When Ye Yichen had enough to play with his daughter, he coaxed her daughter to sleep, and the time was really over. Yulan had something to say to Ye Yichen, but it wasn't until this time that the two of them took time to wash up and go to bed.

Ye Yichen and his daughter were playing in high spirits, and they still didn't feel sleepy at all. "How's my wife's illness?" Sister Zhu sometimes sleeps with the nurse in the warm pavilion, and most of the time she sleeps with Ye Yichen and Yulan.

The daughter was already asleep at the moment, and Yulan tucked the quilt very gently before answering Ye Yichen's question: "Mrs.'s condition is not very good...... "The second wife said what the eldest lady said.

Ye Yichen smiled faintly: "If you have time, you might as well go back to your parents' house to have a look!" Yulan looked at him a little stunned, and Ye Yichen explained: "The Yang family's situation is not very good now, you can help a little more if you can." Yulan thought of the words of the second wife, and it seemed that Ye Yichen meant the same.

She couldn't help but feel a little grateful. Ye Yichen once confessed to himself that he was interested in the throne, since he himself wanted to be the emperor, then he would inevitably have a lot of things to do for such a big thing as the deposed prince, the reason why Yulan never mentioned it was because he was afraid that his rash actions would disrupt his plans and delay his big things!

"Xie Lu, thank you, Lord Xie!"

Ye Yichen's smile softened: "Old husband and wife, what are you polite to me!" ”

"He's only eighteen years old! Why are you old? "The rain is not dependent. Ye Yichen smiled, and was also a little stunned, Yulan really didn't live with him for a long time, maybe he was used to the days when Yulan was with him, and he actually gave him an illusion, as if the two had lived for a long, long time.

Some people, even if they have lived together for the rest of their lives, you will still feel that you and her are just a stranger! And some people, even if you and her have only been a few months, feel like a lifetime of tacit understanding and harmony.

Ye Yichen is really grateful to God for allowing him to find such a wife as Yulan.

The intrigue of the court took a lot of effort, but when he returned home and saw his wife and daughter, his exhaustion was swept away, and the next day he was full of energy.

He couldn't help but hug Yulan a little tighter. His hands were a little dishonest and got into her tender yellow belly pockets. After Yulan gave birth, the imperial doctor said that she was suffering from a loss of qi and blood, and her body was very weak, so it was recommended that it was best not to have sex within a year.

Now there are no side concubines and concubines in the palace, and the more you endure this kind of thing, the more violent the attack becomes. Ye Yichen had almost just touched her soft skin, and before she could touch the key parts, her body reacted uncontrollably.

Yulan felt it immediately. She was taken aback, during this time, she always felt that she was unable to do anything, and it was indeed because Sister Shengzhu was broken. I've been taking tonics, but it's still a slow process to get my body back. Ye Yichen's performance moved her very much. No matter how impulsive the prince is, he has never forced it, and it can be seen that he is really distressed by Yulan.

"Lord Wang, Sister Zhu is here!"

"Ahem, I know!" Ye Yichen withdrew his hand from Yulan's belly pocket with some nostalgia. The prince replied vaguely and turned away. Yulan doesn't need to guess to know that the prince is probably "a pillar of optimus". It's really embarrassing for a person like him who has pride in his bones.

To be honest, Yulan really sympathizes with the prince, no, she can't dedicate herself now (for the sake of her own body, but also for the sake of sustainable development in the future), and second, she can't push him to other women, she is not a real white lotus, she really can't do something like that.

Sympathy is sympathy, think about the embarrassment of the prince now, Yulan has a kind of male god who is in a hurry, and then I don't know what to do, she wants to be happy. Then, she laughed!

The prince transported his qi there for a long time, and not only did his body not calm down as he wished, but a certain place was even more unbearable.

He was upset when he heard Yulan's irrepressible muffled laughter.

Ye Yichen wanted to "□□" her well, and after a long time of ideological struggle, he finally held back.

Yulan seemed to feel the change in his thoughts, and changed the topic very intelligently. "The old lady has been standing still, and the wife and the second aunt seem to have some opinions about him!"

Ye Yichen snorted lightly: "Woman's opinion! Now, it's not the right time! ”

Yulan really wanted to ask what was the best time to do it, but after thinking about it, he finally didn't ask.

There is a lot of noise in the court, but this wedding and funeral ceremony should still go. In less than two days, it will be a small ceremony for the second young master. The Yang family sent a post early, and also sent a post to Ye Yichen as usual. It's not a formal worship to get married, generally like a person who is so busy as the prince, it is impossible to go to Xiao Dingli, but in politeness, the Yang family still gave the prince a post.

