In front of the square of the Great Hall of the Four Seas, the crowd was crowded, two rows of Praetorian Guard warriors were majesticly guarding the periphery, and the officials at all levels in the square lined up to enter one after another, and before the ceremony officially began, the officials whispered to each other about something.

At this moment, some wizards in strange costumes came in from outside the square, holding all kinds of strange magic weapons in their hands, and they were shamans during the ritual ceremony.

The predecessor of the Jin Empire, the Jin State was located in the northwest in the era of the nations, and often dealt with the northern grassland peoples, in the process of expanding its territory to the northwest, it annexed many grassland tribes, and naturally some of their folk primitive witch culture was gradually absorbed and integrated by the Jin Kingdom.

In the era of the nations, the Jin State was very different from the Central Plains, and the Kwantung countries called the Jin State Xirong, Xirong, the country of the Western Rongdi, and the old aristocrats of the Kwantung Kingdom in the past did not regard the Jin State as a serious vassal state at all, but more than ten years ago, these Kwantung princes who disparaged the Jin State as Xirong eventually died under the iron hooves of Xirong.

At this time, after the shaman entered, the ceremonial official of the court stepped forward to guide them to the altar to prepare for the ceremony to begin.

The core role of etiquette in this era is to highlight the identity and status of those in power, ordinary people work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and it is quite good to be able to mix a round belly, how can they have the leisure to do this? Only the nobles who have nothing to do are qualified to engage in all kinds of flashy etiquette, and national affairs have always been sought by meat eaters.

Mu Sheng was visiting the sacrificial ceremonies of this era with great interest, and at this time, the announcement of the guard in the distance at the door "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived." ”

I saw outside the square, four sturdy white horses pulled by the luxury car of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince slowly from a distance, the prince's guard of honor, in order to show his identity, six white horses are the Son of Heaven's guard of honor, and the prince is at most four, this pomp is also majestic enough.

The prince's guard of honor arrived at the gate of the palace, and the prince himself got out of the car and walked quickly, only to see that His Royal Highness the prince was walking with a tiger, and when he looked closely, he was really as Yun'er said, his person was handsome, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, holding a sword, fluttering clothes, and a tiger's back and bee waist, which was really a dragon and phoenix among people.

Mu Sheng looked at it, and sighed a little in his heart, the empire can have such an heir to ensure the stability of the country, at least in terms of image, it is definitely the appearance of the future virtuous monarch and the lord.

After the prince arrived, the princes of the clan members and the ministers of the court all stepped forward to bow and salute, calling Chitose, which is a world of difference from the presence of other princes who are basically ignored, not to mention the background of Gongzi Sheng.

Mu Sheng bowed and saluted, he subconsciously looked back at Yun'er, and suddenly had a black line on his face.

Ay! Sure enough, this female nymphomaniac......

I saw Yun'er seeing the peach-blossom appearance of His Royal Highness the Prince, she was really speechless and went to her grandmother's house, and at this moment she had the shadow of the prince in her eyes.

I said why do I have to dress up today, it turned out that I was going to the prince, really......

The woman in his own family turned her elbow outward, an old man would be jealous, whether he likes each other or not, this is the instinctive reaction of male animals to compete, it has nothing to do with love and hate, it is just biological instinct.

Mu Sheng's eyes changed when he turned his head to look at the prince at this moment, although he didn't say anything on his face, he secretly poked and poked in his heart, disapproving.

Isn't he just a prince? You're not an emperor yet, what are you putting up such a big shelf? Lao Tzu's master is an immortal, and Lao Tzu will also be an immortal in the future, if he really ascends to the upper realm and ranks in the immortal class, what about the emperors in the world? It's just an ordinary mortal, not enough to worry about...... Hum!

After a while, I only heard the shrill voice of Lu Liang, the chief administrator of the main hall, from the steps of the main hall.

"Your Majesty's dictation, all the ministers, all the princes, the ceremony and sacrifice ceremony begins."

Everyone standing in the audience bowed down to the mountain and shouted long live, and then the shaman and wizard ascended the altar, dancing, chanting unintelligible words in their mouths, and the gods chattered and convulsed.

Mu Sheng has always scoffed at this kind of gods and ghosts in his heart, but don't underestimate this group of ancient shamans, in addition to some of them who cheat and cheat, some of them still have the ability to take care of their families, and some of the wizards with real skills will speculate on future climate change according to meteorological conditions such as air humidity and so on......

To put it bluntly, this set of things is empirical knowledge, and the sorcerer has to bluff people with this set of things, purely by deception, and he can mix it for a while, but he can't mix it for a lifetime, the ancients are superstitious, but not stupid, and he still has to have real skills to walk the rivers and lakes.

