Since the last time I was reminded, a few days ago, Mu Sheng went to Taiji Palace to listen to the government, and he no longer dared to express his opinions casually, as long as the emperor did not take the initiative to name him, he pretended to be an ostrich on the side, for fear that what he said was wrong and offended the emperor.

The next day, in the inner mansion of Changping Jun, Mu Sheng looked at the sleeping Xixue beside him, and just got up, when the hurried footsteps of the people in the Fushang Temple came from outside the door to report the situation.

Mu Sheng got up, put on his clothes, and asked impatiently, "What's the matter, so flustered?" ”

The temple people stepped forward and said, "Back to the king, the palace sent someone to inform you in the morning, saying that Gongzi Kang went last night." ”

After that, the temple man handed him the sealed obituary.

Mu Sheng took the obituary and read it carefully, and sighed in his heart, the third prince, Kang, died last night.

Mu Sheng remembered the fat and stupid poor boy he had seen at the ceremony, and he couldn't help but sigh a little in his heart, and on the obituary, Gongzi Kang's funeral was held seven days later.

Mu Sheng looked at the raft in his hand, thinking about it, he still couldn't help but feel compassion, it is better to do his best to die, he is also a child of the clan, and he is also his nominal brother.

Although he Changpingjun has little intersection with Gongzi Kang's family on weekdays, when they were fighting for power and profit, he was too young and had no impression, if it weren't for Yun'er, the god of gossip, he wouldn't know what happened back then.

A few days later, Mu Sheng took a car to Gongzi Kang's mansion to mourn, only to see that although Gongzi Kang's funeral was of high standard, the front of the mansion was also white and white, which made the whole mansion look quite solemn, but there were very few people who came and went to mourn that day, and there were few court officials.

Seeing this, Mu Sheng couldn't help but sigh in his heart, too, the supporters of the Kang faction of the prince of the Lichu dispute back then were basically swept away, as a loser in the power game, and people are still crazy, how many people will come to see him after his death?

Mu Sheng got out of the carriage in plain clothes and respectfully handed over the greeting post in front of the house, and the servant who greeted the guests in front of Gongzi Kang sang loudly, "Changping Jun has arrived." ”

In front of the door, a young man wearing filial piety clothes bowed to Mu Sheng and said, "Thank you, Changpingjun, for coming to condolence the head of the family, please follow me to the mourning hall." ”

Before coming to the mourning hall, Mu Sheng bowed three times to the huge coffin tablet, and saw Gongzi Kang's family kneeling in the two rows of the coffin and bowing to him as a return salute.

A middle-aged woman in the family said with a sad look on her face: "Changpingjun, you can come here to see off your husband for the last time, and the concubine is very grateful." ”

Mu Sheng looked at the deserted mourning hall, and probably could judge that the woman in front of him should be the eldest lady of Gongzi Kang, Gao.

Mu Sheng hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Where is the third sister-in-law, the third brother is my Great Jin clan, I and the third brother are connected by blood, it is reasonable to come here today to worship the spirit, the Si people have passed away, the third sister-in-law please mourn." ”

The woman nodded gratefully, turned her head to a young man in his early twenties next to her, and said to a girl kneeling in filial piety clothes next to the young woman, "Qi'er, Ye'er, go and pay a salute to Changpingjun." ”

The man led the girl over with a sad look on his face and made a big salute to Mu Sheng, saying, "Mu Qi, please see Changpingjun." ”

Mu Sheng hurriedly bowed, comforted them a few words, and when they got up, he turned around and exited the mourning hall.

The man who was older than Mu Sheng just now was the youngest son of Gongzi Kang, who went crazy and hacked his eldest son to death, and now only this younger son is left, and the girl born to the concubine is still in the world.

Mu Sheng thought that because of the battle for the throne more than ten years ago, Gongzi Kang had fallen into such a situation, he also felt a little empathy, he knew very well in his heart that he was just a tool borrowed by the emperor to suppress the crown prince, and he didn't know if his father and the emperor would give him a way out when the time came, or would it end up like Gongzi Kang, hey......

