No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 168 Show off your power, what is a power minister! (two chapters in one)
The flower hall, which was not big at all, seemed to become extremely cramped and narrow in an instant because of the sudden addition of one person.

Mu Wang's side concubine, who was originally eloquent and long-sleeved and good at dancing, as if she was the hostess of Mu Wang's mansion, also instantly became quiet as if someone pinched her neck.

She even quietly moved away from King Mu, lowering her head and trying her best to reduce her sense of existence.

This is Xie Yan's daily life in Mu Wangfu.

When Xie Yan was young, his father didn't like his mother's life in Mu Wang's mansion, no matter how bad it was, until Emperor Gaozu and the Empress Dowager couldn't stand it anymore, he was brought into the palace to raise him. Since then, Xie Yan has not been in Mu Wang's mansion. lived.

King Mu himself didn't know when this son who was not loved by him had already overwhelmed him in terms of momentum.

Not only him, but there is no one in the entire Mu Palace who is not afraid of Xie Yan.

In the early years when Xie Yan was still a bit young and vigorous, except for Prince Mu and his relatives, Xie Heng, the eldest brother, saw him like a mouse seeing a cat.

In the past, Mu Wang still hated his brother and sister-in-law in his heart. If they hadn't supported Xie Yan, how could he be so oppressed by his son that he couldn't hold his head up?
However, after the death of Emperor Gaozu and the death of the First Emperor, he still couldn't stand up in front of Xie Yan.

Except for Princess Mu, he has no way to influence Xie Yan.And now, Princess Mu doesn't seem to be very useful.

Xie Yan, who is in his teens and 20s, still cares about his mother and family affection, but Xie Yan, who is 30 years old, obviously doesn't care about these anymore.

Xie Yan strolled into the flower hall, his eyes calmly fell on Xie Heng.

The corners of Xie Heng's eyes twitched wildly, and he grasped the hand on the armrest tightly, obviously angry in his heart.

However, the two looked at each other for a while, but Xie Heng didn't get angry. Instead, he stood up as if discouraged, "Third brother, sit down."

What he said was also somewhat ironic, the younger brother had always given up his seat to his elder brother, how could an elder brother give up his seat to his younger brother?
However, Xie Yan didn't seem to hear it, and sat down directly in that seat.

Xie Heng's face became even more difficult to look at.

Xie Heng stood up, so his wife couldn't continue to sit beside Xie Yan, so she had to stand up and move her seat with Xie Heng.

"Father." Xie Chengyou stepped forward to salute with some trepidation.

Xie Yan ignored him, and looked directly at King Mu and Princess Mu, "What does King Father want Mother to tell me?"

King Mu's face was ashen, and Princess Mu was a little frightened, and quickly whispered: "Zhifei, don't talk to your father like that."

Xie Yan glanced at Princess Mu lightly, Princess Mu was taken aback and immediately wanted to shut up.

At this time, King Mu suddenly coughed lightly, Princess Mu's body froze, and then she remembered what she promised just now.

Concubine Mu looked at her husband and son with some embarrassment, and said softly, "Zhifei, do you really want to marry a girl from the Luo family as a princess?"

Xie Yan's mood improved a bit when this matter was mentioned, even his eyes were no longer indifferent as before, he nodded and said: "Not bad."

Concubine Mu clutched her handkerchief and said, "That girl... Is that girl not suitable? I, I remember that girl is only 16 years old, and her age...isn't it..."

Xie Yan looked at his mother, her stunning face turned pale, obviously what she had to say at this time was very difficult for her.

It seems that his mother, who has always had a bad memory, still remembered what he said last time.Otherwise, she would never have spoken to him in such a tactful way today, and would have directly asked him not to marry a girl from the Luo family.

"Can I still marry a girl of my age?" Xie Yan asked.

Girls who have not yet married in the Double Tenth year of this year will be regarded as a rare species to watch and discuss.Most of the aristocratic women from Shangyong's famous family will get married before.

So, what is the difference between Seventeen and Sixteen?Taking this as an argument, it can be seen that there is nothing to say.

King Mu also felt uncomfortable for a moment, why didn't Xie Yan marry the princess for so many years?Although Xie Yan had his own reasons, he also contributed a lot to it.

Concubine Mu didn't know that what she said was very incompetent, but since that day, she felt that she didn't dare to ask Xie Yan for granted as before.

