The state funeral ceremony was carried out until midnight, and in addition to the ministers, Mu Sheng and all the relatives of the royal family had to stay to guard the spirit of the first emperor.

At this time, Mu Sheng looked at a woman in the crowd of the clan, he called Yang Jin to give him a secret order, and Yang Jin immediately took the order and left.

Then Mu Sheng excused himself to leave the apse and went to the apse, only to see his sister Princess Qinghe, who had not been seen for a long time, sitting in the apse.

When Princess Qinghe saw the emperor enter the palace, she hurriedly got up to salute her, Mu Sheng hurriedly stepped forward to support her and said, "Sister doesn't have to be like this. ”

When Princess Qinghe saw Mu Sheng, she also had mixed feelings for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, I, hey, I really don't know whether to be happy or sad at this moment, my mother can see you inherit the throne in the sky, and she can also look at it." ”

Mu Sheng nodded silently and said, "Well, after I officially ascend the throne, I will honor my mother as the queen mother." ”

When Princess Qinghe heard this, her expression was solemn, and she said: "Your Majesty, I want to ask you one thing, after the Supreme Title, can you not let your mother's coffin be buried with the first emperor?" ”

Mu Sheng was silent for a long time, shook his head slightly, and said: "No, I know that you always have hatred for the first emperor in your heart, but now that his old family is gone, and his mother can't be buried separately if she has the honorific title, according to the ancestral system, her mother must be buried with the first emperor." ”

Princess Qinghe sighed when she heard this, and stopped talking.

Mu Sheng knew what she wanted to say, she didn't want her mother to be buried with her father's killer, but her half-brother was now the supreme emperor, and in order to strengthen the legitimacy of his succession, he had to add the title of empress dowager to his biological mother, and be buried with the emperor as the empress of the first emperor to prove the legitimacy of his succession.

Mu Sheng sighed and said: "Sister, you may not know, this is not something I can do, in fact, the first emperor left an edict before he died, naming several concubines he cared about the most during his lifetime to be buried with him, including our mother Mrs. Zhao, so to speak, the first emperor and his old family are very concerned about their mother, whether it is my inheritance or not, this is also something I only knew after presiding over the funeral, in this case, I might as well simply let my mother be buried with the first emperor and the first emperor as the empress." ”

Princess Qinghe laughed strangely and said, "Even if he dies, he is not willing to let go of my mother, he is really the best man in the world......"

When Mu Sheng heard this, he smiled bitterly in his heart, but he just didn't hear it, if this word spread, it would be disrespectful, if it was handed over to Tingwei to discuss the crime, Princess Qinghe would be deprived of her clan status at the least.

At this time, Princess Qinghe suddenly retched a few times, and Mu Sheng noticed that his sister's lower abdomen was slightly bulging, obviously pregnant.

Mu Sheng was just about to open his mouth to call the imperial doctor, but Princess Qinghe took his hand and said, "Your Majesty doesn't need to, I'm not in the way." ”

Princess Qinghe saw that Mu Sheng was still worried, and a warm current surged in her heart, although she rarely intersected with Mu Sheng, but at this moment she also felt that although Mu Sheng was the Son of Heaven, she was also her only relative in this world.

At this time, although Yang Jin, who was guarding the door of the apse, did not get Mu Sheng's explicit instructions, he immediately secretly ordered the palace people to send a bowl of white fungus soup to the princess.

After taking a small sip of white fungus soup, Princess Qinghe said, "Your Majesty, I have a reluctant request. ”

Mu Sheng hurriedly said: "Sister, please say, as long as it is within my ability, let me do anything." ”

When Princess Qinghe heard this, she waved her hand again and again and said: "Your Majesty is serious, I just want the unborn child in my womb, if the birth goes smoothly, I hope Your Majesty can give my child a name." ”

Mu Sheng happily agreed: "This is natural, sister, you can rest assured." ”

Mu Sheng asked, "By the way, sister, all of you have family members with you, why don't you see your brother-in-law?" ”

Princess Qinghe sighed and said: "Hey, don't mention your brother-in-law, our Li family was too close to Gongzizhuo at the beginning, you also know this, when An Guojun was in charge of the country, he took the opportunity to transfer Li Li to Lanshan County to be a county lieutenant. ”

Mu Sheng patted his chest and said, "Sister, this matter is on me, and soon he will be able to go back to Qingyang to reunite with his sister." ”

Unexpectedly, Princess Qinghe poured cold water on her and said, "Your Majesty, if you don't like it, don't transfer your brother-in-law back, I'm afraid that Huo Xiangguo may have a misunderstanding." ”

Mu Sheng was slightly stunned when he heard this, and said, "What my sister said is that now is not the time, let's talk about it later......"

Of course, he understood what Princess Qinghe meant, and what did he want to do when he transferred the generals who were closer to him back to Beijing? What position can be assigned to him? Huo Xiangguo is not deaf or blind, the civil official can say that the transfer of military generals is too sensitive, and now Huo Xiangguo is in power, and he will affect his whole body.

The two sisters and brothers talked for a long time, Mu Sheng glanced at the hour, and confessed: "The hour is not early, my sister is resting here, I am going to guard the spirit of the first emperor." ”

Princess Qinghe also got up and said, "I ...... too"

Mu Sheng hurriedly turned around and pressed Princess Qinghe back to the same place, and said in a serious tone: "Sister, this is my order, you are pregnant now, you don't have to guard the spirit of the first emperor." ”

Princess Qinghe said, "However, if anyone talks about it...... It's not good in the end. ”

Mu Sheng snorted coldly and said, "I think who dares to chew the root of his tongue, who dares to say behind his back, sister, yours is not?" If you dare to say it, I will dare to pull out his tongue alive. ”

Seeing this, Princess Qinghe smiled bitterly in her heart and had no choice but to stay here, for the special care of this younger brother, she felt extra warm in her heart.