After the sacrificial ceremony began, the princes, under the leadership of the crown prince, knelt down around the great ding, which symbolized heaven and earth, and the shaman held a verdant branch dipped in holy water, sprinkled it on the princes, and chanted greetings in their mouths......

When the ceremony was held, many princes and grandsons of the prince Mu Sheng noticed a middle-aged uncle, with a round figure and a very fat body, but his mouth and eyes were crooked, and the corners of his mouth were drooling from time to time, looking like a person with Down syndrome, about thirty-seven or eighteen years old.

This life is quite weekly, but unfortunately he is a fool, during the sacrificial ceremony, he can't even do a set of basic kneeling actions, and he is specially equipped with two palace people to help him complete the action.

Just as the ceremony was about to end, the middle-aged uncle frowned and leaned slightly, and then a series of dull fart sounds came, causing the royal princes to look disgusted, and they all panicked and looked like they were not in a hurry.

Gongzi Sheng was too young, and he knelt in the last row and was not affected, but looking at the unkind faces of the adult royal brothers in the front row, he knew that this taste was very spicy.

Although the prince near the middle-aged uncle was also affected, his expression only changed slightly, and he did not make any other moves.

Mu Sheng looked at the middle-aged uncle from a distance and remembered a person, the third prince's son, Kang, that is, the brother of the fourth brother of the crown prince, Bai. Originally, according to the law of succession of the eldest son, how could the crown prince not be able to take the turn of Gongzi Bai, and there was still a third prince in front of him?

Mu Sheng was puzzled in his heart, and he secretly thought about going back and asking Yun'er about this palace bag.

After the shamanic ceremony, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led the brothers to their respective places.

When Mu Sheng returned to his original position, he secretly poked Yun'er who was standing beside him, and whispered, "Yun'er, do you know why Gongzikang became like this?" ”

Yun'er heard the words and was possessed by the gossip god in an instant, she carefully glanced left and right, and saw that no one noticed the duo in the corner, Yun'er said like a bamboo tube pouring beans, "Childe, you can be regarded as asking the right person, the slave maid heard that the reason why Gongzi Kang became like this is related to the competition for the position of the prince more than ten years ago......"

Mu Sheng couldn't help but say to himself: "The position of the prince? ”

Yun'er said: "It is said that Gongzi Kang was a normal person when he was young, and later the emperor wanted to set up a prince, although Gongzi Kang was the eldest son, but his intelligence was mediocre, and Gongzi Bai, who was known as the fourth prince of the capital, could not be compared. ”

"But the identity of the emperor's eldest son is there, although Gongzi Kang did not have the support of so many ministers as Gongzi Bai when the crown prince was established, there were also many ministers behind him who repeatedly wrote the etiquette system and wanted to make the eldest son the crown prince."

"There are still many ministers in the court who are determined to support Gongzi Kang's ascension, and at that time, even His Majesty didn't know who to appoint as the prince for a while."

When Yun'er said this, she sighed softly and said, "Hey! What a pity! When the slave heard that there was a quarrel inside and outside the court about who would sit on the throne of the prince, Gongzi Kang had an accident. ”

"I don't know which crazy he is, Gongzi Kang's temperament suddenly changed drastically, he drew his sword and slashed the attendants around him, three died on the spot, dozens of people were injured, and the people in the house scattered and fled, Gongzi Kang was like a demon possessed by a demon at that time, and he killed people when he saw them."

Mu Sheng was surprised when he heard this: "Gongzi Kang, this is crazy? ”

Yun'er nodded again and again and said, "Well, listening to the old man in the palace, Gongzi Kang may have been possessed by evil spirits and fell into evil spirits, which caused his behavior to be abnormal." ”

Mu Sheng said, "I see, it's ......"

Yun'er continued, "Later, the people who escaped dared to enter when they saw that there was no movement in the mansion, and I heard that at that time, Gongzi Kang's mansion was like a Shura field with blood everywhere, and people on the ground were rolling, stumps and arms were broken, and several people were stunned on the spot. ”

"Gongzi Kang sat in the middle of the courtyard with a sword in his hand, covered in blood, like the reincarnation of a hellish ghost, although Gongzi Kang did not die, but since then he has become stupid and stupid, and he can't even take care of his own basic life."

Yun'er cautiously glanced left and right, and saw that no one noticed the two, so she lowered her voice and said, "At that time, after this incident, the ministers of the court were all fried, and even His Majesty himself was furious, and it was rumored that it was the current prince, that is, Gongzi Bai at that time sent someone to Gu Gongzi Sheng, which caused Gongzi Kangzhong to go crazy and kill people. ”

"At that time, Gongzi Bai was pointed out by Qianfu, and Gongzi Bai was also imprisoned in Tingwei Prison by His Majesty's personal order, and Tingwei and Tsing Yi jointly investigated, and it was bound to thoroughly investigate Gongzikang's case to the end and give an explanation to the world......"

