Can Drink A Cup of Nothing

The next day, early in the morning, the entire imperial city just woke up from the long night.

The sun rarely came out yesterday, but it didn't snow any more at night. Instead, it started to rain, with frost in it, hitting the ground one by one and condensing on the long terrace. I didn't pay attention. will slip.

Frost had stopped when the servants of the powerful mansion went to the street to buy, and there was a lot of conversation during the period.

Last night, the news that the third prince returned, but unfortunately lost his memory and blindness, set off countless waves in the various palaces of the imperial city. Among them, the most dynamic is the prince's mansion of several princes, who convened the guests all night to discuss the next situation and countermeasures.

When it was almost dawn, these doorkeepers left one after another.

After the death of the original third prince, the momentum of seizing the crown in the imperial city became unstoppable and intensified. Now that the master is back, he has this appearance again, like a zeolite thrown into the already hot pot, only to add another piece of firewood to the already hot fire.

It's going to change.

The gatekeepers spread the news and shook their heads and sighed.

On the other end, Mu Yuanlong, who had finished practicing Xuanqi in the morning, happened to be patrolling with his men. When the horses were walking near the market, they suddenly heard the people in the vegetable shop in front of them discussing in low voices, all with joy and high spirits.

"The Third Highness has really returned?"

"Really. My second aunt's aunt's elder sister's son was pulling horses for him at the Sixth Prince's Mansion. He said that a lot of big people came in and out of the mansion last night. When he left this morning, he was talking about the Third Highness."

"That's really a big happy event! Yesterday, during the Qing ritual, it is said that His Majesty also brought down nine lucky fruits with His Highness. God really blesses me, Dayuan!"

Mu Yuanlong's pupils shrank suddenly, and he quickly drove his horse to rush up to ask: "What are you talking about, the third highness has returned?"

The people were startled by the sudden sound of hooves, and when they looked closely, they found this tall, tall horse in black armor, with a stern face.

"It turned out to be Xuanqi's military lord." They patted their chests, and their expressions immediately relaxed.

Xuanqi enjoys a very high reputation in Dayuan, and he is also the personal soldier of the third prince, and is deeply loved by the people.

So they told the soldier the news they had heard like a bean.

"Master Jun, this happened yesterday, and it spread in the middle of the night. The third prince, Ji Ren Tian Xiang, was rescued by the Confucian family of the old country, so the army sent by His Majesty was unable to find anyone."

"It's a pity that His Highness doesn't remember anything, and Pei Xiang recognized His Highness. No wonder there has been no movement for more than a year. But it's good now, His Highness is not dead, we are all happy."

The people smiled and filled the baskets with vegetables beamingly, as if today was the day when the New Year was coming and the family was reunited.

There are not a few people like them who put smiles on their faces.

After the news of the death of the third prince last year, the front of the palace of the third prince was almost filled with orchids offered by the people. In the past year, when the servants in the house opened the door in the early morning, there were almost always baskets hidden at the door, sometimes fresh eggs laid by their own hens, sometimes pork selected after slaughtering pigs, sometimes wrapped lotus. Ye Qiao is not expensive, but it is the pure and sincere heart of the people.

Mu Yuanlong couldn't believe his ears.

He was stunned for a while in the same place, and suddenly rushed towards the Third Prince's Mansion like a madman. However, halfway through, Mu Yuanlong had panic again in his heart.

He looked forward to this scene day and night. When he really happened in front of him, he started to flinch again.

Has Your Highness really come back? Is it really not that opportunistic Confucian student impostor?

He had already sued His Majesty, could he have deceived everyone?

It is difficult to describe the scene when Mu Yuanlong dreamed that His Highness committed suicide.

He woke up from a nightmare in the middle of the night, covered in cold sweat, and tortured himself day and night, why did he not rush into Hangu Pass with His Highness in the first place.

His Highness asked him to stay there, and he was so obedient and obedient to stay there, but in the end he received a message of death.

If time could come back again, even if Mu Yuanlong disobeyed His Highness's order, he would still follow him, and even if he died at Hangu Pass, he would have no regrets.

"General Mu!"

The rest of the Xuanqi also heard the words of the people just now, so they chased after them.

Mu Yuanlong's voice was hoarse: "You all go to His Royal Highness's mansion first, I will go back to the mansion first, and then I will be there."

"Yes." The Xuanqi didn't know why, the soldiers engraved in their bones obeyed their nature and wouldn't let them talk too much, so after watching General Mu leave, they looked at each other, not only happy, but also apprehensive.

"I, I, or should we go to the camp to inform the brothers first?"

One of them glanced at the others, and was pushed by the other: "Stop screeching, go knock on the door!"