Mu Sheng got up and went to the main hall to continue the vigilance, but with a look, Yang Jin immediately understood, and arranged for the people to focus on protecting Princess Qinghe.

Mu Sheng listened to the practice of the sacrificial sorcerer chanting around the coffin, and he couldn't help but think of all kinds of past events with the first emperor, in fact, the first emperor treated him among the princes, except that he didn't want to pass on the throne to him, other things were really good to him, thinking of this, he couldn't help but shed a trace of tears in the corners of his eyes, after getting along for a long time, there will still be some affection, people are not grass and trees, who can be ruthless.

In the early morning of the next day, the vigil was held all night, and the royal family and the people who presided over the ceremony were all tired, only Mu Sheng was a monk, and it was okay to sit in place and meditate for a week, not to mention that he was still a powerful old monster.

Mu Chen saw that everyone was tired, so he let them go down to rest, and he stood by the coffin alone and looked at the tablet of the position of Emperor Zhaowu of the First Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty in a daze.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, and a guard stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, someone outside the palace broke into the palace, and someone who came claimed to be the seventh son of the first emperor, Gongzi ochre." ”

Mu Sheng pondered for a long time and said, "Have you checked his identity?" ”

The guard nodded and said, "Your Majesty, the villain has inspected his identity nameplate, and it is indeed a royal thing." ”

Mu Sheng bowed slightly: "Well, let him in." ”

"No!" With that, the guards turned and left.

However, a cup of tea, a person came at the door of the main hall, and the palace guard vigilantly raised a spear to block the way of the comer, only to see that the person who came had no long things, dressed in short clothes in the rivers and lakes, wearing white filial piety clothes, although the face was delicate, but could not hide a trace of nobility revealed on his body, ordinary people were not born in the royal family, and they couldn't pretend to be at all.

When he saw the guards blocking the way, he unhurriedly took out a gold medal from his bosom and said: "I am the third emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, the seventh son, the son of ochre, and I have come here today to mourn. ”

The guards looked at each other after hearing this, but they still didn't mean to let him go, Mu Sheng heard this, turned his body and looked him up and down a few times, then waved his hand to let the guards let him into the hall, he was also a member of the clan, and he was not removed from the list, and he was qualified to pay tribute in front of the first emperor's spirit.

Although Gongzi Ochre is dressed in rivers and lakes, Mu Sheng secretly observed, he actually has the strength of Heavenly Master-level cultivation, he can cultivate to such a realm at this age is indeed very human, this Gongzi Ochre is the prince who was sent to the mountain to cultivate by the first emperor in the early years, and he has long since withdrawn from the battle for succession, and now he is also alone.

After Gongzi Zhen entered the hall, he first bowed slightly in front of Mu Sheng and said, "Minister, meet the new king." ”

Mu Sheng said in a low tone: "Seventh brother doesn't have to be polite, you go and worship your father and the emperor!" ”

Gongzi nodded silently, then knelt in front of the tablet of the first emperor and kowtowed a few times, and took a few sticks of incense from the side to solemnly sacrifice in front of the first emperor's spiritual seat, and knelt in place and looked at the tablet blankly.

After being silent for a long time, Gongzi Zhecai said slowly: "Father, you always open your eyes and see who came to see you, that day you agreed that the master took me to the mountain to cultivate, for twenty years, my son did not see you at all, I didn't understand why you drove me away, but now I want to understand, your old man is afraid that I will be involved in the whirlpool, ruining my immortal fate of seeking the Tao, and now I understand your painstaking efforts." ”

After saying that, Gongzi Ochre kowtowed to the tablet a few more times, and he stood up and stroked the tablet of the first emperor.

Gongzi Zhe turned to Mu Sheng and saluted: "Thank you Your Majesty for letting me go, the minister is here to see his father today, and he is going back." ”

Mu Sheng bowed his head and said: "Seventh brother, why don't you stay for a few more days and then leave, wait until after the funeral of my father and the emperor." ”

Gongzi Zhen shook his head slightly and refused: "Thank you Your Majesty for retaining, the minister has already trespassed, and the minister has already committed a big crime by breaking into the palace ban without following the edict, how dare you have the face to stay here, and ask Your Majesty to punish the crime." ”

Mu Sheng stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said: "It's all a family, you don't have to see him like this, I will spare you from the crime, Seventh Brother give me a face, you can stay, it is not easy to travel thousands of miles, presumably my father and his old family also hope that you will stay by his side and accompany his old man to the last journey." ”

When Gongzi heard this, a warm current ignited in his heart, and he had a good impression of this younger brother who had never met before, but he still didn't forget the difference between monarchs and ministers, and immediately bowed and saluted: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your filial piety." ”

Mu Sheng bowed his head slightly when he heard this: "Seventh brother, please take a seat, you and my brothers are chattering, okay?" ”

Gongzi ochre said: "Thank Your Majesty for lifting, and the minister dares not to accept the order." ”

Mu Sheng chatted deeply with Gongzi Zhe, this Gongzi Zhe was actually a personal disciple of Ling Xuanzong, but thinking about it, cultivating to the Heavenly Master Realm at such a young age is indeed called talented, of course, it is not comparable to a monk like himself who relies on others to pass on his skills and upgrade to an old monster, this is by chance, Gongzi Ochre is really cultivated by himself.

After chatting with Gongzi Zhen for a long time, Mu Sheng arranged for him to live in the palace temporarily until the first emperor was officially buried in the emperor's mausoleum.