She could feel that this son's attitude towards her had completely changed after he came back this time, and he no longer cared about herself as much as before.

At this time, Princess Mu suddenly realized that if Xie Yan didn't care about her anymore, she would have nothing to do and nothing else to rely on.

In this way, the attitude will naturally change.

It is human instinct to assess the situation.

Princess Mu said cautiously, "But... Didn't that girl like Xuan Yu before? If you marry her, others will say that you are idle..."

Click.

Before Princess Mu finished speaking, she placed the teacup next to Xie Yan on the table, and the teacup that originally belonged to Xie Heng suddenly shattered.

The tea overflowed from the cup, flowed across the table, and dripped to the floor.

Princess Mu exclaimed in shock, and quickly covered her lips with her hand.

Xie Yan glanced at the people in the flower hall indifferently, and said coldly: "This king also wants to see, who dares to gossip about this king in person."

King Mu snorted softly and said, "Who doesn't know that the Regent is so powerful? Others don't dare to say it in person, so why don't they say it behind their backs?"

Xie Yan said: "Say it behind your back, what does it have to do with me?"

"Zhiwu." The side concubine who was sitting next to her saw that King Mu and Princess Mu were obviously useless, and she couldn't sit still.

These years they tried their best to prevent Xie Yan from marrying his regular wife, but Xie Yan also cooperated.

Who knew that he would marry Luo Yun's daughter as soon as he married now!
If Luo Yun's daughter were to marry Xie Chengyou, it would be a great thing for them, but it's a pity that her ignorant grandson messed it up.

But if Xie Yan married the Luo family's daughter, it would be a huge trouble for them.

Even if Xie Yan didn't say anything himself, could Luo Yun make his daughter a cheap mother as soon as he got through the door?Could Luo Yun allow a person who has nothing to do with him or even has a feud to occupy his grandson's future title?
As long as the marriage between Xie Yan and the Luo family is settled, I'm afraid the next one will be to attack Xie Chengyou.

Xie Yan looked at the side concubine coldly, and the side concubine Mu Wang thumped in her heart and quickly changed her words: "Prince Chu."

The side concubine tried her best to consider her words before she said cautiously: "Although the relationship between the prince and you is not good, after all, he is a father and son. The prince is also for your own good. How many people are staring at you, if you marry What do other people think of such a...girl? And...in the palace, the Empress Dowager may have some complaints about this marriage, right?"

Xie Yan said: "When will it be the queen mother's turn to take care of this king's marriage?"

Not to mention that he is the regent, even if he is only the king of Chu, there is no reason for a cousin to take care of his cousin's marriage.

The side concubine said: "That's what I said, but after all, the Queen Mother is Your Majesty's biological mother. Your current status is already easy to arouse people's suspicion. If you marry the Luo family, which holds a heavy army, it may be bad for your reputation. If the Chu Palace Lacking a concubine, why not choose another one who is beautiful and gentle, and whose family background is not so conspicuous? I heard that the girl from the Luo family is reckless, and I'm afraid she won't be able to manage the huge Chu Palace."

There was a bit of sarcasm in Xie Yan's eyes, "Choose another one? Like the concubine's niece?"

This was blatant contempt and ridicule, and the side concubine blushed immediately.

King Mu had mentioned this matter to Xie Yan before, but Xie Yan never gave him face as his own father, so naturally he pouted back unceremoniously.

Xie Heng who was sitting next to him was also a little angry, and said angrily, "What's wrong with my mother's niece? At least it's better than the one from the Luo family who chased men everywhere..."

"bump!"

Before Xie Heng could finish his sentence, he even took the chair and was photographed flying out.

Before he could react from the severe pain, Xie Yan had already arrived in front of him.

A foot stepped on his heart, directly stepping him into the broken chair.Not only was his chest crushed and he couldn't breathe, but his back hurt even more.

This sudden change startled everyone in the flower hall.

After a few exclamations, King Mu came to his senses and said sharply, "Nizi! What do you want to do!"

Xie Chengyou has practiced martial arts for a few days. Although his skills are mediocre, he is still a young man with a quick reaction, but even though he came to the front, he dared not go forward to rescue his biological father.

Xie Yan lowered his head, looking down at Xie Heng on the ground, "Who gave you the courage to talk about the future princess regent?"

"Thank you Yan!" Xie Heng cried out with difficulty.

