After settling down his son, Mu Sheng walked out of the hall and took a deep breath, exhaling a white mist, in the early spring, the weather was still relatively cold.

At this time, more than a dozen women masked with brocade cloth in the distance of the square were tightly guarded by a group of temple people in the middle to settle down in the inner court.

Mu Sheng looked at them from afar, he wanted to save them but there was really nothing he could do, he wanted to step forward to appease them, but then dispelled this idea, what was the use? On the contrary, it makes my conscience unbearable, so it is better to pretend not to see it.

At this moment, a strong wind blew, and the brocade cloth used to cover their faces on the heads of several women was blown up by the strong wind, and many women showed their true colors, which immediately caused chaos in the team, and the temple people in charge of guarding them also hurriedly stepped forward to rearrange the brocade cloth that covered their faces.

At this time, Mu Sheng inadvertently saw the true face of one of the women from a distance, his face changed slightly, and then he pretended that nothing happened, and Yang Jin, the head of the inner court standing beside him, did not care, the incident was far away from the main hall, and ordinary people's eyes could not detect these small episodes at all, but Mu Sheng was different, he was a monk, and his five senses were far beyond ordinary people, and he could see them clearly.

Mu Sheng glanced back at Yang Jin, and Yang Jin hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Your Majesty, but there is something to arrange for the slave to do?" ”

Mu Sheng casually made up a reason and sent him away, and when he turned around, he invited another temple person to whisper, asking him to avoid Yang Jin's ears and eyes and do things according to his own wishes, obviously Yang Jin could not be trusted in this matter.

After a while, Yang Jincai came back and reported: "Your Majesty, the matter you explained, the slave has done it." ”

Mu Sheng bowed slightly, indicating that he knew, after a cup of tea, the previous temple man saw that Yang Jin was by the emperor's side, and he didn't dare to come forward to report his work, but just nodded to the emperor from a distance, meaning that the matter had been done.

Only then did Mu Sheng turn to Manager Yang and say, "Yang Jin, I will take you to see an old man." ”

When Yang Jin heard this, he was confused, and he didn't know what the master meant by this, so he had to admit: "The slave only knew." ”

The emperor stepped into a side hall accompanied by Yang Jin, and after arriving at his destination, Mu Sheng turned around and waved to the group of palace people who followed him, and ordered: "Everyone retreat, no one is allowed to summon and is not allowed to approach this place." ”

All the palace people nodded yes, and they all retreated, Yang Jin knew that the emperor was going to bring him here to see a so-called old man, and everyone retreated, not including himself, of course.

Yang Jin saw that Zhou Zhou was left with the two of them, and immediately stepped forward to push open the door of the palace and let the emperor go in first.

After Mu Sheng entered the main hall, he saw a woman in white wearing a brocade cloth sitting on the futon in the main hall, she was obviously a member of the funeral team of the first emperor, Yang Jin then followed the emperor into the palace, he saw the woman in white stunned on the spot. Suddenly, Yang Jin's whole body trembled like chaff, his face instantly turned pale, and he collapsed to the ground all of a sudden, his whole body was weak, and he no longer had the strength to stand up, he obviously knew the true identity of the woman.

Seeing this, Mu Sheng sighed, sat down opposite the woman, and said, "Should I call you Sun, Mrs. Sun?" Or should I call you Li Yu'er? ”

When the woman heard this, she knew that her true identity could not be hidden, so she took off the brocade cloth on her head to reveal her true face, she was the most favored Mrs. Sun during the lifetime of the first emperor, and it was also the stunning palace maid Li Yu'er who was specially arranged by his side when Mu Sheng was under house arrest in Taiji Palace.

Mu Sheng turned his head to look at Yang Jin, the head of the inner court who was paralyzed on the ground and was frightened by the six gods, his tone was filled with endless coldness, and he reprimanded angrily: "Okay, you dog slave, Yang Jin, because I trusted you so much at the beginning, you dared to secretly send the first emperor's woman to me, or when the first emperor was alive, let me make a big mistake unintentionally, defile the court, and bully the elders, what face do you let me face the ancestors and ancestors, Yang Jin, Yang Jin, are you guilty?" I can't wait to cut you with a thousand knives right now to relieve the hatred in my heart. ”

When Yang Jin heard this, his face turned pale, he kowtowed desperately, and cried: "Your Majesty, the slave is guilty, the slave is guilty, the slave will go to the court to receive the crime, a thousand knives, and the slave will also admit ......it."

