Chapter 25 Hidden Merit and Fame 25

The situation in the capital has become very strange, and the ministers who used to be very bloody to the little emperor seem to have become dumb. Some of the imperial historians who like to sing praises to the little emperor at every turn have also lost the ability to speak. The yamen in various places, which were originally quite peaceful, suddenly sent a lot of relief and disaster relief reports, as if everything had broken out all at once. The little emperor was so busy that he had no time to rest, and he had no time to contact the princes, and there was a mountain of official documents every day. The little emperor couldn't be busy, so he had to ask the Empress Dowager Li and others for help, because the Empress Dowager Li had presided over the court and was quite experienced in some things. Empress Dowager Li knew that she couldn't convince her youngest son King Lu, so she handed over part of the matter to King Lu, so that King Lu also knew that it was not easy and difficult to be an emperor. In just two days, King Lu has already begun to be afraid, but he didn't expect to be the emperor to deal with so many things every day. It's not about asking for money or food, and the warehouse of the imperial court is so big, even if you go to Anu to give it out, it's not enough, and you can't afford to use your own treasurer to supplement King Lu. King Lu finally understood why the little emperor's brother was so harsh on his own people, and finally understood the little emperor's difficulties. If he had known this result, King Lu would not have been in such a hurry to become the emperor. King Lu has lived a very chic life in his own domain over the years, and when the money is spent, he asks his mother and the emperor's brother to ask for it, and if he doesn't give it or gives less, he scolds his mother. King Lu really felt that he was sorry for the queen mother and the emperor's brother, and regretted even more that he had summoned the princes to make trouble.

These days, some people have spread rumors again, saying that the little emperor is not the son of Emperor Longqing, but that Empress Dowager Li hid from King Yu at that time and gave birth to a bad seed with Zhang Juzheng. The little emperor is the culprit behind this case, and the purpose of killing the children is to blame the queen Wang, the second is to make King Lu, the authentic son of Emperor Longqing, have no queen, and the third is to fight King Lu. The reason why the little emperor has the leaves of the Divine Tree is because the Little Emperor had already sent someone to Yunnan to bring back the leaves of the Divine Tree long before Mu Xiaoyue left the capital. After learning about the role of the leaves of the sacred tree, this murder case was born, and the little emperor was the real culprit of this case.

Some people say that in fact, Empress Dowager Li and King Lu also know the truth about this case. Empress Dowager Li is to protect her son the little emperor, so she doesn't tell the truth. King Lu wanted to use this case to bring down the little emperor and replace the little emperor as the new emperor. That's why King Lu secretly summoned the prince to Beijing, and everyone pulled the little emperor off the horse.

There are also people who say that King Han and other princes are ready and ask the little emperor to come up with evidence to prove his bloodline. It is not for the little emperor to confirm his blood relationship with King Lu or Empress Dowager Li, but for the little emperor to determine whether he is of royal blood. If the little emperor is a descendant of the royal family, you can let the little emperor continue to be the emperor, if the little emperor is not a descendant of the royal family, not only the little emperor, but even the Empress Dowager Li and King Lu and others will be driven out of the royal family. This is the most important point of convening the clan conference, as for the issue of murder is not a problem, at least not the most important issue.

The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs was panicked, and even some people in the inner palace were a little panicked. King Lu is even more nervous, always dangling in his mother, Empress Dowager Li. was so angry that Empress Dowager Li taught King Lu a lesson with her own hands, and this was the result of King Lu daring to doubt Empress Dowager Li and the little emperor. King Lu felt relieved after being beaten this time, he felt that the rumors outside were not true, otherwise his mother would not have taught him so vigorously. Empress Dowager Li's beating of her son is tantamount to telling King Lu in private the fact that he and his brother Little Emperor are both of Emperor Longqing's species. With confidence, King Lu no longer pays attention to rumors, plays with his wife and children in his own home with peace of mind, eats well and sleeps well every day. Everyone said that King Lu was sure, which confirmed the rumor that King Lu wanted to replace the little emperor as the new emperor.

Just when the official chaos in the capital and rumors spread from time to time, many people in the local area also made small moves. Jinyiwei and the people in Dongchang also felt strange, but now the little emperor and the imperial court have no time to take care of these things, so they have to be careful themselves. At this time, there were relatively big things in several places, but almost all of them had no direct connection with the capital. First of all, Mu Qing, who loves her daughter, personally sent her daughter Mu Xiaoyue to Beijing to get married. Mu Xiaoyue married Princess Izumo as a daughter-in-law a long time ago, and it was the most solemn thing for Mu Qing to send her relatives in person. Even if Mu Xiaoyue provided poison to Queen Wang, it was not a big crime, according to the rules of the imperial court, at most, Mu Xiaoyue was reprimanded. Besides, Mu Qing, the Duke of Dian State, whether it is the little emperor or the imperial court, he has to give Mu Qing a little face. So Mu Qing doesn't have to worry about anything happening to herself or her daughter.

