Xie and Tianxia

After packing up the essentials, Mo Huaicai said: "Now is not the time to explain, go to a safe place first, and I will explain to you later."

Aunt Hong saw that Mo Huai had no intention of answering her, so she didn't ask any more questions.

After the three left the village, they rushed all the way to the inn where they were staying.

Aunt Hong said, "Mo Huai, where are we going?"

"We will naturally go to the place where they dare not kill people." Mo Huai said.

Aunt Hong was a little puzzled, and asked, "Where are they afraid to kill people?"

Mu Shanghua patted Aunt Hong's hand to comfort him, "Let's go to the capital, where they dare not kill people overtly or secretly."

Mo Huai nodded and said: "So let's stay here for a night first, and we will leave for the capital tomorrow morning."

"Yes, but weren't you exiled here? Wouldn't it be against the order to go back to Beijing without authorization?"

Mu Shanghua continued to comfort him: "Don't worry, Aunt Hong, even if I am exiled, I am also of royal blood, those officials dare not do anything to me, and it happens to be spring hunting, the prince and the others are all going to the hunting ground on the border of Beidi, Who will control us."

Only then did Aunt Hong breathe a sigh of relief, and stayed in the inn with Mu Shanghua.

At this time in the capital, it was already March, and Mu Yongning rushed to the hunting ground with the convoy to participate in the triennial spring hunting.

After arriving at the hunting ground, after offering sacrifices to his ancestors, Mu Yongning said, "For this spring hunting, it doesn't matter who hunts more and less, what matters is safety. The hunting ground is close to Beidi, and Beidi is our friendly country. We must not compete with Beidi people Conflicts arise, let alone shooting Beidi people’s livestock indiscriminately.”

All the ministers and nobles said: "Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Mu Yongning looked at the crowd and said: "The spring hunt has officially started, I wish you all the best of luck."

Everyone dispersed in response, only Mu Yongning stayed where he was.

Mu Yukun came over and said, "Even if you don't dabble, you don't ride horses?"

Mu Yongning looked at Mu Yukun with a wry smile and said, "Uncle Emperor, if I can ride a horse, I won't stay where I am bored."

Mu Yukun clapped his hands suddenly, and said, "I'm really too. I've been busy with spring hunting these days, but I forgot that you don't know how to ride a horse."

Mu Yongning comforted: "It's okay, uncle, even if I learn it temporarily, I don't dare to ride."

"How can this be done!" Mu Yukun patted Mu Yongning on the head and said, "As the prince of Yue, how can you not dare to practice horse riding? Go, I will teach you now!"

Mu Yongning grabbed Mu Yukun's hand, and said pitifully, "Uncle Emperor, let's forget it!"

"It's okay, I'll pick a gentle horse for you, and I won't throw you off."

Although Mu Yongning was unwilling in every possible way, he was dragged to the racecourse by Mu Yukun in the end.

Mu Yukun led a white horse out from the racecourse, pointed to the horse and said to Mu Yongning: "Ride it first and take a look, it is very obedient."

Mu Yongning walked up to the horse and stroked its head, but the horse shook its head very unhappy.

Mu Yongning said: "Look, uncle, it doesn't like me."

"It's not familiar with you yet, just sit up and let him get familiar with you."

With Mu Yukun's support, Mu Yongning got on his horse in doubt.After sitting down, the horse still shook his body reluctantly.Mu Yongning held the rein tightly with both hands, and shouted: "Uncle Emperor, I'm afraid!"

Mu Yukun patted the horse's head to appease him, then raised his head and said to Mu Yongning: "Let go of the rein with one hand, try touching it!"

Mu Yongning still shouted: "Uncle, I dare not, what should I do, I don't seem to be able to get down."

Looking at the impatient Mu Yongning, Mu Yukun could only sigh, and got on the horse, sat behind Mu Yongning, held Mu Yongning's hand holding the rein, clapped the rope, and shouted "Drive!"

Hearing Mu Yukun's order, the horse started to run. With Mu Yukun behind him, Mu Yongning gradually became less nervous.

Mu Yukun said: "Since you are all on the horse, let me show you around on the horse so that you can get used to it."

