The King of Liao did not refuse.

Zhao Yan wants to stay in Beijing, and the reason seems to be very reasonable. Although the king of Liao is more partial to the second son, he also loves his younger son, and he can't bear to see him suffer from cold due to his leg injury. But the King of Liao was also a little worried about Zhao Yan's life in the capital, and when he returned to Liaodong next year, there would be danger on the road if he was unaccompanied, so he instructed Zhao Yan: "After the title of Mingchun comes down, don't rush back." I will first go to the capital to ask for a decree to see if I can enter Beijing again to congratulate the queen mother and the emperor on their birthday. If you can, you can go back to Liaodong with us at that time, and it will be the same. When you live in the capital, you should try to stay in the palace, don't mess around, and don't fool around with some indiscriminate people. If you feel too idle, help your father pay more attention to the movements of Zhao Shuo and Brother Mo'er. Zhao Shuo's concubine, if there is anything unusual about the person behind her, you have to ask for some news from Brother Mo'er, and send a message to me as soon as possible, and I should be on guard as soon as possible. ”

Zhao Yan understood that this was to be his eyes and ears in Beijing. He sneered in his heart, but there was no difference on his face: "Understood, father, rest assured, this is what a son should do." After a pause, he asked the king of Liao again, "I just don't know that over there in Liaodong, can my father find out clearly? If it is really the people of Beirong who have entered the customs? Don't really leave any traces of spiders and worms, so that people can find out later, enough for our palace to drink a pot!"

King Liao sighed: "This thing is really not fake. There has been news over there, and there are indeed some traces of inappropriateness, and I have already sent a message to let people sweep away the traces as soon as possible. But no matter how much I do, if those Beirong people are not caught for a day, our Liaowangfu will have to take risks every day, so I ask you to pay more attention in Beijing. As long as Brother Mo has news from his side, even if you help extinguish the mouth, you can't stand idly by! I will leave you an extra team of guards, they are all my confidants, and they will not easily leak their mouths. If you have something, you just tell them to do it, and don't rely on Mo Ge'er for everything. Although he is shrewd, he is not of the same mind as our father and son, and he has always had a dislike for his biological father, so he needs to be wary of him. ”

Zhao Yan frowned, and chuckled: "Father really doesn't want anyone to believe it now, but he is still willing to believe in his brother." He smiled and stood up lightly, "Then the son will retire first." ”

King Liao only felt that his youngest son's tone was a little strange, but he didn't think much about it. Since his leg was lame, Zhao Yan has often been yin and yang when he speaks, he is used to hearing it, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong.

And Zhao Yan got out of the study, but ran to the garden, venting and grabbing the branches of a few flowers and trees, dragging and pulling for a long time crazy, if it weren't for the injury on his leg and the difficulty of moving, he would have been eager to kick those flowers and trees off. But realizing that he didn't even vent his anger, he didn't do what he wanted as before, the hatred in his heart deepened, his facial features were distorted, he gritted his teeth, cursed Zhao Li for a long time, and waited until the dead of night before returning to his courtyard in silence.

Early the next morning, he told his mother that he was going to stay in Beijing. This matter has the permission of the King of Liao, and there is no need for the step-concubine of the King of Liao to nod again. That's why he went past his mother yesterday and only went to his father to consult.

When the step-concubine of the King of Liao heard this, she immediately frowned, but when she learned that the King of Liao had agreed, in front of the latter, she did not object, but said: "If you want to stay in the capital, just stay in the palace to recuperate, and don't run out all day long to mess with Zhao Mo! Don't think that if someone has a knighthood for you, it will really be your own nephew." You have to know who your compatriots are!"

The King of Liao was not very comfortable listening to the audit, and coughed lightly: "Okay, the child has been injured for so long, and he has not been able to recuperate well, so it is better for him to live more comfortably in the capital." We'll come back next year and just take him back, what are you talking about?"

The step-concubine of the king of Liao said unwillingly: "Is it difficult...... Do you really want to try again next year? Wouldn't the heavy gifts we gave out this year, and the money we spent, be in vain?!"

King Liao sighed: "Then what can be done? No one wants to speak for Li'er, can I still force people to help? Now that the Wanshou Festival has passed, things have not been resolved, you just want to stay, and the Zongren Mansion will not allow it." Or go back to Liaodong first, prepare for Li'er's marriage, marry your daughter-in-law next year, and then bring it to the capital to worship the Taimiao and go to the jade. At that time, the daughter-in-law was already a member of our family, so it was better for her to go to see the princess and ask the princess to speak for Li'er in front of the emperor than to catch the blind everywhere now. ”

The step-concubine of the Liao King muttered in a low voice: "If the Wang family really has this ability, why don't they want to get the title for Li'er first? The marriage has already been decided, and the emperor has a golden mouth, who would dare to change the hexagram? If Li'er can marry the daughter of the Wang family as a wife as the son of the Liao Wang, the Wang family will be more decent, isn't it? If they want to procrastinate, I doubt that their family really has this ability!"

Zhao Yan couldn't help but sneer and interjected: "Regardless of whether the Wang family really has this ability or not, the marriage is decided, just as the mother concubine said, this is set by the emperor's golden mouth, who can change the hexagram?

The step-concubine of the king of Liao stretched her face and scolded: "Shut up for me! Your brother's marriage is also something you can discuss?!"

Zhao Yan also stretched his face, stuffed two dumplings into his stomach at random, and then said that he was full, and retired with a cold face.

King Liao frowned and said to his wife: "What kind of fire are you spreading with Yan'er? It's all a family, he is just gossiping casually in front of his parents and relatives, you are a mother-in-law, can you be so picky?!"

