The emperor is a half-step golden immortal-level cultivator, although this realm is forcibly poured out with various resources and secret techniques, but after all, the realm is enough.

The longevity of a half-step golden immortal can reach more than 5,000 years.

So the emperor never thought that he would have to face death so quickly.

"Really...... I'm not reconciled. ”

He smiled wryly and sighed deeply in his heart.

But after all, we have to face reality.

The biggest question to consider now is who should inherit the throne of Huangji Cliff after his death.

He has only been on the throne for more than two years, and because he is diligent in government affairs and too young, he has not considered the inheritance of the throne at all.

In the harem, there is only one wife and two concubines.

These three women are not his true love, but are just an alliance of interests, so they have no children.

The only son, who is only nine years old this year, was born in an accident when he was still the eighth prince and had a spring supper with a palace maid at that time.

Although he is the eldest son, he can only be regarded as a concubine, his qualifications are mediocre, and his appearance is very different from him, so he has also been unfavored, even after the emperor ascended the throne, this concubine has always been in the former county king's mansion, with a low status and little known.

"It seems that there is no other option. ”

The Emperor smiled wryly again.

In the past few days, the wry smile from time to time seems to have become a habitual action, and the whole person has aged many years at once.

"Someone, spread my will, and take the prince into the palace. ”

......

......

After returning to the Imperial City, Li Mu has been in the [Easy Residence].

This is when the emperor was still the eighth prince, the residence given to Li Mu, although the sparrow is small, all the organs are complete, and then Li Mu slightly renovated it, becoming his long-term residence.

In the past few days, people from all walks of life have come to visit Li Mu for different purposes.

Even the Demon Refining Pavilion, the Donghuang Divine Dynasty, and even the Xuangan Sect, which has always been low-key, all sent people to ask for a meeting, but they were all rejected by Li Mu.

These big factions, after being rejected, generally retreat.

But there are also some people, like kraft candy, who stick to the door and wait.

Later, Li Mu was irritable when he was blocked, so he directly closed the door and let the dog go, and slapped Xiao Jiu out to clear the scene, and finally killed all the people near Xiaoyaoju.

Of course, Xiao Jiu also fell into the name of a 'hell dog'.

But it simply doesn't care.

Li Mu was in the middle of the retreat, but in fact, he did not retreat and cultivate.

He hadn't been out of the country for a long time and needed to relax.

The way of civil and martial arts, one by one.

The garden in the middle of the free house is beautiful, Li Mu asked Yuan Yu to buy some things on a whim, at the gate of the back garden, under an old tree, entertaining himself for BBQ, most of the kitchen utensils are made by Li Mu himself.

It doesn't matter if it's delicious or not, anyway, it's just a relaxed mood.

At the beginning, the eighth prince, in order to visit Li Mu for convenience, so outside the gate of the back garden, there was the county king's mansion - Xiaoyaoju was originally part of the county king's mansion.

When Li Mu barbecued, the aroma of barbecue was permeating.

In a small remote firewood courtyard on the side, I don't know when, the wooden door was quietly pushed open, and a face was revealed through the crack in the door.

It was a thin teenager of eight or nine years old.

This young man has black eyes and long black hair, but his development is a little poor, much thinner than his peers, and he looks at Li Mu a little timidly.

To be precise, he was looking at the barbecue in Li Mu's hands.

"Want to eat?"

Li Mu smiled.

The little guy swallowed his saliva, glanced at Li Mu, and did not speak, but took a step or two back.

"Don't be afraid, here you go. ”

Yuan roared, stood up, took a few pieces of roasted meat, and handed them to the little guy.

He didn't seem to be a stranger to Yuan Roar, hesitated for a moment, took the barbecue, bowed deeply to Yuan Roar and Li Mu, and then turned around and ran into the small courtyard where he came.

"The child in the courtyard next door, the mother is a maid in the palace, I heard that it is the son of the current emperor, but because of the concubine, it is not taken seriously, and the emperor does not take it very seriously, several concubines in the palace are jealous of this maid, and the people in the palace, in order to please the master, deliberately embarrass every three or five times, and the deduction of money is light, and they are often scolded, so the mother and son are very hard, and even eating a full stomach on weekdays is a problem......

Yuan Roar explained.

He had lived in a small house for a while, and he was relatively clear about the origin of this little boy.

After hearing this, Li Mu shook his head.

This kind of drama is seen too much in various palace fighting dramas on the earth.

He also saw it just now, the little boy has an average physique, a dull talent, and is not suitable for cultivation, perhaps because of the reason why he was excluded, when he reached the age of nine, he didn't practice any exercises, which was worse than the children of ordinary immortal families, and it was also pitiful.

It stands to reason that this little guy is also the emperor's own flesh and blood, no matter what his talent is, he should practice the imperial exercises, but he didn't, which shows how unfavored he is.

Born in the emperor's family, it is not as good as ordinary people.

It is conceivable that when the future queen or other concubines have an heir, then this little guy will not only have a worrying status, but it will be difficult to even save his life.

However, the immortals in the fairy world have mostly strange appearances, and they have all kinds of hair signs, like the little boy just now, with black eyes and black hair, all of a sudden, it actually gave Li Mu the illusion of seeing the Chinese children on the earth.

