At the beginning of December, there was a lot of snow in the sky, and in the Zhangtai Palace, a temple man ran into the palace quickly and came to the side of Yang Jin, the head of the inner court, and whispered, Yang Jin's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly entered the palace to report to the emperor.

Yang Jin stepped forward and said in a solemn tone: "Your Majesty, the former general Wucheng Marquis Lu Sheng died of illness last night. ”

When Mu Sheng heard this, he was shocked and said, "What did you say?" What happened to General Lu? ”

Yang Jin said: "Your Majesty, General Wucheng Hou Lu died of illness last night. ”

"I know, General Lu has made outstanding achievements in this life, and at the general's funeral, I will definitely come to the door to offer condolences."

Yang Jin said: "The slave will arrange it." ”

Mu Sheng remembered that he led the army to the south for the first time, Lu Sheng was also his old superior, and later went south to Taisha, and the two of them went together, the old general is indeed a proper military boss, he has never been defeated in his life, and he is a great figure who can be biography alone in the history books, but he didn't expect him to be so gone.

When the emperor toured the east before, Lu Sheng was in poor health, he was sick at home, and he didn't follow, at that time Huo Zheng was in power, and after Mu Sheng knew the news as the emperor, in order to avoid suspicion, it was not good to visit in person, and he could only send an edict to send the imperial doctor in the palace to visit, but he didn't expect that not long after he came to the east, Lu Sheng, Marquis of Wucheng, died of illness?

Lu Sheng, Marquis of Wucheng, was the only surviving general who participated in the unification war in the era of Emperor Zhaowu, and his death can be said to represent the complete end of the old era.

The next day, the Marquis of Wucheng's mansion wrapped in white silk, a solemn color, almost all the civil and military officials from the government and the opposition came to the Hou Mansion to mourn, even the emperor came in person, no matter whether the civil and military officials had dealings with Lu Sheng in the past, they naturally had to be more proactive.

At this time, Lu Sheng, the eldest son of the Marquis of Wucheng, the supreme commander of the Great Wall Corps and the general of Zhenbei, Lu Feng, was at the door to greet the ministers of civil and military affairs.

Lu Feng is in his forties, with a big beard, and he looks like a fierce general, and at this moment, the old man of the Lu family is gone, and his face is sad.

At this moment, a loud voice sang: "Your Majesty has arrived." "The emperor's guard of honor stopped at the gate of the Marquis Wucheng's mansion.

Lu Feng was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly led the Hou Mansion up and down to ask for Andao: "Long live the minister, long live my emperor, long live." ”

Mu Sheng got down and got the imperial chariot to personally step forward to help Lu Feng and said, "Aiqing, please get up quickly." ”

Lu Feng saw that the emperor came to mourn in person, and his heart was moved, under normal circumstances, the Son of Heaven would have pulled it down if he issued an edict, and he personally came to the door to offer condolences, but it gave the Lu family a lot of face.

Lu Feng said: "Your Majesty came to mourn for my father, but the minister really didn't dare to do it." ”

Seeing Lu Feng's sad face, Mu Sheng stepped forward and comforted: "Lu Qing's family also asks for condolences, I heard that General Lu has gone, and my heart is full of grief, General Lu has made great contributions to the country, and he is the pillar of my dynasty. ”

Lu Feng was moved: "Your Majesty's kindness, the minister will keep it in mind, please follow the minister into the house." ”

Mu Sheng bowed his head and said, "Okay! ”

The ministers who mourned in the mansion of Marquis Wucheng saw that the emperor had arrived, and they came forward to pay their respects.

Mu Sheng said: "The ministers are exempt. ”

Mu Sheng entered the mourning hall, looked at Lu Sheng's spiritual position in the hall, and couldn't help but think of the appearance of the old man commanding hundreds of thousands of troops in Taisha when he was in the south.

It is impossible for Mu Sheng to kneel and bow to the courtier's spiritual throne with the respect of the emperor, he can only step forward and bow slightly, even if the salute is completed, the whole family of the Lu family has to bow back to the emperor.

After the ceremony, Lu Feng specially sent a junior of the Lu family to welcome the emperor into the back hall to rest.

This junior of the Lu family is indeed just a young girl, who looks about fifteen years old, but her skin is like clotted fat and her appearance is as beautiful as a flower.

Mu Sheng saw her look grief-stricken when he wore linen and filial piety, and his heart couldn't help but soften, and asked, "What's your name?" ”

Facing the emperor, the girl was still a little afraid, she stepped forward and kowtowed slightly, and said softly: "Back to Your Majesty, the people's daughter Lu Min, the third in the family, my father is General Lu Fenglu, and the Marquis of Wu Cheng is the grandfather of the people's daughter, Your Majesty just calls the people's daughter Min'er." ”

Mu Sheng said: "I see, Min'er is actually a descendant of General Lu Feng, and now that your grandfather has gone, please mourn and change, don't be too sad and hurt your body." ”

Lu Min kowtowed and said gratefully: "The people's daughter thank Your Majesty for your concern, Your Majesty's kindness, Lu Min remembers it in his heart." ”

After a short time, Lu Feng came to accompany him, and the emperor came, so as the head of the Lu family, he naturally had to accompany the emperor first.

