Jun Mowen rode on chasing the clouds, silently followed behind, and when he arrived at the fork in the road, he saw Zhong Lichun go away. Only then did he return to the palace.

Shi Cheng hurriedly went to the study and reported to him in detail the news from the court and the affairs in the house. finally asked: "The prince came back to live for a long time this time, so did Li Qiusheng send him back to Meige." so as not to be an eyesore in the king's house. ”

Jun Mo asked and frowned, "How is Li Qiusheng doing during this time?" ”

Shi Cheng smiled, "Every day, I write poems and paint, play the flute and play the piano, but I am also a delicate person, I don't say anything, I don't ask anything, but I also cooperate very much, and nothing goes wrong." It also made the regent relax a lot. ”

Jun Mowen nodded, "That's very good, then beat him, and send him back to Meige to reunite with his wife, and I must tell Shaoqing to take care of the two of them." Don't let the two of them get into trouble. ”

Shi Cheng nodded, "My subordinates will personally send him back." ”

Jun Mo asked and waved his hand, "You go down to arrange it first, and then talk about anything later." Shi Cheng nodded and exited the study.

Jun Mo sat down and hurriedly disposed of the mountain of paperwork. After lunch, just as he wanted to re-process the paperwork, he heard the sharp voice of the eunuch in the chamberlain, "The holy decree has arrived, please accept the decree from His Royal Highness the eldest prince." ”

Jun Mo asked a flick of his clothes and knelt on the ground, "Erchen greets the holy decree." ”

The eunuch opened the decree and read it aloud: "Carried by heaven, the emperor summoned and said, the eldest prince will enter the palace immediately, and there must be no mistake." Chin this! Shane! ”

"Thank you, Lord Long." Jun Mowen took the holy decree with both hands, handed the eunuch the bag of silver, and asked tentatively, "May I ask my father-in-law, this holy decree is the edict of my father himself." Or the regent was present to ghostwrite. ”

Eunuch Qian Yi lifted the bag and smiled, "Your Royal Highness the eldest prince can rest assured, it was written by the emperor himself, and the regent has no idea." Although it is safe to enter the palace. ”

Jun Mo asked a long sigh of relief, it turned out that his father personally announced the edict, so he was relieved. So he stuffed him with a bag of silver, "If there is any news in the harem, please announce it to the public, and there will be a reward in the future." ”

Qian Yi couldn't close his mouth with a smile, and sure enough, the eldest prince was still wise and discerning. He bowed and saluted, "His Royal Highness the Great Prince values it, and the slave must know everything." In the future, I hope that His Royal Highness will give you more support. ”

Jun Mo asked and smiled slightly, "If this king can succeed in ascending the throne, my father-in-law will be the director, is my father-in-law satisfied?" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, as long as you use the minions, just command." The eunuch hurriedly knelt down and thanked him.

Jun Mo asked and waved his hand, "Father-in-law, please get up, then ask your father-in-law to go back to the palace first, and the king will arrive later." ”

After saying a few words to Shi Cheng, he jumped on chasing the clouds and went straight to the palace. When he came to the Qinzheng Palace, he announced that Qian Yi had been waiting at the door for a long time, and when he saw him come in, "Your Highness, please hurry, the emperor has been waiting for a long time." ”

Jun Mowen hurriedly walked into the main hall, and heard a violent cough from afar, which was terrifying.

"Father, your body matters." Jun Mowen hurriedly stepped forward, "The son of the minister sees his father." May my father be in good health. ”

"Come on, come here, my father has something to tell you." Chu Emperor Xiang Chengyi raised his pale face. I haven't seen him for more than half a year, Jun Mo asked to see that Emperor Chu was a lot haggard again, looking at his father who was thin and only had bones left, he couldn't help but feel sour, and his past grievances have disappeared a lot. Walked briskly past.

"The sons and daughters are not filial, they only care about the mountains and rivers, and they fail to serve their father by their side, so please punish their father."

Emperor Xiang Chengyi of Chu glanced at him kindly, waved all the eunuchs out of the door, and told the eunuch to wait at the door. Only then did he turn around and take his hand and said, "God, I know that although you are respectful to me on the surface, you are a little resentful in your heart that I failed to stand up and protect your mother back then. That's why you often travel to the mountains and only come back once a year and a half. ”

Jun Mo asked and bowed his head, "The son is not filial, what the father said is right, if the father was willing to testify for the mother concubine, the queen mother would definitely not give the mother to death." ”

Chu Emperor Xiang Chengyi sighed, "God, do you know who framed your mother." ”

"The son doesn't know, and he asks his father to make it clear." Jun Mowen replied in a low voice.

Xiang Chengyi sighed, "God, my days are numbered, and it won't be long before I can tell you what happened today!" ”

"There are five of us brothers, I am in the middle, there is the eldest and the second, and the fourth and fifth are below, so the big position basically will not fall on my head, so I am also like you every day, and I am at ease. I and your mother and I also met in the mountains and rivers, at that time your mother was dressed in a light blue dress in the peach blossoms are very conspicuous, I like your mother's quiet and elegant character at a glance, for this I chanted a poem. Unexpectedly, your mother also fell with a peach blossom. We fell in love with each other at first sight.

