Chapter 576 Misunderstanding between the late emperor and Mu Jingyan
"Xiao Junze!" Chaoyang gritted his teeth and slapped the back of Xiao Junze's hand. "If you do anything again, Your Majesty will just sleep by himself from now on!"
Xiao Junze immediately sat down honestly, with a flattering look on his face. "Chao'er, you can't bear to see me alone in this long night."
"I can't bear it." Chaoyang rolled his eyes and suddenly felt that Xiao Junze would be fine sleeping alone.
"Chao'er, I promised to take Aya and Amu out of the palace for hunting today. They are both children, and they will be exhausted if they are kept in the palace." Xiao Junze was seeking Chaoyang's opinion.
Chaoyang thought for a moment and realized that... Aya could not be trapped in the palace all the time.
"It's going to be very cold tomorrow. If you want to eat dumplings when you go out of the city, why don't you go to Dongyuan to open a small kitchen?" Chaoyang agreed, and he happily wanted to make dumplings with Xiao Junze.
Xiao Junze nodded with a rich smile. "You go first, and I will come over after I finish handling these memorials."
Chaoyang rubbed Xiao Junze's cheek distressedly. Being an emperor is not an easy job.
When you are busy, even sleeping is a luxury. "Thank you for your hard work."
"Kissing you won't be hard at all." Xiao Junze pressed forward and pressed his nose to his face.
Chaoyang rolled his eyes at Xiao Junze, turned around and left.
"Chao'er..." Xiao Junze felt aggrieved and was extremely good at picking on Chaoyang's weaknesses.
Chaoyang had no choice but to hold Xiao Junze's cheek and press a kiss on his forehead.
"Don't want the forehead, want it here." Xiao Junze pointed to his lips.
Chaoyang raised his hand to hit someone, but Xiao Junze dodged it with quick eyes and hands. He quickly got up and trapped Chaoyang on the table with great pressure. "What's the punishment for beating your husband?"
"I'll punish you by being banned from the cold palace." Chaoyang raised his eyebrows, stabbing Xiao Junze in the heart with a knife.
Xiao Junze immediately gave up and stood up straight, looking obedient and sensible. "I suddenly remembered that there are still state affairs that have not been dealt with. Chao'er should hurry up and get busy."
I made too many mistakes in the past, and now I am always being picked on...
Chaoyang smiled and said, "How good is the lotus root stuffing?"
Xiao Junze wanted to say it was not good, but Chaoyang would not give him a chance at all.
He recently felt bloated when he heard the word "lotus root"...
Since Mu Jingyan learned how to make lotus root starch, he had people deliver it to the palace every three days. However, Chaoyang liked it very much and used it for three meals a day like a baby. He could only drink various lotus root starches.
It's really a headache.
We have to think of a way to make General Mu Jingyan learn something else.
"Your Majesty, the Minister of the Ministry of War wishes to see you."
Xiao Junze looked at the folder in his hand and frowned slightly. "Let him come in."
"Your Majesty, I have something to report." Cai Zhuo, Minister of the Ministry of War, was a confidant of the late emperor and one of the few people who did not associate with Shen Qingzhou.
For Xiao Junze, Cai Zhuo is trustworthy, but not entirely trustworthy.
"Aiqing is so anxious to enter the palace, but there is something important?" Xiao Junze stood up and helped the person up.
Cai Zhuo was flattered and quickly bowed respectfully. "Your Majesty, I follow the order of the late emperor..."
Cai Zhuo hesitated to speak and handed the evidence to Xiao Junze. "Although General Mu Jingyan worked hard and achieved great achievements, the reason why the late emperor was afraid of him was because he had an army of 200,000 and wanted to rebel..."
Xiao Junze's face instantly darkened, and he spoke with cold eyes, "Aiqing, I'd better think carefully before speaking."
Cai Zhuo knelt on the ground in panic. "I know that Your Majesty trusts the Mu family and Mu Jingyan, but there are some things I have to say even at the risk of beheading!"
Back then, when Mu Jingyan became a god as a young boy, he was the sharpest blade in Fengtian.
With Mu Jingyan's presence, he frightened foreign countries, expelled the Tartars, and his reputation spread far and wide. No country dared to provoke Fengtian easily, and even Dayu had to bow to Fengtian.