After Lu Feng came forward to greet the emperor, he instructed Lu Min to say, "Min'er, go down first." ”

Lu Min bowed slightly, bowed to the emperor, and then withdrew from the inner hall.

Lu Feng said bitterly: "Your Majesty, just a micro-minister takes care of family affairs, neglecting Your Majesty, the little girl does not know the etiquette, and if she neglects it, I hope Your Majesty will forgive her sins." ”

Mu Sheng glanced at Lu Feng's appearance, but he didn't expect this rough man to give birth to such a beautiful daughter.

Mu Sheng waved his hand and said: "It's okay, General Lu is her grandfather, and now he is gone, his expression is sad, I can understand, but Min'er is also a good boy who is filial." ”

Lu Feng sighed and said, "Thank you Your Majesty for your understanding." ”

In the back hall, Mu Sheng talked with Lu Feng, chatting about the old things about his and Lu Shengnan's expedition in previous years, and he couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion in his heart.

Mu Sheng said: "Now that General Lu is gone, I plan to bury Marquis Wucheng with a national ceremony, and Lu Qing wants to inherit his father's legacy and be loyal to the country." ”

Lu Feng said: "Thank you for your grace, it is the duty of the micro-ministers to be loyal to the country, and the micro-ministers are loyal to Your Majesty and the court." ”

Mu Sheng said with satisfaction: "Okay, very good, the five generations of the Lu family are the generals of our dynasty, and they have made great achievements for our dynasty, and now the Qing family is guarding the border for my dynasty, and it is also a high level of hard work. ”

Generally, the inheritance of these 10,000 households is to be demoted by one level, and the food and euphemism will also be cut by 2,500 households.

Lu Feng hurriedly saluted and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace, and the minister is grateful." ”

Lu Feng also knew that this was the emperor taking the initiative to win over the Lu family, after the death of his old man and former general Lu Sheng, there was no one from the Lu family in the court, whether he could keep the supreme commander of the Great Wall Corps and the Armed Guard Army was a matter of the emperor's words, after all, he held nearly 300,000 elite border troops in his hands, and he would not be particularly relieved if he understood that he would definitely have to arrange his own people, Lu Feng also wanted to take the initiative to move closer to the emperor, so he naturally showed his loyalty.

When Mu Sheng and Lu Feng were talking, Lu Feng's daughter Lu Min was busy from time to time, serving tea and pouring water for the two leaders, like a maid.

Half an hour later, Mu Sheng saw that he was almost chatting with Lu Feng, and Lu Feng was the person in charge of General Lu's funeral, so it was inconvenient to disturb him too much, so he got up and said goodbye: "Lu Qing's family, I won't bother the Lu family's funeral." ”

"Drive back to the palace."

Seeing this, Lu Sheng immediately got up and saluted: "Weichen respectfully sends His Majesty back to the palace." ”

The civil and military officials and the whole family of the Lu family went out of the palace to send the emperor back to the palace, and when they saw that the emperor's honor guard was gone, the ministers breathed a sigh of relief, and entered the mansion of the Marquis of Wucheng to continue the funeral.

On the way back to the palace, Mu Sheng thought of the shadow beside Lu Feng, Lu Min, as the third lady of the Lu family, she was always like a maid, and personally stepped forward to serve tea and pour water around him and Lu Feng, and her hands and feet were very diligent. During the chat with Lu Feng, Lu Feng always mentioned the third lady intentionally or unintentionally, and he realized something, although Lu Feng did not say it explicitly, but it was obvious that Lu Feng wanted to marry the royal family and be his father-in-law, otherwise it would be impossible for his daughter to hang around in front of him.

Mu Sheng thought about it in his heart, the Lu family is still very worthy of his own attention, he couldn't help but think of Lu Min's delicate face, but he also had some intention in his heart, now that he is in a high position, political marriage is also one of the means to control and win over his subordinates.

He immediately instructed the chief of the inner court beside him: "Yang Jin, that Lu Min, the third lady of the Lu family, do you still have an impression?" ”

Yang Jin understood in his heart, he had always been with the emperor, and naturally had an impression, and said: "Your Majesty, the slave has an impression, Your Majesty, you want to ......"

Mu Sheng said: "After the old general is buried, the Lu family has passed the mourning period, so take the third lady of the Lu family into the palace." ”

Yang Jin said: "Your Majesty, how to welcome the third lady of the Lu family into the palace?" ”

Yang Jin's meaning is to ask about treatment.

Mu Sheng thought about it, since he wanted to win over the Lu family, the title of the imperial concubine's wife could not be given easily, and with the Lu family's family background, he had to at least give a concubine-level title.

Mu Sheng said: "Welcome into the palace with the gift of beauty." ”

"No."