The servants in Gongzi Kang's Mansion led Mu Sheng to the side room to rest, and at this time, the waiter in front of Gongzi's Kang Mansion sang loudly, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived." ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, his heart moved, and he saw that His Royal Highness the Prince, also dressed in plain clothes, led hundreds of civil and military officials to come to mourn Gongzi Kang with a sad face.

As soon as the prince came, it was much more "lively" than just now, and the prince cried bitterly when he entered the mourning hall and held the coffin, and said that the third brother died young......

Gao just kowtowed to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with a cold expression, and did not say a word during the whole process, nor did she let her two children salute His Royal Highness the Prince.

Mu Sheng was also a little silent when he saw this, and the grievances and hatreds caused by the struggle for the throne back then would also continue.

After the prince worshiped the spirit, all the ministers behind him also stepped forward to worship the spirit one by one, and Mu Sheng saw that there was nothing wrong with him, so he followed the servants to the side room to rest.

At this moment, a mysterious man kneeling in the back row in filial piety clothes in the mourning hall stared at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in front of him, his hands were bruised, and he held the sword at his waist tightly, his eyes full of resentment.

The prince also seemed to feel something, and glanced back slightly at the mourning hall, and the mysterious person had indeed disappeared......

In the inner room of the side room, Mu Sheng ate some breakfast that was brought up, and some officials in the side room also came here to rest one after another, and they all stepped forward to greet him when they saw Chang Pingjun.

Mu Sheng didn't know him or not, he should deal with it decently, and after His Royal Highness the Crown Prince finished his condolences, he went back to the East Palace directly.

At this time, Mu Sheng actually saw Gongzi Xiu, who had not shown up for a long time, he was also dressed in plain clothes, and it seemed that he should have come to the side room to rest after condolences in the lobby.

Gongzi Xiu also exchanged salutes with the people who came to mourn, he turned his head to look, and saw that Gongzi Sheng was also present, and regardless of the eyes of others, he came over and sat down opposite him, and said, "Changpingjun, I didn't expect you to be there." ”

Mu Sheng bowed his forehead and said, "Brother Jiu, how is your body recovering?" ”

Childe said, "It's okay, thanks to the tonic you sent, I recovered much faster than expected." ”

Gongzi Xiu looked at the officials around him, lowered his voice, showed a mocking look on his face, and said in a joking tone, "If it weren't for our dear fourth brother of the crown prince to come to condole, these guys who saw the wind and steered would not be able to see a ghost." ”

Mu Sheng was also a little silent when he heard this, he thought to himself, if he was one of these officials, he probably would act according to the face above, not much better than them, even if he had a little sympathy in his heart, he didn't dare to really come to mourn the prince's former political enemies, in case the prince inherited the throne in the future, would he still be confused? You can't gamble your political future on the tolerance and generosity of the leadership, and there are things that can be avoided.

Gongzi Xiu sighed, "I seem to have seen a familiar person in the mansion just now, but I'm not sure if it's him." ”

Mu Shengqi said, "Oh? Who is he? ”

"Our fifth brother, Gongzi Su."

When Mu Sheng heard this, his heart was shocked, and he lowered his voice and said, "Brother Jiu, are you sure you read it right?" Wasn't the fifth brother demoted to a concubine and assigned to the army? How could he run back to Qingyang? ”

Gongzi Xiu shook his head with a puzzled face and said, "I don't know, it may be that he was dazzled and mistaken for a while, the fifth brother Gongzi Su and the third brother were compatriots of the same mother, and the brothers had a good relationship, and now one has ascended to the immortal, and the other is still on the border, hey!" I heard that over there in Taiji Palace, my father heard that the third brother had passed away, and he didn't even send an edict......"

Mu Sheng was speechless when he heard this, this big family, there are many children who have a family and a difference, some children don't look at it as biological, but the father is not kissed, the mother is not loved, but it is not like our era, there are few children, one family, thousands of pets, all of them are raised as big babies, and all of them are treated as princes.

