Mugui

When Mrs. Bao saw Yang Mu, she came over with a small walking stick, pointed at the big bump on her head, and asked, "When can I join the army?"

If Yang Mu is not near her, she will be unlucky.

Yang Mu returned home so late these days that she didn't even take the chance to ask, so she had to come to the palace in person.

Yang Mu felt relieved and said: "Now there is still one person missing in the chief register. Is Auntie happy?"

Mrs. Bao nodded like a fool. At her age, there was nothing much she could do in the army except writing, drawing, and organizing files.

Fortunately, her writing skills are not bad, so she should be able to help Mu Yatou.

So Yang Mu wrote the terms of the master register to the Ministry of War in front of Mrs. Bao, and ordered people to send the articles to the Ministry of War. After the Ministry of War stamps and seals them, Mrs. Bao can join the army.

Yang Mu personally escorted Mrs. Bao out. Mrs. Bao got the message and left happily in a carriage.

Watching Mrs. Bao's carriage leave, Yang Mu stood at the palace gate, feeling a little apologetic.

Mrs. Bao was nice to her when she was in Zhupo Village, and even helped her take care of Yang Shitou.

Now he has to deal with his old master, but he can't say anything to him.

I don’t know what Mrs. Bao’s reaction will be when she finds out about this.

Is it righteousness to kill relatives?Or will he side with the Crown Princess and become his enemy?
After Yang Mu left her shift, she changed her clothes and left the palace. Lin Xiao sent someone to send a message that she would be back late today and would not pick her up after her shift.

So Yang Mu ate something on the way and rode back home.

As soon as they returned to Chengqiyuan, Daishan came over and said, "Prince Concubine, there is a message from the family temple that the second lady wants to see you."

Yang Mu raised his eyebrows. Ever since the Cao family and their daughter confessed that the eldest son Ning was born prematurely because of the Meng family's plot, Lin Mao returned home to discuss with the Ma family, and then sent the Meng family to the family temple. None of the servants were allowed to be taken away. go.

It is said that he is practicing on behalf of his family, but everyone knows that Meng is used to living well and has to work in the temple, so life must be very difficult.

Daishan said: "The nun in the family temple said that Meng fell ill the second day after going to the family temple. She was not well in the past two days."

Yang Mu sighed, stood up, walked out of the backyard of the palace, and came to the family temple across the street.

The nun from the family temple led Yang Mu to a separate small courtyard. There were only two rooms in the courtyard, one was a messy woodshed and the other housed the Meng family.

The room was very simple. Meng was covered with a damp quilt and lying on the bed with a sallow complexion. When she saw Yang Mu come in, her eyes lit up.

Yang Mu didn't plan to stay longer, so he didn't sit down. Instead, he stopped two steps away from Meng and asked calmly: "What do you want from me?"

She wasn't familiar with Meng, and she wasn't prepared to be.

Meng suddenly coughed. After a while, she regained her composure and said weakly: "It seems that the palace is still in the hands of the concubine, but who doesn't know that the prince concubine is already the head mistress of the palace? I have something to do, I don't want to ask you. , who else can I ask for?”

Yang Mu did not deny this fact, but looked at Meng indifferently and listened to her next words.

Meng said slowly: "I heard that the Crown Princess is looking for red phosphorus during this time?"

Yang Mu's eyes lit up and he asked, "Do you have red phosphorus in your hand?"

Meng nodded slowly and said: "If the Crown Princess promises me something, I will offer her red phosphorus with both hands."

Yang Mu reminded: "Do you know how much red phosphorus I need?"

Meng smiled softly and said: "It's normal for the Crown Princess not to know. After all, the Meng family is a small family and no one pays attention to it."

She took out a piece of paper from the inner layer of her clothes and said: "This is a mine in our Meng family. This mountain produces yellow phosphorus, which turns into red phosphorus when heated. By then, how much red phosphorus does the Crown Princess want? "

Yang Mu smiled. Red phosphorus is a necessary ingredient for black gunpowder. She has never found a large amount of red phosphorus and has been unable to refine black gunpowder in large quantities.

