Why is the little emperor the first to be sad? The reason is actually very simple, this has to go back to the conversation between Mu Qiuhuang and his father Mu Qingen in the study the night before he left for Wudang Mountain.

At that time, Mu Qiuhuang once asked a question: "What if several princes discuss with each other and choose to sacrifice that group of inconsequential children, and then use the excuse of raising an army?" ”…… And Mu Qingen also calculated an account for Mu Qiuhuang at that time, that is: "Back then, Dongchehou rebelled, and Xiahou Xuanba led his army to fight with him, and the Korean and Chinese troops lost at least half of their ......"

These two passages actually express the same fact, that is, the military power of the court is far less powerful than that of the princes.

That is to say, the princes dare to find an excuse to rebel at any time, but the court does not dare to rashly start a war with the princes.

Moreover, the question raised by Mu Qiuhuang at that time is really possible, especially in this situation, this time the little emperor summoned the children of the princes to Beijing, and six of the eight princes sent not the children who could inherit their position as the marquis in the future, only the Marquis of Beiyu and the Marquis of Xilie seemed to sense that this incident seemed to have an opportunity, and sent a son who could inherit their position in the future, and this choice was also pros and cons for them.

The advantage is that if there is a real opportunity, Beiyu and Xilie will inevitably get the first move, and the disadvantage is that the safety of their two sons is very worrying.

If someone wants to stir up the storm, the best way is to kill Mu Qiuhuang and Ji Yan, the reason is just like the above, no matter who is killed among the princes and disciples who came to the imperial capital this time, the consequences are not as great as the consequences that the death of the two of them can cause.

If the children of other princes die, I believe that as long as they can obtain enough benefits and calculate the gains and losses, the princes may not rebel. Because these children were originally not valued and specially sent to sacrifice, they have better children in their own family who can serve as heirs. But Mu Qiuhuang and Ji Yan are different, they are the heirs of their own Hou Mansion that have already been determined, and Ji Yan is the only son of Xilie Hou Mansion, if either of them has a mistake, I am afraid that their father will run away...... And the strength of the Beiyu Army and the Xilie Army is also one of the best among the princes.

So, whoever tried to stir up trouble would try to kill one of them.

But none of them dared to do this blatantly, because none of them wanted to or dared to directly face the anger of the Marquis of Beiyu or the Marquis of Xilie...... In other words, everyone wants to kill them, but after killing them, they have to make sure that no one knows that they did it...... To put it more bluntly, whoever they die on will be in big trouble, so no one dares to let them die on their own territory.

For example, A, B, and C all wanted to kill Ding, but Ding had a good father, and each of them was afraid that killing Ding would lead to Ding's father's revenge, so they all wanted to take their anger on each other so that they could reap the benefits of the fisherman...... The next thing is very simple, when D is on A's turf, B and C will do everything they can to kill Ding so that they can frame A, and A will do his best to protect Ding's safety; If D is on B's turf, then the people who want to kill D are replaced by A and C, and the people who are desperately trying to protect him become B. When D returns to C's territory, his identity will change again, and those who want to kill him will become A and B, and those who want to protect him will become C...... The reason why the identities of A, B, and C are constantly interchanging is, in the final analysis, that they are just protecting each other.

In the same way, Ji Yan and Mu Qiuhuang are now that Ding, while the little emperor and the others are like the A, B, and C...... And now the two of them are in the territory of the little emperor, so the responsibility for their safety naturally falls on the little emperor.

Therefore, when Ji Yan set up a banquet to report to the court, the little emperor would send the general of the forbidden army to lead the patrol battalion to station here, and the Kyoto government officials also sealed Suzaku Street...... It's just that today's Xiangju is a gathering of the princes' children, if someone has the ability to kill all the children of the eight princes here tonight, I am afraid that this great world will be in chaos in an instant, and the princes will start to fight against me...... Therefore, it is also impossible for the little emperor not to pay attention to it, and the strict defense on Suzaku Street today is comparable to that of the emperor's travel.

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This Kyoto government official was indeed conscientious, and even set up a barricade on Suzaku Street, not to mention, he even played the role of a doorman, and began to verify the invitation for the Xilie Marquis Mansion.

After inspecting the invitation to the Kyoto government officials, Ling Hu Jian drove the carriage directly to the door of Tianxiangju, and at this time, the gate of Tianxiangju was already full of cars and horses, and the voices were boiling.

And Ji Yan, the prince of Xiliehou Mansion, also gave enough face to these people who went to the banquet today, and even stood at the door of Tianxiangju to greet the guests.

Ji Yan's clothes today are not gorgeous, but she is wearing a water-blue robe, and she does not wear a gold crown on her head, but a white hosta...... The dress is also casual, which also indirectly shows that this banquet is not solemn, just an ordinary banquet.

Mu Qiuhuang just heard the noise outside in the carriage and felt a little strange, and when he got to the carriage, he found that except for himself, who came with the twilight, the other princes' children had already come early, and these princes' children had brought a large number of entourages to put on a huge show...... Compared with them, Mu Qiuhuang, who only had a Linghu Ji, couldn't help but look a little shabby...... However, presumably because of the cold outside, except for this group of lowly-level coachmen, Mu Qiuhuang didn't see their master standing outside.