Gongzi Xiu looked at Mu Sheng with a complicated expression: "Speaking of my father, I still envy you, you can always be by your side, I can only see my father when I have a big court meeting." ”

Mu Sheng sighed and said, "I don't believe that Brother Jiu can't see my current situation with your intelligence?" Maybe I may follow in the footsteps of Gongzikang in the future! ”

Gongzi Xiu pinched his chopsticks and ate a few bites of food, and said silently for a while, "No!" You are different, you have an advantage over Gongzi Kang is that you are the only son of Mrs. Zhao and his father, and his father will not really treat you as an abandoned son, don't worry! When the father and emperor are really going to ascend to the sky, he will definitely give you an explanation, and he will definitely leave you a way back, even if the fourth brother ascends the throne in the future, it will not be too difficult for you. ”

Mu Sheng sighed: "I hope so! Even if my father doesn't embarrass me, when will my father really go to the immortal, can he really become a fairy and protect me? Even if you leave behind any secret decree or an edict to avoid death, Brother Jiu, how effective do you think it is in front of the new monarch's golden words? ”

Gongzi Xiu was dumbfounded by Mu Sheng's question, yes! Doesn't it depend on the emperor's mood when the time comes? Gongzi Xiu seemed to have something to say, and looked at the people around him and held back......

Mu Sheng looked at the mourning hall in the distance through the window, and said, "Actually, I have planned it a long time ago, when the prince ascends the throne, I will take my wife to escape to the mountains and forests and never ask about this court again, I don't want my net worth to be ...... between one person and one thought."

Gongzi Xiu asked, "Where can you escape?" Under this whole world, it is not the king's land, the shore of the land, the king's ministers, do you want to defect to the barbarians? ”

Mu Sheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Forgive the little brother for telling me the truth, to be honest, even if I defect to the barbarians, I am a cultivator, I don't have a master here, I have a place to stay here, why do I have to stay in the Central Plains?" ”

Gongzi Xiu sighed and said, "Yes, you have all the skills, as long as you can hide your identity carefully, it is indeed not difficult to eat." ”

Mu Sheng said to himself, "This may be one of the reasons why my father has to carry me out......"

After talking with Gongzi Xiu, he said goodbye and planned to go back to the house, Mu Sheng passed by the mourning hall, he subconsciously glanced back at Gongzi Kang's spirit card and coffin, and for a while his heart was mixed.

Mu Sheng returned to the mansion and sat in the courtyard in a daze, until Yun'er ran to him, and Mu Sheng didn't even notice it.

Yun'er saw Mu Sheng in a daze in the courtyard, so she asked, "Childe, do you have anything on your mind?" ”

Mu Sheng glanced back at Yun'er, a little stunned, and said, "Oh! I'm thinking about Childe Yasu. ”

Yun'er comforted softly, "Gongzi Kang's matter, the concubine has also heard about it, and Gongzi please mourn." ”

"It's okay, it's okay."

Mu Sheng suddenly stared at Yun'er's eyes and asked, "Yun'er, do you really like His Royal Highness the Prince?" ”

Yun'er was suddenly asked, Yun'er was a little nervous in her heart, and she was also a little at a loss, and it was only after a while that Ai Ai said, "I like it!" But... Can...... It's not the kind of liking that Childe thinks. ”

Mu Sheng wondered, "What does that mean?" Is there anything else you like? ”

Yun'er stomped her feet and said, "Oh, why are you men all tendons?" In fact, I just worship His Royal Highness the Prince, and I don't have any love between men and women, Son, you misunderstood, because almost all the palace maids who had seen the prince in the palace were discussing the prince in private, so I can't avoid vulgarity. ”

Oh! Mu Sheng finally understood, and said with relief, "It's okay!" lest I send you into the pit of fire......"

Mu Sheng always felt that the prince was not as simple as he seemed on the surface, as soon as he entered the Hou Gate, he was as deep as the sea, and he didn't know if this simple little girl could cope with it.

Yun'er asked a little puzzled, "Childe, what do you mean?" What a fire pit? ”

Anyway, Yun'er is her own person, and Mu Sheng is ready to talk about marrying her to the prince as a side concubine.

Unexpectedly, Yun'er blushed, and a ball of pink fists smashed directly on him, and Mu Sheng didn't avoid it, just wondering why Yun'er was so disgusted with marrying?