Everything starts from Menghualu

Chapter 525 Mu Qing Leaves Beijing
After hearing this, Mu Qing wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it because he knew his sister too well.

There was nothing she couldn't do once she made a decision, so even if he spoke up now, he couldn't change the decision, so he simply kept his mouth shut.

"Mu Qing, don't be too sad. In fact, your return this time will be very beneficial in the long run. You will have to take over this sooner or later."

"So instead of going back in a few years, you might as well go now. Also, if you can go a year earlier, you have an extra year, which is very important."

"You may not care about it now, but when you go back and really start to control the army, you will realize how correct your decision today is." Qiu Yuan said directly.
After hearing this, Mu Qing still disagreed in his heart, but he still said, "I understand, brother-in-law. Don't worry, I will work hard when I return."

After hearing this, Nihuang finally felt relieved, and Qiu Yuan beside her also laughed.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was three days later. This day was also the day when Mu Qing officially left the capital. Although the entire capital was paying attention to this matter, not many people came to see him off.

Apart from Xiao Jingrui and Yan Yujin, there were only Qiu Yuan and Nihuang. As for the others, no one came, and Mu Qing didn't care, because his family and friends were all here anyway.

"Sister, brother-in-law, I'm going to go back first. You must be well. I will work hard when I go back and try to take control of the army as soon as possible so as not to worry you, sister." Mu Qing said
"Well, okay, this is what you said. If you can't complete it by then, don't blame me for being angry with you. Don't cry then, okay?" Nihuang said with a smile

Oh, sister, how old am I? Why are you still saying this? There are so many people here. I won't talk to you anymore. I'm leaving. Brother-in-law, remember to treat my sister well.

"If my sister is wronged, I won't agree to it. Don't say I'm ruthless then." Mu Qing suddenly said with a serious face.

"Haha, don't worry, Mu Qing. At home, only your sister bullies me. How can I bully her? You should worry more about me." Qiu Yuan said with a smile

"I don't care about you. Just take care of yourself, brother-in-law. I'm leaving now." Mu Qing said and left.

"This brat, come on, Madam, let's go back." Qiu Yuan said gently

Naturally, Nihuang would not object after hearing this, so she nodded directly, and then returned to the carriage with Qiu Yuan. At this time, Nihuang finally couldn't help it, and her expression changed a little.

At this time, Qiu Yuan did not speak, but pulled Nihuang into his arms, and then said gently, "Okay, Madam, don't be sad. It's a good thing that Mu Qing is leaving now, isn't it?"

After hearing this, Nihuang nodded directly but still didn't say anything. At this time, Qiu Yuan no longer tried to persuade her, but just hugged his wife quietly.

Soon the carriage stopped, Qiu Yuan and his wife got off the carriage. Just as they were about to return to their room, Qiu Yuan received a message saying that his father wanted to see him.

So he said directly, "Madam, please go back first. I will go to my father to see what's going on."

After hearing this, Nihuang nodded and went towards the room, while Qiu Yuan went to his father's room and arrived there in just a few steps.

"Father, I heard you were looking for me?" Qiu Yuan asked directly as soon as he entered the door.

"Yuan'er, you are here. Come and sit down. Actually, I have nothing to ask you to come here for today. It's just that you have been married for such a long time. Can your brother come back?" Wen Yuanbo said

"Oh, father, I am so damned. I actually forgot about this. I will send someone to bring my second brother back." Qiu Yuan suddenly realized.

"Okay, okay, I don't mean to blame you. I know you're busy. Besides, your brother's hand was seriously injured before, so I haven't been in a hurry. I just asked casually today."

"What I really want to ask you is something else. You should have heard about He Jingzhong's incident. What do you think our family should do this time?" Wen Yuanbo said

"Father, this incident should have nothing to do with our family, right?" Qiu Yuan asked
"Yuan'er, it doesn't seem to matter on the surface, but everyone in the court knows that He Jingzhong is Prince Yu's man. Now that His Majesty has suddenly taken action against He Jingzhong, does this mean?" Wen Yuanbo asked

"Oh, so that's what you want to ask, father? This is actually very simple. I think we just need to wait and see. It's normal for His Majesty to punish his own son."

