After the tall man entered, a man came out and looked around before entering the house. Tatsuyuki took a look and sneaked into this courtyard from a place that was not easy to notice.

"General Shang, please take a seat." Ling Mo's attitude was very respectful.

Shang Rongqiu had a tense face, above the court, the emperor had always disliked the most about ministers forming a party with the prince, and he also took the risk to meet Ling Mo this time.

"The third prince, as an important minister of the imperial court and a general, I should not meet you today, but how many letters from my mother mentioned you, so I took the risk of taking this trip, the third prince, if you have something to say, I am inconvenient to stay for a long time."

Ling Mo just smiled slightly, it was not the first time he had heard such words, among all the emperors, only his biological mother's identity was the most humble, what kind of cold words he had not heard, but this time, he dared to come to Shang Rongqiu, that was confident.

"General Shang, you may be thinking too much, I came to you today just to give you a surprise."

As he spoke, Ling Mo clapped his hands, and a girl dressed as a maid helped an old woman with a dragon bell to come out, and as soon as Shang Rongqiu saw the old woman, he immediately rushed up, threw himself on the ground and knelt down, and called: "Mother." ”

"My son, it's been five years, and I haven't seen you in five years." Mrs. Shang burst into tears and kept touching Shang Rongqiu's face, which shows that she has also missed her son very much over the years.

The mother and son talked for a while before Ling Mo spoke, "General Shang, you come back from the Sheng'an border. My father said that he wanted you to go back to your hometown to visit your mother, but this delay was so many years, and your mother missed you very much all these years, and she knew that you were going home, but after waiting for day after day, she still did not see you go back. This time, I encountered the assassination of Prince An again, and I am afraid that I will not be able to go home for a while, so I sent someone to take the old lady to the capital to meet you, General Shang will not be angry with me, right? ”

"How could I be angry with the Third Prince?" Shang Rongqiu changed his indifferent attitude at the beginning.

Then, Old Madam Shang kept saying good things about Ling Mo in front of Shang Rongqiu. told all his good breath to the Shang family over the years.

Ling Mo said, "General Shang." Can we talk about it separately? ”

"Okay."

The maid helped Mrs. Shang to retreat.

"General Shang, this time my father suddenly recalled you from the Sheng'an border, what do you think?"

"The emperor thinks that I have been at the border for five years, and I should also come back to visit my relatives. And he summoned me back by the way. "Shang Rongqiu is a simple-minded person. By his own brute strength. The town guarded the border and won many battles to have today's status.

Ling Mo smiled faintly, "Father did ask you to come back to visit your relatives. The last time the prince went to the Sheng'an border to send grain back, he sang praises to you in the court, and mentioned many times in front of the emperor that you are deeply loved by the people of the border pass, and your reputation is very high, and you are praised at the Sheng'an border. ”

Shang Rongqiu heard this, his heart was very comfortable, in the past few years, the army he led has strict military discipline, never seized the people's advantage, and is loved by others, this is indeed a fact.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is honest and true, and he told the truth, and I can be regarded as comforted in my heart."

"General Shang, can you know what it means to be a master of high merit?"

Hearing these words, Shang Rongqiu's face immediately changed, and Ling Mo continued: "In all dynasties and generations, no emperor is willing to let the ministers in the court take great credit, I think that at that time, my father and emperor also listened to the prince's song and merit to you before he suddenly decided to call you back to Beijing, and at that time, all the courtiers were strongly in favor of continuing to attack Anguo. Don't you think it's strange that my father recalled you and made you a general of the first rank, but now, because of the disadvantage of escorting Prince An, you have been demoted to the rank of general of the second rank? Who would dare to sabotage the marriage between the two countries like this, and Prince An was assassinated for no reason? ”

Shang Rongqiu's heart suddenly had a trace of worry, so he asked Ling Mo, "What is the opinion of the third prince?" ”

Ling Mo thought for a while, "I believe that General Shang is also very clear about the situation in the court now, the power of civil officials is only the prime minister Du Cheng, the Du family is the founding emperor, the former queen mother, and the current queen are all members of their Du family, so his status is untouchable." The most powerful one of the military attaches is Shu Ye, the grandfather of the second prince, and the other is General Mu Yaotian, and the second is you, the reason why my father arranged it this way is also to contain each other, and he will not let anyone sit big. General Mu also came back from the battlefield and had been resting for nearly a year, and this time he was arranged to go to the battlefield of Xiangguo, but he was promoted first and then degraded to you, having said so much, you should know it in your heart. Only General Shu Ye has been stationed at the Shengci border all these years, and that is because he is the imperial prince. He has a sick grandson and second prince, and there is no way to participate in the battle for succession, so his father will think that he is the safest general. ”

Ling Mo's words made Shang Rongqiu understand a lot in an instant, and Shang Rongqiu asked, "Does the third prince know who assassinated Prince An this time?" ”

"Your Majesty!"