The eldest young lady Han who came back to her senses rushed over quickly, but also did not dare to approach, so she could only mourn and cry, "My lord, what are you trying to do? He is your elder brother!"

Mu Wang's side concubine couldn't bear it anymore and rushed over directly.

She has only one son, Xie Heng, in her life. If something happens to him, even if she is favored as a side concubine, she is still a concubine in the end, what hope can she have?
Regardless of her fear of Xie Yan, she rushed over and stretched out her hand to grab Xie Yan's clothes, "Let go of my son! What do you want to do! He is your eldest brother, do you still want to kill your brother?!"

"Bang!" Xie Yan waved his sleeve, and Mu Wang's side concubine was swept out.

She is not young at all, and she just felt pain and dizziness all over her body when she threw it out.

It's just a coincidence that she just fell to Princess Mu's feet.

Princess Mu had been standing there before and no one cared about her. When the flower hall became chaotic, she would look like an outsider.Now that Queen Mu's side concubine was at her feet, she actually felt a little gloating in her heart.

But in the next moment, the side concubine grabbed her skirt, dragged her clothes and got up, "Princess, please let the king of Chu release Ah Heng!"

Concubine Mu wanted to read more jokes and didn't want to speak, but the side concubine's hands were so strong that she couldn't struggle at all.

The nurse next to her hurried forward to pull him away, but the side concubine was about to lose her mind because of her son, and even with help, she couldn't pull her away.

"Side concubine, let go of our concubine first!"

"No! Tell your son to stop! He wants to kill Ah Heng!" The side concubine shouted, "If Ah Heng dies, I won't live!"

Concubine Mu is not stupid, of course she heard the implication of the side concubine's words.

I'm not alive, you have to die with me!

"Zhifei! Zhifei!" Princess Mu shouted quickly, "Let go of Ah Heng, he is your big brother!"

Xie Yan watched the chaos in the hall as if watching a farce.

The three women were torn together, Mu Wang sat on the side, his face livid and trembling with anger, Han Shi knelt at his feet and wept helplessly.

Xie Chengyou was standing in front of him, but unfortunately, let alone saving his own father, he didn't even dare to stretch out his hand.

Xie Yan suddenly felt that this scene was very funny and boring, this family... they deserved to be a family.

How could he be a family with them?
Fortunately, he too will soon have a home of his own.

Xie Yan chuckled, and the originally noisy hall instantly fell silent.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Xie Yan, with a bit of panic and fear in their eyes, as if Xie Yan was a lunatic who might go crazy and bite them at any time.

As everyone knows, in Xie Yan's eyes, they are more like lunatics.

Xie Yan's foot that was on Xie Heng's heart moved away slowly, before Xie Heng could heave a sigh of relief, Xie Yan kicked Xie Heng's left leg lightly, and Xie Heng's scream instantly resounded throughout the small room. hospital.

"Master!"

"Aheng?!"

"father!"

Xie Yan lowered his head and looked at Xie Heng, whose face was full of pain, and said calmly: "This is your punishment for criticizing the princess regent, do the math before you want to speak next time, how many arms and legs do you have left?" .If there is no more, next time it will be your head."

"Xie Yan!" Xie Heng's voice was distorted in pain, he clearly felt that his leg was broken!
Xie Yan actually kicked his leg and broke it, just because he said something bad about that girl from the Luo family!
Is he crazy? !
Xie Heng was trembling with pain, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, "You... you crazy! I'm going to the clan's residence to sue you!"

Xie Yan chuckled, with a bit of arrogance on his brows, "Xie Heng, this king is the regent of Dasheng. Even if you are ignorant, didn't your son tell you what a regent is?"

The regent acts as an agent of state affairs.

To some extent, before the emperor was in power, the imperial power was divided into two.The little emperor has the name, and the regent holds the real power.

Therefore, the regent can also be called acting emperor.

Xie Yan turned his head and glanced at King Mu who was sitting on the main seat, "Father, do you want to sue me at the clan mansion for eldest brother?"

King Mu's face turned ashen.

The clan of the great royal family has withered, and besides Xie Yan, the only one who has real power is Ning Wang Xie Zhang.

Coupled with the fact that Xie Yan had killed three princes in one day, people in the clan had a natural fear of him.

After all, Gaozu's own son and the first emperor's own brothers could be killed, and killing them is not as casual as cutting melons and vegetables.

