System, please stop recognizing me as master!

As the sun rises and the lunar moon sets, the banquet hall of the Southern Palace becomes busy at dawn. The maids start dressing up with all kinds of exquisite ornaments; the eunuchs roll out the solemn and heavy red carpet, extending to the main entrance.

; The royal chefs carefully inspected the food and thought hard about the dishes; the guards were very alert, looking at everything around them, busy and silent.

"Your Highness, Zi is here with Yuan, Ling and Ghost."

The eunuch Xiao Xizi at the front door quietly walked into the door of Liu Mu's bedroom and knocked gently on the door.

"Well, invite them in, I'm already up."

Liu Mu didn't get angry today because he didn't stay in bed. He washed up early and sat neatly in the palace, waiting for the birthday banquet named Tianshou Festival by Nanping himself to begin.

However, Liu Mu did this not to show his filial piety, but because there was a lot of excitement at today's birthday banquet.

"Your Highness, I'm sorry that we took the liberty of coming to disturb you and affected your rest."

"It's okay, I got up early today."

"However, I remember that Tianzhu has a special entrance. Why did you come here? But what troublesome thing happened?"

"I...I...I'm fine. I just came to see how your Highness is preparing. Since His Highness is ready, we will leave."

Zi hesitated, his expression evasive, and he did not dare to look at Liu Mu. No one would think that he was okay.

"Your Majesty, I asked Zi to come. We have something to ask."

Ling took a step forward and carefully looked around the inside of the palace twice. After confirming that there were no outsiders except them, he whispered: "Does Your Highness have any plans to become emperor?"

"Here it comes, here it comes, the side mission to increase the difficulty of the trial is here."

Liu Mu thought to himself, but the system prompt sound did not appear, as if something was choking his throat, unable to make a sound.

"It's really strange. I thought that Yuan would have a mandatory mission at that time, but it didn't appear, and now there is no movement at all. Is the core trial really that simple? No way?"

Liu Mu's heart was full of doubts. Although he had always been prepared to pass the trial as he pleased and did not intend to follow the announced tasks, the tasks never appeared, which made people feel strange.

"Forget it, it doesn't matter if it exists or not, it doesn't matter to me anyway!"

Liu Mu stopped guessing in his mind, and glanced at Ling, Gui, and Zi with a playful smile on his lips, "So what if it is there? So what if it's not?"

"temple…"

Ling was about to speak, but was stopped by Zi, "Ling, since I brought you here, it means that I think the same as you, so let me speak!"

Zi carefully considered her words, "Your Highness, if you were still the same Highness as before, I would never ask you if you have any thoughts about the supreme position of Ninth Five. As long as you are safe and happy, you will be a rich prince."

"From my contact with you these days and hearing about your recent deeds, the spirit and the ghost and I agree that you are the most qualified person to sit in that position, so I took the liberty to come and ask you what you want."

"Of course, all this is based on your own wishes, Your Highness. No matter what you choose, I will follow you unconditionally!"

"Are you really going to follow me no matter what I do?"

"Of course, I swear allegiance to His Highness to the death!"

Zi knelt on one knee, with her right hand on her heart, her expression solemn and pious.

"I swear allegiance to His Highness to the death!"

Both the spirit and the ghost kneel down on one knee, placing their right hand on their heart.

"Um."

Liu Mu nodded slightly, without clearly expressing his meaning.

"Your Highness, my old ghost is a rough man and can't understand those twists and turns. What do you mean by this? Do you want it or not?"

"Whether you want it or not, you will know later."

Liu Mu still did not give a clear answer.

Luo Yucai's voice sounded outside the door, "Your Highness, the time has come. It's time to leave for Tianshou Palace."

"You can go with me. There is no need to split into two groups, and you will avoid meeting people you don't want to see."

Liu Mu walked out and met Luo Yucai, with Zi and others following behind. The group walked for about a quarter of an hour and arrived at the main entrance of Tianshou Hall.

The first thing that catches the eye is the two gilt characters "Tian Shou" written by Nan Ping himself, and then the entire palace is even more beautiful and luxurious than the ones decorated during the New Year.

