Su Sheng felt very annoyed.

His younger brother Su Hong had just been appointed as the Taishou of Luocheng, and his nephew Su Zhandian tried to win the championship and was admitted to the Hanlin Academy. Originally, there were many guests coming and going from the Su family, but now it is even more lively, and between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, the gifts at home have been piled up into a hill.

This was supposed to be a time for his Su family to celebrate, but he has always been frowning lately, often sitting on the Taishi chair and sighing.

Seeing this, the glamorous concubine standing on the side slipped her eyes, and her white and tender little hand touched it, gently pressed it on his shoulder, and said softly: "Master, why are you sighing here today?"

Su Sheng felt a tingling sensation all over his body, grabbed her buttocks with his backhand, took the beauty in front of him into his arms, and said with a smile: "What do you know as a woman!"

The concubine laughed, half-pushed, half-pushed, and wanted to be captured.

Su Sheng felt a burst of anger rise up, and immediately put those troubles behind, wanting to rectify the Fa on the spot with the little goblin in front of him first.

At the time of the court meeting this morning, His Majesty the Emperor announced a very important news: he was going to make a crown prince.

Su Sheng is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the court, a dignified and upright three-grade official, although so, to be honest, he is a courtier in charge of court etiquette, banquets, sacrifices, imperial examinations and other activities, and he has no real power in his hands. Theoretically, it can't get close to those power struggles, and his position is just easier to get oil and water. And Su Sheng himself is not an aggressive person.

But in a place like Tai'an, many times it is involuntary. If you don't go for trouble, the trouble will come to you by itself, and you will say that if you choose the prince, if you stand on the wrong team, it will all be over.

Among the many princes today, there are three who are eligible to be elected as the crown prince, but in fact it is a battle between the eldest prince and the three princes.

The eldest prince and the second prince are Wei Shengzhao's favorite concubines, born to Yang Guifei.

Yang Guifei is the daughter of Taishi Yang Kai, with rich qualifications, excellent singing and dancing, and proficient in music and rhythm. In that year, it was also known as the first beauty in Tai'an. After marrying Wei Shengzhao, the Yang family also rose with the tide, calling for wind and rain in the court, and became its own faction.

Yang Kai also climbed to the position of Taishi because of his dedication to his daughter. It can be said that the Yang family borrowed a woman to take the position.

The second prince has a weak personality and is modest, and he doesn't seem to have any interest in the emperor's position.

And the third prince is talented and filial, and he was born to the current queen, so he naturally became Wei Shengzhao's favorite youngest son.

The root of the incompatibility between the Yuwen clan and the Yang clan lies in this. They are the party of the three princes, and the two factions have been fighting openly and secretly for many years, just to protect the position of the crown prince, and once one side succeeds in ascending the throne, the other faction will fall, and the end will be extremely miserable.

Therefore, in general, the battle between the crown prince is actually the battle between the eldest prince and the Yang family, and the third prince and the Yuwen family.

And today, Wei Shengzhao finally broke the matter, and the court was in an uproar.

It stands to reason that the crown prince should be inherited by the eldest son, but first, the eldest prince is not born by the queen; second, the kings of all dynasties have a urine nature, the most beloved young, and the third prince is the queen's heir, so the crown prince's position has not been determined.

Although I don't know why Wei Shengzhao suddenly mentioned this matter now, but calculating the time, it is almost time to make a prince.

In addition, Su Sheng had one more thing that he was extremely worried about.

The emperor's birthday banquet is imminent, and he, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, is fully responsible for this matter and takes care of it single-handedly. If it is placed in a peaceful and prosperous era, this is a fat difference that makes a lot of benefits, but now that Tai'an tigers and wolves are watching, one will be killed if he is not careful.

The emperor's birthday banquet was celebrated by the whole country, and in addition to the ministers of the court and the central government, Su Sheng also had to be responsible for contacting the three giants.

At that time, Weisheng was divided into eleven princes and kings, of which eight kings rebelled, but they were all swept away by Mojun, and now only three kings remain. Although they did not have any overt disobedience, it was extremely troublesome to invite them to the banquet.

"Sir!"

"What are you doing! Don't you see Lao Tzu doing something here!" Su Sheng hugged the goblin in front of him, and was about to put out the fire, when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a subordinate of Su Mansion broke in.