Therefore, the clan could not effectively restrain Xie Yan at all.

Not to mention that Xie Yan beat the concubine brother Xie Heng, what Xie Yan did to him, except for Xie Zhang who was afraid of chaos in the world, no one in the Dasheng clan would dare to speak up.

When Princess Mu heard her son's screams, she felt heartbroken, "Xie Yan, you bastard!" Pushing Princess Mu to the side, she rushed over to beat Xie Yan again.

Xie Yan did not sweep her away this time, but stretched out his hand to pinch her neck.

The side concubine was still not afraid, and kept waving her hands to hit Xie Yan, her eyes were full of hatred.

At this moment, Xie Yan even felt a little envious of Xie Heng.

No matter how much he looked down on this uncle, he had something that he would never have.

That is the unreserved love of his biological mother for him.

Isn't Queen Mu's concubine afraid of him?Of course I was afraid.

These years, no matter how the side concubine tried her best secretly, she never dared to confront him head-on.When facing him, she would never display the genealogy of her favorite concubine and concubine, she was always respectful, and even tried her best to avoid appearing in front of him.

Today, because he hurt her son, he still refused to give up trying to attack him even though he was choking her neck.

Xie Yan said indifferently: "If you want your son to live, please give this king some peace. Next time... this king will cut off Xie Heng's hands and feet, cook them and send them to you for extra meals."

Mu Wang's concubine shivered from fright, and her outstretched hand froze in mid-air.

"Xie Yan, you bastard!" King Mu roared angrily, "You...you want to piss me off! Yao Yun, look at your good son!"

Concubine Mu had already been so frightened by this incident that she burst into tears. She couldn't help but wince when her husband reprimanded her, and looked at her son pitifully, "Zhifei, don't do this. Your father and elder brother... we are all family……"

Xie Yan casually threw King Mu's side concubine to Xie Chengyou who was next to him, turned around and walked a few steps to King Mu, "I'm tired of being entangled with you, Father, if you want your children and grandchildren to live well, let them give them to you." I'll be quiet. Once again, if it's in my hands, you might as well try to see if I can kill my relatives."

Seeing that King Mu still wanted to reprimand him, Xie Yan chuckled, "There is more than one surnamed Xie who died in this king's hands, and this king doesn't mind, there are a few more."

He looked back at the others in the flower hall, including Xie Chengyou, he felt a chill all over his body, and a chill hit his heart.

King Mu's lips trembled, "You...you dare!"

Xie Yanman said casually: "Is that so? If that's the case, I will let you see what is a regent and what is a powerful minister. Come!"

"My lord." Duo Ying appeared at the door of the hall, and respectfully obeyed.

Xie Yan said: "Go and tell the clan's mansion that King Mu is old, and the son of King Mu will inherit the title, and the title...just Mu An."

Die Ying was also a little surprised, he thought the prince was just here to beat Mu Wang's mansion today, but he didn't expect...

"My lord, the canonization of Prince Mu's son..."

"immediately."

"Yes."

"Xie Yan, how dare you!" King Mu was furious, and finally couldn't sit still and jumped up.

Xie Yan said lightly: "Well, I dare."

"The title belongs to this king! This king does not agree!" Mu Wang said.

Xie Yan said: "This king is the regent. If you don't agree, you can wait for Ah Cheng to come to power and find a way to persuade him." Now no one can stop him in this kind of matter, not even the empress dowager and the empress dowager.

As for the four major assistant ministers, they can only put forward objections and suggestions, and it is Xie Yan's own business to accept or not.

If Xie Yan doesn't want to be famous and doesn't care what he has to do, the power of the regent is unlimited.

"you you……"

Not only King Mu, but Xie Heng's family of four were also petrified.

It never occurred to them that they were just trying to thwart Xie Yan's marriage, and they would lead to such a coquettish operation from him.

Force his father to abdicate and pass the title to Prince Mu's son in advance!
In this way, what hope do they have?From now on, their family will have to live their lives according to Prince Mu's face!

Thinking of this, the whole family couldn't help feeling so remorseful that their intestines would break.

Seeing the appearance of this family, Xie Yan's mood improved again.

"If the father is really reluctant to pass on the throne to the second brother, that's okay." Xie Yan said leisurely: "Depose King Mu's title and demote him to a commoner. Don't worry, father, this king will take care of your mother and you. Come to the Prince of Chu's mansion to provide for the elderly."