When Sun Yu heard this, he reprimanded: "Go to Tingwei to receive the crime? Do you think too few people know about this? Your Majesty, you don't have to hold on to Yang Jin, I forced him to do this in this matter, and only the concubine and Yang Jin know about this matter, if Your Majesty is afraid of tarnishing your holy name, as long as you find a reason to kill the two of us, no one else in this world will ever know about it, but there is no need to do more for the concubine, and the concubine will follow the emperor in three days. ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, his heart calmed down a little, he looked at her familiar and unfamiliar expression, and asked, "Why, why are you doing this?" ”

When Sun Yu heard this, he smiled bitterly and said, "What else can I do for it?" For the sake of children, I want a child. Seeing that the first emperor is getting older and older, if the concubine is not yet a man and half a woman, no matter how she is honored and favored during her lifetime, she will inevitably accompany the old man to be martyred, I am really unwilling, the concubine's lifelong wish is just to have a child. ”

"Your Majesty may not know, since the first emperor took the Guixu Pill to cultivate immortals, he has completely lost his fertility, I am also forced to have no way, the first emperor can't count on it, so he can only make this decision, at that time, you were under house arrest in Taiji Palace, and the concubine has served you for most of the year, but you still can't conceive, this may be the life of the concubine."

When Mu Sheng heard this, he smiled bitterly in his heart, he knew that he wouldn't have to deliberately use the double cultivation technique to prevent pregnancy at that time, so that she could have a child but her wish, she could also live because of this, and it was too late to say anything now.

Mu Sheng glanced at Yang Jin, who was paralyzed on the ground, and then looked at the indifferent woman in front of him, it seemed that she had broken through the barrier of life and death, and his words were good, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Mu Sheng pondered for a moment and sighed: "Today, just assume that I have never come." ”

When Sun Yu heard this, her eyes completely lost their brilliance, she knew that she was going to die, so she immediately bowed down and said, "Congratulations to Your Majesty." ”

Mu Sheng got up and went out, but Yang Jin couldn't stand up when he saw this, so he had to roll and crawl and follow the emperor.

Back to the Four Seas and One Palace, Mu Sheng silently glanced at the first emperor's Zi Palace, he stepped forward and knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times to the first emperor's spiritual seat, and silently thought in his heart, father, the son is not filial, the son is not filial, the son is not filial......

After Mu Sheng got up, he called Yang Jin to the apse, he thought about it carefully, he felt that taking this matter as an opportunity could completely pull Yang Jin into his camp, he could be as mixed as he is now, it is very likely that Huo Xiangguo was able to sit in the high position of the head of the inner court at the critical moment, although in the inner court, it was easy to abolish Yang Jin and choose someone else to be the head of the court, but he still wanted to try to bring Yang Jin to his side, and this matter can be regarded as a handle that can hold Yang Jin hostage. Mu Sheng just thought with his ass, he knew that Yang Jin was Huo Zheng's eyeliner deliberately placed by his side, and if he changed people rashly, he was afraid that it would arouse Huo Zheng's suspicions.

Mu Sheng saw Yang Jin's face showing despair, and only asked after a while: "Yang Jin, can you tell me in detail how you conspired with Mrs. Sun in the first place?" ”

Yang Jin knelt on the ground, his face was like ashes, he knew that he had done this big thing, I am afraid it would be difficult to live, he thought that he was dead, and there was nothing to hide, and he told the cause and effect of how to plan this matter, he knew that there was such a serious royal scandal, even Huo Xiangguo, the backer behind him, would not protect him, really poke the matter out, in order to cover up the truth, even a high-ranking and powerful head of the inner court like him will never end well.

Mu Sheng listened to Yang Jin's description and said with emotion: "It turns out that you agreed to do black work for her in order to cling to Mrs. Sun? ”

When Yang Jin heard this, he said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, this is the way to survive in the inner palace, if you don't do black work for the master, how can the slave have the opportunity to cling to the nobles, I don't do it, some people rush to eliminate disasters for the master, and the slave blocks this open gun and hidden arrow for the master, so as to be eligible to enjoy the wealth of the master's gift." ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he bowed his head and said, "Yang Jin, how did you get to the high position of chief manager in the first place?" For whom did he eliminate the calamity and save him from trouble? ”

Hearing this, Yang Jinyan's face was slightly hesitant.

