Yang Liu turned around and instructed the palace servants behind him to carefully count the items to be confiscated by the imperial court, and then followed Gongzi Sheng to the guest house in the inner courtyard.

In the guest house, Mu Sheng ordered the servants to eat the real food and closed the door and retreated.

At this time, only Mu Sheng and Yang Liu were left in the guest house.

Mu Sheng stretched out his hand and said, "Father-in-law Yang, please." ”

Yang Liu smiled and said, "Childe, please first." ”

After the two sat down, Mu Sheng went straight to the point and said: "Gonggong Yang, it has only been two months since I returned to Beijing from Lingnan, a few days ago, I also went to the imperial front to pay homage, Your Majesty and his old man are still the same to me, I really can't understand, why have so many changes happened in recent days?" ”

Yang Liu's eyes rolled, and he seemed to inadvertently glance at the food box in his arms, but he still planned to tell the truth, and said:

"Young Master Sheng, don't hide it, although people are on errands in the Taiji Palace, they are not blessed to serve in front of the palace, and those who often serve in front of the palace are still the chief managers of the inner court Lu, and the servants actually know very little about His Majesty's daily life, and I hope that the prince will forgive me."

When Mu Sheng heard this, he was a little disappointed, it seemed that this Yang Liu's status in the palace was too low, and it was impossible for him to come into contact with any core news.

Unexpectedly, Yang Liu smiled mysteriously and said: "Young Master Sheng, although people are not blessed to be on an errand in front of the emperor, but the court discussion, people happen to be on an errand in the Xuanzheng Yuan, if the prince wants to know the details, the person will tell the prince in detail." ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, his spirit was shocked, and he said, "Father-in-law Yang, please speak." ”

Yang Liu knew the content of the court discussion, who said what, and so on with Mu Sheng in detail.

When Mu Sheng heard this, he was secretly shocked in his heart, he understood, it was not that the emperor had an opinion on him, but that someone was plotting against him behind his back, and he couldn't figure out who was secretly messing with him for a while? East Palace? An Guojun?

After Yang Liu finished speaking, Mu Sheng's heart moved, although Yang Liu's status in the Taiji Palace was low, at least he could still grasp some basic information, it was better to win over a little, maybe he could use it in the future.

After chatting for a long time, Yang Liu saw that the hour was almost up, so he was about to get up and say goodbye, Mu Sheng naturally got up to say goodbye, and when he was leaving, Mu Sheng sent someone to bring a food box to Yang Liu.

Yang Liu took the weight of his hand, comprehended, smiled even happier, and said politely: "Childe, what do you mean by this?" ”

Mu Sheng smiled: "Father-in-law Yang, mind, mind, just make a friend." ”

Of course, Yang Liu understood the meaning of Gongzisheng's words, if he accepted this generous gift now, then he would have to do things for Gongzisheng in the future, he thought about it, his status in the palace was not high, and it was impossible to know the important core news, even if he went out, it didn't matter, it was nothing more than some ordinary things in the palace.

Thinking of this, Yang Liu smiled and said: "Thank you for your love, Gongzi Sheng, you are really polite, but the slave is disrespectful." ”

Seeing that Yang Liu collected the money, both sides took what they needed, and they were all happy.

The two of them went out of the guest house to the outer courtyard, and Yang Liu saw that his subordinates had finished counting all the rituals and jade objects to be confiscated by the imperial court, so he turned to Gongzi Sheng and said goodbye:

"Young Master Sheng, the slave will retire and return to the palace to resume the decree."

Mu Sheng said: "There is Lao Yang's father-in-law, I will not send it far." ”

Until Yang Liu and the others walked away, Mu Sheng was still in a daze in the courtyard alone, he laughed at himself in his heart, he was really alone now, just an ordinary prince, and he would have to think about it behind closed doors in the future, hey! At this time, he really felt the cruelty of the court battle, the so-called open guns are easy to dodge, and hidden arrows are difficult to prevent.

There is such a thing as falsely reporting war exploits in ancient times, and it is a big deal, but who is responsible for spending money to get out of harmony with the Immortal Emperor? Not many people knew about it, and he was thinking over and over again, who was cheating him behind his back?

Lu Sheng? It can't be him, he is the chief general of the four counties, the marquis of Wanhu, and the first battle of Yucheng was commanded by him, and it was also his idea to falsely report his military exploits, and it may also be the idea of the Taiji Palace, it will not do him any good to poke things out, and he will be punished if he doesn't do well.

Could it be the doorman Feng Wei? Judging by his character, he doesn't look like such a person, and the envoy sent by Lu Sheng to negotiate with the mountain puppet at that time, Wei Xi, did he poke it out?

Mu Sheng thought for a while, he thought of the East Palace, he knew very well that he was the chess piece that the emperor helped up to suppress the East Palace, and this time the Southern Expedition Mountain Puppet was also to consolidate his foundation, mix military merits, and brush up on qualifications, otherwise it would be difficult for him to stand in the court, but no one expected that he was accidentally captured.