Mu Yukun led Mu Yongning to ride all the way, but until he ran out of the range of the hunting ground, Mu Yongning still didn't dare to ride alone.

Mu Yukun was a little worried and said: "Since we don't care, let's go back first!"

Hearing what Mu Yukun said, Mu Yongning became a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Huang, let me get used to it, maybe I will dare after a while!"

"It's not that you are not allowed to ride, but we ran out of the hunting ground and arrived at the territory of Beidi people. If soldiers patrolling Beidi found us, it would be difficult for us to explain."

"What do you mean?" Mu Yongning tilted his head and asked.

Mu Yukun fondled Mu Yongning's head, and said, "You think Beidi people also speak our Chinese! They Beidi people have their own language. I learned some superficial things in the military camp. I really want to It might be difficult to communicate."

Mu Yongning nodded and said: "Then let's go back to the racecourse first, I'll go back to the racecourse to practice!"

When Mu Yukun was about to turn around and leave, suddenly an arrow was shot from the grass on the left, and Mu Yukun hurriedly said: "Yongning, lie down on the horse's back quickly."

Mu Yongning was a little puzzled, and just about to speak, Mu Yukun pressed Mu Yongning down by his neck.But Mu Yukun twisted his neck to avoid the arrow shot from a distance.

Mu Yongning, who was supporting the horse's head, sat up and asked, "What's wrong with the emperor?"

Mu Yukun said with a serious expression: "Someone sneaked up on us."

As soon as Mu Yukun finished speaking, a group of people ran out of the grass and surrounded Mu Yongning and the others. Most of these people were holding wooden sticks or short clubs, and only a few of them had bows and arrows.

Mu Yongning leaned against Mu Yukun and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Emperor, what is that on their faces?"

"It's tattoos. After Beidi slaves are bought back by slave owners, they will be tattooed by the slave owners themselves to symbolize the identities of these slaves."

"Then why did these slaves from Beidi sneak up on us?"

Before Mu Yukun could open his mouth, the leading slave said, "Who are you?"

Mu Yukun replied lamely: "We are from the country of Yue, and we intruded into your territory unintentionally."

Mu Yongning looked at them in a daze, and asked, "Uncle Huang, what are you talking about?"

"Oh, he asked who we were, and I told them that we were from the country of Yue, and we accidentally broke into their territory." Mu Yukun explained.

As soon as Mu Yukun finished explaining, the other party was very unhappy and said: "We are not going to sneak attack the Yue people. Since you are all right, then hurry up, and if you delay for a moment, you will be killed." After the leading slave finished speaking, surrounded Their slaves moved aside one after another, leaving a way for them.

Mu Yukun nodded to them as an apology, then turned around and walked back.

After returning to the range of the hunting ground, Mu Yukun gradually slowed down and said curiously: "It's strange, how could the Beidi slaves attack us? It is impossible for slave owners to live near the hunting ground and arrange these slaves to guard the land! "

Mu Yongning shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I've heard that the slaves in Beidi have a very low status. I believe that those slaves want to rebel."

"Rebel?" Mu Yukun said to himself.

"Don't worry, uncle, even if Beidi's slaves want to rebel, it's the business of the Beidi royal court." After finishing speaking, Mu Yongning put his hand on Mu Yukun's to show comfort.

After the two returned to the racecourse by the same route, some courtiers and nobles also returned. Mu Yongning shook Mu Yukun's arm and said, "Why don't you practice horse riding tomorrow. I'm hungry after a day of tossing around."

Mu Yukun sighed and said, "Alright, let's rest first! I'll teach you how to hunt tomorrow."

At dawn on the second day, Mu Yongning was called up by Mu Yukun, and the two rushed to the racecourse all the way.

After Mu Yukun prepared the bow and arrow for Mu Yongning, he helped Mu Yongning get on the horse.

After all the trouble yesterday, Mu Yongning finally dared to sit on the horse alone, and when he became more courageous, he dared to run laps in the racecourse.

Mu Yukun looked at Mu Yongning with a smile, and shouted: "Running in the racecourse is so boring, let's run in the woods!"

