The prince is thinking of escaping marriage every day

After several consecutive autumn rains, the residual leaves on the trees returned to their roots and became muddy. When the north wind blew, it was winter in a blink of an eye. With the first snow, the weather became colder and colder.

The emperor's lifespan was also dying along with the withering of all things. The imperial physician was helpless, so he could only tell the prince in private to prepare for the funeral.

The concubines, maids, and eunuchs in the palace knelt all over the ground, weeping mournfully in front of the emperor's bedroom.The prince opened the door and entered. The emperor sat on the couch with his head up. Although there was a high pillow under his head, he was still falling back heavily. There was only a layer of skin left on his body, sticking to the bones, sinking deeply. It looked terrible.

The prince Fuyi knelt by the bed, lowered his head in pain and shouted: "Father."

"Go!" Mu Chengyu struggled and looked up, stretched out a bony hand, clamped the prince's arm like an eagle's claw, and said with all his strength: "Go and tell the king of Nan to come to the palace to see me, To clear the way for the crown prince!"

The eunuch at the gate hurried away, Prince Mu Youfang held the emperor's hand and wept softly, the palace returned to silence, only heard the emperor's heavy breathing, sinking from time to time, then raising it again, as if there was something unfinished, He held his breath for a long time and refused to leave.

Mu Yunhuai stayed up all night. He sat in front of the window and looked at the sky. The morning sun had just emerged from the clouds, and the day had just bordered the night. He suddenly heard a strange noise coming from the door, and he was in a trance, as if in an ancient pagoda temple. The outgoing bell is said to mourn the souls of the dead, and it can let the souls who have suffered so much in the world rest in peace.

Zheng Anjie ran in from the door. The tears in the corners of her eyes seemed to be broken. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief and cried, her big eyes falling out one by one.

Mu Yunhuai staggered towards her, threw his hands into her arms, and buried his head on her shoulder. His body was trembling, and a man would not cry easily, but the separation of life and death in the world is the long-lasting hatred of human beings. How can you not cry and be sad.

"My king is going today... I will leave everything in the palace to the crown prince." Mu Yunhuai turned around and said to everyone in the palace: "Your Majesty is so kind, you canonize me as a prince."

"And I was trusted by His Majesty, and I was able to enter the palace to serve the sick..." He straightened his clothes, sent Zheng Anjie's hand, and walked down the hall: "If the prince asks, I will tell you this..."

"Yes, the prince is a thousand years old." Everyone bowed their heads and sent Mu Yunhuai out of the house respectfully.

In the prince's bedroom, Mu Qianli broke the teacup, turned over from the window, saw the debris all over the floor, and before he could react, Mu Qianli suddenly grabbed the coat on the bed and rushed out.

Jin Chao quickly regained his senses, turned around in a hurry, and stopped Mu Qianli: "Where is the little prince going?"

"Do you really think you can stop me? Why don't you back down?" Mu Qian ordered with a twitching vein on his forehead.

"Forgive me for not being able to follow orders." Jin Chao knelt down on one knee, raised his sword, and clasped his hands together: "This is also what the prince meant."

"You...you really think you can hide it from me..." Mu Qianli trembled all over, and sneered: "You really think you can hide it from me?! I don't know why His Majesty made you a prince? But if you want to kill him, you must First of all, use an imperial decree to love your brothers and sisters to deceive all the people in the world, so that everyone in the world thinks that the emperor's grace is so great, and it is my father who has a rebellious heart. Do you really think that I know nothing? Do you really think that I am only suitable for you? To be an idle king?"

"The prince doesn't want to drag the prince down!" Jin Chao raised his head, his brows were pained, and he clenched his fists tightly, persuading him: "If the prince insists on going out today, it will ruin all the painstaking efforts of the prince."

Mu Qianli stared blankly, clenched his hands into fists by his side, tried his best to hold back, his voice was soft, but filled with hatred: "Then what do you ask me to do? Is this son just to watch his father go to die?" .”

"If the prince alone is sacrificed, the entire palace will be preserved!" Jin Chao sternly said, and firmly bowed his head: "Please mourn, my son!"

Several servants around also flicked their clothes and knelt down one after another, bowing their heads: "My son's condolences!"

The curtains were golden, the emperor Mu Chengjue raised his head under the support of the crown prince, and slowly clasped the bed beside him with his fingers, the eunuch came in from outside the palace, met the crown prince, buried his head and said: "Your Majesty, the king of Nan is here. "

"Show him in." Mu Chengjue waved his hand, the prince understood and ordered to the eunuch.

Mu Chenghuai walked into the sleeping hall with the eunuch, raised his clothes to the bed and knelt down: "Chen Mu Yunhuai sees Your Majesty, Prince."

"You go out." Emperor Mu Chengjue struggled to sit up from the prince's arms, and said in a breathless voice.

The prince and the eunuch retreated, leaving only the two brothers in the palace. Panting lightly, Mu Chengjue moved his legs off the bed and leaned against the quilt next to him. Mu Yunhuai, who was staring coldly at him, coughed a few times , Yin smiled and said: "I am going to die, half of the capital's heavy soldiers under the Emperor's brother are willing to return?"

"I never have the heart of rebellion." Mu Yunhuai looked sad, and took out half of the soldier talisman from his bosom: "It's just this half of the soldier talisman, I can't give it to Your Majesty."

"If you don't have the heart to rebel, why don't you want to hand over your military power?" Mu Chengjue said with a sarcasm. When he laughed, his whole body trembled violently, as if it would fall apart at any moment.

"Back then, the late emperor handed over the military talisman to me to help His Majesty keep half of the military power in case of emergencies."

