"Don't be nervous!" Rong Sleeping Crane saw his crampedness, smiled, slowed down his tone, and said, "In fact, I have already said this matter, that is, I don't plan to pass the throne to the crown prince after a thousand years of life, but I think that when the prince has the ability to govern himself, let him ascend the throne, and I and your imperial aunt will concentrate on taking care of the heavens!"

Speaking of this, he paused, and glared at Rong Jue with hatred, "It's just that the prince is like this, Lingzhan you have also seen it! Even if he reforms himself next, I can't rest assured that he will preside over the great dynasty alone! The so-called tiger brothers, father and son soldiers, are because I want you to return to the court to assist him for a ...... If your father and mother are willing, the whole family can come back, but I don't know what you think?"

Rong Lingzhan was taken aback when he heard this, and said first: "Your Majesty, the minister's qualifications are dull, where can he assist the prince?

He also said, "The minister's father and mother are now very comfortable in the fiefdom, and they haven't mentioned Chang'an for a long time." ”

Rong Sleeping Crane smiled: "Good boy, your qualifications for studying are originally above the prince, and this I know best." After all, I have asked about your enlightenment back then. You are my nephew, the prince's cousin, our Rong family now has not many heirs, I sincerely hope that you can help the prince, but I don't suspect you...... I'll tell you the truth, you're not qualified to make me suspicious right now. ”

"You are twenty-five this year, you are in the prime of life, you are from the royal family, the son of the emperor's brother, are you willing to spend your whole life in the fiefdom?"

Seeing what Rong Lingzhan was going to say, Emperor Zhenqing raised his hand and said with a pleasant face, "In this way, you left Chang'an when you were young, and now you have just returned, and you suddenly heard about such a thing, and you were excited for a while, and I didn't know what to do. Why don't you walk around with the prince and give me an answer in two days, okay?"

He said so, how dare Rong Lingzhan not agree?

After all, the prince of Gaomi Wang is no longer the impulsive child of the past, he knows that although this uncle is smiling at himself at this time, once he provokes Long Yan to be angry, the end is unknown...... Even if he is not afraid of death, he should also think about the Gaomi Mansion behind him, think about his wife, and his three young children.

"Could it be that Your Majesty is planning for me to have a relationship with the prince in these few days, and then I have to agree?" I can't help but say that although Rong Lingzhan's qualifications are good, but over the years of fiefdom, Rong Qingzhan and his wife are tired of the turbulent battle in Chang'an back then, and they never mention the government, and such a growth environment still affects him.

So Rong Lingzhan was just thinking at this moment, "But how is this possible? Even if the prince and I are cousins and haven't seen each other for many years, now that I have worked hard for a few days, how can I be willing to wade into such troubled waters for him?!"

I thought about it right now, prevaricating Rong Jue for a few days, and then I refused with Rong Sleeping Crane.

Who knew that he was arranged to sleep after the Gaomi Palace, which had been repaired and cleaned up in advance, before he fell asleep, and someone came to report that a lieutenant official came to ask for a meeting, claiming that he was an old acquaintance with the emperor.

Rong Lingzhan knew that his father was deeply favored by the late Emperor Taishang, and if the Emperor Taishang hadn't failed back then, how could this throne have been passed on to his father and son, not the more talented Emperor Zhenqing.

At this moment, when he heard this, his heart moved, so he said, "Please ask him to go to the Little Flower Hall to talk!"

After saying this, I thought that the Emperor Taishang had been gone for many years, and he was not young when he died, and after Emperor Zhenqing came to power, he cleaned the harem of the former dynasty and the harem, so as to deter people inside and outside, and since then he has banned it and become a recognized capable monarch.

So even if the Emperor Taishang still has some henchmen, he is still breathing...... Can you continue to be in a high position, and if you are well-informed, you will know that you are here, and you can come to the door that night?

Perhaps, this is actually Emperor Zhenqing's temptation?

Rong Lingzhan thought so, and he hesitated a little.

It's just that I think that my family hasn't done anything bad in the fiefdom over the years, and with the identity of Rong Sleeping Crane and the degree of control over the imperial power, if you want to deal with your own family, there is no need to play any blame. At this time, even if the person who came was not good, he should deal with it carefully, and there would be no problems when he thought about it.

However, if someone really has an old relationship with the emperor, it is good to be able to mention a few words about himself.