The step-concubine of the king of Liao said angrily: "I'm just disciplining my son." Now Yan'er is becoming more and more ignorant, and his filial piety has forgotten all about himself, and he only thinks about himself, and he can't get along with his brother. If I don't teach anymore, what friendship will there be between their brothers in the future?!"

The king of Liao said in his heart, no matter how much you discipline, their brothers really have no friendship at all. He also knew that he couldn't persuade his wife, so he was disheartened, so he drank a few sips of millet porridge casually, and then shook his hand and went to the study.

Seeing that his father and younger brother were gone, Zhao Li, who had been silent, said to the step-concubine of the Liao King with a gloomy face: "Mother, what do you think is the attitude of the third child towards his son now? If he really stays in the capital for a year, I am afraid that if we come back next year, we will really see the third child with his arms completely turned out." The son didn't want to speak ill of his younger brother, but he was worried that his younger brother would be instigated, so not only did he refuse to help his son, but he also had to work against his son. It's a small matter if the son can't get the position of the son, if this Liao Wangfu lets his younger brother toss and disperse, then the gains outweigh the losses!"

He gritted his teeth, as if Zhao Yan had become a rebel of the Liao Palace.

The step-concubine of the Liao King was a little surprised: "No, right? His injuries are like this, it is already luck to get a knighthood, what else can he do? Even if he really wants to embarrass you, there is no one under him, and he can't become a climate." Don't worry, everyone in the palace has to listen to your father's dispatch, and Brother Yan can't get in your way. "Zhao Yan has hated his brother deeply in the past few months, if he really had the ability to do bad things, he would have done something a long time ago, instead of being forced by his mother and brother to stay at home all day long. Although the step-concubine of the king of Liao was angry that her youngest son was disobedient, she really didn't think he was a big trouble.

Zhao Li said: "It's hard to say this. The third child has no one and no money, but doesn't he have a knighthood now? If he has a title, he will have Lumi, and he will have silver in his hands. Besides, he is now close to Zhao Shuo's son, then Zhao Mo is the king of the county, and he has money and people in his hands, what if he relies on Zhao Mo's hands to block me? Let him stay in the capital, what will he do, we can't reach it, if Zhao Shuo and his son really let him be enveloped, wouldn't it make the mother concubine sad?"

Zhao Yan didn't believe that his younger brother Zhao Yan would be willing to be an auxiliary general, but Zhao Yan wanted to compete with him for the position of the son. took the opportunity to wait for the knighthood to stay in Beijing, maybe he wanted to take advantage of his absence, first manage contacts in the capital, and make dots around. He has more time, and God knows when he will please the emperor? Even if Zhao Mo is because of him, it is impossible for him to really snatch Zhao Shuo's position as the prince, but if he tries his best to pull Zhao Shuo down from the position of the prince one day, Zhao Yan may be cut off! Since Zhao Mo is familiar with Zhao Yan and has been showing grace constantly, when that day comes, will he let Zhao Yan, who is close to him, not support him, but let his second uncle, who has a bad relationship, ascend to the throne? !

Zhao Li absolutely could not allow himself to exert his hard work and financial resources to finally pull Zhao Shuo off the horse, but he cheapened his younger brother for nothing! In order to avoid accidents, he would never leave any chance for Zhao Yan. Therefore, he tried his best to persuade his mother, hoping to bring Zhao Yan back to Liaodong together.

Even if Zhao Yan's leg was injured, what if he dragged his injured leg to the capital at the beginning, why can't he go back with his injured leg now?

However, Zhao Li's calculations did not come to fruition. Although the step-concubine of the King of Liao felt that his words were reasonable, because the King of Liao had already nodded, he had never said anything to object, so it was not good to go back on his word. However, she also said that she would be wary of her youngest son really standing on the hostile side, so she specially left her two henchmen behind to take care of her younger son's diet and daily life, but in fact, she also had the task of surveillance.

Zhao Yan quietly accepted these two eyes and ears. He had already made up his mind, and when his parents and brother left the capital, he would move to the house that Zhao Mo lent him, how many eyes and ears were in vain, and he would not stay by his side anyway.

Zhao Li's plan was frustrated, and he was holding his stomach angry, seeing that his little brother was at ease, but his parents had already begun to prepare for the trip back to Liaodong, and they knew that they were really leaving Beijing. The half year of hard work spent this year, the favors and the silver taels spent were all wasted. He didn't understand, why no one was willing to speak for him? Obviously, he was more outstanding than Zhao Shuo, and he was not accused of rebellion, so why didn't he deserve to be the prince of Liao? !

How did Zhao Li know that the powerful people asked by their family were not at all in front of Zhao Shuo, so they refused to agree to help. What is Zhao Shuo? But Zhao Shuo has a good son, Zhao Mo, and now the saint is in power. What did the Liao Wangfu have? Why did they offend the celebrities in front of the emperor for the sake of some money? In case the rumors of the succession were true, Zhao Mo would really become the emperor's grandson in the future, wouldn't they be too long-lived to help the Liao Wangfu take the title of their biological father?

Zhao Li was puzzled, so he could only take his entourage out to find a place to drink. Unexpectedly, before he finished drinking a pot, his entourage came to report and said, "Second son, there is a ...... said that there was news about the son, and asked to see him outside the door. ”

Zhao Li said impatiently: "What is it? What does Zhao Shuo's news have to do with me? Tell him to get out!"

"But...... "The retinue was stumbling," said the man...... This is the news that can make the prince lose his title......"

Zhao Li's hand paused and looked up in disbelief.