But the words "high meritorious deeds and master" are never groundless. Mu Jingyan's Mu family's pro-army is getting stronger and stronger, directly threatening the imperial power.
"Does Your Majesty know about the Battle of Huaihe River that year?" Cai Zhuo asked cautiously and looked around. "In the Battle of Huaihe River, the 30,000-strong army led by Deputy General Mu Jingyan Mu Di was attacked by barbarians. There were spies in the army. Later,
With no support at their backs, 30,000 people were actually killed by 3,000 barbarian troops, and died tragically in Huaihe, becoming the first tragedy in Fengtian that year."
"There is an inside story about what happened back then." Cai Zhuo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
Xiao Junze subconsciously clenched his hands. He naturally knew about the Huaihe massacre that year.
Thirty thousand elite soldiers of the Mu family died tragically. Mu Di, who was almost raised by Mu Jingyan, died tragically in Huaihe when he first entered the battlefield.
I heard that someone in the army was poisoned, and the 30,000-strong army had no power to fight back in front of the barbarians.
"General Mu has always been grudged against the late emperor about that incident. Mu Jingyan's close accomplice Qi Shaocheng even held a grudge against the late emperor and encouraged Mu Jingyan to rebel many times."
Xiao Junze suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Cai Zhuo's collar. "I only want to ask you one thing. Does the Huaihe River Massacre that year have anything to do with the late emperor..."
Xiao Junze knew that the gap between Shen Qingzhou, Mu Jingyan and the late emperor started from the Battle of Huaihe River.
Mu Jingyan had always been suspicious of the late emperor.
The late emperor was afraid that Mu Jingyan would rebel, so he killed him in advance.
Join forces with Shen Qingzhou to get rid of Mu Jingyan.
Later, Mu Jingyan eloped with Baili and died at the border post.
Xiao Junze's voice was trembling. What he was most worried about was the mistake the late emperor committed against the Mu family.
He was also afraid... Mu Jingyan would bury this hatred deep in his heart.
"Your Majesty! I swear on my life that the Huaihe River Massacre has nothing to do with the late Emperor. However, someone deliberately planned everything and pointed all kinds of clues to the late Emperor. The purpose was to alienate Your Majesty and General Mu Jingyan." Cai Zhuo knelt on the ground, almost using his own
Swear on life.
"His Majesty sent his ministers to secretly investigate the inside story of the tragic death of 30,000 Mu family troops, but they were incompetent... and could not let the late emperor rest in peace." Cai Zhuo knocked his head heavily on the ground.
If there hadn't been a estrangement back then, Mu Jingyan and the late emperor would never have ended up where they are today.
Xiao Junze let go of Cai Zhuo with numb fingers. "Continue to investigate. Even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must find out the truth about that year and give General Mu Jingyan peace of mind."
"Your Majesty, I came to see you today... to let you be careful about Mu Jingyan. Although the incident back then has not been found out, Mu Jingyan and Qi Shaocheng have always believed that it was your Majesty. Qi Shaocheng led the 200,000 Mu family
The army forced Mu Jingyan to rebel. Your Majesty wanted to kill Qi Shaocheng, but Qi Shaocheng escaped. He disappeared for many years and suddenly appeared in Fengtian."
Cai Zhuo wanted to tell Xiao Junze that Qi Shaocheng was back.
"Moreover, he met Mu Jingyan secretly."
Xiao Junze didn't say anything. He didn't want to be too suspicious like the late emperor and suspected Mu Jingyan.
But now... Fengtian's troops and horses are all in Mu Huaicheng's hands.
He had to guard against it.
But he will never be like the late emperor.
"First find out the truth about that year and start with Qi Shaocheng." Xiao Junze rubbed his brows irritably.
The Huaihe Massacre not only killed 30,000 Mu family troops, but Mu Di was particularly important to the Mu family and Mu Jingyan.
The three sons of the Mu family, Mu Jingche is the eldest son, Mu Jingyan is the second son, and Mu Di is an illegitimate son of the Mu family, but he grew up with Mu Jingyan.
Mu Di is also Mu Huaicheng's uncle.
Mu Jingyan was extremely doting on his younger brother. Even in the army, he never let him go into battle to kill the enemy. He almost kept him in the camp until he grew up.
Mu Di's first mission was to lead 30,000 elite troops from the upper reaches of the Huaihe River to escort weapons, food and grass.