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"My Lord, the Nine Gates Admiral Mu Chun is from the Mu Palace in the capital. He is forty years old. His father, Mu Tianxin, inherited the title of Mu Prince and served as the Imperial Tutor of the Crown Prince."

Jiang Wenzhong continued to speak and revealed the background of Mu Chun, the commander-in-chief of the Nine Gates.

Xia Yun nodded thoughtfully. He had heard of the Prince Mu's Mansion in the capital.

It is said that the first generation prince of the Mu Palace was granted the title of king and the title was inherited by his descendants because he followed Taizu in conquering all directions and establishing his rule over the world.

Over the years, the Mu Palace has always been prosperous, and every generation has had people serving as officials in the court.

Now that he had just arrived in the capital, he had already beaten up the people from Prince Mu's mansion. I'm afraid the matter would not be resolved peacefully.

"My Lord, what should we do now?"

Xu Wan'er, who was next to Yi Pang, suddenly spoke up, with a hint of worry on her face.

This place is neither Hangzhou nor Dai County, so it is difficult for her to feel safe.

Hearing this, Xia Yun remained quite calm, with a slight smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Spread the word and tell everyone in the capital that I am staying in this inn."

As Xia Yun spoke, he looked through the window at the ancient and magnificent imperial palace.

He has done so many things in Hangzhou. Since some people don't want him to come to Beijing, naturally there are also people who want him to appear in Beijing.

Now he just waits to see which group of people will come to this inn first!

……

In the southeast of the capital, in a royal palace.

A white-haired old man wearing a royal robe sat at the first seat in the hall of the palace.

On his right sat a middle-aged man in his forties wearing armor.

Although the two men looked different and were of different ages, at this moment, both of them had a gloomy look on their faces.

In the center of the palace lobby, a man who had been beaten into a pig's head was kneeling on the ground trembling in fear.

In fact, he had been kneeling here for two hours.

"Father, the young minister just sent someone to deliver a letter, confirming the identity of that person. It is indeed Xia Yun, the newly promoted governor of Zhejiang."

The lights in the lobby swayed in the breeze, and the light shone on the armored man's face, flickering between light and dark.

If there were other people present at this moment, they would be able to recognize at a glance that this middle-aged man was none other than the prince of the Mu Palace and the Nine Gates Commander Mu Chun!

Naturally, the old man in the royal robe is the contemporary King Mu, Mu Tianxin!

"Xia Yun."

Mu Tianxin whispered it softly, and a thoughtful look flashed in his dry pupils.

"What a Xia Yun! Not only has he stirred up so many storms in Zhejiang, but he has just arrived in Beijing and has already let everyone know of his arrival."

Mu Tianxin narrowed his eyes slightly, and no emotion could be heard in his voice.

"Father, Xia Yun is currently staying at the Fenglai Inn in the east of the city. Why don't we just send someone to capture him first?"

Mu Chun suddenly suggested.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said this, Mu Tianxin frowned immediately.

"My son is confused!"

There was a hint of anger in Mu Tianxin's voice, and he rejected Mu Chun's idea on the spot.

"Xia Yun beat up someone from my Mu Palace. The news has now spread throughout the capital. We can't just sit there and do nothing."

Mu Chun's face was gloomy. He was even more angry when he saw the fat official kneeling in the middle of the hall.

"I asked you to guard the city gate, and you brought so many men with you, but you were beaten like this. How dare you come back?"

Muchun's words made the fat official's heart skip a beat, and he was filled with fear and timidity.

Fortunately, Mu Tianxin waved his hand and said, "You go down first and recover from your injuries. You are not allowed to cause trouble for Xia Yun."

"I will follow your orders, my Lord!"

After Mu Tianxin spoke, the fat official showed a hint of joy on his face. He kowtowed several times and then quickly left the hall.

In a blink of an eye, Mu Tianxin and Mu Chun were the only ones left in the palace lobby.

"Father, the Mu Palace has stood in the capital for many years. If Xia Yun doesn't give an explanation for what happened today, I'm afraid my palace will be laughed at by the world in the future!"

Mu Chun spoke again, with anger and unwillingness in his words.

From his father's actions just now, he guessed that the other party did not seem to want to cause trouble.

"Confused."

Mu Tianxin shook his head and repeated what he had said before.

"Do you think that the boy from the Xu family sent you a letter for your own good?"

Mu Tianxin's expression changed immediately and he snorted coldly.

"That's just borrowing a knife to kill someone. Xia Yun brought down Chen Hanzhi and Zuo Anning in Zhejiang. They are officials of the Jiangnan Party. What does it have to do with us?"

"You have people collecting taxes for entering the capital at the city gate. It's fine if no one else knows about this, but if it gets reported to the court, what do you think His Majesty will do?"

Mu Tianxin's face was gloomy and he asked questions one after another. He knew very well about the girl sitting on the dragon throne.

For so many years, that girl has been thinking about seizing imperial power all the time.

"Then what should we do? Are we just going to put up with this?"

Mu Chun still had a look of resentment on his face. Obviously, he couldn't bear this.

"Pass the order down. From now on, no one in the Mu Palace is allowed to cause trouble outside. Otherwise, they will be punished according to the palace's house rules."

Mu Tianxin's expression became calm again.

"As for Xia Yun... before that old fox makes a move, we should not make any rash moves."

Mu Tianxin continued speaking, gazing at the starry sky outside the lobby, an extremely deep light flowing in his eyes.

……

Beijing, Xu family.

As the residence of the prime minister of the current cabinet, the Xu family's house is considered luxurious in the entire capital.

It covers an area of ​​nearly 10,000 square meters and has a large number of exquisite courtyards and landscapes inside.

However, unlike the prosperous and bustling scenes of other big families in the capital, the Xu family can be said to be very quiet.

Whether it was the servants coming and going, or the maids cooking and cleaning, they all maintained a rare tacit understanding and there was no noise at all.

"Father, I have already sent the letter to Prince Mu's Mansion, but in my opinion, the old man in Prince Mu's Mansion probably won't take any action."

In a study room, Xu Miao, who was respected as the Little Elder by outsiders, was standing respectfully in front of the desk, studying.

Sitting on the armchair behind the desk, Xu Jinsong, the head of the current cabinet, was concentrating with his eyes closed.

"Yes, my son has made progress."

Listening to Xu Miao's analysis, Xu Jinsong slowly opened his eyes, and a rare look of relief appeared in his dry pupils.

But soon, a look of uncertainty appeared on Xu Jinsong's face again.

"I received news this afternoon that the entire province of Zhili is under martial law. Do you know what's going on?"

It was impossible to tell whether Xu Jinsong was happy or angry in his words, but his eyes were fixed on Xu Miao.

"As far as my son knows, Xia Yun encountered an assassination attempt in Zhili before entering the capital. The Zhili Governor Zhao Gongming was furious and therefore imposed martial law throughout the province."

Under the scrutiny of his father, Xu Miao did not hesitate at all and immediately told him the information he knew.