On the other end, after leaving from the front of the Third Prince's Mansion, Mu Yuanlong flew all the way back to the Mu Mansion.

The servants of Mu Mansion were cleaning the fallen leaves in front of the mansion, and they were a little surprised when they saw him.

In the past, Mu Yuanlong always went out to train at dawn, and only returned at dusk. Why did he come back not long after he went out today?

Mu Yuanlong handed over the reins to the servant, "Where's the master?"

"Master Hou is in the study."

The Mu family is an aristocratic family of generals. Back then, they followed the late emperor to conquer the world and made great contributions. Over the years, it has been continuously supplying talents for Da Yuan, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is full of loyalty.

Mu Yuanlong is the direct son of the Mu family.

Originally, according to tradition, he would take over the Mu family's commander-in-chief seal and inherit the Hou residence. Of course, before inheriting the Hou Mansion, he needs to show outstanding achievements.

As a result, a third prince was killed halfway.

When Zong Luo came back from Ghost Valley, he petitioned to be in command after living in the palace for a short time.

Emperor Yuan did not give him the right to form his own soldiers at the first time, but made a small test and made him fully responsible for the war against a small border country, and named him a wartime general.

At that time, Mu Yuanlong had already had several battlefield experiences, and it stands to reason that the position of general should fall on his head. As a result, as soon as Zongluo was airborne, he became a general, and the one in his heart was dissatisfied.

Zongluo also guessed that he was not satisfied, so he picked a sunny time before departure, called people to the martial arts field in the suburbs of Beijing, and fought from early morning to sunset, directly knocking down all the people who were not satisfied with him.

It's not over yet. When Zong Luo came back from this battle and formed his own soldiers, he also tried all the powerful children of the entire Beijing family who had learned martial arts in turn.

Before the test, he said that he wanted to accept some younger brothers. It's just that most of the young people are arrogant and arrogant. Since Zong Luo said to let go of his identity, many people are really eager to try, and want to look good on this third prince who has been a hostage all year round.

In the end, Zongluo overcame all the people, and there were many others crying and wailing to be loyal to him, and Mu Yuanlong was one of them.

The elders of each family did not stop it.

They could all see that after the first prince died in battle and the second prince died, the third prince was the eldest prince in the entire Da Yuan. Although Emperor Yuan was not so close to this son, the act of handing over the military power to him and letting him go out to lead troops to fight was enough to show his importance.

Eggs can never be put in one basket.

Da Yuan was heavy on martial arts, and almost every emperor of the Zong family was killed from the battlefield.

Furthermore, if there is a change in the palace, even if the crown prince is not established, the prince who has soldiers in his hand can directly kill him. Just like raising gu, every Great Yuan Emperor has more or less brutal reputation, and Yuan Emperor is one of them.

Of the seven princes today, one is too young, the other is of humble origin, the other is born stupid, and the remaining three are all expected to take the throne.

In the early years, the various families of the imperial court stood in line one after another, and the fifth and sixth princes were all veteran candidates. When the third prince was still there, although there was not much power from the mother family, they often said that he was not favored, but there were still many courtiers who pressed the treasure on this one.

Not to mention, having real power is a big advantage over the fifth and sixth princes.

Many old foxes even felt in private that the sage was deliberately tempering the eldest son and doing it on purpose.

Who would have thought that they would encounter the battle of Hangu Pass.

Just when everyone sighed that the third prince had fallen, after a lapse of one year, people actually came back.

Still in the same way.

In the Mu family's study, Old Marquis Mu stood with his hands behind his back, staring at the Zhengcheng sword hanging in the center of the study, silently.

Although it was a study, the Mu family was surrounded by books that recorded the tactics of the art of war, and many of them had long since been eliminated. What's more, there are all kinds of cold weapons hanging around.

Many of these weapons are rusted, and each one represents a period of the Mu family's past.

Just like the throne of this clan, for so many years, which one of the unsuccessful contenders will end in a good life?

"Father." Mu Yuanlong hurriedly pushed open the door of the study: "When you went to court today—"

"Long'er, you are here." Old Houye Mu was not surprised at all.

Seeing his father's reaction, Mu Yuanlong trembled and said, "His Royal Highness, is he real?"

"The saint didn't mention it. But things are as you think, the third prince is back."

Hearing this answer, Mu Yuanlong stood there, his chest heaving and he was almost speechless.

Old Marquis Mu nodded and looked back at his own son-in-law.

After several years of expedition abroad, he took over as Xuanqi and took charge of himself. Mu Yuanlong has lost his youthful greenness, his face has become firm and cold, his lips are tightly pursed, and a clump of blue stubble has grown on his chin. I can't see the appearance of the devil king when he was young and frivolous.

