Gonggong Mu also frowned, but he looked at Xue Mi's gaze in surprise. In his opinion, the emperor just took the school Xue Mi, just to comfort the queen, in the harem, the power struggle is more fierce than that of the foreign dynasty, the Queen Mother Pan family, almost controlled Shangshutai, and the queen Xue family, only one Xue Mi barely grasped a little power, which is bound to cause the queen's dissatisfaction, but the Xue family does not have any talents, this Xue Mi also has a reputation for being a gentleman, the emperor will mention him to the middle book supervisor, it is already an exceptional promotion.

Unexpectedly, Xue Mi gave an amazing answer in the emperor's examination, and Gonggong Mu was sure that this answer would definitely arouse the emperor's interest.

But the emperor didn't say anything, just nodded at Xue Yu: "Well, I will consider it, you go down first, draft the edict, and send it immediately." ”

Xue Yu bowed down and agreed, and turned to come out, he was a little apprehensive in his heart, and he didn't know what the emperor was thinking.

"What do you think?" the Emperor asked.

At this moment, there is only one person in the hall, so naturally he is not asking others, and after a little thought, Mu Gonggong replied: "The old slave doesn't understand this, and he doesn't dare to speculate in vain. ”

The emperor didn't make a sound, he looked blankly outside the palace, the autumn colors in the palace were all over again, the grass and trees were withering, and he once again felt that there were too few people available around him, the people of Shangshutai, could they be counted on?

After a long time, the emperor sighed heavily: "I want to recruit the King of Qin into Beijing and enter Shangshutai, Gonggong Mu, what do you think?" As soon as he finished speaking, the emperor added: "Before my father died, he once said to me, Gonggong Mu, you are brave for the country, you are a loyal minister of the country, I want me to believe in you, use you, you don't have any scruples, just say it directly." ”

Father-in-law Mu couldn't help but moisten his eyes, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, kowtowed: "The first emperor treats the old slave for his kindness, the old slave is hard to repay, the old slave, the old slave," Father-in-law Mu was in tears, choked up, the emperor sighed and turned around and helped him up: "Father calls you Xiaomuzi, you are older than my age, I naturally can't call it that, in the future, I will call you Lao Mu." ”

"The old slave doesn't dare! I hope Your Majesty will not. Father-in-law Mu was shocked and hurriedly kowtowed: "Your Majesty's grace, the old slave knows very well, but the courtesy of humility cannot be messed up, and the old slave dare not bear it!"

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, and said warmly: "Get up, Gonggong Mu, what do you think about letting King Qin enter Shangshutai?"

Gonggong Mu shook his head very resolutely: "Absolutely not, Your Majesty, the clan has a lot of trouble after entering Shangshutai, King Qi is a lesson from the past, Your Majesty has no heirs now, King Qin is in the prime of life, once he enters Shangshutai, I am afraid that there will be a brother and a brother in the future." ”

The emperor's expression changed, last year Concubine Shu was pregnant, and they thought it was a son, but in the end Concubine Shu gave birth to a princess, which made him and the Queen Mother very disappointed.

Mu Gonggong added: "From the perspective of the old slave, the King of Qin has great ambitions, and His Majesty not only cannot let him enter Shangshutai, but on the contrary, he must find an opportunity to transfer him from Yongzhou. ”

The emperor was stunned, the king of Qin gave him a good feeling, and always insisted on supporting him in the dispute between brother and brother, governing the two states of Yongliang, and doing his best, the first emperor talked about him, and he was full of praise, and at the time of parting, he also told him that there were two important candidates to contain the king of Qi, one was Qiuyun in the center, and the other was the king of Qin in Yongzhou.

If the King of Qi is not dead, it is nothing for the King of Qin to continue to stay in Yongzhou, but now that the King of Qi is dead, it makes no sense for the King of Qin to continue to stay in Yongzhou.

"Why? Did the internal guards find something?" the emperor looked at Gonggong Mu suspiciously.

Gonggong Mu shook his head: "If there is evidence, the old slave's suggestion is not this, Your Majesty, the first emperor once said that even if you use it for the clan, you must also guard against it." ”

The emperor stared at Mu Gonggong, as if to see his true intentions, Mu Gonggong looked calm, the emperor sighed in his heart, waved him down, Mu Gonggong turned away, and then carefully closed the door of the palace, and the emperor was left alone in the entire hall.

"Alone!" the emperor lamented in his heart, no wonder his father always said that he was alone, but now he finally experienced that he was alone when he sat in this position, and no one could fully believe it.

Huang Gonggong saw that Mu Gonggong came out, and hurriedly greeted him, wanting to help Mu Gonggong, but Mu Gonggong waved his hand and told him in a low voice to pay attention to the movement inside, Huang Gonggong nodded clearly.

"I've wronged you today. Father-in-law Mu comforted him casually, but Father-in-law Huang smiled: "What the master said there, the disciple is not a kid who has just entered the palace, and he can be wronged there." ”

"Well, it's good to understand," Gonggong Mu nodded, looked back at the closed door of the hall and sighed softly, opened his mouth slightly, and finally didn't say anything.

Although the emperor didn't say anything, Gonggong Mu knew what to do, he didn't stop outside the palace, and went straight to the center of the internal guard, and Gonggong Lin was still in the house as usual, processing the materials collected from all over the house.

