By the time Mu Yanshen came back, Duanmu Jun and Han Xing had already left.

Duanmu scarlet lazily leaned on the beauty couch, accompanied by only the little fox sleeping in the rattan basket.

She was in a good mood today, she was thinking about the marriage of Chu Tingshu and Jun Lingxi, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that these two were really a good match. The two of them have similar temperaments, and if this marriage can be successful, it will definitely be a golden relationship.

"Ah Yan!"

Duanmu Fei wanted to get up, and was gently pressed down by Mu Yan's movements, and somehow, Mu Yan lay on the beauty couch and let Duanmu Fei press on him.

Seeing that the two were tired of being together, the little fox looked at them with disgust, changed directions, and continued to curl up in a ball, sleeping on it.

Duanmu Fei happily told her that she wanted to be a matchmaker for Chu Tingshu and Jun Lingxi.

Mu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, and earnestly proposed, "Do you want me to give you a marriage?" ”

Duanmu shook his head, "This matter is not in a hurry. Let's take a look at what Xiaoxi and Xiaotian mean first, if they are all willing, I will give marriage! ”

Duanmu Fei said, and a person was silly and happy, laughing so much that his eyes were bent into crescents.

"Cousin Hanxing said that this matter is on her, and it will definitely be possible if she goes out, so she is waiting to receive the matchmaker red envelopes from the Xuanguo Mansion and the Jian Wangfu."

"She also said that this matter was my idea, and she will definitely remember to give me half of the matchmaker's red envelope!"

The more Duanmu Fei talked, the happier he became, and his eyebrows danced with a smile.

"When I earn a matchmaker red envelope, what do you want? I'll buy it for you! She patted her chest boldly.

Mu Yan listened to it quite usefully, and said secretly: It seems that he has not fallen out of favor yet!

He said playfully, "Then I'll have to think about it!" ”

"Don't worry, you think slowly." Duanmu said happily, anyway, it will take at least half a year for a marriage to go from the two parties to the final wedding, and he can think about it slowly.

Mu Yan looked at her happy appearance, knowing that he had suffocated her recently, so he changed his words: "Zhen Zhen, my cousin will get married in three days, will I take you out to play?" ”

Duanmu blinked, looked up at him, and didn't react yet.

Mu Yan smiled and winked at her and said, "Let's go secretly!" ”

Duanmu Fei felt a sense of joy in his heart that the two of them were doing bad things together, and he nodded his head and said yes in a row.

They did go secretly, on the same day, Mu Yan sneaked back from the imperial study early, Duanmu pretended to sleep and deceived Anping, and the two of them slipped out of the palace with Anping on their backs.

However, if they really sat on the wedding hall of the Yijun Palace, it would only make the newlyweds too restrained, but not beautiful, so they just went to the end when the bride entered the door, and after giving a congratulatory gift, they swaggered away.

As for the full hall of guests, they didn't react at all, watching the emperor and queen, and watching the emperor leave, and when they came back to their senses, the emperor and queen had long since disappeared.

It was difficult to get out of the palace, of course Mu Yan would not just go back to the palace, and took Duanmu Fei to wander around.

Dachang Street, two streets away from Yijun Wangfu, is bustling and bustling, with stalls and vendors on both sides of the street, enthusiastically hawking and selling.

The two of them walked along the street, while looking at these stalls, buying some fresh snacks, and buying some things for the little ones in their wombs, such as tiger hats, small bibs, and so on.

Duanmu Fei's slightly bulging abdomen couldn't be hidden, and those stall owners knew at a glance that the young couple was about to become a father and mother, and enthusiastically talked to the two of them on this topic.

"Girl, look at your belly for almost six months, right?" A squinting fat stall owner said with a smile, "My daughter-in-law just gave birth last month, and I see that your belly is similar to hers." ”

Duanmu Fei nodded, "In seven or eight days, it will be six months." ”

"Look at the two of them with such outstanding appearances, the future little boy will definitely look as good as a porcelain doll." The fat stall owner took the opportunity to promote the porcelain dolls on the stall.

Mu Yan felt that the stall owner could speak, and picked a pair of porcelain dolls with great interest.

Seeing that the business was done, the fat stall owner smiled more attentively, and enthusiastically raised his hand and pointed in a certain direction and said, "This son, madam, this is your first child, right?" You can go to the nearby Guanyin Temple to ask for a safe birth talisman, where the talisman can be effective, three months ago, my daughter-in-law also went to ask for one, this is not, mother and child are safe! ”

"The incense is good there, if you plan to go, you'd better go early."

These people who do small business can just talk, and when no one answers, they can also go down to their own thoughts: "I heard that the queen mother is almost also Mrs. You are this month, maybe Mrs. Your baby can be born in the same day as the future prince, get a touch of joy, and have a smooth life." ”

Mu Yan smiled and said, "Accept your auspicious words!" ”

After paying the money, the two walked along Dachang Street, bought some gadgets, and went to the Guanyin Temple on the adjacent street together.