Just as he was thinking about it, suddenly a series of hurried footsteps were heard in the distance.

Just look at a dark-colored and panicked maid, with a group of palace guards and a dozen eunuchs, coming from a distance and walking towards the small courtyard with a wooden gate.

The maid who led the way in front looked like she was in her twenties, with a slender figure, wearing the coarse cloth clothes of the lowest-ranking slave in the county king's mansion, her facial features were extremely exquisite, her skin was crystal like jade, her cultivation was not high, she was only a half-step slave immortal, her appearance was beautiful and delicate, giving people a feeling of being weak like a little white flower fluttering in the wind.

There were tears on her face, and she was cautiously saying something to the leading eunuch leader.

But the chief eunuch held his head high, and did not look at the maid.

Suddenly, the leader of the eunuchs seemed to sense Li Mu's gaze and looked this way.

Then, he recognized Li Mu's identity.

In the next moment, the originally arrogant white-faced and beardless face immediately showed an extremely flattering smile, bent over, walked over with a fart, knelt on the ground with a puff, and said very respectfully: "The slave greets Prince Mu." ”

Yes.

Li Mu's current identity is the national teacher of Huangji Cliff and the emperor's brother of the opposite sex, and the outside world is called Prince Mu.

Li Mu didn't speak, just waved his hand.

"The minions retired. ”

Only then did the leader of the eunuchs get up, hunch his waist, and retreat twenty meters before he turned around, led the others, pushed open the wooden door, and entered the fish.

......

In the remote and narrow yard, the little boy with black eyes and black hair, a little struggling, sweating on his forehead, was cleaning the courtyard, washing clothes, and chopping wood.

The moment the door was pushed open, the little boy reflexively showed a smile on his face, and said, "Mother, are you back?" Chen'er is very well-behaved today, and she didn't go out to run around...... Uncle Yuan next door gave me two pieces of barbecue, which were so fragrant, Chen'er didn't eat them, and waited for my mother to come back and ...... together."

It's like a puppy in captivity at home, just as excited as it finally waits for its owner to come home.

But as soon as he turned around, he saw a group of eunuchs coming in through the wooden door, and all of a sudden, his smile froze and his face showed timidity.

He rushed over, threw himself into the arms of the young maid, hugged him tightly, and did not dare to say a word.

"Is that him?" asked the eunuch.

The young maid's face was pleading, and she said, "My lord, he is still young, he can't cultivate, he doesn't understand anything, can he ......?"

"Shut up. The eunuch said: "Your Majesty wants to wait for him to enter the palace, do you dare to resist the decree?"

The maid's face was full of tears, and she was terrified, but she didn't know what to say.

"Mother?" the little boy looked at his mother with a puzzled expression.

The maid hugged the child tightly, turned her head and asked, "My lord, Your Majesty wants Chen'er to enter the palace, is it for ......?"

The eunuch said expressionlessly: "How do I know about this kind of thing? Maybe I want to cultivate Prince Chen." When he said the last word, the corners of his mouth curled up with a hint of ridicule.

The faces of the others also showed tacit contemptuous smiles.

Your Majesty today doesn't care about this little prince at all, this matter is well known.

Giving birth to a son with a lowly maid, this was a shameful thing for the royal family at that time, and it is said that the former emperor had reprimanded him many times for this, if it were not for the fact that killing this mother and daughter would have disgraced the image of the royal family, maybe this mother and son would not have lived to this day.

Recently, the domestic situation of Huangji Cliff has been very good.

Prince Mu Mu swept the Quartet and was invincible.

His Majesty was probably in a mood that suddenly improved, and he was curious for a moment and wanted to meet this son.

But with the talent, cultivation and intelligence of Prince Chen, you want to impress the emperor?

Impossible.

On the surface, this seems to be an opportunity for Emperor Chen's mother and son to see the sky, but in fact, it will make the queens and concubines of the harem vigilant and even more unable to tolerate this mother and son.

"That'...... I...... I'll also go with Chen'er. "years

The maid pleaded.

The eunuch shook his head and said, "Your Majesty only said that Prince Chen was invited, and did not mention you, so you should stay here honestly." ”

"But......," the young maid wanted to say more.

The eunuch's expression suddenly became angry and aggressive, and he smiled gloomily and said, "Keep some rules, don't look for death by yourself." ”

The maid's hands and feet were suddenly cold.

The little boy seemed to understand something, and hurriedly comforted: "Mother, Chen'er will go alone, don't worry, Chen'er will be obedient and obedient, and he must go early and return early." ”

Eventually, the little boy was forcibly taken away by the eunuchs and guards.

The young maid was ordered to stay in the small courtyard and not to go out, waiting for news.

Tears wet her coarse skirt.

For so many years, she has been trembling and trembling in the palace to survive, in order to protect this son, she has suffered all hardships and humiliations, she has never had the luxury of her son to inherit the throne, or to be rewarded, she only hopes that he can grow up healthy and peaceful.

For this reason, she locked her son in this small courtyard and rarely let him out.

For fear of encountering someone with bad intentions, or his son is ignorant, he will cause some trouble.

But now, the son has been taken away.

The feeling of being frightened but powerless is like having your heart and lungs taken out, and only those who have been parents can truly understand it.