Royal business

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Under Su Maozhi's frightened eyes, Mu Tiezhen slowly approached Fan Youye.

Fan Youye smiled, "Congratulations, Second Prince!"

Mu Tiezhen turned his face away, "How dare you say that!"

"There is nothing to say about this. If you take the first step, even if you lose, you won't lose too badly."

Mu Tiezhen gritted his teeth, "That's true! Thank you, Young Master Fan, for your help."

"Needless to say thank you, as both partners, You Ye should do these things."

Mu Tiezhen became angry.

Originally, the caravan led by Fan Youye only needed to settle in the country of Yan, but because of the appearance of a Mu Tiezhen in the middle, the final destination of the caravan was set at the capital of the country, 'Changle'.

As the imperial city, Changle is one of the most prosperous cities in Yan Kingdom. It is beneficial to the foothold and development of the caravan. Otherwise, Fan Youye would not have agreed to stay here, but Changle has been in a slump recently. In the atmosphere, whether it is court or folk.

The old emperor has been in a coma for nearly half a month, and may die at any time, but the last wish has not been fulfilled.

This is nothing at all, there are talents from generation to generation, one will come out and another will come out, the official is just a new master, what should be done is still what to do, the people still pay taxes every year, and the official It is still an official, and the people are still the people.

But when one day, a fork suddenly appeared in what they thought was the strongest imperial power, and ripples began to appear in the stagnant court, they were either pleasantly surprised or frightened.In any case, it will not be depressed, but flustered.

Before the old emperor fell into a coma, he sent a large number of people to search for the whereabouts of the second prince Mu Tiezhen, but so far there is no news.The current ruling king is the eldest prince Mu Tiefeng. The emperor's order is to find the second son, and the order of the eldest prince is to eliminate all possible appearances of the second prince. The two forces of the court, one bright and one dark, began to attack each other.

Mu Tiezhen hadn't appeared in the caravan for a while, Fan Youye turned a blind eye to it, he didn't speak, and other people in the caravan automatically kept silent, some things were slowly changing in the dark.

This day Zheng Yuan found Fan Youye, and Fan Youye looked at him, "Old Zheng, do you want to talk to me about iron needles?"

Zheng Yuan shook his head, "You are a smart kid, and you have your own ideas."

Fan Youye smiled, "I know, I'm not alone."

Zheng Yuan shook his head and walked away without saying anything, there are some things needless to say, a reminder is enough.

The entire Changle still maintained a superficial calm, and finally on a certain day, the mighty general Miao Qi stood up and said to all the civil and military officials: "God bless my country, let me find the second prince, and His Majesty the emperor will get his wish!" The sound was deafening.

Afterwards, Mu Tiezhen walked up in a pale yellow robe, bowed to the eldest prince who was beside the dragon chair, "Brother elder emperor."

The second prince Mu Tiezhen blatantly appeared in the court. The news spread in Changle City within a day. Afterwards, because Mu Tiezhen lived in the palace before his disappearance, he still has no mansion when he comes back. Also lived in the palace.

Miraculously, after the appearance of the second prince, the old emperor woke up again, holding his younger son's hand and trembling his lips to tell the distant family affection, his body also began to show signs of improvement, and he could get out of bed and walk around after three days.

As a result, the rumor that the second prince was the reincarnation of a lucky star once again swept across the country, and at the same time, Mu Tiezhen's popularity began to rise sharply.

Of course, some people are happy, some people are not happy, no matter what it is, they are all thinking about such a question at this time: the next emperor candidate will no longer be the only one.

And according to the emperor's wishes, the second prince's favor is no less than that of the past.

The most irritable person at the moment is the eldest prince Mu Tiefeng. Since Mu Tiefeng came back that morning, he has been fidgeting. Of course he knows what the appearance of Mu Tiezhen means, so he will take every precaution, but he still did not expect it. There will be this play!

Yeah, if Mu Tiezhen was going to come back, how could it be a big fanfare?Darkening Chen Cang has always been his forte. It was like this when it disappeared three years ago, and it was like this when it appeared three years later!He, Mu Tiefeng, fell into the same pit twice, how could he not be annoyed!

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he flicked his long sleeves, and the teacup on the table fell to the ground.Some of the light green tea stains swept down to his sleeves. Mu Tiefeng sniffed it close to his nose, and there was still a faint fragrance of tea.

Mu Tiezhen was absent-minded for a moment, as if thinking of something, he called out to the door, "Come here!"

The servant boy who came out in response knelt down on the ground, "Master."

"Go and find out who are in the limelight recently in Changle, and report back quickly. Especially... Li people."