"The prince has been criticized before, and you should know that, father. Why are you so anxious this time?" Qiu Yuan said indifferently.

"Yuan'er, this is a different time. In the past, our family was said to be low-key and not show off, but this also means that we have always been on the edge."

"So at that time, our family could stay out of everything and take it easy, but now it's no longer possible. Now we go straight into the center."

"Whether it's the Crown Prince or Prince Yu, it's impossible for them not to win over our family. After all, the princess still controls hundreds of thousands of troops in the southern border."

"No matter who they are, they can't leave us alone. That's why I'm worried now. If the wind changes, we have to turn around in time."

"You were optimistic about Prince Yu before, but now that this has happened, is the Crown Prince on your side?" Wen Yuanbo asked

"Haha, father, according to common sense, we do need to think about it now, but in fact we don't have to think about it at all. After all, it is an army of hundreds of thousands."

"Father, what else do you think we should worry about? Father, now is not the same as before. It is not us who should be anxious now, but them."

"It's true that I was optimistic about Prince Yu before, but that doesn't mean it has to be him. The decision now is not his, but ours. If it really doesn't work out, we can still make another one."

"After all, in the eyes of His Majesty, we are no longer loyal ministers or good generals, but hidden dangers, hidden dangers to the royal family. We cannot give him a chance now."

"Why do you think we should let Mu Qing go back so soon?" Qiu Yuan asked directly
"Hmm? So you guys, so you guys? Okay, okay, I get it. Yuan'er, don't worry, I'll take it off and tell you what to do." Wen Yuanbo said seriously.

"Well, if you don't have any other instructions, I'll go back first. The princess sent her brother away today and she's in a bad mood now. I need to go and take care of her." Qiu Yuan said directly.
Wen Yuanbo naturally didn't say anything about his son's words, so Qiu Yuan came out of his father's study and returned to his own room. As for Qiu Ze? We'll talk about it later.

"My dear, you are back. What did your father-in-law want you to do?" Nihuang asked. "It's nothing serious. My father is just a little worried. After all, I told him my thoughts before. Now that He Jingzhong is in trouble, he can't help but be a little worried." Qiu Yuan said
"Oh? Is that so? But to be honest, I find that you are really not worried about these things at all. Are you so confident?" Nihuang said
"Confident? I'm not just confident, but I understand His Majesty's character. Although he will suppress Prince Yu, he won't go too far. He has been balancing him all these years."

"It's been so hard to achieve such results now. Do you think he will give up?" Qiu Yuan said with a smile

"Haha, my husband, you are right. According to His Majesty's mind, it is indeed like this. He will not give up. But my husband, are you sure His Majesty will let us watch the show?" Nihuang said
"Hmm? Madam, what do you mean? Did you think of something?" Qiu Yuan asked
"My dear, I am just guessing now. As for whether there will be anything, I can't say for sure now, so I'd better not say anything for now. Everything will be clear in the morning court tomorrow." Nihuang said with a smile

After hearing this, Qiu Yuan naturally wanted to ask further questions, but since his wife said so, he didn't ask any more questions. He just didn't care much about it before.

Now that my wife has said so, it means that I still have loopholes. I will just think about it slowly. Even if I can't think of it, I will know it after tomorrow.

So he naturally did not ask any more questions, and seeing that he had no intention of asking her any more questions, Nihuang asked, "Husband, do you have nothing to do today?"

"Haha, no, no, what else can I do? Accompanying you, my wife, is my most important thing today. As for the rest, we can talk about it later." Qiu Yuan said with a smile

Nihuang didn't say anything after hearing this, but just nodded. Qiu Yuan also smiled when he saw this. The couple really enjoyed this quiet time, so no one broke the beauty of this tranquility.

