The door of the small courtyard was ajar, and there was a ray of sunlight entering, pulling a long shadow.

The owner of the shadow was none other than Yingzong Du Zhen, who stood in front of the small courtyard, silent, solemn, and wandering...... This was the second time he had come to visit Liu Qianfan after returning to Chang'an.

The first time he saw Liu Qianfan, he hoped that Liu Qianfan could find a way to cure himself, but in vain, Liu Qianfan, like Gu Daoren, was helpless against the damage caused by Du Tang.

Honestly, he was skeptical.

In the depths of the emperor's heart, there was an idea, that is, whether it was Gu Daoren or Liu Qianfan, these two great masters actually had the ability to heal their injuries, and the reason why they didn't do it was because they couldn't, but because they didn't want to.

O Great Master!

In the eyes of the great master of the Heavenly Dao, the imperial power is nothing!

Ling Hu, who has always followed the emperor like a shadow, stood far away from the small courtyard ten zhang away, and never followed his master closely, as a eunuch, even if he was not Liu Qianfan's line, even if he did not call Liu Qianfan an ancestor in front of people like those other eunuchs, however, this does not mean that Ling Hu Xingzhi did not respect Liu Qianfan.

After all, Ling Hu Xingzhi is also a eunuch.

He knew very well that it would be a great thing for a eunuch to become a great grandmaster!

To be honest, he is usually proud.

It's just that because of the ass problem and the position problem, he has to draw a line with those eunuchs who worship Liu Qianfan, and those eunuchs rely on imperial power, however, their reverence for the emperor is far less than that of Liu Qianfan.

Even if Liu Qianfan has been closed for more than ten years, he has never taken the initiative to give orders to the internal officials, and all the leaders and eunuchs in the palace will come to this small courtyard every morning and bow to the small courtyard far from the entrance of the small courtyard. If there is any doubt about the big thing, they will ask the one in the small courtyard for instructions, and most of them will not get a response, however, there are occasional exceptions, there will be voices lingering in the sea of knowledge, that is, the ancestors have a concern for this and have their own opinions.

No one dared to push open the door and walk into the small courtyard, except for Du Zhen.

Now, there are two problems in front of Du Zhen.

The first conundrum, of course, is the question of heirs.

If there is no change in the emperor's imagination, his longevity is already doomed, and he will die in a few months, so the question of heirs is very important, among his dozen princes, there are only a few who are qualified to inherit the throne.

Empress Guo has three sons, this is the son-in-law, the eldest is seriously ill in bed and has lost his qualifications.

The current crown prince, the former King of Zhao Du Tao, is of the right age and seems to be a suitable heir, however, in the Yellow Dragon Secret Realm, he has not obtained a trace of dragon energy, that is to say, he has not been recognized by God, let him succeed to the throne, can he revive the Tang Empire and change the situation of the decline of imperial power? In this regard, Emperor Du Zhen was quite skeptical.

The reason why he was named the prince was just an expedient measure.

Emperor Du Zhen's own satisfactory heir is Yan Wang Du Yun, this prince who was born with a vision, this time the Yellow Dragon Secret Realm trip, he obtained a trace of dragon energy, proving that God has a favor for him.

It's just that Du Yun is only in his early tens, so he is too young.

If he is the emperor, will he be able to get rid of the control of his relatives?

Don't get to the end, the master of this empire changes his surname to Guo ......

The reason why the Great Qi Dynasty collapsed, in addition to the birth of their ancestors because of luck, but also because of the disaster of the relatives, if it were not for the last years of the dynasty The general of the relatives usurped the throne, seized the throne of his nephew and the little emperor, and the dragon qi that protected the dynasty completely disappeared, and it would not be a group of heroes.

At the beginning, if it weren't for Guo Linggong, the dynasty would have collapsed, and the royal family had to marry the Guo family, which was a helpless thing.

I was able to get to the top and I also had a lot of help from the Guo family.

If the Guo family has a great master, if there is no outlier in the palace, the one sitting on the dragon chair now may not be himself, so although he is dissatisfied with Liu Qianfan's status in the hearts of the eunuchs in the palace, the emperor himself still relies on the other party, and on the issue of the heir, he needs the full support of this one, if he does not get his approval, that position is actually unstable.

At the beginning, if it weren't for his father's suspicion of him and secretly seizing his power, making Liu Qianfan keep himself behind closed doors and pursue the way of heaven wholeheartedly, he would not have had the opportunity to set off a rebellion and oust his father from the emperor's throne in one fell swoop.

At that time, Liu Qianfan remained neutral and stood by and watched.

The eunuch group in the palace has the same attitude as Liu Qianfan in this matter, and only a very small number of eunuchs who are loyal to their father will fight to the death for their father, but they are just mantis arms as a car!

After ascending the throne, Du Zhen was also suspicious of this person in the courtyard, however, in the face of powerful forces, the power that his family could not control, it was better to bow low and be small, which he did much better than his father Xuanzong Du Huai.

The second problem is the old one.

The rebellion of the Lu clan in the north of Fanyang!

This rebellion during the Shenzong period can be said to have completely broken the backbone of the empire, and at that time, this person in the courtyard was just an unknown eunuch in the palace, although he had become a grandmaster, few people knew about it.

At that time, he was still a martial arts idiot who was dedicated to cultivation.

At that time, if it weren't for Guo Linggong's birth and the Fengxiang Army's heroic and good fighting, the empire would still have fallen!

Now, there are waves in Hebei, the intelligence of all aspects is synthesized, and there are signs of rebellion, the Yanzhao Zhuzhen coalition army is about to be established, and it will not be long before it will go south, this time, what is the fate of the empire, it is really difficult to know.

Gu Daoren is now stationed in Chang'an, sitting in Xuanzhenguan, however, this Gu Daoren and the Tang Empire are not a community of destiny, he only promised to make three shots for the Du family, and three years in Chang'an is his last shot.

At the beginning, he took action to block Taishan Shenjun from Tongguan, which was the first time.

Now, if that Taishan Divine Monarch enters Guanzhong again, there is a great possibility that Gu Daoren will not make another move, and the real reliance of the empire is this one in the small courtyard.

In any case, even if he is a great grandmaster, he is still a eunuch after all, even if he is supported by the eunuchs in the palace, he still has no children and no daughters after all, and he has no ambition for the position of emperor.

Therefore, this one is the existence worth relying on.

Even if he wants power, so what?

At least, the person sitting on this chair is still surnamed Du, after Taizong, no one in the Du clan has become a great master, if you want to sit in that position, what else can you do besides sharing power with others?

Silent, Du Zhen slowly pushed open the courtyard door and walked in.