Mu Yongning responded, and followed Mu Yukun out of the racecourse.

After arriving in the forest, Mu Yukun began to teach Mu Yukun how to draw a bow and shoot an arrow.What made Mu Yukun unbelievable was that, as if he knew how to shoot the prey, Mu Yongning had shot and killed many animals in a short time.

Mu Yukun was not too surprised, after all, Mu Yongning was the son of Concubine Chen Gui, so it was not unusual for him to be able to shoot arrows.But Mu Yongning's archery technique is very strange, there is a feeling that can't be explained.

☆, enthronement ceremony

Mu Yukun was in a daze, only hearing Mu Yongning's roar broke his thoughts.

"Who is here?" Mu Yongning pointed his bow and arrow at the human being in the grass not far away.

The people in the grass realized that they had been spotted and turned around and ran away. Seeing this, Mu Yukun hurriedly rode his horse and ran in front of him, stopping him.

After the man ran out of the grass, Mu Yongning exclaimed, "Beidi slave?"

Mu Yukun asked in Beidi language: "Yesterday we strayed into the territory of Beidi, and you issued an order to drive us away. We listened and left Beidi immediately. Today, it is you who trespassed on our hunting ground in Yue country."

When the man heard this, he quickly explained: "Our boss asked us to sneak into the hunting grounds of the Yue country, not to cause damage or anything, but simply to pick up some arrows left by the people of the Yue country after shooting arrows."

"What do you want arrows for?" Mu Yukun asked again.

"This this……"

Mu Yongning suddenly said: "Uncle, if he doesn't want to say it, forget it, let him go back!"

Mu Yukun thought for a moment before saying to the man: "Go away now, and don't forget to tell your boss when you go back, we don't care what he wants to do in Beidi! If he wants to commit crimes in Yue Kingdom, we will not let him go." his!"

The Beidi slave nodded quickly and ran towards Beidi.

After the people ran away, Mu Yukun said: "Before there were Beidi slaves who attacked with arrows, and later there were Beidi slaves who stole arrows. They really want to rebel!"

Mu Yongning asked: "Does the emperor know the connection between Beidi royal court and Beidi slaves?"

"Of course I know. I remember telling you before that the Ujumqin clan of Beidi Royal Court was born as a slave. Because they were dissatisfied with the slave owner's oppression and insult, they incited the slaves to rebel and overthrew the original royal court."

Mu Yongning nodded, and said: "It is because the Ujumqin clan was born as a slave. They know that once the slaves turn their backs, their strength and influence will rapidly increase, and some even overthrow the royal court. Therefore, the Ujumqin clan After winning the throne, the status of the slaves is greatly degraded, and even if the slaves rebel, they will not be able to cause a big storm."

"Yes, this method treats the symptoms but not the root cause."

"If I were the Royal Court of Beidi, instead of belittling the status of slaves, I would abolish the slavery that has been practiced in Beidi for thousands of years."

"You have a good idea, but Beidi's slavery has lasted for thousands of years, especially the Beidi nobles. They will never allow Beidi's slavery to be abolished."

"So, this is a headache for Beidi royal court."

Mu Yukun sighed, "I just hope that a crisis like this won't happen to Yue."

"Don't worry, there are emperor uncles in Yue Guowen, and there are emperor uncles in Wu. The country will prosper."

After nearly half a month of spring hunting, Mu Yongning set off and returned to the capital.As soon as he returned to the capital, Mu Yongning started to get busy.Not only had to deal with the government affairs, but also had to prepare for the enthronement ceremony, Mu Yongning was very busy all of a sudden.

"Yongning, what's wrong with you?" Mu Yukun looked at the tired Mu Yongning and asked worriedly.

Mu Yongning rubbed his eyes and said, "I don't know why, but recently my right eyelid has been twitching non-stop. I heard from people in the palace that bad things will happen if my right eyelid twitches. I always feel that there will be an accident on the day I ascend the throne." .”

Mu Yukun put down the memorial in his hand, walked behind Mu Yongning, and while rubbing his temples, he said: "What nonsense are you talking about, your eyelids are twitching because you are too tired, you should take a good rest!"

