The Evil King's First-Class Concubine

Chapter 98 The Beginning of the Truth Part 2
"Come here!" Mu Yunbin beckoned to Xiangxue, and Xiangxue's face suddenly showed a shy look, she put the soup in her hand on the table beside her, and obediently walked to Mu Yunbin's side, The big eyes looked at the handsome and tall man in front of him, full of admiration.

Mu Yunbin hugged Xiangxue in his arms, bent down, and kissed her lips fiercely.Xiangxue's face was flushed, but she responded very boldly, and after a long time, she snuggled into Mu Yunbin's arms out of breath.

"Your Highness"

"Xiangxue, you should know that King Jin has returned safely, which shows that your eldest brother has not really betrayed his master for the sake of your sister. Although King Jin has not shown any abnormalities now, I feel that, He should know something. Therefore, I want you to do one thing, find out if King Jin knows about it."

Lifting Xiangxue's chin with one hand, Mu Yunbin said indifferently, but Xiangxue looked at him with red cheeks and affectionately: "Your Highness, don't worry, Xiangxue is willing to do anything for His Highness, it's only because my brother is too rigid." , if we follow His Highness, we can also be reunited as brothers and sisters, so why would we end up like that."

"Yeah, that brother of yours is indeed too ignorant. Be good, Xue'er, with you here, I can rest assured." Mu Yunbin smiled slightly, his handsome and elegant face made Xiangxue addicted to it, unable to extricate himself .This noble man was the love of her whole life, for him, even if she gave up everything, she would be willing to do so.

Huangji Hall was the place where Emperor Xingwen dealt with government affairs after he came down to court.At this moment, Emperor Xingwen was writing a memorial, and the imperial brush fell on the rice paper, and Emperor Xingwen looked a little dignified.

Apart from the royal family, there are six major families, the Su family, the Lin family, the Du family, the Chu family, the Guo family and the Yang family.Among them, the three families of Su Lin and Du are the most powerful in the court. The Lin family is a civil servant, and the Du family is a military commander. , the Su family has influence in the six departments, which is why Concubine Su dares to be arrogant in the harem, and is not even afraid of the queen.

The Su family is powerful, but the Chu family where the queen belongs is gradually showing signs of decline because there are no successors. Since the old man of the Chu family passed away, the queen's two older brothers are not very talented, and only one uncle works in the official department. Fortunately, there are a few outstanding young people from the nephew's generation, but they are still too young to support the Chu family.

Under such a situation, the Su family will inevitably have some strange thoughts. The fifth prince is outstanding in everything in terms of literature and martial arts, much better than the mediocre prince. The bigger the product.

The way of the court is nothing but balance. No matter what, even though he doesn't like the prince, in Emperor Xingwen's heart, he can't tolerate the fifth prince being too aggressive.Especially after investigation, Emperor Xingwen actually discovered that whether it was the assassination case in Prince Cheng's mansion last time, or the disappearance and killing of Xiao Qi and the poisoning of the queen, they were all closely related to the fifth prince and the Su family.

The case of King Cheng brought the Su family to power, Xiao Qi was killed, only the fifth prince stayed out of the matter, the queen was poisoned, and it ended with the suicide of female official Yan in fear of crime.In the end, the ones who benefited the most from all these incidents are undoubtedly the Su family and the fifth prince!
It is precisely because there is no conclusive evidence that it makes people suspicious. The Su family is too powerful, and Emperor Xingwen is also a little jealous while he is scrupulous.This time, although Concubine Su's murder of the Empress was nothing, it just gave Emperor Xingwen an excuse to take the opportunity to beat up the Su family severely.

This excerpt is exactly to impeach the Su family for bullying others and occupying the people's fertile land.In addition, there is also the murder case of the head of the Su family, Su Zihao, the son of Su Yi, who is now Zhongshuling, robbing the daughters of the people and forcing the family to death.Emperor Xingwen wrote the word "Zhun" on the rice paper.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Jin seeks an audience."

"It's Xiaoqi, let him in!" Emperor Xingwen raised his head and ordered.

A tall and handsome figure slowly appeared in front of Emperor Xingwen. He was a tall and handsome young man with a dignified air. His exquisite appearance was the most outstanding among all the princes. There is an extra handsome and domineering look unique to men.At this moment, Emperor Xingwen suddenly realized that the child who was acting coquettishly and cuddling under him had unknowingly become a real adult.

"My son sees my father!"

"Get up, Xiao Qi came to see me today, what's the matter?" Emperor Xingwen asked him to get up with a smile, feeling a little emotional in his heart, why did he forget, this time he went to attack the barbarians, Xiao Qi saved the defeat, The barbarians knelt down and begged for peace. Originally, they came back happily victorious, but because of an accident in the middle, he even forgot to reward Xiaoqi.

"Xiao Qi came today because he wanted to ask Father Huang to beg someone. Father also knows that most of Xiao Qi's hidden guards were killed and injured when they were attacked in Yunwu Mountain. Even the leader, Mu Jia, died tragically trying to save his son. Now It can be said that there is no one available around Xiao Qi, so he can only come to the father for help."

Speaking of Mu Jia, Mu Yunshen was inevitably a little sad, the double betrayal of trusted subordinates and relatives, what could be more desperate than this?Those people under him are indeed not worthy of great use, and now they can only re-train a group of private soldiers who really belong to him to share his worries.

