For a while, the news that Xiao Mufeng, the king of Ning, had died on the battlefield spread in less than half a day, and there was an uproar in the court, in the harem, and inside and outside the capital.

When the Xuncai people in the cold palace heard the news, the laughter did not stop for a long time, and even the palace maids who accompanied them changed their arrogant attitude in the past and became flattering and respectful.

After all, the emperor's heirs are scarce today, and Xiao Mufeng, King of Ning, and Xiao Muheng, King of Letters, are the most promising to inherit the throne, but now that King Ning is dead, there are only two princes left, one is King Mu Xiao Mulin who is guarding Jicheng in the north, but King Mu's biological mother has a low status and is not valued by the emperor, so there is basically no chance. Then the rest is naturally the king of faith.

In the government and the opposition, there are some people who are really sad about King Ning's death, such as the officials of the military department, Xiao Mufeng served in the military department before, and he also took care of the military department in an orderly manner, so the military department admired and supported him.

And Xiao Mufeng's death, the happiest thing is Wen Xiang and some people who support King Xin, so these people are sad on the surface, but they are actually happy in their hearts.

Jiang Yue, who had been neutral before, also chose to take refuge in King Xin at this time, after all, King Ning was dead, if he didn't show his loyalty and sincerity to King Xin earlier, then in the future, after he ascended the throne, he would not be reused, and if he was unhappy and then put on a charge, the black hat would be gone, and even the life of the whole family would have to be explained.

So for a while, there were countless people who came and went to the palace of the king of Xin, and the king was not good at handling these interpersonal relationships before, but this time the immature face was forced to hold a decent smile, showing the appearance of an old man, to appease and receive these people who came to meet one by one, after all, these people can push him to sit on the dragon chair, but although the smile on his face is not reduced, the smile does not reach the bottom of his eyes, and his eyes are full of sadness and indifference.

He had decided to go to the position of the battle, and had decided to fight to the death with his second brother, who was once dear and loved, but he never thought that he would win before the competition began, but he was not happy, and when he thought that the second brother who had cared for and loved him died on the battlefield like this, there was no joy of the winner in the depths of his heart, only sadness and sadness that hurt to the bottom of his heart.

Five days later, the body of King Ning arrived in the capital Luoyang, accompanied by the soldiers of the army of black pressure, the army was stationed outside Luoyang City according to the etiquette system, only a few thousand people and horses sent the body into the city, the palace of King Ning was hung with snow-white curtains, and the mourning hall had been set up.

When a group of officials from the court and the central government came to the mourning hall of King Ning's mansion with a heavy heart, of course, some of them were really sad, and some were fake. But to everyone's astonishment, Xiao Mufeng, King of Ning, walked out from behind the mourning hall in great strides, so shocked that everyone opened their mouths wide and froze in place, and even a few timid people hurriedly retreated, shouting, "King Ning has cheated the corpse!" ”

Immediately, a bright yellow figure flashed, and the emperor walked out with a smile, although he didn't look very good, and he coughed a few times from time to time, which shook his whole body violently.

The emperor straightened out his breath, raised his thick eyebrows, and said loudly: "Bold! Who is talking nonsense here, King Ning is here with dignity, it's just nonsense! ”

The person who shouted just now immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed again and again, and said: "Weichen should die, Weichen said the wrong thing in a panic, please forgive the emperor." ”

The emperor glanced coldly at the person lying on the ground, it turned out that this person was Jiang Yue, the secretary of the ministry, and then said: "Under the public, you are so cowardly, it's really a shame, get up." ”

Jiang Yue trembled and got up when he heard this, and the rest of the people were also confused, this was obviously news that King Ning was poisoned and died on the battlefield, how could he stand here in a good manner.