"Welcome to His Royal Highness Thirteenth, His Royal Highness is a thousand years old. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Highness the Second Royal Highness have already arrived and are waiting for the Holy Driver in the palace."

The little eunuch waiting at the door ran to Liu Mu diligently, his smile brighter than the spring sunshine.

"You're quite clever. What's your name?"

"Your Highness, my name is Xiao Quanzi."

Liu Mu glanced at Xiao Quanzi and walked into the palace from the side door. Behind him, Xiao Xizi took out a bag of gold leaves from his sleeve and threw it to Xiao Quanzi, "This is a reward from your highness!"

"Thank you, Your Highness. Your Highness is a thousand years old."

Xiao Quanzi put the gold leaf bag into his sleeve, secretly weighed the portion and smiled even more happily. He led Liu Mu and his group to their seats with an attitude even more respectful than that of his parents.

"The eldest brother of the prince, the second brother of the emperor."

Nan Ren nodded in response, while Nan Yi ignored Liu Mu without even looking at him.

Liu Mu didn't care. After all, no matter whether he fell out of favor or gained favor, except for Prince Nanren who occasionally took care of him, no prince treated him well, or even disliked him.

"You three, go and sit down at your seats. Yuan will sit here with me for the time being, so as not to smear his eyes and ears by annoying people."

Zi, Ling, and Gui left. Liu Mu and others sat down, leisurely ate the fruits and snacks on the table, and waited for the birthday banquet to begin.

Time passed little by little, and people from the upper echelons of power in the southern country arrived one after another. Just after the sun rose high in the sky, the heavy mahogany door of Tianshou Hall opened.

Crunch, crunch.

Nan Ping stepped on the red carpet studded with gems and, surrounded by his entourage, walked slowly to the golden dragon chair on the nine steps and sat down. The ministers below stood up in unison and shouted long live.

"No courtesy, stay on your own."

Everyone returned to their seats and sat upright, eagerly waiting to offer congratulatory gifts.

"There is no need to say the congratulations."

Nan Ping waved his hand to stop the eunuch Yinglian who was about to say a congratulatory speech, and looked at Liu Mu impatiently, "Xiao Shisan, today I celebrate my birthday, can you give me the magic elixir?"

"Father, of course there is."

Liu Mu left the table and walked to the opposite side of Nanping. Xiao Xizi, who was following him, walked down the steps holding a delicate small box. Yinglian walked up to Xiao Xizi, took the box, opened it and checked to make sure there was no danger.

Presented to the south plane, three longan-sized red pills with a smooth surface and a fresh and fragrant aroma appeared.

"Father, this elixir is called the longevity elixir. It is specially refined for my father's birthday. I wish my father eternal blessings and longevity."

"Okay, okay, my son is very popular with me."

Nan Ping couldn't wait to take a pill and stuff it into his mouth. He felt the waves of heat radiating from his body, and he was even more delighted.

"Come here, my son has a commendable filial piety. He will give you a python robe and grant him the title of King Jing. He belongs to the two states of Henan and Bozhou."

As soon as the reward came out, everyone was in an uproar, and they all sighed inwardly at Liu Mu's great support. However, some people breathed a sigh of relief. Liu Mu was crowned king, which meant that Nanping had no plans to make him the heir apparent.

"Thank you, Father, long live my emperor."

Liu Mu behaved quite calmly, neither happy nor sad. After saluting, he returned to his seat and looked with interest at the prince and ministers who came forward to present gifts.

"Prince Nanren presented an authentic painting of the Sheji Map of Thousands of Miles of Rivers and Mountains."

"The second prince Nan Yi presented a bloody horse."

"Tianzhu Shaman presented a glazed tower."

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Because Liu Mu Zhuyu was in front, Nanping was not very interested in these congratulatory gifts until the third prince Nanli showed up.

"Father, please forgive me for being late. This is a beauty that I specially went to the new territory to find for you."

A gauze beauty with blond hair and different eyes walked into the hall. She walked lightly with lotus steps and curled up. She was so charming that people couldn't take their eyes away.