Seeing this, Mu Sheng snorted coldly and said, "What? Don't want to sell the master behind you? ”

When Yang Jin heard this, he knelt down and kowtowed desperately: "Your Majesty, the slave should die, the slave has only one master in his heart, and that is Your Majesty." ”

"Your Majesty, the reason why the slave can become the manager is because Huo Xiangguo promoted the slave."

When Mu Sheng heard this, he said, "Oh? Let's move on. ”

At this moment, Yang Jin knew very well in his heart that the county official was not as good as the current management, he was the closest person to the emperor, if the emperor had even the slightest suspicion for him, his fate would not be good, killing him was similar to crushing an ant to death, and the colleagues who were worried about his position as the head of the inner court were in a long line.

Although the new emperor has just succeeded to the throne, there is nothing to do with the old ministers of the former dynasty such as Huo Zheng, the prime minister of the left, but to deal with them, the people of the inner court temple, it is just a matter of words, these people, in the final analysis, are just domestic slaves of the royal family, and they do not need to go through the court to deal with them.

Yang Jin thought through this, so he answered the emperor's question honestly, and said: "Your Majesty, when the first emperor died suddenly at night, Huo Xiangguo almost wiped out all the insiders in the inner palace in order to block the news, if it weren't for the slave who saw the wind and made the rudder stand on Huo Xiangguo's side, it would be difficult to escape this catastrophe, in fact, the slave's father-in-law, Lu Liang and Lu's father-in-law did not die of hunger strike at all, and the father-in-law was also forced to commit suicide by Huo Xiangguo, Huo Xiangguo carried the slave out in order to better control the inner palace, The slave also has a mission to monitor the new monarch's every move for the Xiangguo lord, and the slave is dead, please punish Your Majesty. ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, his heart tightened, and he couldn't help but say to himself: "His heart can be punished!" ”

Mu Sheng asked, "Huo Xiangguo just asked you to monitor my every move?" Nothing else? ”

Yang Jin kowtowed again and again: "Your Majesty, the slave's words are true, and the others are really gone." ”

Mu Sheng waved his hand and said, "You get up and talk back." ”

"Yang Jin, do you know how the concubines of the first emperor followed the first emperor?"

When Yang Jin heard this, his face showed surprise, and he asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, do you want to save Mrs. Sun?" ”

Mu Sheng said: "It's not just her, it's you, if she dies, you don't have to live, understand?" ”

When Yang Jin heard this, he was overjoyed, he knew that he had come back from the ghost gate again.

Yang Jin immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed like pounding garlic, showing his loyalty in various ways, and then explained: "Your Majesty, the concubines of the first emperor all hanged themselves in a side hall of Gaoyang Palace in the inner court three days later, and those who are not willing to commit suicide with dignity will be helped by the minions." ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he said that this is troublesome, it is difficult to save him by hanging himself, it is to break the neck bone, suffocate to death, it is actually quite a painful way to die, the so-called decency, it is just to keep a whole corpse, if it is to commit suicide by taking poison with a few rare pills in his hands, and the ability to let him enter a state of suspended animation in a short time to deceive the coroner, and then change the prince for a tanuki, this thing is likely to be successful.

Yang Jin saw that the emperor was worried, he took the initiative to whisper to him to give advice, Mu Sheng listened, and wondered: "Is it really feasible?" ”

Yang Jin bowed slightly: "Your Majesty, in this inner court, nothing is easy to do, only money can communicate with the gods, as long as there is enough money, there is no face that cannot be bought, Your Majesty, you can rest assured that this matter will be handed over to the slave to do." ”

Mu Sheng was still a little uneasy, took out a pill from his arms, and instructed: "This is the Turtle Breath Pill, after the living use of it, it will enter a state of suspended suspended pulse, and it can only take effect for twelve hours, you have to grasp the timing, you remember, only if Sun Yu survives, you can live." ”

When Yang Jin heard this, his heart trembled, he carefully put away the pill, and said: "Thank you Your Majesty for the medicine, Your Majesty, please rest assured, with this divine pill, the slave is more sure to do this." ”