Yulan knew that he was busy in the dark for a while, and took the post for him, but didn't show him at all, just mentioned it to him. Unexpectedly, Ye Yichen said directly: "Prepare for me, tomorrow I will go to the second young master's small ceremony!" ”

Yulan's expression immediately froze. "If you're busy, don't go!" This kind of thing can be understood by the Yang family.

Ye Yichen glanced at her and said with a light smile: "I'll be free tomorrow!" "How can people who are so busy every day that they don't even have time to eat suddenly become free? Yulan expressed her skepticism, but she didn't ask deeply, and directly arranged the carriage and horse.

The next day, Ye Yichen and Yulan went to the Yang family together, and the Yang family was a little flattered when they heard that the prince had come in person. Ye Yichen finished the banquet unhurriedly, and then entered the old lady's Songfeng Study.

"You're here!" The old lady smiled like a fox. This sentence is extremely rich in meaning, and it seems to say, "I've been waiting for you for so long, why didn't I come until today!" ”

The old lady had already sent the people around him, and Ye Yichen didn't bring the little guy in, he moved a chair and sat opposite the old lady very familiarly. Then he took out a small bag of tea leaves from the purse he was carrying, and his movements were very gentle and careful.

The old lady's eyes lit up immediately. "What's this good stuff?"

Ye Yichen also had some pain on his face, but he still handed this small bag of tea to the old lady: "This is the most authentic big red robe on the high rock cliff of Jiulong Cave in Wuyi Mountain!" ”

The old lady's face changed slightly when she heard this: "This is a good thing!" Everyone knows that the big red robe is the best in tea, but the so-called "big red robe" on the market is not true at all. Only the production on the high rock cliff of Jiulong Cave in Wuyi Mountain is the real "big red robe", and there are only 6 tea trees growing in that place, and the total amount of tea produced every year is only one catty, so the value of one or two teas is equal to the price of 100 times the gold, and there is no market.

The old lady greedily took a sip of tea. "This kind of good tea is hard to buy, and the old man has only drunk it once in his life! This time, it is really thanks to the prince's blessing that I can taste the taste of this superb tea again in my lifetime! ”

The old lady's words are not modest, this kind of superb tea can't even be drunk by the emperor. Successive Fujian political envoys have a customary rule, they don't dare to offer such good tea to the emperor, it's not that they intend to bully the king, it's really that the tea production is too small, and because the quality of climate change is uneven every year, in case the emperor's appetite is raised, and the next year can not supply such a good tea, when the emperor asks them for tea, where do they go?

This can be regarded as an unspoken rule in officialdom. The old lady and Ye Yichen both knew the truth.

Ye Yichen was able to get this good tea, or because the Fujian general wanted to slap him, and it took a lot of money and effort to finally get such a little.

So sometimes those who hold real power are often more down-to-earth than the emperor, and sometimes even the emperor can't compare to them.

Ye Yichen said: "Zhilu said that your old man loves to drink tea, so I specially got some big red robes to honor your old man!" ”

The old lady touched his beard and smiled: "Good boy! What a good boy! ”

The muscles on Ye Yichen's cheeks jumped slightly, listening to this, why is it so awkward. Thinking that he and the old lady were friends and enemies back then, the old lady deprived him of the right to lead an army of 200,000 as soon as he moved to rise and surrender secretly. The relationship between the two was hostile for most of their lives, until Ye Yichen married Yulan and the old lady resigned from his official position, and the relationship between him and the old lady eased.

So when he heard the old lady smiling and calling him "good boy" very kindly, Ye Yichen felt extremely uncomfortable. The two used to be on an equal footing, but now, who told you to marry someone else's granddaughter, you are inferior to others for no reason.

Ye Yichen could only pinch his nose and admit it.

Ye Yichen's expression changes were all taken into the eyes of the old lady, he and Ye Yichen have been fighting for more than ten years, Ye Yichen's character he knows best, he is the most arrogant, never willing to be inferior, now he can take a little advantage in the title, the old lady feels more comfortable than drinking one or two red robes.

He continued to smile and said, "Lan'er is the smartest and well-behaved girl in our Yang family, you have to treat her well, but you can't treat her badly!" ”

"Lan'er gave birth to a great-granddaughter for me, when she will bring it over, let me see it too!"

With a grandfather teaching his grandson, Ye Yichen had no choice but to agree one by one. The old lady asked someone to make tea and came in, of course it was not the big red robe given to him by Ye Yichen, and he didn't taste enough tea by himself, so he wouldn't share it with others anyway.