"But now is not the time to take a break, at least you will have a chance to breathe after you ascend the throne."

"Then don't be too tired, it's late at night, let's go to rest first!"

Mu Yongning raised his head, looked at Mu Yukun who was standing behind him and said, "Uncle Emperor, can you sleep with me?"

Mu Yukun was startled when he heard this, and then said: "This..."

"I just want Uncle Huang to accompany me again. If I become emperor, Uncle Huang will not be able to accompany me like this now."

Faced with such a request, Mu Yukun's heart softened, so he accompanied Mu Yongning back to the bedroom.

After a few days like this, the enthronement ceremony ushered in.Just the day before the enthronement ceremony, Mu Shanghua and his party arrived in the capital.

In the evening, they found a hotel at random and stayed.After dinner, Aunt Hong came to Mo Huai's room.

"Aunt Hong is here." Seeing Aunt Hong coming in, Mo Huai quickly moved a chair for Aunt Hong, and said, "Let's sit down and talk if Aunt Hong wants anything."

After Aunt Hong sat down, she cut to the chase and said, "Mo Huai, tell me the truth, what deal did you make with them?"

Mo Huai looked at Aunt Hong with a serious face, and said with a smile: "Aunt Hong, do you remember the child you lost back then?"

"remember."

"That child is still alive, and he is Mu Yongning who will be enthroned tomorrow."

"Enthronement?" Aunt Hong asked in surprise.

"He is Chen Shuang's son. Chen Shuang is now the emperor's concubine, so his eldest son will naturally become the prince. And Mu Shanghua is also Chen Shuang's son, but he is the youngest son of Chen Shuang and the former emperor of Yue Kingdom. .”

"This is really, really..." Aunt Hong covered her mouth and said excitedly, "I really didn't expect Madam and Eldest Young Master to meet and recognize each other. This, this is the end of my depression for so many years."

Mo Huai looked at Aunt Hong who was bursting into tears, and said, "Aunt Hong, aren't you curious about what the deal is?"

"what?"

"Tomorrow, at the enthronement ceremony, Mu Yongning was identified as the son of Chen Shuang and He Lianxuan, not the royal family of the Yue Kingdom. After Mu Yongning is kicked out of the throne, I will arrange for you to meet your son. I have already met with him We have negotiated, as long as you help the real royal family of Yue Kingdom ascend the throne, I will let him become the prince of Yue Kingdom. At that time, Mu Shanghua will get the throne, and you will get family affection, glory and wealth, which will be good for you and us."

"But it won't..."

"Don't worry, Aunt Hong, what we want is the emperor's throne, not Mu Yongning's life. We just drive him off the throne, and we won't hurt him at all."

"Then can my son really be with me?"

"Of course, if you think about it, he is a man who dared to kill his own mother in order to join the Imperial Forest Army. If he is allowed to be a Marquis, he will treat you well. After you settle down in Yue Kingdom, I will return to you." Arrange for someone to bring your husband over and reunite your family."

Aunt Hong sneered and said, "You said that he is a person who can kill his mother just for his position. I don't care what he does for this kind of person?"

"Although he did something that made Aunt Hong give up her heart, Aunt Hong, don't forget that when you left him, he was just a baby suckling. Have you ever been kind to him in nurturing him? He doesn't care if he doesn't want this kind of mother who seems to exist, but when we rescued you before, he could have a chance to kill you and then escape, but he didn't do it!"

"..."

"From now on, the final decision is still in the hands of Aunt Hong, Aunt Hong can figure it out herself!"

Aunt Hong covered her head and pondered for a moment before saying, "Mo Huai, I promise you."

The enthronement ceremony on the second day was held at Shenshan. First, Mrs. Yi was sacrificed, followed by the registration ceremony.

Mrs. Yi's statue has been repaired, and the whole body is plated with gold, shining brilliantly in the sun.

But Mu Shanghua and the others hid behind the statue early in the morning, watching the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the people watching the fun.

Mu Shanghua whispered to Mo Huai: "If we can debunk that Mu Yongning is a member of Yi Kingdom today, will we win?"

