The sudden appearance of the mysterious second prince in advance was really earth-shattering. Anyone who has experienced that incident has called it thrilling. Perhaps, the second prince, who was given high hopes by the former emperor and the old ministers, should be such a different person.

At that time, it was the sixtieth birthday of Master Murong.

Master Murong has been in power for more than 30 years, and when the first emperor was still in power, he already held real power. After the death of the first emperor, he supported the puppet emperor to ascend to the throne, and he became the dark emperor. After so many years of living as a land power minister, the ambition of the Murong clan has swelled even more.

The disciples of Master Murong openly asked for his life above the court, thinking that Master Murong had worked hard and made great achievements, and the emperor should pay attention to such a major day as his 60th birthday. He even proposed to hold a banquet for the Taishi in the palace and accept the congratulations of the civil and military officials.

The expression on the face of the little emperor Xuan Ce was very ugly, but there was nothing he could do, so he could only agree to such an act. The preparations of the Internal Affairs Mansion did not even go through the emperor's approval, but directly discussed with the housekeeper of the Murong Mansion.

The birthday ceremony was prepared more than half a year in advance, and on the eve of the birthday banquet, the birthday gifts presented to Master Murong from all over the country entered Beijing one after another, and some officials who wanted to show their faces in front of Master Murong also entered Beijing with the birthday ceremony.

The venue of the palace banquet was set on the main hall of the early dynasty, and at the palace banquet, Murong Taishi set up a separate seat at the top of the head, second only to the dragon chair. Starting from the young master of the Murong family, the gifts were presented one by one. The little emperor Xuan Ce sat on the dragon chair aggrievedly, watching the people below flatter Murong Taishi, his face was very embarrassed.

"The envoy of the king of Zhennan has arrived."

The little eunuch who was passing the word shouted at the top of his voice, and the lively banquet fell silent, and almost all of them stared at the door of the main hall.

King Zhennan was a king with a different surname at the beginning of the founding of the Xuanguo, and his fief was in southern Shaanxi. There are many hills and mountains and rivers in southern Shaanxi, which are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the king of Zhennan has 300,000 troops in his hands, which is used to defend the southern Shaanxi region, and he is almost the emperor of the southern Shaanxi region. After the death of the first emperor, he was independent of the jurisdiction of the capital, and Ken Ben did not listen to the command of Murong Taishi.

King Zhennan is the only king with a different surname recognized by the existing emperors of Xuanguo, and the throne has existed since the beginning of the establishment of Xuanguo. Of course, after the little emperor Xuan Ce ascended the throne, the prince who was enshrined under the instruction of Master Murong was not worth mentioning, after all, he did not have military power in his hands.

King Zhennan is also the only local official in Xuanguo who has military power in his hands, and he is also a problem for the Murong family. Southern Shaanxi and the capital are thousands of miles apart, and the capital has no jurisdiction over southern Shaanxi, and it is not easy for southern Shaanxi to secretly send troops to the capital, and no one on either side can help anyone. The only difference is that Murong Taishi has a little emperor in his hands, but southern Shaanxi is a nameless teacher.

The Murong family has shown goodwill to the southern Shaanxi region several times, but unfortunately it has been directly ignored.

The current king of Zhennan in southern Shaanxi is Liao Yan, known as the Great Demon King, who is a hard bone. Firmly guarding the southern Shaanxi region, the people in the jurisdiction are not within the scope of Murong Taishi's rights, so the people live a rich life and are strong and strong.

The strength of the army in southern Shaanxi really made it difficult for the Murong family to feel at ease, and they sent envoys to southern Shaanxi many times to "recruit" into Beijing, but unfortunately they returned in vain several times. What the king of Zhennan means is that it is clear that I am guarding myself, and it is ridiculous to recruit peace, and it is okay for you to let me enter Beijing, unless it is the emperor's will. Divine decree? This is useless, who knows if someone else has stolen the jade seal.

In short, the Murong family had nothing to do with King Zhennan.

However, now, on the sixtieth birthday of Master Murong, the king of Zhennan sent someone to Beijing. Gestures? Or a demonstration? Everyone was speculating about what was coming. Master Murong sat on the top, narrowing his eyes and looking uncertain.

Everyone's eyes looked in unison in the direction of the entrance of the main hall, and the envoys of southern Shaanxi entered the main hall, but there were only two people. The leader is a middle-aged scholar who looks like a scholar, wearing a green coat and holding a folding fan. Behind him was a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a handsome appearance, and followed the middle-aged side with his hands on his chest. People's attention is focused on the middle-aged man who is the leader, and as for the teenager behind him, he is regarded as an accompanying little guy and is directly ignored.

"Liao Yunfan, the governor of southern Shaanxi, see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

The middle-aged man stepped forward and bowed to the little emperor Xuance, and the young man behind him saluted together, but he bowed his head and pouted, a little reluctant.

"Ping, Ping."

The little emperor was stunned, he didn't expect that someone would step past Master Murong and salute himself first. A little nervous, he looked up and secretly looked at Murong Taishi's face, only to find that Murong Taishi had been staring at the person standing below all the time, instead of looking at himself. can only bite the bullet and make people flat.

"Your Majesty."

Liao Yunfan, the governor of Zhili in southern Shaanxi, got up, and the young man behind him also got up with him, holding his chest and staring at his toes.

"Master Murong is fine, the last time we met was seventeen years ago. Do you remember Liao? ”

Liao Yunfan looked in the direction of Master Murong and said unhurriedly.

"You are? The youngest son of King Zhennan? ”

Master Murong seemed to have remembered something, looked at the middle-aged man below and said.

"Taishi has a good memory, it is Liao. Seventeen years ago, Liao came to Beijing with his father to congratulate the emperor's eldest son on a 100-day banquet. I was fortunate enough to meet the Taishi once, but I didn't expect to meet again seventeen years later. Liao has entered middle age from a teenager, but the Taishi is still strong and the sword is not old. ”

Liao Yunfan smiled and spoke to Master Murong.

The ministers watching this scene looked at each other, what did the king of Zhennan send people here for, is this really here to slap his face?

"Uncle Shi has come from afar, please take a seat."

Murong Bo, the young master of the Murong family, stood up and ordered someone to arrange a seat for Liao Yunfan.

Several of the sons of Master Murong have mediocre qualifications, and they really can't get into the eyes of Master Murong. However, Murong Bo, the head of Murong Patriarch, was personally taught by Master Murong Taishi, and he showed high talent since he was a child. This is also the reason why Master Murong directly crossed several of his own people and established the eldest grandson as the young master.

Murong Bo was very sophisticated, and when he saw this scene, he immediately began to have a good relationship with King Zhennan.

"The little nephew has always admired the demeanor of King Zhennan, but unfortunately he didn't have the opportunity to see him. It is also an honor for the little nephew to have the honor to meet Uncle Shi today. ”

Murong Bo said to Liao Yunfan with some regret, his tone was modest and respectful, where was the arrogance he usually had when he faced the officials below?

"The virtuous nephew is polite, Liao didn't have such a talent as the virtuous nephew back then."

Liao Yunfan waved his hand.

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