The two chatted over tea, chatting and talking like old friends. Although the old lady took advantage of the verbal advantage just now, he also knew in his heart that the two of them were about the same in terms of political status.

The old lady didn't lead the topic to the topic, and Ye Yichen was not in a hurry, so the two of them started Tai Chi. Because they all know in their hearts that whoever speaks first will be at a disadvantage.

The two of them had been playing Tai Chi for two hours, and Yulan had been waiting for a long time, so he sent his mother-in-law to ask twice. Ye Yichen knew that she was worried about Sister Zhu at home, and Ye Yichen actually missed her daughter a little.

The old lady looked at him with a smile: "Old man, look, Lan'er is a little anxious, otherwise if there is something, let's talk about it next time?" ”

Ye Yichen secretly scolded the old fox, no longer hesitated, took out a book from his arms, and handed it to the old lady. The old lady took it and looked at it, the person who wrote the book was a minor official of the ministry, but what he said was a big thing, this little official said: The position of the prince is vacant, and the country should set up the prince as soon as possible to calm the heart of the world, and the fourth son of the emperor, Ye Minyu, is looking forward to it, and he should be established as the prince.

The old lady smiled: "The old man has already resigned and no longer serves as the first assistant, the prince will show this to the old man, I don't know what the purpose of the road is, this kind of important matter, not the old man can manage the matter, since the emperor and the cabinet ministers agreed on the most." ”

Ye Yichen knew that he was deliberately pretending to be confused, and he didn't bother to go around in circles with him at this time, he picked up the tea bowl and took a sip lightly: "For such a major event as the establishment of the crown prince, even the first assistant of the cabinet only has the right to suggest and not the right to decide. The emperor may not listen to what others say, but you are the emperor's teacher, the emperor has always respected you, if you are willing to speak, say a sentence worthy of others to say ten words! ”

The old lady seemed to understand: "What does the prince mean?" ”

Ye Yichen said: "This prince, there are advantages to standing, and there are benefits to not standing." Besides, even if you want to stand, you don't necessarily have to stand Ye Minyu! ”

The old lady glanced at Ye Yichen, slowly picked up the teacup in front of him, and took a sip gently. "The position of the Son of Heaven has always been succeeded by the death of the father and the son!"

Ye Yichen interrupted: "If there is no appeasement today, there is an abrupt woman in the north, the true strength of the woman still exists, and the Shu Han in the south is eyeing the tiger, the Yellow River has been flooding year after year, and the treasury is empty and unable to make ends meet, if the position of the Son of Heaven is given to the incompetent, I am afraid that it will not be long before the ancestors will not be able to keep the country that the ancestors fought in blood." This throne of the Son of Heaven deserves to be inhabited by the capable! Not to mention, Emperor □□ died that year, and the successor was not also the younger brother of Emperor Taizong! ”

Ye Yichen wants to be this emperor, and the old lady knows it. But like today, it is the first time that Ye Yichen has said it so clearly. Ye Yichen said word by word: "If the situation really develops to that point, I want to know your attitude!" ”

A gleam flashed in the old lady's eyes: "The old man also wants to ask, the prince is a little sure!" ”

Ye Yichen thought about it and slowly stretched out three fingers.

"Thirty percent is not less, if it is...... With the prestige and strength of the prince, I am afraid that the chances of success will be greater at that time! What the old lady wanted to say was "If the current emperor dies", but it was not easy to say this, so he said it vaguely, and Ye Yichen naturally understood. That's what he thought in his heart.

Although the old lady has gone into the wilderness, he is a veteran of the three dynasties, his protégés are innumerable, and his invisible strength in the court is unfathomable, and Ye Yichen's shortcomings in the civil and military are Wen, if he gets the support of the old lady, the possibility of him seizing the throne will increase significantly.

The old lady groaned for a moment, he didn't speak, and Ye Yichen didn't urge him. The old lady sighed, and finally said: "If you have the ability, none of the three princes today can compare with the prince, this is an indisputable fact, but in the old man's opinion, the governance of the world has never relied on the Son of Heaven alone, but still has to rely on the officials of the imperial court, large and small, and rely on the entire civil and official group!" In other words, although the role of the emperor is great, it is not so big that it cannot be replaced!

He had just said the beginning, and Ye Yichen knew his attitude, and his face couldn't help but condense slightly.