"It's all my father's negligence. Xiaoqi, you defeated the barbarians and made great achievements in battle. Father hasn't rewarded you well. How about this, father's Qianlongwei, you can choose an elite team of 100 people at will. Except In addition, rewards on the surface are also indispensable, and I will issue an order to allow you to support 300 private soldiers of your own palace."

"Xiaoqi, thank you, Father!"

Mu Yunshen's eyes lit up, and a look of surprise appeared on his face. Only the emperor can use Qianlongwei. They are not only powerful in martial arts, but also have their own eyeliner and influence all over the capital. They were all carefully selected and cultivated since childhood. talent.As for the private soldiers of the palace, currently only Uncle Cheng maintains 500 bodyguards because of his high merits, and now his father actually let himself set this precedent, and Mu Yun had to be overjoyed.

"However, there is no need for the private soldiers of the royal family. The Qianlongwei given by the emperor is enough for Xiaoqi. If the emperor really wants to reward me with something, can I ask the emperor to give me a favor so that I Can the servants choose their own concubine?"

The Great Zhou Dynasty experienced the chaos of the kings, and almost abolished the regulations on conferring kings and fiefdoms.Because it turns out that not everyone is willing to be a prince.The prince who is far away in the fiefdom has military strength and financial resources, so he will have an inflated desire to rebel.Since he became the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he can be crowned king. However, the prince no longer has the right to raise private soldiers. There are also special county guards or governors on the fief to manage government affairs. The prince only has the right to enjoy the taxation of the fief.

In this way, the prince who is far away in the fief can only be a wealthy idler all his life. Of course, there are also those who are not willing to go to the fief and stay in the capital as officials to assist the emperor, such as King Cheng and Zhao Wang.

The princes will have their own mansions when they grow up, and only the prince can stay in the East Palace forever.However, Huangxiang itself is close to the palace, and the princes can freely enter and leave the palace.Of the several princes of Emperor Xingwen, only Mu Yunshen was named King Jin.

Becoming a prince, although it is an honor and favor, basically means that he has no destiny for the throne.In fact, Emperor Xingwen was not willing to do so at the beginning, and it was Queen Chu who persuaded him. No matter what, the prince has become a prince after all, and he is also the blood of the emperor and the Chu family.Thinking that she would never conceive for the rest of her life and sacrificed her own sister, Empress Chu really treated the prince as her own child.

Anyway, this secret has already been buried. Empress Chu doesn't want to see her two sons become dirty for the throne. She really loves her only son. Instead of letting him fall into that whirlpool, it's better to be a man who enjoys all the honor and favor. Rich prince.

It was precisely because of this that Emperor Xingwen and Empress Chu had a partial favor on Mu Yunshen. After all, they felt that they had treated him badly, so they wished to give him the best.Coupled with the fact that Mu Yunshen was beautiful and would please the emperor and empress, he could be said to be No.1 among the princes.

However, such an attitude made the prince and other princes feel a sense of crisis.In many cases, it is really good fortune.Now Emperor Xingwen even broke a precedent in order to make up for his guilt towards his precious son.Mu Yun had experienced this deeply, but knew that the favor was too much, and it brought him bad things instead.

In the past, he thought he was restraining his edge, and in order to make the prince feel at ease, he no longer showed his intelligence.But he didn't know that his performance was another kind of showing off to the prince.Even if he is stupid, even if he is arrogant, even if he behaves as a jerk and is no longer suitable for the emperor, don't the father and the queen love him equally?
His self-righteous concession is probably an insult to the prince.So this time, he had no choice but to accept his father's kindness.

"Oh? Could it be that Xiaoqi, you went out once, and you actually got a woman you like?" Now Emperor Xingwen was really curious. Mu Yunshen was already old, and men in the Great Zhou Dynasty were usually 16 years old, and they were ready to meet each other. See people, married and established a business.The other princes will also hold big weddings after they reach adulthood. In addition to the main concubine and side concubine, there are countless concubines in the house.

Only Jin Wang Mu Yunshen didn't like to be in contact with women since he was a child, and even the palace servants around him were all eunuchs.The empress and empress felt sorry for him, and they didn't force him to marry. They were just observing which noble lady from a famous family was suitable for him, and then looked for opportunities for the two to meet each other, but they were all rejected by Mu Yunshen.

Empress Chu knew her son's "problems", so naturally she would not force him, so she often told Emperor Xingwen to choose a good one carefully.The son is so good, there is no need to worry.It's just that he didn't expect that at this time, he actually proposed to choose the princess himself.

"Whose family is a lady, tell me, I will listen to it, if it is good, I will give you a marriage right away!"

"Father, my son-in-law doesn't think about getting married now, but I just think that the princess from now on will be with my son-in-law for the rest of my life, so I have to choose someone who is pleasing to each other. My son-in-law, you don't need Use the woman's family background to increase your bargaining chips, no matter who the person is, as long as the person and the minister have a good understanding. Father, you should agree to the minister!"

Mu Yunshen shook his head quickly to explain, and Emperor Xingwen looked at the seriousness on his face, and suddenly became a little worried.It is true that Xiao Qi's status does not need a woman's family background, but it is a royal tradition to marry a noble daughter. Is it possible that Xiao Qi, who is loved most by her family, will be shorter than other princes in the future?
(End of this chapter)