"What unforeseen need? How can you help me guard half of the military power in the capital?" Mu Chengjue asked, angry, and said indignantly: "Father, he just favors you. He thinks that I am weak, so he will Half of the military power is given to you, just to replace me after I die!"

"Your Majesty!" Mu Yun said with a sore throat, "If the father is partial to the minister, why doesn't he pass the throne to the minister?"

"I am the eldest son, so the Ninth Five Lord will naturally be me!" Mu Chengjue couldn't control his anger, patted the bed, and roared: "The first emperor was afraid that future generations would criticize him, so he passed it on to me!"

Seeing that Mu Chengjue was so extreme, Mu Yunhuai knew that he would not be able to persuade this person back, so he lowered his head and said in agony: "If your majesty insists, I have nothing to say, but I still have to explain the ins and outs of this matter to your majesty." , so it does not count as a failure to live up to the late emperor’s entrustment.”

Mu Yunhuai had no fear of life and death, straightened his body, straightened his clothes and said: "The mother clan of the empress and concubine Yu, whose ancestors were the founding fathers of the country, members of the Yu clan, since the ancestor emperor, they have served as important posts in the two military forces in the north and south of Gyeonggi. To this day, it has not changed. But if a clan supports soldiers for a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no rebellion."

"But the Yu clan has always been loyal to the Lord, and has never shown any dissent." Before Mu Chengjue could question him, Mu Yunhuai expressed his doubts for him, and then explained: "But if you know people, you don't know your heart. Without the heart of rebellion, why did the queen let her own niece enter the palace to serve the crown prince? If she had no heart of rebellion, why would the Yu family have to report the important positions of military power in the north and south of Gyeonggi to her own clansmen? Your majesty, the Yu family Although he has not shown disobedience now, he has to be on guard against all kinds of things like this."

"So what King Nan meant was that the late emperor gave you half of the military power in order to prepare for the contingencies when the Yu clan rebelled?" Mu Chengjue speculated following Mu Yunhuai's words.

"That's right, Your Majesty." Mu Yunhuai bowed his head and bowed his head. He had already explained everything that should be said. Next, it was up to Mu Chengjue to believe it or not.

If you don't believe it... Fate suddenly beat in Mu Yunhuai's heart like a drumbeat, and the person on the couch made a final decision: "It's nonsense!"

"Do you think that I will believe you if you absolve the crime to the Yu clan? The Yu clan has been loyal to my court for several years. If you really have the heart of disobedience, why wait until today? The empress and the crown prince are virtuous, and the Yu clan is full of loyalty. The emperor once praised me, how dare you use this to deceive me today, do you really think that I am terminally ill and unconscious?"

"In the whole world, you, Mu Yunhuai, are the only one who has the heart of disobedience...a minister king, but holds half of the military power in the capital. You don't have the heart of disobedience? Who will believe it?" Once the seeds of disbelief Once planted, it will take root and sprout with the suspicion that has grown over the years: "If the first emperor taught you military power for a rainy day, why didn't he leave it to me? Wouldn't it be better to leave it to me?"

Mu Yunhuai closed her eyes and drooped her eyes. What's the use of talking now?Once doubt takes root, how can it be easily broken?He lowered his head helplessly: "I have nothing to say, I..." He looked at the half of the soldier talisman in his hand: "I can return the soldier talisman, but I have two conditions."

Mu Chengjue narrowed his eyes slightly: "What conditions are you talking about?"

"I know that your majesty intends to kill me, and I am not qualified to negotiate terms with you, but I hope that your majesty will remember the love between brothers and sisters when I was young, and not to implicate my family. They are young and immature, and they have absolutely no intention of disobedience as His Majesty said, if His Majesty is willing to be them, I will be willing to die and be buried with Your Majesty!"

"Okay," Mu Chengjue covered his face, sighed twice with mixed sorrow and joy, raised his hand and patted on the bed, motioned for the eunuch outside the door to bring in the poisoned wine, stared at Mu Yunhuai and said, "If the emperor After you drink the poisonous wine, I will issue an imperial decree to make Qianli the King of Chen and succeed you on the throne."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mu Yunhuai bowed his head and saluted, took the poisoned wine from the eunuch's hand and put it to his mouth, but stopped again, squeezed his glass and said: "There is one more thing. Although Your Majesty doesn't believe in me, I still have to warn His Majesty. , The Yu family has too many troops, so I have to guard against it. Now I will return the military talisman to Your Majesty, but please don't hand over half of the military power to the Yu family, so that I will have no regrets." After he finished speaking, he stopped Start the poisoned wine and drink it up.

In the capital, it was snowing again. Zheng Anjie huddled in the soft seat in the front hall, and looked up at the snowflakes outside the hall. Suddenly, a mournful bell rang from the palace to the entire capital. The eunuch stood on the imperial platform and loudly wailing: "The emperor is dead!"

"The emperor has passed away!" Everyone in Kyoto knelt down and bowed their heads in silence towards the palace gate. The snow was flying and slowly piled up on the ground. This year's Kyoto was extremely cold.

The eunuch came out with Mu Chengjue's imperial decree, and the crown prince, wearing mourning clothes, looked away from the snowy sky and looked at the imperial edict in the eunuch's hand: "Father emperor sealed Mu Qianli as King Chen before he died?"

The eunuch bowed his head: "Yes, but he has no military power, he is just an idle prince, the prince need not worry."

"If it's an idle prince, where can't he be?" Mu Youfang smiled contemptuously: "In my opinion, it's better to let him follow the old customs of Cangyue Kingdom. Isn't his fief in Yanting, so let him send his father back to Yan?" Court burial, and another three years of filial piety."

"Also..." Mu Youfang raised his eyebrows maliciously: "You are not allowed to return to Beijing without an edict."