After all, the Gaomi Wangfu family has been prepared for generations, at least in recent generations, not to return to the dynasty, and they have not paid attention to the affairs of Chang'an at all over the years.

Suddenly he was summoned, and he knew nothing, and it was impossible to say that he was not a little uneasy in his heart.

"Shizi, time is urgent, the slave and maid will not say more, but say it directly. Rong Lingzhan thought so, so he changed his robe and went to the small flower hall.

Just entered, I saw a middle-aged man dressed as a lieutenant, looking ordinary, the kind that can't be found in the pile, the only recognizable thing is the slightly fat figure, he bowed slightly and stood at the bottom, saw Rong Lingzhan come in, stepped forward and saluted, and at the end of the day, he didn't wait for Rong Lingzhan to say anything, and said to himself: "The slave is the righteous son of a father-in-law left by Emperor Xiaozong to the Emperor Taishang, and his father-in-law returned to his hometown because of his age in the early years." Before leaving, I left a message that I wanted the slave and maid to take care of a little bit of King Gaomi's lineage, with the promise of the righteous father to His Majesty Emperor Xiaozong back then!"

"So when the slave heard that you were coming, she hurried to meet you!"

"Does the prince know why His Majesty suddenly summoned you to Chang'an this time?"

Rong Lingzhan was a little stunned by his sudden words, and only said after a while: "Your Majesty said that you plan to wait for the prince to be able to govern in person, pass on the crown prince, and concentrate on raising the crown prince with the queen mother?"

The lieutenant said, "Then how is the prince going to reply?"

"My qualifications are dull......" Rong Lingzhan only spoke, but the lieutenant was already aware of it, and interrupted: "Shizi, may I ask Shizi, have you ever thought that His Majesty intends to pass on the crown prince, why did he summon you to Chang'an?"

Rong Lingzhan said: "Your Majesty personally said that he is a brother who fights the tiger. ”

The lieutenant sighed and said, "But there are more courtiers in the court who are enough to assist the prince, and the slave maid will tell the truth: compared to you, the prince who has never gotten along with His Royal Highness the Prince, although he is a cousin of the prince, His Majesty definitely trusts the important ministers who fought with him in the mountain of blood and corpses!"

"I'm wondering about that, too. Rong Lingzhan hesitated, but still said, "I also said this to Your Majesty at the time, but Your Majesty said that the bloodline ......."

The lieutenant seemed to smile and said, "Shizi, it's not a slave who slanders the saint...... Only, do you believe it yourself?"

Rong Lingzhan was silent.

Although between the words of this Zhongguan, there seemed to be insufficient awe of Rong Sleeping Crane, but Rong Lingzhan did not dare to rashly say anything disrespectful to Rong Sleeping Crane before he completely confirmed his camp.

Of course, he recognized the words of this lieutenant very much in his heart, that is, he didn't believe that Rong Sleeping Crane valued the love of blood at all.

This is just a matter of looking at the situation of the Emperor Taishang, the Queen Mother and the only imperial sister, this Emperor Zhenqing doesn't even care much about his father and mother's only sister, let alone others?

So, why did Rong Sleeping Crane have to come to Chang'an by himself, and it was even better for the entire Gaomi Mansion to return to Chang'an to "assist" Rong Jue?

"The problem is that His Majesty wants to pass on the throne to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in advance. The lieutenant paused, and seeing that he hadn't come to his senses, he sighed secretly and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince...... In fact, it is also very good, but compared to His Majesty's amazing talent back then, it is somewhat lacking. Therefore, although Your Majesty has taken the time to personally train every day in the past two years, how can he not have doubts in his heart, that is, whether His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can afford to carry the burden of the country?"

"Although it is said that after Your Majesty passes on the throne, it is not that he will ignore His Royal Highness the Prince......

The lieutenant pondered for a moment before continuing, "However, the world has finally been peaceful, Your Majesty has always loved Li Shu, and I don't want to give birth to any trouble. ”

"The first emperor had no children, and His Majesty Emperor Xiaozong went up, and there were only three princes. ”

"Your Majesty now, the heirs are not prosperous. ”

"The second prince is the prince's half-brother, and His Majesty and the queen will definitely not suspect that he will be unfavorable to the prince. ”

"In addition, the closest to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's bloodline are the sons of your brothers, as well as the only grandson left by King Guangling!"

"So Shizi, you say, can you refuse to return to Chang'an?"

