Wandering the Heavens

I understand what Gao Zhan meant. Originally, he was summoned to Beijing for his marriage. He wanted to leave himself in Jinling as a hostage and let his brother return to the southern border to take over Prince Mu's Mansion. However, because Xia Jiang's matter was temporarily put on hold, today's summons was a courtesy and had no practical significance.

When they approached the steps of the main hall, the group tacitly stopped talking. What would others think if the eunuch beside the emperor was chatting happily with the king of a different surname who held military power?

Sure enough, the entire summons process was exactly the same as Gao Zhan had described. Xiao Xuan said a lot of caring words, and then paid tribute to the memory of the old Prince Mu who had passed away many years ago, the biological father of Mu Nihuang and her brother. He gave them a bunch of things that they would not need on the battlefield, and then let the two of them go home (Prince Mu's residence in Jinling).

Before meeting the emperor, they could only live in the inn to show that they put public affairs first and private interests second.

This fucking formalism...

Not long after Mu Nihuang and her brother left, Gao Zhan came to inform them that Prince Yu had returned.

Xiao Xuan is in a lot of trouble. The Empress Dowager is going to celebrate her birthday soon, and several of his sons are coming back, including the Prince of Jing, Xiao Jingyan, whom he doesn't like. This son, who was raised by Prince Qi, always can't figure out who his biological father is, and has been complaining for Prince Qi. No one knows better than Xiao Xuan whether Prince Qi is wronged or not, so Xiao Xuan sends him out to lead the troops...

Out of sight out of mind.

However, the memorial Xiao Jinghuan brought with him from his inspection tour of Jiangzuo calmed his irritability. The country was not peaceful and the people were safe. Officials were corrupt and harmed the people. It was normal for Daliang to have a few grievances. Xiao Xuan was very good at comforting himself. What made him happy was that Xiao Jinghuan did a good job.

He smiled and asked Xiao Jinghuan to pay his respects to Queen Yan. As soon as Xiao Jinghuan left the hall under the guidance of the eunuch, Xiao Xuan's face turned cold again.

"Your Majesty, Prince Jing is waiting outside the palace for a summons," Gao Zhan reminded.

"Oh, Prince Jing is back, let him be announced!" Xiao Xuan was quite surprised.

When Prince Yu was here, he called him Jing Huan all the time. Now that Prince Jing is here, he calls him Prince Jing all the time. What a double standard.

When Prince Jing came in, he first said with a stern face that he had been away for so long and had never thought about what he had done wrong, then he pretended to care for him and let him leave, asking him to meet Concubine Jing.

As soon as everyone left, Gao Zhan said that Ningguo Marquis Xie Yu wanted to see him for an urgent matter. Xiao Xuan went crazy, thinking that there were so many damn troubles today.

At Prince Mu's Mansion, Mu Qing threw his sword aside and collapsed on the couch as soon as he came back.

"Sit still!" Mu Nihuang wondered if she was too nice to her brother.

"Sister, can you please stop being so pretentious at home?" Mu Qing pleaded with a bitter face.

"No, you are going to inherit the title, why are you so unstable?" Mu Nihuang couldn't let him go easily.

"Sister, speaking of inheriting the title, it seems that His Majesty has no intention of doing so when we met today? He called us here from the southern border just to chat about some casual things." Mu Qing straightened up all of a sudden.

"Eunuch Gao said it very clearly. Because Xia Jiang was killed, the situation is out of control. It is not appropriate to allow too much change in the court at this time." Mu Nihuang explained.

"Is this a good thing or a bad thing?" Mu Qing scratched his head.

“Whether good or bad, it has nothing to do with Prince Mu’s Mansion. Unless His Majesty summons us or explicitly orders us to attend a meeting, we must stay in Prince Mu’s Mansion and are not allowed to go anywhere else. There are undercurrents in Nanjing right now, and we will be doomed if we are not careful.” Mu Nihuang’s tone was full of worry.

"I heard that Jinling is prosperous. I want to go out for a walk!" Mu Qing collapsed again.

Mu Nihuang looked at her brother who had a look of despair on his face and could only shake her head and sigh, saying that she didn't care. It would be difficult to raise a grown-up child.

Although the emperor did not mention his younger brother's inheritance of the title today, he has been concerned about himself, which shows that this marriage cannot be postponed. I just don't know how the emperor will deal with it.

In Jinling now, the Crown Prince and Prince Yu are fighting with each other. The Emperor is extremely stupid. Since Queen Yan has no biological children, Xiao Jinghuan, whom she adopted, naturally becomes the legitimate son (in history, Cao Ang was adopted by Lady Ding. If Cao Ang had not died, Cao Pi would not have the chance to inherit the throne of Crown Prince).

