The regent is determined to get the daughter of a minor official.

Prince Sheng's Palace.

Chu Musheng took off his robe and walked into the hot spring pool, revealing his flawless figure.

The broad shoulders are solid and powerful, the tight chest lines are strong, the abdominal muscles are well-defined, the waist is narrow and powerful, and the mermaid line extends along the strong abdomen to the lower abdomen.

Sheng Wu brought the prince's clean uniform and a large bath towel, and carefully placed them on the table next to the hot spring pool.

Just as I was about to leave, I heard the prince's voice faintly.

"If An Yi comes back, tell him to come and report directly."

"Yes."

Sheng Wu left the hot spring pavilion and saw guards guarding the gate.

There is also a guard team that patrols the hot spring pavilion to prevent outsiders from entering.

The prince would not allow anyone to approach him when he was bathing. This time, he specially allowed An Yi to enter because the prince was paying special attention to his mortal enemy Murong Xiao.

Today we received information from spies that Murong Xiao appeared in the area of Huxiao Mountain in the south of the city.

The prince originally took them with him to capture him or kill him on the spot.

However, an accident occurred before they could even leave the capital, forcing the operation to be temporarily suspended.

The prince must be feeling irritable right now, so it would be good for him to take a hot spring bath to calm down.

Chu Musheng, who was soaking in the hot spring, was not as irritable as Sheng Wu imagined.

At this moment, he didn't even think about how Murong Xiao, the general of the Northern Di Kingdom, could appear in the territory of the Great Chu Dynasty.

He was thinking about something else.

Chu Musheng is the orthodox royal family of the Great Chu Dynasty.

The Great Chu Dynasty was founded for more than a hundred years and covered an area of millions of square kilometers.

The founding emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty was an astonishing god of war who led his army to expand the territory.

Some even said that he kept attacking cities and plundering ponds because he couldn't find his way back.

He did not believe in ghosts and gods, and when he was attacking an ancient tribe, he encountered a strange situation. The tribe was right in front of him, but their people could not get in.

Some subordinates thought that this ancient tribe was weird and suggested letting this small tribe go. After all, the area it occupied was not large, and if it was included in their territory, it would belong to the Great Chu Dynasty.

But the founding emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty refused to listen. After surrounding the ancient tribe for several days, which he could not enter, he ordered his subordinates to cut down a lot of trees and set fire to them with hay.

The fire spread with the wind and burned for seven days and seven nights, razing the ancient tribe to the ground.

The obstacles before them finally disappeared. Just when the founding emperor was feeling proud, he discovered that the people around him were looking at them with strange eyes.

The founding emperor was very confused and arrested several local villagers to question them.

From the villagers' halting words, they learned that there was an extremely mysterious wizard living in this ancient tribe.

They set fire to this ancient tribe, and at the end of his life, this mysterious wizard will definitely cast the most poisonous curse on the culprit.

Since then, the founding emperor suddenly lost interest in expanding the territory and sent all his generals to guard the captured cities.

He asked a Taoist priest at that time to find a Feng Shui treasure land and build the first imperial palace of the Great Chu Dynasty.

After settling down, the founding emperor became addicted to women. After several years of working day and night, many princes and princesses appeared in the palace.

The founding emperor eventually died in the bedroom of a young concubine, and none of his male descendants lived past the age of thirty.

Chu Musheng is twenty-one years old this year. As a member of the royal family, he has been taught by famous teachers since he was a child and is proficient in both civil and military strategies.

At the age of fifteen, he followed General Zhang to fight on the battlefield, and after only one year of training, he was able to stand on his own.

When he was sixteen, he went to the northern border to guard the country, and faced General Murong Xiao of the Northern Di Kingdom.

Murong Xiao was very good at deploying troops. Chu Musheng had fought against him many times, with both sides winning and losing.

Every confrontation is a contest of wisdom and courage, and also the ultimate application of military strategy.

Just last year, the previous emperor passed away, and Chu Musheng had to return to the capital to take on the important task of stabilizing the government.

The late emperor was Chu Musheng's elder brother. Before he passed away, he left a will, passing the throne to King Sheng - Chu Musheng.

Chu Musheng took the imperial edict from the Grand Elder, but did not announce it to the world. Instead, he discussed it with the three elders in the court for a long time.

A country cannot live without a ruler for a day.

The next day, Chu Musheng carried the three-year-old emperor to the throne. Amidst the incredulous gazes of all the civil and military officials in the court, he placed the late emperor's son on the dragon throne.

It also calmed down the dispute over the throne. After all, the late emperor had more than one son. Before he returned to Beijing, the maternal families of those princes were already undercurrents.

Since the little emperor was young, Chu Musheng naturally sat on the throne of regent.

The Great Chu Dynasty held court every five days.

When attending court, the little emperor sat on the dragon throne, and Chu Musheng sat on the throne to the left of the dragon throne.

When the little emperor was not in court, Chu Musheng still sat on the throne to the left of the dragon throne.

In other words, the Great Chu Dynasty can do without a little emperor, but it cannot do without a regent.

Because memorials from the court were not allowed to be taken out of the palace, Chu Musheng often had to review memorials in the imperial study, and a bedroom was also prepared for him in the front palace.

This also led to constant rumors among the people.

They all said that he had an affair with the current Queen Mother, and they even dug up old accounts, saying that they knew the Queen Mother since childhood, and that the Queen Mother was someone His Royal Highness the Regent could never forget.

Chu Musheng scoffed at this. He let the little emperor succeed to the throne just because he didn't want to sit in that position.

Since he doesn't want to sit, it doesn't matter who sits, because no one will live past thirty anyway.

The real reason why he didn't want to be emperor was that he never had any interest in women. If he sat on the throne, countless ministers would force women on him in the name of expanding the royal family.

Who can bear this?

Chu Musheng felt a chill when he thought of those beautiful girls. At this moment, he remembered the woman who knocked him off his horse today.

I felt strange.

He couldn't even remember what the woman looked like, he only remembered the feeling of the woman hugging him.

It was soft, comfortable, and had a slight fragrance. The woman stared at him.

Those pair of black eyes are so bright and lively, how could she be a silly girl?

Chu Musheng touched his cheek unconsciously. This was the first time he was kissed by a woman.

The more I think about it, the hotter I feel. Has the temperature of the hot spring pool increased?

"Your Majesty."

A figure appeared silently beside the bathtub, interrupting Chu Musheng's reverie.

It’s An Yi who’s back.

"How is it? Have you found Murong Xiao's whereabouts?"

"No, today a landslide occurred on an official road at the foot of Tiger Roar Mountain. Large pieces of mud and rocks rolled down, blocking the road for dozens of feet.

Our men searched for a long time but found no trace of Murong Xiao and his followers. They must have taken advantage of the chaos to change their route and leave."

An Yi knelt on one knee and lowered his head to report.

Chu Musheng frowned and said in a deep voice:

"Continue the pursuit; he can't just disappear. Also, strengthen the defenses around the capital to prevent him from sneaking into the city."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

An Yi responded and was about to leave.

"and many more."

Chu Musheng thought for a moment.

"Send someone to keep an eye on the Northern Di Kingdom's spies in the capital. Maybe we can find something."

"My subordinate understands."

An Yi took the order and disappeared in a flash.

Chu Musheng's face was solemn, and his heart was filled with turbulent waves.