Old Marquis Mu followed the emperor's military career when he was young. After Emperor Yuan succeeded to the throne, he handed over military power and voluntarily retired. Emperor Yuan saw that he knew how to advance and retreat, so he quickly conferred the title of Marquis of Xuanping and personally raised the plaque.

Although he was an official, he still remembered his family and country in his heart. He took Mu Yuanlong to practice in the military camp since he was a child, and took it as his mission to destroy the six countries.

Later, Mu Yuanlong was loyal to the third prince. Although he was quite critical of his son's failure to lead the army in person, Mu Laohou didn't say anything. After all, the rules of Da Yuan are like this, whoever has the biggest fist is the boss.

but now

The general in black armor turned around and was about to leave.

"you come back!"

Old Marquis Mu raised his brows: "I knew you were going to find the third prince. You have no idea what he has become now!"

"The third prince came back, but the serious injury has not healed, he lost his memory and was blind, and none of them fell."

Mu Yuanlong froze.

He remembered the student turmoil in the imperial city before, and also thought that he had gone to the imperial court to file a complaint, and his heart became more and more uncomfortable.

It turned out that the deceitful person he thought was actually the Third Highness.

His Highness is like the moon in the sky, the flowers in the water, and the immortal high above, why is this so.

"You are resting at home, don't go to see him again."

"Absolutely not!" Mu Yuanlong was anxious, "The boy has sworn allegiance to the Third Highness, isn't this going to trap me and be unfaithful?!"

Old Marquis Mu blew his beard and stared: "The appearance of the third prince is destined to be missed by the throne! You are now a general in charge of the army. When you go to see the old master, do you want to return the military power?"

"In less than half a month, the situation in the DPRK and China will usher in a big change. You can take a look at it in two days. Which of the original Three Princes Party will stand up and show their loyalty at this time?"

"But the Third Highness has a great favor to me!" Mu Yuanlong raised his voice.

More than a great favor.

When he thought of the scene he saw in his dream, Mu Yuanlong's chest felt as if he was being tightened, so dull that he couldn't breathe.

"Stop yelling in front of your father."

Old Marquis Mu glared at him and said earnestly: "You have also brought soldiers for several years, so you should know the priorities."

"Father knows what you're thinking. But in the end, loyalty is for others to see. In a few years, when Father's old bones can no longer work, the Hou Mansion will always be handed over to you. Xiao, if you put your treasure on the third prince like this, how can you protect yourself when the situation of seizing the heirloom arrives?"

The truth is indeed the truth, it's just too naked and cruel.

As long as you kill the enemy on the battlefield, in the officialdom you have to make plans. If you move the blade, you will see blood.

Mu Yuanlong clenched his fists, and suddenly gritted his teeth: "If this is the case, you will hand over the Hou residence to the second brother! Forgive the boy for not being able to obey!"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and rushed out of the study without waiting for Mu Laohou to answer.

Mu Laohou was so angry that he pinched his own people, and the little servant who was guarding by the side hurried up, lit the incense of meditation, and it took a while to restore calm.

"It's so big, and you're still so arrogant. When you hear the news of the old master, you forget your own situation. In the future, the Hou residence will be handed over to him, so how can this Hou be at ease!"

He was helped to sit on the Taishi chair and sighed.

Old Marquis Mu knew very well that the ministers in the court were steered by the wind one by one.

After such a change, if nothing else, the Three Princes Party will definitely usher in a wave of defections and draw a clear line.

There are so many people staring at the Hou Mansion, if they can't express their position before this, I'm afraid they will be involved in the final settlement.

But Mu Yuanlong's temperament wants him to turn against the third prince, which is more difficult than the sky.

I really don't know what kind of ecstasy soup the Third Highness gave him in the first place.

Old Houye Mu was sad, but proud of his son.

The Mu family is full of loyalty and loyalty, no matter how you say it, it is a good thing to be loyal to the monarch.

If he was persuaded like this today, Mu Yuanlong would turn against him, and I am afraid he would be disappointed.

"Oh, that's all."

In the future, the Hou Mansion will always be handed over to him. Since the son is impulsive, I can only do more to win over people.

Old Houye Mu made a decisive decision: "Go and hand over the invitation to Xue Yushi, but to Yushi Cheng."

The Imperial Censor is a subordinate official under the Imperial Censor's mansion. The Imperial Censor is also known as the Prime Minister of the Left. He holds the post of picket officials and has powerful powers. He is also the backbone of the Three Princes' Party.

If Xue Yushi had the heart to change the team, the Mu Mansion naturally couldn't sit still. It's not good to rashly contact Xue Yushi, first look at Yushi Cheng's tone, and then decide what to do.

"No." The little servant led the way.