As the fat stall owner said, the incense at the Guanyin Temple was so good that the closer it was, the more pilgrims came and went, but all of them were women.

Half of these women were women with bulging bellies, either alone or accompanied by relatives and friends, and there was not a single man who came with them.

As a result, Mu Yan's existence has a feeling of standing out from the crowd.

Naturally, those female pilgrims saw him, and all of them cast strange glances at him, some envious, some surprised, some banter, and also funny. There were even pilgrims who were about to leave who were reluctant to leave, and looked at Mu Yan as if they were looking at rare treasures.

In this regard, Mu Yan didn't care at all, let alone embarrassed, and went to the main hall in the strange eyes along the way.

The young couple worshipped Guanyin devoutly, begged Guanyin to bless their child to be born safely, added sesame oil money, and asked for a safe birth charm, and then left with the charm in their arms.

Especially Mu Yan, who smiled very brightly, felt a lot more at ease.

God knows, when Imperial Physician He said that Duanmufei's fetus might be twins, Mu Yan was almost scared to death.

Women's childbirth is already difficult, it is simply a life of nine deaths, this safe and smooth birth charm or something, whether it is useful or not, it must be required!

Mu Yan secretly decided to let people inquire again, there are any temples and Taoist temples in this capital that can ask for this kind of talisman, and it is better for him to ask for these talismans.

By the time the young couple returned to Chonghua Palace, it was almost time to apply.

They originally wanted to sneak in again, but they were caught by An Ping at the door of Chonghua Palace.

Facing Shang Anping's dark phoenix eyes, Mu Yan and Duanmu Fei were stunned, and their smiles froze at the corners of their mouths.

Bi Chan, Lu Pothos, Xiao Douzi and the others watched the emperor and queen say to An Ping in a gray manner: "I was wrong. ”

Anping was not in a hurry to train people, and first escorted the little couple into the east side hall, and the palace people were left outside.

After the three of them sat down, An Ping began to train his son: "Ah Yan, you are such an adult, why do you still instigate Scarlet to mess around together!" ”

Knowing his son Mo Ruomu, Anping thought about it with his toes and knew that this must be Mu Yan's idea.

"If you don't say a word and take Scarlet out to play, aren't you afraid that this palace will worry?"

"Scarlet's belly is so big, what if someone hits her!"

"Ah Yan, you kid, how do you think it's a show!"

“……”

An Ping kept talking, Mu Yan was trained by An Ping to be speechless, and he didn't dare to fight back at all, so he could only laugh hard.

After the training, An Ping frowned slightly, and said with a straight face: "This palace still has to go into the palace to live." ”

These two children are too playful, although there are many people in this palace, they are all slaves and maids, and no one dares to say no to the emperor. They don't have an elder around them to watch.

Besides, Duanmu Fei is the firstborn, maybe a twin again, so he must be cautious and cautious.

Mu Yan raised his head hurriedly, and hurriedly said, "Mother, there's no need." ”

Originally, Anping and Wen Wuchen planned to go out to play in the mountains and rivers together after they got married, and then returned to Beijing after playing for a year or two, but because Duanmufei's pregnancy did not go through, Anping really couldn't put his mind at ease.

If he stays in the palace again, maybe his uncle will have to come to the door to help train him.

Mu Yan raised his right hand with a smile and swore solemnly, "We will be obedient in the future." ”

Duanmu Fei was also obedient, shrunk his neck, and showed a flattering smile at An Ping, "Mother, don't worry, I won't go out in the future." ”

When Duanmufei wants to be well-behaved, how well-behaved and well-behaved it must be, how sweet and sweet it must be.

An Ping looked at Duanmu's soft and glutinous appearance, and his heart was about to melt, and he felt how cute his daughter-in-law looked, so-

It's all my son's fault!

An Ping glared at Mu Yan fiercely again, meaning, don't teach your daughter-in-law badly!

Mu Yan could only smile: "......"

At this time, a shrill voice sounded outside the curtain: "Your Majesty, the envoy of Puguo has arrived." ”

Mu Yanru was amnestied, quickly jumped up from the chair, and ran, and did not forget to tell before running: "Mother, Zhen Zhen hasn't had lunch today." ”

An Ping's face darkened by three points all of a sudden, but Mu Yan had already opened the curtain and ran away by himself, leaving only the beads of the curtain dangling in mid-air, clanging.

Looking at the swaying strings of beads, An Ping felt a little weak, raised his head and rubbed his eyebrows, and said in his heart: My son is a little stupid, what should I do?

