When Xie Jun, the crown prince of Prince Mu, and his concubine walked into the flower hall, they paused slightly for the solemn and strange atmosphere in the flower hall.
Soon he regained his calm expression, and the couple greeted King Mu, who was sitting on the main seat with red eyes and panting heavily, and Princess Mu, who was sitting in the corner looking like a frustrated daughter-in-law.
Every time Xie Yan came back, his father would be in a bad mood. This time he was just extremely angry, it was nothing serious.
Compared with other people in Prince Mu's palace, Prince Mu actually likes his third brother coming back. It's not because he likes his half-brother so much. He just feels that seeing his father and Xie Heng's family unhappy makes him feel good.
Just pleasure.
"Third brother, eldest brother."
Xie Jun greeted his two brothers again, but his eyes fell on Xie Heng's left leg with some surprise.
It was such an obvious injury that he couldn't see it unless he was blind.
It's just that Xie Jun doesn't quite understand. Xie Heng usually has a headache and a fever and wants to call most of the doctors in Shangyong. Why is he still motionless when he is so injured today?
Not only did he not move, but so did King Mu's side concubine, who always loved his son dearly, and his sister-in-law?
Moreover, looking at the family's mournful appearance, if King Mu was not still sitting on the throne, he would have thought that the old man was dead.
Xie Jun looked around at the crowd, then looked at Xie Yan and said, "Third brother, you asked someone to call me over, but what's the matter?"
Xie Yan nodded slightly and said, "Second brother, please sit down."
Xie Yan and the Crown Princess walked to the side and sat down. The people sent by Xie Yan did not tell them what happened, but looking at the expressions of everyone in the room except Xie Yan, they knew that it was probably not a trivial matter.
Xie Yan took a sip of the tea that the maid had just brought and said, "My father is old and should have lived in peace for a long time. It is not appropriate to work so hard anymore."
Xie Jun is a little confused and tired?
The father does not have any real power like Uncle Ning. Every day he is either drinking wine and admiring flowers, listening to music and playing with birds, or playing with his beautiful concubines. How can he be tired?
Oh, it’s quite tiring to help Dafang calculate the title of Prince Chu’s Mansion and the title of Prince Mu’s Mansion all day long.
Xie Jun nodded, "What does third brother mean?"
Xie Yan said: "I have ordered the clan to prepare, and the title will be inherited by my second brother."
Xie Yan was shocked. No matter how much he wanted to watch the excitement, he never thought that Xie Yan came to him for this matter.
He quickly thought about the matter in his mind. Succession of the title of Dasheng generally takes the form of demotion. Without great merit or the love of the superior, it is impossible to inherit the title without demotion.
Therefore, once he seizes the title, Prince Mu's Mansion will become the Prince's Mansion.
It does sound less glamorous than the Prince's Mansion, but the existence of his heir apparent is entirely due to the imperial edict of Emperor Gaozu. If King Mu had been allowed to choose by himself, he would probably pass the title to Xie Heng without hesitation.
Even though they have stuffed Xie Chengyou into Prince Chu's Palace these years, they still haven't stopped thinking about the position of the heir apparent in Prince Mu's Palace. Whether he can successfully inherit the title is still unknown.
Now that he can seize the title in advance, he naturally has nothing to be dissatisfied about.
only……
Xie Yan looked at Xie Yan, "Third brother, my father is now..." King Mu is still alive, and he is not lying in bed unable to get up. This was obviously done by the third brother forcibly, and there will probably be a lot of criticism from people outside.
Xie Yan said calmly: "I am also doing this for my father's good."
Xie Jun looked at King Mu who was sitting on the main seat, his eyes were red but his face was as green as a ghost, and he was speechless.
It seemed that his father could not defeat his third brother after all.
So Xie Jun also nodded and said: "In this case, I will listen to the third brother. Don't worry, third brother, I will serve my father and mother with all my heart, and I will not let them suffer any injustice."
Xie Yan nodded slightly, "I can certainly trust my second brother's words."
The Crown Princess Mu next to her did not expect that she would be overjoyed from the sky, and she quickly expressed her stance: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, the Crown Prince and I will do our best to support our mother and concubine throughout her life."
Although she is the imperial concubine, it is said that the imperial concubine should be in charge of the inner courtyard of King Mu if the princess does not do anything. However, in recent years, the power of the inner courtyard has always been in the hands of the side concubines. Even the eldest young lady, Han, is more powerful than her, the imperial concubine.
The scenery of the house.
Except for some specific times when she, the crown prince, was needed to step in, King Mu's concubine and the Han family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law tightly held the power in the palace.
Not to mention being demoted one level to the title of Duke, even if she was demoted three times in a row and became a marquis, the Crown Princess would still be willing to do so.