If this mine can be obtained, even if the whole world is the enemy of Dashun, the people of Dashun will not have to worry about continuous war.Meng asked weakly: "Is the Crown Princess still satisfied?"

Yang Mu nodded and said, "Tell me your conditions."

Meng's eyes lit up and she said, "I only want one thing from the Crown Princess: to take care of my two sons."

Yang Mu didn't expect that Meng was planning to take care of her. She was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why did the second aunt say this?"

Meng smiled bitterly and said: "The concubine is old and doesn't like to take care of things anymore. The second master is a deep-thinking person. He cares more about himself than his children. Concubine, without Cao, Lin Shan will not be your husband and wife's opponent. This Sooner or later, the palace will be your world."

Yang Mu said: "The second young master is good at studying, and the fourth young master is also talented and intelligent. Why would the second aunt worry about their future?"

Meng said: "Why do you pretend to understand because you don't understand? The second master can't win! I just want my two children to live safely!"

Yang Mu tilted his head slightly. Lin Fan had been getting closer to the regent recently, and he must have wanted to follow the dragon.

And because he wanted to gain the power of Conglong, he chose the regent, which was actually contrary to the general position of Prince Ding.

Lin Mao is the brother-in-law of the Empress Dowager and Li You's great-uncle, and Lin Xiao is Li You's cousin-in-law. In any case, Prince Ding's palace is closer to Li You.

Yang Mu looked into Meng's eyes and asked, "How does Second Aunt know that Second Uncle can't win? Now half of the ministers in the court are supporting Li Yi's ascension to the throne."

Meng smiled bitterly, but did not speak. Instead, she asked: "Can the Crown Princess agree to save the lives of my two children when the second wife falls?"

Seeing that she was unwilling to answer, Yang Mu could only nod slightly and said, "If the two of them are not involved, I can try my best to preserve it."

Meng said: "Prince Concubine, don't worry. Brother Yong only concentrates on studying and has never participated in his father's affairs. Brother Qi is only eight years old and doesn't understand anything yet."

Yang Mu nodded again, indicating that he could agree to Meng's request.

Meng put the piece of paper on the bed and said, "Then this yellow phosphorus mine belongs to the Crown Princess."

……

After coming out of the family temple, Yang Mu raised his eyes and looked at the darkened sky.

Meng was protecting her children before she died, but what about Cao?Before he died, he didn't even mention the names of Lin Shan and Lin Qiuchen.

Correspondingly, neither Lin Shan nor Lin Qiuchen thought about collecting Cao's body. Instead, they simply let the bodies of their mother and grandmother be taken away by Manager Teng and eaten clean by crows, turning them into withered bones!
What kind of mother she is, what kind of children she educates.

Although Meng's methods are ruthless, he is much better at educating his children than a sneaky person like Cao.

At the very least, since Meng came to the family temple, Lin Yong and Lin Qi came to visit many times, and they almost asked the imperial doctor to ask for medicine.

It's just that Meng knew that he would never be able to leave the family temple in this life, and he lost his spirit, so he couldn't afford to fall ill, and the medicine was ineffective.

Yang Mu slowly walked back to Prince Ding's Mansion, feeling surprised. How did Meng know that her husband would lose to Lin Mao?

It can't be a rebirth, right?

Looking at the way Meng talks and does things on weekdays, it doesn’t look like that!

Even many courtiers may not be able to understand the overall situation in the court. How could Meng, a woman in the back house, understand it?

What Yang Mu didn't know was that Meng didn't dislike her husband, but the regent to whom her husband had taken refuge.

As the eldest son of the emperor, the regent was unable to compete with the second prince and thus missed the throne.

After so many years, although the Prince Regent was full-fledged, he was a man who obeyed the words of the Crown Princess.

A man in his 30s only knows how to be obedient. If such a person can achieve anything, he is a ghost!