"That's not enough. Your current power is still low. After Mu Yongning was kicked out of the throne, Mu Yukun is the one who is most capable of inheriting the throne. So you have to use this certificate to overthrow Mu Yukun to ensure that you are sole heir."

Mu Shanghua thought for a while and said, "I seem to know what to say."

At this time, Mu Yongning had already put on court clothes, lit incense, and respectfully offered incense to Mrs. Yi. Before inserting the incense into the incense holder, Mu Shanghua and Mo Huai came from behind the statue of Mrs. Yi and said, "One Wouldn't it be embarrassing for someone without royal blood to offer incense to Mrs. Yi?"

Mu Yongning raised his head suddenly, and saw Mu Shanghua and Mo Huai walking towards him.Not only Mu Yongning was stunned, but the courtiers were also stunned: Isn't this Mu Shanghua exiled?

"Everyone, it's my fault to sneak back from exile without permission, but it's even more my fault to conceal the truth and let a Yi countryman become emperor!"

As soon as Mu Shanghua finished speaking, Mu Yukun stood up and retorted: "Mu Shanghua, please be careful, you have falsely accused Yongning of not being your real brother before, what happened? Now you are going to falsely accuse Yongning of being from Yiguo , Your excuses for framing people are becoming more and more untrue!"

Mu Shanghua snorted coldly: "Since we dare to say that, it means that we have witnesses and evidence."

"Witness?" Chen Shuang couldn't hold back anymore.

Seeing the restless Chen Shuang, Mo Huai said, "I know this witness, Concubine Chen Gui." After Mo Huai finished speaking, he waved to Aunt Hong.

When Chen Shuang saw Aunt Hong, her face paled immediately, and she said in a trembling voice, "Is it Ah Hong?"

"Ma'am, it's me." Aunt Hong said calmly.

The Empress Dowager also stood up from her seat, walked up to Chen Shuang and said, "Concubine, what's going on?"

"Let me tell the story!" Aunt Hong said, "Your crown prince is the son of Mrs. Chen and General He Lianxuan of the Yi Kingdom. He is an out-and-out native of the Yi Kingdom."

"How is it possible?" Mu Yukun said angrily.

Mu Shanghua said: "I know that the words of others alone are not enough to convince His Royal Highness King Qin. His Royal Highness King Qin will definitely believe the following evidence."

"What evidence?" Mu Yukun asked.

"Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. The blood of me and Mu Yongning were fused together because we are both the sons of the queen mother, so we are connected by blood. But if Mu Yongning is not the royal family of the Yue Kingdom, Then Mu Yongning's blood will never fuse with yours."

Mu Yukun didn't speak, but turned around and ordered someone to fetch a bowl of clean water, handed it to Mu Yongning, and said, "The first drop of your blood proves your identity."

Mu Yongning ignored Mu Yukun, but just stood quietly.

Mu Yukun said anxiously: "Hurry up! Hurry up! Prove to them that you are of royal blood!"

Mu Shanghua laughed "haha" and said, "His Royal Highness, please don't act pretentious here. You clearly knew Mu Yongning's true identity a long time ago, so you ordered your people to fetch water. Who knows if there will be any water in your water?" What are you going to download?"

"Enough!" Chen Shuang walked to Mu Yukun's side and said, "His Royal Highness, don't worry about it. Mu Yongning is the son of He Lianxuan and me. This is an indisputable fact."

Mu Yukun looked at Chen Shuang in disbelief, and said, "Why?"

"Because both Shanghua and Yongning are my children, the palms and backs of their hands are full of flesh. Shanghua has been with me since childhood, and I have given all my love to Shanghua; but after I found Yongning, I found that I I missed the most important time in his growth stage, so I can only use the ninety-five supreme status to compensate him."

Hearing Chen Shuang's confession, Mo Huai said to the Queen Mother: "Grandma Huang, Concubine Chen Guifei is a member of the harem, so it's up to you to judge for making a mistake."

Immediately afterwards, Mo Huai declared to Su Qing: "Lord Lao Su has to worry about the fact that the people from the Yi country pretended to be the royal family of the Yue country to ascend the throne and Mu Yukun was suspected of concealing the matter."