Rong Lingzhan's forehead sweated when he listened, and after a while, he muttered, "Our family has been avoiding Chang'an for so long, why should we be affected like this?"

"The prince is saying this badly!" the lieutenant shook his head when he heard this, and said, "Although this matter has broken the peaceful life of the Gaomi Royal Mansion in the fiefdom over the years, it is also an opportunity for the palace to say that the slave and maid are concerned! Of course, the slave and maid are not pandering to the prince to be a traitor, or to rebel or something. The slave maid means that you are in your prime, when the emperor was still alive earlier, you have always had a reputation for being smart, and now you have no shortage of talents, and you have been in the fiefdom, which is really a waste!"

"If you can take advantage of this opportunity to show your strengths and be reused by Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, wouldn't it be a good thing for yourself or the Gaomi Palace?"

"After all, although the title of King Gaomi is hereditary, there is no continuous merit and the words of the Holy Family...... The kings since the founding of the country are an example: who still remembers them today? Those who are not well-run and fall into the middle of the family are now no different from ordinary rich families, and there is no more than the false title of the next royal child!"

"Son, do you want your descendants to fall into that situation?"

"......" Rong Lingzhan was silent again, of course he didn't want to.

Although many predecessors said that the heavenly family was weak, and some people even said that they should not regenerate the emperor's family in the next life, it was just a lament on the occasion of the death of the country.

Like Da Mu now, the national strength is thriving, and it is the time of Zhongxing, as a child of the royal family, even if a clan like Rong Lingzhan left Chang'an in a hurry earlier and went to the fiefdom, the privileges and status are incomparable to ordinary people.

is just like the sentence that Rong Jue said with a smile in front of Rong Sleeping Crane: Ordinary people learn literary and martial arts and sell them to the emperor's family.

And their brother was born in the emperor's family.

Think about it carefully, outside of the Rong family, this life is either hard work, or the camp is to win the favor of the Rong family.

As a person who was born to be pleased, after tasting the benefits and glory brought by the surname "Rong", he asked Rong Lingzhan to say that it was not a good thing to be born in the royal family, and he really couldn't ignore this conscience.

Even for the sake of his children and future grandchildren, he can't let go of the benefits brought by his status as a child of the clan.

It's just that......

Rong Lingzhan hesitated for a long time and asked in a low voice: "Since Your Majesty is for the purpose of passing on the crown prince, you are not worried about my Gaomi Palace, so you want to summon us back to Chang'an." But how could I believe that I would be able to assist His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, instead of taking advantage of the opportunity to accompany His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

When the lieutenant heard this, he laughed and said: "The prince is really worried! Don't forget how Your Majesty ascended the throne back then? You are Your Majesty's nephew, and Your Majesty doesn't say that he has watched you grow up, but in fact, he has not known you all these years. Since I want you to come back to assist His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, how can I not trust you?"

The meaning of this is that although your Gaomi Mansion has been far away from Chang'an over the years, every move of Emperor Zhenqing is clear, what kind of personality do you have...... Emperor Zhenqing probably knows a little better than yourself!

He dares to call you back under the banner of letting you assist the prince, that is, he is sure that you can't turn over his palm!

"What's more, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is stubborn, in the end, he is the eldest son of His Majesty, and there are many people who have taught His Royal Highness the Crown Prince over the years...... Your Majesty really has nothing to worry about!"

Do you really think that the crown prince is incompetent to the point where your cousin can easily suppress him, or even replace him?

I don't want to think that my grandfather and father are not fuel-efficient lamps, even if my mother Sheng Weiqiao is much weaker in comparison, but Sheng Weiqiao has never been confused in major matters in his life!

In this case, even if the prince never thinks about going to school, and he is exposed to it all day long, how can he be really innocent and useless?

What's more, Rong Jue, the prince, was still held in his hand when he was established as a prince, it can be said that he has been taught by the prince since he was a child.

These people and Rong Jue have naturally formed a common relationship, Rong Jue's interests are their interests, Rong Jue's future is their future, and Rong Jue's losses are also their losses...... Gaomi Palace, which has been away from Chang'an for many years, and is even almost completely forgotten, wants to pit this prince, even if Rong Sleeping Crane and his wife don't interfere, it is impossible!

That's all the slave said...... Please think twice!"

The lieutenant simply slammed it to the ground, "The slave maid still has an errand in the palace, so I don't dare to delay, so I will retire!"