Seeing Father-in-law Mu coming in, Father-in-law Lin hurriedly stood up and respectfully called the master, Father-in-law Mu sat down on the chair on the side, and the little eunuch brought tea, Father-in-law Mu took the tea and blew it gently, and then said: "In the future, all the expenses of the inner bathroom will be reduced, and the tea can only be used ordinary, and it is not allowed to exceed one or two silvers." ”

"Yes, Ancestor, why is this?" Father-in-law Lin was a little puzzled, and looked at Father-in-law Mu in confusion,

"The emperor just ordered that his tea should not exceed two taels of silver. Father-in-law Mu said coldly, Father-in-law Lin was silent for a moment, and then shook his head with a wry smile.

"Give the things that Chen Guo found to Peng Zhu," Mu Gonggong gave the second order, Lin Gonggong was stunned again, and then bowed his head and agreed, this thing has been in his hands for a while, but he has not handed it over, and today Mu Gonggong ordered it to be handed over to Peng Zhu as soon as he came in, which made Lin Gonggong a little puzzled.

Father-in-law Mu glanced at him and shook his head slightly, this Father-in-law Lin prides himself on being smart, but unfortunately he still hasn't figured it out, and he doesn't explain, let him think about it slowly, in the future, this place will still be handed over to him, and it will be good for him to figure it out.

After giving these two orders, Father-in-law Mu didn't speak anymore, leaned back in the chair, Father-in-law Lin stepped forward cautiously and asked in a low voice: "Ancestor, is it Chen Guo's business?" ”

"Alas," Father-in-law Mu sighed softly, and Gonggong Lin took the teacup from his hand and put it on the table: "That Pengzhu is a stunned young man, and the emperor will use this person, sooner or later he will have bad things." ”

"Don't talk nonsense," Father-in-law Mu interrupted him: "The emperor has no one around now, who doesn't need Pengzhu?"

Gonggong Lin sighed and didn't say anything more, Gonggong Mu took another sips of tea, closed his eyes and thought about it and asked, "How is Chang Meng's matter investigated?"

"No result," Gonggong Lin said and stood up, walked to his case, picked up a report and walked over, and handed it to Gonggong Mu: "This is the report handed in by the Pengcheng team, they searched all around Pengcheng, and did not find Chang Meng's body, in addition, Luoma Water Village and Fengyulou also sent people to investigate, well, it is a little strange that there are other people who are also investigating, this group of people is very mysterious and of unknown origin." ”

When Father-in-law Lin said that there were other people checking, Father-in-law Mu's expression suddenly became serious, his eyes widened and he looked at him wide-eyed, reached out and took the report from Father-in-law Lin's hand, and looked at it carefully.

The report is very detailed, from the night when Chang Meng noticed that someone sneaked up and chased out, it never appeared again, the internal guard followed this clue, until the shore of the lake, and then expanded to both sides, and found no trace of the fight, and then, the internal guard secretly investigated the people who had been to Pengcheng during that time, and listed these characters in the report.

In terms of cultivation, these people are not Chang Meng's opponents, and it is even more difficult to take Chang Meng without showing a trace, so we judge that either the people in the Cao Gang secretly made a move, or the people of the King of Qi secretly made a move, and they did not leave traces in Pengcheng. ”

"Confused!" Father-in-law Mu threw the report on the table and scolded coldly.

Gonggong Lin also sighed: "Yes, the little one has already gone to the text to reprimand." ”

"King Qi died of illness, the prince has just taken over the throne, so he has the heart to take care of Pengcheng's affairs; Fang Zhen was entangled by the Jiangnan Society, he was afraid of angering Luoma Shuizhai to go south, how could he deal with Chang Meng at this time, provoking Luoma Shuizhai would not do him any good at all. Father-in-law Mu angrily reprimanded, and coldly ordered: "All the Pengcheng team will be fined for one month, tell them to investigate again!"

Gonggong Lin was a little surprised when he heard this: "Ancestor, this is often just a reckless manpower, we are now short of manpower, if we invest too much strength in Pengcheng, the strength of Yanzhou and Qi will be insufficient." ”

Mu Gonggong's expression was grim, the war between Fengyulou Luoma Shuizhai and the Cao Gang had been going smoothly, but when the war had come to an end, at the closing stage, such a thing suddenly appeared, which caused Mu Gonggong's worry.

"Alas!" Gonggong Lin sighed: "This year's expenses have been cut again, old ancestor, it will be even more difficult for us to maintain it if we continue like this." ”

The huge internal guard needs huge financial support, but in recent years, due to the emptiness of the imperial treasury, the internal security fund has been reduced again and again, and after the emperor ascended the throne, the internal security fund was reduced again, which made it more difficult for Gonggong Lin, who was already struggling to maintain.

Gonggong Mu didn't answer, the imperial treasury was empty, and there was no way to cut the funds, but the internal guard was the emperor's eyes, and without the internal guard, the emperor was equal to being blind in one eye.

"The emperor has the emperor's statutes," Mu Gonggong sighed, then his tone changed, and he said sharply: "Chang Meng has a martial artist who is a high-grade cultivator, even if the grandmaster is a low-grade person, it is difficult to clean him up silently, unless it is a grandmaster or a person from the hidden immortal sect." ”

When Gonggong Mu mentioned the Hidden Immortal Gate, Gonggong Lin's face changed sharply, obviously he understood the complicated relationship between the imperial court and the Hidden Immortal Gate.

"Hidden Immortal Gate?" Lin Gonggong muttered, and then said suspiciously: "There is a new person in the Hidden Immortal Gate? ”

"It's hard to say," Father-in-law Mu was obviously not sure: "These things are old monsters who have become elites, who knows what their idea is, but no matter what, we can't take it lightly, and we must take strict precautions against them." ”

Both Mu and Lin had read the records in the palace's secret files, which recorded the battle between the secular court and the hidden immortal sect for thousands of years, and the blood and tragedy in it shocked them, the readers.