In this way, the enthronement ceremony ended amidst doubts and abuse.

After the enthronement ceremony ended, Mu Yongning was thrown into prison, and Mu Yukun was also grounded in the mansion waiting for interrogation.But Mu Shanghua and the others returned to Han Wangfu.

That night, Aunt Hong quietly came to the prison and found Mu Yongning who was being imprisoned.

"Child." Aunt Hong patted the railing to signal Mu Yongning to look out.

Seeing Aunt Hong coming, Mu Yongning walked to the railing and said, "What are you doing here?"

"Of course I let you out."

"Let me go out?" Mu Yongning said disdainfully: "In the morning, you even accused me of being from Yiguo and wanted to put me to death. Why do you want to let me go now?"

Aunt Hong cried: "Son, it's Aunt Hong's fault. Aunt Hong saved the wrong person and believed in the wrong words. Before, Mo Huai told me that as long as I testified against you, he would let me reunite with my family. I promised him The result? It turned out that his deal with my son was to use me to bring you down, and then he killed me."

As she spoke, Aunt Hong took out the key she had stolen from the jailer and opened the cell door.

Aunt Hong grabbed Mu Yongning's hand and said, "My child, Aunt Hong has been sorry for you since you were born, and if I let you go, it means that Aunt Hong has done something sorry for you."

After finishing speaking, Aunt Hong took out some silver from her sleeve and stuffed it to Mu Yongning: "You keep these, run away quickly, those jailers will soon know that the key is missing, and if you are arrested again, it will be Aunt Hong All my hard work was wasted!"

Mu Yongning looked at the money in his hand, and thought: I can't escape now, I have to go to the emperor's uncle, he will go crazy if he suddenly accepts my true identity, I have to go to the palace first.

Seeing that Mu Yongning was indifferent, Aunt Hong shook Mu Yongning's body and said anxiously, "Hurry up, kid!"

Mu Yongning accepted the money, took Aunt Hong's hand and said, "Let's go together!"

Aunt Hong broke away from Mu Yongning's hand, and said: "You go first, I'll cut off the queen for you here. As long as you can escape smoothly, I will die without regret."

Mu Yongning looked at Aunt Hong's resolute face, sighed and ran out of the prison.

Not long after Mu Yongning escaped, Mo Huai brought someone to the prison, looked at Aunt Hong in the cell, and asked, "Where did Mu Yongning go?"

"I do not know."

"I don't know?" Mo Huai said to the jailer, "Kill him! Send the body back to the Palace of King Han."

After giving orders, Mo Huai walked out of the prison, and said to the coachman, "Go to the top."

At this time, Mu Yukun was drunk in the mansion.

Hou Zhijun stood aside and comforted him, "It's not worth being angry with someone who lied to you."

Mu Yukun avoided Hou Zhijun's hand that was reaching out to touch his face, and said, "You don't understand."

"I don't understand?" Hou Zhijun said impatiently: "I am the wife you are marrying, and I am the most qualified to be with you!"

"The emperor's uncle is still the one who kissed me. I should be the one who is most qualified to be with the emperor's uncle!" Mu Yongning walked over and said.

"Mu Yongning? Aren't you locked up in a prison?"

"I'm afraid that Uncle Huang won't be able to accept this fact for a while, so I'm here to comfort him."

"I don't care how you got out of prison, but only I can comfort you, my lord!" Hou Zhijun said not to be outdone.

Mu Yongning stopped talking to Hou Zhijun, but spared her and walked to Mu Yukun's side, snatched his wine bottle, and held him in his arms.

When Hou Zhijun saw this scene, he was about to get angry when he heard someone outside clapping his hands and saying: "I said that Mu Yongning was locked up well in the prison, why did he disappear suddenly? It turned out that His Royal Highness King Qin secretly picked him up." Come out!"

Mo Huai looked at the two of them, and said to the jailer: "Mu Yukun, king of Qin, let go of the important criminal of the court without permission, so he is an accomplice, and he was imprisoned together with Mu Yongning."