Shang Rongqiu's eyes narrowed, and he didn't want to believe such a result, "How could the emperor do this?" ”

"This seems to be an assassination attempt to sabotage the relationship between the two countries, if it is really to destroy the relationship between the two countries, can Prince An still survive? General Shang may not know that my father has a secret guard in his hand, dedicated to the emperor, which has been established since the time of Taizu, called the Imperial Forest Army, and is only sent by the emperor, I also saw it from the book in the palace by accident, and today I saw the death and injury of those people in the present scene, which is the same as the method of the Imperial Forest Army, and died directly from the heart, except for Prince An, everyone else is like this. ”

Shang Rongqiu couldn't help but shudder, if this was the case, then the emperor's move was to cut his official position.

"I really didn't expect that the hard work of fighting on the border was all for the sake of loyalty to the emperor, and I never had two hearts, but the emperor is now suspicious of me like this?"

"I also know that General Shang was set up by Prime Minister Du Cheng back then, and now Prime Minister Du's daughter has been given the crown princess, and Prime Minister Du's rights will rise to a higher level in the future. I just want to ask General Shang one word, are you willing to be a general under the control of Prime Minister Du Cheng forever, or are you willing to change the dynasty and support a new monarch and become a hero of the founding of the country? ”

Chen Xue was almost frightened when she heard this, the ambition of these three princes is really not small, and they dare to say it so directly, aren't they afraid that Shang Rongqiu will say it?

However, Tatsuyuki is always just a woman, and she will not understand how attractive power is to a man.

"The words of the third prince are reasonable, as for your question, I think my mother has made a choice for me."

Ling Mo stood up, walked to Shang Rongqiu's side, stretched out his hand and held Shang Rongqiu's hand tightly.

"General Shang's great kindness, I Ling Mo will take it to heart, as for the promise, I won't say much, I will repay you with practical actions. At present, this house was bought by me and given to Mrs. Shang, and then, your family will also move over, General Shang went directly to the Sheng'an border from his hometown, and there is no mansion until now, this is the first gift I give you. ”

Chen Xue had already heard what she should have heard, so she quietly left here and hurried back to the Donglai Inn.

"How? Are there any new discoveries? As soon as Mu Huanyan saw Chen Xue, he hurriedly came up and asked.

"Miss, I don't know if I don't go, as soon as I go and jump, the third prince disturbed General Shang and wanted to compete for the throne, so Shang Rongqiu actually agreed."

This news was of no use to Mu Huanyan, she knew very well how ambitious Ling Mo was to become the emperor, but she didn't expect that Ling Mo couldn't do it because he went to send grain to disturb Shang Rongqiu last time, but he used the assassination of Prince An this time to achieve his plan.

"Have you heard the news about the assassination of Prince Anguo?"

"The third prince said that it was done by the emperor's Imperial Forest Army, and that it was the emperor's private army, which was only used by the emperor himself, and it became from the time of Taizu, and all those injured died directly from their hearts, which was the killing method of the Imperial Forest Army."

Mu Huanyan remembered that Ling Mo's Formation Cloud Tower in the previous life had indeed inquired about the news, and the method of the Imperial Forest Army was to win people's hearts directly. But Ling Mo knew the methods of the Imperial Forest Army, but it didn't mean that it wasn't him. But if you think about it carefully, if Prince An is assassinated, the emperor will definitely send someone to investigate, if it is found that all the murderer's methods are the same as those of the Imperial Forest Army, wouldn't it tell the emperor that someone knows the style of the Royal Forest Army in his hands? Ling Mo wouldn't be so stupid, he scared the snake for the sake of a Shang Rongqiu, it seems that it was really the emperor's doing, he wanted to cut Shang Rongqiu's official position, but he didn't do this move but helped Ling Mo and gave his subordinates one more general. Why did the heavens still treat Ling Mo so favorably, and in such a way, he was able to win over a general who was good at martial arts.

Mu Huanyan said, "Let's go home." ”

"Don't check it out?"

"It was done by the emperor, what else is there to check, tomorrow the emperor will definitely find a way to end this matter, and he can't set off too much storm."

"Also, the emperor did it himself, and he will definitely not vigorously investigate it, and sending someone here is just a formality."

When they were about to arrive at the Mu Mansion, Mu Huanyan and Chen Xue changed their clothes in the carriage before entering the mansion.

"Miss, are you back? Madame has been waiting for you for a long time at Lanxingju? "Luo Zhen has been guarding the door.

"What is she looking for me?"

"I don't know, I don't look good."

After Mu Huanyan went back, the Chen family was still waiting for her in the room.

"Mother."

"You all go down." Chen glared at the people in the room, but those people were indifferent, Mu Huanyan gave a look, and they retreated. (To be continued......)