Wen Zongshen took the lead in asking, "May I ask the emperor, what is going on?" ”

The emperor sat down slowly on the chair brought by Sun Fu, and then said: "Really ghosts are not terrible, but I am afraid that those people with human faces and ghosts are the most terrifying, this is the strategy of me and King Ning, in order to identify which people are and which are ghosts in the court, the people who went to the palace to pay tribute to the people who went to the palace to offer gifts before, this court can't accommodate you, resign as soon as possible and go home to retire." ”

As soon as the emperor said this, everyone was in an uproar.

The emperor continued: "I don't want to wait for nine days after the dragon returns, the heirs fight each other for this throne, and they can't die well, they have always killed each other for the throne, brothers and sons, a few people can have a good death, I am also old, this country will always be handed over to my son, I think about it, only King Ning can take on this heavy responsibility, Feng'er is lenient and benevolent, virtuous, and good at using soldiers, in this troubled world, the world is handed over to him I can rest assured." ”

Everyone at the bottom was talking, some people nodded happily, and some people looked depressed, thinking that Xiao Mufeng, the king of Ning, was in power, so I was afraid that my career would end here.

After a while, the emperor's cold voice sounded: "What, what do you think?" ”

The people led by Li Chengqi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Zuo Shilang, showed satisfaction and joy on their faces, and knelt down and said: "The emperor is sage, and the ministers swear to support the new crown prince!" ”

The others saw that there was no room for turning back in the situation, and knelt down to echo it, the emperor showed a satisfied look, smiled and coughed violently, Xiao Mufeng held the emperor's arm, and asked with concern: "Father, your cough is so serious, let's call the imperial doctor to show you." ”

The emperor waved his hand, showed a kind smile, raised his hand and patted Xiao Mufeng's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "It's an old problem, if you can be cured, you can get medical treatment as soon as possible, it's okay, you just came back, let's rest and recuperate." ”

The emperor then summoned Sun Fu and said loudly: "Order the Qin Heavenly Eunuch and the Ministry of Rites to choose an auspicious day to hold the crown prince's canonization ceremony!" ”

The emperor's words were not only for Sun Fu, but also for the officials below, some people were happy and some were worried.

Sun Fu smiled and said happily: "The old slave will give the order!" ”

Just when everyone was looking left and right to speak, a man with clear facial features was dressed in armor, holding a sword and walking quickly to the mourning hall, and the eyebrows, which had a little resemblance to the emperor, were full of wind and dust, and his sideburns were a little messy, but seeing Xiao Mufeng standing upright, his eyes were slightly red, and he couldn't help but step forward to hug Xiao Mufeng with excitement, and choked up: "It's great that you're okay!" ”

The person who came was Xiao Mulin, the king of Mu, as soon as the emperor saw Xiao Mulin, his face suddenly sank, and he reprimanded in a fierce tone: "You didn't follow the edict and returned to Beijing without authorization, do you know what crime you should be guilty of?" ”

Xiao Mulin turned his head to see the emperor, his face turned calm and indifferent, and he knelt down and said: "Erchen asked his father to say goodbye, Erchen heard the bad news of the death of his second brother, and just wanted to go back to Beijing to see him for the last time, and he left his post without permission, and Erchen was willing to accept the guilt!" ”

The emperor didn't expect that this son had been training at the border for a year, and his bones were hard, and he didn't have the previous look of cowering at all, and he couldn't help but sigh and feel relieved, thinking that he had a deep brotherly affection for Xiao Mufeng, and he didn't blame him much, but his face was still cold, and he snorted coldly: "Then punish you for half a year as a punishment!" The north must be guarded without a commander, and in five days I will go back to the border! ”

When Xiao Mulin heard this, there was a slight light in his eyes, and then he said calmly: "Yes!" ”

The emperor saw that things were basically the same, so he got up and said, "I'm tired, you all go back." ”

Some officials wanted to say hello to King Ning, but when they saw that the emperor was beside him, and King Ning only cared about talking to the two brothers, they all withdrew one by one.

The emperor glanced at the snow-white curtains and the mourning hall, and frowned: "Hurry up and withdraw all of these, it looks unlucky!" ”

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