Ignoring my mother's refusal, I insisted on marrying your mother as a side concubine. Who would have expected that the situation suddenly changed, and the fourth brother died on the battlefield. The eldest brother was assassinated and killed by the second brother. The mother concubine was afraid that the second brother would not let me and the fifth brother go after he took the throne, so she joined forces to hold the military power, and the fifth brother's foreign forces removed the second brother. agreed to two conditions, one is to make the second brother's cousin the queen and take charge of the harem. The second is to divide the fifth brother into kings. In this way, the power of Chu was divided into two, one was my uncle's faction headed by civilian officials, and the other was the military generals of the fifth brother's foreign family who held military power. Unexpectedly, they are still not satisfied, and their appetite is getting bigger and bigger. I found an excuse to put my uncle in jail. In order to save my brother, my queen mother can only agree to the queen's conditions and execute your mother. Remove the thorn in the queen's eye.

I begged for a long time, begging the queen mother to let your mother go, but I didn't expect the queen mother to kneel down for me, saying that if my uncle died, there would be no one in the court to compete with my uncle, and I am afraid that we will all be killed. When your mother knows the situation, she is willing to die to eliminate the queen's hatred. So in the face of the queen's defilement, she didn't distinguish at all, and was willing to commit suicide, but before she died, she told me to protect you and not interfere in your marriage, everything is up to you. She also said that she did not regret marrying me, and I just watched my beloved woman die in my arms, and I hated the queen more than anyone else, and I hated myself for being incompetent. In this way, the queen's foreign family became more and more powerful, and almost controlled the military power of the entire Chu State, and forced me to make him the regent. After Xiang Chengyi finished speaking, he coughed violently again.

Jun Mowen hurriedly poured a glass of water and handed it to him, and patted him on the back.

Xiang Chengyi took a sip of tea and continued: "I endure humiliation and burden, and secretly cultivate power, just to remove this obstacle for you one day." You send your love to the mountains and rivers every day, and you make a false impression to the regent, in fact, I also know that you have established your own power in the rivers and lakes outside. To seek the overall situation. I also know that you have married a woman outside. ”

Jun Mowen was shocked in his heart, "It turns out that my father has known about it for a long time, and he forgives his sons for making their own decisions." ”

Xiang Chengyi waved his hand, "I heard a report from my subordinates that you were ready to get married, I was very angry, and then I heard that the woman abandoned the queen's dignity for you, and after coming all the way to find you, I won't be angry, such a woman can let you touch, it's a blessing, I heard that she was seriously injured for you, can you quietly bring it over and let my father take a look." ”

Jun Mowen shook his head, "She's not with Erchen now, she just left this morning." ”

"But why?" Xiang Tianlai was puzzled and asked, "Could it be that you quarreled?" ”

"No, it was she who led Gu with her body in order to save her son, not only was the child gone, but she was also hurt a lot. The whole person lost a lot of money, so his hair turned gray and his face became older. And every five days, she had to suffer the pain of Gu worm bites, and she didn't want the child to see her pain and old appearance. I decided to leave and go to Linglong Mountain to recuperate. ”

"You promised?" Xiang Chengyi asked.

Erchen didn't want to agree, but she had already made up her mind and couldn't stop it. Moreover, the sons also want to accompany their father more, and now that the situation between the DPRK and China is tense, it is impossible for me to live outside for a long time. So I wanted to take advantage of her absence to stabilize the situation in Chu for three years. Give her a supreme honor. ”

"Such a woman, it's worth it for you to give everything for her, don't let her down?" Xiang Chengyi sighed.

"Erchen knows, but Erchen is worried that she won't accept it?" Jun Mo asked a little worried.

"But why?" Xiang Chengyi couldn't help but be stunned.

"She doesn't know Erchen's true identity, and Erchen has been secretly hiding it from her all along."

"Why hide such an enviable thing from her?" Xiang Chengyi asked puzzled.

Jun Mo asked Youyou and sighed, "She is different from ordinary people, she doesn't want the dignity of the harem, she just wants to stay plain for life." ”

"There are also such women who don't want fame and fortune, and are willing to pay silently for you, you kid, it's really a good blessing from the cultivation of three lives." Xiang Chengyi said happily.

Jun Mo asked, "It's all because I have burdened her, and I am willing to spend my life to compensate her." ”

Xiang Chengyi nodded, "That's how it should be." After speaking, he wrote a holy decree and handed it to Jun Mo and asked, "Heaven comes, the time for my father is short, you can take this edict of succession, and you can ascend the throne openly in the future, so as not to fall into the mouth." “

Jun Mowen took the edict, Xiang Tianlai wrote a list again, handed it to Jun Mowen, and asked, "These are the lists of low- and middle-level officials secretly cultivated by your uncle for your father, you can keep it first, and you will use it later." ”

"Thank you, Father." Jun Mowen took the list and hid it in his arms.

Xiang Chengyi waved his hand and asked Jun Mowen to hurry out. Jun Mo asked and bowed before exiting the Qinzheng Palace. Following the eunuch and wanting to quietly leave the palace, he knew that he had just walked not far when he saw the queen walking towards him with his second brother Xiang Tiancheng, blocking his way, and said in a strange manner, "Yo, yo, how can the eldest brother be willing to go back to Beijing, it is rare to enter the palace, and he will leave the palace so soon, why don't you talk more with the emperor." ”

Jun Mowen's face remained unchanged, "The son-in-law saw the queen mother, and the father's health was not good, so it was inconvenient to disturb him, so the son-in-law said goodbye first." With that, he turned and left.

The queen swept his back, snorted coldly, and said to Xiang Chengyi: "Find a way to kill him, otherwise your father will definitely let the throne pass to him." ”

Xiang Chengyi nodded, "Erchen understands, Erchen will find a way to arrange it." ”

The queen nodded, "Be nimble, don't let that old thing grab any tricks." ”

Xiang Tiancheng nodded again and again, "Erchen knows, please rest assured that as long as he leaves the capital, he will disappear without a trace." No trace was found. ”

The queen snorted, turned and left.