The old lady continued: "I have always hoped that Da Chu would learn from the political experience of the previous dynasty, and I have also written to Taizong and the current emperor many times, hoping that the imperial court will adopt the method of primogeniture inheritance to establish the crown prince!" I also know that this method may not be able to elect the most suitable emperor, but it can ensure the stability of the country for a long time. The previous dynasty was able to last for more than 300 years, and the internal situation has been relatively stable, because of this good system! ”

Whether it is Lichang or Lixian, this matter has been experienced a lot in all dynasties, and Ye Yichen has also thought about it. He agrees with the old lady's point of view. Back then, the Queen Mother just wanted to fix this system and ensure the long-term stability of Dachu, so she strongly supported Ye Minshu as the prince.

The old lady said with a straight face: "If the prince succeeds this time, he may be able to make Da Chu prosper within thirty or even fifty years, but you will bury a hidden danger for Da Chu. With such a good example as you in front, wouldn't the infighting between the royal families never end! Where can ordinary people have a good life? When Emperor Taizong suddenly ascended the throne, Shu Han became bigger, and Dachu lost a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for unification, this time, if you really succeeded, I don't know what you will bring to Dachu? ”

Ye Yichen had a hint of sharpness in his eyes and said: "It's because he is not in the first place!" I'm just taking back what I deserve! "Of course, it's Emperor Taizong.

The old lady looked at Ye Yichen lightly, and pointed out mercilessly: "The prince probably also understands in his heart, □□ had more than a dozen princes back then, you are neither a grandson nor an elder, and you are too old, even if it is not Taizong's accession to the throne, I am afraid that it will not be your turn to be in that position!" ”

Ye Yi was suddenly a little speechless.

What the old lady said is the truth!

"Whether it's Taizong or □□'s son, it's always surnamed Ye!" The old lady said slowly: "Now that things have passed for so long, if I were you, I would be a figure like Duke Zhou, and now the country has just recovered a little bit of vitality, if it is chaotic again, I am afraid it will give Shu Han a chance to take advantage of." ”

Ye Yichen sighed. Before he came, he thought that the old lady would reject him, but he didn't expect the old lady to refuse so simply, if he ascended the throne as the emperor, the Yang family would definitely follow suit, but after all, the old lady is not a politician who completely pursues the maximization of interests, he is a real politician, and he has his own principles that need to be adhered to.

His political philosophy will never be changed easily.

Thinking of this, Ye Yichen suddenly became calm, and felt that his small package of "big red robe" was not sent to the wrong person. If the old lady really agreed, he would look down on the old lady.

He suddenly laughed: "You have your principles, and I have my position. No matter what, I'll have to give it a try! ”

"I hope the prince will not regret it in the future!" The old lady nodded, knowing that she couldn't persuade the prince, so she didn't bother much.

Ye Yichen said: "We can't reach an agreement on this matter, but to keep the life of the abolished prince, I think everyone's interests are still the same." ”

The old lady smiled: "This is natural. How can the abolished prince say that he is also my grandson-in-law, if he dies like this, won't Xin'er have to be widowed for half a lifetime, it would be too pitiful! ”

The reason why Ye Yichen wants to keep the crown prince is also very simple, that is, he wants the abolished prince to contain King Zhao and not let his power swell too quickly.

The old lady smiled and said: "It's not too difficult to leave the prince alive, as long as the prince leaks this matter and lets everyone know about it, this matter will be promising." ”

"I also have this intention, and when the time comes, I will ask you to say a few words in front of the emperor!"

The old lady smiled: "When the time comes, I won't say anything, I'm afraid that the emperor will also save the life of the abolished prince." ”

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, quite a feeling of sympathy for each other.

On the carriage home, Ye Yichen opened his eyes and looked at the gorgeous colored textures on the roof of the car, his mind was still immersed in the conversation with the old lady, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

Yulan was left in the cold for a long time, and couldn't help but wave his hand and shake it in front of his eyes, "Lord Wang! What are you thinking? ”

Ye Yichen reached out and took her into his arms, his nose was close to her black thick hair, smelling her hair, and he said after a while: "If I say that I want to sit on that chair in the Forbidden City, will you support me?" ”

Although Yulan had long known that he had this kind of thought, she was still startled when he asked like this, and after thinking about it, she asked a little weakly: "Lord Wang, do you want to hear the truth or lie?" ”

"What does it look like to be a lie? What does the truth look like? ”

"If you lie, naturally no matter what the prince does, I will support it with both hands! Honestly, I think it's good now, why would the prince gamble everything for that chair? In my opinion, the person who sits in that position is not necessarily the most proud person in the world! ”