However, compared with them, the situation on other people's side was completely different. For example, in the imperial study at this moment, Emperor Liang was furious.

"This is ridiculous, this is really ridiculous! What are they going to do? Three days, three days, they can't wait to leave in three days? Is this a den of tigers and wolves?"

"Can I still harm his life? You are such a bastard! Go, call the Crown Prince and Prince Yu to me and have them come here immediately!" Emperor Liang shouted
After hearing this, Gao Zhan naturally did not dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly bowed and went out. Having received the news that his father wanted to see him, they naturally did not dare to delay.

The prince was already in the palace, so he was naturally the first to arrive. As soon as he entered the imperial study, he felt that the atmosphere was a little strange, so he immediately saluted and then stood aside waiting.

Emperor Liang had no intention of paying attention to him until Prince Yu arrived. He then said, "I called you two here today because I want to ask your opinions on something."

"I'm sure you've all heard about Mu Qing's departure from Beijing today. What do you think of this? How should the Southern Territory treat this in the future?"

The two were shocked after hearing this, because they never expected that they would encounter such a difficult problem today, so no one dared to speak first for a while.

The Imperial Study fell into silence again, and Emperor Liang had expected this. After all, he knew that his problem was huge, so it was normal that they did not dare to answer.

"Why don't you say anything? Is this question difficult to answer? Well, since you all don't want to say anything, I will say it. Listen carefully, the army in the southern border is very important to Daliang."

"So we must not make any mistakes. Now that Nihuang is getting married and Mu is still young, no one can say for sure whether he can control the hundreds of thousands of troops in the southern border."

"But what is certain is that there will be problems in the first few years, so it is hard to say whether the State of Chu will take the opportunity to cause chaos."

"What I want you to do is to try every possible means to control the southern border. Whoever can make progress will be given an important task by me." Emperor Liang said directly
After hearing this, the two were shocked, and then they said at the same time, "Please rest assured, father. I will do my best to live up to your expectations."

"Well, there is nothing for you to do here, so go down." Emperor Liang nodded with satisfaction.

After hearing this, the two of them naturally hurriedly bowed and left the imperial study. After they left, a look of worry appeared on Emperor Liang's face.

He didn't know if what he did today was right or not, but at this point he had no choice. The threat from the Southern Border Army was too great, even more powerful than the Red Flame Army back then.

Even though he had tried his best to suppress it, it still didn't work. Any action of theirs could make all his years of planning go to waste.

Take Mu Qing for example. According to his original idea, Mu Qing should not go back so early. After Nihuang got married, he needed some time to place and win over the generals.

Although he had been doing this before, unfortunately, it had no effect because Nihuang was not married at that time. But now it is different. Now that Nihuang is married, his chance has come.

After all, Mu Qing, a dandy boy, is much easier to deal with than Nihuang.

But now, not only did his plan go down the drain, it was also largely disrupted because Mu Qing had gone back and he had no time left.

With Mu Qing, a man with the surname Mu, controlling them, those people would not have any ulterior motives. Without these ulterior motives, he would naturally have no chance to win them over.

It can be said that if there is a problem in one step, there will be problems all the way. This is also the reason why he asked his two sons to do this just now. After all, he had no other choice.

He had been preparing for his previous plan for more than ten years, but now it was suddenly abandoned. For a while, he really had no other arrangements.

The Crown Prince and Prince Yu did not know this at the moment, and the Crown Prince was sulking.

After all, he knew that Princess Nihuang had met Xiao Jinghuan before, which meant that they had had contact and even cooperation before.

It can be said that he was already lagging behind before this matter even started. How could he not be angry?

"What do you think we should do now? What should we do now? Originally, He Jingzhong was punished by the emperor, and I should be very happy. But before He Jingzhong was punished, the emperor actually did this first."

"Tell me, what should we do now? What should I do?" the prince asked directly

(End of this chapter)