Mu Sheng could guess with his toes when he heard this, it must have been Gongzibai's doing, whether it was a conspiracy or a conspiracy, who was the ultimate beneficiary, and the basic achievements were done by him, even if it was not his own hand, it was the hand of the supporters who rallied around him secretly.

The so-called one person who has attained the Tao and the chicken dog ascends to heaven is a person who can calculate this account clearly, as long as Gongzi Bai can become the prince, everything is worth it.

Yun'er said, "Then something even more bizarre happened, Your Majesty sent Tsing Yi to make Shun Teng find out that in the end, it was actually a doorman named Lao An under the Five Princes who did it, and the doorman committed suicide knowing that he was guilty." ”

"He left a suicide note before he died, to the effect that the fifth prince Su was benevolent and very good to himself, so he simply took it upon himself to take advantage of Gongzi Kang's matter to get rid of the four princes, so that Gongzi Su would have a chance to ascend to the throne."

"After the truth was revealed, the fourth prince Bai successfully took over the position of the prince due to misfortune and was canonized as the prince, and the fifth prince Su was indeed miserable by his disciple Lao An, His Majesty decreed to deprive him of his status as the prince of the clan and demoted him to serve in the army, although he barely saved his life, it was also a disaster in vain."

After hearing this, Mu Sheng sighed with emotion: "I understand...... The fifth brother is really unlucky, lying on the top of the thunder, in fact, the most unlucky is the third brother, His Majesty is not close, the younger brother is not loved, and he was made a waste, poor man! ”

Yun'er also sighed when she heard this, and said, "Who said no, the slave maid also heard that the reason why Gongzi Kang had so many supporters back then was that he was usually virtuous and benevolent, and he had the style of an elder......"

Mu Sheng listened to it and thought, is virtuous and benevolent? An honest man, such a person is destined to be unsuitable for Game of Thrones, and he is unfortunately an outcast in this chess game.

Having said that, Mu Sheng heard something else from it, the speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, but this old incident aroused his strong interest.

Mu Sheng asked Yun'er in detail about some of the details of the unobtrusive incident in the dispute between the prince and the prince at that time, and he roughly reasoned about the cause and effect in his heart, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

Although it is reasoning, he is still very sure that his reasoning is inseparable from the truth, and sometimes people do anything in order to fight for power.

The palace fight drama that happened more than ten years ago was actually the mastermind and starring in the prince Bai, but the current emperor is the director.

At the earliest, because of the dispute between the princes and the mediocre intelligence of the third brother, Mu Sheng speculated that the emperor himself should be very inclined to establish the four princes, but because of the law of the ancestors, it was difficult to say it clearly, and there were constant disputes within the court at that time, and opinions were not unified, so the matter has been deadlocked.

Don't really think that being an emperor is really a promise, many things are also involuntarily, especially the law of the ancestors, which is equivalent to the foundation of the country, equivalent to the constitution of later generations, and it is clear that it must not be violated.

Even the third emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty is the eldest son of the second emperor to succeed to the throne, although he did not become the prince when he succeeded to the throne, but the biggest advantage of the prince was the blessing of the eldest son of an emperor, the third emperor with his identity advantage as the first heir, and the extensive support of the important ministers of the court, and finally fought out from the princes who fought for the throne and successfully won the throne.

It can't be said that you relied on the blessing of the emperor's eldest son to win the throne back then, and when you are in power, you can set up whoever you want? Want to easily overturn the law of your ancestors? This is not a small difficulty factor.

Although the rules are dead, people are indeed alive, since it is clear that they cannot be violated, then the curve will save the country? Walking around always works, right?

Mu Sheng guessed in his heart that it might be the chief director of today's son who came to the throne in order to make him the heir to the top of the throne in line with his own wishes.

First let the disciples of the five princes abolish the three princes, the five princes were demoted to the army in the east window incident, one son was disabled, and one son was abolished, which cleared the way for the four princes to establish the prince, and ended perfectly.

Just like Emperor Yongzheng back then, in order to Emperor Qianlong Hongli's smooth succession, he secretly gave his eldest son to death.

There is no family affection in the heavenly family, and the most important thing in the eyes of the emperor is always only Jiangshan Sheji, and human family affection does not mean that there is none, but there are not many.

For a qualified emperor, when it comes to the country, the priority of human relations is the lowest, which is a qualified good emperor and an excellent politician.

Once the historical succession drama involves power, the people around it will instantly become bloodthirsty beasts, when the emperor is old, whether the successor is qualified is the thing he cares about the most, of course, power is also what he cares about the most.

In the imperial era, in fact, the heir of the prince is whoever the emperor looks at, and no matter how you jump left and right, it will not help, because the final interpretation right belongs to the emperor.