Where would King Mu dare to go to the Chu Palace for the elderly?
He doubted whether he would survive a year if he fell into the hands of this rebellious son.

That's not pension, that's life-threatening!

Seeing what Princess Mu wanted to say, Xie Yan said indifferently: "My mother has been quite devout in chanting scriptures and worshiping Buddha these years, why don't you go to Lingzhou Daguanyin Temple to clean up?"

Princess Mu trembled, quickly shook her head and closed her mouth.

The hall finally returned to tranquility, Xie Yan was a little satisfied, and told Duoying at the door, "Go, please come here."

"Yes, my lord."

Xie Yan sat down again, his eyes fell on Xie Chengyou.

Xie Chengyou's heart sank, "Father."

Xie Yan said: "You don't need to call me my father, you will go back to Prince Mu's mansion tomorrow."

Although he had expected it in his heart, Xie Chengyou still felt a little hard to accept when he heard this.

He had been the eldest son of Chu Palace for five years, although he always complained about how difficult it was for him in Chu Palace, and resented Xie Yan's indifference to him.But he also knew in his heart that if he didn't have the status of the eldest son of the Chu Palace, he was born as a concubine of the Mu Palace, and he was really nothing in Shangyonghuang City.

Just like his two brothers, if he doesn't have extraordinary talent and ability, he can only be an unknown son.

Xie Chengyou's knees softened, and he knelt down on the ground, "Father, son, son..."

Xie Yan looked down at him, "Xie Chengyou, since I returned to Beijing, is this the first time you have disobeyed me?"

Xie Chengyou's heart was shocked, Xie Yan wanted to send him back to Prince Mu's residence on the grounds of disobedience!
"I don't have any!" Xie Chengyou frantically shook his head in denial.

Xie Yan snorted softly, "I want you to tell the people in Prince Mu's Mansion to be quiet. What are you...doing here today?"

Xie Chengyou was speechless, of course he couldn't say that he wanted to use his grandfather and Princess Mu to put pressure on Xie Yan to let him give up his plan to marry Luo Junyao.

Xie Yan continued: "I told you right after I came back that I don't want to see you having close contacts with Prince Mu's mansion. What did you do?"

"But... grandfather, son..."

Xie Yan said: "So, now you can continue to live in Prince Mu's Mansion and fulfill your filial piety in front of your grandfather every day."

Xie Chengyou looked at King Mu for help, and King Mu tremblingly pointed at Xie Yan and said, "What else do you want to do? You want everyone in Shangyong to see the jokes in Prince Mu's mansion, don't you?! You let Xuanyu...you let Xuanyu How will I meet people in the future?"

Xie Yan said: "Back when you forced your mother to die, why didn't you consider whether there would be today? Or...the king didn't have time to argue with you back then, so you really thought that the king would pass the throne to Xie Chengyou?"

"What do you mean?" King Mu gritted his teeth.

Xie Yan said: "This king is alive, and Chu Palace can support him. If this king is dead, he must die too."

"..." Except for Princess Mu, the entire family of Prince Mu's family looked extremely ugly.

Xie Yan simply raised Xie Chengyou as a kitten and puppy. In the past five years, Xie Chengyou had no access to the slightest power in the Chu Palace, except that he lived in a courtyard in the Chu Palace, and he could only receive what the prince should have every month. the monthly money.

If one day Xie Yan died in battle or something happened to him, Xie Chengyou would have to be buried with him!
To put it bluntly, the Chu Palace's expenditure on Xie Chengyou over the years is probably less than 1000 taels of silver.

Xie Chengyou broke out in a cold sweat, he never knew that Xie Yan thought so.

If Xie Yan died on the battlefield in the past few years, then he...

　Prince Mu's son: People sit at home, and the title comes from the sky.

　　Xie Yan: Be optimistic about that family, the title belongs to you.

　　Prince Mu: There is no conflict between us, and we can inherit the title in advance, no problem!
　　Xie Yan: Very good.

　　Prince Mu: Can I take some revenge?
　　Xie Yan: Except my mother, whatever.

　　Prince Mu's son: Good third brother, your mother and I have the same hatred as you and your mother.

　　O(∩_∩)Ohaha~ I just wrote a small theater without responsibility, but it doesn’t mean that the relationship between the two in the text is so good.

　　
　
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