"Thank you, second sister-in-law." Xie Yan said.
The important events related to the inheritance of the title of Prince Mu seemed to be agreed upon by the three people in these understatement words.
Xie Heng's family, who had already been punished by Xie Yan, had no power to jump up and down. Even though their faces were full of sadness, anger and resentment, they never dared to say another word.
As for Xie Chengyou, he stood aside in despair, not knowing what he was thinking.
Xie Yan glanced at Xie Chengyou and said, "One more thing, please help me, second brother."
Xie Jun followed his gaze and understood instantly.
"Xie Chengyou will still return to his eldest brother's knees to fulfill his filial piety from now on. I'm afraid the Mu'an Palace will have to support one more person." Xie Yan said.
Xie Jun didn't ask the reason and said with a smile: "What's the point? It's just a few more people. Xuan Yu is also the grandson of his father, my nephew, so he should be like this."
When his father forced Xie Yan to adopt Xie Chengyou, he thought it was ridiculous, allowing a son who was in his prime, healthy and unmarried to adopt Xie Chengyou? Did Xie Chengyou's parents and relatives die?
But Xie Yan himself didn't object strongly, so he would naturally not be troublesome.
How can one get such a cheap title so easily?
Back then, Xie Chengyou jumped up and down to stand out from the eldest brothers and become the Prince of Chu's son. Now that he is thrown back by Xie Yan, he is in an embarrassing situation.
After the matter was finished, Xie Yan had no intention of staying for a long time. He stood up and said, "If there is nothing to do, I will take the first step. The imperial edict from Xi Jue will arrive at Prince Mu's Mansion in the afternoon. Second brother, please prepare it."
Xie Jun quickly stood up and said goodbye, "Thank you, third brother."
Xie Yan glanced at everyone in the flower hall, turned around and walked out without saying anything more.
As soon as he stepped out of the door, an exclamation came from inside, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?!"
"Oops, the prince fainted!"
"Father!"
The flower hall behind was in a mess. Xie Yan raised his head and glanced at the bright sky, then strolled outside.
Princess Taihua and her entourage were sent out by the Luo family personally and went to the palace with great joy.
This news also flew to every corner of Shangyong Imperial City as if it had wings.
People who had been waiting for the news had mixed feelings in their hearts when they heard the news.
Some people shook their heads and sighed, some were inexplicably regretful, some were worried, and of course some were extremely happy.
But no matter what outsiders think, everyone knows in their hearts that no one can shake the marriage between the Luo family and the Chu Palace.
After seeing off Princess Taihua and her entourage and returning to the mansion, Luo Yun couldn't help but blush a little when he looked at his well-behaved and beautiful daughter, "Shao Yao will soon become someone else's family."
He, a general who has been on the battlefield for decades, was so rude that others were too embarrassed to say anything.
Su simply turned her head and pretended she didn't see anything. Luo Jinxing also coughed lightly and looked left and right but not at his father.
Luo Jinyan, the only one who was calm and composed as usual, smiled and said: "We have just proposed marriage, and it will take time to prepare for the wedding. Even if it is soon, it will be spring next year. However, we should still prepare for the wedding and dowry."
After hearing this, Mrs. Su breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "The dowry has been prepared over the years, but it does take some time to take care of it. And since Yaoyao is going to be a princess, there are still many things that need to be learned.
, when you don’t go to school in the future, just follow me and learn to be a housekeeper.”
She didn't want to see a man as big as General Luo become jealous and shed tears.
I'm getting goosebumps all over my body.
Luo Junyao couldn't help but want to wail, the housekeeper and so on...sounded very troublesome.
Seeing her expression, Su knew what she was thinking and said, "Don't even think about running away. If you had followed your elder sister obediently and learned from her, how could you be so hasty now?"
Luo Junyao blinked, "It's not like I haven't learned anything at all."
Mrs. Su nodded and smiled: "Indeed, I helped your eldest sister take care of the dowry, and I learned a little bit."
Su Shi knew in her heart that this child was actually very smart and could learn everything quickly, but he was a little lazy about things he didn't like.
Luo Yun hesitated and said: "How about... if you don't like it, when we go back to dowry, we can send a few more people who can take care of the house?"
Su Shi silently rolled her eyes in her heart, raised her hand and rubbed her eyebrows and said, "General, don't worry about this matter. If you have time, let's see what dowry we want to add to Jun Yao."
Luo Yun saw the disgust in his wife's eyes and the disapproval in his eldest son's eyes, and could only sigh, "Okay, I'll go look through the warehouse and see if there's any good stuff."
Luo Jinxing volunteered: "Dad, I'm going too!"
It seems that these are the only things that the father and son can do. Those complicated and trivial things should be left to smart people.