Seeing Mu Qiuhuang get out of the carriage, Ji Yan actually took a few steps forward to greet him, and bowed his hand and said: "Brother Mu is here, I have never greeted him from afar, and I hope that Brother Mu will forgive his sins." ”

Seeing this, Mu Qiuhuang hurriedly returned the salute, and said politely: "How dare you?" The younger brother is ashamed to be late, and the person who should say forgiveness should be the younger brother. ”

"Where? Brother Mu came at the right time. Ji Yan smiled.

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The two exchanged a few polite words again, and at the same time raised their heads and looked at each other with the corners of their lips slightly raised and smiles on their faces...... This is the first time the two have met, and in addition to being the future Marquis of Xilie and Marquis of Beiyu, they are each other's brother-in-law and brother-in-law.

Just as the two looked at each other for a while, and were about to speak, they saw several more high-raised sedan chairs on Suzaku Street coming one after another.

The two glanced at the sedan chair at the same time, Ji Yan turned his head and smiled apologetically at Mu Qiuhuang, and said: "The officials of Honglu Temple have arrived, I will go to greet them, Brother Mu will go into the building to rest for a while, and then talk to Brother Mu." ”

Mu Qiuhuang also smiled slightly: "Brother Ji, please take care of yourself, don't worry about me." ”

The people who got down from the sedan chair also knew each other, and the leader was the one who welcomed the children into the city, Lord Yan Kunyan.

Mu Qiuhuang watched Ji Yan and Yan Kun standing there greeting each other from a distance, and couldn't help but feel a little funny.

It is an iron law that the princes and marquis are not allowed to have personal relations with bureaucrats when they enter Beijing.

Ji Yan didn't invite those officials of the court and the central government to hold a banquet this time, but only invited the children of the princes, but if this group of princes' children were allowed to get together and talk to each other, I was afraid that the little emperor would not be at ease.

So there was this Yan Kun's uninvited, he just came to act as the eyes and ears of the little emperor, and everyone knew this.

And funny is funny at this point, Ji Yan didn't want to invite Yan Kun in his heart, and he had to say welcome. Yan Kun didn't want to come to the banquet in his heart, but he had to show a willing appearance.

Just when Mu Qiuhuang was standing there and laughing secretly, he heard someone greet him: "Hello Mu Gongzi." ”

Mu Qiuhuang turned his head to look, almost not startled, only to see a pale and puffy face with two huge black circles under his eyes, looking at him closely.

"Are you ......?" Mu Qiuhuang was puzzled, he really didn't know how this person suddenly appeared behind him.

"In the lower ram Tianzhu, from the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, I have sent a greeting to Mu Gongzi before......" Ram Tian Zhu opened his mouth to explain, there were no outsiders around the two, and Ram Tian Zhu also spoke normally and did not pretend to stutter anymore.

"Oh! It turned out to be Brother Ram, disrespectful and disrespectful. Mu Qiuhuang waved his hand and explained: "When Brother Ram sent the sticker that day, he unfortunately contracted a cold under it...... That's why I postponed the opportunity to meet Brother Ram, and asked Brother Ram to forgive me. ”

Ram Tian saw that Mu Qiuhuang's tone was close, and he also changed his name between words, saying: "Where is it, Brother Mu is really too polite, it was too abrupt on the next day, and it was not ......the right time to go."

"Brother Ram's words made the little brother embarrassed, and when he went in later, he would definitely ......have a good conversation with Brother Ram," Mu Qiuhuang smiled.

Ram Tian's face was full of joy when he heard this, and when he was about to say something to Mu Qiuhuang, he saw Ji Yan and Yan Kun coming over.

"I've seen Lord Yan."

"I've seen Mu Gongzi, Ram Gongzi."

The three saluted each other at the same time.

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"I'm sure we've known each other for a long time, so I won't introduce them more...... The other sons have also taken the lead in entering the building, and it's cold outside, so I'd better go to the building first and talk about it......" Ji Yan said, opening the curtain and making a gesture of invitation.

"Okay."

When everyone answered and was about to enter the building, they suddenly saw a few people galloping on horses on Suzaku Street, and both the officials of Kyoto Prefecture and the soldiers of the patrol battalion turned a blind eye to these people...... After a while, those people had already come to several people with their horses, and they saw that the official eunuch who was the leader had a gloomy face and a tense face.

Seeing this, Mu Qiuhuang and the others looked at each other and didn't know why, but Yan Kun asked with respect on his face, "What happened to Gonggong Bai?" ”

This person is the little emperor's henchman and eunuch Bai You.

Bai You didn't answer Yan Kun's words, but after glancing at the three of them, he asked, "Who is Ji Yan, the son of Xilie?" ”

"It's Ji Yan below, I don't know what happened to my father-in-law?" Ji Yan took a step forward and wondered.

Bai You glanced at Ji Yan, turned over and dismounted, took out a paper silk from his arms, and shouted in a sharp voice: "Ji Yan takes the order." ”