The prince of England was appointed by the imperial court as a military general from Wupin, and a few days ago he was asked to lead an army to suppress bandits not far from their home. This prince regards this as a play, and it is estimated that he is so happy to play now that he doesn't want to go home. In order to ensure the safety of this prince, the British government sent almost all the elites, not to kill the enemy but to ensure that the prince was not harmed. This army sounded the gong along the way, and the purpose was not to suppress the bandits, but more like informing unrelated people to leave immediately.

North Shaolin suddenly proposed to audit the economic accounts of all the lower houses including South Shaolin, and the first stop was South Shaolin Yong'an Temple. This time, the audit force sent was not weak, and the leader was the first one in the Discipline Institute of the North Shaolin General Hospital. It is said that any monk who commits a foul in his hands will receive the most severe punishment. In order to ensure the impartiality of the review, the first master of the precept institute secretly led people south, and did not inform the people of Yong'an Temple of the itinerary until they were almost at Yong'an Temple. Master Jianyue, the abbot of Yong'an Temple, is no longer in Yong'an Temple, and no one dares to target the first master of the Discipline Academy who came from this main courtyard. As soon as he came to Yong'an Temple, he took over the daily presiding work of Yong'an Temple, and began to audit the economic accounts of Yong'an Temple, and began to count the fixed assets of Yong'an Temple.

A remote town in Jiangxi suddenly encountered the disaster of Zhurong. Zhurong is the god of fire, and the disaster of Zhurong is also fire. This small town suddenly caught fire, and soon after the town was almost all dead. In order to conceal the culpability, the local yamen deliberately concealed this matter, and it was not announced until the past few days. The relatives in the town hurried back in order to know the safety of their relatives, but everyone who arrived was inexplicably detained by the people of the yamen. The people of the yamen did not listen to the other party's explanation, and only said that this matter was ordered by the above, and someone would deal with it.

The time is about to convene the clan conference, and the meeting site of the clan conference is set up in the palace Taihe Hall. Although the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs was not eligible to attend the meeting, they were allowed to wait for the outcome at the Bohol Palace. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the meeting, in order to ensure the safety of the princes, the security and security work of the Taihe Hall and the front hall of the palace has been taken over by the people selected by the princes. That is to say, the people of the little emperor cannot enter and leave the front hall at will, and the little emperor loses control of the front hall. The ministers of civil and military affairs and the little emperor became lambs to be slaughtered, and all the initiative was in the hands of the princes.

The little emperor and the two empress dowagers were also eligible to attend the meeting, so they appeared on the top of the main hall along with the detached queen and queen. For the first time, the little emperor felt that the wife of the queen was his relative, because at least now she stood with him and belonged to the same camp. Only then did the little emperor remember what Empress Dowager Li had taught him at the beginning, family members are relatives, and only family members are the people who can be trusted and relied on the most. Although Queen Wang and herself are not good husband and wife, since Queen Wang became her wife, she and Queen Wang have been completely bound, and under the same goal, they are both husband and wife and alliance.

Just as the little emperor's family entered the main hall, a group of people secretly approached the prince's family. When these people were about to arrest or kill these princes, another group of people appeared. They not only protected the families of the princes, but also fought hard to kill the enemy, and either killed or arrested the incoming. The first batch of people wore brocade clothes or standard uniforms of the East Factory, which made people understand their identities at a glance. The second group of people showed their identity after subduing the first batch of people, and they were also from Jinyiwei and Dongchang, and they were spare. The family members of the princes expressed their wonders, why would a group of people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang kill themselves, and there would be another group of people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang to save themselves and protect themselves? The second group asked the families of the princes to leave with them and to keep them safe. Under the protection of these people, the prince's family had to come to a place with these people. Some of the people who stayed behind cleaned up the bodies and the living criminals, and soon after they also left with the bodies and the living people. Not long after they left, some people who claimed to be yamen came to protect the nobles, but they actually wanted to control the princes' families, but they didn't expect that the building was empty.

The clan meeting was being held, but the Duke of Dian and his party came to the capital. The people of the Ministry of Rites were ready to arrange for Dian Guogong and others to stay, but Dian Guogong said that he would enter the palace immediately to meet the emperor. The people in the Ministry of Rites were not in charge, so they had to follow the people of the Duke of Dian into the palace. The people of the Duke of Dian were not stopped, because the Duke of Dian had a strange token in his hand, and the guards guarding the palace gate saw the token and let him go. Mu Qing, the Duke of Dian Kingdom, took his daughter Mu Xiaoyue and the prince into the side room of the main hall together, and sat in the side room with peace of mind and listened to the discussion of the clan meeting in the main hall. Mu Xiaoyue and Shizi were also very calm, looking at the layout of the main hall while listening to the people in the main hall. Mu Qing always looked at her daughter Mu Xiaoyue intentionally or unintentionally, Mu Xiaoyue didn't know what her father meant, and always gave her father a smile back. Mu Qing didn't respond, just looked at Mu Xiaoyue strangely.