But the emperor actually appointed his illegitimate son Xiao Jingxuan as the crown prince, and then supported Xiao Jinghuan, who was enfeoffed as Prince Yu, to play a rival role to Xiao Jingxuan. The issue of succession is the most important issue for the empire. If you really don't want to appoint one, then don't appoint a crown prince for the time being. If you appoint a crown prince, you have to teach him how to handle government affairs and tell your other sons to be honest.

However, the emperor was so foolish that he supported other princes to seize power after he had already appointed a crown prince.

Mu Nihuang was thinking about all these messy things in her mind, and then she looked at her brother who was staring at the tiles and beams above his head, and she couldn't help feeling upset.

In the villa of Ningguo Marquis's Mansion, Mei Changsu's frown could kill a fly. In order to redress the injustice of the Red Flame Army, he deduced for twelve years despite the torture of fire and cold poison. Now the plan has begun to be implemented, but the biggest tool Xia Jiang has died. In this case, who else around Emperor Liang can influence his will?

Gao Zhan is perfect, but he is just a eunuch and does not have the ability of Xia Jiang, so there is no one available in the Xuan Jing Division.

What made him even more angry was that there was the logo of the Red Flame Army at the scene where Xia Jiang was killed, and there was also a mark next to the two words "Hehe" on the stone carving in front of the Ningguo Marquis Mansion. At first glance, it seemed that the person who carved the words was testing the softness and hardness of the stone, but in fact, it was still the logo of the Red Flame Army.

In addition to the survivors who were taken in by Jiangzuo League and some Jianghu forces, are there any others in the Chiyan Army? But I can't remember which general or soldier among the 70,000 people has such ability!

If he is so reckless, the Red Flame Army's rebellion will come true, but he will do more harm than good!

While Mei Changsu was still thinking hard, a white shadow fell behind him.

"What are you thinking about?" Lin Chen's image was ruined as soon as he opened his mouth. He took two or three steps and sat opposite Mei Changsu, picking up the teapot and pouring water by himself.

"Xia Jiang is dead." Mei Changsu said softly.

"Xia Jiang is a martial arts expert, and he is also the head of Xuan Jing Division. Did you do it?" Lin Chen said carelessly.

"He is a useful person. How could I let him die so easily? It was someone else who did it." Mei Changsu said anxiously.

"That wasn't me who did it. Langya Pavilion never interferes in court affairs." Lin Chen quickly defended himself.

"You don't have that ability. This man seems to be a member of the Red Flame Army. He left the Red Flame Army's pattern at the crime scene." Mei Changsu was very clear about his friend's abilities.

"Your people are all on the master list, but there is no one who has this ability. Sorry, no one can do it." Lin Chen also criticized him.

"My father and I are in charge of the Red Flame Army, but as far as I can remember, there is no one who could pull off such a shocking crime." Mei Changsu shook his head again.

"Why think so much? By the way, news came from Yan State that the sixth prince of Yan State was appointed as the crown prince. Your plan was successful." Lin Chen said something happy.

"The dispute over the throne in Yan State was just a rehearsal for the fight for the succession in Liang State. It's no surprise that it succeeded. Is that what you came here to talk about?" Mei Changsu looked at his good friend in front of him.

"It wasn't originally that. I just wanted to come and see you. Who knew you were in a bad mood, so I told you something happy. But there is one unhappy thing, so you have to hold on." Lin Chen took out a flyer from his sleeve and handed it over.

When Mei Changsu took it and looked at it, his face changed drastically and he started coughing violently on the spot.

A green shadow flashed by, Fei Liu put the cloak on Mei Changsu and stared at Lin Chen fiercely: "Bad guy!"

"Why are you looking at me? Blame it on this piece of paper." Lin Chen felt quite innocent.

"Fei Liu, be good and don't blame Brother Lin Chen. Go out and eat some candy first." After a moment, Mei Changsu's breathing finally became smooth, and he reached out to calm Fei Liu down.

When Fei Liu heard this, he glared at Lin Chen again, then left the room angrily.

"Where did you get this thing?" Mei Changsu picked up the flyer and threw it into the charcoal brazier, igniting a bright flame.

"They're everywhere on the street. I guess the emperor knows about it. If it weren't for your reaction just now, I would have thought it was you who did it." Lin Chen leaned back, supporting his upper body with his arms, looking lazy.

"This guy is so reckless, he's not afraid of tarnishing the reputation of the Red Flame Army!" Mei Changsu was trying his best to control his breath.

"Don't be angry. The prince and his two best friends have just entered the martial arts world! There will be a follow-up story in two days." Lin Chen gave him a reassurance first to avoid greater stimulation later.

"You're right. Since he sent out these things, he must have other deployments. It's not difficult to track them down at this time." Mei Changsu also comforted himself.

Although the Jiangzuo League is a gang, it has no problem investigating cases.