Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Su Mu said in a low voice, "It's not clear. Your Majesty is lucky to have concubines every day, but they are always served by the father-in-law in the palace. It is estimated that they are also very clear about His Majesty's dragon body."

Empress Dowager Zhang woke up: "You mean Liu Jin?"

Su Mu: "I feel that Liu Jin also became suspicious when he left the capital. In the past two years, he seems to have found something. Empress Dowager, this rebellion of King Anhua seems to have something to do with Liu Jin. According to Zhang Yong He said that when he and Yang Yiqing interrogated King Anhua, he obtained his confession that he had a close relationship with Liu Jin. The minister suspected that King Anhua and Liu Jin were both insiders, and that's why they rebelled. At the most critical moment, this shocking The secret news was announced to the world. It is a pity that the minister acted early, and the Ningxia rebellion was put down in only ten days, and King Anhua had no time to frame the Holy One."

"You, you did a good job!" Queen Mother Zhang said word by word.

But Taikang interrupted suddenly coldly: "The Queen Mother, King Anhua and Liu Jin must all die."

Empress Dowager Zhang nodded: "A ceremonial inspector's palm seal, although it is an internal minister, is also a servant of our royal family. The Ai family will tell the emperor about this. As for King Anhua, because it is a royal family, the Ai family is not easy to ask. , Su Mu, I will leave it to you to do it."

Asking me to kill King Anhua, Su Mu was stunned, feeling bitter again.

It is certainly a good thing to get rid of Liu Jin, but Su Mu doesn't want to participate in killing the royal family.

But since Queen Mother Zhang said it, he has to agree if he doesn't agree.

However, before that, I still have to negotiate a condition with her, otherwise, wouldn't I, Su Mu, be in a panic?

"Empress Dowager, according to my "Law of the Ming Dynasty", those who conspire to rebel shall be executed in Ling Chi, and all the women of the Yi family will be enslaved by the Jiaofang Secretary. However, King Anhua is a royal family, so this rule does not apply. Generally speaking, They will all be handed over to the clan's mansion and banned for life. Of course, King Anhua is old, and according to my minister, he is not healthy, and he is not allowed to report a headache."

Queen Mother Zhang nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, let's do that."

Su Mu: "I would like to recommend another person. Please be kind to the Queen Mother and reward him with a position. Xie Ranran, a student from Fufeng Prefecture in Shaanxi, made great contributions to suppressing the rebellion in Ningxia. This person is proficient in the art of war and has always wanted to serve the country on the border. The queen mother is requested to send him to serve in the front of the army in Shanxi Xingdu."

Datong, the seat of Shanxi Xingdusi, has always been an important border defense town for the empire.In the next few years, when the little Tatar prince invaded, he would break through from here.With Zhengde's character, he will definitely be sent to conquer by himself. At that time, it will be a good opportunity for Su Mu to obtain military merits and titles.

You have to make some preparations in advance and deploy your own people.

Naturally, Empress Dowager Zhang would not know what Su Mu was thinking, and said: "This matter is easy, Xie is naturally your student, so it is understandable for you to support him. However, it is a bit disadvantageous for a person to be appointed to a military position. In this way, Appoint him as the commander of the third rank."

Su Mu was overjoyed: "I would like to thank Queen Mother Long En on Xie Ziran's behalf."

Princess Taikang snorted: "Su Mu, you are only at the seventh rank, but the student has achieved the third rank. When we meet in the future, aren't you afraid that you will lose face?"

Su Mu didn't say a word, in fact, the Ming Dynasty ruled military affairs with literature, and the rank of military officers was very high.Not to mention a commander of the fourth rank, even a commander of the second rank, should be polite when meeting a magistrate of the seventh rank who was born as a Jinshi.When he went to the Ministry of War to do business, he was pointed at his nose and scolded by the doctor of the seventh rank. Not only did he not dare to get angry, but he had to accompany him with a smiling face.

This is also the characteristic of Ming Dynasty politics.

"You go down, Zhang Yong led the troops to break into the city. Your Majesty is also confused. He actually turned the heart of a meritorious soldier because of Liu Jin. If you pass the general out, don't let people scold him for being ridiculous. This Liu Jin really deserves to die." Empress Dowager Zhang's face turned cold again, and there was a hint of murderous intent in her eyes: "The emperor was also very impatient when he heard the report just now. But the meritorious soldiers entered the city, so he managed to cheer up and held a banquet in Xiyuan to reward the generals. , you go too! As for His Majesty's health, we will worry about it later."

Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Zhang felt pain in her heart when she thought of her son's childlessness, and tears welled up in her eyes.

Taikang panicked, and hugged his mother: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, don't cry, it's yours that broke your body from crying, how can your daughter bear it?"

It's okay if she doesn't persuade, even if Mrs. Zhang is strong again, tears will fall down uncontrollably.

Su Mu's heart was also softened, and he comforted him: "Don't worry about it, Queen Mother. I also thought about this matter back then, so I pretended to ask a relative's heir to be difficult, so I asked Daoist Chongxu. It was a bit of luck in my heart, Your Majesty's Dragon Body Since there is no way to heal with medicine stones, it is better to try the magic of immortality. According to the minister, it is hard to say whether Daoist Chongxu is an immortal or not, but he is the one closest to an immortal."

Mrs. Zhang regained her spirits and turned her head abruptly: "Go ahead."

Su Mu: "I'm a Confucianist. The sages said: You don't talk about strange powers and gods. Confucius also said that the so-called ghosts and gods may or may not exist. It doesn't matter. Originally, I didn't care about these things. But , when I was serving His Majesty, the minister and Daoist Chongxu also talked about things such as immortality a few times."

"This practice is actually quite magical. For example, for a female cultivator, there is a pass in the process of cultivation called Chilong Slaying. Once the cultivation base is reached, the female will naturally not come to the moon letter."

Hearing what Su Mu said, Taikang spit out: "Su Mu, what are you talking nonsense about?"

Su Mu hurriedly said: "Queen Dowager, Your Highness, it's not that I lost my manners before you. In fact, since whether or not to come to Chilong is related to a woman's ability to conceive, and this thing can be controlled by others, it can be seen that Taoism is here There must be their unique way of cultivation in this kind of thing. It’s okay to let your Majesty try it, maybe it will really work?”

"Furthermore, Daoist Chongxu is Quanzhen. What he pays attention to is cultivating inner alchemy, eating qi and forging the body. It is not like some sects who take pills indiscriminately and cause problems for people. Your majesty's heirs are related to my great Ming Dynasty. In the future, don't be careless. I am willing to persuade Chongxu to help take care of Long Live's dragon body. Never give up until the end of everything."

As Su Mu said, his mind was spinning rapidly.As far as it is now, he is the only one who knows that the emperor is infertile.And this matter is so important, just because of what he said, Empress Dowager Zhang thought that Liu Jin might also know about it, so she became murderous.

Su Mu was also worried that Queen Mother Zhang would kill herself in order to keep her secret.

To be on the safe side, we can only pull Chongxu out to give the Queen Mother a hope.Otherwise, a crazy woman can do anything.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Empress Dowager Zhang and Taikang glanced at each other, and both saw surprises in each other's eyes.