"Yes."

Mu Tiefeng narrowed his eyes slightly.He remembered that Mu Tiezhen said in the court that day that he had been living in Li Kingdom for three years and had only recently returned...

Tea is a rare thing in Yan Country, but this time it appeared in such a large quantity, it really aroused the curiosity of many people, and merchants with more clever minds began to buy tea, and the price of tea suddenly skyrocketed.

But the tree is so big, one morning, the first prince's army surrounded all the post stations where the caravan from Liguo was located, and the most important one was the place where Fan Youye was. , There is no such person in the legend at all.

The eldest prince went berserk, "You bunch of idiots can't even catch these people! I really don't know what you are for!"

Someone came out from behind and bowed forward, "Someone told them that they left this morning, they shouldn't have gone too far, do you want to chase them?"

"It's useless to chase! Tell the people below to strictly control the gates and prohibit people from Li country from entering and leaving freely." His eyes turned cold, "Since you have gone out, don't come in again!"

Before the words were finished here, someone from the palace came to communicate, saying that the emperor was critically ill and wanted the eldest prince to enter the palace as soon as possible.

Mu Tiefeng threw the sword in his hand to the ground, "Everyone retreat!"

Mu Tiefeng frowned all the way. He had an ominous premonition, but his rationality refused him to continue thinking about it. The emperor's condition was always under his control. It will not continue to deteriorate, and this state will last for a while.

It is also because of this that he can safely look for the forces behind Mu Tiezhen. He absolutely does not believe that a prince who has been wandering for three years can enter the court as soon as he comes back. The timing is so accurate, so he will start to check The recent appearance of Changle is unusual, but it is only hard to find out, and let people escape first.

But this also shows one thing, his original direction is right, although the speed is slow, this is also a huge blow to Mu Tiezhen, as long as his backing is gone, he is alone, or in the court There are still a few officials who are facing him, and they will be vulnerable at that time.

But the fact that the emperor was critically ill was beyond his expectation...

Mu Tiefeng has lost the opportunity, and he knows it himself, but he still has a chance to fight for it. After so many years of hard work, it is impossible to just lose like this. Even if the development of things at this stage is different from what he thought, he I will also try my best to overthrow all the things that don't meet my wishes in the future.

But he underestimated Mu Tiezhen, he had predicted what would happen today thousands of times, the first prince entering the palace was tantamount to throwing himself into a trap.

If you want to seize the opportunity, it is also on the premise that I give you the opportunity.

When the eldest prince rushed to the palace, he just heard the low echo of the thousand-year-old clock on the bell tower, and the emperor had already passed away.

He rushed in like a lost soul, and there were three thousand elites waiting there besides Mu Tiezhen.Eunuch Li, who has served the emperor all the year round, saw that everyone had arrived, so he opened Minghuang's will and began to read it word by word...

The second prince, Mu Tiezhen, succeeded to the throne.

Mu Tiefeng looked at the man in front of him in disbelief, his eyes were red, "Why?"

Mu Tiezhen seemed to have not recovered from the emotion of the emperor's death, and there were still tears in his eyes, but his words were piercingly cold, "Brother, winners and losers have been like this since ancient times."

The process is not important, the result speaks for itself.

"If you want to blame, blame you for not being ruthless or fast enough."

That night, the news of the emperor's death was announced to the world, and at the same time there was another thing: the eldest prince Mu Tiefeng was put under house arrest in the mansion in the name of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country.Another order Mu Tiezhen immediately issued was: close the imperial city.

The officials didn't know what the new emperor's intentions were, so they could only tentatively ask for instructions on the next move.

Mu Tiezhen just said, "Father died, and the city will be locked for a day. No noise is strictly prohibited."

In just a few days, the entire Yan Kingdom was turned upside down.

However, after the city was locked, not only the officials of the Yan Kingdom were dumbfounded, but also the envoys sent by the royal family of the Li Kingdom who were locked outside the city gate.

Where did Fan Youye go?Naturally, they left Changle, but a group of people did not go east immediately, but found a fairly secluded inn near the gate of Changle City to stay, and planned to leave early the next morning.

"Master, do you think Tie Zhen will send someone to find us?" Su Maozhi asked in a low voice, looking at the thin figure trapped in the setting sun.

He couldn't tell what it was like to the person in front of him. They left the station quickly before the eldest prince searched the station, and they happened to catch up with the last call out of the city one second before the city was locked. If Fan Youye and him now If you say you can pinch and count, Te will consider believing it.But this person is still shackles in many places.

"I don't know, I don't know much about iron needles.