"But letting Tu Yu, a traitor, like this makes me truly ashamed of my father's spirit in heaven."

"Of course we can't just let it go. We can publicize that he sent troops to take advantage of the national funeral. Even if he has defected, he still can't change his origin. How can he act like this when his grandfather's bones are still cold. It's just for the world to see His shameless face, so those officials who are secretly colluding with him in private also have to carefully weigh whether they should continue to follow such an unfaithful and unfilial person to make trouble."

After hearing what Mu Xu said, Tu Zhen immediately agreed, "Okay, just do what my cousin said. I left my cousin to ask you another matter. I received a secret report yesterday that the Zhen family had some changes recently. Then Zhen Yingjia He is in cahoots with Jiangnan officials, did he realize that the court wants to liquidate their family?"

Mu Xu thought for a while, but shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily true. With their family's behavior, Zhen Yingjia should know in her heart that once the Supreme Emperor dies, their family will definitely not end well. It is understandable to be prepared. But the timing he chose was too coincidental, Your Majesty still remembers that when Jia Yuanchun was concubine, Concubine Zhen had a hand in it."

"What does cousin mean to say that the Zhen family and Tu Yu have colluded secretly?"

"This is the only explanation, otherwise there is no way to explain these coincidences."

Tu Zhen paced a few steps in the hall, hesitantly said, "But I promised my grandfather earlier that before the death of Mrs. Fengsheng, I will not punish the Zhen family for the time being."

(End of this chapter)