After the emperor went to Taiji Palace to cultivate, the Xuanzheng Yuan became an irregular notice to the courtiers to hold meetings.

Sometimes Mu Sheng doesn't know when to go to the court, and he temporarily listens to the notice from above, but every court meeting is a very important matter, so it seems that the crown prince still shares a lot of heavy responsibilities for the emperor.

A few days later, Mu Sheng went to Tianji Palace again to go to the court, and after the court was dispersed, the servant Sima Tan took the initiative to come forward and talk to Changping Jun.

Sima Tan and Yan Yue said: "Changping Jun, Your Majesty has really cancelled the order to build high platforms in various counties, and all aspects of resources and manpower are mainly used to build a few small canals, and the construction period of the canal has also been extended, and the people are no longer forced to rush the construction period." ”

Mu Sheng was shocked when he heard this: "Father, the old man didn't blame me, and I spoke out?" ”

Sima Tan said with a smile, "Originally, Your Majesty was a little unhappy, but later, I don't know what the reason is, Your Majesty directly gave up building a high platform." ”

Mu Sheng breathed a long sigh of relief......

Mu Sheng thought to himself, good guy! Is the emperor supporting him? Or did you really take his opinion? Your heart is unpredictable!

Out of Taiji Palace, Mu Sheng had the intention to go to Sima Tan's mansion as a guest, and after thinking about it, forget it, Sima Tan is also a close minister of the emperor's side, ranking among the nine Qings, and it is not good to have too close contacts with the prince to cause the emperor to be suspicious.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Mu Sheng boarded the over-controlled four-horse carriage and drove back to his house, and he did not have a sense of security in control of the overall situation until he returned to the mansion.

After the court meeting a few days ago, Mu Sheng lay on the couch and kept warning himself in his heart, don't talk nonsense, just be a quiet person, who knows when the emperor will suddenly turn his face and be ruthless? Accompany the king like a tiger, just cooperate with the script arranged by the emperor, don't talk too much if you have nothing to do.

After returning to the house, Mu Sheng went straight to the inner hall, and sure enough, Wu Xie was waiting for him to come back in the hall, so he told Wu Xie in detail what he had seen and heard in the Taiji Palace.

Mu Sheng was puzzled: "Today's events are not as expected by Mr...... By the way, sir, hasn't my father already handed over all the affairs of the court to His Royal Highness the Prince? How could you still think of a Xuanzheng Yuan in the Taiji Palace? Is this another small court in the Taiji Palace? ”

Wu Xie said, "What the prince said is true, it is indeed a small court, and the prince is only responsible for supervising state affairs, which belongs to the daily affairs of the court, but every time there is a military event, His Majesty still needs to nod." ”

Oh! He understood at once, the emperor still doesn't want to let go of power, in fact, the real core of power is still in the Taiji Palace, but this is really a normal operation, as long as the old emperor is still clear, he will not really rest assured that he will hand over the power to the prince, then he will really become the emperor, in fact, the officials of the Xuanzheng Yuan that Mu Sheng saw today are actually the emperor's real cronies, or officials who control the key departments of the imperial court.

Wu Xie said, "If the prince's favor is long, you are now in a high place, and His Majesty has rewarded the prince's guard of honor to use with you, I am afraid that it will cause a great backlash from the princelings, you look at it, there is still a good show to watch later." ”

Mu Sheng asked, "Sir, what circumstances do you think will make the crown prince really lose His Majesty's trust?" ”

Wu Xie smiled and said, "Childe, you are asking Your Majesty what is your Majesty's attitude towards the crown prince, right?" ”

Mu Sheng nodded when he heard this.

Wu Xie said, "The prince has really lost trust in His Majesty's heart, just look at one point, whether the prince's teacher, the right prime minister of the crown prince and the prince and the right prime minister, Cui Yan, has completely fallen, as long as Cui Yan is still in the position of the right prime minister, it means that His Majesty has no intention of changing the prince......"

Mu Sheng nodded and said, "I see." ”

The two chatted for a long time in the hall, and roughly discussed the development direction of the current situation, and Mu Sheng's thinking was much clearer......

Early the next morning, Mu Sheng came to the lobby to see that the temple people brought another bundle of prayer posts.

He flipped through it casually, and there were so many more people than the previous Fengjun who visited him later, which is really good! It seems that the emperor's methods were immediate, and so many people smelled so quickly......

Seeing this situation, Mu Sheng fortunately found the doormen Feng Wei and Xia Chuan, and said, "Tomorrow we will hold a banquet and entertain all the travelers and officials who come to visit me." ”

Feng Wei said, "Childe, leave this matter to me to arrange!" ”

Xia Chuan also said, "Please rest assured, Childe." ”

After Feng Wei recovered from his leg injury, he stayed in the mansion and became Changpingjun's first guest.

In the afternoon of the next day, Mu Sheng greeted the guests who came to visit in front of the door, and saw that the courtyard was crowded with no less than hundreds of people.

Mu Sheng walked to the lobby to greet the guests.

Mu Sheng, as the landlord, first raised his glass and said, "You can appreciate the light and come to my Changping Jun's house as a guest, this gentleman is deeply honored, and I would like to pay tribute to you with this cup." ”

With that, it was all in one gulp.

All the guests said in unison: "Xie Changpingjun is hospitable." After that, they raised their glasses and drank to themselves.

Mu Sheng clapped his hands, and a team of dancing girls danced in the courtyard......

During the banquet, the sound of ancient music began, and some guests raised their glasses to toast in front of Mu Changpingjun, and he also treated those who came with courtesy.

