After arguing for a long time, if the group of people were not wearing official uniforms, one would have thought they were in a vegetable market.
At this moment, Prime Minister Wen looked at the chaotic scene in front of him and thought to himself that something was wrong.
Now the Mu family was raising war horses in the imperial city. In his opinion, this was an indefensible capital crime, so he mobilized all the ministers around him.
But after all this clamoring, Mu Lan alone blew out all the chess pieces he had buried.
However, the eldest prince, who was very close to the Mu family, said nothing at this moment.
Mu Chan also did not move. Prime Minister Wen felt something was wrong. He looked up and saw the emperor looking at him with a half-smile on his face.
“Oh no!”
Prime Minister Wen hurriedly lowered his head, his heart beating like a drum. Why was the emperor looking at him like that?
What went wrong?
"Stop arguing!"
After Prime Minister Wen was worried for a while, the emperor finally spoke.
"I now understand the Mu family's breeding of war horses. I have specially dispatched Prince Jing to investigate this matter. During this period, the Mu family will no longer need to attend court. When you have time, please visit the palace more often. The little princess has reached the day of the year of exorcism."
After saying this, the emperor waved his hand and ordered the court to leave.
All the civil and military officials in the court widened their eyes, and two words popped up above their heads in unison.
"That's it?"
Mu Lan was frightened, and after coming out, he held on to his second brother tightly.
"Mu Chan, what's wrong with the emperor? I've raised so many war horses, why hasn't he reacted at all? Isn't this going to settle scores with us later? Is this the calm before the storm?"
Mu Lan was almost scared to death. When she returned home, she couldn't help but pull her father to cry.
"Dad, I'm done for now. I never thought of keeping those war horses. I've been looking for buyers for them all this time, and even thought about sending them to the military camp. I didn't want to keep them for myself, but now I've been framed. What should I do?"
General Mu was happily preparing for the New Year's Eve celebration for his little granddaughter.
Such a grown-up son, who is a well-known major general outside, has become a crybaby at home. It makes me upset no matter how I look at him.
"Get out of my way. Didn't you see I'm preparing something to ward off evil spirits for your niece?"
In Yaoguang Country, the exorcism ceremony is a major event after a child is born. It is used to bless the child with a safe life without illness or disaster.
But if you say it is a big deal, it seems that there is no need to prepare too much. It is just a family reunion, giving gifts to children, and suppressing the children's fate.
When Mu Lan thought of this, she stopped crying.
"Oh, I seem to have forgotten. Today, they also told us to come to the palace more often when we have time to prepare for the little princess's exorcism!"
"That's it, why don't you hurry up and get ready!"
After being scolded by his father, Mulan went back to prepare things. After coming out, he realized that he was going to talk about the war horse. Why did he get brought up again?
At this time, Mu Chan came to his father's study and brought the New Year's gift he had prepared to ward off evil spirits.
"Father, I've already prepared everything. But please don't tell my eldest brother. Is this a trick we've devised? I think he's about to cry."
General Mu snorted coldly. This kid was considered meticulous on the battlefield, so why was he so stupid now?
It seems that we can’t let him stay in the imperial city forever. We should find an opportunity to kick him to the border and let him fight.
"Don't worry about him. If we tell him, and he lets it slip, all our efforts will be wasted. The Wanchao meeting is about to begin. If we don't clean the house, how can we welcome the guests?"
At this time, the emperor summoned the three princes to the imperial study. His face was as dark as the bottom of a pot, and the atmosphere was so low that no one dared to breathe.
"I really underestimated Prime Minister Wen. Look at those ministers in the court today. How many of them are jumping up and down? It may seem like I'm the emperor, but in reality, it's all Prime Minister Wen's turn!"
No wonder the emperor was so angry. He originally thought that he had almost all of Prime Minister Wen's minions under his control, but he didn't expect that after one incident, so many of them would pop up again!
However, the second prince was very clear that this matter was probably not over yet.
"Father, the people we investigated before were only the disciples of Prime Minister Wen. They were easy to investigate. However, the group that was exposed today, although numerous, are of low official rank. I'm afraid the real big fish are still behind."
The eldest prince and the third prince couldn't help but shudder at this moment. This idea was proposed and arranged by the second prince.
Prime Minister Wen fell into the trap unknowingly and was also feared by his father. It would be really scary if the second brother used the same trick on the two of them.
"Prince Jing is right. We must thoroughly investigate this matter, especially the people in the military camp and those around Mu Lan. The Ten Thousand Dynasties Conference is about to begin, and there will definitely be dissatisfaction among the small countries. If a war breaks out again, Mu Lan must not make any mistakes."
The second prince received the order, and then the eldest prince and the third prince also went to work according to the plan.
This time the Second Prince conducted a strict investigation into military affairs, saying that he wanted to investigate Mu Lan's raising of war horses and embezzlement of public funds. In fact, he investigated all the officials, big and small, in the barracks.
For a time, everyone in the military camp who had a bit of a reputation was in a panic, fearing that the things they had hidden would be discovered.
"What have you been doing lately? Didn't they say our general was being investigated for raising a few war horses? Why are they investigating us too? With our family wealth, what kind of horses can we afford?"
"Who knows? But why won't His Majesty listen to our explanation? Didn't he say at the beginning that General Mu could raise war horses? Why is he going back on his word now?"
"General Mu can raise war horses, but this is too many. 100 war horses, for example, can form a vanguard cavalry."
A group of people gathered together to chat, which scared a young general next to Mu Lan.
He hurriedly found Mu Lan to admit his mistake and fell to his knees on the ground with a thud.
"Major General, this is all my fault. I shouldn't have encouraged you to buy a warhorse. What are you going to do now? You embezzled the money for replacing horseshoes. If this gets discovered, it will bring trouble to our entire family, right?"
Mu Lan frowned, looking a little surprised.
"When did I ever say I embezzled the money for replacing horseshoes?"
Now it was the young deputy general's turn to be dumbfounded. Didn't that where his money came from?
The recent replacement of horseshoes has indeed been delayed. The Mu family did not give him any money. Where did he get such a large sum of money?
"Major General, where did you get such a large sum of money?"
"It was given by the imperial concubine. My sister is still the best!"
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