The last thing I want to see him grow up now is definitely the East Palace, Mu Sheng judged in his heart that behind all these events, it must be inseparable from the East Palace behind the scenes, but he didn't expect that it would be so soon.

Thinking of this, he subconsciously came to Wu Xie Courtyard and wanted to ask his opinion.

Mu Sheng pushed the door in, and saw that Wu Xie was still the same, pondering his chessboard.

After Mu Sheng sat down, he handed the will of the Taiji Palace to Wu Xie just now, and asked, "Mr. Wu, what do you think?" I always feel that this matter is inseparable from the East Palace, Your Majesty is responsible for me, where should I go now? ”

When Wu Xie heard this, his heart moved, remembering the conversation with Zhao Shu in the wine shop, he knew very well in his heart that the East Palace was at most adding fuel to the fire, not the main messenger behind the scenes.

Wu Xie knew who was making the move, but he still didn't break everything, he knew that the time had not yet come, and he couldn't show the truth to Gongzi Shenghe.

Wu Xie had no choice but to say against his will: "Childe, according to my inference, this matter is very likely to be done by the East Palace, the purpose of His Majesty sending the prince south, in fact, the government and the opposition all know it, and the East Palace is naturally impossible to sit still, since the moment you became the king, the East Palace has already regarded the son as a thorn in the side, I suggest that the son should you take retreat as advance?" ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he suddenly said: "Retreat as advance? Sir, do you mean to get me out of the current situation completely? Will he agree? ”

Wu Xie said: "Your Majesty has canonized Gongzi Xiu as An Guojun, Gongzi Xiu must be unwilling, he will definitely compete with the crown prince for the throne, even if there is no Gongzi you, Your Majesty still has An Guojun as a chess piece, and it is enough to use Gongzi Xiu to suppress the East Palace." ”

"Moreover, Your Majesty has not deprived you of your clan status and degraded to a concubine, and you will still give your son a chance to perform in the future. If Gongzi still wants to compete for the throne, it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to lie dormant for the time being, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, sit and watch Gongzi Xiu fight with the East Palace, and when the time comes, you are looking for an opportunity to enter. ”

"Retreat as advance?"

Wu Xie continued to persuade: "Childe, Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, and furthermore, if Your Majesty succeeds in cultivation, not only will the prince not be able to ascend the throne, but also the prince will probably have no chance to cultivate in this life, among the heirs of Your Majesty, only Gongzi Ochre and you are monks, Gongzi Ochre has long been out, maybe Your Majesty will be a hundred years later, only Gongzi can succeed to the throne smoothly, and time is always on our side." ”

Mu Sheng smiled when he heard this: "Mr. Wu, even if the prince can't wait, there is also the imperial grandson, after all, I am not the eldest son, why can't I take the throne?" ”

Wu Xie smiled slightly and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today has a good character and is virtuous, there is no doubt about it, but the imperial grandson may not be a virtuous person, as long as the prince performs well enough and is making meritorious deeds, how can the vertical son be able to compete for your imperial uncle?" ”

Mu Sheng thought about it, and still recognized Wu Xie's proposal to retreat into advance, and said: "Mr. Wu, it's okay like this, you can see it clearly, I take this opportunity to get out and sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, which is also a wonderful move." ”

After that, Mu Sheng and Wu Xie looked at each other and smiled......

Wu Xie does make sense, now the eldest child of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is only thirteen years old, and when he becomes an adult and understands things, he will already be able to live in the court, although the emperor is vainly trying to cultivate and become an immortal, but his brain is not confused, when the time comes, who will pass the throne to, but it is not good, and the advantage of his long life can offset the great disadvantage of his own identity ranking, the so-called leftover is the king.

In fact, whether he can compete for the position of the prince, Mu Sheng doesn't care about it anymore, maybe the current situation may be a good opportunity for him to get out of the whirlpool of power, anyway, how to talk about seniority, the possibility of being the prince himself is very high, so why should he stir up the troubled waters? If you don't make it well, you may still make wedding clothes for others in the end, which is very boring.

What's more, the mountain puppets in southern Xinjiang still have their own foundation, as the old saying goes, it is better to be a chicken's mouth than a cow queen, and when the time comes, go to the mountain puppet and continue to wear the tiger skin of the Immortal Emperor as their own soil emperor, isn't it free and comfortable?

As soon as Mu Sheng returned to the inner courtyard, a maid stepped forward and saluted: "Your Excellency, the hostess, Mrs. Zeng, and Mrs. Mu are all waiting in the lobby to ask to see your lord." ”

The movement was so loud that it was obvious that the wives and concubines in the mansion also knew that something had happened and wanted to know what was going on, so he naturally had to hurry up and comfort the women and not let them worry.