After Mu Sheng let the kitchen move the prepared hot pot, some raw dishes, in this era, people generally eat a meal system, each person in front of a small case, the servants in the house for each guest table to move a strange shape of the copper pot, the copper pot underground charcoal burning, many people look at each other.

Mu Sheng smiled slightly and said, "Everyone, this is a peculiar way of eating that Benjun discovered when he traveled the world, and today I will share it with you, and I will personally demonstrate it to you." ”

After that, he picked up a piece of meat and soaked it in the copper pot, and dipped it in the mouth, and everyone saw that this situation was also the same, and they were full of praise after eating.

Mu Sheng also looked at the dancing girls dancing in the courtyard with drunken eyes, and looked straight into it.

It wasn't until now that he found that these dancing girls had soft waists, and their dancing sleeves fluttered in the ancient vocal music as if the fairy had descended to earth......

In the evening, the banquet dispersed, and Changping Jun personally saw off the guests at the door.

When everyone was almost gone, he remembered that he had to go to Taiji Palace tomorrow to listen to the government.

Mu Sheng shook his head and said in his heart, hey! Today is really drunk dizzy, he returned to the inner room with the support of Xi Xue, and fell asleep......

The next day, after Mu Sheng returned home, as soon as he entered the lobby, the guards handed over a letter of worship and a gift box.

The guard said: "There is a man named Song Zhong outside the gate of the mansion who asks to see him. ”

Mu Sheng opened it casually and looked a little surprised, only to see that there was a mutton fat jade carved unicorn in the box, the shape was delicate and elegant, he carefully took out the unicorn to play with it, and he actually couldn't put it down.

He roughly estimated in his heart, it was worth at least tens of thousands of gold, and someone actually gave such a heavy gift? It seems that what he is asking for is not ordinary, Mu Sheng took out the post and took a closer look, Song Zhong? Sending it off? What an auspicious name!

This person's ancestors have been officials of the Jin Kingdom, and he has basically been in business for generations since his grandfather, and there is no one who has been engaged in politics.

Mu Sheng thought about it, let's call him in and see what kind of medicine he bought in the gourd! For the sake of such a heavy gift, you must at least see it.

After a while, the temple people led a short and fat man in an ordinary robe, and respectfully saluted him, "Meet Changping Jun, the villain Song Zhong, I admire the king, the villain has a lot of wealth in the family, and he is a businessman in this city, and the villain has such a humble status to be summoned by the king last night, it is really a blessing for Sansheng to be summoned by the king......"

Mu Sheng thought to himself, why didn't he have any impression of this person yesterday? Anyway, as long as you come to visit, you will basically be met.

Mu Sheng waved his hand and said, "Those who come are guests, and this gentleman treats everyone equally." ”

Mu Sheng played with the jade unicorn in his hand and said to Song Zhong: "Why do you offer such a generous gift today?" ”

Song Zhong's eyes turned and he said with a smile: "The king's eyes are like torches, he doesn't look at his background when he looks at the king, he treats people equally, he doesn't seek officials in the next, he doesn't seek fame in the second, he has to have the word wealth in his life, he wants to enter the shogunate as a guest, but he asks the king to guarantee the property under his name." ”

After that, he handed over a bundle of land deeds to Mu Sheng to show his sincerity......

After talking to him carefully for half an hour, Mu Sheng couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, this person is also honest, the status of businessmen in this era is low, and many businessmen have to more or less cling to the powerful people in the DPRK and China as a protective umbrella for the sake of their name business. He didn't fancy his property anymore, anyway, he was not short of money, and after thinking about it, this person was well-informed in business, and he was afraid that he might be useful in the future.

Mu Sheng touched the jade unicorn in his hand and said, "Okay!" Good! In the future, you Song Zhong will be a person from my house, is it just for this reason to give such a heavy gift? ”

Song Zhong was overjoyed and said, "Your Excellency is discerning. ”

Song Zhong pondered his tone again and said, "Your Excellency, in fact, the villain still has one thing to ask for, and I hope that the villain will be fulfilled after eating hot pot in the king's mansion yesterday!" There are many restaurants operating in various places under the villain's name, and the villain wants to ask the chef of the Junshang Mansion to hand over this food recipe to the villain? ”

Mu Shengxin said, what kind of big deal should it be?

He casually agreed, "Well said! Since I'm my protégé, I'll give you the recipe. ”

He casually took out the blank bamboo slips and wrote the recipe with a hard time. After the book was finished, Mu Sheng handed over the bamboo slips to the temple and handed them over to Song Zhong, who thanked him again and again if he had received a treasure.

Mu Sheng saw that Song Zhong seemed to be his duty, so he remembered Mrs. Sun, who stayed in the Taiji Palace that day and had a one-sided relationship, according to Yang Liu, it seemed that the celebrity around his father was about to celebrate his birthday after a while, and he must have to pay homage in advance.

Thinking of this, Mu Sheng's heart moved, and he said, "Song Zhong, I have something for you to handle." ”

Song Zhong smiled and arched his hand and said, "Please show you, it is a blessing for the villain to be able to share your worries for you." ”

Mu Sheng said: "Song Zhong, do you know that there is a strange thing in this world called the white fox?" ”

Song Zhong heard the words and said, "Back to the king, I know below, I heard that this spiritual thing is extremely rare, and he is alert and vigilant on weekdays, especially the gorgeous fur, and he has seen it with his own eyes in the old hunter in the mountains. ”

Mu Sheng said, "Hmm! You see if there is a way to find a ready-made white fox fur, I have my own use, if I can find this thing, I will definitely buy it with a lot of money. ”

Song Zhong agreed, "Your Excellency, this is easy to say, even if Song Mou searches all over the capital, he will definitely do this for you." ”

Song Zhong said that he withdrew from the inner hall.