Although this son cannot inherit the throne, he is an outstanding person and he, as an old father, is proud of it.
"Thank you for your concern, Father. I am fine now. I will be fine after two days of recuperation. I have been away from home for a long time and I miss you so much that I want to come back as soon as possible."
Although he said he was fine, he still pretended to cough twice. Upon seeing this, the emperor quickly asked Eunuch Li to move a chair for him to sit on. The smile on Mu Gu's lips deepened.
After Mu Gu sat down, the emperor began to ask about the trip to Qizhou.
Mu Gu spoke the truth directly and told everyone what he had seen and heard. He also told how he collected food and built the houses, and also talked about the excitement during the New Year.
During the conversation, the emperor saw that he was thirsty and gave him his own tea to drink.
"It seems that Qizhou has escaped disaster and everything is moving in a positive direction!"
Mu Huan spoke first, looking at his seventh brother with a deep smile in his eyes.
Looking at the smug Mu Gu, Mu Bai's eyes flashed with a fierce light, and he forced a fake smile and said leisurely: "I heard that when the seventh brother came back, all the people in Qizhou City came out of the city to see him off. They were very grateful to the seventh brother and admired him very much."
The originally relaxed atmosphere in the imperial study suddenly became a little solemn because of his words.
Mu Huan frowned and looked at Mu Bo, thinking that this man really had bad intentions. He was either trying to frame him or Lao Qi!
The other ministers were also afraid to speak, and stood with their eyes lowered.
Some people did not care because it was none of their business, while others were already secretly thinking about what they should do if the emperor wanted to use this to embarrass the Seventh Prince.
The smile on the emperor's lips faded a little. He looked deeply at Mu Bo with his cloudy but shrewd eyes, and then stared at Mu Gu.
Although he felt all eyes were focused on him, Mu Gu was not panicked. He and Xiao Ruge had expected this situation and had already thought of countermeasures in the carriage.
So he smiled at Mu Bo, put down the teacup and bowed to the emperor.
"Yes, when I came back, the people of Qizhou did line the streets to see me off, kneeling one after another and shouting "The emperor is so gracious". They all knew that I went there on behalf of the emperor, so they thanked the emperor profusely!"
"Oh? Thank you so much?"
After hearing Mu Gu's words, the coldness in the emperor's eyes gradually faded, but he was very interested in the words "thank you a thousand times". He stroked his beard and returned to his previous charitable appearance.
"Yes, at first, when everyone heard that I was ordered by my father to provide disaster relief, they were so excited that they knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of the capital, shouting "Long live the emperor" while kowtowing. Seeing that scene, I was moved to tears!"
What Mu Gu said was all true, and the people did kowtow to the capital.
If Mu Bo knew that the people saw him off when he came back, then the emperor must know it too. He didn't think that the emperor would not have someone secretly keep an eye on him.
So he didn't lie about these things.
The emperor was very satisfied after hearing this and handed a memorial to Mu Gu.
Mu Gu opened it and took a look, and found that it was actually written by Chang Yunfei. It mainly talked about what happened during the disaster relief period, and also talked about how he led the people in Qizhou to rebuild their homes.
At the end, Chang Yunfei said in the memorial that the Seventh Prince provided disaster relief on behalf of the Emperor, and the people of Qizhou were grateful for the Emperor's grace and were preparing to build a shrine for the Emperor to be worshipped by the people every day.
Of course, he also said in the memorial that this matter should not be started until autumn. After all, Qizhou has not completely escaped from the sea of suffering, but has only eased slightly.
"I didn't expect that Lord Chang's memorial would arrive in the capital before me. It seems that I was delayed. But it is a good thing that the people want to build a longevity temple for my father. This proves that my father is loved by the people!"
"Looking back at the dynasties before, which emperor could get the people to build a longevity temple? Father was the first one, and this is an eternal achievement!"
Having said this, Mu Gu immediately knelt down and looked at the emperor with excitement on his face.
The others immediately knelt down and said in unison: "Your Majesty's blessings are great and will last for ten thousand years!"
Although Mu Bo was unwilling, he had to kneel down with everyone else. While bowing, he tilted his head and glared at Mu Gu fiercely, suppressing the anger in his heart.
The emperor was very pleased to hear this, and with a wave of his hand, he directly appointed Mu Gu as Prince Bao.
No one had expected this, even Mu Bo widened his eyes in shock, and after the shock he became upset and indignant.
He was not granted the title of prince even though he pacified the southwest before. Who would have thought that Mu Gu was granted the title of prince just because he went to provide disaster relief? It's really unfair!
Mu Gu was conferred the title of prince, and within half an hour everyone in and outside the palace knew about it.
Because of Mu Gu, Zhaopin was promoted to the position of concubine and is now also Zhaofei. When Eunuch Li came to read the imperial edict, Zhaopin was stunned.
"Congratulations to the empress, congratulations to the empress!"
Eunuch Li handed the imperial edict to Linglai with a smile, and personally helped Concubine Zhao up.
"The Seventh Prince is now answering a question in the Imperial Study. When he is done, he will come over to meet the Empress. The Emperor has even specially instructed the Imperial Kitchen to prepare the dishes that the Seventh Prince and the Empress like to eat. He said that he will come over to have dinner with the Empress and the Seventh Prince in the evening!"
"Thank you for the reminder, father-in-law!"
What he said just now was Eunuch Li's reminder to Concubine Zhao that since the emperor was coming in the evening, she should prepare well, at least dress up, so that it would be better for the emperor to stay overnight.
But Concubine Zhao had already given up on the emperor, but her face still showed excitement and gratitude.
After Bi Yan stuffed a bulging purse into Eunuch Li's pocket and sent him away, Concubine Zhao looked at the palace skirt that was sent to her, with a dazed look on her face.
Mu Gu had just returned today, and the emperor had conferred him the title of king and promoted his own position. It seemed that he had made preparations in advance, otherwise the palace skirt for the concubine would not have been delivered so quickly. It must have been prepared in advance.
As the imperial edict was announced to the six palaces, all the expenses and supplies that a concubine deserved were sent to the Zhaoyang Palace like water.
The chief eunuch of the Inner Palace Bureau even specially selected a group of clever palace maids and sent them over. Thinking of his previous neglect of Zhaoyang Palace, Wang Desheng wanted to slap himself a few times.
Who could have thought that Concubine Zhao would be able to rise to prominence by relying on her son?
"Your Majesty, do you like these? If there is anything that is not satisfactory, please tell me and I will rearrange it for you!"
The Inner Palace Bureau is an important place, and Wang Desheng is closely related to the Queen, so everyone in the palace has to give him some face when they see him.
Before, because of Concubine Zhao's status, not to mention the concubines, even the Queen didn't like her, so Wang Desheng didn't pay much attention to her, even when Concubine Zhao gave birth to Mu Gu.
The rations in Zhaoyang Palace were often short, and he was really afraid that Concubine Zhao would settle the score with him later and make things difficult for him.
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