An Ping felt that he hadn't taught this stupid son well, he was really sorry for his daughter-in-law, and looked at Duanmu Fei apologetically.

Duanmu sat upright, smiling lightly.

Such a good daughter-in-law was actually deceived by this stinky boy! An Ping sighed secretly.

After Mu Yan left Chonghua Palace, he went straight to the imperial study.

After he sat down, a small chamberlain ushered in a middle-aged man with a beard, the man had a nose and deep eyes, and wore a brown brocade robe with narrow sleeves, and his appearance and clothing were not Dasheng people.

The middle-aged envoy came to the imperial case with low eyebrows, and looked at Mu Yan behind the imperial case with his eyes silent.

It was not the first time he had seen Mu Yan, a few years ago, when Mu Yan was still Feng Yan, he had sent an envoy to Pu State, and who would have thought that the son of the princess would one day ascend the throne of Emperor Dasheng, and also expand Dasheng's territory to an unprecedented territory.

The middle-aged envoy directly knelt down and bowed with the etiquette of the Central Plains: "See His Majesty Emperor Dasheng!" ”

"The Queen Mother of our country is about to ascend the throne as the new king, and I am here to come to the capital to deliver the letter of state to Your Majesty on the order of the Queen Mother.

The middle-aged envoy knelt on the ground and handed over the credentials with his hands held high.

Since Xu Jingsi listened to the government in Puguo Linchao as the queen mother, over the years, she has gradually tightened her power, disintegrated the royal family, and several princes killed each other in order to compete for the throne.

The last remaining princes are mediocre and incompetent, and they don't dare to compete with Xu Jingsi at all, these years, Xu Jingsi has accumulated power in Puguo, not only governing Puguo in an orderly manner, but also no one dares to offend, the country is peaceful and peaceful, the country is thriving, gradually, the people of Puguo respect the Queen Mother, believe in the Queen Mother, submit to the Queen Mother, and forget the royal family.

Xu Jingsi's position is as stable as Mount Tai.

On the first day of the first lunar month of last year, when Mu Yan ascended the throne, Xu Jingsi sent an envoy to the capital, and at that time, she also asked the envoy to bring a secret letter, in which she mentioned that she would give him a big gift in the coming year.

Obviously, this is the big gift that Xu Jingsi said at that time!

The little chamberlain took the letter of state with both hands and respectfully presented it to Mu Yan.

Looking at the strong and elegant handwriting on the national letter, Mu Yan's lips curled slightly, and his phoenix eyes were bright.

Seeing words is like seeing people, my aunt is still that aunt!

Mu Yan asked with a smile: "How is the Queen Mother of your country?" ”

The middle-aged envoy also knew that Xu Jingsi was Emperor Dasheng's aunt, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty Xie cares." The Queen Mother was all right, and she went to climb Mount Everest in mid-March this year. ”

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in Puguo, and Xu Jingsi has this physical strength and is in good health.

The smile on Mu Yan's face became stronger, compared to Pu Guo's submission, Xu Jingsi's peace and health were more important to him.

He asked the middle-aged envoy a few more words, asked Xu Jingsi when he would ascend the throne, asked about the changes in Puguo in recent years, asked if the journey could be smooth, and then ordered an attendant to take the other party down to rest.

Subsequently, Mu Yan quickly announced Xu Mingzhen into the palace and told him the news.

Xu Mingzhen thought something was wrong at first, but when he heard the news of his daughter from Mu Yan's mouth, he stood there in shock, and then, his eyes were slightly red, and there were faint tears flashing.

He has been accustomed to ups and downs for most of his life, and has also experienced ups and downs, but at this moment, he still can't help but be moved.

This daughter of his, it makes him feel distressed, it makes him feel guilty all these years, and it makes him proud of it now.

Xu Mingzhen forced himself to suppress his tears and said to himself, this is a good thing!

Xu Jingsi has not been easy in Puguo all these years, but she did not accept her fate, she relied on herself and walked out of a road in Puguo alone that is enough to leave a name in history.

Maybe in Dasheng, Xu Jingsi will be questioned by some people in her life and poke her backbone, but for Xu Mingzhen, his daughter is the pride of their Xu family!

Xu Mingzhen's reddish eyes were glowing, and his whole person was radiant, and he seemed to be several years younger all of a sudden.

Mu Yan said with a smile: "Grandfather, my aunt is about to ascend the throne, I want my grandfather to go to Puguo to congratulate me as an envoy of Dasheng, what do you think?" ”

Xu Mingzhen couldn't ask for it, and was overjoyed to respond.

Mu Yan said again: "If my grandmother also wants to go, let's go together." ”

This was originally unruly, but Mu Yan was never the kind of person who cared about rules and etiquette.

What Mu Yan thought was that Mrs. Xu was still healthy now, and if she didn't go this time, I was afraid that she would not have the opportunity to see her aunt again in the future.