The little concubine hurriedly pushed Su Sheng away, straightened her clothes, and her face flushed.

The man shrank his head, and said in his heart, "Won't you go back to the bedroom when you act, what are you doing in this hall?" But after all, he only dared to think about it in his heart, and he still had to whisper: "Master, there is a person outside the door who asks to see you." ”

"Who?

Su Sheng coughed embarrassedly, straightened his clothes, sat upright, and poured himself a cup of tea.

"That person ......" The subordinate lowered his head, secretly glanced at Su Sheng, and said cautiously: "That person claims to be Mo Jun." ”

"Smack!" Su Sheng's hand shook, and the cup was not held steady.

The concubine covered her mouth with her sleeve in surprise, stared at a pair of big eyes, and blinked.

Su Sheng stood up with a "swish", his face cloudy.

"Mojun, what are you looking for me? No, I don't think I've ever heard that a general would go to other ministers in private, right? What kind of wind is blowing here?"

"Please!" Su Sheng took a few steps forward, straightened his clothes, and straightened his crown.

The man answered, and went out.

"Wait!" Su Sheng stopped the man, then rubbed his hands nervously, and said excitedly: "I'll go to greet him personally!"

Su Sheng ran out in a hurry, his heart was roaring, today is really a good day. So many ministers in the DPRK and China came to talk to themselves, and even Mo Jun, who had never been a personal friend of ministers, came, thinking that if he could climb the high branch of the general in the future, then he Su Sheng didn't want the wind to be in the court, and he wanted to be rainy?

The gate of the Su Mansion is large and looks very imposing, and the gatekeeper is also very strong and looks very secure.

It's just that the person standing quietly outside the door at this moment made them hang their heads, their whole bodies trembling uncontrollably, and their blood seemed to be coagulated, and they couldn't move. Can't even look up and peek at it.

"Big, big, big, general! Rare guest, rare guest!" Su Sheng shouted, almost rushing out. When he saw the white figure outside the mansion, he pinched his thigh fiercely, this was really Mo Jun himself.

Mo Jun smiled slightly, and arched his hand: "Master Su." ”

"Presumptuous, why do you let the general stand outside the door!" Su Sheng roared angrily at the subordinates around him, and then changed into a smiling face carved with flowers, and said cordially: "General, please!"

"Master Su doesn't have to be polite. ”

"What did the general say!" Su Sheng smiled, and rushed towards Mo Jun head-on: "The general came to my Su Mansion with a face, and the lower officials were flattered and honored, and they suddenly felt full of brilliance......"

Su Sheng's eyes rolled, and he turned his words to the front, and said tentatively: "It's just ......"

"I don't know what happened to the general's trip?"

"Master Su doesn't need to be nervous. Seeing Su Sheng's worried look, Mo Jun patted his hand and couldn't help but smile: "I'm just here to pick up someone." ”

"Pick up people?" Su Sheng was stunned, not understanding what he meant.

Mo Jun nodded and said lightly: "Your Majesty took pity on you this morning and pardoned the Li family." I went to the household department to check, Li Qing's clan only had a wife and a pair of children in Beijing as slaves, and Li Qing's youngest daughter was in the Su Lord's mansion, so I came to pick her up. ”

Su Sheng's smile froze.

The Su Mansion is so big, and there are many subordinates, and the recruitment of slaves and servants is also handled by his own housekeeper, and he doesn't care about it at all and doesn't bother to ask.

When the general asked for pardon for the Li family this morning, Su Sheng thought that Mo Jun was just returning his favor, and he didn't take it too seriously, but he didn't expect Mo Jun to be so attentive and come to pick up people in person.

"General, this kind of trivial matter, you only need to send someone to talk to the lower official, and the lower official will immediately send her to your mansion respectfully and safely, why bother to run this trip yourself." Su Sheng suddenly felt that something was wrong, and secretly pinched a handful of sweat.

Mo Jun arched his hand, squinted his eyes, and a playful smile crossed the corner of his mouth: "Master Su doesn't need to be surprised, I just want to see what kind of environment she has been living in." ”

Su Sheng laughed dryly, cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and he couldn't help but slow down his pace.

", it's over!"