At that time, it has been more than ten years since the aunt and the mother and daughter parted with the mother, and now Mrs. Xu is already in the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, and her life can be more than ten years.

Xu Mingzhen wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief and said with a smile: "I'll go back and tell your grandmother." When the old wife knows the news, she will definitely cry with joy.

Others don't know, but Xu Mingzhen knows that since beating Xu Jingsi and his relatives, his wife has been a vegetarian all these years, and she recites the "Dizang Sutra" every day to pray for her daughter.

Xu Jingsi has always been a boulder in the hearts of their husband and wife for the Xu family and the matter of the country, and now although it cannot be said that they have no regrets, they can at least say that one day when they lie in the coffin, they finally don't have to close their eyes with concern for their daughter.

Xu Mingzhen settled down, and began to be in the mood to gossip with Mu Yan: "Seeing that my great-grandson is about to be born, I see that your grandmother is afraid and is reluctant to leave." ”

Mu Yan smiled and talked to Xu Mingzhen about going to Guanyin Temple with Duanmu Fei today to ask for a safe birth, but he was reprimanded by Xu Mingzhen, and Mu Yan obediently listened to the training again.

After training Mu Yan with a stick of incense, Xu Mingzhen went back happily.

The next morning, Mu Yan asked people to read out the letter from Pu State.

Knowing that Pu returned to Dasheng and was willing to take the initiative to be a vassal country of Dasheng, the Manchu Dynasty was overjoyed by the civil and military forces, so that the Quartet was even, and Dasheng had no foreign enemies.

In a jubilant atmosphere, there was a royal history who stood up uninterestingly and raised an objection with righteous words:

"Your Majesty, Xu Jingsi, the lord of Xinle County, is the queen of the first king of Puguo, and is respected as the queen mother, she is also the lord of Dasheng's family, and it is really not a good etiquette to ascend the throne as the king of other countries, and it will be spread out, won't it make people feel that Dasheng usurped other countries, which is really unseemly!"

"In the opinion of the ministers, the etiquette cannot be abolished, and the rules cannot be overcome......"

The imperial envoy also said something, which means that Xu Jingsi, as a virtuous queen, should support a little prince to ascend the throne, and then listen to the government.

When he finished speaking, the court was silent, and all the civil and military officials looked at this imperial historian with a strange look.

Mu Yan on the throne of Jinluan gently stroked his palm and said, "I think Master Liu is very reasonable. ”

After the words fell, the temple became quieter.

Those courtiers looked at Liu Yushi's eyes with a hint of sympathy.

Liu Yushi was stunned. He thought that what he said would make the emperor unhappy, and he had long been mentally prepared to be reprimanded by the emperor, but he didn't expect the emperor to react like this!

When did the emperor speak so well?!

Things went too smoothly, but it made Liu Yushi chuckle in his heart.

After all, their emperor has never been a man who stands for his cards!

Sure enough—

Mu Yan smiled and said: "But the people of Pu don't understand the way of Confucius and Mencius, I'm afraid they won't be able to comprehend Lord Liu's 'heart'." ”

"Why don't you go to Puguo with the envoys of Puguo, Lord Liu, and when you get there, ask the lord of Xinle to help open a private school, and stay there to educate the people of Puguo to learn the way of Confucius and Mencius, how about it?"

Mu Yan raised his eyebrows and looked down at Liu Yushi below.

The courtiers could hardly bear to look at Liu Yushi.

Sure enough, the emperor's moves have always been surprisingly successful, and the sword has gone sideways!

Imperial Envoy Liu was dumbfounded, like a basin of cold water falling down.

Since Mu Yan has spoken, it is the final word.

There are also a few people who are friends with Liu Yushi in the court, but they secretly sympathize with him, but they don't dare to speak for him.

In the year and a half since Mu Yan ascended the throne, he has already accumulated a lot of prestige.

After the sentence "There is something to do, nothing to retreat from", Mu Yan left in stride.

After the ministers sent the emperor away, they also left the Jinluan Hall one after another, and walked together in twos and threes.

A middle-aged minister glanced back at Liu Yushi, who was stunned in the Jinluan Palace, and whispered to a few colleagues: "Liu Yushi is also blind. ”

Liu Yushi didn't want to think that Xu Jingsi was the emperor's aunt, if the emperor opposed Xu Jingsi's accession to the throne, he still needed Liu Yushi to speak!

Several other ministers also looked at Liu Yushi sympathetically.

The other minister sighed, and his voice was lowered: "When 'that one' comes back, won't you be able to suppress the emperor?" He said and pointed to the guide.

In fact, even if he didn't mean it, others knew that he said that "that one" was referring to Cen Yin.

The "......" were silent.

(End of chapter)